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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: 44,452

2. Inside Man (2006)

R | 129 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A police detective, a bank robber, and a high-power broker enter high-stakes negotiations after the criminal's brilliant heist spirals into a hostage situation.

Director: Spike Lee | Stars: Denzel Washington, Clive Owen, Jodie Foster, Christopher Plummer

Votes: 397,432 | Gross: $88.51M

3. 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: 27,849

4. Matlock (1986–1995)

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

Ben Matlock is a very expensive criminal defense attorney, who charges one hundred thousand dollars to take a case. Fortunately, he's worth every penny, as he and his associates defend his clients by finding the real killer.

Stars: Andy Griffith, Linda Purl, Kene Holiday, Nancy Stafford

Votes: 9,322

5. The First Wives Club (1996)

PG | 103 min | Comedy

Reunited by the death of a college friend, three divorced women seek revenge on the husbands who left them for younger women.

Director: Hugh Wilson | Stars: Goldie Hawn, Bette Midler, Diane Keaton, Maggie Smith

Votes: 54,156 | Gross: $105.49M

6. The Facts of Life (1979–1988)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Family

Mrs. Edna Garrett, housemother and dietitian at the Eastland School, teaches a group of girls in her charge how to solve those problems that every teenager has to face.

Stars: Lisa Whelchel, Kim Fields, Mindy Cohn, Nancy McKeon

Votes: 8,512

7. L.A. Law (1986–1994)

TV-PG | 46 min | Drama

The lives and work of the staff of a major Los Angeles law firm.

Stars: Corbin Bernsen, Jill Eikenberry, Alan Rachins, Michael Tucker

Votes: 6,449

8. Taxi (1978–1983)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy

The staff of a New York City taxicab company go about their job while they dream of greater things.

Stars: Judd Hirsch, Jeff Conaway, Danny DeVito, Marilu Henner

Votes: 15,804

9. Grease 2 (1982)

PG | 115 min | Comedy, Music, Musical

A British student at a 1960s American high school must prove himself to the leader of a girls' gang whose members can only date greasers.

Director: Patricia Birch | Stars: Michelle Pfeiffer, Maxwell Caulfield, Lorna Luft, Maureen Teefy

Votes: 38,526 | Gross: $15.17M

10. Hill Street Blues (1981–1987)

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

The lives and work of the staff of an inner city police precinct.

Stars: Daniel J. Travanti, Michael Warren, Bruce Weitz, James Sikking

Votes: 10,541

11. Devious Maids (2013–2016)

TV-PG | 60 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery

Four Latina maids with ambition and dreams of their own work for the rich and famous in Beverly Hills.

Stars: Ana Ortiz, Dania Ramirez, Roselyn Sanchez, Judy Reyes

Votes: 25,606

12. It's a Living (1980–1989)

TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy

This series featured a group of waitresses (and a pianist, Sonny) who work at a fancy restaurant at the top of a skyscraper.

Stars: Gail Edwards, Barrie Youngfellow, Paul Kreppel, Marian Mercer

Votes: 1,259

13. 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: 3,039

14. Picket Fences (1992–1996)

120 min | Crime, Drama, Family

An aging Sheriff tries to keep the peace in Rome, Wisconsin, a small town plagued by bizarre and violent crimes.

Stars: Kathy Baker, Tom Skerritt, Lauren Holly, Costas Mandylor

Votes: 5,140

15. Cagney & Lacey (1981–1988)

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

Two female police detectives cooperate with each other both in their professions and in their personal lives.

Stars: Tyne Daly, Sharon Gless, Al Waxman, Martin Kove

Votes: 5,037

16. Hotel (1983–1988)

60 min | Drama, Romance

The misadventures of the staff and guests of the St. Gregory Hotel.

Stars: James Brolin, Connie Sellecca, Nathan Cook, Shari Belafonte

Votes: 1,893

17. 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: 4,477

18. The Savages (2007)

R | 113 min | Comedy, Drama

A sister and brother face the realities of familial responsibility as they begin to care for their ailing father.

Director: Tamara Jenkins | Stars: Laura Linney, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Philip Bosco, Peter Friedman

Votes: 38,622 | Gross: $6.61M

19. The Kindred (1987)

R | 93 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller

A geneticist takes his assistants to his old family home to locate the deadly product of his late mother's revolutionary research into rapid human evolution--his monstrous, tentacled baby brother--before a mad scientist gets to him first.

Directors: Stephen Carpenter, Jeffrey Obrow | Stars: Rod Steiger, Kim Hunter, David Allen Brooks, Amanda Pays

Votes: 2,496 | Gross: $2.41M

20. No Small Affair (1984)

R | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

16-year-old Charles loves to photograph. A cute girl's photo ends up in his camera. He later sees the older Laura singing in a bar. He takes many more photos of her and ends seeing her again, wishing to help her career.

Director: Jerry Schatzberg | Stars: Jon Cryer, Demi Moore, George Wendt, Peter Frechette

Votes: 2,481 | Gross: $4.99M

21. Family Law (1999–2002)

TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

An upscale law firm specializing in family law undertakes clients with domestic conflicts.

Stars: Kathleen Quinlan, Christopher McDonald, Merrilee McCommas, Salli Richardson-Whitfield

Votes: 547

22. Miracle at St. Anna (2008)

R | 160 min | Action, Drama, War

Set in 1944 Italy, the story of four black American soldiers who get trapped in a Tuscan village during WWII.

Director: Spike Lee | Stars: Derek Luke, Michael Ealy, Laz Alonso, Omar Benson Miller

Votes: 19,184 | Gross: $7.92M

23. The Hills Have Eyes Part II (1984)

R | 86 min | Horror, Thriller

A group of bikers, heading to a race, become stranded in the desert and find themselves fighting off a family of inbred cannibals who live off the land.

Director: Wes Craven | Stars: Robert Houston, David Nichols, Virginia Vincent, James Whitworth

Votes: 7,367

24. Voyagers! (1982–1983)

TV-G | 60 min | Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi

A member of a league of time travelers and a boy travel through time repairing errors in world history.

Stars: Jon-Erik Hexum, Meeno Peluce, David Cadiente, Stephen Liska

Votes: 1,751

25. Barbarians at the Gate (1993 TV Movie)

R | 107 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

The president of a major tobacco company decides to buy the company himself, but a bidding war ensues as other companies make their own offers.

Director: Glenn Jordan | Stars: James Garner, Jonathan Pryce, Peter Riegert, Joanna Cassidy

Votes: 3,392

26. M.A.N.T.I.S. (1994–1995)

TV-G | 60 min | Action, Sci-Fi

A paralyzed African-American scientist builds a powerful exo-skeleton in order to walk again, and uses his new abilities to fight crime.

Stars: Carl Lumbly, Roger Rees, Chris Gartin, Galyn Görg

Votes: 823

27. The Unholy (1988)

R | 102 min | Horror

A priest battles a demon that kills sinners in the act of sinning.

Director: Camilo Vila | Stars: Ben Cross, Hal Holbrook, Ruben Rabasa, Nicole Fortier

Votes: 2,070 | Gross: $6.34M

28. The Renegades (1983)

60 min | Action, Crime, Drama

An urban street gang operates as undercover agents for the police.

Stars: Patrick Swayze, Randy Brooks, Paul Mones, Tracy Scoggins

Votes: 92

29. Gabriel's Fire (1990–1991)

TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, Thriller

A cop who's been sent to prison for killing his partner is freed by a lawyer who hires him as a private investigator.

Stars: James Earl Jones, Laila Robins, Madge Sinclair, Dylan Walsh

Votes: 167

30. The Burning Zone (1996–1997)

55 min | Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Dr Daniel Cassian is appointed by White House to lead a small top secret federal biological task force of leading scientists to investigate.

Stars: Michael Harris, James Black, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Tamlyn Tomita

Votes: 223

31. Against Her Will: The Carrie Buck Story (1994 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 90 min | Drama

Carrie Buck is an intellectually-disabled young woman who is persuaded to fight against the courts for custody of her newborn daughter after being declared mentally incompetent, therefore ... See full summary »

Director: John David Coles | Stars: Marlee Matlin, Melissa Gilbert, Peter Frechette, Pat Hingle

Votes: 542

32. Voyager from the Unknown (1982)

91 min | Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi

This film consists of two tales of time travel, combining science fiction characters with actual historical figures. Hexum stars as Phineas Bogg, a time traveler who teams up with an orphan... See full summary »

Directors: Winrich Kolbe, James D. Parriott | Stars: Jon-Erik Hexum, Meeno Peluce, Suzanne Barnes, Ed Begley Jr.

Votes: 221

33. Paint It Black (1989)

R | 104 min | Horror, Thriller

A serial killer covers his victims in modeling clay, and a local sculptor is accused of the crimes.

Directors: Tim Hunter, Roger Holzberg | Stars: Rick Rossovich, Doug Savant, Julie Carmen, Sally Kirkland

Votes: 271

34. New York News (1995)

60 min | Drama

The story of a New York City newspaper headed by Louise Felcott (Mary Tyler Moore) and her team of reporters as they work on stories and deal with their private lives.

Stars: Mary Tyler Moore, Gregory Harrison, Melina Kanakaredes, Kelli Williams

Votes: 54

35. Milk & Money (1996)

86 min | Comedy, Romance

When David drops out of medical school, he finds out what life isn't really like. He meets beautiful women, holds a box, helps make a movie, and takes care of 21 cows.

Director: Michael Bergmann | Stars: Robert Petkoff, Harsh Nayyar, Sarah Winkler, Denise Faye

Votes: 206

36. Dream Street (1989– )

60 min | Drama

Blue Collar twenty-somethings live and love in Hoboken, New Jersey.

Stars: Dale Midkiff, Peter Frechette, David Barry Gray, Tom Signorelli

Votes: 24

37. Chasing the Dragon (1996 TV Movie)

120 min | Drama

Working class mother becomes addicted to heroin, and soon her life falls apart.

Director: Ian Sander | Stars: Markie Post, Dennis Boutsikaris, Noah Fleiss, Deirdre O'Connell

Votes: 134

38. Empire City (1992 TV Movie)

79 min | Drama, Thriller

Michael Paré and Mary Mara star in this thriller about two police detectives who fall into a passionate relationship as they investigate a murder among the wealthy and privileged.

Director: Mark Rosner | Stars: Michael Paré, Mary Mara, Beau Starr, Peter Frechette

Votes: 135

39. Gone to the Dogs (2008)

9 min | Short, Comedy

A dinner party turns ugly when one of the guests brings her dog along.

Director: Liz Tuccillo | Stars: Michael Leydon Campbell, Nadia Dajani, Peter Frechette, Ilana Levine

40. Juke (2011)

26 min | Short, Comedy, Drama

A woman wants to buy a jukebox - and gets juked - as she tries to buy the past and a man tries to sell it.

Director: Michele Remsen | Stars: Michele Remsen, Chris Stack

41. Two in the Morning (1997)

16 min | Short, Comedy, Drama

Based on "La Ronde" by Arthur Schnitzler.

Director: Michele Remsen | Stars: Peter Frechette, Selma Blair

Votes: 35

42. The 48th Annual Tony Awards (1994 TV Special)

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Director: Walter C. Miller | Stars: Amy Irving, Anthony Hopkins, George Abbott, Jane Adams

Votes: 68

43. Hyde in Hollywood (1990 TV Movie)

114 min | Drama

A closeted gay movie director/actor in 1939 finds himself the target of the vicious and unscrupulous attacks by a gossip columnist reporter who goes by the name of Hollywood Confidential.

Director: Gerald Gutierrez | Stars: Julie Boyd, Fran Brill, Robert Curtis Brown, Kurt Deutsch

Votes: 25

44. The 43rd Annual Tony Awards (1989 TV Special)

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Director: Walter C. Miller | Stars: Angela Lansbury, Jason Alexander, Joan Allen, Cholly Atkins

Votes: 24

45. The 45th Annual Tony Awards (1991 TV Special)

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Director: Walter C. Miller | Stars: Julie Andrews, Jeremy Irons, Jane Adams, Bruce Adler

Votes: 64

46. Profiler (1996–2000)
Episode: Cycle of Violence (1998)

TV-14 | 46 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A series of vigilante ax murders of abusive husbands leads the Sam, Bailey and the rest of the VCTF team to an eccentric and reclusive cartoonist, named Evie Long, whose work has apparently... See full summary »

Director: Jack Bender | Stars: Ally Walker, Robert Davi, Julian McMahon, Roma Maffia

Votes: 80

47. The Burning Zone (1996–1997)
Episode: Pilot (1996)

44 min | Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller

After hibernating for 15,000 years, a malevolent virus is released from an ancient tomb in Costa Rica. A top team of specialists is assembled to research it. Infection causes blood-red eyes, a high fever and superhuman strength.

Director: Bradford May | Stars: Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Michael Harris, James Black, Tamlyn Tomita

Votes: 21

48. Cagney & Lacey (1981–1988)
Episode: Model Citizens (1986)

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

To find the murderer of a labor leader, Cagney and Lacey must first find out why anyone would want the apparently squeaky-clean man dead. In the meantime, Cagney gets a visit from her niece.

Director: Jeffrey Hayden | Stars: Sharon Gless, Tyne Daly, Al Waxman, Carl Lumbly

Votes: 42

49. Dream Street (1989– )
Episode: Bachelor Party (1989)

Drama

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Stars: Dale Midkiff, Peter Frechette, David Barry Gray, Tom Signorelli

50. The Facts of Life (1979–1988)
Episode: The Academy (1982)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Family

The girls go to a school dance with boys from nearby Stone Military Academy.

Director: Asaad Kelada | Stars: Charlotte Rae, Lisa Whelchel, Kim Fields, Mindy Cohn

Votes: 87