Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "talking-to-one's-dead-wife"

1. Shutter Island (2010)

R | 138 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Teddy Daniels and Chuck Aule, two US marshals, are sent to an asylum on a remote island in order to investigate the disappearance of a patient, where Teddy uncovers a shocking truth about the place.

Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Emily Mortimer, Mark Ruffalo, Ben Kingsley

Votes: 1,457,618 | Gross: $128.01M

2. Up (2009)

PG | 96 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

78-year-old Carl Fredricksen travels to Paradise Falls in his house equipped with balloons, inadvertently taking a young stowaway.

Directors: Pete Docter, Bob Peterson | Stars: Edward Asner, Jordan Nagai, John Ratzenberger, Christopher Plummer

Votes: 1,125,515 | Gross: $293.00M

3. House (1985)

R | 93 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror

A troubled writer moves into a haunted house after inheriting it from his aunt.

Director: Steve Miner | Stars: William Katt, Kay Lenz, George Wendt, Richard Moll

Votes: 29,990 | Gross: $19.44M

4. 1922 (2017)

TV-MA | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

A simple yet proud farmer in the year 1922 conspires to murder his wife for financial gain, convincing his teenage son to assist. But their actions have unintended consequences.

Director: Zak Hilditch | Stars: Thomas Jane, Molly Parker, Dylan Schmid, Kaitlyn Bernard

Votes: 71,694

5. Shenandoah (1965)

Approved | 105 min | Drama, War, Western

A Virginia farmer who has vowed to remain neutral during the Civil War is spurred into action when his youngest son is taken by Union soldiers.

Director: Andrew V. McLaglen | Stars: James Stewart, Doug McClure, Glenn Corbett, Patrick Wayne

Votes: 9,630

6. Two Evil Eyes (1990)

R | 120 min | Horror

A duo of Edgar Allan Poe adaptations about a greedy wife's attempt to embezzle her dying husband's fortune, and a sleazy reporter's adoption of a strange black cat.

Directors: Dario Argento, George A. Romero | Stars: Adrienne Barbeau, Harvey Keitel, Ramy Zada, Bingo O'Malley

Votes: 8,146 | Gross: $0.35M

7. Extra Ordinary (2019)

R | 94 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror

Rose, a mostly sweet and lonely Irish driving instructor, must use her supernatural talents to save the daughter of Martin (also mostly sweet and lonely) from a washed-up rock star who is using her in a Satanic pact to reignite his fame.

Directors: Mike Ahern, Enda Loughman | Stars: Maeve Higgins, Barry Ward, Will Forte, Claudia O'Doherty

Votes: 11,543

8. Six Shooter (2004)

Not Rated | 27 min | Short, Comedy, Drama

A black and bloody Irish comedy about a sad train journey where an older man, whose wife has died that morning, encounters a strange and possibly psychotic young oddball....

Director: Martin McDonagh | Stars: Brendan Gleeson, Rúaidhrí Conroy, David Wilmot, Aisling O'Sullivan

Votes: 14,320

9. The Sensuous Nurse (1975)

R | 105 min | Comedy

As an aging widower begins suffering from cardiac trouble, his greedy heirs hire a super-seductive nurse in the hopes of inducing a heart attack, but the plan backfires when she falls in love with him.

Director: Nello Rossati | Stars: Ursula Andress, Duilio Del Prete, Mario Pisu, Daniele Vargas

Votes: 826

10. Tous les matins du monde (1991)

Not Rated | 115 min | Biography, Drama, History

The story of Monsieur de Sainte Colombe, fierce and somber man, grand master of the viola da gamba and professor of Marin Marais, prestigious musician in the court of Louis XIV.

Director: Alain Corneau | Stars: Gérard Depardieu, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Anne Brochet, Guillaume Depardieu

Votes: 7,947 | Gross: $3.09M

11. Creator (1985)

R | 107 min | Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi

An eccentric scientist teaches a student in his own manner while he looks for a way to clone his deceased wife.

Director: Ivan Passer | Stars: Peter O'Toole, Mariel Hemingway, Vincent Spano, Virginia Madsen

Votes: 3,511 | Gross: $5.35M

12. Hatchet for the Honeymoon (1970)

GP | 88 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A cleaver-wielding bridal designer murders various young brides-to-be in an attempt to unlock a repressed childhood trauma.

Director: Mario Bava | Stars: Stephen Forsyth, Dagmar Lassander, Laura Betti, Jesús Puente

Votes: 4,327

13. How Harry Became a Tree (2001)

R | 99 min | Drama

This drama is set in rural Ireland. Believing that "a man is measured by his enemies", Harry Maloney ('Colm Meany') sets out to ruin George O'Flaherty - the most powerful man in town, who ... See full summary »

Director: Goran Paskaljevic | Stars: Colm Meaney, Adrian Dunbar, Cillian Murphy, Kerry Condon

Votes: 940

14. The Devil's Rock (2011)

Not Rated | 83 min | Horror

Set in the Channel Islands on the eve of D Day, two Kiwi commandos, sent to destroy German gun emplacements to distract Hitler's forces away from Normandy, discover a Nazi occult plot to unleash demonic forces to win the war.

Director: Paul Campion | Stars: Craig Hall, Matthew Sunderland, Gina Varela, Karlos Drinkwater

Votes: 4,561

15. Zombie for Sale (2019)

Not Rated | 112 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi

When a pharmaceutical company's illegal experiments inadvertently create a zombie, the strange Park family finds it and tries to profit from it.

Director: Lee Min-jae | Stars: Jeong Jae-yeong, Kim Nam-gil, Uhm Ji-won, Lee Soo-kyung

Votes: 2,515

16. Enid Is Sleeping (1990)

R | 105 min | Comedy, Crime

A wife surprises her cop husband in bed with her kid sister. In the ensuing struggle, the wife is accidentally killed. Can they keep it a secret?

Director: Maurice Phillips | Stars: Elizabeth Perkins, Judge Reinhold, Jeffrey Jones, Maureen Mueller

Votes: 542

17. Saint Amour (2016)

101 min | Comedy, Drama

Chaos ensues when a father and son travel to a farm festival via the Wine Trail in a Parisian taxi.

Directors: Benoît Delépine, Gustave Kervern | Stars: Gérard Depardieu, Benoît Poelvoorde, Vincent Lacoste, Céline Sallette

Votes: 1,559

18. The Singing Forest (2003)

Not Rated | 95 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance

Two lovers are killed during the Holocaust. A father moves in with his daughter and believes to be one of the reincarnated lovers. He then falls in love with her fiance who he thinks is his past life lover.

Director: Jorge Ameer | Stars: Jon Sherrin, Erin Leigh Price, Eric Morris, David Guzzone

Votes: 733

19. Mushrooms (1995)

PG-13 | 93 min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller

In the tradition of Arsenic and Old Lace, comes this morbidly funny Australian tale of murder and mayhem at the hands of two charming old ladies.

Director: Alan Madden | Stars: Julia Blake, Simon Chilvers, Lynette Curran, Brandon Burke

Votes: 277

20. Peperoncino (2021 TV Movie)

60 min | Drama, Romance

It has been ten years since the earthquake and tsunami that devastated much of coastal eastern Japan. Many died. Many of the survivors do not wish to remember. A couple send out special ... See full summary »

Stars: Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, Jun Kunimura, Yoh Yoshida, Akiko Yada

Votes: 8

21. Pan Halpern a pan Johnson (2020 TV Movie)

79 min | Comedy, Drama

Two men meet at the fresh grave of a woman in a New York cemetery. They don't know each other. Well, one doesn't know the other. Turns out they're both here to pay their respects.

Directors: Jan Brichcín, Ladislav Smocek | Stars: Petr Kostka, Frantisek Nemec

22. New Tricks (2003–2015)
Episode: The Chinese Job (2003)

TV-14 | 87 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

After an attempt to rescue a kidnap victim the officer in charge, Supt. Sandra Pullman, who also shot a dog during the raid, is reassigned. DAC Donald Bevan puts her in charge of UCOS, a ... See full summary »

Director: Graham Theakston | Stars: Alun Armstrong, James Bolam, Amanda Redman, Dennis Waterman

Votes: 550

23. Sanford and Son (1972–1978)
Episode: The Engagement Man Always Rings Twice (1976)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy

Lamont musters the courage to pop the question to Janet.

Director: Lewis Gomavitz | Stars: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, LaWanda Page, Nathaniel Taylor

Votes: 108

24. Supernatural (2005–2020)
Episode: First Born (2014)

TV-14 | 42 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Sam and Castiel believe that they found a way to track Gadreel. Dean and Crowley team up to find the first blade, which is in the hands of the biblical Cain.

Director: John Badham | Stars: Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Misha Collins, Mark Sheppard

Votes: 4,441

25. Fear the Walking Dead (2015–2023)
Episode: Shiva (2016)

TV-MA | 43 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi

The family faces their biggest test yet. Nick, Madison, Travis and others try to stay close to each other.

Director: Andrew Bernstein | Stars: Kim Dickens, Cliff Curtis, Frank Dillane, Alycia Debnam-Carey

Votes: 4,639

26. Trpaslík (2017– )
Episode: Ctvrtek (2017)

41 min | Comedy, Fantasy

Add a Plot

Director: Jan Prusinovský | Stars: Michal Suchánek, Marika Sarah Procházková, Jakub Sorm, Tereza Taliánová

Votes: 14

27. Once Upon a Time (2011–2018)
Episode: Leaving Storybrooke (2018)

TV-PG | 42 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Romance

Regina attempts to turn Wish Henry from his path; Weaver is faced with the ultimate sacrifice in defeating his evil alter ego; Tilly and Margot go to Storybrooke for help.

Director: Ralph Hemecker | Stars: Lana Parrilla, Colin O'Donoghue, Andrew J. West, Dania Ramirez

Votes: 1,145

28. Once Upon a Time (2011–2018)
Episode: The Guardian (2018)

TV-PG | 43 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Romance

After discovering the Dark One dagger has been stolen, Weaver sets out to get it back; Margot takes Tilly on a date; Desperate to reunite with Belle, Rumple pays Alice a visit.

Director: Geofrey Hildrew | Stars: Lana Parrilla, Colin O'Donoghue, Andrew J. West, Dania Ramirez

Votes: 589