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1. Kino+ (2014– )
News, Talk-Show
Cinema releases, news and other things are discussed in a weekly Cinema Magazine.
Stars: Daniel Schröckert, Etienne Gardé, Andreas Bardet, Antje Wessels
Votes: 263
2.
Boardwalk Empire (2010–2014)
Episode:
Two Impostors
(2012)
TV-MA | 50 min | Crime, Drama
After a dead body is delivered in a crate and Margaret leaves him, Nucky spends the next day with a seriously wounded Eddie and Gyp's thugs trying to kill him.
Director: Allen Coulter | Stars: Steve Buscemi, Kelly Macdonald, Michael Shannon, Shea Whigham
Votes: 3,135
3.
Boardwalk Empire (2010–2014)
Episode:
Margate Sands
(2012)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama
After promising Rothstein Mellon's distillery, Masseria is persuaded to withdraw his support for Gyp, and Margaret finds an abortionist in Brooklyn.
Director: Timothy Van Patten | Stars: Steve Buscemi, Kelly Macdonald, Michael Shannon, Shea Whigham
Votes: 2,985
4.
Boardwalk Empire (2010–2014)
Episode:
Farewell Daddy Blues
(2013)
TV-MA | 57 min | Crime, Drama
Eli braces for the worst as Agent Knox launches his plan to bring Nucky down. Capone and Torrio reach an agreement in Cicero. Chalky looks to settle scores. Richard steps forward to save Tommy, at Gillian's expense.
Director: Timothy Van Patten | Stars: Steve Buscemi, Kelly Macdonald, Michael Shannon, Shea Whigham
Votes: 2,982
5.
Boardwalk Empire (2010–2014)
Episode:
To the Lost
(2011)
TV-MA | 57 min | Crime, Drama
Jimmy tries to make things right with Nucky, the KKK murderers get justice, and Nucky marries Margaret to avoid her testimony at his trial.
Director: Timothy Van Patten | Stars: Steve Buscemi, Michael Pitt, Kelly Macdonald, Michael Shannon
Votes: 3,144
6.
Boardwalk Empire (2010–2014)
Episode:
Eldorado
(2014)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama
Nucky visits Gillian, Luciano and Lansky deal with Narcisse and young Nucky faces a turning point. In Chicago, Capone prepares to face trial and in New York Margaret becomes a stock operator a la Joe Kennedy. Scores are made and settled.
Director: Timothy Van Patten | Stars: Steve Buscemi, Kelly Macdonald, Michael Shannon, Shea Whigham
Votes: 3,322
7.
Boardwalk Empire (2010–2014)
Episode:
Friendless Child
(2014)
TV-MA | 56 min | Crime, Drama
In 1897 Nucky's family tries to help the young Gillian and in 1931 his forces try to resist an ambitious Luciano.
Director: Allen Coulter | Stars: Steve Buscemi, Kelly Macdonald, Michael Shannon, Shea Whigham
Votes: 2,273
8. Henry Cavill: Becoming Superman (2013 TV Movie)
Documentary
Stars: Amy Adams, Henry Cavill, Wesley Coller, Russell Crowe
Votes: 153
9.
Boardwalk Empire (2010–2014)
Episode:
A Man, a Plan...
(2012)
TV-MA | 58 min | Crime, Drama
Nucky plans to whack Joe Masseria and Gyp Rosetti, Richard stands up to Julia's abusive father, and Owen and Margaret plan to run off together.
Director: Jeremy Podeswa | Stars: Steve Buscemi, Kelly Macdonald, Michael Shannon, Shea Whigham
Votes: 2,249
10.
Waco (2018)
Episode:
Day 51
(2018)
TV-14 | 52 min | Crime, Drama, History
The standoff at the Mount Carmel compound comes to a violent and tragic end.
Directors: John Erick Dowdle, Dennie Gordon | Stars: Michael Shannon, Taylor Kitsch, Andrea Riseborough, Paul Sparks
Votes: 1,018
11.
Boardwalk Empire (2010–2014)
Episode:
Under God's Power She Flourishes
(2011)
TV-MA | 58 min | Crime, Drama
Jimmy's experiences at Princeton are seen in flashback, Margaret tries to deal with her guilt, and Doyle tries unsuccessfully to wheel and deal.
Director: Allen Coulter | Stars: Steve Buscemi, Michael Pitt, Kelly Macdonald, Michael Shannon
Votes: 2,390
12.
Boardwalk Empire (2010–2014)
Episode:
Devil You Know
(2014)
TV-MA | 58 min | Crime, Drama
Chalky comes to an agreement with Narcisse to free Daughter Maitland. Nucky engages in alcoholic depravity. Van Alden and Eli try to steal Capone's ledgers.
Director: Jeremy Podeswa | Stars: Steve Buscemi, Kelly Macdonald, Stephen Graham, Vincent Piazza
Votes: 2,217
13. Michael Shannon Reads the Insane Delta Gamma Sorority Letter (2013 Video)
TV-MA | 4 min | Short, Comedy
Michael Shannon channels Rebecca Martinson's insane and equally amazing letter to her Delta Gamma sorority sisters.
Directors: Danny Jelinek, Bryan Safi | Star: Michael Shannon
Votes: 215
14.
Boardwalk Empire (2010–2014)
Episode:
Erlkönig
(2013)
TV-MA | 59 min | Crime, Drama
Agent Knox ruthlessly detains and badgers Eddie, Nucky pulls whatever strings he needs to to get his nephew off the hook, and Gillian becomes more heavily addicted.
Director: Timothy Van Patten | Stars: Steve Buscemi, Kelly Macdonald, Michael Shannon, Shea Whigham
Votes: 2,080
15.
Boardwalk Empire (2010–2014)
Episode:
White Horse Pike
(2013)
TV-MA | 53 min | Crime, Drama
Nucky discovers that Lansky is betraying him by piggybacking heroin in his liquor trucks, Narcisse and Chalky are at total war, and Knox coerces Eli.
Director: Jake Paltrow | Stars: Steve Buscemi, Kelly Macdonald, Michael Shannon, Shea Whigham
Votes: 1,929
16.
Boardwalk Empire (2010–2014)
Episode:
A Return to Normalcy
(2010)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama
Nucky's organizational skills are put to the test as the election approaches, his judgment's questioned as he handles the Commodore's poisoning, and he reveals his part to Margaret.
Director: Timothy Van Patten | Stars: Steve Buscemi, Michael Pitt, Kelly Macdonald, Michael Shannon
Votes: 2,404
17.
Boardwalk Empire (2010–2014)
Episode:
Gimcrack and Bunkum
(2011)
TV-MA | 51 min | Crime, Drama
With the Commodore's stroke, the conspirators against Nucky realize their error and begin to make bad decisions.
Director: Timothy Van Patten | Stars: Steve Buscemi, Michael Pitt, Kelly Macdonald, Michael Shannon
Votes: 2,192
18. Boardwalk Empire (2010–2014)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama
An Atlantic City politician plays both sides of the law by conspiring with gangsters during the Prohibition era.
Stars: Steve Buscemi, Kelly Macdonald, Michael Shannon, Shea Whigham
Votes: 203,067
19.
Boardwalk Empire (2010–2014)
Episode:
Boardwalk Empire
(2010)
TV-MA | 72 min | Crime, Drama
In 1920 Atlantic City, politician Enoch 'Nucky' Thompson makes arrangements to operate a liquor smuggling business during the early days of Prohibition. His driver, Jimmy Darmody, wishes to prove his usefulness.
Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Steve Buscemi, Michael Pitt, Kelly Macdonald, Michael Shannon
Votes: 4,872
20.
Boardwalk Empire (2010–2014)
Episode:
Two Boats and a Lifeguard
(2011)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama
When the Feds serve Eli with a subpoena, the trauma causes his father to have a heart attack, and Nucky announces to his rivals that he's retiring.
Director: Timothy Van Patten | Stars: Steve Buscemi, Michael Pitt, Kelly Macdonald, Michael Shannon
Votes: 2,015
21.
Boardwalk Empire (2010–2014)
Episode:
Georgia Peaches
(2011)
TV-MA | 59 min | Crime, Drama
Jimmy's supporters fail to break up Chalky's strikers and negotiations fail as Margaret thinks she can buy Emily's recovery and Manny Horvitz exacts revenge.
Director: Jeremy Podeswa | Stars: Steve Buscemi, Michael Pitt, Kelly Macdonald, Michael Shannon
Votes: 2,066
22.
Boardwalk Empire (2010–2014)
Episode:
The Pony
(2012)
TV-MA | 59 min | Crime, Drama
Gillian plots revenge for Jimmy's murder, Billie gets a screen test, and Nucky approaches cabinet secretary Andrew Mellon with an offer he can't refuse.
Director: Timothy Van Patten | Stars: Steve Buscemi, Kelly Macdonald, Michael Shannon, Shea Whigham
Votes: 1,984
23.
Boardwalk Empire (2010–2014)
Episode:
Blue Bell Boy
(2012)
TV-MA | 57 min | Crime, Drama
After tracking down a liquor thief, Nucky and Owen end up spending a long night hiding out from the Feds with the precocious perp. Mickey makes a routing call that will have far-reaching consequences. Capone's feud with O'Banion heats up.
Director: Kari Skogland | Stars: Steve Buscemi, Kelly Macdonald, Michael Shannon, Shea Whigham
Votes: 1,999
24.
Boardwalk Empire (2010–2014)
Episode:
The Old Ship of Zion
(2013)
TV-MA | 57 min | Crime, Drama
Sally Wheet arrives from Florida with a crates of oranges and liquor, Knox continues to pursue criminal charges on the Thompsons, and Nucky helps reconcile Eli and Willie.
Director: Timothy Van Patten | Stars: Steve Buscemi, Kelly Macdonald, Michael Shannon, Shea Whigham
Votes: 1,824
25. All Happy Families (2023)
90 min | Comedy
Director: Haroula Rose | Stars: Colleen Camp, Josh Radnor, John Ashton, Rob Huebel
Votes: 15
26.
Boardwalk Empire (2010–2014)
Episode:
The Emerald City
(2010)
TV-MA | 59 min | Crime, Drama
Harrow guards Margaret and the kids, Jimmy mistakenly thinks Mr. Dittrich is Angela's lover, and Chalky pretends to align himself with Lansky.
Director: Simon Cellan Jones | Stars: Steve Buscemi, Michael Pitt, Kelly Macdonald, Michael Shannon
Votes: 2,257
27.
Boardwalk Empire (2010–2014)
Episode:
Home
(2010)
TV-MA | 53 min | Crime, Drama
After Enoch's senile father breaks a leg in his isolated house, the brothers agree that he no longer can live alone and the house should be given to a loyal employee.
Director: Allen Coulter | Stars: Steve Buscemi, Michael Pitt, Kelly Macdonald, Michael Shannon
Votes: 2,450
28.
Boardwalk Empire (2010–2014)
Episode:
Belle Femme
(2010)
TV-MA | 53 min | Crime, Drama
Jimmy arrives from Chicago under his new agreement with Nucky to retaliate against a rival gang element but gets a chilly reception from Angela.
Director: Brad Anderson | Stars: Steve Buscemi, Michael Pitt, Kelly Macdonald, Michael Shannon
Votes: 2,287
29.
Boardwalk Empire (2010–2014)
Episode:
The Milkmaid's Lot
(2012)
TV-MA | 54 min | Crime, Drama
Nucky is still feeling the effects of the bomb concussion as Rothstein and other allies withdraw their support while Margaret and Owen come to an understanding.
Director: Ed Bianchi | Stars: Steve Buscemi, Kelly Macdonald, Michael Shannon, Shea Whigham
Votes: 1,884
30.
Boardwalk Empire (2010–2014)
Episode:
Marriage and Hunting
(2013)
TV-MA | 56 min | Crime, Drama
Nucky refuses to involve himself in Chalky's growing conflict with Narcisse, Rothstein's need for cash pushes him to collect on Doyle's insurance, and Van Alden agrees to kill O'Banion.
Director: Ed Bianchi | Stars: Steve Buscemi, Kelly Macdonald, Michael Shannon, Shea Whigham
Votes: 1,784
31.
Boardwalk Empire (2010–2014)
Episode:
Cuanto
(2014)
TV-MA | 58 min | Crime, Drama
Luciano encounters Capone in Chicago; Nucky and Margaret find common ground in Atlantic City. Meanwhile, Sally conducts business in Cuba as rumors swirl of a public uprising. In 1884, a young Nucky continues to impress the commodore.
Director: Jake Paltrow | Stars: Steve Buscemi, Kelly Macdonald, Michael Shannon, Shea Whigham
Votes: 1,814
32. Off Camera with Sam Jones (2014– )
58 min | Talk-Show
Photographer and director Sam Jones sits down with the myriad professionals of television and movies, and other celebrities (great skateboarders, for example), to discuss their development ... See full summary »
Stars: Sam Jones, Robert Downey Jr., Matt Damon, Jason Sudeikis
Votes: 332
33. Journey of Discovery: Creating Man of Steel (2013 Video)
10 min | Short
Watch the movie with Director Zack Snyder's in-bred documentary with some select actors and cast members as they talk about the different scenes and show the incredible journey that was ... See full summary »
Stars: Zack Snyder, Charles Roven, Wesley Coller, David S. Goyer
Votes: 22
34.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999– )
Episode:
Quarry
(2005)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An old body of a young kid is found and there seems to be a link to a soon-to-be-executed pedophile. Can the squad find the link between him and the body, or is there a more sinister link?
Director: Constantine Makris | Stars: Christopher Meloni, Mariska Hargitay, Richard Belzer, Diane Neal
Votes: 1,067
35.
At Home with Amy Sedaris (2017–2020)
Episode:
First Dates
(2020)
TV-14 | Comedy
Amy prepares for a first date to show how it is done, but ends up trapped in her private elevator just as the man she's been corresponding with through a letter-writing romance, and who is totally not an escaped psychopath, arrives.
Director: Anu Valia | Stars: Amy Sedaris, Cole Escola, David Pasquesi, Michael Shannon
Votes: 29
36.
Boardwalk Empire (2010–2014)
Episode:
Ourselves Alone
(2011)
TV-MA | 58 min | Crime, Drama
After Nucky is released, he finds that most of his organization have deserted him for the Commodore, Margaret keeps her head, and the IRA asks Nucky for a donation.
Director: David Petrarca | Stars: Steve Buscemi, Michael Pitt, Kelly Macdonald, Michael Shannon
Votes: 2,136
37.
Boardwalk Empire (2010–2014)
Episode:
Battle of the Century
(2011)
TV-MA | 49 min | Crime, Drama
Nucky goes to Belfast and offers to trade the IRA machine guns for whiskey, Waxy Gordon plans revenge against Manny Horvitz, and Jimmy enjoys his new status as AC boss.
Director: Brad Anderson | Stars: Steve Buscemi, Michael Pitt, Kelly Macdonald, Michael Shannon
Votes: 1,938
38.
Boardwalk Empire (2010–2014)
Episode:
Resolution
(2012)
TV-MA | 57 min | Crime, Drama
Season 3 premiere. Nucky makes a New Year's resolution; Margaret eyes a hospital expansion; Gillian builds a new business; Van Alden calls a gangster's bluff.
Director: Timothy Van Patten | Stars: Steve Buscemi, Kelly Macdonald, Michael Shannon, Shea Whigham
Votes: 2,225
39.
Boardwalk Empire (2010–2014)
Episode:
All In
(2013)
TV-MA | 56 min | Crime, Drama
Nucky decides not to partner with Rothstein on his Tampa operation, Narcisse recruits Dunn from Chalky, and Van Alden switches allegiance From O'Banion to Capone.
Director: Ed Bianchi | Stars: Steve Buscemi, Kelly Macdonald, Michael Shannon, Shea Whigham
Votes: 1,812
40.
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014– )
Episode:
Nicole Kidman/Michael Shannon/Miranda Lambert
(2016)
TV-14 | 41 min | Comedy, Music, Talk-Show
Nicole Kidman (Lion (2016)); Michael Shannon (Nocturnal Animals (2016)). Also: Miranda Lambert performs.
Directors: Dave Diomedi, Dan Opsal | Stars: Jimmy Fallon, Nicole Kidman, Michael Shannon, Miranda Lambert
Votes: 38
41.
Waco (2018)
Episode:
Operation Showtime
(2018)
TV-14 | 47 min | Crime, Drama, History
With the ATF siege in motion, assault vehicles storm the Mount Carmel compound and exchange gunfire, which begins a 51-day standoff.
Directors: John Erick Dowdle, Dennie Gordon | Stars: Michael Shannon, Taylor Kitsch, Andrea Riseborough, Paul Sparks
Votes: 994
42. The Daily Show (1996– )
TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy, News, Talk-Show
A comedy news show featuring humorous takes on top stories.
Stars: Jon Stewart, Trevor Noah, Stephen Colbert, Roy Wood Jr.
Votes: 48,180
43. WTF with Marc Maron (2009 Podcast Series)
Talk-Show
Marc Maron welcomes comedians, actors, directors, writers, authors, musicians and folks from all walks of life to his home for amazingly revealing conversations.
Stars: Marc Maron, Eddie Pepitone, Jim Earl, Matthew L. Weiss
Votes: 176
44.
Boardwalk Empire (2010–2014)
Episode:
Nights in Ballygran
(2010)
TV-MA | 53 min | Crime, Drama
Nucky makes preparations for the annual Celtic Day dinner on St. Patrick's Day, and Jimmy tries to get Pearl through the trauma of her disfigurement with drugs,
Director: Alan Taylor | Stars: Steve Buscemi, Michael Pitt, Kelly Macdonald, Michael Shannon
Votes: 2,553
45.
Boardwalk Empire (2010–2014)
Episode:
Havre de Grace
(2013)
TV-MA | 57 min | Crime, Drama
Chalky and Daughter are on the run after a failed attempt on Nacisse and are being protected by his old mentor, and Willie officially joins the family business.
Director: Allen Coulter | Stars: Steve Buscemi, Kelly Macdonald, Michael Shannon, Shea Whigham
Votes: 1,756
46.
Boardwalk Empire (2010–2014)
Episode:
King of Norway
(2014)
TV-MA | 53 min | Crime, Drama
When fugitive Chalky comes to Nucky hunting for Narcisse, Nucky advises him against revenge and hides him. Van Alden and Eli are arrested, and an 1897 Nucky moves up with the Commodore.
Director: Ed Bianchi | Stars: Steve Buscemi, Kelly Macdonald, Michael Shannon, Shea Whigham
Votes: 1,742
47.
At Home with Amy Sedaris (2017–2020)
Episode:
Murdercide
(2017)
TV-14 | 24 min | Comedy
It was an award-winning show night like any other; Amy was having the book club over for paella when during a rainstorm, a curious stranger arrived on her doorstep. Then, a corpse was discovered. Was it murder? It was!
Director: Paul Dinello | Stars: Amy Sedaris, Michael Shannon, Cindy Caponera, Cole Escola
Votes: 51
48.
Boardwalk Empire (2010–2014)
Episode:
Family Limitation
(2010)
TV-MA | 59 min | Crime, Drama
Nucky investigates a boardwalk theft; Jimmy scores points with Johnny Torrio in Chicago; Margaret stands up to Lucy.
Director: Timothy Van Patten | Stars: Steve Buscemi, Michael Pitt, Kelly Macdonald, Michael Shannon
Votes: 2,430
49.
Boardwalk Empire (2010–2014)
Episode:
Paris Green
(2010)
TV-MA | 56 min | Crime, Drama
Van Alland remains suspicious of Sebso, the dying Commodore seeks a rapprochements with illegitimate son Jimmy, and Margaret leaves after a domestic argument with Nucky.
Director: Allen Coulter | Stars: Steve Buscemi, Michael Pitt, Kelly Macdonald, Michael Shannon
Votes: 2,185
50.
Boardwalk Empire (2010–2014)
Episode:
21
(2011)
TV-MA | 53 min | Crime, Drama
Confidantes of Nucky plot against him, Gillian vies with Angela for control of the house, race relations hit a boiling point, and Van Alden celebrates his 13th anniversary.
Director: Timothy Van Patten | Stars: Steve Buscemi, Michael Pitt, Kelly Macdonald, Michael Shannon
Votes: 2,297