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1.
Sisters (1991–1996)
Episode:
Of Mice and Women
(1991)
Drama
Georgie, trying to get a raise and a promotion at the reality office, invites her boss over at her house for dinner, which nearly turns disastrous due to Trevor and Evan's problems, and ... See full summary »
Director: James A. Contner | Stars: Swoosie Kurtz, Patricia Kalember, Julianne Phillips, Sela Ward
Votes: 11
2.
Prey (1998)
Episode:
Transformations
(1998)
TV-PG | Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Attwood's boss' plan to use people as bait puts Sloan and Tom in danger.
Director: James A. Contner | Stars: Debra Messing, Adam Storke, Vincent Ventresca, Frankie Faison
Votes: 11
3.
Mann & Machine (1992)
Episode:
Torch Song
(1992)
Action, Crime, Sci-Fi
Eve's capacity for emotion expands when she makes friends with a singer fearful of a music executive suspected of killing her sister.
Director: James A. Contner | Stars: David Andrews, Yancy Butler, S. Epatha Merkerson, George Aguilar
Votes: 80
4.
Angel (1999–2004)
Episode:
Reunion
(2000)
Unrated | 41 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Angel fights to stop Darla and Drusilla as they embark on a murderous rampage across the city.
Director: James A. Contner | Stars: David Boreanaz, Charisma Carpenter, Alexis Denisof, J. August Richards
Votes: 2,325
5.
Angel (1999–2004)
Episode:
Five by Five
(2000)
Unrated | 41 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Fed up with Angel meddling in their affairs, Wolfram and Hart hire newly arrived Faith to take him out.
Director: James A. Contner | Stars: David Boreanaz, Charisma Carpenter, Alexis Denisof, Julie Benz
Votes: 2,692
6.
Key West (1993)
Episode:
Act of God
(1993)
TV-PG | Comedy, Drama
Based on Hurricane Andrew (August 24, 1992). Locals gather at Gumbo's bar to party while waiting for a Hurricane to hit or pass them by.
Director: James A. Contner | Stars: Fisher Stevens, Denise Crosby, Kim Myers, Lara Piper
Votes: 11
7. Firefly (2002–2003)
TV-14 | 45 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Five hundred years in the future, a renegade crew aboard a small spacecraft tries to survive as they travel the unknown parts of the galaxy and evade warring factions as well as authority agents out to get them.
Stars: Nathan Fillion, Gina Torres, Alan Tudyk, Morena Baccarin
Votes: 281,948
8.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997–2003)
Episode:
Grave
(2002)
TV-14 | 42 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
After sucking all the energy out of Giles, a powerful Willow sets off to destroy the world.
Director: James A. Contner | Stars: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Nicholas Brendon, Emma Caulfield Ford, Michelle Trachtenberg
Votes: 3,318
9.
Angel (1999–2004)
Episode:
Power Play
(2004)
Unrated | 44 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
The Team have reason to believe that Angel has been utterly corrupted with power when they find evidence that he has joined the Circle of the Black Thorn, the most evil of secret societies.... See full summary »
Director: James A. Contner | Stars: David Boreanaz, James Marsters, J. August Richards, Amy Acker
Votes: 1,815
10.
Firefly (2002–2003)
Episode:
War Stories
(2002)
TV-14 | 43 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Niska catches up with the Serenity crew.
Director: James A. Contner | Stars: Nathan Fillion, Gina Torres, Alan Tudyk, Morena Baccarin
Votes: 4,818
11.
Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode:
Out Where the Buses Don't Run
(1985)
TV-14 | 48 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Crockett and Tubbs stake out a drug dealer, an investigation that is being helped along by an ex-cop that seems to know a bit too much about the case.
Director: Jim Johnston | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott
Votes: 906
12.
Sisters (1991–1996)
Episode:
Good Help Is Hard to Find
(1992)
Drama
Georgie defends an HIV-infected teacher who is facing dismissal from Evan's school despite the fact that it makes her an outcast of the predominantly conservative neighborhood. Alex tries ... See full summary »
Director: James A. Contner | Stars: Swoosie Kurtz, Patricia Kalember, Julianne Phillips, Sela Ward
Votes: 7
13.
Sisters (1991–1996)
Episode:
Rivals
(1992)
Drama
Alex proposes a line of Jewelry to Simon, Frankie and Beatrice feud over the upbringing of Frankie's baby, and Reed is caught in a test of wills between her father and Kirby.
Director: James A. Contner | Stars: Swoosie Kurtz, Patricia Kalember, Julianne Phillips, Sela Ward
Votes: 9
14.
Sisters (1991–1996)
Episode:
The Four Elements
(1992)
Drama
While Georgie's youngest son, Evan, writes a school report on the four elements of nature, he observes each of the four elements in four different stories around him. WATER: After Victor ... See full summary »
Director: James A. Contner | Stars: Swoosie Kurtz, Patricia Kalember, Julianne Phillips, Sela Ward
Votes: 8
15.
Sisters (1991–1996)
Episode:
Sunstroke
(1992)
Drama
During a late-summer heat wave, Alex wants to have the perfect wedding for her mother and Judge Trueman Ventner. But Beatrice doesn't like her daughter's plans. While Alex spends a romantic... See full summary »
Director: James A. Contner | Stars: Swoosie Kurtz, Patricia Kalember, Julianne Phillips, Sela Ward
Votes: 9
16.
Angel (1999–2004)
Episode:
Awakening
(2003)
Unrated | 41 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Angel agrees to try to bring Angelus back, but after the first attempt fails, the group discovers a magic sword that might do a better job.
Director: James A. Contner | Stars: David Boreanaz, Charisma Carpenter, J. August Richards, Amy Acker
Votes: 1,783
17.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997–2003)
Episode:
Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered
(1998)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
As Valentine's Day approaches, Xander tries to improve his love life through witchcraft and finds himself with too much of a good thing.
Director: James A. Contner | Stars: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Nicholas Brendon, Alyson Hannigan, Charisma Carpenter
Votes: 4,401
18.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997–2003)
Episode:
Two to Go
(2002)
TV-14 | 41 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Fueled by black magic, Willow targets Andrew and Jonathan, leading to a battle between Buffy and Willow; Spike fights an unstoppable foe.
Director: Bill Norton | Stars: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Nicholas Brendon, Emma Caulfield Ford, Michelle Trachtenberg
Votes: 2,917
19. The X-Files (1993–2018)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Two F.B.I. Agents, Fox Mulder the believer and Dana Scully the skeptic, investigate the strange and unexplained, while hidden forces work to impede their efforts.
Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Mitch Pileggi, William B. Davis
Votes: 250,208
20. I'll Fly Away (1991–1993)
60 min | Drama
Forrest Bedford is a Southern lawyer in the late 1950s, generally content with his privileged life.
Stars: Sam Waterston, Regina Taylor, Jeremy London, Ashlee Levitch
Votes: 1,039
21.
Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode:
Evan
(1985)
TV-14 | 49 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Crockett and Tubbs join forces with the Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms ... including Crockett's old partner Evan Freed. Tubbs tries to understand their troubled relationship.
Director: Rob Cohen | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott
Votes: 728
22.
Reasonable Doubts (1991–1993)
Episode:
Diminished Capacity
(1993)
TV-14 | Crime, Drama
Detective Cobb intercedes in the life of a friend m, an angry and despondent cop whose marriage is crumbling. Meanwhile Tess becomes the advocate for a disturbed young deaf woman she encounters at a mental health facility.
Director: James A. Contner | Stars: Mark Harmon, Marlee Matlin, William Converse-Roberts, Tim Grimm
Votes: 14
23. 'Angel': Season One (2003 Video)
11 min | Documentary, Short
A documentary about the first season of Angel (1999).
Stars: David Greenwalt, David Boreanaz, Kelly A. Manners, Tim Minear
Votes: 122
24.
Angel (1999–2004)
Episode:
Release
(2003)
Unrated | 40 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
As Faith and Angel continue their battle, the voice of the Beast's master invades Angel's mind.
Director: James A. Contner | Stars: David Boreanaz, Charisma Carpenter, J. August Richards, Amy Acker
Votes: 1,701
25.
Crime Story (1986–1988)
Episode:
The War
(1986)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Luca's takeover of the gambling business comes to a halt and Torello hits his other operations even harder. However, Torello suffers a major loss in his private life.
Director: Leon Ichaso | Stars: Dennis Farina, Tony Denison, Bill Smitrovich, Steve Ryan
Votes: 81
26.
Crime Story (1986–1988)
Episode:
Top of the World
(1987)
TV-14 | 49 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The case against Luca is dropped, so Luca gives in to his inner demons to celebrate the fact that he now owns Vegas and the cops can't touch him. Torello uses these Luca's personal flaws and violent tendencies against him.
Director: Michael Mann | Stars: Dennis Farina, Tony Denison, Bill Smitrovich, Steve Ryan
Votes: 92
27.
Star Trek: Enterprise (2001–2005)
Episode:
Carbon Creek
(2002)
TV-PG | 43 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
On the first anniversary of her assignment to Enterprise, T'Pol tells Archer and Trip about the first contact between humans and Vulcans, which involves three Vulcans becoming stranded in the town of Carbon Creek, Pennsylvania in 1957.
Director: James A. Contner | Stars: Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating
Votes: 2,375
28.
New York Undercover (1994–2024)
Episode:
You Get No Respect
(1995)
TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Music
J.C. and Eddie enter a world of drugs, gangsters and deception in search of clues to a rap artist's murder.
Director: James A. Contner | Stars: Michael DeLorenzo, Malik Yoba, Patti D'Arbanville, Michael Michele
Votes: 39
29.
Reasonable Doubts (1991–1993)
Episode:
Aftermath
(1991)
TV-14 | Crime, Drama
Director: James A. Contner | Stars: Mark Harmon, Marlee Matlin, Nancy Everhard, William Converse-Roberts
Votes: 19
30.
21 Jump Street (1987–1991)
Episode:
Orpheus 3.3
(1988)
TV-14 | 47 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When Hanson and Amy go to the supermarket a armed gunman takes them and the cashier hostage and has a traumatizing ending for Hanson and everyone involved.
Director: James A. Contner | Stars: Johnny Depp, Holly Robinson Peete, Peter DeLuise, Dustin Nguyen
Votes: 223
31.
Crime Story (1986–1988)
Episode:
Shadow Dancer
(1986)
TV-14 | 49 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Lt. Torello and the MCU search for the person responsible for the murder committed during a home invasion. Feeling the heat from the MCU's home invasion investigation Phil Bartoli orders Ray Luca to take care of the problem personally.
Director: Leon Ichaso | Stars: Dennis Farina, Tony Denison, Bill Smitrovich, Steve Ryan
Votes: 91
32.
Tour of Duty (1987–1990)
Episode:
Odd Man Out
(1990)
TV-14 | 46 min | Action, Drama, War
Bravo Company is sent into the bush to rescue the wife of a local potentate who is denying the Army access to use their artillery until she is home. Bravo Company finds her and learns that ... See full summary »
Director: James A. Contner | Stars: Terence Knox, Stephen Caffrey, Tony Becker, Ramón Franco
Votes: 55
33.
Movin' On (1974–1976)
Episode:
Witch Hunt
(1976)
TV-PG | 60 min | Drama
Will and Sonny get stuck in Gainesville, Georgia, with a load of chicken feed when the Chicken Growers Co-op is threatened with a quarantine by the government. Will is bitten by a snake while he is working on the rig.
Director: Jack Arnold | Stars: Claude Akins, Frank Converse, Rosemary Murphy, R.G. Armstrong
Votes: 21
34.
TURN: Washington's Spies (2014–2017)
Episode:
Mr. Culpeper
(2014)
TV-14 | 44 min | Drama, History, War
En route to New York, Abe is ambushed by a desperate patriot. Washington charges Ben with the task of creating America's first spy ring.
Director: Eagle Egilsson | Stars: Jamie Bell, Seth Numrich, Daniel Henshall, Heather Lind
Votes: 538
35. Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997–2003)
TV-14 | 44 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A young woman, destined to slay vampires, demons and other infernal creatures, deals with her life fighting evil, with the help of her friends.
Stars: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Nicholas Brendon, Alyson Hannigan, Anthony Head
Votes: 159,931
36. Tour of Duty (1987–1990)
TV-14 | 47 min | Action, Drama, War
The trials of a U.S. Army platoon serving in the field during the Vietnam War.
Stars: Terence Knox, Stephen Caffrey, Tony Becker, Ramón Franco
Votes: 4,957
37. Crime Story (1986–1988)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The saga of a Chicago police detective's efforts to stop a young hood's ruthless rise in the ranks of organized crime.
Stars: Dennis Farina, Bill Smitrovich, Tony Denison, Steve Ryan
Votes: 3,368
38. 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: 9,241
39. Key West (1993)
TV-PG | 60 min | Comedy, Drama
Seamus O'Neill is a Hemingway wannabe who strikes it rich and uses his newfound wealth to move to Key West in search of inspiration for his writing. He interacts with many colorful characters in this offbeat locale.
Stars: Fisher Stevens, Denise Crosby, Lara Piper, Brian Thompson
Votes: 371
40. Whitney Houston: The Greatest Hits (2000 Video)
100 min | Documentary, Music
A collection of Whitney Houston's Greatest videos from her debut single "You Give Good Love" upto "I Learned From The Best".
Directors: S.A. Baron, Karen Bellone, Kevin Bray, Brian Grant, Paul Hunter, Wayne Isham, Peter Israelson, Mick Jackson, Stuart Orme, Mitchell Sinoway, Alan Smithee, Randee St. Nicholas, Julien Temple | Stars: Whitney Houston, David Bonilla, Kevin Costner, Clive Davis
Votes: 234
41.
21 Jump Street (1987–1991)
Episode:
Swallowed Alive
(1989)
TV-14 | 47 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Hanson, Penhall, Ioki and Booker go into a juvenile detention centre to solve a murder.
Director: James A. Contner | Stars: Johnny Depp, Holly Robinson Peete, Peter DeLuise, Dustin Nguyen
Votes: 183
42.
Angel (1999–2004)
Episode:
Dead End
(2001)
Unrated | 43 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Wolfram and Hart arranges for Lindsey to get a new hand, but when it turns out to be evil, Angel investigates the firm's source of body parts.
Director: James A. Contner | Stars: David Boreanaz, Charisma Carpenter, Alexis Denisof, J. August Richards
Votes: 2,067
43.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997–2003)
Episode:
Helpless
(1999)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
As her birthday approaches, Buffy loses her slayer powers and must do battle with a vampire who is not only extremely powerful but also quite mad.
Director: James A. Contner | Stars: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Nicholas Brendon, Alyson Hannigan, Charisma Carpenter
Votes: 3,704
44.
The Commish (1991–1996)
Episode:
The Kid
(1995)
TV-14 | 46 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Paulie fights to prove that a homeless teenager isn't a murderer.
Director: James A. Contner | Stars: Michael Chiklis, Theresa Saldana, Kaj-Erik Eriksen, Jason Schombing
Votes: 75
45.
Crime Story (1986–1988)
Episode:
St. Louis Book of Blues
(1986)
TV-14 | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Luca plans to take over the gambling business and sends one of his men, Holman, to St. Louis. Torello plans to take Holman down, but the local sheriff, who wants publicity gets in MCU's way.
Director: Leon Ichaso | Stars: Dennis Farina, Tony Denison, Bill Smitrovich, Steve Ryan
Votes: 87
46.
Crime Story (1986–1988)
Episode:
The Kingdom of Money
(1987)
TV-14 | 49 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The mob makes its move to take over Las Vegas casinos. Abrams and Torello gather a team and set up an undercover operation in the strip club that Luca's men frequently visit.
Director: James A. Contner | Stars: Dennis Farina, Tony Denison, Bill Smitrovich, Steve Ryan
Votes: 64
47.
Crime Story (1986–1988)
Episode:
Abrams for the Defense
(1986)
TV-14 | 47 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A pretty female reporter helps public defender Abrams defend a man accused of assaulting a slumlord and he falls for her. Torello, on the other hand, must help his wife get through the tough times.
Director: Aaron Lipstadt | Stars: Dennis Farina, Tony Denison, Bill Smitrovich, Steve Ryan
Votes: 89
48.
Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode:
The Prodigal Son
(1985)
TV-14 | 96 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Crockett and Tubbs travel to New York to take down a powerful Colombian cartel.
Director: Paul Michael Glaser | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott
Votes: 765
49.
Sisters (1991–1996)
Episode:
The Good Daughter
(1993)
Drama
Director: James A. Contner | Stars: Swoosie Kurtz, Patricia Kalember, Julianne Phillips, Sela Ward
Votes: 11
50.
TURN: Washington's Spies (2014–2017)
Episode:
Against Thy Neighbor
(2014)
TV-14 | 42 min | Drama, History, War
Simcoe ignites a political witch-hunt to weed out rebel conspirators in Setauket. Washington assigns Ben to a secret mission.
Director: Kenneth Fink | Stars: Jamie Bell, Seth Numrich, Daniel Henshall, Heather Lind
Votes: 471