Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows With Oliver Dunne

1. 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

2. How to Change Your Mind (2022)

TV-MA | 53 min | Documentary

It showcases what psychedelics teaches people about consciousness, dying, addiction, depression and transcendence.

Stars: Michael Pollan, Erika Gagnon, Kathleen Kral, Paul Daley

Votes: 3,289

3. Most Beautiful Island (2017)

80 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

Most Beautiful Island is a chilling portrait of an undocumented young woman's struggle for survival as she finds redemption from a tortured past in a dangerous game.

Director: Ana Asensio | Stars: Ana Asensio, Natasha Romanova, David Little, Nicholas Tucci

Votes: 3,654

4. Avenues (2017)

Not Rated | 76 min | Comedy, Drama

On his birthday following the suicide of his brother, Max and his friend Peter wander the wintry streets of Manhattan contemplating life, livelihood, and what it means to be an adult.

Director: Michael Angarano | Stars: Michael Angarano, Nicholas Braun, Ari Graynor, Adelaide Clemens

Votes: 257

5. The Circus: Inside the Greatest Political Show on Earth (2016–2023)

TV-14 | 30 min | Documentary

Groundbreaking weekly docu-series that pulls back the curtain on American politics. Hosts John Heilemann, Mark McKinnon and Jenn Palmieri go behind the scenes for an unbiased, inside look at the stories beyond the headlines.

Stars: John Heilemann, Mark McKinnon, Alex Wagner, Jennifer Palmieri

Votes: 1,342

6. The Stroll (2023)

84 min | Documentary

The history of New York's Meatpacking District told from the point of view of transgender sex workers who lived and worked there. They recount the violence, policing, and gentrification that lead to a movement for transgender rights.

Directors: Zackary Drucker, Kristen Lovell | Stars: Marquise Balenciaga, Ceyenne Doroshow, Rudy Giuliani, Marsha P. Johnson

Votes: 736

7. Death Row Stories (2014– )

Documentary, Crime

Capital-murder cases are examined in this documentary series.

Stars: Susan Sarandon, Clive Stafford Smith, Concetta Tomei, Don Degabrielle

Votes: 338

8. Poetry in America with Elisa New (2018– )

TV-PG | 24 min

Scholar and host Elisa New travels the country, joining up with distinguished poets, celebrities, and everyday Americans to create a fully immersive experience in hearing, reading, and interpreting American poems.

Stars: Elisa New, Nas, Donna Lynne Champlin, Tony Kushner

Votes: 30

9. The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (2013)

TV-PG | Documentary

Professor Gates describes the history of the African American people by talking to historians, authors, and the people who made history.

Stars: Henry Louis Gates Jr., Vincent Brown, Bernard E. Powers Jr., Peniel E. Joseph

Votes: 291

10. Words from a Bear (2019)

85 min | Documentary

Words from a Bear examines the enigmatic life and mind of Pulitzer Prize winning author, Navarro Scott Momaday. This profile delves into the psyche behind one of Native America's most ... See full synopsis »

Director: Jeffrey Palmer | Stars: Rilla Askew, Beau Bridges, Jeff Bridges, Letitia Chambers

Votes: 58

11. Language Matters with Bob Holman (2015)

110 min | Documentary, History

There are over 6,000 languages in the world. We lose one every two weeks. Hundreds will be lost within the next generation. By the end of this century, half of the world's languages will ... See full summary »

Director: David Grubin | Stars: Arlene W. Eaton, Pele Harmon, Bob Holman, Kauanoe Kamana

Votes: 27

12. Koreatown (2018)

12 min | Short, Drama

A young man working as a doumi (a korean host/escort) at a karaoke bar in Los Angeles has an unexpected encounter with a woman who hires him for the night.

Director: Grant Hyun | Stars: Crystal Lee, Donna Lee, Sun Ho Yoo

Votes: 10

13. Stevenson - Lost and Found (2019)

76 min | Documentary

As one of the New Yorker's most prolific cartoonists, James Stevenson's body of work spans five decades, countless drawings and innumerable laughs. This profile takes us inside the life, ... See full summary »

Director: Sally Jean Williams | Star: David Furr

14. Death Row Stories (2014– )
Episode: A Woman Wronged (2019)

TV-PG | 40 min | Documentary, Crime

A man is found dead in his rural Mississippi home, shot four times with his own 9mm pistol. His 19-year-old son names his hospitalized mother, Michelle Byrom, as the mastermind of the ... See full summary »

Director: Bari Pearlman | Star: Concetta Tomei

15. Death Row Stories (2014– )
Episode: Body of Evidence (2019)

Documentary, Crime

After a month-long search, the body of missing nineteen-year-old Melissa Trotter is recovered in a Texas forest. Local police quickly zero in on Larry Swearingen, who was last seen with ... See full summary »

Director: Kathryn O'Kane | Star: Concetta Tomei

16. Death Row Stories (2014– )
Episode: Memory of a Murder (2019)

Documentary, Crime

A masked attacker shoots up an apartment in Bucyrus, Ohio, leaving three dead and two young children clinging to life. After witnesses report seeing a "large black man" near the scene, ... See full summary »

Director: Bari Pearlman | Star: Concetta Tomei

17. Death Row Stories (2014– )
Episode: The Boy's Story (2019)

TV-PG | 40 min | Documentary, Crime

A money order salesman is brutally murdered and two teenage brothers and their friend are arrested. They spend almost four decades behind bars, until a journalist takes notice of the case and uncovers evidence of the men's innocence.

18. Death Row Stories (2014– )
Episode: A Prison of His Own (2019)

TV-PG | 40 min | Documentary, Crime

Nick Yarris's uncanny knowledge of a gruesome kidnapping and murder makes him a prime suspect and eventually lands him on death row. Twenty years and one escape attempt later, new evidence ... See full summary »

19. Death Row Stories (2014– )
Episode: Web of Lies (2019)

TV-PG | 40 min | Documentary, Crime

The shooting of a newspaper carrier in rural Mississippi lands Marlon Howell on death row. Convicted on the word of two co-defendants and the identification of an eyewitness with a checkered past, Marlon maintains his innocence.

20. Death Row Stories (2014– )
Episode: Murder in Broad Daylight (2019)

TV-PG | 40 min | Documentary, Crime

A case that has sentenced a reformed gang member to death unveils the corruption in the criminal justice system.

Director: Erik Parker

21. Death Row Stories (2014– )
Episode: Caught on Tape (2019)

TV-PG | 41 min | Documentary, Crime

A Spaniard is sentenced to death for the murder of a young Florida couple. His family appeals to the international media to fight his conviction.

22. Death Row Stories (2014– )
Episode: Predator or Prey? (2020)

41 min | Documentary, Crime

There's no doubt Terry Williams committed murder - but what drove him to kill?

Director: Bari Pearlman

23. Death Row Stories (2014– )
Episode: Death by the Bayou (2020)

40 min | Documentary, Crime

The story of a Louisiana DA' reckless and wrongful conviction of Corey Williams, sending him to death row. And the heroic 20-year-long fight to get his freedom.

Director: Kathryn O'Kane | Stars: Amir Ali, Ben Cohen, Curtis Davis, Rod Demery

24. Death Row Stories (2014– )
Episode: Tale of the Tape (2020)

41 min | Documentary, Crime

After a Delaware store clerk is murdered, a local drug dealer confesses to the crime..but can what he says on tape be believed?

25. Death Row Stories (2014– )
Episode: The Lost Boy (2020)

41 min | Documentary, Crime

A former trouble-maker sits on Ohio death row for killing an elderly couple, while a desperate team of journalists, attorneys, and former law enforcement make the case of his innocence.

Director: Kenneth Levis

26. Death Row Stories (2014– )
Episode: Forensics by Fire (2020)

41 min | Documentary, Crime

In August 1985, a quiet Philadelphia neighborhood is shattered by tragedy. A house goes up in flames, with two young boys trapped inside. Police and fire investigators suspect their father,... See full summary »

27. Death Row Stories (2014– )
Episode: The Wrong Gun (2020)

41 min | Documentary, Crime

In May 1992, four young men enter a park in Houston, Texas. Minutes later, one of them is dead from a bullet and a shotgun blast to the head. When police track down one of the surviving ... See full summary »

28. How to Change Your Mind (2022)
Episode: Chapter 1: LSD (2022)

TV-MA | 55 min | Documentary

From its 1943 origins to today's microdosing trend, LSD has been expanding minds and changing lives with the help of counterculture gurus - and the CIA.

Director: Lucy Walker | Stars: Michael Pollan, Erika Gagnon, Felix Scholkmann, James Fadiman

Votes: 246

29. How to Change Your Mind (2022)
Episode: Chapter 2: Psilocybin (2022)

TV-MA | Documentary

Magic mushrooms, long considered sacred by the Indigenous Mazatec in Mexico, become the subject of scientific studies measuring their intense effects.

Stars: Michael Pollan, Kathleen Kral, Bill Richards, Manish Agrawal

Votes: 202

30. How to Change Your Mind (2022)
Episode: Chapter 3: MDMA (2022)

TV-MA | Documentary

Championed by both therapists and ravers, ecstasy stands out as the first psychedelic likely to become legalized, thanks to passionate advocates.

Stars: Michael Pollan, Paul Daley, Ann Shulgin, Lori Tipton

Votes: 163

31. How to Change Your Mind (2022)
Episode: Chapter 4: Mescaline (2022)

TV-MA | Documentary

Mescaline, the psychoactive molecule in San Pedro and peyote cacti, a sacred medicine that Native Americans have had to fight for the right to use.

Stars: Michael Pollan, Erika Gagnon, Sandor Iron Rope, Julius Not Afraid

Votes: 142

32. The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (2013)
Episode: The Black Atlantic (1500-1800) (2013)

TV-PG | 54 min | Documentary

From PBS: "The Black Atlantic" explores the global experiences that created the African-American people. Beginning a century before the first documented "20-and-odd" slaves who arrived at ... See full summary »

Director: Sabin Streeter | Stars: Henry Louis Gates Jr., James H. Sweet, Christopher L. Brown, Annette Gordon-Reed

Votes: 16

33. The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (2013)
Episode: The Age of Slavery (1800-1860) (2013)

TV-PG | 54 min | Documentary

From PBS: "The Age of Slavery" illustrates how black lives changed dramatically in the aftermath of the American Revolution. For free black people, these years were a time of opportunity, ... See full summary »

Director: Sabin Streeter | Stars: Henry Louis Gates Jr., Vincent Brown, Richard Newman, Mark Kelly Tyler

Votes: 17

34. The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (2013)
Episode: Into the Fire (1861-1890) (2013)

TV-PG | 54 min | Documentary

From PBS: "Into the Fire" examines the most tumultuous and consequential period in African-American history: the Civil War and the end of slavery, and Reconstruction's thrilling but brief "... See full summary »

Director: Jamila Wignot | Stars: Henry Louis Gates Jr., Bernard E. Powers Jr., John Stauffer, Cassandra L. Newby-Alexander

Votes: 15

35. The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (2013)
Episode: A More Perfect Union (2013)

TV-PG | 54 min | Documentary

From PBS: After 1968, African Americans set out to build a bright future on the foundation of the civil rights movement's victories, but a growing class disparity threatened to split the ... See full summary »

Directors: Leslie Asako Gladsjo, Jamila Wignot | Stars: Henry Louis Gates Jr., Kathleen Cleaver, Vincent Brown, Maulana Karenga

Votes: 17

36. The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (2013)
Episode: Making a Way Out of No Way (1897-1940) (2013)

TV-PG | 54 min | Documentary

From PBS: "Making a Way Out of No Way" portrays the Jim Crow era, when African Americans struggled to build their own worlds within the harsh, narrow confines of segregation. At the turn of... See full summary »

Director: Phil Bertelsen | Stars: Henry Louis Gates Jr., Isabel Wilkerson, David Levering Lewis, Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham

Votes: 17

37. The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (2013)
Episode: Rise! (1940-1968) (2013)

TV-PG | 54 min | Documentary

From PBS: "Rise!" examines the long road to civil rights, when the deep contradictions in American society finally became unsustainable. African Americans who fought fascism in World War II... See full summary »

Director: Phil Bertelsen | Stars: Henry Louis Gates Jr., Damon Keith, David Levering Lewis, Christopher S. Parker

Votes: 15

38. American Experience (1987– )
Episode: Tesla (2016)

TV-PG | 54 min | Documentary, Biography, History

Meet Nikola Tesla, the genius engineer and tireless inventor whose technology revolutionized the electrical age of the 20th century. Although eclipsed in fame by Edison and Marconi, it was ... See full summary »

Stars: Jane Alcorn, Harold Clark, Peter Fisher, Samantha Hunt

Votes: 584

39. American Experience (1987– )
Episode: The Gilded Age (2018)

TV-PG | 114 min | Documentary, Biography, History

As national wealth expands in the U.S. disparities among the nation's population spark debates that continue to rage in modern day America.

Director: Sarah Colt | Stars: Oliver Platt, David Nasaw, Nell Irvin Painter, H.W. Brands

Votes: 208

40. Poetry in America with Elisa New (2018– )
Episode: I Cannot Dance Opon My Toes (2018)

TV-PG | 25 min

"I cannot dance opon my toes" by Emily Dickinson, featuring Cynthia Nixon, Marie Howe, Yo Yo Ma, Jill Johnson.

Director: Elisa New | Stars: Cynthia Nixon, Marie Howe, Jill Johnson, Yo-Yo Ma

41. Poetry in America with Elisa New (2018– )
Episode: Fast Break (2018)

TV-PG | 25 min

"Fast Break" by Edward Hirsch, featuring Shaquille O'Neal, Edward Hirsch, Shane Battier, Pau Gasol, and a chorus of pick-up basketball players.

Director: Elisa New | Stars: Elisa New, Shaquille O'Neal, Shane Battier, Pau Gasol

42. Poetry in America with Elisa New (2018– )
Episode: Those Winter Sundays (2018)

TV-PG | 25 min

"Those Winter Sundays" by Robert Hayden, featuring Vice President Joe Biden, Elizabeth Alexander, Angela Duckworth, and a chorus of working fathers and sons.

Director: Elisa New | Stars: Joe Biden, Elizabeth Alexander, Elisa New

43. Poetry in America with Elisa New (2018– )
Episode: Hymmnn and Hum Bom! (2018)

TV-PG | 25 min

"Hymmnn" and "Hum Bom" by Allen Ginsberg, featuring Bono, Juan Felipe Herrera, and a chorus of religious chant practitioners

Director: Elisa New | Stars: Bono, Allen Ginsberg, Juan Felipe Herrera, Elisa New

44. Poetry in America with Elisa New (2018– )
Episode: Skyscraper (2018)

TV-PG | 25 min

"Skyscraper" by Carl Sandburg, featuring Frank Gehry, Robert Polito, Zhang Xin, and a chorus of National Student Poets

Director: Elisa New | Stars: Frank Gehry, Elisa New, Robert Polito

45. Poetry in America with Elisa New (2018– )
Episode: Harlem (2018)

TV-PG | 25 min

"Harlem" by Langston Hughes, featuring Herbie Hancock, Bill Clinton, Sonia Sanchez, and a chorus of kids at the Harlem Children's Zone

Director: Elisa New | Stars: Bill Clinton, Herbie Hancock, Elisa New, Sonia Sanchez

46. Poetry in America with Elisa New (2018– )
Episode: Musée des Beaux Arts (2018)

TV-PG | 25 min

"Musee des Beaux Arts" by W.H. Auden, featuring Samantha Power, Peter Sacks, David Brooks

Director: Elisa New | Stars: David Brooks, Elisa New, Samantha Power, Peter Sacks

47. Poetry in America with Elisa New (2018– )
Episode: Shirt (2018)

TV-PG | 25 min

"Shirt" by Robert Pinsky, featuring Stuart Weitzman, Robert Pinsky, Betty Halbreich, Johnson Hartig, and students at Parsons School of Design.

Director: Elisa New | Stars: Betty Halbreich, Johnson Hartig, Elisa New, Robert Pinsky

48. Poetry in America with Elisa New (2018– )
Episode: To Prisoners (2018)

TV-PG | 25 min

"To Prisoners" by Gwendolyn Brooks, featuring Anna Deveare Smith, John McCain, Reginald Dwayne Betts, Li-Young Lee, and Innocence Project Exonerees.

Director: Elisa New | Stars: Jarrett Adams, Reginald Dwayne Betts, Li-Young Lee, John McCain

49. Poetry in America with Elisa New (2018– )
Episode: The Gray Heron (2018)

TV-PG | 25 min

"The Gray Heron" by Galway Kinnell, featuring E.O. Wilson, Robert Hass, Laura McPhee, and young naturalists at the Massachusetts Audubon Society.

Director: Elisa New | Stars: Laura McPhee, Elisa New, E.O. Wilson

50. Poetry in America with Elisa New (2018– )
Episode: N.Y. State of Mind (2018)

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Director: Elisa New | Stars: Nas, Ben Horowitz, Elisa New, Steve Stoute