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1.
Starman (1986–1987)
Episode:
The Gift
(1986)
60 min | Sci-Fi
Forrester gets a letter supposedly from Forrester's mother inviting him to come home for Christmas. When he arrives she claims that she didn't send him a letter. And it seems that Forrester... See full summary »
Director: Mike Gray | Stars: Robert Hays, Christopher Daniel Barnes, Michael Cavanaugh, Jane Wyatt
Votes: 24
2.
Starman (1986–1987)
Episode:
Fatal Flaw
(1986)
60 min | Sci-Fi
Forrester and Scott decide to lay low at an airfield. He meets a woman who along with her father were designing a new plane but when he suffered a stroke she tries to do it on her own. She ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Chenault | Stars: Robert Hays, Christopher Daniel Barnes, Michael Cavanaugh, Sam Melville
Votes: 23
3.
Starman (1986–1987)
Episode:
Fever
(1986)
60 min | Sci-Fi
When Forrester gets sick he ends up in the hospital and the doctor treating him has no idea what's making him sick or how to treat it. At the same time Fox has been relieved of his duty ... See full summary »
Director: Bill Duke | Stars: Robert Hays, Christopher Daniel Barnes, Michael Cavanaugh, Marta DuBois
Votes: 19
4.
Starman (1986–1987)
Episode:
Appearances
(1987)
60 min | Sci-Fi
When a blind girl receives acid burns, Paul heals her. Unfortunately she wants her eyes healed as well.
Director: Nick Marck | Stars: Robert Hays, Christopher Daniel Barnes, Michael Cavanaugh, Don Dubbins
Votes: 16
5. North by Northwest (1959)
Approved | 136 min | Action, Adventure, Mystery
A New York City advertising executive goes on the run after being mistaken for a government agent by a group of foreign spies, and falls for a woman whose loyalties he begins to doubt.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason, Jessie Royce Landis
Votes: 345,983 | Gross: $13.28M
6.
Houston Knights (1987–1988)
Episode:
Mirrors
(1987)
90 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A Chicago cop (Pare) is sent to Houston after getting involved in an incident that catches the ire of the mob, where he is teamed with a native (Beck). And from the beginning the two of them don't get along.
Directors: Richard Lang, Gary Nelson | Stars: Michael Paré, Michael Beck, Leigh Taylor-Young, John Hancock
Votes: 100
7. 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: 10,550
8.
Starman (1986–1987)
Episode:
Best Buddies
(1986)
60 min | Sci-Fi
Encountering a couple who knew the real Paul Forrester, Paul and Scott's problems are compounded when the wife declares that she still loves Paul and wants to resume their affair.
Director: Charles S. Dubin | Stars: Robert Hays, Christopher Daniel Barnes, Michael Cavanaugh, Cliff Potts
Votes: 17
9.
Starman (1986–1987)
Episode:
Secrets
(1986)
60 min | Sci-Fi
The search for Jenny Hayden leads Paul and Scott to a mental institution where a woman may have a valuable lead for them, unless the whole thing is an elaborate trap.
Director: Bob Sweeney | Stars: Robert Hays, Christopher Daniel Barnes, Michael Cavanaugh, Lisa Blount
Votes: 17
10. The Last Picture Show (1971)
R | 118 min | Drama, Romance
In 1951, a group of high schoolers come of age in a bleak, isolated, atrophied North Texas town that is slowly dying, both culturally and economically.
Director: Peter Bogdanovich | Stars: Timothy Bottoms, Jeff Bridges, Cybill Shepherd, Ben Johnson
Votes: 52,358 | Gross: $29.13M
11.
Hill Street Blues (1981–1987)
Episode:
Larry of Arabia
(1986)
TV-14 | 47 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Frank convalesces at home. Fabian's mother tries to hit up Lucy for more money. Buntz appears on a court TV show. LaRue and Washington get in trouble when they botch a federal gun-running investigation.
Director: Christian I. Nyby II | Stars: Daniel J. Travanti, Michael Warren, Bruce Weitz, Robert Prosky
Votes: 82
12.
Starman (1986–1987)
Episode:
The Probe
(1987)
60 min | Sci-Fi
Paul falls in love with an astronomer who is having a crisis of conscious over the military's funding of her research.
Director: Mike Gray | Stars: Robert Hays, Christopher Daniel Barnes, Michael Cavanaugh, Kay Lenz
Votes: 18
13. Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter (1982 TV Movie)
135 min | Documentary, Comedy
A retrospective look at 60 years of great moments in film comedy, from the 1920s to the present.
Director: Jack Haley Jr. | Stars: Carol Burnett, Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Burt Reynolds
Votes: 61
14.
Hill Street Blues (1981–1987)
Episode:
Remembrance of Hits Past
(1986)
TV-14 | 47 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Capt. Furillo is shot on the courthouse steps, and Joyce recalls the details of their meeting and courtship. The shooter dons a cop uniform and stalks Frank in the hospital. Buntz tracks ... See full summary »
Director: Ben Bolt | Stars: Daniel J. Travanti, Michael Warren, Bruce Weitz, Robert Prosky
Votes: 85
15.
Starman (1986–1987)
Episode:
Peregrine
(1986)
60 min | Sci-Fi
Coming across an injured peregrine falcon, Paul risks his freedom to seek the help of a veterinarian.
Director: Robert Chenault | Stars: Robert Hays, Christopher Daniel Barnes, Michael Cavanaugh, Margaret Klenck
Votes: 16
16. They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969)
M | 129 min | Drama
The lives of a disparate group of contestants intertwine in an inhumanely grueling dance marathon.
Director: Sydney Pollack | Stars: Jane Fonda, Michael Sarrazin, Susannah York, Gig Young
Votes: 20,841 | Gross: $12.60M
17.
Starman (1986–1987)
Episode:
Barriers
(1987)
60 min | Sci-Fi
Paul is taken to Mexico and is held prisoner. He must escape and help a pregnant women sneak into the United States to look for the father of her child.
Director: Mike Gray | Stars: Robert Hays, Christopher Daniel Barnes, Michael Cavanaugh, Danelle Hand
Votes: 14
18.
Starman (1986–1987)
Episode:
Blue Lights
(1986)
60 min | Sci-Fi
Scott erroneously uses the sphere to make some lights appears in the sky. And when a deputy sees them and he tells everyone about it, they don't believe him. But Fox upon hearing about it heads to investigate.
Director: Claudio Guzmán | Stars: Robert Hays, Christopher Daniel Barnes, Michael Cavanaugh, Rick Hurst
Votes: 20
19.
Starman (1986–1987)
Episode:
Society's Pet
(1986)
60 min | Sci-Fi
Paul takes Scott to see his foster father's sister, a wealthy widow who has a $10,000 inheritance for the boy, but she wants to gain custody of Scott for herself, even if this requires betraying Paul to his pursuers.
Director: Claudio Guzmán | Stars: Robert Hays, Christopher Daniel Barnes, Michael Cavanaugh, Katherine Moffat
Votes: 17
20. Airplane! (1980)
PG | 88 min | Comedy
After the crew becomes sick with food poisoning, a neurotic ex-fighter pilot must safely land a commercial airplane full of passengers.
Directors: Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker | Stars: Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty, Leslie Nielsen, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Votes: 260,922 | Gross: $83.40M
21.
Starman (1986–1987)
Episode:
One for the Road
(1986)
60 min | Sci-Fi
Weary of their life on the run, Paul and Scott start to enjoy staying in one place for a while, but when Paul sees that they must move on, Scott rebels.
Director: Claudio Guzmán | Stars: Robert Hays, Christopher Daniel Barnes, Michael Cavanaugh, Robert Donner
Votes: 20
22.
Starman (1986–1987)
Episode:
The System
(1987)
60 min | Sci-Fi
When Forrester is arrested on a minor thing, an old warrant is served on him. It seems that the real Forrester took a photo of a man who was suspected of a crime which he claims he didn't ... See full summary »
Director: Bill Duke | Stars: Robert Hays, Christopher Daniel Barnes, Michael Cavanaugh, Jessica Harper
Votes: 16
23. 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: 27,931 | Gross: $3.19M
24. Sounder (1972)
G | 105 min | Drama, Family
The oldest son of a loving and strong family of black sharecroppers comes of age in the Depression-era South after his father is imprisoned for stealing food.
Director: Martin Ritt | Stars: Cicely Tyson, Paul Winfield, Kevin Hooks, Carmen Mathews
Votes: 4,823 | Gross: $3.10M
25.
Helter Skelter (1976)
Episode:
Part II
(1976)
Not Rated | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Charles Manson and his blind minions are brought to trial for murder. As prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi attempts to argue for conviction, Manson's bizarre in-court antics create chaos in the courtroom.
Director: Tom Gries | Stars: George DiCenzo, Steve Railsback, Nancy Wolfe, Marilyn Burns
Votes: 26
26. Houston Knights (1987–1988)
60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A Chicago cop is transferred to Houston where he teams up with a Texas lawman.
Stars: Michael Paré, Michael Beck, Robyn Douglass, John Hancock
Votes: 244
27. Griffin and Phoenix (1976 TV Movie)
97 min | Drama
Geoffrey Griffin who has been diagnosed with terminal cancer in his chest, meets Sarah Phoenix as they both attend a university lecture on the psychology of dying. Sarah Phoenix has got ... See full summary »
Director: Daryl Duke | Stars: Peter Falk, Jill Clayburgh, John Lehne, Dorothy Tristan
Votes: 450
28.
Starman (1986–1987)
Episode:
Like Father, Like Son
(1986)
60 min | Sci-Fi
Deciding that hitch-hiking is too inefficient a method of travel, Paul and Scott decide to buy an automobile, and after making the purchase pick up a mother and daughter who have car ... See full summary »
Director: Nancy Malone | Stars: Robert Hays, Christopher Daniel Barnes, Michael Cavanaugh, Candy Clark
Votes: 40
29. Helter Skelter (1976)
Not Rated | 97 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
The investigation and trial of the horrific Tate-LaBianca mass murders orchestrated by the psychotic pseudo-hippie cult leader, Charles Manson.
Stars: George DiCenzo, Steve Railsback, Nancy Wolfe, Marilyn Burns
Votes: 3,851
30. Fat City (1972)
PG | 96 min | Drama, Sport
Two men, working as professional boxers, come to blows when their careers each begin to take different directions.
Director: John Huston | Stars: Stacy Keach, Jeff Bridges, Susan Tyrrell, Candy Clark
Votes: 10,370
31. Summer of '42 (1971)
PG | 104 min | Drama, Romance
During his summer vacation on Nantucket Island in 1942, a youth eagerly awaiting his first sexual encounter finds himself developing an innocent love for a young woman awaiting news on her soldier husband's fate in WWII.
Director: Robert Mulligan | Stars: Jennifer O'Neill, Gary Grimes, Jerry Houser, Oliver Conant
Votes: 9,118 | Gross: $7.38M
32.
Hunter (1984–1991)
Episode:
Hard Contract
(1984)
TV-14 | 49 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Hunter & McCall make a pact of protectiveness and loyalty toward each other when she is nearly killed by her old partner after she tries to stop him from a killer-for-hire assignment.
Director: Bruce Kessler | Stars: Fred Dryer, Stepfanie Kramer, David Ackroyd, James Whitmore Jr.
Votes: 181
33.
Starman (1986–1987)
Episode:
The Return
(1986)
60 min | Sci-Fi
Photographer Paul Forrester decides to photograph an erupting volcano when he is caught in the eruption and killed. At the same time, the Starman has returned to seek Jenny Hayden and their... See full summary »
Director: Charles S. Dubin | Stars: Robert Hays, Christopher Daniel Barnes, Michael Cavanaugh, Mimi Kuzyk
Votes: 34
34. Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)
R | 90 min | Comedy, Drama
A group of Southern California high school students are enjoying their most important subjects: sex, drugs and rock n' roll.
Director: Amy Heckerling | Stars: Sean Penn, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Judge Reinhold, Robert Romanus
Votes: 115,675 | Gross: $27.09M
35. The Parallax View (1974)
R | 102 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
An ambitious reporter gets in way-over-his-head trouble while investigating a senator's assassination which leads to a vast conspiracy involving a multinational corporation behind every event in the world's headlines.
Director: Alan J. Pakula | Stars: Warren Beatty, Paula Prentiss, William Daniels, Walter McGinn
Votes: 21,759 | Gross: $2.15M
36.
Helter Skelter (1976)
Episode:
Part I
(1976)
Not Rated | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Actress Sharon Tate and seven other innocent victims have been savagely and senselessly murdered in Los Angeles in 1969. Evidence gradually points to a commune of freeloading hippies disturbingly devoted to an extreme ex-convict.
Director: Tom Gries | Stars: George DiCenzo, Steve Railsback, Nancy Wolfe, Marilyn Burns
Votes: 25
37. Farewell, My Lovely (1975)
R | 95 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Los Angeles private eye Philip Marlowe is hired by paroled convict Moose Malloy to find his girlfriend Velma, former seedy nightclub dancer.
Director: Dick Richards | Stars: Robert Mitchum, Charlotte Rampling, John Ireland, Sylvia Miles
Votes: 9,599 | Gross: $4.36M
38. Hunter (I) (1984–1991)
TV-14 | 48 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Rick Hunter is a renegade cop who bends the rules and takes justice into his own hands. Partnered with the equally stunning and rebellious Sgt. McCall, he sets out to crack down on L.A.'s slimiest criminals.
Stars: Fred Dryer, Stepfanie Kramer, Charles Hallahan, Perry Cook
Votes: 5,643
39. Heaven Can Wait (1978)
PG | 101 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
A Los Angeles Rams quarterback, accidentally taken away from his body by an overanxious angel before he was meant to die, returns to life in the body of a recently murdered millionaire.
Directors: Warren Beatty, Buck Henry | Stars: Warren Beatty, James Mason, Julie Christie, Jack Warden
Votes: 23,501 | Gross: $81.64M
40. The Day of the Locust (1975)
R | 144 min | Drama, Thriller
An art director in the 1930s falls in love and attempts to make a young woman an actress despite Hollywood who wants nothing to do with her because of her problems with an estranged man and her alcoholic father.
Director: John Schlesinger | Stars: Donald Sutherland, Karen Black, Burgess Meredith, William Atherton
Votes: 6,364 | Gross: $17.79M
41. American Hot Wax (1978)
PG | 91 min | Drama, History, Music
The story of Alan Freed, the pioneering disc jockey who was instrumental in introducing and popularizing rock 'n' roll in the 1950s.
Director: Floyd Mutrux | Stars: Tim McIntire, Fran Drescher, Jay Leno, Laraine Newman
Votes: 1,354
42. The Fixer (1968)
M | 132 min | Drama
In Czarist Russia, around 1911, a Russian-Jewish handyman, Yakov Bok (Sir Alan Bates), is wrongly imprisoned for a most unlikely crime.
Director: John Frankenheimer | Stars: Alan Bates, Dirk Bogarde, Georgia Brown, Hugh Griffith
Votes: 1,467
43. The Last Survivors (1975 TV Movie)
R | 90 min | Drama
After a passenger ship sinks, a ship's officer must decide which passengers in an overcrowded lifeboat must be sacrificed so the rest can survive an approaching typhoon.
Director: Lee H. Katzin | Stars: Martin Sheen, Diane Baker, Tom Bosley, Bruce Davison
Votes: 148
44. Starman (1986–1987)
60 min | Sci-Fi
An alien returns to Earth years after an earlier visit to reunite with his Earth son and together, they search for the alien's human wife.
Stars: Robert Hays, Christopher Daniel Barnes, Michael Cavanaugh, Patrick Culliton
Votes: 970
45. Sparkle (1976)
PG | 98 min | Drama, Music
Three sisters form a singing group in 1950s Harlem, but success threatens to ruin their relationship forever.
Director: Sam O'Steen | Stars: Philip Michael Thomas, Irene Cara, Lonette McKee, Dwan Smith
Votes: 1,882 | Gross: $4.00M
46. A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story (1978 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 96 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
Legendary ballplayer and humanitarian Lou Gehrig and his relationship with his stalwart wife, Eleanor are portrayed in this film that focuses on the Hall of Famer's life off the baseball ... See full summary »
Director: Fielder Cook | Stars: Blythe Danner, Edward Herrmann, Gerald S. O'Loughlin, Ramon Bieri
Votes: 156
47. Buck and the Preacher (1972)
GP | 102 min | Adventure, Drama, Western
A wagon master and a con-man preacher help freed slaves dogged by cheap-labor agents out West.
Directors: Sidney Poitier, Joseph Sargent | Stars: Sidney Poitier, Harry Belafonte, Ruby Dee, Cameron Mitchell
Votes: 2,685 | Gross: $3.03M
48. The Eagle and the Bear (1985 TV Movie)
PG | 73 min | Comedy, Thriller
Director: Lee H. Katzin | Stars: Jeff Allin, Sherman Howard, Deborah May, Bill Morey
Votes: 8
49.
Starman (1986–1987)
Episode:
Dusty
(1987)
60 min | Sci-Fi
While in Las Vegas Paul and Scott pick up a hitchhiker who takes off with their car. They later go to a hotel that Paul Forrester frequented and are taken in. They find the woman who they ... See full summary »
Director: Claudio Guzmán | Stars: Robert Hays, Christopher Daniel Barnes, Michael Cavanaugh, Lori Lethin
Votes: 14
50. The King of Marvin Gardens (1972)
R | 103 min | Drama
A daydreamer convinces his radio personality brother to help fund one of his get-rich-quick schemes.
Director: Bob Rafelson | Stars: Jack Nicholson, Bruce Dern, Ellen Burstyn, Julia Anne Robinson
Votes: 6,072