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1.
Walking Tall (1981– )
Episode:
Hitman
(1981)
60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Sheriff Pusser goes against his childhood friend, now a paid assassin assigned to murder Buford.
Director: Alf Kjellin | Stars: Bo Svenson, Walter Barnes, Harold Sylvester, Courtney Pledger
Votes: 17
2. The Magical World of Disney (1954–1997)
TV-G | 120 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
A Disney-produced anthology covering many different genres.
Stars: Walt Disney, Paul Frees, Clarence Nash, Slim Pickens
Votes: 2,292
3.
Adam-12 (1968–1975)
Episode:
Camp: Part 1
(1974)
TV-PG | 25 min | Crime, Drama
The officers respond to a potential break-in catching a man leaving the building and finding a young boy inside hiding in a locker. The boy has no record and his single mother says this is ... See full summary »
Director: Dennis Donnelly | Stars: Martin Milner, Kent McCord, June Lockhart, Lee Montgomery
Votes: 108
4. The Rockford Files (1974–1980)
TV-PG | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The cases of an easy-going ex-convict turned private investigator.
Stars: James Garner, Noah Beery Jr., Joe Santos, Luis Delgado
Votes: 10,881
5.
Little House on the Prairie (1974–1983)
Episode:
Little House on the Prairie
(1974)
TV-PG | 96 min | Drama, Family, Romance
The story of the Ingalls family who left their house in Wisconsin and moved to the west, wanting to find a new place for home.
Director: Michael Landon | Stars: Melissa Gilbert, Michael Landon, Melissa Sue Anderson, Karen Grassle
Votes: 1,639
6.
Adam-12 (1968–1975)
Episode:
Log 114: The Hero
(1970)
TV-PG | 25 min | Crime, Drama
Malloy and Reed respond to a fire where a young man saves a man trapped inside. A concerned landlord reports suspicious in-activity from a tenant with heart trouble where Malloy and Reed arrive in time to give him CPR and save his life.
Director: Joseph Pevney | Stars: Martin Milner, Kent McCord, A Martinez, William Boyett
Votes: 96
7.
The Rockford Files (1974–1980)
Episode:
Sleight of Hand
(1975)
TV-PG | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Jim's girlfriend suddenly disappears with no clue as to how or why. Lt. Diel thinks Rockford is probably responsible for her disappearance and orders him to stay away from the case. But Jim can't stop until he finds out what happened.
Director: William Wiard | Stars: James Garner, Noah Beery Jr., Joe Santos, Tom Atkins
Votes: 376
8.
Barnaby Jones (1973–1980)
Episode:
Death of a Friendship
(1978)
60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Barnaby and J.R. get involved in a kidnapping for ransom that goes bad and a former associate gets killed during the drop off -or so it appears. Barnaby has a hunch that it was an inside job, then quickly gets wise to the whole scheme.
Director: Bruce Kessler | Stars: Buddy Ebsen, Lee Meriwether, Mark Shera, Jo Ann Harris
Votes: 68
9.
St. Elsewhere (1982–1988)
Episode:
Legionnaires: Part 1
(1982)
TV-PG | 60 min | Comedy, Drama
When several patients die with symptoms of Legionnaires' disease, Dr. Westphall considers shutting down a ward. Cavanero clashes with a disrespectful nurse. White continues to struggle with his job, marriage, and finances.
Director: Thomas Carter | Stars: Ed Flanders, David Birney, G.W. Bailey, Ed Begley Jr.
Votes: 73
10. St. Elsewhere (1982–1988)
TV-PG | 60 min | Comedy, Drama
The lives and work of the staff of St. Eligius Hospital, an old and disrespected Boston teaching hospital.
Stars: Ed Begley Jr., Howie Mandel, David Morse, Christina Pickles
Votes: 5,216
11. The White Shadow (1978–1981)
TV-PG | 60 min | Drama, Sport
A white former NBA professional retires from the pro game and gets a job as a basketball coach in a predominantly Black inner-city high school.
Stars: Ken Howard, Kevin Hooks, Byron Stewart, Timothy Van Patten
Votes: 1,507
12.
Adam-12 (1968–1975)
Episode:
Log 155: Internal Affairs - Blackmail
(1971)
TV-PG | 25 min | Crime, Drama
The show starts with Officer Tony Johnson saving Malloy's life when he is almost gored by a fork lift while they arrest men committing a warehouse robbery. After the shift Johnson turns ... See full summary »
Director: Christian Nyby | Stars: Martin Milner, Kent McCord, Jed Allan, Gloria Manon
Votes: 98
13. Just Our Luck (1983)
30 min | Comedy, Fantasy
A modern city guy gains a genie: a hip, wisecracking Black guy named Shabu.
Stars: T.K. Carter, Richard Gilliland, Ellen Maxted, Rod McCary
Votes: 46
14.
The Quest (1976)
Episode:
Shanklin
(1976)
TV-PG | 60 min | Drama, Western
The Beaudine brothers are hired as scouts for a powerful Texas Ranger to track a Mexican bandit and his gang.
Director: Corey Allen | Stars: Kurt Russell, Tim Matheson, Don Meredith, Ned Romero
Votes: 20
15. Adam-12 (1968–1975)
TV-PG | 30 min | Crime, Drama
Two regular police officers patrol Los Angeles.
Stars: Martin Milner, Kent McCord, Shaaron Claridge, William Boyett
Votes: 4,990
16.
The A-Team (1983–1987)
Episode:
Deadly Maneuvers
(1984)
TV-PG | 49 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
While the team uses a period without a job to retreat for military-style physical training, a syndicate of crime lords is so fed up with the A-team ruining their business that they pay ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Vejar | Stars: George Peppard, Dirk Benedict, Dwight Schultz, Mr. T
Votes: 362
17.
Cannon (1971–1976)
Episode:
The Exchange
(1974)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
To avenge the killing of his younger brother, a man kidnaps a police cadet to exchange for the Police Lieutenant he blames for his death.
Director: George McCowan | Stars: William Conrad, Robert Loggia, Edward Binns, George McCallister
Votes: 83
18.
Simon & Simon (1981–1989)
Episode:
Rough Rider Rides Again
(1982)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An actor who played the character on a long running TV show has fallen on hard times and his only means of support is making appearances as his old character. But when a producer gets the ... See full summary »
Director: Burt Kennedy | Stars: Jameson Parker, Gerald McRaney, Jeannie Wilson, Mary Carver
Votes: 85
19. The Waltons (1972–1981)
TV-G | 60 min | Drama, Family, Romance
The life and trials of a 1930s and 1940s Virginia mountain family through financial depression and World War II.
Stars: Jon Walmsley, Mary Beth McDonough, Eric Scott, Kami Cotler
Votes: 9,059
20. Little House on the Prairie (1974–1983)
TV-PG | 60 min | Drama, Family, Romance
The life and adventures of the Ingalls family in the nineteenth century American Midwest.
Stars: Melissa Gilbert, Michael Landon, Karen Grassle, Rachel Lindsay Greenbush
Votes: 26,904
21. 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: 41,821
22.
The Incredible Hulk (1978–1982)
Episode:
The Slam
(1979)
TV-PG | 48 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
David is thrown into the slammer for vagrancy and stealing an apple. As prisoner 1124, he soon finds out the Sheriff and the warden are making money by forcing the inmates to do hard labor for local farmers.
Director: Nicholas Corea | Stars: Bill Bixby, Jack Colvin, Lou Ferrigno, Julius Harris
Votes: 174
23.
Little House on the Prairie (1974–1983)
Episode:
The Odyssey
(1979)
TV-PG | 50 min | Drama, Family, Romance
Talented young painter Dylan Whitaker promised his dying father that he would some day see the ocean he loves to put on canvas; but "some day" comes too soon when Dylan is diagnosed with ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Landon | Stars: Michael Landon, Karen Grassle, Melissa Gilbert, Melissa Sue Anderson
Votes: 292
24.
Trying Times (1987–1989)
Episode:
A Family Tree
(1987)
30 min | Comedy
A man takes his well-meaning but extremely klutzy fiancee to meet his family. They arrive announced just in time for family dinner and she inadvertently ends up wreaking havoc, which helps his family face their pent-up issues.
Director: Jonathan Demme | Stars: Rosanna Arquette, John Stockwell, Hope Lange, David Byrne
Votes: 19
25. Trying Times (1987–1989)
30 min | Comedy
A half-hour sitcom anthology on PBS, about people who are struggling with the daily routines of life.
Stars: Rosanna Arquette, Teri Garr, Candice Bergen, Steven Wright
Votes: 84
26.
Charlie's Angels (1976–1981)
Episode:
Mother Angel
(1978)
Not Rated | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
When a young girl, who's aunt is a friend of Charlie's, witnesses a murder, she goes to the Angels for help.
Director: Don Chaffey | Stars: Kate Jackson, Jaclyn Smith, Cheryl Ladd, David Doyle
Votes: 208
27. Bonanza (1959–1973)
TV-PG | 49 min | Western
The Wild West adventures of Ben Cartwright and his sons as they run and defend their Nevada ranch while helping the surrounding community.
Stars: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Pernell Roberts
Votes: 11,002
28. The Oregon Trail (1976–1978)
60 min | Drama, Western
In 1842, a widower leaves his Illinois farm and heads west towards Oregon with his three children to seek a better life.
Stars: Rod Taylor, Andrew Stevens, Tony Becker, Gina Smika Hunter
Votes: 127
29. Emperor of the North (1973)
PG | 118 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
In 1933, during the Depression, Shack the brutal conductor of the number 19 train has a personal vendetta against the best train hopping hobo tramp in the Northwest, A No. 1.
Director: Robert Aldrich | Stars: Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, Keith Carradine, Charles Tyner
Votes: 7,073 | Gross: $0.09M
30. Palmerstown, U.S.A. (1980–1981)
60 min | Drama, Family
In Depression-era South, Booker T. Freeman and David Hall become best friends, despite different racial backgrounds. Booker's dad Luther is the local blacksmith, W.D. Hall the grocer, with the families becoming close, due to the boys.
Stars: Jonelle Allen, Beeson Carroll, Bill Duke, Janice St. John
Votes: 104
31.
Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode:
The Younger Brothers' Younger Brother
(1972)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
It's a case of comic mistaken identity when Hoss - on a delivery run for the Ponderosa - is mistaken as a member of the bumbling Younger Brothers gang. Ben and Joe are eventually able to convince the authorities to let Hoss go, but not after a series of misunderstandings wherein they too are involved with the Youngers' gang.
Director: Michael Landon | Stars: Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, Mitch Vogel
Votes: 89
32.
The White Shadow (1978–1981)
Episode:
Car Repo
(1981)
TV-PG | Drama, Sport
Needing extra money, Salami and Vitaglia take jobs as car re-possessors. However, their friendship begins to suffer and the late night hours land them in coach Reeves' doghouse.
Director: Mark Tinker | Stars: Ken Howard, Joan Pringle, Kevin Hooks, Byron Stewart
Votes: 19
33. The Longest Yard (1974)
R | 121 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A sadistic warden asks a former pro quarterback, now serving time in his prison, to put together a team of inmates to take on (and get pummeled by) the guards.
Director: Robert Aldrich | Stars: Burt Reynolds, Eddie Albert, Ed Lauter, Michael Conrad
Votes: 21,433 | Gross: $7.13M
34. The Quest (1976)
TV-PG | 60 min | Drama, Western
2 brothers and a sister separated by Indians when the younger brother and sister were taken by them. The brothers finally reunite and decide to go on a quest to find their sister.
Stars: Kurt Russell, Tim Matheson, Frank Salsedo, Dan O'Herlihy
Votes: 293
35.
The Waltons (1972–1981)
Episode:
The Violated
(1979)
TV-G | 60 min | Drama, Family, Romance
A soldier is sending his wife mail, but getting no replies. Olivia looks into it and finds something bad happened to the wife. Corabeth Godsey learns she will receive an inheritance. It is not what she expects.
Director: Walter Alzmann | Stars: Ralph Waite, Michael Learned, Jon Walmsley, Judy Norton
Votes: 103
36. The Incredible Hulk (1978–1982)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A fugitive scientist has the curse of becoming a powerful green monster under extreme emotional stress.
Stars: Bill Bixby, Lou Ferrigno, Jack Colvin, Charles Napier
Votes: 16,124
37. Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971)
G | 117 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
An apprentice witch, three kids and a cynical magician conman search for the missing component to a magic spell to be used in the defense of Britain in World War II.
Directors: Robert Stevenson, Ward Kimball | Stars: Angela Lansbury, David Tomlinson, Roddy McDowall, Sam Jaffe
Votes: 40,735 | Gross: $18.53M
38. Simon & Simon (1981–1989)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Two brothers of disparate tastes and manners run a private detective agency.
Stars: Jameson Parker, Gerald McRaney, Mary Carver, Tim Reid
Votes: 6,110
39. The Outfit (1973)
PG | 103 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Earl Macklin robs a bank owned by the mob, serves his prison time and is released, only to start a private war against the crime outfit that owned the bank.
Director: John Flynn | Stars: Robert Duvall, Karen Black, Joe Don Baker, Robert Ryan
Votes: 4,802
40. Walking Tall (1981– )
60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Sheriff Buford Pusser maintains law and order in McNeal County, Tennessee, with the help of his loving family, loyal staff, and a large club he calls his "pacifier".
Stars: Bo Svenson, Walter Barnes, Harold Sylvester, Courtney Pledger
Votes: 297
41. Barnaby Jones (1973–1980)
60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Private eye Barnaby Jones works with his widowed daughter-in-law to solve cases.
Stars: Buddy Ebsen, Lee Meriwether, Mark Shera, John Carter
Votes: 3,145
42. The Return of Frank Cannon (1980 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 96 min | Action, Crime, Mystery
Private detective Frank Cannon comes out of retirement to investigate the murder of an ex-girlfriend's husband.
Director: Corey Allen | Stars: William Conrad, Allison Argo, Burr DeBenning, Taylor Lacher
Votes: 169
43.
Get Christie Love! (1974–1975)
Episode:
Pawn Ticket for Murder
(1974)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama
Christie is investigating the murder of a skid-row derelict in a pawn shop. During the course of the investigation, she uncovers evidence indicating a link between the murder and the new partner who's just been assigned to her.
Director: Mark Warren | Stars: Teresa Graves, Charles Cioffi, Scott Brady, Andy Romano
Votes: 19
44. Cannon (1971–1976)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Frank Cannon, a husky ex-cop and culinary enthusiast, solves tough cases as a private investigator.
Stars: William Conrad, Patrick Culliton, Tom Pittman, Charles Bateman
Votes: 3,611
45. Family Plot (1976)
PG | 120 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A phony psychic/con artist and her taxi driver/actor boyfriend encounter a pair of serial kidnappers while trailing a missing heir in California.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Karen Black, Bruce Dern, Barbara Harris, William Devane
Votes: 24,843
46. The Blue Knight (1975–1976)
60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The exploits of Los Angeles beat cop Bumper Morgan.
Stars: George Kennedy, John Steadman, Barbara Rhoades, Lee Weaver
Votes: 234
47. 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: 138
48.
The Magical World of Disney (1954–1997)
Episode:
The Secret of Lost Valley: Part 1
(1980)
Unrated | 60 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Lost while camping, a couple's son meets and befriends a tattooed boy from an aboriginal tribe.
Director: Vic Morrow | Stars: James Almanzar, Jackson Bostwick, Don Brodie, David Cadiente
Votes: 24
49. Dark Night of the Scarecrow (1981 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 96 min | Horror
In a small Southern town, four vigilantes wrongfully execute a mentally-challenged man, but after the court sets them free mysterious "accidents" begin to kill them off one by one.
Director: Frank De Felitta | Stars: Charles Durning, Robert F. Lyons, Claude Earl Jones, Lane Smith
Votes: 8,213
50. The Grissom Gang (1971)
R | 128 min | Crime, Drama
Set in the Depression, a gang of half-witted small-time hoods led by Slim Grissom kidnap heiress Barbara Blandish and Slim proceeds to fall in love with her. Remake of the British film No ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Aldrich | Stars: Kim Darby, Scott Wilson, Tony Musante, Robert Lansing
Votes: 1,475