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1. Death and Other Details (2024)

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

Detective Rufus Cotesworth and his protégé, Imogene, dig for the truth on a Mediterranean ocean liner where everyone is hiding something.

Stars: Violett Beane, Lauren Patten, Angela Zhou, Hugo Diego Garcia

Votes: 11,137

2. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)

PG-13 | 143 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Blacksmith Will Turner teams up with eccentric pirate "Captain" Jack Sparrow to save his love, the governor's daughter, from Jack's former pirate allies, who are now undead.

Director: Gore Verbinski | Stars: Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley

Votes: 1,210,009 | Gross: $305.41M

3. NCIS: Los Angeles (2009–2023)

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

NCIS's covert operations team go undercover to investigate cases involving terrorism and National Security.

Stars: Chris O'Donnell, Daniela Ruah, LL Cool J, Eric Christian Olsen

Votes: 57,540

4. Heroes (II) (2006–2010)

TV-14 | 45 min | Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi

Common people discover that they have super powers. Their lives intertwine as a devastating event must be prevented.

Stars: Jack Coleman, Hayden Panettiere, Milo Ventimiglia, Masi Oka

Votes: 251,568

5. Heat (1995)

R | 170 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A group of high-end professional thieves start to feel the heat from the LAPD when they unknowingly leave a verbal clue at their latest heist.

Director: Michael Mann | Stars: Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Val Kilmer, Jon Voight

Votes: 719,082 | Gross: $67.44M

6. Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013–2020)

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

The missions of the Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division.

Stars: Clark Gregg, Ming-Na Wen, Brett Dalton, Iain De Caestecker

Votes: 225,947

7. Blade (1998)

R | 120 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi

A half-vampire, half-mortal man becomes a protector of the mortal race, while slaying evil vampires.

Director: Stephen Norrington | Stars: Wesley Snipes, Stephen Dorff, Kris Kristofferson, N'Bushe Wright

Votes: 298,829 | Gross: $70.09M

8. Weeds (2005–2012)

TV-MA | 28 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

When a suburban mother turns to dealing marijuana in order to maintain her privileged lifestyle after her husband dies, she finds out just how addicted her entire neighborhood already is.

Stars: Mary-Louise Parker, Hunter Parrish, Alexander Gould, Kevin Nealon

Votes: 117,343

9. Unbelievable (2019)

TV-MA | 48 min | Crime, Drama

A teenager is charged with lying about being raped, but two detectives follow the path to the truth.

Stars: Kaitlyn Dever, Toni Collette, Merritt Wever, Blake Ellis

Votes: 119,651

10. Galaxy Quest (1999)

PG | 102 min | Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi

The alumni cast of a space opera television series have to play their roles as the real thing when an alien race needs their help. However, they also have to defend both Earth and the alien race from a reptilian warlord.

Director: Dean Parisot | Stars: Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver, Alan Rickman, Tony Shalhoub

Votes: 178,091 | Gross: $71.58M

11. The Parent Trap (1998)

PG | 128 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

Identical twins Annie and Hallie, separated at birth and each raised by one of their biological parents, discover each other for the first time at summer camp and make a plan to bring their wayward parents back together.

Director: Nancy Meyers | Stars: Lindsay Lohan, Dennis Quaid, Natasha Richardson, Elaine Hendrix

Votes: 154,786 | Gross: $66.31M

12. Species (1995)

R | 108 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi

A group of scientists try to track down and trap a killer alien seductress before she successfully mates with a human.

Director: Roger Donaldson | Stars: Natasha Henstridge, Michael Madsen, Ben Kingsley, Alfred Molina

Votes: 85,240 | Gross: $60.07M

13. Grown-ish (2018–2024)

TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy, Drama

A spinoff of ABC's "Black-ish," Zoey Johnson is off to college and must live outside the nest, dealing with drugs, sex, and relationships along the way.

Stars: Trevor Jackson, Yara Shahidi, Diggy Simmons, Francia Raisa

Votes: 6,630

14. Say Anything (1989)

PG-13 | 100 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A noble underachiever and a beautiful valedictorian fall in love the summer before she goes off to college.

Director: Cameron Crowe | Stars: John Cusack, Ione Skye, John Mahoney, Lili Taylor

Votes: 95,897 | Gross: $20.78M

15. Bookie (2023– )

TV-MA | Comedy

Follows a veteran bookie struggling to survive the impending legalization of sports gambling, increasingly unstable clients, family and co-workers.

Stars: Sebastian Maniscalco, Omar J. Dorsey, Jorge Garcia, Andrea Anders

Votes: 3,862

16. Nothing But Trouble (1991)

PG-13 | 94 min | Comedy

A businessman and his friends are captured by a sadistic judge and his equally odd family in a bizarre mansion in the backwoods.

Director: Dan Aykroyd | Stars: Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd, John Candy, Demi Moore

Votes: 27,393 | Gross: $8.48M

17. Cheaper by the Dozen (2003)

PG | 98 min | Comedy, Family

With his wife on a book tour, Tom Baker finds his life turned upside down when he agrees to care for his twelve children while simultaneously also coaching his new football team.

Director: Shawn Levy | Stars: Steve Martin, Bonnie Hunt, Hilary Duff, Piper Perabo

Votes: 108,922 | Gross: $138.61M

18. The Insider (1999)

R | 157 min | Biography, Drama, Thriller

A research chemist comes under personal and professional attack when he decides to appear in a 60 Minutes exposé on Big Tobacco.

Director: Michael Mann | Stars: Russell Crowe, Al Pacino, Christopher Plummer, Diane Venora

Votes: 180,156 | Gross: $28.97M

19. Sleepwalkers (1992)

R | 91 min | Fantasy, Horror

A mother-and-son team of strange supernatural creatures move to a small town to seek out a young virgin to feed on.

Director: Mick Garris | Stars: Brian Krause, Mädchen Amick, Alice Krige, Jim Haynie

Votes: 24,556 | Gross: $30.52M

20. The Mexican (2001)

R | 123 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

A man tries to transport an ancient gun called The Mexican, believed to carry a curse, back across the border, while his girlfriend pressures him to give up his criminal ways.

Director: Gore Verbinski | Stars: Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts, James Gandolfini, J.K. Simmons

Votes: 113,945 | Gross: $66.81M

21. The Kominsky Method (2018–2021)

TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy, Drama

An aging actor, who long ago enjoyed a brush with fame, makes his living as an acting coach.

Stars: Michael Douglas, Sarah Baker, Graham Rogers, Melissa Tang

Votes: 44,084

22. Kiss the Girls (1997)

R | 115 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Police hunting for a serial kidnapper are helped when a victim manages to escape for the first time.

Director: Gary Fleder | Stars: Morgan Freeman, Ashley Judd, Cary Elwes, Alex McArthur

Votes: 81,177 | Gross: $60.53M

23. Crossing Jordan (2001–2007)

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

Brash, stubborn and resourceful ME Jordan Cavanaugh revives her career in Boston, occasionally breaking the rules and ticking off the cops or her co-workers. On the home front, she gets crime-solving help from her retired-cop dad.

Stars: Jill Hennessy, Miguel Ferrer, Ravi Kapoor, Steve Valentine

Votes: 12,280

24. The Mosquito Coast (2021–2023)

TV-MA | 60 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller

Follows the dangerous journey of a radical idealist and brilliant inventor, Allie Fox, who uproots his family for Mexico when they suddenly find themselves on the run from the US government.

Stars: Justin Theroux, Melissa George, Logan Polish, Gabriel Bateman

Votes: 15,588

25. Perfect Strangers (1986–1993)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Family

A high-strung and cynical man's life is never the same when his naive but good-natured cousin comes to America to live with him.

Stars: Bronson Pinchot, Mark Linn-Baker, Melanie Wilson, Rebeca Arthur

Votes: 11,010

26. Saved by the Bell (2020–2021)

TV-14 | 25 min | Comedy

A group of California low-income high school students are transferred to Pacific Palisades' wealthy Bayside High, following a program by California Governor Zack Morris.

Stars: Haskiri Velazquez, Mitchell Hoog, Josie Totah, Alycia Pascual-Pena

Votes: 3,818

27. Matchstick Men (2003)

PG-13 | 116 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

A phobic con artist and his protégé are on the verge of pulling off a lucrative swindle when the former's teenage daughter arrives unexpectedly.

Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Alison Lohman, Sam Rockwell, Bruce Altman

Votes: 138,261 | Gross: $36.91M

28. Ali (2001)

R | 157 min | Biography, Drama, Sport

A biography of sports legend Muhammad Ali, focusing on his triumphs and controversies between 1964 and 1974.

Director: Michael Mann | Stars: Will Smith, Jamie Foxx, Jon Voight, Mario Van Peebles

Votes: 105,540 | Gross: $58.20M

29. The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. (1993–1994)

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

A bounty hunter rides the Old West, fighting bad guys, many with futuristic-type gadgets.

Stars: Bruce Campbell, Julius Carry, Christian Clemenson, Comet

Votes: 9,229

30. Reasonable Doubt (2022– )

TV-MA | 53 min | Drama

Jax Stewart juggles work, family, friends, and a complicated personal life as a brilliant and fearless defense attorney in Los Angeles who bucks the justice system every chance she gets.

Stars: Emayatzy Corinealdi, McKinley Freeman, Tim Jo, Angela Grovey

Votes: 2,154

31. American Auto (2021–2023)

TV-14 | 496 min | Comedy

At the headquarters of a major American automotive company in Detroit, a floundering group of executives try to rediscover the company identity amid a rapidly changing industry.

Stars: Ana Gasteyer, Harriet Dyer, Jon Barinholtz, Tye White

Votes: 3,433

32. The Two Jakes (1990)

R | 137 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The sequel to Chinatown (1974) finds J.J. "Jake" Gittes investigating adultery and murder, and the money that comes from oil.

Director: Jack Nicholson | Stars: Jack Nicholson, Harvey Keitel, Meg Tilly, Madeleine Stowe

Votes: 15,492 | Gross: $10.01M

33. Air America (1990)

R | 113 min | Action, Comedy, War

A young pilot finds himself recruited unwittingly into a covert and corrupt CIA airlift operation in Laos during the Vietnam conflict.

Director: Roger Spottiswoode | Stars: Mel Gibson, Robert Downey Jr., Nancy Travis, Ken Jenkins

Votes: 30,532 | Gross: $31.05M

34. Hard Rain (1998)

R | 97 min | Action, Crime, Drama

The partner and nephew of an armored-truck driver tries to prevent three million dollars from being taken by a gang during a catastrophic flooding caused by a severe storm.

Director: Mikael Salomon | Stars: Morgan Freeman, Christian Slater, Randy Quaid, Minnie Driver

Votes: 37,291 | Gross: $19.82M

35. Cruel Intentions 2 (2000 Video)

R | 87 min | Drama

This takes place several years before Cruel Intentions (1999), back to when Kathryn first meets Sebastian, their sexual attraction to each other and their enjoyment in destroying the lives of their peers.

Director: Roger Kumble | Stars: Robin Dunne, Sarah Thompson, Keri Lynn Pratt, Amy Adams

Votes: 16,185

36. Bordello of Blood (1996)

R | 87 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror

The Crypt Keeper returns to tell the story of a funeral parlor that moonlights as a vampire bordello.

Director: Gilbert Adler | Stars: Dennis Miller, Erika Eleniak, Angie Everhart, Chris Sarandon

Votes: 15,773 | Gross: $5.59M

37. Wild Bill (1995)

R | 98 min | Action, Biography, Drama

The early career of legendary lawman Wild Bill Hickock is telescoped and culminates in his relocation in Deadwood and a reunion with Calamity Jane.

Director: Walter Hill | Stars: Jeff Bridges, Ellen Barkin, John Hurt, Diane Lane

Votes: 7,859 | Gross: $2.17M

38. Love Bites (2011)

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

It pulls back the curtain to bring modern romance to light, in a way you've never seen before. It's about love and all the crazy things people do, like pretending to be virgins to arouse a guy's interest.

Stars: Becki Newton, Greg Grunberg, Constance Zimmer, James MacDonald

Votes: 2,492

39. The Event (2010–2011)

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

When a man goes looking for his missing girlfriend, he stumbles upon a government conspiracy that is bigger than the President himself.

Stars: Jason Ritter, Sarah Roemer, Ian Anthony Dale, Zeljko Ivanek

Votes: 26,582

40. St. Denis Medical

Comedy | Pre-production

It follows an underfunded, understaffed hospital where the doctors and nurses try their best to treat patients while maintaining their own sanity.

Stars: Josh Lawson, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Allison Tolman, David Alan Grier

41. American Masters (1985– )

TV-14 | 90 min | Documentary, Biography, History

Documentary series focusing on great American artists and personalities.

Stars: Martin Scorsese, Peter Bogdanovich, Tony Bennett, Dick Cavett

Votes: 1,170

42. Lincoln Heights (2006–2009)

TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, Family

A family moves to a crime-filled area of the heights and tries to help the community and the convicts living there.

Stars: Russell Hornsby, Nicki Micheaux, Erica Hubbard, Rhyon Nicole Brown

Votes: 2,038

43. Night Game (1989)

R | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

A Texas police detective ties pitcher's strikes to a serial throat slasher.

Director: Peter Masterson | Stars: Roy Scheider, Karen Young, Lane Smith, Richard Bradford

Votes: 1,218 | Gross: $0.34M

44. The Million Dollar Hotel (2000)

R | 122 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Tragi-comic, romantic whodunnit set in a run down hotel which plays host to mentally ill people too poor to afford medical insurance.

Director: Wim Wenders | Stars: Jeremy Davies, Milla Jovovich, Mel Gibson, Jimmy Smits

Votes: 22,464 | Gross: $0.05M

45. Calendar Girl (1993)

PG-13 | 90 min | Comedy, Drama

Three young men go on an end of the summer trip to Hollywood, California. Their quest: to fulfill the fantasy of meeting Marilyn Monroe.

Director: John Whitesell | Stars: Jason Priestley, Gabriel Olds, Jerry O'Connell, Joe Pantoliano

Votes: 2,479 | Gross: $2.57M

46. The Odd Couple II (1998)

PG-13 | 97 min | Adventure, Comedy

Oscar and Felix take a road trip to their son and daughter's wedding.

Director: Howard Deutch | Stars: Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Richard Riehle, Jonathan Silverman

Votes: 10,718 | Gross: $18.91M

47. Agent X (2015)

TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Drama

Hidden from the view of the public - and even from the President - there is a top secret agent who is trained and ready to serve, deployed only at the careful discretion of the Vice President.

Stars: Sharon Stone, Gerald McRaney, Jeff Hephner, Jamey Sheridan

Votes: 4,498

48. 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

49. Special Unit 2 (2001–2002)

60 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Detectives Kate Benson and Nick O'Malley from a secret Chicago P.D. unit solve violent crimes committed by mythological creatures aka 'Links' while trying to hide the Links existence from the general public.

Stars: Michael Landes, Alexondra Lee, Richard Gant, Danny Woodburn

Votes: 1,770

50. Perfect Couples (2010–2011)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Romance

Three couples have different ideas of what makes the perfect relationship.

Stars: Kyle Bornheimer, Christine Woods, David Walton, Mary Elizabeth Ellis

Votes: 2,572