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1. 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, Penny Marshall, Ronald Reagan

Votes: 91

2. Last in Lives (2014)

12 min | Short, Horror

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Directors: Mark Fox, Ewan Rigg, Tom Stavely | Stars: Ewan Rigg, Mark Fox, Tom Stavely

3. Flood: A River's Rampage (1997 TV Movie)

PG | 96 min | Drama

Starring Scott Wickware (the hard hat worker from Welcome to Dead House), this film tells the story of a flood wreaking havoc on a small Mississippi town, and features a family struggling with the ordeal surrounding them.

Director: Bruce Pittman | Stars: Richard Thomas, Kate Vernon, Nigel Bennett, Mairon Bennett

Votes: 371

4. Back to the Streets of San Francisco (1992 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

SFPD Captain Mike Stone investigates the disappearance of his old partner Steve Keller.

Director: Mel Damski | Stars: Karl Malden, Debrah Farentino, Conor O'Farrell, Carl Lumbly

Votes: 224

5. Deceptions (1992)

120 min | Thriller

A beautiful widow is determined to uncover the facts behind her husband's death.

Director: L.J. Munkler | Stars: Jason Robards, Brian Cox, Fred Williamson, Ian McKay

Votes: 63 | Gross: $2.70M

6. Common Ground (1990)

185 min | Drama

Fact based story about the racial tensions that occurred in Boston in the 1970's because of court ordered busing to end desegregation. The story focuses on an African-American mother ... See full summary »

Stars: Jane Curtin, CCH Pounder, Erika Alexander, Georgia Emelin

Votes: 76

7. Common Ground (1990)
Episode: Part I (1990)

120 min | Drama

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Director: Mike Newell | Stars: Jane Curtin, CCH Pounder, Erika Alexander, Georgia Emelin

8. Common Ground (1990)
Episode: Part II (1990)

120 min | Drama

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Director: Mike Newell | Stars: Jane Curtin, CCH Pounder, Erika Alexander, Georgia Emelin

9. Stranger on My Land (1988 TV Movie)

94 min | Drama, Western

A Vietnam veteran has to fight peacefully with words once more when the Air Force wants to expropriate his ranch for the construction of an air base.

Director: Larry Elikann | Stars: Tommy Lee Jones, Dee Wallace, Terry O'Quinn, Pat Hingle

Votes: 198

10. John and Yoko: A Love Story (1985 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 147 min | Biography, Drama, Music

Details the lives of John Lennon and Yoko Ono, from before their first meeting to their rise to stardom.

Director: Sandor Stern | Stars: Mark McGann, Kim Miyori, Kenneth Price, Peter Capaldi

Votes: 238

11. The Day After (1983 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 127 min | Drama, Sci-Fi

The effects of a devastating nuclear holocaust on small-town residents of eastern Kansas.

Director: Nicholas Meyer | Stars: Jason Robards, JoBeth Williams, Steve Guttenberg, John Cullum

Votes: 18,187

12. The Terry Fox Story (1983 TV Movie)

96 min | Biography, Drama, Sport

The true story about the Canadian cancer amputee hero who decided to run across Canada on only one leg to raise money for cancer research.

Director: Ralph L. Thomas | Stars: Eric Fryer, Robert Duvall, Chris Makepeace, Rosalind Chao

Votes: 718

13. Parole (1982 TV Movie)

120 min | Drama

High school dropout Jimmy McCusick goes to prison for robbery; after suffering a gang-rape and then drawing the attention of a hardened life-term convict, he is put in protective ... See full summary »

Director: Michael Tuchner | Stars: Jay Acovone, Ellen Barkin, Meb Boden, John Bottoms

Votes: 23

14. Barnaby Jones (1973–1980)
Episode: Deadline for Murder (1980)

60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A writer for a publishing company is killed after he uncovers evidence that implicates the niece of the owners in criminal activities. Barnaby and J.R. investigate after they learn their names were used to dupe the writer before he died.

Director: Lewis Teague | Stars: Buddy Ebsen, Lee Meriwether, Mark Shera, Maggie Cooper

Votes: 51

15. Barnaby Jones (1973–1980)
Episode: Death Is the Punchline (1980)

60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The prime suspect in the beating death of a nightclub owner is a stand-up comic who was fired the night of the murder. J.R. investigates on behalf of the comedian, who professes his innocence-and he also happens to be his good friend.

Director: Dick Lowry | Stars: Buddy Ebsen, Lee Meriwether, Mark Shera, Ed Begley Jr.

Votes: 65

16. Barnaby Jones (1973–1980)
Episode: Focus on Fear (1980)

60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

J.R, poses as a photographer to find out why a man broke into the real photographers studio and was desperate enough to throw acid on her to get away with the negatives from her last photo shoot.

Director: Kenneth Gilbert | Stars: Buddy Ebsen, Lee Meriwether, Mark Shera, Pamela Franklin

Votes: 57

17. Barnaby Jones (1973–1980)
Episode: Killer Without a Name (1980)

60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Betty meets a man on a cruise that she's interested in, but when she returns she discovers a murdered man in his motel room who's carrying his identification in his wallet. Barnaby gets involved to unravel the mystery behind the man.

Director: Kenneth Gilbert | Stars: Buddy Ebsen, Lee Meriwether, Mark Shera, Peter Haskell

Votes: 58

18. Barnaby Jones (1973–1980)
Episode: Murder in the Key of C (1980)

60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A young up and coming singer hires Barnaby to find her manager after he disappears with money that she paid him to have a potential hit song produced and recorded. Together they discover the seamier side of the music business.

Director: Michael Caffey | Stars: Buddy Ebsen, Lee Meriwether, Mark Shera, Andrew Robinson

Votes: 68

19. Barnaby Jones (1973–1980)
Episode: Run to Death (1980)

60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A friend of Betty's supposedly dies while going for a walk, but she uncovers evidence that he may have been murdered. The wife of her late friend hires her to further investigate and she soon believes embezzlement may be the motive.

Director: John Carter | Stars: Buddy Ebsen, Lee Meriwether, Mark Shera, Claudette Nevins

Votes: 63

20. Barnaby Jones (1973–1980)
Episode: The Final Victim (1980)

60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A hooker who saw a prominent judge pick-up a young girl in North Hollywood the night she died has blackmail in mind. Barnaby tries to clear the girls name because it looked like she was a working girl, and she wasn't.

Director: Robert Sherman | Stars: Buddy Ebsen, Lee Meriwether, Mark Shera, Harry Guardino

Votes: 60

21. Barnaby Jones (1973–1980)
Episode: The Killin' Cousin (1980)

60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

When Barnaby and Jedediah go out of town a relative of Betty's calls her to ask for help. It seems he suspects that his father who supposedly died in an accident, was actually murdered. ... See full summary »

Director: Michael Preece | Stars: Buddy Ebsen, Lee Meriwether, Mark Shera, Kenneth Mars

Votes: 83

22. Barnaby Jones (1973–1980)
Episode: The Killing Point (1980)

60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Barnaby is conned into helping another private investigator find a missing girl. But he's not honest with Barnaby about all that is involved with her disappearance or that he's tried to ... See full summary »

Director: Michael Preece | Stars: Buddy Ebsen, Lee Meriwether, Mark Shera, Geoffrey Lewis

Votes: 54

23. Barnaby Jones (1973–1980)
Episode: The Price of Anger (1980)

60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

J.R.'s friend is wrongly accused of assaulting a man who later dies. Making matters worse, he ran from the scene of the crime making him look guilty. J.R. does every thing he possibly can to help his friend clear himself.

Director: Larry Elikann | Stars: Buddy Ebsen, Lee Meriwether, Mark Shera, Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs

Votes: 56

24. Barnaby Jones (1973–1980)
Episode: The Silent Accuser (1980)

60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A friend of Betty's, who volunteered at a school for autistic children is killed. Betty tries to get close to the only witness, a young girl who is almost totally non-verbal.

Director: Graeme Clifford | Stars: Buddy Ebsen, Lee Meriwether, Mark Shera, Anjanette Comer

Votes: 65

25. Barnaby Jones (1973–1980)
Episode: A Desperate Pursuit (1979)

60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Betty becomes a key witness after a boxing promoter she had just visited falls to death from his balcony, and it's ruled a murder. Betty is then stalked and threatened by a blonde woman, whom the prime suspect saw with the promoter.

Director: Seymour Robbie | Stars: Buddy Ebsen, Lee Meriwether, Mark Shera, Jack Ging

Votes: 56

26. Barnaby Jones (1973–1980)
Episode: A Short Happy Life (1979)

60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Betty's cousin Foxey Dolan comes into town and sets her and Betty up for a night out on the town with a man she just met. He also happens to be on the run from crooks he's stolen from, and they'll kill to get their goods back.

Director: John Carter | Stars: Buddy Ebsen, Lee Meriwether, Mark Shera, Cassie Yates

Votes: 73

27. Barnaby Jones (1973–1980)
Episode: Child of Love Child of Vengeance: Part 1 (1979)

60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Barnaby investigates why a lawyer for a powerful family corporation is killed soon after he tells him he no longer needs him to find out who is threatening him. He learns it may be related ... See full summary »

Director: Michael Preece | Stars: Buddy Ebsen, Lee Meriwether, Mark Shera, Pat Hingle

Votes: 59

28. Barnaby Jones (1973–1980)
Episode: Child of Love Child of Vengeance: Part 2 (1979)

60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

J.R. infiltrates a religious cult to help Barnaby get to the bottom of why a lawyer for a family run corporation was murdered, and why the identity of a young woman that is a member there is being kept so secret.

Director: Michael Preece | Stars: Buddy Ebsen, Lee Meriwether, Mark Shera, Pat Hingle

Votes: 53

29. Barnaby Jones (1973–1980)
Episode: Cry for Vengeance (1979)

60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

An ex-cop and friend of Barnaby looks to even the score when his son is killed by a gang leader. Barnaby gets involved and learns that the gang is actually being used as muscle by a crooked businessman who wants the ex-cop out of the way.

Director: Allen Baron | Stars: Buddy Ebsen, Lee Meriwether, Mark Shera, Carlos Rivas

Votes: 52

30. Barnaby Jones (1973–1980)
Episode: Dance with Death (1979)

60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A beautiful disco dancer is harassed by numerous men from the disco where she dance's and her life is threatened. When her roommate is murdered she believes it was meant to be her and she asks J.R. to investigate.

Director: Ron Satlof | Stars: Buddy Ebsen, Lee Meriwether, Mark Shera, Sandra Kerns

Votes: 66

31. Barnaby Jones (1973–1980)
Episode: Design for Madness (1979)

60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

After spending a year in a sanitarium Barnaby's niece is suspected of shooting and killing the family lawyer during a blackout episode. Barnaby suspects someone is giving her powerful hypnotic drugs to manipulate her behavior.

Director: Dennis Donnelly | Stars: Buddy Ebsen, Lee Meriwether, Mark Shera, Julie Sommars

Votes: 61

32. Barnaby Jones (1973–1980)
Episode: Echo of a Distant Battle: Part 1 (1979)

60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Barnaby is hired by the family of a man who supposedly died in Vietnam, but later they hear a rumor that he may have deserted, along with another soldier. They want him to find out if it's ... See full summary »

Director: Walter Grauman | Stars: Buddy Ebsen, Lee Meriwether, Mark Shera, Laurence Luckinbill

Votes: 62

33. Barnaby Jones (1973–1980)
Episode: Echo of a Distant Battle: Part 2 (1979)

60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Barnaby is hired by the family of a man who supposedly died in Vietnam, but later they hear a rumor that he may have deserted, along with another soldier.

Director: Walter Grauman | Stars: Buddy Ebsen, Lee Meriwether, Mark Shera, Laurence Luckinbill

Votes: 57

34. Barnaby Jones (1973–1980)
Episode: False Witness (1979)

60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A friend and fellow Community College instructor of Betty's is raped. Much to her dismay, Betty feels that her friend has wrongly identified her attacker and she refuses to reconsider. Barnaby and J.R. help to find the real rapist.

Director: Winrich Kolbe | Stars: Buddy Ebsen, Lee Meriwether, Mark Shera, Lynnette Mettey

Votes: 53

35. Barnaby Jones (1973–1980)
Episode: Fatal Overture (1979)

60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Betty is asked to investigate the death of an aspiring young actress after she witnesses the deceased and another couple in a heated argument at the hotel across from her own on the very same night of her death.

Director: Graeme Clifford | Stars: Buddy Ebsen, Lee Meriwether, Mark Shera, Scott Marlowe

Votes: 68

36. Barnaby Jones (1973–1980)
Episode: Girl on the Road (1979)

60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

J.R's ex-girlfriend asks him to try to convince her sister to get her act together and get away from the drug scene. At the same time a rock star's manager thinks her sister may have witnessed a murder committed by his star at a party.

Director: Kenneth Gilbert | Stars: Buddy Ebsen, Lee Meriwether, Mark Shera, Julie Hill

Votes: 60

37. Barnaby Jones (1973–1980)
Episode: Homecoming for a Dead Man (1979)

60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

While attending a sporting event Barnaby thinks he's spotted a man who robbed over $500,000 in gold from the gold exchange nearly 10 years ago. He's also believed to have died in a plane crash over the ocean while making off with the loot.

Director: Bruce Kessler | Stars: Buddy Ebsen, Lee Meriwether, Mark Shera, Ed Nelson

Votes: 61

38. Barnaby Jones (1973–1980)
Episode: Indoctrination in Evil (1979)

60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Betty goes undercover to help Barnaby, J.R. search for a missing young girl. They soon find out that what they've stumbled onto it is a white slavery racket.

Director: Leo Penn | Stars: Buddy Ebsen, Lee Meriwether, Mark Shera, Dabney Coleman

Votes: 57

39. Barnaby Jones (1973–1980)
Episode: Man on Fire (1979)

60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Barnaby grudgingly begins to suspect that an arson investigator that he has trusted for years is involved in setting fires and then ruling them as accidental in order to get a cut of the insurance money.

Director: Seymour Robbie | Stars: Buddy Ebsen, Lee Meriwether, Mark Shera, Gary Lockwood

Votes: 66

40. Barnaby Jones (1973–1980)
Episode: Master of Deception (1979)

60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A woman that is helping to develop a revolutionary new type of television set disappears without a trace, and the company that she works for asks Barnaby to find out what happened to her.

Director: Kenneth Gilbert | Stars: Buddy Ebsen, Lee Meriwether, Mark Shera, Glenn Corbett

Votes: 69

41. Barnaby Jones (1973–1980)
Episode: Nightmare in Hawaii: Part 1 (1979)

60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

J.R. flies to Maui to visit a friend and is quickly arrested for stabbing a man to death. A crime he didn't commit. Barnaby and Betty fly out to help him and discover his friend's family is involved in marijuana harvesting.

Director: Michael Caffey | Stars: Buddy Ebsen, Lee Meriwether, Mark Shera, Tim O'Connor

Votes: 63

42. Barnaby Jones (1973–1980)
Episode: Nightmare in Hawaii: Part 2 (1979)

60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

J.R. gets into deeper trouble when he escapes from jail, gets blamed for the shooting death of his friend, and then gets seriously injured in a booby-trapped marijuana field. Barnaby risks his own life in order to save him.

Director: Michael Caffey | Stars: Buddy Ebsen, Lee Meriwether, Mark Shera, Tim O'Connor

Votes: 58

43. Barnaby Jones (1973–1980)
Episode: School of Terror (1979)

60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A counselor at a Fresh Start program for kids with drug problems dies in an accident after allegedly getting high on drugs. J.R. goes undercover as his replacement to find out who has been smuggling those drugs into their school.

Director: Kenneth Gilbert | Stars: Buddy Ebsen, Lee Meriwether, Mark Shera, Ed Harris

Votes: 75

44. Barnaby Jones (1973–1980)
Episode: Target for a Wedding (1979)

60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A young man tries to coerce the niece of gold prospector(and Barnaby's goddaughter)into marrying him after he learns that she is set to inherit the property his gold mine is located on. Barnaby suspects he has murdered the uncle as well.

Director: Robert Sherman | Stars: Buddy Ebsen, Lee Meriwether, Mark Shera, Bonnie Ebsen

Votes: 65

45. Barnaby Jones (1973–1980)
Episode: Temptation (1979)

60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Barnaby and J.R. investigate a case where a material witness was murdered by the loan sharking gangster he was going to testify against. During the investigation they learn Lt. Biddle is ... See full summary »

Director: Joseph Manduke | Stars: Buddy Ebsen, Lee Meriwether, Mark Shera, Trish Stewart

Votes: 58

46. Barnaby Jones (1973–1980)
Episode: The Enslaved (1979)

60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Betty goes undercover at a rehabilitation center for substance abuse addicts to investigate a suspicious death and discovers a sinister scheme where they administer dangerous drugs that keep patients coming back.

Director: Michael Caffey | Stars: Buddy Ebsen, Lee Meriwether, Mark Shera, Edward Power

Votes: 69

47. Barnaby Jones (1973–1980)
Episode: The Medium (1979)

60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

J.R. investigates the disappearance of three women in a five week time period, and then gets involved with a psychic to help him when it looks like she might be his best chance of solving the case.

Director: Dick Lowry | Stars: Buddy Ebsen, Lee Meriwether, Mark Shera, Sarah Kennedy

Votes: 67

48. Barnaby Jones (1973–1980)
Episode: The Protectors (1979)

60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A high tech security team asks Barnaby to help them with a case in which a wealthy businessman narrowly escaped a kidnapping attempt. Together they discover it was an inside job and the objective is not kidnapping, but murder.

Director: Seymour Robbie | Stars: Buddy Ebsen, Lee Meriwether, Mark Shera, Marshall Colt

Votes: 74

49. Barnaby Jones (1973–1980)
Episode: A Dangerous Affair (1978)

60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Barnaby and J.R. investigates an insurance case that was reported as a suicide, but J.R. has a feeling that it could actually be a murder stemming from a blackmail conspiracy.

Director: Dick Lowry | Stars: Buddy Ebsen, Lee Meriwether, Mark Shera, Morgan Fairchild

Votes: 80

50. Barnaby Jones (1973–1980)
Episode: A Frame for Murder (1978)

60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Jedediah is set up on a phony rape charge and sets out to clear his name and find those responsible.

Director: Leo Penn | Stars: Buddy Ebsen, Lee Meriwether, Mark Shera, Karen Purcill

Votes: 64