Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "reference-to-the-declaration-of-independence"

1. Citizen Kane (1941)

PG | 119 min | Drama, Mystery

Following the death of publishing tycoon Charles Foster Kane, reporters scramble to uncover the meaning of his final utterance: 'Rosebud.'

Director: Orson Welles | Stars: Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Dorothy Comingore, Agnes Moorehead

Votes: 466,404 | Gross: $1.59M

2. Moscow on the Hudson (1984)

R | 115 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A Russian saxophonist visiting New York City with a USSR circus troupe suddenly decides to defect in Bloomingdale's.

Director: Paul Mazursky | Stars: Robin Williams, Maria Conchita Alonso, Cleavant Derricks, Alejandro Rey

Votes: 13,152 | Gross: $25.10M

3. Born Yesterday (1950)

Not Rated | 103 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A tycoon hires a tutor to teach his lover proper etiquette, with unexpected results.

Director: George Cukor | Stars: Judy Holliday, William Holden, Broderick Crawford, Howard St. John

Votes: 12,448

4. Cimarron (1931)

Passed | 123 min | Drama, Western

A newspaper editor settles in an Oklahoma boom town with his reluctant wife at the end of the nineteenth century.

Director: Wesley Ruggles | Stars: Richard Dix, Irene Dunne, Estelle Taylor, Nance O'Neil

Votes: 6,943

5. Little Lord Fauntleroy (1936)

Passed | 102 min | Drama, Family

An American boy turns out to be the long-lost heir of a British fortune. He is sent to live with the cold and unsentimental lord who oversees the trust.

Director: John Cromwell | Stars: Freddie Bartholomew, Dolores Costello, C. Aubrey Smith, Guy Kibbee

Votes: 2,528

6. Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940)

Approved | 110 min | Biography, Drama, History

Humble Abraham Lincoln gains the respect of his Illinois neighbors, growing in stature and respect until he is elected President in 1860 and departs for Washington.

Director: John Cromwell | Stars: Raymond Massey, Gene Lockhart, Ruth Gordon, Mary Howard

Votes: 2,064

7. Beaumarchais the Scoundrel (1996)

116 min | Adventure, Comedy, History

The life story of the titular Beaumarchais, playwright and adventurer, who gets himself into numerous different scrapes and romantic encounters in 18th Century France.

Director: Édouard Molinaro | Stars: Fabrice Luchini, Manuel Blanc, Sandrine Kiberlain, Michel Aumont

Votes: 1,469 | Gross: $0.63M

8. The Story of Our Flag (1939)

11 min | Documentary, Short, History

The history of America's familiar Stars and Stripes flag is chronicled, alongside the historical events that shaped America from its colonial roots through its expansion into a union of 48 states, with an empire extending into the Pacific.

Stars: Douglas Harlon, Woodrow Wilson

9. The Edited (2021)

11 min | Short

An earnest, misfit girl enters a strange school where they literally edit history, science, and literature, and teach that Big Brother is actually the hero of George Orwell's 1984. Will ... See full summary »

Director: Adam Choit | Stars: Trista Nabors, Melissa Shoshahi, Matt Larson, Sonia Elsie

Votes: 16

10. All in the Family (1971–1979)
Episode: George and Archie Make a Deal (1974)

TV-PG | 25 min | Comedy, Drama

Archie becomes suspicious when political office-seeker George is suddenly very nice to him.

Director: Wes Kenney | Stars: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers

Votes: 185

11. The Bionic Woman (1976–1978)
Episode: Welcome Home, Jaime: Part 2 (1976)

TV-PG | 48 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Jaime finds out her old adversary Carlton Harris has been laying traps for her in order to test her Bionic abilities. So she decides to play into his hands by pretending to have had enough ... See full summary »

Director: Alan Crosland Jr. | Stars: Lindsay Wagner, Richard Anderson, Kip Niven, Dennis Patrick

Votes: 156

12. The Carol Burnett Show (1967–1978)
Episode: The Pointer Sisters: Strictly for the Birds/Fun in a Drugstore/The Cruise (1976)

TV-G | 60 min | Comedy, Family

Highlights include: the first female clown with Ringling Brothers/Barnum & Bailey Circus giving Carol a Doctorate in Clown Humanities during the open; Carol as a deranged bag lady feeding ... See full summary »

Director: Dave Powers | Stars: Carol Burnett, Harvey Korman, Vicki Lawrence, Tim Conway

Votes: 85

13. The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961–1966)
Episode: Buddy, Can You Spare a Job? (1961)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family

Buddy has a chance for a head writer job. Rob and Sally help Buddy get released from his contract to "The Alan Brady Show". The plan backfires, so Rob and Sally have to find an ingenious way to get Buddy re-hired.

Director: James Komack | Stars: Dick Van Dyke, Rose Marie, Morey Amsterdam, Mary Tyler Moore

Votes: 291

14. Law & Order (1990– )
Episode: Matrimony (1997)

TV-14 | 46 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Evidence suggests that the murder of an elderly philanthropist was part of a conspiracy involving his lawyer and his much-younger trophy wife.

Director: Lewis Gould | Stars: Jerry Orbach, Benjamin Bratt, S. Epatha Merkerson, Sam Waterston

Votes: 317

15. The Rebel (1959–1961)
Episode: School Days (1959)

Approved | 25 min | Western

Realizing Yuma is literate and in admiration of his ability to stand up to illiterate Armbruster family, Liam O'Shea offers Yuma a temporary schoolmaster job and he gains the affection of Peggy of which Troy Armbruster is jealous.

Director: Irvin Kershner | Stars: Nick Adams, Fintan Meyler, Warren Oates, Olan Soule

Votes: 54

16. The Good Lord Bird (2020)
Episode: Jesus Is Walkin' (2020)

TV-MA | 45 min | Drama, War, Western

The plan to take control of Harper's Ferry is finally put into action; however, a crucial mistake threatens the success of the entire operation. With shots firing, Onion is sent out to get reinforcements.

Director: Kate Woods | Stars: Ethan Hawke, Hubert Point-Du Jour, Beau Knapp, Nick Eversman

Votes: 359

17. DC's Legends of Tomorrow (2016–2022)
Episode: Ship Broken (2020)

TV-14 | 40 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

The Legends deal with a shipboard saboteur as they attempt to use the Loom.

Director: Andi Armaganian | Stars: Caity Lotz, Maisie Richardson-Sellers, Tala Ashe, Jes Macallan

Votes: 1,124

18. Everything Wrong with... (2012– )
Episode: Everything Wrong With West Side Story (1961) In 20 Minutes Or Less (2021)

TV-14 | 20 min | Comedy

With Spielberg's new version of West Side Story upon us, it was time for us to go sin hunting in the original. And we found a LOT.

Star: Jeremy Scott

19. The Carol Burnett Show (1967–1978)
Episode: Ken Berry and Dionne Warwick (1971)

TV-G | 21 min | Comedy, Family

Highlights of this show with guests Dionne Warwicke, Ken Berry and Jackie Joseph include: a spoof of Western entertainers on the road to stardom; and musical performances including Dionne ... See full summary »

Director: Dave Powers | Stars: Carol Burnett, Harvey Korman, Vicki Lawrence, Lyle Waggoner

Votes: 38

20. What We Saw (2019–2024)
Episode: Part 1: An Iron Curtain (2023)

40 min | Documentary

The Cold War started in the same place that World War II ended: Berlin. On the Eastern side, the collectivist, state-centered world of Joseph Stalin's communist ideology, armed to the teeth... See full summary »

Directors: Graham Kelley, Ryan Francis | Stars: Bill Whittle, Winston Churchill, Felix Dzerzhinsky, Dwight D. Eisenhower

Votes: 11

21. Beautiful Excursions (2006– )
Episode: Boston (2009)

Documentary

A nice journey from Boston (the Boston Duck-Tours, the meeting with Alexandre Terrien-the law student at Harvard-, Boston, the university town with 300.000 students, the Freedom Trail, the ... See full summary »

Director: Vincent Chaffard | Star: Sophie Jovillard

22. Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (2012– )
Episode: Buried Secrets (2024)

TV-PG | 52 min | Documentary, Biography, History

Singer Sammy Hagar and actor Ed O'Neill uncover their roots and discover deep family secrets.

Stars: Henry Louis Gates Jr., Sammy Hagar, Ed O'Neill

Votes: 32

23. Sleepy Hollow (2013–2017)
Episode: What Lies Beneath (2015)

TV-14 | 44 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

Abbie and Crane are called in to investigate when a team of surveyors disappear. Meanwhile Frank asks Jenny a seemingly innocent favor.

Director: Dwight H. Little | Stars: Tom Mison, Nicole Beharie, Orlando Jones, Katia Winter

Votes: 586

24. Stalker (2014–2015)
Episode: The Woods (2015)

TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Beth's stalker takes her to a remote cabin in Ojai, forcing her to fight for her life as Jack and Janice search for her.

Director: Frederick E.O. Toye | Stars: Dylan McDermott, Maggie Q, Victor Rasuk, Mariana Klaveno

Votes: 315

25. Madam Secretary (2014–2019)
Episode: The Chaos Game (2018)

TV-14 | 43 min | Drama, Thriller

Elizabeth attempts to hunt down those who attacked the White House. When she finds they had ties to foreign entities, she must be careful not to incite a war. Henry meets one of the attackers.

Director: Félix Enríquez Alcalá | Stars: Téa Leoni, Tim Daly, Keith Carradine, Patina Miller

Votes: 256