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1. Eleanor and Franklin (1976)
Episode: Episode #1.2 (1976)

Biography, Drama, Romance

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Director: Daniel Petrie | Stars: David Huffman, Mackenzie Phillips, Lilia Skala, Ed Flanders

Votes: 9

2. Eleanor and Franklin (1976)
Episode: Episode #1.1 (1976)

200 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

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Director: Daniel Petrie | Stars: David Huffman, Mackenzie Phillips, Lilia Skala, Ed Flanders

Votes: 8

3. Eleanor and Franklin (1976)

203 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

The story of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, from early youth to his election as President of the United States, as told from Eleanor's point of view.

Stars: David Huffman, Mackenzie Phillips, Lilia Skala, Ed Flanders

Votes: 387

4. Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years (1977 TV Movie)

155 min | Biography, Drama

The story of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt during their 12-year stay at the White House.

Director: Daniel Petrie | Stars: Jane Alexander, Edward Herrmann, Priscilla Pointer, Walter McGinn

Votes: 344

5. The Gathering (1977 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 94 min | Drama

A dying father pulls his torn family back together for a last Christmas.

Director: Randal Kleiser | Stars: Edward Asner, Maureen Stapleton, Rebecca Balding, Sarah Cunningham

Votes: 811

6. Missing (1982)

PG | 122 min | Biography, Drama, History

When an idealistic American writer disappears during the Chilean coup d'état in September 1973, his wife and father try to find him.

Director: Costa-Gavras | Stars: Jack Lemmon, Sissy Spacek, Melanie Mayron, John Shea

Votes: 23,402 | Gross: $14.00M

7. Snip (1976)

30 min | Comedy

In order to re-unite with his ex-wife, a man becomes a beautician at her salon.

Stars: David Brenner, Lesley Ann Warren, Bebe Drake, Hope Summers

Votes: 9

8. Coal Miner's Daughter (1980)

PG | 124 min | Biography, Drama, Music

The fictionalized life of singer Loretta Lynn, a girl who rose from humble beginnings to become a country music star in the 1960s/70s.

Director: Michael Apted | Stars: Sissy Spacek, Tommy Lee Jones, Levon Helm, Phyllis Boyens

Votes: 20,532 | Gross: $67.18M

9. ABC Afterschool Specials (1972–1997)

60 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

A teen drama anthology that often touched on social issues of the day.

Stars: Lance Kerwin, Samaria Graham, Mara Hobel, Alexa Kenin

Votes: 1,266

10. A Family Thing (1996)

PG-13 | 109 min | Comedy, Drama

When an old woman dies, she leaves a note for her apparent son (Robert Duvall) which tells him that his biological mother died giving birth to him. She begs him to make peace with his half-brother (James Earl Jones) living in Chicago.

Director: Richard Pearce | Stars: Robert Duvall, James Earl Jones, Michael Beach, Irma P. Hall

Votes: 4,179 | Gross: $10.12M

11. ABC Afterschool Specials (1972–1997)
Episode: Dear Lovey Hart: I Am Desperate (1976)

46 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

Teenage girl reluctantly takes on an advice column for her school newspaper.

Director: Larry Elikann | Stars: Susan Lawrence, Meegan King, Barbara Timko, Elyssa Davalos

Votes: 47

12. Murphy's Romance (1985)

PG-13 | 107 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Emma moves to a ranch with her son after a divorce and befriends the older Murphy, but things turn complicated when her ex shows up.

Director: Martin Ritt | Stars: Sally Field, James Garner, Brian Kerwin, Corey Haim

Votes: 7,070 | Gross: $30.76M

13. Wrestling Ernest Hemingway (1993)

PG-13 | 123 min | Drama, Romance

Two lonely, retired septuagenarians, an unkempt, hard-drinking Irish sea captain, and a fussy, well-mannered Cuban barber form an uneasy friendship.

Director: Randa Haines | Stars: Robert Duvall, Richard Harris, Shirley MacLaine, Sandra Bullock

Votes: 3,334 | Gross: $0.23M

14. Cross Creek (1983)

PG | 127 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

In the 1930s, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings moves to Florida's backwaters to write in peace. She feels bothered by affectionate men, editor and confused neighbors, but soon she connects and writes The Yearling, a classic of American literature.

Director: Martin Ritt | Stars: Mary Steenburgen, Rip Torn, Peter Coyote, Dana Hill

Votes: 2,046 | Gross: $0.20M

15. The Doctor (1991)

PG-13 | 122 min | Drama

When a self-centered doctor is diagnosed with cancer, he becomes better able to empathize with his patients and appreciate a life outside his career.

Director: Randa Haines | Stars: William Hurt, Christine Lahti, Elizabeth Perkins, Mandy Patinkin

Votes: 5,925 | Gross: $38.12M

16. When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder? (1979)

R | 118 min | Drama

Teddy, a troubled Vietnam veteran, has his car break down near a Texas roadside diner. He goes inside and subjects the diners to physical and mental torture.

Director: Milton Katselas | Stars: Candy Clark, Marjoe Gortner, Stephanie Faracy, Dixie Harris

Votes: 498

17. Don't Let Go (2002)

R | 87 min | Drama

Scott Wilson plays Jimmy Ray in this movie. He's a rockabilly star who's a legend both because of his great hits and because he gave up music very young when his brother was killed. Now, ... See full summary »

Director: Max Myers | Stars: Scott Wilson, Katharine Ross, Brad Hawkins, Levi Kreis

Votes: 73

18. Titanic (1996)
Episode: Part 2 (1996)

PG-13 | 86 min | Action, Drama, History

The saga of the R.M.S. Titanic is one "If only the designers, builders and owners hadn't bought into the myth of her being unsinkable. If only the chairman of the White Star Line hadn't ... See full summary »

Director: Robert Lieberman | Stars: Peter Gallagher, George C. Scott, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Eva Marie Saint

Votes: 46

19. Raggedy Man (1981)

R | 94 min | Drama

A divorcee with two sons has an affair with a young sailor passing through her Texas town in 1944.

Director: Jack Fisk | Stars: Sissy Spacek, Eric Roberts, Sam Shepard, William Sanderson

Votes: 1,834 | Gross: $1.98M

20. Marie (1985)

PG-13 | 112 min | Biography, Drama

A political appointee risks her job and her life to expose corruption.

Director: Roger Donaldson | Stars: Sissy Spacek, Jeff Daniels, Keith Szarabajka, Morgan Freeman

Votes: 1,026 | Gross: $2.51M

21. Reflections of Murder (1974 TV Movie)

100 min | Horror, Thriller, Mystery

The wife and mistress of the abusive headmaster of a boy's school plot and carry out his murder. They dump his body in the murky swimming pool at the school and await for it to surface. ... See full summary »

Director: John Badham | Stars: Tuesday Weld, Joan Hackett, Sam Waterston, Lucille Benson

Votes: 379

22. Nuts (1987)

R | 116 min | Drama, Thriller

A high-class call girl accused of murder fights for the right to stand trial rather than be declared mentally incompetent.

Director: Martin Ritt | Stars: Barbra Streisand, Richard Dreyfuss, Maureen Stapleton, Karl Malden

Votes: 7,600 | Gross: $30.95M

23. Mary White (1977 TV Movie)

TV-G | 102 min | Drama

The true story of the relationship between famed author William Allen White and his teenaged daughter Mary, who died in a horseback-riding accident at age 16, and the powerful effect the tragedy had on the life of her father.

Director: Jud Taylor | Stars: Ed Flanders, Fionnula Flanagan, Tim Matheson, Donald Moffat

Votes: 143

24. Fire in the Sky (1993)

PG-13 | 109 min | Biography, Drama, Fantasy

An Arizona logger mysteriously disappears for five days in an alleged encounter with a flying saucer in 1975. His co-workers endure ridicule and contempt as they are wrongly accused of murder.

Director: Robert Lieberman | Stars: D.B. Sweeney, Robert Patrick, Craig Sheffer, Peter Berg

Votes: 28,482 | Gross: $20.10M

25. Weekend at Bernie's (1989)

PG-13 | 97 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime

Two idiots try to pretend that their murdered employer is really alive, leading the hitman to attempt to track him down to finish him off.

Director: Ted Kotcheff | Stars: Andrew McCarthy, Jonathan Silverman, Catherine Mary Stewart, Terry Kiser

Votes: 62,993 | Gross: $30.22M

26. The River (1984)

PG-13 | 124 min | Drama

A farming family battles severe storms, while taking a valiant stand against a bank foreclosure and a powerful land grabber.

Director: Mark Rydell | Stars: Mel Gibson, Sissy Spacek, Shane Bailey, Becky Jo Lynch

Votes: 7,743 | Gross: $11.49M

27. Stay Tuned (1992)

PG | 88 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy

A husband and wife are sucked into a hellish television set and must survive the gauntlet of twisted versions of shows in which they find themselves.

Director: Peter Hyams | Stars: John Ritter, Pam Dawber, Jeffrey Jones, David Tom

Votes: 14,241 | Gross: $10.74M

28. Betrayed (1988)

R | 127 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

An FBI agent posing as a combine driver becomes romantically involved with a Midwest farmer who lives a double life as a white supremacist.

Director: Costa-Gavras | Stars: Debra Winger, Tom Berenger, John Heard, Betsy Blair

Votes: 7,020 | Gross: $25.82M

29. True Confessions (1981)

R | 108 min | Crime, Drama

A worldly ambitious monsignor clashes with his older brother, a cynical Los Angeles homicide detective who is investigating the brutal murder of a young prostitute.

Director: Ulu Grosbard | Stars: Robert De Niro, Robert Duvall, Charles Durning, Kenneth McMillan

Votes: 8,873 | Gross: $10.20M

30. The Perfect Tribute (1991 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 100 min | Drama

This is a period piece about how Lincoln came to write the Gettysburg Address. It's fictionalized to show the points of view of both North & South, and unlike most Civil War films, it ... See full summary »

Director: Jack Bender | Stars: Jason Robards, Lukas Haas, Campbell Scott, Katherine Helmond

Votes: 131

31. Blown Away (1994)

R | 121 min | Action, Crime, Drama

An Irish bomber escapes from prison and targets a member of the Boston bomb squad.

Director: Stephen Hopkins | Stars: Jeff Bridges, Tommy Lee Jones, Suzy Amis, Lloyd Bridges

Votes: 33,728 | Gross: $30.16M

32. Harlem Nights (1989)

R | 116 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

During the 1930s, a New York City illegal gambling house owner and his associates must deal with strong competition, gangsters, and corrupt cops in order to stay in business.

Director: Eddie Murphy | Stars: Eddie Murphy, Richard Pryor, Redd Foxx, Danny Aiello

Votes: 24,819 | Gross: $60.86M

33. Cheech and Chong's Next Movie (1980)

R | 99 min | Comedy, Crime

Cheech and Chong live in a decrepit old house and drive their neighbour crazy with their loud music, weed smoking and general anarchy and slacker view on life. Then Chong meets Cheech's Texan cousin Red and things kick up a notch.

Director: Tommy Chong | Stars: Cheech Marin, Tommy Chong, Evelyn Guerrero, Betty Kennedy

Votes: 14,974 | Gross: $41.68M

34. Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992)

PG-13 | 99 min | Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi

After a freak accident, a company executive turns completely invisible, goes on the run and becomes hunted by a treacherous CIA official, whilst trying to cope with his new reality.

Director: John Carpenter | Stars: Chevy Chase, Daryl Hannah, Sam Neill, Michael McKean

Votes: 26,994 | Gross: $14.36M

35. Foolin' Around (1980)

PG | 111 min | Comedy, Romance, Sport

A working-class boy falls for a girl from a wealthy family, and must compete for her with a rich boy who also wants her.

Director: Richard T. Heffron | Stars: Gary Busey, Annette O'Toole, John Calvin, Eddie Albert

Votes: 527

36. It Happened One Christmas (1977 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 109 min | Comedy, Fantasy

In the spirit of "It's a Wonderful Life" (1946), a young woman must give up her dream and remain in her small hometown as head of her family's Building and Loan business.

Director: Donald Wrye | Stars: Marlo Thomas, Orson Welles, Wayne Rogers, Cloris Leachman

Votes: 1,019

37. Species (1995)

R | 108 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi

A group of scientists try to track down and trap a killer alien seductress before she successfully mates with a human.

Director: Roger Donaldson | Stars: Natasha Henstridge, Michael Madsen, Ben Kingsley, Alfred Molina

Votes: 85,348 | Gross: $60.07M

38. Dance with Me (1998)

PG | 126 min | Drama, Music, Romance

Rafael Infante (Chayanne) comes to Houston from Cuba to work at John Burnett's (Kris Kristofferson's) dance studio. He meets Ruby Sinclair (Vanessa Williams), a cute dance instructor there. Chemistry? Will John know he's Rafael's dad?

Director: Randa Haines | Stars: Vanessa Williams, Chayanne, Kris Kristofferson, Joan Plowright

Votes: 6,885 | Gross: $15.81M

39. Swing Shift (1984)

PG | 100 min | Drama, Romance, War

A woman finds romance when she takes a job at an aircraft plant to help make ends meet after her husband goes off to war.

Director: Jonathan Demme | Stars: Goldie Hawn, Kurt Russell, Christine Lahti, Fred Ward

Votes: 5,408 | Gross: $6.65M

40. Titanic (1996)

PG-13 | 87 min | Action, Drama, History

The story of the 1912 sinking of the largest luxury liner ever built, the tragedy that befell over two thousand of the rich and famous as well as of the poor and unknown passengers aboard the doomed ship.

Stars: Peter Gallagher, George C. Scott, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Eva Marie Saint

Votes: 4,683

41. Irreconcilable Differences (1984)

PG | 113 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Alternating between the past and the present, a precocious little girl sues her selfish, career-driven parents for emancipation, surprising them both.

Director: Charles Shyer | Stars: Ryan O'Neal, Shelley Long, Drew Barrymore, Sam Wanamaker

Votes: 3,404 | Gross: $12.41M

42. Violets Are Blue... (1986)

PG-13 | 88 min | Drama, Romance

Young love may endure in your heart and one day re-ignite, but reality may soon dowse the flames.

Director: Jack Fisk | Stars: Sissy Spacek, Kevin Kline, Bonnie Bedelia, John Kellogg

Votes: 1,177 | Gross: $4.74M

43. Romantic Comedy (1983)

PG | 103 min | Comedy, Romance

A successful playwright employs a new female writing partner, and it's love on first sight, but it happens to be the day he gets married. They both suppress their feelings for each other in order to form a successful writing partnership.

Director: Arthur Hiller | Stars: Dudley Moore, Mary Steenburgen, Frances Sternhagen, Janet Eilber

Votes: 1,007 | Gross: $6.86M

44. Big Trouble (1986)

R | 93 min | Comedy

Insurance agent plots with client to kill her nutty husband.

Directors: John Cassavetes, Andrew Bergman | Stars: Peter Falk, Alan Arkin, Beverly D'Angelo, Charles Durning

Votes: 1,541

45. Howard the Duck (1986)

PG | 110 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

A sarcastic humanoid duck is pulled from his homeworld to Earth where he must stop an alien invasion with the help of a nerdy scientist and a struggling female rock singer.

Director: Willard Huyck | Stars: Lea Thompson, Jeffrey Jones, Tim Robbins, Ed Gale

Votes: 50,801 | Gross: $16.30M

46. Snip (1976)
Episode: Cat on a Hot Tin Plate (1976)

Comedy

David and Beverly believe they have poisoned the clients of the salon when a stray cat that sampled the food is found dead.

Director: Gary Shimokawa | Stars: David Brenner, Lesley Ann Warren, Bebe Drake, Walter Wonderman

47. Snip (1976)
Episode: The Test (1976)

Comedy

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Directors: James Komack, Gary Shimokawa | Stars: David Brenner, Bebe Drake, Catherine Ferrar, Fred Stuthman