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1. True Detective (2014– )

TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Anthology series in which police investigations unearth the personal and professional secrets of those involved, both within and outside the law.

Stars: Vince Vaughn, Colin Farrell, Rachel McAdams, Taylor Kitsch

Votes: 659,007

2. The Killing (2011–2014)

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

A police investigation, the saga of a grieving family, and a Seattle mayoral campaign all interlock after the body of 17-year-old Rosie Larsen is found in the trunk of a submerged car.

Stars: Mireille Enos, Joel Kinnaman, Billy Campbell, Liam James

Votes: 123,828

3. The Magnificent Seven (2016)

PG-13 | 132 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Seven gunmen from a variety of backgrounds are brought together by a vengeful young widow to protect her town from the private army of a destructive industrialist.

Director: Antoine Fuqua | Stars: Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, Ethan Hawke, Vincent D'Onofrio

Votes: 228,808 | Gross: $93.43M

4. Blade (2025)

Action, Fantasy, Horror | Pre-production

Plot under wraps.

Director: Yann Demange | Stars: Mia Goth, Mahershala Ali, Delroy Lindo

5. The Guilty (2021)

R | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A demoted police officer assigned to a call dispatch desk is conflicted when he receives an emergency phone call from a kidnapped woman.

Director: Antoine Fuqua | Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Riley Keough, Peter Sarsgaard, Christina Vidal

Votes: 149,570

6. Easy's Waltz

Drama | Filming

A down-on-his-luck crooner is given a chance at a comeback by an old-school Vegas personality, but his brother's schemes and his own penchant for self-sabotage threaten to ruin the deal.

Director: Nic Pizzolatto | Stars: Michelle Monaghan, Al Pacino, Vince Vaughn, Shane Gillis

7. Galveston (2018)

Not Rated | 93 min | Action, Crime, Drama

After escaping a set up, a dying hitman returns to his hometown of Galveston where he plans his revenge.

Director: Mélanie Laurent | Stars: Ben Foster, Jeffrey Grover, Christopher Amitrano, Mark Hicks

Votes: 16,267

8. Ghost Army

Drama, War | Announced

The US military forms a squadron of unconventional recruits during World War II to trick the German army into thinking there were outposts and bases where there were only mannequins, props and inflatable tanks.

Director: Ben Affleck | Star: Ben Affleck

9. Redeemer (I)

Drama | Announced

A former minister tries to unravel a mystery surrounding a missing woman in Texas.

Star: Matthew McConaughey

10. The Magnificent Seven

Action, Adventure, Drama | Pre-production

It follows a former outlaw who must reckon with a threat from his past to keep the life and family he has worked so hard for.

11. The 66th Primetime Emmy Awards (2014 TV Special)

TV-14 | 127 min

An awards ceremony honoring the best in American prime time television programming.

Director: Glenn Weiss | Stars: Seth Meyers, Amy Poehler, Fred Armisen, Andre Braugher

Votes: 455

12. Close Up with the Hollywood Reporter (2015– )

TV-14 | 60 min | Talk-Show

'The Hollywood Reporter', in partnership with Sundance TV, holds round-table discussions with Oscar and Emmy nominees.

Stars: Lacey Rose, Stephen Galloway, Matt Belloni, Ann Lauren

Votes: 162

13. Bret Easton Ellis Podcast (2013 Podcast Series)

Talk-Show

Controversial best-selling author and screenwriter Bret Easton Ellis delivers a weekly glimpse into one of popular culture's most fascinating minds.

Stars: Bret Easton Ellis, Adam Thompson, Sam Wasson, Marilyn Manson

Votes: 13

14. Making True Detective (2013 TV Short)

13 min | Documentary, Short

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Stars: Nic Pizzolatto, Woody Harrelson, Matthew McConaughey, Cary Joji Fukunaga

Votes: 85

15. Cinéma par Albert Dupontel (2017)

65 min | Documentary

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Director: Stéphane Bergouhnioux | Stars: Jean Becker, Bertrand Blier, Nicolas Boukhrief, Benoît Delépine

16. Close Up with the Hollywood Reporter (2015– )
Episode: Drama Showrunner (2019)

TV-14 | Talk-Show

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Directors: Ryan Heraly, Jennifer Laski | Stars: Steven Canals, Sam Esmail, Sera Gamble, Marti Noxon

17. The Killing (2011–2014)
Episode: Orpheus Descending (2011)

TV-14 | 46 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The police and media have their spotlight trained on Troels, who might still be holding something back. Meanwhile, there are strange goings-on at the Town Hall. Things come to a head between Pernille and Theis, while Sarah receives some troubling news.

Director: Brad Anderson | Stars: Mireille Enos, Billy Campbell, Joel Kinnaman, Michelle Forbes

Votes: 1,528

18. The Killing (2011–2014)
Episode: What You Have Left (2011)

TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Having found ammonium hydroxide in Bennet Ahmed's apartment as well as on Rosie's clothes and body, Linden is now certain that she was at his apartment on the Friday night she disappeared. ... See full summary »

Director: Agnieszka Holland | Stars: Mireille Enos, Billy Campbell, Joel Kinnaman, Michelle Forbes

Votes: 1,358

19. True Detective (2014– )
Episode: Night Country: Part 1 (2024)

TV-MA | 59 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

In Ennis, Alaska, the men that operate a research station vanish. To solve the case, Chief Danvers and Navarro will have to confront the darkness themselves, and dig into the haunted truths that lie buried under the eternal ice.

Director: Issa López | Stars: Jodie Foster, Kali Reis, Fiona Shaw, Finn Bennett

Votes: 17,255

20. Bret Easton Ellis Podcast (2013– )
Episode dated 24 August 2020 (2020 Podcast Episode)

Talk-Show

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Stars: Bret Easton Ellis, Nic Pizzolatto

21. Bret Easton Ellis Podcast (2013– )
Episode dated 10 August 2020 (2020 Podcast Episode)

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Stars: Bret Easton Ellis, Nic Pizzolatto

22. True Detective (2014– )
Episode: The Long Bright Dark (2014)

TV-MA | 58 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

In 2012, former detective partners Rust Cohle and Martin Hart recap one of their very first cases together involving a serial killer, back in 1995.

Director: Cary Joji Fukunaga | Stars: Matthew McConaughey, Woody Harrelson, Michelle Monaghan, Michael Potts

Votes: 29,089

23. True Detective (2014– )
Episode: Seeing Things (2014)

TV-MA | 59 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Cohle and Hart travel around trying to track down leads to their case. Darker sides of Hart's personal and family lives are revealed.

Director: Cary Joji Fukunaga | Stars: Matthew McConaughey, Woody Harrelson, Michelle Monaghan, Michael Potts

Votes: 24,896

24. True Detective (2014– )
Episode: Who Goes There (2014)

TV-MA | 56 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Martin is faced with marital problems. The search for Reggie Ledoux leads the detectives to a motorcycle gang called the Iron Crusaders, which Rust worked undercover in the past.

Director: Cary Joji Fukunaga | Stars: Matthew McConaughey, Woody Harrelson, Michelle Monaghan, Michael Potts

Votes: 35,212

25. True Detective (2014– )
Episode: The Locked Room (2014)

TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Cohle and Martin finally get a new wind in the case and can confirm a suspect. Martin's mistress gets on with somebody else leaving him furious. Cohle's theory becomes increasingly more convincing than ever.

Director: Cary Joji Fukunaga | Stars: Matthew McConaughey, Woody Harrelson, Michelle Monaghan, Michael Potts

Votes: 24,235

26. True Detective (2014– )
Episode: The Secret Fate of All Life (2014)

TV-MA | 57 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Hart and Cohle share the spoils of a solved case; Papania and Gilbough confront the detectives with troubling new intelligence.

Director: Cary Joji Fukunaga | Stars: Matthew McConaughey, Woody Harrelson, Michelle Monaghan, Michael Potts

Votes: 26,810

27. True Detective (2014– )
Episode: Haunted Houses (2014)

TV-MA | 59 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Cohle's activities in 2002, when his partnership with Hart disintegrated and he quit the force, are recalled by Maggie.

Director: Cary Joji Fukunaga | Stars: Matthew McConaughey, Woody Harrelson, Michelle Monaghan, Michael Potts

Votes: 22,685

28. True Detective (2014– )
Episode: After You've Gone (2014)

TV-MA | 54 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Cohle and Hart try to discover if a series of missing persons reports could be related to the Dora Lange murder and the Tuttle family.

Director: Cary Joji Fukunaga | Stars: Matthew McConaughey, Woody Harrelson, Michelle Monaghan, Michael Potts

Votes: 22,332

29. True Detective (2014– )
Episode: Form and Void (2014)

TV-MA | 54 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

An overlooked detail provides Hart and Cohle with an important new lead in their 17-year-old case.

Director: Cary Joji Fukunaga | Stars: Matthew McConaughey, Woody Harrelson, Michelle Monaghan, Michael Potts

Votes: 31,078

30. True Detective (2014– )
Episode: Night Country: Part 2 (2024)

TV-MA | 63 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

While Connolly threatens to transfer the Tsalal case to Anchorage, Navarro and Danvers make a discovery that brings the former colleagues closer together.

Director: Issa López | Stars: Jodie Foster, Kali Reis, Fiona Shaw, Finn Bennett

Votes: 12,269

31. True Detective (2014– )
Episode: Night Country: Part 3 (2024)

TV-MA | 58 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

While searching for Clark, Prior asks Danvers about the case that strained her partnership with Navarro. Sifting through Clark's trailer, they find a lead about another Tsalal worker. Danvers clashes with her stepdaughter.

Director: Issa López | Stars: Jodie Foster, Kali Reis, Finn Bennett, Isabella LaBlanc

Votes: 11,001

32. True Detective (2014– )
Episode: Night Country: Part 4 (2024)

TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Navarro takes Julia to a local facility when her mental health issues resurface, promising improvement. Danvers and Navarro locate where Annie was killed. Danvers severely punishes Leah for protesting.

Director: Issa López | Stars: Jodie Foster, Kali Reis, Fiona Shaw, Finn Bennett

Votes: 10,392

33. True Detective (2014– )
Episode: Night Country: Part 5 (2024)

TV-MA | 63 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

While investigating connections between Tsalal and Silver Sky mining, Navarro saves Leah from a violent protest. Kate McKitterick of Silver Sky cautions Danvers against pursuing the case.

Director: Issa López | Stars: Jodie Foster, Kali Reis, Fiona Shaw, Finn Bennett

Votes: 9,975

34. True Detective (2014– )
Episode: Night Country: Part 6 (2024)

TV-MA | 76 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

When night falls in Ennis, Alaska, the eight men who operate the Tsalal Arctic Research Station vanish without a trace; to solve the case, detectives Danvers and Navarro will have to confront the darkness they carry in themselves.

Director: Issa López | Stars: Jodie Foster, Kali Reis, Fiona Shaw, Finn Bennett

Votes: 13,960

35. True Detective (2014– )
Episode: The Western Book of the Dead (2015)

TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A bizarre murder brings together three police officers and a career criminal in the corrupt city of Vinci, California.

Director: Justin Lin | Stars: Colin Farrell, Rachel McAdams, Taylor Kitsch, Kelly Reilly

Votes: 16,232

36. True Detective (2014– )
Episode: Maybe Tomorrow (2015)

TV-MA | 58 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Paul works the prostitute angle; Frank receives the first casualty in a secret war.

Director: Janus Metz | Stars: Colin Farrell, Rachel McAdams, Taylor Kitsch, Kelly Reilly

Votes: 10,421

37. True Detective (2014– )
Episode: Night Finds You (2015)

TV-MA | 58 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Ray, Ani, and Paul are assigned to Casper's murder case. Frank tries to keep his business deals going, even after Caspere's death.

Director: Justin Lin | Stars: Colin Farrell, Rachel McAdams, Taylor Kitsch, Kelly Reilly

Votes: 11,669

38. True Detective (2014– )
Episode: Down Will Come (2015)

TV-MA | 55 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The detail works a pawn shop lead to close in on a suspect in the Caspere case. Frank revisits his past to pay for the present.

Director: Jeremy Podeswa | Stars: Colin Farrell, Rachel McAdams, Taylor Kitsch, Kelly Reilly

Votes: 11,125

39. True Detective (2014– )
Episode: Other Lives (2015)

TV-MA | 59 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Ray and Frank consider new life choices; Ani and Paul go up to the coast to follow a lead.

Director: John Crowley | Stars: Colin Farrell, Rachel McAdams, Taylor Kitsch, Kelly Reilly

Votes: 9,451

40. True Detective (2014– )
Episode: Black Maps and Motel Rooms (2015)

TV-MA | 64 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

As Ani, Paul, and Ray get closer to finding out the truth about Caspere, circumstances become more dangerous for them all and everyone around them. Frank deals with an inside betrayal, learns important information, and plans his next move.

Director: Daniel Attias | Stars: Colin Farrell, Rachel McAdams, Taylor Kitsch, Kelly Reilly

Votes: 11,414

41. True Detective (2014– )
Episode: Omega Station (2015)

TV-MA | 86 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Ray and Ani attempt to escape their desperate situation while Frank ties up some loose ends.

Director: John Crowley | Stars: Colin Farrell, Rachel McAdams, Taylor Kitsch, Kelly Reilly

Votes: 13,098

42. True Detective (2014– )
Episode: Church in Ruins (2015)

TV-MA | 59 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Desperate to locate a missing woman with intel about Caspere, Frank meets with Mexican drug dealers; Ani infiltrates an exclusive inner circle, with Ray and Paul keeping close tabs.

Director: Miguel Sapochnik | Stars: Colin Farrell, Rachel McAdams, Taylor Kitsch, Kelly Reilly

Votes: 10,097

43. True Detective (2014– )
Episode: The Great War and Modern Memory (2019)

TV-MA | 59 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The disappearance of a young brother and sister leads to a frantic search which will haunt one detective for the rest of his life.

Director: Jeremy Saulnier | Stars: Mahershala Ali, Carmen Ejogo, Stephen Dorff, Scoot McNairy

Votes: 10,901

44. True Detective (2014– )
Episode: The Hour and the Day (2019)

TV-MA | 67 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Wayne and Roland investigate possible connections between the local church and the Purcell crimes as tensions in West Finger reach boiling point.

Director: Nic Pizzolatto | Stars: Mahershala Ali, Carmen Ejogo, Stephen Dorff, Scoot McNairy

Votes: 7,417

45. True Detective (2014– )
Episode: Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (2019)

TV-MA | 58 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

As the search for Julie continues, the doll discovered at the crime scene provokes a reaction, while Wayne and Roland learn of a potential suspect.

Director: Jeremy Saulnier | Stars: Mahershala Ali, Carmen Ejogo, Stephen Dorff, Scoot McNairy

Votes: 8,587

46. True Detective (2014– )
Episode: The Big Never (2019)

TV-MA | 55 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The search for Julie brings Wayne and Amelia together again, Wayne and Roland retrace their investigation to spot missed clues, while one White Finger resident receives a warning.

Director: Daniel Sackheim | Stars: Mahershala Ali, Carmen Ejogo, Stephen Dorff, Scoot McNairy

Votes: 7,653

47. True Detective (2014– )
Episode: Hunters in the Dark (2019)

TV-MA | 59 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

In 1990, Wayne and Roland revisit the Purcell case to uncover previously hidden or forgotten clues, while Tom looks for answers and two faces from the past resurface.

Director: Daniel Sackheim | Stars: Mahershala Ali, Carmen Ejogo, Stephen Dorff, Scoot McNairy

Votes: 7,246

48. True Detective (2014– )
Episode: If You Have Ghosts (2019)

TV-MA | 59 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

In 1980, all hell breaks loose at the home of Woodard, while in the present, Wayne and Roland reconnect after Wayne makes a discovery.

Director: Nic Pizzolatto | Stars: Mahershala Ali, Carmen Ejogo, Stephen Dorff, Scoot McNairy

Votes: 7,519

49. True Detective (2014– )
Episode: The Final Country (2019)

TV-MA | 58 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

In 1990, following an apparent suicide, the Purcell case is deemed solved, but Wayne and Roland have other ideas, which leads them to a defining course of action.

Director: Daniel Sackheim | Stars: Mahershala Ali, Carmen Ejogo, Stephen Dorff, Scoot McNairy

Votes: 7,450

50. True Detective (2014– )
Episode: Now Am Found (2019)

TV-MA | 75 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Wayne struggles to hold on to his memories, and his grip on reality, as the truth behind the Purcell case is finally revealed.

Director: Daniel Sackheim | Stars: Mahershala Ali, Carmen Ejogo, Stephen Dorff, Scoot McNairy

Votes: 9,460