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1.
Twin Peaks (1990–1991)
Episode:
Beyond Life and Death
(1991)
TV-14 | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Agent Cooper follows Windom Earle and Annie into the depths of the Black Lodge. Big Ed and Norma get a shock when Nadine suffers head trauma. Andrew and Pete unlock Eckhardt's final box and Audrey stages an act of civil disobedience.
Director: David Lynch | Stars: Kyle MacLachlan, Michael Ontkean, Mädchen Amick, Dana Ashbrook
Votes: 6,243
2. Vérité: 'Fire Walk with Me' (2012)
14 min | Short, Mystery
"Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me" curated by Rob Wilson and David Lynch shot in style à la Cinéma vérité on its opening night. Featuring incredible, Lynch-inspired pieces by over 75 renowned ... See full summary »
Director: Joseph G. Quinn | Stars: Michael J. Anderson, Mike Gunn, Dean Hurley, Sheryl Lee
Votes: 41
3. Twin Peaks (1989 Video)
113 min | Drama, Mystery
An FBI agent investigates the murder of a small town's homecoming queen. A self-contained, 20 minutes longer version of the pilot episode of Twin Peaks (1990) and an alternate version of Twin Peaks (1990) that brings closure to the story.
Director: David Lynch | Stars: Kyle MacLachlan, Michael Ontkean, Mädchen Amick, Dana Ashbrook
Votes: 717
4.
Twin Peaks (1990–1991)
Episode:
Northwest Passage
(1989)
Unrated | 94 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The small northwest town of Twin Peaks, Washington is shaken up when the body of the Homecoming Queen, Laura Palmer, is discovered washed up on a riverbank, wrapped in plastic.
Director: David Lynch | Stars: Kyle MacLachlan, Michael Ontkean, Mädchen Amick, Dana Ashbrook
Votes: 16,890
5.
Carnivàle (2003–2005)
Episode:
New Canaan, CA
(2005)
TV-MA | 52 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
In the cliff-hanging season finale, Samson devises a grand plan by scheming with Ben, Jones, and the entire troupe to lure Brother Justin to Carnivale for his confrontation with Ben. ... See full summary »
Director: Scott Winant | Stars: Michael J. Anderson, Adrienne Barbeau, Clancy Brown, Debra Christofferson
Votes: 696
6.
Twin Peaks (1990–1991)
Episode:
Zen, or the Skill to Catch a Killer
(1990)
TV-14 | 47 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Ben Horne's brother, Jerry, arrives in Twin Peaks; together they travel to One Eyed Jack's and meet with the madam, Blackie O'Reilly. Audrey leaves a clue for Cooper. Deputy Hawk finds a bloody towel near the crime scene.
Director: David Lynch | Stars: Kyle MacLachlan, Michael Ontkean, Mädchen Amick, Dana Ashbrook
Votes: 6,760
7. Twin Peaks (1990–1991)
TV-MA | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An idiosyncratic FBI agent investigates the murder of a young woman in the even more idiosyncratic town of Twin Peaks.
Stars: Kyle MacLachlan, Michael Ontkean, Mädchen Amick, Dana Ashbrook
Votes: 215,800
8.
Carnivàle (2003–2005)
Episode:
Lincoln Highway, UT
(2005)
TV-MA | 52 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
While driving down a desolate highway in rural Utah on his trail of Stroud, Ben comes across Jones and Libby, the victims of a vigilante group blaming Jonesy for the Ferris wheel accident, ... See full summary »
Director: Rodrigo García | Stars: Michael J. Anderson, Adrienne Barbeau, Clancy Brown, Debra Christofferson
Votes: 613
9.
Carnivàle (2003–2005)
Episode:
The Day That Was the Day
(2003)
TV-MA | 55 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Faced with a crisis of life-and-death proportions of whether or not to cure Ruthie from a snake bite, Ben turns to Lodz for advice, and he ends up talking with the mysterious and unseen ... See full summary »
Director: Rodrigo García | Stars: Michael J. Anderson, Adrienne Barbeau, Patrick Bauchau, Clancy Brown
Votes: 783
10.
Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated (2010–2013)
Episode:
Nightmare in Red
(2013)
TV-Y7-FV | 23 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
The gang goes under hypnosis to learn more about the ancient Annunaki race, the Evil Entity buried below Crystal Cove and the way to defeat him.
Director: Victor Cook | Stars: Frank Welker, Mindy Cohn, Grey Griffin, Matthew Lillard
Votes: 376
11. The X-Files (1993–2018)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Two F.B.I. Agents, Fox Mulder the believer and Dana Scully the skeptic, investigate the strange and unexplained, while hidden forces work to impede their efforts.
Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Mitch Pileggi, William B. Davis
Votes: 250,237
12. Adventure Time (2010–2018)
TV-PG | 23 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A 12-year-old boy and his best friend, a wise 28-year-old dog with magical powers, go on a series of surreal adventures in a remote future.
Stars: John DiMaggio, Jeremy Shada, Tom Kenny, Hynden Walch
Votes: 112,597
13.
The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode:
Humbug
(1995)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The agents search for a killer in a Florida town inhabited by sideshow performers.
Director: Kim Manners | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Jim Rose, Wayne Grace
Votes: 5,933
14.
Carnivàle (2003–2005)
Episode:
Damascus, NE
(2005)
TV-MA | 45 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
When Carnivale finally arrives in Damascus, Ben gets closer to finding his father when another vision of a man with the shredded face leads him to the town's seedy hotel. Ben then goes to ... See full summary »
Director: Alan Taylor | Stars: Michael J. Anderson, Adrienne Barbeau, Clancy Brown, Debra Christofferson
Votes: 581
15.
Carnivàle (2003–2005)
Episode:
Outside New Canaan
(2005)
TV-MA | 55 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
When Samson announces that the carnival's next stop is the Christian camp of New Canaan, California, both Lila and Stumpy challenge his authority. Jones arrives back with the troupe and ... See full summary »
Director: Dan Lerner | Stars: Michael J. Anderson, Adrienne Barbeau, Clancy Brown, Debra Christofferson
Votes: 575
16.
Carnivàle (2003–2005)
Episode:
Outskirts, Damascus, NE
(2005)
TV-MA | 53 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Ben and Samson have a heated argument over some bad news that Ben tells him about the death of Management, and Samson learns from Ruthie about seeing Stroud abduct Scudder. Ben suggests ... See full summary »
Director: Tim Hunter | Stars: Michael J. Anderson, Adrienne Barbeau, Clancy Brown, Debra Christofferson
Votes: 585
17. Carnivàle (2003–2005)
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
During the Great Depression, an Oklahoma farm boy and a charismatic minister learn that they are key players in a proxy war being fought between Heaven and Hell.
Stars: Michael J. Anderson, Adrienne Barbeau, Clancy Brown, Debra Christofferson
Votes: 46,905
18.
Carnivàle (2003–2005)
Episode:
Cheyenne, WY
(2005)
TV-MA | 52 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Following another one of Ben's visions, he and Joney set out to find Stroud and they soon arrive in the Wyoming state capital where from a discarded newspaper in a recently vacated hotel ... See full summary »
Director: Todd Field | Stars: Michael J. Anderson, Adrienne Barbeau, Clancy Brown, Debra Christofferson
Votes: 565
19. Sticky Fingers (2003)
18 min | Comedy, Short
A love story about a man, a woman, and six boxes of porn.
Director: Douglas Jones | Stars: C.C. Boyce, Nicholas K. Gilhool, Victor Z. Isaac, Daniel Raymont
Votes: 23
20.
Carnivàle (2003–2005)
Episode:
Los Moscos
(2005)
TV-MA | 50 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
As the spiritual powers of Ben Hawkins evolve, the entity Management reveals its identity (the Russian soldier in Ben's dreams) to Ben, and then exposes him to a vision of the cataclysmic ... See full summary »
Director: Jeremy Podeswa | Stars: Michael J. Anderson, Adrienne Barbeau, Clancy Brown, Debra Christofferson
Votes: 652
21. Mulholland Dr. (1999 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 88 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
After a car wreck, an amnesiac woman sets out to learn what happened to her with the help of a wannabe actress.
Director: David Lynch | Stars: Justin Theroux, Naomi Watts, Laura Harring, Ann Miller
Votes: 9,921
22.
Carnivàle (2003–2005)
Episode:
Pick a Number
(2003)
TV-MA | 56 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Thirsty for payback after the murder of Dora Mae Dreifuss, one of the chooch dancers, Samson and the rest of the carnies, including Stumpy Dreifuss and Rita Sue, get caught up in an obscure... See full summary »
Director: Rodrigo García | Stars: Michael J. Anderson, Adrienne Barbeau, Patrick Bauchau, Clancy Brown
Votes: 810
23. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993–1999)
TV-PG | 45 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
In the vicinity of the liberated planet of Bajor, the Federation space station Deep Space Nine guards the opening of a stable wormhole to the far side of the galaxy.
Stars: Avery Brooks, Rene Auberjonois, Cirroc Lofton, Alexander Siddig
Votes: 70,907
24. Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated (2010–2013)
TV-Y7-FV | 23 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
This incarnation finds Scooby and the gang living in Crystal Cove, a small town with a long history of ghost sightings, monster tales and other mysteries ripe for the sleuths to solve once and for all.
Stars: Frank Welker, Mindy Cohn, Grey Griffin, Matthew Lillard
Votes: 17,809
25. Making 'Carnivàle': The Show Behind the Show (2003 TV Short)
TV-PG | 13 min | Short
A look behind the story and production of the HBO dramatic series Carnivàle.
Director: Maurice Marable | Stars: Amanda Aday, David Altenau, Michael J. Anderson, Sara Andrews
Votes: 53
26.
Carnivàle (2003–2005)
Episode:
Creed, OK
(2005)
TV-MA | 56 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
When the Carnivale stops outside Creed, Oklahoma, they receive an uninvited visitor, Varlyn Stroud, who begins asking questions to Jonesy, and later to Samson, about where to find Scudder. ... See full summary »
Director: Jeremy Podeswa | Stars: Michael J. Anderson, Adrienne Barbeau, Clancy Brown, Debra Christofferson
Votes: 590
27. Saturday Night Live (1975– )
TV-14 | 90 min | Comedy, Music
A famous guest host stars in parodies and sketches created by the cast of this witty show.
Stars: The Saturday Night Live Band, Don Pardo, Darrell Hammond, Kenan Thompson
Votes: 52,798
28. Big Time (2004)
29 min | Short
A hardware store manager's desire to enter showbiz as a stand-up comedian is frowned upon by his parents. The fact that Richard is a giant leads them to believe that the only thing his audience will laugh at is his size.
Director: Geofrey Hildrew | Stars: Matthew McGrory, Curtis Armstrong, Jenni Pulos, Michael J. Anderson
Votes: 34
29.
Carnivàle (2003–2005)
Episode:
Babylon
(2003)
TV-MA | 48 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
The carnival finally arrives in Babylon, a tapped-out silver mining town in rural Texas with few inhabitants. Samson tries to improve the troupe's spirits with a night of revelry at the ... See full summary »
Director: Tim Hunter | Stars: Michael J. Anderson, Adrienne Barbeau, Patrick Bauchau, Clancy Brown
Votes: 840
30.
Carnivàle (2003–2005)
Episode:
Hot and Bothered
(2003)
TV-MA | 53 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Brother Justin returns to Mintern from his stay in the asylum to chart out a new direction for his ministry. At the Carnivale, Samson's loss is Lodz's gain when the blind mystic takes ... See full summary »
Director: Jeremy Podeswa | Stars: Michael J. Anderson, Adrienne Barbeau, Patrick Bauchau, Clancy Brown
Votes: 705
31.
Carnivàle (2003–2005)
Episode:
Old Cherry Blossom Road
(2005)
TV-MA | 56 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Still held captive in the moonshiners' camp, Ben meets his blind and elderly grandmother who reveals some family secrets and a mysterious face of death. Meanwhile, Lila confides in the rest... See full summary »
Director: Steve Shill | Stars: Michael J. Anderson, Adrienne Barbeau, Clancy Brown, Debra Christofferson
Votes: 601
32.
Carnivàle (2003–2005)
Episode:
The Road to Damascus
(2005)
TV-MA | 56 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
On the road to Damascus, Nebraska, Samson and the troupe stop to help when they run into a rival troupe that has fallen on hard times. In Mintern, Dolan tries to help Iris and Justin find a... See full summary »
Director: Tucker Gates | Stars: Michael J. Anderson, Adrienne Barbeau, Clancy Brown, Debra Christofferson
Votes: 577
33.
Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated (2010–2013)
Episode:
Stand and Deliver
(2013)
TV-Y7-FV | 23 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
When a motorcycle-riding robber known as the Dandy Highwayman kidnaps all the women of Crystal Cove (including Daphne), it's up to our heroes to put a stop to his rogue ways.
Director: Victor Cook | Stars: Frank Welker, Mindy Cohn, Grey Griffin, Matthew Lillard
Votes: 352
34. Mulholland Drive (2001)
R | 147 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
After a car wreck on Mulholland Drive renders a woman amnesiac, she and a Hollywood-hopeful search for clues and answers across Los Angeles in a twisting venture beyond dreams and reality.
Director: David Lynch | Stars: Naomi Watts, Laura Harring, Justin Theroux, Jeanne Bates
Votes: 384,349 | Gross: $7.22M
35.
Carnivàle (2003–2005)
Episode:
Alamogordo, N.M.
(2005)
TV-MA | 51 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Ben travels on his own to Alamogordo to seek out Father Kerrigan, a former preacher residing in a lunatic asylum - who knew his father, and who tells him to beware of a mysterious tattooed ... See full summary »
Director: Jack Bender | Stars: Michael J. Anderson, Adrienne Barbeau, Clancy Brown, Debra Christofferson
Votes: 613
36.
Carnivàle (2003–2005)
Episode:
Day of the Dead
(2003)
TV-MA | 54 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
With Management's blessing, Lodz hatches a devious plan to "reach" Ben, who is vulnerable after letting his guard down after his night of seduction with Ruthie. Rita Sue upstages Catalina's... See full summary »
Director: John Patterson | Stars: Michael J. Anderson, Adrienne Barbeau, Patrick Bauchau, Clancy Brown
Votes: 701
37.
Carnivàle (2003–2005)
Episode:
Ingram, TX
(2005)
TV-MA | 51 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
When Carnivale sets up show in Ingram, Texas, Ben sets out to find some people who knew Scudder and stumbles into a bizarre moonshiners' camp, which proves both painful and revealing. ... See full summary »
Director: John Patterson | Stars: Michael J. Anderson, Adrienne Barbeau, Clancy Brown, Debra Christofferson
Votes: 617
38.
Carnivàle (2003–2005)
Episode:
Milfay
(2003)
TV-MA | 58 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Oklahoma Dust Bowl, 1934. 18-year-old Ben Hawkins is a young man who lives with his physically sick, God-fearing mother. After his mother dies from a long illness, Ben unceremoniously ... See full summary »
Director: Rodrigo García | Stars: Michael J. Anderson, Adrienne Barbeau, Patrick Bauchau, Clancy Brown
Votes: 1,105
39.
Carnivàle (2003–2005)
Episode:
Tipton
(2003)
TV-MA | 49 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
When the authorities of the cash-poor Oklahoma town of Tipton refuses to let the carnival set up show, Samson takes Jones' advice and temporally reinvents the troupe as a religious-revival ... See full summary »
Director: Rodrigo García | Stars: Michael J. Anderson, Adrienne Barbeau, Patrick Bauchau, Clancy Brown
Votes: 855
40. Picket Fences (1992–1996)
120 min | Crime, Drama, Family
An aging Sheriff tries to keep the peace in Rome, Wisconsin, a small town plagued by bizarre and violent crimes.
Stars: Kathy Baker, Tom Skerritt, Lauren Holly, Costas Mandylor
Votes: 5,146
41. Maggie (1998–1999)
30 min | Comedy
Maggie, a middle-aged woman returning to veterinarian school, re-examines her amusing, drama-filled life.
Stars: Ann Cusack, John Getz, John Slattery, Melissa Samuels
Votes: 46
42.
Carnivàle (2003–2005)
Episode:
After the Ball Is Over
(2003)
TV-MA | 56 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
A practical joke which has him clean an old dirty trailer leads Ben to a piece of the puzzle of his past -- a tuxedo-clad man named Henry Scudder who Ben keeps seeing in his dreams and who ... See full summary »
Director: Jeremy Podeswa | Stars: Michael J. Anderson, Adrienne Barbeau, Patrick Bauchau, Clancy Brown
Votes: 912
43.
Carnivàle (2003–2005)
Episode:
Black Blizzard
(2003)
TV-MA | 46 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
On the road to Babylon, Texas, the carnival encounters a horrific dust storm, called a 'black blizzard.' Intrigued with clues about his past, Ben follows Lodz into an abandoned house where ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Medak | Stars: Michael J. Anderson, Adrienne Barbeau, Patrick Bauchau, Clancy Brown
Votes: 826
44.
Carnivàle (2003–2005)
Episode:
Lonnigan, Texas
(2003)
TV-MA | 58 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Samson sends Ben on a road trip to enlist a new attraction, where Ben encounters a longtime carnival rival named Phineas Boffo. Back at the carnival, Sofie debates whether to defy her ... See full summary »
Director: Scott Winant | Stars: Michael J. Anderson, Adrienne Barbeau, Patrick Bauchau, Clancy Brown
Votes: 720
45.
Carnivàle (2003–2005)
Episode:
The River
(2003)
TV-MA | 51 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
While Brother Justin rediscovers his "birthright" on the banks of a river, Iris gets some unexpected support from an attentive radio reporter, named Tommy Dolan, whom offers to spread the ... See full summary »
Director: Alison Maclean | Stars: Michael J. Anderson, Adrienne Barbeau, Patrick Bauchau, Clancy Brown
Votes: 730
46.
Cold Case (2003–2010)
Episode:
Metamorphosis
(2010)
TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The team looks into the death of a teenage circus aerialist; Rush faces possible charges in another case.
Director: Chris Fisher | Stars: Kathryn Morris, Danny Pino, John Finn, Jeremy Ratchford
Votes: 269
47. Road Rash: Jailbreak (1999 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure
Stars: Michael J. Anderson, Steve 'Spaz' Williams
Votes: 73
48.
Carnivàle (2003–2005)
Episode:
Insomnia
(2003)
TV-MA | 45 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Ben tries to stave off the torments of his dreams by staying awake, but the lack of sleep is taking its toll. Meanwhile, Samson looks to drum up new business by resurrecting several ... See full summary »
Director: Jack Bender | Stars: Michael J. Anderson, Adrienne Barbeau, Patrick Bauchau, Clancy Brown
Votes: 698
49.
Picket Fences (1992–1996)
Episode:
Mr. Dreeb Comes to Town
(1992)
45 min | Crime, Drama, Family
Maxine gets very involved with a diminutive circus performer who has arrived in Rome with a stolen elephant he claims was being abused in the circus. Meanwhile, Jill and Kimberly are in an ... See full summary »
Director: Jeremy Kagan | Stars: Tom Skerritt, Kathy Baker, Costas Mandylor, Lauren Holly
Votes: 113
50.
Twin Peaks (1990–1991)
Episode:
The Condemned Woman
(1991)
TV-14 | 47 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Truman puts Hank in prison for the attempted murder of Leo, while Hank points the finger at Josie for the murder of Andrew Packard. Albert reveals that Josie shot Cooper. Ben enlists the help of John Justice Wheeler.
Director: Lesli Linka Glatter | Stars: Kyle MacLachlan, Michael Ontkean, Mädchen Amick, Dana Ashbrook
Votes: 3,916