Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows With Akosua Busia

1. ER (1994–2009)

TV-14 | 44 min | Drama, Romance

The doctors who work in the ER at the County General Hospital in Chicago grapple with ups and downs in their personal and professional lives while trying to give apt medical care to their patients.

Stars: Anthony Edwards, George Clooney, Julianna Margulies, Eriq La Salle

Votes: 67,796

2. The Fall Guy (1981–1986)

TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

The adventures of a film stuntman who moonlights as a bounty hunter when movie work is slow.

Stars: Lee Majors, Douglas Barr, Heather Thomas, Markie Post

Votes: 9,053

3. The Color Purple (1985)

PG-13 | 154 min | Drama

A tale spanning forty years in the life of Celie, an African-American woman living in the South who survives incredible abuse and bigotry.

Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Danny Glover, Whoopi Goldberg, Oprah Winfrey, Margaret Avery

Votes: 97,410 | Gross: $98.47M

4. Knight Rider (1982–1986)

TV-PG | 46 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A lone crimefighter battles the forces of evil with the help of a virtually indestructible and artificially intelligent supercar.

Stars: David Hasselhoff, Edward Mulhare, Richard Basehart, Patricia McPherson

Votes: 37,619

5. St. Elsewhere (1982–1988)

TV-PG | 60 min | Comedy, Drama

The lives and work of the staff of St. Eligius Hospital, an old and disrespected Boston teaching hospital.

Stars: Ed Begley Jr., Howie Mandel, David Morse, Christina Pickles

Votes: 5,218

6. Highway to Heaven (1984–1989)

TV-PG | 60 min | Drama, Fantasy

A probationary angel, sent back to Earth, teams with an ex-cop to help people.

Stars: Michael Landon, Victor French, James Troesh, Margie Impert

Votes: 6,526

7. Tears of the Sun (2003)

R | 121 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

A Special-Ops commander leads his team into the Nigerian jungle in order to rescue a doctor who will only join them if they agree to save 70 refugees too.

Director: Antoine Fuqua | Stars: Bruce Willis, Cole Hauser, Monica Bellucci, Eamonn Walker

Votes: 130,596 | Gross: $43.73M

8. Simon & Simon (1981–1989)

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

Two brothers of disparate tastes and manners run a private detective agency.

Stars: Jameson Parker, Gerald McRaney, Mary Carver, Tim Reid

Votes: 6,111

9. The Twilight Zone (1985–1989)

TV-PG | 45 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

A collection of tales which range from comic to tragic, but often have a wicked sense of humor and an unexpected twist.

Stars: Robin Ward, Charles Aidman, Richard Mulligan, William Atherton

Votes: 12,263

10. Crossroads (1986)

R | 99 min | Drama, Music, Mystery

A wannabe blues-guitar virtuoso finds an old blues player and hopes he can teach him a long-lost song by legendary musician Robert Johnson.

Director: Walter Hill | Stars: Ralph Macchio, Joe Seneca, Jami Gertz, Joe Morton

Votes: 17,665 | Gross: $5.84M

11. New Jack City (1991)

R | 97 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A crime lord ascends to power and becomes megalomaniacal while a maverick police detective vows to stop him.

Director: Mario Van Peebles | Stars: Wesley Snipes, Ice-T, Allen Payne, Chris Rock

Votes: 38,848 | Gross: $47.62M

12. Beloved (1998)

R | 172 min | Drama, History, Horror

A slave is visited by the spirit of a mysterious young woman.

Director: Jonathan Demme | Stars: Oprah Winfrey, Danny Glover, Yada Beener, Emil Pinnock

Votes: 9,585 | Gross: $22.85M

13. The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962–1992)

TV-14 | 105 min | Comedy, Talk-Show

Host Johnny Carson performs comedy routines and chats with various celebrities.

Stars: Johnny Carson, Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Skitch Henderson

Votes: 4,243

14. The Seventh Sign (1988)

R | 97 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Abby Quinn is eagerly awaiting childbirth but is haunted by dreams where she suffers a miscarriage. When she decides to rent a room to a mysterious stranger, she realizes a chain of events that will unleash the end of humanity.

Director: Carl Schultz | Stars: Demi Moore, Michael Biehn, Jürgen Prochnow, Peter Friedman

Votes: 15,687 | Gross: $18.88M

15. The Final Terror (1983)

R | 84 min | Horror

A group of rangers go camping on unfamiliar forest grounds. All's well until the group members start getting killed by a cunning killer in the woods.

Director: Andrew Davis | Stars: John Friedrich, Adrian Zmed, Ernest Harden Jr., Lewis Smith

Votes: 3,747

16. Dead Man's Walk (1996)

PG-13 | 272 min | Western

In this prequel to "Lonesome Dove", two young men join the Texas Rangers unit that's on a mission to annex Santa Fe.

Stars: F. Murray Abraham, Keith Carradine, Patricia Childress, Edward James Olmos

Votes: 1,932

17. CBS Schoolbreak Special (1984–1996)

Adventure, Comedy, Drama

CBS late afternoon specials designed for middle school and high school students, dramatizing issues affecting teenagers.

Stars: Monica Calhoun, Tammy Lauren, Nick Angotti, Beau Dremann

Votes: 354

18. Rosewood (1997)

R | 140 min | Action, Drama, History

A dramatization of a 1923 horrific racist lynch mob attack on an African-American community.

Director: John Singleton | Stars: Jon Voight, Ving Rhames, Don Cheadle, Bruce McGill

Votes: 8,906 | Gross: $13.10M

19. Ashanti (1979)

R | 118 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Dr. Anansa Linderby (Beverly Johnson) is kidnapped in a medical mission in Africa by a slave trader. From this moment, her husband will do anything to recover her and to punish the bad guys, but that will be not an easy task.

Director: Richard Fleischer | Stars: Michael Caine, Peter Ustinov, Kabir Bedi, Beverly Johnson

Votes: 2,118

20. Mad City (1997)

PG-13 | 115 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A distraught man inadvertently takes a group of children hostage in a museum while a hungry, seasoned reporter tries to resurrect his career covering the story.

Director: Costa-Gavras | Stars: John Travolta, Dustin Hoffman, Alan Alda, Mia Kirshner

Votes: 21,107 | Gross: $10.56M

21. Key West (1993)

TV-PG | 60 min | Comedy, Drama

Seamus O'Neill is a Hemingway wannabe who strikes it rich and uses his newfound wealth to move to Key West in search of inspiration for his writing. He interacts with many colorful characters in this offbeat locale.

Stars: Fisher Stevens, Denise Crosby, Lara Piper, Brian Thompson

Votes: 371

22. The George McKenna Story (1986 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 100 min | Biography, Drama

He risked it all to make the grade.

Director: Eric Laneuville | Stars: Denzel Washington, Lynn Whitfield, Akosua Busia, Richard Masur

Votes: 1,079

23. A.D. (1985)

600 min | Drama, History

Set just after the death of Jesus Christ, this mini-series chronicles the life & adventures of Jesus's disciples, and events in Rome during the reigns of the Emperors Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius and Nero.

Stars: Anthony Andrews, Colleen Dewhurst, Ava Gardner, David Hedison

Votes: 536

24. The Oprah Winfrey Show (1986–2011)

TV-PG | 60 min | News, Talk-Show

Oprah Winfrey hosts a live audience talk-show with celebrity guests and discusses daily stories.

Stars: Oprah Winfrey, Nate Berkus, Gayle King, Chris Rock

Votes: 5,431

25. Brother Future (1991 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 103 min | Drama, History, Sci-Fi

A young street rapper is transported back in time to the pre-Civil War South, where he finds himself in the middle of a slave revolt.

Director: Roy Campanella II | Stars: Phill Lewis, Carl Lumbly, Michael Burgess, Akosua Busia

Votes: 228

26. Low Blow (1986)

R | 90 min | Action

Leo Fong plays a private investigator who is in search of a young girl kidnapped by a religious cult. Destined to save her, he teams up with a Vietnam vet, a pro-boxing champ and a former cop to save her...

Director: Frank Harris | Stars: Leo Fong, Cameron Mitchell, Troy Donahue, Diane Stevenett

Votes: 663 | Gross: $0.06M

27. Warp Speed (1981 TV Movie)

92 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

A ship is found adrift in space with no trace of its crew, or any signs of life at all. A psychic is brought into to try to "join" her mind with the memories lingering in the spacecraft so ... See full summary »

Director: Allan Sandler | Stars: Camille Mitchell, David Chandler, Adam West, Joanne Nail

Votes: 163

28. Native Son (1986)

PG | 111 min | Drama, Romance

In 1940s Chicago, a young black man takes a job as a chauffeur to a white family, which takes a turn for the worse when he accidentally kills the teenage daughter of the couple and then tries to cover it up.

Director: Jerrold Freedman | Stars: Victor Love, Matt Dillon, Elizabeth McGovern, Geraldine Page

Votes: 630 | Gross: $1.30M

29. Ill Gotten Gains (1997)

R | 101 min | Drama, History

WEST AFRICA 1869 - Slave trade is illegal. There is a revolt on a slave ship - twenty four men fight for their lives. Out-gunned, the revolt fails but a second uprising is planned.

Director: Joel B. Marsden | Stars: Djimon Hounsou, Akosua Busia, De'aundre Bonds, Eartha Kitt

Votes: 94

30. Louisiane (1984)

186 min | Drama, History, Romance

Virginia Tregan returns to her home in the U. S. Deep South from a sojourn in Paris only to discover that her family plantation and its holdings have been lost. She determines to recoup her family's fortune.

Directors: Philippe de Broca, Etienne Périer | Stars: Margot Kidder, Ian Charleson, Andréa Ferréol, Lloyd Bochner

Votes: 137

31. Badge of the Assassin (1985 TV Movie)

R | 120 min | Drama

Three black revolutionaries gun down two New York City police officers. The subsequent investigation puts a white assistant DA and a black police detective on the trail of the killers that ... See full summary »

Director: Mel Damski | Stars: James Woods, Yaphet Kotto, Alex Rocco, David Harris

Votes: 364

32. A Special Friendship (1987 TV Movie)

95 min | Drama

During the American Civil War, a wealthy white woman and the black woman who was once her slave, join forces to fight for freedom and the abolition of slavery.

Director: Fielder Cook | Stars: Tracy Pollan, Akosua Busia, Josef Sommer, Adam Storke

Votes: 37

33. Ascension Day (2007 Video)

Drama, History

A drama focused on Nat Turner and the 1831 slave rebellion in Virginia.

Director: Akosua Busia | Stars: John Amos, Michael Bear, Paul Benjamin, Michael Bretten

Votes: 75

34. Saxo (1988)

116 min | Drama, Music

A record company manager is on the verge of bankruptcy. He meets two musicians, a saxophonist (Joe) and his sister (Puppet), a singer and guitarist, who he will launch successfully. But Puppet is to be murdered.

Director: Ariel Zeitoun | Stars: Gérard Lanvin, Akosua Busia, Richard Brooks, Laure Killing

Votes: 44

35. Bains de minuit (1987–1988)

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Stars: Thierry Ardisson, Guy Cuevas, Philippe Guérin, Sylvain Bergère

Votes: 15

36. Late Starter (1985– )

50 min

When his wife walks out leaving him penniless, a retired university professor finds himself having to start again and having to live in a run down bedsit in North London.

Stars: Peter Barkworth, Rowena Cooper, Akosua Busia, Julia Foster

Votes: 21

37. A Collaboration of Spirits: Casting and Acting 'the Color Purple' (2003 Video)

29 min | Documentary, Short

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Director: Laurent Bouzereau | Stars: Steven Spielberg, Reuben Cannon, Whoopi Goldberg, Alice Walker

Votes: 82

38. Behind the Curtain: Eclipsed (2016)

74 min | Documentary

A multi-part documentary series chronicling the ascent and realization of Eclipsed; a Broadway play written, directed and acted by all women of African descent. Inspirational and sobering, ... See full summary »

Director: Collins Harris | Stars: Akosua Busia, Stephen C. Byrd, Danai Gurira, Alia Jones Harvey

39. Journey to Safety: Making 'Tears of the Sun' (2003 Video)

15 min | Documentary, Short

This made-for-DVD documentary details the work that went into the production of Tears of the Sun, the Bruce Willis/Monica Belluci movie about a Navy Seal who must decide between his orders ... See full summary »

Director: Jeffrey Schwarz | Stars: Bruce Willis, Antoine Fuqua, Johnny Messner, Sammi Rotibi

Votes: 82

40. Cultivating a Classic: The Making of 'The Color Purple' (2003 Video)

24 min | Documentary, Short

This made-for-video documentary treats film fans to a behind-the-scenes look at the making of The Color Purple, Steven Spielberg's oscar-nominated adaptation of Alice Walker's novel about ... See full summary »

Director: Laurent Bouzereau | Stars: Kathleen Kennedy, Steven Spielberg, Frank Marshall, J. Michael Riva

Votes: 94

41. Women's Day: The Making of a Bill (1998)

10 min | Documentary, Short

The film documents first ever recorded official bill for International Women's Day in America in 1994. Remarkable women from different walks of life are honored through an annual ... See full summary »

Director: Beata Pozniak | Stars: Tiana Alexandra-Silliphant, Gloria Allred, Allison Anders, Stefania Podgorska Burzminski

Votes: 10

42. CBS Schoolbreak Special (1984–1996)
Episode: Babies Having Babies (1986)

56 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

Five pregnant teenage girls meet up at a group counseling session and begin to discuss their situation and feelings amongst each other.

Director: Martin Sheen | Stars: Akosua Busia, Renée Estevez, Lori Loughlin, Claudia Wells

Votes: 46

43. ER (1994–2009)
Episode: Choosing Joi (1999)

TV-14 | 45 min | Drama, Romance

Ross helps the mother of a dying boy; Benton attends a parent/child signing class. Corday doesn't give her account in the case against Dr. Romano. Romano blackmails Corday into dropping her... See full summary »

Director: Christopher Chulack | Stars: Anthony Edwards, George Clooney, Noah Wyle, Julianna Margulies

Votes: 378

44. ER (1994–2009)
Episode: Point of Origin (1999)

TV-14 | 45 min | Drama, Romance

Greene uses a past trauma to help Mobalage save himself from deportation. Carter applies for chief resident and spends the day in charge of the ER, where he misunderstands a case involving ... See full summary »

Director: Christopher Misiano | Stars: Anthony Edwards, Noah Wyle, Julianna Margulies, Gloria Reuben

Votes: 363

45. ER (1994–2009)
Episode: Sticks and Stones (1999)

TV-14 | 45 min | Drama, Romance

Carter deals with tenant drama at an apartment tower during a ride-along that later has deadly consequences, Lucy has to hide a cancer diagnosis from an ill woman at the behest of the ... See full summary »

Director: Félix Enríquez Alcalá | Stars: Anthony Edwards, Noah Wyle, Julianna Margulies, Gloria Reuben

Votes: 373

46. ER (1994–2009)
Episode: The Storm: Part 2 (1999)

TV-14 | 46 min | Drama, Romance

When a school bus becomes involved in an accident, Mark assists paramedics with treating injured children; Weaver makes a discovery regarding a colleague.

Director: Christopher Chulack | Stars: Anthony Edwards, George Clooney, Noah Wyle, Julianna Margulies

Votes: 584

47. The Fall Guy (1981–1986)
Episode: To the Finish (1983)

TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Colt tries to persuade Patterson, a Vietnam War veteran and former race-car driver, to return to racing. But Mr. Fargo's thugs do their best to prevent the two from reaching Phoenix where a race is being held.

Director: Daniel Haller | Stars: Lee Majors, Douglas Barr, Heather Thomas, Markie Post

Votes: 54

48. Highway to Heaven (1984–1989)
Episode: A Song of Songs (1987)

Not Rated | 49 min | Drama, Fantasy

Gabe, a jazz musician, is reunited with his old flame. He finds out that after all these years, the woman he once loved has changed.

Director: Michael Landon | Stars: Michael Landon, Victor French, Akosua Busia, Rosalind Cash

Votes: 108

49. Knight Rider (1982–1986)
Episode: Blind Spot (1983)

TV-PG | 49 min | Action, Crime, Drama

The Foundation is tipped to investigate the exploitation of illegal aliens at a scrapyard. When a man suspected to be the informant gets shot, the only witness turns out to be a blind woman called Julie Robinson.

Director: Bernard L. Kowalski | Stars: David Hasselhoff, Edward Mulhare, Rebecca Holden, Elyssa Davalos

Votes: 283

50. Simon & Simon (1981–1989)
Episode: Slither (1985)

TV-PG | Action, Crime, Drama

A.J. goes under cover at a high school to help keep an eye on the daughter of an old family friend. Drugs are involved and things get weird when A.J. is slipped a drug in order to free the girl from his custody.

Director: Gerald McRaney | Stars: Jameson Parker, Gerald McRaney, Mary Carver, Tim Reid

Votes: 57