Highest-Rated Movies about 'Secret Life', Sort by Popularity

Wreckers (2011), The Father of My Children (2009), Gone Girl (2014), The Work Wife (2018), Unveiled (2005), The Secret Life of Words (2005), Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015), Theodora Goes Wild (1936) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Secret Life movies.

#16. Primrose Path (1940)

Storyline: Ellie Mae lives on Primrose Hill with her good-hearted and fancy free mother, her drunken father, her younger sister and a mean-spirited grandmother. The Hill is not a good part of town, however. When she meets and falls for a hard-working man, they marry and she hides her past from him. When he discovers the truth it jeopardizes their marriage.—Ron Kerrigan <mvg@whidbey.com>

Plot Keywords: husband, prostitute, alcoholic, mother, love interest, grandmother, disheartening ...

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#17. The Stepfather (1987)

Storyline: A family-values man named Jerry Blake (Terry O'Quinn) marries widows and divorcées with children in search of the perfect family. As soon as his new family members show signs of being human and not robots who will march unquestioningly to his tune, his dreams of domestic bliss begin to crumble, and he kills them. Then he alters his appearance, assumes a new identity, and skips to another town to begin the deadly ritual all over again. He marries Susan Maine (Shelley Hack), who sees him as the ideal surrogate father for her teenage daughter Stephanie (Jill Schoelen), and he is soon up to his old tricks when she proves to be too much of a troublesome teen to handle.

Plot Keywords: stepfather, wife, stepdaughter, young man, police officer, chilling, tense ...

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#18. The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996)

Storyline: Samantha Caine, suburban homemaker, is the ideal mom to her 8 year old daughter Caitlin. She lives in Honesdale, PA, has a job teaching school and makes the best Rice Krispie treats in town. But when she receives a bump on her head, she begins to remember small parts of her previous life as a lethal, top-secret agent. Her old chums in the Chapter are now out to kill her so she enlists the help of a cheap detective named Mitch. As Samantha remembers more and more of her previous life, she becomes deadlier and more resourceful. Both Mitch and Charly proceed to do the killing thing, the bleeding thing and the shooting thing.

Plot Keywords: teacher, single mother, assassin, private investigator, secret agent, doctor, thrilling ...

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#19. The Wicked Lady (1946)

Storyline: 17th-century beauty Barbara Worth starts her career of crime by stealing her best friend's bridegroom. Her next exploit is to recover gambling losses by donning mask and cloak and taking to the roads as a highwayman! The thrill of these ventures proves addictive...especially when she meets a male highwayman who becomes her lover. Together, the two desperados lead a gay secret life, pursued by the local magistrate Sir Ralph Skelton...Barbara's husband! To what further crimes will the wicked Lady Skelton descend?—Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>

Plot Keywords: noblewoman, captain, friend, magistrate, sister-in-law, stranger, brash ...

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#20. Autumn Leaves (1956)

Storyline: Millicent Wetherby is a middle-aged woman whose life is devoid of love and affection. Millicent's solitary existence changes when she encounters Burt Hansen a charismatic younger man. As Burt successfully woos her and wins her hand in marriage, rumors begin to surface that Millicent's newfound beau is in fact a deranged maniac. Things grow even more complicated for Millicent when a woman claiming to be Hansen's first wife shows up. As Burt begins to lose control of himself, Millicent ponders the most radical of actions against her husband.—alfiehitchie

Plot Keywords: woman, husband, father, ex-wife, psychiatrist, emotional, shocking ...

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#21. Rafiki (2018)

Storyline: Kena and Ziki long for something more. Despite the political rivalry between their families, the girls resist and remain close friends, supporting each other to pursue their dreams in a conservative society. When love blossoms between them, the two girls will be forced to choose between happiness and safety. Inspried by Monica Arac de Nyeko's "Jambula Tree", which chronicles a story of two girls in love in Uganda, "Rafiki" challenges deep rooted cynicism about same sex relationships among actors, crew, friends, and family in Kenya.—sydsauce

Plot Keywords: best friend, father, lesbian, love interest, family member, emotional, touching ...

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#22. Albert Nobbs (2011)

Storyline: In 19th century Dublin, Albert Nobbs, an eccentric man in the latter part of middle age, works as a waiter in Morrison's Hotel run by the stingy and controlling Marge Baker. Albert is hard working and saves his money so that one day he will be able to eke out a better life for himself by owning his own business rather than work at the hotel. Beyond his work colleagues, he is all alone in the world. One day, a man named Hubert Page is hired by Mrs. Baker to paint one of the rooms in the hotel. She forces Hubert to share Albert's bed for the one night he is required to stay to complete the work, much to Albert's horror. Hubert discovers the reason Albert did not want to share a room with him. But rather than the issue being a problem, Hubert shows Albert that he can follow a slightly different life path than the one he envisioned for himself - one closer to the life that Hubert leads with his wife Cathleen - which includes getting married and having a wife to support him emotionally. ...

Plot Keywords: butler, transvestite, painter, maid, partner, love interest, emotional ...

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#23. Ringside Maisie (1941)

Storyline: Young undefeated boxer Terry Dolan, who's been lying to his invalid mother about his career, confides to Maisie that he hates and is terrified by boxing and wants out. Not wanting to let down his best friend and manager Skeets Maguire, who has hopes of him becoming the next champion, he is reluctant to bring up the subject with him. Maisie convinces Terry to tell Skeets, whose unexpected reaction induces him to step into the ring again.—Doug Sederberg <vornoff@sonic.net>

Plot Keywords: boxer, trainer, burlesque dancer, friend, rival, cheery, playful ...

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#25. The Eiger Sanction (1975)

Storyline: Dr. Jonathan Hemlock (Clint Eastwood) is an art history professor and collector who finances his hobby by performing the odd sanction (assassination) for an obscure government bureau. He is forced to take a case where he must find out which of the members of a mountain climbing team is the Russian killer he has been given as a target by joining an expedition to climb the treacherous Eiger.

Plot Keywords: assassin, spy, adventurer, art expert, professor, suspenseful, gripping ...

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#26. Law and Disorder (1958)

Storyline: When Percy Brand (Sir Michael Redgrave), a habitual confidence trickster, keeps being sent down, he goes to great lengths to ensure that his son Colin (Jeremy Burnham) does not find out about his criminal past. But when Colin becomes an assistant to Judge Sir Edward Crichton (Robert Morley), who is about to try Percy for his latest escapade, Percy and his gang have to come up with a plan, to stop them meeting in court.—<mike.wilson6@btinternet.com>

Plot Keywords: con artist, son, judge, colonel, aunt, thrilling, lighthearted ...

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#27. Raffles (1930)

Storyline: A distinguished English gentleman has a secret life--he is the notorious jewel thief the press has dubbed "The Amateur Cracksman". When he meets a woman and falls in love he decides to "retire" from that life, but an old friend comes to him with a predicament that entails him committing one last job.—frankfob2@yahoo.com

Plot Keywords: thief, gentleman, friend, inspector, lord, lady, thrilling ...

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#28. Mr. Love (1985)

Storyline: Mild mannered, middle-aged Donald Lovelace, a public gardener in Southport, has just passed, he survived by his wife of twenty-eight years, Doris Lovelace, and their adult daughter, Maggie Capstick. Doris is surprised to see a gaggle of women hanging back that she doesn't know at the graveside service. Donald's recent past is then told in flashback, a secret part of it a life of opening himself up sexually to other women whenever the opportunity arose. He and Doris never married for love, but rather in an effort to prove to themselves and to the world that they were "normal". As such, their marriage was a passionateless one, both physically and emotionally. As Donald approached age fifty, a relatively new situation in his life made him want to experience true love for the first time, which led to this disparate group of women entering it in one facet or another. Only his aged friend Theo, who often hung out with him while he did his work in the park, knew Donald's goal and the extent of his secret life. The question becomes if Donald was able to find that true love he so desired before his passing.—Huggo

Plot Keywords: gardener, womanizer, love interest, mistress, prostitute, scientist, amusing ...

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#29. Dorian Gray (2009)

Storyline: A naïve young man. A lovelorn artist. A corruptible Lord. A deal with the Devil. It all paints a dark picture of a Victorian London and how the rich and infamous party at their peril. Here, the telling of time and its consequence of experience for life's treasures' takes its toll on the body, mind and soul. The haunting and bleak tale of power, greed, vanity and inevitable self-destruction is ever present amongst the deceit, opium dens and sin.

Plot Keywords: painter, orphan, dark, hedonistic, thrilling, brothel, vanity ...

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