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1. Spotlight (I) (2015)

R | 129 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

The true story of how the Boston Globe uncovered the massive scandal of child molestation and cover-up within the local Catholic Archdiocese, shaking the entire Catholic Church to its core.

Director: Tom McCarthy | Stars: Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Liev Schreiber

Votes: 502,622 | Gross: $45.06M

2. Skinheads in Love (2014)

17 min | Short, Comedy, Music

The sexual misadventures of two head shaved NYC punks.

Director: Dirk Craft | Stars: Jennifer Daley, Edgar Fox, Vanessa Leigh, Cynthia Harrington

Votes: 14

3. That's My Boy (2012)

R | 116 min | Comedy, Drama

While in his teens, Donny fathered a son, Todd, and raised him as a single parent until Todd's 18th birthday. Now Donny resurfaces just before Todd's wedding after years apart, sending the groom-to-be's world crashing down.

Director: Sean Anders | Stars: Adam Sandler, Andy Samberg, Leighton Meester, Susan Sarandon

Votes: 109,098 | Gross: $36.93M

4. Kill the Irishman (2011)

R | 106 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

The true story of Danny Greene, a tough Irish thug working for mobsters in Cleveland during the 1970's.

Director: Jonathan Hensleigh | Stars: Ray Stevenson, Christopher Walken, Vincent D'Onofrio, Val Kilmer

Votes: 51,404 | Gross: $1.19M

5. Jumping the Broom (2011)

PG-13 | 112 min | Comedy, Drama

Two very different families converge on Martha's Vineyard one weekend for a wedding.

Director: Salim Akil | Stars: Paula Patton, Laz Alonso, Angela Bassett, Loretta Devine

Votes: 11,536 | Gross: $37.30M

6. Deadly Impact (2010)

R | 96 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

A police officer with a painful past returns home to help the FBI track down a mastermind assassin.

Director: Robert Kurtzman | Stars: Sean Patrick Flanery, Joe Pantoliano, Carmen Serano, Greg Serano

Votes: 2,681

7. Hachi: A Dog's Tale (2009)

G | 93 min | Biography, Drama, Family

Professor Wilson discovers a lost Akita puppy on his way home. Despite objections from his wife, Hachi endears himself to the family and grows to be Parker's loyal companion. As their bond grows deeper, a beautiful relationship unfolds.

Director: Lasse Hallström | Stars: Richard Gere, Joan Allen, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Sarah Roemer

Votes: 311,808

8. Killing Dinner (2009)

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Director: Mitchell P Ganem | Stars: Brett Cullen, Molly Moseley, Neil McGarry, Chase Bailey

Votes: 9

9. In Plain Sight (2008–2012)

TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

U.S. Marshal Mary Shannon must hunt down witnesses for federal cases in the witness protection program while also managing a rather dysfunctional family and her own personal life.

Stars: Mary McCormack, Frederick Weller, Paul Ben-Victor, Nichole Hiltz

Votes: 12,837

10. Felon (2008)

R | 104 min | Crime, Thriller

Locked up for killing an intruder in self-defense, a family man must cope with life in the violent penal system.

Director: Ric Roman Waugh | Stars: Stephen Dorff, Marisol Nichols, Vincent Miller, Anne Archer

Votes: 83,613 | Gross: $0.04M

11. In Plain Sight (2008–2012)
Episode: Pilot (2008)

TV-14 | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

During the course of her birthday, US Marshal Mary Shannon tries to find out how a mob hit-man's son under her protection in WITSEC became one of the victims in a double homicide.

Director: Mark Piznarski | Stars: Mary McCormack, Frederick Weller, Nichole Hiltz, Todd Williams

Votes: 299

12. Buried Alive (2007)

Unrated | 94 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A group of college students are hunted by the evil spirit of a woman who was buried alive years ago near their secluded vacation house.

Director: Robert Kurtzman | Stars: Terence Jay, Leah Rachel, Steve Sandvoss, Erin Reese

Votes: 2,430

13. The District (2000–2004)
Episode: A.K.A (2004)

TV-14 | Comedy, Crime, Drama

An old friend of Nancy's who is currently in witness protection, drops in to catch up on old times. It turns out that Nancy's friend is unwittingly being targeted in a plot to kill off ... See full summary »

Stars: Craig T. Nelson, Roger Aaron Brown, Sean Patrick Thomas, Elizabeth Marvel

Votes: 30

14. The District (2000–2004)
Episode: Breath of Life (2004)

TV-14 | Comedy, Crime, Drama

A policeman is run over while investigating a parked car. Sergeant Brander rushes to the scene and gives mouth to mouth to the cop in an attempt to save his life. Later in hospital it's ... See full summary »

Stars: Craig T. Nelson, Roger Aaron Brown, Sean Patrick Thomas, Elizabeth Marvel

Votes: 26

15. The District (2000–2004)
Episode: Family Values (2004)

TV-14 | Comedy, Crime, Drama

A little girl is kidnapped, and in tracking down suspects Manion's ex-wife Sherry gets seriously wounded in a gun battle with one of the suspects. As the crisis unfolds, Manion begins to ... See full summary »

Director: Eric Laneuville | Stars: Craig T. Nelson, Roger Aaron Brown, Sean Patrick Thomas, Elizabeth Marvel

Votes: 25

16. The District (2000–2004)
Episode: On Guard (2004)

TV-14 | Comedy, Crime, Drama

The estranged husband of Jack Mannion's fencing instructor, Sonya, turns up and causes a scene outside the school and Jack intervenes. Later Sonya phones Jack to say that her husband is ... See full summary »

Director: Joe Ann Fogle | Stars: Craig T. Nelson, Roger Aaron Brown, Sean Patrick Thomas, Elizabeth Marvel

Votes: 21

17. The District (2000–2004)
Episode: Open Season (2004)

TV-14 | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Deputy Chief Noland's doctors fight for his life in surgery while Manion and team continue to shake down the El Salvadoran gang to find the Deputy Chief's attacker. The trail leads to the ... See full summary »

Director: Blake T. Evans | Stars: Craig T. Nelson, Roger Aaron Brown, Sean Patrick Thomas, Elizabeth Marvel

Votes: 27

18. The District (2000–2004)
Episode: Something Borrowed, Something Bruised (2004)

TV-14 | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Manion struggles to ready himself for his daughter's wedding and to get to the church on time. Debreno and Temple work separate cases involving two murdered women, which Brander manages to ... See full summary »

Director: Oz Scott | Stars: Craig T. Nelson, Roger Aaron Brown, Sean Patrick Thomas, Elizabeth Marvel

Votes: 36

19. The District (2000–2004)
Episode: Ten Thirty-Three (2004)

TV-14 | Comedy, Crime, Drama

A gang gun battle in front of a church and a rash of car thefts leads Manion and team to suspect the carjackers are part of an organized and growing El Salvadoran ring that's transporting ... See full summary »

Director: James Keach | Stars: Craig T. Nelson, Roger Aaron Brown, Sean Patrick Thomas, Elizabeth Marvel

Votes: 21

20. Where the Red Fern Grows (2003)

PG | 86 min | Drama, Family

Where the Red Fern Grows is the heartwarming and adventurous tale for all ages about a young boy and his quest for his own red-bone hound hunting dogs.

Directors: Lyman Dayton, Sam Pillsbury | Stars: Joseph Ashton, Dave Matthews, Renee Faia, Mac Davis

Votes: 1,377

21. The District (2000–2004)
Episode: Back in the Saddle (2003)

TV-14 | 44 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Debreno is assigned to protect a popular singer who received a death threat for performing at the Kennedy Center Honors.

Director: Ricardo Méndez Matta | Stars: Craig T. Nelson, Lynne Thigpen, Roger Aaron Brown, Sean Patrick Thomas

Votes: 25

22. The District (2000–2004)
Episode: Blind Eye (2003)

TV-14 | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Mannion discovers an underground system of justice in a neighborhood whose citizens are tired of unfair treatment by the police and the courts.

Director: Jerry Levine | Stars: Craig T. Nelson, Roger Aaron Brown, Sean Patrick Thomas, Elizabeth Marvel

Votes: 23

23. The District (2000–2004)
Episode: Blindsided (2003)

TV-14 | 44 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

The Chief finds trouble in L.A. .

Director: Jim Charleston | Stars: Craig T. Nelson, Lynne Thigpen, Roger Aaron Brown, Sean Patrick Thomas

Votes: 28

24. The District (2000–2004)
Episode: Bloodlines (2003)

TV-14 | 43 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Mannion trails a killer targeting interracial couples, one of which was a black councilman married to a white woman.

Director: Pam Veasey | Stars: Craig T. Nelson, Lynne Thigpen, Roger Aaron Brown, Sean Patrick Thomas

Votes: 26

25. The District (2000–2004)
Episode: Criminally Insane (2003)

TV-14 | 42 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Things between Mannion and the mayor get even more intense when the mayor's mentally disturbed disappears after two cops take him to a hospital.

Director: Jim Chory | Stars: Craig T. Nelson, Lynne Thigpen, Roger Aaron Brown, Sean Patrick Thomas

Votes: 22

26. The District (2000–2004)
Episode: Ella Mae (2003)

TV-14 | 43 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

A moving tribute to Lynne Thigpen who died shortly before this episode. It mirrors her sudden death in real life. The writers have allowed you to believe she lives on by donating her heart.... See full summary »

Director: Oz Scott | Stars: Craig T. Nelson, Lynne Thigpen, Roger Aaron Brown, Sean Patrick Thomas

Votes: 64

27. The District (2000–2004)
Episode: Goodbye, Jenny (2003)

TV-14 | 44 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Mannion comforts a friend dying from AIDS.

Director: Christopher Taylor | Stars: Craig T. Nelson, Lynne Thigpen, Roger Aaron Brown, Sean Patrick Thomas

Votes: 23

28. The District (2000–2004)
Episode: Hollow Spaces (2003)

TV-14 | Comedy, Crime, Drama

The teen who was the recipient of Ella Farmer's heart is a suspect in a gas-station robbery where the owner was killed, but the boy claims innocence.

Director: Christopher Taylor | Stars: Craig T. Nelson, Roger Aaron Brown, Sean Patrick Thomas, Elizabeth Marvel

Votes: 22

29. The District (2000–2004)
Episode: Into the Sunset (2003)

TV-14 | 44 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

The Chief packs his things and heads off on his motorcycle into the sunset of Arizona. While playing golf, Cujo finds a severed finger when searching for Mannion's golf ball. Mannion bring ... See full summary »

Director: Craig T. Nelson | Stars: Craig T. Nelson, Lynne Thigpen, Roger Aaron Brown, Sean Patrick Thomas

Votes: 41

30. The District (2000–2004)
Episode: Jack's Back (2003)

TV-14 | 45 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Mannion returns to D.C. hoping to get his old job back as chief of police, but the mayor has other ideas.

Director: Oz Scott | Stars: Craig T. Nelson, Roger Aaron Brown, Sean Patrick Thomas, Elizabeth Marvel

Votes: 24

31. The District (2000–2004)
Episode: Jupiter for Sale (2003)

TV-14 | Comedy, Crime, Drama

The city panics when a serial killer who murdered 11 people in 1985 but was never caught is reportedly responsible a recent slaying similar to his past crimes, especially when a letter is supposedly written by the killer claiming credit.

Director: Oz Scott | Stars: Craig T. Nelson, Roger Aaron Brown, Sean Patrick Thomas, Elizabeth Marvel

Votes: 29

32. The District (2000–2004)
Episode: Last Waltz (2003)

TV-14 | 44 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Mannion's old partner comes to D.C. and immediately gets involved in a murder case.

Director: Jim Chory | Stars: Craig T. Nelson, Lynne Thigpen, Roger Aaron Brown, Sean Patrick Thomas

Votes: 32

33. The District (2000–2004)
Episode: Rage (2003)

TV-14 | 41 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

The mayor blames Mannion for riots in the streets when the chief refuses to fire an officer accused of committing police brutality.

Director: David Jackson | Stars: Craig T. Nelson, Lynne Thigpen, Roger Aaron Brown, Sean Patrick Thomas

Votes: 31

34. The District (2000–2004)
Episode: Sacrifices (2003)

TV-14 | 43 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Headquarters is put under quarantine when Brander and Temple are exposed to a suspected terrorist brought in with a potentially deadly virus.

Director: Deran Sarafian | Stars: Craig T. Nelson, Lynne Thigpen, Roger Aaron Brown, Sean Patrick Thomas

Votes: 25

35. The District (2000–2004)
Episode: The Devil You Know... (2003)

TV-14 | 44 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Mannion's replacement makes an error in judgment that leads to an innocent woman's death, so to get his job back, Mannion puts his team together to take down a notorious drug dealer.

Director: James Keach | Stars: Craig T. Nelson, Roger Aaron Brown, Sean Patrick Thomas, Elizabeth Marvel

Votes: 647

36. The District (2000–2004)
Episode: The Kindness of Strangers (2003)

TV-14 | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Noland searches for his 12-year-old niece when she's lured away by a suspected pedophile.

Director: Christopher Taylor | Stars: Craig T. Nelson, Roger Aaron Brown, Sean Patrick Thomas, Elizabeth Marvel

Votes: 745

37. The District (2000–2004)
Episode: Untouchable (2003)

TV-14 | 44 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

A law student attempts to commit the perfect crime by killing a stranger, confessing to the murder and recanting his confession.

Director: David Jackson | Stars: Craig T. Nelson, Lynne Thigpen, Roger Aaron Brown, Sean Patrick Thomas

Votes: 22

38. The District (2000–2004)
Episode: Where There's Smoke (2003)

TV-14 | 43 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Mannion takes on a powerful city commissioner he suspects is partly to blame for a shrinking budget that has forced the chief to lay off officers, but the mayor is so upset with the move, he looks for an excuse to fire the chief.

Director: Christopher Taylor | Stars: Craig T. Nelson, Lynne Thigpen, Roger Aaron Brown, Sean Patrick Thomas

Votes: 23

39. White Oleander (2002)

PG-13 | 109 min | Drama

A teenager journeys through a series of foster homes after her mother goes to prison for committing a crime of passion.

Director: Peter Kosminsky | Stars: Michelle Pfeiffer, Renée Zellweger, Robin Wright, Alison Lohman

Votes: 34,105 | Gross: $16.35M

40. Special Unit 2 (2001–2002)

60 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Detectives Kate Benson and Nick O'Malley from a secret Chicago P.D. unit solve violent crimes committed by mythological creatures aka 'Links' while trying to hide the Links existence from the general public.

Stars: Michael Landes, Alexondra Lee, Richard Gant, Danny Woodburn

Votes: 1,771

41. The Princess & the Marine (2001 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 82 min | Drama, Romance

Based on a true story about the forbidden love between Jason Johnson, a U.S. Marine, and Meriam Al-Khalifa, a Bahraini princess.

Director: Mike Robe | Stars: Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Marisol Nichols, Keith D. Robinson, Pat Skipper

Votes: 1,936

42. Special Unit 2 (2001–2002)
Episode: The Brothers (2001)

Action, Comedy, Crime

Officer Kate Benson is rescued from a monster by the mysterious Nick O'Malley, who asks her to join his Special Unit 2, a top secret section of the Chicago P.D. tasked to control, detain, or exterminate mythological creatures aka 'Links.'

Director: John T. Kretchmer | Stars: Michael Landes, Alexondra Lee, Richard Gant, Danny Woodburn

Votes: 50

43. Special Unit 2 (2001–2002)
Episode: The Wraps (2001)

42 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

An ancient JAPANESE mummy arises from the dead, who can not only take the form of any handsome man he imagines in order to kidnap beautiful unsuspecting women, but can also do Matrix Style ... See full summary »

Director: Terry Windell | Stars: Michael Landes, Alexondra Lee, Danny Woodburn, Richard Gant

Votes: 48

44. Best in Show (2000)

PG-13 | 90 min | Comedy

A behind-the-scenes look into the highly competitive and cut-throat world of dog shows through the eyes of a group of ruthless dog owners.

Director: Christopher Guest | Stars: Fred Willard, Eugene Levy, Catherine O'Hara, Jennifer Coolidge

Votes: 67,003 | Gross: $18.72M

45. If These Walls Could Talk 2 (2000 TV Movie)

R | 96 min | Drama, Romance

Trio of stories about lesbian couples in three different decades.

Directors: Jane Anderson, Martha Coolidge, Anne Heche | Stars: Vanessa Redgrave, Marian Seldes, Paul Giamatti, Elizabeth Perkins

Votes: 7,605

46. The District (2000–2004)

TV-14 | 44 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Chief Jack Mannion becomes the police chief of Washington D.C. and cleans up the nation's capitol.

Stars: Craig T. Nelson, Roger Aaron Brown, Sean Patrick Thomas, Elizabeth Marvel

Votes: 1,775

47. The Others (2000)

TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

A young female college student who can see ghosts joins a team of friends from various age groups and walks of life who use their psychic abilities to investigate cases involving ghosts, demons and other entities from 'the other side.'

Stars: Julianne Nicholson, Gabriel Macht, Missy Crider, Bill Cobbs

Votes: 787

48. Murder, She Wrote: A Story to Die For (2000 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Jessica Fletcher (Dame Angela Lansbury) puts her sleuthing skills to work at a writers' conference after Russian author Yuri Malenkovich (Duncan Regehr) is found murdered.

Director: Anthony Pullen Shaw | Stars: Angela Lansbury, Richard Crenna, Robert Mailhouse, Kathryn Morris

Votes: 960

49. The Others (2000)
Episode: Unnamed (2000)

TV-14 | Drama, Horror, Mystery

The group help a mother locate her missing son who was abducted 3 years earlier. Which leads them to a warehouse where a murderer is keeping the young boy to use him for his supernatural abilities.

Director: Brian Trenchard-Smith | Stars: Julianne Nicholson, Gabriel Macht, Missy Crider, Bill Cobbs

Votes: 26

50. Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (1999 TV Movie)

R | 120 min | Biography, Drama, Music

Dorothy Dandridge's way to fame and fortune as a dancer, singer and actress.

Director: Martha Coolidge | Stars: Halle Berry, Brent Spiner, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Obba Babatundé

Votes: 3,921