Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows With Melissa James

1. Desperate Housewives (2004–2012)

TV-14 | 45 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery

Secrets and truths unfold through the lives of female friends in one suburban neighborhood after the mysterious suicide of a neighbor.

Stars: Teri Hatcher, Felicity Huffman, Marcia Cross, Eva Longoria

Votes: 140,219

2. Gossip Girl (2007–2012)

TV-14 | 42 min | Drama, Romance

Privileged teens living on the Upper East Side of New York can hide no secret from the ruthless blogger who is always watching.

Stars: Blake Lively, Leighton Meester, Penn Badgley, Ed Westwick

Votes: 194,213

3. The O.C. (2003–2007)

TV-PG | 44 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A troubled youth becomes embroiled in the lives of a close-knit group of people in the wealthy, upper-class neighborhood of Newport Beach, Orange County, California.

Stars: Mischa Barton, Adam Brody, Peter Gallagher, Kelly Rowan

Votes: 96,388

4. Chuck (2007–2012)

TV-14 | 43 min | Action, Comedy, Drama

When a computer geek inadvertently downloads critical government secrets into his brain, both the CIA and the NSA assign an agent to protect him and exploit his newfound skills.

Stars: Zachary Levi, Yvonne Strahovski, Joshua Gomez, Vik Sahay

Votes: 147,174

5. What/If (2019)

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

An anthology series which tackles a different morality tale, and the ripple effect of a single decision that changes the trajectory of an entire life.

Stars: Jane Levy, Blake Jenner, Keith Powers, Samantha Marie Ware

Votes: 17,033

6. Profiler (1996–2000)

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

Dr. Sam Waters is a detective with the Violent Crimes Task Force, a federal agency which often works with the FBI, ATF, and other crime-solving agencies.

Stars: Ally Walker, Julian McMahon, A Martinez, Robert Davi

Votes: 4,491

7. Melrose Place (2009–2010)

TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, Romance

A new generation of young professionals living at the infamous Melrose complex deal with obtaining their own personal goals, drives, and desires, both amongst themselves and others.

Stars: Katie Cassidy, Stephany Jacobsen, Jessica Lucas, Michael Rady

Votes: 4,381

8. The Neighbors (2012–2014)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Family, Romance

A New Jersey family moves to an affluent gated community composed entirely of extraterrestrials.

Stars: Jami Gertz, Lenny Venito, Simon Templeman, Toks Olagundoye

Votes: 8,952

9. The District (2000–2004)

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

Chief Jack Mannion becomes the police chief of Washington D.C. and cleans up the nation's capitol.

Stars: Craig T. Nelson, Roger Aaron Brown, Sean Patrick Thomas, Elizabeth Marvel

Votes: 1,776

10. I Feel Bad (2018)

TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy

Perfect mom, wife, daughter, friend, and boss Emet is learning to be OK with being imperfect.

Stars: Sarayu Blue, Paul Adelstein, Madhur Jaffrey, James Buckley

Votes: 1,811

11. Party Tricks (2014)

Drama

Two candidates for state premier go head to head in their battle for victory. However their past intimate relationship creates concern for a scandal.

Stars: Asher Keddie, Rodger Corser, Angus Sampson, Adam Zwar

Votes: 528

12. Pink Collar (2006 TV Movie)

Comedy

A satirical look at female relationships in the workplace.

Director: Alan Poul | Stars: Reggie Austin, Ryan Michelle Bathe, Kristin Bauer, Steve Cell

Votes: 33

13. BookTube (2019– )

Documentary

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Stars: James Patterson, Margaret Atwood, Malcolm Gladwell, Melinda Gates

14. The District (2000–2004)
Episode: A House Divided (2003)

TV-14 | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Mannion takes part in a Civil War reenactment when a Confederate participant is shot and the evidence points to murder.

Director: Joe Napolitano | Stars: Craig T. Nelson, Roger Aaron Brown, Sean Patrick Thomas, Elizabeth Marvel

Votes: 21

15. The District (2000–2004)
Episode: A Southern Town (2001)

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

Mannion goes to New York for his ex-wife's wedding, while an ex-cop accuses Noland of covering up a case from 30 years ago involving a politician's son.

Director: Rick Rosenthal | Stars: Craig T. Nelson, Justin Theroux, Lynne Thigpen, Roger Aaron Brown

Votes: 32

16. The District (2000–2004)
Episode: A.K.A (2004)

TV-14 | Comedy, Crime, Drama

An old friend of Nancy's who is currently in witness protection, drops in to catch up on old times. It turns out that Nancy's friend is unwittingly being targeted in a plot to kill off ... See full summary »

Stars: Craig T. Nelson, Roger Aaron Brown, Sean Patrick Thomas, Elizabeth Marvel

Votes: 30

17. The District (2000–2004)
Episode: Acceptable Losses (2003)

TV-14 | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Ella's son Ricky and a friend end up in the hospital after collapsing during a birthday party. When it's discovered they accidentally ingested drugs, Mannion goes after those responsible.

Director: Kevin Dowling | Stars: Craig T. Nelson, Roger Aaron Brown, Sean Patrick Thomas, Elizabeth Marvel

Votes: 23

18. The District (2000–2004)
Episode: Blind Eye (2003)

TV-14 | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Mannion discovers an underground system of justice in a neighborhood whose citizens are tired of unfair treatment by the police and the courts.

Director: Jerry Levine | Stars: Craig T. Nelson, Roger Aaron Brown, Sean Patrick Thomas, Elizabeth Marvel

Votes: 23

19. The District (2000–2004)
Episode: Breath of Life (2004)

TV-14 | Comedy, Crime, Drama

A policeman is run over while investigating a parked car. Sergeant Brander rushes to the scene and gives mouth to mouth to the cop in an attempt to save his life. Later in hospital it's ... See full summary »

Stars: Craig T. Nelson, Roger Aaron Brown, Sean Patrick Thomas, Elizabeth Marvel

Votes: 26

20. The District (2000–2004)
Episode: Cop Hunt (2001)

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

Mannion looks for a bad cop when a woman claims to have been raped by a police officer who made her stop for committing a traffic violation.

Director: Deran Sarafian | Stars: Craig T. Nelson, Lynne Thigpen, Roger Aaron Brown, Sean Patrick Thomas

Votes: 33

21. The District (2000–2004)
Episode: Criminally Insane (2003)

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

Things between Mannion and the mayor get even more intense when the mayor's mentally disturbed disappears after two cops take him to a hospital.

Director: Jim Chory | Stars: Craig T. Nelson, Lynne Thigpen, Roger Aaron Brown, Sean Patrick Thomas

Votes: 22

22. The District (2000–2004)
Episode: D.C. Confidental (2004)

TV-14 | Comedy, Crime, Drama

An old man is killed while visiting the Korean War memorial. Jack Mannion's team discover that he was living under an assumed identity and was actually Ella Farmer's uncle, who was a ... See full summary »

Director: Oz Scott | Stars: Craig T. Nelson, Roger Aaron Brown, Sean Patrick Thomas, Elizabeth Marvel

Votes: 26

23. The District (2000–2004)
Episode: Daughter for Daughter (2002)

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

Dimitri Putin kidnaps Mannion's daughter and claims he's willing to trade her for his own daughter, who's in a witness-protection program.

Director: David Jackson | Stars: Craig T. Nelson, Lynne Thigpen, Roger Aaron Brown, Sean Patrick Thomas

Votes: 25

24. The District (2000–2004)
Episode: Don't Fence Me In (2001)

TV-14 | 41 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Temple goes undercover in a fencing operation to catch crooks on tape bringing in stolen property.

Director: Sandy Smolan | Stars: Craig T. Nelson, Justin Theroux, Lynne Thigpen, Roger Aaron Brown

Votes: 27

25. The District (2000–2004)
Episode: Drug Money (2002)

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

Mannion investigates a series of robberies where pharmaceuticals, mostly AIDS medications, were stolen.

Director: Christopher Taylor | Stars: Craig T. Nelson, Lynne Thigpen, Roger Aaron Brown, Sean Patrick Thomas

Votes: 22

26. The District (2000–2004)
Episode: Ella Mae (2003)

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

A moving tribute to Lynne Thigpen who died shortly before this episode. It mirrors her sudden death in real life. The writers have allowed you to believe she lives on by donating her heart.... See full summary »

Director: Oz Scott | Stars: Craig T. Nelson, Lynne Thigpen, Roger Aaron Brown, Sean Patrick Thomas

Votes: 64

27. The District (2000–2004)
Episode: Explicit Activities (2002)

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

Mannion fights for legislation against child pornography when an 11-year-old girl whose picture was on a porn site is found dead.

Director: Sharron Miller | Stars: Craig T. Nelson, Lynne Thigpen, Roger Aaron Brown, Sean Patrick Thomas

Votes: 34

28. The District (2000–2004)
Episode: Family Values (2004)

TV-14 | Comedy, Crime, Drama

A little girl is kidnapped, and in tracking down suspects Manion's ex-wife Sherry gets seriously wounded in a gun battle with one of the suspects. As the crisis unfolds, Manion begins to ... See full summary »

Director: Eric Laneuville | Stars: Craig T. Nelson, Roger Aaron Brown, Sean Patrick Thomas, Elizabeth Marvel

Votes: 25

29. The District (2000–2004)
Episode: Fools Russian: Part 1 (2001)

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

The FBi investigates Mannion when he contacts an old informant from the Russian mob about a bank robbery where two ex-cops were killed.

Director: Rick Rosenthal | Stars: Craig T. Nelson, Justin Theroux, Lynne Thigpen, Roger Aaron Brown

Votes: 33

30. The District (2000–2004)
Episode: Fools Russian: Part 2 (2001)

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

Mannion is suspended from the district as the FBI continues to investigate his ties to the Russian mafia.

Director: Rick Rosenthal | Stars: Craig T. Nelson, Justin Theroux, Lynne Thigpen, Roger Aaron Brown

Votes: 33

31. The District (2000–2004)
Episode: Foreign Affair (2001)

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

Temple and Debreno search for the source of a lethal heroin that's hit the streets.

Director: David Jackson | Stars: Craig T. Nelson, Lynne Thigpen, Roger Aaron Brown, Sean Patrick Thomas

Votes: 27

32. The District (2000–2004)
Episode: Free Byrd (2003)

TV-14 | Comedy, Crime, Drama

An ex-convict is suspected of killing his girlfriend when she's found dead after falling from a third-story apartment window.

Director: Rick Rosenthal | Stars: Craig T. Nelson, Roger Aaron Brown, Sean Patrick Thomas, Elizabeth Marvel

Votes: 22

33. The District (2000–2004)
Episode: Free-Fire Zone (2002)

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

A reporter charges Mannion for committing a war crime in Vietnam 32 years ago by ordering the deaths of 18 innocent people and one of Mannion's fellow soldiers confirms the story.

Director: Christopher Taylor | Stars: Craig T. Nelson, Lynne Thigpen, Roger Aaron Brown, Sean Patrick Thomas

Votes: 24

34. The District (2000–2004)
Episode: Hollow Spaces (2003)

TV-14 | Comedy, Crime, Drama

The teen who was the recipient of Ella Farmer's heart is a suspect in a gas-station robbery where the owner was killed, but the boy claims innocence.

Director: Christopher Taylor | Stars: Craig T. Nelson, Roger Aaron Brown, Sean Patrick Thomas, Elizabeth Marvel

Votes: 22

35. The District (2000–2004)
Episode: In God We Trust (2003)

TV-14 | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Mannion comes to realize that he's looking for a modern-day Robin Hood when he sees a vision of the Virgin Mary.

Director: David Jackson | Stars: Craig T. Nelson, Roger Aaron Brown, Sean Patrick Thomas, Elizabeth Marvel

Votes: 23

36. The District (2000–2004)
Episode: Jupiter for Sale (2003)

TV-14 | Comedy, Crime, Drama

The city panics when a serial killer who murdered 11 people in 1985 but was never caught is reportedly responsible a recent slaying similar to his past crimes, especially when a letter is supposedly written by the killer claiming credit.

Director: Oz Scott | Stars: Craig T. Nelson, Roger Aaron Brown, Sean Patrick Thomas, Elizabeth Marvel

Votes: 29

37. The District (2000–2004)
Episode: Last Waltz (2003)

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

Mannion's old partner comes to D.C. and immediately gets involved in a murder case.

Director: Jim Chory | Stars: Craig T. Nelson, Lynne Thigpen, Roger Aaron Brown, Sean Patrick Thomas

Votes: 32

38. The District (2000–2004)
Episode: New World (2001)

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

A respected Vietnamese colonel is suspected of running a sex-slave operation using kidnapped Asian girls when one is found dead.

Director: Jerry Levine | Stars: Craig T. Nelson, Justin Theroux, Lynne Thigpen, Roger Aaron Brown

Votes: 23

39. The District (2000–2004)
Episode: Night Moves (2001)

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

Mannion attempts to take down the leader of a gang who shot down a rival and make a suspected arsonist confess to starting a fire in a park.

Director: Kevin Dowling | Stars: Craig T. Nelson, Justin Theroux, Lynne Thigpen, Roger Aaron Brown

Votes: 27

40. The District (2000–2004)
Episode: Night Shift (2001)

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

Nancy goes back on patrol to investigate a shooting death outside a trendy restaurant owned by a man who's supposedly the victim of a carjacking ring.

Director: Julian Chojnacki | Stars: Craig T. Nelson, Lynne Thigpen, Roger Aaron Brown, Sean Patrick Thomas

Votes: 26

41. The District (2000–2004)
Episode: Old Ghosts (2001)

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

Mannion gets personally involved in the case of a missing husband, while McGregor threatens a former IRA gunman in D.C. for peace talks.

Director: Oz Scott | Stars: Craig T. Nelson, Justin Theroux, Jayne Brook, Lynne Thigpen

Votes: 28

42. The District (2000–2004)
Episode: On Guard (2004)

TV-14 | Comedy, Crime, Drama

The estranged husband of Jack Mannion's fencing instructor, Sonya, turns up and causes a scene outside the school and Jack intervenes. Later Sonya phones Jack to say that her husband is ... See full summary »

Director: Joe Ann Fogle | Stars: Craig T. Nelson, Roger Aaron Brown, Sean Patrick Thomas, Elizabeth Marvel

Votes: 21

43. The District (2000–2004)
Episode: Open Season (2004)

TV-14 | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Deputy Chief Noland's doctors fight for his life in surgery while Manion and team continue to shake down the El Salvadoran gang to find the Deputy Chief's attacker. The trail leads to the ... See full summary »

Director: Blake T. Evans | Stars: Craig T. Nelson, Roger Aaron Brown, Sean Patrick Thomas, Elizabeth Marvel

Votes: 27

44. The District (2000–2004)
Episode: Party Favors (2004)

TV-14 | Comedy, Crime, Drama

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Director: Christopher Taylor | Stars: Craig T. Nelson, Roger Aaron Brown, Sean Patrick Thomas, Elizabeth Marvel

Votes: 24

45. The District (2000–2004)
Episode: Passing Time (2004)

TV-14 | Comedy, Crime, Drama

The team investigates a shooting of a doctor by an angry family member who thinks their terminally ill mother died too soon. As the investigation proceeds the team uncovers what appears to ... See full summary »

Stars: Craig T. Nelson, Roger Aaron Brown, Sean Patrick Thomas, Elizabeth Marvel

Votes: 24

46. The District (2000–2004)
Episode: Payback (2002)

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

Mannion tries to stop a gang war while negotiating the release of two officers captures by one of the gangs.

Director: Jim Charleston | Stars: Craig T. Nelson, Lynne Thigpen, Roger Aaron Brown, Sean Patrick Thomas

Votes: 30

47. The District (2000–2004)
Episode: Rage Against the Machine (2001)

TV-14 | 41 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Mannion tries to reunite a troubled boy in foster care with his mother, who's in prison on drug charges.

Director: Damon Santostefano | Stars: Craig T. Nelson, Justin Theroux, Lynne Thigpen, Roger Aaron Brown

Votes: 29

48. The District (2000–2004)
Episode: Return of the King (2002)

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

The wife of a heavyweight boxing champion is found dead in her hotel room and Temple is suspected of killing her because of his past relationship with her.

Director: Jim Charleston | Stars: Craig T. Nelson, Lynne Thigpen, Roger Aaron Brown, Sean Patrick Thomas

Votes: 24

49. The District (2000–2004)
Episode: Running Towards Fire (2001)

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

Mannion investigates an off-duty white cop for shooting an undercover black cop in the back during a stakeout.

Director: Terry George | Stars: Craig T. Nelson, Justin Theroux, Lynne Thigpen, Roger Aaron Brown

Votes: 35

50. The District (2000–2004)
Episode: Shades of Gray (2002)

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

Mannion is under political pressure to reinstate a police commander he demoted for his poor job performance.

Director: Jim Chory | Stars: Craig T. Nelson, Lynne Thigpen, Roger Aaron Brown, Sean Patrick Thomas

Votes: 27