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1.
NYPD Blue (1993–2005)
Episode:
Brother's Keeper
(1998)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The detectives investigate a grisly murder in which an elderly woman's hands and feet were cut off. Simone's health continues to deteriorate.
Director: Donna Deitch | Stars: Jimmy Smits, Dennis Franz, James McDaniel, Kim Delaney
Votes: 153
2.
EZ Streets (1996–1997)
Episode:
Every Dog Has Its Day
(1997)
TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Quinn investigates the disappearance of a man known as Dogface and suspects that Jimmy is behind it. Danny finds a decent job and tries to be a good family man. Fivers pressures the Mayor to change the mind of a councilwoman he's close to.
Director: Donna Deitch | Stars: Ken Olin, Joe Pantoliano, Jason Gedrick, Sarah Trigger
Votes: 13
3.
The Women of Brewster Place (1989)
Episode:
Episode #1.1
(1989)
TV-14 | 120 min | Drama
The matriarch and anchor for the women of Brewster Place is Mattie Michael. Her unselfish devotion to a ne'er-do-well son forces her to abandon her home, and try to make a new life in Brewster Place's dark and overcrowded tenements.
Director: Donna Deitch | Stars: Oprah Winfrey, Mary Alice, Olivia Cole, Robin Givens
Votes: 20
4. Women in Love: Desert Hearts (2017)
26 min | Documentary, Short
Actors Patricia Charbonneau and Helen Shaver discuss the making of with groundbreaking film of queer cinema, Desert Hearts (1985, Donna Deitch) and how it impacted their careers.
Stars: Patricia Charbonneau, Donna Deitch, Helen Shaver
Votes: 10
5.
South of Nowhere (2005–2008)
Episode:
Secret Truths
(2005)
TV-PG | 49 min | Drama, Romance
Shows how the Carlins react to their new lives in Los Angeles.
Directors: Troy Byer, Donna Deitch, Paul Hoen, Nancylee Myatt, Charles Randolph-Wright, Bethany Rooney, Robert Townsend, Rose Troche | Stars: Gabrielle Christian, Mandy Musgrave, Matt Cohen, Danso Gordon
Votes: 84
6.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999– )
Episode:
Mask
(2011)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Stabler goes undercover as a sex addict to catch a predator after the daughter of a respected sexual psychotherapist is attacked. The therapist, however, is reluctant to cooperate and suspects that he may be responsible.
Director: Donna Deitch | Stars: Christopher Meloni, Mariska Hargitay, Richard Belzer, Ice-T
Votes: 1,105
7.
Crossing Jordan (2001–2007)
Episode:
Faith
(2007)
TV-14 | 41 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Woody and Jordan team up to locate a hijacked school bus that is full of children. Elsewhere, the lifeless body of Santa shows up at the morgue; and Jordan's secret is finally revealed as her peers become concerned for her health.
Director: Donna Deitch | Stars: Jill Hennessy, Miguel Ferrer, Ravi Kapoor, Kathryn Hahn
Votes: 103
8.
Dragnet (2003–2004)
Episode:
The Little Guy
(2003)
38 min | Crime, Drama
Joe Friday has been called before a shooting board of inquiry over a series of incidents culminating in several deaths. Joe and his partner Frank Smith testify on a case seen in flashback. ... See full summary »
Director: Donna Deitch | Stars: Ed O'Neill, Ethan Embry, Raymond J. Barry, Randle Mell
Votes: 31
9.
NYPD Blue (1993–2005)
Episode:
Bottoms Up
(2003)
TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In hopes of freeing Clark from jail, Sipowicz searches for drug dealers who might have a connection to Laughlin; McDowell and Ortiz investigate a series of rapes in a park involving a ... See full summary »
Director: Donna Deitch | Stars: Dennis Franz, Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Gordon Clapp, Charlotte Ross
Votes: 94
10.
Second Noah (1996–1998)
Episode:
Second Noah
(1996)
Drama, Family
Ricky ignores his chores hang out with his girlfriend. Danny has looks for his biological mom and Bethany feels adversity at school due to her race.
Director: Donna Deitch | Stars: Daniel Hugh Kelly, Betsy Brantley, James Marsden, Ashley Gorrell
Votes: 10
11.
Crossing Jordan (2001–2007)
Episode:
Shattered
(2007)
TV-14 | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A special prosecutor appears to audit the department, Jordan skirts the law trying to catch a pedophile, and Woody is horrified when pieces of a woman are found scattered along the highway, and no one seems to care.
Director: Donna Deitch | Stars: Jill Hennessy, Miguel Ferrer, Ravi Kapoor, Kathryn Hahn
Votes: 112
12.
Crossing Jordan (2001–2007)
Episode:
In Sickness & in Health
(2007)
TV-14 | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Jordan returns to work early and energized, convinced she's a changed person. Kate and Woody work a case where a groom was gunned down at his wedding, and Bug, Jordan and Elliot try to find... See full summary »
Director: Donna Deitch | Stars: Jill Hennessy, Miguel Ferrer, Ravi Kapoor, Kathryn Hahn
Votes: 99
13.
A Gifted Man (2011–2012)
Episode:
In Case of Missed Communication
(2011)
TV-14 | 42 min | Drama, Fantasy
Dr. Barnes and Dr. Sykora save a man on a bus who turns out to have a DNR order. Meanwhile, Rita's son has a motorcycle accident that reveals an existing medical condition.
Director: Donna Deitch | Stars: Patrick Wilson, Jennifer Ehle, Margo Martindale, Pablo Schreiber
Votes: 76
14. Murder One (1995–1997)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Theodore Hoffman is a prominent defense attorney in a prestigious Los Angeles law firm. After successfully defending the wealthy but suspicious Richard Cross in a lurid murder trial, he is ... See full summary »
Stars: Mary McCormack, Michael Hayden, J.C. MacKenzie, Barbara Bosson
Votes: 2,448
15. Murder One: Diary of a Serial Killer (1997)
360 min | Drama
Wyler and associates take on the case of an admitted serial killer.
Stars: Mary McCormack, D.B. Woodside, Barbara Bosson, Clayton Rohner
Votes: 139
16.
C-16: FBI (1997–1998)
Episode:
The Art of War
(1998)
Action, Crime, Drama
Stoddard, Rooney, Robinson and DiRado pit a gang of armed robbers who pretend to bi FBI agents against one another. Robinson also looks for his missing junkie brother. Meanwhile, elderly Miss Wilson confesses a 1940s robbery to Reardon.
Director: Donna Deitch | Stars: Eric Roberts, D.B. Sweeney, Christine Tucci, Angie Harmon
Votes: 12
17.
Judging Amy (1999–2005)
Episode:
Judging Eric
(2003)
TV-PG | Drama
Eric's trial begins and is presided over by a slightly eccentric and seemingly unsympathetic judge. Meanwhile, a party is planned for to celebrate his 17th birthday.
Director: Donna Deitch | Stars: Amy Brenneman, Richard T. Jones, Kevin Rahm, Jessica Tuck
Votes: 52
18.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999– )
Episode:
Waste
(2002)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The SVU team is put on the case of a woman who has been in a coma for 14 months and is found to be 7 weeks pregnant. After going though many suspects, they focus on the patient's doctor. ... See full summary »
Director: Donna Deitch | Stars: Christopher Meloni, Mariska Hargitay, Richard Belzer, Stephanie March
Votes: 973
19.
Crossing Jordan (2001–2007)
Episode:
Thin Ice
(2006)
TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Jordan and Lu butt heads while trying to prove whether or not a baseball player raped a woman. Jordan sides with the victim while Lu believes Baker's story that it was consentual. Later, ... See full summary »
Director: Donna Deitch | Stars: Jill Hennessy, Miguel Ferrer, Ravi Kapoor, Kathryn Hahn
Votes: 102
20.
Army Wives (2007–2013)
Episode:
Heavy Losses
(2010)
TV-PG | 43 min | Drama, Romance, War
Jeremy has been promoted specialist and wants to reenlist, even though that probably mans a tour in Afghansitan, but tells Denise he won't go if she can't bear it. Roxy has a miscarriage. ... See full summary »
Director: Donna Deitch | Stars: Kim Delaney, Sally Pressman, Brigid Brannagh, Brian McNamara
Votes: 43
21.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999– )
Episode:
Trophy
(2010)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
While investigating a serial rapist and killer case, an interview with a victim's daughter leads Olivia to believe that she may be looking for her own biological father.
Director: Donna Deitch | Stars: Christopher Meloni, Mariska Hargitay, Richard Belzer, Ice-T
Votes: 957
22. Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999– )
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
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: 124,477
23. EZ Streets (1996–1997)
TV-14 | 539 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Gritty crime drama set in a corrupt decaying city near the Canada-U.S. border about the leader of a vicious new gang called the EZs, a dedicated cop who's struggling to stop him, and an ex-con forced to work for the gangster.
Stars: Ken Olin, Joe Pantoliano, Jason Gedrick, Mike Starr
Votes: 272
24. Vito (2011)
Not Rated | 93 min | Documentary, Biography, History
The story of Vito Russo, founding father of the gay liberation movement, author of "The Celluloid Closet," and vociferous AIDS activist in the 1980s.
Director: Jeffrey Schwarz | Stars: Phyllis Antonellis, George Bancroft, Richard Barrios, Edmund Bergler
Votes: 772
25. Veronica Clare (1991)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Mystery
Jazz club owner and gumshoe Veronica Clare solves a variety of cases (10 episodes). Set in an LA of the film noir style.
Stars: Laura Robinson, Robert Beltran, Christina Pickles, Tony Plana
Votes: 20
26.
Murder One (1995–1997)
Episode:
Chapter Twenty
(1996)
TV-14 | 46 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Justine discovers the cause of Cross' erratic behavior.
Director: Donna Deitch | Stars: Daniel Benzali, Mary McCormack, Michael Hayden, Grace Phillips
Votes: 58
27.
NYPD Blue (1993–2005)
Episode:
I'll Draw You a Mapp
(1999)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
ADA Costas prepares for the trial against Cullinan, and chooses Sorenson to testify over her husband. A man is shot dead in his apartment, and his wife's story about Latinos looking for drugs doesn't add up.
Director: Donna Deitch | Stars: Dennis Franz, Ricky Schroder, James McDaniel, Kim Delaney
Votes: 111
28.
NYPD Blue (1993–2005)
Episode:
Under Covers
(2001)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Sipowicz and Sorenson investigate the murder of a drug dealer, while Sorenson continues to see the stripper, Kristen, who draws him into a favor for the owners of the Tailfeathers club.
Director: Donna Deitch | Stars: Dennis Franz, Ricky Schroder, Gordon Clapp, Bill Brochtrup
Votes: 109
29.
South of Nowhere (2005–2008)
Episode:
Friends, Lovers, Brothers, and Others
(2005)
TV-PG | 24 min | Drama, Romance
Things heat up between Aiden and Spencer at Ashley's rock show, much to Ashley's surprise and jealousy.
Director: Donna Deitch | Stars: Gabrielle Christian, Mandy Musgrave, Matt Cohen, Danso Gordon
Votes: 59
30.
Crossing Jordan (2001–2007)
Episode:
Dead Wives' Club
(2003)
TV-14 | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A missing woman's body washes up in the ocean after a decade. Meanwhile, Dr. Winslow's estranged wife ends up in the morgue after a fatal drug overdose.
Director: Donna Deitch | Stars: Jill Hennessy, Miguel Ferrer, Ken Howard, Ravi Kapoor
Votes: 105
31.
ER (1994–2009)
Episode:
Full Moon, Saturday Night
(1995)
TV-14 | 46 min | Drama, Romance
Dr. Greene is still haunted by the death of Jodi O'Brien and isn't sure he can function as a doctor. At Susan's urging, he takes the night off but unfortunately for him, the new head of the... See full summary »
Director: Donna Deitch | Stars: Anthony Edwards, George Clooney, Sherry Stringfield, Noah Wyle
Votes: 635
32.
NYPD Blue (1993–2005)
Episode:
Baby Love
(2001)
TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The squad investigates the theft of a baby from a hospital, and the arson of an Arab-owned business.
Director: Donna Deitch | Stars: Dennis Franz, Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Gordon Clapp, Bill Brochtrup
Votes: 112
33.
NYPD Blue (1993–2005)
Episode:
Stressed for Success
(2000)
TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Danny has an emotional crisis; John Irvin helps in a case involving stolen antique clothing; Jill deals with a young woman with small children who steals because of her unemployed, abusive husband.
Director: Donna Deitch | Stars: Dennis Franz, Ricky Schroder, James McDaniel, Kim Delaney
Votes: 111
34.
Off the Map (2011)
Episode:
It's Good
(2011)
TV-14 | 43 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
When a robbery deprives the clinic of all of their meds, the docs must scramble to keep treating patients. Tommy must save a frat brother whose hang-over turns out to be something much ... See full summary »
Director: Donna Deitch | Stars: Jonathan Castellanos, Valerie Cruz, Caroline Dhavernas, Jason George
Votes: 126
35. ER (1994–2009)
TV-14 | 44 min | Drama, Romance
The doctors who work in the ER at the County General Hospital in Chicago grapple with ups and downs in their personal and professional lives while trying to give apt medical care to their patients.
Stars: Anthony Edwards, George Clooney, Julianna Margulies, Eriq La Salle
Votes: 67,638
36. Eureka (2006–2012)
TV-14 | 60 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
A U.S. Marshal becomes the sheriff of Eureka, a remote, cozy little Northwestern town where the best minds in the US have secretly been tucked away to build futuristic inventions for the government which often go disastrously wrong.
Stars: Colin Ferguson, Salli Richardson-Whitfield, Erica Cerra, Neil Grayston
Votes: 58,200
37. South of Nowhere (2005–2008)
22 min | Drama, Romance
A family moves from Ohio to Los Angeles, where they realize they are unprepared for the city's fast pace and the overcrowded public school that the three teenagers will attend.
Stars: Gabrielle Christian, Mandy Musgrave, Matt Cohen, Maeve Quinlan
Votes: 5,189
38.
Murder One (1995–1997)
Episode:
Chapter Seven
(1995)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Hoffman questions a nurse about call from Neil Avedon.
Director: Donna Deitch | Stars: Daniel Benzali, Mary McCormack, Michael Hayden, Grace Phillips
Votes: 64
39.
NYPD Blue (1993–2005)
Episode:
A Murder with Teeth in It
(1995)
TV-14 | 47 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Sipowicz investigates the murder of a pimp in which evidence points to a cop that Sipowicz once helped out with a problem of his. Later, Simone mentions the case to his girlfriend reporter ... See full summary »
Director: Donna Deitch | Stars: Jimmy Smits, Dennis Franz, James McDaniel, Nicholas Turturro
Votes: 170
40.
NYPD Blue (1993–2005)
Episode:
In the Butt, Bob
(1995)
TV-14 | 47 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Lesniak deals with a perpetrator and his "high priced lawyer and shrink" when he repeats the offense. Meanwhile, Detective Solomon uses a fast pull to take a possible serial killer case ... See full summary »
Director: Donna Deitch | Stars: Jimmy Smits, Dennis Franz, James McDaniel, Nicholas Turturro
Votes: 185
41.
NYPD Blue (1993–2005)
Episode:
Only Schmucks Pay Income Tax
(2003)
TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Sipowicz and Clark search for two burglars who terrorized a retired cop and his wife; Medavoy and Jones assist an author who wrote a book on how to avoid paying income taxes; and Jones deals with Michael's father.
Director: Donna Deitch | Stars: Dennis Franz, Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Gordon Clapp, Charlotte Ross
Votes: 90
42. Bones (2005–2017)
TV-14 | 40 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
F.B.I. Special Agent Seeley Booth teams up with the Jeffersonian's top anthropologist, Dr. Temperance Brennan, to investigate cases where all that's left of the victims are their bones.
Stars: Emily Deschanel, David Boreanaz, Michaela Conlin, T.J. Thyne
Votes: 175,972
43. The Celluloid Closet (1995)
R | 102 min | Documentary, History
A documentary surveying the various Hollywood screen depictions of homosexuals and the attitudes behind them throughout the history of North American film.
Directors: Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman | Stars: Lily Tomlin, Tony Curtis, Susie Bright, Arthur Laurents
Votes: 7,502 | Gross: $1.51M
44.
NYPD Blue (1993–2005)
Episode:
Dead Man Talking
(1997)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Simone and Sipowicz investigate a break-in of a high-rise apartment where the wife and baby are killed and the husband injured. Vince Gotelli, now an insurance adjuster, tells Simone and ... See full summary »
Director: Donna Deitch | Stars: Jimmy Smits, Dennis Franz, James McDaniel, Nicholas Turturro
Votes: 133
45.
NYPD Blue (1993–2005)
Episode:
These Old Bones
(1996)
TV-14 | 46 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A strange woman walks into the precinct and gives Sipowicz and Medavoy some information about a disappearance that occurred eight years ago and where the body may be located. Meanwhile, ... See full summary »
Director: Donna Deitch | Stars: Jimmy Smits, Dennis Franz, James McDaniel, Nicholas Turturro
Votes: 152
46.
Heroes (2006–2010)
Episode:
Chapter Seven 'Nothing to Hide'
(2006)
TV-14 | 43 min | Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Lyle Bennett learns of his sister Claire's secret after watching her video of her trying to kill herself. Hiro Nakamura helps D.L. Hawkins save a woman from a burning car by freezing time. Isaac Mendez has gone M.I.A. with his painting.
Director: Donna Deitch | Stars: Tawny Cypress, Noah Gray-Cabey, Greg Grunberg, Ali Larter
Votes: 1,927
47.
Eureka (2006–2012)
Episode:
Sight Unseen
(2007)
TV-PG | 44 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Carter begins to disappear on his anniversary, Zoe is stuck with another student for a school project, and Henry and Nathan examine the item Henry found.
Director: Donna Deitch | Stars: Colin Ferguson, Salli Richardson-Whitfield, Joe Morton, Jordan Danger
Votes: 514
48.
Grey's Anatomy (2005– )
Episode:
I Like You So Much Better When You're Naked
(2010)
TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, Romance
After learning of Richard's drinking problem, Derek confronts him for the sake of his friend and the hospital, Izzie returns, hoping to reconcile with Alex, and tensions run high between ... See full summary »
Director: Donna Deitch | Stars: Ellen Pompeo, Sandra Oh, Katherine Heigl, Justin Chambers
Votes: 1,098
49. NYPD Blue (1993–2005)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Detectives from NYPD's 15th Precinct investigate homicides within their precinct.
Stars: Dennis Franz, Jimmy Smits, Gordon Clapp, James McDaniel
Votes: 16,305
50. The Women of Brewster Place (1989)
Not Rated | 178 min | Drama
A multi-generational story of the lives of several black women who call an inner-city tenement home.
Stars: Oprah Winfrey, Mary Alice, Olivia Cole, Robin Givens
Votes: 1,400