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1.
Homicide: Life on the Street (1993–1999)
Episode:
The Subway
(1997)
TV-14 | 46 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A man is pinned by a train in a subway station, producing a mortal wound that is temporarily suppressed by his situation, the Homicide detectives must determine if the incident was an accident or deliberate.
Director: Gary Fleder | Stars: Richard Belzer, Andre Braugher, Reed Diamond, Michelle Forbes
Votes: 522
2.
Homicide: Life on the Street (1993–1999)
Episode:
Three Men and Adena
(1993)
TV-14 | 46 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Bayliss has a new clue on his primary case and with Frank they interrogate a suspect who they believe to be the murderer of Adena
Director: Martin Campbell | Stars: Daniel Baldwin, Richard Belzer, Andre Braugher, Clark Johnson
Votes: 504
3.
Homicide: Life on the Street (1993–1999)
Episode:
Fallen Heroes: Part 2
(1998)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The Homicide Unit takes down the remaining Mahoney organization, but not without collateral damage. Stivers tells Gee that Luther Mahoney's shooting is the reason for all the carnage in the past 24 hours.
Director: Kathryn Bigelow | Stars: Richard Belzer, Andre Braugher, Reed Diamond, Peter Gerety
Votes: 145
4.
Homicide: Life on the Street (1993–1999)
Episode:
Fallen Heroes: Part 1
(1998)
TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Bayliss and Pembleton are handed "the mother of all red-balls," the stabbing of a judge on the sidewalk in broad daylight. It doesn't take them long to connect Georgia Rae Mahoney's ... See full summary »
Director: Kathryn Bigelow | Stars: Richard Belzer, Andre Braugher, Reed Diamond, Peter Gerety
Votes: 151
5.
Oz (1997–2003)
Episode:
A Game of Checkers
(1997)
TV-MA | 55 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
After a visit with his sons, Schillinger realizes he needs to get paroled. He convinces McManus to let him return to Em City with the condition that he leaves Beecher alone. Beecher comes ... See full summary »
Director: Jean de Segonzac | Stars: Ernie Hudson, Terry Kinney, Harold Perrineau, Eamonn Walker
Votes: 2,787
6.
Homicide: Life on the Street (1993–1999)
Episode:
The City That Bleeds
(1995)
TV-14 | 46 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Detectives Howard, Bolander and Felton are shot during an ambush and left in critical condition. Pembleton feels obligated to get justice, Munch becomes traumatized and shocked, and Giardello faces an investigation of his work.
Director: Tim Hunter | Stars: Daniel Baldwin, Richard Belzer, Andre Braugher, Isabella Hofmann
Votes: 188
7.
St. Elsewhere (1982–1988)
Episode:
My Aim Is True
(1984)
TV-PG | 60 min | Comedy, Drama
Auschlander hires Joan Halloran as his assistant. White has a reunion with his wife and kids. A gun is stolen from the ER. Axelrod thinks there is something wrong with him. Rosenthal begins... See full summary »
Director: Mark Tinker | Stars: Ed Flanders, Norman Lloyd, Ed Begley Jr., Ellen Bry
Votes: 57
8.
Homicide: Life on the Street (1993–1999)
Episode:
A Doll's Eyes
(1995)
TV-14 | 47 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Pembleton and Bayliss look for a gunman who opened fire at a crowded shopping mall, critically wounding a 10 year old boy.
Director: Kenneth Fink | Stars: Richard Belzer, Andre Braugher, Reed Diamond, Isabella Hofmann
Votes: 201
9.
Homicide: Life on the Street (1993–1999)
Episode:
Black and Blue
(1994)
TV-14 | 46 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A victim was shot in the back, and Frank is eager to find out who done it, however nobody believes him when he states the murderer was a cop.
Director: Christopher Menaul | Stars: Daniel Baldwin, Richard Belzer, Andre Braugher, Clark Johnson
Votes: 247
10.
Homicide: Life on the Street (1993–1999)
Episode:
Crosetti
(1994)
TV-14 | 49 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The unit investigate the death of their friend and Lewis' partner, Steve Crosetti which appears to be a suicide, but Lewis is sure there is more to it than this.
Director: Whitney Ransick | Stars: Daniel Baldwin, Richard Belzer, Andre Braugher, Isabella Hofmann
Votes: 242
11.
Homicide: Life on the Street (1993–1999)
Episode:
End Game
(1995)
TV-14 | 47 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The scene of the crime, Apartment 201, is searched and reveals that the occupant, Gordon Pratt, is a gun freak who once tried to be a cop. A possible suspect is apprehended, but lack of a ... See full summary »
Director: Lee Bonner | Stars: Daniel Baldwin, Richard Belzer, Andre Braugher, Isabella Hofmann
Votes: 192
12.
Oz (1997–2003)
Episode:
You Bet Your Life
(2000)
TV-MA | 58 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
After Hughes' attack on Devlin, Glynn withdraws from the race. Miguel Alvarez is still on the loose. Supreme Allah receives an unwanted surprise. Hill pays big time when he tells Mobay he ... See full summary »
Director: Adam Bernstein | Stars: Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Ernie Hudson, Terry Kinney, Rita Moreno
Votes: 2,228
13.
St. Elsewhere (1982–1988)
Episode:
Rough Cut
(1984)
TV-PG | 47 min | Comedy, Drama
Westphall, Auschlander, and Craig must decide on which residents to cut. Fiscus agrees to pose for a newspaper feature only to realize the pictures are provocative. Caldwell and Halloran's ... See full summary »
Director: Eric Laneuville | Stars: Ed Flanders, Norman Lloyd, Ed Begley Jr., Ellen Bry
Votes: 65
14.
St. Elsewhere (1982–1988)
Episode:
Time Heals: Part 2
(1986)
TV-PG | 60 min | Comedy, Drama
Morrison still tries to find out what is wrong with Terence O'Casey and is frantic as to where his son is. In 1935, Westphall's entire family, with the exception of his father, is killed in... See full summary »
Director: Mark Tinker | Stars: Ed Flanders, Norman Lloyd, Ed Begley Jr., Stephen Furst
Votes: 84
15.
Oz (1997–2003)
Episode:
A Day in the Death...
(2003)
TV-MA | 57 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
New inmate Idzik faces his enemies and requests a transfer. Meanwhile, the Loewen case grows increasingly complicated, the Muslims run into business trouble, and the inmate population comes together to support the O'Reilys.
Director: Daniel Loflin | Stars: Kirk Acevedo, Ernie Hudson, Terry Kinney, Rita Moreno
Votes: 2,158
16.
Homicide: Life on the Street (1993–1999)
Episode:
Bop Gun
(1994)
TV-14 | 47 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Felton gets a primary case, in which a family gets robbed and the mother is fatally shot. As the team investigates, the father blames himself for the loss.
Director: Stephen Gyllenhaal | Stars: Daniel Baldwin, Richard Belzer, Andre Braugher, Clark Johnson
Votes: 301
17.
Homicide: Life on the Street (1993–1999)
Episode:
Dead End
(1995)
TV-14 | 47 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The Homicide Unit captures Glen Holton only to learn that he wasn't the one who shot Felton, Bolander and Howard. Meanwhile Russert is forced to investigate Giardello's work to find out if he should be at fault for the ordeal.
Director: Whitney Ransick | Stars: Daniel Baldwin, Richard Belzer, Andre Braugher, Isabella Hofmann
Votes: 170
18.
Homicide: Life on the Street (1993–1999)
Episode:
Every Mother's Son
(1995)
TV-14 | 48 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Bayliss and Frank investigate the murder of a kid who was shot in a bowling alley. Felton gets a clue about his family's whereabouts.
Director: Kenneth Fink | Stars: Daniel Baldwin, Richard Belzer, Andre Braugher, Isabella Hofmann
Votes: 206
19.
Homicide: Life on the Street (1993–1999)
Episode:
Finnegan's Wake
(1998)
TV-14 | 46 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Bayliss is still having nightmares about the Adena Watson case, so Gee is reluctant to assign the case of another girl, murdered in 1932, to him. Therefore, Falsone is assigned the "oldest unsolved slaying still officially on the books."
Director: Steve Buscemi | Stars: Richard Belzer, Andre Braugher, Reed Diamond, Peter Gerety
Votes: 136
20.
Oz (1997–2003)
Episode:
A Cock and Balls Story
(2000)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Season Four premiere. The world of Oz--an experimental prison within a prison known as the Emerald City--reopens its doors with the inmates still on a 24-hour lockdown and prison officials struggling to end the hostilities.
Director: Adam Bernstein | Stars: Kirk Acevedo, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Ernie Hudson, Terry Kinney
Votes: 2,142
21.
Oz (1997–2003)
Episode:
A Town Without Pity
(2000)
TV-MA | 57 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
With things wild in Em City, O'Reily begins a surprising affair. Zabitz asks Schillinger for protection from Keller--who tries to get into the rehab program to make amends with Sister Pete.... See full summary »
Director: J. Miller Tobin | Stars: Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Ernie Hudson, Terry Kinney, Rita Moreno
Votes: 2,097
22.
Oz (1997–2003)
Episode:
Famous Last Words
(2001)
TV-MA | 63 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
In the Season Four finale, Hill discovers where his true allegiances lie in Oz. Redding's plot to use the Colonel against Morales has an unexpected outcome. Beecher's agony about his parole hearing leads to a shocking season climax.
Director: Adam Bernstein | Stars: Ernie Hudson, Terry Kinney, Rita Moreno, Harold Perrineau
Votes: 2,018
23.
Oz (1997–2003)
Episode:
Plan B
(1997)
TV-MA | 56 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A recovered Said ostracizes Huseni Mershah for turning his back on him when he was dying--and orders all the Muslims to cast him out. Impressed by Said's power, Groves decides to kill Glynn... See full summary »
Director: Darnell Martin | Stars: Ernie Hudson, Terry Kinney, Harold Perrineau, Eamonn Walker
Votes: 2,357
24.
St. Elsewhere (1982–1988)
Episode:
After Life
(1986)
TV-PG | Comedy, Drama
Fiscus is shot and while they try to save him, he finds himself meeting some people whom he knows who died.
Director: Mark Tinker | Stars: Ed Flanders, Norman Lloyd, Bonnie Bartlett, Ed Begley Jr.
Votes: 73
25.
St. Elsewhere (1982–1988)
Episode:
Close Encounters
(1985)
TV-PG | Comedy, Drama
Craig travels to Clinton, Ohio in hopes of bringing back his granddaughter. Ehrlich clashes with Caldwell over an unnecessary plastic surgery. Morrison goes against the US military by ... See full summary »
Director: Eric Laneuville | Stars: Ed Flanders, Norman Lloyd, Ed Begley Jr., Stephen Furst
Votes: 49
26.
St. Elsewhere (1982–1988)
Episode:
Strikeout
(1984)
TV-PG | 60 min | Comedy, Drama
The hospital continues to be hurt by the nurse's strike for which a deadline is set. Papandrao is forced to leave the picket line to help Ehrlich during an emergency operation. Martin is ... See full summary »
Director: Mark Tinker | Stars: Ed Flanders, Norman Lloyd, Ed Begley Jr., Ellen Bry
Votes: 54
27.
St. Elsewhere (1982–1988)
Episode:
Time Heals: Part 1
(1986)
TV-PG | 60 min | Comedy, Drama
St. Eligius' 50th anniversary spurs memories, including its opening in 1935 under the leadership of Father Joseph McCabe, the arrival of recently emigrated Helen Rosenthal and Mark's return... See full summary »
Director: Mark Tinker | Stars: Ed Flanders, Norman Lloyd, Ed Begley Jr., Stephen Furst
Votes: 76
28. South Park (1997– )
TV-MA | 22 min | Animation, Comedy
Follows the misadventures of four irreverent grade-schoolers in the quiet, dysfunctional town of South Park, Colorado.
Stars: Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Isaac Hayes, Mona Marshall
Votes: 406,150
29. Oz (1997–2003)
TV-MA | 55 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A series chronicling the daily activities of an unusual prison facility and its criminal inhabitants.
Stars: Ernie Hudson, J.K. Simmons, Lee Tergesen, Dean Winters
Votes: 106,737
30. Homicide: Life on the Street (1993–1999)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An American police procedural television series chronicling the work of a fictional version of the Baltimore Police Department's Homicide Unit.
Stars: Richard Belzer, Clark Johnson, Yaphet Kotto, Kyle Secor
Votes: 14,200
31. In Good Conscience: Sister Jeannine Gramick's Journey of Faith (2004)
82 min | Documentary
Sister Jeannine Gramick is an American nun who ministers to gay and lesbian catholics. Ordered to stop her activities, the sister has refused and is attempting to take her case to the Vatican.
Director: Barbara Rick
Votes: 29
32.
Homicide: Life on the Street (1993–1999)
Episode:
Colors
(1995)
TV-14 | 48 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When Bayliss' cousin shoots a "crazed" Turkish young man at his door, Pembleton and Bayliss differ on motive. A Grand Jury is called to determine whether it is manslaughter or rightful ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Medak | Stars: Daniel Baldwin, Richard Belzer, Andre Braugher, Isabella Hofmann
Votes: 181
33.
Homicide: Life on the Street (1993–1999)
Episode:
Deception
(1997)
TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Autopsy reveals that the death of a recent arrival from Europe was caused by a burst baggie he had swallowed, one of over 70 bags of heroin found in his stomach. Luther Mahoney MUST be ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Medak | Stars: Richard Belzer, Andre Braugher, Reed Diamond, Michelle Forbes
Votes: 127
34.
Homicide: Life on the Street (1993–1999)
Episode:
Forgive Us Our Trespasses
(1999)
TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Giardello receives a surprise visit from his daughter, Bayliss and Shepard try to bring a criminal to justice and Lewis and Falsone investigate a stabbing.
Director: Alan Taylor | Stars: Richard Belzer, Giancarlo Esposito, Peter Gerety, Clark Johnson
Votes: 123
35.
Homicide: Life on the Street (1993–1999)
Episode:
Lines of Fire
(1999)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Giardello and Gharty get involved in a hostage situation in which a man holds his children at gunpoint and threatens to blow up an apartment building.
Director: Kathryn Bigelow | Stars: Richard Belzer, Giancarlo Esposito, Peter Gerety, Clark Johnson
Votes: 128
36.
Oz (1997–2003)
Episode:
Escape from Oz
(1998)
TV-MA | 68 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
In the Season Two finale, Wittlesey is transferred to general population and replaced by Karl Metzger, a Nazi. Mack and another Aryan try to escape through Busmalis and Rebadow's hole. Hill... See full summary »
Director: Jean de Segonzac | Stars: Kirk Acevedo, Ernie Hudson, Terry Kinney, Rita Moreno
Votes: 2,292
37.
St. Elsewhere (1982–1988)
Episode:
Cora and Arnie
(1982)
TV-PG | 50 min | Comedy, Drama
Morrison treats a bag lady with an infection in her feet. Fiscus informs a man that he's been shot. The victim of the bank bombing succumbs to her injuries causing her husband to take action.
Director: Mark Tinker | Stars: Ed Flanders, David Birney, G.W. Bailey, Ed Begley Jr.
Votes: 173
38.
St. Elsewhere (1982–1988)
Episode:
Family Feud
(1986)
TV-PG | Comedy, Drama
After giving blood, Caldwell gets some sobering news. Mrs. Endicott decides to go under the knife. Morrison, Fiscus, Clancy and Mona's love lives become entangled.
Director: Mark Tinker | Stars: Ed Flanders, Norman Lloyd, Ed Begley Jr., Stephen Furst
Votes: 52
39.
St. Elsewhere (1982–1988)
Episode:
Haunted
(1985)
TV-PG | Comedy, Drama
The Craigs deal with the aftermath of Stephen's death; Caldwell's excursion to a rented cabin on the cape is crashed by Fiscus; Axelrod becomes self-conscious about his weight.
Director: Mark Tinker | Stars: Ed Flanders, Norman Lloyd, Ed Begley Jr., Stephen Furst
Votes: 58
40.
St. Elsewhere (1982–1988)
Episode:
Jose, Can You See?
(1987)
TV-PG | Comedy, Drama
Ellen invites Griffin to stay at the Craig household; Novino is reluctant to put a blind homeless man back on the street after he no longer requires treatment; Wade has to be escorted ... See full summary »
Director: Eric Laneuville | Stars: Ed Flanders, Norman Lloyd, Bonnie Bartlett, Ed Begley Jr.
Votes: 44
41.
St. Elsewhere (1982–1988)
Episode:
Murder, She Rote
(1985)
TV-PG | 60 min | Comedy, Drama
Elliot goes on a date; Caldwell tries to persuade his patient to leave her room; Mrs. Hufnagel leaves the hospital; Daniels is declared fit for work.
Director: Mark Tinker | Stars: Ed Flanders, Norman Lloyd, Ed Begley Jr., Stephen Furst
Votes: 47
42.
St. Elsewhere (1982–1988)
Episode:
Qui Transtulit Sustinet
(1983)
TV-PG | 47 min | Comedy, Drama
Members of the press gather at the hospital to report on the progress of the heart transplant. Morrison begins to blame himself for Nina's death. Luther asks Fiscus to invest in a stock ... See full summary »
Director: Victor Lobl | Stars: Ed Flanders, Norman Lloyd, Ed Begley Jr., Ellen Bry
Votes: 66
43.
St. Elsewhere (1982–1988)
Episode:
Two Balls and a Strike
(1984)
TV-PG | 60 min | Comedy, Drama
The nurses go on strike. The rapist strikes again at the hospital. The Craigs decide to see a marriage counselor. Westphall prepares as his daughter goes off to college.
Director: David Anspaugh | Stars: Ed Flanders, Norman Lloyd, Ed Begley Jr., Ellen Bry
Votes: 51
44. Anatomy of a 'Homicide: Life on the Street' (1998 TV Movie)
Crime, Documentary, Drama
A brief look at the history of "Homicide: Life on the Street", one of the best shows on television and its ratings history as well as some of the people on the show, as well as behind the ... See full summary »
Director: Ted Bogosian | Stars: Will Lyman, G.A. Aguilar, Michael Ahl, A. Russell Andrews
Votes: 111
45.
Homicide: Life on the Street (1993–1999)
Episode:
Blood Ties: Part 1
(1997)
TV-14 | 46 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A prominent businessman's housekeeper is found murdered at a banquet in his honor.
Director: Alan Taylor | Stars: Richard Belzer, Andre Braugher, Reed Diamond, Michelle Forbes
Votes: 119
46.
Homicide: Life on the Street (1993–1999)
Episode:
Kellerman, P.I.: Part 2
(1998)
TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Even though the young mother of the suffocated newborn has made a deal to testify, her boyfriend is convinced she will not wrongfully accuse him--because of their love. Falcone tries to ... See full summary »
Director: Jay Tobias | Stars: Richard Belzer, Giancarlo Esposito, Peter Gerety, Clark Johnson
Votes: 113
47.
Homicide: Life on the Street (1993–1999)
Episode:
Stakeout
(1996)
TV-14 | 47 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A male prostitute offers to reveal the identity of a multiple murderer as part of a plea bargain. He admits to luring in the victims and stealing their rings, but not to being the killer. ... See full summary »
Director: John McNaughton | Stars: Richard Belzer, Andre Braugher, Reed Diamond, Isabella Hofmann
Votes: 149
48.
Oz (1997–2003)
Episode:
Cuts Like a Knife
(2001)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
O'Reily regrets getting Cyril involved with the trial drug when it starts taking effect. Meanwhile, Giles' request for an unusual execution creates controversy and the Chinese refugees are ... See full summary »
Director: Steve Buscemi | Stars: Kirk Acevedo, Ernie Hudson, Terry Kinney, Rita Moreno
Votes: 2,000
49.
Oz (1997–2003)
Episode:
Exeunt Omnes
(2003)
TV-MA | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Querns is appointed the new warden of Oz. Brass attempts to get famous for a day. Tim tries to change the mindset of Said's murderer. Cyril is finally executed. Keller brings Tobias back to Oz for good.
Director: Alex Zakrzewski | Stars: Kirk Acevedo, Ernie Hudson, Terry Kinney, Rita Moreno
Votes: 2,264
50.
Oz (1997–2003)
Episode:
Sonata da Oz
(2003)
TV-MA | 57 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Tobias learns who killed his father before being released from prison. Cyril begins shock therapy while receiving an execution date. Said is allowed to start his own company.
Director: Judy Dennis | Stars: Kirk Acevedo, Ernie Hudson, Terry Kinney, Rita Moreno
Votes: 1,952