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

1. Let the Right One In (2008)

R | 114 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Oskar, an overlooked and bullied boy, finds love and revenge through Eli, a beautiful but peculiar girl.

Director: Tomas Alfredson | Stars: Kåre Hedebrant, Lina Leandersson, Per Ragnar, Henrik Dahl

Votes: 226,820 | Gross: $2.12M

2. The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989)

NC-17 | 124 min | Crime, Drama

At Le Hollandais gourmet restaurant, every night is filled with opulence, decadence and gluttony. But when the cook, a thief, his wife and her lover all come together, they unleash a shocking torrent of sex, food, murder and revenge.

Director: Peter Greenaway | Stars: Richard Bohringer, Michael Gambon, Helen Mirren, Alan Howard

Votes: 41,757 | Gross: $7.72M

3. Dangerous Liaisons (1988)

R | 119 min | Drama, Romance

A scheming widow and her manipulative ex-lover make a bet regarding the corruption of a recently married woman.

Director: Stephen Frears | Stars: Glenn Close, John Malkovich, Michelle Pfeiffer, Swoosie Kurtz

Votes: 75,163 | Gross: $34.70M

4. Phantom of the Paradise (1974)

PG | 91 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

A disfigured composer sells his soul for the woman he loves so that she will perform his music. However, an evil record tycoon betrays him and steals his music to open his rock palace, The Paradise.

Director: Brian De Palma | Stars: Paul Williams, William Finley, Jessica Harper, Gerrit Graham

Votes: 22,411 | Gross: $0.16M

5. 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: 31,217 | Gross: $0.08M

6. A Good Woman (2004)

PG | 93 min | Drama, Comedy, Romance

A 1930s American socialite creates a scandal in the expatriate high society of the Amalfi Coast of Italy when she forms a secretive relationship with a wealthy American unbeknownst to his young wife.

Director: Mike Barker | Stars: Helen Hunt, Scarlett Johansson, Tom Wilkinson, Milena Vukotic

Votes: 14,106 | Gross: $0.22M

7. Lisztomania (1975)

R | 103 min | Biography, Comedy, Music

Composer and pianist Franz Liszt (Roger Daltrey) attempts to overcome his hedonistic life-style while repeatedly being drawn back into it by the many women in his life and fellow composer Richard Wagner (Paul Nicholas).

Director: Ken Russell | Stars: Roger Daltrey, Sara Kestelman, Paul Nicholas, Ringo Starr

Votes: 3,119

8. Casanova (2005)

TV-MA | 58 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

After a life spent seeking pleasure and decadence, Casanova seeks his one true love, Henriette.

Stars: Rose Byrne, David Tennant, Peter O'Toole, Rupert Penry-Jones

Votes: 5,440

9. Stage Beauty (2004)

R | 106 min | Drama

A female theatre dresser creates a stir and sparks a revolution in seventeenth century London theatre by playing Desdemona in Othello. But what will become of the male actor she once worked for and eventually replaced?

Director: Richard Eyre | Stars: Billy Crudup, Claire Danes, Rupert Everett, Derek Hutchinson

Votes: 10,743 | Gross: $0.78M

10. Farinelli (1994)

R | 111 min | Biography, Drama, Music

The story of castrato opera singer Carlo Broschi, who enthralled 18th-century European audiences under his stage name Farinelli.

Director: Gérard Corbiau | Stars: Stefano Dionisi, Enrico Lo Verso, Elsa Zylberstein, Caroline Cellier

Votes: 7,351 | Gross: $2.12M

11. Night Sun (1990)

Unrated | 113 min | Drama, Romance

Young nobleman Baron Sergio Giuramondo, after discovering that his bride-to-be was the king's mistress, leaves Naples in disgust to become a monk. But his quest for perfect solitude is ... See full summary »

Directors: Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani | Stars: Julian Sands, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Massimo Bonetti, Margarita Lozano

Votes: 886

12. La calandria (1972)

80 min | Comedy

The luxurious Livio bets with the lord of the city to seduce a young bride in a month, at the cost of his genitals.

Director: Pasquale Festa Campanile | Stars: Lando Buzzanca, Barbara Bouchet, Salvo Randone, Agostina Belli

Votes: 82

13. Wilson City (2015)

Not Rated | 115 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime

Comedy inspired by paperback crime novels tells the story of an adventurous search for a mysterious murderer who just after the end of the First World War has begun a rampage in Wilson City... See full summary »

Director: Tomas Masin | Stars: Jirí Machácek, Vojtech Dyk, Tatiana Pauhofová, Jan Kraus

Votes: 211

14. Castrato (2006)

Documentary

Nicholas Clapton, countertenor and castrato historian, analyses the anatomical mysteries of the castrato and the biological implications of castrato.

Stars: Nicholas Clapton, Michael Maniaci, Joanna Wake

Votes: 9

15. Blood Jungle ...or Eviva il Coltello! (2011)

93 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy

A bit of godless jungle exploration and deadpan homo-eroticism explode deep in the tropics with Thomas Nola's fourth full length film 'Blood Jungle' ...or 'Eviva il Coltello!' Stars Jim ... See full summary »

Director: Thomas Nöla | Stars: Jim Ether, Thomas Nöla, Dave DiLillo, David Ewing

Votes: 10

16. Kastraten und Männer (2005)

5 min | Documentary, Short, Music

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Directors: Philipp Hartmann, Florian Hertweck | Stars: Markus Strasser, H.L.L. Jansen, Christian Norstsieck, Jochen Schleicher

17. Engel wider Willen - Die Welt der Kastraten (1993 TV Movie)

60 min | Documentary, Music

The history of the castrati paints a dark picture in European music history. To keep their voices bright, thousands of choir boys were castrated in Italy in the 17th and 18th centuries. "... See full summary »

Director: Michael Bartlett | Stars: Jochen Kowalski, Jürgen Wendler

18. The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode: The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons (1997)

TV-14 | 30 min | Animation, Comedy

Apu receives a letter from his mother stating that it's time for him fulfilled his arranged marriage obligation, he pretends Marge is his wife.

Directors: Jim Reardon, Steven Dean Moore | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith

Votes: 2,421

19. Taboo (2002–2014)
Episode: Sexuality (2002)

TV-14 | 47 min | Documentary

Taboo investigates gender issues around the world that challenge traditional notions of masculinity and femininity.

Stars: Hillary Crane, Dan Fessler, Shahla Haeri, Sanguan Kunaporn

Votes: 9

20. The Joe Rogan Experience (2009– )
Eric Weinstein (2020 Podcast Episode)

TV-MA | 182 min | Comedy, Talk-Show

Eric Weinstein is a mathematician and economist, and the managing director at Thiel Capital. He is also the host of the podcast "The Portal".

Stars: Joe Rogan, Eric Weinstein

Votes: 12

21. Casanova (2005)
Episode: Episode #1.1 (2005)

TV-MA | 85 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

Casanova is an infamous name for scandal, treason and sex, and the first episode chronicles the first half of his life. Told to us by an old, downtrodden Casanova as he recounts his life to... See full summary »

Director: Sheree Folkson | Stars: James Holly, David Tennant, David Foxxe, Tamzin Griffin

Votes: 120

22. Aristocrats (1999)
Episode: Episode #1.1 (1999)

TV-14 | 49 min | Drama, History

Bookish Lady Caroline Lennox descends from high nobility, the eldest unmarried daughter. When she falls for a commoner with political aspirations, her parents disapprove and disown her. Her younger sister learns from her experience.

Director: David Caffrey | Stars: Alun Armstrong, Ben Daniels, Richard Dempsey, Julian Fellowes

Votes: 47

23. Today I Found Out (2013– )
Episode: If Human Men Experience Medical Problems After Losing Their Testicles, Then Why Don't Our Pets? (2022)

13 min | Documentary

Although men don;t look to castration as desirable in modern times that wasn't always the case. Here are the reasons men were castrated in the past along with the physiological side effects.

Stars: Simon Whistler, Alessandro Moreschi

24. Harlots (2017–2019)
Episode: Episode #1.1 (2017)

TV-MA | 46 min | Drama

Margaret Wells' brothel is in a down-trodden area of the capital, but she's making her move upwards, aiming to move her family and her girls and take a new house in the vibrant new area of Soho.

Director: Coky Giedroyc | Stars: Samantha Morton, Lesley Manville, Jessica Brown Findlay, Dorothy Atkinson

Votes: 400

25. Lucy Worsley's Nights at the Opera (2017)
Episode: Episode #1.1 (2017)

59 min | Documentary, History, Music

Lucy visits Venice, Vienna and Milan to investigate four operas embedded in the cauldron of European politics between the 17th and 19th centuries.

Director: Guy Evans | Stars: Lucy Worsley, Antonio Pappano, Vincenzo Borghetti, Danielle de Niese

Votes: 8