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1. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
R | 118 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A young F.B.I. cadet must receive the help of an incarcerated and manipulative cannibal killer to help catch another serial killer, a madman who skins his victims.
Director: Jonathan Demme | Stars: Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Scott Glenn, Ted Levine
Votes: 1,549,927 | Gross: $130.74M
2.
Wonderland (2000)
Episode:
Pilot
(2000)
Drama
Dr. Neil Harrison () conducts a group therapy session with several mental health patients that quickly devolves into a heated argument. The next morning, the other doctors go through their ... See full synopsis »
Director: Peter Berg | Stars: Ted Levine, Michelle Forbes, Billy Burke, Martin Donovan
Votes: 106 | Gross: $0.41M
3. Mathnet (1987–1992)
60 min | Comedy, Crime, Family
A team of detectives use mathematics and logic to solve crimes.
Stars: Joe Howard, Beverly Leech, Bari K. Willerford, Mary Watson
Votes: 435
4.
The Adventures of Pete & Pete (1992–1996)
Episode:
Field of Pete
(1994)
TV-Y | Comedy, Drama, Family
Big Pete is finally on a winning baseball team. Their secret? Using Little Pete to distract the other team by yelling at them while they're at bat. Then the yelling starts to distract Big Pete.
Director: Chris Koch | Stars: Michael C. Maronna, Danny Tamberelli, Alison Fanelli, Rick Barbarette
Votes: 122
5. The Adventures of Pete & Pete (1992–1996)
TV-Y | 30 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
This delightfully quirky show looks at the lives and adventures of two red-headed brothers with the same name.
Stars: Michael C. Maronna, Danny Tamberelli, Judy Grafe, Alison Fanelli
Votes: 10,008
6. The City (1995–1997)
30 min | Drama, Romance
"The City" picks up where "Loving" left off. After a rash of serial killings, several of Corinth, Pennsylvania's residents move to an apartment building in SoHo to start a brand-new life. ... See full summary »
Stars: George Palermo, Laura Wright, Ted King, Roscoe Born
Votes: 112
7. Inside Story: The Silence of the Lambs (2010 TV Movie)
91 min | Documentary
With interviews from cast and crew, including stars Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, and director Jonathan Demme, you'll hear how a film with a young director trained in B-movies and cheesy ... See full summary »
Director: Anthony Uro | Stars: Diane Baker, Jonathan Demme, Frankie Faison, Jodie Foster
Votes: 110
8.
Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode:
Hostile Takeover
(1988)
TV-14 | 47 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Crockett, as Burnett, murders and manipulates his way to the top of the crime organization he works for.
Director: Don Johnson | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott
Votes: 390
9.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999– )
Episode:
Transitions
(2009)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A man is brutally beaten outside a strip club because of his lack of support for his transgender teenage daughter's desire for gender reassignment.
Director: Peter Leto | Stars: Christopher Meloni, Mariska Hargitay, Richard Belzer, Ice-T
Votes: 895
10. 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: 125,314
11.
Queens Supreme (2003)
Episode:
Pilot
(2003)
TV-PG | Comedy, Drama
Director: Tim Robbins | Stars: Oliver Platt, Robert Loggia, Annabella Sciorra, L. Scott Caldwell
Votes: 12
12.
Third Watch (1999–2005)
Episode:
Know Thyself
(2000)
TV-14 | 45 min | Action, Crime, Drama
While coping with work demands, a recovering alcoholic husband and a disturbing visit with her parents (Mia Farrow and George Dzundza), Yokas confronts her long-held beliefs.
Director: Nancy Savoca | Stars: Michael Beach, Coby Bell, Bobby Cannavale, Eddie Cibrian
Votes: 83
13. New Amsterdam (2018–2023)
TV-14 | 43 min | Drama
A new medical director breaks the rules to heal the system at America's oldest public hospital.
Stars: Ryan Eggold, Janet Montgomery, Jocko Sims, Tyler Labine
Votes: 49,192
14. 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: 11,456
15. 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: 279,879
16. Transformation (2000)
25 min | Short
Award winning short film starring Paul Lazar as a hopeless mail room employee. He's a shy, misunderstood, adult who is taken advantage of by co-workers, bosses, bullies, and even his own ... See full summary »
Director: Barry Strugatz | Star: Paul Lazar
Votes: 15
17. Philadelphia (1993)
PG-13 | 125 min | Drama
When a man with HIV is fired by his law firm because of his condition, he hires a homophobic-small time lawyer as the only willing advocate for a wrongful dismissal suit.
Director: Jonathan Demme | Stars: Tom Hanks, Denzel Washington, Roberta Maxwell, Buzz Kilman
Votes: 258,288 | Gross: $77.32M
18.
Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001–2011)
Episode:
In the Dark
(2004)
TV-14 | 55 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The murder of a homeless worker leads to the discovery of seven murdered homeless men and to a mechanic who'll do anything for the woman he loves and her unseen adult daughter.
Director: Alex Chapple | Stars: Vincent D'Onofrio, Kathryn Erbe, Jamey Sheridan, Courtney B. Vance
Votes: 317
19. 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: 27,902
20. Miami Vice (1984–1989)
TV-14 | 48 min | Action, Crime, Drama
-Resplendent with authentic 1980s music, fashion, and vibe, "Miami Vice" follows two undercover detectives and their extended team through the mean streets of Miami, Florida.
Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Olivia Brown
Votes: 30,253
21. Wonderland (2000)
50 min | Drama
Depicting life in a mental institution from the points of view of both doctors and patients (Wikipedia).
Stars: Ted Levine, Michelle Forbes, Martin Donovan, Sharon Wilkins
Votes: 168
22.
Law & Order: Trial by Jury (2005–2006)
Episode:
Vigilante
(2005)
TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Kibre and Gaffney prosecute a man suspected of murdering a recently paroled pedophile.
Director: Dwight H. Little | Stars: Bebe Neuwirth, Amy Carlson, Kirk Acevedo, Fred Thompson
Votes: 80
23.
Sex and the City (1998–2004)
Episode:
Luck Be an Old Lady
(2002)
TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Carrie is bored as if there was no entertainment anywhere in New York, so she insists on celebrating Charlotte's 36th birthday together; Samantha had promised Richard to join him to ... See full summary »
Director: John David Coles | Stars: Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis, Cynthia Nixon
Votes: 695
24.
Buffalo Girls (1995)
Episode:
Part I
(1995)
120 min | Drama, Western
Stars: Anjelica Huston, Melanie Griffith, Gabriel Byrne, Peter Coyote
Votes: 12
25.
The Blacklist (2013–2023)
Episode:
The Caretaker (No. 78)
(2016)
TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Red (James Spader) pursues a Blacklister whose secrets are threatening to unleash a wave of revenge attacks. As she plans her future with Tom (Ryan Eggold), Liz (Megan Boone) continues looking for the truth about her mother.
Director: Donald E. Thorin Jr. | Stars: James Spader, Megan Boone, Diego Klattenhoff, Ryan Eggold
Votes: 1,655
26. Sex and the City (1998–2004)
TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Four female New Yorkers gossip about their sex lives (or lack thereof) and find new ways to deal with being a woman in the late 1990s.
Stars: Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis, Cynthia Nixon
Votes: 143,250
27. Lorenzo's Oil (1992)
PG-13 | 129 min | Biography, Drama
Lorenzo Odone, a Virginia 5-year-old, develops a degenerative nerve disease so rare that nobody is working on a cure, so his parents decide to immerse themselves in research and tackle the problem themselves.
Director: George Miller | Stars: Nick Nolte, Susan Sarandon, Peter Ustinov, Kathleen Wilhoite
Votes: 24,052 | Gross: $7.29M
28. Queens Supreme (2003)
TV-PG | 48 min | Comedy, Drama
Welcome to the chaos, infighting and colorful personalities of the people behind the bench and behind the scenes at the Queens County Courthouse in New York. Judge Jack Moran is a brilliant... See full summary »
Stars: Oliver Platt, Robert Loggia, Annabella Sciorra, L. Scott Caldwell
Votes: 133
29. Starring Austin Pendleton (2016)
PG-13 | 20 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
A quirky and inspirational documentary film on the philosophical approach to the life and work of character actor, Austin Pendleton.
Directors: Gene Gallerano, David H. Holmes | Stars: Emily Althaus, Kevin Anderson, Lyndsey Anderson, Kate Arrington
Votes: 35
30.
A Gifted Man (2011–2012)
Episode:
Pilot
(2011)
TV-PG | 45 min | Drama, Fantasy
After the ghost of Michael's ex-wife visits him from the afterlife and asks him to help continue running her low income clinic, he finds himself rushing back and forth between taking care ... See full summary »
Director: Jonathan Demme | Stars: Patrick Wilson, Jennifer Ehle, Margo Martindale, Pablo Schreiber
Votes: 149
31. 29th Street (1991)
R | 101 min | Comedy, Drama
Frank's been lucky from the day, he was born. So why's he throwing rocks at a church after winning $6,200,000 in 1976 NYC lottery? He tells his story at the police station.
Director: George Gallo | Stars: Anthony LaPaglia, Danny Aiello, Lainie Kazan, Frank Pesce
Votes: 3,236 | Gross: $2.12M
32.
Buffalo Girls (1995)
Episode:
Part II
(1995)
120 min | Drama, Western
Stars: Anjelica Huston, Melanie Griffith, Gabriel Byrne, Peter Coyote
Votes: 12
33.
New Amsterdam (2018–2023)
Episode:
Grabby Hands
(2022)
TV-14 | 43 min | Drama
Max endeavours to save a nurse who has become the subject of a criminal prosecution, Reynolds goes the extra mile to help a group of patients who are being poisoned in their building, and Bloom makes a startling admission to her sister.
Director: Lisa Robinson | Stars: Ryan Eggold, Janet Montgomery, Jocko Sims, Sandra Mae Frank
Votes: 319
34. Snowpiercer (2013)
R | 126 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
In a future where a failed climate change experiment has killed all life except for the survivors who boarded the Snowpiercer (a train that travels around the globe), a new class system emerges.
Director: Bong Joon Ho | Stars: Chris Evans, Jamie Bell, Tilda Swinton, Ed Harris
Votes: 389,311 | Gross: $4.56M
35. The Host (2006)
R | 120 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
A monster emerges from Seoul's Han River and begins attacking people. One victim's loving family does what it can to rescue her from its clutches.
Director: Bong Joon Ho | Stars: Song Kang-ho, Byun Hee-Bong, Park Hae-il, Bae Doona
Votes: 132,867 | Gross: $2.20M
36. Henry Fool (1997)
R | 137 min | Comedy, Drama
An introverted garbageman writes his thoughts in a notebook after Henry Fool, writer and ex-con, rents the basement and gives him a notebook and the idea. He writes poetry and Henry helps him along.
Director: Hal Hartley | Stars: Thomas Jay Ryan, James Urbaniak, Parker Posey, Maria Porter
Votes: 7,891 | Gross: $1.34M
37. The Favor (2006)
110 min | Drama
Lawrence (played by Frank Wood), a photographer living on his own in New Jersey, rekindles a relationship with his old flame Caroline (played by Paige Turco) shortly before she dies in an ... See full summary »
Director: Eva Aridjis Fuentes | Stars: Frank Wood, Ryan Donowho, Paige Turco, Isidra Vega
Votes: 149
38. A Gifted Man (2011–2012)
TV-PG | 45 min | Drama, Fantasy
Centers on an ultra-competitive surgeon whose life is changed forever when his ex-wife dies and begins teaching him what life is all about from the here-after.
Stars: Patrick Wilson, Jennifer Ehle, Margo Martindale, Pablo Schreiber
Votes: 7,661
39. Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs the Reverend (2020 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 80 min | Adventure, Comedy, Mystery
Kimmy sets off on her biggest adventure yet. Three states. Explosions. A dancing hamburger. And you, the viewer, get to decide how the story goes.
Director: Claire Scanlon | Stars: Ellie Kemper, Tituss Burgess, Carol Kane, Jane Krakowski
Votes: 5,919
40.
Lisey's Story (2021)
Episode:
Under the Yum-Yum Tree
(2021)
TV-MA | 52 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
The bool hunt leads Lisey to a moment from her past, when Scott shared a confession about his family and traumatic childhood.
Director: Pablo Larraín | Stars: Julianne Moore, Clive Owen, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Dane DeHaan
Votes: 553
41. Spectropia (2006)
95 min | Sci-Fi
While searching the past for her missing father with a time machine of her own invention, the young protagonist Spectropia is accidentally transported to New York in 1931. There she finds ... See full summary »
Director: Toni Dove | Stars: Aleksa Palladino, Carolyn McCormick, Richard Bekins, Roy Thinnes
Votes: 23
42. The Debt (1993)
Unrated | 12 min | Short, Drama
A yuppie pair slides into crisis due to catastrophes which are reported to them via telephone. A salesman appears at their door ...
Director: Bruno de Almeida | Stars: Scott Renderer, Kristen Johnston, Paul Lazar, Stephen Auditore
Votes: 185
43. Rachel Getting Married (2008)
R | 113 min | Drama, Romance
A young woman who has been in and out of rehab for the past ten years returns home for the weekend for her sister's wedding.
Director: Jonathan Demme | Stars: Anne Hathaway, Rosemarie DeWitt, Debra Winger, Sebastian Stan
Votes: 51,284 | Gross: $12.80M
44.
Lisey's Story (2021)
Episode:
The Good Brother
(2021)
TV-MA | 47 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Scott takes Lisey back to when she first learned about Boo'ya Moon and reveals the horrifying truth about his family's past.
Director: Pablo Larraín | Stars: Julianne Moore, Clive Owen, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Dane DeHaan
Votes: 504
45. The Manchurian Candidate (2004)
R | 129 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
In the midst of the Gulf War, soldiers are kidnapped and brainwashed for sinister purposes.
Director: Jonathan Demme | Stars: Denzel Washington, Liev Schreiber, Meryl Streep, Kimberly Elise
Votes: 116,702 | Gross: $65.96M
46. Experimenter (2015)
PG-13 | 98 min | Biography, Drama, History
In 1961, famed social psychologist Stanley Milgram conducted a series of radical behavior experiments that tested ordinary humans' willingness to obey authority.
Director: Michael Almereyda | Stars: Peter Sarsgaard, Winona Ryder, Jim Gaffigan, Anthony Edwards
Votes: 19,700 | Gross: $0.16M
47.
Gideon Oliver (1989)
Episode:
Tongs
(1989)
Adventure
Professor Oliver learns that one of his best students is fighting in a violent Tong war in Chinatown
Director: Alan Metzger | Stars: Louis Gossett Jr., Kelvin Han Yee, James Hong, Shari Headley
Votes: 23
48. Streamers (1983)
R | 118 min | Crime, Drama, War
Four young soldiers waiting to be shipped to Viet Nam deal with racial tension and their own intolerance when one soldier reveals he's gay.
Director: Robert Altman | Stars: Matthew Modine, Michael Wright, Mitchell Lichtenstein, David Alan Grier
Votes: 2,126
49. Buffalo Girls (1995)
180 min | Drama, Western
Follows the life of the heroine of the Wild West: Calamity Jane and her best friend Dora Du Fran who runs a brothel.
Stars: Anjelica Huston, Melanie Griffith, Gabriel Byrne, Peter Coyote
Votes: 959
50. SUBWAYStories: Tales from the Underground (1997 TV Movie)
TV-MA | 80 min | Drama
The actual experiences of New York City subway riders are dramatized in a collection of 10 intriguing and very different vignettes. The tales showcase an ensemble of familiar faces, and ... See full summary »
Directors: Bob Balaban, Patricia Benoit, Julie Dash, Jonathan Demme, Ted Demme, Abel Ferrara, Alison Maclean, Craig McKay, Lucas Platt, Seth Zvi Rosenfeld | Stars: Bill Irwin, KRS-One, Tina North, Paul Lazar
Votes: 1,462