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

1. Eternals (2021)

PG-13 | 156 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

The saga of the Eternals, a race of immortal beings who lived on Earth and shaped its history and civilizations.

Director: Chloé Zhao | Stars: Gemma Chan, Richard Madden, Angelina Jolie, Salma Hayek

Votes: 386,463 | Gross: $164.87M

2. Chinatown (1974)

R | 130 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

A private detective hired to expose an adulterer in 1930s Los Angeles finds himself caught up in a web of deceit, corruption, and murder.

Director: Roman Polanski | Stars: Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston, Perry Lopez

Votes: 350,073

3. Sleepers (1996)

R | 147 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

After a prank goes disastrously wrong, a group of boys are sent to a detention center where they are brutalized. Thirteen years later, an unexpected random encounter with a former guard gives them a chance for revenge.

Director: Barry Levinson | Stars: Robert De Niro, Kevin Bacon, Brad Pitt, Jason Patric

Votes: 237,668 | Gross: $49.10M

4. Wanderlust (2012)

R | 98 min | Comedy, Romance

Rattled by sudden unemployment, a Manhattan couple surveys alternative living options, ultimately deciding to experiment with living on a rural commune where free love rules.

Director: David Wain | Stars: Jennifer Aniston, Paul Rudd, Malin Akerman, Justin Theroux

Votes: 80,540 | Gross: $17.23M

5. The World's Fastest Indian (2005)

PG-13 | 127 min | Biography, Drama, Sport

The story of New Zealander Burt Munro, who spent years rebuilding a 1920 Indian motorcycle, which helped him set the land speed world record at Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats in 1967.

Director: Roger Donaldson | Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Diane Ladd, Iain Rea, Tessa Mitchell

Votes: 58,642 | Gross: $5.13M

6. Burning (2018)

Not Rated | 148 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Jong-su bumps into a girl who used to live in the same neighborhood, who asks him to look after her cat while she's on a trip to Africa. When back, she introduces Ben, a mysterious guy she met there, who confesses his secret hobby.

Director: Lee Chang-dong | Stars: Yoo Ah-in, Steven Yeun, Jeon Jong-seo, Kim Soo-Kyung

Votes: 76,420 | Gross: $0.72M

7. The Last Emperor (1987)

PG-13 | 163 min | Biography, Drama, History

Bernardo Bertolucci's Oscar-winning dramatisation of the life story of China's last emperor, Pu Yi.

Director: Bernardo Bertolucci | Stars: John Lone, Joan Chen, Peter O'Toole, Ruocheng Ying

Votes: 111,568 | Gross: $43.98M

8. Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)

PG-13 | 106 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror

The Gremlins are back, and this time, they've taken control of a New York City media mogul's high-tech skyscraper.

Directors: Joe Dante, Chuck Jones | Stars: Zach Galligan, Phoebe Cates, Howie Mandel, Tony Randall

Votes: 112,916 | Gross: $41.48M

9. Big Fat Liar (2002)

PG | 88 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family

Fourteen-year-old Jason Shepherd has a reputation for stretching the truth. So, when big-time Hollywood producer Marty Wolf steals his class paper and turns it into a smash hit movie, no one believes Jason's latest tall tale.

Director: Shawn Levy | Stars: Frankie Muniz, Amanda Bynes, Paul Giamatti, Amanda Detmer

Votes: 39,583 | Gross: $48.36M

10. What the Peeper Saw (1972)

R | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

A wealthy author's second wife begins to suspect that her 12-year-old stepson may have murdered his mother, who mysteriously died in a bathtub accident.

Directors: James Kelley, Andrea Bianchi | Stars: Mark Lester, Britt Ekland, Hardy Krüger, Lilli Palmer

Votes: 1,695

11. The Andromeda Strain (2008)

44 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi

A crack team of top scientists work feverishly in a secret, state-of-the-art laboratory to discover what has killed the citizens of a small town and learn how this deadly contagion can be stopped.

Stars: Benjamin Bratt, Christa Miller, Ricky Schroder, Louis Ferreira

Votes: 14,614

12. Flying Tigers (1942)

Approved | 102 min | Action, Drama, Romance

Capt. Jim Gordon's command of the famed American volunteer fighter group in China is complicated by the recruitment of an old friend who is a reckless hotshot.

Director: David Miller | Stars: John Wayne, John Carroll, Anna Lee, Paul Kelly

Votes: 4,252 | Gross: $3.27M

13. Ideal Home (2018)

Not Rated | 91 min | Comedy, Drama

A bickering gay couple must suddenly deal with the unexpected task of raising a 10-year-old boy.

Director: Andrew Fleming | Stars: Steve Coogan, Paul Rudd, Jesse Luken, Evan Bittencourt

Votes: 11,620

14. Six Flying Dragons (2015–2016)

Action, Drama, History

Story of the the foundation of the Joseon Dynasty in Korea and ambition, success and fall of several real and fictional characters.

Stars: Kim Hyun-bin, Yoo Ah-in, Byun Yo-han, Kim Myung-min

Votes: 1,206

15. The Trouble with Girls (1969)

G | 97 min | Comedy, History, Musical

Chautauqua manager Walter Hale and his loyal business manager struggle to keep their traveling troupe together in small-town America.

Director: Peter Tewksbury | Stars: Elvis Presley, Marlyn Mason, Nicole Jaffe, Sheree North

Votes: 1,778

16. Cleopatra (1970)

X | 112 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

To decipher a scheme plotted by enemy aliens, three agents from the future travel to Cleopatra's time, where they witness her romances with Caesar and Mark Antony.

Directors: Osamu Tezuka, Eiichi Yamamoto | Stars: Chinatsu Nakayama, Kotoe Hatsui, Tsubame Yanagiya, Nobuo Tsukamoto

Votes: 853

17. Athena (1954)

Passed | 95 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical

The story about two sisters in love. Everything should be wonderful, but father doesn't approve of his daughters' physically underdeveloped fiancés.

Director: Richard Thorpe | Stars: Jane Powell, Debbie Reynolds, Virginia Gibson, Nancy Kilgas

Votes: 699

18. Bad Kids of Crestview Academy (2017)

R | 100 min | Action, Comedy, Thriller

5 high school students get Saturday detention. One tries to find her sister's killer. When hit by a computer virus, the school goes on lockdown and the killing continues.

Director: Ben Browder | Stars: Samantha Hanratty, Colby Arps, Sophia Ali, Erika Daly

Votes: 2,351

19. Immortality (1998)

R | 98 min | Crime, Mystery, Romance

Vampire in London is searching for the ideal woman to redeem him.

Director: Po-Chih Leong | Stars: Jude Law, Elina Löwensohn, Timothy Spall, Jack Davenport

Votes: 6,151 | Gross: $0.02M

20. Supernatural (1933)

Passed | 65 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A serial black widow murderess returns to life in the body of a young woman to exact revenge on a former lover, a phony spiritualist who betrayed her.

Director: Victor Halperin | Stars: Carole Lombard, Randolph Scott, Alan Dinehart, Vivienne Osborne

Votes: 933

21. The Flame (1947)

Approved | 97 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

A woman falls for the victim of an intended blackmail plot.

Director: John H. Auer | Stars: John Carroll, Vera Ralston, Robert Paige, Broderick Crawford

Votes: 404

22. Ticket to Heaven (1981)

PG | 108 min | Drama

David is a young man seduced by a religious cult that uses starvation, exhaustion, and brainwashing to mold recruits into money hustling disciples of a messiah-like leader. Chronicles ... See full summary »

Director: Ralph L. Thomas | Stars: Nick Mancuso, Saul Rubinek, Meg Foster, Kim Cattrall

Votes: 872

23. Winter of Frozen Dreams (2009)

R | 92 min | Crime, Drama

Barbara Hoffman is a University of Wisconsin science student. She is a part-time employee at a local massage parlor. She is also a killer. Now all Detective Lulling has to do is prove it.

Director: Eric Mandelbaum | Stars: Thora Birch, Keith Carradine, Brendan Sexton III, Leo Fitzpatrick

Votes: 905 | Gross: $0.01M

24. Speaking of the Devil (1991)

95 min | Comedy, Fantasy

Bull Webster is a taxi driver with some work problems on his hands: the Spider Corporation, a giant financial holding company, has decided to buy out his taxi co-operative in order to make ... See full summary »

Director: Enzo Barboni | Stars: Bud Spencer, Carol Alt, Thierry Lhermitte, Sharon Madden

Votes: 1,371

25. Golden Gate (I) (1993)

R | 91 min | Crime, Drama

A brash 22-year-old FBI agent trumps up charges of Communist spying against a Chinese laundryman. Ten years later, he wants to make amends to the man and his teenage daughter.

Director: John Madden | Stars: Matt Dillon, Joan Chen, Elizabeth Morehead, Bruno Kirby

Votes: 937 | Gross: $0.40M

26. Dark Alibi (1946)

Approved | 61 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A public defender enlists Charlie to exonerate one of his clients, an ex-con falsely accused of bank robbery and murder, scheduled for execution in nine days.

Director: Phil Karlson | Stars: Sidney Toler, Mantan Moreland, Ben Carter, Benson Fong

Votes: 1,453

27. Good Sam (1948)

Passed | 114 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Sam Clayton has a good heart and likes to help out people in need. In fact, he likes to help them out so much that he often finds himself broke and unable to help his own family buy the things they need--like a house.

Director: Leo McCarey | Stars: Gary Cooper, Ann Sheridan, Ray Collins, Edmund Lowe

Votes: 1,072

28. Torch Song (1953)

Approved | 90 min | Drama, Music, Romance

A tough but unhappy Broadway star re-evaluates her life when she crosses paths with a blind pianist.

Director: Charles Walters | Stars: Joan Crawford, Michael Wilding, Gig Young, Marjorie Rambeau

Votes: 1,502

29. Jeong Do-jeon (2014)

Action, Biography, History

Set between late Goryeo Dynasty and early Joseon Dynasty period. Jung Do-Jeon plans for the new country of "Joseon" and new culture as an influential advisor to King Taejo. Jung Do-Jeon resistance among those that want to keep Goryeo.

Stars: Cho Jae-hyun, Yoo Dong-geun, Park Yeong-gyu, Kim Myung-soo

Votes: 66

30. Murder by Television (1935)

Passed | 53 min | Mystery, Thriller

James Houghland, inventor of a new method by which television signals can be instantaneously sent anywhere in the world, refuses to sell the process to television companies, who then send ... See full summary »

Director: Clifford Sanforth | Stars: Bela Lugosi, June Collyer, Huntley Gordon, George Meeker

Votes: 766

31. Charlie Chan in the Secret Service (1944)

Approved | 63 min | Mystery

Charlie Chan is an agent of the U.S. government assigned to investigate the mysterious death of an inventor.

Director: Phil Rosen | Stars: Sidney Toler, Mantan Moreland, Arthur Loft, Gwen Kenyon

Votes: 1,654

32. Why We Fight (1942)

Not Rated | 52 min | Documentary, War

The official World War II US Government film statement defining the various enemies of the Allies and why they must be fought.

Directors: Frank Capra, Anatole Litvak | Stars: Walter Huston, Victor Bulwer-Lytton, Kai-Shek Chiang, Walter Darré

Votes: 2,409

33. Charlie Chan at the Race Track (1936)

Approved | 70 min | Mystery

When a friend of Charlie's is found kicked to death by his own race horse on board a Honolulu-bound liner, the detective discovers foul play and uncovers an international gambling ring.

Director: H. Bruce Humberstone | Stars: Warner Oland, Keye Luke, Helen Wood, Thomas Beck

Votes: 1,601

34. Outside the Law (1920)

Passed | 75 min | Crime, Romance, Thriller

In this early collaboration with director Tod Browning (Dracula, Freaks), Chaney delivers a dual performance of dramatic intensity, starring as Ah Wing, a kind-hearted student of Confucian ... See full summary »

Director: Tod Browning | Stars: Priscilla Dean, Wheeler Oakman, Lon Chaney, Ralph Lewis

Votes: 742

35. Crazy Westerners (1967)

90 min | Musical, Western

Little Rita is a female gunslinger who travels to the Far West chasing outlaws. She takes gold from them and hides it in a cave which she plans to blow up one day and get rid of the root of all evil: money.

Director: Ferdinando Baldi | Stars: Rita Pavone, Terence Hill, Lucio Dalla, Teddy Reno

Votes: 662

36. In the Year of the Pig (1968)

Not Rated | 103 min | Documentary, History, War

A documentary chronicling the background to, and history of, the Vietnam War.

Director: Emile de Antonio | Stars: Harry S. Ashmore, Daniel Berrigan, Joseph Buttinger, William R. Corson

Votes: 1,920

37. Frisco Jenny (1932)

Passed | 73 min | Crime, Drama, Music

The San Francisco earthquake shakes up the life of Jenny, a madam who gives birth to an illegitimate son and gives him up to protect him.

Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Ruth Chatterton, Louis Calhern, Helen Jerome Eddy, Donald Cook

Votes: 1,188

38. Tanguy Is Back (2019)

93 min | Comedy

16 years later, Tanguy, now 44, returns to his parents' house with his daughter Zhu under his arm because Meï Lin left him. Disappointed to see their "little one" in this state, Paul and ... See full summary »

Director: Étienne Chatiliez | Stars: Sabine Azéma, André Dussollier, Éric Berger, Emilie Yili Kang

Votes: 678

39. Lucía, Lucía (2003)

R | 110 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime

A woman trying to cope with the recent disappearance of her husband finds that the event uncovers some dark secrets. Subtitled.

Director: Antonio Serrano | Stars: Cecilia Roth, Carlos Álvarez-Nóvoa, Kuno Becker, Margarita Isabel

Votes: 1,075 | Gross: $0.27M

40. Di na natuto (Sorry na, puede ba?) (1993)

109 min | Action, Drama, Romance

Ysmael is the rich family's black sheep, unlike his older brother Bongbong. They both want to win the heart of their female worker, Carlotta. When Ysmael discovers that Bongbong is using dirty tricks, conflicts arise.

Director: Eddie Rodriguez | Stars: Sharon Cuneta, Robin Padilla, Edu Manzano, Nida Blanca

Votes: 23

41. Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant (1942)

Approved | 87 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery

Dr. Gillespie's health is failing, and the hospital is urging him to get a new assistant that he doesn't want. So, he poses a stumper in class to discourage all the bright young students. ... See full summary »

Director: Willis Goldbeck | Stars: Lionel Barrymore, Van Johnson, Susan Peters, Richard Quine

Votes: 248

42. Up the Yangtze (2007)

Not Rated | 93 min | Documentary

At the edge of the Yangtze River, not far from the Three Gorges Dam, young men and women take up employment on a cruise ship, where they confront rising waters and a radically changing China.

Director: Yung Chang | Stars: Jerry Bo Yu Chen, Campbell Ping He, Cindy Shui Yu

Votes: 1,946 | Gross: $0.78M

43. China Jones (1959)

6 min | Family, Animation, Short

Daffy Duck is China Jones, a fortune-seeking Irish private eye working in the Far East. He finds a call for help in a Chinese fortune cookie and decides to investigate. Acting on a tip ... See full summary »

Director: Robert McKimson | Stars: Mel Blanc, June Foray

Votes: 198

44. The Chinese Exclusion Act (2017)

TV-PG | 114 min | Documentary, Biography, History

The origin, history and impact of the 1882 law that made it illegal for Chinese workers to come to America and for Chinese nationals already here to become U.S. citizens.

Directors: Ric Burns, Li-Shin Yu | Stars: Hoon Lee, Mae Ngai, Jean Pfaelzer, David Lei

Votes: 104

45. Bride and Gloom (1954)

Approved | 6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Popeye is marrying Olive tomorrow; he's ecstatic. She has a dream of the future, including twin sons who prove to be a real handful. When Popeye comes by the next morning, he gets a frosty reception.

Directors: Izzy Sparber, Thomas Johnson | Stars: Jack Mercer, Mae Questel, Cecil Roy

Votes: 271

46. Bright Flight (2012)

105 min | Drama

Two adventures between Europe and Africa. The true story of Yaguine e Fodè. The story of Thabo and Rocco, victims of the football slavery.

Director: Paolo Bianchini | Stars: Angela Finocchiaro, Diego Bianchi, Giobbe Covatta, Francesco Salvi

Votes: 112

47. Ladder of Philosophy

Documentary, History | Announced

Four philosophers - an atheist, an agnostic, a Christian, and a Hindu - settle down to discuss life, reason, faith, and whatever else comes to mind.

Director: Martin Horlacher | Star: Martin Horlacher

48. Immer Ärger mit Opa Charly (2016 TV Movie)

86 min | Comedy, Drama

"You know that feeling when everything seems to get to you - and you start doing the craziest things?" Jana Frank knows exactly this feeling all too well. The woman in her late thirties has... See full summary »

Director: Marcus Ulbricht | Stars: Inka Friedrich, Tobias Oertel, Ulrich Pleitgen, Nadine Kösters

Votes: 33

49. Wu ye jing hun lu (2017)

75 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

Urban legend has it,if one is walking alone at night and heard someone calling out his or her name from behind, one has to answer after the third call. Otherwise the person would be trapped in same place and could never find his way back.

Director: Li'ang Wang | Stars: Liu Jing, Qing Miao, Wen Su, Li'ang Wang

Votes: 7

50. A Wise Man Once Said...

Animation, Short, Comedy | Announced

An inquisitive young man searches for the meaning of life - and finds that it isn't quite what he expected it to be.

Director: Martin Horlacher | Star: Martin Horlacher