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1. Law & Order (1990– )
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
New York's finest police detectives and prosecutors fight to make the city a safer place. With integrity as the guiding force from investigation to verdict, the teams weigh every perspective in their commitment to finding justice.
Stars: Jerry Orbach, Jesse L. Martin, Dennis Farina, Sam Waterston
Votes: 44,438
2. Taxi Driver (1976)
R | 114 min | Crime, Drama
A mentally unstable veteran works as a nighttime taxi driver in New York City, where the perceived decadence and sleaze fuels his urge for violent action.
Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, Cybill Shepherd, Albert Brooks
Votes: 919,164 | Gross: $28.26M
3. The Cosby Show (1984–1992)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family, Romance
The goings-on in the life of a successful African-American family.
Stars: Bill Cosby, Phylicia Rashad, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Tempestt Bledsoe
Votes: 36,320
4. The Equalizer (1985–1989)
TV-PG | 48 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A retired Intelligence Agent turned private detective helps various threatened clients to equalize the odds.
Stars: Edward Woodward, Keith Szarabajka, Robert Lansing, Mark Margolis
Votes: 5,915
5. Malcolm X (1992)
PG-13 | 202 min | Biography, Drama, History
Biographical epic of the controversial and influential Black Nationalist leader, from his early life and career as a small-time gangster, to his ministry as a member of the Nation of Islam and his eventual assassination.
Director: Spike Lee | Stars: Denzel Washington, Angela Bassett, Delroy Lindo, Spike Lee
Votes: 101,946 | Gross: $48.17M
6. For Love of the Game (1999)
PG-13 | 137 min | Drama, Romance, Sport
After 19 years of playing the game he's loved his whole life, Detroit Tigers pitcher Billy Chapel has to decide if he's going to risk everything and put everything out there.
Director: Sam Raimi | Stars: Kevin Costner, Kelly Preston, John C. Reilly, Jena Malone
Votes: 37,435 | Gross: $35.17M
7. C.H.U.D. (1984)
R | 88 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A bizarre series of sudden disappearances on the streets of New York City seems to point toward something unsavory living in the sewers.
Director: Douglas Cheek | Stars: John Heard, Daniel Stern, Christopher Curry, Kim Greist
Votes: 13,949 | Gross: $4.65M
8. Spenser: For Hire (1985–1988)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Mystery and suspense series based on Robert Parker's "Spenser" novels. Spenser, a private investigator living in Boston, gets involved in a new murder mystery each episode.
Stars: Robert Urich, Avery Brooks, Ron McLarty, Richard Jaeckel
Votes: 3,260
9. New York Undercover (1994–2024)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Music
Drugs, robbery, corruption, rape, murder. Cops versus criminals. The undercover war has started. Welcome to New York City.
Stars: Malik Yoba, Michael DeLorenzo, Patti D'Arbanville, Luna Lauren Velez
Votes: 2,952
10. Love and Death (1975)
PG | 85 min | Comedy, War
In czarist Russia, a neurotic soldier and his distant cousin formulate a plot to assassinate Napoleon.
Director: Woody Allen | Stars: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Georges Adet, Frank Adu
Votes: 40,786
11. Fort Apache the Bronx (1981)
R | 125 min | Crime, Drama
In New York City, South Bronx's main police precinct is nicknamed Fort Apache by its employees who feel like troopers surrounded by hostiles in a wild west isolated outpost.
Director: Daniel Petrie | Stars: Paul Newman, Edward Asner, Ken Wahl, Danny Aiello
Votes: 6,978 | Gross: $29.20M
12. Across 110th Street (1972)
R | 102 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Two New York City cops go after amateur crooks who are trying to rip off the Mafia and start a gang war.
Director: Barry Shear | Stars: Anthony Quinn, Yaphet Kotto, Anthony Franciosa, Frank Adu
Votes: 7,138 | Gross: $3.60M
13. American Playhouse (1980–1994)
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Anthology series which ran on PBS throughout the 1980s.
Stars: Jeffrey DeMunn, Elizabeth Franz, Edward Herrmann, Sada Thompson
Votes: 412
14. Night of the Juggler (1980)
R | 101 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A tough, New York City ex-cop relentlessly searches for his kidnapped teenage daughter whom is held by a twisted psycho after mistaking her for the daughter of a wealthy businessman.
Directors: Robert Butler, Sidney J. Furie | Stars: James Brolin, Cliff Gorman, Richard S. Castellano, Linda Miller
Votes: 1,071
15. Coriolanus (1979 Video)
Drama, History
A banished hero of Rome allies with a sworn enemy to take his revenge on the city.
Director: Wilford Leach | Stars: Frank Adu, Bimbo, Thomas Martell Brimm, Christine Campbell
Votes: 120
16. White Lies (1997)
94 min | Comedy
Director: Ken Selden | Stars: Julie Warner, Lawrence Gilliard Jr., Terry Kinney, Rosanna Arquette
Votes: 159
17. The Andros Targets (1977– )
60 min | Crime, Drama
Crusading reporter Mike Andros fights for justice!
Stars: James Sutorius, Pamela Reed, Alan Mixon, Ted Beniades
Votes: 49
18. Heart (1987)
R | 90 min | Drama
An aging middleweight boxer trains for a match against a rising star, unaware his manager has fixed the bout so that he must lose - but will he throw the fight?
Director: James Lemmo | Stars: Brad Davis, Frances Fisher, Steve Buscemi, Frank Adu
Votes: 137
19. Rapid (2007)
62 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
What if you knew exactly when a loved one was going to die and all you had to do is be there to save them? Retired officer Frank Williams will get his chance. In Frank's world everything moves... 'Rapid.'
Directors: Hakim Robinson, Kevin Gordon | Stars: Frank Adu, Dominique Brimais, Stephen Coger, Kamilah Gianni
20. Injun fender (1974)
100 min | Drama
A surreal portrait of the New York subculture.
Director: Robert Cordier | Stars: Dennis Campbell, Nancy Salmon, Warren Finnerty, Paul Brin
21.
American Playhouse (1980–1994)
Episode:
Concealed Enemies, Part I: Suspicion
(1984)
219 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A dramatized account of the actual events that led to the 1950 conviction of former U. S. State Department official Alger Hiss of perjury before a federal grand jury and his resulting imprisonment.
Director: Jeff Bleckner | Stars: Gerry Bamman, John Harkins, Edward Herrmann, Maria Tucci
Votes: 52
22.
The Cosby Show (1984–1992)
Episode:
What He Did for Love
(1989)
TV-PG | 21 min | Comedy, Family, Romance
Theo and his friends go to the cafeteria to impress a girl with a very expensive watch one of them found on the street. Unfortunately it appears that the watch was reported stolen and his friend gets in trouble.
Directors: Carl Lauten, Chuck Vinson | Stars: Bill Cosby, Phylicia Rashad, Sabrina Le Beauf, Geoffrey Owens
Votes: 117
23.
The Equalizer (1985–1989)
Episode:
Bump and Run
(1985)
TV-14 | 48 min | Action, Crime, Drama
McCall searches for a vigilante who is killing criminals in his name. Meanwhile, his colleague Kostmeyer protects a young woman from carjackers seeking revenge for a fallen member of their crew.
Director: Richard Compton | Stars: Edward Woodward, Brian Bedford, Laura Ashton, Charles Brown
Votes: 121
24.
Law & Order (1990– )
Episode:
Charm City
(1996)
TV-14 | 47 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A man leaves a poisonous gas bomb on a train and kills a lot of people. The man is found guilty, but says this is just the tip of the iceberg.
Director: Edwin Sherin | Stars: Jerry Orbach, Benjamin Bratt, S. Epatha Merkerson, Sam Waterston
Votes: 343
25.
Law & Order (1990– )
Episode:
In Memory Of
(1991)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Skeletal remains of a young boy missing for 30 years are found in an apartment building, and finding the killer may ride on Dr. Olivet's ability to uncover a possible witness' repressed memories of the incident.
Director: Edwin Sherin | Stars: Paul Sorvino, Chris Noth, Dann Florek, Michael Moriarty
Votes: 336
26.
New York Undercover (1994–2024)
Episode:
Pilot
(1994)
TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Music
Kids working for an auto-theft ring steal the car of a mobster's mother; J.C.'s ex-wife wants to send their son to a private school.
Director: Bill Duke | Stars: Malik Yoba, Michael DeLorenzo, Patti D'Arbanville, Michael Michele
Votes: 61
27.
New York Undercover (1994–2024)
Episode:
School Ties
(1994)
TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Music
Manhattan police detectives J.C. Williams and Eddie Torres are assigned to a case dealing with a 17 year old girl who accuses a high school football player of rape. Eddie has problems going... See full summary »
Director: Arthur W. Forney | Stars: Michael DeLorenzo, Malik Yoba, Patti D'Arbanville, Michael Michele
Votes: 81
28.
Spenser: For Hire (1985–1988)
Episode:
McAllister
(1988)
TV-14 | 49 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When the daughter of a Navy captain is murdered, suspicion falls on the (black) lieutenant who had been having an affair with her. McAllister, an honorable attorney and an old friend of Hawk's comes to defend him.
Director: Harvey Hart | Stars: Robert Urich, Avery Brooks, Barbara Stock, Ron McLarty
Votes: 44
29.
The Andros Targets (1977– )
Episode:
A Labor Czar Is Missing
(1977)
Crime, Drama
One of Mike's contacts informs him that a top-ranking union official will be killed, and when he disappears from a banquet, held in his honor, Mike suspects the worst.
Director: Mel Damski | Stars: James Sutorius, Frank Adu, Ted Beniades, Jacqueline Brookes