Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "newspaper-obituary"

1. Beetlejuice (1988)

PG | 92 min | Comedy, Fantasy

The spirits of a deceased couple are harassed by an unbearable family that has moved into their home, and hire a malicious spirit to drive them out.

Director: Tim Burton | Stars: Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis, Michael Keaton, Annie McEnroe

Votes: 340,327 | Gross: $73.71M

2. Talk to Her (2002)

R | 112 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

Two men share an odd friendship while they care for two women who are both in deep comas.

Director: Pedro Almodóvar | Stars: Rosario Flores, Javier Cámara, Darío Grandinetti, Leonor Watling

Votes: 117,526 | Gross: $9.36M

3. Jumpin' Jack Flash (1986)

R | 105 min | Comedy, Romance, Thriller

An American computer wiz who works at a New York bank is suddenly thrust into the world of international espionage after she inadvertently receives a coded message from a British spy.

Director: Penny Marshall | Stars: Whoopi Goldberg, Stephen Collins, John Wood, Carol Kane

Votes: 20,766 | Gross: $25.59M

4. The Messenger (I) (2009)

R | 113 min | Drama, Romance, War

An American soldier struggles with an ethical dilemma when he becomes involved with a widow of a fallen officer.

Director: Oren Moverman | Stars: Ben Foster, Samantha Morton, Woody Harrelson, Jena Malone

Votes: 36,784 | Gross: $0.07M

5. Red Joan (2018)

R | 101 min | Biography, Drama, History

The story of Joan Stanley, who was exposed as the K.G.B.'s longest-serving British spy.

Director: Trevor Nunn | Stars: Judi Dench, Sophie Cookson, Stephen Campbell Moore, Tom Hughes

Votes: 14,426 | Gross: $1.58M

6. Me, Natalie (1969)

M/PG | 111 min | Comedy, Drama

A young woman struggles for independence.

Director: Fred Coe | Stars: Patty Duke, James Farentino, Martin Balsam, Elsa Lanchester

Votes: 1,162 | Gross: $1.07M

7. Incognito (1997)

R | 108 min | Crime, Romance, Thriller

Harry Donovan is an art forger who paints a fake Rembrandt picture for $500,000. Marieke, the woman he meets in Paris and gets into bed with, turns out to be the art expert whom Harry's ... See full summary »

Director: John Badham | Stars: Jason Patric, Irène Jacob, Thomas Lockyer, Ian Richardson

Votes: 4,081

8. The Maze (1953)

Approved | 80 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

A Scotsman abruptly breaks off his engagement to pretty Kitty and moves to his uncle's castle in the Scottish highlands. Kitty and her aunt follow Gerald a few weeks later, and discover he ... See full summary »

Director: William Cameron Menzies | Stars: Richard Carlson, Veronica Hurst, Katherine Emery, Michael Pate

Votes: 1,262

9. Listen Up Philip (2014)

Not Rated | 108 min | Comedy, Drama

When a self-obsessed novelist (Jason Schwartzman) has problems with his novel and his girlfriend (Elisabeth Moss), he seeks refuge in his mentor's cottage where the peace and quiet allow him to focus on his favorite subject - himself.

Director: Alex Ross Perry | Stars: Jason Schwartzman, Elisabeth Moss, Jonathan Pryce, Krysten Ritter

Votes: 6,972 | Gross: $0.14M

10. Time after Time (2011 TV Movie)

PG | 89 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance

After returning to Long Island to confront his past, a journalist comes face to face with his future.

Director: Gary Harvey | Stars: Richard Thomas, Kaj-Erik Eriksen, Christine Chatelain, Chris Cochrane

Votes: 459

11. Obit. (2016)

93 min | Documentary

Writers and editors from the New York Times discuss their unique approach to writing the obituaries of public figures.

Director: Vanessa Gould | Stars: Bruce Weber, William McDonald, Margalit Fox, William Grimes

Votes: 787 | Gross: $0.30M

12. Les gens du Monde (2014)

82 min | Documentary

Documentary about the journalists who worked in the political department of the daily Le Monde, for a five month period during the 2012 presidential campaign.

Director: Yves Jeuland | Stars: Didier Pourquery, Abel Mestre, Thomas Wieder, Raphaëlle Bacqué

Votes: 58

13. The Opening Night (1927)

Passed | 55 min | Drama

When theatrical producer Robert Chandler (E. Alyn Warren), believed drowned in a fishing accident, turns up as a lonely, broken amnesiac three months later, he arrives just in time to see ... See full summary »

Director: Edward H. Griffith | Stars: Claire Windsor, John Bowers, E. Alyn Warren, Grace Goodall

14. Petits arrangements avec la vie (2018 TV Movie)

77 min | Documentary

Filmmaker Christophe Otzenberger is admitted in a Hospital for a lung cancer. Assisted with Stéphane Mercurio, he interviews patients of the institute on how they live with their disease and face the prospect of the end of life.

Directors: Christophe Otzenberger, Stéphane Mercurio | Star: Christophe Otzenberger

Votes: 6

15. The Old Fox (1977– )
Episode: Der Nachruf (2005)

Crime, Drama

The transport and construction manager Werner Kladow has arrived at the office of Leo Kress and shows Leo his own obituary notice (in which his family and his mistress , Michaela Kleinert ... See full summary »

Director: Hartmut Griesmayr | Stars: Rolf Schimpf, Michael Ande, Pierre Sanoussi-Bliss, Markus Böttcher

Votes: 18

16. Becker (1998–2004)
Episode: But I've Got Friends I Haven't Used Yet (2003)

TV-PG | Comedy

Becker receives a visit from a medical school colleague.

Director: Andy Ackerman | Stars: Ted Danson, Nancy Travis, Hattie Winston, Alex Désert

Votes: 100

17. Tales of Tomorrow (1951–1953)
Episode: Ghost Writer (1953)

TV-G | 30 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

An out of work writer accepts a well-paying offer from a mysterious man to help ease the burden on his wife. Soon, however, he becomes increasingly disturbed as the incidents he writes about begin to occur in real life.

Director: Don Medford | Stars: Leslie Nielsen, Gaby Rodgers, Murray Matheson, Harry Mehaffey

Votes: 68

18. Florida Man (2023)
Episode: The Chain (2023)

TV-MA | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Mike's plans to retrieve the truck hit a snag when Sonny gets involved. In Philly, Iris attends a memorial service and gets intel on Mike's whereabouts.

Director: Julian Farino | Stars: Edgar Ramírez, Abbey Lee, Otmara Marrero, Lex Scott Davis

Votes: 296

19. Secrets of War (1998– )
Episode: The O.S.S.

TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary, History, War

The story of the formation of the Office of Strategic Services, the predecessor to the CIA. From the recruitment and training of secret agents to undercover missions, OSS agents played an ... See full summary »

Stars: Charlton Heston, Evan Thomas, Thomas F. Troy, Elizabeth McIntosh