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1. Oz (1997–2003)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A series chronicling the daily activities of an unusual prison facility and its criminal inhabitants.
Stars: Ernie Hudson, J.K. Simmons, Lee Tergesen, Dean Winters
Votes: 106,988
2. Big (1988)
PG | 104 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
After wishing to be made big, a teenage boy wakes the next morning to find himself mysteriously in the body of an adult.
Director: Penny Marshall | Stars: Tom Hanks, Elizabeth Perkins, Robert Loggia, John Heard
Votes: 240,649 | Gross: $114.97M
3. After Hours (I) (1985)
R | 97 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
An ordinary word processor has the worst night of his life after he agrees to visit a girl in Soho he met that evening at a coffee shop.
Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Griffin Dunne, Rosanna Arquette, Verna Bloom, Tommy Chong
Votes: 81,898 | Gross: $10.60M
4. Desperately Seeking Susan (1985)
PG-13 | 104 min | Comedy, Drama
A bored New Jersey suburban housewife's fascination with a free-spirited woman she has read about in the personal columns leads to her being mistaken for the woman herself.
Director: Susan Seidelman | Stars: Rosanna Arquette, Madonna, Aidan Quinn, Mark Blum
Votes: 26,158 | Gross: $27.40M
5. Basquiat (1996)
R | 107 min | Biography, Drama
The brief life of Jean Michel Basquiat, a world renowned New York street artist struggling with fame, drugs and his identity.
Director: Julian Schnabel | Stars: Jeffrey Wright, Michael Wincott, Benicio Del Toro, Claire Forlani
Votes: 22,137 | Gross: $2.96M
6. Night on Earth (1991)
R | 129 min | Comedy, Drama
An anthology of 5 different cab drivers in 5 American and European cities and their remarkable fares on the same eventful night.
Director: Jim Jarmusch | Stars: Winona Ryder, Gena Rowlands, Lisanne Falk, Alan Randolph Scott
Votes: 66,198 | Gross: $2.02M
7. Down by Law (1986)
R | 107 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Two men are framed and sent to jail, where they meet a murderer who helps them escape and leave the state.
Director: Jim Jarmusch | Stars: Tom Waits, John Lurie, Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi
Votes: 55,443 | Gross: $1.44M
8. Trees Lounge (1996)
R | 95 min | Comedy, Drama
Tommy is an unemployed mechanic who spends most of his time in a bar (Trees Lounge) in a small blue collar town. He seems to always be thinking, "If only X then I could stop drinking".
Director: Steve Buscemi | Stars: Steve Buscemi, Carol Kane, Mark Boone Junior, Bronson Dudley
Votes: 17,644 | Gross: $0.70M
9. New York Undercover (1994–2024)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Music
Drugs, theft, corruption, rape, murder. Cops against criminals. The covert war has begun. Welcome to New York City.
Stars: Malik Yoba, Michael DeLorenzo, Patti D'Arbanville, Luna Lauren Velez
Votes: 2,984
10. Stranger Than Paradise (1984)
R | 89 min | Comedy, Drama
A New Yorker's life is thrown into a tailspin when his younger cousin surprise-visits him, starting a strange, unpredictable adventure.
Director: Jim Jarmusch | Stars: John Lurie, Eszter Balint, Richard Edson, Cecillia Stark
Votes: 40,756 | Gross: $2.44M
11. Monsters (1988–1990)
TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
A horror anthology about a family of monsters watching a different horror story every week on their TV. Each tale is separate, often cautionary with occasional dark humor and irony and features various deadly creatures.
Stars: John Bolger, Pamela Dean Kelly, Michael J. Anderson, Carlos Lauchu
Votes: 2,016
12. Mystery Train (1989)
R | 110 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Three stories are connected by a Memphis hotel and the spirit of Elvis Presley.
Director: Jim Jarmusch | Stars: Masatoshi Nagase, Yûki Kudô, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Cinqué Lee
Votes: 30,904 | Gross: $0.37M
13. Talk Radio (1988)
R | 110 min | Drama, Thriller
A rude, contemptuous talk show host becomes overwhelmed by the hatred that surrounds his program just before it goes national.
Director: Oliver Stone | Stars: Eric Bogosian, Ellen Greene, Leslie Hope, John C. McGinley
Votes: 14,645 | Gross: $3.47M
14. Animal Factory (2000)
R | 94 min | Crime, Drama
A young man goes to prison and a tough, older convict takes him under his wing as a mentor.
Director: Steve Buscemi | Stars: Willem Dafoe, Edward Furlong, Danny Trejo, Mark Boone Junior
Votes: 14,680 | Gross: $0.04M
15. Shakedown (1988)
R | 97 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A legal aid attorney and renegade cop team up to stop a corrupt cop.
Director: James Glickenhaus | Stars: Peter Weller, Sam Elliott, Richard Brooks, Jude Ciccolella
Votes: 3,930 | Gross: $10.07M
16. Fall (1997)
Not Rated | 93 min | Drama, Romance
Cab driver Michael and supermodel Sarah fall in love while her gorgeous husband Phillippe is in Madrid for two months.
Director: Eric Schaeffer | Stars: Eric Schaeffer, Amanda De Cadenet, Rudolf Martin, Francie Swift
Votes: 2,083
17. In the Soup (1992)
R | 96 min | Comedy, Drama
New Yorker Adolpho Rollo is your classic head-movie auteur. In his mind, he's creating deathless classics of the screen. Back in the real world, he can't pay the rent on the downtown flophouse he calls home.
Director: Alexandre Rockwell | Stars: Steve Buscemi, Seymour Cassel, Jennifer Beals, Pat Moya
Votes: 4,391 | Gross: $0.26M
18. Stars and Bars (1988)
R | 94 min | Comedy
A British art expert travels across America in order to purchase a rare Renoir painting in the South but comes across some crazy characters in the process.
Director: Pat O'Connor | Stars: Daniel Day-Lewis, Harry Dean Stanton, Kent Broadhurst, Maury Chaykin
Votes: 1,021 | Gross: $0.11M
19. Cookie (1989)
R | 94 min | Comedy, Crime
A paroled labor racketeer attempts to connect with his rebellious teenage daughter. Meanwhile, his deceitful former partner wants to kill him and a politically ambitious attorney wants to jail him.
Director: Susan Seidelman | Stars: Peter Falk, Dianne Wiest, Emily Lloyd, Michael V. Gazzo
Votes: 1,528 | Gross: $1.87M
20. Rooftops (1989)
R | 98 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A skilled young street fighter battles criminals across the rooftops of New York City.
Director: Robert Wise | Stars: Jason Gedrick, Troy Byer, Eddie Velez, Tisha Campbell
Votes: 693 | Gross: $2.04M
21. The Way It Is (1985)
80 min | Comedy
A group of actors in the East Village of New York City have been rehearsing for a play when the lead actress in the play turns up dead.
Director: Eric Mitchell | Stars: Kai Eric, Boris Major, Vincent Gallo, Jessica Stutchbury
Votes: 88
22. Candy Mountain (1987)
R | 91 min | Drama
A struggling musician sets out to find the legendary guitar maker Elmore Silk, with whom he hopes to strike a deal to make himself rich and famous.
Directors: Robert Frank, Rudy Wurlitzer | Stars: Kevin J. O'Connor, Eric Mitchell, Mary Joy, Robert Joy
Votes: 403
23. Hotshot (1986)
PG | 99 min | Drama, Sport
The story of an American soccer player trying to make it big who turns to Pele, the greatest soccer player of all time, for guidance.
Director: Rick King | Stars: Jim Youngs, Pelé, Billy Warlock, Jeremy Green
Votes: 384
24. Salvation! (1987)
R | 80 min | Comedy
A troubled young woman hooks up with a money-crazed televangelist and becomes a rich, heavy-metal Christian rock star.
Director: Beth B | Stars: Stephen McHattie, Dominique Davalos, Exene Cervenka, Viggo Mortensen
Votes: 239
25. Louis & Frank (1998)
87 min | Music, Comedy, Drama
Third-rate doo-wop singers making a comeback hook up with a campy manager who books them to perform in drag.
Director: Alexandre Rockwell | Stars: Elizabeth Bracco, Steve Buscemi, Tony Curtis, Jason Fuchs
Votes: 188
26. In the Spirit (1990)
R | 94 min | Comedy
Marianne moves back to a nightmare New York City from Beverly Hills after her husband is fired from his job. She hires ditzy psychic Reva to redecorate her apartment, and they end up being pursued by a crazed killer.
Director: Sandra Seacat | Stars: Marlo Thomas, Elaine May, Jeannie Berlin, Olympia Dukakis
Votes: 368 | Gross: $0.28M
27. Talking Heads: Burning Down the House (1983 Music Video)
4 min | Music
A promotional video of Talking Heads performing their hit Burning Down The House, with surreal imagery inserted.
Director: David Byrne | Stars: David Byrne, James Dietz, Jean Marie Evans, Chris Frantz
Votes: 435
28. Where Evil Dwells (1985)
28 min | Short, Horror, Thriller
Loosely based on an infamous 1984 Long Island murder case involving Satan-worshiping, teenage drug freak Ricky Kasso who murdered his 17-year-old friend, Gary Lauwers in Northport, Long Island by stabbing him repeatedly.
Directors: Tommy Turner, David Wojnarowicz | Stars: Joe Coleman, Nancy Coleman, Baby Gregor, Lung Leg
Votes: 79
29. What About Me (1993)
Not Rated | 87 min | Drama
A young woman becomes homeless on the streets of New York City.
Director: Rachel Amodeo | Stars: Rachel Amodeo, Judy Carne, Gregory Corso, Richard Edson
Votes: 162
30. The Perils of P.K. (1986)
R | 90 min | Comedy
P.K., a former movie star now reduced to working as a stripper in a Las Vegas nightclub, is desperate for a comeback, and thinks she could make one if she could only get a big-name star to ... See full summary »
Director: Joseph Green | Stars: Nora Hayden, Dick Shawn, Jackie Mason, Larry Storch
Votes: 44
31. Rockets Redglare! (2003)
89 min | Documentary
Documentary on Rockets Redglare (aka Michael Morra), a colorful figure on the New York City art scene up until his death in 2001. In his life, Redglare was the bodyguard/drug dealer to Sid ... See full summary »
Director: Luis Fernandez de la Reguera | Stars: Gary Ray, Rockets Redglare, Willem Dafoe, Matt Dillon
Votes: 86
32. The Diary of the Hurdy-Gurdy Man (1999)
129 min | Drama
This is a dark story of a caring movie maker who struggles to make it and also struggles with his demons and obsessions.
Director: Gábor Dettre | Stars: Brad Dourif, Kathleen Gati, William Hickey, Anne Meara
Votes: 38
33. Her Name Is Lisa (1987)
79 min
A Vermont farmer searches New York City for his dream girl, with his gay neighbor as his guide.
Director: Rachid Kerdouche | Stars: Rockets Redglare, William Rice, Lisa Wujnovich
34. D.O.D.: Dick of Death (1985 Video)
X | 77 min | Adult
Federal agents investigate a series of sex murders by a man dubbed "The Dick of Death", whose trademark is that he commits his crimes with a pair of nylon pantyhose pulled over his head.
Director: Sharon Mitchell | Stars: George Payne, Sharon Kane, Jerry Butler, Marita Ekberg
Votes: 16
35. She Must Be Seeing Things (1987)
95 min | Drama
Jo and Agatha are lovers. Both have careers: the Brasilian-born Agatha is an attorney; Jo is a filmmaker, working hard to complete the shooting of a movie called, "Catalina." Agatha may be ... See full summary »
Director: Sheila McLaughlin | Stars: Ed Bowes, Sheila Dabney, John Erdman, Charles Ludlam
Votes: 79
36. Force of Circumstance (1990)
Not Rated | 89 min | Thriller
A courier who represents Moroccan dissidents arrives in Washington with secret documents.
Director: Liza Bear | Stars: Boris Major, Jessica Stutchbury, Tom Wright, Eric Mitchell
Votes: 37
37. Police State (1987)
18 min | Drama, Short
Zedd is minding his business, when he is stopped by a cop who accuses him of being a junkie. After a short argument he is beaten and dragged to the police station. At the station he is ... See full summary »
Director: Nick Zedd | Stars: Nick Zedd, Rockets Redglare, Flip Crowley, Willoughby Sharp
Votes: 166
38. Dreamland (1997)
90 min
Director: Susi Graf | Stars: Lisa Lawley, Zoë Lund, Eric Mitchell, John Fisk
39. Abnormal: The Sinema of Nick Zedd (2001 Video)
137 min | Drama, Horror
Director: Nick Zedd | Stars: Brenda Bergman, Will Keenan, Lydia Lunch, Taylor Mead
40. Craps (1991)
13 min | Short
Director: Rick Rodine | Stars: Ursula Coyote, Peter Dooeheefver, Rick Hall, Rockets Redglare
42. Musical Shorts with Debi Mazar (1996 TV Movie)
PG | 22 min | Comedy, Music
A collection of comedic shorts with musical thru-lines directed by cutting edge filmmakers and hosted by actresscomedien Debbie Mazar.
Director: Ian Kessner | Stars: Debi Mazar, Rockets Redglare, Tim Wiggins
Votes: 8
43.
Monsters (1988–1990)
Episode:
Mr. Swlabr
(1990)
TV-14 | 21 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
A boy discovers a toy in a cereal box that miraculously comes to life as a mischievous reptile.
Director: Warner Shook | Stars: Kate McGregor-Stewart, Robert Oliveri, Danielle Ferland, Rockets Redglare
Votes: 129
44.
New York Undercover (1994–2024)
Episode:
Tough Love
(1996)
TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Music
Williams befriends a woman whose boyfriend is a leader of a gang that robs apartments. Eddie asks Nina not to go back to work.
Director: Helaine Head | Stars: Michael DeLorenzo, Malik Yoba, Patti D'Arbanville, Luna Lauren Velez
Votes: 22
45.
Oz (1997–2003)
Episode:
Napoleon's Boney Parts
(1999)
TV-MA | 56 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
No one knows who killed Metzger. Meanwhile, McManus hires his friend Sean Murphy as a C.O. and he launches a boxing program. Hill faces a dilemma when a new inmate reveals a terrible crime.... See full summary »
Director: Matt Dillon | Stars: Kirk Acevedo, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Ernie Hudson, Terry Kinney
Votes: 2,032