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

1. Downton Abbey (2010–2015)

TV-PG | 60 min | Drama, Romance

A chronicle of the lives of the British aristocratic Crawley family and their servants in the early twentieth century.

Stars: Hugh Bonneville, Phyllis Logan, Elizabeth McGovern, Brendan Coyle

Votes: 225,392

2. O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)

PG-13 | 107 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

In the deep south during the 1930s, three escaped convicts search for hidden treasure while a relentless lawman pursues them.

Directors: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen | Stars: George Clooney, John Turturro, Tim Blake Nelson, John Goodman

Votes: 331,387 | Gross: $45.51M

3. Metropolis (1927)

Not Rated | 153 min | Drama, Sci-Fi

In a futuristic city sharply divided between the working class and the city planners, the son of the city's mastermind falls in love with a working-class prophet who predicts the coming of a savior to mediate their differences.

Director: Fritz Lang | Stars: Brigitte Helm, Alfred Abel, Gustav Fröhlich, Rudolf Klein-Rogge

Votes: 185,807 | Gross: $1.24M

4. Citizen Kane (1941)

PG | 119 min | Drama, Mystery

Following the death of publishing tycoon Charles Foster Kane, reporters scramble to uncover the meaning of his final utterance: 'Rosebud.'

Director: Orson Welles | Stars: Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Dorothy Comingore, Agnes Moorehead

Votes: 466,577 | Gross: $1.59M

5. Black Snake Moan (2006)

R | 116 min | Drama, Music

A God-fearing bluesman takes to a wild young woman who, as a victim of childhood sexual abuse, looks everywhere for love, never quite finding it.

Director: Craig Brewer | Stars: Christina Ricci, Samuel L. Jackson, Justin Timberlake, S. Epatha Merkerson

Votes: 66,588 | Gross: $9.40M

6. A Royal Affair (2012)

R | 137 min | Biography, Drama, History

A young queen, who is married to an insane king, falls secretly in love with her physician - and together they start a revolution that changes a nation forever.

Director: Nikolaj Arcel | Stars: Alicia Vikander, Mads Mikkelsen, Mikkel Boe Følsgaard, Trine Dyrholm

Votes: 50,959 | Gross: $1.55M

7. Middlemarch (1994)

54 min | Drama, Romance

Middlemarch is a story of provincial life on the brink of momentous change and a deeply moving saga about a group of people striving to give meaning and value to their lives during the Industrial Revolution.

Stars: Douglas Hodge, Juliet Aubrey, Trevyn McDowell, Jonathan Firth

Votes: 2,766

8. Novitiate (2017)

R | 123 min | Drama

Set in the early 1960s and during the era of Vatican II, a young woman in training to become a nun struggles with issues of faith, the changing church and sexuality.

Director: Maggie Betts | Stars: Melissa Leo, Lisa Stewart, Alyssa Brindley, Chelsea Lopez

Votes: 5,064 | Gross: $0.58M

9. 13th (2016)

TV-MA | 100 min | Documentary, Crime, History

An in-depth look at the prison system in the United States and how it reveals the nation's history of racial inequality.

Director: Ava DuVernay | Stars: Melina Abdullah, Michelle Alexander, Cory Booker, Dolores Canales

Votes: 37,724

10. The Angels' Share (2012)

R | 101 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Narrowly avoiding jail, new dad Robbie vows to turn over a new leaf. A visit to a whisky distillery inspires him and his mates to seek a way out of their hopeless lives.

Director: Ken Loach | Stars: Paul Brannigan, John Henshaw, Roger Allam, Gary Maitland

Votes: 27,038 | Gross: $0.30M

11. A Christmas Carol (1951)

TV-PG | 86 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy

Ebenezer Scrooge, a curmudgeonly, miserly businessman, has no time for sentimentality and largely views Christmas as a waste of time. However, this Christmas Eve, he will be visited by three spirits who will show him the error of his ways.

Director: Brian Desmond Hurst | Stars: Alastair Sim, Jack Warner, Kathleen Harrison, Mervyn Johns

Votes: 25,748

12. A Christmas Carol (1984 TV Movie)

PG | 100 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy

A bitter old miser who rationalizes his uncaring nature learns real compassion when three spirits visit him on Christmas Eve.

Director: Clive Donner | Stars: George C. Scott, Frank Finlay, Angela Pleasence, Edward Woodward

Votes: 18,359

13. Sarileru Neekevvaru (2020)

Not Rated | 169 min | Action, Comedy, Drama

An army major sent to Kurnool to give company to his injured colleague's family ends up locking horns with a corrupt minister who is targeting the family.

Director: Anil Ravipudi | Stars: Mahesh Babu, Rashmika Mandanna, Vijayshanti, Rajendra Prasad

Votes: 8,917

14. The Dark Horse (2014)

R | 124 min | Biography, Drama

A brilliant but troubled New Zealand chess champion finds purpose by teaching underprivileged children about the rules of chess and life.

Director: James Napier Robertson | Stars: Cliff Curtis, James Rolleston, Kirk Torrance, James Napier Robertson

Votes: 6,587 | Gross: $0.06M

15. Chattahoochee (1989)

R | 98 min | Biography, Drama

In 1955 Florida, a Korean vet has a breakdown and is incarcerated in a "maximum security" mental health prison, where patients are abused.

Director: Mick Jackson | Stars: Gary Oldman, Dennis Hopper, Frances McDormand, Pamela Reed

Votes: 2,430 | Gross: $0.26M

16. Gideon's Trumpet (1980 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 104 min | Biography, Drama, History

The story of Clarence Earl Gideon and his fight for the right to have publicly funded legal counsel for the needy.

Director: Robert L. Collins | Stars: Henry Fonda, José Ferrer, John Houseman, Fay Wray

Votes: 1,189

17. Bedlam (1946)

Approved | 79 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

Nell Bowen, the protégé of Lord Mortimer, wants to help change the conditions of notorious St. Mary's of Bethlehem Asylum (Bedlam). Though she tries to reform Bedlam, the cruel Master Sims ... See full summary »

Director: Mark Robson | Stars: Boris Karloff, Anna Lee, Billy House, Richard Fraser

Votes: 4,382

18. Rizal in Dapitan (1997)

100 min | Biography, Drama, History

Jose Rizal is exiled to Dapitan by Spanish authorities. While he attempts to adapt to his surroundings, he helps a few local residents and provides free education to the children.

Director: Tikoy Aguiluz | Stars: Albert Martinez, Amanda Page, Roy Alvarez, Jaime Fabregas

Votes: 47

19. Three Outlaw Samurai (1964)

Not Rated | 94 min | Action, Drama

When poor peasants kidnap a magistrate's daughter to coerce him into reducing their unfair taxes, a wandering ronin decides to give them some help.

Director: Hideo Gosha | Stars: Tetsurô Tanba, Isamu Nagato, Mikijirô Hira, Miyuki Kuwano

Votes: 4,002

20. Clandestinos (2007)

Unrated | 81 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

Love and terrorism collide in this sexy Molotov cocktail of raging adolescent hormones and righteous indignation.

Director: Antonio Hens | Stars: Israel Rodríguez, Mehroz Arif, Hugo Catalán, Juanma Lara

Votes: 612

21. Evil Roy Slade (1972 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 97 min | Comedy, Western

The meanest villain in the West falls for a pretty schoolteacher and tries to change his ways, but a determined (and egomaniacal) singing sheriff is out to capture him.

Director: Jerry Paris | Stars: John Astin, Mickey Rooney, Dick Shawn, Henry Gibson

Votes: 1,898

22. Mudhalvan (1999)

Not Rated | 169 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

A man accepts a challenge to act as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu for one day only, and makes such a success of it that soon he is embroiled in political intrigue.

Director: S. Shankar | Stars: Arjun Sarja, Manisha Koirala, Raghuvaran, Vadivelu

Votes: 8,456

23. Little Miss Marker (1934)

Passed | 80 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

Bookie Sorrowful Jones receives a little girl as an IOU.

Director: Alexander Hall | Stars: Adolphe Menjou, Dorothy Dell, Charles Bickford, Shirley Temple

Votes: 1,396

24. Sword of the Beast (1965)

Not Rated | 85 min | Action, Drama

After killing a counselor of his clan, a fugitive samurai befriends a couple poaching the shogun's gold in the mountains.

Director: Hideo Gosha | Stars: Mikijirô Hira, Gô Katô, Shima Iwashita, Toshie Kimura

Votes: 3,097

25. Cellmates (2011)

TV-14 | 85 min | Comedy, Drama

Leroy Lowe, grand dragon of the Texas Ku Klux Klan confronts everything he's been taught to hate when he's sentenced to three years of hard labor on a prison work farm, where Warden ... See full summary »

Director: Jesse Baget | Stars: Tom Sizemore, Stacy Keach, Kevin P. Farley, Héctor Jiménez

Votes: 646

26. Here Comes the Navy (1934)

Approved | 87 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A cocky guy joins the Navy for the wrong reason but finds romance and twice is cited for heroism.

Director: Lloyd Bacon | Stars: James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, Gloria Stuart, Frank McHugh

Votes: 1,169 | Gross: $2.58M

27. Jis Desh Men Ganga Behti Hai (1960)

167 min | Drama, Musical, Romance

A simple-minded small-time singer joins a group of bandits and becomes the cause for their moral transformation and turnaround.

Director: Radhu Karmakar | Stars: Raj Kapoor, Padmini, Pran Sikand, Chanchal

Votes: 501

28. Nadodi Mannan (1958)

220 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

A wanderer/revolutionary is a dead ringer for a monarch, and takes his place.

Director: M.G. Ramachandran | Stars: M.G. Ramachandran, P.S. Veerappa, M.N. Nambiar, M.G. Chakrapani

Votes: 121

29. The Drug Trial: Emergency at the Hospital (2017 TV Movie)

58 min | Documentary, Drama

Docu-drama telling the story of one of the most infamous incidents in recent British medical history. On 13th March 2006, 8 healthy young men took part in a clinical trial for a leukaemia drug that went very wrong.

Director: Barbie MacLaurin | Stars: Philip Buck, Nadim Khan, Arun Daniel, Leo Hunter

Votes: 52

30. Grass (1999)

R | 80 min | Documentary, History

The history of the American government's war on marijuana in the 20th century.

Director: Ron Mann | Stars: Woody Harrelson, Harry J. Anslinger, George Bush, Cab Calloway

Votes: 3,633 | Gross: $0.31M

31. House of Saud: A Family at War (2018)

59 min | Documentary

A look at the role of Saudi Arabia in recent years in politics and international conflicts, in particular at the changes in politics in recent years, as the kingdom is changing under the rule of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

Stars: Saskia Reeves, Bruce Riedel, Ali Shihabi, Madawi Al-Rasheed

Votes: 182

32. The Seventh Companion (1968)

89 min | Drama, War

The film is set in St. Petersburg, Russia after the Russian revolution of 1917. Based on the eponymous book by Boris Lavrenev. Maj. General Yevgeni Pavlovich Adamov (Popov) was a lawyer in ... See full summary »

Directors: Grigoriy Aronov, Aleksey German | Stars: Andrei Popov, Aleksandr Anisimov, Georgiy Shtil, Pyotr Chernov

Votes: 564

33. Eureka Stockade (1949)

Approved | 103 min | Drama, History, Western

In 1854, Australian gold rush miners struggle for their rights against an oppressive government.

Director: Harry Watt | Stars: Chips Rafferty, Jane Barrett, Jack Lambert, Peter Illing

Votes: 212

34. The Architecture of Doom (1989)

Not Rated | 119 min | Documentary, History

An absorbing and chilling documentary about the National Socialist aesthetic, and how attempts to create the Aryan Ideal caused the extermination of millions. Aspects covered include: ... See full summary »

Director: Peter Cohen | Stars: Rolf Arsenius, Bruno Ganz, Sam Gray, Martin Bormann

Votes: 1,137

35. The Mother and the Law (1919)

Not Rated | 95 min | Drama

A re-edited version of the 'modern' story from Intolerance (1916).

Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Mae Marsh, Robert Harron, Miriam Cooper, Vera Lewis

Votes: 246

36. How the Victorians Built Britain (2018– )

60 min | Documentary

Michael Buerk travels around the UK to find out how so much of modern Britain was created by the Victorians, from impressive engineering projects to Summer holidays.

Star: Michael Buerk

Votes: 50

37. Da dao Wang Wu (1973)

94 min | Action, Adventure

Following the director and star's landmark successes The Boxer From Shantung and Man Of Iron, came this powerful, exciting tale of a patriot committed to ending the corruption of the Ching rulers.

Directors: Cheh Chang, Hsueh-Li Pao | Stars: Kuan Tai Chen, Hua Yueh, Lily Li, Betty Pei Ti

Votes: 164

38. Bedlam in Paradise (1955)

Passed | 16 min | Short, Comedy, Fantasy

Shemp dies but cannot get into heaven until he reforms Moe and Larry. He returns to earth as an invisible spirit and sets out to prevent the other two stooges, who are in league with the ... See full summary »

Director: Jules White | Stars: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Shemp Howard, Vernon Dent

Votes: 324

39. Uncle Willie's Bicycle Shop (1953)

Passed | 83 min | Comedy, Romance

In England, alcoholic Uncle Willie vexes his family. They let him buy a bike shop to woo American heiress Virginia, who loves Willie's nephew Frank.

Director: Harold French | Stars: Cecil Parker, Eileen Herlie, Donald Wolfit, Peter Asher

Votes: 146

40. The Shock (1923)

Passed | 96 min | Drama

A gang of blackmailers sends a cripple to San Francisco to expose a banker they have been blackmailing. However, the cripple meets and falls in love with the banker's daughter.

Director: Lambert Hillyer | Stars: Lon Chaney, Virginia Valli, Jack Mower, William Welsh

Votes: 546

41. School for Girls (1934)

Passed | 73 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Annette Eldrige is sentenced to three years in a reformatory after being caught with stolen jewels. The sadistic woman in charge of the reformatory makes life terrible for everyone; ... See full summary »

Director: William Nigh | Stars: Sidney Fox, Paul Kelly, Lois Wilson, Lucille La Verne

Votes: 31

42. Veza (2007)

25 min | Short, Sci-Fi

A foreign envoy is called to witness the execution of a journalist, orchestrated by the scientist who is the only remainder of the fallen regime. The death penalty sentence is executed ... See full synopsis »

Director: Jadran Puharic | Stars: Josip Vujcic, Miro Matic, Michael Reed, Ivan Bosnjak

Votes: 47

43. The Soul of Youth (1920)

80 min | Drama

The story of an orphan boy who, due to the cruelty of others, is drawn into a life of sin on the streets prior to the redemption of a caring foster family.

Director: William Desmond Taylor | Stars: Lewis Sargent, Ernest Butterworth Jr., Clyde Fillmore, Grace Morse

Votes: 153

44. I Was a Convict (1939)

Approved | 62 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

Millionaire John B. Harrison is finishing a two-year sentence in prison for income-tax evasion. Two convicts, "Rocks" Henry and Matty are planning an escape and going to kidnap Harrison. ... See full summary »

Director: Aubrey Scotto | Stars: Barton MacLane, Beverly Roberts, Clarence Kolb, Janet Beecher

Votes: 18

45. The Whip (IV)

82 min | Drama, Thriller | Post-production

With the looming threat of devastating welfare reforms known as Independence Credit, a full-time carer plots an audacious heist in a bid to halt the scheme in its tracks.

Director: Christopher Presswell | Stars: Shian Denovan, Gala Wesson, Tom Knight, Daniel Davids

46. Good Intentions (1930)

Passed | 69 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Racketeer David Cresson's sudden passion for the straight-and-narrow life is thanks to his falling in love with society débutante Helen Rankin. However, his former associate and ... See full summary »

Director: William K. Howard | Stars: Edmund Lowe, Marguerite Churchill, Regis Toomey, Earle Foxe

47. Laboratory Greece (2019)

165 min | Documentary

A journey through Greece and Europe's past and recent history: from the Second World War to the current crisis. It is a historical documentary, a look into many stories.

Director: Jacopo Brogi | Stars: Filippo Abbate, Konrad Adenauer, Salvador Allende, Rania Antonopoulos

Votes: 32

48. The Street Smarts (1979)

99 min | Comedy

Fresh out of prison after four hard years of incarceration, a criminal mastermind and respected ringleader reunites with his old gang, only to relapse into his old habits. However, is everything as it seems?

Director: Kostas Karagiannis | Stars: Nikos Rizos, Mimis Fotopoulos, Stathis Psaltis, Giannis Malouhos

Votes: 79

49. The Mighty Pawns (1987 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 57 min | Drama, Family, Sport

Caring and tough: That's how you could describe the principal, teacher, and parent who combined their efforts to transform a struggling bunch of misfits, otherwise known as D Class, into a united team of national chess contenders.

Director: Eric Laneuville | Stars: Paul Winfield, Alfonso Ribeiro, Terence Knox, Rosalind Cash

Votes: 55

50. Young Chopin (1952)

Approved | 98 min | Biography, Drama, History

A story of the formative years in Chopin's life between 1825 and 1831, a time of social unrest throughout Europe, of rising nationalism, and of cries for reform. Chopin, an outstanding ... See full summary »

Director: Aleksander Ford | Stars: Czeslaw Wollejko, Zbigniew Lobodzinski, Józef Nieweglowski, Jerzy Duszynski

Votes: 82