Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows With Phil Sauers

1. Gidget (1965–1966)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy

Gidget is a bright, winsome fifteen-and-a-half year old California teenager.

Stars: Sally Field, Don Porter, Lynette Winter, Pete Duel

Votes: 1,795

2. Bikini Beach (1964)

Passed | 99 min | Comedy, Music, Romance

A millionaire sets out to prove his theory that his pet chimpanzee is as intelligent as the teenagers who hang out on the local beach, where he is intending to build a retirement home.

Director: William Asher | Stars: Frankie Avalon, Annette Funicello, Martha Hyer, Don Rickles

Votes: 1,759

3. Taking Woodstock (2009)

R | 120 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

A man working at his parents' motel in the Catskills inadvertently sets in motion the generation-defining concert in the summer of 1969.

Director: Ang Lee | Stars: Demetri Martin, Henry Goodman, Edward Hibbert, Imelda Staunton

Votes: 30,014 | Gross: $7.44M

4. Beach Blanket Bingo (1965)

Unrated | 98 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

Frankie, DeeDee, and the gang meet singing sensation Sugar Kane in a publicity stunt; they all get introduced to skydiving and get caught up in love.

Director: William Asher | Stars: Frankie Avalon, Annette Funicello, Deborah Walley, Harvey Lembeck

Votes: 3,156

5. Wild on the Beach (1965)

77 min | Comedy

Adam Miller and Lee Sullivan both lay claim to a beach house for student boarders. Problems arise when both boys and girls show up to live there.

Director: Maury Dexter | Stars: Frankie Randall, Sherry Jackson, Gayle Caldwell, Jackie Miller

Votes: 228

6. How to Stuff a Wild Bikini (1965)

Not Rated | 93 min | Comedy, Musical

Frankie, on naval-reserve duty in Tahiti, doesn't trust Dee Dee to stay faithful, so he hires Bwana, a witch doctor, to help. Bwana conjures up a floating bikini, "stuffs" it with Cassandra... See full summary »

Director: William Asher | Stars: Annette Funicello, Dwayne Hickman, Brian Donlevy, Harvey Lembeck

Votes: 1,633

7. To Tell the Truth (1969–1978)

30 min | Family, Game-Show

Five-day-a-week syndicated revival of one of Goodson-Todman's most durable and longest-lived formats: A celebrity panel determines which of three contestants is the actual person associated with a given story.

Stars: Garry Moore, Bill Cullen, Kitty Carlisle, Peggy Cass

Votes: 249

8. Ride the Wild Surf (1964)

TV-G | 101 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport

Fabian and Shelley Fabares are among the '60s stars surfing their way to paradise along the famous beaches on Hawaii's North Shore.

Directors: Don Taylor, Phil Karlson | Stars: Fabian, Shelley Fabares, Peter Brown, Barbara Eden

Votes: 802

9. Muscle Beach Party (1964)

Not Rated | 95 min | Comedy, Musical

Local beach-goers find that their beach has been taken over by a businessman training a stable of body builders.

Director: William Asher | Stars: Frankie Avalon, Annette Funicello, Luciana Paluzzi, John Ashley

Votes: 1,772

10. Beach Ball (1965)

Not Rated | 83 min | Comedy, Musical

Edd Byrnes tries to get an ethnic-music-studies grant to buy instruments for his rock and roll group, the Wigglers. College-finance-committee members Chris Noel, Gail Gilmore, Mikki Jameson... See full summary »

Director: Lennie Weinrib | Stars: Edd Byrnes, Chris Noel, Robert Logan, Aron Kincaid

Votes: 198

11. Supercapitalist (2012)

Not Rated | 102 min | Thriller

A maverick New York hedge fund trader with uncanny analytic abilities moves to Hong Kong and orchestrates a mega-deal that swiftly escalates beyond his control.

Director: Simon Yin | Stars: Linus Roache, Derek Ting, Darren E. Scott, Kathy Uyen

Votes: 1,155 | Gross: $0.01M

12. Rooted in Peace (2016)

88 min | Documentary

ROOTED in PEACE challenges viewers to examine their values as Americans and human beings. Today we are at war within ourselves, with our environment, and with the world. Director and award-winning filmmaker Greg Reitman invites viewers on a film journey to take notice of the world we live in, proactively seek ways to find personal and ecological peace, and stop the cycle of violence.

Director: Greg Reitman | Stars: Pete Seeger, Deepak Chopra, Desmond Tutu, David Lynch

Votes: 41

13. The Water's Edge (I) (2012)

Short, Drama, Sport

A tight knit group of friends struggle to find a friend who is now living on the streets.

Director: David Sauers | Stars: Paul Lindsey, Derek Grauer, Todd Maris, Kevin Vilensky

Votes: 12

14. Gidget (1965–1966)
Episode: A Hard Night's Night (1966)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy

When Russ goes out of town Gidget finds herself unknowingly sharing the house with her father's friend.

Director: Don Porter | Stars: Sally Field, Don Porter, Lynette Winter, Joseph Mell

Votes: 58

15. Gidget (1965–1966)
Episode: A Hearse, a Hearse, My Kingdom for a Hearse (1965)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy

Determined to have her own car, Gidget signs a deal with an untrustworthy man and, much to the irritation of her father and classmates, signs up for mechanics in school.

Director: William Asher | Stars: Sally Field, Don Porter, James Davidson, Herbert Ellis

Votes: 70

16. Gidget (1965–1966)
Episode: All the Best Diseases Are Taken (1965)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy

When protest singer Billy Roy Soames comes to town, Gidget gets inspired by his activism. In her own twist, Gidget and Larue get Billy Roy involved in a protest to lower unfair movie ticket prices.

Director: E.W. Swackhamer | Stars: Sally Field, Don Porter, Pete Duel, Lynette Winter

Votes: 45

17. Gidget (1965–1966)
Episode: Chivalry Isn't Dead (1965)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy

After a talk with her Dad, Gidget decides that her boyfriend, Mark, needs to learn a little chivalry. Gidget and her girlfriends all gather at her house for a pajama party to teach all their boyfriends a lesson.

Director: E.W. Swackhamer | Stars: Sally Field, Don Porter, Lynette Winter, Beverly Washburn

Votes: 57

18. Gidget (1965–1966)
Episode: Daddy Come Home (1965)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy

Convinced by his daughter to visit the beach, Russell there becomes infatuated with Sally Combs. Gidget is very worried when he starts dating the woman.

Director: William Asher | Stars: Sally Field, Don Porter, Betty Conner, Pete Duel

Votes: 50

19. Gidget (1965–1966)
Episode: Don't Defrost the Alligator (1966)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy

Gidget freezes the dead pet alligator of the little boy next door neighbor. Gidget's sister makes a frozen dinner. Confusion ensues.

Director: Jerrold Bernstein | Stars: Sally Field, Don Porter, Betty Conner, Pete Duel

Votes: 47

20. Gidget (1965–1966)
Episode: Gidget Gadget (1965)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy

Feeling neglected by her husband, Anne leaves John. Gidget attempts to bring them back together by signing them up for dancing lessons she has won. However, things don't go the way she planned.

Director: E.W. Swackhamer | Stars: Sally Field, Don Porter, Betty Conner, Pete Duel

Votes: 54

21. Gidget (1965–1966)
Episode: Gidget Is a Proper Noun (1965)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy

Gidget feels that her teacher Hardy treats her tougher than the other students because she is the daughter of an English professor. She comes up with a scheme, which soon backfires.

Director: Oscar Rudolph | Stars: Sally Field, Don Porter, Betty Conner, Pete Duel

Votes: 57

22. Gidget (1965–1966)
Episode: Gidget's Career (1966)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy

Larue starts playing the guitar and Gidget ends up fronting the band.

Director: E.W. Swackhamer | Stars: Sally Field, Don Porter, Lynette Winter, Betty Conner

Votes: 52

23. Gidget (1965–1966)
Episode: Gidget's Foreign Policy (1965)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy

Inge, a Swedish college student, stays with the Lawrence's until the dorms open. She changes from meek to wild and steals all the boys - especially Gidget's boyfriend Mark. Gidget fumes until Inga's fiancé Gunnar shows up.

Director: Jerrold Bernstein | Stars: Sally Field, Don Porter, Lynette Winter, Robert Random

Votes: 54

24. Gidget (1965–1966)
Episode: I Have This Friend Who... (1966)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy

Gidget and her boyfriend are joined on all of their dates by his lonely father.

Director: Christopher Cary | Stars: Sally Field, Don Porter, Pete Duel, Betty Conner

Votes: 45

25. Gidget (1965–1966)
Episode: I Love You, I Love You, I Love You, I Think (1966)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy

Gidget has a crush on an older surf bum she meets at the beach. All is fine until it turns out he's her new math teacher.

Director: William Asher | Stars: Sally Field, Don Porter, Lynette Winter, Tom Gilleran

Votes: 50

26. Gidget (1965–1966)
Episode: Image Scrimmage (1965)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy

Gidget falls for Larue's sophisticated New Yorker cousin Roger Haimes. Frustrated by Roger treating her as if she were a child, she starts acting as mature as possible.

Director: William Asher | Stars: Sally Field, Don Porter, Betty Conner, Pete Duel

Votes: 48

27. Gidget (1965–1966)
Episode: In God, and Nobody Else, We Trust (1965)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy

Gidget is unable to find a date for the upcoming luau and convinces her brother-in-law John to accompany her. John tries to fit in with the teenagers, but his behavior puts them off.

Director: William Asher | Stars: Sally Field, Don Porter, Betty Conner, Pete Duel

Votes: 66

28. Gidget (1965–1966)
Episode: Independence: Gidget Style (1966)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy

Gidget gets a job at the new teenage nightclub to pay for a birthday present for her Dad. Unfortunately the family suspects that she is working at someplace a little racier.

Director: Bruce Bilson | Stars: Sally Field, Don Porter, Lynette Winter, Betty Conner

Votes: 49

29. Gidget (1965–1966)
Episode: Is It Love or Symbiosis? (1965)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy

Feeling her sister isn't ladylike enough, Anne convinces Russell to enroll Gidget in a girls' school in France. Gidget, thinking her father wants back his freedom, pretends she's fine with the decision.

Director: E.W. Swackhamer | Stars: Sally Field, Don Porter, Betty Conner, Pete Duel

Votes: 49

30. Gidget (1965–1966)
Episode: Like Voodoo (1966)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy

After Gidget's surfboard is stolen she is cursed by the gypsy who is trying to sell it.

Director: E.W. Swackhamer | Stars: Sally Field, Don Porter, Lynette Winter, Betty Conner

Votes: 45

31. Gidget (1965–1966)
Episode: Love and the Single Gidget (1966)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy

While her father is out of town Gidget goes to a surfing tournament with her sister and brother-in-law's blessing. They don't quite trust her though and hire a guy to keep tabs on Gidget.

Director: Hal Cooper | Stars: Sally Field, Don Porter, Lynette Winter, Betty Conner

Votes: 43

32. Gidget (1965–1966)
Episode: My Ever Faithful Friend (1965)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy

After Larue gets put down by a girl at the beach, Gidget decides Larue needs a make-over. Larue is more interested in an old horse that she wants to buy. Russ tries to help, and Gidget thinks her friend and her Dad are an item.

Director: Gene Reynolds | Stars: Sally Field, Don Porter, Lynette Winter, Betty Conner

Votes: 56

33. Gidget (1965–1966)
Episode: Now There's a Face (1965)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy

Gidget becomes the inspiration for photography student Tom Brighton. All goes well until Gidget realizes that she wants to be more than his model.

Director: E.W. Swackhamer | Stars: Sally Field, Don Porter, Lynette Winter, Betty Conner

Votes: 55

34. Gidget (1965–1966)
Episode: The Great Kahuna (1965)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy

Gidget falls for surfer legend Kahuna and even convinces her father to have him invited over. She soon finds out that Kahuna is, when not on the beach, not that interesting.

Director: William Asher | Stars: Sally Field, Don Porter, Betty Conner, Pete Duel

Votes: 67

35. Gidget (1965–1966)
Episode: The War Between Men, Women and Gidget (1965)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy

A battle for a new surfing beach causes problems between Gidget and her boyfriend Brett. Gidget uses medical subterfuge to get him back from her rival Patty.

Director: E.W. Swackhamer | Stars: Sally Field, Don Porter, Lynette Winter, Randy Kirby

Votes: 48

36. To Tell the Truth (1969–1978)
Episode: Episode dated 19 June 1975 (1975)

Family, Game-Show

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Stars: Garry Moore, Orson Bean, Kitty Carlisle, Peggy Cass