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1. Harambee! (1996 TV Movie)
60 min | Drama
During a Kwanzaa celebration, a recovering drug addict who now counsels drug users inspires the residents of a Brooklyn housing project to apply the principles of the holiday to combat violence in their neighborhood.
Director: Fracaswell Hyman | Stars: Howard E. Rollins Jr., Carlton Beener, Novella Nelson, Brenda Pressley
Votes: 31
2. The West Wing (1999–2006)
TV-14 | 42 min | Drama
Inside the lives of staffers in the West Wing of the White House.
Stars: Martin Sheen, Rob Lowe, Allison Janney, John Spencer
Votes: 85,529
3. Soul! (1968–1973)
60 min | Music
America's first "Black Tonight Show." From 1968 to 1973, of a nation. 'Soul!' Brought Black Culture to TV. Ellis Haizlip ensures the Revolution will be televised with "SOUL!,"
Stars: Ellis Haizlip, Gerry Bledsoe, Jerry Butler, Patti LaBelle
Votes: 66
4.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999– )
Episode:
Conscience
(2004)
TV-14 | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A young boy is kidnapped and a local pedophile becomes the main subject. But what is the truth behind the murder?
Director: David Platt | Stars: Christopher Meloni, Mariska Hargitay, Richard Belzer, Diane Neal
Votes: 1,461
5.
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: 2,353
6. 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: 106,634
7.
A Man Called Hawk (1989)
Episode:
Never My Love
(1989)
TV-14 | Drama, Action
Hawk is bothered by two violent brothers, one of whom seems intent on causing trouble for him.
Director: Virgil W. Vogel | Stars: Avery Brooks, Angela Bassett, Julian Christopher, Novella Nelson
Votes: 20
8.
Army Wives (2007–2013)
Episode:
Transitions
(2008)
TV-PG | 43 min | Drama, Romance, War
Trevor fears his shoulder may never recover and if so wants to move to Wyoming, which appeals to the boys but appalls Roxy, who wants to keep the bar. Lucas's birthday seems doomed when ... See full summary »
Director: John Terlesky | Stars: Kim Delaney, Sally Pressman, Brigid Brannagh, Brian McNamara
Votes: 57
9.
Chiefs (1983)
Episode:
Part 1
(1983)
Crime, Drama, Mystery
The new police chief of the young, thriving 1920's southern city of Delano is confronted with petty theft, Klan activities and, above all, the deaths of a number of young boys which lead him to suspect the doings of a serial killer.
Director: Jerry London | Stars: Charlton Heston, Keith Carradine, Stephen Collins, Brad Davis
Votes: 48
10.
Army Wives (2007–2013)
Episode:
Thank You for Letting Me Share
(2008)
TV-PG | 43 min | Drama, Romance, War
Trevor courageously combines daily therapy sessions with his full day-job, yet has some trouble convincing Roxy to join him for some joint therapy. General Holden is appalled to hear about ... See full summary »
Director: Carl Lawrence Ludwig | Stars: Kim Delaney, Sally Pressman, Brigid Brannagh, Brian McNamara
Votes: 61
11.
Chiefs (1983)
Episode:
Part 3
(1983)
Crime, Drama, Mystery
While Kennedy liberalism in the early 1960's offers new challenges and possibilities, the courageous appointment of a new sheriff and the resolution of a decades long hunt for a serial killer bring closure and new hope to Delano.
Director: Jerry London | Stars: Charlton Heston, Keith Carradine, Stephen Collins, Brad Davis
Votes: 43
12.
Third Watch (1999–2005)
Episode:
In Confidence
(2003)
TV-14 | Action, Crime, Drama
Aaron invites Kim out so she goes looking for a dress on work time. Then Aaron gets arrested by Cruz and Bosco on felony drugs charges. Faith tries to control Emily's life.
Director: Nelson McCormick | Stars: Michael Beach, Coby Bell, Amy Carlson, Eddie Cibrian
Votes: 65
13.
The West Wing (1999–2006)
Episode:
Gaza
(2004)
TV-14 | 41 min | Drama
A fact finding codel to the Middle East is torn apart by an explosion. Key members of the administration and their loved ones are caught in the mess. The President is forced to consider ... See full summary »
Director: Christopher Misiano | Stars: Dulé Hill, Allison Janney, Joshua Malina, Janel Moloney
Votes: 758
14.
Whoopi (2003–2004)
Episode:
Once Bitten
(2003)
30 min | Comedy, Drama
Mavis has trouble getting seen at the emergency room after getting bitten by Rita's pet ferret.
Director: Terry Hughes | Stars: Whoopi Goldberg, Wren T. Brown, Elizabeth Regen, Omid Djalili
Votes: 19
15. 30 Rock (2006–2013)
TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy
Liz Lemon, head writer of the sketch-comedy show "TGS with Tracy Jordan", must deal with an arrogant new boss and a crazy new star while trying to run a successful television show without losing her mind.
Stars: Tina Fey, Alec Baldwin, Tracy Morgan, Jack McBrayer
Votes: 131,954
16. 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: 124,822
17. Damages (2007–2012)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A law school graduate becomes the protégée of a successful high-stakes litigator.
Stars: Glenn Close, Rose Byrne, Tate Donovan, Zachary Booth
Votes: 31,596
18. Chiefs (1983)
200 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Three generations of police chiefs for a southern town go about their jobs while a serial murderer operates.
Stars: Charlton Heston, Keith Carradine, Stephen Collins, Brad Davis
Votes: 1,804
19. The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd (1987–1991)
30 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Molly Dodd is a divorced, thirty-something woman living in New York City facing the comedy and drama of a widely-changing career, difficulties of apartment living, managing a love life and its consequences, and much more.
Stars: Blair Brown, James Greene, Allyn Ann McLerie, William Converse-Roberts
Votes: 565
20. Watch Your Mouth (1978)
30 min | Comedy
A zany urban class of students engages in adventures and misadventures each week as their teacher played by Joe Morton tries to save them and ensure they learned a lesson...maybe.
Stars: Joe Morton, G. Smokey Campbell, Luis Figueroa, Loretta Green
Votes: 24
21.
Damages (2007–2012)
Episode:
Your Secrets Are Safe
(2010)
TV-MA | 52 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Almost a year has passed since Ellen Parsons left Hewes and Associates. She is now working in the District Attorney's office and is dealing with a fairly important drug case, trying to get ... See full summary »
Director: Todd A. Kessler | Stars: Glenn Close, Rose Byrne, Tate Donovan, Campbell Scott
Votes: 369
22. Third Watch (1999–2005)
TV-14 | 44 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The exploits of a group of men and women who serve New York City as police officers, firefighters, and paramedics in the fictional 55th Precinct.
Stars: Coby Bell, Skipp Sudduth, Jason Wiles, Molly Price
Votes: 11,436
23.
New York Undercover (1994–2024)
Episode:
Olde Tyme Religion
(1995)
TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Music
Eddie goes under cover to investigate a murder linked to a bizarre Caribbean religion and winds up seeing visions of his own death.
Director: William Malone | Stars: Malik Yoba, Michael DeLorenzo, Patti D'Arbanville, Ving Rhames
Votes: 35
24.
The West Wing (1999–2006)
Episode:
N.S.F. Thurmont
(2004)
TV-14 | 42 min | Drama
Josh maintains a vigil beside Donna's bed in hospital, and needles Colin over his background and relationship with Donna. President Bartlet is determined to reject the unanimous demands of ... See full summary »
Director: Alex Graves | Stars: Stockard Channing, Dulé Hill, Allison Janney, Joshua Malina
Votes: 709
25. New York Undercover (1994–2024)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Music
Drugs, robbery, corruption, rape, murder. Cops versus criminals. The undercover war has started. Welcome to New York City.
Stars: Malik Yoba, Michael DeLorenzo, Patti D'Arbanville, Luna Lauren Velez
Votes: 2,959
26. 100 Centre Street (2001–2002)
60 min | Crime, Drama
The lives and work of the staff of a New York City courthouse.
Stars: Joseph Lyle Taylor, Manny Perez, Phyllis Newman, Paula Devicq
Votes: 212
27. Taboo (2002–2014)
TV-14 | 45 min | Documentary
Around the world there are people of different cultures who take actions and decisions that seem out of the ordinary to the average westerner. Considered taboo, these people and their stories are now being known.
Stars: Lance Lewman, Andres Williams, David McCallum, Peter Singer
Votes: 684
28. Mr. Soul! (2018)
104 min | Documentary
Before Oprah, before Arsenio, there was Mr. SOUL. Ellis Haizlip ensures that the Revolution would be televised with "SOUL!," America's first "Black Tonight Show." From 1968 to 1973, the ... See full summary »
Directors: Melissa Haizlip, Sam Pollard | Stars: Blair Underwood, Sidney Poitier, Michael Jackson, Diahann Carroll
Votes: 274
29.
Damages (2007–2012)
Episode:
Tell Me I'm Not Racist
(2010)
TV-MA | 41 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
With Patty's help, Ellen hires her investigator, Malcolm, to look into her sister's drug case. She also asks him to look into her own background and particularly her one time babysitter, ... See full summary »
Director: David S. Tuttman | Stars: Glenn Close, Rose Byrne, Tate Donovan, Campbell Scott
Votes: 313
30. Law & Order (1990– )
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
New York's finest police detectives and prosecutors fight to make the city a safer place. With integrity as the guiding force from investigation to verdict, the teams weigh every perspective in their commitment to finding justice.
Stars: Jerry Orbach, Jesse L. Martin, Dennis Farina, Sam Waterston
Votes: 44,548
31. The Equalizer (1985–1989)
TV-PG | 48 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A retired Intelligence Agent turned private detective helps various threatened clients to equalize the odds.
Stars: Edward Woodward, Keith Szarabajka, Robert Lansing, Mark Margolis
Votes: 5,922
32.
Law & Order (1990– )
Episode:
Humiliation
(1995)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
After a prostitute is murdered, the detectives believe she was blackmailing a wealthy client. Kincaid prosecutes the case, but has second thoughts after the defendant's wife takes the stand.
Director: Matthew Penn | Stars: Jerry Orbach, Benjamin Bratt, S. Epatha Merkerson, Sam Waterston
Votes: 337
33.
Law & Order (1990– )
Episode:
Out of the Half-Light
(1990)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A young black girl claims to have been raped by white police officers. Police and prosecutors struggle to get the truth after an ambitious black congressman claims the investigation is a racially-motivated cover-up.
Director: E.W. Swackhamer | Stars: George Dzundza, Chris Noth, Dann Florek, Michael Moriarty
Votes: 431
34.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999– )
Episode:
Sophomore Jinx
(1999)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Benson and Stabler investigate a female student's murder at a local college. When they develop a suspect on the basketball team, they experience resistance from the college, which is trying... See full summary »
Director: Clark Johnson | Stars: Christopher Meloni, Mariska Hargitay, Richard Belzer, Dann Florek
Votes: 1,198
35.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999– )
Episode:
Unorthodox
(2008)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
After a young boy is hospitalized for blood loss following a rape, Stabler and Munch focus on a Hasidic order whose reluctance to cooperate may lead the investigation away from the real perpetrator.
Director: David Platt | Stars: Christopher Meloni, Mariska Hargitay, Richard Belzer, Diane Neal
Votes: 872
36. Mama Flora's Family (1998)
TV-PG | 175 min | Drama
Mama Flora reflects on her life from the 1910s through to the 1970s while trying to help her granddaughter get her life right and be a better mother for her son, all while bringing the family she has left back together.
Stars: Cicely Tyson, Erika Alexander, Blair Underwood, Queen Latifah
Votes: 625
37. Camera Three (1955–1980)
30 min | Drama
A weekly examination of the arts and literature, on Sunday mornings when there was more likely to be an audience interested in such matters and there was less competition for ratings.
Stars: James Macandrew, Faubion Bowers, Margaret Croyden, Alfredo Antonini
Votes: 62
38.
30 Rock (2006–2013)
Episode:
The Moms
(2010)
TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy
It's time for the Mother's Day special at TGS, and Jack's mom begins meddling in his two relationships, Liz's mom reveals her surprise true love, Tracy clashes with his pretend TV mom, and Jenna's mom is there because Jack's paying her.
Director: John Riggi | Stars: Tina Fey, Tracy Morgan, Jane Krakowski, Jack McBrayer
Votes: 837
39.
The Equalizer (1985–1989)
Episode:
The Line
(1986)
TV-PG | 46 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A young black man is killed accidentally when a watch group startles him. To protect themselves, they make it appear he was caught in the commission of a crime. And the police believe their... See full summary »
Director: Russ Mayberry | Stars: Edward Woodward, David Leary, Bill Cwikowski, Novella Nelson
Votes: 90
40. The Devil's Advocate (1997)
R | 144 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
An exceptionally-adept Florida lawyer is offered a job at a high-end New York City law firm with a high-end boss--the biggest opportunity of his career to date.
Director: Taylor Hackford | Stars: Keanu Reeves, Al Pacino, Charlize Theron, Jeffrey Jones
Votes: 401,747 | Gross: $60.98M
41. Army Wives (2007–2013)
TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, Romance, War
Four women and one man share the common bond of loving someone in the U.S. Army.
Stars: Brian McNamara, Wendy Davis, Catherine Bell, Sterling K. Brown
Votes: 8,432
42.
Sex and the City (1998–2004)
Episode:
Oh Come All Ye Faithful
(1998)
TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Miranda dates rising playwright Thomas John Andersen, whose only flaw is he needs to shower immediately after sex, which he blames on nun teachers; her uttering sex is not sinful gets her ... See full summary »
Director: Matthew Harrison | Stars: Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis, Cynthia Nixon
Votes: 891
43. August Rush (2007)
PG | 114 min | Drama, Music
A musically gifted orphan, Evan, runs away from his orphanage and searches New York City for his birth parents. On his journey, he's taken under the wing of the Wizard, a homeless man who lives in an abandoned theater.
Director: Kirsten Sheridan | Stars: Freddie Highmore, Keri Russell, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Terrence Howard
Votes: 111,095 | Gross: $31.66M
44. The Gilded Six Bits (2001)
29 min | Short
The lives of a loving husband and wife collide with that of a wealthy hustler.
Director: Booker T. Mattison | Stars: Chad L. Coleman, T'Keyah Crystal Keymáh, Novella Nelson, Wendell Pierce
Votes: 31
45.
New York Undercover (1994–2024)
Episode:
Capital Punishment
(1998)
TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Music
The detectives investigate a serial killer who gives male victims tainted drugs.
Director: Melanie Mayron | Stars: Malik Yoba, Luna Lauren Velez, Marisa Ryan, Josh Hopkins
Votes: 19
46. Sex and the City (1998–2004)
TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Four female New Yorkers gossip about their sex lives (or lack thereof) and find new ways to deal with being a woman in the late 1990s.
Stars: Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis, Cynthia Nixon
Votes: 142,677
47. Antwone Fisher (2002)
PG-13 | 120 min | Biography, Drama
Antwone Fisher, a young navy man, is forced to see a psychiatrist after a violent outburst against a fellow crewman. During the course of treatment a painful past is revealed and a new hope begins.
Director: Denzel Washington | Stars: Denzel Washington, Derek Luke, Joy Bryant, Malcolm David Kelley
Votes: 38,413 | Gross: $21.08M
48. A Man Called Hawk (1989)
TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, Action
Hawk is called upon to help those who need his help or whose lives may be in danger. He is also called upon by people from his past to settle old scores or to collect or settle old debts.
Stars: Avery Brooks, Moses Gunn, Angela Bassett, William Fichtner
Votes: 689
49. An Unmarried Woman (1978)
R | 124 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A wealthy woman from Manhattan's Upper East Side struggles to deal with her new identity and her sexuality after her husband of 16 years leaves her for a younger woman.
Director: Paul Mazursky | Stars: Jill Clayburgh, Alan Bates, Michael Murphy, Cliff Gorman
Votes: 6,045 | Gross: $24.00M
50. Dellaventura (1997–1998)
60 min | Drama
Dellaventura is a former cop, now a private eye, who helps people when the law can't.
Stars: Danny Aiello, Rick Aiello, Byron Minns, Anne Ramsay
Votes: 76