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51. 10th & Wolf (2006)
R | 107 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A former street tough returns to his Philadelphia home after a stint in the military. Back on his home turf, he once again finds himself tangling with the mob boss who was instrumental in his going off to be a soldier.
Director: Bobby Moresco | Stars: James Marsden, Giovanni Ribisi, Brad Renfro, Piper Perabo
Votes: 6,961 | Gross: $0.05M
52. Fail Safe (2000 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 86 min | Drama, Thriller
Cold War tensions climb to a fever pitch when a U.S. bomber is accidentally ordered to drop a nuclear warhead on Moscow.
Directors: Stephen Frears, Martin Pasetta | Stars: Walter Cronkite, Richard Dreyfuss, Noah Wyle, Brian Dennehy
Votes: 6,587
53. Driveways (2019)
83 min | Drama
A lonesome boy accompanies his mother on a trip to clean out his late aunt's house, and ends up forming an unexpected friendship with the retiree who lives next door.
Director: Andrew Ahn | Stars: Lucas Jaye, Hong Chau, Brian Dennehy, Laurent Rejto
Votes: 6,537
54. The Belly of an Architect (1987)
R | 119 min | Drama
An architect supervising an exhibition starts to have mysterious stomach pains while his life slowly falls apart.
Director: Peter Greenaway | Stars: Brian Dennehy, Chloe Webb, Lambert Wilson, Sergio Fantoni
Votes: 6,286 | Gross: $0.29M
55. Best Seller (1987)
R | 95 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A hitman approaches a writer to help him create his next best seller, but the violent world he was a part of has other plans.
Director: John Flynn | Stars: James Woods, Brian Dennehy, Victoria Tennant, Allison Balson
Votes: 6,279 | Gross: $4.28M
56. Hunter (I) (1984–1991)
TV-14 | 48 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Rick Hunter is a renegade cop who bends the rules and takes justice into his own hands. Partnered with the equally stunning and rebellious Sgt. McCall, he sets out to crack down on L.A.'s slimiest criminals.
Stars: Fred Dryer, Stepfanie Kramer, Charles Hallahan, Perry Cook
Votes: 5,663
57. Reading Rainbow (1983–2006)
TV-Y | 30 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
Levar Burton introduces young viewers to illustrated readings of children's literature and explores their related subjects.
Stars: LeVar Burton, Jennifer Betit Yen, Arnold Stang, Fred Newman
Votes: 5,155
58. Cagney & Lacey (1981–1988)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Two female police detectives cooperate with each other both in their professions and in their personal lives.
Stars: Tyne Daly, Sharon Gless, Al Waxman, Martin Kove
Votes: 5,066
59. The Challenger Disaster (2013 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 90 min | Drama, History
Factual drama exploring the truth behind the space shuttle Challenger's 1986 disintegration.
Director: James Hawes | Stars: Joanne Whalley, Eve Best, Bruce Greenwood, William Hurt
Votes: 4,596
60. The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962–1992)
TV-14 | 105 min | Comedy, Talk-Show
Host Johnny Carson performs comedy routines and chats with various celebrities.
Stars: Johnny Carson, Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Skitch Henderson
Votes: 4,247
61. The Seagull (I) (2018)
PG-13 | 98 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
In the early twentieth century, an aging actress and her lover visit the estate of her elderly brother.
Director: Michael Mayer | Stars: Annette Bening, Corey Stoll, Glenn Fleshler, Billy Howle
Votes: 3,974 | Gross: $1.25M
62. Every Day (2010)
R | 93 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A comedy about a New York City couple (Schreiber and Hunt) in romantic and family crisis.
Director: Richard Levine | Stars: Liev Schreiber, Helen Hunt, Carla Gugino, Ezra Miller
Votes: 3,599
63. Semi-Tough (1977)
R | 108 min | Comedy, Romance, Sport
A three-way friendship between two free-spirited professional football players and the owner's daughter becomes compromised when two of them become romantically involved.
Director: Michael Ritchie | Stars: Burt Reynolds, Kris Kristofferson, Jill Clayburgh, Robert Preston
Votes: 3,514 | Gross: $37.19M
64. Knots Landing (1979–1993)
TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, Romance
The residents of Knots Landing, a coastal suburb of Los Angeles, deal with various issues such as infidelity, health scares, rape, murder, kidnapping, assassinations, drug smuggling, corporate intrigue and criminal investigations.
Stars: Michele Lee, Ted Shackelford, Joan Van Ark, Kevin Dobson
Votes: 3,227
65. To Catch a Killer (1992)
Unrated | 89 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
"To Catch a Killer" tells the true gruesome story of John Wayne Gacy - a good friend and helpful neighbour, a great child entertainer, a respectful businessman, and a violent serial killer ... See full summary »
Stars: Brian Dennehy, Michael Riley, Margot Kidder, Meg Foster
Votes: 2,918
66. The Agency (2001–2003)
TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, Thriller
A look at the inner workings of the CIA.
Stars: Rocky Carroll, Paige Turco, David Clennon, Will Patton
Votes: 2,891
67. Stolen Summer (2002)
PG | 91 min | Drama
A Catholic boy tries to convert a terminally ill Jewish boy, so he will be able to go to Heaven.
Director: Pete Jones | Stars: Amara Balthrop-Lewis, Kevin Pollak, Aidan Quinn, Bonnie Hunt
Votes: 2,891 | Gross: $0.12M
68. Return to Snowy River (1988)
PG | 99 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
Young Jim Craig returns to his home in the Australian high country. He finds that things are not as he left them - his girlfriend, Jessica, is being pursued by another man, and her father, Harrison, doesn't want him back into her life.
Director: Geoff Burrowes | Stars: Tom Burlinson, Sigrid Thornton, Brian Dennehy, Nicholas Eadie
Votes: 2,801 | Gross: $13.69M
69. Public Morals (2015)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama
Set in the early 1960's in New York City's Public Morals Division, where cops walk the line between morality and criminality as the temptations that come from dealing with all kinds of vice can get the better of them.
Stars: Edward Burns, Michael Rapaport, Elizabeth Masucci, Austin Stowell
Votes: 2,749
70. Category 6: Day of Destruction (2004 TV Movie)
Unrated | 175 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Three tornadoes converge to wreak havoc on Chicago, disrupting the power grid and creating the worst super-storm in history: a category 6 twister.
Director: Dick Lowry | Stars: Thomas Gibson, Nancy McKeon, Chandra West, Brian Markinson
Votes: 2,697
71. Meet Monica Velour (2010)
R | 98 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
When an awkward teen meets his favorite porn star, whose career peaked in the '80s, an unexpected friendship follows as the young man gets a glimpse inside Monica Velour's current life as a single mom struggling to make ends meet.
Director: Keith Bearden | Stars: Kim Cattrall, Dustin Ingram, Brian Dennehy, Jee Young Han
Votes: 2,535 | Gross: $0.03M
72. Faerie Tale Theatre (1982–1987)
50 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
A miscellany of numerous classic fairy tales' adaptations.
Stars: Shelley Duvall, John Achorn, Patrick DeSantis, David McCharen
Votes: 2,524
73.
The Blacklist (2013–2023)
Episode:
The Kazanjian Brothers (No. 156/157)
(2020)
TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The Task Force investigates an accountant who works for lucrative criminals in order to find the violent and thuggish brothers hired for his protection. Meanwhile, Liz must make a momentous decision.
Director: Michael Caracciolo | Stars: James Spader, Megan Boone, Diego Klattenhoff, Amir Arison
Votes: 2,503
74. Today (1952– )
TV-G | 240 min | News, Talk-Show
A daily live broadcast provides current domestic and international news, weather reports, and interviews with newsmakers from the worlds of politics, business, media, entertainment, and sports.
Stars: Savannah Guthrie, Hoda Kotb, Jack Lescoulie, Frank Blair
Votes: 2,464
75. Son of the South (2020)
PG-13 | 105 min | Biography, Drama
The true story of one young white Southerner in the Summer of 1961, caught in a place and time where he had to choose which side he was on.
Director: Barry Alexander Brown | Stars: Lucas Till, Jim Klock, Michael Sirow, Jake Abel
Votes: 2,457
76. Lou Grant (1977–1982)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama
The trials of a former television station manager, turned newspaper city editor, and his journalist staff.
Stars: Edward Asner, Robert Walden, Mason Adams, Jack Bannon
Votes: 2,409
77. Police Woman (1974–1978)
TV-14 | 120 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Follows Sergeant "Pepper" Anderson, LAPD's top undercover cop. A member of the Criminal Conspiracy Unit, Pepper works the wild side of the street, where she poses as everything from a gangster's moll to a streetwalker to a prison inmate.
Stars: Angie Dickinson, Earl Holliman, Charles Dierkop, Ed Bernard
Votes: 2,344
78. American Experience (1987– )
TV-PG | 120 min | Documentary, Biography, History
A series showcasing documentaries on American history.
Stars: David McCullough, David Ogden Stiers, Michael Murphy, Oliver Platt
Votes: 2,209
79. Masters of Science Fiction (2007)
42 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
"Masters of Science Fiction" was a 2007 hosted science fiction anthology series, hosted by Stephen Hawking.
Stars: Stephen Hawking, Jason Diablo, Paul Herbert, Malcolm McDowell
Votes: 2,191
80. The Jericho Mile (1979 TV Movie)
97 min | Crime, Drama, Sport
A prisoner gets a chance to take part in the Olympics.
Director: Michael Mann | Stars: Peter Strauss, Richard Lawson, Roger E. Mosley, Brian Dennehy
Votes: 2,065
81.
The Blacklist (2013–2023)
Episode:
Rassvet
(2019)
TV-14 | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Alone in a foreign country after a mission goes catastrophically wrong, Katarina Rostova goes on the run to avoid the forces trying to hunt her down. Out of options, she seeks the only ... See full summary »
Director: John Terlesky | Stars: James Spader, Megan Boone, Diego Klattenhoff, Amir Arison
Votes: 1,982
82. Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam (1987 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 84 min | Documentary, History, War
Feature-length documentary film featuring real-life letters written by American soldiers, sailors, airmen, and Marines during the Vietnam War to their families and friends back home.
Director: Bill Couturié | Stars: Tom Berenger, Ellen Burstyn, J. Kenneth Campbell, Richard Chaves
Votes: 1,964
83. Dead Man's Walk (1996)
PG-13 | 272 min | Western
In this prequel to "Lonesome Dove", two young men join the Texas Rangers unit that's on a mission to annex Santa Fe.
Stars: F. Murray Abraham, Keith Carradine, Patricia Childress, Edward James Olmos
Votes: 1,934
84.
The Blacklist (2013–2023)
Episode:
Sutton Ross (No. 17)
(2018)
TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Liz and Red face off in a climactic race to find a Blacklister in possession of the duffle bag of bones, forcing the truth about the bones to finally come to light.
Director: Bill Roe | Stars: James Spader, Megan Boone, Diego Klattenhoff, Amir Arison
Votes: 1,915
85. The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (2003 TV Movie)
R | 114 min | Drama, Romance
A failing star is faced with a lifestyle change when her rich husband suddenly dies while they are en route to Italy. She then sets off in a series of flings with gigolos found for her by ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Allan Ackerman | Stars: Helen Mirren, Olivier Martinez, Anne Bancroft, Rodrigo Santoro
Votes: 1,781
86. Butch and Sundance: The Early Days (1979)
PG | 115 min | Comedy, Western
A prequel of sorts to Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) which chronicles the two outlaws' lives in the years before the events portrayed in the 1969 movie.
Director: Richard Lester | Stars: William Katt, Tom Berenger, Jeff Corey, John Schuck
Votes: 1,711 | Gross: $5.14M
87.
The Blacklist (2013–2023)
Episode:
The Artax Network (No. 41)
(2016)
TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
After an unexpected loss devastates the FBI task force, they must track down their assailants; a mysterious group whose agents operate using a worldwide satellite network. Meanwhile, ... See full summary »
Director: Donald E. Thorin Jr. | Stars: James Spader, Megan Boone, Diego Klattenhoff, Ryan Eggold
Votes: 1,706
88. Little Miss Marker (1980)
PG | 103 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A gruff bookie's life is turned upside-down when he gets a 6-year-old kid as collateral for a bet.
Director: Walter Bernstein | Stars: Walter Matthau, Julie Andrews, Tony Curtis, Bob Newhart
Votes: 1,696 | Gross: $6.32M
89. The Last of the Finest (1990)
R | 106 min | Action, Crime, Drama
4 LA cops are fighting the war on drugs. Corrupt superiors manage to break up their team when one of them gets killed. The 3 quit LAPD and continue investigating.
Director: John Mackenzie | Stars: Brian Dennehy, Joe Pantoliano, Jeff Fahey, Bill Paxton
Votes: 1,650 | Gross: $1.53M
90. Ants! (1977 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 95 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
An old-fashioned, lakeside hotel targeted for purchase by an unsavory gambling casino promoter and situated next to a construction site, is attacked by an army of poisonous ants. Efforts to... See full summary »
Director: Robert Scheerer | Stars: Robert Foxworth, Lynda Day George, Gerald Gordon, Bernie Casey
Votes: 1,588
91. Miles from Home (1988)
R | 108 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Two brothers who are forced off their farm in the debt stricken mid-west become folk heroes when they begin robbing the banks that have been foreclosing on farmers.
Director: Gary Sinise | Stars: Richard Gere, Penelope Ann Miller, Brian Dennehy, Jason Campbell
Votes: 1,586 | Gross: $0.19M
92.
The Blacklist (2013–2023)
Episode:
Katarina Rostova (No. 3)
(2019)
TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Red and the Task Force pay a visit to a former blacklister, as an explosive confrontation leads Liz to make a critical choice.
Director: Daniel Willis | Stars: James Spader, Megan Boone, Diego Klattenhoff, Amir Arison
Votes: 1,585
93. The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1996–2002)
TV-G | 60 min | Comedy, Talk-Show
Comedian Rosie O'Donnell produces and hosts her first daytime talk show that focuses on interviews with celebrities about acting, writing, charity work, and family life.
Stars: Rosie O'Donnell, John McDaniel, Caroline Rhea, Susan Lucci
Votes: 1,583
94. Marco Polo (2007 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 165 min | Adventure, Drama
The series follows the adventures and discoveries of the Venetian, Marco Polo.
Director: Kevin Connor | Stars: Ian Somerhalder, BD Wong, Desiree Siahaan, Brian Dennehy
Votes: 1,554
95.
The Blacklist (2013–2023)
Episode:
Mr. Kaplan (No. 4)
(2017)
TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Facing a crippling siege on his organization, Red tracks a thief enlisted by Mr Kaplan for a mysterious assignment. Agent Gale takes extreme measures in his investigation into the conduct of his Task Force.
Director: Donald E. Thorin Jr. | Stars: James Spader, Megan Boone, Diego Klattenhoff, Ryan Eggold
Votes: 1,430
96. Twice in a Lifetime (1985)
R | 111 min | Drama, Romance
A 50-year-old married man begins an extramarital relationship which creates uncomfortable friction in his family between his long-time wife and grown children.
Director: Bud Yorkin | Stars: Gene Hackman, Ann-Margret, Ellen Burstyn, Amy Madigan
Votes: 1,428 | Gross: $8.40M
97. NetForce (1999 TV Movie)
R | 200 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Internet becomes the world's central nervous system. Netforce, FBI, is created as an elite force fighting crime on internet. The owner of the all dominating software company is suspected of trying to gain total access and control.
Director: Robert Lieberman | Stars: Scott Bakula, Joanna Going, Xander Berkeley, Brian Dennehy
Votes: 1,407
98.
The Blacklist (2013–2023)
Episode:
Louis T. Steinhil (No. 27): Conclusion
(2019)
TV-14 | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Liz, Dembe and the Task Force continue to search for Red, who attempts to escape his abductors with help from a surprise ally, but discovers he is not Katarina Rostova's only target in her hunt for information.
Director: Cort Hessler | Stars: James Spader, Megan Boone, Diego Klattenhoff, Amir Arison
Votes: 1,403
99.
The Blacklist (2013–2023)
Episode:
The Brockton College Killer (No. 92)
(2019)
TV-14 | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The task force is drawn into the investigation of an old case that has gained notoriety due to a popular true crime podcast. Red visits Dom Wilkinson for help making a difficult decision. ... See full summary »
Director: Lisa Robinson | Stars: James Spader, Megan Boone, Diego Klattenhoff, Amir Arison
Votes: 1,264
100. E! True Hollywood Story (1996– )
TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary, Biography
Documentary series exploring a topic, headline, or person that became the ground zero for a revolution in culture; told by the people who were on the front lines of the story.
Stars: Phil Crowley, Chip Bolcik, Beng Spies, Ken Baker
Votes: 1,258