Sort by Number of Votes - Most Rated Movies and TV Shows With Steve Meek

1. Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

PG | 124 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

After the Rebel Alliance are overpowered by the Empire, Luke Skywalker begins his Jedi training with Yoda, while his friends are pursued across the galaxy by Darth Vader and bounty hunter Boba Fett.

Director: Irvin Kershner | Stars: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams

Votes: 1,381,102 | Gross: $290.48M

2. Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)

PG | 131 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

After rescuing Han Solo from Jabba the Hutt, the Rebel Alliance attempt to destroy the second Death Star, while Luke struggles to help Darth Vader back from the dark side.

Director: Richard Marquand | Stars: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams

Votes: 1,122,418 | Gross: $309.13M

3. The Meaning of Life (1983)

R | 107 min | Comedy, Musical

The comedy team takes a look at life in all of its stages in their own uniquely silly way.

Director: Terry Jones | Stars: John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones

Votes: 125,373 | Gross: $14.93M

4. Man of the Year (2006)

PG-13 | 115 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A comedian who hosts a news satire program decides to run for president, and a computerized voting machine malfunction gets him elected.

Director: Barry Levinson | Stars: Robin Williams, Laura Linney, Lewis Black, Christopher Walken

Votes: 35,196 | Gross: $37.44M

5. Outland (1981)

R | 109 min | Action, Crime, Sci-Fi

A federal marshal stationed at a mining colony on the Jupiter moon of Io uncovers a drug-smuggling conspiracy. He gets no help from the workers or authorities when he finds himself marked for murder.

Director: Peter Hyams | Stars: Sean Connery, Frances Sternhagen, Peter Boyle, James Sikking

Votes: 32,379 | Gross: $17.37M

6. The Last Detail (1973)

R | 104 min | Comedy, Drama

Two Navy men are ordered to bring a young offender to prison, but decide to show him one last good time along the way.

Director: Hal Ashby | Stars: Jack Nicholson, Randy Quaid, Otis Young, Clifton James

Votes: 28,006 | Gross: $3.19M

7. Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978)

PG | 99 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

To prove that he still is strong and powerful, Philippe Douvier decides to kill Clouseau. Once news of his "death" has been announced, Clouseau tries to take advantage of it and goes undercover with Cato to find out who tried to kill him.

Director: Blake Edwards | Stars: Peter Sellers, Herbert Lom, Burt Kwouk, Dyan Cannon

Votes: 23,268

8. Silver Streak (1976)

PG | 114 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

On a long-distance train trip, a man finds romance but also finds himself in danger of being killed, or at least pushed off the train.

Director: Arthur Hiller | Stars: Gene Wilder, Richard Pryor, Jill Clayburgh, Patrick McGoohan

Votes: 21,737

9. The Great Muppet Caper (1981)

G | 97 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime

Kermit the Frog, The Great Gonzo, and Fozzie Bear are reporters who travel to Britain to interview a rich victim of jewel thieves and help her along with her secretary, Miss Piggy.

Director: Jim Henson | Stars: Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Dave Goelz, Jerry Nelson

Votes: 16,738 | Gross: $31.21M

10. The Paper Chase (1973)

PG | 113 min | Comedy, Drama

A first-year law student at Harvard Law School struggles with balancing his coursework and a woman, unaware that she has a connection that affects their relationship.

Director: James Bridges | Stars: Timothy Bottoms, Lindsay Wagner, John Houseman, Graham Beckel

Votes: 8,698 | Gross: $1.85M

11. Yellowbeard (1983)

PG | 96 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

After serving two decades in prison, Yellowbeard (Graham Chapman) breaks out determined to recover the treasure that he buried so long ago, alongside his son, old crew, and the British Navy.

Director: Mel Damski | Stars: Graham Chapman, Peter Boyle, Cheech Marin, Tommy Chong

Votes: 8,549 | Gross: $4.30M

12. Doing Time (1979)

93 min | Comedy, Crime

Fletcher is ordered to arrange a prisoner vs celebrity football game, unaware it's a diversion for an escape. Fletcher and cellmate Lennie accidentally discover the plan and must break back into prison to avoid punishment.

Director: Dick Clement | Stars: Ronnie Barker, Richard Beckinsale, Fulton Mackay, Brian Wilde

Votes: 3,394

13. Minder (1979–1994)

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

Roguish comedy drama following the misadventures of small-time crook Arthur Daley. Can his ex-boxer bodyguard Terry stay level-headed whilst working for the King of Dodgy Deals?

Stars: George Cole, Glynn Edwards, Dennis Waterman, Gary Webster

Votes: 2,837

14. Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? (1978)

PG | 112 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

One by one, the greatest Chefs in Europe are being killed. Each chef murdered in the same manner that their own special dish is prepared in. Food critics and the (many) self-proclaimed greatest Chefs in Europe demand the mystery be solved.

Director: Ted Kotcheff | Stars: George Segal, Jacqueline Bisset, Robert Morley, Jean-Pierre Cassel

Votes: 2,608

15. International Velvet (1978)

PG | 127 min | Drama, Family, Sport

Velvet's orphaned niece Sarah follows her dream of Olympic glory with her horse Arizona Pie.

Director: Bryan Forbes | Stars: Tatum O'Neal, Christopher Plummer, Anthony Hopkins, Nanette Newman

Votes: 1,639

16. Privates on Parade (1983)

R | 107 min | Comedy, Drama, War

The members of S.A.D.U.S.E.A. (Song and Dance Unit South East Asia) fall in and out of love while trying to dodge Malayan Communist bullets in the late 1940s. Not only that, they have to ... See full summary »

Director: Michael Blakemore | Stars: Patrick Pearson, Michael Elphick, Joe Melia, John Standing

Votes: 994

17. Return of the Saint (1978–1979)

TV-PG | 60 min | Adventure, Crime

This series chronicles the swashbuckling exploits of Simon Templar, a modern-day Robin Hood of sorts.

Stars: Ian Ogilvy, Gayle Hunnicutt, Stratford Johns, Derren Nesbitt

Votes: 583

18. It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time (1975)

PG | 90 min | Comedy

Sweeney, a divorced man, is willing to do anything, even kidnapping, to win back his wife. He stands a fair chance as the ex-mates continue to sleep together, despite the fact that she's ... See full summary »

Director: John Trent | Stars: Anthony Newley, Stefanie Powers, Isaac Hayes, Lloyd Bochner

Votes: 395

19. Twice in a Lifetime (1999–2001)

TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, Fantasy, History

Prematurely deceased people are given the opportunity to correct something that went wrong in their lives and thus change them for the better.

Stars: Al Waxman, Gordie Brown, Paul Popowich, Kim Schraner

Votes: 345

20. Players (1979)

PG | 120 min | Drama, Romance, Sport

A rising tennis star falls for an older woman engaged with a wealthy man she doesn't love. Will he become the next John McEnroe? Will she choose love over financial security?

Director: Anthony Harvey | Stars: Ali MacGraw, Dean Paul Martin, Maximilian Schell, Pancho González

Votes: 324

21. Minder (1979–1994)
Episode: Dead Men Do Tell Tales (1982)

TV-14 | 47 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Monty Wiseman, a dodgy travel agent, pays Terry to collect a coffin from the airport and store it at Arthur's lock-up. It soon becomes clear that something very fishy is going on when a ... See full summary »

Director: Robert Young | Stars: Dennis Waterman, George Cole, Harry Fowler, Patricia Maynard

Votes: 84

22. Nancy Astor (1982)

55 min | Biography, Drama

Virginia-born Lady Astor is the first woman to sit in the Westminster Parliament. Her outspokenness in unpopular causes leaves her open to heartbreak, both public and private.

Stars: Lisa Harrow, Lise Hilboldt, James Fox, Dan O'Herlihy

Votes: 75

23. Return of the Saint (1978–1979)
Episode: Collision Course: The Sixth Man (1979)

TV-PG | 49 min | Adventure, Crime

The Saint saves Annabelle from the bull-ring but she is adamant that she knows nothing about the gold bullion robbery. Having survived an attempt to murder him - in which a policeman is ... See full summary »

Director: Cyril Frankel | Stars: Ian Ogilvy, Gayle Hunnicutt, Stratford Johns, Derren Nesbitt

Votes: 44

24. The Waterloo Bridge Handicap (1978)

21 min | Comedy, Short

A commuter's race to catch a rush-hour train, narrated in the style of a horse race.

Director: Ross Cramer | Stars: Leonard Rossiter, Lynda Bellingham, Tricia George, Patricia Hodge

Votes: 43

25. Only God Knows (1974)

93 min | Comedy

The sponsors of a drug-rehabilitation center stage a robbery to maintain funding of the facility, but the loot turns out to be syndicate-owned.

Director: Peter Pearson | Stars: Gordon Pinsent, John Beck, Paul Hecht, Tisa Farrow

Votes: 25

26. The Collaborators (1973–1974)

60 min | Crime

The forensic scientists who worked with the police were called "The Collaborators". Detective Sgt. Jim Brewer relies on the research of scientists, Dr. Charles Erickson and his assistant Liz Roman.

Stars: Lawrence Benedict, Toby Tarnow, Leslie Carlson, Robert Warner

Votes: 11

27. Twice in a Lifetime (1999–2001)
Episode: Final Flight (2001)

TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, Fantasy, History

Commercial airline pilot Captain Luke Sellars has a successful career but an unfulfilled personal life. He is on his second marriage to an ex-flight attendant named Connie and does not have... See full summary »

Director: Bruce Pittman | Stars: Paul Popowich, Al Waxman, John Schneider, Charmion King

Votes: 11

28. Nancy Astor (1982)
Episode: The Gentleman from Boston (1982)

Biography, Drama

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Director: Richard Stroud | Stars: Lisa Harrow, Dan O'Herlihy, Sylvia Syms, Pierce Brosnan

29. The Collaborators (1973–1974)
Episode: Night Into Mourning (1974)

Crime

Brewer is summoned to investigate a murder in an auto-wrecking yard.

Stars: Michael Kane, Lawrence Benedict, Leslie Carlson, Paul Harding