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51. Street of Dreams (1988 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 94 min | Action, Thriller
The film follows a laid-back private investigator Kyd Thomas who gets thrust into Hollywood's world of crime after he meets Laura Cassidy. Laura is a cocaine addict who Kyd saves from being beaten and raped.
Director: William A. Graham | Stars: Ben Masters, Morgan Fairchild, Diane Salinger, Michael Cavanaugh
Votes: 52
52. The Fatal Image (1990 TV Movie)
89 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A woman and her daughter vacationing in Paris get caught up in intrigue after being witnesses to a murder.
Director: Thomas J. Wright | Stars: Michele Lee, Justine Bateman, François Dunoyer, Jean-Pierre Cassel
Votes: 120
53. Having Babies II (1977 TV Movie)
100 min | Drama
The story of various couples who get caught up in the personal and emotional crises of birth, adoption and hospitalization, and also of the hospital and health care workers who take care of them.
Director: Richard Michaels | Stars: Tony Bill, Cliff Gorman, Carol Lynley, Lee Meriwether
Votes: 67
54. Firestorm: Last Stand at Yellowstone (2006 TV Movie)
180 min | Action, Drama
When a freakishly hot summer at Yellowstone National Park creates the perfect conditions for the largest forest fire in American History... Look out!
Director: John Lafia | Stars: Scott Foley, Richard Burgi, Tanya Allen, Brian Markinson
Votes: 256
55. Drop Dead Gorgeous (1991 TV Movie)
R | 90 min | Thriller
A hot new model takes the fashion world by storm, but things start to turn ugly when people around her begin turning up dead.
Director: Paul Lynch | Stars: Jennifer Rubin, Peter Outerbridge, Stephen Shellen, Sally Kellerman
Votes: 258
56. The National Tree (2009 TV Movie)
TV-G | 88 min | Drama
A teenager has his Sitka Spruce tree chosen to be planted outside the White House as the new national Christmas Tree.
Director: Graeme Campbell | Stars: Andrew McCarthy, Evan Williams, Kari Matchett, Paula Brancati
Votes: 642
57. Scorned and Swindled (1984 TV Movie)
120 min | Drama
A man seduces women to get their money. He has plenty of success, but this time he has met his match.
Director: Paul Wendkos | Stars: Tuesday Weld, Keith Carradine, Peter Coyote, Sheree North
Votes: 73
58. Ski Lift to Death (1978 TV Movie)
100 min | Drama
A sports promoter tries to matchmake for a pair of ski champions and as a result, they end up trapped in a derailed ski-lift car, along with a gangster and the hitman sent to kill him.
Director: William Wiard | Stars: Deborah Raffin, Charles Frank, Don Galloway, Gail Strickland
Votes: 89
59. Charlie & Me (2008 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 88 min | Drama, Family
When her beloved grandfather Charlie suddenly falls ill, twelve year-old Casey finds herself making some life or death decisions - and learning to live with the consequences.
Director: David Weaver | Stars: Jordy Benattar, Tom Bosley, Lara Jean Chorostecki, Daniel Fleming
Votes: 252
60. Deadly Isolation (2005 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 90 min | Crime, Romance, Thriller
Crafty Patrick Carlson and his violent accomplice Kyle Mumford have hidden in the woods up north for months after pulling off a major diamonds robbery in San Fracisco. They hoped to collect... See full summary »
Director: Rodney Gibbons | Stars: Sherilyn Fenn, Nicholas Lea, Andreas Apergis, Marcel Jeannin
Votes: 364
61. Winner Take All (1975 TV Movie)
97 min | Drama
An average American housewife who is addicted to gambling gradually destroys her "ideal" suburban life and that of her family.
Director: Paul Bogart | Stars: Shirley Jones, Laurence Luckinbill, Sam Groom, Joyce Van Patten
Votes: 115
62. Betrayal (1974 TV Movie)
Unrated | 74 min | Drama, Thriller
A lonely widow hires a young woman as her companion. What she doesn't know is that the woman and her boyfriend are extortionists, who are planning on making her their next victim, then killing her when they get her money.
Director: Gordon Hessler | Stars: Amanda Blake, Tisha Sterling, Dick Haymes, Sam Groom
Votes: 104
63. Letters from Frank (1979 TV Movie)
100 min | Drama
When aging newspaper editor Frank Miller (Art Carney) is fired after decades of service and replaced by a computer, he cannot take this fate quietly. Frank becomes enraged and starts ... See full summary »
Director: Edward Parone | Stars: Art Carney, Maureen Stapleton, Mike Farrell, Gail Strickland
Votes: 60
64. Found Money (1983 TV Movie)
100 min | Comedy
Max and Sam, disillusioned with people's day-to-day callousness toward each other, and angered by a pension-stealing bank, invent The Invisible Friend, Inc. The intention was to reward kind acts, but things rarely turn out as planned.
Director: Bill Persky | Stars: Sid Caesar, Tony Devon, Michael Earl, Ron Frazier
Votes: 48
65. Thompson's Last Run (1986 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 93 min | Drama
A hardened con (Robert Mitchum) being transferred from a federal penitentiary to a Texas institution to finish a life sentence as a habitual criminal is freed at gunpoint by his niece (... See full summary »
Director: Jerrold Freedman | Stars: Robert Mitchum, Wilford Brimley, Kathleen York, Guy Boyd
Votes: 191
66. Having Babies III (1978 TV Movie)
100 min | Drama
Dr. Julie Farr presides over three impending births and cannot help but get involved in the lives of her troubled patients.
Director: Jackie Cooper | Stars: Kathleen Beller, Patty Duke, Phil Foster, Dennis Howard
Votes: 33
67. Silent Witness: What a Child Saw (1993)
Not Rated | 80 min | Crime, Drama
A prosecutor tracks a gang murder to a Los Angeles youth who could name his own brother.
Director: Bruce Pittman | Stars: Mia Korf, Clark Johnson, Richard Chevolleau, Richard Yearwood
Votes: 102
68. Hollywood High (1977)
30 min | Comedy
Stars: Annie Potts, Dick O'Neill, Beverly Sanders, Janet Wood
69. Secrets (1977 TV Movie)
100 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
A young woman trapped in an unhappy marriage goes from affair to affair in her search for the "secret" to happiness.
Director: Paul Wendkos | Stars: Susan Blakely, Roy Thinnes, Joanne Linville, John Randolph
Votes: 34
70. Murder at the Mardi Gras (1978 TV Movie)
100 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Director: Ken Annakin | Stars: Barbi Benton, James Borders, Didi Conn, David Dahlgren
Votes: 38
71. The Steel Collar Man (1985 TV Movie)
60 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
An android soldier and its creator are on the run from the government (which it was created for and wants to destroy it), and find help from a truck driver with whom they help people.
Director: James Frawley | Stars: Charles Rocket, Dorian Lopinto, Hoyt Axton, Chuck Connors
Votes: 27
72. Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons (1995)
46 min | Documentary
From the A&E "Biography" series, a review of the birth, development and cinematic history of Betty Boop, the flapper cartoon character who has been a popular icon since the 1930s.
Stars: Eddie Borden, Irène Bordoni, Clara Bow, Leslie Cabarga
Votes: 39
73. Regression (II) (2012)
42 min | Short, Adventure, Drama
It happened three months ago. The Blackout. All the world's electronics stopped working: cell phones, televisions, computers... everything-- and no one knows why. However, one man is willing to risk it all to find out.
Director: Randy Troy | Stars: Joseph Veltre, Charles Dumas, Daren Donofrio, Chenjerai Kumanyika
Votes: 6
74. Caesars 24/7 (2005– )
Documentary
Stars: Sloan Bella, Kimberley Buchanan, Eryn Korby, Larry Johnson
Votes: 18
75. With This Ring (1978 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 91 min | Comedy, Drama
Writer Terence Mulcahy has crafted a send-up of weddings with an all-star cast.
Director: James Sheldon | Stars: Tony Bill, Tom Bosley, Diana Canova, Barbara Cason
Votes: 46
76. Steeletown (1979 TV Movie)
60 min
Director: Robert L. Collins | Stars: Bibi Besch, Michael Biehn, Kraig Cassity, Frank Converse
Votes: 43
77. 22 Willowbrook (2018)
14 min | Short, Mystery, Thriller
A search and rescue team's mission implodes when the search uncovers the chilling truth behind their identities.
Director: Kristina Trirogoff | Stars: Frank Bucci, David 'Shark' Fralick, Jon Hooper, Kenn Hughes
78. Runamuk (1978 TV Movie)
60 min | Comedy
Sketch comedy pilot with multiple efforts presented as series comedy.
Director: Tom Greene | Stars: Kurt Fuller, Ralph Lucas, Ivana Chubbuck, Robert Starr
79. Change Up (2002)
46 min | Documentary, Drama, Family
From the Dominican Republic come two teenage baseball players, best friends, competing against each other to live the American Dream.
Directors: Loren Mendell, Tiller Russell | Stars: Alex Sosa, Rafael Rodríguez, Margarita Durán, César Rodríguez
Votes: 38
80. Stolen Life (2012)
13 min | Short, Action, Drama
When their drop-out friend owes money to some dangerous people, Vin and Joe are forced to steal cars and do whatever they can to save his life. Though they are running close to the wire, ... See full summary »
Director: Brian Giallorenzo | Stars: Emily Dabney, Anthony DeSanctis, Jack Holtz, Matt MacMurchy
81. Rivals (1995)
46 min | Biography
Director: Jon Crowley | Stars: Sara Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Gregory W. Mank, Gerald McRaney
Votes: 12
82. The Bureau (1976 TV Movie)
30 min | Comedy
Director: Hy Averback | Stars: Stanley Brock, Beeson Carroll, Henry Gibson, Richard Gilliland
83. The Hidden Secrets of Magic (1996 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 50 min | Documentary
THE HIDDEN SECRETS OF MAGIC is a one hour special that tells the story and secrets of the magical feats that have gained legendary status worldwide.
Director: Alan Carter | Star: Robert Urich
85. Bearing the Torch: Politics & the Olympics (1996 TV Movie)
120 min | Documentary
Director: Jeff Scheftel | Stars: John Carlos, Jimmy Carter, Gina Hemphill-Strachan, Henry Kissinger
87.
Cutter to Houston (1983)
Episode:
Pilot
(1983)
60 min | Drama
Directors: Richard Michaels, Sandor Stern | Stars: Jim Metzler, Alec Baldwin, Shelley Hack, K Callan
88.
Biography (1987– )
Episode:
Alexander Graham Bell: Voice of Invention
(1996)
TV-14 | 44 min | Documentary, Biography, History
His drive to help his deaf mother communicate led to one of the most important inventions of the 20th century.
Stars: Jack Perkins, Alexander Graham Bell, Robert V. Bruce, Edwin S. Grosvenor
Votes: 112
89.
Biography (1987– )
Episode:
Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons
(1987)
TV-14 | 46 min | Documentary, Biography, History
She first appeared on screen with the body of a woman and the head of a dog! Re-invented as 100% woman, the racy cartoon star became an American icon.
Stars: Max Fleischer, Richard Fleischer, Peter Graves, Mark Langer
Votes: 33
90.
Biography (1987– )
Episode:
Conrad Hilton: Innkeeper to the World
(1996)
TV-14 | 45 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Explore the rags-to-riches life of the Texas shopkeeper's son who built a billion-dollar hotel empire from the ground up, and became a high-society fixture.
Stars: Peter Graves, Cathleen Baird, Fidel Castro, Gregory Dillon
Votes: 99
91.
Biography (1987– )
Episode:
J. Pierpont Morgan: Emperor of Wall Street
(1996)
TV-Y | 50 min | Documentary, Biography, History
From his rise to power to his legendary battles with Theodore Roosevelt, this is the complete story of the legendary financier who twice saved the nation.
Director: Bill Harris | Stars: Jack Perkins, Ron Chernow, Henry P. Davison II, Eugene Gaddis
Votes: 119
92.
Biography (1987– )
Episode:
Richard Pryor: Comic on the Edge
(1996)
TV-14 | 60 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Hilarious clips from his classic performances and a sobering interview with Pryor himself capture the genius and pathos of the revolutionary comic.
Stars: Richard Pryor, Mel Watkins, Manny Roth, Ron De Blasio
Votes: 107
93.
Cutter to Houston (1983)
Episode:
In the Eye of the Hurricane
(1983)
Drama
Director: Kevin Hooks | Stars: Jim Metzler, Alec Baldwin, Shelley Hack, K Callan
94.
Felicity (1998–2002)
Episode:
Hello, I Must Be Going
(2000)
TV-14 | 42 min | Drama, Romance
Ben's mother tells him that his father has been missing for several days.
Director: Lou Antonio | Stars: Keri Russell, Scott Speedman, Amy Jo Johnson, Tangi Miller
Votes: 74
95.
Modern Marvels (1993– )
Episode:
Brooklyn Bridge
(1995)
TV-14 | 46 min | Documentary, History
First-hand accounts and extensive archival footage bring the struggle to create the world's first suspension bridge to life.
Stars: Earl Boen, John Manbeck, Kristian Roebling, Harlan Saperstein
Votes: 33
96.
Modern Marvels (1993– )
Episode:
Paving America
(1995)
TV-PG | Documentary, History
Examining construction of the national highway system, from its conception in 1912 to completion in 1984.
Stars: Mike Acott, Matthew J. Amorello, Mitch Call, Ernest Crosby
Votes: 28
97.
Modern Marvels (1993– )
Episode:
Transcontinental Railroads
(1997)
TV-14 | Documentary, History
In the 1860s, two rival workforces attempted what many deemed impossible: to link the vast American continent with a transcontinental rail line. Men of vision - and men of greed - took on ... See full summary »
Star: Harlan Saperstein
Votes: 11
98.
Modern Marvels (1993– )
Episode:
The Motion Picture
(1999)
TV-PG | Documentary, History
The struggles of Thomas Edison and others to create motion pictures.
Star: Harlan Saperstein
Votes: 13
99.
Biography (1987– )
Episode:
Mary Tyler Moore: All American-Girl
(1995)
TV-14 | Documentary, Biography, History
Director: Jeff Scheftel | Stars: Mary Tyler Moore, Peter Graves, Carl Reiner, Dick Van Dyke
Votes: 99
100.
The Mystery of Natalie Wood (2004)
Episode:
Part 1
(2004)
Biography, Drama, Mystery
Director: Peter Bogdanovich | Stars: Justine Waddell, Michael Weatherly, Matthew Settle, Colin Friels