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

1. The Last Duel (2021)

R | 152 min | Action, Drama, History

The Knight Jean de Carrouges must settle the dispute over his wife Marguerite by challenging his former friend to a duel to the death.

Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Matt Damon, Adam Driver, Jodie Comer, Harriet Walter

Votes: 182,528 | Gross: $10.85M

2. A Bug's Life (1998)

G | 95 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

A misfit ant, looking for "warriors" to save his colony from greedy grasshoppers, recruits a group of bugs that turn out to be an inept circus troupe.

Directors: John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton | Stars: Kevin Spacey, David Foley, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Hayden Panettiere

Votes: 314,857 | Gross: $162.80M

3. Parker Lewis Can't Lose (1990–1993)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Fantasy

For a cool high-school kid and his friends, thwarting authority figures and other enemies is never a problem.

Stars: Corin Nemec, Billy Jayne, Troy W. Slaten, Melanie Chartoff

Votes: 6,237

4. The Children's Hour (1961)

Not Rated | 108 min | Drama, Romance

A rebellious student at a girls' school accuses two teachers of lesbianism.

Director: William Wyler | Stars: Audrey Hepburn, Shirley MacLaine, James Garner, Miriam Hopkins

Votes: 18,435

5. The Relic (1997)

R | 110 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi

A homicide detective and an anthropologist try to destroy a South American lizard-like god, who's on a people eating rampage in a Chicago museum.

Director: Peter Hyams | Stars: Penelope Ann Miller, Tom Sizemore, Linda Hunt, James Whitmore

Votes: 30,215 | Gross: $33.96M

6. Black Death (2010)

R | 102 min | Action, Drama, History

Set during the time of the first outbreak of bubonic plague in England, a young monk is given the task of learning the truth about reports of people being brought back to life in a small village.

Director: Christopher Smith | Stars: Eddie Redmayne, Sean Bean, Carice van Houten, Kimberley Nixon

Votes: 51,273 | Gross: $0.02M

7. Evil Under the Sun (1982)

PG | 117 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Trying to find how a millionaire wound up with a phony diamond brings Hercule Poirot to an exclusive island resort frequented by the rich and famous. When a murder is committed, everyone has an alibi.

Director: Guy Hamilton | Stars: Peter Ustinov, James Mason, Maggie Smith, Colin Blakely

Votes: 20,231 | Gross: $6.11M

8. The Wife (I) (2017)

R | 99 min | Drama

A wife questions her life choices as she travels to Stockholm to see her husband receive the Nobel Prize for Literature.

Director: Björn Runge | Stars: Glenn Close, Jonathan Pryce, Max Irons, Christian Slater

Votes: 42,923 | Gross: $9.60M

9. Van Wilder: Freshman Year (2009 Video)

R | 98 min | Comedy, Romance

Van Wilder starts his freshman year at Coolidge College and embarks on an adventure to land the campus hottie and liberate his school from sexual oppression and party dysfunction.

Director: Harvey Glazer | Stars: Jonathan Bennett, Shaun Bowman, Kristin Cavallari, Kurt Fuller

Votes: 15,127

10. The Stoning of Soraya M. (2008)

R | 114 min | Drama

A story told by Zahra to a French journalist of her niece Soraya Manutchehri, a 35-year-old married woman, who received capital punishment and stoned to death because of false accusations in the remote village of Kuhpayeh, Iran, in 1986.

Director: Cyrus Nowrasteh | Stars: Shohreh Aghdashloo, Jim Caviezel, Mozhan Navabi, Navid Negahban

Votes: 21,754 | Gross: $0.66M

11. Dudley Do-Right (1999)

PG | 77 min | Comedy, Family, Romance

The inept Canadian Mountie Dudley Do-Right chases after villain Snidely Whiplash and woos girlfriend Nell Fenwick.

Director: Hugh Wilson | Stars: Brendan Fraser, Sarah Jessica Parker, Alfred Molina, Eric Idle

Votes: 11,391 | Gross: $9.69M

12. Going Clear: Scientology & the Prison of Belief (2015)

Not Rated | 119 min | Documentary

A documentary looking at the inner-workings of the Church of Scientology.

Director: Alex Gibney | Stars: Paul Haggis, Jason Beghe, Spanky Taylor, David Miscavige

Votes: 40,926

13. The Last Station (2009)

R | 112 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

A historical drama that illustrates Russian author Leo Tolstoy's (Christopher Plummer's) struggle to balance fame and wealth with his commitment to a life devoid of material things.

Director: Michael Hoffman | Stars: Helen Mirren, James McAvoy, Christopher Plummer, Paul Giamatti

Votes: 19,171 | Gross: $6.62M

14. The Unlisted (2019)

22 min | Crime, Family, Sci-Fi

Twelve-year-old identical twins Dru and Kal discover that the government is secretly tracking and manipulating Australia's youth via electronic tracking devices.

Stars: Vrund Rao, Ved Rao, Abigail Adriano, Miah Madden

Votes: 1,379

15. Naked in New York (1993)

R | 95 min | Comedy, Romance

Jake meets Joanne in college. He's into theater, writing plays. She's into photography. They move in together etc. She meets Elliot, owner of a big gallery, works for him and things change.

Director: Daniel Algrant | Stars: Eric Stoltz, Mary-Louise Parker, Ralph Macchio, Jill Clayburgh

Votes: 1,752 | Gross: $1.04M

16. The Putin Interviews (2017)

TV-PG | 58 min | Documentary, Biography

Academy Award-winning film-maker Oliver Stone interviews Russian president Vladimir Putin about divisive issues related to U.S.-Russia relations.

Stars: Oliver Stone, Vladimir Putin, Sergei Chudinov, Fernando Sulichin

Votes: 5,270

17. The Journey (III) (2016)

PG-13 | 94 min | Biography, Drama, History

During the 2006 Northern Ireland peace talks, Sinn Féin leader Martin McGuinness (Colm Meaney) and Democratic Unionist Party leader Ian Paisley (Timothy Spall) are forced to travel by car together.

Director: Nick Hamm | Stars: Timothy Spall, Colm Meaney, John Hurt, Freddie Highmore

Votes: 2,067

18. Al Capone (1959)

Approved | 104 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

A chronicle of the rise and fall of Chicago crime boss Al Capone during the Prohibition era.

Director: Richard Wilson | Stars: Rod Steiger, Martin Balsam, Fay Spain, James Gregory

Votes: 1,911

19. To Play the King (1993)

55 min | Drama

Francis Urquhart, the unscrupulous but cunning Conservative Prime Minister, has his survival threatened by a liberal monarch and an upcoming General Election.

Stars: Ian Richardson, Michael Kitchen, Kitty Aldridge, Colin Jeavons

Votes: 4,453

20. Laawaris (1981)

189 min | Drama, Action, Musical

A man, abandoned as a baby and forced to live as an orphan, is unknowingly employed by his biological father.

Director: Prakash Mehra | Stars: Amitabh Bachchan, Zeenat Aman, Rakhee Gulzar, Amjad Khan

Votes: 2,495

21. The Daydreamer (1966)

Unrated | 101 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama

An anthology of fairytales by Hans Christian Andersen: "The Little Mermaid", "The Emperor's New Clothes", "Thumbelina", and "The Garden of Paradise".

Director: Jules Bass | Stars: Tallulah Bankhead, Victor Borge, Patty Duke, Jack Gilford

Votes: 459

22. Jallaad (1995)

144 min | Action, Drama

An unscruplous politician enlists the help of a supposedly illiterate and simple-minded man to win an election.

Director: T.L.V. Prasad | Stars: Mithun Chakraborty, Madhoo, Rambha, Kader Khan

Votes: 232

23. Tree for Two (1952)

Approved | 7 min | Animation, Family, Short

A rough and tough bulldog and his admirer friend set out to rough up Sylvester the Cat, unaware of the escaped black panther roaming around.

Director: Friz Freleng | Stars: Mel Blanc, Stan Freberg

Votes: 350

24. Joschka und Herr Fischer (2011)

138 min | Documentary, Biography, History

He was a student activist, an urban guerrilla, a taxi driver; Joseph "Joschka" Fischer emerged from the Extra-parliamentary Opposition (APO) to become Hessen's trainer-clad environment ... See full summary »

Director: Pepe Danquart | Stars: Joschka Fischer, Hans Koschnick, Katharina Thalbach, Peter Grohmann

Votes: 200

25. The King of Paris (1995)

97 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

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Director: Dominique Maillet | Stars: Philippe Noiret, Veronika Varga, Jacques Roman, Manuel Blanc

Votes: 65

26. Friends (1994–2004)
Episode: The One with Chandler's Work Laugh (1999)

TV-PG | 22 min | Comedy, Romance

Monica becomes annoyed at how Chandler sucks up to his boss. Rachel tries to confront Monica about her relationship with Chandler. Ross hooks up with Janice when he finds out Emily is getting married.

Director: Kevin Bright | Stars: Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc

Votes: 4,760

27. Lost in Space (1965–1968)
Episode: The Challenge (1966)

Not Rated | 50 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family

John and Will fight a battle with an alien father and son that is to the death.

Director: Don Richardson | Stars: Guy Williams, June Lockhart, Mark Goddard, Marta Kristen

Votes: 270

28. Studio One (1948–1958)
Episode: The Laugh Maker (1953)

60 min | Drama

A magazine writer is sent to Los Angeles to do a feature story on a comedian who is an overnight sensation. He soon discovers that the man who provides such happiness to his viewers is really a braggart, a louse and a heel.

Director: Paul Nickell | Stars: Jackie Gleason, Art Carney, Rita Morley, Marian Seldes

Votes: 66

29. Menschen bei Maischberger (2003– )
Episode: Altbundeskanzler Helmut Schmidt (2008)

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Stars: Sandra Maischberger, Helmut Schmidt

30. Vanity Fair (1967– )
Episode: The Wicked Nobleman (1967)

50 min | Drama

Amelia is now a widow with a young child after her husband is killed during the Battle of Waterloo. Facing hardship, she then receives an offer of money from her father-in-law - but in ... See full summary »

Director: David Giles | Stars: Susan Hampshire, Marilyn Taylerson, Barbara Leake, Bryan Marshall

31. Cra$h & Burn (2009–2010)
Episode: Bond Blame Baptize (2010)

Drama

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Director: Rachel Talalay | Stars: Luke Kirby, Caroline Cave, Leela Savasta, Judah Katz

32. Dan for Mayor (2010– )
Episode: A Cleanse Getaway (2010)

Comedy

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Director: Paul Mather | Stars: Fred Ewanuick, Mary Ashton, Paul Bates, Benjamin Ayres

Votes: 47

33. Great Military Blunders (1999– )
Episode: Unfit to Lead? (2000)

Documentary, History, War

Various profiles of failed military leaders whose personalities were simply unfit to lead.

Director: Jeremy Lovering

Votes: 6

34. The Andy Warhol Diaries (2022)
Episode: Smoke Signals (2022)

Unrated | Documentary, Biography

Art offers an opening for expression and reinvention as Andy rises from grim Pittsburgh origins to become an innovative force in the New York art world.

Director: Andrew Rossi | Stars: Andy Warhol, Bill Irwin, Alan Wanzenberg, Andre Walker

Votes: 165

35. The Matt Walsh Show (2018– )
It's Time to Hold the Biden Crime Family Accountable (2023 Podcast Episode)

News, Talk-Show

Republicans initiate an impeachment inquiry into Joe Biden. The Mayor of Boston hosts a Christmas event for nonwhites only. The White House released a weird Christmas video. Jada Pinkett Smith humiliates her husband again.

Director: Mark Jones | Star: Matt Walsh

Votes: 11

36. Moyers & Company (2012–2015)
Episode: America's Gilded Capital (2013)

TV-G | 57 min | News, Talk-Show

Forget Republican Red or Democratic Blue. The power color in Washington is the cool green of cash.

Stars: Evan Bayh, Mark Leibovich, Bill Moyers, Barack Obama

37. Office Girls (2011– )
Episode: Episode #1.37 (2012)

44 min | Romance

The revelation of his true identity surrounds Zi-Qi with sycophants, and a recollection puts Kai-Er's behavior into question.

Director: Fu-chun Hsu | Stars: Chia-Yen Ko, Roy Chiu, Meng-sheng Shen, Hsiu-Chun Lin

38. Secular Talk (2008– )
Episode: Trump Calls Into Rush Limbaugh's Show, They Fawn Over Each Other (2018)

TV-MA | 9 min | News

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Stars: Kyle Kulinski, Donald Trump, Rush Limbaugh