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1. Gaslit (2022)
TV-MA | 60 min | Biography, Drama, History
A modern take on the 1970s political Watergate scandal centering on untold stories and forgotten characters of the time.
Stars: Julia Roberts, Sean Penn, Dan Stevens, Betty Gilpin
Votes: 7,626
2. The Offer (2022)
TV-MA | 59 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Oscar-winning producer Albert S. Ruddy's never-before-revealed experiences of making The Godfather (1972).
Stars: Miles Teller, Matthew Goode, Dan Fogler, Burn Gorman
Votes: 40,005
3. Father Stu (2022)
R | 124 min | Biography, Drama
Follows the life of Father Stuart Long, a boxer-turned-priest who inspired countless people during his journey from self-destruction to redemption.
Director: Rosalind Ross | Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Mel Gibson, Jacki Weaver, Teresa Ruiz
Votes: 30,547
4. Thirteen Lives (2022)
PG-13 | 147 min | Biography, Drama, Thriller
A rescue mission is assembled in Thailand where a group of young boys and their soccer coach are trapped in a system of underground caves that are flooding.
Director: Ron Howard | Stars: Viggo Mortensen, Colin Farrell, Joel Edgerton, Tom Bateman
Votes: 67,563
5. Dopesick (2021)
TV-MA | 62 min | Drama
The series takes viewers to the epicenter of America's struggle with opioid addiction, from the boardrooms of Purdue Pharma, to a distressed Virginia mining community, to the hallways of the DEA.
Stars: Michael Keaton, Peter Sarsgaard, Michael Stuhlbarg, Will Poulter
Votes: 77,731
6. Black Bird (2022)
TV-MA | 58 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Jimmy Keene is sentenced to 10 years in a minimum security prison but he cuts a deal with the FBI to befriend a suspected serial killer. Keene has to elicit a confession from Larry Hall to find the bodies of as many as eighteen women.
Stars: Taron Egerton, Paul Walter Hauser, Greg Kinnear, Ray Liotta
Votes: 104,085
7. The Survivor (2021)
R | 129 min | Biography, Drama, History
After World War II, Harry Haft is a boxer who fought against his peers in concentration camps. Haunted by memories, he tries to use fighting legends as a way to find his love.
Director: Barry Levinson | Stars: Ben Foster, Billy Magnussen, Vicky Krieps, Peter Sarsgaard
Votes: 6,120
8. The Morning Show (I) (2019– )
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama
An inside look at the lives of the people who help America wake up in the morning, exploring the unique challenges faced by the team.
Stars: Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon, Billy Crudup, Mark Duplass
Votes: 129,955
9. American Crime Story (2016– )
TV-MA | 42 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
An anthology series centered around America's most notorious crimes and criminals.
Stars: Sarah Paulson, Annaleigh Ashford, Sterling K. Brown, Kenneth Choi
Votes: 98,964
10. The Monocled Mutineer (1986)
310 min | Drama, History, War
During World War I, Percy Toplis, a deserter from the British Army, plays a major role in the Étaples Mutiny in September 1917.
Stars: Paul McGann, Bill Fellows, Matthew Marsh, Anthony Calf
Votes: 390
11. Mr Bates vs. The Post Office (2024)
53 min | Biography, Drama
One of the greatest miscarriages of justice in British legal history where hundreds of innocent sub-postmasters and postmistresses were wrongly accused of theft, fraud and false accounting due to a defective IT system.
Stars: Toby Jones, Monica Dolan, Julie Hesmondhalgh, Will Mellor
Votes: 10,429
12. Il capo dei capi (2007– )
100 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Based on the life of Salvatore Riina ('Totò u Curtu'), a mafioso boss from Corleone, Sicily.
Stars: Claudio Gioè, Daniele Liotti, Salvatore Lazzaro, Simona Cavallari
Votes: 3,808
13. Pablo Escobar: El Patrón del Mal (2012)
TV-MA | 60 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
The exploits of the notorious drug lord, Pablo Escobar.
Stars: Cecilia Navia, Vicky Hernández, Christian Tappan, Andrés Parra
Votes: 5,904
14. The Rise and Fall of El Chapo (2016 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 85 min | Documentary
Killer, drug smuggler, folk hero, Houdini of jailhouse escapes--the legend of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman is well known. But now take an unprecedented look at the man behind the myth and how ... See full summary »
Votes: 57
15. The Crowded Room (2023)
TV-MA | 47 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
In Manhattan in the summer of 1979, a young man is arrested for a shocking crime, and an unlikely investigator must solve the mystery behind it before the true criminal strikes again.
Stars: Tom Holland, Amanda Seyfried, Sasha Lane, Will Chase
Votes: 32,093
16. The Sixth Commandment (2023)
TV-MA | 58 min | Crime, Drama, History
Follows the deaths of Peter Farquhar and Ann Moore-Martin in the village of Maids Moreton, Buckinghamshire, and the extraordinary events that unfolded in the following years.
Stars: Conor MacNeill, Éanna Hardwicke, Adrian Rawlins, Amanda Root
Votes: 6,424
17. Ghosts of Beirut (2023)
TV-MA | History, Thriller
Follows the hunt for Imad Mughniyeh, a Lebanese terrorist who evaded his adversaries in the Mossad and the CIA for more than two decades.
Stars: Dina Shihabi, Navid Negahban, Sarah Oliver-Watts, Nick Donadio
Votes: 2,677
18. The Gold (2023–2024)
58 min | Crime, Drama, History
Drama series inspired by true events surrounding the 1983 Brink's-Mat robbery, and the remarkable story that followed.
Stars: Hugh Bonneville, Jack Lowden, Emun Elliott, Charlotte Spencer
Votes: 6,866
19. The Long Shadow (2023)
TV-PG | 49 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
A desperate cat and mouse hunt ensues when Yorkshire is being haunted by a serial killer.
Stars: Jack Deam, Kris Hitchen, Lee Ingleby, Michael McElhatton
Votes: 7,442
20. Steeltown Murders (2023– )
TV-MA | 58 min | Crime, Drama, History
Three murders - unsolved but never forgotten. Thirty years on, can DCI Bethall find the serial killer who terrorised 1970s Port Talbot?
Stars: Scott Arthur, Sion Alun Davies, Keith Allen, Gareth John Bale
Votes: 3,305
21. The Reckoning (2023)
59 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
The story of Jimmy Savile's life from his working-class roots, to his rise to TV stardom as a BBC presenter, and his later years when he managed to keep his reign of sexual abuse concealed until after his death in 2011.
Stars: Steve Coogan, Mark Stanley, Mark Lewis Jones, Darien
Votes: 3,713
22. Killers of the Flower Moon (2023)
R | 206 min | Crime, Drama, History
When oil is discovered in 1920s Oklahoma under Osage Nation land, the Osage people are murdered one by one - until the FBI steps in to unravel the mystery.
Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, Lily Gladstone, Jesse Plemons
Votes: 239,321
23. Nathan for You (2013–2017)
TV-14 | 30 min | Documentary, Comedy
Nathan Fielder uses his business degree and life experiences to help real small businesses turn a profit. But because of his unorthodox approach, Nathan's genuine efforts to do good often draw real people into an experience far beyond what they signed up for.
Stars: Nathan Fielder, Anthony Filosa, Salomon Flores, William Heath
Votes: 38,484
24. Masters of the Air (2024)
TV-MA | 56 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
During World War II, five miles above the ground and behind enemy lines, ten men inside an aluminum bomber known as a "Flying Fortress" battle antiaircraft fire and unrelenting flocks of German fighters.
Stars: Callum Turner, Anthony Boyle, Austin Butler, Darragh Cowley
Votes: 43,019
25. Shōgun (2024)
TV-MA | 60 min | Adventure, Drama, History
When a mysterious European ship is found marooned in a nearby fishing village, Lord Yoshii Toranaga discovers secrets that could tip the scales of power and devastate his enemies.
Stars: Cosmo Jarvis, Anna Sawai, Tadanobu Asano, Yûki Kedôin
Votes: 102,133
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