Film Tone: Cynical

1.

Desperate Housewives

American comedy-drama TV series

Overview: Desperate Housewives is an American mystery comedy-drama television series created by Marc Cherry and produced by ABC Studios and Cherry Productions. It originally aired for eight seasons on ABC from ...

Release date: 3 October 2004

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Mystery

Director: David Grossman, Larry Shaw

Cast: Teri Hatcher, Felicity Huffman, Marcia Cross, Eva Longoria, Ricardo Chavira, Brenda Strong

Producer: Marc Cherry, Stephanie Hagen

Writer: Marc Cherry, Jason Ganzel

Secrets and truths unfold through the lives of female friends in one suburban neighborhood, after the mysterious suicide of a neighbor.

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Primetime Emmy Award-winning television series 208T

2000s American romantic comedy television series 33T

2010s American romantic comedy television series 49T

2.

Basic Instinct

1992 erotic thriller film by Paul Verhoeven

Overview: Basic Instinct is a 1992 neo-noir erotic thriller film directed by Paul Verhoeven and written by Joe Eszterhas. The film follows San Francisco police detective Nick Curran (Michael Douglas), who is in ...

Release date: 20 March 1992

Genre: Mystery, Romance, Thriller, Drama

Director: Paul Verhoeven

Cast: Michael Douglas, Sharon Stone, George Dzundza, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Denis Arndt, Leilani Sarelle

Producer: William S. Beasley, Louis D'Esposito

Writer: Joe Eszterhas

A police detective is in charge of the investigation of a brutal murder, in which a beautiful and seductive woman could be involved.

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Basic Instinct 4T

Films produced by Alan Marshall (producer) 15T

Films produced by Mario F. Kassar 25T

3.

Veronica Mars

American television series

Overview: Veronica Mars is an American teen noir mystery drama television series created by screenwriter Rob Thomas. The series is set in the fictional town of Neptune, California and stars Kristen Bell as the ...

Release date: 22 September 2004

Genre: Drama, Crime, Mystery

Director: John T. Kretchmer, Nick Marck

Cast: Kristen Bell, Jason Dohring, Enrico Colantoni, Percy Daggs III, Francis Capra, Ryan Hansen

Producer: Rob Thomas, Dan Etheridge

Writer: Rob Thomas, Phil Klemmer

After her best friend is murdered and her father is removed as county sheriff, Veronica Mars dedicates her life to cracking the toughest mysteries in the ...

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Television series about teenagers 487T

Television series about abuse 2T

Neo-noir television series 37T

4.

The Sopranos

American television series 1999–2007

Overview: The Sopranos is an American crime drama television series created by David Chase. The story revolves around Tony Soprano (James Gandolfini), a New Jersey-based Italian-American mobster, portraying the ...

Release date: 10 January 1999

Director: Timothy Van Patten, John Patterson

Cast: James Gandolfini, Edie Falco, Michael Imperioli, Steven Van Zandt, Robert Iler, Tony Sirico

Producer: Martin Bruestle, David Chase

Writer: David Chase, Terence Winter

New Jersey mob boss, Tony Soprano, deals with personal and professional issues in his home and business life.

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Existentialist television series 6T

Television series by Home Box Office 10T

Works about the American Mafia 21T

5.

Seinfeld

American sitcom

Overview: Seinfeld ( SYNE-feld) is an American television sitcom created by Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld. It aired on NBC from July 5, 1989, to May 14, 1998, over nine seasons and 180 episodes. It stars Seinfeld ...

Release date: 31 May 1990

Genre: Comedy

Director: Andy Ackerman, Tom Cherones

Cast: Jerry Seinfeld, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Jason Alexander, Michael Richards, Ruth Cohen, Wayne Knight

Producer: George Shapiro, Howard West

Writer: Larry David, Jerry Seinfeld

The continuing misadventures of neurotic New York stand-up comedian Jerry Seinfeld and his equally neurotic New York friends.

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Television shows set in Manhattan 37T

Television series created by Jerry Seinfeld 3T

Television series created by Larry David 2T

6.

Miami Vice

1984-1989 American crime drama television series

Overview: Miami Vice is an American crime drama television series created by Anthony Yerkovich and produced by Michael Mann for NBC. The series starred Don Johnson as James "Sonny" Crockett and Philip Michael Thomas ...

Release date: 28 September 1984

Director: John Nicolella, Richard Compton

Cast: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Olivia Brown, Michael Talbott, Edward James Olmos

Producer: Michael Mann, Richard Brams

Writer: Anthony Yerkovich, Daniel Pyne

Resplendent with authentic 1980's music, fashion and vibe, "Miami Vice" follows two undercover detectives and their extended team through ...

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Television series about illegal drug trade 29T

Neo-noir television series 41T

1980s American police procedural television series 15T

7.

House M.D.

American television medical drama

Overview: House (also called House, M.D.) is an American medical drama television series that originally ran on the Fox network for eight seasons, from November 16, 2004 to May 21, 2012. The series's main character ...

Genre: Drama, Mystery

Director: Greg Yaitanes, Deran Sarafian

Cast: Hugh Laurie, Omar Epps, Robert Sean Leonard, Jesse Spencer, Lisa Edelstein, Bobbin Bergstrom

Producer: Paul Attanasio, Katie Jacobs

Writer: David Shore, Sara Hess

An antisocial maverick doctor who specializes in diagnostic medicine does whatever it takes to solve puzzling cases that come his way using his crack team ...

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Primetime Emmy Award-winning television series 218T

2010s American workplace drama television series 38T

2000s American workplace drama television series 22T

8.

Dallas

American television series

Overview: Dallas is an American prime time television soap opera that aired on CBS from April 2, 1978, to May 3, 1991. The series revolves around an affluent and feuding Texas family, the Ewings, who own the in ...

Release date: 2 April 1978

Director: Leonard Katzman, Michael Preece

Cast: Larry Hagman, Ken Kercheval, Patrick Duffy, Linda Gray, Barbara Bel Geddes, Steve Kanaly

Producer: Cliff Fenneman, Leonard Katzman

Writer: David Jacobs, Leonard Katzman

The soapy, backstabbing machinations of Dallas oil magnate J.R. Ewing and his family.

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Television series created by David Jacobs (writer) 4T

Television shows set in New Braunfels, Texas 9T

Television series by Lorimar-Telepictures 32T

9.

The Last Seduction

1994 neo-noir erotic thriller film directed by John Dahl

Overview: The Last Seduction is a 1994 neo-noir erotic thriller film directed by John Dahl, and features Linda Fiorentino, Peter Berg, and Bill Pullman. The film was produced by ITC Entertainment and distributed ...

Release date: 26 May 1994

Genre: Crime, Thriller, Drama, Romance

Director: John Dahl

Cast: Linda Fiorentino, Bill Pullman, Michael Raysses, Zack Phifer, Peter Berg, Brien Varady

Producer: Alysse Bezahler, W.M. Christopher Gorog

Writer: Steve Barancik

A devious sexpot steals her husband's drug money and hides out in a small town where she meets the perfect dupe for her next scheme.

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1990s English-language films 3,883T

1994 crime thriller films 26T

1994 LGBT-related films 45T

10.

Snatch.

2000 crime comedy movie directed by Guy Ritchie

Overview: Snatch (stylized as snatch.) is a 2000 British crime comedy film written and directed by Guy Ritchie, featuring an ensemble cast. Set in the London criminal underworld, the film contains two intertwined ...

Release date: 23 August 2000

Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller

Director: Guy Ritchie

Cast: Benicio Del Toro, Dennis Farina, Vinnie Jones, Brad Pitt, Rade Serbedzija, Jason Statham

Producer: Michael Dreyer, Stephen Marks

Writer: Guy Ritchie

Unscrupulous boxing promoters, violent bookmakers, a Russian gangster, incompetent amateur robbers, and supposedly Jewish jewelers fight to track down ...

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2000 crime films 11T

2000s English-language films 1,901T

2000 comedy films 278T

11.

Showgirls

1995 film by Paul Verhoeven

Overview: Showgirls is a 1995 erotic drama thriller film directed by Paul Verhoeven from a script written by Joe Eszterhas and starring Elizabeth Berkley, Kyle MacLachlan, Gina Gershon, Glenn Plummer, Robert Davi ...

Release date: 22 September 1995

Genre: Drama

Director: Paul Verhoeven

Cast: Elizabeth Berkley, Kyle MacLachlan, Gina Gershon, Glenn Plummer, Robert Davi, Alan Rachins

Producer: Lynn Ehrensperger, Charles Evans

Writer: Joe Eszterhas

A young drifter, named Nomi, arrives in Las Vegas to become a dancer and soon sets about clawing and pushing her way to become the top of the Vegas showgirls ...

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1995 black comedy films 17T

Films produced by Alan Marshall (producer) 15T

Films produced by Mario F. Kassar 25T

12.

Sexy Beast

2000 crime film

Overview: Sexy Beast is a 2000 crime film directed by Jonathan Glazer (in his feature directorial debut) and written by Louis Mellis and David Scinto. It stars Ray Winstone, Ben Kingsley, and Ian McShane. It follows ...

Release date: 13 September 2000

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller

Director: Jonathan Glazer

Cast: Ray Winstone, Ben Kingsley, Ian McShane, Amanda Redman, James Fox, Cavan Kendall

Producer: Mark Albela, Hercules Bellville

Writer: Louis Mellis, David Scinto

Brutal gangster Don Logan recruits "retired" safecracker Gal for one last job, but it goes badly for both of them.

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English-language Spanish films 265T

2000s English-language films 4,269T

2000 independent films 87T

13.

Indecent Proposal

1993 film by Adrian Lyne

Overview: Indecent Proposal is a 1993 American drama film based on the novel of the same name by Jack Engelhard, in which a married couple's relationship is put into turmoil by a stranger's offer of a million dollars ...

Release date: 7 April 1993

Genre: Drama, Romance

Director: Adrian Lyne

Cast: Robert Redford, Demi Moore, Woody Harrelson, Seymour Cassel, Oliver Platt, Billy Bob Thornton

Producer: Alex Gartner, Sherry Lansing

Writer: Jack Engelhard, Amy Holden Jones

A married woman agrees to have sex with another man for $1,000,000.

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1990s American films 4,780T

Films with screenplays by Amy Holden Jones 6T

Golden Raspberry Award winning films 253T

14.

Dirty Love

2005 film by John Mallory Asher

Overview: Dirty Love is a 2005 American romantic comedy film written by and starring Jenny McCarthy and directed by John Mallory Asher. At the time of filming, McCarthy and Asher were married; they divorced the ...

Release date: 1 January 2005

Genre: Comedy, Romance

Director: John Asher

Cast: Jenny McCarthy-Wahlberg, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Carmen Electra, Victor Webster, Kam Heskin, Guillermo Díaz

Producer: John Asher, Jim Cantelupe

Writer: Jenny McCarthy-Wahlberg

A jilted photographer goes on a mission to get back at her philandering model boyfriend and along the way discovers that not all love is created equal ...

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Golden Raspberry Award winning films 242T

2000s English-language films 4,272T

2005 romantic comedy films 82T

15.

Roseanne

American sitcom

Overview: Roseanne is an American sitcom television series created by Matt Williams and Roseanne Barr, which aired on ABC from October 18, 1988 to May 20, 1997, and briefly revived from March 27 to May 22, 2018 ...

Release date: 18 October 1988

Genre: Drama, Comedy, Family

Director: Gail Mancuso, Andrew D. Weyman

Cast: Roseanne Barr, John Goodman, Laurie Metcalf, Michael Fishman, Sara Gilbert, Alicia Goranson

Producer: Tom Werner, Marcy Carsey

Writer: Roseanne Barr, Matt Williams

The story of a working class family struggling with life's essential problems: Marriage, Children, Money and Parents in Law.

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Primetime Emmy Award-winning television series 208T

Conservative media in the United States 92T

Television series about widowhood 38T

16.

MAS*H

American TV series (1972-1983)

Overview: M*A*S*H (an acronym for Mobile Army Surgical Hospital) is an American war comedy-drama television series that aired on CBS from September 17, 1972 to February 28, 1983. It was developed by Larry Gelbart ...

Release date: 17 September 1972

Genre: Comedy, Drama, War

Director: Charles S. Dubin, Alan Alda

Cast: Alan Alda, Loretta Swit, Jamie Farr, William Christopher, Harry Morgan, Gary Burghoff

Producer: Burt Metcalfe, Stanford Tischler

Writer: Larry Gelbart, Richard Hooker

The staff of an army hospital in the Korean war find that laughter is the best way to deal with their situation.

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Live action television shows based on films 332T

1970s American medical television series 23T

Television series based on adaptations 68T

17.

Just Shoot Me!

NBC sitcom

Overview: Just Shoot Me! is an American sitcom television series that aired on NBC from March 4, 1997, to November 26, 2003, with a total of 145 half-hour episodes spanning seven seasons. The show was created by ...

Release date: 4 March 1997

Genre: Comedy

Director: Pamela Fryman, Leonard R. Garner Jr.

Cast: Laura San Giacomo, George Segal, Wendie Malick, Enrico Colantoni, David Spade, Brian Posehn

Producer: Bruce Rand Berman, Bernie Brillstein

Writer: Steven Levitan, Sivert Glarum

Hot-tempered journalist Maya Gallo got herself fired from yet another job when she made an anchorwoman...

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1990s American workplace comedy television series 57T

2000s American workplace comedy television series 53T

Workplace comedy television series 58T

18.

Dirt

American television series

Overview: Dirt (styled d!rt for logos) is an American television serial broadcast on the FX network. It premiered on January 2, 2007 and starred Courteney Cox as Lucy Spiller, the editor-in-chief of the first-o ...

Genre: Drama

Director: Chris Long, Matthew Carnahan

Cast: Courteney Cox, Ian Hart, Josh Stewart, Alexandra Breckenridge, Kyra Lin Oser, Jeffrey Nordling

Producer: David Arquette, Matthew Carnahan

Writer: Matthew Carnahan, Joel Fields

A tabloid editor and her photographer try to make their way in the world of celebrity journalism.

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2000s American workplace drama television series 23T

2000s American drama television series 429T

Television series by ABC Studios 320T

19.

Waterworld

1995 post-apocalyptic action film

Overview: Waterworld is a 1995 American post-apocalyptic action film directed by Kevin Reynolds and co-written by Peter Rader and David Twohy. It was based on Rader's original 1986 screenplay and stars Kevin Costner ...

Release date: 28 July 1995

Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Director: Kevin Reynolds

Cast: Kevin Costner, Chaim Jeraffi, Rick Aviles, R.D. Call, Zitto Kazann, Leonardo Cimino

Producer: Kevin Costner, John Davis

Writer: Peter Rader, David Twohy

In a future where the polar ice-caps have melted and Earth is almost entirely submerged, a mutated mariner fights starvation and outlaw "smokers," ...

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Golden Raspberry Award winning films 242T

1990s English-language films 2,064T

American post-apocalyptic films 246T

20.

Valley of the Dolls

1967 film

Overview: Valley of the Dolls is a 1967 American drama film directed by Mark Robson, produced by Robson and David Weisbart, and starring Barbara Parkins, Patty Duke, Sharon Tate, Susan Hayward, Paul Burke, and Lee ...