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

1. New York, I Love You (2008)

R | 103 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Eleven love stories set in one of the most loved and hated cities of the world, New York City.

Directors: Fatih Akin, Yvan Attal, Randall Balsmeyer, Allen Hughes, Shunji Iwai, Wen Jiang, Shekhar Kapur, Joshua Marston, Mira Nair, Natalie Portman, Brett Ratner | Stars: Shia LaBeouf, Natalie Portman, Bradley Cooper, Hayden Christensen

Votes: 47,944 | Gross: $1.59M

2. The Great Beauty (2013)

Not Rated | 141 min | Drama

Jep Gambardella has seduced his way through the lavish nightlife of Rome for decades, but after his 65th birthday and a shock from the past, Jep looks past the nightclubs and parties to find a timeless landscape of absurd, exquisite beauty.

Director: Paolo Sorrentino | Stars: Toni Servillo, Carlo Verdone, Sabrina Ferilli, Carlo Buccirosso

Votes: 97,645 | Gross: $2.85M

3. Before Midnight (2013)

R | 109 min | Drama, Romance

We meet Jesse and Celine nine years on in Greece. Almost two decades have passed since their first meeting on that train bound for Vienna.

Director: Richard Linklater | Stars: Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick, Ariane Labed

Votes: 172,667 | Gross: $8.11M

4. The Lake House (2006)

PG | 99 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance

A lonely doctor who once occupied an unusual lakeside house begins to exchange love letters with its former resident, a frustrated architect. They must try to unravel the mystery behind their extraordinary romance before it's too late.

Director: Alejandro Agresti | Stars: Keanu Reeves, Sandra Bullock, Christopher Plummer, Ebon Moss-Bachrach

Votes: 157,970 | Gross: $52.33M

5. I Am Love (2009)

R | 120 min | Drama, Romance

Emma left Russia to live with her husband in Italy. Now a member of a powerful industrial family, she is the respected mother of three, but feels unfulfilled. One day, Antonio, a talented chef and her son's friend, makes her senses kindle.

Director: Luca Guadagnino | Stars: Tilda Swinton, Flavio Parenti, Edoardo Gabbriellini, Alba Rohrwacher

Votes: 24,093 | Gross: $5.01M

6. Scum (1979)

R | 98 min | Crime, Drama

An uncompromising story of life in a British juvenile offender institution in the '70s.

Director: Alan Clarke | Stars: Ray Winstone, Mick Ford, Julian Firth, John Blundell

Votes: 13,136

7. Firebird (I) (2021)

R | 107 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

Firebird follows a handsome, soulful young soldier who embarks on a clandestine sexual affair with a charismatic fighter pilot on a Soviet Air Force Base at the height of 1970's Communist rule.

Director: Peeter Rebane | Stars: Tom Prior, Oleg Zagorodnii, Diana Pozharskaya, Jake Henderson

Votes: 12,852

8. The Double (2013)

R | 93 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery

The unenviable life of a government-agency clerk takes a horrific turn with the arrival of a new co-worker who is both his exact physical double and his opposite otherwise--he's a confident, charismatic ladies' man.

Director: Richard Ayoade | Stars: Jesse Eisenberg, Mia Wasikowska, Wallace Shawn, Noah Taylor

Votes: 53,104 | Gross: $0.20M

9. The Goldman Case (2023)

115 min | Crime, Drama, History

Chronicles the trial of Goldman, a French left-wing revolutionary who was convicted of several robberies and was mysteriously murdered.

Director: Cédric Kahn | Stars: Arieh Worthalter, Arthur Harari, Stéphan Guérin-Tillié, Nicolas Briançon

Votes: 1,832

10. The Shop Around the Corner (1940)

Not Rated | 99 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Two employees at a gift shop can barely stand each other, without realizing that they are falling in love through the post as each other's anonymous pen pal.

Director: Ernst Lubitsch | Stars: Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Frank Morgan, Joseph Schildkraut

Votes: 38,679 | Gross: $0.20M

11. Z (1969)

M/PG | 127 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

The public murder of a prominent politician and doctor amid a violent demonstration is covered up by military and government officials. A tenacious magistrate is determined not to let them get away with it.

Director: Costa-Gavras | Stars: Yves Montand, Irene Papas, Jean-Louis Trintignant, François Périer

Votes: 31,430 | Gross: $0.08M

12. The Gambler (1974)

R | 111 min | Crime, Drama

Axel Freed is a literature professor. He has the gambling vice. When he has lost all of his money, he borrows from his girlfriend, then his mother, and finally some bad guys that chase him. Despite all of this, he cannot stop gambling.

Director: Karel Reisz | Stars: James Caan, Paul Sorvino, Lauren Hutton, Morris Carnovsky

Votes: 6,589 | Gross: $1.31M

13. Love and Death (1975)

PG | 85 min | Comedy, War

In czarist Russia, a neurotic soldier and his distant cousin formulate a plot to assassinate Napoleon.

Director: Woody Allen | Stars: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Georges Adet, Frank Adu

Votes: 40,986

14. Husbands and Wives (1992)

R | 108 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

When their best friends announce that they're separating, a professor and his wife discover the faults in their own marriage.

Director: Woody Allen | Stars: Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, Sydney Pollack, Judy Davis

Votes: 31,259 | Gross: $10.56M

15. Condorman (1981)

PG | 90 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Cartoonist Woody becomes the superhero he draws. Using his gadgets he helps a Soviet spy defect to the West.

Director: Charles Jarrott | Stars: Michael Crawford, Oliver Reed, Barbara Carrera, James Hampton

Votes: 5,436

16. 36 fillette (1988)

88 min | Drama, Romance

A night in the life of a young woman who wishes to learn and experience more of life. The men she meets have as much to learn from her as they can offer her, or more.

Director: Catherine Breillat | Stars: Delphine Zentout, Etienne Chicot, Olivier Parnière, Jean-Pierre Léaud

Votes: 1,401 | Gross: $0.41M

17. Vanya on 42nd Street (1994)

PG | 119 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

New York actors rehearse Chekhov's "Uncle Vanya" in a dilapidated theatre.

Director: Louis Malle | Stars: Wallace Shawn, Phoebe Brand, George Gaynes, Jerry Mayer

Votes: 5,175 | Gross: $1.75M

18. Phoenix (1998)

R | 107 min | Crime, Drama

A cop (Liotta) with a gambling addiction plots a theft from the bookies who are putting pressure on him to pay off or else.

Director: Danny Cannon | Stars: Ray Liotta, Anthony LaPaglia, Daniel Baldwin, Jeremy Piven

Votes: 4,359 | Gross: $0.04M

19. The Public Woman (1984)

113 min | Drama

An inexperienced young actress is invited to play a role in a film based on Dostoyevsky's 'The Possessed'. The film director, a Czech immigrant in Paris, takes over her life, and in a short... See full summary »

Director: Andrzej Zulawski | Stars: Francis Huster, Valérie Kaprisky, Lambert Wilson, Patrick Bauchau

Votes: 1,778

20. The Twelve Chairs (1970)

GP | 94 min | Comedy, Drama

In 1920s Soviet Russia, a fallen aristocrat, a priest and a con artist search for a treasure of jewels hidden inside one of twelve dining chairs, lost during the revolution.

Director: Mel Brooks | Stars: Mel Brooks, Ron Moody, Frank Langella, Dom DeLuise

Votes: 7,134 | Gross: $1.81M

21. Blonde (2001)

TV-14 | 165 min | Biography, Drama

A fictional biography of Marilyn Monroe mixed with series of real events in her life.

Stars: Poppy Montgomery, Patricia Richardson, Patrick Dempsey, Wallace Shawn

Votes: 1,243

22. The City of Your Final Destination (2009)

PG-13 | 117 min | Drama, Romance

Omar wants to write an authorized biography on a dead writer and travels to a farm in Uruguay to meet the trustees - the writer's brother, widow and cute mistress/mother of his daughter.

Director: James Ivory | Stars: Omar Metwally, Anthony Hopkins, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Nicholas Blandullo

Votes: 3,247

23. I've Loved You So Long (2008)

PG-13 | 117 min | Drama

A woman struggles to interact with her family and find her place in society after spending fifteen years in prison.

Director: Philippe Claudel | Stars: Kristin Scott Thomas, Elsa Zylberstein, Serge Hazanavicius, Laurent Grévill

Votes: 20,735 | Gross: $3.17M

24. Strawberry & Chocolate (1993)

R | 108 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Story of two men who are opposites: one gay, the other straight; one a fierce communist, the other a fierce individualist; one suspicious, the other accepting; and how they come to love each other.

Directors: Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, Juan Carlos Tabío | Stars: Jorge Perugorría, Vladimir Cruz, Mirta Ibarra, Francisco Gattorno

Votes: 6,025 | Gross: $2.08M

25. When Did You Last See Your Father? (2007)

PG-13 | 92 min | Biography, Drama

The story of a son's conflicting memories of his dying father.

Director: Anand Tucker | Stars: Jim Broadbent, Colin Firth, Juliet Stevenson, Bradley Johnson

Votes: 4,695 | Gross: $1.07M

26. Tsareubiytsa (1991)

Not Rated | 104 min | Drama, History

Over seventy five years ago Russia's last Tsar and his entire family met their fate at the hands of a murderous assassin. Yet, behind the closed doors of a modern day psychiatric hospital a patient is telling the story of the event.

Director: Karen Shakhnazarov | Stars: Malcolm McDowell, Oleg Yankovskiy, Armen Dzhigarkhanyan, Yuriy Sherstnyov

Votes: 976

27. Noir (2001–2002)

TV-14 | Animation, Action, Crime

Two beautiful female assassins travel the world accepting assignments to kill various culprits, and at the same time, having deadly traps set against them by their own employer.

Stars: Houko Kuwashima, Kotono Mitsuishi, Shelley Calene-Black, Monica Rial

Votes: 2,056

28. Hunger (1966)

Not Rated | 112 min | Biography, Drama

In 1890, Pontus, the starving writer, wanders the streets of Christiania, in search of love and a chance to get his work published. All he meets is defeat and suffering while his sense of ... See full summary »

Director: Henning Carlsen | Stars: Per Oscarsson, Gunnel Lindblom, Birgitte Federspiel, Knud Rex

Votes: 3,383

29. The Return of Sam McCloud (1989 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 94 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Ex-Marshal McCloud is now senator of New Mexico, fighting for a new environment law. His enemy is Maitland, unscrupulous owner of Chemtel, the world's most important chemical manufacturer. ... See full summary »

Director: Alan J. Levi | Stars: Dennis Weaver, J.D. Cannon, Terry Carter, Diana Muldaur

Votes: 144

30. Eddie Izzard: Dress to Kill (1998 Video)

Unrated | 115 min | Documentary, Comedy

Executive transvestite Eddie Izzard takes his show to San Francisco to give a brief history of pagan and Christian religions, the building of Stonehenge, the birth of the Church of England ... See full summary »

Director: Lawrence Jordan | Star: Eddie Izzard

Votes: 7,528

31. La cena (1998)

126 min | Comedy, Drama

A multitude of characters face personal problems while having dinner in a roman restaurant.

Director: Ettore Scola | Stars: Fanny Ardant, Antonio Catania, Francesca d'Aloja, Riccardo Garrone

Votes: 1,369

32. Forever, Lulu (1986)

R | 85 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

A beautiful novelist gets involved with the violent underworld crime elements in New York City and becomes a target. Alec Baldwin plays the cop who pursues her killers.

Director: Amos Kollek | Stars: Hanna Schygulla, Debbie Harry, Alec Baldwin, Annie Golden

Votes: 442

33. Starting Out in the Evening (2007)

PG-13 | 111 min | Drama, Romance

An ambitious graduate student convinces a writer that her thesis can resurrect his career.

Director: Andrew Wagner | Stars: Frank Langella, Lauren Ambrose, Patti Perkins, Lili Taylor

Votes: 3,346 | Gross: $0.90M

34. The One (II) (2011)

Not Rated | 89 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A quick witted, edgy romantic dramedy about a young successful Manhattan investment banker living the charmed life about to marry the woman of his dreams who, a month before his wedding, ... See full summary »

Director: Caytha Jentis | Stars: Jon Prescott, Ian Novick, Margaret Anne Florence, David Albiero

Votes: 789

35. Superclásico (2011)

Not Rated | 99 min | Comedy

Christian's wife leaves him for a top Argentinian soccer player. After 11 months of drinking his wine-store stock, he flies to Buenos Aires with his 16-year-old son Oscar after receiving divorce papers. Will he get his wife back?

Director: Ole Christian Madsen | Stars: Mikael Bertelsen, Anders W. Berthelsen, Jamie Morton, Paprika Steen

Votes: 2,613

36. Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments (2014 Video Game)

M | Adventure, Crime, Mystery

Taking place in London and its suburbs in 1894 and 1895, Sherlock Holmes is out to solve six high profile cases in this game of investigation in the tradition of Conan Doyle.

Stars: Charles Swift, Chris Anderson, Colin Mace, Danny Webb

Votes: 577

37. The House of Smiles (1991)

110 min | Drama, Romance

A septuagenarian couple are attracted to each other in a retirement home but find the institution and their fellow patients frown on their relationship.

Director: Marco Ferreri | Stars: Ingrid Thulin, Dado Ruspoli, Enzo Cannavale, Nuccia Fumo

Votes: 309

38. Zastihla me noc (1986)

135 min | Biography, Drama, War

A Holocaust drama made by a director who was himself, as a Jew, a prisoner in the German concentration camp of Ravensbrueck during the Second World War.

Director: Juraj Herz | Stars: Jana Riháková, Jana Brejchová, Rudolf Hrusínský, Katerina Urbancová

Votes: 75

39. Kurosawa's Way (2011)

52 min | Documentary

Eleven major filmmakers from Europe, Asia and America talk about Akira Kurosawa and explore some ways on which he influenced their own work.

Director: Catherine Cadou | Stars: Theodoros Angelopoulos, Bernardo Bertolucci, Clint Eastwood, Alejandro G. Iñárritu

Votes: 152

40. Les secrets professionnels du Docteur Apfelgluck (1991)

95 min | Comedy

Five short stories told by an eccentric psychiatrist about the misadventures of some of his patients.

Directors: Alessandro Capone, Stéphane Clavier, Mathias Ledoux, Thierry Lhermitte, Hervé Palud | Stars: Jacques Villeret, Micha Bayard, Ticky Holgado, Claire Nadeau

Votes: 501

41. The Forfeit (2022)

Short, Thriller

A working-class Welsh woman meets the eccentric family of her wealthy English boyfriend for the first time on Christmas Eve.

Directors: Phoebe Brooks, Josie Charles | Stars: Kate Morgan-Jones, James Esler, Kate Paul, Melissa Vaughan

Votes: 22

42. Rire et châtiment (2003)

94 min | Comedy, Romance

Babysitter protecting young boy during home invasion.

Director: Isabelle Doval | Stars: José Garcia, Isabelle Doval, Laurent Lucas, Benoît Poelvoorde

Votes: 1,071

43. AN LA STORY: The Making of the award-winning Notes from the New World

Documentary | Post-production

SOMEONE -- OR SOMETHING -- DID NOT WANT THIS MOVIE TO BE MADE... It had the hallmarks of a thriller: betrayal and abandonment. Lies and innuendo. Colleagues caught up in a mysterious ... See full summary »

Director: Vitaly Sumin | Stars: Vitaly Sumin, Rebecca Light, Natasha Blasick, Nathanael Theisen

44. The Highway Killer (2007)

15 min | Short

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Directors: Tasos Goudelis, Vassilis Goudelis | Stars: Giorgos Pispinis, Joanna Klein, Vangelis Stratigakos

45. Avrio tha xeroume - Dharma Blue Bums (1997)

116 min | Drama

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Director: Andreas Thomopoulos | Stars: Stavros Paravas, Tamilla Koulieva, Anna Fonsou, Alberto Eskenazy

Votes: 31

46. Notes from the New World (2011)

99 min | Action, Crime, Drama

"Notes From The New World" is a contemporary retelling of Dostoyevsky's novella which unfolds in Los Angeles where dreams and harsh realities collide. It is a place where almost everyone ... See full summary »

Director: Vitaly Sumin | Stars: Rebecca Light, Natasha Blasick, Nathanael Theisen, Jerry Prager

Votes: 63

47. Klauni a vlastenci (1991 TV Movie)

Comedy, Drama

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Director: Hynek Bocan | Stars: Oldrich Vízner, Zdenek Zák, Radoslav Brzobohatý, Jana Svandová

Votes: 9

48. Our Screenwriter is Missing (2017 Video)

Short, Horror, Mystery

Robert Hurley: Screenwriter. Dreamer. Missing person. During filming of 'Notes From The New World,' a modern retelling of Fyodor Dostoyevsky's 'Notes From The Underground,' Hurley vanished.

Director: Vitaly Sumin | Star: Ngoma Moghalu

49. Interview with Gerardo Perez Giusti, composer for Notes from the New World (2017 Video)

Short, Talk-Show

We interviewed our great composer Gerardo Perez Giusti about his wonderful music for 'Notes from the New World' and his collaboration with Vitaly Sumin, director of the movie.

Director: Vitaly Sumin | Stars: Gerardo Perez Giusti, Nathanael Theisen

50. Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962)
Episode: Hitch Hike (1960)

TV-14 | 30 min | Drama, Mystery

Anne has just been acquitted in court and her uncle, Charles Underhill is not a happy man. He feels that her brush with the law will reflect badly on him and is of the view that the only ... See full summary »

Director: Paul Henreid | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, John McIntire, Robert Morse, Suzanne Pleshette

Votes: 465