Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "answering-a-telephone"

1. Office Space (1999)

R | 89 min | Comedy

Three company workers who hate their jobs decide to rebel against their greedy boss.

Director: Mike Judge | Stars: Ron Livingston, Jennifer Aniston, David Herman, Ajay Naidu

Votes: 287,836 | Gross: $10.82M

2. WarGames (1983)

PG | 114 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi

A young man finds a back door into a military central computer in which reality is confused with game-playing, possibly starting World War III.

Director: John Badham | Stars: Matthew Broderick, Ally Sheedy, John Wood, Dabney Coleman

Votes: 110,868 | Gross: $79.57M

3. Keeping Up Appearances (1990–1995)

TV-PG | 60 min | Comedy

A snobbish housewife is determined to climb the social ladder, in spite of her family's working class connections and the constant chagrin of her long suffering husband.

Stars: Patricia Routledge, Clive Swift, Geoffrey Hughes, Judy Cornwell

Votes: 17,894

4. The Seventh Continent (1989)

Not Rated | 108 min | Drama

A European family who plan on escaping to Australia seem caught up in their daily routine, only troubled by minor incidents. However, behind their apparent calm and repetitive existence, they are actually planning something sinister.

Director: Michael Haneke | Stars: Birgit Doll, Dieter Berner, Leni Tanzer, Udo Samel

Votes: 17,068

5. When a Stranger Calls (2006)

PG-13 | 87 min | Horror, Thriller

During a babysitting gig, a high-school student is harassed by an increasingly threatening prank caller.

Director: Simon West | Stars: Camilla Belle, Tommy Flanagan, Katie Cassidy, Tessa Thompson

Votes: 48,677 | Gross: $47.86M

6. Kingdom of the Spiders (1977)

PG | 97 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

In rural Arizona, countless killer tarantulas are migrating through a farm town, killing every living thing in their path. The town's veterinarian will do everything in his power to survive the onslaught.

Director: John 'Bud' Cardos | Stars: William Shatner, Tiffany Bolling, Woody Strode, Lieux Dressler

Votes: 6,186 | Gross: $17.00M

7. Rita, Sue and Bob Too (1987)

R | 89 min | Comedy, Drama

Realistic story of working-class Yorkshire life, alternately serious and light-hearted, as two schoolgirls have a sexual fling with a married man.

Director: Alan Clarke | Stars: Siobhan Finneran, Michelle Holmes, George Costigan, Lesley Sharp

Votes: 4,811 | Gross: $0.12M

8. Pin (1988)

R | 103 min | Horror, Thriller

Isolated by his strange parents, Leon finds solace in an imaginary friend, which happens to be an anatomy doll from his father's doctor office. Unfortunately, the doll begins to take over Leon's life, and his sister's life as well.

Director: Sandor Stern | Stars: David Hewlett, Cynthia Preston, Terry O'Quinn, Bronwen Mantel

Votes: 5,300

9. Xtro (1982)

R | 84 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

An alien creature impregnates a woman who gives birth to a man who was abducted by aliens three years ago. The man reconnects with his wife and son for a sinister purpose.

Director: Harry Bromley Davenport | Stars: Philip Sayer, Bernice Stegers, Danny Brainin, Maryam d'Abo

Votes: 8,146

10. The Silence (2010)

Not Rated | 118 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

13-year-old Sinikka vanishes on a hot summer night. Her bicycle is found in the exact place where a girl was killed 23 years ago. The dramatic present forces those involved in the original case to face their past.

Director: Baran bo Odar | Stars: Ulrich Thomsen, Claudia Michelsen, Wotan Wilke Möhring, Katrin Sass

Votes: 8,181 | Gross: $0.10M

11. The Believers (1987)

R | 114 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

Cal Jamison, a police psychologist, is forced to deal with a series of ritualistic murders and a malevolent cult.

Director: John Schlesinger | Stars: Martin Sheen, Helen Shaver, Harley Cross, Robert Loggia

Votes: 8,118 | Gross: $18.75M

12. Death Watch (1980)

R | 117 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller

In a future where dying of illness is exceedingly rare, a terminally ill woman becomes a celebrity and a man with camera implants goes to secretly record her for a morbid TV show.

Director: Bertrand Tavernier | Stars: Romy Schneider, Harvey Keitel, Harry Dean Stanton, Thérèse Liotard

Votes: 3,467

13. White Fire (1984)

R | 101 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

Two Russian siblings living in Istanbul, Turkey, who work in the diamond fencing business, scheme to steal the newly discovered legendary diamond White Fire, but their rivals have other plans in mind.

Director: Jean-Marie Pallardy | Stars: Robert Ginty, Fred Williamson, Belinda Mayne, Jess Hahn

Votes: 988

14. Bug (1975)

PG | 99 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi

An earthquake releases a strain of mutant cockroaches with the ability to start fires, which proceed to cause destructive chaos in a small town. The studies carried out by scientist James ... See full summary »

Director: Jeannot Szwarc | Stars: Bradford Dillman, Joanna Miles, Richard Gilliland, Jamie Smith-Jackson

Votes: 2,640 | Gross: $3.60M

15. Split Image (1982)

R | 110 min | Drama, Romance

An uprooted young man is lured into an unnamed religious sect by a beautiful girl. Every moment with the group brings him more and more under the control of the cult's leader.

Director: Ted Kotcheff | Stars: Michael O'Keefe, Karen Allen, Peter Fonda, James Woods

Votes: 1,131 | Gross: $0.26M

16. Thirst (1979)

R | 95 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

The descendant of Elizabeth Bathory is abducted by a cult of blood-drinking, self-proclaimed supermen who want her to join them.

Director: Rod Hardy | Stars: Chantal Contouri, Shirley Cameron, Max Phipps, Henry Silva

Votes: 1,724

17. Man Facing Southeast (1986)

R | 105 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi

A patient in a mental hospital claims to be an extraterrestial. Could he be right?

Director: Eliseo Subiela | Stars: Lorenzo Quinteros, Hugo Soto, Inés Vernengo, Cristina Scaramuzza

Votes: 4,593 | Gross: $0.73M

18. Ratboy (1986)

PG-13 | 104 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Several shady and shallow people try to profit, one after the other, from a physically deformed teenager whose face looks like a snout of a rodent and who lives hidden in a city garbage dump, alone and miserable.

Director: Sondra Locke | Stars: Sondra Locke, Robert Townsend, Christopher Hewett, Larry Hankin

Votes: 779

19. Dark Age (1987)

R | 91 min | Adventure, Horror

A park ranger is tasked with dealing with a killer crocodile that appears to have a spiritual connection with the local Aboriginals.

Director: Arch Nicholson | Stars: John Jarratt, Nikki Coghill, Max Phipps, Burnham Burnham

Votes: 1,542

20. They Call Me Bruce (1982)

PG | 87 min | Action, Comedy

A goofy Korean finds his life hopelessly complicated with people continually confusing him with Bruce Lee.

Director: Elliott Hong | Stars: Johnny Yune, Margaux Hemingway, Raf Mauro, Pam Huntington

Votes: 1,855 | Gross: $16.89M

21. Seize the Day (1986)

Unrated | 93 min | Drama

Tommy Wilhelm is a good honest man who's fallen on hard times after losing his job, but what really gets to Tommy is seeing both his friends and family turning their backs on him one after the other. He tries to seize the day - in vain.

Director: Fielder Cook | Stars: Robin Williams, Richard B. Shull, David Bickford, Glenne Headly

Votes: 1,528

22. The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1974)

PG | 120 min | Comedy, Drama

In a bid to gain respect, the neglected younger son of a working class Jewish family in Montréal embarks on a series of get-rich-quick schemes to buy land surrounding a lake.

Director: Ted Kotcheff | Stars: Richard Dreyfuss, Micheline Lanctôt, Jack Warden, Randy Quaid

Votes: 2,702 | Gross: $0.85M

23. A Date for Mad Mary (2016)

82 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A woman newly released from prison seeks a date to bring to her best friend's wedding.

Director: Darren Thornton | Stars: Seána Kerslake, Carolyn Bracken, Denise McCormack, Barbara Brennan

Votes: 2,324

24. The Ratings Game (1984 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 102 min | Comedy, Romance

A newly rich New Jersey trucker moves to Hollywood and creates a slew of hit TV shows by manipulating the ratings system with help from his girlfriend in the ratings business.

Director: Danny DeVito | Stars: Danny DeVito, Rhea Perlman, Gerrit Graham, Bernadette Birkett

Votes: 825

25. Beyond the Stars (1989)

PG | 88 min | Sci-Fi, Drama

Eric moves to his dad in Oregon after accidentally firing a rocket into his high school. He befriends Mara and a retired astronaut.

Director: David Saperstein | Stars: Martin Sheen, Christian Slater, Robert Foxworth, Sharon Stone

Votes: 1,263

26. Murder by Phone (1982)

R | 95 min | Horror, Thriller, Mystery

A disgruntled phone company employee develops a device whereby those answering a phone can be murdered, and it's up to Nat Bridger to stop the killer.

Director: Michael Anderson | Stars: Richard Chamberlain, John Houseman, Sara Botsford, Robin Gammell

Votes: 926

27. Lunch Wagon (1981)

R | 88 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance

Three women start a lunch wagon business but run into stiff resistance from their competitor Mr. Schmeckler: their presence is interfering with some sort of illegal activity he's involved ... See full summary »

Director: Ernest Pintoff | Stars: Pamela Jean Bryant, Rosanne Katon, Candy Moore, Rick Podell

Votes: 286

28. Dirty Duck (1974)

Unrated | 75 min | Animation, Comedy, Fantasy

Mild-mannered insurance-adjuster Willard teams up with a foul-mouthed fowl who takes him on a surreal quest to become less uptight--and possibly get laid.

Director: Charles Swenson | Stars: Howard Kaylan, Mark Volman, Robert Ridgely, Cynthia Adler

Votes: 563

29. Goin' Down the Road (1970)

R | 90 min | Drama

Two friends leave the picturesque yet rural province of Nova Scotia for the nightlife and culture of Toronto. They soon end up wistful and nostalgic about Nova Scotia though after finding out that Toronto isn't as fun as they'd hoped.

Director: Donald Shebib | Stars: Doug McGrath, Paul Bradley, Jayne Eastwood, Cayle Chernin

Votes: 980

30. Stranded (1987)

PG-13 | 80 min | Sci-Fi

A young woman and her grandmother living in an isolated farmhouse are kidnapped by aliens.

Director: Fleming B. Fuller | Stars: Ione Skye, Maureen O'Sullivan, Joe Morton, Susan Barnes

Votes: 465

31. Starhops (1978)

PG | 82 min | Comedy

Three carhops try to help save a failing drive-in restaurant.

Director: Barbara Peeters | Stars: Dorothy Buhrman, Sterling Frazier, Jillian Kesner, Peter Liapis

Votes: 191

32. Twice Two (1933)

Passed | 20 min | Comedy, Short

Stan and Ollie are married to each other's sisters, and plan a dinner party to celebrate their mutual anniversaries.

Director: James Parrott | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Baldwin Cooke, Charlie Hall

Votes: 1,498

33. Outrageous! (1977)

R | 96 min | Comedy, Drama

A story about a female impersonator who rooms with a pregnant schizophrenic.

Director: Richard Benner | Stars: Craig Russell, Hollis McLaren, Richert Easley, Allan Moyle

Votes: 1,028

34. Jönssonligan spelar högt (2000)

92 min | Comedy, Crime

Vanheden and Dynamite-Harry are approached by Sickan's grandmother and Sickan's younger brother Sven-Ingvar. Their evil nemesis Wall-Enberg are planning to steal billions of euros of the ... See full summary »

Director: Tomas Ryberger | Stars: Ulf Brunnberg, Björn Gustafson, Johan Ulveson, Birgitta Andersson

Votes: 1,871

35. Valet Girls (1986)

R | 82 min | Comedy, Music

A young girl who aspires to a singing career gets herself and her best friend a job as valet parking girls at a Malibu party in order to meet people who can help them achieve their dreams.

Director: Rafal Zielinski | Stars: Meri D. Marshall, April Stewart, Mary Kohnert, Jack DeLeon

Votes: 449

36. Denise Calls Up (1995)

PG-13 | 80 min | Comedy

A group of friends in New York, working away at their PCs and laptops, keep in touch exclusively by phone and fax; all are too busy to meet face-to-face. By phone, Gale plays matchmaker for... See full summary »

Director: Hal Salwen | Stars: Tim Daly, Caroleen Feeney, Dan Gunther, Dana Wheeler-Nicholson

Votes: 1,418

37. Newsfront (1978)

PG | 110 min | Drama, History

In post-war Australia the men and women of Cinetone struggle to produce the weekly news reels for the movie-going public.

Director: Phillip Noyce | Stars: Bill Hunter, Gerard Kennedy, Wendy Hughes, Chris Haywood

Votes: 905

38. Heatwave (1982)

R | 91 min | Drama

A planned housing development in the mid 70's designed for an upstart Cockney immigrant developer, becomes the centre of controversy as tenants and squatters in the older houses refuse to move.

Director: Phillip Noyce | Stars: Judy Davis, Richard Moir, Chris Haywood, Bill Hunter

Votes: 419

39. Native Son (1951)

91 min | Drama, Film-Noir

In 1940s Chicago, a young black man takes a job as a chauffeur to a white family, which takes a turn for the worse when he accidentally kills the teenage daughter of the couple and then tries to cover it up.

Director: Pierre Chenal | Stars: Richard Wright, Jean Wallace, Gloria Madison, Nicholas Joy

Votes: 496

40. Rhapsody Rabbit (1946)

Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Adventure

When Bugs attempts to perform Liszt's Second Hungarian Rhapsody, he is troubled by a mouse.

Director: Friz Freleng | Star: Mel Blanc

Votes: 1,475

41. Dark of the Night (1984)

88 min | Horror, Thriller

A small-town woman, fresh to the city, buys a second-hand Jaguar haunted by the ghost of a murdered woman and her killer.

Director: Gaylene Preston | Stars: Heather Bolton, David Letch, Perry Piercy, Suzanne Lee

Votes: 264

42. Final Mission (1984)

R | 101 min | Action, Crime, War

Vince Deacon, a higly decorated Vietnam War veteran, serves as a SWAT team captain for LAPD. When his family gets attacked by thugs and he kills one of them in self defense he's being ... See full summary »

Director: Cirio H. Santiago | Stars: Richard Young, Christine L. Tudor, Jason Ross, John Dresden

Votes: 221

43. It's me, Billy (2021)

42 min | Short, Horror

It's Me, Billy is a short Black Christmas fan and tribute film based on the 1974 Canadian horror classic Black Christmas. The film is an unofficial sequel set nearly 50 years after the ... See full summary »

Directors: Bruce Dale, Dave McRae | Stars: Dave McRae, Malaika Hennie-Hamadi, Caro Coltman, Shelby Handley

Votes: 220

44. Still (2010)

TV-MA | 100 min | Horror, Thriller

An omnibus film of four stories pulled straight from Thailand's most gruesome headlines. In "Flame", a man is haunted by regret and a ghost after he survives a nightclub fire that killed ... See full summary »

Directors: Poj Arnon, Chatchai Katenut, Tanwarin Sukkhapisit, Manussa Vorasingha | Stars: Mai Charoenpura, Akara Amarttayakul, Supakson Chaimongkol, TAE

Votes: 385

45. The Magic of David Copperfield (1978 TV Special)

50 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy

This is the first official Copperfield TV special, introduced by the host Orson Welles and broadcasted on CBS like all the following ones, while the previous year he has been the star and ... See full summary »

Director: Bob Henry | Stars: David Copperfield, Carl Ballantine, Valerie Bertinelli, Sherman Hemsley

Votes: 97

46. The Magic of David Copperfield XIV: Flying - Live the Dream (1992 TV Special)

49 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy

This is the 14th CBS Copperfield TV special, introduced by the host James Earl Jones, who talks about the "flying dream" while David Copperfield is sitting at a large desk in a room where ... See full summary »

Directors: David Copperfield, Michael Dimich | Stars: David Copperfield, James Earl Jones, Orson Welles

Votes: 69

47. Pants (1919)

Short, Comedy

Gale Henry is hired as the cook at a girls' private college that is located next door to a boys' private college. The plot follows her misadventures and incompetence in the kitchen and her ... See full summary »

Director: Bruno C. Becker | Stars: Gale Henry, Eddie Baker, Milburn Morante, Hap Ward

Votes: 21

48. Phone Tell (2002)

Short, Horror

A little boy, home alone, tries to stay calm while being harassed and threatened by a mystery caller on the phone.

Director: Stan Usherenko | Stars: Matt Usherenko, Joel More, Stan Usherenko

49. República (2020)

16 min | Short, Drama

Produced during the COVID-19 pandemic, "Republic" is a short film written, directed and produced by Grace Passô from the invitation of the Moreira Salles Institute (IMS).

Director: Grace Passô | Star: Grace Passô

Votes: 60

50. Don't Answer the Phone (2013)

5 min | Short, Comedy, Horror

A woman answers the phone, which has horrifically hilarious consequences.

Director: Dan Stewart | Stars: Karen Voels, Joanna Clinich