Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows With Brian Donahue

1. American Horror Story (2011– )

TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi

An anthology series centering on different characters and locations, showcasing different aspects of horror.

Stars: Lady Gaga, Kathy Bates, Angela Bassett, Sarah Paulson

Votes: 344,543

2. Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999– )

TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

This series follows the Special Victims Unit, a specially trained squad of detectives in the New York City Police Department that investigate sexually related crimes.

Stars: Mariska Hargitay, Christopher Meloni, Ice-T, Dann Florek

Votes: 125,478

3. The Sopranos (1999–2007)

TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama

New Jersey mob boss Tony Soprano deals with personal and professional issues in his home and business life that affect his mental state, leading him to seek professional psychiatric counseling.

Stars: James Gandolfini, Lorraine Bracco, Edie Falco, Michael Imperioli

Votes: 472,940

4. White Collar (2009–2014)

TV-PG | 40 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

A white-collar criminal agrees to help the FBI catch other white-collar criminals using his expertise as an art and securities thief, counterfeiter, and conman.

Stars: Matt Bomer, Tim DeKay, Willie Garson, Tiffani Thiessen

Votes: 141,796

5. Blue Bloods (2010–2024)

TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Revolves around a family of New York cops.

Stars: Donnie Wahlberg, Bridget Moynahan, Will Estes, Len Cariou

Votes: 47,811

6. Law & Order (1990– )

TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

New York's finest police detectives and prosecutors fight to make the city a safer place. With integrity as the guiding force from investigation to verdict, the teams weigh every perspective in their commitment to finding justice.

Stars: Jerry Orbach, Jesse L. Martin, Dennis Farina, Sam Waterston

Votes: 44,717

7. Glass (2019)

PG-13 | 129 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi

Security guard David Dunn uses his supernatural abilities to track Kevin Wendell Crumb, a disturbed man who has twenty-four personalities.

Director: M. Night Shyamalan | Stars: James McAvoy, Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson, Anya Taylor-Joy

Votes: 274,440 | Gross: $111.05M

8. The Blacklist (2013–2023)

TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A new FBI profiler, Elizabeth Keen, has her entire life uprooted when a mysterious criminal, Raymond Reddington, who has eluded capture for decades, turns himself in and insists on speaking only to her.

Stars: James Spader, Megan Boone, Diego Klattenhoff, Ryan Eggold

Votes: 279,969

9. The Equalizer (2021– )

TV-14 | 43 min | Action, Crime, Drama

An enigmatic figure uses her extensive skills to help those with nowhere else to turn.

Stars: Queen Latifah, Tory Kittles, Adam Goldberg, Liza Lapira

Votes: 16,825

10. Only Murders in the Building (2021– )

TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Three strangers - who live in the same New York City apartment building and share an obsession with true crime - suddenly find themselves embroiled in a murder.

Stars: Steve Martin, Martin Short, Selena Gomez, Michael Cyril Creighton

Votes: 156,686

11. Joker: Folie à Deux (2024)

R | Crime, Drama, Musical | Completed

Sequel to the film "Joker" from 2019.

Director: Todd Phillips | Stars: Joaquin Phoenix, Zazie Beetz, Catherine Keener, Lady Gaga

12. Billions (2016–2023)

TV-MA | 60 min | Drama

New money means no mercy as Mike Prince takes the Axe Capital throne. Chuck Rhoades is convinced no one should have that much wealth - or power. As all the players seek out new alliances, only one thing's for certain - wealth means war.

Stars: Paul Giamatti, Damian Lewis, Maggie Siff, David Costabile

Votes: 109,682

13. Mr. Robot (2015–2019)

TV-MA | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Elliot, a brilliant but unstable cyber-security engineer and vigilante hacker, becomes a key figure in a complex game of global chaos when he and his shadowy allies try to take down the corrupt corporation his company is paid to protect.

Stars: Rami Malek, Christian Slater, Carly Chaikin, Martin Wallström

Votes: 418,875

14. Law & Order: Organized Crime (2021– )

TV-14 | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Elliot Stabler returns to the NYPD to battle organized crime after a devastating personal loss.

Stars: Christopher Meloni, Danielle Moné Truitt, Ainsley Seiger, Rick Gonzalez

Votes: 10,135

15. Requiem for a Dream (2000)

R | 102 min | Drama

The drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island people are shattered when their addictions run deep..

Director: Darren Aronofsky | Stars: Ellen Burstyn, Jared Leto, Jennifer Connelly, Marlon Wayans

Votes: 899,864 | Gross: $3.64M

16. 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: 203,372

17. Elementary (2012–2019)

TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A crime-solving duo that cracks the NYPD's most impossible cases. Following his fall from grace in London, eccentric Sherlock escapes to New York where his father forces him to live with his worst nightmare - a sober companion, Dr. Watson.

Stars: Jonny Lee Miller, Lucy Liu, Aidan Quinn, Jon Michael Hill

Votes: 119,184

18. Godfather of Harlem (2019– )

TV-MA | 55 min | Crime, Drama

A gangster named Bumpy Johnson makes his way in Harlem during the 1960s. A TV prequel to the 2007 film, 'American Gangster', which centered on the criminal enterprise of Frank Lucas.

Stars: Forest Whitaker, Ilfenesh Hadera, Lucy Fry, Antoinette Crowe-Legacy

Votes: 20,985

19. 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: 106,825

20. Gotham (2014–2019)

TV-14 | 42 min | Action, Crime, Drama

The story behind Detective James Gordon's rise to prominence in Gotham City in the years before Batman's arrival.

Stars: Ben McKenzie, Jada Pinkett Smith, Donal Logue, Camren Bicondova

Votes: 240,917

21. The Devil's Advocate (1997)

R | 144 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

An exceptionally-adept Florida lawyer is offered a job at a high-end New York City law firm with a high-end boss--the biggest opportunity of his career to date.

Director: Taylor Hackford | Stars: Keanu Reeves, Al Pacino, Charlize Theron, Jeffrey Jones

Votes: 402,536 | Gross: $60.98M

22. Bull (2016–2022)

TV-14 | 60 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Brilliant, brash, and charming, Dr. Bull is the ultimate puppet master as he combines psychology, human intuition, and high-tech data to learn what makes jurors, attorneys, witnesses, and the accused tick.

Stars: Michael Weatherly, Geneva Carr, Jaime Lee Kirchner, Chris Jackson

Votes: 22,554

23. Ray Donovan (2013–2020)

TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama

Ray Donovan, a professional "fixer" for the rich and famous in Los Angeles, can make anyone's problems disappear except those created by his own family.

Stars: Liev Schreiber, Eddie Marsan, Dash Mihok, Pooch Hall

Votes: 93,637

24. Madam Secretary (2014–2019)

TV-PG | 45 min | Drama, Thriller

A political drama which looks into the life of the Secretary of State as she tries to balance work with family.

Stars: Téa Leoni, Tim Daly, Erich Bergen, Zeljko Ivanek

Votes: 26,589

25. Pose (2018–2021)

TV-MA | 60 min | Drama

In the New York of the late '80s and early '90s, this is a story of ball culture and the gay and trans community, the raging AIDS crisis, and capitalism.

Stars: Michaela Jaé (MJ) Rodriguez, Dominique Jackson, Indya Moore, Angel Bismark

Votes: 32,887

26. Jessica Jones (2015–2019)

TV-MA | 56 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Following the tragic end of her brief superhero career, Jessica Jones tries to rebuild her life as a private investigator, dealing with cases involving people with remarkable abilities in New York City.

Stars: Krysten Ritter, Rachael Taylor, Eka Darville, Carrie-Anne Moss

Votes: 226,975

27. Hunters (2020–2023)

TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

In 1977 New York City, a troubled young Jewish man bent on revenge is taken in by a secret group of Nazi hunters fighting a clandestine war against a cell of high-ranking Nazi officials in hiding who work to create the Fourth Reich.

Stars: Al Pacino, Logan Lerman, Lena Olin, Josh Radnor

Votes: 52,631

28. Blindspot (2015–2020)

TV-14 | 42 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Jane Doe is found in Times Square with no memory and mysterious tattoos on her body.

Stars: Sullivan Stapleton, Jaimie Alexander, Audrey Esparza, Ashley Johnson

Votes: 79,132

29. Castle Rock (2018–2019)

TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

A psychological-horror series set in the Stephen King multiverse combines the mythological scale and intimate character storytelling, weaving an epic saga of darkness and light, played out on a few square miles of Maine woodland.

Stars: Bill Skarsgård, André Holland, Lizzy Caplan, Melanie Lynskey

Votes: 51,452

30. Sleepers (1996)

R | 147 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

After a prank goes disastrously wrong, a group of boys are sent to a detention center where they are brutalized. Thirteen years later, an unexpected random encounter with a former guard gives them a chance for revenge.

Director: Barry Levinson | Stars: Robert De Niro, Kevin Bacon, Brad Pitt, Jason Patric

Votes: 237,782 | Gross: $49.10M

31. Coyote Ugly (2000)

PG-13 | 100 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

Aspiring songwriter Violet Sanford, after getting a job at a women-run NYC bar that teases its male patrons, comes out of her shell.

Director: David McNally | Stars: Piper Perabo, Adam Garcia, John Goodman, Maria Bello

Votes: 121,023 | Gross: $60.79M

32. Ezra (2023)

R | 100 min | Comedy, Drama

EZRA centers on comedian Max co-parenting autistic son Ezra with ex-wife Jenna. Faced with crucial decisions about Ezra's future, Max and Ezra go on a life-changing cross-country road trip.

Director: Tony Goldwyn | Stars: Robert De Niro, Vera Farmiga, Rose Byrne, Bobby Cannavale

Votes: 223

33. The Deuce (2017–2019)

TV-MA | 1,583 min | Drama

A look at life in New York City during the 1970s and '80s, when porn and prostitution were rampant in Manhattan.

Stars: James Franco, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Lawrence Gilliard Jr., Margarita Levieva

Votes: 32,000

34. Third Watch (1999–2005)

TV-14 | 44 min | Action, Crime, Drama

The exploits of a group of men and women who serve New York City as police officers, firefighters, and paramedics in the fictional 55th Precinct.

Stars: Coby Bell, Skipp Sudduth, Jason Wiles, Molly Price

Votes: 11,465

35. Forever (2014–2015)

TV-PG | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy

Dr Henry Morgan, a medical examiner, works with his partner Detective Jo Martinez, to solve criminal cases. Along the way, he tries to uncover the mystery to his 200-year-old immortality.

Stars: Ioan Gruffudd, Alana De La Garza, Joel David Moore, Donnie Keshawarz

Votes: 62,264

36. The Following (2013–2015)

TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

A brilliant, charismatic, and psychotic serial killer communicates with other active serial killers and activates a cult of believers who follow his every command.

Stars: Kevin Bacon, James Purefoy, Shawn Ashmore, Valorie Curry

Votes: 91,551

37. Prodigal Son (2019–2021)

TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Malcolm Bright, a former FBI profiler, is the son of a serial killer and suspects that he himself might become a sociopath. He solves crimes for the NYPD as a form of absolution for his upbringing.

Stars: Tom Payne, Lou Diamond Phillips, Halston Sage, Aurora Perrineau

Votes: 23,619

38. Sneaky Pete (2015–2019)

TV-MA | 60 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

A con man on the run from a vicious gangster takes cover by assuming the identity of his prison cellmate Pete, and reuniting with Pete's estranged family, which threatens to drag him into a world just as dangerous as the one he's escaping.

Stars: Giovanni Ribisi, Marin Ireland, Shane McRae, Libe Barer

Votes: 40,712

39. Rescue Me (2004–2011)

TV-MA | 42 min | Comedy, Drama

Tommy Gavin deals with the fears of his job as a firefighter and seeing his ex-wife dating other men.

Stars: Denis Leary, Michael Lombardi, Steven Pasquale, Andrea Roth

Votes: 27,996

40. The Big C (2010–2013)

TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy, Drama

A suburban mother faces her cancer diagnosis while trying to find humor and happiness as well.

Stars: Laura Linney, Oliver Platt, Gabriel Basso, John Benjamin Hickey

Votes: 15,745

41. Cop Land (1997)

R | 105 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

The Sheriff of a suburban New Jersey community, populated by New York City police officers, slowly discovers the town is a front for mob connections and corruption.

Director: James Mangold | Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Harvey Keitel, Ray Liotta, Robert De Niro

Votes: 106,537 | Gross: $44.89M

42. Rounders (1998)

R | 121 min | Crime, Drama

A young, reformed gambler must return to playing high stakes poker to help a friend pay off loan sharks, while balancing his relationship with his girlfriend and his commitments to law school.

Director: John Dahl | Stars: Matt Damon, Edward Norton, Gretchen Mol, John Malkovich

Votes: 160,310 | Gross: $22.91M

43. Search Party (2016–2022)

TV-MA | 24 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Search Party is a dark comedy about four self-absorbed twenty-somethings who become entangled in an ominous mystery when a former college acquaintance suddenly disappears.

Stars: Alia Shawkat, John Reynolds, John Early, Meredith Hagner

Votes: 13,615

44. The Knick (2014–2015)

TV-MA | 58 min | Drama, History

A look at the professional and personal lives of the staff at New York's Knickerbocker Hospital during the early part of the twentieth century.

Stars: Clive Owen, André Holland, Jeremy Bobb, Juliet Rylance

Votes: 52,600

45. New York Undercover (1994–2024)

TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Music

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Stars: Malik Yoba, Michael DeLorenzo, Patti D'Arbanville, Luna Lauren Velez

Votes: 2,977

46. Dead Man Walking (1995)

R | 122 min | Crime, Drama

A nun, while comforting a convicted killer on death row, empathizes with both the killer and his victim's families.

Director: Tim Robbins | Stars: Susan Sarandon, Sean Penn, Robert Prosky, Raymond J. Barry

Votes: 101,873 | Gross: $39.39M

47. 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: 22,114 | Gross: $2.96M

48. Skin (V) (2018)

R | 118 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

A destitute young man, raised by racist skinheads and notorious among white supremacists, turns his back on hatred and violence to transform his life, with the help of a black activist and the woman he loves.

Director: Guy Nattiv | Stars: Jamie Bell, Danielle Macdonald, Daniel Henshall, Bill Camp

Votes: 18,846

49. Rollerball (2002)

PG-13 | 98 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Sport

The big thing in 2005 is a violent sport which can have some pretty serious consequences... like dying.

Director: John McTiernan | Stars: Chris Klein, Jean Reno, LL Cool J, Rebecca Romijn

Votes: 29,708 | Gross: $18.99M

50. City on a Hill (2019–2022)

TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

In early 1990s Boston, ADA, Decourcy Ward, forms an unlikely alliance with a corrupt venerated FBI veteran, Jackie Rohr. Together, they take on a case that changes the city's entire criminal justice system.

Stars: Kevin Bacon, Aldis Hodge, Lauren E. Banks, Jill Hennessy

Votes: 15,567