Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "listening-in-on-a-telephone-call"

1. Trading Places (1983)

R | 116 min | Comedy

A snobbish investor and a wily street con artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaires.

Director: John Landis | Stars: Eddie Murphy, Dan Aykroyd, Ralph Bellamy, Don Ameche

Votes: 166,525 | Gross: $90.40M

2. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010)

PG-13 | 112 min | Action, Comedy, Fantasy

In a magically realistic version of Toronto, a young man must defeat his new girlfriend's seven evil exes one by one in order to win her heart.

Director: Edgar Wright | Stars: Michael Cera, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Kieran Culkin, Anna Kendrick

Votes: 466,783 | Gross: $31.49M

3. The Parent Trap (1961)

Passed | 129 min | Comedy, Family, Romance

Teenage twin sisters swap places and scheme to reunite their divorced parents.

Director: David Swift | Stars: Hayley Mills, Maureen O'Hara, Brian Keith, Charles Ruggles

Votes: 24,081

4. The Apartment (1960)

Approved | 125 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A Manhattan insurance clerk tries to rise in his company by letting its executives use his apartment for trysts, but complications and a romance of his own ensue.

Director: Billy Wilder | Stars: Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Fred MacMurray, Ray Walston

Votes: 197,659 | Gross: $18.60M

5. Obsessed (2009)

PG-13 | 108 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller

A successful executive's seemingly perfect career and marriage starts falling apart when his firm hires a seductive office temp.

Director: Steve Shill | Stars: Beyoncé, Idris Elba, Ali Larter, Jerry O'Connell

Votes: 34,437 | Gross: $68.26M

6. Cherry Falls (1999)

R | 92 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

In the small town of Cherry Falls, a psychotic murderer is killing off the virgins of the local high school.

Director: Geoffrey Wright | Stars: Brittany Murphy, Jay Mohr, Michael Biehn, Jesse Bradford

Votes: 14,819

7. The Freshman (1990)

PG | 102 min | Comedy, Crime

An N.Y.C. film school student accepts a job with a local mobster who resembles a famous cinema godfather and who takes the young man under his wing, after demanding total loyalty.

Director: Andrew Bergman | Stars: Marlon Brando, Matthew Broderick, Bruno Kirby, Penelope Ann Miller

Votes: 22,102 | Gross: $21.46M

8. Tarantula (1955)

Approved | 80 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

A spider escapes from an isolated Arizona desert laboratory experimenting in gigantism and grows to tremendous size as it wreaks havoc on the local inhabitants.

Director: Jack Arnold | Stars: John Agar, Mara Corday, Leo G. Carroll, Nestor Paiva

Votes: 10,820 | Gross: $1.10M

9. Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)

Passed | 126 min | Biography, Drama, Family

The life of the renowned musical composer, playwright, actor, dancer, and singer George M. Cohan.

Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: James Cagney, Joan Leslie, Walter Huston, Richard Whorf

Votes: 16,907 | Gross: $11.80M

10. The Traitor (2019)

R | 153 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

The real life of Tommaso Buscetta, the so-called "boss of the two worlds," the first mafia informant in Sicily in the 1980s.

Director: Marco Bellocchio | Stars: Pierfrancesco Favino, Maria Fernanda Cândido, Fabrizio Ferracane, Fausto Russo Alesi

Votes: 13,069

11. The Other End (2016)

92 min | Drama

After a 43-year-old divorcee begins a relationship with a 17-year-old boy, they must face his parents' disagreement and fight for their relationship.

Director: Felipe Sholl | Stars: Karine Teles, Tom Karabachian, Denise Fraga, Emílio de Mello

Votes: 623

12. The Glass Bottom Boat (1966)

Approved | 110 min | Comedy, Romance

After a series of misunderstandings, the head of an aerospace research laboratory begins to suspect that his new girlfriend is a Russian spy.

Director: Frank Tashlin | Stars: Doris Day, Rod Taylor, Arthur Godfrey, John McGiver

Votes: 5,257

13. Lost & Found (2022)

100 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Mario, a worker in a "lost and found" warehouse, finds a suitcase with the remains of baby inside. His investigation leads him to a dangerous prostitution and trafficking ring.

Director: Jorge Dorado | Stars: Álvaro Morte, China Suárez, Verónica Echegui, Daniel Aráoz

Votes: 1,318

14. Hideous! (1997)

R | 82 min | Comedy, Horror

Dr. Lorca, a collector of biological oddities, fights another curator of horrors over a mutant. But their clash is cut short when the mutant comes to life and resurrects an angry, oozing army.

Director: Charles Band | Stars: Michael Citriniti, Rhonda Griffin, Mel Johnson Jr., Jacqueline Lovell

Votes: 1,339

15. The Maltese Falcon (1931)

Passed | 80 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

A lovely dame with dangerous lies employs the services of a private detective, who is quickly caught up in the mystery and intrigue of a statuette known as the Maltese Falcon.

Director: Roy Del Ruth | Stars: Bebe Daniels, Ricardo Cortez, Dudley Digges, Una Merkel

Votes: 3,357

16. I Saw What You Did (1965)

Approved | 82 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller

Teenagers Libby and Kit innocently spend an evening making random prank calls that lead to murderous consequences.

Director: William Castle | Stars: Joan Crawford, John Ireland, Leif Erickson, Sara Lane

Votes: 3,453

17. State of the Union (1948)

Approved | 124 min | Comedy, Drama

An industrialist is urged to run for President, but this requires uncomfortable compromises on both political and marital levels.

Director: Frank Capra | Stars: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Van Johnson, Angela Lansbury

Votes: 4,174

18. Queen of Earth (2015)

Not Rated | 90 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Two women who grew up together discover they have drifted apart when they retreat to a lake house together.

Director: Alex Ross Perry | Stars: Elisabeth Moss, Katherine Waterston, Patrick Fugit, Kentucker Audley

Votes: 6,909 | Gross: $0.08M

19. Hera Pheri (1976)

Not Rated | 164 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Two friends Ajay and Vijay gets separated from each other when they discover secrets about their past in their own ways.

Director: Prakash Mehra | Stars: Amitabh Bachchan, Vinod Khanna, Saira Banu, Sulakshana Pandit

Votes: 1,132

20. Summer in the Shade (2020)

84 min | Drama, Mystery

Summer, 1997. A holiday to Cornwall forces troubled 13-year-old Grace to confront her demons.

Director: Alice Millar | Stars: Niamh Walter, Nyobi Hendry, Rebecca Palmer, Zaqi Ismail

Votes: 62

21. Murder Was the Case: The Movie (1995 Video)

TV-MA | 18 min | Short, Comedy, Crime

Follows the exploits of Snoop Doggy Dogg as he gets shot, and makes a deal with the devil to survive.

Directors: Dr. Dre, Fab 5 Freddy, F. Gary Gray, Ricky Harris | Stars: Snoop Dogg, Charlie Murphy, Gregory Scott Cummins, Freez Luv

Votes: 668

22. The Great Gambler (1979)

161 min | Action, Crime, Romance

After unwittingly using his skills to obtain military secrets, a gambler is pursued by a police officer who happens to be his doppelganger.

Director: Shakti Samanta | Stars: Amitabh Bachchan, Zeenat Aman, Neetu Singh, Prem Chopra

Votes: 731

23. Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train (1998)

122 min | Drama, Romance

Friends of a recently deceased minor painter Jean-Baptiste take a train in Paris for Limoges, where he wished to be buried, and all the people on the train have their problems.

Director: Patrice Chéreau | Stars: Pascal Greggory, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Charles Berling, Jean-Louis Trintignant

Votes: 2,005 | Gross: $0.06M

24. A Shriek in the Night (1933)

Unrated | 66 min | Crime, Mystery, Romance

Pat Morgan and Ted Kord are rival newspaper reporters always trying to outscoop each other. They join together to solve a series of murders being committed in an apartment building.

Director: Albert Ray | Stars: Ginger Rogers, Lyle Talbot, Harvey Clark, Purnell Pratt

Votes: 1,098

25. Poliziotti violenti (1976)

94 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Paratrooper officer Altieri and police commissioner Tosi investigate the case of criminals who use modern machine guns that disappeared from an army unit. The investigation leads them to a conspiracy of high military ranks.

Director: Michele Massimo Tarantini | Stars: Henry Silva, Antonio Sabato, Silvia Dionisio, Ettore Manni

Votes: 240

26. Hella W (2011)

82 min | Biography, Drama, History

The life of a heroine. The life and work of Hella Wuolijoki. A poet, spy and millionaire, she turned into an internationally acclaimed businesswoman, politician and playwright, who ... See full summary »

Director: Juha Wuolijoki | Stars: Tiina Weckström, Hannu-Pekka Björkman, Matleena Kuusniemi, Maria Heiskanen

Votes: 380

27. Eavesdropper (2019)

20 min | Short, Drama

Selamet, who is working at the old central of a company which is on the eve of moving to a big center, tries to make his life similar to a stranger on the phone by discovering his closeness to that person.

Director: Ahmet Togaç | Stars: Turgay Aydin, Deniz Inanc, Hülya Gülsen Irmak, Ismail Akbaba

Votes: 118

28. Stick It (2014)

5 min | Short, Romance, Sport

The single channel video STICK IT combines television footage of women's gymnastics with recordings of the artist attempting the same routines. Merging himself and the young gymnasts of the... See full summary »

Director: Stefan Ramirez Perez

29. Dekalog (1989–1990)
Episode: Dekalog, cztery (1989)

TV-MA | 57 min | Drama

When her father is away on business, a young woman discovers a letter from her dead mother reading, 'Open after my death'.

Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski | Stars: Adrianna Biedrzynska, Janusz Gajos, Artur Barcis, Aleksander Bardini

Votes: 4,647

30. Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962)
Episode: Party Line (1960)

TV-14 | 30 min | Drama, Mystery

Helen Parch shares a party-line telephone with several others. She likes to talk on the phone quite a bit but also listens in on others. She's warned by the police one day that a Mr. Miller... See full summary »

Director: Hilton A. Green | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Judy Canova, Royal Dano, Arch Johnson

Votes: 491

31. Bad Girls (1999–2006)
Episode: False Identity (2001)

TV-14 | 48 min | Crime, Drama

Dom's replacement PO arrives on G Wing. Barbara gets a visit from her stepchildren. Yvonne arranges a legal meeting with her "solicitor". Di tries to persuade Josh to make a change of career.

Director: Laurence Moody | Stars: Lisa Turner, Marlene Sidaway, Tracey Wilkinson, Claire King

Votes: 41

32. Bewitched (1964–1972)
Episode: My What Big Ears You Have (1967)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy

Endora puts a spell on Darrin which causes his ears to grow anytime he lies. Unfortunately he has a surprise present for Samantha which he has to be sneaky about.

Director: Richard Kinon | Stars: Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick York, Agnes Moorehead, George Tobias

Votes: 326

33. Drake & Josh (2004–2007)
Episode: Grammy (2004)

TV-Y7 | 25 min | Comedy, Family

Josh's grandma comes to stay with the boys while their parents are away for the weekend, much to the disappointment of Drake, whom she dislikes.

Director: Virgil L. Fabian | Stars: Josh Peck, Drake Bell, Nancy Sullivan, Jonathan Goldstein

Votes: 363

34. The Invaders (1967–1968)
Episode: The Pursued (1968)

TV-PG | 51 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller

An alien woman contacts David hoping he can save her. She a mutant alien, who has uncontrolled emotions, and they want to kill her before she contacts Vincent. David is dubious, but he desperately wants her to testify at a special hearing.

Director: William Hale | Stars: Roy Thinnes, Suzanne Pleshette, Will Geer, Kent Smith

Votes: 184

35. MacGyver (1985–1992)
Episode: The Negotiator (1988)

TV-PG | 47 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

When MacGyver's research into the wildlife around the planned building site of a marina threatens to cause a shutdown of the project, the owner hires a beautiful woman to persuade MacGyver to change his mind... by any means necessary.

Director: Charles Correll | Stars: Richard Dean Anderson, Dana Elcar, Kristian Alfonso, David Ackroyd

Votes: 353

36. Mannix (1967–1975)
Episode: A Way to Dusty Death (1973)

TV-PG | 52 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Joe is trying to find a missing teenage boy who was acquitted of murder on a technicality. The boy's small town is convinced he did it and Chief Harry Decken is not helpful.

Director: Sutton Roley | Stars: Mike Connors, Gail Fisher, Howard Duff, Janis Paige

Votes: 104

37. Matlock (1986–1995)
Episode: The Vendetta (1989)

TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Michelle, Julie, and Tyler are held at gunpoint by vindictive Ned Billings, who plans to kill Ben to avenge his brother Jim Billings, who died in prison after Ben proved he was guilty in a prior case.

Director: David Solomon | Stars: Andy Griffith, Nancy Stafford, Julie Sommars, Kene Holiday

Votes: 133

38. Mission: Impossible (1966–1973)
Episode: The Bride (1972)

TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

Lisa plays mail-order corpse bride to frame a money launderer. But if Jim's timing isn't perfect she may find herself embalmed or cremated.

Director: John Llewellyn Moxey | Stars: Peter Graves, Greg Morris, Lynda Day George, Peter Lupus

Votes: 125

39. Young Sheldon (2017–2024)
Episode: A Broom Closet and Satan's Monopoly Board (2019)

TV-PG | 19 min | Comedy

Without Dr. Sturgis' university class, Sheldon must find a new way to stay academically challenged; Mary helps Pastor Jeff avoid temptation with his girlfriend.

Director: Alex Reid | Stars: Iain Armitage, Zoe Perry, Lance Barber, Montana Jordan

Votes: 1,181

40. The Goldbergs (2013–2023)
Episode: Muscles Mirsky (2014)

TV-PG | 21 min | Comedy

While Adam worries about sexual tension between him and his longtime friend Emmy, Erica and Beverly square off over a lack of trust.

Director: Claire Scanlon | Stars: Wendi McLendon-Covey, Sean Giambrone, Troy Gentile, Hayley Orrantia

Votes: 443

41. Fauda (2015–2022)
Episode: Episode #1.6 (2015)

TV-MA | 34 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

Blamed for the disastrous ambush, Doron takes matters into his own hands and asks the team to join him on a mission to set things right.

Director: Assaf Bernstein | Stars: Lior Raz, Hisham Suliman, Shadi Mar'i, Laëtitia Eïdo

Votes: 555

42. Agent Carter (2015–2016)
Episode: The Edge of Mystery (2016)

TV-PG | 43 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

Peggy and Sousa propose a trade with Whitney Frost, while the SSR gets help from Howard Stark that may be the key to eliminating Zero Matter.

Director: Metin Hüseyin | Stars: Hayley Atwell, James D'Arcy, Chad Michael Murray, Enver Gjokaj

Votes: 2,046

43. Tokyo Tarareba Girls (2017– )
Episode: Episode #1.5 (2017)

60 min | Comedy

The three friends are positively single again and are determined to take corrective action. They feel a bout of self-pity wash over them. A visit to a soothsayer tells them a lot and feels ... See full summary »

Director: Seiichi Nagumo | Stars: Yuriko Yoshitaka, Nana Eikura, Yûko Ôshima, Kentarô Sakaguchi

44. Stranger Things (2016–2025)
Episode: Chapter Two: The Mall Rats (2019)

TV-14 | 50 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Nancy and Jonathan follow a lead, Steve and Robin sign on to a secret mission, and Max and Eleven go shopping. A rattled Billy has troubling visions.

Directors: Matt Duffer, Ross Duffer | Stars: Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Finn Wolfhard, Millie Bobby Brown

Votes: 20,897