Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "cutting-a-rope"

1. The Princess Bride (1987)

PG | 98 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family

A bedridden boy's grandfather reads him the story of a farmboy-turned-pirate who encounters numerous obstacles, enemies and allies in his quest to be reunited with his true love.

Director: Rob Reiner | Stars: Cary Elwes, Mandy Patinkin, Robin Wright, Chris Sarandon

Votes: 452,070 | Gross: $30.86M

2. True Grit (2010)

PG-13 | 110 min | Drama, Western

A stubborn teenager enlists the help of a tough U.S. Marshal to track down her father's murderer.

Directors: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen | Stars: Jeff Bridges, Matt Damon, Hailee Steinfeld, Josh Brolin

Votes: 358,303 | Gross: $171.24M

3. The Fall (I) (2006)

R | 117 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

In 1920s Los Angeles, a bedridden patient in a hospital captivates a young girl with a fantastic tale of heroes, myths, and villains on a desert island.

Director: Tarsem Singh | Stars: Lee Pace, Catinca Untaru, Justine Waddell, Kim Uylenbroek

Votes: 116,904 | Gross: $2.28M

4. Paddington 2 (2017)

PG | 103 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family

Paddington, now happily settled with the Brown family and a popular member of the local community, picks up a series of odd jobs to buy the perfect present for his Aunt Lucy's 100th birthday, only for the gift to be stolen.

Director: Paul King | Stars: Ben Whishaw, Hugh Grant, Hugh Bonneville, Sally Hawkins

Votes: 94,523 | Gross: $40.44M

5. Old Henry (2021)

Not Rated | 99 min | Action, Drama, Western

A farmer takes in an injured man with a satchel of cash. When a posse comes for the money, he must decide who to trust. Defending a siege, he reveals a gunslinging talent calling his true identity into question.

Director: Potsy Ponciroli | Stars: Tim Blake Nelson, Scott Haze, Gavin Lewis, Trace Adkins

Votes: 37,095

6. In the Heart of the Sea (2015)

PG-13 | 122 min | Action, Adventure, Biography

A recounting of a New England whaling ship's sinking by a giant whale in 1820, an experience that later inspired the great novel Moby-Dick.

Director: Ron Howard | Stars: Chris Hemsworth, Cillian Murphy, Brendan Gleeson, Ben Whishaw

Votes: 149,081 | Gross: $25.02M

7. Tale of Tales (2015)

R | 134 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

From the bitter quest of the Queen of Longtrellis, to two mysterious sisters who provoke the passion of a king, to the King of Highhills obsessed with a giant Flea, these tales are inspired by the fairytales by Giambattista Basile.

Director: Matteo Garrone | Stars: Salma Hayek, Vincent Cassel, Toby Jones, John C. Reilly

Votes: 31,282 | Gross: $0.08M

8. Lust for a Vampire (1971)

R | 91 min | Horror

In 1830, forty years to the day since the last manifestation of their dreaded vampirism, the Karnstein heirs use the blood of an innocent to bring forth the evil that is the beautiful Mircalla - or as she was in 1710, Carmilla.

Director: Jimmy Sangster | Stars: Barbara Jefford, Ralph Bates, Suzanna Leigh, Yutte Stensgaard

Votes: 3,580

9. A Perfect Day (I) (2015)

R | 106 min | Comedy, Drama, War

A group of aid workers work to resolve a crisis in an armed conflict zone.

Director: Fernando León de Aranoa | Stars: Benicio Del Toro, Tim Robbins, Olga Kurylenko, Mélanie Thierry

Votes: 23,599

10. Firewalker (1986)

PG | 105 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

A pair of adventurers try to track down an ancient Aztec/Mayan/Egyptian/Apache hoard of gold.

Director: J. Lee Thompson | Stars: Chuck Norris, Louis Gossett Jr., Melody Anderson, Will Sampson

Votes: 7,709 | Gross: $11.83M

11. Ten Little Indians (1965)

Not Rated | 91 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

Ten people are invited to a luxury mountaintop mansion, only to find that an unseen person is killing them one by one. Could one of them be the killer?

Director: George Pollock | Stars: Hugh O'Brian, Shirley Eaton, Fabian, Leo Genn

Votes: 5,320

12. The Summit of the Gods (2021)

PG | 95 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama

A photojournalist's obsessive quest for the truth about the first expedition to Mt. Everest leads him to search for an esteemed climber who went missing.

Director: Patrick Imbert | Stars: Lazare Herson-Macarel, Eric Herson-Macarel, Damien Boisseau, Elisabeth Ventura

Votes: 8,790

13. Altitude (2010)

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

After a mysterious malfunction sends their small plane climbing out of control, a rookie pilot and her four teenage friends find themselves trapped in a deadly showdown with a supernatural force.

Director: Kaare Andrews | Stars: Jessica Lowndes, Julianna Guill, Ryan Donowho, Landon Liboiron

Votes: 10,631

14. The Secret of the Sword (1985)

G | 100 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Prince Adam is sent to the world of Etheria to find his long abducted sister, Adora, and awaken her to her own destiny.

Directors: Ed Friedman, Lou Kachivas, Marsh Lamore, Bill Reed, Gwen Wetzler | Stars: John Erwin, Melendy Britt, Alan Oppenheimer, Linda Gary

Votes: 3,308 | Gross: $7.66M

15. Blood Money (IV) (2017)

R | 100 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

Three friends go rafting in the wilderness. Bags are dropped from a plane followed by a man in a parachute. The three find the bags with $8,000,000. The couple wants it and Victor splits, wanting to stay alive, out of prison.

Director: Lucky McKee | Stars: Ellar Coltrane, Willa Fitzgerald, Jacob Artist, John Cusack

Votes: 2,577

16. Super Mario Bros. (1985 Video Game)

Action, Adventure, Fantasy

A plumber named Mario and his brother Luigi travel through the Mushroom Kingdom to save the princess from the evil Bowser.

Director: Shigeru Miyamoto

Votes: 7,198

17. Kill Theory (2009)

R | 85 min | Horror, Thriller

Whilst celebrating a graduation at a secluded vacation home, a group of college students find themselves targeted by a sadistic killer who forces them to play a deadly game of killing one another in order to survive.

Director: Chris Moore | Stars: Don McManus, Ryanne Duzich, Teddy Dunn, Daniel Franzese

Votes: 7,499

18. The Cabbage Soup (1981)

102 min | Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi

2 buddy farmers are visited by aliens who like their domestic cabbage soup.

Director: Jean Girault | Stars: Louis de Funès, Jean Carmet, Jacques Villeret, Claude Gensac

Votes: 9,609

19. Don (1978)

Not Rated | 166 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

Don, a wanted criminal, dies in a police chase. DSP D'Silva is the only one who knows about his death, and to get hold of the gang he trains Don-lookalike Vijay. But Vijay faces danger from the police and from within the gang.

Director: Chandra Barot | Stars: Amitabh Bachchan, Zeenat Aman, Pran Sikand, Iftekhar

Votes: 12,778

20. Do You Know Me? (2009 TV Movie)

R | 89 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

When Elsa's friend recognizes her childhood photo on a milk carton as a missing child, Elsa finds herself in a web of dark secrets, sinister family members and murder.

Director: Penelope Buitenhuis | Stars: Rachelle Lefevre, Jeremy London, Ted Whittall, Lynda Boyd

Votes: 662

21. The Adventures of Mickey Matson and the Copperhead Treasure (2012)

PG | 94 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family

When a mythical device from ancient times is rebuilt by a group of Confederates who feel the Civil War never ended, Mickey Matson and his newfound friend, Sully, must follow a series of ... See full summary »

Director: Harold Cronk | Stars: Derek Brandon, Francesca Derosa, Patrika Darbo, Christopher Lloyd

Votes: 791

22. Revue Starlight the Movie (2021)

120 min | Animation, Action, Drama

Starlight - This is a story of a far off star, a long time ago, and in the distant future. Two young girls, captivated by the glamour of the performance, exchange promises: "We'll become stars." "I'll wait for you on stage."

Director: Tomohiro Furukawa | Stars: Momoyo Koyama, Suzuko Mimori, Haruki Iwata, Aina Aiba

Votes: 202

23. The Perils of Pauline (1914)

Passed | 199 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Pauline, a young maiden, must protect herself from the treacherous "guardian" of her inheritance, who repeatedly plots to murder her and take the money for himself.

Directors: Louis J. Gasnier, Donald MacKenzie | Stars: Pearl White, Crane Wilbur, Paul Panzer, Edward José

Votes: 1,089

24. Last Call in the Dog House (2021)

Unrated | 91 min | Drama, Sci-Fi

The Dog House is a legendary New York dive bar, owned by an extraordinary family. Three people, from different back grounds, enter at closing time on separate nights, carrying the world on ... See full summary »

Directors: Bruce Reisman, Nick Serabyn | Stars: Yancy Butler, Judy Geeson, Parker Stevenson, David Chokachi

Votes: 86

25. Revolt of the Zombies (1936)

Approved | 65 min | Adventure, Horror

An international expedition is sent into Cambodia to destroy an ancient formula that turns men into zombies.

Director: Victor Halperin | Stars: Dorothy Stone, Dean Jagger, Roy D'Arcy, Robert Noland

Votes: 1,886

26. Operation Cobra (1995)

R | 90 min | Action

A family is held prisoner in their own house, when a summit conference is to be held in Nærum. The terrorist group has the plan of preventing this meeting and therefor capturing a family, ... See full summary »

Director: Lasse Spang Olsen | Stars: Kasper Tuxen, Dejan Cukic, Robert Hansen, Anders Schoubye

Votes: 246

27. The Magic of David Copperfield XIII: Mystery on the Orient Express (1991 TV Special)

49 min | Documentary, Comedy, Family

This is the 13th CBS Copperfield TV special, introduced by the host Jane Seymour, and the third and last one in which David Copperfield enters the scene on his Harley Davidson. The location... See full summary »

Directors: David Copperfield, Michael Dimich | Stars: David Copperfield, Jane Seymour

Votes: 66

28. The Magic of David Copperfield XVI: Unexplained Forces (1995 TV Special)

47 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy

This is the 16th and penultimate CBS Copperfield TV special, which six years later will be followed by the 17th and last one, Copperfield: Tornado of Fire (2001). The special is introduced ... See full summary »

Director: Michael Dimich | Star: David Copperfield

Votes: 60

29. Act Without Words I (2000 TV Short)

16 min | Short, Comedy

A hot, thirsty man in the desert is tormented when the things he needs drop from the sky only to disappear again or hover out of his reach.

Director: Karel Reisz | Star: Sean Foley

Votes: 144

30. Doug Henning's World of Magic (1976 TV Special)

60 min | Family, Fantasy

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Director: Walter C. Miller | Stars: Doug Henning, Michael Landon, Joey Heatherton, Ricky Jay

Votes: 18

31. Game and Watch: Super Mario Bros. (2020 Video Game)

E | Action, Adventure, Family

A "Game and Watch" version of "Super Mario Bros.", "Super Mario Bros. 2" (aka The Lost Levels), and "Balls" released for the Super Mario's 35th Anniversary.

Votes: 27

32. VS. Super Mario Bros. (1986 Video Game)

E | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Play as Mario and Luigi to save the princess in this challenging VS. edition of the classic "Super Mario Bros." with more enemies, fewer warps, and new levels.

Director: Shigeru Miyamoto

Votes: 40

33. Scaling the Alps (1928)

6 min | Animation, Comedy, Short

A Swiss mountaineer skis the Alps with a cat and rat, encountering mountain goats, bears and other animals, as well as a rare Alpine volcano eruption to interrupt his yodeling fun.

Director: Mannie Davis

Votes: 18

34. A Swiss Miss (1951)

7 min | Animation, Short

While mountain climbing in the Swiss Alps, Oil Can Harry abducts Mighty Mouse's girlfriend, Pearl Pureheart and, once he's gained sufficient altitude, cuts the rope that tethers the fair ... See full summary »

Director: Mannie Davis | Stars: Roy Halee, Tom Morrison

Votes: 42

35. Vieras (2017)

31 min | Short, Horror

Milena travels from Russia to Finland for a job interview and couch surfs at a stranger's house. The owner of the apartment and his friend make the reception more than creepy and Milena has to fight for her life to get out of the flat.

Director: Katja Reponen | Stars: Karolina Wallin, Irma Häkkinen, Katja Reponen, Juho Juntunen

36. Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962)
Episode: The Crystal Trench (1959)

TV-14 | 30 min | Drama, Mystery

An obsessed young woman waits decades for her husband's body to emerge from the ice, after he fell from a mountain.

Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, James Donald, Patricia Owens, Werner Klemperer

Votes: 688

37. Batman (1966–1968)
Episode: Scat! Darn Catwoman (1967)

TV-G | 25 min | Action, Crime, Fantasy

Catwoman mind-controls Batman!!. Holy Domination!!!. Will the Boy Wonder be able to pause her paws before she performs what-have-you on you-know-what???

Director: Oscar Rudolph | Stars: Adam West, Burt Ward, Alan Napier, Neil Hamilton

Votes: 416

38. Batman (1966–1968)
Episode: That Darn Catwoman (1967)

TV-G | 25 min | Action, Crime, Fantasy

Catwoman mind-controls Robin!. The Caped Crusader must stop her before she does who-knows-what with him!.

Director: Oscar Rudolph | Stars: Adam West, Burt Ward, Alan Napier, Neil Hamilton

Votes: 446

39. Leipzig Homicide (2001– )
Episode: Das Phantom (2004)

44 min | Crime

A tagger called the Phantom has come to the top of the high-rise building City and was painting his graffiti when somebody cut with an ax the rope and he fell down. His name was Max Trenker.

Director: Michel Bielawa | Stars: Andreas Schmidt-Schaller, Marco Girnth, Gabriel Merz, Melanie Marschke

40. The Lost Islands (1976)
Episode: Captured (1976)

24 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

The "Que" wants to rid the islands of the "5 fugitive children" as they have knowledge of the outside world. If this knowledge were to reach the locals the Que would be ruined.

Director: Bill Hughes | Stars: Tony Hughes, Jane Vallis, Robert Edgington, Amanda Ma

Votes: 8

41. Police Academy: The Animated Series (1988–1989)
Episode: A Blue Knight at the Opera (1988)

TV-Y7 | Animation, Comedy, Crime

The Academy is assigned to look after opera singer Mademoiselle Diva after several attempts have been made on her life.

Directors: Cosmo Anzilotti, Bill Hutten, Tony Love, Charles Nichols | Stars: Ron Rubin, Howard Morris, Charles Woods Gray, Greg Swanson

Votes: 12

42. MythBusters (2003–2018)
Episode: Boomerang Bullet (2010)

TV-PG | 51 min | Documentary, Mystery, Reality-TV

Adam and Jamie test the myth that a ricocheting bullet could kill the shooter. Tori, Grant and Jesi want to fling a corpse over a castle wall using a tree as a catapult.

Stars: Jamie Hyneman, Adam Savage, Tory Belleci, Kari Byron

Votes: 129

43. The Vanishing Triangle (2023)
Episode: Episode #1.5 (2023)

42 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

David and Brennan target Gough as the potential killer; Lisa tries to connect him to the kidnappings; Gill threatens to blackmail David if he continues his investigation of Gough; Lisa receives a call about her father from the hospital.

Director: Imogen Murphy | Stars: India Mullen, Allen Leech, Aaron Monaghan, Laoise Sweeney

Votes: 56

44. Gotham (2014–2019)
Episode: Heroes Rise: How the Riddler Got His Name (2017)

TV-14 | 43 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Ed finally gets Penguin to pay for his terrible actions, then finds himself with a new dilemma regarding which path to take.

Director: T.J. Scott | Stars: Ben McKenzie, Donal Logue, David Mazouz, Morena Baccarin

Votes: 2,194