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1. House of Cards (2013–2018)
TV-MA | 50 min | Drama
A Congressman works with his equally conniving wife to exact revenge on the people who betrayed him.
Stars: Kevin Spacey, Michel Gill, Robin Wright, Kate Mara
Votes: 531,162
2. Homeland (2011–2020)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A bipolar CIA operative becomes convinced a prisoner of war has been turned by al-Qaeda and is planning to carry out a terrorist attack on American soil.
Stars: Claire Danes, Mandy Patinkin, Damian Lewis, Rupert Friend
Votes: 361,085
3. Mindhunter (2017–2019)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In the late 1970s, two FBI agents broaden the realm of criminal science by investigating the psychology behind murder and end up getting too close to real-life monsters.
Stars: Jonathan Groff, Holt McCallany, Anna Torv, Hannah Gross
Votes: 336,528
4. 13 Reasons Why (2017–2020)
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Follows teenager Clay Jensen, in his quest to uncover the story behind his classmate and crush, Hannah, and her decision to end her life.
Stars: Dylan Minnette, Katherine Langford, Christian Navarro, Alisha Boe
Votes: 315,732
5. Rome (2005–2007)
TV-MA | 60 min | Action, Drama, Romance
A down-to-earth account of the lives of both illustrious and ordinary Romans set in the last days of the Roman Republic.
Stars: Kevin McKidd, Ray Stevenson, Polly Walker, Kerry Condon
Votes: 185,522
6. Monster (2022–2024)
TV-MA | 534 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
The story of a cannibalistic serial killer named Jeffrey Dahmer, a.k.a. the Milwaukee Monster.
Stars: Evan Peters, Richard Jenkins, Molly Ringwald, Niecy Nash
Votes: 155,893
7. The Pacific (2010)
TV-MA | 53 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
The Pacific Theatre of World War II, as seen through the eyes of several young Marines.
Stars: James Badge Dale, Joseph Mazzello, Jon Seda, Ashton Holmes
Votes: 130,195
8. The Newsroom (2012–2014)
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama
A newsroom undergoes some changes in its workings and morals as a new team is brought in, bringing unexpected results for its existing news anchor.
Stars: Jeff Daniels, Emily Mortimer, John Gallagher Jr., Alison Pill
Votes: 124,789
9. The Leftovers (2014–2017)
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Three years after the disappearance of 2% of the global human population, a group of people in a small New York community try to continue their lives while coping with the tragedy of the unexplained nature of the event.
Stars: Justin Theroux, Amy Brenneman, Christopher Eccleston, Liv Tyler
Votes: 112,468
10. Ray Donovan (2013–2020)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama
Ray Donovan, a professional "fixer" for the rich and famous in Los Angeles, can make anyone's problems disappear except those created by his own family.
Stars: Liev Schreiber, Eddie Marsan, Dash Mihok, Pooch Hall
Votes: 93,592
11. Falling Skies (2011–2015)
TV-14 | 42 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Survivors of an alien attack on earth gather together to fight for their lives and fight back.
Stars: Noah Wyle, Drew Roy, Maxim Knight, Will Patton
Votes: 93,054
12. Out of Time (I) (2003)
PG-13 | 105 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A Florida police chief must solve a vicious double homicide before he himself falls under suspicion.
Director: Carl Franklin | Stars: Denzel Washington, Sanaa Lathan, Eva Mendes, Dean Cain
Votes: 65,711 | Gross: $41.09M
13. Bloodline (2015–2017)
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, Thriller
A family is forced to face their past secrets and scars when the black sheep returns home.
Stars: Kyle Chandler, Ben Mendelsohn, Linda Cardellini, Sissy Spacek
Votes: 58,639
14. The Affair (2014–2019)
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama
A struggling novelist and a young waitress strike up an extramarital relationship that promises to forever change the course of their lives.
Stars: Dominic West, Ruth Wilson, Maura Tierney, Julia Goldani Telles
Votes: 49,193
15. High Crimes (2002)
PG-13 | 115 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A successful lawyer's husband is arrested for murdering nine villagers in El Salvador in 1988 as a US soldier under a different name. She decides to defend him in military court and find out the truth about what happened.
Director: Carl Franklin | Stars: Jim Caviezel, Morgan Freeman, Ashley Judd, Adam Scott
Votes: 48,283 | Gross: $41.54M
16. Roseanne (1988–2018)
TV-PG | 21 min | Comedy, Drama
A revival of the popular 1990s sitcom "Roseanne," which centered on the everyday life of an American working-class family.
Stars: Roseanne Barr, John Goodman, Laurie Metcalf, Michael Fishman
Votes: 46,400
17. MacGyver (1985–1992)
TV-PG | 48 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
The adventures of a secret Agent armed with almost infinite scientific resourcefulness.
Stars: Richard Dean Anderson, Dana Elcar, Bruce McGill, Robin Mossley
Votes: 42,061
18. The A-Team (1983–1987)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Four Vietnam vets, framed for a crime they didn't commit, help the innocent while on the run from the military.
Stars: George Peppard, Mr. T, Dwight Schultz, Dirk Benedict
Votes: 41,841
19. ALF (1986–1990)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
When an ugly creature, who loves eating cats, crash-lands into the Tanner family's garage, they treat him as a guest and allow him to live with them as he comments on the stupidity of mankind.
Stars: Mihaly 'Michu' Meszaros, Paul Fusco, Max Wright, Anne Schedeen
Votes: 39,167
20. Vinyl (2016)
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, Music
Richie Finestra, a shrewd record executive from New York, tries to promote American Century, his music label, amidst the changing music scene in the 1970s.
Stars: Bobby Cannavale, Paul Ben-Victor, P.J. Byrne, Max Casella
Votes: 24,938
21. Devil in a Blue Dress (1995)
R | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A Black war hero is hired to find a mysterious woman, and gets mixed up in a murderous political scandal in 1948 Los Angeles.
Director: Carl Franklin | Stars: Denzel Washington, Tom Sizemore, Jennifer Beals, Don Cheadle
Votes: 24,272 | Gross: $16.03M
22. The Incredible Hulk (1978–1982)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A fugitive scientist has the curse of becoming a powerful green monster under extreme emotional stress.
Stars: Bill Bixby, Lou Ferrigno, Jack Colvin, Charles Napier
Votes: 16,138
23. One False Move (1991)
R | 105 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A small town police chief awaits the arrival of a gang of killers.
Director: Carl Franklin | Stars: Bill Paxton, Billy Bob Thornton, Cynda Williams, Michael Beach
Votes: 14,001 | Gross: $1.54M
24. Magic City (2012–2013)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama
Centers on Miami mobsters and other characters from Miami Beach in the late 1950s.
Stars: Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Olga Kurylenko, Steven Strait, Jessica Marais
Votes: 13,290
25. One True Thing (1998)
R | 127 min | Drama
A career woman reassesses her parents' lives after she is forced to care for her cancer-stricken mother.
Director: Carl Franklin | Stars: Meryl Streep, Renée Zellweger, William Hurt, Tom Everett Scott
Votes: 12,707 | Gross: $23.25M
26. Good Behavior (2016–2017)
TV-MA | 959 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Letty Raines is a thief and con artist whose life is always one wrong turn, one bad decision, from implosion. Which is just how she likes it.
Stars: Michelle Dockery, Juan Diego Botto, Terry Kinney, Lusia Strus
Votes: 11,801
27. The Rockford Files (1974–1980)
TV-PG | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The cases of an easy-going ex-convict turned private investigator.
Stars: James Garner, Noah Beery Jr., Joe Santos, Luis Delgado
Votes: 10,886
28. Chance (2016–2017)
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A forensic neuro-psychiatrist reluctantly enters a dangerous and violent world of mistaken identity, police corruption and mental illness.
Stars: Hugh Laurie, Ethan Suplee, Greta Lee, Stefania LaVie Owen
Votes: 10,885
29. 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: 10,577
30.
House of Cards (2013–2018)
Episode:
Chapter 14
(2014)
TV-MA | 50 min | Drama
Frank prepares for his promotion to Vice President. Doug tries to erase all leads leading back to him and Frank. Claire fights back against Gillian. Zoe considers working with Frank again.
Director: Carl Franklin | Stars: Kevin Spacey, Robin Wright, Kate Mara, Michael Kelly
Votes: 9,422
31. The Riches (2007–2008)
TV-MA | 45 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A family of crooks assume the identity of an upper-middle-class suburban clan in the Deep South.
Stars: Eddie Izzard, Minnie Driver, Shannon Woodward, Noel Fisher
Votes: 8,707
32. I Am the Night (2019)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In early 1960s, a teenage girl looking for her real father and a disgraced journalist seeking closure find themselves drawn into a web of secrets revolving around L.A.'s most infamous cold case, the Black Dahlia (Elizabeth Short) murder.
Stars: Chris Pine, India Eisley, Jefferson Mays, Leland Orser
Votes: 8,658
33. Good Times (1974–1979)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy
A poor family make the best of things in the Chicago housing projects.
Stars: Ja'net DuBois, Ralph Carter, BernNadette Stanis, Jimmie 'JJ' Walker
Votes: 8,126
34. Quincy M.E. (1976–1983)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The cases of a brilliant, if Irascible, coroner who investigates suspicious deaths which usually suggest murder.
Stars: Jack Klugman, John S. Ragin, Robert Ito, Joseph Roman
Votes: 7,336
35. The Streets of San Francisco (1972–1977)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A veteran cop with more than twenty years of experience is teamed with a young Inspector to solve crimes in San Francisco, California.
Stars: Karl Malden, Michael Douglas, Reuben Collins, Richard Hatch
Votes: 6,909
36.
Monster (2022–2024)
Episode:
Episode One
(2022)
TV-MA | 49 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
After throwing his neighbor off the stench coming from his apartment, Jeff heads to a local bar, where a stranger takes him up on a tempting offer.
Director: Carl Franklin | Stars: Evan Peters, Richard Jenkins, Molly Ringwald, Niecy Nash
Votes: 6,572
37.
13 Reasons Why (2017–2020)
Episode:
Tape 5, Side B
(2017)
TV-MA | 50 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A distraught Hannah gets a ride home from the party. Jessica's behavior grows increasingly erratic, and Clay learns the truth behind a tragedy.
Director: Carl Franklin | Stars: Dylan Minnette, Katherine Langford, Christian Navarro, Alisha Boe
Votes: 5,818
38.
13 Reasons Why (2017–2020)
Episode:
Tape 5, Side A
(2017)
TV-MA | 59 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Hannah witnesses a traumatic event at a summertime party. Clay tries to reason with Justin, and Marcus warns him that the worst is yet to come.
Director: Carl Franklin | Stars: Dylan Minnette, Katherine Langford, Christian Navarro, Alisha Boe
Votes: 5,811
39.
The Leftovers (2014–2017)
Episode:
Guest
(2014)
TV-MA | 51 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Nora goes to New York for the second annual Departure Related Occupations and Practices conference and discovers unsettling circumstances.
Director: Carl Franklin | Stars: Justin Theroux, Amy Brenneman, Christopher Eccleston, Liv Tyler
Votes: 5,796
40.
Mindhunter (2017–2019)
Episode:
Episode #2.9
(2019)
TV-MA | 73 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The investigation zeroes in on a prime suspect who proves adept at manipulating a volatile situation to his advantage.
Director: Carl Franklin | Stars: Shane McNair, Jonathan Groff, Holt McCallany, Albert Jones
Votes: 5,750
41.
House of Cards (2013–2018)
Episode:
Chapter 11
(2013)
TV-MA | 55 min | Drama
Following the collapse of Russo's campaign, Francis launches a risky ploy to join the Walker administration.
Director: Carl Franklin | Stars: Kevin Spacey, Robin Wright, Kate Mara, Michael Kelly
Votes: 5,681
42.
House of Cards (2013–2018)
Episode:
Chapter 10
(2013)
TV-MA | 53 min | Drama
Told that Claire was behind the watershed bill's failure, Francis works to contain the damage and maintain control over Peter Russo. Zoe and Claire each seek relief from their respective relationships with Francis.
Director: Carl Franklin | Stars: Kevin Spacey, Robin Wright, Kate Mara, Michael Kelly
Votes: 5,166
43.
Century of Cinema (1995–1998)
Episode:
A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies
(1995)
225 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Martin Scorsese describes his initial and growing obsession with films from the 1940s and 50s as the art form developed and grew with clips from classics and cult classics.
Directors: Martin Scorsese, Michael Henry Wilson | Stars: Martin Scorsese, Allison Anders, Kathryn Bigelow, Francis Ford Coppola
Votes: 5,141
44.
The Leftovers (2014–2017)
Episode:
B.J. and the A.C.
(2014)
TV-MA | 51 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
A holiday display goes missing, sending Kevin scurrying to find out who is responsible. Tom and Christine run into trouble at a hospital and on the road.
Directors: Carl Franklin, Lesli Linka Glatter | Stars: Justin Theroux, Amy Brenneman, Christopher Eccleston, Liv Tyler
Votes: 5,138
45. 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: 5,057
46. Manhunt (2024)
TV-MA | Drama, History, Thriller
The aftermath of the first American presidential assassination and the fight to preserve and protect the ideals that were the foundation of Lincoln's Reconstruction plans.
Stars: Tobias Menzies, Anthony Boyle, Lovie Simone, Will Harrison
Votes: 5,044
47.
The Leftovers (2014–2017)
Episode:
Certified
(2017)
TV-MA | 58 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Laurie Garvey, a former therapist, must become one again as she heads to Australia to help Nora and Kevin along their paths.
Director: Carl Franklin | Stars: Justin Theroux, Amy Brenneman, Christopher Eccleston, Margaret Qualley
Votes: 4,905
48.
Mindhunter (2017–2019)
Episode:
Episode #2.6
(2019)
TV-MA | 58 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The FBI officially sends the BSU to Atlanta to investigate the missing and murdered children. Wendy second-guesses her interview methods.
Director: Carl Franklin | Stars: Sonny Valicenti, David Docobo, Jonathan Groff, Joe Tuttle
Votes: 4,870
49.
Mindhunter (2017–2019)
Episode:
Episode #2.8
(2019)
TV-MA | 53 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Red tape hinders Holden's plan to narrow his suspect pool. A weary and heartsick Bill tries to connect with his son. Wendy rethinks her relationship.
Director: Carl Franklin | Stars: Sonny Valicenti, Megan Brautigam, Neil Booker, Regi Davis
Votes: 4,868
50.
The Leftovers (2014–2017)
Episode:
Off Ramp
(2015)
TV-MA | 56 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Laurie and Tom's work to rescue lost souls takes a toll on them. Laurie tries to spread the word about the dangers of the Guilty Remnant. Tom's infiltration of the cult uncovers new problems.
Director: Carl Franklin | Stars: Justin Theroux, Amy Brenneman, Christopher Eccleston, Margaret Qualley
Votes: 4,866