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1. The People's Story (2000)
PG | 56 min | Documentary, History
The story about the courage of the people of Central America who survived the devastation of Hurricane Mitch, the worst natural disaster to hit the Western Hemisphere in over 200 years.
Director: Steven Scaffidi
Votes: 22
2. Shalom Y'all (2003)
59 min | Documentary
Traveling in a vintage Cadillac, filmmaker Brian Bain, a third generation Jew from New Orleans, sets out on a 4200-mile road trip though the American South. Traveling through Delta ... See full summary »
Director: Brian Bain | Stars: Kinky Friedman, Andrew Young
Votes: 36
3. Unsolved Mysteries (1987–2010)
TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary, Crime, Drama
Combines dramatic re-enactments, interviews and updates, to tell stories of real mysteries, from human to the supernatural.
Stars: Robert Stack, Dennis Farina, Keely Shaye Brosnan, William Roll
Votes: 6,648
4.
The Big Easy (1996–1997)
Episode:
Don't Shoot the Piano Player
(1997)
TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama
Remy tries to help out Frank, an old piano-playing friend whom has a crush on a young mobster's girlfriend, and when he's accused of murdering the thug, Remy must go against all laws of ... See full summary »
Director: William Malone | Stars: Tony Crane, Susan Walters, Barry Corbin, Eric George
Votes: 7
5. Ancient Roads from Christ to Constantine (2015– )
335 min | History
Jonathan Phillips attempts to find the answer to the question: How did Christianity grow and develop from just a small, Jewish sect to the largest, and majority, dominant religion of the West?
Star: Jonathan Phillips
Votes: 58
6.
Unsolved Mysteries (1987–2010)
Episode:
Episode #5.3
(1992)
TV-PG | 47 min | Documentary, Crime, Drama
This episode includes: Arson King, Huey Long (Pts. 1 and 2) and UD and Brother X and UD.
Director: David Massar | Stars: Robert Stack, Michael Arata, Leon Contavesprie, Kathy Dillon
Votes: 23
7. Ray (I) (2004)
PG-13 | 152 min | Biography, Drama, Music
The story of the life and career of the legendary rhythm and blues musician Ray Charles, from his humble beginnings in the South, where he went blind at age seven, to his meteoric rise to stardom during the 1950s and 1960s.
Director: Taylor Hackford | Stars: Jamie Foxx, Regina King, Kerry Washington, Clifton Powell
Votes: 157,484 | Gross: $75.33M
8. Orleans (1997– )
TV-14 | 60 min | Drama
Stars: Larry Hagman, Brett Cullen, Colleen Flynn, Michael Reilly Burke
Votes: 49
9.
The Fugitive (2000–2001)
Episode:
New Orleans Saints
(2001)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Drama, Mystery
Director: Mel Damski | Stars: Tim Daly, Mykelti Williamson, Devon Gummersall, Leon Rippy
Votes: 21
10.
Ancient Roads from Christ to Constantine (2015– )
Episode:
From Apocalypse to Heresies
(2015)
TV-PG | 55 min | History
In this episode, the city of Jerusalem is rocked by war. Host Jonathan Phillips travels to Patmos Island where John was exiled and visits the cave where John wrote the most enigmatic book ... See full summary »
Director: Hector Galan | Star: Jonathan Phillips
Votes: 12
11.
The Fugitive (2000–2001)
Episode:
Liar's Poker
(2000)
TV-PG | Action, Drama, Mystery
Director: Richard Compton | Stars: Tim Daly, Mykelti Williamson, Rex Linn, Richard Cox
Votes: 21
12.
Ancient Roads from Christ to Constantine (2015– )
Episode:
The Great Missionary
(2015)
TV-PG | 55 min | History
Meet the man whose transformation is one of the most compelling in history, the Apostle Paul. Journey with Jonathan Phillips as he re-traces Paul's bold quest to bring the Christian message... See full summary »
Director: Hector Galan | Star: Jonathan Phillips
Votes: 14
13.
Ancient Roads from Christ to Constantine (2015– )
Episode:
Age of the Apostles
(2015)
TV-PG | 55 min | History
Travel with Jonathan Phillips on Paul's third and final missionary journey as the Apostolic Age comes to an end. Witness how the remaining apostles, except for John, are martyred for their ... See full summary »
Director: Hector Galan | Star: Jonathan Phillips
Votes: 14
14.
The Big Easy (1996–1997)
Episode:
Driving Ms. Money
(1997)
TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama
Remy and his team investigate the death of an elderly and ailing socialite at a fund-raiser where Anne and Hawkins were in attendance. Hawkins thinks that the manservant, Bernard, was ... See full summary »
Director: James Frawley | Stars: Tony Crane, Susan Walters, Barry Corbin, Troy Bryant
Votes: 5
15.
Ancient Roads from Christ to Constantine (2015– )
Episode:
Pagans and the Cult of Martyrs
(2015)
TV-PG | 55 min | History
Host Jonathan Phillips treks to North Africa to tell the story of Perpetua, a young Christian martyr, whose extraordinary story still resonates today. Phillips visits places where ... See full summary »
Director: Hector Galan | Star: Jonathan Phillips
Votes: 13
16. Miracle Run (2004 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 120 min | Biography, Drama
A mom is alone with her fraternal twin sons after they're diagnosed with autism. She tries to give them a normal childhood.
Director: Gregg Champion | Stars: Mary-Louise Parker, Aidan Quinn, Zac Efron, Bubba Lewis
Votes: 1,668
17. Glory Road (2006)
PG | 118 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
In 1966, Texas Western coach Don Haskins led the first all-black starting line-up for a college basketball team to the NCAA national championship.
Director: James Gartner | Stars: Josh Lucas, Derek Luke, Austin Nichols, Jon Voight
Votes: 48,865 | Gross: $42.64M
18. The Big Easy (1996–1997)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama
A handsome New Orleans detective and a sexy district attorney heat things up in New Orleans--The Big Easy--as the two investigate crimes in a beleaguered police department.
Stars: Tony Crane, Barry Corbin, Eric George, Susan Walters
Votes: 273
19. John Kennedy Toole: The Omega Point (2009)
57 min | Documentary, Biography
The life story of Pulitzer Prize winning author John Kennedy Toole as told by friends and colleagues. Legacy format production, representational photography and an original music score ... See full summary »
Director: Joe Sanford | Stars: Michael Arata, Jane H. Bethune, Joel Fletcher, Kenneth Holditch
Votes: 17
20. Deja Vu (2006)
PG-13 | 126 min | Action, Crime, Sci-Fi
After a ferry is bombed in New Orleans, an A.T.F. agent joins a unique investigation using experimental surveillance technology to find the bomber, but soon finds himself becoming obsessed with one of the victims.
Director: Tony Scott | Stars: Denzel Washington, Paula Patton, Jim Caviezel, Val Kilmer
Votes: 327,905 | Gross: $64.04M
21. Runaway Jury (2003)
PG-13 | 127 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A juror on the inside and a woman on the outside manipulate a court trial involving a major gun manufacturer.
Director: Gary Fleder | Stars: John Cusack, Rachel Weisz, Gene Hackman, Dustin Hoffman
Votes: 104,698 | Gross: $49.44M
22. Old Man (1997 TV Movie)
PG | 98 min | Drama, History
A prisoner is tempted by the opportunity to escape during the Great Flood of 1927.
Director: John Kent Harrison | Stars: Jeanne Tripplehorn, Arliss Howard, Leo Burmester, Daro Latiolais
Votes: 284
23.
K-Ville (2007–2008)
Episode:
Bedfellows
(2007)
TV-14 | 43 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A city councilman is found dead in the Mississippi River. The case is tied to a prostitute connected to both the councilman and a Latino gang leader terrorizing the few remaining residents of the near-deserted section of New Orleans East.
Director: Craig Ross Jr. | Stars: Anthony Anderson, Cole Hauser, Blake Shields, Tawny Cypress
Votes: 39
24. The Brooke Ellison Story (2004 TV Movie)
PG | 91 min | Biography, Drama
Rendered a quadriplegic since a child from a near-fatal neck injury, a young girl fights against all odds to succeed in life from grade school to her acceptance into college under the assistance of her loyal and dedicated mother.
Director: Christopher Reeve | Stars: Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, John Slattery, Lacey Chabert, Vanessa Marano
Votes: 1,722
25. Remember Sunday (2013 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 96 min | Drama, Romance
A lonely waitress meets a handsome, quirky jewelry store clerk who had a brain aneurysm and thus has short-term memory loss.
Director: Jeff Bleckner | Stars: Alexis Bledel, Zachary Levi, Merritt Wever, Barry Shabaka Henley
Votes: 12,195
26. The Fugitive (2000–2001)
60 min | Action, Drama, Mystery
Dr. Richard Kimble is framed for his wife's murder by a mysterious one-armed man. During sentencing Kimble escapes intending to catch the one-armed man and find out why he was framed. ... See full summary »
Stars: Tim Daly, Mykelti Williamson, Stephen Lang, Lia Johnson
Votes: 763
27. The Madam's Family: The Truth About the Canal Street Brothel (2004 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama
Three generations of New Orleans prostitute fight the FBI and each other. Based on a true story.
Director: Ron Lagomarsino | Stars: Annabella Sciorra, Ellen Burstyn, Dominique Swain, Adrian Roberts
Votes: 119
28.
Ancient Roads from Christ to Constantine (2015– )
Episode:
Birth of a Faith
(2015)
TV-PG | 55 min | History
The series begins in Bethlehem and travels throughout the Holy Land. With the Gospels as a guide, host Jonathan Phillips traces the life of Jesus from his birth, ministry, passion, and resurrection.
Director: Hector Galan | Star: Jonathan Phillips
Votes: 16
29.
Ancient Roads from Christ to Constantine (2015– )
Episode:
Constantine
(2015)
TV-PG | 55 min | History
In the final episode, host Jonathan Phillips explains how Rome exerted its fullest effort to eradicate Christianity. The faith grew stronger as the empires and emperors weakened. It would ... See full summary »
Director: Hector Galan | Star: Jonathan Phillips
Votes: 12
30. Odd Thomas (2013)
PG-13 | 97 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
In a California desert town, a short-order cook with clairvoyant abilities encounters a mysterious man with a link to dark, threatening forces.
Director: Stephen Sommers | Stars: Anton Yelchin, Ashley Sommers, Leonor Varela, Matthew Page
Votes: 57,487
31.
K-Ville (2007–2008)
Episode:
Pilot
(2007)
TV-14 | 43 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Calvin Boulet and his new partner, Trevor Cobb, investigate a murder and a series of shootings that are taking place during fund raising events to help the Ninth Ward section of New Orleans.
Director: Deran Sarafian | Stars: Anthony Anderson, Cole Hauser, Blake Shields, Maximiliano Hernández
Votes: 64
32. K-Ville (2007–2008)
TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Police officers patrol the streets of New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
Stars: Anthony Anderson, Cole Hauser, Blake Shields, Tawny Cypress
Votes: 1,412
33. Odd Girl Out (2005 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 84 min | Drama
A teenager is bullied by her former friends when they discover that she has a crush on the same boy as the most popular girl in school does.
Director: Tom McLoughlin | Stars: Alexa PenaVega, Lisa Vidal, Leah Pipes, Elizabeth Rice
Votes: 3,677
34. Crazy in Alabama (1999)
PG-13 | 111 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
An abused wife heads to California to become a movie star while her nephew back in Alabama has to deal with a racially-motivated murder involving a corrupt sheriff.
Director: Antonio Banderas | Stars: Melanie Griffith, David Morse, Lucas Black, Cathy Moriarty
Votes: 7,398 | Gross: $1.95M
35. Faith of My Fathers (2005 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 90 min | Biography, Drama, War
The story of John McCain's experience as a Vietnam War POW. Based on the memoir of the same title.
Director: Peter Markle | Stars: Shawn Hatosy, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Joe Chrest, Chi Muoi Lo
Votes: 651
36. The Badge (2002)
R | 103 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Sheriff Hardwick investigates the death of Mona, a transexual woman. The judge asks that the case is archived to prevent it impacting the upcoming elections, but the evidence keeps coming in.
Director: Robby Henson | Stars: Billy Bob Thornton, Patricia Arquette, William Devane, Sela Ward
Votes: 3,502
37. Undercover Blues (1993)
PG-13 | 90 min | Comedy, Crime
A spy couple on maternity leave in New Orleans, entertained by a mugger named Muerte, is called in when Novacek steals explosives.
Director: Herbert Ross | Stars: Kathleen Turner, Dennis Quaid, Fiona Shaw, Stanley Tucci
Votes: 10,016 | Gross: $12.42M
38. In (2006)
89 min | Crime, Drama
A street artist (Pete) gets pulled in by a flamboyant mob wanna-be (Tony) who offers him easy work in a local cemetery. Things get sticky when Tony's supposable girlfriend Angie (The Rose) ... See full summary »
Director: Peter McGennis | Stars: Michael Arata, Jody Booth, Molly Brink, Paul Cambria
Votes: 34
39. The Scoundrel's Wife (2002)
R | 95 min | Drama, Romance
Already an outcast for crimes she did not commit, a woman struggling to raise her two children in a small village during World War II is suspected of being a saboteur.
Director: Glen Pitre | Stars: Tatum O'Neal, Julian Sands, Tim Curry, Lacey Chabert
Votes: 419
40. Pop Rocks (2004 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 105 min | Comedy, Music
A former heavy-metal star (Gary Cole) tries to keep his past a secret from his family and friends while he rehearses for a reunion concert.
Director: Ron Lagomarsino | Stars: Gary Cole, Sherilyn Fenn, David Jensen, Douglas M. Griffin
Votes: 513
41. New Orleans, Mon Amour (2008)
Not Rated | 78 min | Drama
A year after Hurricane Katrina, Henry, a surgeon in the affluent Garden District of New Orleans, is attempting to get his life back on track. He is remarrying his ex-wife, renovating her ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Almereyda | Stars: Christopher Eccleston, Elisabeth Moss, Jason Butler Harner, Dayton Callie
Votes: 90
42. A Perfect Day (2006 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 87 min | Drama, Family
A family man and suddenly-successful author encounters a mystic stranger who warns him he has only forty more days to live. Based on a novel by Richard Paul Evans.
Director: Peter Levin | Stars: Rob Lowe, Frances Conroy, Paget Brewster, Christopher Lloyd
Votes: 1,207
43. Tempted (2001)
R | 95 min | Thriller
A wealthy man married to a beautiful younger woman puts her fidelity to the test.
Director: Bill Bennett | Stars: Saffron Burrows, Burt Reynolds, Mike Starr, Randy Austin
Votes: 1,422
44. Just My Luck (2006)
PG-13 | 103 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Manhattanite Ashley is known to many as the luckiest woman around. After a chance encounter with a down-and-out young man, however, she realizes that she's swapped her fortune for his.
Director: Donald Petrie | Stars: Lindsay Lohan, Chris Pine, Samaire Armstrong, Bree Turner
Votes: 61,641 | Gross: $17.32M
45. At Last (2005)
PG-13 | 110 min | Drama, Romance
Thirty years after realizing they had both found that rare once in a lifetime love, a man and a woman separated by fate decide to take a second shot at romance despite the fact that both had moved on with their lives a long time ago.
Director: Tom Anton | Stars: Brooke Adams, Michael Arata, Barbara Balentine, Siri Baruc
Votes: 117
46. Deal (I) (2008)
PG-13 | 86 min | Comedy, Drama
As an ex-gambler teaches a hot-shot college kid some things about playing cards, he finds himself pulled into the world series of poker, where his protégé is his toughest competition.
Director: Gil Cates Jr. | Stars: Burt Reynolds, Bret Harrison, Maria Mason, Shannon Elizabeth
Votes: 4,650 | Gross: $0.06M
47. Demoted (2011)
R | 94 min | Comedy
What goes around comes around for a pair of prank-playing tire salesmen (Astin and Vartan) who find themselves placed in secretarial jobs by their put-upon boss (Cross).
Director: J.B. Rogers | Stars: Michael Vartan, Sean Astin, David Cross, Celia Weston
Votes: 2,167
48. Lucky (III) (2011)
R | 103 min | Comedy
A wannabe serial killer wins the lottery and pursues his lifelong crush.
Director: Gil Cates Jr. | Stars: Colin Hanks, Ari Graynor, Jeffrey Tambor, Ann-Margret
Votes: 3,720
49. Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story (2006 TV Movie)
88 min | Biography, Drama, Music
Fantasia Barrino overcomes sexual abuse, illiteracy, and other setbacks and becomes the winner of "American Idol" in 2004.
Director: Debbie Allen | Stars: Fantasia Barrino, Loretta Devine, Viola Davis, Kadeem Hardison
Votes: 676
50. Shooting Gallery (2005 Video)
R | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A street-smart pool player falls in with a pack of hustlers. As he rises in the underground circuit, he lands in the middle of a match between his boss and a crooked cop.
Director: Keoni Waxman | Stars: Ving Rhames, Roselyn Sanchez, Daniel Newman, Freddie Prinze Jr.
Votes: 1,330