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1.
Oz (1997–2003)
Episode:
A Day in the Death...
(2003)
TV-MA | 57 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
New inmate Idzik faces his enemies and requests a transfer. Meanwhile, the Loewen case grows increasingly complicated, the Muslims run into business trouble, and the inmate population comes together to support the O'Reilys.
Director: Daniel Loflin | Stars: Kirk Acevedo, Ernie Hudson, Terry Kinney, Rita Moreno
Votes: 2,159
2. Oz (1997–2003)
TV-MA | 55 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: 106,790
3.
Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001–2011)
Episode:
Amends
(2007)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When Eames' husband's old partner is murdered, the investigation casts a new light on her husband's murderer.
Director: Jesús Salvador Treviño | Stars: Vincent D'Onofrio, Kathryn Erbe, Eric Bogosian, Holt McCallany
Votes: 375
4. 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
5.
Oz (1997–2003)
Episode:
Cuts Like a Knife
(2001)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
O'Reily regrets getting Cyril involved with the trial drug when it starts taking effect. Meanwhile, Giles' request for an unusual execution creates controversy and the Chinese refugees are ... See full summary »
Director: Steve Buscemi | Stars: Kirk Acevedo, Ernie Hudson, Terry Kinney, Rita Moreno
Votes: 2,000
6.
Oz (1997–2003)
Episode:
Sonata da Oz
(2003)
TV-MA | 57 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Tobias learns who killed his father before being released from prison. Cyril begins shock therapy while receiving an execution date. Said is allowed to start his own company.
Director: Judy Dennis | Stars: Kirk Acevedo, Ernie Hudson, Terry Kinney, Rita Moreno
Votes: 1,952
7.
Loving (1983–1995)
Episode:
Pilot
(1983)
Not Rated | Drama, Romance
At the heart of the "soap opera", full of romance and intrigue, is the wealthy and influential Aldens family, who almost alone own the small university town.
Director: Michael Lindsay-Hogg | Stars: Lloyd Bridges, Geraldine Page, Wesley Addy, Jennifer Ashe
Votes: 11
8.
Oz (1997–2003)
Episode:
Revenge Is Sweet
(2001)
TV-MA | 59 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Morales looks to pit the Chinese against Redding. Alvarez offers Glynn his services as an informant as a way out of solitary. Dr. Nathan announces that Em City inmates will be selected to ... See full summary »
Director: Goran Gajic | Stars: Kirk Acevedo, Ernie Hudson, Terry Kinney, Rita Moreno
Votes: 2,063
9.
Oz (1997–2003)
Episode:
Junkyard Dawgs
(2003)
TV-MA | 57 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Three new inmates arrive at Oz, one of whom is particularly close to the O'Reily clan. Meanwhile, the Keller-Beecher-Schillinger triangle gets even more pointed, and an awards banquet ends in a fateful discovery.
Director: Ted Bogosian | Stars: Kirk Acevedo, Ernie Hudson, Terry Kinney, Rita Moreno
Votes: 1,882
10. The Truth (2011 Podcast Series)
Drama
Podcast where a different short story is performed every episode.
Stars: Louis Kornfeld, Amy Warren, Ed Herbstman, Mary McDonnell
Votes: 18
11.
Black Sheep Squadron (1976–1978)
Episode:
Operation Stand-Down
(1978)
Not Rated | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Squadron 214 has to re-qualify for combat duty. Conflict erupts when they discover they will be tested on what the book in Washington says and not direct combat experience against the Japanese.
Director: Philip DeGuere Jr. | Stars: Robert Conrad, Simon Oakland, Dana Elcar, W.K. Stratton
Votes: 68
12.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999– )
Episode:
Care
(2001)
TV-14 | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When a girl in foster care is found dead, the squad's investigation leads close to home.
Director: Gloria Muzio | Stars: Christopher Meloni, Mariska Hargitay, Richard Belzer, Stephanie March
Votes: 829
13.
Oz (1997–2003)
Episode:
Blizzard of '01
(2001)
TV-MA | 59 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
O'Reily is in for a surprise when a visitor reveals the truth about his past, while Cyril faces trouble for his difficult behavior. Meanwhile, Morales and Redding lay out plans that could lead to all-out war in Em City.
Director: Leslie Libman | Stars: Ernie Hudson, Rita Moreno, Harold Perrineau, J.K. Simmons
Votes: 1,905
14.
Oz (1997–2003)
Episode:
Good Intentions
(2002)
TV-MA | 57 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Hill's recovery leads to renewed friction between Redding and Morales, Alvarez gets his wish as the 'Man's Best Friend' program is finished and Meehan presents some revolutionary ideas to help Cyril.
Director: Adam Bernstein | Stars: Kirk Acevedo, Ernie Hudson, Terry Kinney, Rita Moreno
Votes: 1,862
15.
Oz (1997–2003)
Episode:
Orpheus Descending
(2001)
TV-MA | 59 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
McManus calls a superficial truce between Redding and Morales. Basil finally sees his wife, but Hughes ends up spoiling their happiness. Meanwhile, Cyril's latest outburst proves to be the last straw.
Director: Gloria Muzio | Stars: Ernie Hudson, Terry Kinney, Rita Moreno, Harold Perrineau
Votes: 1,911
16.
Oz (1997–2003)
Episode:
See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Smell No Evil
(2003)
TV-MA | 57 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
The unexpected arrival of Mayor Loewen at Oz spurs an ironic turn involving Schillinger and Beecher. Meanwhile, Dr. Nathan discovers why solitary inmates are getting sick. A new business plan within Oz inspires Redding.
Director: Marc Klasfeld | Stars: Kirk Acevedo, Ernie Hudson, Terry Kinney, Rita Moreno
Votes: 1,881
17. 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: 125,326
18. The Adams Chronicles (1976)
50 min | Drama, History
This ambitious multi-part PBS production brings to life five generations of one of America's leading political and historical families, tracing their lives from John Adams' years as a ... See full summary »
Stars: Pamela Payton-Wright, George Hearn, Michael Tolan, William Daniels
Votes: 213
19.
Oz (1997–2003)
Episode:
4giveness
(2003)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Arif and the others have trouble getting Augustus' book published. Tobias confesses to Chris he's started dating someone on the outside.
Director: John Henry Davis | Stars: Kirk Acevedo, Ernie Hudson, Terry Kinney, Rita Moreno
Votes: 1,877
20.
Oz (1997–2003)
Episode:
Even the Score
(2001)
TV-MA | 58 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
McManus can't turn his back on White. Beecher tells the parents of the girl he killed that he's up for parole. Howell tries to blackmail O'Reily so she can get to Cyril, but he throws her ... See full summary »
Director: J. Miller Tobin | Stars: Ernie Hudson, Terry Kinney, Rita Moreno, Harold Perrineau
Votes: 1,906
21. The Jackie Gleason Show (1966–1970)
TV-G | 60 min | Comedy, Musical
Jackie Gleason's last weekly variety series, which alternated between regular variety hours with big name guest stars and musical remakes of old "The Honeymooners" sketches.
Stars: Jackie Gleason, Johnny Olson, The June Taylor Dancers, Sammy Spear and His Orchestra
Votes: 309
22.
Oz (1997–2003)
Episode:
Dead Man Talking
(2003)
TV-MA | 56 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
In the Season Six premiere, Alvarez and Schillinger are let out of solitary and placed back in general population. Meanwhile, a mourning Rebadow's spirits get a lift when he is transferred ... See full summary »
Director: Adam Bernstein | Stars: Kirk Acevedo, Ernie Hudson, Terry Kinney, Rita Moreno
Votes: 1,892
23.
Starsky and Hutch (1975–1979)
Episode:
The Set-Up: Part 2
(1977)
TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Terry Nash confesses to assassinating a mob boss turned informant just before he was about to testify, in retaliation for his wife's murder. Starsky and Hutch discover that everything Terry... See full summary »
Director: George McCowan | Stars: David Soul, Paul Michael Glaser, Antonio Fargas, Bernie Hamilton
Votes: 266
24. Nothing But a Man (1964)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama, Romance
A black man and his school-teacher wife face discriminatory challenges in 1960s America.
Director: Michael Roemer | Stars: Ivan Dixon, Abbey Lincoln, Julius Harris, Gloria Foster
Votes: 1,998 | Gross: $0.02M
25.
Law & Order (1990– )
Episode:
Switch
(1995)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A businessman is accused of killing the psychiatrist who diagnosed his daughter with multiple personality disorder. McCoy suspects that the psychiatrist may have uncovered a repressed memory involving her mother's possible murder.
Director: Christopher Misiano | Stars: Jerry Orbach, Chris Noth, S. Epatha Merkerson, Sam Waterston
Votes: 301
26.
Law & Order (1990– )
Episode:
True North
(1998)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The Manhattan DA's office finds itself in the middle of a battle over the death penalty when it asks the Canadian government to extradite a Canadian-born woman facing multiple murder charges.
Director: Arthur W. Forney | Stars: Jerry Orbach, Benjamin Bratt, S. Epatha Merkerson, Sam Waterston
Votes: 324
27.
Medical Center (1969–1976)
Episode:
The Loser
(1971)
60 min | Drama
Financial pressure from her husband and her education drive a young medical student to prostitution.
Director: Paul Stanley | Stars: Chad Everett, James Daly, Susan Strasberg, Tom Ligon
Votes: 10
28. 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: 44,689
29. Little Hope (2017– )
Short, Comedy
Stars: Ed Herbstman, Gilles Geary, Mark Gessner, Marcy Harriell
Votes: 6
30. 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: 27,904
31. Black Sheep Squadron (1976–1978)
Not Rated | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
The dramatized World War II adventures of U.S. Major Gregory "Pappy" Boyington and his U.S. Marine Attack Squadron 214, (The Black Sheep Squadron).
Stars: Robert Conrad, Simon Oakland, Dana Elcar, Dirk Blocker
Votes: 3,417
32. The Execution of Private Slovik (1974 TV Movie)
120 min | Biography, Drama
The story of Eddie Slovik, who was executed by the Army in 1945, the only American soldier to be executed for desertion since the Civil War.
Director: Lamont Johnson | Stars: Martin Sheen, Mariclare Costello, Ned Beatty, Gary Busey
Votes: 1,057
33.
Law & Order (1990– )
Episode:
B*tch
(2003)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A successful businesswoman is accused of killing her stock broker and lover over insider trading issues. However, she claims she suffered a psychotic break because she was undergoing hormone replacement therapy.
Director: Constantine Makris | Stars: Jerry Orbach, Jesse L. Martin, S. Epatha Merkerson, Sam Waterston
Votes: 292
34. NET Playhouse (1964–1972)
90 min | Biography, Drama, History
American television anthology series of wide range of genres, from history and drama, to fantasy, and science fiction. Fiction novels, stories, stage plays, fairytales, and historic events are dramatized in each episode.
Stars: Irene Dailey, Rene Auberjonois, George Voskovec, Richard Dysart
Votes: 52
35. Serial (2007)
95 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
There has always been a thin line between society and the media, and struggling TV-news reporter Roseanne Crystal is about to cross it. She travels to the quiet town of Rhinebeck, New York ... See full summary »
Directors: Kevin Arbouet, L.J. Strong | Stars: Luna Lauren Velez, Erik Jensen, Kelly AuCoin, Scott Brooks
Votes: 55
36.
American Experience (1987– )
Episode:
Simple Justice
(1993)
TV-PG | Documentary, Biography, History
The NAACP and future Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall build a Supreme Court case against the policy of segregation.
Director: Helaine Head | Stars: Michael Burgess, Peter Francis James, Donald Chambers, Scott Whitehurst
Votes: 117
37.
Baretta (1975–1978)
Episode:
Lyman P. Dokker, Fed
(1977)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Strother Martin's third and final episode casts him as a nerdy FBI computer expert who desperately wants to get out into the field. When his bosses in Washington pooh-pooh that idea, he ... See full summary »
Director: Burt Brinckerhoff | Stars: Robert Blake, Martine Beswick, Richard Collier, Tom Ewell
Votes: 42
38.
Law & Order (1990– )
Episode:
Panic
(2000)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Detectives suspect that a best-selling novelist was shot because she was having an affair with a married FBI agent who was helping her with research. It turns out that they have the right motive, but the wrong suspect.
Director: Constantine Makris | Stars: Jerry Orbach, Jesse L. Martin, S. Epatha Merkerson, Sam Waterston
Votes: 307
39.
The Adams Chronicles (1976)
Episode:
Chapter XII: Henry Adams, Historian
(1976)
Drama, History
Director: Fred Coe | Stars: Peter Brandon, Charles Siebert, Patricia Elliott, Kate Draper
Votes: 7
40. The Wide World of Mystery (1973–1976)
90 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A 90 minute late-night mystery and suspense anthology series which ran on ABC (American Broadcasting Company), between 1973 and 1978.
Stars: John Karlen, Michael Parks, Susan Strasberg, Robert Symonds
Votes: 135
41. Rosetti and Ryan (1977)
60 min | Crime, Drama
Upper-class, outgoing Joe Rosetti is law partners with former policeman Frank Ryan in a successful law firm. The introspective Frank uses his background to win cases against frequent adversary Jessica Hornesby.
Stars: Tony Roberts, Squire Fridell, Jane Elliot, Dick O'Neill
Votes: 28
42.
Charlie's Angels (1976–1981)
Episode:
The Blue Angels
(1977)
Not Rated | 49 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Suspecting corruption on the vice squad, the Angels go undercover to root out the rotten cops.
Director: Georg Stanford Brown | Stars: Kate Jackson, Farrah Fawcett, Jaclyn Smith, David Doyle
Votes: 274
43.
Dallas (1978–1991)
Episode:
The Ten Percent Solution
(1987)
TV-PG | 46 min | Drama, Romance
J.R. deviously schemes to frame Cliff Barnes for Jamie's death. While secretly maneuvering to secure the infamous ten percent of Ewing Oil, J.R. also orchestrates a meeting between April ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Preece | Stars: Barbara Bel Geddes, Patrick Duffy, Linda Gray, Larry Hagman
Votes: 103
44. Dallas (1978–1991)
TV-PG | 60 min | Drama, Romance
J.R. Ewing, a Texas oil baron, uses manipulation and blackmail to achieve his ambitions, both business and personal. He often comes into conflict with his brother Bobby, his arch-enemy Cliff Barnes and his long-suffering wife Sue Ellen.
Stars: Larry Hagman, Ken Kercheval, Patrick Duffy, Linda Gray
Votes: 16,605
45. Medical Center (1969–1976)
60 min | Drama
Located in the Los Angeles, California area, the Medical Center was an otherwise unnamed hospital complex that was part of a larger university campus.
Stars: James Daly, Chad Everett, Chris Hutson, Virginia Hawkins
Votes: 877
46. A World Apart (1970–1971)
30 min | Drama
The disparity between generations, races, and genders (people who found themselves psychologically "a world apart" from one another) motivated this short-lived serial. Although generally ... See full summary »
Stars: William Prince, Susan Sarandon, Susan Sullivan, Augusta Dabney
Votes: 35
47. Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys (1976 TV Movie)
100 min | Drama
In 1930s Alabama, nine young black men are accused of raping two white women. The judge in the case, unlike the rest of the town, comes to believe that the boys are innocent, and against ... See full summary »
Director: Fielder Cook | Stars: Arthur Hill, Ellen Barber, Paul Benjamin, Larry Butts
Votes: 90
48. Starsky and Hutch (1975–1979)
TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Two streetwise cops bust criminals in their red-and-white Ford Gran Torino, with the help of police snitch, Huggy Bear.
Stars: David Soul, Paul Michael Glaser, Antonio Fargas, Bernie Hamilton
Votes: 10,663
49. Another World (1964–1999)
TV-14 | 90 min | Drama, Romance
The life in the Midwestern town of Bay City, and the love, loss, trials, and triumph of its residents, who come from different backgrounds and social circles.
Stars: Victoria Wyndham, Constance Ford, Hugh Marlowe, Linda Dano
Votes: 1,148
50. Loving (1983–1995)
30 min | Drama, Romance
"Loving" takes place in the fictional town of Corinth, Pennsylvania and centers on the lives of the wealthy Alden family. Love, betrayal, and the struggle for power form the focus of this long-running drama.
Stars: Lisa Peluso, Laura Wright, Lauren-Marie Taylor, Christine L. Tudor
Votes: 382