Direction: Thomas J. Wright

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Thomas J. Wright. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


The Wire (TV Series)

2002 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction David Simon · Joe Chappelle · Ernest R. Dickerson · Clark Johnson

Cast Dominic West · Lance Reddick · Sonja Sohn · Clarke Peters

Synopsis TV Series (2002-2008). 5 Seasons. 60 episodes. This unvarnished, highly realistic HBO series follows a single sprawling drug and murder investigation in Baltimore. Told from the point of view of both the police and their targets, the series captures a...

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8.9

46K votes

8.9

46K votes

Firefly (TV Series)

2002 · Series · 40 min. · United States

Direction Joss Whedon · Vern Gillum · Tim Minear · Michael Grossman

Cast Nathan Fillion · Gina Torres · Alan Tudyk · Morena Baccarin

Synopsis TV Series (2002-2003). 14 Episodes. Five hundred years in the future, a renegade crew aboard a small, mobile, spacecraft tries to survive as they travel the unknown parts of the galaxy and evade warning factions as well as authority agents...

7.9

10K votes

7.9

10K votes

The X-Files (TV Series)

1993 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Chris Carter · Kim Manners · Rob Bowman · David Nutter

Cast Gillian Anderson · David Duchovny · Mitch Pileggi · Robert Patrick

Synopsis TV Series (1993-2018). 11 Seasons. 218 Episodes. FBI agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully are not the same at all. Mulder is a believer in the paranormal while Scully is not. Together, they investigate paranormal cases which takes them all...

7.2

65K votes

7.2

65K votes

Nowhere Man (TV Series)

1995 · Series · 44 min. · United States

Direction Lawrence Hertzog · Steve Stafford · James Whitmore Jr. · Ian Toynton

Cast Bruce Greenwood · Megan Gallagher · Murray Rubinstein · George Gerdes

Synopsis TV Series (1995-1996). One season. Bruce Greenwood stars as documentary photographer Thomas Veil who, in the course of one evening, seemingly has his whole existence erased, in the compelling one-hour drama Nowhere Man. It appears as if some mysterious and...

7.0

28 votes

7.0

28 votes

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Supernatural (TV Series)

2005 · Series · 40 min. · United States

Direction Eric Kripke · Philip Sgriccia · Robert Singer · Kim Manners

Cast Jared Padalecki · Jensen Ackles · Misha Collins · Mark Sheppard

Synopsis TV Series (2005-2020). 15 Seasons. 327 Episodes. Twenty-two years ago, Sam (Jared Padalecki) and Dean Winchester (Jensen Ackles) lost their mother to a mysterious and demonic supernatural force. Subsequently, their father John (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) raised them to be soldiers....

6.8

11K votes

6.8

11K votes

Taken (TV Miniseries)

2002 · Series · 877 min. · United States

Direction Leslie Bohem · Breck Eisner · Félix Enríquez Alcalá · John Fawcett

Cast Dakota Fanning · Julie Benz · Eric Close · Joel Gretsch

Synopsis Miniseries (2002). 10 episodes. Steven Spielberg presents Taken, an epic entertainment event spanning three families, four generations and fifty years of unearthly secrets. With cutting-edge special effects and a storyline of gripping, otherworldly suspense, Taken launches you into a realm...

6.7

2K votes

6.7

2K votes

Otherworld (TV Series)

1985 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Roderick Taylor · Corey Allen · Richard Compton · Paul Michael Glaser

Cast Sam Groom · Gretchen Corbett · Tony O'Dell · Jonna Lee

Synopsis Thrown into another dimension, a family must keep ahead of a tyrannical state's hunters while searching for a way home.

6.6

56 votes

6.6

56 votes

One Tree Hill (TV Series)

2003 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Mark Schwahn · Gregory Prange · Paul Johansson · Billy Dickson

Cast Chad Michael Murray · James Lafferty · Hilarie Burton · Bethany Joy Lenz

Synopsis TV Series (2003-2012). 9 Seasons. 187 Episodes. Besides a love for hoops, it would seem that Lucas and Nathan are two young men with little in common - except for the dark secret that they share the same father. Arrogant...

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6.4

5K votes

6.4

5K votes

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Castle (TV Series)

2009 · Series · 43 min. · United States

Direction Andrew W. Marlowe · Rob Bowman · John Terlesky · Bill Roe

Cast Nathan Fillion · Stana Katic · Susan Sullivan · Jon Huertas

Synopsis TV Series (2009-2016). 8 Seasons. 173 Episodes. Wildly famous mystery novelist Richard Castle (Nathan Fillion) is bored with his own success. Then he learns that a real-world copycat killer has started staging murder scenes depicted in his novels. Castle is...

6.4

11K votes

6.4

11K votes

Millennium (TV Series)

1996 · Series · 45 min. · United States

Direction Chris Carter · Thomas J. Wright · Paul Shapiro · David Nutter

Cast Lance Henriksen · Terry O'Quinn · Brittany Tiplady · Megan Gallagher

Synopsis TV Series (1996-1999). 3 Seasons. Frank Black (Lance Henriksen) is a freelance forensic profiler and former FBI special agent with a unique ability to see the world through the eyes of serial killers and murderers. Black investigated the most horrific...

6.3

823 votes

6.3

823 votes

Dark Skies (TV Series)

1996 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Bryce Zabel · Brent V. Friedman · David Jackson · Ken Topolsky

Cast Eric Close · Gregory Harrison · Megan Ward · J.T. Walsh

Synopsis 20th century history as we know it is a lie. Aliens have been among us since the 1940's, but a government cover-up has prevented the public from knowing this. As the series progresses, we follow John Loengard and Kim Sayers...

6.0

39 votes

6.0

39 votes

Lore (TV Series)

2017 · Series · 40 min. · United States

Direction Aaron Mahnke · Christoph Schrewe · Alice Troughton · Darnell Martin

Cast Caroline Arapoglou · Mark Ashworth · John Byner · J.T. Corbitt

Synopsis TV Series (2017-2018). 2 Seasons. 12 Episodes. From the executive producer of The Walking Dead and the executive producer of The X-Files, this anthology series brings to life Aaron Mahnke's "Lore" podcast and uncovers the real-life events that spawned our...

6.0

532 votes

6.0

532 votes

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Frequency (TV Series)

2015 · Series · 42 min. · United States

Direction Jeremy Carver · John T. Kretchmer · Brad Anderson · Michael Fields

Cast Peyton List · Riley Smith · Devin Kelley · Mekhi Phifer

Synopsis NBC's Frequency is described as a character-driven drama in which an NYPD detective connects with his son, 30 years in the future. The two must work together to change the history of tragic events to come while also getting the...

5.6

219 votes

5.6

219 votes

Night Visions (TV Series)

2001 · Series · 43 min. · United States

Direction Dan Angel · Billy Brown · Jefery Levy · Thomas J. Wright

Cast Henry Rollins · Jon Cuthbert · Meghan Black · Emily Holmes

Synopsis Night Visions is an anthology series similar to The Twilight Zone - some tales are supernatural, others are just commentaries on twisted human nature. Each hour episode is made up of two half-hour episodes aired back-to-back.

5.6

63 votes

5.6

63 votes

Space: Above and Beyond (TV Series)

1995 · Series · 43 min. · United States

Direction Glen Morgan · James Wong · Thomas J. Wright · Charles Martin Smith

Cast Kristen Cloke · James Morrison · Joel de la Fuente · Rodney Rowland

Synopsis The Earth is embroiled in a desperate war against alien invaders, and this series focuses on one squadron of Marine pilots involved in it.

5.4

53 votes

5.4

53 votes

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Angel (TV Series)

1999 · Series · 42 min. · United States

Direction Joss Whedon · David Greenwalt · James A. Contner · Tim Minear

Cast David Boreanaz · Amy Acker · Charisma Carpenter · Alexis Denisof

Synopsis TV Series (1999-2004). 5 Seasons. 110 Episodes. A spin-off from the cult hit "Buffy: The Vampire Slayer". After three years of living in Sunnydale, fighting along side his girlfriend Buffy, Angel moves to Los Angeles to tell the tale of...

5.4

5K votes

5.4

5K votes

Direction Donald P. Bellisario · Don McGill · Dennis Smith · Tony Wharmby

Cast Mark Harmon · Lauren Holly · Michael Weatherly · Pauley Perrette

Synopsis TV Series (2003-Today). NCIS Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs (Mark Harmon), a former Marine gunnery sergeant, whose skills as an investigator are unmatched, formerly led this troupe of colorful personalities. Gibbs, a man of few words, only needs a look...

5.3

7K votes

5.3

7K votes

Dark Angel (TV Series)

2000 · Series · 40 min. · United States

Direction James Cameron · Charles H. Eglee · Jeff Woolnough · Thomas J. Wright

Cast Jessica Alba · Michael Weatherly · Richard Gunn · J.C. MacKenzie

Synopsis TV Series (2000-2002). 2 Seasons. 43 Episodes. A group of genetically-enhanced children escape from a lab project. Years later we meet Max, one of the escapees who now works for a messenger service in the post-apocalyptic Pacific Northwest. Max is...

5.3

13K votes

5.3

13K votes

Beauty and the Beast (TV Series)

1987 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Victor Lobl · Gus Trikonis · Thomas J. Wright · Christopher Leitch

Cast Ron Perlman · Linda Hamilton · Roy Dotrice · Richard Portnow

Synopsis Creator Ron Koslow's updated version of the fairytale has a double focus: the relationship between Vincent,(a mythic, noble man-beast) and his Catherine (a savvy assistant DA in New York); and a secret Utopian community of social outcasts living in a...

4.9

623 votes

4.9

623 votes

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