Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "real-tv-show-shown-in-fictional-situation"

1. Basic Instinct (1992)

R | 127 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

A violent police detective investigates a brutal murder that might involve a manipulative and seductive novelist.

Director: Paul Verhoeven | Stars: Michael Douglas, Sharon Stone, George Dzundza, Jeanne Tripplehorn

Votes: 218,976 | Gross: $117.73M

2. Slumdog Millionaire (2008)

R | 120 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

A teenager from the slums of Mumbai becomes a contestant on the show 'Kaun Banega Crorepati?' When interrogated under suspicion of cheating, he revisits his past, revealing how he had all the answers.

Directors: Danny Boyle, Loveleen Tandan | Stars: Dev Patel, Freida Pinto, Saurabh Shukla, Anil Kapoor

Votes: 877,445 | Gross: $141.32M

3. The Addams Family (1991)

PG-13 | 99 min | Comedy, Fantasy

Con artists plan to fleece an eccentric family using an accomplice who claims to be their long-lost uncle.

Director: Barry Sonnenfeld | Stars: Anjelica Huston, Raul Julia, Christopher Lloyd, Dan Hedaya

Votes: 179,847 | Gross: $113.50M

4. Fatal Attraction (1987)

R | 119 min | Drama, Thriller

A married man's one-night stand comes back to haunt him when that lover begins to stalk him and his family.

Director: Adrian Lyne | Stars: Michael Douglas, Glenn Close, Anne Archer, Ellen Latzen

Votes: 97,022 | Gross: $156.65M

5. Scrooged (1988)

PG-13 | 101 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

A selfish, cynical television executive is haunted by three spirits bearing lessons on Christmas Eve.

Director: Richard Donner | Stars: Bill Murray, Karen Allen, John Forsythe, John Glover

Votes: 116,398 | Gross: $60.33M

6. Duplex (2003)

PG-13 | 89 min | Comedy

A young couple has a chance to move into a gorgeous duplex in the perfect New York neighborhood. All they have to do is bump off the current tenant, a cute little old lady.

Director: Danny DeVito | Stars: Ben Stiller, Drew Barrymore, Eileen Essell, Harvey Fierstein

Votes: 61,926 | Gross: $9.69M

7. The Ladykillers (2004)

R | 104 min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller

An eccentric, if not charming Southern professor and his crew pose as a classical ensemble in order to rob a casino, all under the nose of his unsuspecting but sharp old landlady.

Directors: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen | Stars: Tom Hanks, Marlon Wayans, Irma P. Hall, J.K. Simmons

Votes: 108,895 | Gross: $39.80M

8. A Face in the Crowd (1957)

Approved | 126 min | Drama, Music

A female radio reporter turns a folk-singing drifter into a powerful media star.

Director: Elia Kazan | Stars: Andy Griffith, Patricia Neal, Anthony Franciosa, Walter Matthau

Votes: 17,084

9. Disco Pigs (2001)

TV-MA | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

Pig and Runt - born on the same day, in the same hospital, moments apart. Twins, all but by blood.

Director: Kirsten Sheridan | Stars: Elaine Cassidy, Cillian Murphy, Sarah Gallagher, Charles Bark

Votes: 5,207

10. Blue Collar (1978)

R | 114 min | Crime, Drama

When three automotive factory workers who're struggling financially try to steal from their own labor union, they discover corruption, and reluctantly decide to use this information for blackmail.

Director: Paul Schrader | Stars: Richard Pryor, Harvey Keitel, Yaphet Kotto, Ed Begley Jr.

Votes: 10,628

11. My Life (1993)

PG-13 | 117 min | Drama

A terminally ill man prepares for his death.

Director: Bruce Joel Rubin | Stars: Michael Keaton, Nicole Kidman, Bradley Whitford, Queen Latifah

Votes: 12,180 | Gross: $27.48M

12. It Happened to Jane (1959)

Approved | 97 min | Comedy, Romance

Jane Osgood runs a lobster business, which supports her two young children. Railroad staff inattention ruins her shipment, so with her lawyer George, Jane sues Harry Foster Malone, director of the line and the "meanest man in the world".

Director: Richard Quine | Stars: Doris Day, Jack Lemmon, Ernie Kovacs, Steve Forrest

Votes: 3,098

13. An American Carol (2008)

PG-13 | 83 min | Comedy, Fantasy

An anti-American filmmaker who's out to abolish the July Fourth holiday is visited by three ghosts who try to change his perception of the country.

Director: David Zucker | Stars: Kevin P. Farley, Kelsey Grammer, Leslie Nielsen, Trace Adkins

Votes: 10,103 | Gross: $7.00M

14. It's Garry Shandling's Show. (1986–1990)

TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy

Garry Shandling pokes fun at sitcom conventions in his own unique fourth-wall breaking meta sitcom.

Stars: Garry Shandling, Molly Cheek, Michael Tucci, Scott Nemes

Votes: 1,742

15. Mr. Saturday Night (1992)

R | 119 min | Comedy, Drama

The life of Buddy Young, a comic legend in flashbacks but an old man looking for work in the present.

Director: Billy Crystal | Stars: Billy Crystal, David Paymer, Julie Warner, Helen Hunt

Votes: 6,337 | Gross: $13.35M

16. The Soup (2004–2020)

TV-14 | 25 min | Comedy

From the hottest new series to the latest OMG reality TV moments, catch up on everything you missed through the lens of a sharp and hilarious commentary.

Stars: Joel McHale, Kelly Levy, Anndi McAfee, Lou the Chihuahua

Votes: 6,047

17. Just Write (1997)

PG-13 | 102 min | Comedy, Romance

A Hollywood tour bus driver poses as a screenwriter to romance an up-and-coming young actress.

Director: Andrew Gallerani | Stars: Sherilyn Fenn, Jeremy Piven, JoBeth Williams, Wallace Shawn

Votes: 1,080

18. Four More Years (2010)

Not Rated | 87 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Political leader David falls in love with Martin from rival party. Their forbidden relationship risks career-ending scandal if exposed. Navigating mistakes and misunderstandings, they fight to keep love alive against all odds.

Director: Tova Magnusson | Stars: Björn Kjellman, Eric Ericson, Tova Magnusson, André Wickström

Votes: 1,444

19. En på miljonen (1995)

87 min | Comedy

Torsten Södergren lives in a normal house with his normal family in a completely normal city. Every morning he greets his normal neighbors before getting into his normal car and drives the ... See full summary »

Directors: Måns Herngren, Hannes Holm | Stars: Tomas von Brömssen, Ulla Skoog, Gösta Ekman, Tintin Anderzon

Votes: 951

20. Hard Time on Planet Earth (1989)
Episode: Death Do Us Part (1989)

Action, Adventure, Comedy

Jesse becomes a candidate on "The Dating Game" and helps a bachelorette avoid a bad decision.

Director: Charles Correll | Stars: Martin Kove, Lise Hilboldt, Tim Dunigan, Scott Jaeck

Votes: 12

21. Over There (2005)
Episode: Embedded (2005)

TV-MA | 44 min | Action, Drama, War

Smoke becomes the focus of a military investigation after a war correspondent videotapes an Iraqi child and his mother being gunned down; Smoke's mother suffers a stroke; Bo gets a prosthetic leg.

Director: Nelson McCormick | Stars: Josh Henderson, Luke Macfarlane, Erik Palladino, Keith D. Robinson

Votes: 69

22. Seinfeld (1989–1998)
Episode: The Puffy Shirt (1993)

TV-PG | 23 min | Comedy

Kramer and his soft-spoken friend Leslie start a new line of clothing and Jerry accidentally agrees to wear it on the Today show.

Director: Tom Cherones | Stars: Jerry Seinfeld, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Michael Richards, Jason Alexander

Votes: 4,899

23. The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode: X-Cops (2000)

TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The investigation of a neighborhood monster isn't too weird for the crew of Cops (1989) to follow around Mulder and Scully.

Director: Michael W. Watkins | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Judson Mills, Dee Freeman

Votes: 4,331

24. Mission Hill (1999–2002)
Episode: Andy vs. the Real World (2002)

TV-14 | Animation, Comedy, Drama

Andy is Keeping it real, alienating the whole neighborhood when he becomes part of a TV reality show.

Director: Christian Roman | Stars: Wallace Langham, Vicki Lewis, Scott Menville, Brian Posehn

Votes: 107

25. Beck (1997– )
Episode: Flickan i jordkällaren (2006)

TV-14 | 85 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

A small girl is found dead in a deserted underground cellar. She has been dead for some time but there is fresh food for her. Who is she?

Director: Harald Hamrell | Stars: Peter Haber, Marie Göranzon, Mikael Persbrandt, Stina Rautelin

Votes: 1,378

26. How I Met Your Mother (2005–2014)
Episode: Showdown (2007)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Barney becomes a contestant on "The Price Is Right" so that he can confront Bob Barker, because he believes that the game show host is his biological father.

Director: Pamela Fryman | Stars: Josh Radnor, Jason Segel, Cobie Smulders, Neil Patrick Harris

Votes: 4,338

27. The Big Bang Theory (2007–2019)
Episode: The Panty Piñata Polarization (2008)

TV-PG | 21 min | Comedy, Romance

Penny plans revenge when Sheldon bans her from his and Leonard's apartment, while Howard and Raj use the latest technology to try to find the house being used in "America's Next Top Model."

Director: Mark Cendrowski | Stars: Johnny Galecki, Jim Parsons, Kaley Cuoco, Simon Helberg

Votes: 4,773

28. Beck (1997– )
Episode: Levande begravd (2009)

TV-14 | 90 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

In a playground in the middle of urban idyll found a buried wooden box containing a known and respected prosecutor. Beck & co suspect first a rough criminal MC-leader of the deed, but you ... See full summary »

Director: Harald Hamrell | Stars: Peter Haber, Mikael Persbrandt, Måns Nathanaelson, Stina Rautelin

Votes: 1,387

29. The Soup (2004–2020)
Episode: Episode #6.9 (2009)

TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy

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Stars: Joel McHale, Bryan Cranston, Kelly Levy, Eric McCormack

30. The Soup (2004–2020)
Episode: Episode #6.14 (2009)

TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy

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Stars: Joel McHale, Julin, Anil Kapoor, Kelly Levy

31. Drottningoffret (2010–2011)
Episode: Avsnitt 2 (2011)

58 min | Drama

Elisabeth Meyer's symptoms of Alzheimer's are increasing. And it is becoming increasingly difficult to hide the disease from the ordinary party member while she are running her election campaign.

Director: Kathrine Windfeld | Stars: Suzanne Reuter, Alexandra Rapaport, Sven Ahlström, Annika Hallin

Votes: 7

32. Son amores (2002–2004)
Episode: Episode #1.222 (2002)

Comedy, Romance, Sport

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Director: Lucas Ruiz Barrea | Stars: Miguel Ángel Rodríguez, Mariano Martínez, Nicolás Cabré, Mario Pasik

33. Son amores (2002–2004)
Episode: Episode #2.187 (2003)

Comedy, Romance, Sport

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Director: Víctor Stella | Stars: Miguel Ángel Rodríguez, Mariano Martínez, Nicolás Cabré, Florencia Bertotti

34. What We Do in the Shadows (2019–2024)
Episode: Go Flip Yourself (2022)

TV-MA | 27 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror

The mansion gets a makeover.

Director: Yana Gorskaya | Stars: Kayvan Novak, Matt Berry, Natasia Demetriou, Harvey Guillén

Votes: 1,651

35. Springfloden (2016–2018)
Episode: Avsnitt 9 (2018)

44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Mette and her team get closer to solving the case, but the police aren't the only ones closing in. Journalist Popovic makes a breakthrough and now it seems that everything is connected, but who murdered Bengt Sahlman?

Directors: Pontus Klänge, Niklas Ohlson | Stars: Julia Ragnarsson, Kjell Bergqvist, Cecilia Nilsson, Saga Samuelsson

Votes: 97