Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows With Josh Charles

1. Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999– )

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

This series follows the Special Victims Unit, a specially trained squad of detectives in the New York City Police Department that investigate sexually related crimes.

Stars: Mariska Hargitay, Christopher Meloni, Ice-T, Dann Florek

Votes: 124,851

2. Law & Order: Organized Crime (2021– )

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

Elliot Stabler returns to the NYPD to battle organized crime after a devastating personal loss.

Stars: Christopher Meloni, Danielle Moné Truitt, Ainsley Seiger, Rick Gonzalez

Votes: 10,043

3. The Good Wife (2009–2016)

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

Alicia Florrick has been a good wife to her husband, a former state's attorney. After a very humiliating sex and corruption scandal, he is behind bars. She must now provide for her family and returns to work as a litigator in a law firm.

Stars: Julianna Margulies, Chris Noth, Josh Charles, Matt Czuchry

Votes: 82,694

4. Dead Poets Society (1989)

PG | 128 min | Comedy, Drama

Maverick teacher John Keating returns in 1959 to the prestigious New England boys' boarding school where he was once a star student, using poetry to embolden his pupils to new heights of self-expression.

Director: Peter Weir | Stars: Robin Williams, Robert Sean Leonard, Ethan Hawke, Josh Charles

Votes: 545,762 | Gross: $95.86M

5. Mothers' Instinct (2024)

94 min | Drama, Thriller

Alice and Celine live a traditional lifestyle with successful husbands and sons of the same age. Life's perfect harmony is suddenly shattered after a tragic accident. Guilt, suspicion and paranoia combine to unravel their sisterly bond.

Director: Benoît Delhomme | Stars: Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, Josh Charles, Caroline Lagerfelt

Votes: 1,502

6. The Veil (2024)

TV-MA | Thriller | Completed

Follows the relationship between two women playing a deadly game of truth and lies. One woman has a secret, and the other has a mission to reveal it before thousands of lives are lost.

Stars: Elisabeth Moss, James Purefoy, Yumna Marwan, Dali Benssalah

7. Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead (1991)

PG-13 | 102 min | Comedy

Five siblings are left alone all summer when their mom leaves town and the evil babysitter bites the dust.

Director: Stephen Herek | Stars: Christina Applegate, Joanna Cassidy, John Getz, Josh Charles

Votes: 37,986 | Gross: $25.20M

8. The Virgin Suicides (1999)

R | 97 min | Drama, Romance

A group of male friends become obsessed with five mysterious sisters who are sheltered by their strict, religious parents in suburban Detroit in the mid 1970s.

Director: Sofia Coppola | Stars: Kirsten Dunst, Josh Hartnett, James Woods, Kathleen Turner

Votes: 169,154 | Gross: $4.86M

9. Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (2014– )

TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy, News, Talk-Show

Former Daily Show host and correspondent John Oliver brings his persona to this weekly news satire program.

Stars: John Oliver, David Kaye, Ryan Barger, Noel MacNeal

Votes: 95,737

10. Masters of Sex (2013–2016)

TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, Romance

Drama about the pioneers of the science of human sexuality whose research touched off the sexual revolution.

Stars: Michael Sheen, Lizzy Caplan, Caitlin FitzGerald, Teddy Sears

Votes: 38,512

11. Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (2015–2019)

TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy

A woman is rescued from a doomsday cult and starts life over again in New York City.

Stars: Ellie Kemper, Jane Krakowski, Tituss Burgess, Carol Kane

Votes: 78,694

12. Memory (I) (2023)

R | 103 min | Drama

Sylvia is a social worker who leads a simple and structured life. This is blown open when Saul follows her home from their high school reunion. Their surprise encounter will profoundly impact both of them as they open the door to the past.

Director: Michel Franco | Stars: Alan Nehama, Dutch Welch, Aliya Campbell, Donald McQueen

Votes: 3,537

13. We Own This City (2022)

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

Tells the story of the rise and fall of the Baltimore Police Department's Gun Trace Task Force and the corruption surrounding it.

Stars: Jon Bernthal, Wunmi Mosaku, Jamie Hector, Josh Charles

Votes: 27,625

14. Whiskey Tango Foxtrot (2016)

R | 112 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

A journalist recounts her wartime coverage in Afghanistan.

Directors: Glenn Ficarra, John Requa | Stars: Tina Fey, Margot Robbie, Martin Freeman, Alfred Molina

Votes: 56,591 | Gross: $23.05M

15. The Daily Show (1996– )

TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy, News, Talk-Show

A comedy news show featuring humorous takes on top stories.

Stars: Jon Stewart, Trevor Noah, Stephen Colbert, Roy Wood Jr.

Votes: 48,181

16. S.W.A.T. (2003)

PG-13 | 117 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

An imprisoned drug kingpin offers a huge cash reward to anyone that can break him out of police custody, and only the L.A.P.D.'s Special Weapons and Tactics team can prevent it.

Director: Clark Johnson | Stars: Samuel L. Jackson, Colin Farrell, Michelle Rodriguez, LL Cool J

Votes: 153,948 | Gross: $116.93M

17. The Power (2023)

TV-14 | 518 min | Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi

Based on the New York Times bestseller, The Power is our world, but for one twist of nature. Suddenly, women develop a mysterious new ability to electrocute at will, leading to an extraordinary global reversal of the power balance

Stars: Toni Collette, Toheeb Jimoh, Halle Bush, Ria Zmitrowicz

Votes: 9,273

18. Hairspray (1988)

PG | 92 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

A 'pleasantly plump' teenager teaches 1962 Baltimore a thing or two about integration after landing a spot on a local TV dance show.

Director: John Waters | Stars: Sonny Bono, Ruth Brown, Divine, Debbie Harry

Votes: 23,439 | Gross: $6.67M

19. Away (2020)

TV-14 | 50 min | Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi

An American astronaut struggles with leaving her husband and daughter behind to embark on a dangerous mission with an international space crew.

Stars: Hilary Swank, Josh Charles, Vivian Wu, Ray Panthaki

Votes: 25,800

20. After.Life (2009)

R | 104 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

After a car accident, a young woman caught between life and death meets a funeral director who claims to have the gift of transitioning the dead into the afterlife.

Director: Agnieszka Wojtowicz-Vosloo | Stars: Christina Ricci, Liam Neeson, Justin Long, Chandler Canterbury

Votes: 41,080 | Gross: $0.11M

21. In Treatment (2008–2021)

TV-MA | 25 min | Drama

A psychotherapist questions his abilities and gets help by reuniting with his old therapist, whom he has not seen for ten years.

Stars: Gabriel Byrne, Uzo Aduba, Dianne Wiest, Michelle Forbes

Votes: 18,277

22. Drunk History (2013–2019)

TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy, History

Historical reenactments by A-list talent are presented by inebriated storytellers.

Stars: Derek Waters, Bennie Arthur, Craig Cackowski, Maria Blasucci

Votes: 12,677

23. Four Brothers (2005)

R | 109 min | Action, Crime, Drama

When their adoptive mother is gunned down in a store robbery, four brothers decide to investigate the murder and find the killers themselves, but not all is what it seems.

Director: John Singleton | Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Tyrese Gibson, André 3000, Garrett Hedlund

Votes: 156,508 | Gross: $74.49M

24. The Loudest Voice (2019)

TV-MA | 50 min | Biography, Drama

The past decade on the life of Roger Ailes, the founder of Fox News, in which Ailes arguably became the Republican party's de facto leader and was accused of sexual harassment, which brought his Fox News reign to an end.

Stars: Russell Crowe, Sienna Miller, Seth MacFarlane, Annabelle Wallis

Votes: 14,516

25. Threesome (1994)

R | 93 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A girl named Alex is by mistake housed with 2 guys, Stuart and Eddy, in a college dorm suite. After initial problems they become friends. Stuart has the hots for Alex, Alex for Eddy and Eddy for Stuart. Can it work?

Director: Andrew Fleming | Stars: Lara Flynn Boyle, Josh Charles, Stephen Baldwin, Alexis Arquette

Votes: 13,661 | Gross: $14.82M

26. Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993–2009)

TV-14 | 60 min | Comedy, Music, Talk-Show

Conan O'Brien, a Harvard Lampoon alumnus, hosts this late-night comedy/talk-show, which is often silly and whimsical.

Stars: Conan O'Brien, The Max Weinberg 7, Andy Richter, Joel Godard

Votes: 18,956

27. Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp (2015)

TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy

Follows the counselors and campers on their first day at Camp Firewood in the summer of 1981.

Stars: Marguerite Moreau, Zak Orth, Paul Rudd, Michael Showalter

Votes: 25,202

28. The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014– )

TV-14 | 60 min | Comedy, Music, Talk-Show

Jimmy Fallon hosts the Tonight Show and interviews celebrities, plays games with them and has a musical or comedic guest perform.

Stars: Jimmy Fallon, The Roots, Steve Higgins, Questlove

Votes: 19,016

29. The Talk (2010–2024)

TV-14 | 42 min | News, Talk-Show

A weekday gabfest offering a female perspective on the day's headlines.

Stars: Sharon Osbourne, Julie Chen Moonves, Sheryl Underwood, Sara Gilbert

Votes: 2,374

30. Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead (1995)

R | 115 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Five different criminals face imminent death after botching a job quite badly.

Director: Gary Fleder | Stars: Andy Garcia, Christopher Walken, Christopher Lloyd, William Forsythe

Votes: 29,786 | Gross: $0.53M

31. Sports Night (1998–2000)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport

Casey McCall and Dan Rydell are sports anchors and best friends on "Sports Night", a nightly cable program.

Stars: Josh Charles, Peter Krause, Felicity Huffman, Joshua Malina

Votes: 8,616

32. Inside Amy Schumer (2013–2022)

TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy

Amy Schumer switches from sketches to doing stand-up to interviewing people on the street and people of interest, usually following a certain theme.

Stars: Amy Schumer, Kevin Kane, Kyle Dunnigan, Kim Caramele

Votes: 13,802

33. Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later (2017)

TV-MA | 27 min | Comedy

The campers and counselors of Camp Firewood meet ten years after their last day at camp.

Stars: Nina Hellman, Marguerite Moreau, Zak Orth, Michael Showalter

Votes: 9,675

34. Muppets from Space (1999)

G | 87 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family

Gonzo is contacted by his alien family through his breakfast cereal. But when the men in black kidnap him, it's up to Kermit and the gang to rescue Gonzo and help him reunite with his long-lost family.

Director: Tim Hill | Stars: Dave Goelz, Steve Whitmire, Bill Barretta, Jerry Nelson

Votes: 20,608 | Gross: $16.63M

35. Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014– )

TV-14 | 60 min | Comedy, Talk-Show

Seth Meyers hosts a late-night talk show.

Stars: Seth Meyers, The 8G Band, Fred Armisen, Ben Warheit

Votes: 7,898

36. Murder in Mississippi (1990 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 96 min | Crime, Drama

In 1964, members of the Ku Klux Klan murdered three Civil Rights workers who had traveled to the South to encourage African-American voter registration. Examines the last three weeks in the lives of the slain activists.

Director: Roger Young | Stars: Tom Hulce, Jennifer Grey, Blair Underwood, CCH Pounder

Votes: 535

37. 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: 2,766

38. Today (1952– )

TV-G | 240 min | News, Talk-Show

A daily live broadcast provides current domestic and international news, weather reports, and interviews with newsmakers from the worlds of politics, business, media, entertainment, and sports.

Stars: Savannah Guthrie, Hoda Kotb, Jack Lescoulie, Frank Blair

Votes: 2,459

39. Law & Order True Crime (2017)

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

Behind the murders of a Hollywood movie executive and his former beauty queen wife by their sons.

Stars: Edie Falco, Miles Gaston Villanueva, Gus Halper, Chris Bauer

Votes: 2,741

40. The Ex (2006)

PG-13 | 89 min | Comedy, Romance

A slacker is forced to work for his father-in-law after his pregnant wife steps away from her high-paying job.

Director: Jesse Peretz | Stars: Zach Braff, Amanda Peet, Charles Grodin, Jason Bateman

Votes: 18,070 | Gross: $3.09M

41. The Late Late Show with James Corden (2015–2023)

TV-14 | 60 min | Comedy, Talk-Show

A late-night talk show with a different interview format, where guests appear on stage simultaneously and the host sits to the left and not behind a desk, and with original segments like 'Carpool Karaoke'.

Stars: James Corden, Reggie Watts, Louis Waymouth, Harry Styles

Votes: 10,962

42. Norma Jean & Marilyn (1996 TV Movie)

R | 139 min | Biography, Drama

This film follows Norma Jean from her simple, ambitious youth to her superstar pinnacle and back down. She moves from lover to lover in order to further her career. She finds fame but never happiness, only knowing seduction but not love.

Director: Tim Fywell | Stars: Ashley Judd, Mira Sorvino, Josh Charles, Ron Rifkin

Votes: 2,814

43. Freeheld (2015)

PG-13 | 103 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

New Jersey police lieutenant Laurel Hester and her registered domestic partner Stacie Andree battle to secure Hester's pension benefits when she is diagnosed with terminal cancer.

Director: Peter Sollett | Stars: Julianne Moore, Elliot Page, Steve Carell, Michael Shannon

Votes: 13,236 | Gross: $0.53M

44. I Smile Back (2015)

R | 85 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

Addicted to drugs and alcohol, a housewife's self-destructive behavior starts to take its toll on her husband and two young children.

Director: Adam Salky | Stars: Sarah Silverman, Josh Charles, Skylar Gaertner, Shayne Coleman

Votes: 5,703 | Gross: $0.06M

45. The Hottest State (2006)

R | 117 min | Drama, Music, Romance

A young actor from Texas tries to make it in New York while struggling in his relationship with a beautiful singer/songwriter.

Director: Ethan Hawke | Stars: Mark Webber, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Laura Linney, Daniel Ross Owens

Votes: 2,896 | Gross: $0.03M

46. Crossworlds (1996)

PG-13 | 91 min | Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi

A young man finds himself in the middle of a universal battle between good and evil when he sets up residence in a trans-dimensional valley. Only his father's mysterious crystal pendant and its lost matching scepter can guarantee victory.

Director: Krishna Rao | Stars: Rutger Hauer, Josh Charles, Stuart Wilson, Andrea Roth

Votes: 3,156

47. The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1996–2002)

TV-G | 60 min | Comedy, Talk-Show

Comedian Rosie O'Donnell produces and hosts her first daytime talk show that focuses on interviews with celebrities about acting, writing, charity work, and family life.

Stars: Rosie O'Donnell, John McDaniel, Caroline Rhea, Susan Lucci

Votes: 1,581

48. Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (2009–2014)

TV-14 | 60 min | Comedy, Music, Talk-Show

Comedian Jimmy Fallon hosts a late-night talk show.

Stars: Jimmy Fallon, The Roots, Steve Higgins, Bashir Salahuddin

Votes: 13,843

49. The Drowning (2016)

Not Rated | 95 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

A psychiatrist faces his past, present and future when he finds himself involved in the treatment of a young man recently released from prison for a murder committed when the boy was just 11 years old.

Director: Bette Gordon | Stars: Julia Stiles, John C. McGinley, Tracie Thoms, Avan Jogia

Votes: 3,345

50. Norman (2016)

R | 118 min | Drama, Thriller

Norman Oppenheimer is a small time operator who befriends a young politician at a low point in his life. Three years later, when the politician becomes an influential world leader, Norman's life dramatically changes for better and worse.

Director: Joseph Cedar | Stars: Richard Gere, Lior Ashkenazi, Michael Sheen, Steve Buscemi

Votes: 6,544 | Gross: $3.81M