Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "town-crier"

1. Nosferatu (1922)

Not Rated | 94 min | Fantasy, Horror

Vampire Count Orlok expresses interest in a new residence and real estate agent Hutter's wife.

Director: F.W. Murnau | Stars: Max Schreck, Alexander Granach, Gustav von Wangenheim, Greta Schröder

Votes: 105,685

2. Corpse Bride (2005)

PG | 77 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama

When a shy groom practices his wedding vows in the inadvertent presence of a deceased young woman, she rises from the grave assuming he has married her.

Directors: Tim Burton, Mike Johnson | Stars: Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Emily Watson, Tracey Ullman

Votes: 299,446 | Gross: $53.36M

3. Oliver Twist (1948)

Not Rated | 105 min | Drama

In Charles Dickens' classic tale, an orphan wends his way from cruel apprenticeship to den of thieves in search of a true home.

Director: David Lean | Stars: Robert Newton, Alec Guinness, Kay Walsh, Francis L. Sullivan

Votes: 13,687

4. El gallo de oro (2023– )

Drama

The story of a passionate love between a palenque singer who possesses a gift that gives luck to the man who accompanies her, and a strange and introverted town crier as they wander from fair to fair through central Mexico.

Stars: Lucero, José Ron, Plutarco Haza, Adriana Williams

Votes: 90

5. Assassin's Creed III (2012 Video Game)

M | Action, Adventure, History

The American Colonies, 1775. It's a time of civil unrest and political upheaval in the Americas. As a Native American fights to protect his land and his people, he will ignite the flames of a young nation's revolution.

Directors: François Daubet, Shea Wageman | Stars: Noah Watts, Neil Napier, Robin Atkin Downes, Adrian Hough

Votes: 18,732

6. Gulliver's Travels (1939)

Passed | 76 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

A doctor washes ashore on an island inhabited by little people.

Directors: Dave Fleischer, Willard Bowsky, Orestes Calpini, Roland Crandall, William Henning, Winfield Hoskins, Thomas Johnson, Frank Kelling, Seymour Kneitel, Robert G. Leffingwell, Grim Natwick, Tom Palmer | Stars: Jessica Dragonette, Lanny Ross, Pinto Colvig, Cal Howard

Votes: 4,861 | Gross: $7.13M

7. Forever Amber (1947)

Approved | 138 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance

In seventeenth-century England, Amber St. Clair aims to raise herself from country girl to nobility, and succeeds, but loses her true love in the process.

Directors: Otto Preminger, John M. Stahl | Stars: Linda Darnell, Cornel Wilde, Richard Greene, George Sanders

Votes: 1,697 | Gross: $16.00M

8. The Virgin Queen (1955)

Approved | 92 min | Biography, Drama, History

Sir Walter Raleigh (Richard Todd) overcomes court intrigue to win favor with Queen Elizabeth I (Bette Davis) in order to get financing for a proposed voyage to the New World.

Director: Henry Koster | Stars: Bette Davis, Richard Todd, Joan Collins, Jay Robinson

Votes: 3,073

9. Salvatore Giuliano (1962)

Not Rated | 125 min | Crime, Drama, History

The unclear and complicated twists between governal powers, independentist party and Mafia in the Sicily of the '40s culminate with the death of Salvatore Giuliano.

Director: Francesco Rosi | Stars: Frank Wolff, Salvo Randone, Frederico Zardi, Pippo Agusta

Votes: 3,715

10. The Scarlet Letter (1934)

G | 69 min | Drama, Romance

In the seventeenth century, in Massachusetts, a young woman is forced to wear a scarlet "A" on her dress for bearing a child out of wedlock.

Director: Robert G. Vignola | Stars: Colleen Moore, Hardie Albright, Henry B. Walthall, Cora Sue Collins

Votes: 502

11. Have You Got Any Castles? (1938)

Approved | 7 min | Family, Musical, Animation

Another entry in the "books come alive" subgenre, with possibly more books coming alive than any other. We begin with some musical numbers, notably the various pages of Green Pastures all ... See full summary »

Directors: Frank Tashlin, Friz Freleng | Stars: Mel Blanc, Billy Bletcher, Basin Street Boys, Dorothy Compton

Votes: 835

12. The Wacky World of Mother Goose (1967)

Not Rated | 81 min | Animation, Adventure, Family

Animated feature film based on Charles Perrault's stories and nursery rhymes. It features Humpty Dumpty, The Old Woman Who Lives in a Shoe, and the Crooked Man.

Director: Jules Bass | Stars: Margaret Rutherford, Bob McFadden, Susan Melvin, Bradley Bolke

Votes: 213

13. Fol-de-Rol (1972 TV Movie)

60 min | Family

A filmed version of Sid and Marty Krofft's 1968 live puppet show, set at a medieval fair.

Director: Tony Charmoli | Stars: Cyd Charisse, Howard Cosell, Totie Fields, Milt Kamen

Votes: 15

14. The Hardship of Miles Standish (1940)

Approved | 9 min | Family, Animation, Short

In this version of "The Courtship of Miles Standish", Elmer Fudd is messenger John Alden, sent to give Miles' love letter to Priscilla. While delivering the message, however, her house is ... See full summary »

Director: Friz Freleng | Stars: Sara Berner, Mel Blanc, Robert C. Bruce, Arthur Q. Bryan

Votes: 159

15. Cockeyed Cavaliers (1934)

Passed | 72 min | Comedy, Musical

Two yokels try to crash royal society by posing as the King's physicians.

Director: Mark Sandrich | Stars: Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Thelma Todd, Dorothy Lee

Votes: 303

16. Can You Imagine? (1936)

Approved | 10 min | Documentary, Short

This short shows various curiosities of people and nature across the United States, in the style of the "Believe It or Not" series. Among the dozen subjects are Milwaukee's Monkey Island; a... See full summary »

Stars: Ray Saunders, William Shelton, Amos Emmanuel Kubick, Dickie McCollin

Votes: 50

17. Alice's Little Parade (1926)

7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

A little girl presides as general over her cartoon army made up of various animals as they head off to the trenches.

Director: Walt Disney | Star: Margie Gay

Votes: 155

18. Picturesque Massachusetts (1942)

Approved | 9 min | Documentary, Short

Traveltalks short exploring many of the historic and picturesque places in Massachusetts.

Stars: James A. FitzPatrick, Charles Alden, Hazel French

Votes: 88

19. T-Bag Strikes Again (1986)
Episode: The Town Clock (1986)

20 min | Family

T. Bag calls T.Shirt into a storybook and makes him serve her tea once more. Debbie follows him into the book and soon discovers she has to find all the silver numbers from the town clock to defeat the High T.

Director: Leon Thau | Stars: Elizabeth Estensen, Jennie Stallwood, John Hasler, Roy Barraclough

20. The Bullwinkle Show (1959–1963)
Episode: The Inspector-Detector or A Kick in the Plants/Canoes Who? or Look Before You Leak (1960)

TV-G | 22 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Rocky & Bullwinkle, "Jet Fuel" Part 15 Fractured Fairy Tales "Rumpelstiltskin" Peabody's Improbably History "Sir Walter Raleigh" Rocky & Bullwinkle, "Jet Fuel" Part 16

Directors: Gerard Baldwin, Jim Hiltz, William T. Hurtz, Ted Parmelee, Gerald Ray, Dun Roman, Rudy Zamora | Stars: Edward Everett Horton, June Foray, Paul Frees, William Conrad

Votes: 48

21. Have I Got News for You (1990– )
Episode: Victoria Coren Mitchell, Josh Widdicombe, Emma Dabiri (2021)

29 min | Comedy, Game-Show, News

Team captains Ian and Paul are joined by comedian Josh Widdicombe and social historian Emma Dabiri in an edition of the topical panel show presented by Victoria Coren Mitchell.

Director: Martin Lord | Stars: Victoria Coren Mitchell, Ian Hislop, Paul Merton, Emma Dabiri

Votes: 26

22. The Julie Andrews Hour (1972–1973)
Episode: Don Rickles, Alice Ghostley and Rich Little (1972)

Music

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Director: Bill Davis | Stars: Julie Andrews, Don Rickles, Alice Ghostley, Rich Little

23. Beautiful Excursions (2006– )
Episode: Belgique (2007)

Documentary

Beginning of the journey in Brussels: Sophie enters in the "Chocolaterie Neuhaus", the first chocolaterie of Brussels founded by 1857 and she tastes the "praliné de Bruxelles".Then Sophie ... See full summary »

Director: Laurent Lichtenstein | Star: Sophie Jovillard

24. The Amazing Race (2001– )
Episode: The Longest Minute of Your Life (2024)

TV-PG | 65 min | Adventure, Family, Reality-TV

The final four teams compete for the chance to make the final three; in the final leg, the remaining three teams get schooled in American history and one team is crowned the winner.

Stars: Phil Keoghan, Juan Villa, Shane Bilek, Ricky Rotandi

Votes: 65

25. The Bullwinkle Show (1959–1963)
Episode: The Ruby Yacht: Parts 1-2 (1963)

TV-G | Animation, Action, Adventure

Rocky and Bullwinkle "The Ruby Yacht" Part 1 of 6, Fractured Fairy Tales "Rumpelstiltskin", Dudley Do-Right of the Mounties "The Centaur", Rocky and Bullwinkle "The Ruby Yacht" Part 2 of 6.

Directors: Gerard Baldwin, Pete Burness, Sal Faillace, William T. Hurtz, Lew Keller, Ted Parmelee, George Singer | Stars: June Foray, Paul Frees, Edward Everett Horton, Hans Conried

Votes: 19

26. La inolvidable (1996)
Episode: Episode #1.115 (1996)

TV-14 | 45 min | Drama, Romance

Maximiliano announces the general's death. Francisco de Paula brings the safe to the town's square. The Calcaños learn about Virginia's disease.

Directors: Tony Rodríguez, Rafael Suárez | Stars: Christianne Gout, Rafael Romero, Flor Núñez, Eduardo Serrano

27. Beautiful Excursions (2006– )
Episode: Escapades en Flandres (2016)

Documentary

Beginning of the journey in La Panne (Belgium): Sophie meets on the beach the fisher woman Nele Bekaert with her horse Axel; at low tide Nele and her horse pull the nets through the sea and... See full summary »

Director: Franck Poirier | Star: Sophie Jovillard