Film Tone: Earnest

1.

Little House on the Prairie

American western drama television series

Overview: Little House on the Prairie (later known as Little House: A New Beginning in its final season) is an American Western historical drama television series, starring Michael Landon, Melissa Gilbert, Karen ...

Release date: 11 September 1974

Genre: Drama, Family, Romance, Western

Director: Michael Landon, William F. Claxton

Cast: Melissa Gilbert, Michael Landon, Karen Grassle, Rachel Lindsay Greenbush, Sidney Greenbush, Melissa Sue Anderson

Producer: Michael Landon, Kent McCray

Writer: Blanche Hanalis, Laura Ingalls Wilder

The life and adventures of the Ingalls family in the 19th century American West.

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1970s Western (genre) television series 32T

1980s Western (genre) television series 32T

1970s American drama television series 108T

2.

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

American police procedural crime drama television series

Overview: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (often shortened to Law & Order: SVU or SVU) is an American police procedural crime drama television series created by Dick Wolf for NBC. The first spin-off of Law & Order ...

Release date: 20 September 1999

Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Director: Jean de Segonzac, David Platt

Cast: Mariska Hargitay, Ice-T, Dann Florek, Richard Belzer, Christopher Meloni, Kelli Giddish

Producer: Dick Wolf, Peter Jankowski

Writer: Dick Wolf, Julie Martin

This show introduces the Special Victims Unit, a specially trained squad of detectives in the NYPD who investigate sexually related crimes.

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American English-language television shows 9,864T

NBC television dramas 467T

Television shows affected by the 2023 Writers Guild of America strike 86T

3.

Beverly Hills, 90210

1990 American teen drama television series

Overview: Beverly Hills, 90210 (often referred to by its short title, 90210) is an American teen drama television series created by Darren Star and produced by Aaron Spelling under his production company Spelling ...

Release date: 4 October 1990

Genre: Drama, Romance

Director: Daniel Attias, Chip Chalmers

Cast: Jennie Garth, Ian Ziering, Brian Austin Green, Tori Spelling, Jason Priestley, Joe E. Tata

Producer: Paul Waigner, Aaron Spelling

Writer: Darren Star, Ken Stringer

Follows a group of friends living in Beverly Hills, California, from their school days through to adulthood.

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Television series about teenagers 1,132T

American primetime television soap operas 55T

2000s American college television series 28T

4.

7th Heaven

American drama television series

Overview: 7th Heaven is an American family drama television series created and produced by Brenda Hampton that centers on the Camden family and their lives in the fictional town of Glenoak, California. The series ...

Release date: 26 August 1996

Genre: Drama, Family

Director: Joel J. Feigenbaum, Harry Harris

Cast: Stephen Collins, Catherine Hicks, Beverley Mitchell, Happy, Mackenzie Rosman, David Gallagher

Producer: Brenda Hampton, Aaron Spelling

Writer: Brenda Hampton, Sue Tenney

This weekly television series follows the Camden family as the minister father and stay-at-home mother deal with the drama of having seven children, ranging ...

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American primetime television soap operas 48T

American primetime television dramas 15T

Religious drama television series 45T

5.

The Wizard of Oz

1939 movie based on the book by L. Frank Baum

Overview: The Wizard of Oz is a 1939 American musical fantasy film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. An adaptation of L. Frank Baum's 1900 children's fantasy novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, the film was primarily ...

Release date: 12 August 1939

Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical

Director: Victor Fleming, George Cukor

Cast: Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr, Jack Haley, Billie Burke

Producer: Arthur Freed, Mervyn LeRoy

Writer: Noel Langley, Florence Ryerson

Dorothy Gale is swept away to a magical land in a tornado and embarks on a quest to see the Wizard who can help her return home.

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1930s English-language films 4,270T

Films set in farms 104T

American children's musical films 17T

6.

Gone with the Wind

1939 film by Victor Fleming

Overview: Gone with the Wind is a 1939 American epic historical romance film adapted from the 1936 novel by Margaret Mitchell. The film was produced by David O. Selznick of Selznick International Pictures and d ...

Release date: 15 December 1939

Genre: Drama, Romance, War

Director: Victor Fleming, George Cukor

Cast: Thomas Mitchell, Barbara O'Neil, Vivien Leigh, Evelyn Keyes, Ann Rutherford, George Reeves

Producer: David O. Selznick

Writer: Margaret Mitchell, Sidney Howard

A sheltered and manipulative Southern belle and a roguish profiteer face off in a turbulent romance as the society around them crumbles with the end of ...

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Films shot at Culver Studios 11T

Films about Lost Cause of the Confederacy 6T

1930s American films 5,554T

7.

Baby Boy

2001 film directed by John Singleton

Overview: Baby Boy is a 2001 American coming-of-age hood drama film directed, written, and produced by John Singleton and starring Tyrese Gibson, Snoop Dogg, Ving Rhames, Omar Gooding, A.J. Johnson and Taraji P ...

Release date: 21 June 2001

Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller

Director: John Singleton

Cast: Tyrese Gibson, Taraji P. Henson, Omar Gooding, Tamara Bass, Candy Ann Brown, A.J. Johnson

Producer: Sabrina Gray, John Singleton

Writer: John Singleton

In South Central L.A., a misguided 20-year-old African-American man, a "baby boy", faces the commitments of real life.

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2000s American films 7,208T

2000s buddy drama films 18T

2000s buddy comedy-drama films 35T

8.

Star Trek

American science fiction television series

Overview: Star Trek is an American science-fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry that follows the adventures of the starship USS Enterprise and its crew. It later acquired the retronym of Star Trek: ...

Release date: 8 September 1966

Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi, Action

Director: Marc Daniels, Joseph Pevney

Cast: Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner, DeForest Kelley, Nichelle Nichols, James Doohan, Eddie Paskey

Producer: Gene Roddenberry, Robert H. Justman

Writer: Gene Roddenberry, Gene L. Coon

Captain James T. Kirk and the crew of the Starship Enterprise explore the Galaxy and defend the United Federation of Planets.

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Space Western television series 29T

Hugo Award-winning television series 13T

Saturn Award-winning television series 84T

9.

NYPD Blue

American television police drama (1993–2005)

Overview: NYPD Blue is an American police procedural drama television series set in New York City, exploring the struggles of the fictional 15th Precinct detective squad in Manhattan. Each episode typically int ...

Release date: 21 September 1993

Genre: Drama, Crime, Mystery, Thriller

Director: Mark Tinker, Michael M. Robin

Cast: Dennis Franz, Gordon Clapp, James McDaniel, Bill Brochtrup, Nicholas Turturro, Kim Delaney

Producer: Steven Bochco, Robert J. Doherty

Writer: Steven Bochco, David Milch

The NYPD Detectives of Manhattan's 15th precinct investigate criminal cases.

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1990s American workplace drama television series 9T

American detective television series 178T

2000s American police procedural television series 58T

10.

Law & Order

American police procedural/legal drama television series

Overview: Law & Order is an American police procedural and legal drama television series created by Dick Wolf and produced by Wolf Entertainment and Universal Television, launching the Law & Order franchise.

Release date: 13 September 1990

Genre: Crime, Mystery, Drama, Thriller

Director: Constantine Makris, Edwin Sherin

Cast: Sam Waterston, S. Epatha Merkerson, Jerry Orbach, Steven Hill, Jesse L. Martin, Leslie Hendrix

Producer: Dick Wolf, Arthur W. Forney

Writer: Dick Wolf, Rene Balcer

Follows a crime, usually adapted from current headlines, from two separate vantage points, the police investigation and the prosecution in court.

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American English-language television shows 9,864T

NBC television dramas 467T

Television shows affected by the 2023 Writers Guild of America strike 86T

11.

Friday Night Lights

American sports drama television series

Overview: Friday Night Lights is an American sports drama television series developed by Peter Berg, that is inspired by the 1990 nonfiction book by H. G. Bissinger, which was adapted as the 2004 film of the same ...

Genre: Drama, Sport

Director: Jeffrey Reiner, Michael Waxman

Cast: Kyle Chandler, Connie Britton, Aimee Teegarden, Brad Leland, Taylor Kitsch, Jesse Plemons

Producer: Sarah Aubrey, Nan L. Bernstein

Writer: Peter Berg, Buzz Bissinger

The trials and tribulations of small town Texas football players, their friends, family, and coaching staff.

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Television Academy Honors winners 60T

Television series created by Peter Berg 2T

Television series by Imagine Entertainment 46T

12.

ER

American medical drama television series (1994-2009)

Overview: ER is an American medical drama television series created by novelist and physician Michael Crichton that aired on NBC from September 19, 1994, to April 2, 2009, with a total of 331 episodes spanning 15 ...

Release date: 19 September 1994

Genre: Drama

Director: Christopher Chulack, Jonathan Kaplan

Cast: Noah Wyle, Laura Innes, Laura Cerón, Deezer D, Maura Tierney, Goran Visnjic

Producer: Michael Crichton, John Wells

Writer: Michael Crichton, David Zabel

The work and lives of a group of emergency room doctors in Chicago.

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1990s American workplace drama television series 9T

Primetime Emmy Award-winning television series 218T

2000s American workplace drama television series 23T

13.

Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman

American television series 1993-98

Overview: Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman is an American Western drama television series created and executive produced by Beth Sullivan and starring Jane Seymour, who plays Dr. Michaela Quinn, a physician who leaves ...

Release date: 1 January 1993

Genre: Drama, Western, Family, Romance, History

Director: Chuck Bowman, James Keach

Cast: Jane Seymour, Joe Lando, Shawn Toovey, Chad Allen, Orson Bean, Jim Knobeloch

Producer: Beth Sullivan, Timothy O. Johnson

Writer: Beth Sullivan, Sara Davidson

The trials and adventures of a female doctor in a small wild west town.

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1990s Western (genre) television series 34T

1990s American medical television series 32T

Feminist television 150T

14.

XXY

2007 film by Lucía Puenzo

Overview: XXY is a 2007 drama film written and directed by Lucía Puenzo. Starring Ricardo Darín, Valeria Bertuccelli, Inés Efron, and Martín Piroyansky, the film tells the story of a 15-year-old intersex person ...

Release date: 20 May 2007

Genre: Drama, Romance

Director: Lucía Puenzo

Cast: Ricardo Darín, Valeria Bertuccelli, Germán Palacios, Carolina Pelleritti, Martín Piroyansky, Inés Efron

Producer: José María Morales, Carla Pelligra

Writer: Lucía Puenzo, Sergio Bizzio

The story of an intersex fifteen-year-old. She lives with her parents, who have to cope with the challenges of her medical condition.

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2000s Spanish-language films 281T

2007 LGBT-related films 81T

2007 independent films 139T

15.

To Sir, with Love

1967 British drama film

Overview: To Sir, with Love is a 1967 British drama film that deals with social and racial issues in an inner city school. It stars Sidney Poitier and features Christian Roberts, Judy Geeson, Suzy Kendall and singer ...

Release date: 14 June 1967

Genre: Drama

Director: James Clavell

Cast: Sidney Poitier, Christian Roberts, Judy Geeson, Suzy Kendall, Ann Bell, Geoffrey Bayldon

Producer: James Clavell, John R. Sloan

Writer: E.R. Braithwaite, James Clavell

Idealistic engineer-trainee and his experiences in teaching a group of rambunctious white high school students from the slums of London's East End.

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1960s English-language films 3,111T

British coming-of-age drama films 63T

1960s coming-of-age drama films 21T

16.

To Kill a Mockingbird

1962 film by Robert Mulligan

Overview: To Kill a Mockingbird is a 1962 American drama film directed by Robert Mulligan. The screenplay by Horton Foote is based on Harper Lee's 1960 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name. It stars Gregory ...

Release date: 25 December 1962

Genre: Crime, Drama

Director: Robert Mulligan

Cast: Gregory Peck, John Megna, Frank Overton, Rosemary Murphy, Ruth White, Brock Peters

Producer: Harper Lee, Robert Mulligan

Writer: Harper Lee, Horton Foote

Atticus Finch, a widowed lawyer in Depression-era Alabama, defends a black man against an undeserved rape charge, and his children against prejudice.

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1960s English-language films 3,136T

White savior films 24T

Films about father–daughter relationships 159T

17.

The Ten Commandments

1956 film directed by Cecil B. DeMille

Overview: The Ten Commandments is a 1956 American epic religious drama film produced, directed, and narrated by Cecil B. DeMille, shot in VistaVision (color by Technicolor), and released by Paramount Pictures. Based ...

Release date: 5 October 1956

Genre: Adventure, Drama

Director: Cecil B. DeMille

Cast: Charlton Heston, Yul Brynner, Anne Baxter, Edward G. Robinson, Yvonne De Carlo, Debra Paget

Producer: Cecil B. DeMille, Henry Wilcoxon

Writer: Dorothy Clarke Wilson, J.H. Ingraham

Moses, raised as a prince of Egypt in the Pharaoh's household, learns of his true heritage as a Hebrew and his divine mission as the deliverer of his people ...

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1950s American films 3,265T

Jewish films 28T

Films based on the Book of Exodus 17T

18.

The Five Heartbeats

1991 film by Robert Townsend

Overview: The Five Heartbeats is a 1991 musical drama film directed by Robert Townsend, who co-wrote the script with Keenen Ivory Wayans. Produced and distributed by 20th Century Fox, the film's main cast includes ...

Release date: 29 March 1991

Genre: Drama, Music

Director: Robert Townsend

Cast: Robert Townsend, Michael Wright, Leon, Harry Lennix, Tico Wells, Diahann Carroll

Producer: Kokayi Ampah, Loretha C. Jones

Writer: Robert Townsend, Keenen Ivory Wayans

The story of the rise and fall of an African American vocal group.

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1991 drama films 355T

1990s musical drama films 54T

Film scores by Stanley Clarke 37T

19.

The Breakfast Club

1985 American coming-of-age comedy-drama film by John Hughes

Overview: The Breakfast Club is a 1985 American teen coming-of-age comedy-drama film written, produced, and directed by John Hughes. It stars Emilio Estevez, Anthony Michael Hall, Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald and ...

Release date: 7 February 1985

Genre: Drama, Comedy

Director: John Hughes

Cast: Emilio Estevez, Paul Gleason, Anthony Michael Hall, John Kapelos, Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald

Producer: Gil Friesen, John Hughes

Writer: John Hughes

Five high school students meet in Saturday detention and discover how they have a lot more in common than they thought.

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1980s English-language films 3,418T

Films about juvenile delinquency 29T

1980s coming-of-age comedy-drama films 24T

20.

Set It Off

1996 film directed by F. Gary Gray

Overview: Set It Off is a 1996 American crime action heist film directed by F. Gary Gray and written by Kate Lanier and Takashi Bufford. The film stars Jada Pinkett, Queen Latifah, Vivica A. Fox and Kimberly Elise ...