Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "begging-for-help"

1. Logan (2017)

R | 137 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi

In a future where mutants are nearly extinct, an elderly and weary Logan leads a quiet life. But when Laura, a mutant child pursued by scientists, comes to him for help, he must get her to safety.

Director: James Mangold | Stars: Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Dafne Keen, Boyd Holbrook

Votes: 831,407 | Gross: $226.28M

2. Saw X (2023)

R | 118 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A sick and desperate John travels to Mexico for a risky and experimental medical procedure in hopes of a miracle cure for his cancer only to discover the entire operation is a scam to defraud the most vulnerable.

Director: Kevin Greutert | Stars: Tobin Bell, Shawnee Smith, Synnøve Macody Lund, Steven Brand

Votes: 73,893

3. The Homesman (2014)

R | 122 min | Drama, Western

Three women who have been driven mad by pioneer life are to be transported across the country by covered wagon by the pious, independent-minded Mary Bee Cuddy, who in turn employs low-life drifter George Briggs to assist her.

Director: Tommy Lee Jones | Stars: Tommy Lee Jones, Hilary Swank, Grace Gummer, Miranda Otto

Votes: 35,736 | Gross: $2.43M

4. Megan Is Missing (2011)

Not Rated | 85 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

Two teenage girls encounter an Internet child predator.

Director: Michael Goi | Stars: Amber Perkins, Rachel Quinn, Dean Waite, Jael Elizabeth Steinmeyer

Votes: 15,475

5. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)

PG-13 | 142 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

When New York is put under siege by Oscorp, it is up to Spider-Man to save the city he swore to protect as well as his loved ones.

Director: Marc Webb | Stars: Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Jamie Foxx, Paul Giamatti

Votes: 537,933 | Gross: $202.85M

6. Climax (I) (2018)

R | 97 min | Drama, Horror, Music

French dancers gather in a remote, empty school building to rehearse on a wintry night. The all-night celebration morphs into a hallucinatory nightmare when they learn their sangria is laced with LSD.

Director: Gaspar Noé | Stars: Sofia Boutella, Romain Guillermic, Souheila Yacoub, Kiddy Smile

Votes: 79,405 | Gross: $0.80M

7. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)

PG | 91 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy

King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table embark on a surreal, low-budget search for the Holy Grail, encountering many, very silly obstacles.

Directors: Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones | Stars: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Gilliam

Votes: 570,278 | Gross: $1.23M

8. The Seventh Seal (1957)

Not Rated | 96 min | Drama, Fantasy

A knight returning to Sweden after the Crusades seeks answers about life, death, and the existence of God as he plays chess against the Grim Reaper during the Black Plague.

Director: Ingmar Bergman | Stars: Max von Sydow, Gunnar Björnstrand, Bengt Ekerot, Nils Poppe

Votes: 198,459

9. The Lie (2018)

R | 97 min | Drama, Thriller

A father and daughter are on their way to dance camp when they spot the girl's best friend on the side of the road. When they stop to offer the friend a ride, their good intentions soon result in terrible consequences.

Director: Veena Sud | Stars: Peter Sarsgaard, Mireille Enos, Joey King, Cas Anvar

Votes: 20,284

10. White Boy Rick (2018)

R | 111 min | Crime, Drama

The story of teenager Richard Wershe Jr., who became an undercover informant for the FBI during the 1980s and was ultimately arrested for drug-trafficking and sentenced to life in prison.

Director: Yann Demange | Stars: Matthew McConaughey, Richie Merritt, Bel Powley, Jennifer Jason Leigh

Votes: 43,115 | Gross: $24.01M

11. Stronger (I) (2017)

R | 119 min | Biography, Drama

Stronger is the inspiring real life story of Jeff Bauman, an ordinary man who captured the hearts of his city and the world to become a symbol of hope after surviving the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing.

Director: David Gordon Green | Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Tatiana Maslany, Miranda Richardson, Richard Lane Jr.

Votes: 49,642 | Gross: $4.21M

12. Assassination Nation (2018)

R | 108 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

After a malicious data hack exposes the secrets of the perpetually American town of Salem, chaos descends and four girls must fight to survive, while coping with the hack themselves.

Director: Sam Levinson | Stars: Odessa Young, Abra, Suki Waterhouse, Hari Nef

Votes: 21,754 | Gross: $1.96M

13. Joe Bell (2020)

R | 94 min | Biography, Drama

The true story of a small-town, working-class father who embarks on a walk across the U.S. to crusade against bullying after his son is tormented in high school for being gay. Meanwhile, he... See full summary »

Director: Reinaldo Marcus Green | Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Reid Miller, Connie Britton, Maxwell Jenkins

Votes: 9,561

14. Mildred Pierce (1945)

Approved | 111 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

A hard-working mother inches towards disaster as she divorces her husband and starts a successful restaurant business to support her spoiled daughter.

Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: Joan Crawford, Jack Carson, Zachary Scott, Eve Arden

Votes: 28,659

15. Shattered Glass (2003)

PG-13 | 94 min | Drama, History

The story of a young journalist who fell from grace when it was discovered he fabricated over half of his articles from the publication The New Republic magazine.

Director: Billy Ray | Stars: Hayden Christensen, Chloë Sevigny, Steve Zahn, Peter Sarsgaard

Votes: 37,650 | Gross: $2.22M

16. The Immigrant (2013)

R | 120 min | Drama, Romance

In 1921, an innocent immigrant woman is tricked into a life of burlesque and vaudeville until a dazzling magician tries to save her and reunite her with her sister who is being held in the confines of Ellis Island.

Director: James Gray | Stars: Marion Cotillard, Joaquin Phoenix, Jeremy Renner, Dagmara Dominczyk

Votes: 33,787 | Gross: $2.01M

17. The Salesman (2016)

PG-13 | 124 min | Drama, Thriller

While Ranaa and Emad, a married couple, are participating in a production of "Death of a Salesman," she is assaulted in their new home, which leaves him determined to find the perpetrator over his wife's traumatized objections.

Director: Asghar Farhadi | Stars: Shahab Hosseini, Taraneh Alidoosti, Mina Sadati, Babak Karimi

Votes: 64,714 | Gross: $2.40M

18. Good (2008)

R | 92 min | Drama, Romance, War

John Halder, a German literature professor in the 1930s, is initially reluctant to accept the ideas of the Nazi Party. He is pulled in different emotional directions by his wife, his mother, his mistress, and a Jewish friend.

Director: Vicente Amorim | Stars: Viggo Mortensen, Jason Isaacs, Jodie Whittaker, Steven Mackintosh

Votes: 7,838 | Gross: $0.02M

19. No Vacancy (2012)

R | 81 min | Horror

Seven friends on a road trip break down near a rest-stop motel, where they encounter a seemingly helpful group of people. Convinced to stay overnight, the friends wake up in their rooms to a gruesome and bloody terror.

Director: Chris Stokes | Stars: Kristen Quintrall, Denyce Lawton, Christopher Jones, JoJo Wright

Votes: 2,339

20. Clapham Junction (2007 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 99 min | Drama, Romance

A chronicle of 36 hours in the lives of a number of interconnected gay men in Clapham, South London.

Director: Adrian Shergold | Stars: Tom Beard, James Bellamy, Robin Berry, Rachael Blake

Votes: 3,081

21. 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: 1,691 | Gross: $16.00M

22. The Earthling (1980)

PG | 97 min | Adventure, Drama

Diagnosed with a terminal form of cancer, Patrick Foley has returned to his native Australia to die in the peace and quiet of the wilderness. His simple plan is complicated, however, when he meets a young boy who has just lost his parents.

Director: Peter Collinson | Stars: William Holden, Ricky Schroder, Jack Thompson, Olivia Hamnett

Votes: 1,814

23. Izzy Gets the Fuck Across Town (2017)

86 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

A woman at rock bottom must find her way across Los Angeles in order to crash her ex-boyfriend's engagement party.

Director: Christian Papierniak | Stars: Mackenzie Davis, Dolly Wells, Alex Russell, LaKeith Stanfield

Votes: 2,047 | Gross: $0.03M

24. Pledge (2018)

Unrated | 77 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A group of college freshmen pledge an exclusive fraternity but soon realize there's more at stake than they could have ever imagined.

Director: Daniel Robbins | Stars: Zachery Byrd, Phillip Andre Botello, Zack Weiner, Aaron Dalla Villa

Votes: 3,844

25. The Good Nanny (2017 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 90 min | Thriller

When strong-willed Summer Pratt takes a job at a beautiful estate as the new nanny to a sweet but sad little girl named Sophie, she soon starts to suspect something is very wrong with the ... See full summary »

Director: Jake Helgren | Stars: Briana Evigan, Ellen Hollman, Peter Porte, Sophie Guest

Votes: 658

26. House by the River (1950)

Approved | 83 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

A deranged writer murders a maid after she resists his advances. The writer engages his brother's help in hiding the body, causing unexpected problems for both of them.

Director: Fritz Lang | Stars: Louis Hayward, Lee Bowman, Jane Wyatt, Dorothy Patrick

Votes: 4,165

27. Shakedown (1950)

Approved | 80 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Unscrupulous and opportunistic San Francisco news media photographer Jack Early steps on and uses folks to get ahead, but in the end he tangles with the wrong people.

Director: Joseph Pevney | Stars: Howard Duff, Peggy Dow, Brian Donlevy, Lawrence Tierney

Votes: 729

28. The King of Masks (1995)

91 min | Drama

In a remote area of China, in the 1930s, a street performer named Wang practices the change-mask opera art of bian lian. Seeking to pass his art, Wang buys what he believes to be an orphan boy, but quickly learns his new disciple's secret.

Director: Tian-Ming Wu | Stars: Xu Zhu, Renying Zhou, Zhigang Zhao, Li Chen

Votes: 3,473 | Gross: $1.10M

29. Any Old Port! (1932)

Not Rated | 20 min | Short, Comedy

In need of funds, Hardy happens to meet an old friend, now a boxing promoter, and volunteers "Battling Laurel" as the team's prizefighter, only to discover their opponent in the ring is a fearsome old nemesis.

Director: James W. Horne | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Walter Long, Julie Bishop

Votes: 1,385

30. Bulong (2011)

105 min | Comedy, Horror

A heartbroken nurse seeks paranormal help to catch the girl of his dreams. He whispers his wishes to the dead, and seemingly gets what he asks for. But the fulfillment of his dreams come at a price, as death begins to follow him around.

Director: Chito S. Roño | Stars: Vhong Navarro, Angelica Panganiban, Bangs Garcia, Ruben Gonzaga

Votes: 116

31. Immure (2016)

20 min | Short, Horror, Romance

A young man risks it all when the repercussions of keeping his sick mother alive leads to a lost soul . .

Director: Conscian Morgan | Stars: Victoria Broom, Natalie Oliver, Martine Richards, Michael Hanratty

Votes: 73

32. 300 millas en busca de mamá (2007)

90 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama

Ariel and Rocío, two kids mistreated by their grandmother, flee from home in order to meet their mother, who is working in another country. The kids face menacing challenges and drift through several countries to find her.

Director: Leonidas Zegarra | Stars: Mariana Liquitaya, Lida Aquise, Rimber Caballero, Obdulia Pezo Ochoa

33. Doctor DeSoto (1984)

7 min | Animation, Short

A mouse dentist finds a way help a fox with a toothache without getting eaten.

Director: Michael Sporn | Star: Ian Thomson

Votes: 128

34. A Family Affair (2023)

15 min | Short, Horror

A family celebrating Christmas in an isolated cabin in the woods hears a knock at the door. A woman pleads for help, saying her son has gone missing, and soon regret their offer of shelter from the snow storm.

Director: Kyle Mangione Smith | Stars: Wes Cannon, Toby Cleary, Allura Duffy, Mary Hronicek

35. Hammer House of Horror (1980)
Episode: Guardian of the Abyss (1980)

TV-14 | 52 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

A scrying glass puts an antiques exporter in the path of a woman fleeing from devil worshipers and the evil hypnotist who leads them.

Director: Don Sharp | Stars: Ray Lonnen, Rosalyn Landor, John Carson, Paul Darrow

Votes: 599

36. Fullmetal Alchemist (2003–2004)
Episode: Mother (2003)

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

A young Ed and Al are determined to bring back their dead mother, who was their pillar of strength in light of their absent father and war struck country.

Directors: Shingo Kaneko, Seiji Mizushima, Yasuhiro Irie, Norimitsu Suzuki | Stars: Vic Mignogna, Aaron Dismuke, Travis Willingham, Caitlin Glass

Votes: 728

37. The Saint (1962–1969)
Episode: The Scorpion (1964)

TV-PG | 49 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A petty crook's murdered after telling Simon that he's been paid to steal documents for blackmail purposes by a villain known only as the Scorpion.

Director: Roy Ward Baker | Stars: Roger Moore, Katherine Woodville, Nyree Dawn Porter, Dudley Sutton

Votes: 169

38. Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode: The Time Monster: Episode Six (1972)

TV-PG | 25 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

The Doctor enters the labyrinth to try and protect Jo from the minotaur but the Master has seized control of Atlantis and prepares to summon Kronos again.

Director: Paul Bernard | Stars: Jon Pertwee, Roger Delgado, Katy Manning, Nicholas Courtney

Votes: 448

39. Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode: The Hand of Fear: Part Three (1976)

TV-PG | 24 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

Eldrad uses the energy from the reactor to regenerate herself and tries to force the Doctor and Sarah to take her back to Kastria.

Director: Lennie Mayne | Stars: Tom Baker, Elisabeth Sladen, Glyn Houston, Judith Paris

Votes: 537

40. Dark Shadows (1966–1971)
Episode: Episode #1.732 (1969)

TV-G | 23 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Laura causes Quentin to experience a fiery pain. Angelique agrees to revive him if Barnabas will marry her.

Director: Henry Kaplan | Stars: Jonathan Frid, Kathryn Leigh Scott, Lara Parker, Diana Millay

Votes: 29

41. Tatta hitotsu no koi (2006– )
Episode: We're Through (2006)

Drama, Romance

Nao is head over heels and into Hiroto who, being insecure and unsure, is unresponsive and almost rude about it. She professes her love to him only to be rejected. She feels dumped and ... See full summary »

Stars: Kazuya Kamenashi, Haruka Ayase, Erika Toda, Yûta Hiraoka

42. Who Killed Sara? (2021–2022)
Episode: Todo queda en tus manos (2021)

TV-MA | 40 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Six months later, Alex discovers the identity of the corpse in his backyard. Meanwhile, Cesar has disappeared and Elisa comes back from Europe.

Director: Alfonso Pineda Ulloa | Stars: Manolo Cardona, Ginés García Millán, Carolina Miranda, Ximena Lamadrid

Votes: 225

43. Murder, Mystery and My Family (2018– )
Episode: Brown (2021)

Documentary, Crime, History

The barristers return to the case that featured in the ninth episode of series four, and which inspired the novel Tess of the D'Urbervilles. Dorset housewife, Martha Brown was accused of murdering her young husband in 1856.

44. Supernatural (2005–2020)
Episode: Sam, Interrupted (2010)

TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Dean and Sam check themselves into a mental hospital so they can investigate a monster that is attacking patients.

Director: James L. Conway | Stars: Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Jon Gries, Lara Gilchrist

Votes: 4,882

45. The Walking Dead (2010–2022)
Episode: Wildfire (2010)

TV-14 | 45 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

After the attack on the camp, Rick leads the survivors to the C.D.C., in the hope that they can cure an infected Jim.

Director: Ernest R. Dickerson | Stars: Andrew Lincoln, Jon Bernthal, Sarah Wayne Callies, Laurie Holden

Votes: 16,210

46. The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem (2021– )
Episode: Episode #1.8 (2022)

TV-MA | Drama

In 1924, a struggling Roza seeks help from her brother and discovers an unlikely ally. In 1938, Rochelita's involvement with the terrorists exposes her family to danger.

Director: Oded Davidoff | Stars: Michael Aloni, Yoalah Brinson, Tom Hagi, Irit Kaplan

Votes: 22

47. The Bible (2013)
Episode: In the Beginning (2013)

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

Noah endures God's wrath; Abraham reaches the Promised Land but still must prove his faith in God; Moses leads the Israelites out of Egypt, and his faith in God is rewarded when the Red Sea... See full summary »

Director: Crispin Reece | Stars: Keith David, Paul Knops, Darcie Rose, David Rintoul

Votes: 636

48. In the Long Run (2017–2020)
Episode: Episode #1.4 (2018)

Not Rated | 30 min | Comedy

Walter's goddaughter arrives at the flat in a panic and begs Walter for help. Her engagement party is about to be ruined as her father disapproves of the union and refuses to participate. Walter and Agnes step in to act as family elders.

Director: Declan Lowney | Stars: Jimmy Akingbola, Madeline Appiah, Bill Bailey, Idris Elba

Votes: 53

49. The Purge (2018–2019)
Episode: This Is Not a Test (2019)

TV-MA | 42 min | Action, Drama, Horror

Four interconnected characters navigate the aftermath of the Purge over the ensuing year.

Director: Tim Andrew | Stars: Derek Luke, Max Martini, Paola Núñez, Joel Allen

Votes: 731