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

1. Dogtooth (2009)

Not Rated | 97 min | Drama, Thriller

A controlling, manipulative father locks his three adult offsprings in a state of perpetual childhood by keeping them prisoner within the sprawling family compound.

Director: Yorgos Lanthimos | Stars: Christos Stergioglou, Michele Valley, Angeliki Papoulia, Christos Passalis

Votes: 110,551 | Gross: $0.11M

2. Groundhog Day (1993)

PG | 101 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

A narcissistic, self-centered weatherman finds himself in a time loop on Groundhog Day.

Director: Harold Ramis | Stars: Bill Murray, Andie MacDowell, Chris Elliott, Stephen Tobolowsky

Votes: 685,406 | Gross: $70.91M

3. Atomic Blonde (2017)

R | 115 min | Action, Thriller

An undercover MI6 agent is sent to Berlin during the Cold War to investigate the murder of a fellow agent and recover a missing list of double agents.

Director: David Leitch | Stars: Charlize Theron, James McAvoy, John Goodman, Eddie Marsan

Votes: 206,620 | Gross: $51.69M

4. The Book of Eli (2010)

R | 118 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A drifter fights his way across a ravaged, post-apocalyptic America while protecting a sacred book that holds the secrets to humanity's salvation.

Directors: Albert Hughes, Allen Hughes | Stars: Denzel Washington, Mila Kunis, Ray Stevenson, Gary Oldman

Votes: 339,528 | Gross: $94.84M

5. Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)

PG | 115 min | Drama, Mystery

During a rural summer picnic, a few students and a teacher from an Australian girls' school vanish without a trace. Their absence frustrates and haunts the people left behind.

Director: Peter Weir | Stars: Rachel Roberts, Anne-Louise Lambert, Vivean Gray, Helen Morse

Votes: 41,061 | Gross: $0.23M

6. American Honey (2016)

R | 163 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance

A teenage girl with nothing to lose joins a traveling magazine sales crew, and gets caught up in a whirlwind of hard partying, law bending and young love as she criss-crosses the Midwest with a band of misfits.

Director: Andrea Arnold | Stars: Sasha Lane, Shia LaBeouf, Riley Keough, McCaul Lombardi

Votes: 46,471 | Gross: $0.66M

7. Fahrenheit 451 (2018)

TV-14 | 100 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller

In a terrifying care-free future, a young man, Guy Montag, whose job as a fireman is to burn all books, questions his actions after meeting a young woman - and begins to rebel against society.

Director: Ramin Bahrani | Stars: Michael B. Jordan, Aaron Davis, Cindy Katz, Michael Shannon

Votes: 22,684

8. The 39 Steps (1935)

Approved | 86 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

A man in London tries to help a counter-espionage agent, but when the agent is killed and the man stands accused, he must go on the run to save himself and stop a spy ring that is trying to steal top-secret information.

Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Robert Donat, Madeleine Carroll, Lucie Mannheim, Godfrey Tearle

Votes: 61,572

9. Fahrenheit 451 (1966)

Not Rated | 112 min | Drama, Sci-Fi

In an oppressive future, a fireman whose duty is to destroy all books begins to question his task.

Director: François Truffaut | Stars: Oskar Werner, Julie Christie, Cyril Cusack, Anton Diffring

Votes: 45,437

10. Quills (2000)

R | 124 min | Biography, Drama

In a Napoleonic era insane asylum, an inmate, the irrepressible Marquis De Sade, fights a battle of wills against a tyrannically prudish doctor.

Director: Philip Kaufman | Stars: Geoffrey Rush, Kate Winslet, Joaquin Phoenix, Michael Caine

Votes: 56,748 | Gross: $7.06M

11. Norma Rae (1979)

PG | 114 min | Drama

A young single mother and textile worker agrees to help unionize her mill despite the problems and dangers involved.

Director: Martin Ritt | Stars: Sally Field, Beau Bridges, Ron Leibman, Pat Hingle

Votes: 12,845 | Gross: $22.23M

12. Sin Nombre (2009)

R | 96 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama

A young Honduran girl and a Mexican gangster are united in a journey across the U.S. border.

Director: Cary Joji Fukunaga | Stars: Paulina Gaitan, Marco Antonio Aguirre, Leonardo Alonso, Karla Cecilia Alvarado

Votes: 34,058 | Gross: $2.53M

13. Game Change (2012 TV Movie)

TV-MA | 118 min | Biography, Drama, History

Governor Sarah Palin of Alaska becomes Senator John McCain's running mate in the 2008 Presidential election.

Director: Jay Roach | Stars: Ed Harris, Julianne Moore, Woody Harrelson, Peter MacNicol

Votes: 23,216

14. Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)

Passed | 126 min | Biography, Drama, Family

The life of the renowned musical composer, playwright, actor, dancer, and singer George M. Cohan.

Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: James Cagney, Joan Leslie, Walter Huston, Richard Whorf

Votes: 16,868 | Gross: $11.80M

15. The 39 Steps (1959)

Approved | 93 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

In London, a diplomat accidentally becomes involved in the death of a British agent who's after a spy ring that covets British military secrets.

Director: Ralph Thomas | Stars: Kenneth More, Taina Elg, Brenda de Banzie, Barry Jones

Votes: 2,336

16. Wadjda (2012)

PG | 98 min | Comedy, Drama

An enterprising Saudi girl signs on for her school's Koran recitation competition as a way to raise the remaining funds she needs in order to buy the green bicycle that has captured her interest.

Director: Haifaa Al-Mansour | Stars: Waad Mohammed, Reem Abdullah, Abdullrahman Al Gohani, Ahd

Votes: 21,481 | Gross: $1.35M

17. The Taste of Others (2000)

R | 112 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

The lives of 6 people over 35 in Rouen, France, and their relationship to each other.

Director: Agnès Jaoui | Stars: Anne Alvaro, Jean-Pierre Bacri, Alain Chabat, Agnès Jaoui

Votes: 10,377 | Gross: $0.64M

18. Saint Ralph (2004)

PG-13 | 98 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport

Saint Ralph is the unlikely story of Ralph Walker, a ninth-grader who outran everyone's expectations except his own in his bold quest to win the 1954 Boston Marathon.

Director: Michael McGowan | Stars: Adam Butcher, Campbell Scott, Jennifer Tilly, Michael Kanevsky

Votes: 6,340 | Gross: $0.80M

19. Not One Less (1999)

G | 106 min | Drama

13-year old Wei Minzhi is the new substitute teacher of a mountain village school. She is told not to lose any of her pupils under any circumstances.

Director: Yimou Zhang | Stars: Minzhi Wei, Huike Zhang, Zhenda Tian, Enman Gao

Votes: 9,362 | Gross: $0.59M

20. The Angry Hills (1959)

Approved | 105 min | Drama, War, Thriller

In 1941, the Greek resistance entrusts an American journalist with a secret Greek double-agent list that must reach London and not fall into German hands.

Director: Robert Aldrich | Stars: Robert Mitchum, Stanley Baker, Elisabeth Müller, Gia Scala

Votes: 1,152

21. You'll Be a Man (2013)

87 min | Comedy, Drama

A 20-year-old boy, on the verge of adulthood, encounters Leo, a lonely 10-year-old child.

Director: Benoît Cohen | Stars: Aurelio Cohen, Jules Sagot, Eléonore Pourriat, Grégoire Monsaingeon

Votes: 113

22. Koran by Heart (2011)

TV-G | 90 min | Documentary, News

A global contest reading of the Quran by young Muslim children that takes place in Cairo, Egypt annually during Ramadan. A coming of age story about Muslim kids in modern times.

Director: Greg Barker

Votes: 380

23. Joan of Paris (1942)

Passed | 91 min | Drama, Romance, War

An RAF squadron is brought down over occupied France. The flyers reach Paris in spite of the fact that the youngest is injured; his wounds need treating and he must stay hidden. The Gestapo has already issued orders for their arrest.

Director: Robert Stevenson | Stars: Michèle Morgan, Paul Henreid, Thomas Mitchell, Laird Cregar

Votes: 931

24. Greek School Prayer (2014)

Not Rated | 20 min | Short, Drama

Two high school students. While seeking their identity, through violence, they will inevitably test each other's boundaries.

Director: Thanasis Neofotistos | Stars: Christos Karavevas, Stelios Karambinas, Korina Alexandridou, Vicky Ntoulia

Votes: 234

25. OT: Our Town (2002)

Not Rated | 76 min | Documentary

Dominguez High, in the infamous Compton, CA, has not produced a play in over twenty years. With no money and no stage, two teachers and twenty-four students attempt to produce Thornton Wilder's American Classic OUR TOWN.

Director: Scott Hamilton Kennedy | Stars: Catherine Borek, Karen Greene, Ebony Starr Norwood-Brown, Archy Posada

Votes: 323

26. Life Is a Dream (1986)

Not Rated | 103 min | Drama, Fantasy

A baroque mix of revolutionary politics, pop culture and semiotics loosely based on the play by Pedro Calderón de la Barca. A young prince learns that life is just a dream from which we wake when we die. And that dreams may be as real as life.

Director: Raúl Ruiz | Stars: Sylvain Thirolle, Roch Leibovici, Bénédicte Sire, Laurence Cortadellas

Votes: 126

27. Ben Franklin Blowing Bubbles at a Sword: The Journeys of a Mental Athlete (2012)

40 min | Documentary, Short, Drama

Ronnie White, a Navy veteran from the war in Afghanistan, can meet a conference room full of strangers and minutes later recall every person's name. Nelson Dellis, a software developer, can... See full summary »

Director: Jonathan Napolitano | Stars: Nelson Dellis, Tony Dottino, Joshua Foer, James Galvin

28. Holcicka s náhradní hlavou (2016)

26 min | Short, Comedy, Family

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Directors: Tobiás Frýdl, Daniel Polák | Stars: Eduard Balek, Karel Cervený, Benjamín Frýdl, David Frýdl

29. O Matylde s náhradní hlavou (1985)

8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

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Directors: Adolf Born, Jaroslav Doubrava, Milos Macourek | Star: Iva Janzurová

Votes: 20

30. Memories Are Made of This (1994 Video)

Documentary, Short

How memory works and how to make the most of yours.

Director: Adam Gee

31. The Decalogue (1989–1990)
Episode: Dekalog, cztery (1989)

TV-MA | 57 min | Drama

When her father is away on business, a young woman discovers a letter from her dead mother reading, 'Open after my death'.

Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski | Stars: Adrianna Biedrzynska, Janusz Gajos, Artur Barcis, Aleksander Bardini

Votes: 4,630

32. Amazing Stories (1985–1987)
Episode: One for the Books (1986)

Not Rated | 25 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

An elderly college janitor amazes himself, his wife and the scientific community when his brain turns into a sponge that soaks up more and more incredible knowledge of every subject taught ... See full summary »

Director: Lesli Linka Glatter | Stars: Leo Penn, Joyce Van Patten, Nicholas Pryor, John Alvin

Votes: 268

33. The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968)
Episode: Ellie Comes to Town (1960)

TV-G | 26 min | Comedy, Family

A problem with ethics soon puts a lovely new lady pharmacist on the town's black list over withholding pills from a senior citizen simply because she has no prescription for her regular medication.

Director: Don Weis | Stars: Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, Elinor Donahue, Don Knotts

Votes: 503

34. Monsters (1988–1990)
Episode: The Offering (1990)

TV-14 | 21 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

A man who is in a hospital following a car accident begins to see terrifying apparitions of giant insect-like creatures.

Director: Ernest Farino | Stars: Orson Bean, Robert Krantz, Bob Larkin, Karen Hittelman

Votes: 109

35. The Twilight Zone (1985–1989)
Episode: The Toys of Caliban (1986)

TV-PG | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Elderly Ernie Ross and his wife Mary live in fear of their son Toby, who has the magical ability to turn any imagined item into reality.

Director: Thomas J. Wright | Stars: Richard Mulligan, Anne Haney, David Greenlee, Alexandra Borrie

Votes: 348

36. Voice of North Korea by Yeonmi Park (2018– )
Episode: 6 Things North Koreans Must Do to Survive New Years that Will Make You Thank You Weren't Born There (2022)

12 min | Documentary

In North Korea New Year's Day is unlike any other day with an unusual benefits, requirements and consequences.

Star: Yeonmi Park

37. Brain Games (2011–2020)
Episode: Remember This! (2011)

TV-PG | 50 min | Documentary, Comedy, Game-Show

Brain Games investigates every piece of the memory puzzle, from how we recognize faces to how we can move memories from short-term to long-term storage.

Director: Jeremiah Crowell | Stars: Neil Patrick Harris, Greg Walsh, Ron White, Andre Fenton

Votes: 95

38. The Matt Walsh Show (2018– )
Why All of the Left's Heroes Are Cosplaying Phonies (2023 Podcast Episode)

News, Talk-Show

Topics include: the Tennessee Three (three Tennessee Dems expelled from congress); Bill Lee pushing red flag laws; Bud Light taking a hit for promoting Dylan Mulvaney; hook-up culture; and the happy aftermath of overturning Roe v. Wade.

Star: Matt Walsh

39. Matt Ward (2010–2020)
Episode: 5 Things That Will Impress Your Drill Sergeants at Basic Training (2017)

12 min | Reality-TV

Matt offers some tips you might not think of to prepare for and conduct yourself in basic training.

Star: Matt Ward

40. Hanzawa Naoki (2013– )
Episode: Episode #1.6 (2013)

54 min | Drama, News

A family run hotel is in red after just having received a loan from the bank. A smaller bank managed to avoid the quagmire. The hotels' second-in-command seems to be the culprit. The bank ... See full summary »

Director: Katsuo Fukuzawa | Stars: Masato Sakai, Aya Ueto, Mitsuhiro Oikawa, Mitsuko Baishô

Votes: 27

41. Our World War (2014)
Episode: War Machine (2014)

Not Rated | 57 min | Action, Drama, War

Set in the last months of the war, tracking a tank commander and his crew as they pound their way across enemy territory, fighting against the odds to survive.

Director: Bruce Goodison | Stars: Shaun Dooley, Chris Reilly, John Hollingworth, Luke Norris

Votes: 118

42. Faithful Word Baptist Church (2007– )
Episode: Trying to Memorize the Entire Bible (2008)

4 min | Reality-TV

Pastor Anderson and others talk about memorizing the entire Bible.

Director: Steven L. Anderson | Stars: Solomon Anderson, Steven L. Anderson, Freddy Boswell, Paul Irwin

43. The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962–1992)
Episode: Michael J. Fox/Larry Miller/Harry Lorayne (1988)

TV-G | 90 min | Comedy, Talk-Show

Michael J. Fox (Family Ties (1982)); Larry Miller performs stand-up; Harry Lorayne (book "Memory Makes Money") presents tips for remembering people's names, and gives a demonstration in the audience.

Stars: Johnny Carson, Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Michael J. Fox

44. Toon (2016–2017)
Episode: Te Gast (2016)

25 min | Comedy

Elise books Toon on a TV talk show where she meets an embarrassing figure from her past.

Director: Beer ten Kate | Stars: Joep Vermolen, Amy van der Weerden, Loulou Hameleers, Marijn Klaver

Votes: 26