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1. Family Ties (1982–1989)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Chronicles liberal ex-hippies Steven and Elyse Keaton, their conservative son Alex, daughters Mallory and Jennifer, and later, youngest child Andrew.
Stars: Michael J. Fox, Michael Gross, Meredith Baxter, Justine Bateman
Votes: 20,391
2. Matlock (1986–1995)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Ben Matlock is a very expensive criminal defense attorney, who charges one hundred thousand dollars to take a case. Fortunately, he's worth every penny, as he and his associates defend his clients by finding the real killer.
Stars: Andy Griffith, Linda Purl, Kene Holiday, Nancy Stafford
Votes: 9,406
3. Angel Heart (1987)
X | 113 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A private investigator is hired by a man who calls himself Louis Cyphre to track down a singer named Johnny Favorite. But the investigation takes an unexpected and somber turn.
Director: Alan Parker | Stars: Mickey Rourke, Robert De Niro, Lisa Bonet, Charlotte Rampling
Votes: 96,077 | Gross: $17.19M
4. The Jerk (1979)
R | 94 min | Comedy
A simpleminded, sheltered country boy suddenly decides to leave his family home to experience life in the big city, where his naivete is both his best friend and his worst enemy.
Director: Carl Reiner | Stars: Steve Martin, Bernadette Peters, Catlin Adams, Mabel King
Votes: 64,355 | Gross: $73.69M
5. A Face in the Crowd (1957)
Approved | 126 min | Drama, Music
A female radio reporter turns a folk-singing drifter into a powerful media star.
Director: Elia Kazan | Stars: Andy Griffith, Patricia Neal, Anthony Franciosa, Walter Matthau
Votes: 17,224
6. The Mike Douglas Show (1961–1982)
89 min | Comedy, Music, Talk-Show
Mike Douglas, aided by a different celebrity co-host every week, interviews a variety of figures from the world of entertainment.
Stars: Mike Douglas, Ellie Frankel, Ellie Frankel Sextet, Stan Kann
Votes: 580
7. Buck and the Preacher (1972)
GP | 102 min | Adventure, Drama, Western
A wagon master and a con-man preacher help freed slaves dogged by cheap-labor agents out West.
Directors: Sidney Poitier, Joseph Sargent | Stars: Sidney Poitier, Harry Belafonte, Ruby Dee, Cameron Mitchell
Votes: 2,710 | Gross: $3.03M
8. Leadbelly (1976)
PG | 126 min | Biography, Drama, Music
Biography of the legendary folksinger, Huddie Ledbetter, master of the 12-string guitar and long-time convict on Texas and Louisiana chain gangs.
Director: Gordon Parks | Stars: Roger E. Mosley, Paul Benjamin, Madge Sinclair, James Brodhead
Votes: 905
9. The Old Grey Whistle Test (1971–2018)
45 min | Music
Contemporary music show featuring live performances and interviews with an emphasis on album acts.
Stars: Bob Harris, Anne Nightingale, David Hepworth, Mark Ellen
Votes: 242
10. Festival (1967)
Not Rated | 95 min | Documentary, Music
Black and white footage of performances, interviews, and conversations at the Newport Folk Festival from 1963 to 1966. The headliners are Peter, Paul and Mary, Joan Baez, Pete Seeger, and ... See full summary »
Director: Murray Lerner | Stars: Joan Baez, Horton Barker, Fiddler Beers, Theodore Bikel
Votes: 700
12. Blues Under the Skin (1973)
88 min | Documentary, Music
From the simple story of love and misery of a young couple from the Harlem ghetto to meetings with twelve great blues singers (BB King, Mance Lipscomb, Robert Pete Williams, Roosevelt Sykes), filmed in their social milieu.
Director: Roviros Manthoulis | Stars: Brownie McGhee, Sonny Terry, Robert Pete Williams, Mance Lipscomb
Votes: 52
13. The Virginia Graham Show (1970– )
Talk-Show
Virginia Graham, born Virginia Komiss, was an American Radio and TV personally. From the 1950s thru the 1970s
Stars: Virginia Graham, Vincent Price, Alejandro Rey, Jackie Vernon
Votes: 40
14. The Rosey Grier Show (1968–1970)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Music, Talk-Show
The Rosey Grier Show was a variety program, hosted by Rosey Grier, that featured interviews, music, and variety.
Stars: Roosevelt Grier, Charles Brown, Fernando Escandon, The Frankie Ortega Trio
15. The Hart & Lorne Terrific Hour (1970– )
60 min | Comedy
Canadian comedy and variety show starring Hart Pomerantz and a pre-"Saturday Night Live" Lorne Michaels.
Stars: Hart Pomerantz, Lorne Michaels, Paul Bradley, Marvin Goldhar
Votes: 137
16. The Strolling '20s (1966 TV Movie)
Music
Harry Belafonte and Sidney Poitier travel down memory lane to see what life was like back in the 1920s. Harry Belafonte introduces this musical, written by poet and playwright Langston ... See full summary »
Director: Charles S. Dubin | Stars: Harry Belafonte, Diahann Carroll, Sammy Davis Jr., Duke Ellington
Votes: 12
17. Blues and Gospel Train (1964 TV Movie)
38 min | Music
An innovative musical performed on a real railroad track with the audience one side of the tracks and the musicians on the station side. Also performing are Sonny Terry and Brownie McGee :'... See full summary »
Director: Philip Casson | Stars: Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Muddy Waters, Cousin Joe Pleasant, Sonny Terry
Votes: 8
18. Freedom Highway: Songs that Shaped a Century (2001)
90 min | Documentary, Music
A journey through the great political songs of time using a combination of contemporary and archive footage and featuring performances and interviews with political singers and activists alike.
Director: Philip King | Stars: Paul Robeson, Bono, Billy Bragg, Karan Casey
Votes: 32
19. Thank You, M'am (1977)
14 min | Short, Drama, Family
When a nurse leaves her job to walk home, a young boy tries to grab her pocketbook, but she wrestles him to the ground, gets her pocketbook back, and drags him to her apartment in a ... See full summary »
Director: Andrew Sugerman | Stars: Rosetta LeNoire, Eric Jones
Votes: 16
20. The Revlon Revue (1959–1960)
60 min | Music, Comedy
A variety show that presented comedy and music with the emphasis on the star who appeared that week.
Stars: Peggy Lee, Mike Wallace, Gene Barry, Audrey Meadows
21. Acoustic Routes (1992)
102 min | Documentary
The acclaimed music film documentary ACOUSTIC ROUTES tells the story of seminal guitarist and singer Bert Jansch, from his early days in Edinburgh, Scotland, to becoming the acoustic ... See full summary »
Director: Jan Leman | Stars: Anne Briggs, Jackson C. Frank, Bert Jansch, Brownie McGhee
Votes: 19
22. To Hear Your Banjo Play (1947)
16 min | Short, Music
Presents the origin of the banjo, the development of southern folk music and its influence upon Americans. Pete Seeger plays his banjo and narrates the story.
Directors: Irving Lerner, Willard Van Dyke | Stars: Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie, Baldwin Hawes, Sonny Terry
Votes: 33
23. Dave's Place (1965– )
30 min | Music
The series is set in a tropical South Pacific tea house where glamorous exotically dressed hostesses serve tea while patrons are entertained by popular guest folk musicians. Hosted each ... See full summary »
Stars: Dave Guard, Dave's Place Group, Chris Bonett, Queenie Paul
24. A Roomful of Music (1965– )
58 min | Music
Stars: Joan Baez, Pete Seeger, Brownie McGhee, Sonny Terry
25. En remontant le Mississippi (1973– )
106 min | Documentary
Stars: Robert Pete Williams, Bukka White, Furry Lewis, Roosevelt Sykes
Votes: 7
26. The Blues (1966 TV Movie)
90 min | Music
The Blues sessions, stars the legendary Muddy Waters and such blues greats as Willy Dixon, Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee, Mable Hillery, Sunnyland Slim, Otis Spann, James Cotton, S.P. ... See full summary »
Director: Paddy Sampson | Stars: Barry Callaghan, James Cotton, Willie Dixon, Jesse Fuller
27. The Sunday Break (1958–1962)
With jazz, Rock n' Roll, and Skiffle, discussions on subjects ranging from Christian doctrine to sex and science, set in a club atmosphere, transmitted for 45 minutes three times a month, ... See full summary »
Stars: Alex Welsh, The Dill Jones Trio, Humphrey Lyttelton, Jim Dale
28.
Family Ties (1982–1989)
Episode:
The Blues Brother
(1988)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
While working as a DJ for his college's radio station, Alex plays a blues track and announces that the performer is dead. The blues singer calls in and says that news of his death is premature. He agrees to visit the station for a talk.
Director: Matthew Diamond | Stars: Meredith Baxter, Michael Gross, Michael J. Fox, Justine Bateman
Votes: 109
29.
Matlock (1986–1995)
Episode:
The Blues Singer
(1989)
TV-PG | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A singer-composer finds an old blues musician living on the streets. He takes the old man to his home over the objections of everyone. Later the singer is found dead. The old man is arrested and Ben who is also a fan decides to defend him.
Director: Leo Penn | Stars: Andy Griffith, Nancy Stafford, Julie Sommars, Kene Holiday
Votes: 159
30.
Dave's Place (1965– )
Episode:
Episode #1.11
(1965)
Music
Director: Robert L. Allnutt | Stars: Dave Guard, Dave's Place Group, Chris Bonett, Col Nolan Trio
31.
The Virginia Graham Show (1970– )
Episode:
Episode dated 29 June 1971
(1971)
Talk-Show
Stars: George Lindsey, Brownie McGhee, Ann Miller, Sonny Terry
32.
The Rosey Grier Show (1968–1970)
Episode:
Budd Schulberg, Brownie McGhee, Sonny Terry, Arthur Adams
(1970)
TV-G | Comedy, Music, Talk-Show
Director: Wes Butler | Stars: Roosevelt Grier, Arthur Adams, Charles Brown, Fernando Escandon
33.
The Revlon Revue (1959–1960)
Episode:
Tonight with Belafonte
(1959)
Music, Comedy
A musical trip through black America with songs performed by respected black musicians, covering the wide spectrum of contemporary and historical black musical styles, including gospel, folk, blues, and jazz.
Director: Norman Jewison | Stars: Harry Belafonte, Mary Hinkson, Brownie McGhee, Arthur Mitchell
34.
En remontant le Mississippi (1973– )
Episode:
Le Blues du Sud
(1973)
Documentary
Stars: Robert Pete Williams, Bukka White, Furry Lewis, Roosevelt Sykes
35.
The Sunday Break (1958–1962)
Episode:
Episode dated 11 May 1958
(1958)
Stars: Brownie McGhee, Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee, Sonny Terry, Alex Welsh
36.
The Old Grey Whistle Test (1971–2018)
Episode:
Episode #2.43
(1973)
Music
Director: Colin Strong | Stars: Bob Harris, The Edgar Winter Group, Dan Hartman, Carole King
37.
A Roomful of Music (1965– )
Episode:
Episode dated 26 July 1965
(1965)
60 min | Music
Director: Greg Harney | Stars: Joan Baez, Jean Carignan, Brownie McGhee, The McPeake Family Singers
38.
The Mike Douglas Show (1961–1982)
Episode:
Episode #12.123
(1973)
Comedy, Music, Talk-Show
Stars: Marty Allen, Ed Begley Jr., Mike Douglas, Brownie McGhee
39.
The Hart & Lorne Terrific Hour (1970– )
Episode:
Episode dated 8 November 1970
(1970)
60 min | Comedy
Director: Ron Meraska | Stars: Paul Bradley, Marvin Goldhar, Brownie McGhee, Lorne Michaels
40.
Quest (1961–1964)
Episode:
Down Home Blues
(1962)
Director: Daryl Duke | Stars: Robert Whitehead, Brownie McGhee, Sonny Terry