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1. Journey of a Female Comic (2014)
88 min | Documentary
The film chronicles the ups and downs of a Hollywood actress/comedian, Kiki Melendez, as she struggles to make it in Tinsel Town.
Directors: Erick M. Crespo, Kiki Melendez | Stars: Kiki Melendez, Valenzia Algarin, Maria Conchita Alonso, Shari Belafonte
Votes: 33
2.
Battlestar Galactica (2004–2009)
Episode:
Crossroads: Part 2
(2007)
TV-14 | 48 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Coincidences creates new alliances aboard Galactica.
Director: Michael Rymer | Stars: Edward James Olmos, Mary McDonnell, Jamie Bamber, James Callis
Votes: 2,917
3.
Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur (2023– )
Episode:
The Molecular Level
(2024)
TV-Y7-FV | Animation, Action, Adventure
After Lunella tells her family that she's Moon Girl, she must convince them she will be safe, which seems impossible when Molecule Man shows up for revenge.
Director: Samantha Suyi Lee | Stars: Diamond White, Alfre Woodard, Fred Tatasciore, Sasheer Zamata
Votes: 59
4.
Battlestar Galactica (2004–2009)
Episode:
Exodus: Part 2
(2006)
TV-14 | 44 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
The attack to rescue everyone on New Caprica begins. The Galactica encounters four rather than the expected two Cylon Basestars. The end appears in sight but they get help from a welcome ... See full summary »
Director: Félix Enríquez Alcalá | Stars: Edward James Olmos, Mary McDonnell, Katee Sackhoff, Jamie Bamber
Votes: 2,611
5.
Battlestar Galactica (2004–2009)
Episode:
Revelations
(2008)
TV-14 | 44 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
D'Anna demands that the four Cylons in the fleet be sent to the basestar. Only Tory goes, while the remaining three are suddenly drawn to Kara's Viper by the music. The route to Earth is finally found.
Director: Michael Rymer | Stars: Edward James Olmos, Mary McDonnell, Katee Sackhoff, Jamie Bamber
Votes: 2,106
6.
Battlestar Galactica (2004–2009)
Episode:
Blood on the Scales
(2009)
TV-14 | 44 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Roslin is on board a raptor en route to the Rebel Cylon Base Star, but Gaeta has ordered to engage and destroy it. The marines have used a stun grenade on Adama and Tigh. Roslin manages to ... See full summary »
Director: Wayne Rose | Stars: Edward James Olmos, Mary McDonnell, Katee Sackhoff, Jamie Bamber
Votes: 2,134
7.
Narcos (2015–2017)
Episode:
Going Back to Cali
(2017)
TV-MA | 50 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
David and Peña are in a race against each other to find Pallomari. Peña makes a serious decision about the future of his career.
Director: Andrés Baiz | Stars: Pedro Pascal, Damián Alcázar, Alberto Ammann, Francisco Denis
Votes: 4,575
8.
Battlestar Galactica (2004–2009)
Episode:
Pegasus
(2005)
TV-14 | 58 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Gallactica meets Pegasus, and Adama's command is threatened when the captain of Pegasus outranks him. A joyous celebration turns sour at some of the secrets emerging out of the differences of the two crews, and Baltar meets a familiar Cylon prisoner aboard Pegasus.
Director: Michael Rymer | Stars: Edward James Olmos, Mary McDonnell, Katee Sackhoff, Jamie Bamber
Votes: 2,414
9.
Battlestar Galactica (2004–2009)
Episode:
The Oath
(2009)
TV-14 | 44 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
The Fleet refuses to cooperate with Cylon engineers and Adama decides to put an end to it. He sends the Quorum a message stating that unless they wish to join Zarek in the cell, they get ... See full summary »
Director: John Dahl | Stars: Edward James Olmos, Mary McDonnell, Katee Sackhoff, Jamie Bamber
Votes: 1,971
10.
Battlestar Galactica (2004–2009)
Episode:
Daybreak: Part 2
(2009)
TV-14 | 44 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A stripped down Galactica attacks the Cylon's Colony ship in the hopes of rescuing Hera. The meaning of the shared dream in the Opera House on Kobol is revealed. Sam Anders is moved in his ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Rymer | Stars: Edward James Olmos, Mary McDonnell, Katee Sackhoff, Jamie Bamber
Votes: 3,122
11. The West Wing (1999–2006)
TV-14 | 42 min | Drama
Inside the lives of staffers in the West Wing of the White House.
Stars: Martin Sheen, Rob Lowe, Allison Janney, John Spencer
Votes: 85,646
12.
Battlestar Galactica (2004–2009)
Episode:
Resurrection Ship: Part 2
(2006)
TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Galactica and Pegasus are preparing for the assault on the Cylon Resurrection ship. While Starbuck discusses Adama's plan to kill Cain with Apollo, Colonel Fisk stops Pegasus' crew members ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Rymer | Stars: Edward James Olmos, Mary McDonnell, Katee Sackhoff, Jamie Bamber
Votes: 2,197
13.
The West Wing (1999–2006)
Episode:
Celestial Navigation
(2000)
TV-14 | 60 min | Drama
In a lecture at Georgetown, Josh recalls the previous week at the White House, during which he replaced a dentally impaired C.J. in the press room and gave a memorably disastrous briefing, ... See full summary »
Director: Christopher Misiano | Stars: Rob Lowe, Moira Kelly, Dulé Hill, Allison Janney
Votes: 1,440
14.
Mayans M.C. (2018–2023)
Episode:
Hunahpu
(2019)
TV-MA | 69 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
The need for justice ignites tough decisions for the Reyes brothers and the MC.
Director: Elgin James | Stars: JD Pardo, Clayton Cardenas, Sarah Bolger, Michael Irby
Votes: 687
15. Narcos (2015–2017)
TV-MA | 50 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
A chronicled look at the criminal exploits of Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar, as well as the many other drug kingpins who plagued the country through the years.
Stars: Pedro Pascal, Wagner Moura, Boyd Holbrook, Alberto Ammann
Votes: 470,755
16.
Battlestar Galactica (2004–2009)
Episode:
Kobol's Last Gleaming: Part 2
(2005)
TV-14 | 44 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Infuriated that Roslin usurped his command by ordering Starbuck to steal the captured Raider, Adama decides that his only option is to storm Colonial One with marines and terminate her presidency. Starbuck reaches Caprica and finds the Arrow of Apollo in a museum, but she has to go through a copy of Number Six to get it.
Director: Michael Rymer | Stars: Edward James Olmos, Mary McDonnell, Katee Sackhoff, Jamie Bamber
Votes: 2,252
17.
Battlestar Galactica (2004–2009)
Episode:
Resurrection Ship: Part 1
(2006)
TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Adama and Cain find common ground when Starbuck returns with footage of the Cylon ship. Roslin negotiates a temporary truce, while Starbuck plans an attack.
Director: Michael Rymer | Stars: Edward James Olmos, Mary McDonnell, Katee Sackhoff, Jamie Bamber
Votes: 2,113
18.
Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode:
Out Where the Buses Don't Run
(1985)
TV-14 | 48 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Crockett and Tubbs stake out a drug dealer, an investigation that is being helped along by an ex-cop that seems to know a bit too much about the case.
Director: Jim Johnston | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott
Votes: 908
19. The Simpsons (1989– )
TV-14 | 22 min | Animation, Comedy
The satiric adventures of a working-class family in the misfit city of Springfield.
Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Nancy Cartwright, Harry Shearer, Julie Kavner
Votes: 436,220
20. Battlestar Galactica (2004–2009)
TV-14 | 45 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
When an old enemy, the Cylons, resurface and obliterate the 12 colonies, the crew of the aged Galactica protect a small civilian fleet - the last of humanity - as they journey toward the fabled 13th colony, Earth.
Stars: Edward James Olmos, Mary McDonnell, Jamie Bamber, James Callis
Votes: 175,679
21. The 43rd Annual Golden Globe Awards 1986 (1986 TV Special)
Golden Globe Award - American award awarded by the Hollywood association of the foreign press from 1944 for works in movies and television's pictures.
Director: Gene Weed | Stars: Charlton Heston, Donna Mills, June Allyson, Rosanna Arquette
Votes: 164
22.
Battlestar Galactica (2004–2009)
Episode:
Lay Down Your Burdens: Part 2
(2006)
TV-14 | 68 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
The group on Caprica is under fire by the Cylons, but suddenly they stop. With only one ship's votes to be counted, Roslin is way behind in the elections.
Director: Michael Rymer | Stars: Edward James Olmos, Mary McDonnell, Katee Sackhoff, Jamie Bamber
Votes: 2,072
23.
Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode:
Definitely Miami
(1986)
TV-14 | 48 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Crockett finds out first hand about Charlie Basset as a violent drug runner with an enticing wife that Sonny just can't get out of his mind.
Director: Rob Cohen | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott
Votes: 2,053
24.
Mayans M.C. (2018–2023)
Episode:
Kukulkan
(2019)
TV-MA | 55 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A deal is on the table for the MC but the price is paid in blood.
Director: Allison Anders | Stars: JD Pardo, Clayton Cardenas, Sarah Bolger, Michael Irby
Votes: 620
25.
Battlestar Galactica (2004–2009)
Episode:
Sometimes a Great Notion
(2009)
TV-14 | 47 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Scouting the planet reveals that there is no life except plants. The destruction occurred about 2,000 years earlier. Among the ruins, skeletons and wrecks of a different kind of Centurions ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Nankin | Stars: Edward James Olmos, Mary McDonnell, Katee Sackhoff, Jamie Bamber
Votes: 1,861
26.
Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur (2023– )
Episode:
The Great Beyond-er!
(2024)
TV-Y7-FV | Animation, Action, Adventure
When Moon Girl and The Beyonder become stranded on a desolate alien planet, the two set out to find a rumored black hole in hopes of getting home.
Director: Samantha Suyi Lee | Stars: Diamond White, Fred Tatasciore, Alfre Woodard, Laurence Fishburne
Votes: 54
27.
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013–2020)
Episode:
The Dirty Half Dozen
(2015)
TV-PG | 42 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Gonzales and Coulson must find a way to put their differences aside and work together against HYDRA, even if it means teaming up with someone they don't trust.
Director: Kevin Tancharoen | Stars: Clark Gregg, Ming-Na Wen, Brett Dalton, Chloe Bennet
Votes: 3,546
28. Dexter (2006–2013)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
He's smart. He's lovable. He's Dexter Morgan, America's favorite serial killer, who spends his days solving crimes and nights committing them.
Stars: Michael C. Hall, Jennifer Carpenter, David Zayas, James Remar
Votes: 767,420
29. American Experience (1987– )
TV-PG | 120 min | Documentary, Biography, History
A series showcasing documentaries on American history.
Stars: David McCullough, David Ogden Stiers, Michael Murphy, Oliver Platt
Votes: 2,207
30. Siskel & Ebert (1986–2010)
TV-PG | 30 min | Talk-Show
Chicago critics Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert rate new movies with a thumbs up, or a thumbs down.
Stars: Roger Ebert, Gene Siskel, Richard Roeper, Michael Phillips
Votes: 2,274
31. The Forgotten Eagles (2006)
71 min | Documentary
Documentary about the "Aztec Eagles", an elite unit of Mexican volunteers, who flew combat missions to free Luzon from the Japanese with the American 581h Fighter Group on Luzon in 1945.
Director: Victor H. Mancilla | Stars: Miguel Moreno Arreola, Fritz Bronner, Carlos Garduño Núñez, Edward James Olmos
Votes: 8
32. Selena Remembered (1997 Video)
Unrated | 60 min
Director: Cecilia Miniucchi | Stars: Edward James Olmos, Selena
Votes: 46
33.
Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode:
Evan
(1985)
TV-14 | 49 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Crockett and Tubbs join forces with the Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms ... including Crockett's old partner Evan Freed. Tubbs tries to understand their troubled relationship.
Director: Rob Cohen | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott
Votes: 727
34.
Police Story (1973–1980)
Episode:
Trigger Point
(1977)
120 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Veteran Sergeant Wilson can't escape the burdens of being mother hen to, among others, a green lieutenant, an alcoholic superior, and an officer who's becoming dangerously paranoid.
Director: Jerry London | Stars: David Janssen, Scott Hylands, Scott Brady, Dennis Cole
Votes: 62
35.
The West Wing (1999–2006)
Episode:
The Short List
(1999)
TV-14 | 44 min | Drama
When a Supreme Court justice retires, President Bartlet has a golden opportunity to impact the court's composition by nominating a favorite judge but when further study reveals the ... See full summary »
Director: Bill D'Elia | Stars: Rob Lowe, Moira Kelly, Dulé Hill, Allison Janney
Votes: 1,270
36.
The Living Edens (1997– )
Episode:
Manu: Peru's Hidden Rain Forest
(1997)
Not Rated | 53 min | Documentary
Along the eastern edge of the Peruvian Andes runs a river called the Manu, the heart of one of the world's largest and most pristine rain forest parks in the world: Manu National Park and ... See full summary »
Star: Edward James Olmos
Votes: 17
37.
Battlestar Galactica (2004–2009)
Episode:
The Hub
(2008)
TV-14 | 44 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
The Hybrid keeps jumping the basestar, and Roslin has visions. The three, D'Anna, is un-boxed. Humans and Cylons engage in a battle to destroy the Resurrection Hub. Baltar is badly wounded ... See full summary »
Director: Paul A. Edwards | Stars: Edward James Olmos, Mary McDonnell, Katee Sackhoff, Jamie Bamber
Votes: 1,691
38.
Battlestar Galactica (2004–2009)
Episode:
Daybreak: Part 3
(2009)
TV-14 | 46 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
As conflicts reach a climax, Cylons and humans face a stark choice.
Director: Michael Rymer | Stars: Edward James Olmos, Mary McDonnell, Katee Sackhoff, Jamie Bamber
Votes: 586
39.
Mayans M.C. (2018–2023)
Episode:
The House of Death Floats By
(2021)
TV-MA | 66 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
The club welcomes a new member. Miguel seeks retribution on his mother's behalf.
Director: Elgin James | Stars: JD Pardo, Clayton Cardenas, Sarah Bolger, Michael Irby
Votes: 530
40.
Mayans M.C. (2018–2023)
Episode:
Chapter the Last, Nothing More to Write
(2021)
TV-MA | 78 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Bishop pulls the trigger on his plan to become the sole king.
Director: Elgin James | Stars: JD Pardo, Clayton Cardenas, Sarah Bolger, Michael Irby
Votes: 566
41.
Mayans M.C. (2018–2023)
Episode:
I Want Nothing But Death
(2023)
TV-MA | 68 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
As the war with the Sons escalates, the two clubs square off in a fight to the death.
Director: Elgin James | Stars: JD Pardo, Clayton Cardenas, Sarah Bolger, Michael Irby
Votes: 339
42.
Mayans M.C. (2018–2023)
Episode:
To Fear of Death, I Eat the Stars
(2023)
TV-MA | 61 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
The M.C.'s fight to gain control of California takes a deadly twist; the Broken Saints welcome a desperate newcomer.
Director: Elgin James | Stars: JD Pardo, Clayton Cardenas, Sarah Bolger, Michael Irby
Votes: 354
43. Battlestar Galactica (2003)
TV-14 | 92 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Following the destruction of the Twelve Colonies of Kobol by the Cylons, a rag-tag fugitive fleet of the last remnants of mankind flees the pursuing Cylons while simultaneously searching for their true home: Earth.
Stars: Edward James Olmos, Mary McDonnell, Katee Sackhoff, Jamie Bamber
Votes: 80,233
44. 500 Nations (1995)
374 min | History
An exploration of the various Native American nations and their fall to the European conquerors.
Stars: Kevin Costner, Gregory Harrison, Eric Schweig, Gordon Tootoosis
Votes: 547
45. Life is Art (2022)
54 min | Documentary, Biography
An often-overlooked actor with an amazing career who has overcome formidable odds to reach his goals, live life to the fullest and give back to his community.
Director: Luis Reyes | Stars: David Ansen, Robert Beltran, Dave Boyle, Gloria Calderón Kellett
Votes: 15
46. A Class Apart (2009)
TV-PG | 49 min | Documentary
From a small-town Texas murder emerged a landmark civil rights case. The little-known story of the Mexican American lawyers who took Hernandez v. Texas to the Supreme Court, challenging Jim Crow-style discrimination.
Directors: Peter Miller, Carlos Sandoval | Stars: Gloria Villa Cadena, Norma Cantú, Ramiro Casso, James DeAnda
Votes: 36
47. Great Books (1993– )
TV-14 | Documentary, History
Great works of literature are explored in context of their times and their impact.
Stars: Donald Sutherland, David Bryan Jackson, Bill Toscano, Anne Rice
Votes: 79
48. 48th AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Julie Andrews (2022 TV Special)
90 min
Directors: Louis J. Horvitz, Chris Merrill | Stars: Julie Andrews, Carol Burnett, Steve Carell, Angela Cartwright
Votes: 37
49. Mayans M.C. - Inside Season 1: Meet the Brotherhood (2018 Video)
3 min | Short, Drama
It's a family. Get an inside look at the brotherhood that formed as the cast worked together to make Mayans M.C. come to life.
Director: Ethan Wilson | Stars: Richard Cabral, Clayton Cardenas, Michael Irby, Antonio Jaramillo
Votes: 9
50. This Is MY Country, Twin Fiddles and Accordion (2012)
Documentary
Directors: Aaron Lee Lopez, Brandon Lee Keropian | Stars: Rick Orozco, Jason Aldean, Carlos Alvarez, Larry Beaird
Votes: 8