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

1. Stoker (2013)

R | 99 min | Drama, Thriller

After India's father dies, her Uncle Charlie, who she never knew existed, comes to live with her and her unstable mother. She comes to suspect this mysterious, charming man has ulterior motives and becomes increasingly infatuated with him.

Director: Park Chan-wook | Stars: Mia Wasikowska, Nicole Kidman, Matthew Goode, Dermot Mulroney

Votes: 114,561 | Gross: $1.70M

2. 1900 (1976)

Unrated | 317 min | Drama, History

The epic tale of a class struggle in twentieth-century Italy as seen through the eyes of two childhood friends on opposing sides.

Director: Bernardo Bertolucci | Stars: Robert De Niro, Gérard Depardieu, Dominique Sanda, Francesca Bertini

Votes: 27,289

3. Evil Under the Sun (1982)

PG | 117 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Trying to find how a millionaire wound up with a phony diamond brings Hercule Poirot to an exclusive island resort frequented by the rich and famous. When a murder is committed, everyone has an alibi.

Director: Guy Hamilton | Stars: Peter Ustinov, James Mason, Maggie Smith, Colin Blakely

Votes: 20,201 | Gross: $6.11M

4. The Current War (2017)

PG-13 | 102 min | Biography, Drama, History

The dramatic story of the cutthroat race between electricity titans Thomas A. Edison and George Westinghouse to determine whose electrical system would power the modern world.

Director: Alfonso Gomez-Rejon | Stars: Benedict Cumberbatch, Oliver Powell, Sophia Ally, Tuppence Middleton

Votes: 30,972

5. Luna (1979)

R | 142 min | Drama

While touring in Italy, a recently-widowed American opera singer has an incestuous relationship with her 15-year-old son to help him overcome his heroin addiction.

Director: Bernardo Bertolucci | Stars: Jill Clayburgh, Matthew Barry, Veronica Lazar, Renato Salvatori

Votes: 5,379

6. Florence Foster Jenkins (2016)

PG-13 | 111 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

The story of Florence Foster Jenkins, a New York heiress who dreamed of becoming an opera singer, despite having a terrible singing voice.

Director: Stephen Frears | Stars: Meryl Streep, Hugh Grant, Simon Helberg, Rebecca Ferguson

Votes: 59,597 | Gross: $27.38M

7. Inferno (1980)

R | 106 min | Horror

An American student investigates the disappearance of his sister and the death of a friend, both connected from New York to Rome by an old alchemy book.

Director: Dario Argento | Stars: Leigh McCloskey, Irene Miracle, Eleonora Giorgi, Daria Nicolodi

Votes: 24,027

8. Quartet (2012)

PG-13 | 98 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

At a home for retired musicians, the annual concert to celebrate Composer Giuseppe Verdi's birthday is disrupted by the arrival of Jean (Dame Maggie Smith), an eternal diva and the former wife of one of the residents.

Director: Dustin Hoffman | Stars: Maggie Smith, Michael Gambon, Billy Connolly, Tom Courtenay

Votes: 21,210 | Gross: $18.39M

9. Opera (1987)

R | 107 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery

A young opera singer is stalked by a deranged fan bent on killing the people associated with her to claim her for himself.

Director: Dario Argento | Stars: Cristina Marsillach, Ian Charleson, Urbano Barberini, Daria Nicolodi

Votes: 19,503

10. A Night at the Opera (1935)

Passed | 96 min | Comedy, Music, Musical

A sly business manager and the wacky friends of two opera singers in Italy help them achieve success in America while humiliating their stuffy and snobbish enemies.

Directors: Sam Wood, Edmund Goulding | Stars: Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx, Kitty Carlisle

Votes: 34,770 | Gross: $2.54M

11. Dead Man's Walk (1996)

PG-13 | 272 min | Western

In this prequel to "Lonesome Dove", two young men join the Texas Rangers unit that's on a mission to annex Santa Fe.

Stars: F. Murray Abraham, Keith Carradine, Patricia Childress, Edward James Olmos

Votes: 1,932

12. The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother (1975)

PG | 91 min | Comedy, Crime, Music

The younger brother of the consulting detective tries to steal Sherlock's glory by solving an important case assisted by an eccentric Scotland Yard detective and a lovely but suspicious actress.

Director: Gene Wilder | Stars: Gene Wilder, Madeline Kahn, Marty Feldman, Dom DeLuise

Votes: 7,308

13. Suffering Man's Charity (2007)

93 min | Comedy, Horror

Jonathan Vandermark is a music teacher with a weakness for young men with great aspirations and without a pot to piss in. When Sebastian enters his life and takes advantage of John's charity, his life and afterlife will be changed forever.

Director: Alan Cumming | Stars: Alan Cumming, Alison Guh, David Boreanaz, Anne Heche

Votes: 897

14. The Treasure Planet (1982)

72 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

A villain wants to stop the crew from getting to a gem that will bring life back to earth

Director: Rumen Petkov | Stars: Robert Axelrod, Robert V. Barron, Robin Levenson, Joe Perry

Votes: 204

15. Killing Mr. Griffin (1997 TV Movie)

PG-13 | 89 min | Thriller, Drama

A hated teacher is kidnapped by high school students as a prank. He's killed - but by whom?

Director: Jack Bender | Stars: Scott Bairstow, Amy Jo Johnson, Mario Lopez, Chris Young

Votes: 1,072

16. Caprice Italian Style (1968)

95 min | Comedy

The film consists of six short stories created by different directors, but all the stories share one thing: a warm irony to current events.

Directors: Mauro Bolognini, Mario Monicelli, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Steno, Pino Zac, Franco Rossi | Stars: Totò, Ugo D'Alessio, Regina Seiffert, Dante Maggio

Votes: 633

17. Man of the Century (1999)

R | 77 min | Comedy, Romance

Fantasy-comedy about a young man who lives as if it is 1928 or so, and his encounters with modern-day women and modern-day criminals.

Director: Adam Abraham | Stars: Gibson Frazier, Cara Buono, Ian Edwards, Brian Davies

Votes: 1,270 | Gross: $0.03M

18. The Florence Foster Jenkins Story (2016)

93 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama

Florence Foster Jenkins is known as "the worst singer of all times" and yet she is a cult figure whose recordings still outsell many contemporary singers. Opera superstar Joyce DiDonato ... See full summary »

Director: Ralf Pleger | Stars: Joyce DiDonato, Adam Benzwi, Lars-Peter Schmädicke, Jasmin Antic

Votes: 93

19. Bozská Ema (1979)

PG | 110 min | Biography, Drama

The opera lady singer Ema Destinnová (Bozidara Turzonovová) is in all her splendor at the American stages. But in Europe there rages war and she decides to return home to Bohemia. As an ... See full summary »

Director: Jirí Krejcík | Stars: Bozidara Turzonovová, Gabriela Benacková, Juraj Kukura, Jirí Adamíra

Votes: 116

20. Kyanq (1993)

7 min | Short, Documentary

Poetic essay about the beginning of life from labor pains and birth and about its symbolic meaning.

Director: Artavazd Peleshian

Votes: 490

21. Nancy Drew: The Phantom of Venice (2008 Video Game)

E | Adventure, Mystery

Teen detective Nancy Drew goes undercover in Venice to track down an art thief known as "The Phantom".

Director: Mike Paganini | Stars: Lani Minella, Adrienne MacIain, Jonah Von Spreecken, Gin Hammond

Votes: 67

22. Luchino Visconti: Between Truth and Passion (2016 TV Movie)

52 min | Documentary, Biography

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Director: Elisabeth Kapnist | Stars: Olivier Assayas, Helmut Berger, Maria Callas, Claudia Cardinale

Votes: 39

23. Commedia finita (2023 TV Movie)

76 min | Comedy, Drama

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Director: Ludmila Engelová | Stars: Dana Cerná, Milena Sajdkova, Daniela Kolárová, Marie Málková

24. The Addams Family (1964–1966)
Episode: Ophelia's Career (1966)

TV-G | 25 min | Comedy, Family, Horror

Ophelia visits, upset as usual. Her latest boyfriend has left her, as usual, and the family tries to find something she's good at.

Director: Sidney Lanfield | Stars: Carolyn Jones, John Astin, Jackie Coogan, Ted Cassidy

Votes: 195

25. Bewitched (1964–1972)
Episode: A Nice Little Dinner Party (1965)

TV-G | 25 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy

Darrin's mother believes that Endora has designs on her husband.

Director: Sherman Marks | Stars: Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick York, Agnes Moorehead, C. Lindsay Workman

Votes: 378

26. Inspector Morse (1987–2000)
Episode: The Daughters of Cain (1996)

TV-14 | 101 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

An Oxford professor and fund raiser is stabbed to death at home with a weapon that is yet to be stolen from a university museum.

Director: Herbert Wise | Stars: John Thaw, Kevin Whately, Gabrielle Lloyd, Phyllis Logan

Votes: 769

27. Prestige de la musique (1963–1971)
Episode: Verdi, Mozart, Bruch (1964)

Music

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Director: Denise Billon | Stars: Edith Lansac, André Castelot, Georges Prêtre, Gabriel Bacquier

28. Hotel Portofino (2022– )
Episode: Invitations (2022)

TV-14 | 54 min | Drama

The younger inhabitants of the hotel find ways to let their hair down.

Director: Adam Wimpenny | Stars: Natascha McElhone, Louis Healy, Louisa Binder, Oliver Dench

Votes: 131

29. Castle (2009–2016)
Episode: Private Eye Caramba! (2015)

TV-PG | 43 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

While Beckett and her team investigate the murder of a young telenovela actress, Castle is hired by the show's star to follow the case from a different angle.

Director: Hanelle M. Culpepper | Stars: Nathan Fillion, Stana Katic, Susan Sullivan, Jon Huertas

Votes: 933

30. Cesko Slovensko má talent (2010– )
Episode: Episode #5.10 (2015)

Game-Show, Music, Reality-TV

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Stars: Lucie Bílá, Marcel Forgác, Diana Juríková, Lubos Kacic

31. Les grands maîtres de la musique (1963–1969)
Episode: Hector Berlioz (1966)

36 min | Short, Biography, Music

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Director: Denise Billon | Stars: Claude Rostand, Régine Crespin, Jean-Claude Hartemann, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France

32. Se solicita príncipe azul (2005–2007)
Episode: Episode #1.76 (2005)

TV-PG | 45 min | Drama, Romance

Maria Carlota talks to Ricardo. Luis Carlos rejects Petrica. Maria Corina and Santiago discuss the business. Giuseppe becomes the new chef. Librada is late for work.

Directors: Luis Alberto Lamata, Arquímedes Rivero, Omar Hurtado, Édgar Liendo | Stars: Gaby Espino, Rafael Novoa, Daniela Alvarado, Adrián Delgado

33. Les musiciens de la pellicule (1974–1975)
Episode: Jean Prodromidès (1974)

28 min | Documentary, Short, Music

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Director: Josée Dayan | Stars: Jean Prodromidès, Orchestre Nord-Picardie

34. Beautiful Excursions (2006– )
Episode: Les Lacs Italiens (2016)

Documentary

Beginning of the journey in the Lake Como: Jérôme meets Cesare Baj, a journalist and seaplane pilot: they have a flight over the lake Como and arrive at the Aero Club Como.Cesare shows him ... See full summary »

Director: Jean-Yves Cauchard | Star: Jérôme Pitorin

35. The Crown (2016–2023)
Episode: The Balmoral Test (2020)

TV-MA | 57 min | Biography, Drama, History

Margaret Thatcher visits Balmoral but has trouble fitting in with the royal family, while Charles finds himself torn between his heart and family duty.

Director: Paul Whittington | Stars: Olivia Colman, Tobias Menzies, Helena Bonham Carter, Gillian Anderson

Votes: 4,473