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1. 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: 44,868
2. The Blues Brothers (1980)
R | 133 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Jake Blues rejoins with his brother Elwood after being released from prison, but the duo has just days to reunite their old R&B band and save the Catholic home where the two were raised, outrunning the police as they tear through Chicago.
Director: John Landis | Stars: John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, Cab Calloway, John Candy
Votes: 215,065 | Gross: $57.23M
3. Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007)
R | 117 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
When two brothers organize the robbery of their parents' jewelry store the job goes horribly wrong, triggering a series of events that sends them, their father and one brother's wife barreling towards a shattering climax.
Director: Sidney Lumet | Stars: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ethan Hawke, Albert Finney, Marisa Tomei
Votes: 111,971 | Gross: $7.08M
4. The Insider (1999)
R | 157 min | Biography, Drama, Thriller
A research chemist comes under personal and professional attack when he decides to appear in a 60 Minutes exposé on Big Tobacco.
Director: Michael Mann | Stars: Russell Crowe, Al Pacino, Christopher Plummer, Diane Venora
Votes: 180,714 | Gross: $28.97M
5. Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)
R | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An examination of the machinations behind the scenes at a real estate office.
Director: James Foley | Stars: Al Pacino, Jack Lemmon, Alec Baldwin, Alan Arkin
Votes: 116,635 | Gross: $10.73M
6. 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: 11,479
7. 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: 14,244
8. The Unit (2006–2009)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A secret US military group conducts covert operations across the world, facing several life-threatening situations during their missions.
Stars: Dennis Haysbert, Regina Taylor, Audrey Marie Anderson, Robert Patrick
Votes: 23,182
9. 13 (I) (2010)
R | 91 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A naive young man assumes a dead man's identity and finds himself embroiled in an underground world of power, violence, and chance where men gamble behind closed doors on the lives of other men.
Director: Géla Babluani | Stars: Sam Riley, Alice Barrett, Gaby Hoffmann, Jason Statham
Votes: 44,013
10. Reign Over Me (2007)
R | 124 min | Drama
A man who lost his family in the September 11 attack on New York City runs into his old college roommate. Rekindling the friendship is the one thing that appears able to help the man recover from his grief.
Director: Mike Binder | Stars: Adam Sandler, Don Cheadle, Jada Pinkett Smith, Liv Tyler
Votes: 99,683 | Gross: $19.66M
11. Silver Bullet (1985)
R | 95 min | Horror
In a small town, brutal killings start to plague the close knit community. Marty Coslaw, a paraplegic boy, is convinced the murders are the doings of a werewolf.
Director: Daniel Attias | Stars: Gary Busey, Everett McGill, Corey Haim, Megan Follows
Votes: 31,615 | Gross: $5.40M
12. Crime Story (1986–1988)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The saga of a Chicago police detective's efforts to stop a young hood's ruthless rise in the ranks of organized crime.
Stars: Dennis Farina, Bill Smitrovich, Tony Denison, Steve Ryan
Votes: 3,375
13. Spenser: For Hire (1985–1988)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Mystery and suspense series based on Robert Parker's "Spenser" novels. Spenser, a private investigator living in Boston, gets involved in a new murder mystery each episode.
Stars: Robert Urich, Avery Brooks, Ron McLarty, Richard Jaeckel
Votes: 3,283
14. New York Undercover (1994–2024)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Music
Drugs, theft, corruption, rape, murder. Cops against criminals. The covert war has begun. Welcome to New York City.
Stars: Malik Yoba, Michael DeLorenzo, Patti D'Arbanville, Luna Lauren Velez
Votes: 2,985
15. Romeo Is Bleeding (1993)
R | 110 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A womanizing, crooked cop on the payroll of the mafia is confronted with the reality of his double life after he is asked to kill a beautiful and ruthless Russian gangster.
Director: Peter Medak | Stars: Gary Oldman, Lena Olin, Wallace Wood, Juliette Lewis
Votes: 15,192 | Gross: $3.28M
16. The Rookie (1990)
R | 120 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A veteran detective is assigned a rookie partner after his previous partner is killed by a car theft gang. He is determined to apprehend those responsible for his friend's death but his new partner isn't really up to the task.
Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Charlie Sheen, Raul Julia, Sonia Braga
Votes: 29,392 | Gross: $21.63M
17. The Spanish Prisoner (1997)
PG | 110 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
An employee who develops a lucrative secret process for his corporation is tempted to betray the company when higher ups attempt to take the process from him. Dastardly intrigue ensues.
Director: David Mamet | Stars: Steve Martin, Ben Gazzara, Campbell Scott, Ricky Jay
Votes: 25,916 | Gross: $10.20M
18. State and Main (2000)
R | 105 min | Comedy, Drama
A movie crew invades a small town whose residents are all too ready to give up their values for showbiz glitz.
Director: David Mamet | Stars: Philip Seymour Hoffman, William H. Macy, Rebecca Pidgeon, Michael Higgins
Votes: 22,220 | Gross: $6.92M
19. Old Enough (1984)
PG | 92 min | Drama
Twelve-year-old Lonnie Sloan is a well-to-do New York rich kid and Karen Bruckner is the more ordinary, impoverished New York kid. They happen to meet one day on the street in their neighborhood and hit it off.
Director: Marisa Silver | Stars: Sarah Boyd, Rainbow Harvest, Neill Barry, Alyssa Milano
Votes: 918
20. Tadpole (2002)
PG-13 | 78 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Coming-of-age story about a suave 15-year-old prep school student who falls in love with his stepmother. When her best friend responds to his advances, he suddenly finds himself in way over his head.
Director: Gary Winick | Stars: Sigourney Weaver, Aaron Stanford, Kate Mara, Robert Iler
Votes: 6,269 | Gross: $2.88M
21. Chinese Coffee (2000)
R | 99 min | Drama
Harry and Jake, two unsuccessful writers, spend a cathartic evening arguing about money, aesthetics, their friendship, and Harry's new manuscript.
Director: Al Pacino | Stars: Al Pacino, Jerry Orbach, Susan Floyd, Ellen McElduff
Votes: 4,649
22. Daybreak (1993 TV Movie)
R | 91 min | Action, Drama, Romance
This drama, based on Alan Bowne's play "Beirut," takes place in a decrepit New York City of the near future, controlled by a fascist government.
Director: Stephen Tolkin | Stars: Moira Kelly, Cuba Gooding Jr., Martha Plimpton, Omar Epps
Votes: 1,755
23. 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: 696
24. Homicide (1991)
R | 102 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
A Jewish homicide detective investigates a seemingly minor murder and falls in with a Zionist group as a result.
Director: David Mamet | Stars: Joe Mantegna, William H. Macy, Vincent Guastaferro, J.J. Johnston
Votes: 8,194 | Gross: $2.97M
25. Strictly Business (1991)
PG-13 | 83 min | Comedy, Romance
Sharp social satire in which the uneven friendship between an ambitious Black businessman and his streetwise pal is thrown into further confusion when the professional falls in love with a mind-numbingly gorgeous waitress.
Directors: Kevin Hooks, Rolando Hudson | Stars: Tommy Davidson, Joseph C. Phillips, Anne-Marie Johnson, David Marshall Grant
Votes: 2,260 | Gross: $7.68M
26. He Said, She Said (1991)
PG-13 | 115 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
TV viewers love seeing the two reporters with opposing views on the show "He Said, She Said". Womanizer Dan and Lorie fall for each other. Love?
Directors: Ken Kwapis, Marisa Silver | Stars: Kevin Bacon, Elizabeth Perkins, Nathan Lane, Anthony LaPaglia
Votes: 7,336 | Gross: $9.80M
27. Golden Years (1991)
Not Rated | 232 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
An elderly janitor hurt in an explosion at a secret army lab run by "The Shop" starts to grow younger. A ruthless operative is sent to cover it up, so the janitor and his wife go on the run with help from a sympathetic female agent.
Stars: Keith Szarabajka, Felicity Huffman, Ed Lauter, R.D. Call
Votes: 3,244
28. Renegades (1989)
R | 106 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An undercover cop forms an alliance with a Native American to help him hunt down the criminals who stole an ancient Lakota tribal lance.
Director: Jack Sholder | Stars: Kiefer Sutherland, Lou Diamond Phillips, Jami Gertz, Robert Knepper
Votes: 3,963 | Gross: $7.00M
29. Things Change (1988)
PG | 100 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Shoe-shiner Gino is hired to take the rap for a mafia murder. Two-bit gangster Jerry watches over Gino and gives him a weekend to remember.
Director: David Mamet | Stars: Don Ameche, Joe Mantegna, Robert Prosky, J.J. Johnston
Votes: 4,074 | Gross: $3.53M
30. The Spook Who Sat by the Door (1973)
PG | 102 min | Action, Drama, Crime
A black man plays 'uncle Tom' in order to gain access to CIA training, then uses that knowledge to plot a new American revolt.
Director: Ivan Dixon | Stars: Lawrence Cook, Janet League, Paula Kelly, J.A. Preston
Votes: 1,572 | Gross: $1.00M
31. The Wedding (1998 TV Movie)
180 min | Drama, Romance
In 1950s Massachusetts, a wealthy black woman engaged to a poor white beatnik learns about her family history. The stories revolve around the racial and class complexities of interracial and class-based marriages.
Director: Charles Burnett | Stars: Halle Berry, Eric Thal, Lynn Whitfield, Carl Lumbly
Votes: 550
32. To Sleep with Anger (1990)
PG | 102 min | Drama
A charismatic old acquaintance drifts into town, stirring up trouble for a mild-mannered family.
Director: Charles Burnett | Stars: Danny Glover, Paul Butler, DeVaughn Nixon, Mary Alice
Votes: 2,921 | Gross: $1.16M
33. Zebrahead (1992)
R | 100 min | Drama, Romance
A white, hip-hop loving teen falls in love with a black girl.
Director: Anthony Drazan | Stars: Michael Rapaport, DeShonn Castle, Kevin Corrigan, Lois Bendler
Votes: 1,470 | Gross: $1.47M
34. Compromising Positions (1985)
R | 99 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
An ex-newspaper woman who is now a suburban housewife can't resist getting involved in an investigation of the murder of a philandering dentist who had been having affairs with several of her neighbors.
Director: Frank Perry | Stars: Susan Sarandon, Raul Julia, Edward Herrmann, Judith Ivey
Votes: 1,131 | Gross: $12.53M
35. Off Beat (1986)
PG | 92 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance
Joe Gower's job is skating through library shelves, fetching books. A police officer and friend of his is chosen to participate in a charity dance performance. Gower agrees to take his ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Dinner | Stars: Judge Reinhold, Meg Tilly, Cleavant Derricks, Joe Mantegna
Votes: 1,051 | Gross: $4.84M
36. 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: 213
37. Vanishing Son (1994 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 91 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Two students (Jian-Wa and Wago) in the Peoples Republic of China are forced to flee out of China after having taken part in a protest action for freedom (reference is made to the fights at ... See full summary »
Director: John Nicolella | Stars: Russell Wong, Chi Muoi Lo, Vivian Wu, Rebecca Gayheart
Votes: 520
38. Confess (2005)
R | 89 min | Thriller, Drama
A young ex-hacker, disgruntled with his life, lashes back at those deemed responsible, uploading unfavorable video footage of them on the internet.
Director: Stefan C. Schaefer | Stars: Eugene Byrd, Ali Larter, Melissa Leo, Glenn Fitzgerald
Votes: 468
39. Color of Justice (1997 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 95 min | Drama
Four young black men kill a white woman. Now the D.A. is very cautious how to pursue this case because it might start a riot. And adding fuel to the fire is a bombastic and vocal black ... See full summary »
Director: Jeremy Kagan | Stars: Bruce Davison, F. Murray Abraham, Gregory Hines, Judd Hirsch
Votes: 240
40. Dummy (1979 TV Movie)
96 min | Crime, Drama, History
A deaf and dumb young man is accused of murdering a prostitute and defended by a deaf lawyer.
Director: Frank Perry | Stars: Paul Sorvino, LeVar Burton, Brian Dennehy, Rose Gregorio
Votes: 280
41. The Only Good Indian (2009)
114 min | Western
Set in Kansas during the early 1900s, a teen-aged Native American boy (newcomer Winter Fox Frank) is taken from his family and forced to attend a distant Indian "training" school to ... See full summary »
Director: Kevin Willmott | Stars: Wes Studi, J. Kenneth Campbell, Winter Fox Frank, Paul Butler
Votes: 375
42. The Cabinet of Dr. Ramirez (1991)
111 min | Drama, Music, Mystery
Featuring music instead of any dialogue and set in a near Kafkaesque future, this loose remake of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari follows a bureaucrat who mysterious Dr. Ramirez and his hideous sidekick want as their latest victim.
Director: Peter Sellars | Stars: Mikhail Baryshnikov, Joan Cusack, Peter Gallagher, Ron Vawter
Votes: 194
43. Vanishing Son IV (1994 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 87 min | Action, Drama
After the death of his brother Wago, Jian-wa Chang now roams America's countryside while looking for his place in the world. He is hit by a van of two college students. Jian is taken in and... See full summary »
Director: John Nicolella | Stars: Russell Wong, Chi Muoi Lo, Mark Valley, Matthew Lillard
Votes: 228
44. Tracey Takes on New York (1993 TV Movie)
Comedy
Tracey Ullman and her cast of wacky original characters take a bite out of the Big Apple.
Director: Don Scardino | Stars: Paul Butler, Nell Campbell, Dan Castellaneta, Maddie Corman
Votes: 62
45. Vanishing Son II (1994 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 87 min | Action, Drama
The continuing saga of the Chang brothers: Jian-Wa and Wago. Picking up where it left off, Jian-Wa has left L.A. after a gangfight which involved his brother Wago. Jian-wa travels to the ... See full summary »
Director: John Nicolella | Stars: Russell Wong, Chi Muoi Lo, Tamlyn Tomita, Vivian Wu
Votes: 272
46. The Giraffe (1998)
Unrated | 103 min | Thriller
Lena Katz, who is German, and David Fish, who is American, are Jews who live in New York. When Lena's mother, who arrives from Germany, meets her at a hotel, she finds an almost-dead woman ... See full summary »
Directors: Dani Levy, Maria Schrader | Stars: Maria Schrader, Dani Levy, David Strathairn, Nicole Heesters
Votes: 401
47. Vanishing Son III (1994 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 120 min | Action, Drama, Romance
The saga picks up in Washington, DC where Jian-wa is competing in a classical music competition (under the name Michael Lee). Back in LA, Jian-wa's brother Wago is wanted by the F.B.I. and ... See full summary »
Director: John Nicolella | Stars: Russell Wong, Chi Muoi Lo, Vivian Wu, Paul Butler
Votes: 236
48. Infiltrating Hollywood: The Rise and Fall of the Spook Who Sat by the Door (2011)
57 min | Documentary
Infiltrating Hollywood: The Rise and Fall of the Spook Who Sat by the Door is an independent documentary on the controversial and FBI repressed 1973 black film The Spook Who Sat By the Door... See full summary »
Directors: Christine Acham, Clifford Ward | Stars: Sam Greenlee, Berlie Dixon, Todd Boyd, Paul Butler
Votes: 24
49. Buns (1978)
21 min | Short, Comedy
A psycho murders people while they are eating hamburgers.
Director: Mark Pirro | Stars: Paul Butler, Michael Callahan, Ron Camnitzer, Glenn Campbell
Votes: 13
50. Life Beyond Earth (1998 TV Movie)
Documentary
Stars: Timothy Ferris, Paul Butler, France Cordova, Freeman Dyson
Votes: 80