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1. Spin (III) (2011)
Director: Amy Lyn Howell | Stars: Danny Rawley, Maddie Bright, Kenzie Balliet, Sally Moore
Votes: 18
2. 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: 106,556
3. 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: 14,163
4.
Homicide: Life on the Street (1993–1999)
Episode:
A Many Splendored Thing
(1994)
TV-14 | 46 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Bayliss and Pembleton investigate the murder of a much-loved woman, only to find that she worked at a phone sex company. Meanwhile, a depressed Detective Munch tags along on Bolander's romantic dinner date after being dumped.
Director: John McNaughton | Stars: Daniel Baldwin, Richard Belzer, Andre Braugher, Clark Johnson
Votes: 202
5.
Oz (1997–2003)
Episode:
Ancient Tribes
(1998)
TV-MA | 57 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Ten months after the riot, Em City is reopened. A recovered McManus creates a council of group representatives to keep order, and initiates classes to help inmates get high-school equivalency diplomas.
Director: Uli Edel | Stars: Kirk Acevedo, Ernie Hudson, Terry Kinney, Rita Moreno
Votes: 2,128
6. Waitress: The Musical (2023)
144 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
The hit Broadway musical about a small-town pie baker with big dreams gets the silver screen treatment.
Directors: Diane Paulus, Brett Sullivan | Stars: Sara Bareilles, Drew Gehling, Charity Dawson, Dakin Matthews
Votes: 1,633 | Gross: $5.00M
7.
Early Edition (1996–2000)
Episode:
Phantom at the Opera
(1997)
TV-PG | 41 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Gary saves an museum art restorer from being killed by a burglar, and then must decide whether to allow matters to take their course and let her reunite with her long-lost love.
Director: Jan Eliasberg | Stars: Kyle Chandler, Shanesia Davis, Fisher Stevens, Adrienne Shelly
Votes: 112
8. 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: 44,448
9. Early Edition (1996–2000)
TV-PG | 41 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
His name is Gary Hobson. He gets tomorrow's newspaper today. He doesn't know how. He doesn't know why. All he knows is when the early edition hits his doorstep, he has twenty-four hours to set things right.
Stars: Kyle Chandler, Shanesia Davis, Fisher Stevens, Billie Worley
Votes: 12,851
10.
Law & Order (1990– )
Episode:
High & Low
(2000)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A college coed, who is a stripper by night, gets murdered. Two drug dealers are arrested by the detectives. The dealers link her death to a famous porn star, a top business exec, and an illegal insider trading scam.
Director: Richard Dobbs | Stars: Jerry Orbach, Jesse L. Martin, S. Epatha Merkerson, Sam Waterston
Votes: 282
11. Trust (1990)
R | 107 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
After being thrown out of her house, Maria encounters a married woman who complains of not having children. Maria ends up in an abandoned house, where she meets Matthew. When a baby is kidnapped Maria sets out to find the woman.
Director: Hal Hartley | Stars: Adrienne Shelly, Martin Donovan, Rebecca Nelson, John MacKay
Votes: 12,307 | Gross: $0.36M
12. Adrienne (2021)
98 min | Documentary, Biography
As the muse of Hal Hartley's indie classics and as writer/director of the critically acclaimed Waitress, Adrienne Shelly was a shining star in the indie film firmament.
Director: Andy Ostroy | Stars: Sara Bareilles, Robert John Burke, Nathan Fillion, Andy Griffith
Votes: 880
13. The Unbelievable Truth (1989)
R | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A man returns to his home town after serving a prison sentence for homicide, and finds that the details of the crime have been forgotten and replaced with local legends and rumors.
Director: Hal Hartley | Stars: Adrienne Shelly, Robert John Burke, Chris Cooke, Julia McNeal
Votes: 6,276 | Gross: $0.55M
14. Tiger: His Fall & Rise (2004)
Comedy, Short
Director: Reid Rosefelt | Stars: Thomas Jay Ryan, Adrienne Shelly, Robert Cucuzza, Meg Gibson
Votes: 15
15. Waitress (2007)
PG-13 | 108 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Jenna is a pregnant, unhappily married waitress in the deep south. She meets a newcomer to her town and falls into an unlikely relationship as a last attempt at happiness.
Director: Adrienne Shelly | Stars: Keri Russell, Nathan Fillion, Jeremy Sisto, Cheryl Hines
Votes: 48,802 | Gross: $19.07M
16. Opera No. 1 (1994)
Not Rated | 8 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
Two charming but inept agents of the supernatural (sort of like cupid goddesses) decide to interfere in human affairs. Mini Musical Comedy. Like one of those Shakespeare situation comedies ... See full summary »
Director: Hal Hartley | Stars: Patricia Dunnock, Parker Posey, Adrienne Shelly, James Urbaniak
Votes: 273
17. Lois Lives a Little (1997)
30 min | Short
Director: Adrienne Shelly | Stars: Alix Elias, Judy Gold
Votes: 11
18. Revolution #9 (2001)
90 min | Thriller
A handsome and successful young man's life begins to unravel when he develops an acute sense of paranoia. Things escalate when Jackson is convinced that a tv ad holds sinister messages ... See full summary »
Director: Tim McCann | Stars: Michael Risley, Adrienne Shelly, Spalding Gray, Callie Thorne
Votes: 370
19. Factotum (2005)
R | 94 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
This drama centers on Hank Chinaski, the fictional alter-ego of "Factotum" author Charles Bukowski, who wanders around Los Angeles, CA trying to live off jobs which don't interfere with his primary interest, which is writing. Along the way, he fends off the distractions offered by women, drinking and gambling.
Director: Bent Hamer | Stars: Matt Dillon, Lili Taylor, Marisa Tomei, Didier Flamand
Votes: 15,027 | Gross: $0.81M
20. I'll Take You There (1999)
R | 93 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A woman forces a man to move forward with his life after his wife dumps him.
Director: Adrienne Shelly | Stars: Ally Sheedy, Reg Rogers, Pamela Gray, Lara Harris
Votes: 461
21. Searching for Debra Winger (2002)
R | 99 min | Documentary
Rosanna Arquette talks to various actresses about the pressures they face as women working in the entertainment industry.
Director: Rosanna Arquette | Stars: Patricia Arquette, Rosanna Arquette, Emmanuelle Béart, Katrin Cartlidge
Votes: 1,237
22. Kalamazoo (1994)
29 min | Short
Director: Claudia Silver | Stars: Emily Cutler, Tim Guinee, Jamie Harrold, Scott Renderer
Votes: 34
23. Big Girls Don't Cry... They Get Even (1991)
PG | 96 min | Comedy
A girl fed up with her quirky, disfunctional family runs away from home, causing all of them to spend time with each other.
Director: Joan Micklin Silver | Stars: Griffin Dunne, Dan Futterman, Patricia Kalember, Jenny Lewis
Votes: 2,105 | Gross: $0.27M
24. Urban Legend (1994)
25 min | Short, Comedy
In a park, a homeless woman claiming to be a psychoanalyst helps out Annie, a troubled young woman in need of some guidance, by explaining to her in a fun and approachable way the philosophy of Freud and Kierkegaard.
Director: Adrienne Shelly | Stars: Jan Leslie Harding, Julia McNeal, Melinda Wade
Votes: 49
25. Sudden Manhattan (1996)
Not Rated | 80 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Donna witnesses identical murders on the same street on different days. Is this a supernatural conspiracy or is she merely cracking up?
Director: Adrienne Shelly | Stars: Adrienne Shelly, Tim Guinee, Roger Rees, Louise Lasser
Votes: 399
26. Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me (1992)
R | 92 min | Comedy
Eli is a burglar who is caught in the act by Twinkle, a crazy heiress who coerces him into a sexual relationship. Their violent break-up at the altar makes him a fugitive in search of a new... See full summary »
Director: Joel Hershman | Stars: Max Parrish, Adrienne Shelly, Sean Young, Diane Ladd
Votes: 601 | Gross: $0.13M
27. Sleeping with Strangers (1994)
R | Comedy
Daniel is in danger of losing his inn after another more modern establishment opens next door and steals his guests. He goes to the bank for a loan, but they tell him to hope for a miracle.... See full summary »
Director: William T. Bolson | Stars: Adrienne Shelly, Kim Huffman, Alastair Duncan, Shawn Thompson
Votes: 105
28. Sleep with Me (1994)
R | 86 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Sarah, Joseph and Frank are BFFs. Joseph and Sarah get married but the evening before she tells Frank with a kiss that it could've been him. Frank continues to have a thing for Sarah.
Director: Rory Kelly | Stars: Craig Sheffer, Eric Stoltz, Meg Tilly, Lewis Arquette
Votes: 2,811 | Gross: $0.16M
29. Disc-Functional (2011)
Short, Comedy
Director: Amy Lyn Howell | Stars: Brandon Anthony, Camille Bergman, Charlotte Howell, Adam Bergman
Votes: 11
30. Hexed (1993)
R | 90 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
A clerk at the same hotel since 18, 30 y.o. Matthew breaks the monotony when his favorite model, Hexina, secretly stays at the hotel. He impersonates a caller and goes on a date with her. Things get deadly.
Director: Alan Spencer | Stars: Arye Gross, Claudia Christian, Adrienne Shelly, Ray Baker
Votes: 1,815 | Gross: $2.79M
31. Dead Dog (2001)
R | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Tom is crushed when his dog Sophie is hit and killed by a car and angered that someone would drive away without any remorse. As time passes, Tom's anger becomes an obsession to make the hit and run driver pay for his crime.
Director: Christopher Goode | Stars: Jeremy Sisto, Emily Cline, Liche Ariza, Reathel Bean
Votes: 143
32. Grind (1997)
Not Rated | 96 min | Drama, Romance
When Eddie, a drag-racing, hard-luck parolee moves in with his older brother Terry in hopes of that ever-elusive fresh start in life, he's sure to be warm for the form of his brother's ... See full summary »
Director: Chris Kentis | Stars: Billy Crudup, Adrienne Shelly, Paul Schulze, Frank Vincent
Votes: 458
33. Serious Moonlight (2009)
R | 81 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A high-powered attorney duct tapes her adulterous husband to the toilet ... right before their home is invaded by burglars.
Director: Cheryl Hines | Stars: Meg Ryan, Timothy Hutton, Kristen Bell, Justin Long
Votes: 8,863 | Gross: $0.03M
34. Four Tales of Two Cities (1996)
93 min | Comedy, Drama
Anthology of four short films: Griffin Dunne's Duke of Groove (1995), Illeana Douglas' Boy Crazy, Girl Crazier (1995), Adrienne Shelly's Urban Legend (1994) and Fisher Stevens' Phinehas (1996).
Directors: Illeana Douglas, Griffin Dunne, Adrienne Shelly, Fisher Stevens | Stars: Patrick Breen, Kevin Breznahan, Kate Capshaw, Chris Chavkin
Votes: 27
35. The Road Killers (1994)
R | 89 min | Action, Crime, Drama
At a desert truck stop, a gang of joyriders kidnaps a man's family and kills his brother. The local sheriff is of no help, so the man goes after them himself.
Director: Deran Sarafian | Stars: Christopher Lambert, Craig Sheffer, David Arquette, Josh Brolin
Votes: 1,777
36. Pretty (II) (2011)
14 min | Short, Drama
A woman loses everything important to her.
Director: Donald E. Reynolds | Stars: Amy Lyn Howell, Ted Souppa, Donovan Souppa, Brandon Combs
Votes: 14
37. Lonely in America (1990)
PG-13 | 96 min | Comedy, Romance
The dreams and aspirations about America and life of Arun, a young Indian in his 20s, change as he struggles to fit into a new and alien culture. His strained relationship with his rigidly ... See full summary »
Director: Barry Alexander Brown | Stars: Ranjit Chowdhry, Tirlok Malik, Adelaide Miller, Robert Kessler
Votes: 144
38. Why Am I in a Box? (2010)
Comedy
Ellen Farnsby is a modern-day Scheherazade. And if she doesn't tell the story of a lifetime, someone else will be writing her obituary. She is kidnapped by Paige, a failed novelist with an ... See full summary »
Director: Rachel Grubb | Stars: Rachel Grubb, Derek Dirlam, Brooke Lemke, Mike Rylander
Votes: 20
39. Teresa's Tattoo (1994)
R | 88 min | Comedy, Crime
Mathematician Teresa just wanted to study during the College spring break. But her friends, who want her to live a little, drag her out to parties. The next thing she knows, she has been ... See full summary »
Director: Julie Cypher | Stars: C. Thomas Howell, Nancy McKeon, Lou Diamond Phillips, Casey Siemaszko
Votes: 533
40. Wrestling with Alligators (1998)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama
The story is set in 1959, Maddy is a teen-ager who has her first romance with carnival worker Will. Meanwhile her roommate, widow Claire is pregnant by garage owner Rick, whom she doesn't love.
Director: Laurie Weltz | Stars: Joely Richardson, Claire Bloom, Adrienne Shelly, Aleksa Palladino
Votes: 170
41. The Atlantis Conspiracy (2001 TV Movie)
R | 90 min | Drama
Lauren Marcus reluctantly moves back to New York City. When a mystery stemming from a suicide draws her in, she and two friends, a young bookie and a cynical federal agent, seek to uncover the truth.
Director: Dean Silvers | Stars: Amanda Donohoe, Jeremy Davies, Bill Sage, Paul Calderon
Votes: 156
42. The Vibrator (2007 Video)
15 min | Short
A woman, new to New York City, is overwhelmed by her new surroundings and sets out to insure her survival.
Director: Richard Caliban | Stars: Kari Swenson Riely, Adrienne Shelly
43. The Shadows of Bob and Zelda (2000)
Short
Director: Adrienne Shelly | Stars: Aime Graham, Sarah Harlett, Mike Shapiro, Adrienne Shelly
44. Hexed: Featurette (1993 Video)
4 min | Short, Comedy
Stars: Claudia Christian, Arye Gross, Adrienne Shelly, Alan Spencer
45. The Regulars (1997)
6 min | Short
Director: Sarah Chumsky | Stars: Andrew Heckler, Adrienne Shelly
46. Who the Hell Is Brian D'Arcy? (2008 Video)
4 min | Short, Comedy
Major film and TV stars give props to this legendary mystery man.
47. Downtown Film Fest (2006– )
24 min | Talk-Show
Originating from The Living Room, one of New York City's most unique music venues, "Downtown Film Fest" presents a weekly half hour of discussion and sampling of the latest independent ... See full summary »
Stars: Neil Gaiman, Gill Holland, Carolina Hoyos, Efren Ramirez
48. Like Plastic (2013)
15 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
Ivelisse Peña needs to chose between supporting her sister's upcoming breast augmentation, or sticking to what she believes is right.
Director: Michelle Tsiakaros | Stars: Andrea Ramos, Alysa Browne, Evelyn Saint-Hilaire, Viviana de Los Santos