Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "running-into-someone"

1. Freaky Friday (2003)

PG | 97 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy

An overworked mother and her daughter did not get along. When they switch bodies, each is forced to adapt to the other's life for one freaky Friday.

Director: Mark Waters | Stars: Jamie Lee Curtis, Lindsay Lohan, Mark Harmon, Harold Gould

Votes: 153,234 | Gross: $110.23M

2. Sea of Love (1989)

R | 113 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A detective investigating a series of murders becomes involved with a woman who may be the culprit.

Director: Harold Becker | Stars: Al Pacino, Ellen Barkin, John Goodman, Michael Rooker

Votes: 45,015 | Gross: $58.57M

3. Norwegian Wood (2010)

Not Rated | 133 min | Drama, Romance

Toru recalls his life in the 1960s, when his friend Kizuki killed himself and he grew close to Naoko, Kizuki's girlfriend, and another woman, the outgoing, lively Midori.

Director: Anh Hung Tran | Stars: Ken'ichi Matsuyama, Rinko Kikuchi, Kiko Mizuhara, Kengo Kôra

Votes: 12,492 | Gross: $0.01M

4. Making the Grade (1984)

R | 105 min | Comedy, Romance

A spoiled rich young man hires a young hustler, who lives in a broken car and owes money to a dicey loan shark, to take his place in his elite prep school and graduate for him.

Director: Dorian Walker | Stars: Judd Nelson, Jonna Lee, Gordon Jump, Walter Olkewicz

Votes: 1,636 | Gross: $4.56M

5. Red Beard (1965)

Not Rated | 185 min | Drama

In 19th-century Japan, a rough-tempered yet charitable town doctor trains a young intern.

Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Yûzô Kayama, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Reiko Dan

Votes: 21,195

6. Lisa (1990)

PG-13 | 95 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

A flirtatious teenager with an eye for older men gets more than she bargained for when the handsome stranger she's pursuing turns out to be a serial killer.

Director: Gary Sherman | Stars: Staci Keanan, Cheryl Ladd, D.W. Moffett, Tanya Fenmore

Votes: 2,342 | Gross: $4.35M

7. Your Eyes Tell (2020)

123 min | Drama, Romance

A tragic accident lead to Akari's blindness, but she clings to life and the smaller pleasures it can still afford her. Akari has also lost her family. She meets Rui a former kick boxer, ... See full summary »

Director: Takahiro Miki | Stars: Yuriko Yoshitaka, Ryûsei Yokohama, Kyôsuke Yabe, Jun Fubuki

Votes: 1,778

8. Asako I & II (2018)

Not Rated | 119 min | Drama, Romance

Asako lives in Osaka. She falls in love with Baku, a free-spirit. One day, Baku suddenly disappears. Two years later, Asako now lives in Tokyo and meets Ryohei. He looks just like Baku, but has a completely different personality.

Director: Ryûsuke Hamaguchi | Stars: Masahiro Higashide, Erika Karata, Sairi Itô, Kôji Nakamoto

Votes: 5,344 | Gross: $0.02M

9. Love My Life (2006)

96 min | Drama

Ichiko and Eri are two Japanese university students who are in a lesbian relationship. Ichiko comes out to her father who tells her he is also gay and her mother was a lesbian. Her best ... See full summary »

Director: Kôji Kawano | Stars: Rei Yoshii, Asami Imajuku, Naomi Akimoto, Miyoko Asada

Votes: 917

10. Tom and Jerry in Shiver Me Whiskers (2006 Video)

TV-G | 74 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

A cat and a mouse must outsmart a band of pirates to find buried treasure.

Director: Scott Jeralds | Stars: Kevin Michael Richardson, Kathy Najimy, Charles Nelson Reilly, Wallace Shawn

Votes: 2,202

11. Dillinger (1945)

Passed | 70 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

John Dillinger begins his life of crime as a petty thief, meets his future gang in prison and eventually masterminds a series of daring robberies.

Director: Max Nosseck | Stars: Lawrence Tierney, Edmund Lowe, Anne Jeffreys, Eduardo Ciannelli

Votes: 2,144 | Gross: $4.00M

12. My Wife's Relations (1922)

25 min | Short, Comedy

By accident, Buster and an intimidating woman end up married.

Directors: Edward F. Cline, Buster Keaton | Stars: Buster Keaton, Wallace Beery, Monte Collins, Wheezer Dell

Votes: 2,431

13. The Girl in the Sun (2013)

128 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance

A salesman named Kosuke Okuda happens to meet Mao Watarai, a friend from his middle school days. Back then Mao was bullied, but now she is an attractive woman. Kosuke and Mao fall in love and decide to marry, but Mao has a secret.

Director: Takahiro Miki | Stars: Takumi Kitamura, Masaki Suda, Tôko Miura, Tetsuji Tamayama

Votes: 1,025

14. We Were There: First Love (2012)

123 min | Drama, Romance

It chronicles the love relationship between a boy called Motoharu Yano and a girl called Nanami Takahashi, starting from their teenage years and continuing during their early twenties.

Director: Takahiro Miki | Stars: Tôma Ikuta, Yuriko Yoshitaka, Sôsuke Takaoka, Yuika Motokariya

Votes: 701

15. Sophie's Revenge (2009)

107 min | Comedy, Romance

Two ex-lovers work together to win back their lost loves, but not everything goes according to plan.

Director: Eva Jin | Stars: Ziyi Zhang, Bingbing Fan, Peter Ho, So Ji-seob

Votes: 1,460

16. Nanimono (2016)

97 min | Drama

Looking for jobs, five young friends regularly meet at one's apartment. Judging and gauging one another by their ability to land job pits the friends as also competitors. When one of the ... See full summary »

Director: Daisuke Miura | Stars: Kasumi Arimura, Sakurako Mizuki, Fumi Nikaidô, Masaki Okada

Votes: 753

17. Angry Rice Wives (2021)

106 min | Drama, History

Ito has a husband and three children. Life is difficult and food is expensive. Rice, which is a staple of their diet, is expensive and becoming more dear by the week. Needing to feed ... See full summary »

Director: Katsuhide Motoki | Stars: Mitsuru Fukikoshi, Tokie Hidari, Shota Ikoma, Mao Inoue

Votes: 58

18. Peperoncino (2021 TV Movie)

60 min | Drama, Romance

It has been ten years since the earthquake and tsunami that devastated much of coastal eastern Japan. Many died. Many of the survivors do not wish to remember. A couple send out special ... See full summary »

Stars: Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, Jun Kunimura, Yoh Yoshida, Akiko Yada

Votes: 8

19. Hustling for Health (1919)

Not Rated | 15 min | Comedy, Short

After missing his train, Stan Laurel meets a Good Samaritan who invites him back to his home for rest and relaxation. It proves a most arduous vacation but even amidst the angry suffragettes and demanding hosts, Laurel hazards into love.

Director: Frank Terry | Stars: Stan Laurel, Dorothy Coburn, Mrs. Fleming, Mildred Reardon

Votes: 272

20. Mabel and Fatty's Wash Day (1915)

13 min | Comedy, Short

Neighbors Mabel and Fatty meet while doing laundry. Their friendship blossoms, their spouses grow jealous, and the Keystone Cops join the chaos.

Director: Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle | Stars: Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Mabel Normand, Harry McCoy, Alice Davenport

Votes: 258

21. Cocktailed Confusion (1999)

17 min | Drama, Short

A man with a secret so disturbing tries to drink it away. But the morning after and the memories from the night before - add a missing vintage car, a bad-ass woman, a series of false clues, nasty subconscious tricks and a twist ending.

Director: Annie Bradley | Stars: Michael Kulas, Tracy Ryan, Nina Shock

22. Night Visions (2001–2002)
Episode: Hate Puppet/Darkness (2001)

TV-14 | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery

Horror novelist is cursed to cause murderous rage towards him in everyone. / An egotistical telemarketer inherits a cursed mansion where every shadow is alive and will kill on touch.

Directors: Ian Toynton, Thomas J. Wright | Stars: Kwesi Ameyaw, William Atherton, Francis Boyle, Torquil Campbell

Votes: 96

23. A Story to Read When You First Fall in Love (2019)
Episode: Episode #1.3 (2019)

TV-14 | Comedy, Drama, Romance

It is decided then, Harumi will tutor the boy with the hope and determination to get him from being an urchin to a candidate who can pass the two sets of examinations and be accepted into ... See full summary »

Stars: Yumi Adachi, Fumi Dan, Kyôko Fukada, Kenjirô Ishimaru

24. A Story to Read When You First Fall in Love (2019)
Episode: Episode #1.5 (2019)

TV-14 | Comedy, Drama, Romance

As a series of flashbacks demonstrate the relationships and personal situations of the three rivals and the object of their desire is fast advancing and changing. A student is working hard ... See full summary »

Stars: Yumi Adachi, Fumi Dan, Kyôko Fukada, Kenjirô Ishimaru

25. A Story to Read When You First Fall in Love (2019)
Episode: Episode #1.7 (2019)

TV-14 | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Harumi wants the best for her student and has arranged for him to attend a superlative cram school in the city of Yokohama. The student accedes to the requested despite his initial temper ... See full summary »

Stars: Yumi Adachi, Fumi Dan, Kyôko Fukada, Kenjirô Ishimaru

26. A Story to Read When You First Fall in Love (2019)
Episode: Episode #1.10 (2019)

TV-14 | Comedy, Drama, Romance

The man musters the courage to finally propose after twenty years of harbouring feelings. It is examination day, but despite her promise Junko cannot be there as she has had an accident. ... See full summary »

Stars: Yumi Adachi, Fumi Dan, Kyôko Fukada, Kenjirô Ishimaru

27. Seigi no mikata (2008– )
Episode: Episode #1.2 (2008)

46 min | Drama

Older sister is hell-bent on getting her man who is handsome and destined for big things. She puts her younger sister to work figuring out what the man does and likes. It turns out she is ... See full summary »

Director: Satoru Nakajima | Stars: Mirai Shida, Yû Yamada, Osamu Mukai, Eri Fuse

28. Seigi no mikata (2008– )
Episode: Episode #1.5 (2008)

46 min | Drama

The wedding is off, the wedding bells are unrung and the older sister has undergone a transformation. She is docile, polite, understated and no longer a bully. The younger sister does not ... See full summary »

Director: Satoru Nakajima | Stars: Mirai Shida, Yû Yamada, Osamu Mukai, Sei Hiraizumi

29. Izakaya Bottakuri (2018)
Episode: Episode #1.6 (2018)

Drama

He is put to work helping with the electrical work when a regular customer, who is also an electrician, walks in. He has an apprentice with him as well. The new employee has been the ... See full summary »

Director: Takashi Iwabuchi | Stars: Moemi Katayama, Sara Takatsuki

30. Izakaya Bottakuri (2018)
Episode: Episode #1.11 (2018)

Drama

An old recipe does not turn out the way the cook hoped it would. An old women wonders whether her old childhood friends are still around and what they are up to. Perhaps social media could ... See full summary »

Director: Shinji Kuma | Stars: Moemi Katayama, Sara Takatsuki

31. Police Academy: The Animated Series (1988–1989)
Episode: For Whom the Wedding Bells Toll (1988)

TV-Y7 | Animation, Comedy, Crime

The Academy are assigned an undercover security mission at the wedding ceremony of a billionaire's daughter.

Directors: Cosmo Anzilotti, Bill Hutten, Tony Love, Charles Nichols | Stars: Ron Rubin, Howard Morris, Charles Woods Gray, Greg Swanson

Votes: 13

32. Tôkyô zenryoku shôjo (2012– )
Episode: Episode #1.1 (2012)

Comedy

Teenage country girl heads to Tokyo to find a father she had been lead to believe is dead following his divorce from her mother. Instead, the mother spills the beans that he is alive and ... See full summary »

Star: Hana Toyoshima

33. Tôkyô zenryoku shôjo (2012– )
Episode: Episode #1.9 (2012)

54 min | Comedy

Urara is back at home in Shikoku and once again comfortably in her bed in her bedroom in her mother's house - except, she is uncomfortably having a nightmare at first. She believes ... See full summary »

Director: Makoto Naganuma | Stars: Emi Takei, Atsuro Watabe, Shôhei Miura, Takashi Tsukamoto

34. Tôkyô zenryoku shôjo (2012– )
Episode: Episode #1.11 (2012)

54 min | Comedy

With her father determined to re-marry her mother Urura is after the man to properly break-up with his girlfriends. It is the proper thing to do. She herself is studying law when she is not... See full summary »

Director: Mitsuru Kubota | Stars: Emi Takei, Atsuro Watabe, Shôhei Miura, Takashi Tsukamoto

35. Rude Tube (2008–2017)
Episode: Planet Fail (2014)

Comedy, Reality-TV

Add a Plot

Stars: Alex Zane, Lisa Balick, Jessica Frech, Matthew Hughes

36. Attack on Titan: Junior High (2015)
Episode: Starting School! Titan Junior High School (2015)

TV-14 | 17 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

On the very first day of junior high, Eren oversleeps and is woken up by Mikasa. While rushing to school, he runs into several of his classmates. When they arrive at school, everyone except Eren notices something is odd.

Stars: Yûki Kaji, Yui Ishikawa, Marina Inoue, Kishô Taniyama

Votes: 289

37. Please Love Me! (2016)
Episode: Episode #1.1 (2016)

TV-14 | 75 min | Comedy, Romance

Thirty-year-old woman has been let go from her last job and, while she is interviewing and seeking work, remains unemployed. She has a boyfriend, but the relationship is one-sided. She is ... See full summary »

Director: Hayato Kawai | Stars: Kyôko Fukada, Dean Fujioka, Shôhei Miura, Maho Nonami

38. Please Love Me! (2016)
Episode: Episode #1.6 (2016)

TV-14 | 54 min | Comedy, Romance

Michiko has basically agreed to move in with her man, but is having all sorts of anxieties as this is her first time and a big move for her. She is asking Akira for advice and taking cues ... See full summary »

Director: Hayato Kawai | Stars: Kyôko Fukada, Dean Fujioka, Shôhei Miura, Maho Nonami

39. Please Love Me! (2016)
Episode: Episode #1.9 (2016)

TV-14 | 54 min | Comedy, Romance

Michiko has decided to be frank and forthright and consequently asks Shunin to marry her. It is all too surprising and sudden and, therefore, it is not surprising that she gets rejected ... See full summary »

Director: Ryôsuke Fukuda | Stars: Kyôko Fukada, Dean Fujioka, Shôhei Miura, Maho Nonami

40. Please Love Me! (2016)
Episode: Episode #1.10 (2016)

TV-14 | 54 min | Comedy, Romance

Michiko has received a promotion as her product idea was accepted and shall be commercialized. The co-workers are happy for her and cheer her on, but ironically she has nowhere to live and ... See full summary »

Director: Hayato Kawai | Stars: Kyôko Fukada, Dean Fujioka, Shôhei Miura, Maho Nonami

41. Tokyo Tarareba Girls (2017– )
Episode: Episode #1.2 (2017)

60 min | Comedy

The three women are still on the hunt for the perfect man and a relationship. Actually, at this point it looks like any man would do. None of them wants to remain single. At the same, the ... See full summary »

Director: Seiichi Nagumo | Stars: Yuriko Yoshitaka, Nana Eikura, Yûko Ôshima, Kentarô Sakaguchi

42. Tokyo Tarareba Girls (2017– )
Episode: Episode #1.4 (2017)

60 min | Comedy

The three friends are all in a state of turmoil or change. One is seeing an old boyfriend who has a new girlfriend. One is seeing a married man. One is recovering from the disappointment ... See full summary »

Director: Naoko Komuro | Stars: Yuriko Yoshitaka, Nana Eikura, Yûko Ôshima, Kentarô Sakaguchi

43. Tokyo Tarareba Girls (2017– )
Episode: Episode #1.5 (2017)

60 min | Comedy

The three friends are positively single again and are determined to take corrective action. They feel a bout of self-pity wash over them. A visit to a soothsayer tells them a lot and feels ... See full summary »

Director: Seiichi Nagumo | Stars: Yuriko Yoshitaka, Nana Eikura, Yûko Ôshima, Kentarô Sakaguchi

44. Tokyo Tarareba Girls (2017– )
Episode: Episode #1.8 (2017)

60 min | Comedy

Out of the blue Rinko receives a telephone call, which offers her a job at the production company doing what she wants to be doing. This on top of what happened last night with her former ... See full summary »

Director: Seiichi Nagumo | Stars: Yuriko Yoshitaka, Nana Eikura, Yûko Ôshima, Kentarô Sakaguchi

45. Okusama wa toriatsukai chûi (2017)
Episode: Episode #1.1 (2017)

60 min | Comedy, Drama

She is a secret agent from an unknown country that may or may not be Japan. She is on a mission in China, but she soon abandons that life and settles for something far more mundane, ... See full summary »

Director: Ryûichi Inomata | Stars: Haruka Ayase, Mirai Uchida, Ryôko Hirosue, Tsubasa Honda

Votes: 6

46. Okusama wa toriatsukai chûi (2017)
Episode: Episode #1.6 (2017)

60 min | Comedy, Drama

During an ikebana class one of the women asks Nami whether she would be interviewed for the local neighbourhood newspaper. Nami reluctantly agrees and they set an appointment for the ... See full summary »

Director: Ryûichi Inomata | Stars: Haruka Ayase, Mirai Uchida, Ryôko Hirosue, Tsubasa Honda

47. State of the Union (2019–2022)
Episode: Plaster Cast (2019)

TV-MA | 9 min | Short, Comedy, Drama

Tom asks Louise to back him up in a lie with their counsellor - is it them against the world or not?

Director: Stephen Frears | Stars: Aisling Bea, Sope Dirisu, Chris O'Dowd, Rosamund Pike

Votes: 236

48. A Story to Read When You First Fall in Love (2019)
Episode: Episode #1.1 (2019)

TV-14 | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Junko and her boyfriend break up. He is realistic and she confronts the truth and nature of their relationship. She is getting to an age though that makes her want a man for marriage. Then ... See full summary »

Stars: Kyôko Fukada, Ryûsei Yokohama, Yumi Adachi, Fumi Dan

49. Kekkon Aite wa Chusen de (2018)
Episode: Episode #1.4 (2018)

Drama, Romance

The law has been amended, but it is not getting any easier. Nana is becoming more desperate and is not enthused about her latest match. he is chasing her firmly and politely however. Nana ... See full summary »

Stars: Chizuru Asano, Yusuke Hirayama, Ai Hoemo, Masato Kato