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1. 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: 44,649

2. Frasier (1993–2004)

TV-PG | 22 min | Comedy

Dr. Frasier Crane moves back to his hometown of Seattle, where he lives with his father and works as a radio psychiatrist.

Stars: Kelsey Grammer, Jane Leeves, David Hyde Pierce, Peri Gilpin

Votes: 95,524

3. Cheers (1982–1993)

TV-PG | 22 min | Comedy, Drama

The regulars of the Boston bar "Cheers" share their experiences and lives with each other while drinking or working at the bar where everybody knows your name.

Stars: Ted Danson, Rhea Perlman, John Ratzenberger, George Wendt

Votes: 62,093

4. 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: 27,893

5. 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: 11,445

6. Rescue Me (2004–2011)

TV-MA | 42 min | Comedy, Drama

Tommy Gavin deals with the fears of his job as a firefighter and seeing his ex-wife dating other men.

Stars: Denis Leary, Michael Lombardi, Steven Pasquale, Andrea Roth

Votes: 27,986

7. The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)

R | 110 min | Comedy, Drama

The eccentric members of a dysfunctional family reluctantly gather under the same roof for various reasons.

Director: Wes Anderson | Stars: Gene Hackman, Gwyneth Paltrow, Anjelica Huston, Ben Stiller

Votes: 313,298 | Gross: $52.36M

8. China Beach (1988–1991)

TV-14 | 120 min | Drama, History, War

The trials of a weary nurse, her friends and colleagues in a Vietnam War field hospital.

Stars: Dana Delany, Marg Helgenberger, Brian Wimmer, Oliver Theess

Votes: 3,546

9. The Next Karate Kid (1994)

PG | 107 min | Action, Drama, Family

Mr. Miyagi is back and he takes a new pupil under his wing: a troubled adolescent girl.

Director: Christopher Cain | Stars: Pat Morita, Hilary Swank, Michael Ironside, Constance Towers

Votes: 33,805 | Gross: $8.91M

10. The Great Debaters (2007)

PG-13 | 126 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

A drama based on the true story of Melvin B. Tolson, a professor at Wiley College Texas. In 1935, he inspired students to form the school's first debate team, which went on to challenge Harvard in the national championship.

Director: Denzel Washington | Stars: Denzel Washington, Forest Whitaker, Kimberly Elise, Nate Parker

Votes: 62,873 | Gross: $30.23M

11. 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: 2,634

12. Thirtysomething (1987–1991)

TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, Romance

Seven tricenarians living in Philadelphia struggle with everyday adult angst.

Stars: Timothy Busfield, Polly Draper, Mel Harris, Peter Horton

Votes: 3,050

13. Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction (1997–2024)

TV-PG | 60 min | Mystery, Thriller, Fantasy

Five mysterious stories are shown in which people meet strange or unexplainable events. The viewer is invited to decide if the stories are fact or fiction.

Stars: Jonathan Frakes, Don LaFontaine, Campbell Lane, James Brolin

Votes: 5,450

14. ABC Afterschool Specials (1972–1997)

60 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

A teen drama anthology that often touched on social issues of the day.

Stars: Lance Kerwin, Samaria Graham, Mara Hobel, Alexa Kenin

Votes: 1,266

15. Chappelle's Show (2003–2006)

TV-MA | 22 min | Comedy, Music

Comedian Dave Chappelle hosts this sketch-comedy show that parodies many of the nuances of race and culture.

Stars: Dave Chappelle, Donnell Rawlings, Rudy Rush, Charlie Murphy

Votes: 71,821

16. Ed (2000–2004)

60 min | Comedy, Drama

A separated, fired NYC lawyer returns to his hometown in Ohio, meets old high school friends and cute crush, buys a bowling alley and opens a law office in it.

Stars: Tom Cavanagh, Julie Bowen, Josh Randall, Jana Marie Hupp

Votes: 7,496

17. Regarding Henry (1991)

PG-13 | 108 min | Drama, Romance

After being shot, a lawyer loses his memory and must relearn speech and mobility, but he has a loving family to support him.

Director: Mike Nichols | Stars: Harrison Ford, Annette Bening, Michael Haley, Stanley Swerdlow

Votes: 34,377 | Gross: $43.00M

18. The Commish (1991–1996)

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

Tony Scali is the police commissioner of a city where solutions often require creativity. Tony's calmness and intellect are far more useful to him than guns or brute force in his fight against crime.

Stars: Michael Chiklis, Theresa Saldana, Kaj-Erik Eriksen, Geoffrey Nauffts

Votes: 2,537

19. NightMan (1997–1999)

TV-14 | 45 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Based on the comic created by Steve Englehart (who wrote several episodes), Night Man tells the story of Johnny Domino, a jazz musician who gains super powers after getting struck by lightning.

Stars: Matt McColm, Earl Holliman, Jayne Heitmeyer, Derek Webster

Votes: 903

20. American Playhouse (1980–1994)

61 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Anthology series which ran on PBS throughout the 1980s.

Stars: Jeffrey DeMunn, Elizabeth Franz, Edward Herrmann, Sada Thompson

Votes: 415

21. Shadows and Fog (1991)

PG-13 | 85 min | Comedy

With a serial strangler on the loose, a bookkeeper wanders around town searching for the vigilante group intent on catching the killer.

Director: Woody Allen | Stars: Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, Michael Kirby, David Ogden Stiers

Votes: 18,152 | Gross: $2.74M

22. Hack (2002–2004)

60 min | Crime, Drama

When corruption charges strip him of his job, his family and his pride, former cop Mike Olshansky forges a new identity as a Philadelphia cab driver, patrolling the city as a roving vigilante who works with local police.

Stars: David Morse, Andre Braugher, Matthew Borish, George Dzundza

Votes: 1,028

23. The $treet (2000–2001)

TV-14 | 60 min | Drama

The $treet is about these men who know how to have fun at work, but all of a sudden there are powerful women joining the organization. It seems like the men's enjoyment is over.

Stars: Tom Everett Scott, Nina Garbiras, Christian Campbell, Melissa De Sousa

Votes: 395

24. 13 Conversations About One Thing (2001)

R | 104 min | Drama

In New York City, the lives of a lawyer, an actuary, a house-cleaner, a professor and the people around them intersect as they ponder order and happiness in the face of life's cold unpredictability.

Director: Jill Sprecher | Stars: Alan Arkin, John Turturro, Matthew McConaughey, David Connolly

Votes: 11,497 | Gross: $3.29M

25. Gracie (2007)

PG-13 | 95 min | Biography, Drama, Sport

Grace, a football enthusiast, fights an uphill battle to play in the boys' varsity team of her high school and gain support for women's soccer while dealing with the death of her brother.

Director: Davis Guggenheim | Stars: Carly Schroeder, Andrew Shue, Elisabeth Shue, Jesse Lee Soffer

Votes: 4,328 | Gross: $2.96M

26. Boss of Bosses (2001 TV Movie)

93 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

The story of the rise and fall of the powerful New York City organized crime boss, Paul Castellano.

Director: Dwight H. Little | Stars: Chazz Palminteri, Angela Alvarado, Jay O. Sanders, Clancy Brown

Votes: 1,477

27. The Murder of Mary Phagan (1988)

PG | 251 min | Crime, Drama, History

In early twentieth-century Atlanta, the murder of a young girl prompts strong reactions from the community, and ultimately leads to the arrest of a man who may actually be innocent.

Stars: Jack Lemmon, Richard Jordan, Robert Prosky, Peter Gallagher

Votes: 819

28. The Education of Max Bickford (2001–2002)

60 min | Drama

A history professor teaches at a women's college where his daughter is a student.

Stars: Richard Dreyfuss, Marcia Gay Harden, Eric Ian Goldberg, Katee Sackhoff

Votes: 317

29. Total Stranger (1999)

TV-14 | 94 min | Drama, Thriller

A middle-aged woman takes on a young female tenant to help pay her debts, but gets a lot more than she bargains for when the girl starts to act very strangely indeed . . .

Director: Joe Cacaci | Stars: Lindsay Crouse, Zoe McLellan, Dan Lauria, Jay Thomas

Votes: 448

30. A Woman Named Jackie (1991)

PG | 246 min | Biography, Drama

This starts when Jackie Kennedy was working after college; and spans her life through the Presidency of John F. Kennedy and her marriage to Aristotle Onassis after the assassination of President Kennedy.

Stars: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Roma Downey, Anna Thomson, Bob Gunton

Votes: 340

31. Alien Nation (1989 TV Movie)

Unrated | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi

A bigoted human policeman in the L.A. of the future and his alien partner learn to live with each other's differences while attempting to solve a drug conspiracy hidden in the subculture of... See full summary »

Director: Kenneth Johnson | Stars: Gary Graham, Eric Pierpoint, Michele Scarabelli, Lauren Woodland

Votes: 1,265

32. Radical Jack (2000 Video)

R | 95 min | Action, Adventure

After quitting his job, a man decides to go after the one person responsible for ruining his life.

Director: James Allen Bradley | Stars: Billy Ray Cyrus, Dedee Pfeiffer, Noah Blake, George 'Buck' Flower

Votes: 578

33. Prison of Secrets (1997 TV Movie)

PG-13 | 92 min | Crime, Drama

A wife and mother is sent to prison for a monetary crime. Against the advice of her husband, she tries to raise awareness of the corruption going on there.

Director: Fred Gerber | Stars: Stephanie Zimbalist, Finola Hughes, Gary Frank, Rusty Schwimmer

Votes: 372

34. The Slap Maxwell Story (1987–1988)

30 min | Comedy, Sport

"Slap" Maxwell is an old-school sportswriter: hard-working, uncompromised. Unfortunately, his type of writing doesn't fit well into the modern world. His wife wants to discover her own ... See full summary »

Stars: Dabney Coleman, Brian Smiar, Megan Gallagher, Bill Cobbs

Votes: 146

35. American Dreamer (1990–1991)

30 min | Comedy

After his wife's death, a world-traveling reporter decides to leave the busy rush of the big city and pack up his kids and move to a quiet little town in Wisconsin, where he takes a job as ... See full summary »

Stars: Robert Urich, Carol Kane, Chay Lentin, Johnny Galecki

Votes: 71

36. In My Daughter's Name (1992 TV Movie)

93 min | Drama

Laura Elias' daughter is raped and murdered by Peter Lipton, who pleads "guilty due to insanity" with his affluential parents' support, and the jury acquits him. Unable to bear the ... See full summary »

Director: Jud Taylor | Stars: Donna Mills, John Getz, John Rubinstein, Ron Frazier

Votes: 175

37. Kiss of a Killer (1993 TV Movie)

93 min | Drama, Thriller

A rapist stalks a witness endangered by the secret life she has created to escape her mother.

Director: Larry Elikann | Stars: Annette O'Toole, Eva Marie Saint, Brian Wimmer, Gregg Henry

Votes: 107

38. A Matter of Degrees (1990)

R | 88 min | Comedy

A college student living in a commune decides that he doesn't want to go on to law school. When a corporation takes over the campus radio station, he decides to disrupt the graduation ceremonies.

Director: W.T. Morgan | Stars: Za Za Dupre, Arye Gross, Tom Sizemore, Wendell Pierce

Votes: 114

39. Running Against Time (1990 TV Movie)

PG | 92 min | Sci-Fi

History professor David Rhodes has never gotten over the death of his older brother, 1966 in Vietnam. When he hears the rumor that a famous professor is working on a time machine, he ... See full summary »

Director: Bruce Seth Green | Stars: Robert Hays, Catherine Hicks, Sam Wanamaker, Wayne Tippit

Votes: 362

40. Shannon's Deal (1989 TV Movie)

120 min | Crime, Drama

A washed-up lawyer refuses to take a bribe and instead goes after the South American drug cartel that's trying to push those in its way.

Director: Lewis Teague | Stars: Jamey Sheridan, Elizabeth Peña, Martin Ferrero, Jenny Lewis

Votes: 141

41. Stat (1991)

30 min | Comedy

Dr. Tony Menzies oversees the chaos of a NYC emergency room while trying to mentor new resident Dr. Elizabeth Newberry. His fellow MD "Cowboy" Doniger finds time to be very popular with the ladies between saving lives.

Stars: Dennis Boutsikaris, Alison La Placa, Ron Canada, Cynthia Lea Clark

Votes: 22

42. L.A. Firefighters (1996–1997)

60 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

"L.A. Firefighters" (1996)" follows the lives of the members of Fire Co. 132, in Los Angeles County, California. Jarrod Emick stars as Jack Malloy, 132's fire captain who has recently had ... See full summary »

Stars: Jarrod Emick, Christine Elise, Miguel Sandoval, Carlton Wilborn

Votes: 58

43. The Bachelor's Baby (1996 TV Movie)

91 min | Comedy, Drama

Jake Henry, freewheeling product reviewer, is surprised one night when Jamie appears on his doorstep with a baby she claims is Jake's. When Jamie can't care for Zack, Jake volunteers for ... See full summary »

Director: Paul Schneider | Stars: Scott Bakula, Chelsea Field, Dan Lauria, Cynthia Martells

Votes: 137

44. Age Isn't Everything (1991)

R | 90 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Drama

Young man gives up his dream of becoming an astronaut to go into business--and finds himself turned into a little old man.

Director: Douglas Katz | Stars: Jonathan Silverman, Robert Prosky, Rita Moreno, Rita Karin

Votes: 117

45. Lip Service (1988 TV Movie)

67 min | Comedy

A young news reporter schemes to take over the job of a veteran news anchor whose ratings he's been hired to promote.

Director: William H. Macy | Stars: Griffin Dunne, Paul Dooley, Jonathan Katz, Fran Brill

Votes: 89

46. Lethal Innocence (1991 TV Movie)

90 min | Drama

Three women (Blair Brown, Brenda Fricker, Teresa Wright) lead a Vermont town's adoption of a Cambodian family, refugees from the Khmer Rouge.

Director: Helen Whitney | Stars: Margaret Barker, David Strathairn, Blair Brown, Kevin Coleman

Votes: 19

47. Retreat (2004)

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Director: Brad Jacques | Stars: Alicia Brockwell, Melissa Cook, Josh Cox, Craig Hunter D'Amario

48. American Playhouse (1980–1994)
Episode: The Great American Fourth of July and Other Disasters (1982)

56 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Matt Dillon plays a young Jean Shepherd (author and narrator of A Christmas Story). Through Matt, Shep tells several humorous stories about his teen years in an Indiana steel town.

Director: Richard Bartlett | Stars: Matt Dillon, James Broderick, Barbara Bolton, Babe Sargent

Votes: 253

49. American Playhouse (1980–1994)
Episode: Three Sovereigns for Sarah: Part I (1985)

171 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

This is a true story based on transcripts of the Salem Witch Trials. Sarah (Vanessa Redgrave) and her two sisters are put on trial for suspicion of witchcraft. While her sisters are hanged,... See full synopsis »

Director: Philip Leacock | Stars: Vanessa Redgrave, Kim Hunter, Phyllis Thaxter, Patrick McGoohan

Votes: 284

50. ABC Afterschool Specials (1972–1997)
Episode: A Town's Revenge (1989)

60 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

A teenager who tries to convince his town to farm without using pesticides finds many of the residents resistant to change.

Director: Helen Whitney | Stars: Keith Coogan, Elizabeth Franz, Brian Smiar, Donna Haley

Votes: 13