Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "reference-to-sir-walter-scott"

1. Groundhog Day (1993)

PG | 101 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

A narcissistic, self-centered weatherman finds himself in a time loop on Groundhog Day.

Director: Harold Ramis | Stars: Bill Murray, Andie MacDowell, Chris Elliott, Stephen Tobolowsky

Votes: 685,390 | Gross: $70.91M

2. The Age of Innocence (1993)

PG | 139 min | Drama, Romance

A tale of nineteenth-century New York high society in which a young lawyer falls in love with a woman separated from her husband, while he is engaged to the woman's cousin.

Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Daniel Day-Lewis, Michelle Pfeiffer, Winona Ryder, Linda Faye Farkas

Votes: 67,833 | Gross: $32.20M

3. Middlemarch (1994)

54 min | Drama, Romance

Middlemarch is a story of provincial life on the brink of momentous change and a deeply moving saga about a group of people striving to give meaning and value to their lives during the Industrial Revolution.

Stars: Douglas Hodge, Juliet Aubrey, Trevyn McDowell, Jonathan Firth

Votes: 2,757

4. A Matter of Life and Death (1946)

PG | 104 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance

A British wartime aviator who cheats death must argue for his life before a celestial court, hoping to prolong his fledgling romance with an American girl.

Directors: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger | Stars: David Niven, Kim Hunter, Robert Coote, Kathleen Byron

Votes: 24,918

5. The Beautiful Person (2008)

Unrated | 97 min | Comedy, Drama

Cute Junie starts at her cousin Matthias' high school and class after her mom's death. She meets his friends. The boys want to date her - even her handsome, young Italian teacher.

Director: Christophe Honoré | Stars: Louis Garrel, Léa Seydoux, Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet, Esteban Carvajal-Alegria

Votes: 7,972

6. Isadora (1968)

M/PG | 131 min | Biography, Drama, Music

A biography of the 1920s dancer Isadora Duncan, who forever changed people's ideas of ballet. Her nude, semi-nude, and pro-Soviet dance projects as well as her attitude and lifestyle shocked the public of her time.

Director: Karel Reisz | Stars: Vanessa Redgrave, James Fox, Jason Robards, John Fraser

Votes: 2,616

7. Madame Bovary (1991)

PG-13 | 143 min | Drama, Romance

In nineteenth-century France, the romantic daughter of a country squire marries a dull country doctor. To escape boredom, she throws herself into love affairs with a suave local landowner and a law student, and runs up ruinous debts.

Director: Claude Chabrol | Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Jean-François Balmer, Christophe Malavoy, Jean Yanne

Votes: 4,484 | Gross: $1.94M

8. Miss Austen Regrets (2007 TV Movie)

TV-G | 90 min | Biography, Drama, History

In the later years of her life, as she's approaching the age of forty, the novelist Jane Austen helps her niece find a husband.

Director: Jeremy Lovering | Stars: Samuel Roukin, Olivia Williams, Greta Scacchi, Imogen Poots

Votes: 3,610

9. Beloved Infidel (1959)

Not Rated | 123 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

Toward the end of his life, F. Scott Fitzgerald is writing for Hollywood studios to be able to afford the cost of an asylum for his wife. He is also struggling against alcoholism. Into his life comes the famous gossip columnist.

Director: Henry King | Stars: Gregory Peck, Deborah Kerr, Eddie Albert, Philip Ober

Votes: 1,184

10. Scott and Sid (2021)

100 min | Comedy, Drama

Scott is a whimsical dreamer, determined to make his way through life and raising a metaphorical middle finger to anyone who tries to stop him.

Directors: Scott Elliott, Sid Sadowskyj | Stars: Richard Mason, Tom Blyth, Charlotte Milchard, David Summer

Votes: 4,731

11. Wonder Man (1945)

Approved | 98 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Musical

After being murdered by gangsters, an exuberant nightclub entertainer returns as a ghost to persuade his meek twin brother to help bring his killers to justice.

Director: H. Bruce Humberstone | Stars: Danny Kaye, Virginia Mayo, Vera-Ellen, Donald Woods

Votes: 2,492

12. How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog (2000)

R | 107 min | Comedy, Drama

A sarcastic playwright in LA gets new neighbors - single mom and 8 y.o. girl. His wife wants kids and babysits the girl. He doesn't want kids yet plays with her to find out how children talk - for his play. Paternal instincts?

Director: Michael Kalesniko | Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Robin Wright, Suzi Hofrichter, Lynn Redgrave

Votes: 3,649 | Gross: $0.05M

13. Challenge to Lassie (1949)

G | 76 min | Drama, Family

When Lassie's master dies, an old friend tries to convince a judge that the dog's life should be spared.

Director: Richard Thorpe | Stars: Edmund Gwenn, Donald Crisp, Geraldine Brooks, Reginald Owen

Votes: 665

14. Sniffles and the Bookworm (1939)

Approved | 8 min | Animation, Family, Short

Literary characters come to life late at night in a bookshop, serenading Sniffles the mouse with swing music until the Frankenstein monster intrudes.

Director: Chuck Jones | Stars: Johnnie Davis, Bill Days, Mel Blanc, Margaret Hill-Talbot

Votes: 294

15. Sir Walter Scott: Celebrating 250 Years (2021)

33 min | Documentary, Short

To launch the international celebrations for the 250th anniversary of Sir Walter Scott, Smailholm Tower is lit up during a spectacular light show created by artist and director, Andy ... See full summary »

Stars: Kirsty Archer-Thompson, Damian Barr, Tom Devine, Diana Gabaldon

16. A Wee Bit of Scotland (1949)

Approved | 10 min | Documentary, Short

Traveltalks entry highlighting the history, culture and scenic beauty of Scotland with stops at Perth, Inverness, Loch Ness, Culloden Moor, Glen Coe, and in St Andrews at The Royal and Ancient Golf Club and cemetery at the cathedral ruins.

Star: James A. FitzPatrick

Votes: 117

17. Exploring Southern Ireland (2005)

22 min | Short

Medieval castles, restored manor houses, ancient ruins and sweeping landscape vistas.

Director: Fred Heiman | Star: Peggy Heiman

18. Impossible (2017–2021)
Episode: Episode #6.14 (2019)

44 min | Game-Show

Will one of this week's players get the opportunity to play for the ten thousand shiny one pound coins housed within the giant exclamation mark in the studio?

Director: Richard van't Riet | Star: Rick Edwards

19. Rick Steves' Europe (2000–2023)
Episode: Glasgow and Scottish Passions (2018)

TV-G | 25 min | Documentary, Reality-TV

Starting in vibrantly gritty Glasgow, we'll tap into Scottish passions as we tour Stirling Castle, have a wee dram on the Speyside Whisky Trail, and watch a sheepdog demonstration.

Director: Simon Griffith | Star: Rick Steves

Votes: 22

20. Sense and Sensibility (1981)
Episode: Episode #1.7 (1981)

TV-G | 27 min | Drama, Romance

Marianne is at last out of danger. Elinor has received a visit from the desperately penitent Willoughby.

Director: Rodney Bennett | Stars: Irene Richard, Tracey Childs, Bosco Hogan, Robert Swann

Votes: 24

21. Lillie (1978)
Episode: The Sailor Prince (1978)

51 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama

A scandal sheet trumpets a rumored Langtry divorce, and Edward is unable to collect his Irish rents. Lillie makes a new friend: W.E. Gladstone. Edward files suit against the scandal sheet ... See full summary »

Director: Christopher Hodson | Stars: Francesca Annis, Anton Rodgers, Denis Lill, Peter Egan

Votes: 24

22. Passage des arts (2018– )
Episode: Alexandre Dumas, le flamboyant (2020)

52 min | Documentary, Music, Talk-Show

Part 1: A look back at ten years in the life of the French writer Alexandre Dumas (1802-1870). From financial straits to wealth, from glory to bankruptcy, the decade from 1842 to 1852 ... See full summary »

Directors: Arnaud Xainte, Jean-Frédéric Thibault | Stars: Patrick de Jacquelot, Alexis Michalik, Claude Schopp, Gilles Taurand

Votes: 16

23. Sense and Sensibility (1971)
Episode: Farewell to Norland (1971)

Drama, Romance

Mrs Dashwood and her two daughters, Elinor and Marianne, are faced with the prospect of Mrs Dashwood's stepson and his wife moving into their home at Norland.

Director: David Giles | Stars: Joanna David, Ciaran Madden, Isabel Dean, Patricia Routledge

Votes: 8

24. The Spectacular Spider-Man (2008–2009)
Episode: Growing Pains (2009)

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

Editor J. Jonah Jameson's son John, the astronaut, has been infected by space spores. They give him super-powers, so Jonah fit him a hero costume as Colonel Jupiter, who turns on Spiderman ... See full summary »

Directors: Michael Goguen, Victor Cook | Stars: Josh Keaton, Dee Bradley Baker, Jeff Bennett, Steve Blum

Votes: 1,917

25. Downton Abbey (2010–2015)
Episode: A Journey to the Highlands (2012)

TV-14 | 92 min | Drama, Romance

The Crawleys go to Duneagle Castle to celebrate Christmas with the MacClares. Everyone is delighted as they fish, hunt, and dine. Unfortunately, when the Crawleys return, tragedy strikes. Will things ever be the same again?

Director: Andy Goddard | Stars: Hugh Bonneville, Laura Carmichael, Jim Carter, Brendan Coyle

Votes: 2,466

26. Scotland History Tours (2018– )
Episode: What They Don't Say about the Kilt (2022)

16 min | Documentary, History

Traditions are a tribute and preservation of history. And in Scotland their is no finer tradition than the kilt. So why has the kilt changed so much over the centuries.

Stars: Marion Foster, Bruce Fummey

27. Omnibus (1967–2003)
Episode: Sir Walter Scott: Wizard of the North (1997)

Not Rated | 47 min | Documentary, Biography, Music

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Director: Louise Wardle | Stars: Gerard Carruthers, David Cunningham, Tom Fleming, Douglas Gifford

28. Countdown (1982– )
Episode: Episode #72.34 (2015)

TV-14 | Game-Show

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Director: Derek Hallworth | Stars: Nick Hewer, Rachel Riley, Susie Dent, Richard Madeley

29. Countdown (1982– )
Episode: Episode #72.93 (2015)

TV-14 | Game-Show

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Director: Derek Hallworth | Stars: Nick Hewer, Rachel Riley, Susie Dent, Gloria Hunniford

30. Countdown: Championship of Champions (1984– )
Episode: Episode #15.9 (2016)

Game-Show

Tom Cappleman vs. Giles Hutchings.

Director: Matt Woodward | Stars: Nick Hewer, Rachel Riley, Susie Dent, John Inverdale

31. Criminal Minds (2005– )
Episode: Night Lights (2019)

TV-14 | 40 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The BAU team heads to Portland, Ore., to investigate a chilling abduction that may be linked to a local couple killed in their home a week earlier.

Director: Nelson McCormick | Stars: Joe Mantegna, Matthew Gray Gubler, A.J. Cook, Kirsten Vangsness

Votes: 838