Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows With Sarah Polley

1. Dawn of the Dead (2004)

R | 101 min | Action, Horror

A nurse, a policeman, a young married couple, a salesman and other survivors of a worldwide plague that is producing aggressive, flesh-eating zombies, take refuge in a mega Midwestern shopping mall.

Director: Zack Snyder | Stars: Sarah Polley, Ving Rhames, Mekhi Phifer, Jake Weber

Votes: 272,282 | Gross: $59.02M

2. Go (1999)

R | 102 min | Comedy, Crime

The aftermath of a drug deal as told from three different points of view.

Director: Doug Liman | Stars: Sarah Polley, Jay Mohr, Scott Wolf, Taye Diggs

Votes: 75,126 | Gross: $16.84M

3. John Adams (2008)

TV-14 | 71 min | Biography, Drama, History

The life of one of the USA's Founding Fathers, its second President, and his role in the nation's first 50 years.

Stars: Paul Giamatti, Laura Linney, John Dossett, Stephen Dillane

Votes: 36,580

4. Splice (2009)

R | 104 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

Genetic engineers Clive Nicoli and Elsa Kast hope to achieve fame by successfully splicing together the DNA of different animals to create new hybrid animals for medical use.

Director: Vincenzo Natali | Stars: Adrien Brody, Sarah Polley, Delphine Chanéac, Brandon McGibbon

Votes: 101,753 | Gross: $17.00M

5. Mr. Nobody (2009)

R | 141 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance

A boy stands on a station platform as a train is about to leave. Should he go with his mother or stay with his father? Infinite possibilities arise from this decision. As long as he doesn't choose, anything is possible.

Director: Jaco Van Dormael | Stars: Jared Leto, Sarah Polley, Diane Kruger, Linh-Dan Pham

Votes: 245,742 | Gross: $0.00M

6. Women Talking (2022)

PG-13 | 104 min | Drama

Do nothing, stay and fight, or leave. In 2010, the women of an isolated religious community grapple with reconciling a brutal reality with their faith.

Director: Sarah Polley | Stars: Rooney Mara, Claire Foy, Jessie Buckley, Frances McDormand

Votes: 41,910

7. eXistenZ (1999)

R | 97 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi

A game designer on the run from assassins must play her latest virtual reality creation with a marketing trainee to determine if the game has been damaged.

Director: David Cronenberg | Stars: Jude Law, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Ian Holm, Willem Dafoe

Votes: 107,144 | Gross: $2.84M

8. Alias Grace (2017)

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

Grace, an Irish immigrant in 19th-century Canada, is convicted of the murder of her employer. However, things take a different turn when a psychiatrist arrives to analyze her mental state.

Stars: Sarah Gadon, Edward Holcroft, Rebecca Liddiard, Zachary Levi

Votes: 37,787

9. The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988)

PG | 126 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy

An account of Baron Munchausen's supposed travels and fantastical experiences across late 18th-century Europe with his band of misfits.

Director: Terry Gilliam | Stars: John Neville, Eric Idle, Sarah Polley, Oliver Reed

Votes: 56,836 | Gross: $8.08M

10. Friday the 13th: The Series (1987–1990)

TV-MA | 45 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery

Two young antique store owners must recover cursed antiques.

Stars: Louise Robey, Chris Wiggins, John D. LeMay, Steve Monarque

Votes: 4,137

11. Avonlea (1990–1996)

TV-G | 60 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

A young girl is sent to live with her late mother's relatives in Prince Edward Island. Set in the early 1900's, the series follows her adventures, as well as that of her family and the town's people as she grows up in Avonlea.

Stars: Zachary Bennett, Lally Cadeau, Mag Ruffman, Cedric Smith

Votes: 4,846

12. Exotica (1994)

R | 103 min | Drama

A man plagued by neuroses frequents the club Exotica in an attempt to find solace, but even there his past is never far away.

Director: Atom Egoyan | Stars: Bruce Greenwood, Elias Koteas, Don McKellar, David Hemblen

Votes: 21,089 | Gross: $4.18M

13. The Sweet Hereafter (1997)

R | 112 min | Drama

A bus crash in a small town brings a lawyer to defend the families, but he discovers everything isn't what it seems.

Director: Atom Egoyan | Stars: Ian Holm, Sarah Polley, Caerthan Banks, Tom McCamus

Votes: 36,724 | Gross: $3.25M

14. The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015– )

TV-PG | 41 min | Comedy, Talk-Show

Stephen Colbert took over as host, executive producer and writer of THE LATE SHOW on Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2015. The comedy-variety-talk show is broadcast five nights a week from the Ed Sullivan theater in New York.

Stars: Stephen Colbert, Stay Human, Jon Batiste, Jen Spyra

Votes: 14,887

15. Away from Her (2006)

PG-13 | 110 min | Drama

A man coping with the institutionalization of his wife because of Alzheimer's disease faces an epiphany when she transfers her affections to another man, Aubrey, a wheelchair-bound mute who also is a patient at the nursing home.

Director: Sarah Polley | Stars: Julie Christie, Michael Murphy, Gordon Pinsent, Stacey LaBerge

Votes: 23,075 | Gross: $4.57M

16. Beowulf & Grendel (2005)

R | 103 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

In Denmark, during the 6th century, Danish king Hrothgar and his warriors kill a troll whose son, Grendel, vows revenge.

Director: Sturla Gunnarsson | Stars: Hringur Ingvarsson, Spencer Wilding, Stellan Skarsgård, Ingvar Sigurdsson

Votes: 18,584 | Gross: $0.07M

17. Take This Waltz (2011)

R | 116 min | Comedy, Drama

A happily married woman falls for the artist who lives across the street.

Director: Sarah Polley | Stars: Michelle Williams, Seth Rogen, Sarah Silverman, Aaron Abrams

Votes: 30,279 | Gross: $1.24M

18. The Big Town (1987)

R | 109 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller

A dice roller falls in love with a talented dancer who happens to be the wife to a gangster.

Directors: Ben Bolt, Harold Becker | Stars: Matt Dillon, Diane Lane, Tommy Lee Jones, Bruce Dern

Votes: 2,563 | Gross: $1.73M

19. The Weight of Water (2000)

R | 114 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A newspaper photographer researches an 1873 double homicide and finds her own life paralleling that of a witness who survived the tragic ordeal.

Director: Kathryn Bigelow | Stars: Catherine McCormack, Sean Penn, Sarah Polley, Elizabeth Hurley

Votes: 10,034 | Gross: $0.10M

20. Slings and Arrows (2003–2006)

TV-MA | 60 min | Comedy

In the fictional town of New Burbage, legendary theatrical madman Geoffrey Tennant returns to the New Burbage Theatre Festival, the site of his greatest triumph and most humiliating failure... See full summary »

Stars: Paul Gross, Martha Burns, Stephen Ouimette, Susan Coyne

Votes: 2,902

21. YPF (2007)

Not Rated | 87 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

On a Tuesday night, five couples have separate sexual adventures.

Director: Martin Gero | Stars: Aaron Abrams, Carly Pope, Kristin Booth, Josh Dean

Votes: 19,618

22. Last Night (I) (1998)

R | 95 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A group of very different individuals with different ideas of how to face the end come together as the world is expected to end in six hours at the turn of the century.

Director: Don McKellar | Stars: Don McKellar, Sandra Oh, Roberta Maxwell, Robin Gammell

Votes: 10,139

23. My Life Without Me (2003)

R | 106 min | Drama, Romance

A young woman conceals the fact of her terminal cancer to live her life with a passion she never had before.

Director: Isabel Coixet | Stars: Sarah Polley, Scott Speedman, Mark Ruffalo, Leonor Watling

Votes: 25,836 | Gross: $0.40M

24. Screen Two (1985–1998)

TV-14 | 120 min | Drama

In 1984 Kenith Trodd joined BBC team responding to Channel 4 releases, leading to transition from BBC studio plays to Screen One/Two anthology series. Trodd oversaw first group of titles in these series in 1985.

Stars: Jude North, Roger Brierley, Geoffrey Chater, Norman Jones

Votes: 243

25. Don't Come Knocking (2005)

R | 122 min | Drama, Music

An aging cowboy movie star deserts a film set and tries to reconnect with his mother, whom he hasn't seen in thirty years, only to learn that he has a child he never knew about.

Director: Wim Wenders | Stars: Sam Shepard, Jessica Lange, Tim Roth, James Roday Rodriguez

Votes: 7,909 | Gross: $0.44M

26. Stories We Tell (2012)

PG-13 | 108 min | Documentary

A film that excavates layers of myth and memory to find the elusive truth at the core of a family of storytellers.

Director: Sarah Polley | Stars: Michael Polley, John Buchan, Mark Polley, Joanna Polley

Votes: 14,111 | Gross: $1.60M

27. Sugar (I) (2004)

R | 78 min | Drama, Romance

Troubled suburban teen Cliff hooks up with a hustler from the streets of Toronto's gay ghetto.

Director: John Palmer | Stars: Andre Noble, Marnie McPhail, Haylee Wanstall, Dorothy Gordon

Votes: 2,045

28. Blue Monkey (1987)

R | 96 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

Detective Jim Bishop and Dr. Rachel Carson must find a way to stop a giant monstrous insect that's eating people in her quarantined hospital before it procreates and spreads a deadly infection it's carrying.

Director: William Fruet | Stars: Ivan E. Roth, Steve Railsback, Gwynyth Walsh, Don Lake

Votes: 1,313

29. The Claim (2000)

R | 120 min | Drama, Romance, Western

A prospector who sold his wife and infant daughter in exchange for a mining claim, tries desperately to win them back as he helps to build the Pacific Railroad with a group of pioneer friends.

Director: Michael Winterbottom | Stars: Wes Bentley, Peter Mullan, Ron Anderson, Marty Antonini

Votes: 6,614 | Gross: $0.67M

30. CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (1979– )

TV-PG | 90 min | News, Talk-Show

The news show that does personal interest pieces. Anything from interviews with actors, political figures, athletes, musicians, costume designers, fashion designers, restaurant owners, charity heads, kids with special talents

Stars: Jane Pauley, Charles Osgood, Mo Rocca, Lee Cowan

Votes: 1,066

31. The Secret Life of Words (2005)

Not Rated | 115 min | Drama, Romance

A hearing impaired factory worker gives up her first holiday in years and instead travels out to an oil rig, where she cares for a man suffering from severe burns.

Director: Isabel Coixet | Stars: Sarah Polley, Tim Robbins, Sverre Anker Ousdal, Javier Cámara

Votes: 13,148 | Gross: $0.02M

32. One Magic Christmas (1985)

G | 89 min | Family, Fantasy

An angel must show a mother the true meaning of Christmas. It's not just presents and materialistic things, but the people she cares about too.

Director: Phillip Borsos | Stars: Mary Steenburgen, Gary Basaraba, Harry Dean Stanton, Arthur Hill

Votes: 4,451 | Gross: $13.68M

33. Made in Hollywood (2005– )

TV-PG | 60 min | Talk-Show

"Made In Hollywood" provides an inside look at the new movie and DVD releases, bringing superstar talent and Hollywood magic to you.

Stars: Kylie Erica Mar, Julie L. Harkness, Patrick Stinson, Rahsan-Rahsan Lindsay

Votes: 445

34. Night Heat (1985–1989)

TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama

The exploits of the detectives of the Mid South Precinct, in a generic North American city not unlike New York (but a lot like Toronto), chronicled through the eyes of newspaper columnist ... See full summary »

Stars: Scott Hylands, Allan Royal, Jeff Wincott, Sean McCann

Votes: 425

35. Guinevere (1999)

R | 104 min | Drama, Romance

A young girl from an affluent family rebels and becomes involved with a much older photographer.

Director: Audrey Wells | Stars: Sarah Polley, Stephen Rea, Jean Smart, Gina Gershon

Votes: 2,739 | Gross: $0.61M

36. The I Inside (2004)

R | 90 min | Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller

An amnesiac discovers himself leaping through time between 2000 and 2002 as his past returns to him.

Director: Roland Suso Richter | Stars: Ryan Phillippe, Sarah Polley, Piper Perabo, Robert Sean Leonard

Votes: 11,381

37. No Such Thing (2001)

R | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

A young journalist journeys to Iceland to find her missing fiancé only to encounter a mythical creature.

Director: Hal Hartley | Stars: Sarah Polley, Robert John Burke, Margrét Ákadóttir, Julie Anderson

Votes: 4,456 | Gross: $0.06M

38. Jerry and Tom (1998)

R | 107 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Tom and Jerry are two hit men, they work by day at a third-rate second-hand car dealership. Tom is a veteran and Jerry is a novice in their business, and their attitude toward their ... See full summary »

Director: Saul Rubinek | Stars: Joe Mantegna, Sam Rockwell, Maury Chaykin, Ted Danson

Votes: 2,057

39. Ramona (1988–1989)

TV-Y7 | 30 min | Drama, Family

Based on the popular children's series, Ramona Quimby struggles with the day-to-day life of being an eight-year-old.

Stars: Sarah Polley, Lynda Mason Green, Lori Chodos, Barry Flatman

Votes: 230

40. GMA3: What You Need to Know (2020– )

60 min | News, Talk-Show

Amy Robach, T.J. Holmes, and Dr. Jennifer Ashton host.

Stars: Jennifer Ashton, Amy Robach, T.J. Holmes, DeMarco Morgan

Votes: 76

41. The Oscars (I) (2023 TV Special)

TV-14 | 170 min | Documentary, Comedy, Music

The presentation of the 95th Academy Awards, given for achievements in films released in 2022, with major contenders including All Quiet on the Western Front (2022), Avatar: The Way of Water (2022), The Banshees of Inisherin (2022), Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022), The Fabelmans (2022) and Top Gun: Maverick (2022).

Director: Glenn Weiss | Stars: Florence Pugh, Austin Butler, Ariana DeBose, Colin Farrell

Votes: 1,002

42. Hands of a Stranger (1987 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 130 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

A New York cop becomes obsessed with finding his wife's rapist.

Director: Larry Elikann | Stars: Armand Assante, Blair Brown, Beverly D'Angelo, Michael Lerner

Votes: 292

43. Babar: The Movie (1989)

G | 70 min | Animation, Adventure, Family

In his spectacular film debut, young Babar, King of the Elephants, must save his homeland from certain destruction by Rataxes and his band of invading rhinos.

Director: Alan Bunce | Stars: Gordon Pinsent, Gavin Magrath, Elizabeth Hanna, Lisa Jai

Votes: 1,114 | Gross: $1.31M

44. Clusterf*ck (2017)

Comedy

Follows a group of friends in their mid-twenties. They drink too much, make mistakes, hurt each other, and learn from it all.

Director: Mazi Khalighi | Stars: Tommie-Amber Pirie, Kjartan Hewitt, Glenda MacInnis, Andy McQueen

Votes: 27

45. Making a Scene (2013)

10 min | Short, Drama, Fantasy

Some of 2013's best performers read a line of dialogue, without context, with each line being written by a different person.

Director: Janusz Kaminski | Stars: Cate Blanchett, Bradley Cooper, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Adèle Exarchopoulos

Votes: 295

46. Trigger (II) (2010)

Not Rated | 83 min | Drama

Ten years after ending their partnership as rock musicians, two women become re-acquainted in the course of one night.

Director: Bruce McDonald | Stars: Tracy Wright, Molly Parker, Daniel MacIvor, Bob Martin

Votes: 538

47. 38th Film Independent Spirit Awards (2023 TV Special)

Comedian Hasan Minhaj hosts a celebration of the best in artist-driven film and new television programming.

Director: Lizz Zanin | Stars: Hasan Minhaj, Soji Arai, Kevin Bacon, W. Kamau Bell

Votes: 23

48. The Hanging Garden (1997)

R | 91 min | Drama, Romance

William, a once obese and depressed adolescent, is able to move past his teenage years when he moves to the city and comes out as being gay. When he returns home though, he can't cope with his memories.

Director: Thom Fitzgerald | Stars: Chris Leavins, Kerry Fox, Ian Parsons, Peter MacNeill

Votes: 3,079 | Gross: $0.93M

49. Last Call with Carson Daly (2002–2019)

TV-14 | 30 min | Music, Talk-Show

Join Carson Daly as he checks out the coolest places in LA and talks with today's big names in film and television and introduces you to up-and-coming bands and musicians that rock.

Stars: Carson Daly, Kip Madsen, Zane Carney, Brian McCarthy

Votes: 1,332

50. Entertainment Tonight Canada (2005–2023)

30 min | Family, News

Entertainment Tonight Canada is the nation's entertainment powerhouse delivering in depth and breaking up-to-the minute celebrity, film, television and music news both on-air and online.

Stars: Cheryl Hickey, Carlos Bustamante, Sangita Patel, Roz Weston

Votes: 225