Sort by Number of Votes - Most Rated Movies and TV Shows With Jack Wright

1. Cheers (1982–1993)

TV-PG | 22 min | Comedy, Drama

The regulars of the Boston bar "Cheers" share their experiences and lives with each other while drinking or working at the bar where everybody knows your name.

Stars: Ted Danson, Rhea Perlman, John Ratzenberger, George Wendt

Votes: 62,004

2. Over the Top (1987)

PG | 93 min | Action, Drama, Sport

Tough trucker Lincoln Hawk is determined to win back his son and triumph at the world arm wrestling championships.

Director: Menahem Golan | Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Robert Loggia, Susan Blakely, Rick Zumwalt

Votes: 59,345 | Gross: $16.06M

3. Mask (1985)

PG-13 | 120 min | Biography, Drama

A teenager with a massive facial skull deformity and biker gang mother attempt to live as normal a life as possible under the circumstances.

Director: Peter Bogdanovich | Stars: Cher, Eric Stoltz, Sam Elliott, Estelle Getty

Votes: 32,522 | Gross: $48.23M

4. Barb Wire (1996)

R | 98 min | Action, Sci-Fi

During the Second American Civil War in 2017, Barb Wire owns a nightclub called the Hammerhead. Things become complicated when her ex-lover Axel Hood, who is married to the fugitive Corrina Devonshire, re-enters her life.

Director: David Hogan | Stars: Pamela Anderson, Amir AboulEla, Adriana Alexander, David Andriole

Votes: 31,270 | Gross: $3.79M

5. Murder, She Wrote (1984–1996)

TV-PG | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Professional writer and amateur sleuth Jessica Fletcher uses her intellect, charm, and persistence to get to the bottom of every crime she encounters.

Stars: Angela Lansbury, William Windom, Ron Masak, Louis Herthum

Votes: 29,216

6. Ride with the Devil (I) (1999)

R | 138 min | Drama, Romance, War

During the American Civil War, two friends join the Bushwhackers, a militant group loyal to the Confederacy.

Director: Ang Lee | Stars: Tobey Maguire, Skeet Ulrich, Jewel, Jeremy W. Auman

Votes: 14,556 | Gross: $0.63M

7. 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: 9,334

8. Dynasty (1981–1989)

TV-PG | 60 min | Drama, Romance

The trials and tribulations of two feuding families, the Carringtons and the Colbys, both oil rich families in Denver, Colorado.

Stars: John Forsythe, Linda Evans, Joan Collins, Gordon Thomson

Votes: 8,455

9. L.A. Law (1986–1994)

TV-PG | 46 min | Drama

The lives and work of the staff of a major Los Angeles law firm.

Stars: Corbin Bernsen, Jill Eikenberry, Alan Rachins, Michael Tucker

Votes: 6,456

10. C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America (2004)

PG-13 | 89 min | Comedy, Drama, War

Through the eyes of a British "documentary", this film takes a satirically humorous, and sometimes frightening, look at the history of an America where the South won the Civil War.

Director: Kevin Willmott | Stars: Greg Kirsch, Renee Patrick, Molly Graham, William Willmott

Votes: 5,163 | Gross: $0.67M

11. Falcon Crest (1981–1990)

TV-PG | 60 min | Drama, Romance

Set in the vineyards of California, this prime-time soap opera presented the conflict in the powerful Gioberti family, owners of the vast Falcon Crest Winery.

Stars: Jane Wyman, Lorenzo Lamas, Chao Li Chi, David Selby

Votes: 4,273

12. Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1983–1987)

TV-14 | 60 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance

The adventures of a housewife and a spy, with whom she fell in love.

Stars: Kate Jackson, Bruce Boxleitner, Beverly Garland, Mel Stewart

Votes: 3,813

13. Sarah, Plain and Tall (1991 TV Movie)

G | 98 min | Drama, Family, Romance

A single New England woman responds to an advertisement by a Midwestern widower in which he asks for a bride to help him raise his two children.

Director: Glenn Jordan | Stars: Glenn Close, Christopher Walken, Lexi Randall, Malgorzata Zajaczkowska

Votes: 2,374

14. I, the Jury (1982)

R | 111 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A PI investigates the murder of his one-armed friend, a PI working on a case. Clues lead to a sex clinic. Bodies pile up.

Director: Richard T. Heffron | Stars: Armand Assante, Barbara Carrera, Laurene Landon, Alan King

Votes: 1,818 | Gross: $1.52M

15. The Colbys (1985–1987)

60 min | Drama

This spin-off of Dynasty (1981) featured the adventures of Jeff and Fallon Colby and Jeff's other wealthy relatives in California.

Stars: Charlton Heston, John James, Katharine Ross, Emma Samms

Votes: 1,174

16. Skylark (1993 TV Movie)

G | 95 min | Drama

Jacob's farm is in trouble from a severe drought. Jacob and Sarah begin to wonder if Sarah can stay, and what will happen to Jacob if she and the children have to leave the farm.

Director: Joseph Sargent | Stars: Glenn Close, Christopher Walken, Lexi Randall, Christopher Bell

Votes: 1,100

17. Stolen Women, Captured Hearts (1997 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 87 min | Drama, Romance, Western

In 1868 Kansas, a Lakota Sioux warrior stubbornly refuses to free the 2 white women he kidnapped, triggering a war between his tribe and General Custer's rescuing troops.

Director: Jerry London | Stars: Janine Turner, Jean Louisa Kelly, Patrick Bergin, William Shockley

Votes: 1,090

18. Dead Before Dawn (1993 TV Movie)

120 min | Drama, Thriller

A wife with a young family finds life becoming unbearable with her successful but violent and abusive husband. After filing for divorce, she quickly learns that her husband, through fear of... See full summary »

Director: Charles Correll | Stars: Cheryl Ladd, Jameson Parker, G.W. Bailey, Kim Coates

Votes: 604

19. Nice Girls Don't Explode (1987)

PG | 92 min | Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi

A young lady is kept away from boys by her overprotective mother because flames tend to spontaneously erupt whenever her hormones are aroused; for her, "protection" on a dinner date is carrying a fire extinguisher.

Director: Chuck Martinez | Stars: Barbara Harris, Michelle Meyrink, William O'Leary, Wallace Shawn

Votes: 532

20. Cheers (1982–1993)
Episode: Backseat Becky, Up Front (1988)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Drama

Evan Drake wants to speak to Rebecca about something important. She thinks it is finally to tell her that he loves her. In her mind, all the signs are there: since his divorce, he has had ... See full summary »

Director: James Burrows | Stars: Ted Danson, Kirstie Alley, Rhea Perlman, John Ratzenberger

Votes: 467

21. The Protector (1997)

R | 95 min | Action

Soldier of fortune Ken Conway gets a job offer from his former fiancee to look into the whereabouts of a missing scientist. The scientist was working for pharmaceutical researcher Dr. Krago... See full summary »

Director: Jack Gill | Stars: Matt McColm, Annabel Schofield, Ron Perlman, Carol Alt

Votes: 325

22. Murder, She Wrote (1984–1996)
Episode: Evidence of Malice (1996)

TV-PG | 47 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Jessica has to solve two murders to clear the name of her old friend Deputy Andy, who becomes a suspect when a murder weapon is found in his car.

Director: Anthony Pullen Shaw | Stars: Angela Lansbury, Colleen Coffey, Stephanie Dunnam, Louis Herthum

Votes: 253

23. World's Strongest Man (1977–2024)

30 min | Action, Sport

The World's Strongest Man is a strongman competition. Organized by IMG, an Endeavor company, it is broadcast in the US during summers and in the UK around the end of December each year. ... See full summary »

Stars: Paul Dickenson, Zydrunas Savickas, Mark Felix, Terry Hollands

Votes: 233

24. Jayhawkers (2014)

106 min | Biography

A group of unlikely allies modernized college sports and changed a small Midwestern town, serving as a parallel to the Civil Rights movement that would transform the entire American society.

Director: Kevin Willmott | Stars: Kip Niven, Justin Wesley, Blake Robbins, Jay Karnes

Votes: 203 | Gross: $0.30M

25. Matlock (1986–1995)
Episode: The Affair (1986)

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

Christina Ward hires Ben to defend Sonia Cardenas, the maid accused of knifing her cheating husband Richard. Sonia was one of Richard's dalliances and is reluctant to help Ben; is she covering for someone else?

Director: John Llewellyn Moxey | Stars: Andy Griffith, Linda Purl, Kene Holiday, Jeff Conaway

Votes: 168

26. Matlock (1986–1995)
Episode: The Reporter (1987)

TV-PG | 48 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A woman arrives home to find her house on fire and her husband dead. The police believe she did it to kill her husband who supposedly was planning on leaving her. A newspaper reporter helps Ben and discovers the husband had a secret past.

Director: Charles S. Dubin | Stars: Andy Griffith, Linda Purl, Kene Holiday, Sarah Abrell

Votes: 136

27. Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1983–1987)
Episode: There Goes the Neighborhood (1983)

TV-PG | 47 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance

Amanda and Lee pose as a married couple to foil a weapon smuggling ring and solve the disappearance of an American housewife.

Director: Rod Holcomb | Stars: Kate Jackson, Bruce Boxleitner, Beverly Garland, Mel Stewart

Votes: 119

28. Kentucky Woman (1983 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 96 min | Drama

A woman faces harassment and humiliation when she goes to work as a coal miner to support her small son and ailing dad.

Director: Walter Doniger | Stars: Cheryl Ladd, Ned Beatty, Philip Levien, Sandy McPeak

Votes: 91

29. Television Event (2020)

90 min | Documentary

An archive-based feature documentary viewing the dramatic climax of the Cold War through the lens of the ABC network, as it narrowly succeeds in producing the most watched, most controversial made-for-TV movie, THE DAY AFTER (1983).

Director: Jeff Daniels | Stars: Tom Hanks, Liza Minnelli, Ronald Reagan, Penny Marshall

Votes: 89

30. L.A. Law (1986–1994)
Episode: Gibbon Take (1986)

TV-PG | 48 min | Drama

Kuzak wants to take his relationship with Grace public, then reporters drag her through the mud during a press conference when her former fiancé tells them that she left him at their ... See full summary »

Director: Sharron Miller | Stars: Harry Hamlin, Susan Dey, Corbin Bernsen, Jill Eikenberry

Votes: 66

31. Dynasty (1981–1989)
Episode: The Trial: Part 1 (1986)

TV-PG | 47 min | Drama, Romance

Jackie discovers her father is listed as "unknown" on her birth certificate. Alexis buys the company planning to publish Caress' book. Fighting for his empire, Blake must endure the ... See full summary »

Director: Michel Hugo | Stars: John Forsythe, Linda Evans, Gordon Thomson, Pamela Bellwood

Votes: 63

32. The Colbys (1985–1987)
Episode: Manhunt (1987)

49 min | Drama

Monica and Cash find Scott at the observatory, but the boy doesn't want anything to do with Monica. Jeff investigates Hoyt Parker to learn more about Conny's death. Kolya begs Sable to fire... See full summary »

Director: Bruce Bilson | Stars: Charlton Heston, John James, Katharine Ross, Emma Samms

Votes: 58

33. Falcon Crest (1981–1990)
Episode: The Avenging Angel (1985)

TV-PG | 60 min | Drama, Romance

Angela gets unexpected new partners in Falcon Crest: Cassandra and her vengeful mother, Anna Rossini. Connie offers to make Chase a partner in Giannini Winery. Maggie catches Connie and ... See full summary »

Director: Reza Badiyi | Stars: Jane Wyman, Robert Foxworth, Lorenzo Lamas, David Selby

Votes: 51

34. Falcon Crest (1981–1990)
Episode: Love's Triumph (1984)

TV-PG | 60 min | Drama, Romance

Richard's furious when he learns what Chase has done with his $50 million trust fund. Maggie goes into a coma after complications arise during her surgery. Pamela is kidnapped by the cartel... See full summary »

Director: Harry Harris | Stars: Jane Wyman, Robert Foxworth, Lorenzo Lamas, David Selby

Votes: 43

35. Falcon Crest (1981–1990)
Episode: Justice for All (1985)

TV-PG | 60 min | Drama, Romance

Cole resents Connie Giannini's interference in his champagne operation. Maggie suspects a conspiracy against Lance. Robin uses Melissa and Cole's surrogate search to get closer to Cole. ... See full summary »

Director: Philip Leacock | Stars: Jane Wyman, Robert Foxworth, Lorenzo Lamas, David Selby

Votes: 42

36. Falcon Crest (1981–1990)
Episode: The Price of Freedom (1989)

TV-PG | 60 min | Drama, Romance

As Angela prepares to travel to Greece, she leaves her grandson Lance in charge, though under the strict supervision of her reliable foreman, Frank Agretti. Since Daniel, an unsuccessful ... See full summary »

Director: Jerry Thorpe | Stars: Jane Wyman, David Selby, Lorenzo Lamas, Rod Taylor

Votes: 42

37. The Colbys (1985–1987)
Episode: The Wedding (1986)

49 min | Drama

Blake and Steven Carrington arrive a day before the wedding to meet with Zach Powers. Miles is once more asked to answer questions about the death of William Mahoney. Despite everything, he... See full summary »

Director: Harry Falk | Stars: Charlton Heston, John James, Katharine Ross, Emma Samms

Votes: 41

38. The Colbys (1985–1987)
Episode: No Exit (1986)

49 min | Drama

Miles tells reporter Channing he's still obsessed with 'Randall'. Fallon tells Jeff about the baby's confused parentage. Dominique informs Monica she's selling Titania Records. Garret, ... See full summary »

Director: Gabrielle Beaumont | Stars: Charlton Heston, John James, Katharine Ross, Emma Samms

Votes: 39

39. Falcon Crest (1981–1990)
Episode: House Divided (1985)

TV-PG | 60 min | Drama, Romance

Cole and Melissa honeymoon in Tahiti. Chase convinces Connie Giannini not to sell her land to Angela. Pamela advises Richard not to reject Lorraine, who is forced to move into Falcon Crest. Lance's trial is set to begin.

Director: Joseph Manduke | Stars: Jane Wyman, Robert Foxworth, Lorenzo Lamas, David Selby

Votes: 39

40. Falcon Crest (1981–1990)
Episode: Shadows (1984)

TV-PG | 60 min | Drama, Romance

Padgett did not succeed in killing Richard. Lance becomes publisher of the newspaper. Joel mugs Maggie for drug money and is later hired by Cole as transportation foreman for the vineyards. Emma learns that Julia is alive.

Director: Harry Harris | Stars: Jane Wyman, Robert Foxworth, Lorenzo Lamas, David Selby

Votes: 38

41. Falcon Crest (1981–1990)
Episode: Chain Reaction (1987)

TV-PG | 60 min | Drama, Romance

When Kit comes to Tony's defense, the gesture proves worthless. Tony's trial proceeds as if D.A. Wilkinson had scripted it, until Kit arrives at the courtroom. After Chase uncovers evidence... See full summary »

Director: Jeff Freilich | Stars: Jane Wyman, Robert Foxworth, Lorenzo Lamas, David Selby

Votes: 37

42. Falcon Crest (1981–1990)
Episode: Dance of Deception (1987)

TV-PG | 60 min | Drama, Romance

When Maggie prematurely gives birth to her baby at Falcon Crest, Angela conspires with rich newcomer Roland Saunders in her plans to destroy Richard. Angela finds a kindred spirit in ... See full summary »

Director: Robert Foxworth | Stars: Jane Wyman, Robert Foxworth, Lorenzo Lamas, David Selby

Votes: 36

43. Falcon Crest (1981–1990)
Episode: Flesh and Blood (1986)

TV-PG | 60 min | Drama, Romance

Peter's children pay him a surprise visit at Angela's house. Angela's success at recovering from the feud, between Sofia and her father results in new wedding plans for Angela and Peter. ... See full summary »

Director: Harry Harris | Stars: Jane Wyman, Robert Foxworth, Lorenzo Lamas, David Selby

Votes: 34

44. Falcon Crest (1981–1990)
Episode: Tuscany Venus (1988)

TV-PG | 60 min | Drama, Romance

When Angela offers District Attorney Fields her support for the governorship in exchange for dropping the murder charges against Lance, he indignantly refuses; however, when Richard offers ... See full summary »

Director: Jerome Courtland | Stars: Jane Wyman, David Selby, Lorenzo Lamas, David Beecroft

Votes: 34

45. Falcon Crest (1981–1990)
Episode: Danny (1989)

TV-PG | 60 min | Drama, Romance

With a bullet wound in the chest, Charley disappears from Falcon Crest. Because Chris Agretti is missing, Sydney worries that Ian and Charley might have killed him. Sharpe gains control of ... See full summary »

Director: Peter Ellis | Stars: Jane Wyman, David Selby, Lorenzo Lamas, Rod Taylor

Votes: 33

46. Falcon Crest (1981–1990)
Episode: Danny's Song (1990)

TV-PG | 60 min | Drama, Romance

After Danny learns that Richard is his father, he goes to Sharpe to tell him it doesn't matter, but Sharpe throws him out of his office and tells him that they should go their separate ways... See full summary »

Director: Cyrus Nowrasteh | Stars: Jane Wyman, David Selby, Lorenzo Lamas, Kristian Alfonso

Votes: 31

47. Falcon Crest (1981–1990)
Episode: Telling Tales (1988)

TV-PG | 60 min | Drama, Romance

The Thirteen withdraws fifty billion dollars, their net worth, out of the stock market and the Dow Jones average plummets. They plan to buy back devalued stocks under one of the companies ... See full summary »

Director: Reza Badiyi | Stars: Jane Wyman, David Selby, Lorenzo Lamas, Ana Alicia

Votes: 29

48. William Allen White: What's the Matter with Kansas (2020 TV Movie)

60 min | Documentary

Directed by renowned independent filmmaker Kevin Willmott and narrated by acclaimed broadcast journalist Bill Kurtis, William Allen White will re-introduce the "Sage of Emporia" to new ... See full summary »

Director: Kevin Willmott | Stars: Ann Brill, Beverley Olson Buller, Virgil Dean, Charles Delgadillo

Votes: 23

49. The Profit (2017)

Drama

Joseph "The Profit" Smith is an engaging, gregarious seven-foot pro basketball All Star. He is also the poster child for the bad athlete, a womanizer, selfish, immature and irresponsible. ... See full summary »

Director: Kevin Willmott | Stars: Scot Pollard, Michelle Davidson, Joseph Lee Anderson, Scott Allegrucci

Votes: 7

50. Lawrence: Free State Fortress (1998)

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Directors: Steve Drain, Rick Gibson | Stars: Jack Wright, Scott Ryan, Alexander Kipp, Daryl Donohue

Votes: 7