Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "uncovering-the-past"

1. The Sinner (2017–2021)

TV-MA | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Detective Ambrose employs some unusual tactics and a deep capacity for empathy to solve his cases. His boundless dedication is driven by his dark past, leading him into powerful and often dangerously intimate bonds with his suspects.

Stars: Bill Pullman, Jessica Hecht, Dohn Norwood, Adam LeFevre

Votes: 139,755

2. Horizon Forbidden West (2022 Video Game)

T | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Aloy treks into an arcane region and faces new hostile enemies and threats in search of a way to heal the world from a deadly blight and catastrophic storms.

Directors: Mathijs de Jonge, Ismaël Auray | Stars: Ashly Burch, John Macmillan, Lesley Ewen, Lance Reddick

Votes: 6,747

3. Horizon Zero Dawn (2017 Video Game)

T | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

In a primitive tribal world where strange, monstrous, animalistic machines roam the wilderness, a brave young female warrior goes on a quest to learn the truth about her mysterious origin and the state the world is in.

Director: Mathijs de Jonge | Stars: Ashly Burch, Laura van Tol, Ava Potter, JB Blanc

Votes: 18,801

4. The Five Devils (2022)

Unrated | 103 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance

Vicky lives with her mother Joanne and father Jimmie. When Vicky's aunt Julia arrives after being released from prison, her presence brings back the past in a violent, magical way.

Director: Léa Mysius | Stars: Adèle Exarchopoulos, Swala Emati, Sally Dramé, Moustapha Mbengue

Votes: 4,965

5. Flashpoint (1984)

R | 93 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Two U.S. border patrolmen find a buried 20+ year old jeep in the desert with a skeleton, rifle and $800,000. They keep the money. Suddenly, the FBI shows a lot of interest in the car.

Director: William Tannen | Stars: Kris Kristofferson, Treat Williams, Rip Torn, Kevin Conway

Votes: 3,196 | Gross: $3.85M

6. Lips of Blood (1975)

Not Rated | 88 min | Horror, Thriller

Frederick sees a photograph of a ruined seaside castle, which triggers a strange childhood memory. He then goes on a strange quest to find the castle and the beautiful woman who lives there.

Director: Jean Rollin | Stars: Jean-Loup Philippe, Annie Belle, Natalie Perrey, Martine Grimaud

Votes: 1,890

7. The Woman Next Door (1981)

R | 106 min | Drama, Romance

Two ex-lovers wind up living next door to each other with their respective spouses. Forbidden passions ensue.

Director: François Truffaut | Stars: Gérard Depardieu, Fanny Ardant, Henri Garcin, Michèle Baumgartner

Votes: 8,869

8. A Kid (2016)

98 min | Drama

Mathieu has never known his father. His mother has always told him he was the fruit of a one-night-stand. One morning, in his Parisian flat, he receives a call from Quebec telling him his ... See full summary »

Director: Philippe Lioret | Stars: Pierre Deladonchamps, Gabriel Arcand, Catherine De Léan, Marie-Thérèse Fortin

Votes: 1,948

9. Baldur's Gate (1998 Video Game)

T | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

The main character, ward of mystical monk Gorion, whose name, sex, race and class are defined by the players, leaves his order's keep for the first time and starts a journey to discover his true identity. But someone wants him dead.

Director: Feargus Urquhart | Stars: Dee Bradley Baker, Michael Bell, Jeff Bennett, Gregg Berger

Votes: 2,025

10. Memory Box (2021)

102 min | Drama

The lives of three women are connected by a box that resurfaces containing notebooks, photographs and audiotapes.

Directors: Joana Hadjithomas, Khalil Joreige | Stars: Rim Turki, Manal Issa, Paloma Vauthier, Clémence Sabbagh

Votes: 819

11. A Pattern of Roses (1983 TV Movie)

65 min | Drama, Thriller

Teenagers Tim Ingram and his friend Rebecca investigate a ghost story involving a boy, Tom Inskip, who mysteriously died in Tim's parents' cottage in 1910. Tim soon discovers eerie parallels between himself and Tim during his final days.

Director: Lawrence Gordon Clark | Stars: Stuart MacKenzie, Suzanna Hamilton, Vivian Pickles, Norman Rodway

Votes: 125

12. AquaNox 2: Revelation (2003 Video Game)

Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

In the future where nuclear war destroyed the surface, so humans moved into underwater corrupt megalopolises, William Drake, an adventurous heir of a bankrupt corporation who got shanghaied by mercenaries, uncovers forgotten past.

Stars: Gabriel Kuttner, Simon Smithies, Heather De Lisle, Alan Houghland

Votes: 43

13. Cognition: An Erica Reed Thriller - Episode 3: The Oracle (2013 Video Game)

Adventure, Crime, Sci-Fi

FBI agent Erica Reed has an ability to see certain past events. Her new friend Cordelia is missing and someone got murdered in the building she owns. There, Erica finally finds out the truth about the serial killer who killed her brother.

Directors: Cesar Bittar, Nick Bryan | Stars: Amy K. Browne, Ed Crane, Michael Fortunato, Arabella Grayson

Votes: 27

14. The Wanderer (1994)
Episode: Rebirth (1994)

Drama, Fantasy

Inspired by a vision, a quirky British hermit called Godbold arrives in modern-day Austria to rescue Adam, a rich good-natured philanthropist secretly pursued since the 10th century by his evil twin, Zachary, and enchantress, Beatrice.

Director: Bob Mahoney | Stars: Bryan Brown, Tony Haygarth, Kim Thomson, Otto Tausig

15. Servant (2019–2023)
Episode: Donut (2022)

TV-MA | 30 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

Isabelle threatens to uncover Dorothy's past.

Director: Dylan Holmes Williams | Stars: Lauren Ambrose, Toby Kebbell, Nell Tiger Free, Rupert Grint

Votes: 745

16. Doom Patrol (2019–2023)
Episode: Butt Patrol (2022)

TV-MA | Action, Adventure, Comedy

The Doom Patrol must wipe out the zombie butts and reverse their grim future.

Director: Chris Manley | Stars: Diane Guerrero, April Bowlby, Joivan Wade, Skye Roberts

Votes: 657

17. Secrets of the Dead (2000– )
Episode: The Lost Diary of Dr. Livingstone (2014)

Not Rated | 53 min | Documentary, History, War

On his third and final journey to Africa, David Livingstone, one of the greatest explorers in history, kept a diary that's only now being deciphered. It shines a new light on the horrors of slave trade in Africa, and Livingstone himself.

Directors: Melisa Akdogan, Ben Mole | Stars: Peter De Jersey, Jay O. Sanders, Adrian Wisnicki, Neil Wilson

Votes: 70

18. Pieces of Her (2022)
Episode: Episode #1.5 (2022)

TV-MA | 54 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Andy uncovers more details about her family's history and reaches out to Mike, while Laura begins her new life and tries to track down her daughter.

Director: Minkie Spiro | Stars: Toni Collette, Bella Heathcote, Jessica Barden, Joe Dempsie

Votes: 557