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

1. Eternals (2021)

PG-13 | 156 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

The saga of the Eternals, a race of immortal beings who lived on Earth and shaped its history and civilizations.

Director: Chloé Zhao | Stars: Gemma Chan, Richard Madden, Angelina Jolie, Salma Hayek

Votes: 387,979 | Gross: $164.87M

2. Veronica Mars (2004–2019)

TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

After her best friend is murdered, and her father is removed as county Sheriff, Veronica Mars dedicates her life to cracking the toughest mysteries in the affluent town of Neptune.

Stars: Kristen Bell, Jason Dohring, Enrico Colantoni, Percy Daggs III

Votes: 78,299

3. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017)

PG-13 | 129 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Captain Jack Sparrow searches for the Trident of Poseidon to rule the sea while being pursued by old rival Captain Salazar and a crew of deadly ghosts who have escaped from the Devil's Triangle.

Directors: Joachim Rønning, Espen Sandberg | Stars: Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, Javier Bardem, Orlando Bloom

Votes: 347,767 | Gross: $172.56M

4. Justice League (2017)

PG-13 | 120 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Fueled by his restored faith in humanity and inspired by Superman's selfless act, Bruce Wayne enlists the help of his new-found ally, Diana Prince, to face an even greater enemy.

Director: Zack Snyder | Stars: Ben Affleck, Gal Gadot, Jason Momoa, Ezra Miller

Votes: 479,714 | Gross: $229.02M

5. The Wicker Man (1973)

R | 88 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A puritan police sergeant arrives in a Scottish island village in search of a missing girl, who the pagan locals claim never existed.

Director: Robin Hardy | Stars: Edward Woodward, Christopher Lee, Diane Cilento, Britt Ekland

Votes: 92,908 | Gross: $0.06M

6. 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: 105,825

7. Forbidden Planet (1956)

G | 98 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi

A starship crew in the 23rd century goes to investigate the silence of a distant planet's colony, only to find just two survivors, a powerful robot, and the deadly secret of a lost civilization.

Director: Fred M. Wilcox | Stars: Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis, Leslie Nielsen, Warren Stevens

Votes: 53,463 | Gross: $3.00M

8. Lady and the Tramp (1955)

G | 76 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

The romantic tale of a sheltered uptown Cocker Spaniel dog and a streetwise downtown Mutt.

Directors: Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske, Jack Cutting | Stars: Barbara Luddy, Larry Roberts, Peggy Lee, Bill Thompson

Votes: 149,020 | Gross: $93.60M

9. Record of Ragnarok (2021– )

TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Every 1000 years, the Gods' Council assemble to decide the fate of humanity. After 7 million years of human history, the gods come to the decision that humans are irredeemable and must be extinct.

Stars: Miyuki Sawashiro, Tomoyo Kurosawa, Anairis Quinones, Laura Post

Votes: 8,938

10. Poltergeist III (1988)

PG-13 | 98 min | Horror, Thriller

Carol Anne is staying with her aunt in a high-rise building, where the supernatural forces haunting her make their return.

Director: Gary Sherman | Stars: Heather O'Rourke, Tom Skerritt, Nancy Allen, Zelda Rubinstein

Votes: 20,571 | Gross: $14.11M

11. Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1990)

PG | 117 min | Comedy, Drama

Two minor characters from the play 'Hamlet' stumble around unaware of their scripted lives and unable to deviate from them.

Director: Tom Stoppard | Stars: Gary Oldman, Tim Roth, Richard Dreyfuss, Livio Badurina

Votes: 23,928 | Gross: $0.74M

12. Rin: Daughters of Mnemosyne (2008)

TV-MA | 276 min | Animation, Action, Drama

Rin Asogi runs a private investigation agency in Tokyo's Shinjuku district, performing odd jobs. Despite attempts at a normal life, she finds herself constantly hindered by the strange cases that come her way.

Stars: Mamiko Noto, Rie Kugimiya, Colleen Clinkenbeard, Jamie Marchi

Votes: 2,268

13. Alien: Isolation (2014 Video Game)

M | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller

In this first person survival horror adventure set fifteen years after the events of Alien (1979), Ripley's daughter becomes trapped on an alien-infested space station which holds answers to the mystery of her mother's disappearance.

Director: Alistair Hope | Stars: Andrea Deck, George Anton, Kezia Burrows, Richie Campbell

Votes: 6,315

14. The Travelling Players (1975)

230 min | Drama, History, Music

Greece, 1939-1952: Fascist, Nazi, and Communist conflict, as seen through the eyes of a family of travelling provincial players.

Director: Theodoros Angelopoulos | Stars: Eva Kotamanidou, Vangelis Kazan, Aliki Georgouli, Kiriakos Katrivanos

Votes: 4,368

15. Adventures of Captain Marvel (1941)

Passed | 216 min | Action, Adventure, Family

To protect a magic talisman from being used for evil, a teenage boy named Billy Batson is given the power to become an adult superhero, Captain Marvel, with a single magic word: "Shazam!"

Directors: John English, William Witney | Stars: Tom Tyler, Frank Coghlan Jr., William 'Billy' Benedict, Louise Currie

Votes: 1,523

16. Xenoblade Chronicles 2 (2017 Video Game)

T | Action, Adventure, Drama

In a world laden with an endless sea of clouds and titans, Rex, an ambitious salvager, embarks on an adventure with the help of his friends in search of the mythical paradise, Elysium.

Directors: Ko Kojima, Hiroshi Shirai, Tetsuya Takahashi, Genki Yokota | Stars: Al Weaver, Hiro Shimono, Skye Bennett, Shino Shimoji

Votes: 586

17. Merry Andrew (1958)

Passed | 103 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

Downtrodden but creative English school-teacher (Danny Kaye) on archeological trip discovers joys of love and circus life with acrobat (Pier Angeli).

Director: Michael Kidd | Stars: Danny Kaye, Pier Angeli, Salvatore Baccaloni, Noel Purcell

Votes: 934

18. Pegasus: Pony with a Broken Wing (2019)

G | 86 min | Family

When Sydney and a neighbor boy find a mysterious pony that has an injured wing, they secretly heal the creature while racing to save Sydney's family ranch from developers.

Director: Giorgio Serafini | Stars: Jonathan Silverman, Charisma Carpenter, Tom Arnold, Eliza Jarrett

Votes: 153

19. Crash Dive (1996 Video)

R | 90 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

Nuclear submarine USS Ulysses rescues supposed victims of a boat disaster, who turn out to be terrorists intent on capturing nuclear weapons aboard the sub. Only a former SEAL can save the day by sliding aboard while the sub is underwater.

Director: Andrew Stevens | Stars: Michael Dudikoff, Frederic Forrest, Reiner Schöne, Jay Acovone

Votes: 979

20. Campione! (2012)

TV-MA | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Godou Kusanagi becomes a Campione, fighting Heretical Gods. His status attracts attention and complicates life, especially with forward girls like Erica Blandelli causing awkward situations.

Stars: Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, Fumihiko Tachiki, Monica Rial, Takuya Eguchi

Votes: 1,471

21. Kamen Rider Wizard (2012–2013)

TV-PG | 30 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Phantoms appear and attack the human because they create New-Phantoms from hopeless human minds. Haruto Souma uses magic rings to turn into a Kamen Rider Wizard, and fights against Phantoms. Why did he undertake his fate?

Stars: Shun'ya Shiraishi, Junki Tozuka, Yûko Takayama, Michael C. Pizzuto

Votes: 372

22. Daphne in the Brilliant Blue (2004)

TV-PG | 25 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

In the distant future, the earth is almost entirely covered by the ocean, with only small islands and floating cities on the surface. 15-year-old Maia Mizuki is turned down by the ... See full summary »

Stars: Mai Nakahara, Carrie Savage, Sayaka Ôhara, Kana Ueda

Votes: 94

23. Themis no Kyoshitsu (2023)

Drama

Themis is known as the goddess of law and order in Greek mythology. This story takes place at a law school where students aspire to become judges, prosecutors, and lawyers. Shizuku Hiiragi,... See full summary »

Stars: Mamoru Miyano, Keiko Kitagawa, Fumiya Takahashi, Yuki Yamada

Votes: 5

24. Don't Give Up the Sheep (1953)

Approved | 7 min | Family, Animation, Short

A sheepdog thwarts the efforts of a thieving wolf whose tricks include altering the time clock, hiding in a bush, imitating Pan, digging a tunnel, unleashing a wildcat and disguising himself as the dog's coworker.

Director: Chuck Jones | Star: Mel Blanc

Votes: 1,620

25. Patul lui Procust (2002)

118 min | Drama, Romance

George Ladima, a poet and renowned journalist, loves Emilia, an actress whom he helps in her career, but who takes advantage of him. He commits suicide and in his pocket is found a love note to a Mrs. T.

Directors: Viorica Mesinã, Sergiu Prodan | Stars: Oleg Yankovskiy, Petru Vutcarau, Maia Morgenstern, Tania Popa

Votes: 362

26. Styx: Master of Shadows (2014 Video Game)

M | Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery

Dark fantasy stealth game about Styx, a goblin with amnesia who infiltrates the flying Tower of Akenash to rescue a friend he can't recall and locate the heart of the World Tree that's keeping the tower in the air and can create life.

Stars: Saul Jephcott, David Gasman, Tom Morton, Kester Lovelace

Votes: 163

27. Kayikçi (1999)

88 min | Drama, Music, Romance

A charming girl, in her dress reminiscent of the sea breeze, comes to the main square of a small town. An old song begins and enchants the heart of a young man. A deaf-mute fisherman from Smyrna falls in love with a singer from Chios.

Director: Biket Ilhan | Stars: Memet Ali Alabora, Katerina Moutsatsou, Mustafa Avkiran, Eleni Philippa

Votes: 211

28. Porky's Hero Agency (1937)

7 min | Animation, Family, Short

Porky is reading the myth of the Greek gorgon, who turned everyone she looked at into stone. Mother tells him it's bed time; he dreams of being the hero that saves Greece, Porkyakarkus. The... See full summary »

Director: Robert Clampett | Stars: Mel Blanc, Bernice Hansen, Sara Berner, Tedd Pierce

Votes: 239

29. Icarus Montgolfier Wright (1962)

16 min | Animation, Short

The film is set in the near future, on August 22, 1970. A man sleeps in the New Mexico desert. He the pilot of the upcoming first flight to the Moon, and the rocket which will transport him... See full summary »

Director: Osmond Evans | Stars: James Whitmore, Ross Martin

Votes: 116

30. I Stem the Tide (2019)

19 min | Short, Comedy, Crime

A director of a failing theatre company finds himself in a quandary after he uncovers a sinister plot.

Director: Faisal Al-Jadir | Stars: Danielle Arden, Ashley William Griffiths, Fiona Kerley, Greg Lunn

31. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000–2015)
Episode: High and Low (2002)

TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A body falls out of the sky, literally. The cause of death is suffocation but the body bears no signs of strangulation.

Director: Richard J. Lewis | Stars: William Petersen, Marg Helgenberger, Gary Dourdan, George Eads

Votes: 806

32. Iron Man (1994–1996)
Episode: And the Sea Shall Give Up Its Dead (1994)

TV-Y7 | 21 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Hypnotia sinks a Russian nuclear submarine with all hands on board. A year later, the submarine surfaces near Scotland with its entire crew transformed into radioactive zombies loyal to the Mandarin.

Stars: Robert Hays, James Avery, Ed Gilbert, Jim Cummings

Votes: 174

33. The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode: Pygmoelian (2000)

TV-14 | 30 min | Animation, Comedy

Plastic surgery not only transforms Moe the Bartender from ugly to hunky, it helps gets him a job on a hit daytime drama.

Directors: Jim Reardon, Mark Kirkland | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith

Votes: 1,961

34. CSI: NY (2004–2013)
Episode: Hung Out to Dry (2006)

TV-14 | 42 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A series of cryptic messages embedded within t-shirt designs may help Mac figure out who a serial killer's next targets may be. And one of the targets may be a CSI.

Director: Anthony Hemingway | Stars: Gary Sinise, Melina Kanakaredes, Carmine Giovinazzo, Anna Belknap

Votes: 416

35. Cold Case (2003–2010)
Episode: It Takes a Village (2007)

TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The discovery of a dead body in a storage facility reveals the presence of a serial killer who has killed four African-American boys over the course of a few years.

Director: Kevin Bray | Stars: Kathryn Morris, Danny Pino, John Finn, Jeremy Ratchford

Votes: 324

36. The Trip (2010–2020)
Episode: The Trip to Greece: Troy to Kavala (2020)

TV-14 | Comedy

Rob and Steve are on a road trip inspired by the Odyssey through Greece. First, they visit Troy, almost get involved in the refuge crisis near Lesbos, and sing their favorite Rod Stewart song as nostalgia and melancholy start to kick in.

Director: Michael Winterbottom | Stars: Steve Coogan, Rob Brydon, Claire Keelan, Kareem Alkabbani

Votes: 66

37. CSI: NY (2004–2013)
Episode: Taxi (2008)

TV-14 | 41 min | Action, Crime, Drama

The search continues for the taxicab killer, who has now captured Reed and is forcing him to use his blog to publicize the next attack.

Director: Christine Moore | Stars: Gary Sinise, Melina Kanakaredes, Carmine Giovinazzo, Anna Belknap

Votes: 327

38. All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite (2019– )
Episode: Fyter Fest 2021: Night 1 (2021)

TV-14 | 120 min | Action, Sport

Coffin match: Darby vs Ethan Page. Hardy vs Christian. IWGP US title: Moxley vs Karl Anderson. Penelope Ford vs Yuka Sakazaki. FTW title: Cage vs Starks.

Stars: Alex Abrahantes, Chad Allegra, Darby Allin, Manny Andrade

Votes: 43

39. The Midnight Club (2022)
Episode: The Eternal Enemy (2022)

TV-MA | 57 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

Kevin confesses he's been seeing things. Dispiriting news sends Ilonka away from Brightcliffe, but an optimistic Shasta urges her to go back.

Director: Viet Nguyen | Stars: Iman Benson, Igby Rigney, Ruth Codd, Annarah Cymone

Votes: 1,029

40. The Midnight Club (2022)
Episode: See You Later (2022)

TV-MA | 56 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

Ilonka digs deeper into Brightcliffe's mysteries - and receives an unexpected gift. Later that night, the club gathers for Amesh's "Death Day" party.

Director: Emmanuel Osei-Kuffour | Stars: Iman Benson, Igby Rigney, Ruth Codd, Annarah Cymone

Votes: 1,175

41. The Midnight Club (2022)
Episode: Witch (2022)

TV-MA | 56 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

With Anya's health hanging in the balance, Ilonka and the others move quickly to perform a ritual from the Midnight Club's past.

Director: Axelle Carolyn | Stars: Iman Benson, Igby Rigney, Ruth Codd, Annarah Cymone

Votes: 1,059

42. Supernatural (2005–2020)
Episode: Time After Time (2012)

TV-14 | 43 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

After attacking Chronos, the time god, Dean is sent back to 1944.

Director: Philip Sgriccia | Stars: Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Kim Rhodes, Nicholas Lea

Votes: 4,493

43. The White Lotus (2021–2025)
Episode: Italian Dream (2022)

TV-MA | 56 min | Comedy, Drama

Tanya enlists Greg to help her live out her perfect Sicilian day. Harper questions Cameron and Daphne's claims about their marriage. Portia joins the Di Grassos on their day out.

Director: Mike White | Stars: F. Murray Abraham, Jennifer Coolidge, Adam DiMarco, Meghann Fahy

Votes: 4,213

44. DC's Legends of Tomorrow (2016–2022)
Episode: Mortal Khanbat (2020)

TV-14 | 42 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

With Sara away from the Waverider, the Legends find a new Encore with Ava's new invention, the Prognosticator, and must now to defeat Genghis Khan in 1990s Hong Kong; Constantine's life is hanging in the balance.

Director: Caity Lotz | Stars: Brandon Routh, Caity Lotz, Maisie Richardson-Sellers, Tala Ashe

Votes: 1,238

45. Phelous & the Movies (2008– )
Episode: Unfriended 2: Dark Web (2018)

TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy

The evil Skype call movie format returns and it's just as hard to sit through as ever but instead of ghosts we've got circles. One thing is for sure though, it is NOT game night.

Director: Phelan Porteous | Star: Phelan Porteous