Sort by IMDb Rating - Highest Rated Movies and TV Shows With Susan Cooper

1. The Dollmaker (1984 TV Movie)

142 min | Drama

7.5

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.5/10 X

During WWII, a hard-luck farmer leaves rural home for a big city factory job. Gertie, his woodcarver wife reluctantly joins. City life and reckless spending leave them in dire straits, so Gertie carves handmade dolls to support her family.

Director: Daniel Petrie | Stars: Jane Fonda, Levon Helm, Amanda Plummer, Susan Kingsley

Votes: 975

2. To Dance with the White Dog (1993 TV Movie)

PG | 100 min | Drama

7.3

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.3/10 X

An unusual love story in which a strange white dog appears and helps Sam Peek, a Georgia tree farmer, cope with the loss of his wife, Cora. Stars Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy. From the Hallmark Hall of Fame Collection.

Director: Glenn Jordan | Stars: Hume Cronyn, Jessica Tandy, Christine Baranski, Terry Beaver

Votes: 683

3. Jackanory (1965–1996)

15 min | Family, Fantasy

7.1

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A celebrity reads a story, enhancing it in ways that will entice the most restless of children.

Stars: Bernard Cribbins, Kenneth Williams, Martin Jarvis, John Grant

Votes: 422

4. Shadows (1975–1978)

30 min | Family, Horror

6.9

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.9/10 X

Anthology series of scary stories for children.

Stars: Neville Barber, Gwyneth Strong, George Waring, Jenny Agutter

Votes: 121

5. Foxfire (1987 TV Movie)

PG | 100 min | Drama

6.7

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Annie Nations and her husband Hector loved their life together in the Blue Ridge Mountains, but when Hector dies, Annie has to decide if she can handle the wilderness on her own.

Director: Jud Taylor | Stars: Jessica Tandy, Hume Cronyn, John Denver, Gary Grubbs

Votes: 442

6. Shadows (1975–1978)
Episode: Dark Encounter (1976)

Family, Horror

6.7

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A middle-aged Londoner returns to the remote village that sheltered him as a child from the London blitz. He realizes that he's afraid of the woods around the village, but can't remember why.

Director: Leon Thau | Stars: Alex Scott, Shelagh Fraser, Brian Glover, Hugh Morton

Votes: 34

7. A Promise to Keep (1990 TV Movie)

100 min | Drama, Music

6.5

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Fact-based story about a low-income couple (Delany, Russ) with three children who fight for the right to raise four orphaned brothers.

Director: Rod Holcomb | Stars: Dana Delany, William Russ, Adam Arkin, Frances Fisher

Votes: 92

8. Jewel (2001 TV Movie)

120 min | Drama

6.4

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.4/10 X

In the 1940s a 40-year-old woman with four healthy children gives birth to a girl with Down syndrome.

Director: Paul Shapiro | Stars: Farrah Fawcett, Patrick Bergin, Cicely Tyson, Ashley Wolfe

Votes: 403

9. The Nutcracker (1993)

G | 92 min | Family, Fantasy, Music

5.8

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On Christmas Eve, a little girl named Marie falls asleep after a party at her house and dreams of a fantastic world where toys become larger than life.

Director: Emile Ardolino | Stars: Darci Kistler, Damian Woetzel, Kyra Nichols, Wendy Whelan

Votes: 2,445 | Gross: $2.12M

10. The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising (2007)

PG | 99 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

4.8

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38 Metascore

A boy's life is turned upside down when he learns that he is the last of a group of immortal warriors who have dedicated their lives to fighting the forces of the dark.

Director: David L. Cunningham | Stars: Alexander Ludwig, Ian McShane, Christopher Eccleston, Frances Conroy

Votes: 15,858 | Gross: $8.79M