Carl Franklin

Monsters

The story of the Menéndez brothers, who were convicted in 1996 of murdering their parents José and Mary Louise “Kitty” Menéndez.

Release Date:2024-09-19

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:2

Vote Count:334

American Sports Story

An anthology series focusing on prominent events involving a sports figure, re-examined through the prism of today’s world and telling the story from multiple perspectives.

Release Date:2024-09-17

Department:Production

Job:Executive Producer

Episode Count:10

Vote Count:8

Manhunt

A conspiracy thriller about one of the best known but least understood crimes in history. This is the astonishing story of the hunt for John Wilkes Booth in the aftermath of Abraham Lincoln's assassination—as the fate of the country hangs in the balance.

Release Date:2024-03-14

Department:Production

Job:Executive Producer

Episode Count:7

Vote Count:58

DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story

This series examines the gruesome and horrific true crimes of Jeffrey Dahmer and the systemic failures that enabled one of America’s most notorious serial killers to continue his murderous spree in plain sight for over a decade.

Release Date:2022-09-21

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:2617

Dancing with the Devil: Carl Franklin on 'Devil in a Blue Dress'

This conversation between director Carl Franklin and film noir historian Eddie Muller was recorded live onstage for a screening of 'Devil in a Blue Dress' at the Music Box Theatre in Chicago on August 17, 2018, as part of the Noir City Film Festival.

Release Date:2020-12-14

Character:Self

I Am the Night

Fauna Hodel, who was given away by her teenage birth mother, begins to investigate the secrets to her past, following a sinister trail that swirls ever closer to an infamous Hollywood gynecologist connected to the legendary Black Dahlia murder.

Release Date:2019-01-28

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:6

Vote Count:113

MINDHUNTER

An agent in the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit develops profiling techniques as he pursues notorious serial killers and rapists.

Release Date:2017-10-13

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:4

Vote Count:2547

Ten Days in the Valley

Single mother Jane Sadler's life is turned upside down when her young daughter goes missing in the middle of the night. And just like in the controversial police TV show she produces, everything is a mystery, everyone has a secret and no one can be trusted.

Release Date:2017-10-01

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:23

13 Reasons Why

After a teenage girl's perplexing suicide, a classmate receives a series of tapes that unravel the mystery of her tragic choice.

Release Date:2017-03-31

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:2

Vote Count:4238

Vinyl

In 1970s New York, jaded record exec Richie Finestra tries to resurrect his failing label and fractured personal life while keeping his finger on the pulse of the city's new sound.

Release Date:2016-02-14

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:215

Bloodline

A dramatic thriller that explores the demons lurking beneath the surface of a contemporary American family. The Rayburns are hard-working pillars of their Florida Keys community. But when the black sheep son comes home for the 45th anniversary of his parents' hotel, he threatens to expose the Rayburns' dark secrets and shameful past, pushing his siblings to the limits of family loyalty.

Release Date:2015-03-20

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:352

The Affair

The Affair explores the emotional effects of an extramarital relationship between Noah Solloway and Alison Lockhart after the two meet in the resort town of Montauk in Long Island. Noah is a New York City schoolteacher with one novel published (book entitled A Person who Visits a Place) and he is struggling to write a second book. He is happily married with four children, but resents his dependence on his wealthy father-in-law. Alison is a young waitress trying to piece her life and marriage back together in the wake of the tragic death of her child. The story of the affair is told separately, complete with distinct memory biases, from the male and female perspectives.

Release Date:2014-10-12

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:2

Vote Count:369

The Leftovers

When 2% of the world's population abruptly disappears without explanation, the world struggles to understand just what they're supposed to do about it. This is the story of the people who didn't make the cut.

Release Date:2014-06-29

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:4

Vote Count:1035

Ray Donovan

Set in the sprawling mecca of the rich and famous, Ray Donovan does the dirty work for LA's top power players, and makes their problems disappear. His father's unexpected release from prison sets off a chain of events that shakes the Donovan family to its core.

Release Date:2013-06-30

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:761

Bless Me, Ultima

In a village in New Mexico, the life of young farm boy Antonio is dramatically changed when an old medicine woman joins his household. This affecting coming-of-age tale recounts Antonio's experiences to reveal the spiritual conflict in his community.

Release Date:2013-02-22

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:26

House of Cards

Set in present day Washington, D.C., House of Cards is the story of Frank Underwood, a ruthless and cunning politician, and his wife Claire who will stop at nothing to conquer everything. This wicked political drama penetrates the shadowy world of greed, sex and corruption in modern D.C.

Release Date:2013-02-01

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:4

Vote Count:2809

The Newsroom

A behind-the-scenes look at the people who make a nightly cable-news program. Focusing on a network anchor, his new executive producer, the newsroom staff and their boss, the series tracks their quixotic mission to do the news well in the face of corporate and commercial obstacles-not to mention their own personal entanglements.

Release Date:2012-06-24

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:619

Magic City

Set in 1959 Miami, Florida shortly after the Cuban Revolution, Magic City tells the story of Ike Evans, the owner of Miami's most glamorous hotel, the Miramar Playa. Evans is forced to make an ill-fated deal with Miami mob boss Ben Diamond to ensure the success of his glitzy establishment.

Release Date:2012-03-30

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:88

Homeland

CIA officer Carrie Mathison is tops in her field despite being bipolar, which makes her volatile and unpredictable. With the help of her long-time mentor Saul Berenson, Carrie fearlessly risks everything, including her personal well-being and even sanity, at every turn.

Release Date:2011-10-02

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:2

Vote Count:2259

Falling Skies

Falling Skies opens in the chaotic aftermath of an alien attack that has left most of the world completely incapacitated. In the six months since the initial invasion, the few survivors have banded together outside major cities to begin the difficult task of fighting back. Each day is a test of survival as citizen soldiers work to protect the people in their care while also engaging in an insurgency campaign against the occupying alien force.

Release Date:2011-06-19

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:1179

The Pacific

Track the intertwined real-life stories of three U.S. Marines – Robert Leckie, John Basilone, and Eugene Sledge – across the vast canvas of the Pacific Theater during World War II. A companion piece to the 2001 miniseries Band of Brothers.

Release Date:2010-03-14

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:2360

The Riches

A family of crooks assume the identity of an upper-middle-class suburban clan in the Deep South.

Release Date:2007-03-12

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:2

Vote Count:53

Hitchcocked!

A tribute to the work of Alfred Hitchcock, featuring contemporary filmmakers, writers, performers, and cultural critics.

Release Date:2006-08-11

Character:Self

Shooting the Police: Cops on Film

Documentary about how police have been portrayed on screen.

Release Date:2006-07-01

Character:Self

Rome

A down-to-earth account of the lives of both illustrious and ordinary Romans set in the last days of the Roman Republic.

Release Date:2005-08-28

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:1298

Out of Time

Matt Lee Whitlock, respected chief of police in small Banyan Key, Florida, must solve a vicious double homicide before he himself falls under suspicion. Matt Lee has to stay a few steps ahead of his own police force and everyone he's trusted in order to find out the truth.

Release Date:2003-10-03

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:1186

High Crimes

A female attorney learns that her husband is really a marine officer awol for fifteen years and accused of murdering fifteen civilians in El Salvador. Believing her husband when he tells her that he's being framed as part of a U.S. Military cover-up, the attorney defends him in a military court.

Release Date:2002-04-05

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:797

The Directors: The Films of Roger Corman

Documentary on Roger Corman

Release Date:1999-02-01

Character:Self

Vote Count:1

One True Thing

A career woman reassesses her parents' lives after she is forced to care for her cancer-stricken mother.

Release Date:1998-09-18

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:130

Devil in a Blue Dress

In late 1940s Los Angeles, Easy Rawlins is an unemployed black World War II veteran with few job prospects. At a bar, Easy meets DeWitt Albright, a mysterious white man looking for someone to investigate the disappearance of a missing white woman named Daphne Monet, who he suspects is hiding out in one of the city's black jazz clubs. Strapped for money and facing house payments, Easy takes the job, but soon finds himself in over his head.

Release Date:1995-09-29

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:410

Dark and Deadly: Fifty Years of Film Noir

One of the first film noir documentaries, made for British Channel Four, and including interviews with Paul Schrader, Robert Wise, John Dahl, Bryan Singer, Edward Dmytryk, Dennis Hopper, John Alton.

Release Date:1995-06-01

Character:Self

Laurel Avenue

A weekend in the life of the Arnett family. The events of a forty eight hour period in St. Paul, MN, have a rainbow of incidents. From a preacher to a drug dealer; from an innocent young school girl to a reformed drug addict gone bad. The same scenario that millions of American families encounter each day in suburbia; both black and white and brown and yellow. There are no racial boundaries to the ups and downs of the real American life.

Release Date:1993-07-10

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:2

Vote Count:3

In the Heat of Passion

A struggling actor lands the part of a rapist in a TV reenactment for a "Crimebusters" segment. He soon meets a beautiful rich woman whom he begins an affair with, even though she is married. Her husband soon finds out and is accidently killed. The two lovers cover up the crime, but the actor begins to wonder if there's more going on than he knows.

Release Date:1992-01-24

Character:Police Det. Rooker

Vote Count:5

One False Move

Following a series of drug deals and murders, three criminals -- Fantasia, Ray Malcolm and Pluto -- travel from Los Angeles to Houston, finally arriving in a small Arkansas town to go into hiding. Two detectives from the LAPD, who are already on the case, contact the town's sheriff, Dale Dixon, to alert him of the fugitives' presence in the area. Underestimating Dixon, the criminals have no idea what they are about to face.

Release Date:1991-10-12

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:188

Full Fathom Five

Adapted from the bestselling novel. Navy Captain Peter Mackenzie is sent on his toughest assignment when the Soviet nuclear sub KIROV is stolen and the weapons are aimed at the United States.

Release Date:1990-09-07

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Character:Fletcher

Vote Count:2

Capital News

Capital News is a short-lived American drama series that aired on ABC in 1990. Starring Lloyd Bridges and Helen Slater, Capital News was created by David Milch and Christian Williams.

Release Date:1990-04-09

Character:Cop

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:1

Last Stand at Lang Mei

Vietnam, 1968. Army Headquarters has written off Captain Fahey's men as Missing In Action after they were fighting deep over enemy lines. Cut off from their platoon, they must fight their way back, or die! A true story of bravery and courage set amidst the chaos of war, and witness the gripping conclusion to the bloodiest day in American war history

Release Date:1989-12-01

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Character:Sergeant T. Deveraux

Vote Count:1

Eye of the Eagle 2: Inside the Enemy

When soldier Anthony Glenn discovers that Mai is missing, he sets out to rescue her from the corrupt Major Sorenson pitting soldier against soldier in a bloody game of honor.

Release Date:1989-06-20

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Character:Col. Rawlins

Vote Count:3

Nowhere to Run

Rural Texas, 1960 -- An age of good times and innocence, when growing up was supposed to be easy. Six high school seniors know the terrible secret that will make the difference in the biggest election in the county's history. Now they must make the most difficult decision of their lives. They must become adults. Written by Concorde - New Horizons

Release Date:1989-03-01

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:3

Too Good to Be True

A self-entitled woman is determined to keep her new man to herself at all costs.

Release Date:1988-11-14

Character:Dr. Boyd

Vote Count:3

Roseanne

A working-class family struggles to get by on a limited income in the fictional town of Lanford, Illinois.

Release Date:1988-10-18

Episode Count:3

Vote Count:339

ALF’s Special Christmas

The Tanners decide to spend Christmas in a cabin in the woods but ALF soon gets trapped in a box of toys going to a children's hospital.

Release Date:1987-12-14

Character:Dr. Willoughby

Vote Count:5

A Smoky Mountain Christmas

A country-western singer on a trip through the Tennessee mountains runs into a reclusive backwoodsman — and a witch.

Release Date:1986-12-14

Character:Lt. Danvers

Vote Count:21

ALF

A furry alien wiseguy comes to live with a terran family after crashing into their garage.

Release Date:1986-09-22

Character:Dr. Willoughby

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:1116

Punk

Dominic is a boy trying to cope with the turmoil surrounding him. His life is about to take a very sharp turn.

Release Date:1986-08-06

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:1

MacGyver

He's everyone's favorite action hero... but he's a hero with a difference. Angus MacGyver is a secret agent whose wits are his deadliest weapon. Armed with only a knapsack filled with everyday items he picks up along the way, he improvises his way out of every peril the bad guys throw at him. Making a bomb out of chewing gum? Fixing a speeding car's breaks... while he's riding in it? Using soda pop to cook up tear gas? That's all in a day's adventures for MacGyver. He's part Boy Scout, part genius. And all hero.

Release Date:1985-09-29

Character:Andrew T. Wiley

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:841

Cover Up

Cover Up is an American action/adventure television series that aired for one season on CBS from September 22, 1984 to April 6, 1985. Created by Glen A. Larson, the series stars Jennifer O'Neill, Jon-Erik Hexum, Antony Hamilton, and Richard Anderson.

Release Date:1984-09-22

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:11

One Cooks, the Other Doesn't

A real estate agent has a problem: his ex-wife and son are moving in with him-and his jealous bride.

Release Date:1983-09-27

Character:Officer Lloyd Green

The A-Team

A fictional group of ex-United States Army Special Forces personnel work as soldiers of fortune while on the run from the Army after being branded as war criminals for a "crime they didn't commit."

Release Date:1983-01-23

Character:Captain Crane

Episode Count:14

Vote Count:985

McClain's Law

McClain's Law is an American crime drama television series that aired on NBC during the 1981-1982 season. New episodes ended on March 20, and rebroadcasts continued until August 24, 1982.

Release Date:1981-11-20

Episode Count:16

Vote Count:2

Hill Street Blues

A realistic glimpse into the daily lives of the officers and detectives at an urban police station.

Release Date:1981-01-15

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:107

Joshua's World

The pilot story, set in the small town of Strawee, Arkansas in the '30s, follows the experiences of Joshua Torrance, a doctor whose practice is jeopardized by his opposition to racism as he attempts to treat blacks as equals.

Release Date:1980-08-21

Trapper John, M.D.

Trapper John, M.D. is an American television medical drama and spin-off of the film MASH, concerning a lovable doctor who became a mentor and father figure in San Francisco, California. The show ran on CBS from September 23, 1979, to September 4, 1986.

Release Date:1979-09-23

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:20

The Legend of the Golden Gun

In Kansas during the middle of the Civil War, John Golden is left for dead and his family has been killed by the ruthless Confederate outlaw William Quantrill. Rescued by runaway slave Joshua Brown, Golden is determined to get revenge. With the help of a legendary gunfighter and a special gun, Golden must not only deal with Quantrill and his men, but has to dodge General Custer and his army, as well.

Release Date:1979-07-05

Character:Joshua Brown

Vote Count:1

Loose Change

Three girlfriends -- an author, an artist, and a political activist -- mature and change during the turbulent 1960s.

Release Date:1978-02-26

Character:Ed Thomas

The Incredible Hulk

During an experiment gone bad, radiation turns a scientist into a raging green behemoth whenever he becomes agitated. Unable to control his transformations, David Banner searches for a cure as he crosses the country, fugitive-style, with a dogged tabloid reporter on his trail.

Release Date:1977-11-04

Character:Crosby

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:456

Lou Grant

The trials of a former television station manager turned newspaper city editor, and his journalist staff.

Release Date:1977-09-20

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:26

The Fantastic Journey

1 hour 55 minute edited "movie" version comprised of primarily episodes 1 and 2 of TV series of same name available on Tubi. Travelers are stranded in the Bermuda Triangle. On an island, they meet Varian, a man from the future, and Liana, an Atlantean. Together, they journey through different worlds, in hopes of returning home.

Release Date:1977-02-03

Character:Dr. Fred Walters

Vote Count:1

The Fantastic Journey

The Fantastic Journey was an American science fiction television series that was originally aired on NBC from February 3 through June 17, 1977.

Release Date:1977-02-03

Character:Dr. Fred Walters

Episode Count:10

Vote Count:10

Battle of the Network Stars

Battle of the Network Stars was a series of competitions where television stars from ABC, CBS, and NBC would compete in various sporting events. A total of nineteen of these competitions were held, all of which were aired by ABC. In 2013, the show appeared in TV Guide's list of the 60 greatest game shows ever.

Release Date:1976-11-13

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:4

Quincy, M.E.

Los Angeles County medical examiner Quincy routinely engages in police investigations.

Release Date:1976-10-03

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:108

Caribe

The exploits of the Caribbean Force, a unit of the Miami Police Department which combats criminal activities not only in Miami but wherever American interests are involved in the Caribbean.

Release Date:1975-02-17

Character:Sgt. Mark Walters

Episode Count:13

Vote Count:1

It Couldn't Happen to a Nicer Guy

When Harry Walters runs out of gas, he gets picked up by a beautiful young woman. But when she pulls a gun on him and orders him to take his clothes off, Harry puts up no resistance and is sexually assaulted. He reports the incident to the authorities, but they either don't believe him, or, if they do, can't understand why he would consider it a crime - a reaction he also gets from his friends and family.

Release Date:1974-11-19

Character:Hovey

Vote Count:1

The Rockford Files

Cranky but likable L.A. PI Jim Rockford pulls no punches (but takes plenty of them). An ex-con sent to the slammer for a crime he didn't commit, Rockford takes on cases others don't want, aided by his tough old man, his lawyer girlfriend and some shady associates from his past.

Release Date:1974-09-13

Character:Roger Orloff

Episode Count:2

Vote Count:107

Good Times

Good Times is an American sitcom that originally aired from February 8, 1974, until August 1, 1979, on the CBS television network. It was created by Eric Monte and Mike Evans, and developed by Norman Lear, the series' primary executive producer. Good Times is a spin-off of Maude, which is itself a spin-off of All in the Family along with The Jeffersons. The series is set in Chicago. The first two seasons were taped at CBS Television City in Hollywood. In the fall of 1975, the show moved to Metromedia Square, where Norman Lear's own production company was housed.

Release Date:1974-02-08

Episode Count:2

Vote Count:76

Five on the Black Hand Side

Leonard Jackson plays a barber who is also the domineering head of a middle-class African American family. Jackson is forced to rethink his values when his previously docile wife (Clarice Taylor) joins their three children in rebelling against her husband's retrogressive behavior.

Release Date:1973-10-25

Character:Marvin

Vote Count:4

The Streets of San Francisco

Two police officers, the older Lt. Stone and the young upstart Inspector Keller, investigate murders and other serious crimes in San Francisco. Stone would become a second father to Keller as he learned the rigors and procedures of detective work.

Release Date:1972-09-23

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:90

Cannon

Cannon is a CBS detective television series produced by Quinn Martin which aired from March 26, 1971 to March 3, 1976. The primary protagonist is the title character, private detective Frank Cannon, played by William Conrad. He also appeared on two episodes of Barnaby Jones. Cannon is the first Quinn Martin-produced series to be aired on a network other than ABC. A "revival" television film, The Return of Frank Cannon, was aired on November 1, 1980. In total, there were 124 episodes.

Release Date:1971-09-14

Episode Count:2

Vote Count:34