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

1. Shutter Island (2010)

R | 138 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Teddy Daniels and Chuck Aule, two US marshals, are sent to an asylum on a remote island in order to investigate the disappearance of a patient, where Teddy uncovers a shocking truth about the place.

Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Emily Mortimer, Mark Ruffalo, Ben Kingsley

Votes: 1,455,187 | Gross: $128.01M

2. 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: 181,813 | Gross: $10.85M

3. The Holy Mountain (1973)

16+ | 114 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

In a corrupt, greed-fueled world, a powerful alchemist leads a messianic character and seven materialistic figures to the Holy Mountain, where they hope to achieve enlightenment.

Director: Alejandro Jodorowsky | Stars: Alejandro Jodorowsky, Horacio Salinas, Zamira Saunders, Juan Ferrara

Votes: 47,989 | Gross: $0.06M

4. Revolver (2005)

R | 111 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Gambler Jake Green enters into a game with potentially deadly consequences.

Director: Guy Ritchie | Stars: Jason Statham, Ray Liotta, André 3000, Vincent Pastore

Votes: 102,678 | Gross: $0.08M

5. The King of Comedy (1982)

PG | 109 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

A passionate yet unsuccessful comedian stalks and kidnaps his idol to take the spotlight for himself.

Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Robert De Niro, Jerry Lewis, Diahnne Abbott, Sandra Bernhard

Votes: 119,052 | Gross: $2.50M

6. Young Adult (2011)

R | 94 min | Comedy, Drama

Soon after her divorce, a fiction writer returns to her home in small-town Minnesota, looking to rekindle a romance with her ex-boyfriend who is now happily married and has a newborn daughter.

Director: Jason Reitman | Stars: Charlize Theron, Patrick Wilson, Patton Oswalt, Elizabeth Reaser

Votes: 87,896 | Gross: $16.31M

7. Observe and Report (2009)

R | 86 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Bi-polar mall security guard Ronnie Barnhardt is called into action to stop a flasher from turning shopper's paradise into his personal peep show. But when Barnhardt can't bring the culprit to justice, a surly police detective is recruited to close the case.

Director: Jody Hill | Stars: Seth Rogen, Anna Faris, Ray Liotta, Michael Peña

Votes: 65,263 | Gross: $23.99M

8. Romeo Is Bleeding (1993)

R | 110 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

A womanizing, crooked cop on the payroll of the mafia is confronted with the reality of his double life after he is asked to kill a beautiful and ruthless Russian gangster.

Director: Peter Medak | Stars: Gary Oldman, Lena Olin, Wallace Wood, Juliette Lewis

Votes: 15,149 | Gross: $3.28M

9. Proof (2005)

PG-13 | 100 min | Drama, Mystery

The daughter of a brilliant but mentally disturbed mathematician, recently deceased, tries to come to grips with her possible inheritance: his insanity. Complicating matters are one of her father's ex-students, who wants to search through his papers, and her estranged sister, who shows up to help settle his affairs.

Director: John Madden | Stars: Gwyneth Paltrow, Anthony Hopkins, Hope Davis, Jake Gyllenhaal

Votes: 46,297 | Gross: $7.52M

10. The Swimmer (1968)

M/PG | 95 min | Drama

A man spends a summer day swimming as many pools as he can all over a quiet suburban town.

Directors: Frank Perry, Sydney Pollack | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Janet Landgard, Janice Rule, Tony Bickley

Votes: 13,751

11. Holy Hell (2016)

Not Rated | 100 min | Documentary, Drama

An inside look at Buddhafield, a West Hollywood cult formed by a charismatic teacher in the 1980s that eventually imploded.

Director: Will Allen | Stars: Will Allen, Dimitrius Pulido, Phillipe Coquet, David Christopher

Votes: 6,063 | Gross: $0.02M

12. Tchaikovsky's Wife (2022)

143 min | Biography, Drama

Tumultuous relationship between Pyotr Tchaikovsky, the most famous Russian composer of all time, and his wife Antonina Miliukova.

Director: Kirill Serebrennikov | Stars: Alyona Mikhaylova, Odin Lund Biron, Filipp Avdeev, Ekaterina Ermishina

Votes: 1,641

13. Running with Scissors (2006)

R | 116 min | Comedy, Drama

A teenage boy comes of age in the 1970's, sent by his neurotic, pretentious mother to live with a jolly, vulgar psychiatrist and his eccentric extended family.

Director: Ryan Murphy | Stars: Joseph Cross, Annette Bening, Brian Cox, Gwyneth Paltrow

Votes: 23,162 | Gross: $6.75M

14. Religulous (2008)

R | 101 min | Documentary, Comedy, War

Bill Maher's take on the current state of world religion.

Director: Larry Charles | Stars: Bill Maher, Tal Bachman, Jonathan Boulden, Steven Burg

Votes: 60,237 | Gross: $13.00M

15. What the #$*! Do We (K)now!? (2004)

Not Rated | 109 min | Documentary, Comedy, Drama

A fictional photographer's quest to spiritually rediscover herself is interspersed with documentary footage of scientists and theologians discussing the philosophical aspects of quantum physics.

Directors: William Arntz, Betsy Chasse, Mark Vicente | Stars: Marlee Matlin, Elaine Hendrix, John Ross Bowie, Robert Bailey Jr.

Votes: 13,847 | Gross: $10.94M

16. A Mother's Son (2012)

92 min | Drama, Thriller

A mother suspects that her son could be the killer of a recently found dead girl, and becomes caught in a torturous dilemma of whether to denounce him, or protect him and hide the act.

Stars: Hermione Norris, Martin Clunes, Paul McGann, Alexander Arnold

Votes: 1,475

17. What the Bleep!?: Down the Rabbit Hole (2006)

PG | 156 min | Documentary, Drama

Interviews with scientists and authors, animated bits, and a storyline involving a deaf photographer are used in this docudrama to illustrate the link between quantum mechanics, neurobiology, human consciousness and day-to-day reality.

Directors: William Arntz, Betsy Chasse, Mark Vicente | Stars: Marlee Matlin, Elaine Hendrix, Barry Newman, Armin Shimerman

Votes: 2,921 | Gross: $0.14M

18. Cairo Station (1958)

Not Rated | 77 min | Crime, Drama

A newspaper salesman at the train station in Cairo develops an unhealthy obsession with a woman who sells refreshments.

Director: Youssef Chahine | Stars: Farid Shawqi, Hind Rustum, Youssef Chahine, Hassan el Baroudi

Votes: 5,350

19. The Well

Mystery, Thriller | Pre-production

An injured woman trapped in a deep well must overcome a manipulative stranger with keys to her dark past to save her daughter from a horrific ordeal.

Director: Misko Massanyi

20. Oleanna (1994)

Not Rated | 89 min | Drama, Thriller

When a student visits her professor to discuss how she failed his course, the discussion takes an awkward turn.

Director: David Mamet | Stars: William H. Macy, Debra Eisenstadt, Diego Pineda, Scott Zigler

Votes: 3,611 | Gross: $0.12M

21. Conspiracy Theory with Jesse Ventura (2009– )

TV-14 | Documentary

Jesse Ventura and his team of investigators dig deep into the behind-the-scenes government doings. What he reveals will shock you and awe you, but still, you're left to make up your own mind about what you do or do not believe.

Stars: Jesse Ventura, June Sarpong, Tyler Derek, Michael Braverman

Votes: 1,249

22. Le Week-End (2013)

R | 93 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A British couple return to Paris many years after their honeymoon there in an attempt to rejuvenate their marriage.

Director: Roger Michell | Stars: Lindsay Duncan, Jim Broadbent, Jeff Goldblum, Igor Gotesman

Votes: 8,690 | Gross: $2.22M

23. Invisible Eyes (2009)

107 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Dispirited about a downturn in her career, a model spends a week away at a country house where she soon feels an eerie sensation of being watched.

Director: Olivier Cohen | Stars: Pia Mechler, Simon Merrells, Michael Mears, Mark Tintner

Votes: 75

24. The Immaculate Conception of Little Dizzle (2009)

TV-MA | 104 min | Comedy, Drama

After he loses his high-paying job, Dory takes a gig as a night janitor in order to pay rent. Alone late at night inside a market research firm, he soon discovers the company is experimenting on their other janitors ...

Director: David Russo | Stars: Marshall Allman, Jeanette Maus, Sean Nelson, Allen Johnson

Votes: 1,010

25. The God Who Wasn't There (2005)

62 min | Documentary, Biography, History

Did Jesus exist? This film starts with that question, then goes on to examine Christianity as a whole.

Director: Brian Flemming | Stars: Sam Harris, Robert M. Price, Richard Carrier, Earl Doherty

Votes: 5,052

26. Wedding Band (1989)

R | 82 min | Comedy

Marshall is a wedding singer who can play 73 songs and loves his job. Karla is a wedding planner who loves him but wants him to grow up and settle down with her. He refuses and she breaks up with him. Regretful, he tries to win her back.

Director: Daniel Raskov | Stars: William Katt, Joyce Hyser, Tino Insana, Lance Kinsey

Votes: 157

27. Don Quixote (1933)

Not Rated | 73 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

In Spain, in the sixteenth century, an elderly gentleman named Don Quixote has gone mad from reading too many books on chivalry. Proclaiming himself a knight, he sets out with his squire, ... See full summary »

Director: Georg Wilhelm Pabst | Stars: Feodor Chaliapin Sr., George Robey, Oscar Asche, René Donnio

Votes: 396

28. Silent Summer (2013)

89 min | Drama, Family, Romance

The movie focuses on Kristine, an art historian. Kristine's personal life take a dramatic twist when the whole family is gathering together and the secrets of the past are being revealed at her gracious mansion in the French countryside.

Director: Nana Neul | Stars: Dagmar Manzel, Ernst Stötzner, Victoria Trauttmansdorff, Marie Rosa Tietjen

Votes: 72

29. Mardi Gras: Made in China (2005)

Not Rated | 72 min | Documentary

This examination of cultural and economic globalization follows the life-cycle of Mardi Gras beads from a small factory in Fuzhou, China, to Mardi Gras in New Orleans, and to art galleries in New York City.

Director: David Redmon | Star: Roger Wong

Votes: 278

30. All-American Sex Offender

Short, Comedy | Completed

Mackenzie, an all-American single lady, gets caught publicly urinating and is added to the sex-offenders registry. Things move from complicated to perilous when she meets Mr.Right, who ... See full summary »

Stars: Chloe Lenihan, Patrese McClain, Sam Guinan-Nyhart, Mickey O'Sullivan

31. Home for the Weekend (I) (2012)

85 min | Drama

Marko is in his mid-thirties, has just published his first book, and has been living in Berlin since his university days - far enough away from his parents Gitte and Günter whose bourgeois ... See full summary »

Director: Hans-Christian Schmid | Stars: Lars Eidinger, Corinna Harfouch, Sebastian Zimmler, Ernst Stötzner

Votes: 1,002

32. Don Quichotte (I) (1933)

73 min | Adventure, Drama

The French version of G.W.Pabst's monumental three-language (English, French and German - separate versions each) filming of Cervantes' classic novel. The German version seems to be lost, ... See full summary »

Director: Georg Wilhelm Pabst | Stars: Feodor Chaliapin Sr., Dorville, René Donnio, Renée Valliers

Votes: 152

33. You Talkin' to Me? (1987)

R | 97 min | Comedy

A young actor's fascination with Robert De Niro's "Taxi Driver" persona leads him into a morass of strange and obsessional behaviors.

Director: Charles Winkler | Stars: Jim Youngs, James Noble, Mykelti Williamson, Faith Ford

Votes: 1,085 | Gross: $0.03M

34. The Enemies of Reason (2007 TV Movie)

90 min | Documentary

Scientist Richard Dawkins turns a hostile eye on the world of alternative medicine.

Director: Russell Barnes | Stars: Derren Brown, Deepak Chopra, Richard Dawkins, Chris French

Votes: 1,854

35. Bolivar soy yo (2002)

R | 93 min | Comedy, Drama, History

A soap opera actor wants to finish Bolivar's dream of a "Great Colombia": a super-state of 5 Latin-American countries to stop institutional chaos, lack of opportunity and ignite the rebuilding of the region after 160 years of internal war.

Director: Jorge Alí Triana | Stars: Robinson Díaz, Amparo Grisales, Jairo Camargo, Fanny Mikey

Votes: 349

36. Blowfish (2011)

88 min | Drama, Romance

A young woman, an elevator operator, changes her life thanks to her blowfish.

Director: Chi-Yuarn Lee | Stars: Yi-ching Lu, Vicci Pan, Kang Ren Wu, Angel Yao

Votes: 142

37. Theoretically, an even much more paranoid conspiratorial phone call (2021)

85 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Challenged by phone by the Pro Bono Spy Hunter and his valet, The Boss travels to the year 2121, where the USSR won the Cold War. Caught spying, The Boss undergoes a subtle questioning technique that tortures him and his interrogator.

Director: Jorge Luis Villacorta Santamato | Star: Jorge Luis Villacorta Santamato

Votes: 6

38. Tender Loving Care (1998 Video Game)

Adventure, Drama, Mystery

Interactive movie about a worried husband who hires a beautiful psychiatrist to nurse his delusional wife and help her deal with the death of their child in a car accident. However, the nurse starts playing mind games. Or is he losing it?

Director: David Wheeler | Stars: David Arthur, Marie Caldare, Brandy Carson, Kim Chadick

Votes: 50

39. Discussions with Richard Dawkins, Episode 1: The Four Horsemen (2008 Video)

120 min | Documentary

Richard Dawkins is joined by Daniel Dennett, Sam Harris and Christopher Hitchens to discuss science, god, religion and much more.

Director: Josh Timonen | Stars: Richard Dawkins, Daniel C. Dennett, Sam Harris, Christopher Hitchens

Votes: 458

40. Delusion (2016)

90 min | Horror, Thriller

Three horror stories, a bit interconnected with plot twist and Danny Pang's quality stamp.

Director: Danny Pang | Stars: Hu An, Pak-Ho Chau, Yuanyuan Cheng, Cici Hong

Votes: 27

41. The Quantum Activist (2009)

Not Rated | 78 min | Documentary

There is a revolution going on in science. A genuine paradigm shift. While mainstream science remains materialist, a substantial number of scientists are supporting and developing a ... See full summary »

Directors: Renee Slade, Ri Stewart | Star: Amit Goswami

Votes: 240

42. Independent's Day (1998 TV Movie)

54 min | Documentary

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Director: Marina Zenovich | Stars: Brian Flemming, Dan Mirvish, Peter Baxter, Tom Bernard

Votes: 155

43. Foodland (2010)

90 min | Comedy, Crime

A naive grocery clerk must finally stand up to his slimy, crafty, controlling coworkers in order to retrieve the store's considerable receipts, which have been mysteriously stolen.

Director: Adam Smoluk | Stars: James Clayton, Stephen Eric McIntyre, Ross McMillan, Kim Poirier

Votes: 37

44. Brief History of Disbelief (2004– )

178 min | Documentary

A mini-series which follows the history of atheism.

Stars: Bernard Hill, Jonathan Miller, Richard Dawkins, Simon Schaffer

Votes: 512

45. Magical Thinking (2007)

9 min | Short, Comedy, Drama

An introspective magician searches for his perfect apprentice.

Director: Garrett W. Hammel | Stars: Levi Henley, Kelly Copeland, Chelsea Sedoti, Jessica Negrete

Votes: 6

46. The Language of Spirituality (2005)

62 min | Documentary

Do the languages and cosmologies of Native America hold the keys to the mysteries of quantum physics and the nature of reality?

Director: Anthony Della Flora | Stars: Dan Alford, F. David Peat, Fred Alan Wolf, Cynthia Larson

47. The Blazing Guns (2010)

15 min | Documentary, Short, Biography

Gunther 'Gunn' Allcock, Richard 'The Ram' Raminov, Tony 'The Money' Miranda and John 'The Hammer' Hammond are The Blazing Guns. The self titled, greatest band you've never heard of. Join ... See full summary »

Directors: Hamza Mohsin, Dan Balcaban | Stars: Dan Balcaban, Stuart Smith, Hamza Mohsin, Tom Saunders

48. Spirit Space (2008 Video)

Not Rated | 81 min | Documentary

A Film Documentary for your spiritual awareness.. SPIRIT SPACE continues where "What the Bleep Do We Know" and "The Secret" end. In this beautifully produced film we explore the latest ... See full summary »

Director: Braden Barty | Stars: Skip Atwater, Linda Backman, Linda Gabriel, Eden Marie James

Votes: 43

49. Cautivo (2008)

20 min | Short, Thriller

René wakes up in an alley, totally disoriented. He will soon start to remember what a loser's life he's got. However, things could change if he dares to bet on the change.

Directors: Pau Bergadà, Ignacio Rodó | Stars: Rikar Gil, María Vázquez Verdón, Alzira Gómez, Paco Gilabert

Votes: 11

50. Orion's Cloud (2002)

18 min | Short, Comedy, Music

The story of two disillusioned young men who are determined to win a local battle of the bands competition despite apparent lack of talent, instruments, and there not actually being a battle of the bands competition.

Director: Mike Balmer | Stars: Mike Balmer, Mike Skold, Mike Kofler, James Bucklen

Votes: 42