The Vault
Arrival
2016 ★ 7.6Taking place after alien crafts land around the world, an expert linguist is recruited by the military to determine whether they come in peace or are a threat.
Kelime Oyunu
2009 ★ 8.0Kelime Oyunu (Word Game) is a Turkish game show that was awarded by the Turkish Language Association for "the correct use of Turkish and its contributions to Tu
The Call
1936 ★ 8.0The story of Charles de Foucauld, born September 15, 1858 in Strasbourg (France) and died December 1, 1916 in Tamanrasset in Algeria during the French colonial
On Top of the Whale
1982 ★ 7.0A parody of anthropology, linguistics, and cultural imperialism. The film follows an unlikely team of linguists into the wilds of an ersatz Patagonia to study t
Doe
2018 ★ 5.4John is a brilliant linguistic scientist with a loving wife and daughter but with a massive gap in his life. Eight years ago, he turned up out of nowhere, with
Love in Translation
2021 ★ 6.3Linguistics Ph.D. student Julie Walters can speak almost every language you can imagine. Things turn upside down for Julie when handsome Dan, the curator at the
Istanbul: Chronopolis
2026 ★ 0.0Istanbul: Chronopolis is an experimental documentary that explores the city as a living organism where the linear flow of time is disrupted and the past and fut
Covert Affairs
2010 ★ 6.9A young CIA operative, Annie Walker, is mysteriously summoned to headquarters for duty as a field operative. While Annie believes she's been promoted for her ex
Atlantis: The Lost Empire
2001 ★ 7.0A young linguist named Milo Thatch joins an intrepid group of explorers to find the mysterious lost continent of Atlantis. Atlantis: The Lost Empire is a 2001 f
Relic Hunter
1999 ★ 6.8Sydney Fox is a professor and globe-trotting "relic hunter" who looks for ancient artifacts to return to museums and/or the descendants of the original owner. S
Spinning Man
2018 ★ 5.6Evan Birch is a family man and esteemed professor at a distinguished university. When a female student goes missing, police Detective Malloy has reason to be su
April Skies
2022 ★ 0.0Three stories based in three countries in Europe. Three languages with three sets of peoples, all intertwine to the same tragedy. April Skies is a 2022 drama fi
Greek
2007 ★ 6.7Casey Cartwright is poised to become the most powerful girl in the Greek system. Rusty, her little brother, is new on campus and he's the geek. But he sees Cypr
A Bit of Fry & Laurie
1989 ★ 7.9A British comedy television series with turns of phrase and elaborate wordplay, written by and starring former Cambridge Footlights members Stephen Fry and Hugh
My Fair Lady
1964 ★ 7.5A snobbish phonetics professor agrees to a wager that he can take a flower girl and make her presentable in high society. Comedy Romance comedy romance music cl
Still Alice
2014 ★ 7.5Alice Howland, happily married with three grown children, is a renowned linguistics professor who starts to forget words. When she receives a devastating diagno
MAL·MO·E: The Secret Mission
2019 ★ 7.8During the Japanese occupation of Korea, the Japanese Empire seeks to eradicate the Korean language and identity. In retaliation, a small group of Korean patrio
Project Nim
2011 ★ 6.9From the team behind Man on Wire comes the story of Nim, the chimpanzee who in the 1970s became the focus of a landmark experiment which aimed to show that an a
Vuk Karadžić
1987 ★ 8.0Vuk Karadžić, is а Yugoslavian historical drama television series which depicts the life and work of Vuk Stefanović Karadžić, a Serbian linguist and major refor
Pontypool
2009 ★ 6.5When disc jockey Grant Mazzy reports to his basement radio station in the Canadian town of Pontypool, he thinks it's just another day at work. But when he hears
Far From the Trees
2026 ★ 0.0Adela, a Mexican sound artist, travels from the jungle to the Peruvian Andes alongside Lucho, a guide and translator. Following the legacy of her grandfather, a
Chain Reaction
2021 ★ 5.8The game is centered around solving a word-chain puzzle. At the start of the show the chain comprised eight words. The words in the chain are linguistically or
The Thai Interpreter
2026 ★ 0.0Following a difficult divorce, Ladawan, a Thai interpreter in California, finds the strength to continue her career with the help of her vibrant colleague Stefa
ALIUS
2026 ★ 0.0A ruthless detective investigating a series of bizarre murders uncovers a mysterious entity known as “ALIUS,” forcing him to question reality as he races toward