Sort by Number of Votes - Most Rated Movies and TV Shows With Ellen Lancaster

1. 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: 125,404

2. The Astronaut's Wife (1999)

R | 109 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller

After an explosion in space and subsequent two-minute radio-out period, two astronauts return home to their wives. Slightly it's revealed that they're not the same as they were.

Director: Rand Ravich | Stars: Charlize Theron, Johnny Depp, Joe Morton, Clea DuVall

Votes: 57,470 | Gross: $10.67M

3. It Could Happen to You (1994)

PG | 101 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A police officer promises to share his lottery ticket with a waitress in lieu of a tip.

Director: Andrew Bergman | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Bridget Fonda, Rosie Perez, Wendell Pierce

Votes: 44,711 | Gross: $37.80M

4. 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: 44,702

5. Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001–2011)

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

This series focuses on the NYPD's Major Case Squad, a force of detectives who investigate high-profile cases, while also showing parts of the crime from the perpetrator's point of view.

Stars: Kathryn Erbe, Vincent D'Onofrio, Jamey Sheridan, Courtney B. Vance

Votes: 27,906

6. Before and After (1996)

PG-13 | 108 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Two parents deal with the effects when their son is accused of murdering his girlfriend.

Director: Barbet Schroeder | Stars: Meryl Streep, Liam Neeson, Edward Furlong, Julia Weldon

Votes: 9,989 | Gross: $8.80M

7. Ed (2000–2004)

60 min | Comedy, Drama

A separated, fired NYC lawyer returns to his hometown in Ohio, meets old high school friends and cute crush, buys a bowling alley and opens a law office in it.

Stars: Tom Cavanagh, Julie Bowen, Josh Randall, Jana Marie Hupp

Votes: 7,495

8. Ghostwriter (1992–1995)

TV-Y | 30 min | Family, Fantasy, Horror

A group of kids solves local crimes, capers, and mysteries in their neighborhood, with the help of a ghost who can only communicate through writing and words.

Stars: David López, Blaze Berdahl, Todd Alexander, Sheldon Turnipseed

Votes: 2,812

9. Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999– )
Episode: Prodigy (2002)

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

Benson and Stabler have the gruesome task of identifying the remains of a man and a woman who were stabbed in a park.

Director: Steve Shill | Stars: Christopher Meloni, Mariska Hargitay, Richard Belzer, Stephanie March

Votes: 1,022

10. Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999– )
Episode: Pandora (2003)

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

The brutal rape and subsequent death of a female motorist turns out to be an informant for the FBI acting as a cyber vigilante for catching on-line pedophiles to capture the predators. ... See full summary »

Director: Alex Zakrzewski | Stars: Christopher Meloni, Mariska Hargitay, Richard Belzer, Stephanie March

Votes: 905

11. Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001–2011)
Episode: Inert Dwarf (2004)

TV-14 | 55 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Goren and Eames are investigating the death of a genius mathematician's assistant.

Director: Alex Chapple | Stars: Vincent D'Onofrio, Kathryn Erbe, Jamey Sheridan, Courtney B. Vance

Votes: 343

12. Law & Order (1990– )
Episode: Vaya Con Dios (2000)

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

The DA's office prosecutes a Chilean colonel for the murder of a New Yorker working with the Communists during the Pinochet military coup. But has the office overstepped its jurisdiction?

Director: Christopher Misiano | Stars: Jerry Orbach, Jesse L. Martin, S. Epatha Merkerson, Sam Waterston

Votes: 321

13. Law & Order (1990– )
Episode: Burned (1997)

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

A teenage boy is suspected of starting a fire that killed his younger sister. But his powerful and influential grandfather does everything in his power to make the case go away.

Director: Constantine Makris | Stars: Jerry Orbach, Benjamin Bratt, S. Epatha Merkerson, Sam Waterston

Votes: 311

14. Law & Order (1990– )
Episode: Big Bang (1994)

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

A woman is killed after opening a mail bomb. The investigation leads to the discovery of a bitter research dispute between her ex-husband, a noted physicist, and a younger researcher that he double-crossed.

Director: Dann Florek | Stars: Jerry Orbach, Chris Noth, S. Epatha Merkerson, Michael Moriarty

Votes: 282

15. Law & Order (1990– )
Episode: Severance (2022)

TV-14 | Crime, Drama, Mystery

When the CFO of a Fortune 500 company is found strangled in her home, Bernard and Cosgrove work to connect multiple dead ends to find her killer. The prosecution is faced with an uphill ... See full summary »

Director: Yangzom Brauen | Stars: Anthony Anderson, Jeffrey Donovan, Camryn Manheim, Hugh Dancy

Votes: 248

16. Ed (2000–2004)
Episode: Lloyd (2002)

Comedy, Drama

Ed's brother Lloyd visits with a plan to double the bowling alley's profits. Nancy gets involved with someone from an online Billy Joel fan club. Warren meets a girl at a college party.

Director: Timothy Busfield | Stars: Tom Cavanagh, Julie Bowen, Jana Marie Hupp, Josh Randall

Votes: 122

17. Christmas Apparition (2018)

72 min | Thriller

As Emma works to create a beautiful Christmas for the children she is looking after, the warm glow of the Christmas tree and the sparkling of the ornaments are in stark contrast with the hostility of the children in their freezing house.

Director: Colleen Griffen | Stars: Matthew Chappelle, Maura Chappelle, Henry Godinez, Katie O. Jones

Votes: 64

18. The Cold and the Quiet (2013)

73 min | Drama, Mystery

Isolated over the Christmas holiday by her own anxiety, a young college student finds herself responsible for a strangers troubled children as she struggles with the unsettling connection ... See full summary »

Director: Colleen Griffen | Stars: Matthew Chappelle, Maura Chappelle, Henry Godinez, Katie O. Jones

Votes: 9

19. Black Dahlia (2020)

Short, Horror, Mystery

A group of ghosts who were involved with the Black Dahlia murder gather for their yearly meeting to discuss who killed her and why.

Director: Molly Billman | Stars: Molly Billman, Carol Del Mar, Karlie Kohler, Chris Negron

20. Jesus Would Have Loved Punk Rock

11 min | Short, Comedy | Completed

Veronica and Annie are fed up with the oppressive and corrupt nature of their Catholic high school, determined to make authoritarian teachers answer for their crimes and right the moral compass of the student body.

Director: Abbey George | Stars: Abigail Choi Arader, Tommy Schrider, Ellen Lancaster, Zoë Bowen Smith

21. Ghostwriter (1992–1995)
Episode: Don't Stop the Music: Part 4 (1994)

TV-Y | Family, Fantasy, Horror

Lenni gets the chance of a lifetime when a hip music producer wants to sign her to the Smash Records label and produce a music video for MTV. Lenni struggles to come up with an original ... See full summary »

Stars: Blaze Berdahl, David López, Marcella Lowery, Mayteana Morales