Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "roman-a-clef"

1. The Devil Wears Prada (2006)

PG-13 | 109 min | Comedy, Drama

A smart but sensible new graduate lands a job as an assistant to Miranda Priestly, the demanding editor-in-chief of a high fashion magazine.

Director: David Frankel | Stars: Anne Hathaway, Meryl Streep, Adrian Grenier, Emily Blunt

Votes: 470,205 | Gross: $124.74M

2. 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: 466,894 | Gross: $1.59M

3. To Die For (1995)

R | 106 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

A beautiful but naïve aspiring television personality films a documentary on teenagers with a darker ulterior motive.

Director: Gus Van Sant | Stars: Nicole Kidman, Matt Dillon, Joaquin Phoenix, Casey Affleck

Votes: 53,292 | Gross: $21.28M

4. Blow Out (1981)

R | 108 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A movie sound recordist accidentally records the evidence that proves that a car accident was actually murder and consequently finds himself in danger.

Director: Brian De Palma | Stars: John Travolta, Nancy Allen, John Lithgow, Dennis Franz

Votes: 63,790 | Gross: $13.75M

5. Postcards from the Edge (1990)

R | 101 min | Comedy, Drama

A substance-addicted actress tries to look on the bright side even as she is forced to move back in with her mother to avoid unemployment.

Director: Mike Nichols | Stars: Meryl Streep, Shirley MacLaine, Dennis Quaid, Gene Hackman

Votes: 19,442 | Gross: $37.96M

6. Dreamgirls (2006)

PG-13 | 130 min | Drama, Music, Musical

A trio of black female soul singers cross over to the pop charts in the early 1960s, facing their own personal struggles along the way.

Director: Bill Condon | Stars: Beyoncé, Jamie Foxx, Eddie Murphy, Danny Glover

Votes: 77,401 | Gross: $103.37M

7. Heartburn (1986)

R | 108 min | Comedy, Drama

She's a magazine writer who gives up her career for love and family. He's a playboy newspaper columnist who can't quite give up his old tricks. And if that combination doesn't give a relationship Heartburn, nothing will.

Director: Mike Nichols | Stars: Meryl Streep, Jack Nicholson, Jeff Daniels, Maureen Stapleton

Votes: 12,607 | Gross: $25.31M

8. Primary Colors (1998)

R | 143 min | Comedy, Drama

A man joins the political campaign of a smooth-operator candidate for President of the United States of America.

Director: Mike Nichols | Stars: John Travolta, Emma Thompson, Kathy Bates, Larry Hagman

Votes: 30,148 | Gross: $38.97M

9. All the King's Men (2006)

PG-13 | 128 min | Drama, Thriller

Based on the Robert Penn Warren novel. The life of populist Southerner Willie Stark, a political creature loosely based on Governor Huey Long of Louisiana.

Director: Steven Zaillian | Stars: Sean Penn, Jude Law, Kate Winslet, Anthony Hopkins

Votes: 25,642 | Gross: $7.22M

10. Compulsion (1959)

Approved | 103 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

Two wealthy law-school students go on trial for murder in this version of the Leopold-Loeb case.

Director: Richard Fleischer | Stars: Orson Welles, Dean Stockwell, Diane Varsi, Bradford Dillman

Votes: 7,528

11. All the King's Men (1949)

Approved | 110 min | Drama, Film-Noir

The rise and fall of a corrupt politician, who makes his friends richer and retains power by dint of a populist appeal.

Director: Robert Rossen | Stars: Broderick Crawford, John Ireland, Joanne Dru, John Derek

Votes: 16,637

12. Aline (II) (2020)

PG-13 | 126 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

With the support of her family and the man she loves, the 14th child of a modest family will become the most famous singer in the world.

Director: Valérie Lemercier | Stars: Valérie Lemercier, Sylvain Marcel, Danielle Fichaud, Roc Lafortune

Votes: 3,395

13. Reckless (1935)

Not Rated | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical

Wealthy Bob Harrison buys all the seats in the theatre to watch Mona Leslie's musical by himself. He loves her, her agent Ned Riley loves her. Conflict ensues.

Director: Victor Fleming | Stars: Jean Harlow, William Powell, Franchot Tone, May Robson

Votes: 1,515

14. The Oscar (1966)

Approved | 119 min | Drama

Snotty Hollywood actor becomes even more full of himself after he's nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor.

Director: Russell Rouse | Stars: Stephen Boyd, Elke Sommer, Milton Berle, Eleanor Parker

Votes: 1,467

15. Marked Woman (1937)

Approved | 96 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Thriller

A crusading district attorney persuades a clip joint hostess to testify against her mobster boss after her innocent sister is accidentally murdered during one of his unsavory parties.

Directors: Lloyd Bacon, Michael Curtiz | Stars: Bette Davis, Humphrey Bogart, Lola Lane, Isabel Jewell

Votes: 4,850

16. They Won't Forget (1937)

Passed | 95 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery

A politically ambitious district attorney, unscrupulous tabloid journalists, and regional prejudice combine to charge a teacher with the murder of his student.

Director: Mervyn LeRoy | Stars: Claude Rains, Gloria Dickson, Edward Norris, Otto Kruger

Votes: 1,948

17. Casque d'Or (1952)

Not Rated | 94 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

Three gangsters and an ex-con carpenter all fall for the same beautiful golden-haired woman in Belle Époque France.

Director: Jacques Becker | Stars: Simone Signoret, Serge Reggiani, Claude Dauphin, Raymond Bussières

Votes: 6,242

18. Inherit the Wind (1988 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 96 min | Drama, History

A biblical orator opposes a liberal lawyer defending a man for teaching Darwinism in the 1920s South.

Director: David Greene | Stars: Kirk Douglas, Jason Robards, Darren McGavin, John Harkins

Votes: 614

19. Bombshell (1933)

Passed | 96 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery

A glamorous film star rebels against the studio, her pushy press agent and a family of hangers-on.

Director: Victor Fleming | Stars: Jean Harlow, Lee Tracy, Frank Morgan, Franchot Tone

Votes: 3,157

20. Show People (1928)

Passed | 83 min | Comedy, Romance

A young lady from Georgia goes to Hollywood in the hopes of becoming an actress.

Director: King Vidor | Stars: Marion Davies, William Haines, Dell Henderson, Paul Ralli

Votes: 4,013 | Gross: $1.10M

21. Easter (2023–2024)

Approved | Mystery

The mental illness of our sleuth, Pascha, pits him against his most formidable foe - himself.

Stars: Lnq, Reginald VelJohnson, Olkens Graham, Gina Martino

22. Sweet Love, Bitter (1967)

M/PG | 92 min | Drama, Music

A loose fictitious of Charlie Parker's last years and a portrait of the jazz scene in 1960's New York.

Director: Herbert Danska | Stars: Don Murray, Dick Gregory, Diane Varsi, Robert Hooks

Votes: 134

23. A Place Among the Living (2003 TV Movie)

103 min | Drama

A mediocre pulp novelist is approached by a stranger claiming to be a serial killer with a proposition to chronicle his crimes.

Director: Raúl Ruiz | Stars: Christian Vadim, Thierry Gibault, Valérie Kaprisky, Cécile Bois

Votes: 118

24. Every Night at Eight (1935)

Approved | 80 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

After being fired from their jobs, three friends decide to enter an amateur contest at a radio station.

Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: George Raft, Alice Faye, Frances Langford, Patsy Kelly

Votes: 191

25. Neighbours (1985– )
Episode: Episode #1.415 (1987)

TV-G | 30 min | Drama, Romance

Harold arrives in Erinsborough, to be met by Madge who is dressed as a clown! Meanwhile Clive sinks deeper into depression and Helen drops a Bombshell- She's in love with Rosemary's fiancé.

Director: Peter Andrikidis | Stars: Anne Charleston, Alan Dale, Jason Donovan, Kylie Flinker

Votes: 10

26. QB VII (1974)
Episode: Part Three (1974)

TV-MA | 160 min | Drama, Mystery

Ignoring the advice of his wife and son, Sir Adam Kelno insists on suing Abe Cady, who has accused him of castrating Jews in a best selling book, for libel.

Director: Tom Gries | Stars: Ben Gazzara, Anthony Hopkins, Leslie Caron, Dan O'Herlihy

Votes: 37