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51. Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode: Amen... Send Money (1987)

TV-14 | 46 min | Action, Crime, Drama

The wife of a televangelist is arrested on drug charges by Tubbs who finds himself the target of preacher's vengeance. However, a rival televangelist makes his play.

Director: James Quinn | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott

Votes: 359

52. Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode: Asian Cut (1989)

TV-14 | 47 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Trudy poses as a prostitute to help Crockett and Tubbs catch a serial killer who they suspect is Asian because of the ritualistic way in which he mutilates his female victims.

Director: James A. Contner | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott

Votes: 300

53. Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode: Baby Blues (1986)

TV-14 | 47 min | Action, Crime, Drama

The team learns of a baby selling ring when one of the children's mother comes to Miami looking for her child. The trail leads them to a sleazy lawyer. When the lawyer manages to tie up any... See full summary »

Director: Daniel Attias | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott

Votes: 395

54. Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode: Badge of Dishonor (1988)

TV-14 | 47 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A group of crooked cops are robbing and murdering drug dealers. Sonny and Tubbs are on the case but their only lead is a homeless woman who's not what she seems.

Director: Richard Compton | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott

Votes: 297

55. Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode: Borrasca (1988)

TV-14 | 47 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Tubbs and Switek go undercover and pose as drug dealing middlemen to take down Borrasca, a very dangerous counter revolutionary who uses drug money to fight the war against communism in his country.

Director: Vern Gillum | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott

Votes: 299

56. Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode: Child's Play (1987)

TV-14 | 46 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Tormented by his shooting a 13-year-old kid, Crockett tries to reconnect with his estranged son while attempting to take down a gun runner.

Director: Vern Gillum | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott

Votes: 358

57. Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode: Cool Runnin' (1984)

TV-14 | 49 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Crockett and Tubbs must enlist the help of an unreliable petty thief to bust a drug operation run by a trio of homicidal Jamaicans.

Director: Lee H. Katzin | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott

Votes: 802

58. Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode: Cuba Libre (1987)

TV-14 | 47 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Crockett and Tubbs go undercover to move on a major Miami dealer and stumble into a runaway paramilitary group with blood in their sights and plans of their own for the deal money.

Director: Virgil W. Vogel | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott

Votes: 360

59. Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode: El Viejo (1986)

TV-14 | 47 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Crockett and Tubbs have their hands full with an impatient old-timer (Willie Nelson) anxious to make a deal with a deadly Bolivian cocaine importer.

Director: Aaron Lipstadt | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott

Votes: 505

60. Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode: French Twist (1986)

TV-14 | 48 min | Action, Crime, Drama

When a known terrorist comes to Miami the team tries to find him. And an Interpol operative comes to assist them. Crockett is taken with her but Tubbs thinks there's something odd about her.

Director: David Jackson | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott

Votes: 429

61. Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode: God's Work (1987)

TV-14 | 47 min | Action, Crime, Drama

The good son of a crime boss returns to Miami for some reason. Castillo fears he's there to take over the business but the tragic truth surprises him. A caring priest related to the criminal and Castillo's close friend is soon murdered.

Director: Jan Eliasberg | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott

Votes: 329

62. Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode: Heart of Darkness (1984)

TV-14 | 49 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Investigating a porn baron, Crockett and Tubbs become involved with an undercover FBI agent who may have gone native and become a criminal, and may have murdered an underage porn starlet. ... See full summary »

Director: John Llewellyn Moxey | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott

Votes: 961

63. Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode: Jack of All Trades (1989)

TV-14 | 47 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Crockett's estranged cousin Jack, the swindling but lovable black sheep of the family, needs Sonny's help after he unknowingly robs the underboss of a dangerous, flamboyant drug lord obsessed with Shakespeare to pay off a debt.

Director: Vern Gillum | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott

Votes: 275

64. Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode: Killshot (1986)

TV-14 | 47 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A major drug dealer that's being investigated and his ruthless partner, a brothel madam, frame a professional jai alai player for murder of a prostitute to blackmail the athlete's customs agent brother into selling Crockett and Tubbs out.

Director: Leon Ichaso | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott

Votes: 427

65. Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode: Knock, Knock... Who's There? (1987)

TV-14 | 47 min | Action, Crime, Drama

While Crockett and Tubbs are meeting undercover with a dealer, DEA agents raid the buy and take the cash and drugs. The DEA admits to nothing, setting in motion an Internal Affairs ... See full summary »

Director: Tony Wharmby | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott

Votes: 368

66. Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode: Leap of Faith (1989)

TV-14 | 47 min | Action, Crime, Drama

The Young Victims Unit, a new squad of undercover officers, are put to the test when a new deadly drug begins to circulate on a college campus in Miami. They suspect a reputable but dangerous college professor.

Director: Robert Iscove | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott

Votes: 310

67. Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode: Lend Me an Ear (1987)

TV-14 | 47 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Crockett and Tubbs' investigation of a paranoid dealer is complicated by a surveillance expert who decides to play both sides against one another.

Director: James Quinn | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott

Votes: 418

68. Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode: Like a Hurricane (1987)

TV-14 | 47 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Crockett is assigned to bodyguard fading singing sensation and makes his displeasure known -- until he gets to know her a bit better.

Director: Colin Bucksey | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott

Votes: 337

69. Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode: Milk Run (1985)

TV-14 | 49 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Crockett and Tubbs encounter two naive young men smuggling cocaine-filled statues for a murderous criminal.

Director: John Nicolella | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott

Votes: 669

70. Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode: Mirror Image (1988)

TV-14 | 49 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Head trauma from a massive explosion causes Crockett to believe he is his alter-ego Sonny Burnett.

Director: Richard Compton | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott

Votes: 403

71. Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode: Missing Hours (1987)

TV-14 | 48 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Trudy encounters what appears to be a UFO. Or is it a secret government project?

Director: Ate de Jong | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott

Votes: 436

72. Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode: No Exit (1984)

TV-14 | 49 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Crockett and Tubbs reluctantly help government agents in their pursuit of a dangerous arms dealer.

Director: David Soul | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott

Votes: 843

73. Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode: Duty and Honor (1987)

TV-14 | 47 min | Action, Crime, Drama

When some prostitutes are being killed, Castillo recognizes the M.O. as similar to some killings he saw when he was in Vietnam and working with a Vietnamese investigator. And the investigator shows up in Miami.

Director: John Nicolella | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott

Votes: 447

74. Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode: Sons and Lovers (1986)

TV-14 | 48 min | Action, Crime, Drama

The son of Tubbs' arch-enemy Calderone oozes to the surface with a $1 million contract on Tubbs, while Calderone's sister Angelina says Tubbs he is the father of her child.

Director: John Nicolella | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott

Votes: 486

75. Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode: The Cows of October (1988)

TV-14 | 47 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Miami Vice is on the trail of a stolen canister containing priceless semen of a prized bull called Gargantua. A dangerous Cuban spy is also after the canister, but why?

Director: Vern Gillum | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott

Votes: 328

76. Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode: The Good Collar (1986)

TV-14 | 47 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Crockett attempts to help a high-school football star achieve his dream, while others pressure him to help bring down a teenage drug lord.

Director: Mario DiLeo | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott

Votes: 467

77. Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode: The Great McCarthy (1984)

TV-14 | 49 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Crockett and Tubbs get involved in the world of offshore power boat racing and drug smuggling.

Director: Georg Stanford Brown | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott

Votes: 718

78. Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode: The Lost Madonna (1989)

TV-14 | 47 min | Action, Crime, Drama

When a drug bust nabs artwork instead of drugs, Crockett and Tubbs enter the underground art scene, but a cop from New York (Michael Chiklis) takes control of the operation to protect the artwork.

Director: Chip Chalmers | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott

Votes: 348

79. Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode: Theresa (1987)

TV-14 | 48 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Crockett plans to marry his latest girlfriend, an ER doctor from the UK. However, she has a dark secret. A major drug dealer whom Sonny has recently busted uses it to both free himself and make Crockett look dirty.

Director: Virgil W. Vogel | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott

Votes: 426

80. Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode: Victims of Circumstance (1989)

TV-14 | 47 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Sonny infiltrates a KKK-like hate group to catch the serial killer responsible for the death of several Holocaust survivors. However, he might be looking at the wrong place.

Director: Colin Bucksey | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott

Votes: 277

81. Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode: Vote of Confidence (1988)

TV-14 | 47 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Miami Vice raids a train of prostitutes and johns and finds one of the candidates for governor on board, with his pants down. When he disappears, Crockett and Tubbs investigate the corrupt world of local politics.

Director: Randy Roberts | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott

Votes: 294

82. Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode: Walk-Alone (1986)

TV-14 | 47 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Tubbs goes undercover in a penitentiary to try and smoke out a group of corrupt prison guards.

Director: David Jackson | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott

Votes: 494

83. Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode: World of Trouble (1989)

TV-14 | 47 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Experimental EMP railgun is stolen by the son of Al Lombard, Sonny's recurring frienemy and former mob underboss, who vanished after his boss Librizzi sent hitmen after him. When Al reappears to visit his kid, the hitmen find them.

Director: Alan Myerson | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott

Votes: 279

84. Naked City (1958–1963)
Episode: The Apple Falls Not Far from the Tree (1963)

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

A group of rich young men burglarize apartments in their own building, and to cover their tracks, escalate to violence.

Director: William A. Graham | Stars: Paul Burke, Horace McMahon, Harry Bellaver, Keir Dullea

Votes: 58

85. Rumpole of the Bailey (1978–1992)
Episode: Rumpole and Portia (1988)

Not Rated | 51 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Rumpole defends a scrap dealer accused of selling arms to terrorists while Phyllida presides at the trial in her newly appointed job as recorder.

Director: Roger Bamford | Stars: Leo McKern, Marion Mathie, Patricia Hodge, Julian Curry

Votes: 85

86. Tales from the Crypt (1989–1996)
Episode: The Man Who Was Death (1989)

Not Rated | 26 min | Comedy, Crime, Fantasy

After the death penalty is abolished, an executioner continues his former job through freelancing...

Director: Walter Hill | Stars: William Sadler, J.W. Smith, Roy Brocksmith, David Wohl

Votes: 2,012

87. Twin Peaks (1990–1991)
Episode: Checkmate (1991)

TV-14 | 46 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Major Briggs has no memory of the place he was taken, but now has an odd tattoo on his neck. Andy and Dick break into Little Nicky's files. Mike and Nadine begin an affair. Evelyn asks James to kill her husband.

Director: Todd Holland | Stars: Kyle MacLachlan, Michael Ontkean, Mädchen Amick, Dana Ashbrook

Votes: 3,986

88. The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode: Salvage (2001)

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

A man believed to be dead from Gulf War Syndrome comes back to life and slowly turns into metal while taking revenge on those who made him that way.

Director: Rod Hardy | Stars: Gillian Anderson, Robert Patrick, Wade Williams, Jennifer Parsons

Votes: 2,631

89. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000–2015)
Episode: Fannysmackin' (2006)

TV-PG | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A gang of street thugs is beating and killing people all over the city. Greg witnesses one of the crimes taking place and becomes a beating victim himself.

Director: Richard J. Lewis | Stars: William Petersen, Marg Helgenberger, Gary Dourdan, George Eads

Votes: 995

90. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000–2015)
Episode: Monster in the Box (2007)

TV-PG | 55 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Grissom thinks the miniature killer is dead, until he receives another miniature crime scene. However, unlike the others, this one predicts a crime scene that hasn't happened yet.

Director: Jeffrey G. Hunt | Stars: William Petersen, Marg Helgenberger, Gary Dourdan, George Eads

Votes: 851

91. Archer (2009–2023)
Episode: The Orpheus Gambit (2020)

TV-MA | 25 min | Animation, Action, Comedy

Archer is back in the spy game and his first mission is to guard a priceless statue; then, he must tell Lana his true feelings and get blind drunk.

Director: Chad Hurd | Stars: H. Jon Benjamin, Jon Curry, Judy Greer, Tom Kane

Votes: 1,170

92. Very Scary People (2019– )
Episode: Son of Sam Part 1: The Duke of Death (2020)

TV-14 | 42 min | Documentary, Crime, History

From 1976 to 1977, David Berkowitz terrorized New York City - under his creepy self-given moniker: "the Son of Sam"; he is among the most infamous serial killers in American history.

Director: Brett Kelly | Stars: Donnie Wahlberg, Antoinette Collarini-Schlossberg, Steve Wax, Mark Jay Heller

Votes: 30

93. Saving Grace (2007–2010)
Episode: Looks Like a Lesbian Attack to Me (2009)

TV-MA | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy

The squad investigates the death of a parole officer. Grace and Johnny finally track down Neely. Rhetta makes some personal changes in the wake of her problems with her husband.

Director: Heather Cappiello | Stars: Holly Hunter, Leon Rippy, Kenny Johnson, Bailey Chase

Votes: 103

94. The Mentalist (2008–2015)
Episode: Blood Money (2010)

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

Patrick's reckless behavior catches up with him when his actions get a case against a hitman thrown out of court and Lisbon on suspension. But when the hitman is shot and killed, he has a shot at redemption.

Director: Adam Kane | Stars: Simon Baker, Robin Tunney, Tim Kang, Owain Yeoman

Votes: 1,482

95. Mob Stories II (2007– )
Episode: Mob Mistress (2007)

Documentary, Drama

Over the years, Shirley is privy to countless whispered confidences within the Mafia, a murderous clan that punishes those who betrays its trust.

Director: Bradley Walsh | Stars: Nick Mancuso, Katelyn Vanier, Elizabeth Robbins, Brian Ablett

96. Pan Am (2011–2012)
Episode: 1964 (2012)

TV-PG | 42 min | Drama, History, Romance

Life has changed on a dime for the crew of Pan Am. Since President Kennedy's assassination and as New Year's Eve approaches for the start of 1964, everyone's lives are hurtling towards new ... See full summary »

Director: Andrew Bernstein | Stars: Christina Ricci, Margot Robbie, Michael Mosley, Karine Vanasse

Votes: 251

97. Justified: City Primeval (2023)
Episode: Adios (2023)

TV-MA | 47 min | Crime, Drama

A botched kerfuffle sends Raylan's pursuit of Mansell into chaos.

Director: Sylvain White | Stars: Timothy Olyphant, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Adelaide Clemens

Votes: 810

98. WPC 56 (2013–2015)
Episode: Little Boy Lost (2013)

TV-PG | 47 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

Cathy dumps her aggressive boyfriend Bill whilst Gina puts her career above Frank's marriage proposal. Meanwhile the police are in the firing line of the press following the murder so Gina ... See full summary »

Director: Niall Fraser | Stars: Kieran Bew, Richard Huw, Jennie Jacques, Clare Burt

Votes: 75

99. The Infographics Show (2011– )
Episode: This is Why You Really Shouldn't Be on the Dark Web (2022)

24 min | Documentary, Animation

Most of the sites on the Internet are "hidden" but only a tiny portion of that is the nefarious dark web. Here's a sampling of what's on the dark web but you never know if what you find is real, a scam, a police sting or merely a joke.

100. Played (2013–2014)
Episode: Secrets (2013)

41 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Rebecca crosses a line in the pursuit of justice.

Director: Paul Fox | Stars: Vincent Walsh, Chandra West, Lisa Marcos, Dwain Murphy

Votes: 13