Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "marilyn-monroe-character"

1. Pulp Fiction (1994)

R | 154 min | Crime, Drama

The lives of two mob hitmen, a boxer, a gangster and his wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption.

Director: Quentin Tarantino | Stars: John Travolta, Uma Thurman, Samuel L. Jackson, Bruce Willis

Votes: 2,219,596 | Gross: $107.93M

2. L.A. Confidential (1997)

R | 138 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

As corruption grows in 1950s Los Angeles, three policemen - one strait-laced, one brutal, and one sleazy - investigate a series of murders with their own brand of justice.

Director: Curtis Hanson | Stars: Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce, Kim Basinger

Votes: 617,708 | Gross: $64.62M

3. Blonde (2022)

NC-17 | 167 min | Drama, History

The story of American actress Marilyn Monroe, covering her love and professional lives.

Director: Andrew Dominik | Stars: Ana de Armas, Lily Fisher, Julianne Nicholson, Tygh Runyan

Votes: 71,945

4. Death Becomes Her (1992)

PG-13 | 104 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror

When a fading actress learns of an immortality treatment, she sees it as a way to outdo her long-time rival.

Director: Robert Zemeckis | Stars: Meryl Streep, Bruce Willis, Goldie Hawn, Isabella Rossellini

Votes: 131,280 | Gross: $58.42M

5. My Week with Marilyn (2011)

R | 99 min | Biography, Drama

Colin Clark, an employee of Sir Laurence Olivier, documents the tense interactions between Olivier and Marilyn Monroe during the production of The Prince and the Showgirl (1957).

Director: Simon Curtis | Stars: Michelle Williams, Eddie Redmayne, Kenneth Branagh, Julia Ormond

Votes: 89,598 | Gross: $14.60M

6. The Fanatic (2019)

R | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

A rabid film fan stalks his favorite action hero and destroys the star's life.

Director: Fred Durst | Stars: John Travolta, Devon Sawa, Ana Golja, Jacob Grodnik

Votes: 12,426 | Gross: $0.00M

7. Wonder Woman (2011 TV Movie)

45 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

It's the modern day, and being Wonder Woman is complicated. Diana is leading a triple life - running a large corporation out of costume and fighting crime in costume in one identity.

Director: Jeffrey Reiner | Stars: Pedro Pascal, Adrianne Palicki, Elizabeth Hurley, Cary Elwes

Votes: 2,329

8. Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star (2003)

PG-13 | 98 min | Comedy

A thirty-something former child star hires a foster family to re-create the childhood he never had.

Director: Sam Weisman | Stars: David Spade, Mary McCormack, Alyssa Milano, Craig Bierko

Votes: 15,627 | Gross: $22.73M

9. Winter Kills (1979)

R | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery

The younger brother of an assassinated US President is led down a rabbit hole of conspiracies and dead ends after learning of a man claiming to be the real shooter.

Director: William Richert | Stars: Jeff Bridges, John Huston, Anthony Perkins, Eli Wallach

Votes: 3,499 | Gross: $1.08M

10. The Rat Pack (1998 TV Movie)

R | 120 min | Biography, Drama, Musical

The public and private lives of Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr. and Peter Lawford.

Director: Rob Cohen | Stars: Ray Liotta, Joe Mantegna, Don Cheadle, Angus Macfadyen

Votes: 3,231

11. Norma Jean & Marilyn (1996 TV Movie)

R | 139 min | Biography, Drama

This film follows Norma Jean from her simple, ambitious youth to her superstar pinnacle and back down. She moves from lover to lover in order to further her career. She finds fame but never happiness, only knowing seduction but not love.

Director: Tim Fywell | Stars: Ashley Judd, Mira Sorvino, Josh Charles, Ron Rifkin

Votes: 2,814

12. My Fellow Americans (1996)

PG-13 | 101 min | Adventure, Comedy

Two former U. S. Presidents, hated rivals, join forces to expose the current, corrupt President at the risk of their lives.

Director: Peter Segal | Stars: Jack Lemmon, James Garner, Dan Aykroyd, John Heard

Votes: 15,904 | Gross: $22.29M

13. James Dean (2001 TV Movie)

PG | 120 min | Biography, Drama

The man behind the legend and 1950's Hollywood are revealed in this dynamic biopic of the meteoric star whose troubled life echoed his gut-grabbing performances in East of Eden, Rebel Without A Cause and Giant.

Director: Mark Rydell | Stars: James Franco, Michael Moriarty, Valentina Cervi, Enrico Colantoni

Votes: 5,729

14. Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (1999 TV Movie)

R | 120 min | Biography, Drama, Music

Dorothy Dandridge's way to fame and fortune as a dancer, singer and actress.

Director: Martha Coolidge | Stars: Halle Berry, Brent Spiner, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Obba Babatundé

Votes: 3,917

15. Blonde (2001)

TV-14 | 165 min | Biography, Drama

A fictional biography of Marilyn Monroe mixed with series of real events in her life.

Stars: Poppy Montgomery, Patricia Richardson, Patrick Dempsey, Wallace Shawn

Votes: 1,239

16. The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe (2015)

TV-MA | 84 min | Biography

A chronicle of Marilyn Monroe's family life and how she succeeded in hiding her most intimate secrets from the press and an invasive world.

Stars: Susan Sarandon, Kelli Garner, Embeth Davidtz, Jack Noseworthy

Votes: 1,875

17. L.A. Confidential (2003 TV Movie)

47 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Unsold TV pilot based on the James Ellroy novel. An ambitious internal affairs investigator, a simple but tough patrolman and a morally gray vice squad detective investigate corruption and a mysterious heroin smuggling ring in 1950s L.A.

Director: Eric Laneuville | Stars: Kiefer Sutherland, David Conrad, Josh Hopkins, Pruitt Taylor Vince

Votes: 813

18. Insignificance (1985)

R | 109 min | Comedy

Four 1950s icons meet in the same hotel room and two of them discover more in common between them than they ever anticipated.

Director: Nicolas Roeg | Stars: Gary Busey, Tony Curtis, Theresa Russell, Michael Emil

Votes: 3,883

19. Dear Eleanor (2016)

PG-13 | 89 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

Two teenage girls travel across the U.S. in 1962, during the chaos of the Cuban missile crisis, in search of Eleanor Roosevelt.

Director: Kevin Connolly | Stars: Liana Liberato, Isabelle Fuhrman, Josh Lucas, Luke Wilson

Votes: 2,047

20. Goodbye, Norma Jean (1976)

R | 95 min | Biography, Drama

Aspiring actress Norma Jean Baker lives in squalor in the early '40s as she works at the munitions plant and dreams of being a movie star. Abused as a child and an adult, she lacks ... See full summary »

Director: Larry Buchanan | Stars: Misty Rowe, Terence Locke, Patch Mackenzie, Preston Hanson

Votes: 384

21. Jackie, Ethel, Joan: The Women of Camelot (2001 TV Movie)

163 min | Biography, Drama

They were more than Washington wives. They were part of an American dream known as Camelot. With strength and cunning they upheld their public image by concealing their private truths. ... See full summary »

Director: Larry Shaw | Stars: Jill Hennessy, Lauren Holly, Leslie Stefanson, Daniel Hugh Kelly

Votes: 462

22. It's Me, Sugar (2018)

TV-PG | 24 min | Short, Comedy

A recounting of the making of 'Some Like It Hot' starring Marilyn Monroe and directed by Billy Wilder - now regarded as one of the great comedies in the history of cinema. During filming, ... See full summary »

Director: Sean Foley | Stars: Gemma Arterton, Adam Brody, Felicity Montagu, Alex Pettyfer

Votes: 150

23. The Sex Symbol (1974 TV Movie)

74 min | Biography, Drama

A thinly disguised version of the life of Marilyn Monroe, detailing her ups and downs in life and how her erratic behavior contributes to her deteriorating career.

Director: David Lowell Rich | Stars: Connie Stevens, Shelley Winters, Jack Carter, William Castle

Votes: 119

24. A Woman Named Jackie (1991)

PG | 246 min | Biography, Drama

This starts when Jackie Kennedy was working after college; and spans her life through the Presidency of John F. Kennedy and her marriage to Aristotle Onassis after the assassination of President Kennedy.

Stars: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Roma Downey, Anna Thomson, Bob Gunton

Votes: 340

25. Marilyn: The Untold Story (1980 TV Movie)

156 min | Biography, Drama

The story of the life and times of the legendary Hollywood blonde bombshell Marilyn Monroe, from her meteoric rise to stardom, to her marriages and untimely death.

Directors: Jack Arnold, John Flynn, Lawrence Schiller | Stars: Catherine Hicks, Richard Basehart, Frank Converse, John Ireland

Votes: 271

26. Marilyn and Me (1991 TV Movie)

100 min | Drama

An alternative look at the screen icon's early years. Fantastically portrayed by Susan Griffiths, Marilyn lives and loves with Robert 'Bobbie' Slatzer, possibly her only true love.

Director: John Patterson | Stars: Susan Griffiths, Jesse Dabson, Terry Moore, Sandy McPeak

Votes: 177

27. Marilyn Monroe's Last Press Conference (2022)

Drama, History

Amid swirling, salacious rumors, Marilyn Monroe schedules a "tell-all" press conference. She's found new purpose after meetings with President Kennedy and Fox Studios mogul Darryl Zanuck. Powerful conspirators, however, want her silenced.

Directors: Frank H. Cutler, Lenni Uitto | Stars: Savannah Meyer, Lenni Uitto, Belinda Glenn, Corey Sondrup

Votes: 10

28. Marilyn's Dark Paradise (2024)

Short, Drama, Sci-Fi | Completed

An adventurous time traveler befriends Marilyn Monroe and struggles with adhering to the rigid rules of time travel.

Director: Remi Gangarossa | Stars: Stephanie Stuart, Addelyn Workman, Remi Gangarossa, Cody Tarbox

29. Marilyn & Bobby: Her Final Affair (1993 TV Movie)

TV-14 | Drama

When Marilyn Monroe fell in love with Bobby Kennedy sparks flew. He, the charismatic politician and she, the beautiful movie star jilted by his brother. She thought he would leave his wife, but that was not to be.

Director: Bradford May | Stars: Melody Anderson, James F. Kelly, Jonathan Banks, Kristoffer Tabori

Votes: 80

30. Goodnight, Sweet Marilyn (1989)

R | 93 min | Biography, Drama

The supposed story of superstar Marilyn Monroe's death...as told by a "friend" of hers. Watch flashbacks from "Goodbye Norma Jean" as it leads up to the night when Marilyn Monroe died.

Director: Larry Buchanan | Stars: Paula Lane, Misty Rowe, Jeremy Slate, Joyce Lower

Votes: 79

31. Marilyn: Something's Got to Give (1990 TV Movie)

60 min | Documentary

An account of Marilyn Monroe's last days as she worked on the uncompleted film, "Something's Got to Give", told through interviews with her co-workers.

Stars: Henry Schipper, Gene Allen, Walter Bernstein, David Bretherton

Votes: 177

32. Hoover vs. the Kennedys: The Second Civil War (1987)

200 min | Drama

This is the story of feud between FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover and the Kennedys. It shows how much Hoover hated them and how they tried to stand up to him. From the day John Kennedy was ... See full summary »

Stars: Heather Thomas, Robert Pine, Jack Warden, Richard Anderson

Votes: 40

33. Me and Marilyn (2009)

96 min | Comedy, Fantasy

Gualtiero Marchesi is a divorced man that works in a circus. Along with some companions of the circus, Gualtiero decides to revive Marilyn Monroe through a seance. Gualtiero decided with the heart, so Marilyn appears only in his eyes.

Director: Leonardo Pieraccioni | Stars: Leonardo Pieraccioni, Suzie Kennedy, Barbara Tabita, Biagio Izzo

Votes: 1,060

34. The Fourth Annual 'on Cinema' Oscar Special (2016 Video)

275 min | Comedy

Tim showcases his band Dekkar, finds closure with Tom Cruise Jr.'s passing and awaits a call from Ben Carson and a visit from Johnny Depp, while Gregg hosts the Oscar Olympics and prepares his biggest finale ever.

Director: Eric Notarnicola | Stars: Tim Heidecker, Gregg Turkington, Joe Estevez, Mark Proksch

Votes: 123

35. Dot Goes to Hollywood (1987)

73 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

Eight entry in the series of animated films about a little Australian girl called Dot and her animal friends. Dot competes to become a film star in 1930s Hollywood in order to pay for the operation that could save her sick koala friend.

Director: Yoram Gross | Stars: Robyn Moore, Keith Scott, Barbara Frawley, Ross Higgins

Votes: 58

36. M (III) (2018)

90 min | Mystery

M is a work of art that explores the relationship between sexuality and death. These two appear to be opposite forces, but in fact they merge in all of us, disguising the fear of death or ... See full synopsis »

Director: Anna Eriksson | Stars: Veera Sivonen, Joni Segerroos, Dulce Rodriguez-Saldivar, Melanie Rodriguez-Saldivar

Votes: 236

37. Reliving Marilyn (2018 TV Movie)

95 min | Drama

Reliving Marilyn is the untold story of the deepest friendship in the life of Marilyn Monroe. Upon her death, her friend and make up artist, Allen "Whitey" Snyder, is called by Joe DiMaggio to do Marilyn's funeral make up.

Director: Morgan Blackbyrne | Stars: Morgan Blackbyrne, Nadine Banville, Monique Phillips, Anthony Cortese

Votes: 15

38. Naked (II)

Short, Drama | Completed

Marilyn Monroe confesses to her longtime agent about her feelings for Robert Kennedy, and when he appears unexpectedly on her doorstep, she fears their relationship may have turned a dangerous corner.

Director: Dianna Ippolito | Stars: Jocelyn Saenz, Jennifer Collins, Katelyn Ann Clark, Paul Breixo Bugallo

39. Type O Negative: I Don't Wanna Be Me (2003 Music Video)

4 min | Music

Music video for Type O Negative's song, 'I Don't Wanna Be Me'.

Stars: Kenny Hickey, Johnny Kelly, Josh Silver, Peter Steele

40. Waxhouse Rock (2017)

5 min | Short, Comedy, Horror

A film crew breaks into a wax museum to secretly shoot a film. But by disturbing the waxworks at night they awaken Wax Elvis, Marilyn Monroe and Bettie Page which in turn terrorize the city of Manchester.

Director: Selene Kapsaski | Stars: Babette Bombshell, Selene Kapsaski, Ambrosia Vanette, Zoe Pearce

Votes: 100

41. Marilyn, Too

Comedy | Announced

A young woman becomes the biggest movie star in Hollywood for six weeks. Inspired by real events.

42. Bill's Misadventures: Faster Pussycat! Kill Bill! (2021 TV Short)

6 min | Short, Comedy, Music

A young Bill Cosby time travels to the future and discovers that his future self did some bad things.

Director: Abdul Stone Jackson | Stars: Abdul Stone Jackson, Flyboi Dizzy, Ashton Berglund, Yusuf Jackson

43. 8th Annual San Diego Film Awards (2022 TV Special)

69 min

Filmed at the world-famous Hotel del Coronado, the 2022 San Diego Film Awards will recognize excellence in over 20 categories for local narrative and documentary films made by independent ... See full summary »

Directors: Derrick Acosta, Jodi Cilley | Stars: Derrick Acosta, Laura Bohlin, Jodi Cilley, Rudy Quintanilla

44. Marilyn Monroe in New York (2012)

15 min | Short, Drama

Marilyn Monroe comes back to life as a guardian angel in a 23 year old female apartment where she rescues her from her loneliness and tells her that sometimes being lonely can be rewarding for a person.

Director: Farah Alhashim | Stars: Erika Smith, Chanel Waterhouse

45. Marilyn Fan (2019)

15 min | Short, Drama, Mystery

A young woman who's a fan of Marilyn Monroe goes to a theme party dressed up like her favorite star. Something terrible happens to her that night. When she wakes up the next morning she ... See full summary »

Director: Babsy Artner | Stars: Babsy Artner, Alexander E. Fennon, Manon Pichon, Gunter Hick

46. Misfit M. (2019)

15 min | Short

Documenting four days in 1961 in which Marilyn Monroe was unknowingly admitted to the psychiatric ward of a New York clinic by her own female psychiatrist, only managing to escape thanks to... See full summary »

Directors: R Austin Ball, Sarah Hempinstall | Stars: Brandon McKnight, Paige Locke, R Austin Ball, Emily Dickinson

Votes: 6

47. Red Dwarf (1988– )
Episode: Better Than Life (1988)

TV-14 | 29 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi

A post pod carrying a 3 million year old bag of mail arrives and Rimmer becomes depressed when he learns his father is dead. The crew play an artificial game called "Better than life" which... See full summary »

Director: Ed Bye | Stars: Chris Barrie, Craig Charles, Danny John-Jules, Norman Lovett

Votes: 1,060

48. Red Dwarf (1988– )
Episode: Meltdown (1991)

TV-14 | 27 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi

When Kryten finds a matter paddle on the Red Dwarf, the crew decide to test it out and end up on Waxworld, an enormous waxdroid theme park where waxdroids modelled after history's most famous heroes and villains are at war with each other.

Director: Ed Bye | Stars: Chris Barrie, Craig Charles, Danny John-Jules, Hattie Hayridge

Votes: 913

49. Saturday Night Live (1975– )
Episode: Madonna/Simple Minds (1985)

TV-14 | 90 min | Comedy, Music

No cold opening. In her monologue, the host Madonna talks about her and Sean Penn's recent secretive wedding and shows mockumentary clips from it. Hell beer commercial carries a warning for... See full summary »

Directors: Dave Wilson, John Fox, Robert Leacock, Matthew Meshekoff, James Signorelli | Stars: Joan Cusack, Robert Downey Jr., Nora Dunn, Anthony Michael Hall

Votes: 86

50. Saturday Night Live (1975– )
Episode: Charlize Theron/Paul Simon (2000)

TV-14 | 90 min | Comedy, Music

Sketches include: A Glimpse of Our Possible Future I, Charlize Theron Monologue, Total Request Live, A Glimpse of Our Possible Future II, Blair Witch Tour, TV Funhouse: The All New ... See full summary »

Directors: Beth McCarthy-Miller, David Lipson, Don McGrath | Stars: Jimmy Fallon, Will Ferrell, Ana Gasteyer, Darrell Hammond

Votes: 96