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1. House M.D. (2004–2012)

TV-14 | 45 min | Drama, Mystery

Using a crack team of doctors and his wits, an antisocial maverick doctor specializing in diagnostic medicine does whatever it takes to solve puzzling cases that come his way.

Stars: Hugh Laurie, Omar Epps, Robert Sean Leonard, Jesse Spencer

Votes: 515,115

2. Scrubs (2001–2010)

TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy, Drama

In the unreal world of Sacred Heart Hospital, intern John "J.D." Dorian learns the ways of medicine, friendship and life.

Stars: Zach Braff, Donald Faison, Sarah Chalke, John C. McGinley

Votes: 270,866

3. The Last Voyage of the Demeter (2023)

R | 118 min | Fantasy, Horror

A crew sailing from Varna (Bulgaria) by the Black Sea to England find that they are carrying very dangerous cargo.

Director: André Øvredal | Stars: Corey Hawkins, Aisling Franciosi, Liam Cunningham, David Dastmalchian

Votes: 49,898

4. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)

Approved | 108 min | Comedy, Drama

A couple's attitudes are challenged when their daughter introduces them to her African-American fiancé.

Director: Stanley Kramer | Stars: Spencer Tracy, Sidney Poitier, Katharine Hepburn, Katharine Houghton

Votes: 48,981 | Gross: $56.70M

5. Murder on the Orient Express (2017)

PG-13 | 114 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

When a murder occurs on the train on which he's travelling, celebrated detective Hercule Poirot is recruited to solve the case.

Director: Kenneth Branagh | Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Penélope Cruz, Willem Dafoe, Judi Dench

Votes: 297,096 | Gross: $102.83M

6. M*A*S*H (1970)

R | 116 min | Comedy, Drama, War

The staff of a Korean War field hospital use humor and high jinks to keep their sanity in the face of the horror of war.

Director: Robert Altman | Stars: Donald Sutherland, Elliott Gould, Tom Skerritt, Sally Kellerman

Votes: 77,010 | Gross: $81.60M

7. The Cosby Show (1984–1992)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family, Romance

The goings-on in the life of a successful African-American family.

Stars: Bill Cosby, Phylicia Rashad, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Tempestt Bledsoe

Votes: 36,406

8. The Nevers (2021–2023)

TV-MA | 58 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy

An epic tale following a gang of Victorian women who find themselves with unusual abilities, relentless enemies, and a mission that might change the world.

Stars: Laura Donnelly, Ann Skelly, Olivia Williams, James Norton

Votes: 27,770

9. Thief (1981)

R | 123 min | Action, Crime, Drama

An ace safe cracker wants to do one last big heist for the mob before going straight.

Director: Michael Mann | Stars: James Caan, Tuesday Weld, Willie Nelson, Jim Belushi

Votes: 39,161 | Gross: $11.49M

10. Awake (2007)

R | 84 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A wealthy young man undergoing heart transplant surgery discovers that the surgical team intend to murder him.

Director: Joby Harold | Stars: Hayden Christensen, Jessica Alba, Terrence Howard, Lena Olin

Votes: 80,668 | Gross: $14.38M

11. The Knick (2014–2015)

TV-MA | 58 min | Drama, History

A look at the professional and personal lives of the staff at New York's Knickerbocker Hospital during the early part of the twentieth century.

Stars: Clive Owen, André Holland, Jeremy Bobb, Juliet Rylance

Votes: 52,602

12. Trapper John, M.D. (1979–1986)

60 min | Drama

The Korean War M*A*S*H unit veteran operates as Chief Surgeon in a major city hospital with his colleagues.

Stars: Pernell Roberts, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Charles Siebert, Gregory Harrison

Votes: 2,221

13. Stand Up Guys (2012)

R | 95 min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller

A pair of aging stickup men try to get the old gang back together for one last hurrah before one of the guys takes his last assignment - to kill his comrade.

Director: Fisher Stevens | Stars: Al Pacino, Christopher Walken, Alan Arkin, Julianna Margulies

Votes: 57,790 | Gross: $3.30M

14. Daniel Isn't Real (2019)

Not Rated | 100 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

A troubled college freshman, Luke, suffers a violent family trauma. He then resurrects his charismatic childhood imaginary friend Daniel to help him cope, not realizing how dangerous Daniel is.

Director: Adam Egypt Mortimer | Stars: Miles Robbins, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Sasha Lane, Mary Stuart Masterson

Votes: 10,216

15. California Suite (1978)

PG | 103 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Misadventures of four groups of guests at the Beverly Hills Hotel.

Director: Herbert Ross | Stars: Jane Fonda, Alan Alda, Maggie Smith, Michael Caine

Votes: 8,128

16. Drive-In (1976)

PG | 96 min | Comedy

The adventures of a group of teenagers at a drive-in theatre in Texas one weekend night.

Director: Rod Amateau | Stars: Lisa Oz, Glenn Morshower, Gary Lee Cavagnaro, Billy Milliken

Votes: 540

17. Kit Kittredge: An American Girl (2008)

G | 101 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

Set in Cincinnati at the height of the Great Depression, Kit Kittredge, a resourceful young girl, helps her mother run a boardinghouse after her father loses his job.

Director: Patricia Rozema | Stars: Abigail Breslin, Stanley Tucci, Joan Cusack, Julia Ormond

Votes: 6,347 | Gross: $17.66M

18. No Way Out (1950)

Passed | 106 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Two hoodlum brothers are brought into a hospital for gunshot wounds, and when one of them dies the other accuses their black doctor of murder.

Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz | Stars: Richard Widmark, Linda Darnell, Stephen McNally, Sidney Poitier

Votes: 6,296

19. Pinky (1949)

Approved | 102 min | Drama

A light-skinned black woman falls in love with a white doctor, though he is unaware of her true race.

Directors: Elia Kazan, John Ford | Stars: Jeanne Crain, Ethel Barrymore, Ethel Waters, William Lundigan

Votes: 3,417 | Gross: $4.20M

20. Beyond the Stars (1989)

PG | 88 min | Sci-Fi, Drama

Eric moves to his dad in Oregon after accidentally firing a rocket into his high school. He befriends Mara and a retired astronaut.

Director: David Saperstein | Stars: Martin Sheen, Christian Slater, Robert Foxworth, Sharon Stone

Votes: 1,268

21. The New Temperatures Rising Show (1972–1974)

30 min | Comedy

Set at the Capital General Hospital in Washington D.C., follows the adventures of the no-nonsense chief of surgery Dr. Vincent Campanelli and his all-nonsense staff.

Stars: Cleavon Little, Nancy Fox, Joan Van Ark, Reva Rose

Votes: 132

22. Gospel Hill (2008)

Unrated | 99 min | Drama

A former Sheriff of the southern town dealing with past sins, and a former civil rights worker, withdrawn since the martyrdom of his brother thirty years before, confront a threat to their town.

Director: Giancarlo Esposito | Stars: Chloe Bailey, Adam Baldwin, Angela Bassett, Casey Belville

Votes: 997

23. The Gifted One (1989 TV Movie)

96 min | Fantasy

A young boy can transfer his body energy into ESP and heal sick people. While the subject of scientists' studies, he runs away to try to find out about his past and why he is the way he is.

Director: Stephen Herek | Stars: Peter Kowanko, John Rhys-Davies, G.W. Bailey, Gregg Henry

Votes: 217

24. Stigma (1972)

R | 93 min | Drama, Thriller

A knowledgeable doctor, (Philip Michael Thomas) moves to a secluded community and soon discovers a deadly virus changing the town's young people. What is more disturbing, is the conspiracy to protect this epidemic when he tries cure it.

Director: David E. Durston | Stars: Philip Michael Thomas, Harlan Cary Poe, Josie Johnson, Peter Clune

Votes: 281

25. The Interns (1970–1971)

60 min | Drama

The story concerns Doctor Peter Goldstone and five interns at the New North Hospital. The five interns consist of a black, a woman, a young married male and two swingers.

Stars: Stephen Brooks, Christopher Stone, Hal Frederick, Elaine Giftos

Votes: 69

26. The Lazarus Syndrome (1978 TV Movie)

73 min | Drama, Thriller

An adulterous newspaper reporter, who has just experienced a heart attack, pesters a black doctor into investigating the questionable medical practices taking place at the hospital where both are residing.

Director: Jerry Thorpe | Stars: Louis Gossett Jr., Ronald Hunter, E.G. Marshall, Sheila Frazier

Votes: 147

27. Dr. Kildare Goes Home (1940)

Passed | 79 min | Drama

Dr. James Kildare has just completed his internship at Blair General Hospital and is assigned to work with his mentor, Dr. Leonard Gillespie. But fearing for the health of his father, Dr. ... See full summary »

Director: Harold S. Bucquet | Stars: Lew Ayres, Lionel Barrymore, Laraine Day, Samuel S. Hinds

Votes: 452

28. Red Ink (2000)

100 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A respected female doctor is shot by police for supposedly pointing a gun at them, but for several people this doesn't ring true. Not least one reporter who uncovers links to the previous murders of several black children in the area.

Director: Jerry Henry | Stars: Davi Jay, Clarence Whitmore, Diego Villarreal Garcia, Lew Temple

Votes: 33

29. Hell's Drifter (2009)

Not Rated | 94 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror

A malevolent vagrant decides to make life hell for an injured accident victim.

Director: Peter Bergin | Stars: Noel Aungier, Austin Prior, Siobhan Lam, Robert O'Brien

Votes: 34

30. 2020 Year of the Nurse (2021)

Not Rated | 82 min | Documentary

An in-depth look at how Black nurses and practitioners responded to Covid-19, systemic racism, work-life balance, and mental health issues during the height of the pandemic.

Director: Robyn Roots | Stars: Katrina Robinson Bates, Clarese Bradley, Sonia Brown, Tanisha Flowers

31. Circus Fever (1925)

20 min | Family, Comedy, Short

The circus is in town and for one day only. By pretending to be sick some of the gang members were able to play hooky from school so as to attend the festivities.

Director: Robert F. McGowan | Stars: Joe Cobb, Jackie Condon, Mickey Daniels, Allen 'Farina' Hoskins

Votes: 41

32. The Dragon's Demise (2015)

26 min | Short, Drama

Marianne, Mike and Angèle have gathered once more around their mother. In ten days, following the end of the treatment protocol, Claudine will be dead. Ten days? Marianne never grasped the ... See full summary »

Director: Marina Diaby | Stars: Émilie Caen, Noémie Rosset, Alban Guyon, Lamine Diaby

Votes: 52

33. Stigma (2007)

5 min | Short, Drama

An HIV-positive man has not revealed his status to anyone until a clinic receptionist openly discloses his status and prevents him from receiving treatment.

Director: Quincy Minor | Stars: Steven Flournoy Jr., Katina Flournoy, Barbara Flournoy, Elijah Walker

34. All in the Family (1971–1979)
Episode: Archie's Operation: Part 1 (1976)

TV-PG | Comedy, Drama

Archie goes into the hospital and has a verbal run-in with a Puerto Rican nurse and gets a blood transfusion from a black doctor.

Director: Paul Bogart | Stars: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers

Votes: 195

35. All in the Family (1971–1979)
Episode: Archie's Operation: Part 2 (1976)

TV-PG | Comedy, Drama

Archie goes into the hospital and has a verbal run-in with a Puerto Rican nurse and gets a blood transfusion from a black doctor.

Director: Paul Bogart | Stars: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers

Votes: 178

36. Babylon 5 (1993–1998)
Episode: A Distant Star (1994)

TV-PG | 43 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Captain Sheridan's old commanding officer Captain Jack Maynard arrives at the station aboard the Explorer-class ship EAS Cortez and disaster ensues in hyperspace.

Director: Jim Johnston | Stars: Bruce Boxleitner, Claudia Christian, Jerry Doyle, Mira Furlan

Votes: 745

37. Babylon 5 (1993–1998)
Episode: Atonement (1997)

TV-PG | 43 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

While defending her love for Sheridan to the Minbari, Delenn might be forced to expose an astonishing secret.

Director: Tony Dow | Stars: Bruce Boxleitner, Claudia Christian, Jerry Doyle, Mira Furlan

Votes: 648

38. Babylon 5 (1993–1998)
Episode: Believers (1994)

TV-PG | 44 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

An alien family refuses surgery to save their dying child.

Director: Richard Compton | Stars: Michael O'Hare, Claudia Christian, Jerry Doyle, Mira Furlan

Votes: 913

39. Babylon 5 (1993–1998)
Episode: Chrysalis (1994)

TV-PG | 43 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Garibaldi investigates a death on the station which leads him to a terrible discovery.

Director: Janet Greek | Stars: Michael O'Hare, Claudia Christian, Jerry Doyle, Mira Furlan

Votes: 887

40. Babylon 5 (1993–1998)
Episode: GROPOS (1995)

TV-PG | 43 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A task force of ground troops led by Dr. Franklin's father General Richard Franklin is assembled at Babylon 5, leading to some friction.

Director: Jim Johnston | Stars: Bruce Boxleitner, Claudia Christian, Jerry Doyle, Mira Furlan

Votes: 798

41. Babylon 5 (1993–1998)
Episode: Infection (1994)

TV-PG | 44 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A living weapon wreaks havoc on the station.

Director: Richard Compton | Stars: Michael O'Hare, Claudia Christian, Jerry Doyle, Mira Furlan

Votes: 942

42. Babylon 5 (1993–1998)
Episode: Objects in Motion (1998)

TV-PG | 44 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Garibaldi and Lise are going to get married. He'll run her late husband's company. An assassin is hired to kill Lise. Zack has a plan to smoke him out, but another person wants G'Kar dead ... See full summary »

Director: Jesús Salvador Treviño | Stars: Bruce Boxleitner, Jerry Doyle, Mira Furlan, Richard Biggs

Votes: 531

43. Babylon 5 (1993–1998)
Episode: The Corps Is Mother, the Corps Is Father (1998)

TV-PG | 44 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A day in the life of Alfred Bester, who starts his day in Psi Corps HQ, where he is well liked and respected. He gets an assignment to track down a rogue telepath. Two recruits accompany ... See full summary »

Director: Stephen Furst | Stars: Bruce Boxleitner, Jerry Doyle, Mira Furlan, Richard Biggs

Votes: 549

44. Babylon 5 (1993–1998)
Episode: Exercise of Vital Powers (1997)

TV-PG | 44 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Garibaldi meets with his benefactor. He wants to join with Edgar Industries. But his employer wants proof of his commitment. He wants Garibaldi to bring in Sheridan. Meanwhile Franklin ... See full summary »

Director: John Lafia | Stars: Bruce Boxleitner, Claudia Christian, Jerry Doyle, Mira Furlan

Votes: 601

45. Babylon 5 (1993–1998)
Episode: The Long Dark (1994)

TV-PG | 43 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A 100-year-old sleeper ship is found adrift near the station. It has brought a deadly force with it.

Director: Mario DiLeo | Stars: Bruce Boxleitner, Claudia Christian, Jerry Doyle, Mira Furlan

Votes: 744

46. Becker (1998–2004)
Episode: Drive, They Said (1999)

TV-PG | 21 min | Comedy

Becker reluctantly agrees to chauffeur Reggie, Margaret, Jake and Linda to various engagements in Queens. Becker returns to his office waiting room to find Hilton Lucas, Doug Heffernan and Ray Barone waiting.

Director: Andy Ackerman | Stars: Ted Danson, Terry Farrell, Hattie Winston, Shawnee Smith

Votes: 142

47. Cannon (1971–1976)
Episode: A Long Way Down (1972)

TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A doctor at an inner-city hospital is suspected in a drug theft, and Cannon is hired by the hospital administrator to get to the truth.

Director: George McCowan | Stars: William Conrad, Rosemary Murphy, Dana Elcar, Ned Romero

Votes: 115

48. Dynasty (1981–1989)
Episode: The Vigil (1984)

TV-PG | 47 min | Drama, Romance

Fallon languishes in a coma with potentially life-altering brain injuries. Blake races to the airport to confront Peter DeVilbis before he can flee the country. Kirby experiences a personality change. Blake is offered a political post.

Director: Philip Leacock | Stars: John Forsythe, Linda Evans, Pamela Sue Martin, Pamela Bellwood

Votes: 74

49. Family Guy (1999– )
Episode: The Father, the Son and the Holy Fonz (2005)

TV-14 | 22 min | Animation, Comedy

Peter's father Francis visits and learns Stewie has not been baptized. He and Peter take Stewie without Lois' permission and have him baptized. Learning this, Lois impresses upon Peter that Stewie should have a choice so he starts one.

Directors: James Purdum, Pete Michels, Peter Shin | Stars: Seth MacFarlane, Alex Borstein, Seth Green, Mila Kunis

Votes: 1,830

50. Friends (1994–2004)
Episode: The One with the Sonogram at the End (1994)

TV-PG | 22 min | Comedy, Romance

Ross finds out his ex-wife is pregnant. Rachel returns her engagement ring to Barry. Monica becomes stressed when her and Ross's parents come to visit.

Director: James Burrows | Stars: Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc

Votes: 7,899