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1.
John Adams (2008)
Episode:
Independence
(2008)
TV-MA | 92 min | Biography, Drama, History
After the Battles of Lexington and Concord, John Adams becomes the voice for independence at the Continental Congress in Philadelphia.
Director: Tom Hooper | Stars: Paul Giamatti, Laura Linney, Stephen Dillane, David Morse
Votes: 1,056
2. John Adams (2008)
TV-14 | 71 min | Biography, Drama, History
The life of one of the USA's Founding Fathers, its second President, and his role in the nation's first 50 years.
Stars: Paul Giamatti, Laura Linney, John Dossett, Stephen Dillane
Votes: 36,700
3.
John Adams (2008)
Episode:
Join or Die
(2008)
TV-14 | 71 min | Biography, Drama, History
Firebrand Sam Adams tries to dissuade cousin John from defending redcoats in the Boston Massacre, but later John changes his mind and joins the revolutionary cause.
Director: Tom Hooper | Stars: Paul Giamatti, Laura Linney, Danny Huston, John Bedford Lloyd
Votes: 1,163
4.
Mercy Street (2016–2017)
Episode:
The Diabolical Plot
(2016)
TV-14 | 53 min | Drama, History
Pres. Lincoln's visit sets in motion a diabolical rebel plot and offers an opportunity to free James Sr. Dr. Foster uncovers a scheme to undermine him at the expense of his patients. ... See full summary »
Director: Jeremy Webb | Stars: McKinley Belcher III, Suzanne Bertish, Norbert Leo Butz, L. Scott Caldwell
Votes: 115
5. American Gothic (1995–1998)
TV-PG | 60 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A quiet, seemingly-quaint small town is ruled over by its charming yet evil sheriff who uses his demonic powers to remove anyone who dares to stand in his way. The only one he fears is a young boy he fathered through rape.
Stars: Gary Cole, Lucas Black, Paige Turco, Brenda Bakke
Votes: 4,868
6.
John Adams (2008)
Episode:
Reunion
(2008)
TV-MA | 66 min | Biography, Drama, History
Adams is able to secure a loan from the Dutch for his fledgling country as Abigail joins him in France as he helps negotiate the peace treaty.
Director: Tom Hooper | Stars: Paul Giamatti, Laura Linney, Stephen Dillane, David Morse
Votes: 793
7. Big Fish (2003)
PG-13 | 125 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
A frustrated son tries to determine the fact from fiction in his dying father's life.
Director: Tim Burton | Stars: Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Billy Crudup, Jessica Lange
Votes: 459,217 | Gross: $66.26M
8. Pousse Cafe (1997)
105 min | Comedy, Drama
A retired game show baron and his estranged gay son spar over old family bitterness and popular culture while testing recipes for a book on the history of cocktails.
Director: Susan Winter | Stars: Anthony Hamilton, Dominic Hamilton-Little, Steven J. Levy, Beatrix Ost
Votes: 31
9. Captain Phillips (2013)
PG-13 | 134 min | Action, Biography, Crime
The true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the U.S.-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years.
Director: Paul Greengrass | Stars: Tom Hanks, Barkhad Abdi, Barkhad Abdirahman, Catherine Keener
Votes: 493,173 | Gross: $107.10M
10.
Mercy Street (2016–2017)
Episode:
The Belle Alliance
(2016)
TV-14 | 53 min | Drama, History
During a Union ball at their house, the Green girls and Frank initiate a daring plan to help Tom escape. Mary releases Dr. Foster, still shaky from his detox, from his "quarantine" so he can guide Samuel through a delicate operation.
Director: Jeremy Webb | Stars: McKinley Belcher III, Suzanne Bertish, Norbert Leo Butz, L. Scott Caldwell
Votes: 119
11.
John Adams (2008)
Episode:
Don't Tread on Me
(2008)
TV-14 | 69 min | Biography, Drama, History
John and John Quincy sail to France to join Benjamin Franklin as part of the American mission but Adams' blunt style is ill-suited to diplomacy.
Director: Tom Hooper | Stars: Paul Giamatti, Laura Linney, Danny Huston, John Dossett
Votes: 825
12. Minority Report (2002)
PG-13 | 145 min | Action, Crime, Mystery
John works with the PreCrime police which stop crimes before they take place, with the help of three 'PreCogs' who can foresee crimes. Events ensue when John finds himself framed for a future murder.
Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Tom Cruise, Colin Farrell, Samantha Morton, Max von Sydow
Votes: 584,956 | Gross: $132.07M
13. Tell About the South: Voices in Black and White (1998 TV Movie)
Documentary
Tell About the South: Voices in Black and White is a series of three feature length films telling the story of modern Southern Literature, one of the major cultural achievements of our time.
Directors: Ross Spears, Devorah Cutler | Stars: Cynthia Burke, Pat Conroy, Rita Dove, Barbara Edwards
Votes: 13
14.
Mercy Street (2016–2017)
Episode:
The Dead Room
(2016)
TV-14 | 53 min | Drama, History
The unexpected visit of a hospital inspector throws the staff into disarray. Mary feels empathy for a deserter, while Silas makes Samuel pay for his arrogance. A family tragedy forces James... See full summary »
Director: Jeremy Webb | Stars: McKinley Belcher III, Suzanne Bertish, Norbert Leo Butz, L. Scott Caldwell
Votes: 119
15. Mercy Street (2016–2017)
TV-14 | 53 min | Drama, History
Follows the lives of two volunteer nurses on opposing sides of the Civil War - New England abolitionist Mary Phinney and Confederate supporter Emma Green.
Stars: McKinley Belcher III, Suzanne Bertish, Norbert Leo Butz, Gary Cole
Votes: 2,953
16. The Vernon Johns Story (1994 TV Movie)
PG | 100 min | Biography, Drama
This inspirational saga follows the life of controversial pastor Vernon Johns - now known as the father of the civil rights movement.
Director: Kenneth Fink | Stars: James Earl Jones, Mary Alice, Joe Seneca, Tommy Hollis
Votes: 349
17.
Mercy Street (2016–2017)
Episode:
The Uniform
(2016)
TV-14 | 54 min | Drama, History
Dr. Foster confronts his family's divided loyalties when his mother and wounded Confederate brother arrive. Alice is shocked to find her fiancé, Tom, deeply changed by war. Samuel and ... See full summary »
Director: Roxann Dawson | Stars: McKinley Belcher III, Suzanne Bertish, Norbert Leo Butz, L. Scott Caldwell
Votes: 117
18. Lincoln (2012)
PG-13 | 150 min | Biography, Drama, History
As the Civil War rages on, U.S President Abraham Lincoln struggles with continuing carnage on the battlefield as he fights with many inside his own cabinet on his decision to emancipate the slaves.
Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field, David Strathairn, Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Votes: 272,824 | Gross: $182.21M
19.
A Woman Named Jackie (1991)
Episode:
The Bouvier Years
(1991)
TV-PG | 90 min | Biography, Drama
Brought up in privilege, Jacqueline Bouvier (Roma Downey) marries men of wealth and power. Based on C. David Heymann's book. With Stephen Collins, William Devane, Joss Ackland, Wendy Hughes.
Director: Larry Peerce | Stars: Joss Ackland, Marianna Bishop, Ann Buckles, Andy Buckley
Votes: 16
20.
Mercy Street (2016–2017)
Episode:
The New Nurse
(2016)
TV-14 | 53 min | Drama, History
New England nurse Mary Phinney begins her duties in Mansion House, a hotel turned Union hospital in an occupied Southern town. Mansion House owner James Sr. struggles to preserve the family... See full summary »
Director: Roxann Dawson | Stars: McKinley Belcher III, Suzanne Bertish, Norbert Leo Butz, L. Scott Caldwell
Votes: 209
21.
Mercy Street (2016–2017)
Episode:
The Haversack
(2016)
TV-14 | 53 min | Drama, History
Emma nurses a wounded friend; Dr. Foster wrestles with his marriage and career; Mary strives to improve the lives of her patients with help from Samuel; and Silas involves Aurelia in a corrupt deal.
Director: Roxann Dawson | Stars: McKinley Belcher III, Suzanne Bertish, Norbert Leo Butz, Gary Cole
Votes: 135
22. Arlington Road (1999)
R | 117 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A man begins to suspect his neighbors are not what they appear to be and their secrets could be deadly.
Director: Mark Pellington | Stars: Jeff Bridges, Tim Robbins, Joan Cusack, Hope Davis
Votes: 91,960 | Gross: $24.36M
23. 29th Street (1991)
R | 101 min | Comedy, Drama
Frank's been lucky from the day, he was born. So why's he throwing rocks at a church after winning $6,200,000 in 1976 NYC lottery? He tells his story at the police station.
Director: George Gallo | Stars: Anthony LaPaglia, Danny Aiello, Lainie Kazan, Frank Pesce
Votes: 3,238 | Gross: $2.12M
24. Hearts in Atlantis (2001)
PG-13 | 101 min | Drama, Mystery
Widowed Liz Garfield and her son Bobby change when mysterious stranger Ted Brautigan enters their lives.
Director: Scott Hicks | Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Anton Yelchin, Hope Davis, Mika Boorem
Votes: 41,078 | Gross: $24.19M
25. Patch Adams (1998)
PG-13 | 115 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
The true story of a heroic man, Hunter "Patch" Adams, determined to become a medical doctor because he enjoys helping people. He ventured where no doctor had ventured before, using humour and pathos.
Director: Tom Shadyac | Stars: Robin Williams, Daniel London, Monica Potter, Philip Seymour Hoffman
Votes: 122,420 | Gross: $135.03M
26. Harriet (I) (2019)
PG-13 | 125 min | Action, Biography, Drama
The extraordinary tale of Harriet Tubman's escape from slavery and transformation into one of America's greatest heroes, whose courage, ingenuity, and tenacity freed hundreds of slaves and changed the course of history.
Director: Kasi Lemmons | Stars: Cynthia Erivo, Janelle Monáe, Leslie Odom Jr., Joe Alwyn
Votes: 30,762
27. Wish You Well (2013)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama, Family
A young girl and her brother come of age at their great-grandmother's house in Virginia during the 1940s.
Director: Darnell Martin | Stars: Ellen Burstyn, Mackenzie Foy, Josh Lucas, Ned Bellamy
Votes: 1,436
28. The Replacements (2000)
PG-13 | 118 min | Comedy, Sport
During a pro football strike, the owners hire substitute players.
Director: Howard Deutch | Stars: Keanu Reeves, Gene Hackman, Brooke Langton, Orlando Jones
Votes: 69,556 | Gross: $44.74M
29. A Woman Named Jackie (1991)
PG | 246 min | Biography, Drama
This starts when Jackie Kennedy was working after college; and spans her life through the Presidency of John F. Kennedy and her marriage to Aristotle Onassis after the assassination of President Kennedy.
Stars: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Roma Downey, Anna Thomson, Bob Gunton
Votes: 340
30.
A Woman Named Jackie (1991)
Episode:
The Kennedy Years
(1991)
TV-PG | 89 min | Biography, Drama
Miscarriage and philandering mark the Kennedys' early years. Jack (Stephen Collins) dallies with Marilyn Monroe (Eve Gordon), and Jackie (Roma Downey) vacations with Onassis (Joss Ackland).
Director: Larry Peerce | Stars: Marianna Bishop, Ann Buckles, Andy Buckley, Stephen Collins
Votes: 11
31. Mickey (2004)
PG | 105 min | Drama, Sport
A widowed lawyer wanted by the IRS assumes a new identity and signs his now-too-old son up for one more year of Little League. However, this may have been a mistake, as his son's dominance ... See full summary »
Director: Hugh Wilson | Stars: Harry Connick Jr., Shawn Salinas, Michelle Johnson, Mike Starr
Votes: 508 | Gross: $0.29M
32. The General's Daughter (1999)
R | 116 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When the daughter of a well-known and well-respected base commander is murdered, an undercover detective is summoned to look into the matter and finds a slew of cover-ups at West Point.
Director: Simon West | Stars: John Travolta, Madeleine Stowe, James Cromwell, Timothy Hutton
Votes: 63,907 | Gross: $102.71M
33. The Jackal (1997)
R | 124 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An imprisoned I.R.A. fighter is freed to help stop a brutal, seemingly "faceless" assassin from completing his next job.
Director: Michael Caton-Jones | Stars: Bruce Willis, Richard Gere, Sidney Poitier, Diane Venora
Votes: 124,261 | Gross: $54.93M
34. Rules of Engagement (2000)
R | 128 min | Drama, Thriller, War
An attorney defends an officer on trial for ordering his troops to fire on civilians after they stormed a U.S. embassy in a Middle Eastern country.
Director: William Friedkin | Stars: Tommy Lee Jones, Samuel L. Jackson, Guy Pearce, Ben Kingsley
Votes: 50,355 | Gross: $61.34M
35. Sommersby (1993)
PG-13 | 114 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
A farmer returns home from the Civil War, but his wife begins to suspect that the man is an impostor.
Director: Jon Amiel | Stars: Richard Gere, Jodie Foster, Lanny Flaherty, Wendell Wellman
Votes: 23,244 | Gross: $50.08M
36. Gods and Generals (2003)
PG-13 | 219 min | Biography, Drama, History
The rise and fall of confederate general Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, as he meets with military success against the Union from 1861 to 1863, when he is accidentally killed by his own soldiers.
Director: Ron Maxwell | Stars: Stephen Lang, Robert Duvall, Jeff Daniels, Donzaleigh Abernathy
Votes: 17,225 | Gross: $12.87M
37. Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker (1994 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 98 min | Drama, Thriller
The story of Johnson Whittaker, one of the first African-American cadets admitted to West Point. Tied down and beaten by his fellow cadets, Whittaker was court-martialed on the grounds that... See full summary »
Director: Harry Moses | Stars: Samuel L. Jackson, Sam Waterston, Mason Adams, Val Avery
Votes: 586
38.
A Woman Named Jackie (1991)
Episode:
The Onassis Years
(1991)
TV-PG | 91 min | Biography, Drama
After the assassination, Jackie (Roma Downey) moves to New York; she weds Onassis (Joss Ackland), but problems with Christina (Kadina De Eljalde) and, eventually, Ari cause the union to deteriorate.
Stars: Joss Ackland, Marianna Bishop, Ann Buckles, Andy Buckley
Votes: 11
39. Waiting to Exhale (1995)
R | 124 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Based on Terry McMillan's novel, this film follows four very different African-American women and their relationships with men.
Director: Forest Whitaker | Stars: Whitney Houston, Angela Bassett, Loretta Devine, Lela Rochon
Votes: 12,217 | Gross: $67.05M
40. Crazy People (1990)
R | 90 min | Comedy, Drama
A bitter ad executive who has reached his breaking point lands in a mental institution, where his career actually begins to thrive with help from his fellow patients.
Directors: Tony Bill, Barry L. Young | Stars: Dudley Moore, Daryl Hannah, Paul Reiser, J.T. Walsh
Votes: 4,972 | Gross: $13.24M
41. The Road to Wellville (1994)
R | 118 min | Comedy, Drama
A story about the ins and outs of one unusual health facility in the early twentieth century, run by the eccentric Dr. John Harvey Kellogg.
Director: Alan Parker | Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Bridget Fonda, Matthew Broderick, John Cusack
Votes: 13,234 | Gross: $6.51M
42. Wide Awake (1998)
PG | 88 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
A 10-year-old boy goes on a search for God after his grandfather dies.
Director: M. Night Shyamalan | Stars: Joseph Cross, Timothy Reifsnyder, Dana Delany, Denis Leary
Votes: 4,538 | Gross: $0.26M
43. Foreign Student (1994)
R | 90 min | Drama
A French football playing exchange student falls in love.
Director: Eva Sereny | Stars: Robin Givens, Marco Hofschneider, Rick Johnson, Charlotte Ross
Votes: 360 | Gross: $0.11M
44. Heart of Darkness (1993 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 100 min | Drama
A trading company manager travels up an African river to find a missing outpost head and discovers the depth of evil in humanity's soul.
Director: Nicolas Roeg | Stars: Tim Roth, John Malkovich, Isaach De Bankolé, James Fox
Votes: 2,104
45. Field of Lost Shoes (2015)
PG-13 | 96 min | Action, Drama, War
A group of teenage cadets sheltered from war at the Virginia Military Institute must confront the horrors of an adult world when they are called upon to defend the Shenandoah Valley.
Director: Sean McNamara | Stars: Michael Krebs, Jake Lawson, Sean Marquette, David Arquette
Votes: 2,114
46. Big Stone Gap (2014)
PG-13 | 103 min | Comedy, Family, Mystery
In a small town nestled in the Appalachian Mountains of Virginia, self-proclaimed spinster Ave Maria Mulligan finds her life shaken up and forever changed after learning a long-buried family secret.
Director: Adriana Trigiani | Stars: Ashley Judd, Patrick Wilson, Whoopi Goldberg, John Benjamin Hickey
Votes: 3,325 | Gross: $1.01M
47. Familiar Strangers (2008)
PG-13 | 86 min | Comedy, Drama
Asks the question, Is it really possible to relate to ones parents and siblings after being replaced by the family dog? . . . Perhaps as friends - weird friends?
Director: Zackary Adler | Stars: Shawn Hatosy, DJ Qualls, Tom Bower, Nikki Reed
Votes: 503 | Gross: $0.03M
48. Head of State (2003)
PG-13 | 95 min | Comedy
When a presidential candidate dies unexpectedly in the middle of the campaign, Washington, D.C. alderman Mays Gilliam is unexpectedly picked as his replacement.
Director: Chris Rock | Stars: Chris Rock, Bernie Mac, Lynn Whitfield, Dylan Baker
Votes: 21,245 | Gross: $37.79M
49. Evan Almighty (2007)
PG | 96 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
God contacts Congressman Evan Baxter and tells him to build an ark in preparation for a great flood.
Director: Tom Shadyac | Stars: Steve Carell, Morgan Freeman, Lauren Graham, Johnny Simmons
Votes: 155,263 | Gross: $100.46M
50. Boys on the Run (2003)
R | 97 min | Action, Adventure, Romance
Three runaway teenagers run for the hills. What begins as a Huck Fin and Tom Sawyer story quickly turns into a relentless hunt through the forests driving three teenagers to the limits of their physical and mental endurance.
Director: Pol Cruchten | Stars: Jesse Littlejohn, Raquel Beaudene, James Lafferty, Ron Perlman
Votes: 209