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1. 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: 29,329
2. Columbo (1971–2003)
TV-PG | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Los Angeles homicide detective Lieutenant Columbo uses his humble ways and ingenuous demeanor to winkle out even the most well-concealed of crimes.
Stars: Peter Falk, Mike Lally, John Finnegan, Bruce Kirby
Votes: 42,110
3. Magnum, P.I. (1980–1988)
TV-PG | 48 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
The adventures of a Hawaii-based private investigator.
Stars: Tom Selleck, John Hillerman, Roger E. Mosley, Larry Manetti
Votes: 28,988
4. 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: 9,372
5. Hawaii Five-O (1968–1980)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The investigations of Hawaii Five-0, an elite branch of the Hawaii State Police answerable only to the governor and headed by stalwart Steve McGarrett.
Stars: Jack Lord, James MacArthur, Kam Fong, Herman Wedemeyer
Votes: 8,202
6. The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973)
R | 87 min | Horror
In 1974, Professor Lorrimer Van Helsing investigates a satanic cult on behalf of Scotland Yard, only to discover a plot by Count Dracula to commit global genocide.
Director: Alan Gibson | Stars: Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Michael Coles, William Franklyn
Votes: 6,967
7. Kojak (1973–1978)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A bald, lollipop sucking police detective with a fiery righteous attitude battles crime in his city.
Stars: Telly Savalas, Dan Frazer, Kevin Dobson, George Savalas
Votes: 8,895
8. The Equalizer (1985–1989)
TV-PG | 48 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A retired Intelligence Agent turned private detective helps various threatened clients to equalize the odds.
Stars: Edward Woodward, Keith Szarabajka, Robert Lansing, Mark Margolis
Votes: 5,936
9. Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979–1981)
TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A 20th-century astronaut emerges out of 500 years of suspended animation into a future time to become Earth's greatest hero.
Stars: Gil Gerard, Erin Gray, Felix Silla, Mel Blanc
Votes: 10,410
10. The Bionic Woman (1976–1978)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
After fully recovering from her nearly fatal bout of bionic rejection, Jaime Sommers, the first female cyborg, is assigned to spy missions of her own.
Stars: Lindsay Wagner, Richard Anderson, Martin E. Brooks, Ford Rainey
Votes: 8,192
11. Airport '77 (1977)
PG | 114 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Art thieves hijack a 747, hit fog and crash into the ocean, trapping them and the passengers under one hundred feet of water.
Director: Jerry Jameson | Stars: Jack Lemmon, Lee Grant, Joseph Cotten, Olivia de Havilland
Votes: 12,348 | Gross: $30.00M
12. Airport 1975 (1974)
PG | 107 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A 747 in flight collides with a small plane, and is rendered pilotless. Somehow the control tower must get a pilot aboard so the jet can land.
Director: Jack Smight | Stars: Charlton Heston, Karen Black, George Kennedy, Efrem Zimbalist Jr.
Votes: 11,896 | Gross: $47.29M
13. They're Playing with Fire (1984)
R | 96 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller
A buxom college professor seduces her student to make him the fall guy in her husband's inheritance scheme, but genuine romance and a masked killer complicate matters.
Director: Howard Avedis | Stars: Sybil Danning, Eric Brown, Andrew Prine, Paul Clemens
Votes: 1,314
14. Horror Express (1972)
R | 88 min | Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi
While on the Trans-Siberian Express, an anthropologist and his rival must contain the threat posed by the former's cargo: a prehistoric ape which is the host for a parasitic life-form.
Director: Eugenio Martín | Stars: Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Alberto de Mendoza, Telly Savalas
Votes: 12,797
15. B.J. and the Bear (1978–1981)
60 min | Adventure, Comedy
A trucker and his pet chimpanzee travel the highways of America, getting into various adventures and misadventures along the way.
Stars: Greg Evigan, Eric Server, Linda McCullough, Candi Brough
Votes: 2,013
16. American Experience (1987– )
TV-PG | 120 min | Documentary, Biography, History
A series showcasing documentaries on American history.
Stars: David McCullough, David Ogden Stiers, Michael Murphy, Oliver Platt
Votes: 2,207
17. Hangar 18 (1980)
PG | 97 min | Sci-Fi
After a UFO crashes in Arizona, due to a space collision with a NASA satellite launch, the U.S. government tries to cover-up the incident for political reasons.
Director: James L. Conway | Stars: Darren McGavin, Robert Vaughn, Gary Collins, James Hampton
Votes: 2,990 | Gross: $6.00M
18. Mrs. Columbo (1979–1980)
60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Mrs. Kate Columbo, wife of the famous lieutenant, solves crimes as a reporter, while raising her little daughter.
Stars: Kate Mulgrew, Henry Jones, Lili Haydn, Don Stroud
Votes: 541
19. Mortuary (1982)
R | 93 min | Horror
Convinced that her father's death was not accidental, a beautiful girl decides to investigate to find out the truth, aided by her boyfriend. Her sleuthing draws her to a local mortuary, where many secrets will be revealed.
Director: Howard Avedis | Stars: Mary Beth McDonough, David Wysocki, Bill Paxton, Lynda Day George
Votes: 2,861 | Gross: $4.32M
20. 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: 416
21. Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1982–1983)
TV-PG | 60 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
A comedy-drama series based on the classic musical film of the same name.
Stars: Richard Dean Anderson, Roger Wilson, Peter Horton, Drake Hogestyn
Votes: 359
22. The Executioner's Song (1982 TV Movie)
Unrated | 135 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
The story of Gary Gilmore, a convicted murderer who lobbied for his own execution.
Director: Lawrence Schiller | Stars: Tommy Lee Jones, Christine Lahti, Rosanna Arquette, Eli Wallach
Votes: 2,083
23. CBS Schoolbreak Special (1984–1996)
Adventure, Comedy, Drama
CBS late afternoon specials designed for middle school and high school students, dramatizing issues affecting teenagers.
Stars: Monica Calhoun, Tammy Lauren, Nick Angotti, Beau Dremann
Votes: 354
24.
Columbo (1971–2003)
Episode:
Columbo Goes to the Guillotine
(1989)
Unrated | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An egocentric psychic murders his old mentor, a magician charged to expose him as fraud, by beheading him while he's rehearsing his guillotine trick.
Director: Leo Penn | Stars: Peter Falk, Anthony Andrews, Karen Austin, James Greene
Votes: 2,287
25.
Columbo (1971–2003)
Episode:
Grand Deceptions
(1989)
TV-PG | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
After the head of a private paramilitary think tank who is embezzling funds murders a blackmailer, he has to match wits with the persistent Lieutenant Columbo.
Director: Sam Wanamaker | Stars: Peter Falk, Robert Foxworth, Andy Romano, Janet Eilber
Votes: 1,777
26. 240-Robert (1979–1981)
60 min | Adventure
The missions of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Emergency Services Detail.
Stars: John Bennett Perry, Mark Harmon, Joanna Cassidy, Peter J. Pitchess
Votes: 252
27. ABC Weekend Specials (1977–1995)
TV-Y | 30 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A youth anthology series focusing primarily on adaptations of children's literature.
Stars: Willie Tyler, Frank Welker, Hal Smith, Janet Waldo
Votes: 352
28. The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission (1988 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 100 min | Action, Adventure, War
A team of renegade soldiers in World War II tries to stop the creation of the Fourth Reich in the Middle East.
Director: Lee H. Katzin | Stars: Telly Savalas, Ernest Borgnine, Hunt Block, Matthew Burton
Votes: 1,325
29. The Four Seasons (1984)
30 min | Drama
Four couples spend four holidays together over the course of the four seasons. Based on the Alan Alda film of the same name.
Stars: Jack Weston, Tony Roberts, Marcia Rodd, Barbara Babcock
Votes: 52
30. Lady Blue (1985–1991)
TV-PG | 60 min | Drama
Katy Mahoney patrols the grittier streets of Chicago, dispatching the steamier elements before reporting to her boss Terry McNichol. Katy's intensity about her job interfered with her social life.
Stars: Jamie Rose, Danny Aiello, Ralph Foody, Ron Dean
Votes: 391
31. The Time Machine (1978 TV Movie)
99 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi
A scientist builds a machine that will enable him to travel back and forth in time, but when he puts it in motion, he gets more than he bargained for.
Director: Henning Schellerup | Stars: John Beck, Priscilla Barnes, Andrew Duggan, Rosemary DeCamp
Votes: 454
32. Child Bride of Short Creek (1981 TV Movie)
96 min | Drama
Partially based on the true events surrounding a rural religious cult in the American Midwest, and how the members' children suffered for their parents' fanaticism.
Director: Robert Michael Lewis | Stars: Christopher Atkins, Diane Lane, Conrad Bain, Kiel Martin
Votes: 353
33. The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission (1987 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 90 min | Action, War
During WW2, American General Worden orders Major Wright to pick 12 condemned soldiers from the brig and parachute into occupied France where they must destroy a Nazi nerve gas facility and extricate the foreign scientists working there.
Director: Lee H. Katzin | Stars: Telly Savalas, Ernest Borgnine, Vince Edwards, Bo Svenson
Votes: 1,226
34. Ripley's Believe It or Not! (1982–1986)
60 min | Documentary, Family, History
Strange occurrences, odd historical facts and unusual artistic and social activities are explored.
Stars: Jack Palance, Holly Palance, Cathie Shirriff, Marie Osmond
Votes: 499
35. Separate Ways (1981)
R | 92 min | Drama
A wife unhappy in her marriage begins an affair with an art student, unaware that her husband, a race driver, is also having an affair.
Director: Howard Avedis | Stars: Karen Black, Tony Lo Bianco, Arlene Golonka, Monte Markham
Votes: 268
36. Amy Prentiss (1974–1975)
120 min | Crime, Drama
When the Chief of Detectives suddenly dies, the police officer with the most seniority (who happens to be a woman) becomes the new Chief, which doesn't go down well with all of the men of the Department.
Stars: Jessica Walter, Art Metrano, Johnny Seven, Steve Sandor
Votes: 59
37. Redneck (1973)
R | 89 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Sadism and sleaze dominate this fast-paced film about the getaway aftermath of a heist-gone-wrong-turned-kidnapping.
Director: Silvio Narizzano | Stars: Franco Nero, Telly Savalas, Mark Lester, Ely Galleani
Votes: 468
38. Still the Beaver (1983 TV Movie)
120 min | Comedy
This movie reunites most of the members of the Cleaver clan, Wally, June, and of course, the Beaver. Their father Ward has passed away. Wally's married to Mary Ellen and a successful lawyer... See full summary »
Director: Steven Hilliard Stern | Stars: Barbara Billingsley, Tony Dow, Jerry Mathers, Ken Osmond
Votes: 267
39. The Dirty Dozen (1988– )
45 min | Drama, War
The show follows the World War II exploits of a group of military prisoners turned soldiers. The soldiers were led by the tough as nails Lt. Danko who assigned each squad member a place based on their abilities.
Stars: Ben Murphy, John Bradley, John D'Aquino, Mike Jolly
Votes: 196
40. Gangster Wars (1981)
121 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Three poor ghetto kids in turn-of-the-century New York City grow up to become feared gangsters.
Director: Richard C. Sarafian | Stars: Michael Nouri, Brian Benben, Joe Penny, Richard S. Castellano
Votes: 232
41. Working Stiffs (1979)
30 min | Comedy
Short lived (three weeks) slapstick comedy about Ernie and Mike who are janitors, but attempting to work their way up in a Chicago office building owned by their uncle.
Stars: Jim Belushi, Michael Keaton, Val Bisoglio, Allan Arbus
Votes: 146
42. Blade (1973)
R | 90 min | Mystery, Thriller
A homicide detective goes after a woman-hating serial killer, who uses knives to murder his victims.
Director: Ernest Pintoff | Stars: John Marley, Jon Cypher, Kathryn Walker, William Prince
Votes: 284
43. SST: Death Flight (1977 TV Movie)
89 min | Adventure, Drama
On its maiden flight, the crew of America's first supersonic transport learns that it may not be able to land, due to an act of sabotage and a deadly flu on-board.
Director: David Lowell Rich | Stars: Barbara Anderson, Bert Convy, Peter Graves, Lorne Greene
Votes: 673
44. The Return of Ironside (1993 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 89 min | Crime, Drama
Chief Ironside has just retired and is looking forward to running his vineyard with his wife. But his retirement is interrupted when his old friend and colleague Ed Brown, who is now ... See full summary »
Director: Gary Nelson | Stars: Raymond Burr, Don Galloway, Barbara Anderson, Elizabeth Baur
Votes: 214
45. A Death in California (1985)
240 min | Drama
A Beverly Hills socialite embarks on a love/hate relationship with a psychotic businessman who murdered her fiancé and then raped and terrorized her, which leads to a bizarre trial.
Stars: Cheryl Ladd, Sam Elliott, Alexis Smith, Fritz Weaver
Votes: 216
46. For Love and Honor (1983–1984)
60 min | Drama
Fort Geller Texas is training center for paratroopers with instructors China Bell and more lenient Eugene Allard molding diverse recruits into a unit. Their captain is rascist Stephen ... See full summary »
Stars: Cliff Potts, Yaphet Kotto, Shelley Smith, Gary Grubbs
Votes: 58
47. Jessie (1984)
60 min | Drama
Dr. Jessie Hayden, a female psychiatrist, is hired by a California police department to help the departmental employees as well as the victims.
Stars: Lindsay Wagner, Tony Lo Bianco, Celeste Holm, J.D. Hinton
Votes: 44
48. Murder at the World Series (1977 TV Movie)
100 min | Drama, Mystery, Sport
A disturbed young man, who had tried out for the Houston Astros baseball team and been rejected, plots to take his revenge by a series of kidnappings.
Director: Andrew V. McLaglen | Stars: Lynda Day George, Murray Hamilton, Karen Valentine, Gerald S. O'Loughlin
Votes: 109
49. Eischied (1979–1980)
60 min | Crime, Drama
The investigations of NYPD Chief of Detectives Earl Eischied.
Stars: Joe Don Baker, Alan Oppenheimer, Alan Fudge, Eddie Egan
Votes: 97
50. No Place to Hide (1981 TV Movie)
100 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Amy is the Mannings only daughter. After the death of her rich father, she lives together with her stepmother. Recently she sees a man in black following her, waiting for her in her car, ... See full summary »
Director: John Llewellyn Moxey | Stars: Mariette Hartley, Kathleen Beller, Arlen Dean Snyder, Gary Graham
Votes: 384