Sort by Number of Votes - Most Rated Movies and TV Shows With Gardner Doolittle

1. Fright Night (1985)

R | 106 min | Horror

"Fright Night" sees a teenager believing that the newcomer in his neighborhood is a vampire. He turns to an actor in a television hosted horror movie show for help to deal with the undead.

Director: Tom Holland | Stars: Chris Sarandon, William Ragsdale, Amanda Bearse, Roddy McDowall

Votes: 78,698 | Gross: $24.92M

2. The Return of the Living Dead (1985)

R | 91 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi

When two bumbling employees at a medical supply warehouse accidentally release a deadly gas into the air, the vapors cause the dead to rise again as zombies.

Director: Dan O'Bannon | Stars: Clu Gulager, James Karen, Don Calfa, Thom Mathews

Votes: 68,955 | Gross: $14.24M

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: 28,966

4. The Wizard (1989)

PG | 100 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

A boy and his brother run away from home and hitch cross-country, with help from a girl they meet, to compete in the ultimate video-game championship.

Director: Todd Holland | Stars: Fred Savage, Luke Edwards, Jenny Lewis, Vince Trankina

Votes: 16,559 | Gross: $14.28M

5. Mac and Me (1988)

PG | 99 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family

An alien trying to escape from NASA is befriended by a wheelchair-bound boy.

Director: Stewart Raffill | Stars: Christine Ebersole, Jonathan Ward, Tina Caspary, Lauren Stanley

Votes: 14,527 | Gross: $6.42M

6. Miracle Mile (1988)

R | 87 min | Action, Drama, Romance

A young man hears a chance phone call telling him that a nuclear war has started and missiles will hit his city in 70 minutes.

Director: Steve De Jarnatt | Stars: Anthony Edwards, Mare Winningham, John Agar, Lou Hancock

Votes: 12,377 | Gross: $1.15M

7. The Ice Pirates (1984)

PG | 94 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

In a distant future scarce of water, space pirates get caught after stealing ice from a spaceship. They are sold to a princess looking for her dad. He might have found a planet abundant with water.

Director: Stewart Raffill | Stars: Robert Urich, Mary Crosby, Michael D. Roberts, Anjelica Huston

Votes: 11,849 | Gross: $14.26M

8. Hill Street Blues (1981–1987)

TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The lives and work of the staff of an inner city police precinct.

Stars: Daniel J. Travanti, Michael Warren, Bruce Weitz, James Sikking

Votes: 10,577

9. Remington Steele (1982–1987)

TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

The cases of a female private detective partnered with a former thief who assumes the role of a fictitious detective in the business.

Stars: Stephanie Zimbalist, Pierce Brosnan, Doris Roberts, James Read

Votes: 9,986

10. Private Resort (1985)

R | 82 min | Comedy

Two adolescent boys, staying at a Florida resort, are captivated by chasing girls, but their fate holds more surprises.

Director: George Bowers | Stars: Rob Morrow, Johnny Depp, Emily Longstreth, Karyn O'Bryan

Votes: 9,236 | Gross: $0.33M

11. L.A. Law (1986–1994)

TV-PG | 46 min | Drama

The lives and work of the staff of a major Los Angeles law firm.

Stars: Corbin Bernsen, Jill Eikenberry, Alan Rachins, Michael Tucker

Votes: 6,476

12. 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: 5,219

13. Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1983–1987)

TV-14 | 60 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance

The adventures of a housewife and a spy, with whom she fell in love.

Stars: Kate Jackson, Bruce Boxleitner, Beverly Garland, Mel Stewart

Votes: 3,820

14. The Private Eyes (1980)

PG | 91 min | Comedy, Mystery

Scotland Yard sends a goofy pair to check on foul play at a mansion outside 1920s London.

Director: Lang Elliott | Stars: Tim Conway, Don Knotts, Trisha Noble, Bernard Fox

Votes: 3,620 | Gross: $18.01M

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: 2,010

16. Programmed to Kill (1987)

R | 91 min | Action, Sci-Fi

A Lebanese female terrorist is badly injured during an American mercenary operation in Beirut. She's transported back to the US, experimentally operated on, and turned into a cyborg killing machine.

Directors: Allan Holzman, Robert Short | Stars: Robert Ginty, Sandahl Bergman, James Booth, Alex Courtney

Votes: 545

17. Magnum, P.I. (1980–1988)
Episode: Adelaide (1981)

Not Rated | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

A woman hires Magnum to protect "Norman," a prized show horse who may be kidnapped.

Director: Lawrence Doheny | Stars: Tom Selleck, John Hillerman, Roger E. Mosley, Larry Manetti

Votes: 456

18. The Jigsaw Murders (1989)

R | 98 min | Action, Crime, Mystery

A dedicated middle-aged cop must find the serial killer that preys on erotic models before his estranged daughter who's also in the photo shoot business becomes the killer's next victim.

Director: Jag Mundhra | Stars: Chad Everett, Michelle Johnson, Michael Sabatino, Yaphet Kotto

Votes: 326

19. Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1983–1987)
Episode: The First Time (1983)

TV-PG | 47 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance

At a train station Amanda King runs into Lee Stetson, a man carrying an important package. On the run, he asks a reluctant Amanda to give it to "the man in the red hat" for him. Unable to do so she takes it home to unforeseen consequences.

Directors: Burt Brinckerhoff, Rod Holcomb | Stars: Kate Jackson, Bruce Boxleitner, Beverly Garland, Mel Stewart

Votes: 324

20. Catch the Heat (1987)

R | 87 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

A cop goes undercover in to infiltrate a drug ring as Cinderella Pu, a Chinese dancer with a unique martial arts style. An agent, who is actually at the center of the ring, is attracted by Pu and claims he can make her a star.

Director: Joel Silberg | Stars: Tiana Alexandra-Silliphant, David Dukes, Rod Steiger, Brian Thompson

Votes: 311

21. Remington Steele (1982–1987)
Episode: Signed, Steeled and Delivered (1982)

TV-PG | 49 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

A mild mannered information retrieval agent who is about to be married, asks the help of the Remington Steele Agency when it appears that the CIA is attempting to kill him.

Director: Robert Butler | Stars: Stephanie Zimbalist, Pierce Brosnan, James Read, Janet DeMay

Votes: 206

22. Outlaws (1986–1987)

60 min | Crime, Sci-Fi, Western

Five cowboys are sent forward in time from 1899 to 1986, where they start their own detective agency.

Stars: Rod Taylor, William Lucking, Charles Napier, Patrick Houser

Votes: 170

23. Defense Play (1988)

PG | 88 min | Action, Drama

Professor Vandemeer works on a secret project for the US-Air-Force called DART: a very small helicopter for scouting and defense. When he gets killed, Colonel Denton gets under suspicion. ... See full summary »

Director: Monte Markham | Stars: David Oliver, Susan Ursitti, Monte Markham, Eric Gilliom

Votes: 156

24. Remington Steele (1982–1987)
Episode: Beg, Borrow or Steele (1986)

TV-PG | 49 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Laura and Steele come back from a weekend trip and discover that everyone thinks they have been murdered. The motive is as puzzling as the suspects, which include Mildred, a nun, a loan shark, and five horse jockeys.

Director: Kevin Inch | Stars: Stephanie Zimbalist, Pierce Brosnan, Doris Roberts, Gary Frank

Votes: 107

25. Hill Street Blues (1981–1987)
Episode: Midway to What? (1983)

TV-14 | 49 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Bobby represents the Hill in a police boxing match against Al Simmons. Belker books a paraplegic for spray painting his car, only to find out the guy did it because the car was parked in a ... See full summary »

Director: Thomas Carter | Stars: Daniel J. Travanti, Michael Conrad, Michael Warren, Bruce Weitz

Votes: 100

26. Outlaws (1986–1987)
Episode: Outlaws (1986)

PG | 97 min | Crime, Sci-Fi, Western

Five time-tossed 1890's cowboys find themselves in the 1980's and start a detective agency.

Director: Peter Werner | Stars: Rod Taylor, William Lucking, Charles Napier, Patrick Houser

Votes: 98

27. Eyewitness to Murder (1989)

R | 105 min | Thriller

A beautiful artist stumbles onto a murder just as the killer is leaving. After he levels a brutal blow to her head, she wakes up blind, and the only witness to the murder. Now in the ... See full summary »

Director: Jag Mundhra | Stars: Andrew Stevens, Adrian Zmed, Sherilyn Wolter, Karen Elise Baldwin

Votes: 95

28. Hill Street Blues (1981–1987)
Episode: Goodbye, Mr. Scripps (1983)

TV-14 | 49 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Chief Daniels' campaign for mayor hits a turning point. Members of the precinct attend the funeral of the boy who was accidentally shot by Perez. Furillo consoles Perez and his family. Hill... See full summary »

Director: Corey Allen | Stars: Daniel J. Travanti, Michael Conrad, Michael Warren, Bruce Weitz

Votes: 95

29. Hill Street Blues (1981–1987)
Episode: The Long Law of the Arm (1983)

TV-14 | 46 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Benjamin Fisk is taken hostage by Hector Ruiz while staying in a ghetto to boost his campaign. Mahoney continues his crusade against the cops of Hill Street. Bobby is giving away his prize money and losing friends with his new attitude.

Director: Alexander Singer | Stars: Daniel J. Travanti, Michael Conrad, Michael Warren, Bruce Weitz

Votes: 95

30. Remington Steele (1982–1987)
Episode: Steele Alive and Kicking (1986)

TV-PG | 49 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

A terminally ill man deliberately framed himself in a case so that his soon-to-be widow would collect the reward for his capture. But then he gets cured of his disease, and faced with life ... See full summary »

Director: Stan Lathan | Stars: Stephanie Zimbalist, Pierce Brosnan, Doris Roberts, Donovan Scott

Votes: 83

31. L.A. Law (1986–1994)
Episode: The House of the Rising Flan (1986)

TV-PG | 48 min | Drama

Victor suffers through a dinner with the Brackmans when they want him to romance (and marry) their Hispanic maid who is threatened with deportation. Meanwhile, Markowitz finds himself in ... See full summary »

Director: E.W. Swackhamer | Stars: Harry Hamlin, Susan Dey, Corbin Bernsen, Jill Eikenberry

Votes: 82

32. Streets of Justice (1985 TV Movie)

120 min | Crime, Thriller

After bikers kill the wife and son of an auto worker (John Laughlin) and then get off with a light sentence in the court system, he decides to seek his revenge as a clandestine vigilante.

Director: Christopher Crowe | Stars: John Laughlin, Robert Loggia, Lance Henriksen, Jack Thibeau

Votes: 62

33. St. Elsewhere (1982–1988)
Episode: Fathers and Sons (1985)

TV-PG | Comedy, Drama

Luther goes out on his first day of paramedic training; Craig is reunited with his estranged son and new wife; Westphall alienates the hospital staff after being back for only one day.

Director: Mark Tinker | Stars: Ed Flanders, Norman Lloyd, Ed Begley Jr., Stephen Furst

Votes: 52

34. St. Elsewhere (1982–1988)
Episode: Remembrance of Things Past (1985)

TV-PG | Comedy, Drama

Auschlander and Craig have trouble dealing with the resignation of Westphall; a mentally ill amnesia patient gets mistaken for the chairman of the Residency Review Committee; Chandler and Morrison have a falling out over Vietnam.

Director: Bruce Paltrow | Stars: Ed Flanders, Norman Lloyd, Ed Begley Jr., Stephen Furst

Votes: 47

35. St. Elsewhere (1982–1988)
Episode: The Naked and the Dead (1985)

TV-PG | Comedy, Drama

The Craigs prepare for Stephen's funeral; Caldwell's sexual indiscretions lead to a practical joke being played on him; Westphall tries to sell the hospital board on increasing funding for ... See full summary »

Director: Leo Penn | Stars: Ed Flanders, Norman Lloyd, Ed Begley Jr., Stephen Furst

Votes: 46

36. Legmen (1984)

60 min | Action, Crime, Drama

The cases of two college students who moonlight as a bail bondsman's investigators.

Stars: Bruce Greenwood, John Terlesky, Don Calfa, Claude Akins

Votes: 45

37. The Legend: The Bessie Coleman Story (2018)

108 min | Documentary

In 1921, aviation pioneer Bessie Coleman arose from the poverty of the Texas cotton fields to capture the hearts of the Black population of America.

Director: Gardner Doolittle | Stars: Aneva Walker, Bessie Coleman

Votes: 41

38. B.J. and the Bear (1978–1981)
Episode: B.J. and the Seven Lady Truckers: Part 2 (1981)

60 min | Adventure, Comedy

B.J. and his convoy of lady truckers trek to San Francisco. Captain Grant declares war on B.J. and Bear Enterprises, establishing the conflict that will span this third and final season.

Director: Christian I. Nyby II | Stars: Greg Evigan, Candi Brough, Randi Brough, Sheila Wills

Votes: 15

39. Hitchcock: il brividio del genio (1985 TV Movie)

120 min | Documentary

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Directors: Francesco Bortolini, Claudio Masenza | Stars: Judith Anderson, Anne Baxter, Joan Fontaine, Farley Granger

Votes: 14

40. B.J. and the Bear (1978–1981)
Episode: The Fast and the Furious: Part 1 (1981)

60 min | Adventure, Comedy

Captain Grant and Trans Cal Trucking's new strongman Cooley conspire to put Bear Enterprises out of business, aided and abetted by a stranger with a secret.

Director: Christian I. Nyby II | Stars: Greg Evigan, Candi Brough, Randi Brough, Sheila Wills

Votes: 12

41. B.J. and the Bear (1978–1981)
Episode: B.J. And the Seven Lady Truckers: Part 1 (1981)

60 min | Adventure, Comedy

B.J. relocates to California and assembles a team of lady truckers to run a lucrative load from Los Angeles to San Francisco. But B.J.'s operation threatens to derail the gravy trains of ... See full summary »

Director: Christian I. Nyby II | Stars: Greg Evigan, Candi Brough, Randi Brough, Sheila Wills

Votes: 11

42. B.J. and the Bear (1978–1981)
Episode: The Two Million Dollar Hustle (1981)

60 min | Adventure, Comedy

B.J. enlists an unlikely ally in his effort to bring down Rutherford T. Grant after the crooked captain frames a bank robbery on Samantha, Stacks and Angie. Final episode of the series.

Director: David G. Phinney | Stars: Greg Evigan, Candi Brough, Randi Brough, Sheila Wills

Votes: 11

43. B.J. and the Bear (1978–1981)
Episode: The Fast and the Furious: Part 2 (1981)

60 min | Adventure, Comedy

B.J. and Cooley race their trucks from Oakland to L.A., with the prize being a lucrative shipping contract. With so much depending on a McKay victory, will B.J. and the seven lady truckers find the time to right a wrong along the way?

Director: Christian I. Nyby II | Stars: Greg Evigan, Candi Brough, Randi Brough, Sheila Wills

Votes: 9

44. B.J. and the Bear (1978–1981)
Episode: A Bear in the Hand (1981)

60 min | Adventure, Comedy

Captain Grant and Lt. Steiger set a match to a powder-keg when they abduct B.J.'s best friend Bear. B.J. and the lady truckers wage war against SCAT just when Grant is trying to woo appropriations funding from an influential state senator.

Director: Christian I. Nyby II | Stars: Greg Evigan, Candi Brough, Randi Brough, Sheila Wills

Votes: 9

45. B.J. and the Bear (1978–1981)
Episode: Blond in a Gilded Cell (1981)

60 min | Adventure, Comedy

An eccentric pop singer kidnaps beautiful blonde groupies and imprisons them in his mansion. When Stacks disappears, B.J. goes undercover as a singer to find and free her.

Director: Christian I. Nyby II | Stars: Greg Evigan, Candi Brough, Randi Brough, Sheila Wills

Votes: 9

46. B.J. and the Bear (1978–1981)
Episode: S.T.U.N.T. (1981)

60 min | Adventure, Comedy

B.J., Callie and Stacks help B.J.'s old friend Steven Thomas Ulysses Nathaniel Travis complete the filming of his television pilot. Buster Crabbe is outstanding as an aging stuntman with a secret.

Director: Daniel Haller | Stars: Greg Evigan, Candi Brough, Randi Brough, Sheila Wills

Votes: 8

47. B.J. and the Bear (1978–1981)
Episode: Seven Lady Captives (1981)

60 min | Adventure, Comedy

When the seven lady truckers are kidnapped to drug kingpin Leonard Marker's San Pepe compound, B.J., Fred and Hatsie Tipton and a very unlikely ally team up to rescue them.

Director: Christian I. Nyby II | Stars: Greg Evigan, Candi Brough, Randi Brough, Sheila Wills

Votes: 8

48. Wings of a Warrior: The Jimmy Doolittle Story (2013)

83 min | Documentary

The life story of legendary flying pioneer and Congressional Medal of Honor winner, Jimmy Doolittle. Famed flyer Charles Lindberg, considered Doolittle the greatest flyer that ever climbed ... See full summary »

Director: Gardner Doolittle | Star: Gardner Doolittle

49. Legmen (1984)
Episode: How the Other Half Dies (1984)

Action, Crime, Drama

Jack and David hope to gain credibility with a new employer (Claude Akins) by proving foul play in a swimming pool death.

Director: Allen Reisner | Stars: Claude Akins, Jonathan Banks, Ivan Bonar, Brooke Bundy

50. Legmen (1984)
Episode: I Shall Be Re-Released (1984)

Action, Crime, Drama

The boys are sent on an errand that brings them to a prison. While there a convict escapes and uses the boys in his escape. So in order to prove that they were not his accomplices, they have to find him.

Director: Jeffrey Hayden | Stars: Allison Argo, James Avery, Frank Bonner, David S. Cass Sr.