Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows With Anthony Backman

1. Friends (1994–2004)

TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy, Romance

Follows the personal and professional lives of six twenty to thirty year-old friends living in the Manhattan borough of New York City.

Stars: Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc

Votes: 1,087,562

2. Heat (1995)

R | 170 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A group of high-end professional thieves start to feel the heat from the LAPD when they unknowingly leave a verbal clue at their latest heist.

Director: Michael Mann | Stars: Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Val Kilmer, Jon Voight

Votes: 719,025 | Gross: $67.44M

3. Showgirls (1995)

NC-17 | 128 min | Drama

A mysterious young drifter who calls herself Nomi Malone hitches a ride to Las Vegas, Nevada, and begins working as a strip club dancer, and sets about clawing her way to the top of the Vegas showgirls.

Director: Paul Verhoeven | Stars: Elizabeth Berkley, Kyle MacLachlan, Gina Gershon, Glenn Plummer

Votes: 74,601 | Gross: $20.30M

4. General Hospital (1963– )

TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

Families, friends, enemies, and lovers experience life-changing events in the large upstate city of Port Charles, New York, which has a busy hospital, upscale hotel, cozy diner, and dangerous waterfront frequented by the criminal underworld.

Stars: Maurice Benard, John Beradino, Laura Wright, Rachel Ames

Votes: 5,522

5. Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995)

R | 100 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

Casey Ryback hops on a Colorado to LA train to start a vacation with his niece. Early into the trip, terrorists board the train and use it as a mobile HQ to hijack a top secret destructive US satellite.

Director: Geoff Murphy | Stars: Steven Seagal, Eric Bogosian, Everett McGill, Katherine Heigl

Votes: 50,126 | Gross: $50.02M

6. The House Bunny (2008)

PG-13 | 97 min | Comedy

After Playboy bunny Shelley is kicked out of the Playboy Mansion, she finds a job as the house mother for a sorority full of socially awkward girls.

Director: Fred Wolf | Stars: Anna Faris, Colin Hanks, Emma Stone, Kat Dennings

Votes: 90,286 | Gross: $48.24M

7. The Man in the Iron Mask (I) (1998)

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

The cruel King Louis XIV of France has a secret twin brother whom he keeps imprisoned. Can the twin be substituted for the real king?

Director: Randall Wallace | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Jeremy Irons, John Malkovich, Gérard Depardieu

Votes: 178,728 | Gross: $56.97M

8. Mad About You (1992–2019)

TV-PG | 22 min | Comedy, Romance

Mad About You centers on the trials and tribulations of a married couple living in New York.

Stars: Paul Reiser, Helen Hunt, John Pankow, Leila Kenzle

Votes: 25,134

9. Mona Lisa Smile (2003)

PG-13 | 117 min | Drama

A free-thinking art professor teaches conservative 1950s Wellesley girls to question their traditional social roles.

Director: Mike Newell | Stars: Julia Roberts, Kirsten Dunst, Julia Stiles, Maggie Gyllenhaal

Votes: 90,898 | Gross: $63.86M

10. Kiss the Girls (1997)

R | 115 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Police hunting for a serial kidnapper are helped when a victim manages to escape for the first time.

Director: Gary Fleder | Stars: Morgan Freeman, Ashley Judd, Cary Elwes, Alex McArthur

Votes: 81,172 | Gross: $60.53M

11. Lethal Seduction (2015 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 80 min | Thriller

High-school senior Mark comes under the spell of his seductive neighbor, Carissa. After becoming lovers, Carissa convinces Mark to do whatever she wants, including cutting his mother out of his life.

Director: Nancy Leopardi | Stars: Caleb Ruminer, Amanda Detmer, Dina Meyer, Brian Thomas Smith

Votes: 1,170

12. Virtuosity (1995)

R | 106 min | Action, Crime, Sci-Fi

When a virtual reality simulation created using the personalities of multiple serial killers manages to escape into the real world, an ex-cop is tasked with stopping its reign of terror.

Director: Brett Leonard | Stars: Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Kelly Lynch, Stephen Spinella

Votes: 32,382 | Gross: $24.05M

13. The American President (1995)

PG-13 | 114 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A widowed U.S. President running for reelection and an environmental lobbyist fall in love. It's all above-board, but "politics is perception," and sparks fly anyway.

Director: Rob Reiner | Stars: Michael Douglas, Annette Bening, Martin Sheen, Michael J. Fox

Votes: 60,618 | Gross: $65.00M

14. Delicatessen (1991)

R | 99 min | Comedy, Crime

Post-apocalyptic surrealist black comedy about the landlord of an apartment building who occasionally prepares a delicacy for his odd tenants.

Directors: Marc Caro, Jean-Pierre Jeunet | Stars: Marie-Laure Dougnac, Dominique Pinon, Pascal Benezech, Jean-Claude Dreyfus

Votes: 90,024 | Gross: $1.79M

15. Sunshine Cleaning (2008)

R | 91 min | Comedy, Drama

In order to raise the tuition to send her young son to private school, a mom starts an unusual business -- a biohazard removal/crime scene clean-up service -- with her unreliable sister.

Director: Christine Jeffs | Stars: Amy Adams, Emily Blunt, Alan Arkin, Jason Spevack

Votes: 74,119 | Gross: $12.06M

16. Money Train (1995)

R | 110 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

A vengeful New York City transit cop decides to steal a trainload of subway fares. His foster brother, a fellow cop, tries to protect him.

Director: Joseph Ruben | Stars: Wesley Snipes, Woody Harrelson, Jennifer Lopez, Robert Blake

Votes: 43,183 | Gross: $35.32M

17. Domestic Disturbance (2001)

PG-13 | 89 min | Crime, Thriller

When Danny witnesses his stepfather Rick murder a man, Danny's father Frank has to protect his son from the greatest danger.

Director: Harold Becker | Stars: John Travolta, Nick Loren, Matt O'Leary, Ruben Santiago-Hudson

Votes: 28,717 | Gross: $45.25M

18. Elevator (V) (2012)

Not Rated | 84 min | Horror, Thriller

Racism collides with corporate greed when nine strangers - one of whom has a bomb - become trapped in a Wall Street elevator.

Director: Stig Svendsen | Stars: Christopher Backus, Aníta Briem, John Getz, Shirley Knight

Votes: 7,172

19. Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde (1995)

PG-13 | 90 min | Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi

A scientist creating perfumes inherits his great grandfather Dr. Jekyll's formula and decides to use modern technology to improve it. He ends up as an ambitious, ruthless woman. She tries to prevent returning into the spineless man.

Director: David Price | Stars: Sean Young, Tim Daly, Lysette Anthony, Stephen Tobolowsky

Votes: 3,021 | Gross: $2.76M

20. 10.0 Earthquake (2014)

PG | 88 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Los Angeles is about to be hit by a devastating earthquake, and time is running out to save the city from imminent danger.

Director: David Gidali | Stars: Jeffrey Jones, Henry Ian Cusick, Cameron Richardson, Chasty Ballesteros

Votes: 2,670

21. All Hallows' Eve 2 (2015)

Unrated | 91 min | Horror

A woman finds a VHS tape on her doorstep that shows a series of gruesome tales that could be real. But the true danger is the pumpkin-faced killer that's using the tape to find his next victim.

Directors: Jesse Baget, Elias Benavidez, Andrés Borghi, Jay Holben, Mike Kochansky, James Kondelik, Jon Kondelik, Bryan Norton, Antonio Padovan, Ryan Patch, Marc Roussel | Stars: Andrea Monier, Damien Monier, Helen Rogers, Tyler Rossell

Votes: 2,882

22. See Spot Run (2001)

PG | 94 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

A mailman takes care of a dog that, unbeknownst to him, is an FBI drug-sniffing superdog that has escaped from the witness protection program after becoming the target of an assassination.

Director: John Whitesell | Stars: David Arquette, Michael Clarke Duncan, Leslie Bibb, Joe Viterelli

Votes: 9,729 | Gross: $33.36M

23. Nanny Cam (2014 TV Movie)

100 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

An ambitious, professional ad executive watches as her gorgeous new nanny slowly bonds with her daughter and husband.

Director: Nancy Leopardi | Stars: India Eisley, Laura Allen, Cam Gigandet, Farrah Mackenzie

Votes: 1,913

24. Like Sunday, Like Rain (2014)

R | 104 min | Drama, Music

Living with abundant resources, 12-year-old cello prodigy Reggie lives a solitary life in Manhattan; estranged from family, jobless, and having boyfriend problems, sometime-musician 23-year-old Eleanor needs a new job and residence.

Director: Frank Whaley | Stars: Julian Shatkin, Olga Merediz, Debra Messing, Wayne Pretlow

Votes: 5,060 | Gross: $0.03M

25. Escaping Dad (2017 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 90 min | Thriller

A woman goes on the run with her children to escape an abusive husband, who is the District Attorney. He puts out an Amber Alert for them.

Director: Ross Kohn | Stars: Trevor Donovan, Sunny Mabrey, Jason Wiles, Grace Van Dien

Votes: 516

26. Wish Upon a Unicorn (2020)

PG | 93 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy

After 8-year-old Mia loses her mother, her family moves to Grandma's Montana ranch. In the woods, Mia discovers a unicorn colt: a magical creature that brings luck to anyone who believes in it.

Director: Steve Bencich | Stars: Ryan Kiera Armstrong, Summer Fontana, Jonathan Lajoie, Chloe Webb

Votes: 244

27. Rage (1995)

R | 94 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

A corrupt right-wing militia group chooses a California teacher as the ideal specimen to clone for its army.

Director: Joseph Merhi | Stars: Gary Daniels, Kenneth Tigar, Fiona Hutchison, Jillian McWhirter

Votes: 805

28. Strange Events (2014– )

78 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

In a world where monsters, ghosts and other dreadful creatures are a reality, nightmares can come true. And they will. An anthology that delves into the paranormal, the bizarre and the downright insane. No place is safe.

Stars: Kyle Kankonde, Rachel Winters, Corey Scott Rutledge, Katrina Ann Volonnino

Votes: 674

29. Cyber-Tracker 2 (1995 Video)

R | 97 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller

A Secret Service agent (Wilson) battles an arms dealer who is creating a cyborg army.

Director: Richard Pepin | Stars: Don Wilson, Stacie Foster, Tony Burton, Jim Maniaci

Votes: 720

30. Live Shot (1995)

60 min | Drama

Live Shot was a short-lived but high-quality show during the initial start up season for the UPN network. With a balance of comedy and drama, the show explored the inner workings of a Los ... See full summary »

Stars: Sam Anderson, David Birney, Wanda De Jesus, Hill Harper

Votes: 68

31. American Typecast (2019)

18 min | Short, Comedy

A struggling Middle-Eastern American actor, perpetually typecast as a terrorist, is forced to embrace his stereotype in order to save lives on and off the big screen.

Director: Dane Cook | Stars: Monib Abhat, Dane Cook, Seth Green, Bobby Zegar

Votes: 33

32. The Canadians (2017– )

TV-MA | 21 min | Comedy

After Trump takes office, two married American spies - undercover as Canadians - are all that that stand between the U.S. and the Red Maple Menace.

Stars: Katie Keenan, Zachary Webber, James Lontayao, Anthony Backman

Votes: 48

33. Red Ribbon Blues (1996)

R | 97 min | Comedy, Drama

After attending his 23rd funeral for a friend with AIDS, Troy and his friends hatch a plan to steal the HIV drugs that they need. One successful heist leads to another and another until ... See full summary »

Director: Charles Winkler | Stars: Paul Mercurio, Debi Mazar, RuPaul, John Epperson

Votes: 1,019

34. Stepford Sidechix (2017– )

12 min | Drama

In an effort to secure a career as a respected writer, Ty exploits the world of the 'other woman' through the sometimes hilarious, often dramatic experiences of her once close-knit group of friends.

Stars: CJ Obilom, Swisyzinna, Lenore Adediran, Lawrence Saint-Victor

35. 20 Seconds to Live (2015– )

Comedy, Horror

A horror/comedy anthology for people who hate happy endings.

Stars: Laura Napoli, Amir Talai, Derek Mears, Tom Holland

Votes: 35

36. Firsts (2013– )

TV-MA | Comedy

The relationship of Chuck and Sally as they go through their "firsts".

Stars: Courtney Rackley, Troy Ruptash, Rebecca Larsen, Dave Shalansky

Votes: 21

37. Part Time Fabulous (2011)

78 min | Drama

PART TIME FABULOUS follows Mel (Jules Bruff), a young woman who suddenly falls in love with a man, Don (Bjorn Johnson), while on vacation. So taken with each other, he moves in with her ... See full summary »

Director: Alethea Root | Stars: Jules Bruff, Bjorn Johnson, John Combs, Blake Robbins

Votes: 69

38. Mr. Roberts (2019)

10 min | Short, Drama

A neighborhood expresses their condolences to a well-respected retired teacher whose wife has passed away, yet they are unaware of his dark side.

Director: Mike Timm | Stars: Basil Hoffman, Katherine Maya, Mary Dallas, David Green Jr.

Votes: 11

39. Descent (I) (2004)

15 min | Short, Thriller

A woman is trapped in an elevator with the man she witnessed murder her best friend.

Director: Jay Holben | Stars: April Adamson, Robert McLaughlin, Renee Intlekofer, Anthony Backman

Votes: 133

40. The 33rd: Sci-Fi Anthology (2018– )

Sci-Fi

Inspired by real-life unexplained phenomena, The 33rd is a sci-fi anthology series in the vein of The Twilight Zone that travels through time and across the globe; unraveling the mysteries ... See full summary »

Stars: Andie Karvelis, Emily Moss Wilson, Deven May, Anthony Backman

41. A Girl, a Guy, a Space Helmet (2012)

87 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance

Walter Kipling is an introverted yet determined inventor at Zspace Industries with a dream of being a hero in space exploration. When he's passed over for a fellowship on an upcoming launch... See full summary »

Director: Mike Timm | Stars: Anthony Backman, Kip Weeks, Minzi, Scott Subiono

Votes: 44

42. Thug in Love

Action | Announced

After a near fatal car accident, notorious mob heavy Lester Hackman rejoins his crime boss' operation with an altered state of mind - and heart. The term "Life is precious" couldn't be more... See full summary »

Director: Mike Timm | Stars: Lydia Cornell, Christian Svensson, Scott Subiono, Steve Bannos

43. Crosstown Traffic (1995 TV Movie)

Crime, Drama

A failed pilot for a remake of The Mod Squad with rapper Tone Loc.

Director: George Hickenlooper | Stars: Mike Altieri, Anthony Backman, Julie Benz, Tim Bohn

Votes: 22

44. Lost Soul of the Brooklyn Bridge (2023)

10 min | Short, Musical

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Director: Liz Sowers Buras | Stars: Anthony Backman, Jake Buras, Andy Forrest, Asia Marie Kreitz

45. Villain 2022

Short, Drama | Completed

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Director: Swisyzinna | Stars: Ana Marte, Carmireli Rodriguez, Herman Gambhir, DeMark Thompson

46. Ding! (2004)

7 min | Short, Comedy, Romance

Thirty-five year old Catherine Harris has been set up by her mother in the worst possible way. Mom has sent her to an afternoon 'speed dating' party. Can she find a decent guy in the mix or will she be awkward and alone forever.

Directors: Aaron Kisner, Melissa Taylor | Stars: Julie Alexander, Anthony Backman, G. Scott Brown, Jacquelyn Denning

Votes: 12

47. Michael and Eddie Kill People (2013)

Short, Comedy

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Director: Ben Rock | Stars: Anthony Backman, Marc Gasway, Michael J. Mancini, Eddie Pepitone

48. Hunger (2002)

1 min | Short, Horror, Thriller

In the small hours of the morning, a homeowner finds an unwanted guest in his living room who is rather hungry.

Director: Jay Holben | Stars: Anthony Backman, Steven Bordelon, Christopher Horvath, Hayden O'Brien

Votes: 23

49. Grand Gestures (2014)

3 min | Short, Comedy

A romantic comedy ploy goes awry.

Director: Jenelle Riley | Stars: Anthony Backman, Yuri Lowenthal, Lauren van Kurin

50. Synchronicity (IV) (2013)

8 min | Short, Drama

A call from above or just wrong number? It's up to you to decide.

Directors: Vlad G. Ionescu, David Haverty | Stars: Anthony Backman, Christian Calloway, Chanel Marriott, Adrian Marcel Rivero