Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "stranger-in-a-strange-land"

1. Watcher (I) (2022)

R | 96 min | Drama, Thriller

A young American actress moves with her husband to Bucharest, and begins to suspect that a stranger who watches her from an apartment window may be a serial killer.

Director: Chloe Okuno | Stars: Maika Monroe, Karl Glusman, Burn Gorman, Tudor Petrut

Votes: 42,835

2. The Lost City of Z (2016)

PG-13 | 141 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama

A true-life drama, centering on British explorer Major Percival Fawcett, who disappeared whilst searching for a mysterious city in the Amazon in the 1920s.

Director: James Gray | Stars: Charlie Hunnam, Robert Pattinson, Sienna Miller, Tom Holland

Votes: 99,645 | Gross: $8.58M

3. I Am Love (2009)

R | 120 min | Drama, Romance

Emma left Russia to live with her husband in Italy. Now a member of a powerful industrial family, she is the respected mother of three, but feels unfulfilled. One day, Antonio, a talented chef and her son's friend, makes her senses kindle.

Director: Luca Guadagnino | Stars: Tilda Swinton, Flavio Parenti, Edoardo Gabbriellini, Alba Rohrwacher

Votes: 24,051 | Gross: $5.01M

4. The Thing from Another World (1951)

Approved | 87 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

Scientists and American Air Force officials fend off a bloodthirsty alien organism while at a remote arctic outpost.

Directors: Christian Nyby, Howard Hawks | Stars: Kenneth Tobey, Margaret Sheridan, James Arness, Robert Cornthwaite

Votes: 33,472

5. 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: 13,182 | Gross: $25.10M

6. Time After Time (1979)

PG | 112 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi

H.G. Wells pursues Jack the Ripper to the 20th Century when the serial murderer uses the future writer's time machine to escape his time period.

Director: Nicholas Meyer | Stars: Malcolm McDowell, Mary Steenburgen, David Warner, Charles Cioffi

Votes: 20,682

7. Dinotopia (II) (2002)

TV-PG | 83 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy

After a plane crash, two opposing half-brothers find themselves on an amazing lost island where enlightened pacifist humans and intelligent talking dinosaurs have created a utopian medieval society. But imminent disaster approaches.

Stars: David Thewlis, Katie Carr, Jim Carter, Alice Krige

Votes: 6,632

8. A Hologram for the King (2016)

R | 98 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A failed American sales rep looks to recoup his losses by traveling to Saudi Arabia and selling his company's product to a wealthy monarch.

Director: Tom Tykwer | Stars: Tom Hanks, Omar Elba, Sarita Choudhury, Ben Whishaw

Votes: 47,523 | Gross: $4.20M

9. Dungeons & Dragons (1983–1985)

TV-Y7 | 30 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

A group of kids are thrown into a fantasy world where they must search for a way home, armed with magic weapons that an evil tyrant wants.

Stars: Willie Aames, Don Most, Adam Rich, Peter Cullen

Votes: 6,175

10. Farming Life in Another World (2023)

TV-14 | Animation, Fantasy, Romance

When a godlike figure gives Hiraku a chance to live again, he wishes to be healthy, to live peacefully, to speak the local language, and to spend his days on an idyllic farm.

Stars: Monica Rial, Luci Christian, Blake Shepard, Aya Suzaki

Votes: 1,097

11. Lisa and the Devil (1973)

Not Rated | 95 min | Horror, Mystery

A tourist spends the night in a derelict Spanish villa seemingly held in the supernatural grip of an eccentric butler, who resembles a depiction of the Devil she had seen on an old fresco.

Director: Mario Bava | Stars: Telly Savalas, Elke Sommer, Sylva Koscina, Alessio Orano

Votes: 5,364

12. Wise Man's Grandchild (2019)

TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

A recently deceased young man is sent to another world and is taught magic by master Merlin. He quickly masters everything he is taught. However he has one fatal weakness, common sense.

Stars: Yûsuke Kobayashi, Yuki Wakai, Rina Honizumi, Shohei Komatsu

Votes: 3,200

13. Zapped (2016–2018)

30 min | Comedy, Fantasy

James Buckley is transported to a parallel world featuring "psychopathic Fairies, Shell Men, seductive Demi-Fins and vicious Throcks".

Stars: Paul Kaye, Sharon Rooney, James Buckley, Louis Emerick

Votes: 1,599

14. The 8th Son? Are You Kidding Me? (2020)

24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Shingo Ichinomiya, a 25-year-old man working at a firm company reincarnated as the youngest child of a poor noble family living in a back country. He is blessed with a very rare talent, but in his situation it only brought disaster.

Stars: Junya Enoki, Mao Ichimichi, Mikako Komatsu, Asuka Nishi

Votes: 1,433

15. Brave New World (1980 TV Movie)

180 min | Drama, Sci-Fi

A man who grew up in a primitive society educating himself by reading Shakespeare is allowed to join the futuristic society where his parents are from. However, he cannot adapt to their repressive ways.

Director: Burt Brinckerhoff | Stars: Julie Cobb, Bud Cort, Keir Dullea, Ron O'Neal

Votes: 1,151

16. The Reincarnation of the Strongest Exorcist in Another World (2023)

TV-14 | 23 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Haruyoshi Kuga uses a reincarnation spell to bring Seika Lamprogue happiness, but his onmyo art exceeds the world's magic.

Stars: Yumiri Hanamori, Azumi Waki, Nene Hieda, Kôsuke Kobayashi

Votes: 1,173

17. The Band's Visit (2007)

PG-13 | 87 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

A band comprised of members of the Egyptian police force head to Israel to play at the inaugural ceremony of an Arab arts center, only to find themselves lost in the wrong town.

Director: Eran Kolirin | Stars: Sasson Gabay, Ronit Elkabetz, Saleh Bakri, Khalifa Natour

Votes: 14,172 | Gross: $3.05M

18. Delta (2008)

92 min | Drama

A man comes home to meet his mother and sister after many years away. He finds his mother living with a new boyfriend, and his sister to be grown-up. He begins to settle down in this new ... See full summary »

Director: Kornél Mundruczó | Stars: Félix Lajkó, Orsolya Tóth, Lili Monori, Sándor Gáspár

Votes: 1,752

19. Savages (1972)

R | 106 min | Fantasy, Comedy

An allegory about humankind progresses from a savage state to a civilized form, that is only a cover for its innate barbarism.

Director: James Ivory | Stars: Susan Blakely, Margaret Brewster, Thayer David, Neil Fitzgerald

Votes: 400

20. The Horn Blows at Midnight (1945)

Passed | 78 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Music

A trumpet player in a radio orchestra falls asleep during a commercial and dreams he's Athanael, an angel deputized to blow the Last Trumpet at exactly midnight on Earth, thus marking the end of the world.

Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: Jack Benny, Alexis Smith, Dolores Moran, Allyn Joslyn

Votes: 1,521

21. Idaten Jump (2005–2006)

TV-PG | 20 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

Sho Yamato and friends get transported to the X-Zone while racing. Trapped, they embark on high-stakes racing adventures, determined to unravel the mystery and find their way home.

Stars: Akeno Watanabe, Michael Sorich, Yuri Lowenthal, Philece Sampler

Votes: 756

22. Turok: Son of Stone (2008 Video)

TV-PG | 73 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

While defending his tribe from a bloodthirsty enemy tribe, a Native American warrior named Turok finds himself in a prehistoric dinosaur world along with his nephew, sister-in-law, and the sadistic leader of the other tribe.

Directors: Curt Geda, Dan Riba, Frank Squillace, Tad Stones | Stars: Iyari Limon, Rick Mora, Adam Gifford, Matthew Yang King

Votes: 871

23. Initiation (1987)

92 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller

After the death of his mother, Danny visits his father Matt Malloy, whose farm has been going bad lately, so his father starts smuggling Marijuana, when Danny joins him on one of his flights. Danny soon finds himself alone.

Director: Michael Pearce | Stars: Bruno Lawrence, Rodney Harvey, Arna-Maria Winchester, Miranda Otto

Votes: 172

24. Monster But Wild (2023– )

20 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

"Azure" is a popular online game that has been active for ten years running. I'm a veteran who's been playing since launch, and I got a huge prize. After opening the gift - I was transmigrated into the game as the weakest little monster.

Stars: Yunxi Ting, Jiaming Zhang, Huang Leyi, Tu Bai

Votes: 80

25. Schultze Gets the Blues (2003)

PG | 114 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

Schultze is an accordion player and newly without work. When the local music club celebrates its 50th anniversary, his taste of music changes unexpectedly.

Director: Michael Schorr | Stars: Horst Krause, Harald Warmbrunn, Karl-Fred Müller, Ursula Schucht

Votes: 3,770 | Gross: $0.59M

26. White Shadows in the South Seas (1928)

Passed | 88 min | Drama, Romance

An alcoholic doctor on a Polynesian island, disgusted by white exploitation of the natives, finds himself marooned on a pristinely beautiful island.

Directors: W.S. Van Dyke, Robert J. Flaherty | Stars: Monte Blue, Raquel Torres, Robert Anderson, Renee Bush

Votes: 967

27. Shadow Realm (2002 TV Movie)

120 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy

Anthology film created from two unaired episodes of Night Visions. A mental patient mustn't stop behaving in patterns. A maze on collage campus is actually a time portal. A town fears music. A court employee can hear thoughts of a killer.

Directors: Keith Gordon, Tobe Hooper, Paul Shapiro, Ian Toynton | Stars: Miguel Ferrer, Malcolm McDowell, Anna Hagan, John Dadey

Votes: 153

28. Let Me Check the Walkthrough First (2022)

Animation, Action, Adventure

A 30-year-old office worker named Liu Yinuo was unintentionally called into the virtual world. Excellent gamer Liu Yinuo started teaching Tian Enya, an 18-year-old girl who is the gaming ... See full summary »

Star: Yeqiao Yue

Votes: 26

29. Guardians of the Lands

45 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy | Filming

A former agent, stranded in a mountain town while chasing drug traffickers, discovers an entrance to a shadowy realm. He teams up with the mountain guards' leader for an extraordinary adventure in this newfound world.

Stars: Xingxu Chen, Chen Muchi, Landi Li, Chen Muchi

30. Sistemo l'America e torno (1974)

X | 110 min | Comedy, Drama

an italian shy employee is sent to the US to hire a very talented basket player whom should help the local company team to win.

Director: Nanni Loy | Stars: Paolo Villaggio, Sterling St. Jacques, Alfredo Rizzo, Fernando Cerulli

Votes: 152

31. Tokyo Cowboy (1994)

Not Rated | 94 min | Comedy, Drama, Western

No Ogawa, a young Japanese man, loves American western movies. What little English he does know he learned from these movies. When he is fired from his latest job at a fast food restaurant,... See full summary »

Director: Kathy Garneau | Stars: Anna Ferguson, Sharon Heath, Christianne Hirt, Hiromoto Ida

Votes: 117

32. Battle Spirits: Shounen Gekiha Dan (2009–2010)

24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Dan Bashin is a young boy, One day, while following a strange girl he met at the championships, he is transported to another world in which battle spirits materialize and do battle.

Stars: Fuyuka Oura, Daisuke Ono, Takahiro Sakurai, Ayako Kawasumi

Votes: 7

33. The Legend of Jade Sword (2015– )

12 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Fate had never been kind to Ji Ning. Wracked by illnesses and infirm his entire life on Earth, Ning knew early on that he would die as a teenager. What he didn't know was that there really ... See full summary »

Stars: Yuntu Cao, Yu Meng, Shanshan Li, Chi Ning

Votes: 7

34. Le corps sauvage (2019)

105 min | Drama

In search of a new way of life, Diane, 25, settles in her grandfather's home in a village bordering a forest where she practices archery.

Director: Cheyenne Carron | Stars: Nina Klinkhamer, Christian de Beringhen, François Goeske, François Pouron

Votes: 11

35. Legio Patria Nostra (2022)

37 min | Short, Action

Indochina, 1947. Foreign Legion troops secure a railway line in Viet Minh territory. After the death of one of them, a new recruit is sent there.

Director: Kevin Favillier | Stars: Killian Merly, Jalal Altawil, Victor Pontecorvo, Mathieu Ziegler

36. The Rising Light (2013)

52 min | Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi

An existential science fiction fantasy.

Director: Ansel Faraj | Stars: Nathan Wilson, Kathryn Leigh Scott, Linden Chiles, Derek Mobraaten

Votes: 21

37. Les sacrifiés (1983)

In 1955, Mahmoud was expelled from Algeria by the colonial authorities. At the age of 27, he landed in the Algerian shantytown of Nanterre in France.

Director: Okacha Touita | Stars: Miloud Khetib, Sid Ali Kouiret, Djamel Allam, Patrick Chesnais

Votes: 29

38. The New Adventures of the Time Machine (2000 Video Game)

E | Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery

Author H.G. Wells travels 800 000 years into the future in his time machine and finds himself in a mystical desert city where tyrannical order of Khronos, the god of time, uses chronomancy (time magic) to control the immortal populace.

Stars: Allan Wenger, Kaline Carr, Christian Fischer, Christine Guia

39. Vykhodnoy Dyadi Vasi (2016)

2 min | Short, Comedy

Uncle (Dydaya) Vasya entertains himself on his day off.

Director: Mykola Yeriomin | Stars: Yaroslav Kozak, Leonid Syplyi, Mikhail Bondarev, Greta

Votes: 10

40. Derek (2003 Video Game)

Adventure, Fantasy

Myst-like Christian FMV adventure game and the sequel to Nacah. Use the King James' Bible to solve puzzles in the medieval world of Derek and save its god-fearing people, the Matteh, from the evil Dalaq cult that's banned the Bible.

Director: Cheyenne Wolford | Star: Cheyenne Wolford

41. PO'ed (1995 Video Game)

M | Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi

Comedic first person shooter about a chef who crash-lands on a hostile alien world based on food.

Votes: 12

42. Extreme Ghostbusters (1997)
Episode: Slimer's Sacrifice (1997)

TV-Y7 | 20 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

A mishap while trapping Fenrir, a Norse wolf demon with icy breath, leaves Slimer accidentally trapped inside the Ecto-dimension of the Ghostbuster's Containment Unit. Now incarcerated ... See full summary »

Director: Gloria Jenkins | Stars: Tara Strong, Maurice LaMarche, Jason Marsden, Alfonso Ribeiro

Votes: 36

43. Fantasy Island (1977–1984)
Episode: With Affection, Jack the Ripper/Gigolo (1980)

TV-G | 60 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy

Lorraine Peters, who's writing a book about the Whitechapel murders, visits 1888 London to get the proof she needs, only to place dozens of people in danger; Stanley Hocker, who has no self-confidence around women, asks to become a gigolo.

Director: Michael Vejar | Stars: Ricardo Montalban, Hervé Villechaize, Ken Berry, Victor Buono

Votes: 75

44. Night Visions (2001–2002)
Episode: The Maze/Harmony (2002)

TV-14 | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery

A female student accidentally goes through a time portal in the college maze and learns that there is no future but there may be time for love. / A man's car break down in a town where all music is outlawed because of an old legend.

Directors: Tobe Hooper, Paul Shapiro | Stars: Thora Birch, Justin Chatwin, Chilton Crane, Luke Edwards

Votes: 119

45. Digging for the Truth (2005– )
Episode: The Real Sin City: Sodom and Gomorrah (2006)

TV-PG | 44 min | Documentary, History, Mystery

According to the Bible, the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah were destroyed by God to punish their citizens for their wicked ways. Was this just a biblical parable, or is there evidence that ... See full summary »

Director: Brendan Goeckel | Stars: Josh Bernstein, Melanie Bulujian, Rami Khouri, Shmuel Marco

Votes: 11

46. Highlander: The Animated Series (1994–1996)
Episode: The Survivors from Outer Space (1995)

Not Rated | 22 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

NASA's space shuttle returns to Earth after 700 years and crash-lands. Kortan's sleazy Immortal friend Emerson who knows the secret to invisibility is the only survivor. Kortan gets to him before the trio.

Stars: Miklos Perlus, Benedict Campbell, Lawrence Bayne, Katie Zegers

Votes: 13