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

1. My Girl (1991)

PG | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

Vada is obsessed with death. Her mother is dead, and her father runs a funeral parlor. When Vada's father hires Shelly, a makeup expert, and begins to fall in love, Vada is outraged and does everything in her power to split them up.

Director: Howard Zieff | Stars: Anna Chlumsky, Macaulay Culkin, Dan Aykroyd, Jamie Lee Curtis

Votes: 89,245 | Gross: $59.85M

2. Men at Work (1990)

PG-13 | 98 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Two garbage men uncover a conspiracy involving illegal toxic waste dumping and decide to bring the whole operation down.

Director: Emilio Estevez | Stars: Charlie Sheen, Emilio Estevez, Leslie Hope, Keith David

Votes: 26,936 | Gross: $16.25M

3. Pi (1998)

R | 84 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

A paranoid mathematician searches for a key number that will unlock the universal patterns found in nature.

Director: Darren Aronofsky | Stars: Sean Gullette, Mark Margolis, Ben Shenkman, Pamela Hart

Votes: 186,739 | Gross: $3.22M

4. Hysteria (2011)

R | 100 min | Biography, Comedy, Romance

The truth of how Mortimer Granville devised the invention of the first vibrator in the name of medical science.

Director: Tanya Wexler | Stars: Maggie Gyllenhaal, Hugh Dancy, Jonathan Pryce, Felicity Jones

Votes: 33,233 | Gross: $1.80M

5. The Skull (1965)

Not Rated | 83 min | Horror, Thriller

A collector comes into possession of the skull of the Marquis de Sade and learns it is possessed by an evil spirit.

Director: Freddie Francis | Stars: Peter Cushing, Patrick Wymark, Christopher Lee, Jill Bennett

Votes: 3,598

6. Harry & Son (1984)

PG | 120 min | Drama

Harry Keach has been widowed for two years and works as a demolition crane operator on a demolition crew.

Director: Paul Newman | Stars: Paul Newman, Robby Benson, Ellen Barkin, Wilford Brimley

Votes: 2,392

7. The Gorgeous Hussy (1936)

Passed | 103 min | Drama, History

President Andrew Jackson's friendship with an innkeeper's daughter spells trouble for them both.

Director: Clarence Brown | Stars: Joan Crawford, Robert Taylor, Lionel Barrymore, Franchot Tone

Votes: 1,376 | Gross: $1.46M

8. Flexing with Monty (2010 Video)

Not Rated | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror

Macho bodybuilding big brother uses little brother's smarts en route to becoming head of an athletic department till a nun's visit causes a permanent change to their interlocked relationship.

Director: John Albo | Stars: Rudi Davis, Trevor Goddard, Venus Le Dome, Melinda Peterson

Votes: 312

9. L'Élégant Criminel (1990)

120 min | Biography, Drama

On 9 January 1836, Pierre Lacenaire goes to the guillotine, a murderer and a thief. He gives Allard, a police inspector, his life story, written while awaiting execution. He also asks ... See full summary »

Director: Francis Girod | Stars: Daniel Auteuil, Jean Poiret, Jacques Weber, François Périer

Votes: 361

10. Bowery Bugs (1949)

Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Adventure

Bugs Bunny recounts a story of how he tricked a man so much so that he jumped off a bridge.

Director: Arthur Davis | Stars: Mel Blanc, Billy Bletcher

Votes: 799

11. Duck Soup to Nuts (1944)

Approved | 7 min | Family, Animation, Short

Porky is hunting ducks. Daffy is in his sights, but manages to escape repeatedly, mostly with his powers of persuasion.

Director: Friz Freleng | Star: Mel Blanc

Votes: 703

12. Members Only (2021)

13 min | Short, Comedy, Drama

A conversation about phallic symbolism steers a doubt in a man. Crisis ensues.

Director: Pate Duncan | Stars: Parker Myers, Vincent Prince, Pate Duncan, Cash Robinson

13. Black Cats and Broomsticks (1955)

Approved | 8 min | Documentary, Short

This short film examines the role in mid-20th century America of superstitions, personal rituals, taboos, talismans, and the black arts.

Director: Larry O'Reilly | Star: Peter Roberts

Votes: 295

14. Casey's Millions (1922)

Comedy

Two actors attempt to scam gullible townsfolk by pretending to be lawyers looking for the heir to a massive fortune.

Director: John MacDonagh | Stars: Barrett McDonnell, Chris Sylvester, Jimmy O'Dea, Fred Jeffs

15. The Collector (2004–2006)
Episode: The Ripper (2005)

44 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy

November 1888: The Devil sends Morgan to collect the soul of Jack the Ripper.

Director: Larry Sugar | Stars: Chris Kramer, Sonya Salomaa, Christine Chatelain, Helene Joy

Votes: 15

16. Dead Man's Gun (1997–1999)
Episode: The Phrenologist (1999)

TV-14 | 44 min | Drama, Western

A chance encounter with a man immersed in quicksand gives a young boy possession of a horse, some stolen money and the Deadman's Gun.

Stars: Steve Adams, Zoltan Buday, J. Winston Carroll, Torrey Dickinson

Votes: 7

17. Rango (1967)
Episode: The Spy Who Was Out Cold (1967)

30 min | Comedy, Western

Secret Service agent Jim Carter is working undercover with Captain Horton to bust a pair of gun runners. Rango and Pink Cloud suspect Carter is the gun runner and that the captain is in cahoots with him.

Director: Murray Golden | Stars: Tim Conway, Guy Marks, Norman Alden, Paul Mantee

Votes: 10

18. The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode: Mother Simpson (1995)

TV-14 | 30 min | Animation, Comedy

After faking his own death, Homer is reunited with his mother, who harbors a deep secret.

Director: David Silverman | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith

Votes: 3,553

19. A Science Odyssey (1998– )
Episode: In Search of Ourselves (1998)

History

"In Search of Ourselves" traces the pendulum swing of psychological theory from nature to nurture and back again. Case studies, classic experiments, and research on the brain blaze this ... See full summary »

Stars: Charles Osgood, Anne Harrington, Mark Micale, Michael Roth

20. What We Do in the Shadows (2019–2024)
Episode: Reunited (2022)

TV-MA | 23 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror

The vampires return from their world travels to find their mansion on the verge of collapse, and a freakish new creature in the house.

Director: Yana Gorskaya | Stars: Kayvan Novak, Matt Berry, Natasia Demetriou, Harvey Guillén

Votes: 1,555

21. The Bullwinkle Show (1959–1963)
Episode: Painting Theft: Parts 5-6 (1962)

TV-G | 23 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Rocky and Bullwinkle "Painting Theft" Part 5 of 6, Fractured Fairy Tales "The Flying Carpet", Peabody's Improbable History "The First Bullfight", Rocky and Bullwinkle "Painting Theft" Part 6 of 6.

Directors: Gerard Baldwin, Pete Burness, Sal Faillace, William T. Hurtz, Lew Keller, Ted Parmelee, George Singer | Stars: June Foray, Paul Frees, Edward Everett Horton, Hans Conried

Votes: 29

22. Scandalous Overtures (2014– )
Episode: Joseph Haydn: Haydn Go Seek (2014)

8 min | Reality-TV

How Haydn lost his head--with direct quotes from the men who stole it (gory descriptions and all!). How and why he didn't get a funeral until 100 years after his death.

Star: Robert Greenberg

23. Victoria (2016–2019)
Episode: Warp and Weft (2017)

TV-PG | 47 min | Biography, Drama, History

Moved by the plight of a silk weaver in Spitalfields, Victoria throws a lavish medieval ball at the palace with all attendees wearing outfits made in the impoverished area. Though a success the event outrages the public.

Director: Geoffrey Sax | Stars: Nigel Lindsay, Leo Suter, Gavin Marshall, Tommy Rodger

Votes: 643

24. The Joe Rogan Experience (2009– )
James Damore (2017 Podcast Episode)

TV-MA | 159 min | Comedy, Talk-Show

James Damore is a former Google Senior software engineer, who was recently fired by Google after an internal memo he wrote about its diversity policies was leaked online.

Stars: Joe Rogan, James Damore

Votes: 16

25. Victoria (2016–2019)
Episode: A Coburg Quartet (2019)

TV-PG | 52 min | Biography, Drama, History

A ball could not come at a worse time as private Royal family pictures are made public.

Director: Chloe Thomas | Stars: Jenna Coleman, Tom Hughes, Louisa Bay, David Burnett

Votes: 436

26. Hyvissä aikeissa (2019)
Episode: Kallonmittaajat (2019)

29 min | Documentary, History

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Director: Riikka Kaihovaara | Stars: Riikka Kaihovaara, Pekka Isaksson, Ristenreuna Magga, Jouni Aikio