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

1. Incendies (2010)

R | 131 min | Drama, Mystery, War

Twins journey to the Middle East to discover their family history and fulfill their mother's last wishes.

Director: Denis Villeneuve | Stars: Lubna Azabal, Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin, Maxim Gaudette, Mustafa Kamel

Votes: 202,579 | Gross: $6.86M

2. Twin Peaks (2017)

TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

Picks up 25 years after the inhabitants of a quaint northwestern town are stunned when their homecoming queen is murdered.

Stars: Kyle MacLachlan, Sheryl Lee, Michael Horse, Chrysta Bell

Votes: 76,391

3. Jacob's Ladder (I) (1990)

R | 113 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

Mourning his dead child, a haunted Vietnam War veteran attempts to uncover his past while suffering from a severe case of dissociation. To do so, he must decipher reality and life from his own dreams, delusions, and perceptions of death.

Director: Adrian Lyne | Stars: Tim Robbins, Elizabeth Peña, Danny Aiello, Matt Craven

Votes: 118,362 | Gross: $26.12M

4. Saving Mr. Banks (2013)

PG-13 | 125 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

Author P.L. Travers reflects on her childhood after reluctantly meeting with Walt Disney, who seeks to adapt her Mary Poppins books for the big screen.

Director: John Lee Hancock | Stars: Emma Thompson, Tom Hanks, Annie Rose Buckley, Colin Farrell

Votes: 170,336 | Gross: $83.30M

5. Chasing Amy (1997)

R | 113 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Holden and Banky are comic book artists. Everything's going good for them until they meet Alyssa, also a comic book artist. Holden falls for her, but his hopes are crushed when he finds out she's a lesbian.

Director: Kevin Smith | Stars: Ben Affleck, Joey Lauren Adams, Ethan Suplee, Scott Mosier

Votes: 144,057 | Gross: $12.02M

6. A Man Called Ove (2015)

PG-13 | 116 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Ove, an ill-tempered, isolated retiree who spends his days enforcing block association rules and visiting his wife's grave, has finally given up on life just as an unlikely friendship develops with his boisterous new neighbors.

Director: Hannes Holm | Stars: Rolf Lassgård, Bahar Pars, Filip Berg, Ida Engvoll

Votes: 68,790 | Gross: $3.48M

7. High Fidelity (2020)

TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A fan of music, pop culture, and Top Five lists runs a local record store in her hometown. An adaptation of Nick Hornby's novel "High Fidelity."

Stars: Zoë Kravitz, Jake Lacy, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, David H. Holmes

Votes: 16,233

8. The Kid (2000)

PG | 104 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy

An unhappy, disliked image consultant gets a second shot at life when he is mysteriously confronted by an eight-year-old version of himself.

Director: Jon Turteltaub | Stars: Bruce Willis, Spencer Breslin, Emily Mortimer, Lily Tomlin

Votes: 44,507 | Gross: $69.69M

9. Sleeping Dogs Lie (I) (2006)

R | 87 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A recently engaged woman's life is thrown into turmoil after confessing to her fiancé that she once experimented with bestiality.

Director: Bobcat Goldthwait | Stars: Melinda Page Hamilton, Bryce Johnson, Brian Posehn, Geoff Pierson

Votes: 3,496 | Gross: $0.01M

10. The Promise (2011)

89 min | Drama, Mystery, War

A young British girl travels to Palestine, retracing the steps of her grandfather - a British soldier stationed there in the 1940s.

Stars: Claire Foy, Christian Cooke, Itay Tiran, Katharina Schüttler

Votes: 2,181

11. Moon in the Day (2023)

Fantasy, History, Romance

A dangerous and affectionate romance between a man whose time stops after being killed by his beloved lover and a woman who loses her memory of her previous life and whose time passes away endlessly.

Stars: Jeong Woong-in, On Joo-Wan, Kim Young-dae, Pyo Ye-jin

Votes: 766

12. Sami Blood (2016)

Not Rated | 110 min | Drama, History

A reindeer-breeding Sámi girl who is exposed to the racism of the 1930's at her boarding school, starts dreaming of another life. But to achieve it, she has to become someone else and break all ties with her family and culture.

Director: Amanda Kernell | Stars: Maj-Doris Rimpi, Olle Sarri, Ánne Biret Somby, Bo Lundmark

Votes: 8,316

13. Stand by Me Doraemon (2014)

TV-PG | 95 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama

What will happen to Nobita's life after Doraemon leaves?

Directors: Tony Oliver, Ryuichi Yagi, Takashi Yamazaki | Stars: Wasabi Mizuta, Megumi Ôhara, Satoshi Tsumabuki, Yumi Kakazu

Votes: 9,419

14. The Classic (2003)

127 min | Drama, Romance

A college student finds a diary detailing a long-ago love triangle involving her mother, her future father, and his best friend.

Director: Jae-young Kwak | Stars: Son Ye-jin, Zo In-sung, Cho Seung-woo, Lee Ki-woo

Votes: 10,182

15. Those Half Hidden (2009)

240 min | Drama

Swedish TV show "The Half Hidden" depicts four families over two decades, exploring life's fragility and paths of survival. Directed by Simon Kaijser da Silva, it's emotionally charged and popular.

Stars: Bruno Årfors, Ulf Friberg, Kristoffer Berglund, Henrik Ljung

Votes: 418

16. The Yacoubian Building (2006)

165 min | Drama

Meditations on corruption, fundamentalism, prostitution, homosexuality, and drugs in central Cairo.

Director: Marwan Hamed | Stars: Adel Emam, Nour El-Sherif, Youssra, Essad Youniss

Votes: 7,271

17. Even the Rain (2010)

Not Rated | 103 min | Drama, History

As a director and his crew shoot a controversial film about Christopher Columbus in Cochabamba, Bolivia, local people rise up against plans to privatize the water supply.

Director: Icíar Bollaín | Stars: Gael García Bernal, Luis Tosar, Karra Elejalde, Juan Carlos Aduviri

Votes: 14,252 | Gross: $0.56M

18. Todome no seppun (2018)

Adventure, Comedy, Drama

A man's past has made him detest love and human relationships. He has become single-mindedly materialistic and greedy for power. This jerk is faced with a woman who literally possesses a ... See full summary »

Stars: Kento Yamazaki, Mackenyu, Masaki Suda, Yûko Araki

Votes: 715

19. Nostalgia for the Light (2010)

Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary

A documentary about two different searches conducted in the Chilean Atacama Desert: one by astronomers looking for answers about the history of the cosmos, and one by women looking for the remains of loved ones killed by Pinochet's regime.

Director: Patricio Guzmán | Stars: Gaspar Galaz, Lautaro Núñez, Luís Henríquez, Miguel Lawner

Votes: 6,141

20. The Stig-Helmer Story (2011)

100 min | Comedy, Drama

Stories of his youth told to Ole Bramserud as they attempt to track down his first love. Showing the origins of his obsessive interest in trains, his Romeo and Juliet love-story as well as the days being bullied by Biffen.

Director: Lasse Åberg | Stars: Lasse Åberg, Jon Skolmen, Ida Högberg, Tobias Jacobsson

Votes: 1,973

21. Yuli (2018)

Not Rated | 115 min | Biography, Drama, History

The director Icíar Bollaín presents the story of the Cuban dancer Carlos Acosta, a legend on the dance world and the first black dancer to perform some of the most famous ballet roles. A dancer who did not want to dance.

Director: Icíar Bollaín | Stars: Carlos Acosta, Santiago Alfonso, Keyvin Martínez, Edilson Manuel Olbera Núñez

Votes: 2,300

22. Tsareubiytsa (1991)

Not Rated | 104 min | Drama, History

Over seventy five years ago Russia's last Tsar and his entire family met their fate at the hands of a murderous assassin. Yet, behind the closed doors of a modern day psychiatric hospital a patient is telling the story of the event.

Director: Karen Shakhnazarov | Stars: Malcolm McDowell, Oleg Yankovskiy, Armen Dzhigarkhanyan, Yuriy Sherstnyov

Votes: 977

23. Phases of the Moon (2022)

128 min | Drama, Romance

Tsuyoshi Osanai (Yo Oizumi) enjoys a peaceful and happy life with his wife Kozue Osanai (Kou Shibasaki) and daughter Ruri Osanai, but his wife and daughter die in an accident. Tsuyoshi ... See full summary »

Director: Ryûichi Hiroki | Stars: Kasumi Arimura, Hinako Kikuchi, Ren Meguro, Kô Shibasaki

Votes: 170

24. Elisa, My Life (1977)

125 min | Drama

Elisa has not seen her father Luis for nine years, but she receives a telegram from her sister Isabel in a moment of crisis of her marriage with Antonio telling that her father is ill and ... See full summary »

Director: Carlos Saura | Stars: Geraldine Chaplin, Fernando Rey, Isabel Mestres, Joaquín Hinojosa

Votes: 981

25. Cousin Angelica (1974)

107 min | Drama

After being given permission to re-inter his mother's body in their family vault, a middle-aged man who survived the Spanish Civil War as a child returns home and relives old memories.

Director: Carlos Saura | Stars: José Luis López Vázquez, Lina Canalejas, Fernando Delgado, María Clara Fernández de Loaysa

Votes: 1,220

26. Drawers (2015)

120 min | Drama, Mystery

Deniz ends up in hospital and has to face the ghosts of past. She manages to discover herself and the hidden secrets in her family drawers.

Directors: Caner Alper, Mehmet Binay | Stars: Ece Dizdar, Tilbe Saran, Taner Birsel, Nilüfer Açikalin

Votes: 1,532

27. The Hidden Child (2013)

105 min | Crime, Thriller

Erica's parents are killed in a traffic accident. She moves to Fjällbacka and discovers she has a brother.

Director: Per Hanefjord | Stars: Claudia Galli, Richard Ulfsäter, Eva Fritjofson, Pamela Cortes Bruna

Votes: 2,137

28. Den fjärde mannen (2014–2015)

TV-14 | 174 min | Crime, Drama

The year is 1975, and the West German embassy in Stockholm is occupied by German terrorists. It's an attack not only on the embassy, but on Sweden's long-standing pride as a peaceful nation... See full summary »

Stars: Rolf Lassgård, Helena Af Sandeberg, Henrik Norlén, Shima Niavarani

Votes: 808

29. In Praise of Love (2001)

PG | 97 min | Drama

An author works on a project on the subject of love, and, in the process, crosses paths with a former love in his life.

Director: Jean-Luc Godard | Stars: Bruno Putzulu, Cécile Camp, Jean Davy, Françoise Verny

Votes: 3,031 | Gross: $0.25M

30. Death of a Pilgrim (2013)

TV-14 | 233 min | Crime, Drama

A newly put-together police force tries to solve the old mystery of the murder of Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme in 1986.

Stars: Rolf Lassgård, Helena Af Sandeberg, Jonas Karlsson, Ellen Jelinek

Votes: 1,123

31. Psykopat (2024)

97 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery | Completed

A highly successful and well known illusionist challenges four participants to endure their stay in his very own infamous house where terrible murders have taken place.

Director: Renaldo Samsara | Stars: Hannah Al Rashid, Arifin Putra, Acha Septriasa, Cornelio Sunny

32. The Directive (2019)

113 min | Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi

One year after a catastrophic pandemic wipes out most of humanity, a lone survivor embarks on a journey to find Safe Zone 57 with the help of a broken robot.

Director: Alexander Raye Pimentel | Stars: Hashim Gari, Paul Askedall, Blaiden D. Cordle, Kyle Abraham

Votes: 1,317

33. Must You Go? (2021– )

Fantasy, Music, Romance

Min Yoo Jung dreams of becoming a successful pop musician. Life takes a turn for the weird when Park Yeon, a talented musician from the past is transported from the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910) to the present day.

Stars: Chani, Lee Seung-Hyub, Park Jung-yeon

Votes: 58

34. Fjällbackamorden: Vänner för livet (2013 TV Movie)

90 min | Crime

Erica mentions in a TV interview, that her next book's about her friend, Peter, who vanished when they were 13. Shortly after, Peter's brother gets murdered. Erica and her cop husband investigate separately.

Director: Richard Holm | Stars: Claudia Galli, Richard Ulfsäter, Eva Fritjofson, Pamela Cortes Bruna

Votes: 815

35. The Cut (2007)

Not Rated | 111 min | Horror, Mystery

Strange things start happening after a group of med students dissect a cadaver.

Director: Derek Son Tae-woong | Stars: On Joo-Wan, Han Ji-min, Oh Tae-kyung, Jung Chan

Votes: 283

36. Life Lessons (2013 Video)

27 min | Short, Drama, Mystery

In this Story by Richard Price, Lionel Dobie is an acclaimed artist who finds himself unable to paint before a gallery exhibition and uses his messy lifestyle to create artwork.

Director: Alexander Raye Pimentel | Stars: David Fichtenmayer, Kellie Marie McGhee, Hayley Pendergrass, Alexander Raye Pimentel

Votes: 56

37. Intimates (1997)

117 min | Drama, Romance

Foon escapes an arranged marriage by walking the road of a Ji Sor. After an affair with Shing, she becomes pregnant. An attempted abortion nearly costs Foon her life. Wan, the young owner ... See full summary »

Director: Chi Leung 'Jacob' Cheung | Stars: Carina Lau, Charlie Yeung, Ah-Lei Gua, Theresa Lee

Votes: 585

38. Fjällbackamorden: Havet ger, havet tar (2013 TV Movie)

89 min | Crime

Fjällbacka's photographer is found murdered in his studio by writer Erica, who starts investigating even before her cop husband. Only negatives are missing.

Director: Marcus Olsson | Stars: Claudia Galli, Richard Ulfsäter, Eva Fritjofson, Pamela Cortes Bruna

Votes: 963

39. The Soul Conductor (2018)

89 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

A psychological film exploring the fine line between reality and imagination.

Director: Ilya Maksimov | Stars: Aleksandra Bortich, Evgeniy Tsyganov, Vladimir Yaglych, Aleksandr Robak

Votes: 306

40. Unveiled (2018 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 95 min | Crime, Drama, History

Geneva 2018. On a train, Isabelle spots a young woman entirely clad in Islamic attire. Her heart skips a beat: it's Anaïs, her granddaughter. Without saying a word to Anaïs, Isabelle calls Léa, Anaïs' mother, who lives in Montréal.

Director: Jacob Berger | Stars: Lola Créton, Nastassja Tanner, Marthe Keller, Cléa Eden

Votes: 141

41. Well Kept Secrets, Athanassia (2008)

100 min | Drama, Romance

A young Greek-American woman living in New York returns to the island of her origin, searching for the truth about her mother's past and the identity of her real father.

Director: Panos Karkanevatos | Stars: R.H. Thomson, Stavroula Logothettis, Marina Kalogirou, Yorgos Karamihos

Votes: 250

42. The French Dream (2017– )

186 min | Drama

In the 60s, the Government encourages Islanders to leave the French West Indies to escape poverty that results from the closure of sugar mills. Lured by the idea of a "dream country", they find life in Europe is not what they had imagined.

Stars: Yann Gael, Aïssa Maïga, Ambroise Michel, Samuel Étifier

Votes: 34

43. What Might Have Been (2019)

89 min | Drama, Romance

Astrid (47) and Paul (50) are at the beginning of their romance. A long weekend in Budapest will be a journey into the past for both that will determine the present.

Director: Florian Koerner von Gustorf | Stars: Christiane Paul, Ronald Zehrfeld, Sebastian Hülk, Barnaby Metschurat

Votes: 200

44. Visitor (2021)

99 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi

Marga, in the middle of a marriage crisis, decides to spend some days alone by herself in her family's village house. There, an entity tries to communicate with her.

Director: Alberto Evangelio | Stars: Sandra Cervera, Jan Cornet, Iria del Río, Miquel Fernández

Votes: 178

45. I Call First (2015)

70 min | Comedy, Drama, History

A touching love story about a couple unable to bridge the gap between their divergent worlds.

Director: Alexander Raye Pimentel | Stars: Hannah Richter, Mazen Abdelkareem, Nikkolas Soto, Nicholas Winand

Votes: 70

46. Tumbal: The Ritual (2018)

92 min | Horror

Nira, Raka, Leo, Maya and Sisi make a horror film for their college assignment. They went to a sugar factory which is said to be very haunted.

Director: Tema Patrosza | Stars: Mawar Eva de Jongh, Rayn Wijaya, Karel Susanteo, Annette Edoarda

Votes: 23

47. Confucius (2011– )

45 min | Biography, Drama, History

A student working on a thesis explores the life of Confucius and the impact of his teachings on modern society.

Stars: Winston Chao, Fa Gao, Issei Ishida, Lee Jung-hyun

Votes: 10

48. Pretty Man (2018– )

TV-14 | 35 min

The story of the great movie star Lu Jin Nian and the new star of the entertainment industry, Qiao An Hao, who have secretly loved each other for eleven years. After the rough, they finally... See full summary »

Stars: Sierra Lee, Ziqi Xiong, Jerry Yu, Thomas Fiquet

Votes: 25

49. Heat (1960)

Not Rated | 98 min | Drama

Lusciously endowed, Isabel Sarli finds herself at the height of severe storm in an open motor boat cost toward an unknown island and collapses on the deserted shore.

Director: Armando Bo | Stars: Isabel Sarli, Armando Bo, Horacio Priani, Maruja Roig

Votes: 29

50. The Ultimate Ranger (2016)

TV-PG | 45 min | Action, Comedy, Fantasy

A man who time-travels from the past ends up getting taken in by a girl. As they spend time together, they start finding out the secrets of their birth.

Stars: Yunxi Luo, Yanqiu Cheng, Evan Ma, Lyan Cheng

Votes: 13