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1. Oz (1997–2003)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A series chronicling the daily activities of an unusual prison facility and its criminal inhabitants.
Stars: Ernie Hudson, J.K. Simmons, Lee Tergesen, Dean Winters
Votes: 106,988
2. Miami Vice (1984–1989)
TV-14 | 48 min | Action, Crime, Drama
-Resplendent with authentic 1980s music, fashion, and vibe, "Miami Vice" follows two undercover detectives and their extended team through the mean streets of Miami, Florida.
Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Olivia Brown
Votes: 30,348
3. Sausage Party (2016)
R | 89 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A sausage leads a group of supermarket products on a journey to discover the truth about their existence and what really happens when they are picked off the shelf.
Directors: Conrad Vernon, Greg Tiernan | Stars: Seth Rogen, Kristen Wiig, Jonah Hill, Alistair Abell
Votes: 210,633 | Gross: $97.69M
4. V (1984–1985)
TV-PG | 1,088 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A year after Liberation Day, courtesy of the red-dust bacteria, the humanoid, lizard-like aliens develop a resistance to the micro-organism and try to regain control of the Earth--only now, some humans are knowingly working with them.
Stars: Marc Singer, Faye Grant, Michael Ironside, Jane Badler
Votes: 14,110
5. The Interpreter (2005)
PG-13 | 128 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Political intrigue and deception unfold inside the United Nations, where a U.S. Secret Service agent is assigned to investigate an interpreter who overhears an assassination plot.
Director: Sydney Pollack | Stars: Nicole Kidman, Sean Penn, Catherine Keener, Jesper Christensen
Votes: 111,084 | Gross: $72.71M
6. Nash Bridges (1996–2001)
TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A smart alecky San Francisco, California cop and his get rich quick scheme of a partner keep tabs on crime and take down the bad guys in the Bay Area.
Stars: Don Johnson, Cheech Marin, Jodi Lyn O'Keefe, Jeff Perry
Votes: 8,124
7. V (1983)
Unrated | 99 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A seemingly peaceful alien race, arrives at earth and asks for help to ensure their own planets survival. However, the visitors agenda turns out be much darker.
Stars: Jane Badler, Michael Durrell, Faye Grant, Peter Nelson
Votes: 17,218
8. Black Lightning (2018–2021)
TV-14 | 43 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
A crusading school principal gets back into action as the original African-American electrical superhero.
Stars: Cress Williams, Nafessa Williams, Christine Adams, Marvin Jones III
Votes: 27,298
9. The Wanderers (1979)
R | 112 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
The Wanderers is a teenage, Italian gang in Bronx, NYC, 1963. They have their confrontations with other gangs. Drugs and weapons are uncool. Adult life awaits them.
Director: Philip Kaufman | Stars: Ken Wahl, Karen Allen, John Friedrich, Toni Kalem
Votes: 12,398 | Gross: $0.01M
10. New York Undercover (1994–2024)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Music
Drugs, theft, corruption, rape, murder. Cops against criminals. The covert war has begun. Welcome to New York City.
Stars: Malik Yoba, Michael DeLorenzo, Patti D'Arbanville, Luna Lauren Velez
Votes: 2,985
11. V: The Final Battle (1984)
TV-14 | 91 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A small group of human resistance fighters fight a desperate guerilla war against the genocidal extra-terrestrials who dominate Earth.
Stars: Jane Badler, Michael Durrell, Robert Englund, Faye Grant
Votes: 9,338
12. Money Talks (1997)
R | 97 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Sought by police and criminals, a small-time huckster makes a deal with a TV newsman for protection.
Director: Brett Ratner | Stars: Charlie Sheen, Chris Tucker, Heather Locklear, Elise Neal
Votes: 31,384 | Gross: $41.07M
13. The Principal (1987)
R | 109 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A teacher is assigned to be the principal of a violent, crime-ridden high school.
Director: Christopher Cain | Stars: Jim Belushi, Louis Gossett Jr., Rae Dawn Chong, Michael Wright
Votes: 11,832 | Gross: $19.73M
14. American Masters (1985– )
TV-14 | 90 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Documentary series focusing on great American artists and personalities.
Stars: Martin Scorsese, Peter Bogdanovich, Tony Bennett, Dick Cavett
Votes: 1,184
15. The Five Heartbeats (1991)
R | 121 min | Drama, Music
The story of the rise and fall of an African American vocal group.
Director: Robert Townsend | Stars: Robert Townsend, Michael Wright, Leon, Harry Lennix
Votes: 4,913 | Gross: $8.75M
16. Sugar Hill (1993)
R | 123 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A drug dealer tries to get out of the life and start anew with his girlfriend, but the transition is tragically difficult.
Director: Leon Ichaso | Stars: Wesley Snipes, Michael Wright, Khandi Alexander, DeVaughn Nixon
Votes: 4,879 | Gross: $18.27M
17. El cantante (2006)
R | 106 min | Biography, Drama, Music
The life story of Hector Lavoe who started the salsa movement in 1975 and brought it to the United States.
Director: Leon Ichaso | Stars: Marc Anthony, Jennifer Lopez, John Ortiz, Manny Perez
Votes: 5,277 | Gross: $7.56M
18. Piñero (2001)
R | 103 min | Biography, Drama
Miguel Pinero's creative and turbulent life was cut short at age 40: a Tony Award nominee who did time at Sing-Sing, a volatile urban poet whose work is recognized as a precursor to rap and hip-hop, and a writer of hit TV shows.
Director: Leon Ichaso | Stars: Benjamin Bratt, Giancarlo Esposito, Talisa Soto, Nelson Vasquez
Votes: 1,407 | Gross: $1.42M
19. Point Blank (1998)
R | 89 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Convicted corporate criminal Howard engineers a prison break as he and a number of fellow inmates are being transferred to a new facility. The escapees storm a shopping mall and take a ... See full summary »
Director: Matt Earl Beesley | Stars: Mickey Rourke, Danny Trejo, Frederic Forrest, Werner Schreyer
Votes: 1,924
20. Before I Self Destruct (2009 Video)
R | 79 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A coming of age story about an inner-city youth raised by a hardworking single mother. When his dream of becoming a basketball player fails to materialize, he finds himself employed in a ... See full summary »
Directors: 50 Cent, J. Jesses Smith | Stars: 50 Cent, Clifton Powell, Elijah Williams, Sasha Del Valle
Votes: 1,760
21. Streamers (1983)
R | 118 min | Crime, Drama, War
Four young soldiers waiting to be shipped to Viet Nam deal with racial tension and their own intolerance when one soldier reveals he's gay.
Director: Robert Altman | Stars: Matthew Modine, Michael Wright, Mitchell Lichtenstein, David Alan Grier
Votes: 2,127
22. Street Justice (I)
Action | Pre-production
When two detectives are fed up with the system that's not working, they seek the help of a martial arts master to bring Justice to the Streets.
Director: Chuck Zito | Stars: Michael Nouri, Dean Winters, Peter Greene, Tony Sirico
23. Confessions of a Hitman (1994)
R | 93 min | Crime, Drama
A former hitman named Bruno steals some cash from his mobster uncle. He plans to go to Tahiti, but things go wrong and he finds himself headed for Vegas via Death Valley in a comandeered ... See full summary »
Director: Larry Leahy | Stars: James Remar, Michael Wright, Emily Longstreth, John Snyder
Votes: 130
24. Rel (2018–2019)
TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy
A successful comic tries to put his life back on track after his marriage falls apart.
Stars: Lil Rel Howery, Jessica 'Jess Hilarious' Moore, Jordan L. Jones, Sinbad
Votes: 973
25. Shake, Rattle and Roll: An American Love Story (1999 TV Movie)
240 min | Drama
A group of high school friends start a rock band during the 1950's. The band gets popular and record labels approach them with their own ideas about the direction the band should take next. Will their pressure tear the band apart?
Director: Mike Robe | Stars: Bonnie Somerville, Brad Hawkins, Kathy Baker, Frank Whaley
Votes: 246
26. Bedtime Eyes (1987)
118 min | Drama, Romance
Based on a polemic novel by Amy Yamada, Bedtime Eyes is about the intense love relationship between a second rate Japanese jazz singer and a black American GI on the margins of the law.
Director: Tatsumi Kumashiro | Stars: Kanako Higuchi, Michael Wright, Michiyo Yasuda, Eiji Okuda
Votes: 31
27. The Mo'Nique Show (2009–2012)
Comedy, Talk-Show
It is a late night talk show akin to "The Tonight Show," with comedienne Mo'Nique at the helm.
Stars: Mo'Nique, Rodney Perry, Tamala Jones, Tia Mowry
Votes: 163
28. The Laundromat (1985 TV Movie)
59 min | Drama
Two lonely women coincide at midnight in a laundromat, where they reveal their secrets.
Director: Robert Altman | Stars: Carol Burnett, Amy Madigan, Michael Wright
Votes: 100
29. Dream House (1981 TV Movie)
120 min | Comedy, Romance
Vacationing Georgia construction worker, John Schneider, meets and falls for Manhattan's comely Director of Urban Renewal, Marilu Henner, and despite her initial rejection of him, sets out ... See full summary »
Director: Joseph Hardy | Stars: John Schneider, Marilu Henner, Michael Gross, Remak Ramsay
Votes: 131
30. Diminished Capacity (2008)
Not Rated | 92 min | Comedy
A Chicago journalist suffering from memory loss takes leaves from his job and returns to his rural hometown, where he bonds with his Alzheimer's-impaired uncle Rollie and his old flame.
Director: Terry Kinney | Stars: Matthew Broderick, Virginia Madsen, Alan Alda, Jimmy Bennett
Votes: 1,339 | Gross: $0.02M
31. Making the Five Heartbeats (2018)
PG-13 | 85 min | Documentary, Music
The behind the scene look at the casting calls; selection of cast members, story board ideas producers, and directoral commentary. Plus never before scene footage of this iconic cult ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Townsend | Stars: Alex Gibbs, Hawthorne James, Leon, Robert Townsend
Votes: 63 | Gross: $0.07M
32. We're Fighting Back (1981 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 93 min | Action, Drama
A group of city youth decide to form a neighborhood watch and clean their streets and the subway from criminals who rob and abuse the good people every night and day.
Director: Lou Antonio | Stars: Kevin Mahon, Paul McCrane, Joe Morton, Ellen Barkin
Votes: 86
33. Downtown: A Street Tale (2004)
R | 103 min | Drama
A group of street kids find that the only way to make it through the day is to hold onto their dreams while their reality is eating out of dumpsters, turning tricks and squatting in abandoned buildings.
Director: Rafal Zielinski | Stars: Joey Dedio, Eliud Figueroa, Geneviève Bujold, John Savage
Votes: 119
34. Transitions (2019– )
TV-MA | 56 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A realistic portrayal of mental illness and the opioid epidemic seen through the eyes of law enforcement, narco-traffickers and the mentally-ill, set in Washington D.C., the origin of the American nightmare.
Stars: Wali Johnson, Anwan Glover, Michelle Harris, King Wesley
Votes: 29
35. Coalition (2004)
R | 90 min | Drama
COALITION is a realistic depiction of how New York's lucrative construction business is systematically shaken down by minority non-union labor. Our story is about one man's quest to go up ... See full summary »
Director: Joseph Ariola | Stars: Raekwon, Chuck Zito, Michael Wright, Frank Vincent
Votes: 77
36. Jesse (I) (2011)
R | 120 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Nassau County, New York Police detective Jesse turns vigilante as she investigates her brother's murder and enters into a world of crime, corruption, and shocking deception.
Director: Fred Carpenter | Stars: Stephanie Finochio, William Forsythe, Armand Assante, Eric Roberts
Votes: 162
37. Batman: Dark Tomorrow (2003 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Crime
Trying to end a gang war between the Ventriloquist and Scarface and Black Mask, Batman discovers that Commissioner James Gordon has been kidnapped, and is being held at an overrun Arkham Asylum.
Director: Kenji Terada | Stars: Allen Enlow, Ralph Byers, Nachie Castro, Dean Elliott
Votes: 179
38. Dope King
Action, Crime, Drama | Completed
It tells the story of Profit, a drug dealer shot in the head and left for dead. He survives and seeks to covertly strike down his enemies in order to reclaim his territory.
Director: Ron Elliot | Stars: Elena Ouspenskaia, Marc John Jefferies, Catherine Curtin, Michael Wright
39. Brass Knuckles
Action | Pre-production
Finch and Rabbit are two small time crooks trying to make it big. When Rabbit jumps at an opportunity for them to get a fighter on the books at a local gang connected underground fight, he ... See full summary »
Director: Erick Geisler | Stars: Richard Portnow, Quinton 'Rampage' Jackson, Michael Wright, Manny Pacquiao
40. Light and the Sufferer (2007)
Not Rated | 70 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
Realism and fantasy collide in Jonathan Lethem's genre-bending coming-of-age story, which follows two estranged brothers as they try to leave New York City for a new life in California only... See full summary »
Director: Christopher Peditto | Stars: Paul Dano, Michael Esper, Anthony M. Bertram, Seamus Boyle
Votes: 137
41. Raving (2007)
20 min | Short, Drama
In New York City, a young woman forms a curious bond with a lonely older man after they encounter one another on a street corner.
Director: Julia Stiles | Stars: Zooey Deschanel, Bill Irwin, Michael Wright, Marcia DeBonis
Votes: 438
42. D'Curse (2013)
Not Rated | 95 min | Action
NYPD cop Ruda is a cop during the day and a religious Santerio (High Ranking Priest) of "Black Magic" by night. A curse is placed on the NYPD by the mother of a boy shot by cops. Now the NYPD needs Ruda to help break the curse.
Director: Alex Maisonette | Stars: Michael Wright, Alex Maisonette, Felipe Luciano, Rocky Passafaro
Votes: 32
43. The Cottonwood (1996)
90 min
Glad you are so much for a long way
Director: Steven Feder | Stars: Pruitt Taylor Vince, Jack Mulcahy, Cyril O'Reilly, Steven Feder
Votes: 41
44. Daring Capers (1999–2002)
TV-14 | 30 min | Documentary, Crime
From the narrow streets of Nice to the gleaming corridors of Wall Street, Daring Capers tracks some of the world's most fascinating criminals and their audacious crimes. Here's a rogue's ... See full summary »
Stars: Thom Kikot, Charlie Glaze, Robert Fall, Barry Price
Votes: 16
45. Star Trek: Picard: The IMAX Live Series Finale Event (2023)
60 min | Talk-Show
The Paramount+ series Star Trek: Picard ends with final two episodes in 10 movie theaters followed with a live O&A with cast members. Participating Imax theaters include the cities of Los ... See full summary »
Stars: LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Jonathan Frakes, Alex Kurtzman
46. Hardrock (2007 Video)
R | 98 min | Action
A fast-paced urban action movie starring the Wu-Tang Clan's Raekwon!
Director: Jon Stu | Stars: Tom Arlotta, Annalyn Frame, Matt Jade, Chyna Layne
Votes: 93
47. The Moonstone Gem (1983 TV Movie)
48 min | Fantasy
Deep in the heavily guarded vault of jovial King Gunther lies the most cherished and wonderful of all national treasures - the Moonstone Gem. The good king's troubles begin when the evil baron manages to steal the priceless jewel.
Director: Leonard S. Berman | Stars: Lisa Buckley, Bob Fappiano, Paul Fusco, Richard J. Schellbach
Votes: 6
48. Good Brutha Bad Brutha (2013)
Action, Drama
5 star man! Meet me sumwhear
Director: Miles Silas Biggar | Stars: Miles Silas Biggar, Michael Wright, Tray Chaney, Vinny Vella
Votes: 14
49. The Suzanne Somers Show (1994– )
Talk-Show
Stars: Suzanne Somers, Annie Potts, Naomi Judd, Judith Ivey
Votes: 22
50. Private Times (1991 TV Movie)
Comedy
Director: Stan Lathan | Stars: Martin Lawrence, Michael Michele, Al B. Sure!, Michael Wright
Votes: 36