Top Los Angeles Movies / TV
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1. Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
PG | 121 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Luke Skywalker joins forces with a Jedi Knight, a cocky pilot, a Wookiee and two droids to save the galaxy from the Empire's world-destroying battle station, while also attempting to rescue Princess Leia from the mysterious Darth Vader.
Director: George Lucas | Stars: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Alec Guinness
Votes: 1,449,439 | Gross: $322.74M
2. The Rookie (2018– )
TV-14 | 43 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Starting over isn't easy, especially for John Nolan who, after a life-altering incident, is pursuing his dream of joining the LAPD. As their oldest rookie, he's met with skepticism from those who see him as just a walking midlife crisis.
Stars: Nathan Fillion, Alyssa Diaz, Richard T. Jones, Melissa O'Neil
Votes: 72,078
3. NCIS: Los Angeles (2009–2023)
TV-14 | 43 min | Action, Crime, Drama
NCIS's covert operations team go undercover to investigate cases involving terrorism and National Security.
Stars: Chris O'Donnell, Daniela Ruah, LL Cool J, Eric Christian Olsen
Votes: 57,544
4. S.W.A.T. (2017– )
TV-14 | 43 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Follows a locally born and bred S.W.A.T. sergeant and his team of highly-trained men and women as they solve crimes in Los Angeles.
Stars: Shemar Moore, Jay Harrington, David Lim, Patrick St. Esprit
Votes: 32,542
5. American Gigolo (2022)
TV-MA | 55 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Follows Julian Kaye after his wrongful conviction release following 15 years in prison as he struggles to find his footing in the modern-day Los Angeles sex industry and navigates his complicated relationships.
Stars: Jon Bernthal, Gretchen Mol, Lizzie Brocheré, Gabriel LaBelle
Votes: 6,640
6. Reasonable Doubt (2022– )
TV-MA | 53 min | Drama
Jax Stewart juggles work, family, friends, and a complicated personal life as a brilliant and fearless defense attorney in Los Angeles who bucks the justice system every chance she gets.
Stars: Emayatzy Corinealdi, McKinley Freeman, Tim Jo, Angela Grovey
Votes: 2,154
7. The Sandlot (1993)
PG | 101 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
In the summer of 1962, a new kid in town is taken under the wing of a young baseball prodigy and his rowdy team, resulting in many adventures.
Director: David Mickey Evans | Stars: Tom Guiry, Mike Vitar, Art LaFleur, Patrick Renna
Votes: 102,371 | Gross: $32.42M
8. Transparent (2014–2019)
TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy, Drama
An L.A. family with serious boundary issues have their past and future unravel when a dramatic admission causes everyone's secrets to spill out.
Stars: Jeffrey Tambor, Amy Landecker, Gaby Hoffmann, Jay Duplass
Votes: 23,442
9. East Los High (2013–2017)
TV-14 | 26 min | Drama
A group of friends at East Los High face the trials and tribulations of teenagers growing up in East Los Angeles.
Stars: Danielle Vega, Gabriel Chavarria, Alicia Sixtos, Vannessa Vasquez
Votes: 866
10. Jo Koy: Live from the Los Angeles Forum (2022 TV Special)
TV-MA | 74 min | Comedy
It follows Jo as he gushes about his relationship with his teenage son along with sharing the struggles of living with sleep apnea and much more.
Director: Shannon Hartman | Star: Jo Koy
Votes: 1,045
11. In the House (1995–1999)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy
A once-famous football player must rent part of his house to support himself. A single mother and her two kids are the latest tenants. He also owns a sports clinic that he barely manages to run with help from his friends.
Stars: LL Cool J, Maia Campbell, Alfonso Ribeiro, Kim Wayans
Votes: 1,421
12. Huff (2004–2006)
TV-MA | 55 min | Comedy, Drama
Psychiatrist Craig Huffstodt (Azaria) experiences his own midlife crisis.
Stars: Hank Azaria, Paget Brewster, Anton Yelchin, Blythe Danner
Votes: 3,632
13. Hondo (1967)
60 min | Western
Hondo, an embittered former rebel officer, travels to Arizona Territory in the 1870s with his dog Sam. Often clashing with the local cavalry, which he holds responsible for the death of his Indian wife.
Stars: Ralph Taeger, Kathie Browne, Noah Beery Jr., Gary Clarke
Votes: 272
14. The Adventures of Ford Fairlane (1990)
R | 104 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A vulgar private detective is hired to find a missing groupie and is drawn into a mystery involving a series of murders tied to the music industry.
Director: Renny Harlin | Stars: Andrew Dice Clay, Lauren Holly, Wayne Newton, Priscilla Presley
Votes: 19,243 | Gross: $21.41M
15. Adventures in Babysitting (1987)
PG-13 | 102 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
A babysitter must battle her way through the big city after being stranded there with the kids she's looking after.
Director: Chris Columbus | Stars: Elisabeth Shue, Maia Brewton, Keith Coogan, Anthony Rapp
Votes: 49,113 | Gross: $34.37M
16. Wicked City (2015)
TV-14 | 42 min | Crime, Drama
A pair of LAPD detectives track down serial killers terrorizing the Sunset Strip.
Stars: Jeremy Sisto, Taissa Farmiga, Gabriel Luna, Jaime Ray Newman
Votes: 3,119
17. Legacy: The True Story of the LA Lakers (2022)
TV-MA | 60 min | Documentary, History, Sport
Docuseries chronicles the history of the storied Los Angeles Lakers NBA franchise.
Stars: Jeanie Buss, Jimmy Buss, Johnny Buss, Flea
Votes: 1,622
18. Day Shift (2022)
R | 113 min | Action, Comedy, Fantasy
A hard-working, blue-collar dad just wants to provide a good life for his quick-witted 10-year-old daughter. His mundane San Fernando Valley pool cleaning job is a front for his real source of income: hunting and killing vampires.
Director: J.J. Perry | Stars: Jamie Foxx, Dave Franco, Natasha Liu Bordizzo, Meagan Good
Votes: 89,895
19. Unlawful Entry (1992)
R | 111 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A burglar holds a knife to Karen's throat while her husband does nothing. The couple ends up befriending the cop that comes. The friendship ends when the cop beats up the culprit. Karen isn't ready to end it. Things get ugly with the cop.
Director: Jonathan Kaplan | Stars: Kurt Russell, Ray Liotta, Madeleine Stowe, Roger E. Mosley
Votes: 19,116 | Gross: $57.14M
20. Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse (2015)
R | 93 min | Action, Comedy, Horror
Three scouts, on the eve of their last camp-out, discover the true meaning of friendship when they attempt to save their town from a zombie outbreak.
Director: Christopher Landon | Stars: Tye Sheridan, Logan Miller, Joey Morgan, Sarah Dumont
Votes: 55,000 | Gross: $3.64M
21. The Arrangement (1969)
R | 125 min | Drama, Romance
An adman attempts to rebuild his shattered life after suffering a nervous breakdown.
Director: Elia Kazan | Stars: Kirk Douglas, Faye Dunaway, Deborah Kerr, Richard Boone
Votes: 3,385 | Gross: $8.72M
22. Games (1967)
Not Rated | 100 min | Thriller
A young couple who are into kinky "mind games" get more than they bargained for when a mysterious woman comes into their lives.
Director: Curtis Harrington | Stars: Simone Signoret, James Caan, Katharine Ross, Don Stroud
Votes: 1,504
23. Sweet Life: Los Angeles (2021–2022)
Reality-TV
An honest and unique look into what it means to be young, black, and in constant pursuit of one's dreams in the heart of South Los Angeles.
Stars: Jerrold Smith II, P'Jae Compton, Briana Jones, Amanda Scott
Votes: 292
24.
Jack Whitehall: Travels with My Father (2017–2021)
Episode:
Episode #3.1
(2019)
TV-MA | 50 min | Documentary, Comedy
Jack brings his father to California for a tour of Los Angeles and Compton, followed by a bus ride to Phoenix, Arizona.
Director: Leo McCrea | Stars: Jack Whitehall, Michael Whitehall, Brandon Anthony, Anthony Meindl
Votes: 166
25.
America Outdoors with Baratunde Thurston (2022– )
Episode:
Los Angeles: It's a Vibe
(2022)
Adventure
Director: France Costrel
Votes: 25
26. City of Angels (1976– )
60 min | Crime, Drama
Weekly adventures of hard-boiled '30s detective Jake Axminster.
Stars: Wayne Rogers, Elaine Joyce, Clifton James, Philip Sterling
Votes: 107
27. Logorama (2009)
R | 16 min | Animation, Short, Action
Police chase an armed criminal in a version of Los Angeles comprised entirely of corporate logos.
Directors: François Alaux, Hervé de Crécy, Ludovic Houplain | Stars: Bob Stephenson, Sherman Augustus, Aja Evans, Joel Michaely
Votes: 6,276
28. Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971)
G | 98 min | Action, Sci-Fi
The world is shocked by the appearance of three talking chimpanzees, who arrived mysteriously in a U.S. spacecraft. They become the toast of society, but one man believes them to be a threat to the human race.
Director: Don Taylor | Stars: Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter, Bradford Dillman, Natalie Trundy
Votes: 39,165 | Gross: $12.30M
29. Tartan Around with Lawrence Chaney (2022– )
Comedy
Scottish drag queen Lawrence Chaney explores Los Angeles.
Stars: Lawrence Chaney, Rock M. Sakura, Tracy Tutor, Eureka D. Huggard
Votes: 64
30. Brainstorm (1983)
PG | 106 min | Sci-Fi, Thriller
Researchers develop a system where they can jump into people's minds. But when people involved bring their personal problems into the equation, it becomes dangerous - perhaps deadly.
Director: Douglas Trumbull | Stars: Christopher Walken, Natalie Wood, Louise Fletcher, Cliff Robertson
Votes: 13,118 | Gross: $8.90M
31. Vice Squad (1982)
R | 97 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A single mother prostitute, who goes by the name Princess, finds herself forced to work undercover for the police in order to apprehend a homicidal, misogynistic pimp named Ramrod, who will do anything not to get arrested.
Director: Gary Sherman | Stars: Season Hubley, Gary Swanson, Wings Hauser, Pepe Serna
Votes: 2,905 | Gross: $13.25M
32. Thrashin' (1986)
PG-13 | 93 min | Action, Drama, Romance
Two skateboarding gangs battle each other for supremacy, and a member of one gang falls in love with the sister of his rival.
Director: David Winters | Stars: Josh Brolin, Robert Rusler, Pamela Gidley, Brooke McCarter
Votes: 5,048
33. Halloween II (1981)
R | 92 min | Horror
While Dr. Loomis hunts for Michael Myers, a traumatized Laurie is rushed to Haddonfield Memorial Hospital, and The Shape is not far behind her.
Director: Rick Rosenthal | Stars: Jamie Lee Curtis, Donald Pleasence, Charles Cyphers, Jeffrey Kramer
Votes: 101,695 | Gross: $25.53M
34. Cisco Pike (1971)
R | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A down on his luck former drug dealer is forced by a corrupt LAPD policeman to sell 100 kilos of confiscated marijuana in one weekend.
Director: Bill Norton | Stars: Kris Kristofferson, Karen Black, Gene Hackman, Harry Dean Stanton
Votes: 1,935
35.
United Shades of America (2016–2022)
Episode:
Latino, USA
(2016)
TV-PG | 42 min | Documentary, History, Reality-TV
The population of East Los Angeles is over 90 percent Latino; they are predicted to be the majority population of Americans by 2044; W. Kamau Bell speaks to many Latinos who are fighting prejudice and spreading the message of tolerance.
Star: W. Kamau Bell
Votes: 42
36. Body Brokers (2021)
R | 111 min | Drama, Thriller
Brought to Los Angeles for treatment, a recovering junkie soon learns that the rehab center is not about helping people, but a cover for a multi-billion-dollar fraud operation that enlists addicts to recruit other addicts.
Director: John Swab | Stars: Suzanne Wind, Frank Grillo, Alice Englert, Samone James
Votes: 3,803
37. Shakedown (2018)
72 min | Documentary, Drama, History
SHAKEDOWN chronicles explicit performances in an underground lesbian club in Los Angeles. The story functions as a legend where money is both myth and material. Cumulatively, questions ... See full summary »
Director: Leilah Weinraub | Stars: Egypt, Jazmyne, Junior, Mahogany
Votes: 221
38. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
Approved | 80 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
A small-town doctor learns that the population of his community is being replaced by emotionless alien duplicates.
Director: Don Siegel | Stars: Kevin McCarthy, Dana Wynter, Larry Gates, King Donovan
Votes: 54,747
39. Model Shop (1969)
M | 97 min | Drama, Romance
George is unemployed, broke, about to be drafted to Vietnam, and suddenly madly in love with the divine Lola, a woman he has only briefly glimpsed. Now George searches for his potential amour through the City of Angels.
Director: Jacques Demy | Stars: Anouk Aimée, Gary Lockwood, Alexandra Hay, Carol Cole
Votes: 2,134
40. Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972)
PG | 88 min | Action, Sci-Fi
In a futuristic world that has embraced ape slavery, Caesar, the son of the late simians Cornelius and Zira, surfaces after almost twenty years of hiding out from the authorities, and prepares for a slave revolt against humanity.
Director: J. Lee Thompson | Stars: Roddy McDowall, Don Murray, Ricardo Montalban, Natalie Trundy
Votes: 35,901 | Gross: $9.81M
41.
I Love You, You Hate Me (2022)
Episode:
I Love You
(2022)
TV-14 | 58 min | Documentary
In 1988, a stay-at-home mom invents a purple dinosaur and starts a phenomenon; at the same time, American society is on the precipice of a new, darker era in television, and the creator's family will never be the same again.
Stars: Steve Burns, Rickey Carter, Hope Cervantes, Sloan Coleman
Votes: 44
42. Welcome to Wrexham (2022– )
TV-MA | 28 min | Documentary, Sport
Docuseries chronicling the purchase and stewardship of Wrexham AFC, one of professional football's oldest clubs, by two Hollywood actors, Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney.
Stars: Wrexham A.F.C., Ryan Reynolds, Rob McElhenney, Humphrey Ker
Votes: 19,955
43. Little John (2002 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 100 min | Drama
The unmarried daughter of a Texas rancher gives birth to an unwanted child. She puts the child up for adoption and moves away from home. Without her knowledge, her father took the boy and ... See full summary »
Director: Dick Lowry | Stars: Ving Rhames, Gloria Reuben, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Adilah Barnes
Votes: 325
44. Ricochet (1991)
R | 102 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A District Attorney is terrorized by the criminal he put away years ago when he was a cop.
Director: Russell Mulcahy | Stars: Denzel Washington, John Lithgow, Ice-T, Kevin Pollak
Votes: 20,382 | Gross: $21.76M
45. Out All Night (1992–1993)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy
Sitcom about a singer who runs an L.A. nightclub, a young graduate and his irresponsible best friend and roommate who help her, her daughter, and their Scottish neighbor. Set in the same universe as "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air."
Stars: Patti LaBelle, Morris Chestnut, Vivica A. Fox, Duane Martin
Votes: 202
46. Strike Force (1981–2018)
60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Captain Frank Murphy is in charge of a division that only handles the most difficult cases of the Los Angeles police department. He has assembled a diverse team to take on the craftiest criminals.
Stars: Robert Stack, Dorian Harewood, Richard Romanus, Michael Goodwin
Votes: 97
47. River's Edge (1986)
R | 99 min | Crime, Drama
A high school slacker commits a shocking act and proceeds to let his friends in on the secret. However, the friends' reaction is almost as ambiguous and perplexing as the crime itself.
Director: Tim Hunter | Stars: Crispin Glover, Keanu Reeves, Ione Skye, Daniel Roebuck
Votes: 20,678 | Gross: $4.60M
48. Aloha with Love (2022 TV Movie)
90 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Gemma, a big city architect, must fly to the Hawaii in order to handle the estate of her late Aunt. At her Aunt's request, she must first renovate the house. Ben, a handsome country-boy ... See full summary »
Director: Brian Herzlinger | Stars: Tiffany Smith, Trevor Donovan, Sarah Ashley Rodriguez, Branscombe Richmond
Votes: 520
49. Love, Victor (2020–2022)
TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Victor is a new student at Creekwood High School on his own journey of self-discovery, facing challenges at home, adjusting to a new city, and struggling with his sexual orientation.
Stars: Michael Cimino, Rachel Hilson, Anthony Turpel, Bebe Wood
Votes: 22,000
50. Zoot Suit (1981)
R | 103 min | Drama, Musical
When barrio leader Henry Reyna and his friends are unjustly convicted on circumstantial evidence, activist lawyers Alice Bloomfield and George Shearer fight the blatant racially motivated miscarriage of justice to win them their freedom.
Director: Luis Valdez | Stars: Daniel Valdez, Edward James Olmos, Charles Aidman, Tyne Daly
Votes: 1,343 | Gross: $3.26M
51. Choose Me (1984)
R | 106 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Love doctor radio host Nancy, bar owner Eve, Pearl, drifter Mickey et al meet in LA.
Director: Alan Rudolph | Stars: Geneviève Bujold, Keith Carradine, Lesley Ann Warren, Patrick Bauchau
Votes: 3,087 | Gross: $2.49M
52. The Mechanic (1972)
PG | 100 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
An aging hitman befriends a young man who wants to be a professional killer. Eventually it becomes clear that someone has betrayed them.
Director: Michael Winner | Stars: Charles Bronson, Jan-Michael Vincent, Keenan Wynn, Jill Ireland
Votes: 15,751 | Gross: $7.30M
53. That's So Raven (2003–2007)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
A teenage girl periodically receives brief psychic visions of the near future. Trying to make these visions come true results in trouble, and hilarious situations, for the girl and her friends.
Stars: Raven-Symoné, Orlando Brown, Anneliese van der Pol, Kyle Massey
Votes: 21,539
54. Capricorn One (1977)
PG | 123 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
When the first manned flight to Mars is deemed unsafe and scrubbed on the launch pad, anxious authorities must scramble to save face and retain their funding - and so an unthinkable plot to fake the mission is hatched.
Director: Peter Hyams | Stars: Elliott Gould, James Brolin, Brenda Vaccaro, Sam Waterston
Votes: 24,723
55. Star 80 (1983)
R | 103 min | Biography, Drama
A successful young model finds trouble when her obsessive manager-turned-husband becomes dangerously jealous.
Director: Bob Fosse | Stars: Mariel Hemingway, Eric Roberts, Cliff Robertson, Carroll Baker
Votes: 8,140 | Gross: $6.47M
56. Zabriskie Point (1970)
R | 113 min | Drama
At a time of chronic civil unrest in late 1960s America, a young idealist and an anthropology student cross paths at Zabriskie Point in Death Valley, California. They start an unrestrained relationship by making love on the dusty terrain.
Director: Michelangelo Antonioni | Stars: Mark Frechette, Daria Halprin, Paul Fix, G.D. Spradlin
Votes: 17,151 | Gross: $1.05M
57. Wattstax (1973)
R | 103 min | Documentary, Comedy, Music
Documentary covering a Stax Records-sponsored all-day concert at the 1972 Watts Summer Festival with performances by Stax Records artists such as Isaac Hayes, Rufus Thomas, The Staples Singers, and more.
Director: Mel Stuart | Stars: The Dramatics, The Staple Singers, Kim Weston, Jimmy Jones
Votes: 1,089
58. Killer of Sheep (1978)
80 min | Drama
Set in the Watts area of Los Angeles, a slaughterhouse worker must suspend his emotions to continue working at a job he finds repugnant, and then he finds he has little sensitivity for the family he works so hard to support.
Director: Charles Burnett | Stars: Henry G. Sanders, Kaycee Moore, Charles Bracy, Angela Burnett
Votes: 7,531 | Gross: $0.40M
59. Blacula (1972)
PG | 93 min | Fantasy, Horror, Romance
An 18th-century African prince, turned into a vampire by Dracula, finds himself in modern-day Los Angeles.
Director: William Crain | Stars: William Marshall, Vonetta McGee, Denise Nicholas, Thalmus Rasulala
Votes: 7,862 | Gross: $3.00M
60. Keanu (2016)
R | 100 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
When the adorable kitten of an L.A. crime kingpin unexpectedly enters the life of two cousins, they will have to go through tough gangs, pitiless hit-men, and ruthless drug dealers who all claim him, to get him back. How hard can it be?
Director: Peter Atencio | Stars: Keegan-Michael Key, Jordan Peele, Tiffany Haddish, Method Man
Votes: 51,973 | Gross: $20.57M
61. Ray (I) (2004)
PG-13 | 152 min | Biography, Drama, Music
The story of the life and career of the legendary rhythm and blues musician Ray Charles, from his humble beginnings in the South, where he went blind at age seven, to his meteoric rise to stardom during the 1950s and 1960s.
Director: Taylor Hackford | Stars: Jamie Foxx, Regina King, Kerry Washington, Clifton Powell
Votes: 157,388 | Gross: $75.33M
62. Never Heard (2018)
TV-14 | 89 min | Drama, Family
Aaron Davis is accused of murder and incarcerated for a crime he swears that he did not commit. His son Jalen is forced to grow up on the streets of Los Angeles without the guidance of a father and primarily raised by his mother Shala and Grandmother Camilla. Jalen finds himself in hot water with his life at risk after his friend Diggy decides to partner with one of the biggest drug dealers in ... See full summary »
Director: Josh Webber | Stars: David Banner, Robin Givens, Romeo Miller, Karrueche Tran
Votes: 545
63. Jackie Brown (1997)
R | 154 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A flight attendant with a criminal past gets nabbed by the ATF for smuggling. Under pressure to become an informant against the illegal arms dealer she works for, she must find a way to secure her future without getting killed.
Director: Quentin Tarantino | Stars: Pam Grier, Samuel L. Jackson, Robert Forster, Bridget Fonda
Votes: 374,937 | Gross: $39.67M
64. Coach Carter (2005)
PG-13 | 136 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
Controversy surrounds high school basketball coach Ken Carter after he benches his entire team for breaking their academic contract with him.
Director: Thomas Carter | Stars: Samuel L. Jackson, Rick Gonzalez, Robert Ri'chard, Rob Brown
Votes: 171,977 | Gross: $67.26M
65. Higher Learning (1995)
R | 128 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
People from all different walks of life, encounter racial tension, rape, responsibility, and the meaning of an education on a university campus.
Director: John Singleton | Stars: Omar Epps, Kristy Swanson, Michael Rapaport, Jennifer Connelly
Votes: 21,546 | Gross: $38.29M
66.
Roar (2022– )
Episode:
The Woman Who Disappeared
(2022)
TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy, Drama
A woman (Issa Rae) disappears. Literally.
Director: Channing Godfrey Peoples | Stars: Issa Rae, Griffin Matthews, Lauren E. Banks, Nick Kroll
Votes: 660
67. The People Under the Stairs (1991)
R | 102 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery
Two adults and a juvenile break into a house occupied by a brother and sister and their stolen children. There, they must fight for their lives.
Director: Wes Craven | Stars: Brandon Quintin Adams, Everett McGill, Wendy Robie, A.J. Langer
Votes: 39,651 | Gross: $24.20M
68. George Lopez (2002–2007)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Drama
Comedian George Lopez stars as a Los Angeles manufacturing plant manager attempting to deal with his wacky family along with random mishaps.
Stars: George Lopez, Constance Marie, Luis Armand Garcia, Valente Rodriguez
Votes: 13,218
69. King Richard (2021)
PG-13 | 144 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
A look at how tennis superstars Venus and Serena Williams became who they are after the coaching from their father Richard.
Director: Reinaldo Marcus Green | Stars: Will Smith, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Jon Bernthal, Saniyya Sidney
Votes: 136,351
70. Without Remorse (II) (2021)
R | 109 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
An elite Navy SEAL goes on a path to avenge his wife's murder only to find himself inside of a larger conspiracy.
Director: Stefano Sollima | Stars: Michael B. Jordan, Jodie Turner-Smith, Jamie Bell, Guy Pearce
Votes: 64,544
71. The Perfect Match (2016)
R | 96 min | Comedy, Romance
A playboy named Charlie, convinced that all his relationships are dead, meets the beautiful and mysterious Eva. Agreeing to a casual affair, Charlie then wants a bit more from their relationship.
Director: Bille Woodruff | Stars: Terrence Jenkins, Cassie Ventura, Paula Patton, Kali Hawk
Votes: 4,386 | Gross: $9.66M
72. Black Is King (2020)
TV-14 | 85 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Visual album from Beyoncé inspired by 'The Lion King'.
Directors: Emmanuel Adjei, Ibra Ake, Blitz Bazawule, Beyoncé, Pierre Debusschere, Jake Nava, Jenn Nkiru, Dikayl Rimmasch, Joshua Kissi, Kwasi Fordjour, Julian Klincewicz, Dafe Oboro | Stars: Beyoncé, Tina Knowles, Jay-Z, Blue Ivy Carter
Votes: 9,492
73. Them (2021– )
TV-MA | 45 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
Anthology horror series with varying characters and locations by season, featuring different aspects of the horror genre.
Stars: Deborah Ayorinde, Ashley Thomas, Shahadi Wright Joseph, Alison Pill
Votes: 24,162
74. City of Lies (2018)
R | 112 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Russell Poole and Jack Jackson investigate the murder of rapper Notorious B.I.G.
Director: Brad Furman | Stars: Johnny Depp, Forest Whitaker, Toby Huss, Dayton Callie
Votes: 19,042 | Gross: $0.57M
75. Kiss the Girls (1997)
R | 115 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Police hunting for a serial kidnapper are helped when a victim manages to escape for the first time.
Director: Gary Fleder | Stars: Morgan Freeman, Ashley Judd, Cary Elwes, Alex McArthur
Votes: 81,199 | Gross: $60.53M
76. Insecure (2016–2021)
TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Follows the awkward experiences and racy tribulations of a modern-day African-American woman.
Stars: Issa Rae, Yvonne Orji, Jay Ellis, Natasha Rothwell
Votes: 22,358
77. The Little Things (2021)
R | 128 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Kern County Deputy Sheriff Joe Deacon is sent to Los Angeles for what should have been a quick evidence-gathering assignment. Instead, he becomes embroiled in the search for a serial killer who is terrorizing the city.
Director: John Lee Hancock | Stars: Denzel Washington, Rami Malek, Jared Leto, Chris Bauer
Votes: 126,253
78. Princess of the Row (2019)
TV-14 | 85 min | Drama, Thriller
The inspiring tale of a runaway foster child who will stop at nothing to live with the only family she knows: her homeless, mentally-ill veteran father who lives on the streets of LA's skid row.
Director: Van Maximilian Rodriguez Carlson | Stars: Edi Gathegi, Tayler Buck, Ana Ortiz, Jacob Vargas
Votes: 590
79. Miss Virginia (2019)
TV-14 | 102 min | Drama
A struggling inner-city mother sacrifices everything to give her son a good education. Unwilling to allow her son to stay in a dangerous school, she launches a movement that could save his future - and that of thousands like him.
Director: R.J. Daniel Hanna | Stars: Matthew Modine, Vanessa Williams, Samantha Sloyan, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor
Votes: 1,778
80. The Banker (2020)
PG-13 | 120 min | Biography, Drama
In the 1960s, two African-American entrepreneurs hire a working-class white man to pretend to be the head of their business empire while they pose as a janitor and chauffeur.
Director: George Nolfi | Stars: Anthony Mackie, Samuel L. Jackson, Nicholas Hoult, Nia Long
Votes: 35,684
81. Akeelah and the Bee (2006)
PG | 112 min | Drama, Family
Akeelah, a young gifted girl, comes from a dysfunctional family and is on the verge of quitting school. She discovers that she has a high aptitude for spellings and enters a spelling bee contest.
Director: Doug Atchison | Stars: Angela Bassett, Laurence Fishburne, Keke Palmer, Curtis Armstrong
Votes: 21,626 | Gross: $18.81M
82. A Thousand Words (I) (2012)
PG-13 | 91 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
After stretching the truth on a deal with a spiritual guru, literary agent Jack McCall finds a Bodhi tree on his property. Its appearance holds a valuable lesson on the consequences of every word he speaks.
Director: Brian Robbins | Stars: Eddie Murphy, Cliff Curtis, Kerry Washington, Clark Duke
Votes: 44,698 | Gross: $18.44M
83. Us (II) (2019)
R | 116 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Adelaide Wilson and her family are attacked by mysterious figures dressed in red. Upon closer inspection, the Wilsons realize that the intruders are exact lookalikes of them.
Director: Jordan Peele | Stars: Lupita Nyong'o, Winston Duke, Elisabeth Moss, Tim Heidecker
Votes: 341,035 | Gross: $175.08M
84.
Atlanta (2016–2022)
Episode:
The Goof Who Sat by the Door
(2022)
TV-MA | 35 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
An in-depth look at the making of the American Classic "A Goofy Movie."
Director: Donald Glover | Stars: Donald Glover, Brian Tyree Henry, LaKeith Stanfield, Zazie Beetz
Votes: 2,062
85. Strange Days (1995)
R | 145 min | Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi
A former cop turned street-hustler accidentally uncovers a conspiracy in Los Angeles in 1999.
Director: Kathryn Bigelow | Stars: Ralph Fiennes, Angela Bassett, Juliette Lewis, Tom Sizemore
Votes: 78,424 | Gross: $7.92M
86. Blue Chips (1994)
PG-13 | 108 min | Drama, Sport
A college basketball coach is forced to break the rules in order to get the players he needs to stay competitive.
Director: William Friedkin | Stars: Nick Nolte, Mary McDonnell, J.T. Walsh, Ed O'Neill
Votes: 15,171 | Gross: $22.36M
87. Dreamgirls (2006)
PG-13 | 130 min | Drama, Music, Musical
A trio of black female soul singers cross over to the pop charts in the early 1960s, facing their own personal struggles along the way.
Director: Bill Condon | Stars: Beyoncé, Jamie Foxx, Eddie Murphy, Danny Glover
Votes: 77,286 | Gross: $103.37M
88. Devil in a Blue Dress (1995)
R | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A Black war hero is hired to find a mysterious woman, and gets mixed up in a murderous political scandal in 1948 Los Angeles.
Director: Carl Franklin | Stars: Denzel Washington, Tom Sizemore, Jennifer Beals, Don Cheadle
Votes: 24,205 | Gross: $16.03M
89. Car Wash (1976)
PG | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A comedic take on the daily life of car-wash employees, chronicling their hopes, fears, joys, dreams, and tribulations, and meeting some eccentric customers along the way.
Director: Michael Schultz | Stars: Richard Pryor, Franklyn Ajaye, Sully Boyar, Richard Brestoff
Votes: 8,195
90. The Arsenio Hall Show (1989–1994)
60 min | Comedy, Music, Talk-Show
Arsenio Hall hosts this hip, late-night talk show.
Stars: Arsenio Hall, Burton Richardson, Michael Wolff, Sinbad
Votes: 993
91. Class Act (1992)
PG-13 | 98 min | Comedy
A valedictorian and a juvenile delinquent have their school records switched and begin to be treated like the other.
Director: Randall Miller | Stars: Christopher Reid, Christopher Martin, Andre Rosey Brown, Meshach Taylor
Votes: 8,146 | Gross: $13.27M
92. Extant (2014–2015)
TV-14 | 42 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
An astronaut struggles to learn how she became pregnant while on a thirteen-month-long solo space mission.
Stars: Halle Berry, Pierce Gagnon, Grace Gummer, Tyler Hilton
Votes: 24,819
93. The Hughleys (1998–2002)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy
Darryl Hughley is a successful businessman who seems to have achieved the American dream.
Stars: D.L. Hughley, Elise Neal, Eric Allan Kramer, John Henton
Votes: 887
94. Demolition Man (1993)
R | 115 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A police officer is brought out of suspended animation in prison to pursue an old ultra-violent nemesis who is loose in a non-violent future society.
Director: Marco Brambilla | Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Wesley Snipes, Sandra Bullock, Nigel Hawthorne
Votes: 193,332 | Gross: $58.06M
95. Virtuosity (1995)
R | 106 min | Action, Crime, Sci-Fi
When a virtual reality simulation created using the personalities of multiple serial killers manages to escape into the real world, an ex-cop is tasked with stopping its reign of terror.
Director: Brett Leonard | Stars: Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Kelly Lynch, Stephen Spinella
Votes: 32,393 | Gross: $24.05M
96. Dope (2015)
R | 103 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Life changes for Malcolm, a geek who's surviving life in a tough neighborhood, after a chance invitation to an underground party leads him and his friends into a Los Angeles adventure.
Director: Rick Famuyiwa | Stars: Shameik Moore, Tony Revolori, Kiersey Clemons, Kimberly Elise
Votes: 89,306 | Gross: $17.51M
97. Poetic Justice (1993)
R | 109 min | Drama, Romance
Grieving hairdresser Justice goes on a road trip from South Central L.A. to Oakland on a mail truck alongside her friend and an obnoxious postal worker.
Director: John Singleton | Stars: Janet Jackson, Tupac Shakur, Regina King, Joe Torry
Votes: 16,626 | Gross: $27.52M
98. Set It Off (1996)
R | 123 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Desperation drives four inner-city women to bank robbery in Los Angeles, then they start mistrusting each other.
Director: F. Gary Gray | Stars: Jada Pinkett Smith, Queen Latifah, Vivica A. Fox, Kimberly Elise
Votes: 18,457 | Gross: $36.05M
99. Silver Streak (1976)
PG | 114 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
On a long-distance train trip, a man finds romance but also finds himself in danger of being killed, or at least pushed off the train.
Director: Arthur Hiller | Stars: Gene Wilder, Richard Pryor, Jill Clayburgh, Patrick McGoohan
Votes: 21,712
100. Black Dynamite (2009)
R | 84 min | Action, Comedy
Black Dynamite is the greatest African-American action star of the 1970s. When his only brother is killed by The Man, it's up to him to find justice.
Director: Scott Sanders | Stars: Michael Jai White, Arsenio Hall, Tommy Davidson, Phyllis Applegate
Votes: 51,814 | Gross: $0.23M
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