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1. Dirty Dancing (I) (1987)

PG-13 | 100 min | Drama, Music, Romance

Spending the summer at a Catskills resort with her family, Frances "Baby" Houseman falls in love with the camp's dance instructor, Johnny Castle.

Director: Emile Ardolino | Stars: Patrick Swayze, Jennifer Grey, Jerry Orbach, Cynthia Rhodes

Votes: 256,560 | Gross: $0.62M

2. At Close Range (1986)

R | 111 min | Crime, Drama

Reunited with his career criminal father, tough teen Brad thinks he's found his ticket to an exciting life of crime, only to find out he's wrong.

Director: James Foley | Stars: Sean Penn, Christopher Walken, Mary Stuart Masterson, Chris Penn

Votes: 17,761 | Gross: $2.35M

3. ABC Afterschool Specials (1972–1997)

60 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

A teen drama anthology that often touched on social issues of the day.

Stars: Lance Kerwin, Samaria Graham, Mara Hobel, Alexa Kenin

Votes: 1,266

4. No Mercy (1986)

R | 106 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

A Chicago detective, seeking to avenge his partner's death, travels to New Orleans, where he unexpectedly becomes involved in a cat and mouse game of survival.

Director: Richard Pearce | Stars: Richard Gere, Kim Basinger, Jeroen Krabbé, George Dzundza

Votes: 8,483 | Gross: $12.30M

5. Caught (1996)

R | 110 min | Drama, Thriller

Joe and Betty run a fish market and have sunk into a comfortable/boring life. Enter the drifter Nick, who takes a job in the store. He awakes Joe's hope in the future and Betty's sexual passions. Until their son Danny returns home..

Director: Robert M. Young | Stars: Edward James Olmos, Maria Conchita Alonso, Arie Verveen, Bitty Schram

Votes: 1,703 | Gross: $0.32M

6. American Playhouse (1980–1994)

61 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Anthology series which ran on PBS throughout the 1980s.

Stars: Jeffrey DeMunn, Elizabeth Franz, Edward Herrmann, Sada Thompson

Votes: 415

7. Eyewitness (1981)

R | 103 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A janitor who claims he's seen a murder becomes romantically involved with the glamorous TV reporter covering the story.

Director: Peter Yates | Stars: William Hurt, Sigourney Weaver, Christopher Plummer, James Woods

Votes: 5,726 | Gross: $6.40M

8. The $treet (2000–2001)

TV-14 | 60 min | Drama

The $treet is about these men who know how to have fun at work, but all of a sudden there are powerful women joining the organization. It seems like the men's enjoyment is over.

Stars: Tom Everett Scott, Nina Garbiras, Christian Campbell, Melissa De Sousa

Votes: 395

9. Dominick and Eugene (1988)

PG-13 | 111 min | Drama

Dominick and Eugene are twins, but Dominick is a little bit slow due to an accident in his youth. They live together, with Dominick working as garbage man to put Eugene through medical ... See full summary »

Director: Robert M. Young | Stars: Tom Hulce, Ray Liotta, Jamie Lee Curtis, Robert Levine

Votes: 3,282 | Gross: $3.08M

10. Plainsong (2004 TV Movie)

PG | 97 min | Drama

Tom Guthrie, a high school history teacher, is faced with raising two young sons after his wife leaves him. Maggie Jones, a fellow teacher, tries to provide comfort and support.

Director: Richard Pearce | Stars: Aidan Quinn, Rachel Griffiths, America Ferrera, Geoffrey Lewis

Votes: 429

11. Heartland (1979)

PG | 96 min | Drama, Western

A widow with a young daughter travels to a ranch in Wyoming to manage the household of a rancher. After a while the man and woman develop a relationship that leads to a marriage. But life in the harsh place takes its toll.

Director: Richard Pearce | Stars: Rip Torn, Conchata Ferrell, Barry Primus, Megan Folsom

Votes: 1,243

12. Homeboy (1988)

R | 116 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

A simple self-destructive drifter and tough small-time boxer with a brain injury that could kill him meets and falls for a cute beach carnival owner, Ruby, but also befriends a sleazy friendly criminal, Wesley, who's planning a big score.

Director: Michael Seresin | Stars: Mickey Rourke, Christopher Walken, Debra Feuer, Thomas Quinn

Votes: 2,833

13. Triumph of the Spirit (1989)

R | 120 min | Biography, Drama, History

In Greece during World War II, a young Jewish boxer, his girlfriend, and their families are sent to Auschwitz. When the camp guards learn of his boxing abilities, they force him to participate in weekly boxing matches.

Director: Robert M. Young | Stars: Willem Dafoe, Edward James Olmos, Robert Loggia, Wendy Gazelle

Votes: 2,785 | Gross: $0.41M

14. Traces of Red (1992)

R | 105 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Jack sleeps with a waitress, who's later murdered. Did Jack's usual lover do it? Palm Beach detectives Jack and Steve investigate. Twists follow.

Director: Andy Wolk | Stars: Jim Belushi, Lorraine Bracco, Tony Goldwyn, William Russ

Votes: 1,898 | Gross: $3.21M

15. Desert Bloom (1986)

PG | 105 min | Drama, Family, Romance

The story involves Rose Chismore's youth. She flashes back and remembers her coming-of-age. Her recollections are sometimes less than sweet, particularly those of her troubled and alcoholic... See full summary »

Director: Eugene Corr | Stars: Jon Voight, JoBeth Williams, Annabeth Gish, Ellen Barkin

Votes: 1,098 | Gross: $0.42M

16. One-Trick Pony (1980)

R | 98 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

Jonah (Paul Simon) is a once-popular folk-rock musician trying to put together a new album in the face of an indifferent record-company executive and a talentless producer. At the same time, he's struggling to save his failing marriage.

Director: Robert M. Young | Stars: Paul Simon, Blair Brown, Rip Torn, Joan Hackett

Votes: 764

17. Rich Kids (1979)

PG | 101 min | Comedy, Drama

Two 12-year-olds, the products of Upper-West-Side broken homes, struggle to make sense of their parents' lives and their own adolescent feelings.

Director: Robert M. Young | Stars: Trini Alvarado, Jeremy Levy, Kathryn Walker, John Lithgow

Votes: 677 | Gross: $0.50M

18. No Letting Go (2015)

TV-PG | 104 min | Drama

What would you do to save your child? A young teenager struggles with a debilitating mental illness as his mom risks everything to save him without losing the rest of her family.

Director: Jonathan D. Bucari | Stars: Cheryl Allison, Richard Burgi, David Schallipp, Noah Silverman

Votes: 746

19. You (I) (2009)

Not Rated | 84 min | Drama

A recent widower looks for the balance in raising his daughter on his own and keeping the image of his wife alive in his mind.

Director: Melora Hardin | Stars: Melora Hardin, Gildart Jackson, Brenda Strong, Allison Mack

Votes: 144

20. The Wedding Dress (2001 TV Movie)

PG | 95 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance

As a wedding dress is passed down through five couples, it weaves a magical spell playing a part in each of their love stories.

Director: Sam Pillsbury | Stars: Neil Patrick Harris, Margaret Colin, Tyne Daly, Kathryne Dora Brown

Votes: 542

21. The Cemetery Club (1993)

PG-13 | 106 min | Comedy

Lifelong friends meet weekly to celebrate the past and present.

Director: Bill Duke | Stars: Ellen Burstyn, Olympia Dukakis, Diane Ladd, Danny Aiello

Votes: 951 | Gross: $6.01M

22. Thicker Than Blood (1998 TV Movie)

93 min | Drama

Griffin Byrne is the idealistic new history, English and maths teacher in Father Frank Larkin's school in a mainly Latino ghetto neighborhood where most kids, even many of its graduates, ... See full summary »

Director: Richard Pearce | Stars: Mickey Rourke, Dan Futterman, Carlo Alban, Luna Lauren Velez

Votes: 397

23. Against the Law (1990–1991)

60 min | Comedy, Drama

Simon MacHeath, a brash and firey lawyer, has left his job at a prestigious law firm to start his own practice. His reputation for exploding into emotional outbursts during trials has ... See full summary »

Stars: Michael O'Keefe, Suzzanne Douglas, Elizabeth Ruscio, M.C. Gainey

Votes: 54

24. Crshd (2019)

Not Rated | 81 min | Comedy, Drama

On the last night of her college freshman year, Izzy tries to lose her virginity with the help of her two best friends--but their only hope is getting into an exclusive, invite-only "Crush Party."

Director: Emily Cohn | Stars: Isabelle Barbier, Deeksha Ketkar, Sadie Scott, Raph Fineberg

Votes: 383

25. Sessions (1983 TV Movie)

96 min | Drama

High-priced call girl Lee Churchill, is examining her life via therapy "sessions". Her double-life is unknown to her parents, sister and 'straight' man with whom she falls in love.

Director: Richard Pearce | Stars: Veronica Hamel, Jeffrey DeMunn, Jill Eikenberry, David Marshall Grant

Votes: 57

26. China: The Panda Adventure (2001)

48 min | Drama

Follows the narrative of the book "The Lady and the Panda, An Adventure" by Ruth Harkness, published in New York, in 1938, as the author learns the true nature of a shy, fit and docile animal by observing the rare and unstudied panda bear.

Director: Robert M. Young | Stars: Maria Bello, Yu Xia, Xander Berkeley, Bill Hayes

Votes: 227 | Gross: $3.71M

27. Downtown Express (2011)

Not Rated | 90 min | Drama, Music, Romance

Sasha is a young Russian violinist on a scholarship to Juilliard, living with his affectionate but overbearing father, a cellist determined to manage his son's career. While Sasha prepares ... See full summary »

Director: David Grubin | Stars: Philippe Quint, Nellie McKay, Michael Cumpsty, Carolyn McCormick

Votes: 33 | Gross: $0.00M

28. Rickover: The Birth of Nuclear Power (2014)

TV-PG | 116 min | Biography

Combative, provocative, and searingly blunt, Admiral Hyman G. Rickover was a flamboyant maverick and a unique American hero. When few thought it possible, then-Captain Rickover harnessed ... See full summary »

Director: Michael Pack | Stars: Joan Allen, Michael Stewart Allen, Joel Briel, Bryan Clark

Votes: 139

29. Flight of the Spruce Goose (1986)

97 min | Drama, Romance

A Pittsburgh miner kidnaps a model and drives her to Hollywood to see Howard Hughes' plane, the Spruce Goose.

Director: Lech Majewski | Stars: Karen Black, Betsy Blair, Dennis Christopher, Krzysztof Janczar

Votes: 84

30. A Doctor's Story (1984 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 96 min | Drama

A physician (Howard E. Rollins, Jr.) frustrates his family in his fight to prove that an elderly man is not senile.

Director: Peter Levin | Stars: Howard E. Rollins Jr., Art Carney, Charles Kimbrough, Jodi Thelen

Votes: 51

31. Human Error (2004)

95 min | Comedy

Comedy where two men leave their lives behind for new jobs--at a corporation which exists in an animated world--and are pitted against one another by their scheming, insecure manager.

Director: Robert M. Young | Stars: Xander Berkeley, Tom Bower, Robert Knott, Sarah Clarke

Votes: 53

32. I'll Hide You Seek (2018)

11 min | Short, Drama

Alice, our painfully shy young heroine, is an old soul with a vivid imagination. Having just moved next door to the historic church with her mother and father (the new Episcopal priest), ... See full summary »

Director: Anne Richardson | Stars: Isabel Harper Leight, Sophia Luna Smith, Carly Roland, Christopher J. Domig

33. Broken Badge (2014)

12 min | Short, Action, Crime

A fateful day in the life of a young NYPD officer.

Director: Justin Liberman | Stars: David Henry Gerson, Sophie Ellsberg, Robert Funaro, Rich Pecci

34. Return to Afghanistan (2007)

Documentary

Initiated in July of 2001, Pashtun filmmaker Vida Zaher Khadem's documentary about her brother's return to their homeland of Afghanistan takes on deeper meaning than she ever suspected when... See full summary »

Stars: Dumbali, Ayse Eldek, Fatima, Shireen Gul

35. Unburden (2012)

21 min | Short, Drama

A bedtime story about a robin chick who falls from its nest turns into a dramatic confession, as Joy relives a tragic accident she caused when her daughter Callie was a baby. The trauma ... See full summary »

Director: Andrew Young | Stars: Angela Pierce, Quinn McColgan, Paul Hickert, LaTonya Borsay

Votes: 9

36. The 32nd Annual Tony Awards (1978 TV Special)

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Director: Clark Jones | Stars: Trini Alvarado, Claudia Asbury, Edward Asner, Emanuel Azenberg

Votes: 92

37. American Playhouse (1980–1994)
Episode: The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez (1982)

PG | 105 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

The retelling of an incident in Gonzales, Texas in 1901 revolving around a stolen horse, mistaken identity and a killing. An unusual story of the all too usual exploitation of the powerless in Texas History.

Director: Robert M. Young | Stars: Edward James Olmos, James Gammon, Tom Bower, Bruce McGill

Votes: 1,033 | Gross: $0.80M

38. American Playhouse (1980–1994)
Episode: Noon Wine (1985)

81 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

On a hot day in Texas in the the 1890s, a stranger shows up at the small dairy farm of Royal and Ellie Thompson. He asks for work and is hired. He's a taciturn, English-speaking Swede from ... See full summary »

Director: Michael Fields | Stars: Fred Ward, Stellan Skarsgård, Adam Faraizl, Enrique Brown

Votes: 74

39. ABC Afterschool Specials (1972–1997)
Episode: Mom's on Strike (1984)

Adventure, Comedy, Drama

An ABC (American Broadcasting Company) Afterschool Special, about an overworked housewife, who, as the title suggests, goes on strike, in order to persuade the rest of her family to share household chores.

Director: Joan Darling | Stars: Mary Kay Place, Stephen Keep Mills, Yeardley Smith, George Gaynes

Votes: 169

40. American Playhouse (1980–1994)
Episode: The Cafeteria (1984)

52 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Esther, a traumatized Holocaust survivor, frequents a Manhattan cafeteria where she meets Aaron, a Jewish writer, who tries to uncover the ghosts of her past.

Director: Amram Nowak | Stars: Bob Dishy, Zohra Lampert, Morris Carnovsky, Howard Da Silva

Votes: 21