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1. Grey's Anatomy (2005– )
TV-14 | 41 min | Drama, Romance
A drama centered on the personal and professional lives of five surgical interns and their supervisors.
Stars: Ellen Pompeo, Chandra Wilson, James Pickens Jr., Justin Chambers
Votes: 341,599
2. Fargo (2014–2024)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Various chronicles of deception, intrigue, and murder in and around frozen Minnesota. All of these tales mysteriously lead back one way or another to Fargo, North Dakota.
Stars: Billy Bob Thornton, Martin Freeman, Allison Tolman, Colin Hanks
Votes: 421,705
3. ER (1994–2009)
TV-14 | 44 min | Drama, Romance
The doctors who work in the ER at the County General Hospital in Chicago grapple with ups and downs in their personal and professional lives while trying to give apt medical care to their patients.
Stars: Anthony Edwards, George Clooney, Julianna Margulies, Eriq La Salle
Votes: 67,706
4. The Fall of the House of Usher (2023)
TV-MA | 62 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Siblings Roderick and Madeline Usher have built a pharmaceutical company into an empire of wealth, privilege and power; however, secrets come to light when the heirs to the Usher dynasty start dying.
Stars: Carla Gugino, Bruce Greenwood, Mary McDonnell, Henry Thomas
Votes: 108,720
5. Donnie Darko (2001)
R | 113 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
After narrowly escaping a bizarre accident, a troubled teenager is plagued by visions of a man in a large rabbit suit who manipulates him to commit a series of crimes.
Director: Richard Kelly | Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Jena Malone, Mary McDonnell, Holmes Osborne
Votes: 849,820 | Gross: $1.48M
6. Battlestar Galactica (2004–2009)
TV-14 | 45 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
When an old enemy, the Cylons, resurface and obliterate the 12 colonies, the crew of the aged Galactica protect a small civilian fleet - the last of humanity - as they journey toward the fabled 13th colony, Earth.
Stars: Edward James Olmos, Mary McDonnell, Jamie Bamber, James Callis
Votes: 175,503
7. Veronica Mars (2004–2019)
TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
After her best friend is murdered, and her father is removed as county Sheriff, Veronica Mars dedicates her life to cracking the toughest mysteries in the affluent town of Neptune.
Stars: Kristen Bell, Jason Dohring, Enrico Colantoni, Percy Daggs III
Votes: 78,065
8. Independence Day (1996)
PG-13 | 145 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
The aliens are coming and their goal is to invade and destroy Earth. Fighting superior technology, mankind's best weapon is the will to survive.
Director: Roland Emmerich | Stars: Will Smith, Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum, Mary McDonnell
Votes: 605,450 | Gross: $306.17M
9. The Closer (2005–2012)
TV-14 | 46 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Deputy Police Chief Brenda Johnson runs the Priority Homicide Division of the LAPD with an unorthodox style. Her innate ability to read people and obtain confessions helps her and her team solve the city's toughest, most sensitive cases.
Stars: Kyra Sedgwick, J.K. Simmons, Corey Reynolds, Robert Gossett
Votes: 28,911
10. Major Crimes (2012–2018)
Not Rated | 43 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The Closer (2005) spin-off series, which follows Captain Raydor of the Los Angeles Police Department.
Stars: Mary McDonnell, G.W. Bailey, Tony Denison, Michael Paul Chan
Votes: 16,069
11. Dances with Wolves (1990)
PG-13 | 181 min | Adventure, Drama, Western
Lieutenant John Dunbar, assigned to a remote western Civil War outpost, finds himself engaging with a neighbouring Sioux settlement, causing him to question his own purpose.
Director: Kevin Costner | Stars: Kevin Costner, Mary McDonnell, Graham Greene, Rodney A. Grant
Votes: 290,513 | Gross: $184.21M
12. Margin Call (2011)
R | 107 min | Drama, Thriller
Follows the key people at an investment bank over a 24-hour period during the early stages of the 2008 financial crisis.
Director: J.C. Chandor | Stars: Zachary Quinto, Stanley Tucci, Kevin Spacey, Paul Bettany
Votes: 144,205 | Gross: $5.35M
13. Scream 4 (2011)
R | 111 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery
Ten years have passed, and Sidney Prescott, who has put herself back together thanks in part to her writing, is visited by the Ghostface Killer.
Director: Wes Craven | Stars: Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, David Arquette, Lucy Hale
Votes: 171,146 | Gross: $38.18M
14. Touched by an Angel (1994–2003)
TV-G | 60 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy
Three angels are sent to Earth to tell depressed and troubled people that God loves them and hasn't forgotten them.
Stars: Roma Downey, Della Reese, John Dye, Valerie Bertinelli
Votes: 8,008
15. Sneakers (1992)
PG-13 | 126 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A security pro finds his past returning to haunt him when he and his unique team are tasked with retrieving a particularly important item.
Director: Phil Alden Robinson | Stars: Robert Redford, Dan Aykroyd, Sidney Poitier, Jo Marr
Votes: 62,514 | Gross: $51.43M
16. As the World Turns (1956–2010)
TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, Romance
The focus in on the upper class Hughes and Stewart families plus their tribulations in Midwest Oakdale. The Stewarts fade away eventually to be replaced by the rural Snyders and wealthy Lucinda Walsh with her many intrigues.
Stars: Elizabeth Hubbard, Jon Hensley, Ellen Dolan, Colleen Zenk
Votes: 2,276
17. 12 Angry Men (1997 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 117 min | Crime, Drama
Twelve men must decide the fate of one when one juror objects to the jury's decision.
Director: William Friedkin | Stars: Jack Lemmon, George C. Scott, Hume Cronyn, Ossie Davis
Votes: 17,026
18. Battlestar Galactica (2003)
TV-14 | 92 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Following the destruction of the Twelve Colonies of Kobol by the Cylons, a rag-tag fugitive fleet of the last remnants of mankind flees the pursuing Cylons while simultaneously searching for their true home: Earth.
Stars: Edward James Olmos, Mary McDonnell, Katee Sackhoff, Jamie Bamber
Votes: 80,151
19. The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf (2021)
TV-MA | 83 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Escaping from poverty to become a witcher, Vesemir slays monsters for coin and glory, but when a new menace rises, he must face the demons of his past.
Director: Kwang Il Han | Stars: Theo James, Mary McDonnell, Lara Pulver, Graham McTavish
Votes: 50,207
20. The View (1997– )
TV-PG | 60 min | Talk-Show
Five women with very different outlooks on politics, Hollywood and its stars, and current events discuss these and other divisive topics of the day. Originated by Barbara Walters and currently led by longtime host, Whoopi Goldberg.
Stars: Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Virginia Hamilton, Sunny Hostin
Votes: 9,452
21. The Talk (2010–2024)
TV-14 | 42 min | News, Talk-Show
A weekday gabfest offering a female perspective on the day's headlines.
Stars: Sharon Osbourne, Julie Chen Moonves, Sheryl Underwood, Sara Gilbert
Votes: 2,374
22. Grand Canyon (1991)
R | 134 min | Crime, Drama
The fates of several people are randomly intertwining. Their sympathy of each other faces multiple differences in their lifestyles.
Director: Lawrence Kasdan | Stars: Danny Glover, Kevin Kline, Steve Martin, Mary McDonnell
Votes: 16,703 | Gross: $33.24M
23. The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962–1992)
TV-14 | 105 min | Comedy, Talk-Show
Host Johnny Carson performs comedy routines and chats with various celebrities.
Stars: Johnny Carson, Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Skitch Henderson
Votes: 4,242
24. 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: 2,202
25. Blue Chips (1994)
PG-13 | 108 min | Drama, Sport
A college basketball coach is forced to break the rules in order to get the players he needs to stay competitive.
Director: William Friedkin | Stars: Nick Nolte, Mary McDonnell, J.T. Walsh, Ed O'Neill
Votes: 15,168 | Gross: $22.36M
26. Entertainment Tonight (1981– )
30 min | News, Talk-Show
"Entertainment Tonight" is the #1 syndicated entertainment newsmagazine in the world.
Stars: Kevin Frazier, Nischelle Turner, Matt Cohen, Nancy O'Dell
Votes: 2,766
27. E/R (1984–1985)
TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy
The recently divorced Dr. Sheinfeld becomes an emergency room doctor at a Chicago hospital, where he soon bonds with Dr. Eve Sheridan. Situational humor mixes with tense medical crises.
Stars: Elliott Gould, Conchata Ferrell, Lynne Moody, Shuko Akune
Votes: 695
28. Matewan (1987)
PG-13 | 135 min | Drama, History
A labor union organizer comes to an embattled mining community brutally and violently dominated and harassed by the mining company.
Director: John Sayles | Stars: Chris Cooper, James Earl Jones, Mary McDonnell, Will Oldham
Votes: 8,908 | Gross: $1.68M
29. The Locket (2002 TV Movie)
PG | 100 min | Drama
A young man taking care of his dying mother is distraught and grief-stricken when she finally passes away. On the advice of his doctor, he takes a job in an upscale nursing home, and is ... See full summary »
Director: Karen Arthur | Stars: Vanessa Redgrave, Chad Willett, Marguerite Moreau, Lori Heuring
Votes: 686
30. Late Show with David Letterman (1993–2015)
TV-PG | 60 min | Comedy, Music, Talk-Show
The Late Show with David Letterman is an hour-long weeknight comedy and talk-show broadcast by CBS from the Ed Sullivan Theater on Broadway in New York City.
Stars: David Letterman, Paul Shaffer, Alan Kalter, Biff Henderson
Votes: 14,290
31. Rebel (2021)
TV-14 | Crime, Drama
Follows a legal advocate with a blue collar background, who helps those in need without a law degree.
Stars: Katey Sagal, John Corbett, Lex Scott Davis, Tamala Jones
Votes: 3,870
32. The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992–2014)
TV-14 | 62 min | Comedy, Music, Talk-Show
Jay Leno takes over the Tonight Show with interview, sketches, and plenty of laughs.
Stars: Jay Leno, Kevin Eubanks, Edd Hall, John Melendez
Votes: 10,928
33. Battlestar Galactica: Razor (2007 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 101 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
A two-hour Battlestar Galactica special that tells the story of the Battlestar Pegasus several months prior to it finding the Galactica.
Director: Félix Enríquez Alcalá | Stars: Edward James Olmos, Mary McDonnell, Katee Sackhoff, Jamie Bamber
Votes: 24,152
34. Mumford (1999)
R | 112 min | Comedy, Drama
In the small town of Mumford, a psychologist of the same name moves in and quickly becomes very popular, despite a questionable past.
Director: Lawrence Kasdan | Stars: Loren Dean, Hope Davis, Jason Lee, Alfre Woodard
Votes: 9,501 | Gross: $4.55M
35. That's Life (2000–2002)
TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, Comedy
Lydia DeLucca is a New Jersey waitress who wants more from her life than just marriage and kids. So she breaks off her engagement and heads off to college. This doesn't make her ex-boyfriend happy and her family isn't too supportive.
Stars: Heather Dubrow, Ellen Burstyn, Kevin Dillon, Paul Sorvino
Votes: 514
36. Passion Fish (1992)
R | 135 min | Drama
After an accident leaves her a paraplegic, a former soap opera star struggles to recover both emotionally and mentally, until she meets her newest nurse, who has struggles of her own.
Director: John Sayles | Stars: Mary McDonnell, Alfre Woodard, Angela Bassett, Lenore Banks
Votes: 6,084 | Gross: $5.41M
37. A Man Called Hawk (1989)
TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, Action
Hawk is called upon to help those who need his help or whose lives may be in danger. He is also called upon by people from his past to settle old scores or to collect or settle old debts.
Stars: Avery Brooks, Moses Gunn, Angela Bassett, William Fichtner
Votes: 689
38. Home & Family (2012–2021)
120 min | Talk-Show
Show will focus on home improvements, crafts, parenting tips, and lifestyle, health and fitness enhancements.
Stars: Debbie Matenopoulos, Mark Steines, Kenneth Wingard, Kym Douglas
Votes: 519
39. Extra (1994– )
TV-PG | 30 min | News
Extra, a television news updates show on current events in the mass-entertainment business such as movies, TV, music, etc.
Stars: Renee Bargh, Charissa Thompson, Mario Lopez, Billy Bush
Votes: 959
40. Tiger Warsaw (1988)
R | 93 min | Drama
Chuck brought sorrow to his family when he shot his father who is now a semi-invalid. After 15 years of self destruction, he returns home to seek forgiveness.
Director: Amin Q. Chaudhri | Stars: Patrick Swayze, Piper Laurie, Lee Richardson, Mary McDonnell
Votes: 1,065 | Gross: $0.42M
41. For All Time (2000 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 84 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
A man facing middle-age and a failing marriage finds a time slip that can take him back to the end of the 19th Century.
Director: Steven Schachter | Stars: Mark Harmon, Mary McDonnell, Catherine Hicks, Philip Casnoff
Votes: 1,057
42. Mrs. Harris (2005 TV Movie)
TV-MA | 94 min | Drama
Based on the sensational 1980s media event, famed cardiologist Herman Tarnower meets a particularly brutal end at the hands of his jilted lover, Jean Harris.
Director: Phyllis Nagy | Stars: Annette Bening, Ben Kingsley, Cloris Leachman, Lawrence O'Donnell
Votes: 1,561
43. Fly Girls (1999)
50 min | Documentary
Director: Laurel Ladevich | Stars: Mary McDonnell, Kath Soucie
Votes: 7
44. Woman Undone (1996 TV Movie)
R | 91 min | Drama, Thriller
Terri Hansen is discovered in the desert beside the blackened husk of her car which contains the charred corpse of her husband. When forensic evidence makes her out to be her husband's ... See full summary »
Director: Evelyn Purcell | Stars: Mary McDonnell, Randy Quaid, Sam Elliott, Benjamin Bratt
Votes: 360
45. Mariette in Ecstasy (2019)
PG-13 | 101 min | Drama
Set in a turn-of-the-century religious community about a nun who has recently taken her vows.
Director: John Bailey | Stars: Geraldine O'Rawe, Eva Marie Saint, Alex Appel, Nancy Beatty
Votes: 78
46. High Society (1995–1996)
30 min | Comedy
Dot Emerson (Mary McDonnell) is a divorced mother who owns a successful publishing house, for which her best friend, Ellie Walker (Jean Smart), writes best-selling romance novels. Val ... See full summary »
Stars: Jean Smart, Mary McDonnell, Dan O'Donahue, Luigi Amodeo
Votes: 210
47. Evidence of Blood (1998 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 109 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
An award winning author of stories of real crimes returns to his hometown where he becomes involved in a 40 year old case of a murdered teenager.
Director: Andrew Mondshein | Stars: David Strathairn, Mary McDonnell, Sean McCann, Chris Wiggins
Votes: 1,532
48. Garbo Talks (1984)
PG-13 | 103 min | Comedy, Drama
The son of a woman dying of a brain tumor tries to fulfill his mother's last wish: to meet Greta Garbo.
Director: Sidney Lumet | Stars: Anne Bancroft, Ron Silver, Carrie Fisher, Catherine Hicks
Votes: 1,834 | Gross: $1.49M
49. Behind the Mask (1999 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama
Dr. Bob Shushan is an overworked and absent father who runs a centre for the mentally and physically challenged. When Shushan suffers a heart attack, his life is saved by James Jones, a ... See full summary »
Director: Tom McLoughlin | Stars: Donald Sutherland, Matthew Fox, Mary McDonnell, Bradley Whitford
Votes: 462
50. Replacing Dad (1999 TV Movie)
90 min | Comedy, Drama
Linda and George live in a small town where he is the school principal and they are about to celebrate their 16th anniversary. When she catches him with her daughter's young teacher, she ... See full summary »
Director: Joyce Chopra | Stars: Mary McDonnell, William Russ, Jack Coleman, Erik von Detten
Votes: 325