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

1. Napoleon Dynamite (2004)

PG | 96 min | Comedy

A listless and alienated teenager decides to help his new friend win the class presidency in their small western high school, while he must deal with his bizarre family life back home.

Director: Jared Hess | Stars: Jon Heder, Efren Ramirez, Jon Gries, Aaron Ruell

Votes: 238,089 | Gross: $44.54M

2. Shaun of the Dead (2004)

R | 99 min | Comedy, Horror

The uneventful, aimless lives of a London electronics salesman and his layabout roommate are disrupted by the zombie apocalypse.

Director: Edgar Wright | Stars: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Kate Ashfield, Lucy Davis

Votes: 594,703 | Gross: $13.54M

3. We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)

R | 112 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Kevin's mother struggles to love her strange child despite the increasingly dangerous things he says and does as he grows up. But Kevin is just getting started, and his final act will be beyond anything anyone imagined.

Director: Lynne Ramsay | Stars: Tilda Swinton, John C. Reilly, Ezra Miller, Jasper Newell

Votes: 167,973 | Gross: $1.74M

4. Kicking & Screaming (2005)

PG | 95 min | Comedy, Family, Romance

Family man Phil Weston, a lifelong victim of his father's competitive nature, takes on the coaching duties of a kids' soccer team, and soon realizes that he's also taking on his father's dysfunctional way of relating.

Director: Jesse Dylan | Stars: Will Ferrell, Robert Duvall, Josh Hutcherson, Mike Ditka

Votes: 40,804 | Gross: $52.84M

5. Jackass 3D (2010)

R | 94 min | Documentary, Action, Comedy

Johnny Knoxville and company return for the third installment of their TV show spin-off, where dangerous stunts and explicit public displays rule.

Director: Jeff Tremaine | Stars: Johnny Knoxville, Steve-O, Bam Margera, Ryan Dunn

Votes: 68,789 | Gross: $117.22M

6. Different Drummers (2013)

PG | 107 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

When David, in a wheelchair with muscular dystrophy, accurately foretells the death of their fourth grade teacher, a doubtful Lyle decides to test the existence of God by attempting to get David to run again.

Directors: Don Caron, Lyle Hatcher | Stars: Brayden Tucker, Ethan Reed McKay, Colleen Carey, D.R. Anderson

Votes: 328

7. Scouts Honor (2009)

Not Rated | 91 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family

Scout's Honor is the story of David and Tim Appleorchard who work for their dad at Camp Bear Claw. They care about three things: Making sure their evil older brother doesn't take over the ... See full summary »

Director: Jesse Bryan | Stars: Chris Kattan, Fred Willard, David Leo, B.J. Bales

Votes: 190

8. Spidse albuer, blødende knæ (2013)

28 min | Short, Drama

Julie feels that time stands still in the suburban neighborhood where she lives with her helpless mother and older sister. When her sister's boyfriend drops by the house a warm day during ... See full summary »

Director: Karoline Lyngbye | Stars: Coco Hjardemaal, Julie Grundtvig Wester, Morten Holst, Charlotte Sieling

Votes: 21

9. Rematch (2020)

30 min | Short, Comedy

An emotionally damaged man challenges the female former schoolyard bully to a rematch of the tetherball game that ruined his life 25 years ago.

Director: Jason Nave | Stars: Camden Aschbrenner, Marcie Aschbrenner, Zachary Fineman, Gianna Fusco-Foster

10. Tetherball, or Do-Do (1898)

Documentary, Short, Sport

A spirited game of tether ball on the deck of a cargo ship, an unusual venue.

Director: Robert W. Paul

Votes: 91

11. Ellen (1994–1998)
Episode: The Bubble Gum Incident (1996)

TV-PG | 23 min | Comedy, Romance

While attending a camp reunion with Ellen, Paige plots revenge against Megan, a woman who Paige thinks put chewing gum in her hair 25 years ago (shown in a pseudo black-and-white flashback ... See full summary »

Director: Gil Junger | Stars: Ellen DeGeneres, Joely Fisher, David Anthony Higgins, Clea Lewis

Votes: 78

12. Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999– )
Episode: Serendipity (2003)

TV-14 | 41 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The discovery of the bodies of a newborn and her mother leads to a dermatologist coming under suspicion of the rapes of young girls.

Director: Constantine Makris | Stars: Christopher Meloni, Mariska Hargitay, Richard Belzer, Diane Neal

Votes: 760

13. My Name Is Earl (2005–2009)
Episode: Darnell Outed: Part 1 (2009)

TV-PG | 22 min | Comedy

Earl tries to get Joy a spot on a reality show starring Erik Estrada. However, he only causes great embarrassment, and accidentally gets Darnell's Witness Protection location revealed.

Director: Eyal Gordin | Stars: Jason Lee, Ethan Suplee, Jaime Pressly, Nadine Velazquez

Votes: 477

14. Toon in with Me (2021– )
Episode: Bill Failed PE (2021)

TV-PG | Animation, Comedy

Bill discovers that he needs to pass gym class in order to officially graduate from middle school, with a cartoon lineup focused on athletics: His Hare Raising Tale (1951), The Chump Champ (1950), To Duck... or Not to Duck (1943), Vim, Vigor and Vitaliky (1936), Cat's Paw (1959).

Director: Mike Schmiedeler | Stars: Bill Leff, Kevin Fleming, Leila Gorstein

Votes: 7

15. South Park (1997– )
Episode: Butters' Bottom Bitch (2009)

TV-14 | 22 min | Animation, Comedy

Butters starts his own pimping business, while a local police officer takes his undercover prostitution sting a little too far.

Director: Trey Parker | Stars: Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Mona Marshall, April Stewart

Votes: 3,773

16. Real Engineering (2015– )
Episode: Are Space Elevators Possible? (2020)

15 min | Documentary

Space elevators dwell in the realm between science fiction and the science of possibility. The concept has been studied enough to understand the basic design and construction concepts. But ... See full summary »

Star: Brian McManus

17. Camp (2013)
Episode: Pilot (2013)

TV-14 | 43 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Little Otter Family Camp director, Mack, contemplates a buyout offer from the sexy-yet-arrogant owner of an upscale resort across the lake; Mack's son vows to make his first summer as a counselor in training legendary.

Director: Kate Woods | Stars: Rachel Griffiths, Thom Green, Dena Kaplan, Tim Pocock

Votes: 75

18. Bob's Burgers (2011– )
Episode: Bully-ieve It or Not (2023)

TV-14 | Animation, Comedy

The Belcher kids uncover a secret about Zeke's past, while Bob rekindles his feud with Jimmy Pesto.

Directors: Simon Chong, Tony Gennaro, Brian LoSchiavo | Stars: H. Jon Benjamin, Dan Mintz, Eugene Mirman, Larry Murphy

Votes: 370

19. Camp (2013)
Episode: Last Days of Summer (2013)

TV-14 | 43 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Little Otter and Ridgefield face off in the Annual Inter-Camp Olympics. Robbie and Sarah try to sort out their relationship and Marina receives some shocking news about her mom.

Director: Catriona McKenzie | Stars: Rachel Griffiths, Thom Green, Dena Kaplan, Tim Pocock

Votes: 24

20. Wilderness Point Bible Camp (2013– )
Episode: 2013: Day 2 (2013)

15 min | Reality-TV

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Star: Michael Hoggard

21. Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp (2015)
Episode: Auditions (2015)

TV-MA | Comedy

Astrophysicist Henry Neumann (David Hyde-Pierce) rents a cabin next door to the camp. BTO is flowing on WCFW. Claude Dumet (John Slattery) recasts the big theatrical show and holds ... See full summary »

Director: David Wain | Stars: Michael Ian Black, Bradley Cooper, Janeane Garofalo, Christopher Meloni

Votes: 592

22. Alone Together (2018)
Episode: Sleepover (2018)

TV-14 | 20 min | Comedy

Esther throws a sober sleepover party.

Director: Tamra Davis | Stars: Esther Povitsky, Benji Aflalo, Kate Berlant, Kirby

Votes: 60