Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "acting-out"

1. Critical Role (2015– )

TV-14 | 120 min | Adventure, Fantasy

A live weekly show in which a band of professional voice actors improvise, role-play, and roll their way through an epic Dungeons and Dragons campaign.

Stars: Matthew Mercer, Liam O'Brien, Marisha Ray, Sam Riegel

Votes: 13,094

2. The Falling (2014)

Not Rated | 102 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

It's 1969 at a strict English girls' school where charismatic Abbie and intense and troubled Lydia are best friends. After a tragedy occurs at the school, a mysterious fainting epidemic breaks out threatening the stability of all involved.

Director: Carol Morley | Stars: Maxine Peake, Maisie Williams, Florence Pugh, Anna Burnett

Votes: 7,951

3. Exorcist: The Beginning (2004)

R | 114 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Years before Father Lankester Merrin helped save Regan MacNeil's soul, he first encounters the demon Pazuzu in East Africa. This is the tale of Father Merrin's initial battle with Pazuzu and the rediscovery of his faith.

Director: Renny Harlin | Stars: Stellan Skarsgård, Izabella Scorupco, James D'Arcy, Remy Sweeney

Votes: 39,810 | Gross: $41.82M

4. Keith (I) (2008)

PG-13 | 95 min | Drama, Romance

Natalie, head of her curriculum activities in high school and riding on a tennis scholarship for college, gets Keith as her Chemistry lab partner. As Natalie can be uptight, Keith proves to be the opposite, even while hiding a secret.

Director: Todd Kessler | Stars: Elisabeth Harnois, Jesse McCartney, Margo Harshman, Ignacio Serricchio

Votes: 37,396

5. Prozac Nation (2001)

R | 95 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

A young woman struggles with depression during her first year at Harvard.

Director: Erik Skjoldbjærg | Stars: Christina Ricci, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Jessica Lange, Anne Heche

Votes: 19,007

6. Cyrus (I) (2010)

R | 91 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

John and Molly, a divorced middle aged man and a single mother meet at a friends party and start up a small relationship, all John has to do now is meet Molly's son... Cyrus

Directors: Jay Duplass, Mark Duplass | Stars: John C. Reilly, Marisa Tomei, Jonah Hill, Catherine Keener

Votes: 36,613 | Gross: $7.46M

7. A Kid Like Jake (2018)

R | 92 min | Drama

The loving parents of a four-year-old must come to terms with the fact that their child is gay.

Director: Silas Howard | Stars: Claire Danes, Jim Parsons, Octavia Spencer, Priyanka Chopra Jonas

Votes: 3,894 | Gross: $0.04M

8. It's Not Me, I Swear! (2008)

Not Rated | 110 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

During the summer of 1968, Leon, a 10-year-old boy, navigates the hardships of young love, his lunatic mother's whims, and his urges to vandalize the house of his neighbors.

Director: Philippe Falardeau | Stars: Antoine L'Écuyer, Gabriel Maillé, Catherine Faucher, Suzanne Clément

Votes: 2,401

9. Tarnation (2003)

Unrated | 88 min | Documentary, Biography

Filmmaker Jonathan Caouette's documentary on growing up with his schizophrenic mother -- a mixture of snapshots, Super-8 film, answering machine messages, video diaries, early short films, and more - culled from nineteen years of his life.

Director: Jonathan Caouette | Stars: Jonathan Caouette, Renee Leblanc, Adolph Davis, Rosemary Davis

Votes: 6,710 | Gross: $0.59M

10. Für Miriam (2009)

58 min | Drama

A math teacher is in a traffic accident which kills a girl on a scooter. Although innocent, she discovers that the dead girl is the sister of her pupil. Consumed by guilt, she tutors the boy, who wants much more personal tutoring from her.

Director: Lars-Gunnar Lotz | Stars: Franziska Petri, Vincent Redetzki, Kai Scheve, Regina Gisbertz

Votes: 77

11. A Smile as Big as the Moon (2012 TV Movie)

PG | 95 min | Family

A special-education teacher helps his students, trains them, and looks for ways to take them to where they are dreaming to go: space camp.

Director: James Steven Sadwith | Stars: John Corbett, Jessy Schram, Logan Huffman, Moira Kelly

Votes: 958

12. ReMoved (2013)

Not Rated | 13 min | Short, Drama

A 10-year-old girl navigates her way through the foster care system, after being removed from her home and separated from her younger brother.

Director: Nathanael Matanick | Stars: Abby White, Casey Caldwell, Jordan Nice, Sabrina Culver

Votes: 646

13. Accidents Happen (2009)

R | 92 min | Comedy, Drama

Billy, his parents, siblings and neighbors have their fair share of accidents in 1974 and 1982. Boys will be boys.

Director: Andrew Lancaster | Stars: Geena Davis, Harrison Gilbertson, Harry Cook, Joel Tobeck

Votes: 2,802

14. Zero Charisma (2013)

Not Rated | 86 min | Comedy, Drama

An overgrown nerd who serves as Game Master of a fantasy board game finds his role as leader of the misfits put into jeopardy when a new initiate enters the group.

Directors: Katie Graham, Andrew Matthews | Stars: Sam Eidson, Brock England, Garrett Graham, Anne Gee Byrd

Votes: 2,776

15. Autism: The Musical (2007)

TV-14 | 94 min | Documentary, Music

Follows five autistic children as they work together to create and perform a live musical production.

Director: Tricia Regan | Stars: Hillary Aaron, Joe Aaron, Lexi Aaron, Adam

Votes: 764

16. Man of the Year (1995)

86 min | Comedy, Romance

Mockumentary look at Playgirl Magazine centerfold and 1992 Man of the Year, Dirk Shafer, who kept it a secret from the magazine that he is gay. Most of the film is a fictionalized retelling... See full summary »

Director: Dirk Shafer | Stars: Vivian Paxton, Claudette Sutherland, Michael Ornstein, Cal Bartlett

Votes: 347

17. Shelf Life (1993)

Not Rated | 81 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical

In 1963, a paranoid middle-class couple locks themselves and their small kids in their nuclear fallout shelter. 30 years later, their oblivious son and two daughters still survive there playing absurd games. A play-based dark comedy.

Director: Paul Bartel | Stars: O-Lan Jones, Andrea Stein, Jim Turner, Paul Bartel

Votes: 91

18. Wretches & Jabberers (2011)

TV-G | 90 min | Documentary, Biography, Comedy

In 'Wretches & Jabberers and Stories from the Road', two men with autism embark on a global quest to change prevailing attitudes about disability and intelligence. With limited speech, ... See full summary »

Director: Gerardine Wurzburg | Stars: Larry Bissonnette, Tracy Thresher

Votes: 101

19. Cold Bloom (2012)

120 min | Drama, Romance

A young woman Shiori faces an accidental death of her beloved husband at a local industrial town, recovering from the 3.11 Tsunami disaster. Once detesting, Shiori is hesitant to admit her ... See full summary »

Director: Atsushi Funahashi | Stars: Asami Usuda, Takahiro Miura, Yô Takahashi, Mari Hayashida

Votes: 78

20. TableTales (2020– )

Adventure, Fantasy

A live weekly show of players who role-play their way through an Dungeons and Dragons campaign.

Stars: Sam Bowman, Brian Hawkins, Matt Richardson Smith, Nick Maples

21. 13 Reasons Why (2017–2020)
Episode: Acceptance/Rejection (2020)

TV-MA | 57 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

In the wake of the lockdown, the school is on edge -- and a troubling abuse of power pushes the students to take action.

Director: Sunu Gonera | Stars: Dylan Minnette, Grace Saif, Christian Navarro, Alisha Boe

Votes: 1,908

22. 13 Reasons Why (2017–2020)
Episode: Thursday (2020)

TV-MA | 61 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

The school goes into lockdown and Clay, Tony and Justin worry about Tyler's whereabouts.

Director: Brenda Strong | Stars: Dylan Minnette, Grace Saif, Christian Navarro, Alisha Boe

Votes: 1,986

23. 13 Reasons Why (2017–2020)
Episode: Tape 4, Side A (2017)

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

Another student sabotages Hannah during a class project. Clay's nightmares about Hannah spill over into the daytime.

Director: Gregg Araki | Stars: Dylan Minnette, Katherine Langford, Christian Navarro, Alisha Boe

Votes: 5,856

24. Skam (2015–2017)
Episode: Samme tid et helt annet sted (2016)

Not Rated | 30 min | Drama, Romance

Isak and Even spend time together, and talk about their relationship. Isak has to answer to his friends for ditching Magnus' birthday the weekend before. Isak and Eskild have a talk about homosexuality.

Director: Julie Andem | Stars: Tarjei Sandvik Moe, Henrik Holm, Carl Martin Eggesbø, Marlon Valdés Langeland

Votes: 772