Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "reference-to-thomas-hardy"

1. Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood (2019)

R | 161 min | Comedy, Drama

A faded television actor and his stunt double strive to achieve fame and success in the final years of Hollywood's Golden Age in 1969 Los Angeles.

Director: Quentin Tarantino | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, Emile Hirsch

Votes: 848,624 | Gross: $142.50M

2. Fifty Shades of Grey (2015)

R | 125 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller

Literature student Anastasia Steele's life changes forever when she meets handsome, yet tormented, billionaire Christian Grey.

Director: Sam Taylor-Johnson | Stars: Dakota Johnson, Jamie Dornan, Jennifer Ehle, Eloise Mumford

Votes: 335,882 | Gross: $166.17M

3. Tamara Drewe (2010)

R | 107 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A young newspaper writer returns to her hometown in the English countryside, where her childhood home is being prepped for sale.

Director: Stephen Frears | Stars: Gemma Arterton, Luke Evans, Dominic Cooper, Roger Allam

Votes: 22,657 | Gross: $0.56M

4. Deception (2021)

105 min | Drama

An American novelist living for a time in London converses with his wife, his mistress, and other female characters he may have dreamed up.

Director: Arnaud Desplechin | Stars: Léa Seydoux, Denis Podalydès, Anouk Grinberg, Madalina Constantin

Votes: 1,663

5. Trishna (2011)

R | 117 min | Drama

The story of the tragic relationship between the son of a property developer and the daughter of an auto rickshaw owner.

Director: Michael Winterbottom | Stars: Freida Pinto, Riz Ahmed, Mita Vashisht, Harish Khanna

Votes: 3,306 | Gross: $0.23M

6. The City of Your Final Destination (2009)

PG-13 | 117 min | Drama, Romance

Omar wants to write an authorized biography on a dead writer and travels to a farm in Uruguay to meet the trustees - the writer's brother, widow and cute mistress/mother of his daughter.

Director: James Ivory | Stars: Omar Metwally, Anthony Hopkins, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Nicholas Blandullo

Votes: 3,238

7. 8 ½ Women (1999)

R | 118 min | Comedy, Drama

Following the death of a mother, a father and son open up their very own harem in their Genevan estate after watching 8½ (1963).

Director: Peter Greenaway | Stars: John Standing, Matthew Delamere, Vivian Wu, Toni Collette

Votes: 4,177 | Gross: $0.42M

8. Marcel Proust's Time Regained (1999)

169 min | Drama, Romance, War

A lush, elegant epic taking us on a time-swirling trip down the infinitely complex labyrinth that is Marcel Proust's memory lane.

Director: Raúl Ruiz | Stars: Catherine Deneuve, Emmanuelle Béart, Vincent Perez, John Malkovich

Votes: 2,832 | Gross: $0.46M

9. CSI: NY (2004–2013)
Episode: Night, Mother (2004)

TV-14 | 42 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Mac and Stella investigate the murder of a woman who was stabbed in the heart with a wooden stake. The police arrest a woman who was kneeling over the body with blood on her, but Mac isn't convinced that she committed the crime.

Director: Deran Sarafian | Stars: Gary Sinise, Melina Kanakaredes, Carmine Giovinazzo, Vanessa Ferlito

Votes: 360

10. Inspector Morse (1987–2000)
Episode: Last Seen Wearing (1988)

TV-MA | 103 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

When Morse is assigned a cold case of a runaway teenager from school, he suspects that the girl's been murdered.

Director: Edward Bennett | Stars: John Thaw, Kevin Whately, Peter McEnery, Suzanne Bertish

Votes: 955

11. Lovejoy (1986–1994)
Episode: Smoke Your Nose (1992)

TV-14 | 54 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

After Lovejoy offers to sell a seventeenth century 'Smoke Your Nose' dish for him, vicar Harry Nettles tells him that there is the remains of a Roman villa in the field next to his church, ... See full summary »

Director: Baz Taylor | Stars: Ian McShane, Phyllis Logan, Dudley Sutton, Chris Jury

Votes: 61

12. Upstairs, Downstairs (1971–1975)
Episode: Peace out of Pain (1974)

TV-14 | 51 min | Drama

While James is convalescing, Richard proposes to Mrs. Hamilton, Edward comes home, and Hazel comes down with the Spanish flu as the war draws to an end,

Director: Christopher Hodson | Stars: Jean Marsh, Gordon Jackson, Lesley-Anne Down, Simon Williams

Votes: 85

13. Surgical Spirit (1989–1995)
Episode: Something in the Air (1990)

24 min | Comedy

Simon is about to get married, to a fellow professional, much to Jonathan's disapproval. Joyce is perturbed when she's given an efficient Junior.

Stars: Nichola McAuliffe, Duncan Preston, Marji Campi, David Conville

Votes: 8

14. Thomas and Sarah (1979)
Episode: Birds of a Feather (1979)

52 min | Drama

A near tragic car accident between mechanic Thomas Watkins in his auto and nanny Sara Moffat results in the one-time couple reuniting.

Directors: David Askey, Christopher Hodson | Stars: Pauline Collins, John Alderton, Jessica Benton, Maria Charles

Votes: 12

15. The Civil War (1990)
Episode: The Better Angels of Our Nature (1865) (1990)

TV-PG | 68 min | Documentary, History, War

The North celebrated Lee's surrender and the end of the war. On April 14, Good Friday, John Wilkes Booth learned that President Lincoln, General Grant and others were to attend a play at ... See full summary »

Director: Ken Burns | Stars: David McCullough, Barbara Fields, Shelby Foote, James Symington

Votes: 349

16. Murder, Mystery and My Family (2018– )
Episode: Brown (2020)

44 min | Documentary, Crime, History

The Barristers examine an infamous case of a Dorset housewife accused of murdering her young husband. They are keen to separate fact from fiction, as the story famously inspired Thomas Hardy's classic novel Tess of the D'Urbervilles.

Directors: James Pearson, Gary John Senior | Stars: Tony Hirst, Sasha Wass, Jeremy Dein, David Radford

17. Inspector Lewis (2006–2015)
Episode: The Quality of Mercy (2009)

TV-PG | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Lewis investigates the murder of student Richard Scott. He was killed just before premiering The Merchant of Venice. During the investigation Lewis gets personally involved.

Director: Bille Eltringham | Stars: Jo Herbert, Bryan Dick, Ronan Vibert, Shaughan Seymour

Votes: 736

18. Dalgliesh (2021– )
Episode: The Black Tower - Part One (2021)

TV-MA | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Dalgliesh travels to Dorset to visit his friend Father Michael, but it turns out the man died two weeks earlier. To make things worse, Dalgliesh learns that another resident of the estate died a suspicious death a few weeks before that.

Directors: Andy Tohill, Ryan Tohill | Stars: Paul Mallon, Darren Swift, Bertie Carvel, Mirren Mack

Votes: 499

19. Murder, Mystery and My Family (2018– )
Episode: Brown (2021)

Documentary, Crime, History

The barristers return to the case that featured in the ninth episode of series four, and which inspired the novel Tess of the D'Urbervilles. Dorset housewife, Martha Brown was accused of murdering her young husband in 1856.

20. Huffpost Live (2012– )
Episode: Matthias Schoenaerts LIVE (2015)

16 min | News

Matthias Schoenaerts joins us to talk about his role in the new film Far from the Madding Crowd (2015).

Director: William B. Johnson III | Stars: Josh Zepps, Matthias Schoenaerts, Karamo Brown

21. Bates Motel (2013–2017)
Episode: Goodnight, Mother (2016)

TV-14 | 43 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

Norma and Norman each suspect the other of a terrible deed; Dylan contemplates his future with Emma; Romero makes a choice that dramatically impacts the Bates family.

Director: Tim Southam | Stars: Vera Farmiga, Freddie Highmore, Max Thieriot, Olivia Cooke

Votes: 1,860