Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "reference-to-janet-leigh"

1. A Single Man (2009)

R | 99 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

An English professor, one year after the sudden death of his boyfriend, is unable to cope with his typical days in 1960s Los Angeles.

Director: Tom Ford | Stars: Colin Firth, Julianne Moore, Matthew Goode, Nicholas Hoult

Votes: 117,939 | Gross: $9.17M

2. 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: 12,609 | Gross: $25.31M

3. Hanging Up (2000)

PG-13 | 94 min | Comedy, Drama

A trio of sisters bond over their ambivalence toward the approaching death of their curmudgeonly father, to whom none of them was particularly close.

Director: Diane Keaton | Stars: Diane Keaton, Meg Ryan, Lisa Kudrow, Walter Matthau

Votes: 13,190 | Gross: $36.05M

4. Apartment Zero (1988)

R | 124 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

In early 1980s Buenos Aires, a struggling movie theater owner takes in a roommate but suspects he is responsible for a series of political assassinations.

Director: Martin Donovan | Stars: Hart Bochner, Colin Firth, Dora Bryan, Liz Smith

Votes: 4,245 | Gross: $0.67M

5. The Attic (1980)

PG | 101 min | Horror, Thriller

A librarian devotes her life to caring for her wheelchair-bound tyrannical father after being stood up at the altar. She fantasizes about causing deaths of the men who most wronged her and ... See full summary »

Directors: George Edwards, Gary Graver | Stars: Carrie Snodgress, Ray Milland, Ruth Cox, Rosemary Murphy

Votes: 872

6. Hitchcock/Truffaut (2015)

PG-13 | 79 min | Documentary

Filmmakers discuss how Francois Truffaut's 1966 book "Cinema According to Hitchcock" influenced their work.

Director: Kent Jones | Stars: Wes Anderson, Peter Bogdanovich, David Fincher, Bob Balaban

Votes: 7,201 | Gross: $0.30M

7. The Oscars (I) (2023 TV Special)

TV-14 | 170 min | Documentary, Comedy, Music

The presentation of the 95th Academy Awards, given for achievements in films released in 2022, with major contenders including All Quiet on the Western Front (2022), Avatar: The Way of Water (2022), The Banshees of Inisherin (2022), Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022), The Fabelmans (2022) and Top Gun: Maverick (2022).

Director: Glenn Weiss | Stars: Jennifer Connelly, Emily Blunt, Ana de Armas, Florence Pugh

Votes: 1,009

8. Casting By (2012)

TV-14 | 89 min | Documentary, Biography

The surprising, never-before-told tale of the indispensable yet unsung Casting Director - Iconoclasts whose keen eye, exquisite taste and gut instincts redefined Hollywood.

Director: Tom Donahue | Stars: Deborah Aquila, Risa Bramon Garcia, Ellen Chenoweth, Marion Dougherty

Votes: 1,638 | Gross: $0.01M

9. Exclusive (1992 TV Movie)

Open | 87 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

The famous TV journalist Marcy Singer receives an anonymous phone call that orders her to the Blue Moon bar. When she arrives, she finds 6 corpses. Urged by her new boss, she investigates ... See full summary »

Director: Alan Metzger | Stars: Suzanne Somers, Ed Begley Jr., Joe Cortese, Scott Bryce

Votes: 141

10. Psycho 60 (2020)

8 min | Short

A frame-for-frame remake of the famous Shower Scene of Hitchcock's Psycho. With 60 actresses for its 60th anniversary, a different actress in each shot.

Director: Vozo Zoltán Végh | Stars: Zsanett Andrádi, Garaczi Aranka, Edit Balázsovits, Alexandra Bartha

Votes: 34

11. The Nanny (1993–1999)
Episode: Canasta Masta (1995)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Family, Romance

After Brighton joins Sylvia's canasta team, Fran is dumped from it.

Director: Lee Shallat Chemel | Stars: Fran Drescher, Charles Shaughnessy, Daniel Davis, Lauren Lane

Votes: 395

12. Svengoolie (1995– )
Episode: Night of the Lepus (1995)

120 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

Rabbits in Arizona become giant and killers.

Stars: Rich Koz, Doug Scharf, Jim Barton

Votes: 8

13. Designing Women (1986–1993)
Episode: The Slumber Party (1986)

Not Rated | 21 min | Comedy

Suzanne believes her maid, Consuela, has put a fatal voodoo curse on her to take effect at midnight. Just in case it comes true, the other ladies have a slumber party at Mary Jo's house.

Director: Jack Shea | Stars: Delta Burke, Dixie Carter, Annie Potts, Jean Smart

Votes: 117

14. Discovering Film (2014– )
Episode: Janet Leigh (2015)

44 min | Documentary, Biography, History

From the Classic Movie Docs library- Discovering, celebrates the lives of those who soared the highest. From Marlon Brando to Elizabeth Taylor, we uncover what drove them and why the world loved them. This episode focuses on Janet Leigh

Director: Lyndy Saville | Stars: Derek Malcolm, Ian Nathan

Votes: 11

15. Vintage Video: A Chronological 80's Film Rewatch Podcast (2020– )
The Fog (1980) (2020 Podcast Episode)

Documentary

Add a Plot

Stars: Patrick O'Riley, Jessica Bayliss, Richard Wells

16. Svengoolie (1995– )
Episode: The Thing from Another World (2020)

Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

Add a Plot

Director: Christopher M. Faulkner | Stars: Rich Koz, Doug Scharf, Phil Brooks, Jim Barton

Votes: 12

17. Matty's Funnies with Beany and Cecil (1959–1962)
Episode: The 7th Voyage of Singood/Cecil Meets Cecilia/The Capture of Thunderbolt the Wondercolt (1962)

29 min | Animation, Comedy, Family

Dishonest John, as Singood the Sailor, enlists the help of Greeny the Seasick Genie. Cecil pines for a girlfriend. Captain Huffenpuff and crew attempt to capture Thunderbolt the Wondercolt.

Directors: Robert Clampett, Jack Hannah | Stars: Sody Clampett, Walker Edmiston, Jim MacGeorge, Irv Shoemaker

18. Nostalgia Critic (2007– )
Episode: The Mist (2022)

TV-MA | 32 min | Comedy

It's Stephen King Time. Time to get back to NC's roots of not only talking about another of King's adaptations, but one that people have grown to love and NC has only grown to hate. Nostalgia Critic takes a look at Stephen King's The Mist.

Director: Doug Walker | Stars: Doug Walker, Malcolm Ray, Tamara Chambers, James Jarosz

Votes: 18

19. Anger Management (2012–2014)
Episode: Charlie Gets Romantic (2012)

TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy, Romance

Kate is worried that Charlie is becoming attached to her, Charlie and Jennifer think their daughter Sam is a lesbian, and Charlie tries to celebrate a breakthrough with his anger therapy group.

Director: Bob Koherr | Stars: Charlie Sheen, Selma Blair, Shawnee Smith, Daniela Bobadilla

Votes: 346

20. MsMojo (2016– )
Episode: Top 10 Iconic Old Hollywood Couples (2023)

Talk-Show

These couples defined Old Hollywood. For this list, we'll be looking at the most iconic romances of the Golden Age of Hollywood. Our countdown includes Clark Gable and Carole Lombard, Tony ... See full summary »

Stars: Phoebe De Jeu, Julie Andrews, Desi Arnaz, Jamie Lee Curtis

21. The Power of Film (2024)
Episode: Part 4 - Heroes and Villains (2024)

TV-PG | 38 min | Documentary

Film dramas often portray central characters as heroes or villains, yet the two are frequently quite similar. Memorable films tend to compensate for the real world's lack of justice, commitment and altruism.

Director: Laura Gabbert | Star: Howard Suber

Votes: 48

22. Talking Pictures (2013– )
Episode: Hitchcock's Leading Actors (2015)

Documentary

To this day, Alfred Hitchcock is looked on as one of cinema's best and most influential directors. But how did the stars of his films find working with the great man?

Stars: Judith Anderson, Ingrid Bergman, Tony Bilbow, Sean Connery

Votes: 11

23. Na tripe v Holandsku (2016–2017)
Episode: Ako som skoncil v mori! (2016)

11 min | Documentary, Reality-TV

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Director: Daniel Strauch | Star: Daniel Strauch

24. Movie Nights (2010– )
Episode: Psycho II (2017)

TV-14 | 16 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy

The Bates Motel is back open for business.

Director: Allison Pregler | Star: Allison Pregler

Votes: 9

25. American Dynasties: The Kennedys (2018)
Episode: Brothers in Arms (2018)

42 min | Documentary, History

A confident, popular John F. Kennedy is sworn in as the youngest ever elected American president, but he will have to rely on his brother, Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, to help him navigate the disasters of 1961.

Director: Tim Dunn | Stars: Martin Sheen, Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, Patrick J. Kennedy, Richard Mahoney

Votes: 56

26. WatchMojo (2006– )
Episode: Top 10 Horror Movie Performances That Messed Up Actors (2018)

TV-14 | Comedy, Talk-Show

WatchMojo counts down the top 10 horror movie performances that messed up actors.

Stars: Rebecca Brayton, Linda Blair, Marilyn Burns, Heather Donahue