Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows With Denise Burse

1. 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: 125,541

2. The Sopranos (1999–2007)

TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama

New Jersey mob boss Tony Soprano deals with personal and professional issues in his home and business life that affect his mental state, leading him to seek professional psychiatric counseling.

Stars: James Gandolfini, Lorraine Bracco, Edie Falco, Michael Imperioli

Votes: 473,173

3. Black Mirror (2011– )

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

Featuring stand-alone dramas -- sharp, suspenseful, satirical tales that explore techno-paranoia -- "Black Mirror" is a contemporary reworking of "The Twilight Zone" with stories that tap into the collective unease about the modern world.

Stars: Wunmi Mosaku, Monica Dolan, Daniel Lapaine, Hannah John-Kamen

Votes: 641,585

4. 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: 44,735

5. Manifest (2018–2023)

TV-14 | 43 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi

When a commercial airliner suddenly reappears after being missing for five years, those aboard must reintegrate into society.

Stars: Melissa Roxburgh, Josh Dallas, J.R. Ramirez, Luna Blaise

Votes: 91,678

6. The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2017–2023)

TV-MA | 60 min | Comedy, Drama

After her husband leaves her, young mother of two Miriam "Midge" Maisel discovers that she has a talent for stand-up comedy. Could this be her calling?

Stars: Rachel Brosnahan, Alex Borstein, Michael Zegen, Marin Hinkle

Votes: 143,222

7. 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: 49,236

8. 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: 27,917

9. 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: 11,466

10. The Wrath of Becky (2023)

R | 84 min | Action, Horror, Thriller

Two years after escaping a violent attack, a teenage girl must defend herself against a domestic terrorist cell.

Directors: Matt Angel, Suzanne Coote | Stars: Lulu Wilson, Seann William Scott, Denise Burse, Jill Larson

Votes: 12,116

11. Greenleaf (2016–2020)

TV-14 | 60 min | Drama

The unscrupulous world of the Greenleaf family and their sprawling Memphis megachurch, dark secrets, and lies.

Stars: Merle Dandridge, Kim Hawthorne, Desiree Ross, Lamman Rucker

Votes: 6,007

12. One Life to Live (1968–2013)

TV-PG | 60 min | Drama, Romance

One Life to Live centres takes place in the fictional town of Llanview, PA.around the wealthy Lord family, and the middle-class Woleks and Rileys.

Stars: Erika Slezak, Michael Storm, Michael Easton, Kristen Alderson

Votes: 2,638

13. Vacation Friends (2021)

R | 103 min | Adventure, Comedy

An uptight couple makes friends with a rowdy couple while on vacation in Mexico, but their friendship takes an awkward turn when they get back home.

Director: Clay Tarver | Stars: Lil Rel Howery, Yvonne Orji, John Cena, Meredith Hagner

Votes: 29,772

14. Basquiat (1996)

R | 107 min | Biography, Drama

The brief life of Jean Michel Basquiat, a world renowned New York street artist struggling with fame, drugs and his identity.

Director: Julian Schnabel | Stars: Jeffrey Wright, Michael Wincott, Benicio Del Toro, Claire Forlani

Votes: 22,118 | Gross: $2.96M

15. New York Undercover (1994–2024)

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

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Stars: Malik Yoba, Michael DeLorenzo, Patti D'Arbanville, Luna Lauren Velez

Votes: 2,979

16. House of Payne (2006– )

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

A multi-generational family lives together under one roof.

Stars: LaVan Davis, Cassi Davis, Allen Payne, Lance Gross

Votes: 6,367

17. The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey (2022)

TV-MA | 311 min | Drama

Suddenly left without his trusted caretaker, Ptolemy Grey is assigned to the care of orphaned teenager, Robyn. When they learn about a treatment that will restore Ptolemy's memories, it begins a journey towards shocking truths.

Stars: Samuel L. Jackson, Dominique Fishback, Cynthia Kaye McWilliams, Damon Gupton

Votes: 5,979

18. Partner Track (2022)

TV-MA | 60 min | Drama

Centers on Ingrid Yun, an idealistic young lawyer, struggles with her moral compass and her passions as she fights to climb the partner track at an elite New York City law firm.

Stars: Arden Cho, Alexandra Turshen, Bradley Gibson, Dominic Sherwood

Votes: 7,414

19. 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: 2,209

20. Cosby (1996–2000)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy

Hilton Lucas was forced by his employer to retire. His wife has trouble with him always being at home and so does he.

Stars: Bill Cosby, Phylicia Rashad, Doug E. Doug, T'Keyah Crystal Keymáh

Votes: 2,755

21. The Juror (1996)

R | 118 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A juror in a Mafia trial is forced to convince the other jurors to vote not guilty by an obsessive mob enforcer.

Director: Brian Gibson | Stars: Demi Moore, Alec Baldwin, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, James Gandolfini

Votes: 19,982 | Gross: $22.75M

22. Peace, Love & Misunderstanding (2011)

R | 96 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

An uptight New York City lawyer takes her two teenagers to her hippie mother's farmhouse upstate for a family vacation.

Director: Bruce Beresford | Stars: Jane Fonda, Catherine Keener, Elizabeth Olsen, Nat Wolff

Votes: 8,787 | Gross: $0.54M

23. Anesthesia (2015)

R | 90 min | Crime, Drama

Multiple lives intersect in the aftermath of the violent mugging of a Columbia University philosophy professor.

Director: Tim Blake Nelson | Stars: Sam Waterston, Kristen Stewart, Corey Stoll, Gretchen Mol

Votes: 5,031 | Gross: $0.02M

24. One Dollar (2018)

TV-MA | 50 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Set in a small rust-belt town in post-recession America, a one-dollar bill changing hands connects a group of strangers involved in a shocking multiple murder.

Stars: Nathaniel Martello-White, Philip Ettinger, Kirrilee Berger, Joshua Bitton

Votes: 943

25. 100 Centre Street (2001–2002)

60 min | Crime, Drama

The lives and work of the staff of a New York City courthouse.

Stars: Joseph Lyle Taylor, Manny Perez, Phyllis Newman, Paula Devicq

Votes: 213

26. Funny Valentines (1999)

108 min | Drama

A woman returns to her home town to sort out her troubled marriage and finds new happiness in the rekindling of a broken friendship with her cousin.

Director: Julie Dash | Stars: Alfre Woodard, Loretta Devine, CCH Pounder, Tom Wright

Votes: 642

27. Tribeca (1993)

TV-14 | 60 min | Drama

Various stories about various people living in Tribeca - the famous New York neighborhood.

Stars: Philip Bosco, Joe Morton, Antonia Jones, Michael Rogen

Votes: 95

28. Preaching to the Choir (2005)

PG-13 | 103 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical

Estranged twins driven apart by their parents' deaths find reconciliation and redemption after following radically different paths in life.

Director: Charles Randolph-Wright | Stars: Billoah Greene, Darien Sills-Evans, Novella Nelson, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

Votes: 207 | Gross: $0.34M

29. The Boy King (1986 TV Movie)

31 min | Drama

This drama focuses on young Martin Luther King Jr.'s early encounters with prejudice and how the love and courage of his family moved him to speak out against segregation and become a leader in the civil rights movement.

Director: Billy J. Parrott | Stars: Howard E. Rollins Jr., Fred Perron, Walter Franks, Denise Burse

Votes: 52

30. The Annex (2020– )

Comedy

Join the hilarious, oddball Faculty, and the equally oddball classmates at The Annex, a continuing Adult Education facility.

Stars: Joniece Abbott-Pratt, Denise Burse, Greg Carter, Lia Chang

31. 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

32. 100 Centre Street (2001–2002)
Episode: Love Stories (2001)

Crime, Drama

Charlie the bridge man asks Judge Rifkind to be tough on his son, who was arrested for drunk driving. Having cleaned up his act, Ramon and his wife plan another child. J.J. and Ramon are ... See full summary »

Director: Don Scardino | Stars: Denise Burse, Chuck Cooper, Tawny Cypress, Charles Dumas

33. Cosby (1996–2000)
Episode: Thursday's Child (2000)

TV-PG | 21 min | Comedy

A foster child in Erica's class wants to move in with the Lucases.

Director: John Whitesell | Stars: Bill Cosby, Phylicia Rashad, Doug E. Doug, T'Keyah Crystal Keymáh

Votes: 15

34. Law & Order (1990– )
Episode: Consultation (1992)

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

The death of a pregnant drug mule leads to the discovery of a Nigerian heroin smuggling ring that leads all the way to a diplomat who is also a Nigerian tribal chief.

Director: James Hayman | Stars: Jerry Orbach, Chris Noth, Dann Florek, Michael Moriarty

Votes: 313

35. Law & Order (1990– )
Episode: Haven (1999)

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

The unlikely suspect in the murder of a community activist and director of a community center in Harlem is a teen from the neighborhood who got into an Ivy League school with his help.

Director: David Platt | Stars: Jerry Orbach, Benjamin Bratt, S. Epatha Merkerson, Sam Waterston

Votes: 272

36. Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001–2011)
Episode: Ex Stasis (2005)

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

Goren and Eames work a case where organ donation has a price for the recipients beyond their medical bills.

Director: Bill Norton | Stars: Vincent D'Onofrio, Kathryn Erbe, Jamey Sheridan, Courtney B. Vance

Votes: 303

37. Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999– )
Episode: Inheritance (2001)

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

The detectives search for a rapist targeting Asian women. The case becomes particularly significant for Benson when the rapist's defense is that he inherited the "violence gene" from his father, also a rapist.

Director: Juan José Campanella | Stars: Christopher Meloni, Mariska Hargitay, Richard Belzer, Stephanie March

Votes: 983

38. Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999– )
Episode: Wrong Is Right (2000)

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

Detective Stabler's daughter witnesses a gory crime scene involving a murdered man who had a secret life. Meanwhile, a new ADA is assigned to the unit while Stabler and Jeffries come under review by the department.

Director: Ted Kotcheff | Stars: Christopher Meloni, Mariska Hargitay, Richard Belzer, Michelle Hurd

Votes: 1,187

39. New York Undercover (1994–2024)
Episode: Mama Said Knock You Out (1995)

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

Detectives JC and Torres investigate a drug on streets that took the life of a promising boxer. Musical guest is Zhane.

Director: Michael Vejar | Stars: Malik Yoba, Michael DeLorenzo, Patti D'Arbanville, Fatima Faloye

Votes: 37

40. The Sopranos (1999–2007)
Episode: From Where to Eternity (2000)

TV-MA | 56 min | Crime, Drama

Chris awakens from his coma with a message from the afterlife for Tony and Paulie. Carmela, meanwhile, wants Tony to get a "cut", specifically a vasectomy.

Director: Henry Bronchtein | Stars: James Gandolfini, Lorraine Bracco, Edie Falco, Michael Imperioli

Votes: 7,600

41. Third Watch (1999–2005)
Episode: Exposing Faith (2001)

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

Yokas rebels after Fred cancels their weekend together in order to compete in a silly contest.

Director: Nick Gomez | Stars: Michael Beach, Coby Bell, Amy Carlson, Eddie Cibrian

Votes: 86

42. Tribeca (1993)
Episode: Honor (1993)

TV-14 | Drama

Carleton befriends a homeless ex-marine and attempts to help him keep a promise made to a fellow veteran.

Director: David J. Burke | Stars: Philip Bosco, Joe Morton, Stephen Lang, Keith David

43. House of Payne (2006– )
Episode: The Roof Is on Fire (2006)

TV-PG | Comedy, Drama, Family

Ella Payne and her family is preparing to celebrate her husband Curtis Payne's 50th birthday. But the celebration is interrupted when Curtis and his nephew, C.J., who are both firefighters,... See full summary »

Stars: Allen Payne, LaVan Davis, Cassi Davis, Denise Burse

Votes: 49

44. House of Payne (2006– )
Episode: I Can Cry If I Want To (2007)

TV-PG | 22 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

C.J. moves in with Curtis and Ella after his house burns down. Meanwhile, the family plans a surprise 50th birthday party for Curtis.

Director: Tyler Perry | Stars: Allen Payne, LaVan Davis, Cassi Davis, Denise Burse

Votes: 29

45. House of Payne (2006– )
Episode: Busted (2007)

TV-PG | 22 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

Janine's drug abuse is recognized, while Calvin tries to sell fake designer wear.

Director: Tyler Perry | Stars: Allen Payne, LaVan Davis, Cassi Davis, Denise Burse

Votes: 28

46. House of Payne (2006– )
Episode: I Keep Coming Up Short (2007)

TV-PG | 22 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

Curtis has impotency issues. Meanwhile, C.J. tries to work out his debt.

Director: Tyler Perry | Stars: Lance Gross, Larramie Doc Shaw, China Anne McClain, Denise Burse

Votes: 22

47. House of Payne (2006– )
Episode: Surprise, Surprise (2007)

TV-PG | 22 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

Janine's parents show up looking for her. Claretha believes she knows Janine's father.

Director: Tyler Perry | Stars: Allen Payne, LaVan Davis, Cassi Davis, Denise Burse

Votes: 20

48. House of Payne (2006– )
Episode: Wax On, Wax Off (2007)

TV-PG | 22 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

Malik's going through puberty and the women in the house are clueless. Meanwhile, a failing inspection at the firehouse is Curtis's fault.

Director: Tyler Perry | Stars: Denise Burse, Cassi Davis, Cassie Davis, LaVan Davis

Votes: 19

49. House of Payne (2006– )
Episode: Club PCP (2007)

TV-PG | 22 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

Calvin plans a house party when the rest of the family visits relatives in Florida.

Director: Tyler Perry | Stars: LaVan Davis, Cassi Davis, Allen Payne, Larramie Doc Shaw

Votes: 24

50. House of Payne (2006– )
Episode: Cracking Under Pressure (2007)

TV-PG | 22 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

Janine and her associates from the crack-house break in and steal from the Payne's house. Meanwhile, Calvin trains for a marathon.

Director: Tyler Perry | Stars: LaVan Davis, Cassi Davis, Allen Payne, Denise Burse

Votes: 27