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1. X-Men: The Animated Series (1992–1997)
TV-Y7 | 23 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A team of mutant superheroes fight for justice and human acceptance in the Marvel Comics universe.
Stars: Cedric Smith, Cal Dodd, Lenore Zann, George Buza
Votes: 49,657
2. Dead Poets Society (1989)
PG | 128 min | Comedy, Drama
Maverick teacher John Keating returns in 1959 to the prestigious New England boys' boarding school where he was once a star student, using poetry to embolden his pupils to new heights of self-expression.
Director: Peter Weir | Stars: Robin Williams, Robert Sean Leonard, Ethan Hawke, Josh Charles
Votes: 548,769 | Gross: $95.86M
3. Wiseguy (1987–1990)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Vincent Terranova is an agent with the Organized Crime Bureau infiltrating dangerous criminal organizations, struggling to remain true to himself while becoming close to the criminal leaders he is sworn to bring down.
Stars: Jonathan Banks, Jim Byrnes, Ken Wahl, Dwight Koss
Votes: 2,929
4. Avonlea (1990–1998)
TV-G | 60 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
A young girl is sent to live with her late mother's relatives in Prince Edward Island. Set in the early 1900's, the series follows her adventures, as well as that of her family and the town's people as she grows up in Avonlea.
Stars: Zachary Bennett, Lally Cadeau, Mag Ruffman, Cedric Smith
Votes: 4,868
5. Mutant X (2001–2004)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A fugitive geneticist and four of his "creations" search for others of their kind while attempting to stay a step ahead of a morally ambiguous government agent.
Stars: Victoria Pratt, Forbes March, Victor Webster, John Shea
Votes: 4,656
6. Kung Fu: The Legend Continues (1993–1997)
Not Rated | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Kwai Chang Caine was a monk at a Shaolin temple, where his son Peter also lived and studied.
Stars: David Carradine, Chris Potter, Richard Anderson, William Dunlop
Votes: 2,653
7. Forever Knight (1992–1996)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Fantasy, Horror
800-year-old vampire Nick Knight quests for redemption as a cop in Toronto, trying to hide his vampiric nature from the rest of the world.
Stars: Geraint Wyn Davies, Catherine Disher, Nigel Bennett, Deborah Duchene
Votes: 3,072
8. Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985–1989)
TV-PG | 22 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Updated remakes of classic stories from Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) and The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962), originally produced by the Master of Suspense. His original opening bits are colorized for re-use here.
Stars: Bernard Behrens, Cynthia Belliveau, David B. Nichols, Kathleen Quinlan
Votes: 3,262
9. Slings and Arrows (2003–2006)
TV-MA | 60 min | Comedy
Legendary theatrical madman Geoffrey Tennant returns to New Burbage Theatre Festival after his mentor's death, encountering his spirit and attempting to stage a remarkable Hamlet production amidst chaos with a difficult cast and staff.
Stars: Paul Gross, Martha Burns, Stephen Ouimette, Susan Coyne
Votes: 2,914
10. How the West Was Fun (1994 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 96 min | Comedy, Family, Western
Olsen twins Mary-Kate and Ashley lead the battle of wits and wills to save their beloved ranch in the feature length comedy How The West Was Fun.
Director: Stuart Margolin | Stars: Mary-Kate Olsen, Ashley Olsen, Martin Mull, Michele Greene
Votes: 2,029
11. PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal (1996–2000)
TV-14 | 45 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
A science team that works for the Office of Scientific Investigation and Research (O.S.I.R.) investigates the reports of supernatural phenomena.
Stars: Nancy Anne Sakovich, Barclay Hope, Colin Fox, Dan Aykroyd
Votes: 1,966
12. Wind at My Back (1996–2001)
60 min | Drama
A recently widowed mother loses her children to a cold mother-in-law in Ontario during the Great Depression.
Stars: Shirley Douglas, Kathryn Greenwood, Dylan Provencher, Tyrone Savage
Votes: 503
13. Danger Bay (1983–1990)
TV-PG | 30 min | Adventure, Family
The adventures of a marine biologist and his family as they fight environmental crimes and other problems.
Stars: Donnelly Rhodes, Christopher Crabb, Ocean Hellman, Hagan Beggs
Votes: 533
14. Street Legal (1987–1994)
50 min | Drama
The professional and private lives of a group of young, aggressive attorneys in partnership together in Toronto.
Stars: C. David Johnson, Eric Peterson, Cynthia Dale, Julie Khaner
Votes: 263
15. T and T (1988–1991)
30 min | Drama, Crime
T.S. Turner is a former boxer who is accussed of a murder he didn't commit. All was lost but, thanks to public defender Amanda Taler, he was proven innocent. Now he works as private eye and... See full summary »
Stars: Mr. T, David Nerman, Alexandra Amini, Jackie Richardson
Votes: 304
16. Evidence of Blood (1998 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 109 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
An award winning author of stories of real crimes returns to his hometown where he becomes involved in a 40 year old case of a murdered teenager.
Director: Andrew Mondshein | Stars: David Strathairn, Mary McDonnell, Sean McCann, Chris Wiggins
Votes: 1,542
17. E.N.G. (1989–1994)
60 min | Drama
The show was based in Toronto, they are a news station that go out filming news worthy stories all the while a romance brewing with the news show director & camera man, Jake.
Stars: Sara Botsford, Mark Humphrey, Art Hindle, Jonathan Welsh
Votes: 206
18. The Day Reagan Was Shot (2001 TV Movie)
R | 98 min | Biography, Drama, History
The 30th of March, 1981, the delusional John Hinckley Jr. tries to kill president Ronald Reagan. His life hangs on a thin thread at the hospital, while the Soviet Union is ready to invade a... See full summary »
Director: Cyrus Nowrasteh | Stars: Richard Dreyfuss, Richard Crenna, Yannick Bisson, Colm Feore
Votes: 1,792
19. Hostile Advances: The Kerry Ellison Story (1996 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama
Kerry Ellison is sexually harassed at work. No matter how much she complains, the problem, Jack Gilcrest, is unstoppable. Kerry's only left option is court. Will she win?
Director: Allan Kroeker | Stars: Rena Sofer, Victor Garber, Maria Ricossa, Réal Andrews
Votes: 237
20. Dirty Pictures (2000 TV Movie)
R | 104 min | Drama
A Cincinnati museum director goes on trial in 1990 for exhibiting sadomasochistic photographs taken by Robert Mapplethorpe.
Director: Frank Pierson | Stars: James Woods, Ann Marin, Craig T. Nelson, Diana Scarwid
Votes: 874
21. Adderly (1986–1988)
60 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
V.H. Adderly, a former James Bond style operative for I.S.I., is given a desk job in the Department of Miscellaneous Affairs after losing function in his left hand- the result of torture by... See full summary »
Stars: Winston Rekert, Jonathan Welsh, Dixie Seatle, Ken Pogue
Votes: 287
22. Hiroshima (1995 TV Movie)
PG | 190 min | Drama, War
The grisly events leading to the first attack with a nuclear weapon.
Directors: Koreyoshi Kurahara, Roger Spottiswoode | Stars: Lynne Adams, Wesley Addy, Allen Altman, Bernard Behrens
Votes: 985
23. Love and Hate: The Story of Colin and Joanne Thatcher (1989 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 120 min | Drama
Narcissistic Saskatchewan Tory politician Colin Thatcher is engaged in a bitter divorce from his wife JoAnn. When the court rules in JoAnn's favor, Colin hires a hit man to kill her--and almost gets away with it.
Director: Francis Mankiewicz | Stars: Kate Nelligan, Kenneth Welsh, Robert Benson, Leon Pownall
Votes: 157
24. Shattered City: The Halifax Explosion (2003– )
TV-MA | 175 min | Drama, History
A true story about the tragic explosion at Halifax Harbour, Canada, in the early hours of December 6, 1917.
Stars: Paul Doucet, Gordon Michael Woolvett, Clare Stone, Max Morrow
Votes: 384
25. Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke (1999– )
170 min | Biography, Drama
Biography of billionaire tobacco heiress Doris Duke.
Stars: Lauren Bacall, Richard Chamberlain, Mare Winningham, Lindsay Frost
Votes: 531
26. Million Dollar Babies (1994)
200 min | Drama
The true story that shocked 1930's Canada. When a poor rural Ontario family gives birth to quintuplet, the town doctor doesn't waste a second in taking over the family. He helps to take ... See full summary »
Stars: Beau Bridges, Roy Dupuis, Céline Bonnier, Sean McCann
Votes: 335
27. Spenser: The Judas Goat (1994 TV Movie)
91 min | Crime, Mystery
Spenser is hired out by Hugh Dixon to track down the killers of his wife and daughters. He and Hawk are drawn into a huge plot involving assassination attempts on African leader Winston Boyko by some racist terrorist named Paul.
Director: Joseph L. Scanlan | Stars: Robert Urich, Avery Brooks, Natalie Radford, Geordie Johnson
Votes: 209
28. Conspiracy of Silence (1991– )
240 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
After a young Canadian Aboriginal girl is murdered in 1971, it takes 20 years of inaction and prejudice before the police finally find the real killers. Meanwhile the killers have to live with their own guilt and fear of being caught.
Stars: Michael Mahonen, Ian Tracey, Jonathan Potts, Diego Chambers
Votes: 236
29. Beyond Reality (1991–1993)
TV-G | 30 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
University parapsychologists Laura Wingate and J.J. Stillman investigate reports of ghosts, out-of-body experiences, telekinesis and other unexplained phenomena that occur in ordinary people's lives. Young Celia later joins them.
Stars: Shari Belafonte, Carl Marotte, Nicole de Boer, David Nerman
Votes: 128
30. Bailey's Billion$ (2005)
G | 90 min | Comedy, Family
Sweet and savvy talking golden retriever, Bailey (Jon Lovitz), is one doggone lucky pooch when his devoted owner, Constance Pennington (Jackie Burroughs), leaves him her entire ... See full summary »
Director: David Devine | Stars: Dean Cain, Laurie Holden, Jennifer Tilly, Tim Curry
Votes: 678
31. Four Minutes (2005 TV Movie)
90 min | Biography, Drama, History
The story of the four minute mile-breaker Roger Bannister.
Director: Charles Beeson | Stars: Jamie Maclachlan, Christopher Plummer, Shaun Smyth, Amy Rutherford
Votes: 381
32. The Sleep Room (1998)
193 min | Biography, Drama
Based on a true story, this production relates the tale of two American lawyers who try to bring the U.S. government to its knees. In the early 1950s, the CIA funds a Montreal psychiatric ... See full summary »
Director: Anne Wheeler | Stars: Leon Pownall, Macha Grenon, Nicola Cavendish, Gabrielle Rose
Votes: 127
33. The City (1999–2000)
60 min | Drama
Flesh and Blood is a contemporary upstairs downstairs that follows the parallel and intersecting lives of people in Toronto. Lives brought together by a murder where the ring of a gunshot ... See full summary »
Stars: Torri Higginson, John Ralston, Shannon Lawson, Jody Racicot
Votes: 41
34. Handel's Last Chance (1996 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 51 min | Biography, Drama, Family
A Dublin street kid is selected as a choirboy for Handel's first performance of The Messiah. His friendship helps deliver the composer from a temporary lack of self esteem and restores his great glory.
Director: Milan Cheylov | Stars: Leon Pownall, Tod Fennell, Gerard Parkes, Seana McKenna
Votes: 89
35. Iran: Days of Crisis (1991 TV Movie)
Unrated | 180 min | Drama, History
Follows the events of Iran hostage crisis of 1979 and people who were held as hostages in the US embassy in Tehran, Iran for over 400 days.
Director: Kevin Connor | Stars: Arliss Howard, Jeff Fahey, Alice Krige, Tony Goldwyn
Votes: 65
36. Bye Bye Blues (1989)
PG | 117 min | Drama, Romance, Music
Story about a WWII wife & mother who joins a local dance band to provide for family while husband at war. Romantic involvement with one of the band members make her decisions difficult when... See full summary »
Director: Anne Wheeler | Stars: Rebecca Jenkins, Luke Reilly, Michael Ontkean, Chad Krowchuk
Votes: 319 | Gross: $0.16M
37. Termini Station (1989)
R | 108 min | Drama
Award-winning actress Coleen Dewhurst is Molly Dushane, a hard-drinking, hard-living woman desperate for one last fling at life. Megan Follows is her daughter Micheline, an angry, ... See full summary »
Director: Allan King | Stars: Megan Follows, Norma Dell'Agnese, Hanna Lee, Elliott Smith
Votes: 107
38. Dinner at Fred's (1997)
PG-13 | 93 min | Comedy
An orderly and average man finds himself entrenched in the odd lives in a strange town. Attempts to depart lead him to discover the best parts of himself have found a home and a belonging he could never have dreamed of.
Director: Shawn Thompson | Stars: Gil Bellows, Parker Posey, Kevin McDonald, John Neville
Votes: 414
39. The Great Defender (1995– )
60 min | Drama
A lawyer with blue-collar bloodlines joins a law firm of stodgy Boston blue bloods.
Stars: Michael Rispoli, Peter Krause, Kelly Rutherford, Rhoda Gemignani
Votes: 36
40. Side Effects (1994–1996)
45 min | Drama
A Canadian medical drama set in an inner city clinic in Toronto. The series centers around a wide-eyed Doctor Diane Camilleri, who loves her job and her patients.
Stars: Albert Schultz, Nadia Capone, Joseph Ziegler, Barbara Eve Harris
Votes: 33
41. Black Harbour (1996–1999)
Drama
A Los Angeles chef (Katherine Hubbard) returns to her Nova Scotia roots to run her ailing mother's boatyard with her director husband (Geraint Wyn Davies) and two daughters.
Stars: Rebecca Jenkins, Melanie Ann Foley, Barrett Porter, Geraint Wyn Davies
Votes: 93
42. Sleeping Dogs Lie (1998)
92 min | Drama
It's the post WWI era Toronto. Despite Prohibition, Daniel Small continues to operate Corman Distilleries, while his son, Ambrose Small, has just sold his chain of theaters for $1 million. ... See full summary »
Director: Stefan Scaini | Stars: Wendy Crewson, Joel Keller, Leon Pownall, Shawn Doyle
Votes: 90
43. The Comic Book Christmas Caper (1990)
104 min | Adventure, Crime, Family
Set in Canada in December 1945. A boy sets out to investigate an attack on his friend's father.
Director: Anne Wheeler | Stars: Jeremy Radick, Guillaume Lemay-Thivierge, Marie-Stéphane Gaudry, Sarah Meyette
Votes: 62
44. Leonardo: A Dream of Flight (1996 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 48 min | Biography, Drama, Family
Leonardo da Vinci finds it difficult to pursue his own dreams while serving as the Duke's court artist, but young Roberto takes risk to convince the master not to give up on his dreams.
Director: Allan King | Stars: Brent Carver, David Felton, Cedric Smith, Tom Melissis
Votes: 26
45. Henry V (1966 TV Movie)
Drama, War
The young King Henry V leads the British forces to victory at Agincourt.
Directors: Lorne Freed, Michael Langham, George Bloomfield | Stars: Douglas Rain, William Hutt, Tony Van Bridge, Eric Donkin
Votes: 9
46. Twelve and a Half Cents (1970)
49 min | Drama
A look into poverty, child abuse and how folks supported one another in rough times.
Director: René Bonnière | Stars: Jackie Burroughs, Jodi Farber, Allan Kolman, Leon Pownall
Votes: 9
47. A Great Big Thing (1968)
80 min | Drama
A 23-year-old Canadian wanders aimlessly throughout his wasted life.
Director: Eric Till | Stars: Reni Santoni, Louise Latraverse, Paul Sand, Marcy Plotnick
48.
Wiseguy (1987–1990)
Episode:
Pilot
(1987)
TV-14 | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
FBI Agent Vinnie serves 18 months in prison to establish cover to infiltrate the Mob. He impresses the crime boss and earns himself a job, opening the door to access the mafia's highest echelons.
Director: Rod Holcomb | Stars: Ken Wahl, Jonathan Banks, Jim Byrnes, Ray Sharkey
Votes: 347
49.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985–1989)
Episode:
Don't Sell Yourself Short
(1989)
TV-PG | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Insider trading leads to murder and a double-cross.
Director: René Bonnière | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Leon Pownall, David Soul, Harvey Atkin
Votes: 86
50.
Beyond Reality (1991–1993)
Episode:
The Passion
(1993)
TV-G | 23 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
J.J. is visited by a stranger, who shows him his grandfather's journal. In it, his grandfather describes how his grandmother was bitten by a vampire and how he joined forces with mysterious Ariel to find the cure and stop the vampire.
Stars: Nicole de Boer, Sam Malkin, Leon Pownall