Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows With Simone Kessell

1. Criminal Minds (2005– )

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

A group of criminal profilers who work for the FBI as members of its Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU) using behavioral analysis and profiling to help investigate crimes and find the suspect known as the unsub.

Stars: Kirsten Vangsness, Matthew Gray Gubler, A.J. Cook, Joe Mantegna

Votes: 219,638

2. Yellowjackets (2021– )

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

A wildly talented girls high school soccer team become the unlucky survivors of a plane crash deep in the Canadian wilderness.

Stars: Melanie Lynskey, Tawny Cypress, Sophie Nélisse, Jasmin Savoy Brown

Votes: 86,656

3. Fringe (2008–2013)

TV-14 | 46 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi

An F.B.I. agent is forced to work with an institutionalized scientist and his son in order to rationalize a brewing storm of unexplained phenomena.

Stars: Anna Torv, Joshua Jackson, John Noble, Jasika Nicole

Votes: 258,004

4. The Night Agent (2023– )

TV-MA | 45 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

Low-level FBI agent Peter Sutherland works in the basement of the White House manning a phone that never rings - until the night it does, propelling him into a conspiracy that leads all the way to the Oval Office.

Stars: Gabriel Basso, Luciane Buchanan, Fola Evans-Akingbola, Sarah Desjardins

Votes: 110,839

5. Obi-Wan Kenobi (2022)

TV-14 | 44 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi must save young Leia after she is kidnapped, all the while being pursued by Imperial Inquisitors and his former Padawan now known as Darth Vader.

Stars: Ewan McGregor, Moses Ingram, Vivien Lyra Blair, Hayden Christensen

Votes: 231,149

6. CSI: Miami (2002–2012)

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

An elite unit, led by an ex-homicide cop, which is linked to the Miami-Dade Police Department, uses all possible resources and skills at their disposal to solve complex crimes in cross-cultural Miami.

Stars: David Caruso, Emily Procter, Adam Rodriguez, Rex Linn

Votes: 61,322

7. My Life Is Murder (2019– )

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

My Life is Murder follows the adventures of fearless private investigator Alexa Crowe, who solves the most baffling crimes as well as coping with the frustrations of everyday life.

Stars: Lucy Lawless, Ebony Vagulans, Rawiri Jobe, Joseph Naufahu

Votes: 5,229

8. Farscape (1999–2003)

TV-14 | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Thrown into a distant part of the universe, an Earth astronaut finds himself part of a fugitive alien starship crew.

Stars: Ben Browder, Claudia Black, Anthony Simcoe, Lani John Tupu

Votes: 40,415

9. Xena: Warrior Princess (1995–2001)

TV-PG | 45 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Xena, a mighty Warrior Princess with a dark past, sets out to redeem herself. She is joined by small town bard, Gabrielle. Together they journey the ancient world and fight for the greater good against ruthless Warlords and Gods.

Stars: Lucy Lawless, Renée O'Connor, Ted Raimi, Kevin Smith

Votes: 48,825

10. Our Flag Means Death (2022–2023)

TV-MA | 30 min | Action, Adventure, Biography

The year is 1717. Wealthy land-owner Stede Bonnet has a midlife crisis and decides to blow up his cushy life to become a pirate. It does not go well. Based on a true story.

Stars: Rhys Darby, Joel Fry, Samson Kayo, Matthew Maher

Votes: 43,253

11. San Andreas (2015)

PG-13 | 114 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

In the aftermath of a massive earthquake in California, a rescue-chopper pilot makes a dangerous journey with his ex-wife across the state in order to rescue his daughter.

Director: Brad Peyton | Stars: Dwayne Johnson, Carla Gugino, Alexandra Daddario, Colton Haynes

Votes: 257,472 | Gross: $155.19M

12. Heartbreak High (1994–1999)

TV-MA | 50 min | Drama, Romance

A crash course in the turbulence of being a teen is always on the schedule for the students at Hartley High School in this 1990s series set in Sydney.

Stars: Callan Mulvey, Lara Cox, Emma Roche, Ada Nicodemou

Votes: 3,613

13. Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (1995–1999)

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

Hercules is half-man, half-god and a hero of fantastic strength. After his malevolent stepmother, Hera, kills his wife and children, he wanders about Earth with mortal best friend Iolaus, fighting evil and trying to overcome his loss.

Stars: Kevin Sorbo, Michael Hurst, Kevin Smith, Robert Trebor

Votes: 31,908

14. Terra Nova (I) (2011)

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

Centers on the Shannons, an ordinary family from 2149 when the planet is dying, who are transported back 85 million years to prehistoric Earth where they join Terra Nova, a colony of humans with a second chance to build a civilization.

Stars: Jason O'Mara, Shelley Conn, Christine Adams, Allison Miller

Votes: 86,183

15. The Lost World (1999–2002)

TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

The adventures of a band of explorers stranded in a mysterious land inhabited by dinosaurs and other dangers.

Stars: Peter McCauley, Rachel Blakely, Jennifer O'Dell, William Snow

Votes: 4,505

16. Underbelly (2008–2013)

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

Each season of this multi-award-winning television series takes you through a 13-episode run in the rise and fall of real-life Australian underworld figures as told from both sides of the law.

Stars: Caroline Craig, Paul Tassone, Dieter Brummer, Daniel Roberts

Votes: 5,305

17. All Saints (1998–2009)

TV-MA | 60 min | Drama

A drama series centred on the lives of the nurses at All Saints Western General Hospital.

Stars: Judith McGrath, Georgie Parker, Tammy Macintosh, Martin Lynes

Votes: 1,644

18. Reaper (2007–2009)

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

On his 21st birthday, Sam discovers his parents sold his soul to the devil before birth and he must now be a bounty hunter for the devil until he dies.

Stars: Bret Harrison, Tyler Labine, Rick Gonzalez, Missy Peregrym

Votes: 25,108

19. 2:22 (2017)

PG-13 | 98 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

A man's life is derailed when an ominous pattern of events repeats itself in exactly the same manner every day, ending at precisely 2:22 p.m.

Director: Paul Currie | Stars: Michiel Huisman, Teresa Palmer, Sam Reid, John Waters

Votes: 25,722

20. Water Rats (1996–2001)

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

Beneath its surface exists a playground for the murky underworld, pollution hazards, the remnants of huge drug hauls, and a graveyard of bodies from years of suicides, accidents and murders. That's the world of the WATER RATS.

Stars: Brett Partridge, Peter Bensley, Toni Scanlan, Jay Laga'aia

Votes: 1,158

21. Pine Gap (2018)

TV-MA | 56 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Set in the intensely secretive world of intelligence and the enigmatic US/Australia joint defence facility in central Australia, the spy-thriller Pine Gap delves into the famously strong alliance between the two countries.

Stars: Parker Sawyers, Jacqueline McKenzie, Steve Toussaint, Tess Haubrich

Votes: 6,928

22. The Informers (2008)

R | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

One week in L.A. in 1983, featuring movie executives, rock stars, a vampire and other morally challenged characters in adventures laced with sex, drugs and violence.

Director: Gregor Jordan | Stars: Billy Bob Thornton, Kim Basinger, Mickey Rourke, Jon Foster

Votes: 17,484 | Gross: $0.30M

23. BeastMaster (1999–2002)

TV-14 | 43 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

The sword and sorcery adventures of a wandering adventurer who has the ability to communicate with animals.

Stars: Daniel Goddard, Jackson Raine, Steven Grives, Monika Schnarre

Votes: 2,495

24. Frost/Nixon (2008)

R | 122 min | Biography, Drama, History

A dramatic retelling of the post-Watergate television interviews between British talk-show host David Frost and former president Richard Nixon.

Director: Ron Howard | Stars: Frank Langella, Michael Sheen, Kevin Bacon, Sam Rockwell

Votes: 112,575 | Gross: $18.59M

25. Wellmania (2023)

TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy, Drama

Follows Liv who, when she has a major health crisis, is forced to rethink her 'live fast die young' attitude.

Stars: Celeste Barber, JJ Fong, Lachlan Buchanan, Genevieve Mooy

Votes: 5,897

26. The Last Frontier

Drama | Filming

Follows Frank Remnick, a U.S. Marshal in charge of the quiet and weathered barrens of Alaska, as he needs to deal with a prison transport plane crash full of violent inmates inside his jurisdiction.

Stars: Sonia Berube, Jason Clarke, Russell Sams, Frank Fiola

27. Entertainment Tonight (1981– )

30 min | News, Talk-Show

"Entertainment Tonight" is the #1 syndicated entertainment newsmagazine in the world.

Stars: Kevin Frazier, Nischelle Turner, Matt Cohen, Nancy O'Dell

Votes: 2,780

28. The Crossing (2018– )

TV-PG | 42 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi

Refugees from a war-torn country 180 years in the future start showing up in the present to seek asylum in an American town.

Stars: Steve Zahn, Natalie Martinez, Tommy Bastow, Rob Campbell

Votes: 10,207

29. Outlaws (2017)

R | 92 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

1% is set within the primal underworld of outlaw motorcycle club gangs. It follows the heir to the throne of a motorcycle club who has to betray his president to save his brother's life.

Director: Stephen McCallum | Stars: Ryan Corr, Abbey Lee, Simone Kessell, Josh McConville

Votes: 1,312

30. Wonderland (2013–2015)

TV-14 | 43 min | Drama

The lives of the residents living in a city apartment block in Sydney.

Stars: Anna Bamford, Michael Dorman, Emma Lung, Tracy Mann

Votes: 1,327

31. Stingers (1998–2004)

60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Stingers reveals the shadowy and ambiguous world of undercover cops - people with covert lives and constantly changing identities. They are the police who defeat crime from within the criminal world.

Stars: Peter Phelps, Kate Kendall, Anita Hegh, Ian Stenlake

Votes: 613

32. Reckoning (2019)

TV-MA | 46 min | Thriller

Explores the darkest corners of the male psyche through the eyes of two fathers, one of whom is a serial-killer.

Stars: Aden Young, Sam Trammell, Simone Kessell, Milly Alcock

Votes: 4,928

33. Hercules and the Amazon Women (1994 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 91 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Hercules and Iolaus take time out from Iolaus' wedding preparations, to help a distant village under attack from "monsters". When they reach their destination, they find the monsters are in fact Amazonian women who are controlled by Hera.

Director: Bill Norton | Stars: Kevin Sorbo, Anthony Quinn, Roma Downey, Michael Hurst

Votes: 3,541

34. Of Kings and Prophets (2016)

60 min | Drama

A biblical drama centered around a battle-weary king, a powerful and resentful prophet, and a resourceful young shepherd.

Stars: Ray Winstone, Olly Rix, Mohammad Bakri, Simone Kessell

Votes: 1,555

35. Hercules in the Underworld (1994 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 90 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

A woman asks Hercules for his help because a hole leading to the underworld has opened up in her village. Hercules wants to help her, despite knowing that she comes from a group of women notorious for leading men to their doom.

Director: Bill Norton | Stars: Kevin Sorbo, Anthony Quinn, Tawny Kitaen, Marley Shelton

Votes: 2,214

36. Hercules: The Legendary Journeys - The Circle of Fire (1994 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 91 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Hercules and Deianeira go in search of fire to save the world from cold. All the world's fire are fast going out. Hercules' father, Zeus, is on hand to help (and sometime hinder) the two.

Director: Doug Lefler | Stars: Kevin Sorbo, Anthony Quinn, Tawny Kitaen, Kevin Atkinson

Votes: 2,570

37. The Lovers (I) (2015)

R | 109 min | Action, Adventure, Romance

An epic, sweeping and riveting tale of an impossible love set across two time periods and continents.

Director: Roland Joffé | Stars: Josh Hartnett, Bipasha Basu, Tamsin Egerton, James Mackay

Votes: 3,435

38. Burning Man (I) (2011)

Not Rated | 110 min | Drama, Romance

An English chef with a chic restaurant on Bondi Beach trying to put his life and his relationship with his son back on track while surrounded by women.

Director: Jonathan Teplitzky | Stars: Matthew Goode, Rachel Griffiths, Bojana Novakovic, Essie Davis

Votes: 4,053

39. Muru (2022)

104 min | Action, Drama

Inspired by actual events, MURU is the story of a local Police Sergeant 'Taffy' Tawharau (Cliff Curtis), who must choose between his badge and his people, when the Government launches an ... See full summary »

Director: Tearepa Kahi | Stars: Cliff Curtis, Jay Ryan, Manu Bennett, Simone Kessell

Votes: 335

40. Wildside (1997–1999)

50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Follow the men and women who work in a downtown police station and a renegade crisis centre in the tough red light district of Sydney, as they deal with the endless array of problems, crimes and triumphs that tumble onto the streets.

Stars: Tony Martin, Rachael Blake, Victoria Longley, Aaron Pedersen

Votes: 387

41. High Tide (1994–1997)

60 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

Mick and Joey Barrett are brothers who like to spend their time surfing. However, it doesn't pay the bills, so they offer their services to whoever needs it and occasionally get involved with all sort of adventures.

Stars: Rick Springfield, Yannick Bisson, Julie Cialini, George Segal

Votes: 257

42. Fat Tony & Co (2014)

42 min | Crime

A mini-series that uncovers the story of one of Australia's most notorious criminals, Tony Mokbel.

Stars: Robert Mammone, Gyton Grantley, Shane Jacobson, Madeleine West

Votes: 671

43. Critical Incident (2024– )

Crime, Drama | Post-production

When a police officer pursues a teenage suspect on to a busy train platform, a bystander is critically injured, and the lives of the pursued and pursuer are thrown into turmoil.

Stars: Simone Kessell, Erik Thomson, Roxie Mohebbi, Akshay Khanna

44. G.P. (1989–1996)

58 min | Drama

Set around a fictional Ross St Surgery medical practice in inner Sydney explored both the personal and professional lives of the general practitioners working together, and the other doctors and staff who worked in the clinic.

Stars: Denise Roberts, Michael Craig, Michael O'Neill, Brian Rooney

Votes: 163

45. McLeod's Daughters (1996 TV Movie)

60 min | Drama, Western

Following the death of her mother, Tess Silverman travels to Drover's Run, the farm where she spent the first few years of her life. Drover's is a rural cattle property in South Australia, ... See full summary »

Director: Michael Offer | Stars: Tammy Macintosh, Kris McQuade, Mercia Deane-Johns, Simone Kessell

Votes: 459

46. White Collar Blue (2002–2003)

TV-MA | 50 min | Crime, Drama

The detectives of the Kingsway Major Crime Squad fight to preserve their Pacific paradise, while dealing with the personal and professional tensions affecting their work and lives.

Stars: Peter O'Brien, Freya Stafford, Brooke Satchwell, Don Hany

Votes: 121

47. Hard Home (2024)

R | 83 min | Thriller | Completed

A mother who is deeply saddened lures her daughter's killer into her smart home in order to take revenge, and gets involved in a distorted game where life and death are at stake.

Director: James Bamford | Stars: Rosie Day, Simone Kessell, Andrew Howard, Joseph Millson

48. Stickmen (2001)

R | 98 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport

Three young men unwittingly become involved in an underground pool tournament.

Director: Hamish Rothwell | Stars: Robbie Magasiva, Paolo Rotondo, Scott Wills, Simone Kessell

Votes: 1,528

49. A Bunch of Dicks (2017)

Drama

A documentary crew shadows a pair of extremely good looking (and not so bright) rookie detectives as they chase a band of inept art thieves in an ultra low stakes game of cat and mouse.

Stars: Sterling K. Brown, Wes Chatham, Ethan Embry, Drew Fuller

Votes: 30

50. The Violent Earth (1998)

90 min | Drama

Portrays three generations of the Suttons living in New Caledonia, from 1888 to 1967; where they and the Kanaks work out their destiny on the shrinking land.

Stars: Karina Lombard, Claudia Karvan, Claire Nebout, Laure Killing

Votes: 40