Sort by Number of Votes - Most Rated Movies and TV Shows With John Braden

1. Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999– )

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

8.1

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This series follows the Special Victims Unit, a specially trained squad of detectives in the New York City Police Department that investigate sexually related crimes.

Stars: Mariska Hargitay, Christopher Meloni, Ice-T, Dann Florek

Votes: 124,689

2. The Producers (1967)

PG | 88 min | Comedy, Music

7.5

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96 Metascore

A stage-play producer devises a plan to make money by producing a sure-fire flop.

Director: Mel Brooks | Stars: Zero Mostel, Gene Wilder, Dick Shawn, Kenneth Mars

Votes: 59,786 | Gross: $0.11M

3. Over the Top (1987)

PG | 93 min | Action, Drama, Sport

5.8

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40 Metascore

Tough trucker Lincoln Hawk is determined to win back his son and triumph at the world arm wrestling championships.

Director: Menahem Golan | Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Robert Loggia, Susan Blakely, Rick Zumwalt

Votes: 59,339 | Gross: $16.06M

4. The Golden Girls (1985–1992)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Drama

8.2

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Four previously married women live together in Miami, sharing their various experiences together and enjoying themselves despite hard times.

Stars: Bea Arthur, Betty White, Rue McClanahan, Estelle Getty

Votes: 47,155

5. Law & Order (1990– )

TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

7.8

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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: 44,510

6. Bananas (1971)

PG-13 | 82 min | Comedy

6.9

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67 Metascore

When a bumbling New Yorker is dumped by his activist girlfriend, he travels to a tiny Latin American nation and becomes involved in its latest rebellion.

Director: Woody Allen | Stars: Woody Allen, Louise Lasser, Carlos Montalbán, Nati Abascal

Votes: 37,765 | Gross: $11.80M

7. Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001–2011)

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

7.6

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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: 27,859

8. Night Court (1984–1992)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy

7.7

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An eccentric fun-loving judge presides over an urban night court and all the silliness going on there.

Stars: Harry Anderson, John Larroquette, Richard Moll, Charles Robinson

Votes: 17,846

9. Who's the Boss? (1984–1992)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Romance

6.6

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Tony Micelli, a retired baseball player, becomes the housekeeper of Angela Bower, an advertising executive in New York. Together they raise their kids, Samantha Micelli and Jonathan Bower, with help from Mona Robinson, Angela's man-crazy mother.

Stars: Tony Danza, Judith Light, Alyssa Milano, Danny Pintauro

Votes: 15,555

10. Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne (2003 Video Game)

M | Action, Crime, Drama

9.1

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The brooding cop has left the DEA and returned to the NYPD. When his latest case ends up involving the thought-dead femme fatale Mona Sax, he finds that his journey through the night is far from over.

Stars: Timothy Gibbs, James McCaffrey, Kathy Tong, Wendy Hoopes

Votes: 11,610

11. Remington Steele (1982–1987)

TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

7.3

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The cases of a female private detective partnered with a former thief who assumes the role of a fictitious detective in the business.

Stars: Stephanie Zimbalist, Pierce Brosnan, Doris Roberts, James Read

Votes: 9,968

12. The Anderson Tapes (1971)

GP | 99 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

6.4

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61 Metascore

After ten years in prison to protect a mafia family, Duke Anderson is released and he cashes in a debt of honor with the mob to bankroll a caper.

Director: Sidney Lumet | Stars: Sean Connery, Dyan Cannon, Martin Balsam, Ralph Meeker

Votes: 8,836 | Gross: $10.90M

13. T.J. Hooker (1982–1986)

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

6.1

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The weekly adventures of tough-as-nails veteran police officer Sgt. T.J. Hooker, who rides the beat with his rookie partner Vince Romano.

Stars: William Shatner, Heather Locklear, Adrian Zmed, James Darren

Votes: 5,115

14. Cagney & Lacey (1981–1988)

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

6.8

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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: 5,044

15. Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories (2005 Video Game)

M | Action, Crime, Drama

7.9

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Toni Cipriani works for Don Salvatore Leone and must clear Salvatore's path against the other gang organizations contending to be the boss of the crime world.

Director: David Bland | Stars: Frank Vincent, Danny Mastrogiorgio, Will Janowitz, Joe Lo Truglio

Votes: 4,744

16. It's a Living (1980–1989)

TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy

7.0

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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: 1,260

17. Another World (1964–1999)

TV-14 | 90 min | Drama, Romance

7.0

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The life in the Midwestern town of Bay City, and the love, loss, trials, and triumph of its residents, who come from different backgrounds and social circles.

Stars: Victoria Wyndham, Constance Ford, Hugh Marlowe, Linda Dano

Votes: 1,146

18. Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999– )
Episode: Game (2005)

TV-14 | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

7.5

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A prostitute is violently murdered and outside of a weird phone call there seems to be little to no motive. Then Stabler's son notices some similarities to a GTA style video game.

Director: David Platt | Stars: Christopher Meloni, Mariska Hargitay, Richard Belzer, Diane Neal

Votes: 953

19. Great Performances (1971– )

TV-G | 180 min | Music, Musical

7.9

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Filmed and televised versions of theater productions, such as plays, musicals, operas, ballets, and concerts from around the world.

Stars: Scott Yoo, Julie Andrews, Renée Fleming, Plácido Domingo

Votes: 896

20. The Golden Girls (1985–1992)
Episode: Dorothy's Prized Pupil (1987)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Drama

7.2

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One of Dorothy's students writes a prize-winning essay on what it means to be an American. After this, the Department of Immigration and Naturalization Services reveals that the boy is in the country illegally.

Director: Terry Hughes | Stars: Bea Arthur, Betty White, Rue McClanahan, Estelle Getty

Votes: 513

21. The Defenders (1961–1965)

TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama

8.0

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A father and son lawyer duo take a variety of cases that often deal with the important issues of the day.

Stars: E.G. Marshall, Robert Reed, Polly Rowles, Ossie Davis

Votes: 500

22. Our Town (2003 TV Movie)

PG | 120 min | Drama, Family, Romance

7.7

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Thornton Wilder's classic play on Grover's Corners, a fictional small town and its story taking place between 1901 and 1913, dealing with themes as life, death and the everyday routine of ... See full summary »

Director: James Naughton | Stars: Jayne Atkinson, Wendy Barrie-Wilson, Reathel Bean, John Braden

Votes: 492

23. Law & Order (1990– )
Episode: In Memory Of (1991)

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

7.6

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Skeletal remains of a young boy missing for 30 years are found in an apartment building, and finding the killer may ride on Dr. Olivet's ability to uncover a possible witness' repressed memories of the incident.

Director: Edwin Sherin | Stars: Paul Sorvino, Chris Noth, Dann Florek, Michael Moriarty

Votes: 337

24. Search for Tomorrow (1951–1986)

30 min | Drama, Romance

7.1

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Jo Gardner lived in Henderson where she wed many times. She was a motel owner, librarian, then a B&B owner with best pal Stu Bergman. Jo's daughter Patti and Janet Bergman were good friends. Stu married first Marge, then Ellie.

Stars: Mary Stuart, Larry Haines, Dwight Weist, Carl Low

Votes: 334

25. Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001–2011)
Episode: Beast (2005)

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

8.0

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The investigation into a woman poisoned with Dioxin leads to her husband and a connection from his past.

Director: Frank Prinzi | Stars: Vincent D'Onofrio, Kathryn Erbe, Jamey Sheridan, Courtney B. Vance

Votes: 331

26. The Adams Chronicles (1976)

50 min | Drama, History

8.1

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This ambitious multi-part PBS production brings to life five generations of one of America's leading political and historical families, tracing their lives from John Adams' years as a ... See full summary »

Stars: Pamela Payton-Wright, George Hearn, Michael Tolan, William Daniels

Votes: 213

27. Night Court (1984–1992)
Episode: Best of Friends (1985)

TV-PG | 24 min | Comedy

7.3

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Dan looks forward to a reunion with his old college buddy, but is shocked to find that he has undergone a transgender operation.

Director: Reinhold Weege | Stars: Harry Anderson, Markie Post, John Larroquette, Charles Robinson

Votes: 197

28. Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim Ajami (1988 TV Movie)

PG | 100 min | Drama

6.5

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An Palestinian terrorist is smuggled out of West Beirut by American secret forces, he is charged with conspiracy to commit murder and killing five innocent people including a five-year-old ... See full summary »

Director: Jeff Bleckner | Stars: Sam Waterston, Ron Leibman, Robert Davi, Joe Morton

Votes: 159

29. Who's the Boss? (1984–1992)
Episode: Angela Gets Fired: Part 1 (1986)

Not Rated | 24 min | Comedy, Romance

7.7

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Because she is enjoying a vacation in Mexico, Angela misses the meeting for an important account and gets fired.

Director: Asaad Kelada | Stars: Tony Danza, Judith Light, Alyssa Milano, Danny Pintauro

Votes: 108

30. Remington Steele (1982–1987)
Episode: Let's Steele a Plot (1984)

TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

7.4

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The treasury of a mystery writer's guild is missing one million dollars, drawn out the guild's account by fraudulent checks. The money, donated by a recently deceased writer, was to provide... See full summary »

Director: Christopher Hibler | Stars: Stephanie Zimbalist, Pierce Brosnan, Doris Roberts, Joe Santos

Votes: 99

31. Nurse (1981–1982)

TV-MA | 60 min | Drama

7.8

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A widow, Mary Benjamin, a supervising nurse at Grant Memorial Hospital in New York City, returns to work after her husband dies and learns to live as a single woman again.

Stars: Michael Learned, Robert Reed, Hattie Winston, Bonnie Hellman

Votes: 90

32. Cagney & Lacey (1981–1988)
Episode: Lost and Found (1985)

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

8.3

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While Mary Beth recovers from breast surgery, and mulls retirement, Chris has her prized Corvette stolen, but it may provide her a leg up on the sergeant's exam. Meanwhile, an informant is ... See full summary »

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

Votes: 54

33. T.J. Hooker (1982–1986)
Episode: Murder by Law (1986)

TV-PG | 70 min | Action, Crime, Drama

6.3

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A shotgun killer leaves a trail of female attorney victims.

Director: Chuck Bowman | Stars: William Shatner, Heather Locklear, James Darren, Simone Griffeth

Votes: 46

34. Great Performances (1971– )
Episode: Ah, Wilderness! (1976)

TV-G | 117 min | Music, Musical

7.4

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On the Fourth of July holiday in 1906, the Miller family prepares to celebrate in their New England home. Young Richard, 16, is a thoughtful and poetic youth in love with a neighbor girl, ... See full summary »

Director: Arvin Brown | Stars: Anthony Petrillo, Geraldine Fitzgerald, William Swetland, Christina Whitmore

Votes: 43

35. It's a Living (1980–1989)
Episode: Critic's Choice (1986)

TV-14 | Comedy

6.9

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A famous restaurant critic who has a long time beef with Howard visits Over the Top, which stresses out Nancy. Sonny and Ginger spend the weekend in Palm Springs, leaving the girls perplexed.

Director: J.D. Lobue | Stars: Barrie Youngfellow, Gail Edwards, Paul Kreppel, Crystal Bernard

Votes: 13