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

1. The Breakfast Club (1985)

R | 97 min | Comedy, Drama

Five high school students meet in Saturday detention and discover how they have a great deal more in common than they thought.

Director: John Hughes | Stars: Emilio Estevez, Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald, Ally Sheedy

Votes: 436,310 | Gross: $45.88M

2. Cleaning Up (2019)

Not Rated | 60 min | Crime, Drama

Struggling mum Sam discovers access to lucrative stock market information while working as an office cleaner at Canary Wharf.

Stars: Sheridan Smith, Jade Anouka, Anya McKenna-Bruce, Kristy Philipps

Votes: 2,111

3. The Gift (VI) (2015)

R | 108 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

A married couple, Simon and Robyn, run into Gordo, an old classmate. Things take a turn when Gordo begins to drop in unannounced at their house and inundates them with mysterious gifts.

Director: Joel Edgerton | Stars: Jason Bateman, Rebecca Hall, Joel Edgerton, Allison Tolman

Votes: 172,014 | Gross: $43.77M

4. Big Daddy (1999)

PG-13 | 93 min | Comedy, Drama

A lazy law school graduate adopts a kid to impress his girlfriend, but everything doesn't go as planned.

Director: Dennis Dugan | Stars: Adam Sandler, Joey Lauren Adams, Jon Stewart, Cole Sprouse

Votes: 234,075 | Gross: $163.48M

5. Liar Liar (1997)

PG-13 | 86 min | Comedy, Fantasy

A pathological liar-lawyer finds his career turned upside down when he inexplicably cannot physically lie for 24 whole hours.

Director: Tom Shadyac | Stars: Jim Carrey, Maura Tierney, Amanda Donohoe, Jennifer Tilly

Votes: 333,209 | Gross: $181.41M

6. Bad Teacher (2011)

R | 92 min | Comedy, Romance

A lazy, incompetent middle school teacher who hates her job, her students, and her co-workers is forced to return to teaching to make enough money for breast implants after her wealthy fiancé dumps her.

Director: Jake Kasdan | Stars: Cameron Diaz, Jason Segel, Justin Timberlake, Lucy Punch

Votes: 212,595 | Gross: $100.29M

7. The Maltese Falcon (1941)

Passed | 100 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery

San Francisco private detective Sam Spade takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a gorgeous liar and their quest for a priceless statuette, with the stakes rising after his partner is murdered.

Director: John Huston | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Gladys George, Peter Lorre

Votes: 166,527 | Gross: $2.11M

8. Without a Paddle (2004)

PG-13 | 95 min | Adventure, Comedy, Mystery

After their friend dies, three men decide to fulfill their childhood dream by going on a camping expedition for the lost D. B. Cooper bounty, with calamitous results.

Director: Steven Brill | Stars: Matthew Lillard, Seth Green, Dax Shepard, Matthew Price

Votes: 50,930 | Gross: $58.17M

9. Marnie (1964)

PG | 130 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Mark marries Marnie although she is a habitual thief and has serious psychological problems, and tries to help her confront and resolve them.

Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Tippi Hedren, Sean Connery, Martin Gabel, Louise Latham

Votes: 53,826 | Gross: $7.00M

10. Goodnight Sweetheart (1993–2016)

Not Rated | 30 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

British sitcom in which an unhappily married man discovers he can time travel back to 1940s war-torn London where he masquerades as an MI5 agent and part-time songwriter whilst courting the local barmaid.

Stars: Nicholas Lyndhurst, Victor McGuire, Christopher Ettridge, Elizabeth Carling

Votes: 3,334

11. Six Degrees of Separation (1993)

R | 112 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery

An affluent New York City couple finds their lives touched, intruded upon, and compelled by a mysterious young black man who is never quite who he says he is.

Director: Fred Schepisi | Stars: Will Smith, Stockard Channing, Donald Sutherland, Ian McKellen

Votes: 22,553 | Gross: $6.41M

12. The Informant! (2009)

R | 108 min | Biography, Comedy, Crime

The U.S. government decides to go after an agro-business giant with a price-fixing accusation, based on the evidence submitted by their star witness, vice president-turned-informant Mark Whitacre.

Director: Steven Soderbergh | Stars: Matt Damon, Tony Hale, Patton Oswalt, Lucas McHugh Carroll

Votes: 67,441 | Gross: $33.31M

13. Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker (1981)

R | 96 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

An orphaned teenager finds himself being dominated by his aunt who's hell-bent on keeping him with her...at all costs.

Director: William Asher | Stars: Jimmy McNichol, Susan Tyrrell, Bo Svenson, Marcia Lewis

Votes: 4,829

14. Wonder Boys (2000)

R | 107 min | Comedy, Drama

An English Professor tries to deal with his wife leaving him, the arrival of his editor who has been waiting for his book for seven years, and the various problems that his friends and associates involve him in.

Director: Curtis Hanson | Stars: Michael Douglas, Tobey Maguire, Frances McDormand, Robert Downey Jr.

Votes: 66,586 | Gross: $19.39M

15. My Father the Hero (1994)

PG | 90 min | Comedy, Romance

A teenage girl on vacation in the Bahamas with her divorced father tries to impress a potential boyfriend by saying that her father is actually her lover.

Director: Steve Miner | Stars: Gérard Depardieu, Katherine Heigl, Dalton James, Lauren Hutton

Votes: 11,715 | Gross: $25.48M

16. The Duke (2020)

R | 95 min | Biography, Comedy, Crime

In 1961, Kempton Bunton, a 60 year old taxi driver, steals Goya's portrait of the Duke of Wellington from the National Gallery in London.

Director: Roger Michell | Stars: Jim Broadbent, Heather Craney, Stephen Rashbrook, James Wilby

Votes: 13,164

17. The Naked City (1948)

Not Rated | 96 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

A step-by-step look at a murder investigation on the streets of New York.

Director: Jules Dassin | Stars: Barry Fitzgerald, Howard Duff, Dorothy Hart, Don Taylor

Votes: 15,491

18. Boys and Girls (2000)

PG-13 | 94 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A friendship is put to the ultimate test when two best friends wind up in bed together.

Director: Robert Iscove | Stars: Freddie Prinze Jr., Claire Forlani, Brendon Ryan Barrett, Gay Thomas Wilson

Votes: 17,596 | Gross: $20.63M

19. Disappearance at Clifton Hill (2019)

Unrated | 100 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Follows a troubled young woman returning to her hometown of Niagara Falls, where the memory of a long-ago kidnapping quickly ensnares her.

Director: Albert Shin | Stars: Addison Tymec, Mikayla Radan, Tim Beresford, Janet Porter

Votes: 5,036

20. Allure (IV) (2017)

Not Rated | 105 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller

A house cleaner meets a teenaged girl and convinces her to run away and live with her in secret.

Directors: Carlos Sanchez, Jason Sanchez | Stars: Evan Rachel Wood, Julia Sarah Stone, Maxim Roy, Denis O'Hare

Votes: 2,169

21. Two Girls and a Guy (1997)

R | 84 min | Drama

Two girls wait outside a young actor's door and find out he's had them both as "only" girlfriend the last ten months. They wait inside after breaking in. When Blake comes home he just can't stop lying but they stay.

Director: James Toback | Stars: Robert Downey Jr., Heather Graham, Natasha Gregson Wagner, Angel David

Votes: 8,708 | Gross: $1.95M

22. Billy Liar (1963)

Not Rated | 98 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A lazy, irresponsible young clerk (Sir Tom Courtenay) in provincial Northern England lives in his own fantasy world and makes emotionally immature decisions as he alienates friends and family.

Director: John Schlesinger | Stars: Tom Courtenay, Julie Christie, Wilfred Pickles, Mona Washbourne

Votes: 7,097 | Gross: $0.04M

23. Room for Rent (2019)

81 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery

Lonely widow Joyce rents out a room in her house and becomes dangerously obsessed with one of her guests.

Director: Tommy Stovall | Stars: Lin Shaye, Oliver Rayon, Valeska Miller, Ryan Ochoa

Votes: 4,073

24. Garden of Hedon (2011)

119 min | Horror, Mystery

Anything goes in the Garden of Hedon. Even murder. "Fresh and Exciting" says Ain't It Cool News. "A Twisty Thrillers" says Night of the Living Podcast. "a genre-bending journey into debauchery and murder" says Horrortalk.

Director: Kevin Kangas | Stars: Richard Cutting, Danielle Lozeau, John C. Bailey, Beau Peregino

Votes: 230

25. The Sterile Cuckoo (1969)

M | 107 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

In this romantic comedy, an eccentric girl forces a reluctant college student into an affair.

Director: Alan J. Pakula | Stars: Liza Minnelli, Wendell Burton, Tim McIntire, Anita Alberts

Votes: 2,415 | Gross: $13.98M

26. Another You (1991)

R | 94 min | Comedy, Crime

A mental out-patient is mistaken for a missing wealthy man and a con man takes advantage of the situation.

Director: Maurice Phillips | Stars: Richard Pryor, Gene Wilder, Mercedes Ruehl, Stephen Lang

Votes: 4,336 | Gross: $2.87M

27. Hexed (1993)

R | 90 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

A clerk at the same hotel since 18, 30 y.o. Matthew breaks the monotony when his favorite model, Hexina, secretly stays at the hotel. He impersonates a caller and goes on a date with her. Things get deadly.

Director: Alan Spencer | Stars: Arye Gross, Claudia Christian, Adrienne Shelly, Ray Baker

Votes: 1,816 | Gross: $2.79M

28. A Gorgeous Girl Like Me (1972)

R | 98 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Young sociologist Stanislas Previne is preparing a thesis on criminal women. He meets Camille Bliss in prison to interview her. Camille is accused of murdering her husband Clovis and her ... See full summary »

Director: François Truffaut | Stars: Bernadette Lafont, Claude Brasseur, Charles Denner, Guy Marchand

Votes: 2,771

29. Deceiver (1997)

R | 106 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A hooker is found cut in two. Two cops give polygraph tests to the only suspect, James Wayland (Tim Roth), an unstable genius. After some time, the roles change.

Directors: Jonas Pate, Josh Pate | Stars: Tim Roth, Chris Penn, Michael Rooker, Renée Zellweger

Votes: 7,030 | Gross: $0.57M

30. Choose Me (1984)

R | 106 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Love doctor radio host Nancy, bar owner Eve, Pearl, drifter Mickey et al meet in LA.

Director: Alan Rudolph | Stars: Geneviève Bujold, Keith Carradine, Lesley Ann Warren, Patrick Bauchau

Votes: 3,085 | Gross: $2.49M

31. Why Would I Lie? (1980)

PG | 105 min | Comedy, Drama

Cletus is a compulsive liar, though he prefers the term 'fabrication' to 'lie.' When he becomes a social worker, he's assigned the case of a boy named Jeorge (with a 'J') who was taken from... See full summary »

Director: Larry Peerce | Stars: Treat Williams, Lisa Eichhorn, Gabriel Macht, Susan Heldfond

Votes: 306 | Gross: $1.18M

32. Ferpect Crime (2004)

Not Rated | 105 min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller

An ambitious salesman will do anything for that big promotion he's been chasing, but inevitably, he will learn that there is no such thing as the perfect crime.

Director: Álex de la Iglesia | Stars: Guillermo Toledo, Mónica Cervera, Enrique Villén, Luis Varela

Votes: 12,981

33. Nae ireumeun Kim Sam-soon (2005)

960 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

The misadventures and romantic entanglements of Kim Sam-Soon, a passionate, stubborn, klutzy and almost thirty year old pastry chef.

Stars: Kim Seon-a, Hyun Bin, Jung Ryeo-won, Yeo Woon-gye

Votes: 2,007

34. The Olive Tree (2016)

100 min | Comedy, Drama

A girl, her uncle and a friend start an emotional travel to recover a family tree.

Director: Icíar Bollaín | Stars: Anna Castillo, Javier Gutiérrez, Pep Ambròs, Manuel Cucala

Votes: 3,806

35. The Lady Gambles (1949)

Approved | 99 min | Drama, Film-Noir

A desperate husband tries to find help for his wife suffering from addictive gambling.

Director: Michael Gordon | Stars: Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Preston, Stephen McNally, Edith Barrett

Votes: 1,055

36. Violette (1978)

Not Rated | 124 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

In an interwar France struggling with profound social and political change, 18-year-old Violette Noziere rebels against the constraints of her claustrophobic, working-class (and possibly incestuous) family, with troubling consequences.

Director: Claude Chabrol | Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Stéphane Audran, Jean Carmet, Jean-François Garreaud

Votes: 2,526

37. Faultless (2016)

103 min | Drama, Thriller

Having been fired from her old job as a real estate agent, 40 years old Constance thinks her former boss will hire her in a vacancy, but he chooses a younger and prettier woman. Constance can't take that and starts her stalking.

Director: Sébastien Marnier | Stars: Marina Foïs, Jérémie Elkaïm, Joséphine Japy, Benjamin Biolay

Votes: 1,032

38. Too Bad She's Bad (1954)

95 min | Comedy, Romance

A kind-hearted taxi driver runs into a glamorous girl and falls in love with her, but she turns out to be a cheap thief.

Director: Alessandro Blasetti | Stars: Vittorio De Sica, Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, Mauro Sacripanti

Votes: 1,140

39. The Locket (1946)

Approved | 85 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Just before a wedding, the bridegroom hears a complex tale painting his lovely bride as devilish and unbalanced.

Director: John Brahm | Stars: Laraine Day, Robert Mitchum, Brian Aherne, Gene Raymond

Votes: 3,063

40. Le dernier des Juifs (2024)

89 min | Comedy

Follow Bellisha, a Jewish man who lives with his mother, Giselle. The suburb where they live has seen the synagogue shut down, and now the last remaining Kosher grocery story is closing. They are officially the last Jews living there.

Director: Noé Debré | Stars: Michael Zindel, Agnès Jaoui, Solal Bouloudnine, Eva Huault

Votes: 103

41. Elsa y Fred (2005)

PG | 108 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A love story about two elders who decide to enjoy the little time they have left.

Director: Marcos Carnevale | Stars: Manuel Alexandre, China Zorrilla, Blanca Portillo, José Ángel Egido

Votes: 3,564 | Gross: $0.19M

42. Fyra nyanser av brunt (2004)

192 min | Comedy, Drama

An eccentric millionaire dies at a manor in Dalarna in Sweden, leaving behind three sons and a mistress. One of four parallel stories about parents and children. Four sides of Sweden. Four shades of brown.

Director: Tomas Alfredson | Stars: Robert Gustafsson, Maria Kulle, Karl Linnertorp, Jonas Inde

Votes: 4,504

43. Platane (2011– )

33 min | Comedy

Well known comedian in France, Éric is about to start a new TV show with his long-time friend Ramzy. One night, drunk, he drives his car into a tree and falls in a 2 year-long coma. When he... See full summary »

Stars: Eric Judor, Hafid F. Benamar, Arnaud Henriet, Romain Berger

Votes: 678

44. Tout feu tout flamme (1982)

PG-13 | 108 min | Action, Comedy, Drama

Victor Valance, an absent father who likes to gamble, returns home in order to take money from his family and gamble with it. His daughter is suspicious of her father's activities and ... See full summary »

Director: Jean-Paul Rappeneau | Stars: Yves Montand, Isabelle Adjani, Lauren Hutton, Alain Souchon

Votes: 901

45. Little Bi Peep (2013)

78 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

When directionless Emma falls for transgender IT technician Mason, her usual barricade made out of lies might jeopardize the true love that she has been looking for.

Directors: Jon Russell Cring, Anna Shields | Stars: Anna Shields, Sara Jecko, Leigh Strimbeck, Tara Rule

Votes: 91

46. Deadlier Than the Male (1956)

113 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

André Chatelin is a restaurant owner in Les Halles in Paris. One morning, a girl named Catherine asks to see him. She happens to be the daughter of his estranged wife, Gabrielle, that André... See full summary »

Director: Julien Duvivier | Stars: Jean Gabin, Danièle Delorme, Robert Arnoux, Liliane Bert

Votes: 1,692

47. Psychedelic Involvement

Comedy, Crime, Drama | Post-production

After his local drug dealer introduces him to the underworld of Sheffield, Adam becomes embroiled in a get rich quick scheme under the influence of LSD.

Director: Joshua Morrison | Stars: Harry Crawford, Lee Westwick, Jo Barker, Steve Shinners

48. The Rocket (2019)

98 min | Adventure, Comedy

A pathological liar goes to extreme lengths to prove to his friends that he is telling the truth.

Director: Stefanos Sitaras | Stars: Stathis Arfariotis, Aris Mavropoulos, Anne-Marie Lezineau, Mariety Papatheodorou

Votes: 61

49. The Robber Bride (2007 TV Movie)

89 min | Drama, Mystery

The facts: journalist Zenia Arden is missing, her abandoned car is found with three pints of her blood splattered inside, and one of her fingers severed from her body is found close to the ... See full summary »

Director: David Evans | Stars: Mary-Louise Parker, Shawn Doyle, Susan Lynch, Wendy Crewson

Votes: 390

50. Happenstance (2000)

R | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

How, thanks to what's known as the "Butterfly theory" (a random series of unlinked events), can a young woman and a young man meet ?

Director: Laurent Firode | Stars: Audrey Tautou, Faudel, Eric Savin, Nathalie Besançon

Votes: 3,948 | Gross: $0.13M