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1. Planet of the Apes (1974)
TV-PG | 47 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Two astronauts and a sympathetic chimp friend are fugitives in a future Earth dominated by a civilization of humanoid apes.
Stars: Roddy McDowall, Ron Harper, James Naughton, Mark Lenard
Votes: 5,520
2. Blazing Saddles (1974)
R | 93 min | Comedy, Western
In order to ruin a western town, a corrupt politician appoints a black Sheriff, who promptly becomes his most formidable adversary.
Director: Mel Brooks | Stars: Cleavon Little, Gene Wilder, Slim Pickens, Harvey Korman
Votes: 152,892 | Gross: $119.50M
3. First Blood (1982)
R | 93 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
A veteran Green Beret is forced by a cruel Sheriff and his deputies to flee into the mountains and wage an escalating one-man war against his pursuers.
Director: Ted Kotcheff | Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Brian Dennehy, Richard Crenna, Bill McKinney
Votes: 276,476 | Gross: $47.21M
4. Hill Street Blues (1981–1987)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The lives and work of the staff of an inner city police precinct.
Stars: Daniel J. Travanti, Michael Warren, Bruce Weitz, James Sikking
Votes: 10,608
5. The A-Team (1983–1987)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Four Vietnam vets, framed for a crime they didn't commit, help the innocent while on the run from the military.
Stars: George Peppard, Mr. T, Dwight Schultz, Dirk Benedict
Votes: 41,934
6. The Dukes of Hazzard (1979–1985)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Comedy
The adventures of the fast-drivin', rubber-burnin' Duke boys of Hazzard County.
Stars: Tom Wopat, John Schneider, Catherine Bach, Denver Pyle
Votes: 15,774
7. Knight Rider (1982–1986)
TV-PG | 46 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A lone crimefighter battles the forces of evil with the help of a virtually indestructible and artificially intelligent supercar.
Stars: David Hasselhoff, Edward Mulhare, Richard Basehart, Patricia McPherson
Votes: 37,710
8. Hunter (I) (1984–1991)
TV-14 | 48 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Rick Hunter is a renegade cop who bends the rules and takes justice into his own hands. Partnered with the equally stunning and rebellious Sgt. McCall, he sets out to crack down on L.A.'s slimiest criminals.
Stars: Fred Dryer, Stepfanie Kramer, Charles Hallahan, Perry Cook
Votes: 5,673
9. Starsky and Hutch (1975–1979)
TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Two streetwise cops bust criminals in their red-and-white Ford Gran Torino, with the help of police snitch, Huggy Bear.
Stars: David Soul, Paul Michael Glaser, Antonio Fargas, Bernie Hamilton
Votes: 10,694
10. The River (1984)
PG-13 | 124 min | Drama
A farming family battles severe storms, while taking a valiant stand against a bank foreclosure and a powerful land grabber.
Director: Mark Rydell | Stars: Mel Gibson, Sissy Spacek, Shane Bailey, Becky Jo Lynch
Votes: 7,782 | Gross: $11.49M
11. The Rose (1979)
R | 125 min | Drama, Music, Romance
The tragic life of a self-destructive female rock star who struggles to deal with the constant pressures of her career and the demands of her ruthless business manager.
Director: Mark Rydell | Stars: Bette Midler, Alan Bates, Frederic Forrest, Harry Dean Stanton
Votes: 9,268 | Gross: $29.20M
12. Race with the Devil (1975)
PG | 88 min | Action, Horror, Thriller
Two couples vacationing together in an R.V. from Texas to Colorado are terrorized after they witness a murder during a Satanic ritual.
Director: Jack Starrett | Stars: Peter Fonda, Warren Oates, Loretta Swit, Lara Parker
Votes: 7,366 | Gross: $12.64M
13. Hells Angels on Wheels (1967)
Approved | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
At first, gas station attendant Poet is happy when the Hell's Angels gang finally accepts him. But he's shocked when he learns just how brutal they are.
Director: Richard Rush | Stars: Adam Roarke, Jack Nicholson, Sabrina Scharf, Jana Taylor
Votes: 2,705
14. The Born Losers (1967)
PG | 113 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Billy Jack battles a motorcycle gang in a small California beach town.
Director: Tom Laughlin | Stars: Tom Laughlin, Elizabeth James, Jeremy Slate, William Wellman Jr.
Votes: 2,774 | Gross: $26.54M
15. Like Father Like Son (1987)
PG-13 | 100 min | Comedy, Fantasy
A mysterious potion switches the personalities of a buttoned-up doctor and his laid-back son.
Director: Rod Daniel | Stars: Dudley Moore, Kirk Cameron, Margaret Colin, Catherine Hicks
Votes: 6,479 | Gross: $34.38M
16. Grizzly II: Revenge (1983)
Not Rated | 74 min | Horror, Music, Thriller
All hell breaks loose when a giant Grizzly, reacting to the slaughter of Grizzlies by poachers, attacks at a massive big-band rock concert in the National Park.
Director: André Szöts | Stars: George Clooney, Laura Dern, Charlie Sheen, Louise Fletcher
Votes: 1,686
17. The Gay Deceivers (1969)
R | 97 min | Comedy
Danny and Elliot avoid military service by pretending to be gay, but they have to act the part when the recruiting officer doesn't buy it.
Director: Bruce Kessler | Stars: Kevin Coughlin, Brooke Bundy, Lawrence P. Casey, Jo Ann Harris
Votes: 884
18. Cleopatra Jones (1973)
PG | 89 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
During the 1970s, U.S. Special Agent Cleopatra Jones proves to be an invaluable asset to the local police forces in the war on drugs.
Director: Jack Starrett | Stars: Tamara Dobson, Bernie Casey, Brenda Sykes, Antonio Fargas
Votes: 3,542 | Gross: $2.98M
19. Nightwish (1989)
R | 92 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A professor and four graduate students journey to a house in the mountains to investigate paranormal activities, but the experiment goes awry after an alien entity starts attacking them.
Director: Bruce R. Cook | Stars: Brian Thompson, Jack Starrett, Elizabeth Kaitan, Alisha Das
Votes: 1,289
20. Beyond Westworld (1980)
60 min | Action, Crime, Mystery
The security chief of an android manufacturing company must stop a mad scientist, who's sending the failed theme park's androids to infiltrate society for his own ends.
Stars: Jim McMullan, James Wainwright, William Jordan, Connie Sellecca
Votes: 359
21. Cade's County (1971–1972)
60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The adventures of Sam Cade, sheriff of rural Madrid County.
Stars: Glenn Ford, Edgar Buchanan, Taylor Lacher, Victor Campos
Votes: 246
22. Slaughter (1972)
R | 92 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Slaughter, a former Green Beret, avenges the killing of loved ones by the Mob, and in so doing is coerced by the Feds into traveling to Mexico to finish off surviving mobsters.
Director: Jack Starrett | Stars: Jim Brown, Stella Stevens, Rip Torn, Cameron Mitchell
Votes: 1,316
23. Final Chapter: Walking Tall (1977)
R | 112 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Buford Pusser's last days as Sheriff of McNairy County, Tennessee in 1970 and his subsequent death in 1974.
Director: Jack Starrett | Stars: Bo Svenson, Lurene Tuttle, Forrest Tucker, Leif Garrett
Votes: 1,148
24. What Really Happened to the Class of '65? (1977–1978)
60 min | Drama
Sam Ashley, a graduate of 1965 class of Bret Harte High School, who was now a teacher at the school, served as the narrator describing what had happened to his fellow graduates in the decade since they had graduated.
Stars: Tony Bill, Jack Ging, Jessica Walter, Laurie Prange
Votes: 96
25. Kid Blue (1973)
PG | 100 min | Comedy, Crime, Western
At the turn of the century, with the Old West fading away, Texas train robber Kid Blue goes straight and takes a factory job but old habits die hard.
Director: James Frawley | Stars: Dennis Hopper, Warren Oates, Peter Boyle, Ben Johnson
Votes: 818
26. Cry Blood, Apache (1970)
R | 82 min | Drama, Western
Gang of sadistic cowboys let nothing stand in their way in their search for gold.
Director: Jack Starrett | Stars: Jody McCrea, Marie Gahva, Dan Kemp, Robert Tessier
Votes: 688
27. The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (1969–1973)
60 min | Drama
The cases of well-respected neurosurgeon Dr. David Craig and his two young charges.
Stars: David Hartman, E.G. Marshall, John Saxon, Robert Walden
Votes: 164
28. A Man Called Sloane (1979–1980)
60 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Sloane is a freelance spy. Although he doesn't work for the government, he frequently accepts assignments from The Director, a head of a secret government agency. He's assisted by Torque, a... See full summary »
Stars: Robert Conrad, Dan O'Herlihy, Ji-Tu Cumbuka, Karen Purcill
Votes: 157
29. Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes (1980 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 90 min | Sci-Fi
A television movie made from two segments of the TV Series Planet of the Apes (1974), Planet of the Apes: The Horse Race (1974) and Planet of the Apes: The Tyrant (1974).
Directors: Ralph Senensky, Jack Starrett | Stars: Klair Bybee, Michael Conrad, James Daughton, Richard Devon
Votes: 227
30. Wildside (1985)
60 min | Western
Five weapons specialists/cowboys fight crime in the town of Wildside, CA.
Stars: Howard E. Rollins Jr., William Smith, J. Eddie Peck, John D'Aquino
Votes: 92
31. Angels from Hell (1968)
Not Rated | 86 min | Action
A destructive ex-motorcycle gang leader comes home from Vietnam to resume his life. His desire to form a powerful gang has the police running scared. But, will he succeed...
Director: Bruce Kessler | Stars: Tom Stern, Ted Markland, Jack Starrett, Arlene Martel
Votes: 400
32. The Losers (1970)
R | 95 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A quintet of CIA-trained Hells Angels take their specially armored hogs to Cambodia and head across southeast Asia to rescue a captured presidential advisor.
Director: Jack Starrett | Stars: William Smith, Bernie Hamilton, Adam Roarke, Houston Savage
Votes: 621 | Gross: $0.46M
33. The Girls from Thunder Strip (1970)
R | 80 min | Action, Drama
A vicious gang of murderous bikers goes up against a trio of beautiful bootlegging sisters.
Director: David L. Hewitt | Stars: Jody McCrea, Maray Ayres, Mick Mehas, Casey Kasem
Votes: 196
34. Death Chase (1988)
R | 86 min | Action
After a man's sister is killed by two gunmen who seemingly come out of nowhere, he manages to find and kill them. He then discovers that the men he killed were part of a multi-millionaire's... See full summary »
Director: David A. Prior | Stars: Paul L. Smith, Jack Starrett, William Zipp, Bainbridge Scott
Votes: 124
35. Hell's Bloody Devils (1970)
GP | 90 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A government agent tries to break a Neo-Fascist group in California
Director: Al Adamson | Stars: Broderick Crawford, Scott Brady, Kent Taylor, Keith Andes
Votes: 369
36. The Dion Brothers (1974)
R | 94 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Two rural West Virginia brothers leave home, rob an armored car and become fugitives.
Director: Jack Starrett | Stars: Stacy Keach, Frederic Forrest, Margot Kidder, Barry Primus
Votes: 473 | Gross: $0.03M
37. A Small Town in Texas (1976)
PG | 96 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
A crooked sheriff in a small Southern town frames an ex-convict in a drug bust and takes his girlfriend.
Director: Jack Starrett | Stars: Timothy Bottoms, Susan George, Bo Hopkins, Morgan Woodward
Votes: 459
38. Eischied (1979–1980)
60 min | Crime, Drama
The investigations of NYPD Chief of Detectives Earl Eischied.
Stars: Joe Don Baker, Alan Oppenheimer, Alan Fudge, Eddie Egan
Votes: 98
39. Run, Angel, Run! (1969)
R | 95 min | Action, Drama
When Angel writes a story about the Devil's Advocates motorcycle gang, his luck changes. The good news is he sells the story to a magazine for $10,000. The bad news is he is a wanted man, now hunted by the biker gang.
Director: Jack Starrett | Stars: William Smith, Valerie Starrett, Dan Kemp, Gene Shane
Votes: 295 | Gross: $13.00M
40. Kiss My Grits (1982)
PG | 101 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance
A man heads for Mexico with a mobster's girlfriend.
Director: Jack Starrett | Stars: Bruce Davison, Susan George, Bruno Kirby, Anthony Franciosa
Votes: 92
41. Paris (1979–1980)
60 min | Drama
Woody Paris, police Captain and loving husband, leads his team of detectives through the black and white and gray that constitutes the world of law and order.
Stars: James Earl Jones, Lee Chamberlin, Hank Garrett, Cecilia Hart
Votes: 59
42. The Rousters (1983–1984)
60 min | Adventure
Wyatt Earp III is a bouncer for a small carnival which travels from town to town. He also works as a bounty hunter to keep his family's law enforcement legacy alive.
Stars: Chad Everett, Jim Varney, Mimi Rogers, Maxine Stuart
Votes: 68
43. Hollywood Man (1976)
107 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Hollywood action film star Rafe Stoker has sunk $130,000 of his own money into his own production, but can't find legitimate financing to complete the film. His mob-connected investor ... See full summary »
Director: Jack Starrett | Stars: William Smith, Jennifer Billingsley, Ray Girardin, Jude Farese
Votes: 346
44. The New Spartans (1975)
Action
Unfinished film was to be a bizarre satire the War Movie Genre
Director: Jack Starrett | Stars: Oliver Reed, Toshirô Mifune, Fred Williamson, Susan George
Votes: 59
45. Survival of Dana (1979 TV Movie)
96 min | Crime, Drama
High-school transfer student Dana moves from North Dakota to Los Angeles' suburban Valley district after her parents get divorced.
Director: Jack Starrett | Stars: Melissa Sue Anderson, Robert Carradine, Marion Ross, Talia Balsam
Votes: 72
46. Mr. Horn (1979)
180 min | Action, Adventure, Biography
The story of frontiersman Tom Horn, and his career as a cavalry scout, a tracker, a range detective, and the final events in his life that led to his tragic death.
Stars: David Carradine, Richard Widmark, Karen Black, Richard Masur
Votes: 188
47. The Strange Vengeance of Rosalie (1972)
PG | 107 min | Drama, Thriller
A traveling salesman gives a pretty female hitchhiker a ride to her home, a run-down shack in the desert. She then injures his leg in order to hold him captive.
Director: Jack Starrett | Stars: Bonnie Bedelia, Ken Howard, Anthony Zerbe, Sebastian
Votes: 227
48. Family Reunion (1989)
88 min | Horror
A family on Christmas vacation visits a desert town called Sutterville, where a massacre had been committed 40 years prior, and discovers they had something to do with it. Meanwhile, the local police arrests a mysterious drifter.
Director: Michael Hawes | Stars: Mel Novak, Pam Phillips, Jack Starrett, John Andes
Votes: 475
49. Brothers in Arms (1988)
R | 95 min | Drama, Thriller
Two brothers on a hike in the woods, one of them with a hidden motive, get in trouble with hill-billies, when they save a girl from rape.
Director: George Bloom | Stars: Todd Allen, Charles Grant, Dedee Pfeiffer, Jack Starrett
Votes: 121
50. Night Chase (1970 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A taxi driver hired to drive a fugitive criminal to the Mexican border forms an unlikely friendship with his passenger.
Director: Jack Starrett | Stars: David Janssen, Yaphet Kotto, Victoria Vetri, Elisha Cook Jr.
Votes: 140