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

1. Beau Is Afraid (2023)

R | 179 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror

Following the sudden death of his mother, a mild-mannered but anxiety-ridden man confronts his darkest fears as he embarks on an epic, Kafkaesque odyssey back home.

Director: Ari Aster | Stars: Joaquin Phoenix, Patti LuPone, Amy Ryan, Nathan Lane

Votes: 61,426

2. The Emperor's New Groove (2000)

G | 78 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

Emperor Kuzco is turned into a llama by his ex-administrator Yzma, and must now regain his throne with the help of Pacha, the gentle llama herder.

Director: Mark Dindal | Stars: David Spade, John Goodman, Eartha Kitt, Patrick Warburton

Votes: 226,211 | Gross: $89.30M

3. Empire Records (1995)

PG-13 | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

Twenty-four hours in the lives of the young employees at Empire Records when they all grow up and become young adults thanks to each other and the manager. They all face the store joining a chain store with strict rules.

Director: Allan Moyle | Stars: Anthony LaPaglia, Debi Mazar, Maxwell Caulfield, Rory Cochrane

Votes: 62,064 | Gross: $0.30M

4. Live and Let Die (1973)

PG | 121 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

James Bond is sent to stop a diabolically brilliant heroin magnate armed with a complex organisation and a reliable psychic tarot card reader.

Director: Guy Hamilton | Stars: Roger Moore, Yaphet Kotto, Jane Seymour, Clifton James

Votes: 115,684 | Gross: $35.38M

5. Boy Erased (2018)

R | 115 min | Biography, Drama

The son of a Baptist preacher unwillingly participates in a church-supported gay conversion program after being forcibly outed to his parents.

Director: Joel Edgerton | Stars: Lucas Hedges, Nicole Kidman, Joel Edgerton, Russell Crowe

Votes: 42,218 | Gross: $6.79M

6. Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues (2013)

PG-13 | 119 min | Comedy

With the 1970s behind him, Ron Burgundy, San Diego's former top-rated newsreader, returns to take New York City's first twenty-four-hour news channel by storm.

Director: Adam McKay | Stars: Will Ferrell, Christina Applegate, Paul Rudd, Steve Carell

Votes: 192,598 | Gross: $127.35M

7. River's Edge (1986)

R | 99 min | Crime, Drama

A high school slacker commits a shocking act and proceeds to let his friends in on the secret. However, the friends' reaction is almost as ambiguous and perplexing as the crime itself.

Director: Tim Hunter | Stars: Crispin Glover, Keanu Reeves, Ione Skye, Daniel Roebuck

Votes: 20,755 | Gross: $4.60M

8. Three Colors: White (1994)

R | 92 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

After his wife divorces him, a Polish immigrant plots to get even with her.

Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski | Stars: Zbigniew Zamachowski, Julie Delpy, Janusz Gajos, Jerzy Stuhr

Votes: 79,823 | Gross: $1.46M

9. Tom and Huck (1995)

PG | 97 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

Two best friends witness a murder and embark on a series of adventures in order to prove the innocence of the man wrongly accused of the crime.

Director: Peter Hewitt | Stars: Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Brad Renfro, Charles Rocket, Eric Schweig

Votes: 11,679 | Gross: $23.74M

10. Wise Guys (1986)

R | 100 min | Comedy, Crime

Harry Valentini and Moe Dickstein are both errand boys for the Mob. When they lose two hundred fifty thousand dollars, they are set up to kill each other. But they run off to Atlantic City, and comedy follows.

Director: Brian De Palma | Stars: Danny DeVito, Joe Piscopo, Harvey Keitel, Ray Sharkey

Votes: 6,363 | Gross: $8.48M

11. Elizabeth I (2005)

TV-MA | 112 min | Biography, Drama, History

Mini-series about the the public and private lives of the later years of Queen Elizabeth I.

Stars: Helen Mirren, Toby Jones, Hugh Dancy, Patrick Malahide

Votes: 7,044

12. The Assignment (1997)

R | 115 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

An American naval officer is recruited for an operation to eliminate his lookalike, the infamous terrorist Carlos The Jackal.

Director: Christian Duguay | Stars: Aidan Quinn, Donald Sutherland, Ben Kingsley, Claudia Ferri

Votes: 10,003 | Gross: $0.54M

13. The Memory Keeper's Daughter (2008 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 90 min | Drama

A father separates his son from his twin sister at birth to prevent him and the mother from knowing she was born with Down syndrome. Based on the novel by Kim Edwards.

Director: Mick Jackson | Stars: Emily Watson, Dermot Mulroney, Hugh Thompson, Krystal Hope Nausbaum

Votes: 3,040

14. Love, Cheat & Steal (1993 TV Movie)

R | 96 min | Thriller

A beautiful young newlywed worries when her ex-lover makes a surprise visit and takes an interest in her husband's bank.

Director: William Curran | Stars: John Lithgow, Eric Roberts, Mädchen Amick, Richard Edson

Votes: 1,062

15. Steptoe and Son Ride Again (1973)

99 min | Comedy, Sport

Father and son London junk dealers must buy a replacement horse for them to stay in business. Instead they buy a greyhound, confident they will earn a fortune on the race track.

Director: Peter Sykes | Stars: Wilfrid Brambell, Harry H. Corbett, Diana Dors, Milo O'Shea

Votes: 1,392

16. The Trygon Factor (1966)

M/PG | 88 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Scotland Yard Superintendent Cooper-Smith investigates the suspicious looking Emberday estate where the Emberday family and an order of nuns reside.

Director: Cyril Frankel | Stars: Stewart Granger, Susan Hampshire, Cathleen Nesbitt, James Culliford

Votes: 477

17. The Asadas (2020)

127 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

When disaster strikes Japan in the form of a tsunami and subsequent nuclear reactor meltdown, a young photographer copes with tragedy by creating photographic portraits of his family.

Director: Ryôta Nakano | Stars: Kazunari Ninomiya, Satoshi Tsumabuki, Haru Kuroki, Masaki Suda

Votes: 1,397

18. The Return of the Tall Blond Man (1974)

84 min | Comedy

With 'little captain' Cambrai raising serious doubts about the reality of the so-called "super spy", Colonel Toulouse kidnaps Christine and forces Francois to play again the character of "... See full summary »

Director: Yves Robert | Stars: Pierre Richard, Jean Carmet, Jean Rochefort, Mireille Darc

Votes: 4,082

19. Zack and Reba (1998)

R | 91 min | Comedy, Romance

Two young adults who are coping with the deaths of their partners try to move forward with their lives and start a relationship with each other.

Director: Nicole Bettauer | Stars: Brittany Murphy, Michael Jeter, Debbie Reynolds, Sean Patrick Flanery

Votes: 405

20. A Father with His Twenty-five Children (2002)

90 min | Drama, Family

Having been an orphan himself, a philanthropic bachelor claims to the press at an orphanage endowment event that he shall be father to any orphan, and once word gets around, urchins start pouring in.

Director: Hong Huang | Stars: Siqin Gaowa, Lan Yu, Lin Li, Kesheng Lei

Votes: 45

21. Charmed (1998–2006)
Episode: Still Charmed and Kicking (2005)

TV-PG | 42 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

The final season premieres after being presumed dead by the outside world, the sisters cast a spell so that their appearance is altered to the outside world, but not to those closest to them.

Director: James L. Conway | Stars: Alyssa Milano, Rose McGowan, Holly Marie Combs, Kaley Cuoco

Votes: 635

22. Happy Days (1974–1984)
Episode: Fonzie's Funeral: Part 2 (1979)

TV-G | Comedy, Family, Music

Fonzie survives the explosion at his garage and now it's up to him and Richie and the Cunninghams to save Ralph and Potsie and foil the Candyman...by letting him think the Fonz died.

Director: Jerry Paris | Stars: Ron Howard, Henry Winkler, Marion Ross, Anson Williams

Votes: 118

23. My Name Is Earl (2005–2009)
Episode: Faked My Own Death (2005)

TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy

Earl once faked his own death to get out of a relationship. Now he wants to come clean and tell the girl about his deceit.

Director: Tamra Davis | Stars: Jason Lee, Ethan Suplee, Jaime Pressly, Nadine Velazquez

Votes: 914

24. Roar (1997)
Episode: The Cage (1997)

44 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Queen Diana receives word that a Roman Emissary is arriving following rumors that Longinus has usurped her throne and Connor's Federation of Tribes has grown.

Director: Michael Nankin | Stars: Heath Ledger, Lisa Zane, Sebastian Roché, Vera Farmiga

Votes: 46

25. The Rockford Files (1974–1980)
Episode: Chicken Little Is a Little Chicken (1975)

TV-PG | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Angel asks Jim to help him collect some money from someone who supposedly welshed on a deal. Not surprisingly he hasn't told Jim the whole truth, which includes two very angry hoods who want money Angel owes them.

Director: Lawrence Doheny | Stars: James Garner, Noah Beery Jr., Joe Santos, Stuart Margolin

Votes: 336

26. Billy Liar (1973–1974)
Episode: Billy and the Bedside Manner (1974)

24 min | Comedy

Billy's father takes to his bed with a slight chill and his mother calls the doctor. Billy overhears part of their conversation and promptly misunderstands the doctor's remarks.

Director: Stuart Allen | Stars: Jeff Rawle, George A. Cooper, Pamela Vezey, May Warden

27. Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000–2024)
Episode: The Five-Foot Fence (2021)

TV-MA | 42 min | Comedy

While his latest venture is threatened by forces outside his control, Larry attends an unprecedented event at Albert Brooks' house.

Director: Jeff Schaffer | Stars: Larry David, Jeff Garlin, Cheryl Hines, Susie Essman

Votes: 2,130

28. Toon in with Me (2021– )
Episode: Toony's Funeral (2021)

TV-PG | Animation, Comedy

Toony decides to get more attention by faking his own death.

Director: Mike Schmiedeler | Stars: Bill Leff, Kevin Fleming, Leila Gorstein

Votes: 5

29. The Dating Guy (2009–2010)
Episode: Woodyplicity (2009)

TV-14 | 23 min | Animation, Comedy

Woody pretends he has a twin brother in order to date twin sisters. Elsewhere, VJ totals Mark's car.

Director: Joseph Sherman | Stars: Fab Filippo, Sean Francis, Lauren Ash, Anand Rajaram

30. American Dad! (2005– )
Episode: The Book of Fischer (2022)

TV-14 | 21 min | Animation, Comedy

Stan takes Steve to his favorite barbershop; Jeff keeps a journal to help his bad memory.

Director: Chris Bennett | Stars: Seth MacFarlane, Wendy Schaal, Scott Grimes, Rachael MacFarlane

Votes: 509

31. Shameless (2011–2021)
Episode: Frank Gallagher: Loving Husband, Devoted Father (2011)

TV-MA | 43 min | Comedy, Drama

Frank takes a risk when goons demand the six grand he owes them; Fiona agrees to a night away with Steve, leaving Liam in agoraphobic Sheila's care; Ian is fed up with Mickey's bullying of Kash.

Director: David Nutter | Stars: William H. Macy, Emmy Rossum, Justin Chatwin, Ethan Cutkosky

Votes: 2,637

32. Hiccups (2010–2011)
Episode: Wake the Baby (2011)

Comedy

Millie decides to have a living funeral for herself. Stan gets stuck baby sitting for Crystal and her boyfriend, who need to tell his parents about their new granddaughter.

Director: Brent Butt | Stars: Nancy Robertson, Laura Soltis, David Ingram, Emily Perkins

Votes: 36

33. Duncanville (2020–2022)
Episode: Dead Stan Walking (2022)

TV-14 | Animation, Comedy

Annie organizes another fake funeral for Uncle Stan and tries to improve his life, but he starts dating Helen Diggins; Duncan fights with a friend over his neck brace to get out of gym and other requirements.

Directors: Corey Barnes, Frank Marino | Stars: Amy Poehler, Ty Burrell, Riki Lindhome, Joy Osmanski

Votes: 44

34. It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2005– )
Episode: Sweet Dee Gets Audited (2011)

TV-MA | 22 min | Comedy

Dee faces an IRS audit over her claim that the baby she carried as a surrogate is her dependent, while the guys decide to run the bar in an unemotional, democratic manner rather than their typical method of shouting and personal attacks.

Director: Matt Shakman | Stars: Charlie Day, Glenn Howerton, Rob McElhenney, Kaitlin Olson

Votes: 2,644

35. The Musketeers (2014–2016)
Episode: Musketeers Don't Die Easily (2014)

TV-14 | 55 min | Adventure, Drama

Milady seeks her revenge against the Musketeers. Will the Musketeers outwit her or will she destroy them by manipulating their weakest link; D'Artagnan?

Director: Farren Blackburn | Stars: Tom Burke, Maimie McCoy, Santiago Cabrera, Luke Pasqualino

Votes: 553

36. Modern Family (2009–2020)
Episode: Larry's Wife (2013)

TV-PG | 22 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Mitchell leaves the wedding plans to Cam, who is busy preparing a cat funeral for Lily. Meanwhile, Phil tries to cater his real estate business to divorced women, and Gloria thinks her baby may be cursed.

Director: Jeffrey Walker | Stars: Ed O'Neill, Sofía Vergara, Julie Bowen, Ty Burrell

Votes: 2,188

37. The Detour (2016–2019)
Episode: The Entertainer (2019)

TV-MA | 21 min | Adventure, Comedy

Jared comes up with a morbid plan to reunite the family.

Director: Brennan Shroff | Stars: Jason Jones, Natalie Zea, Ashley Gerasimovich, Liam Carroll

Votes: 101