Movie Riffing 30's-2000's
by TessLivv | created - 06 Feb 2023 | updated - 1 week ago | PublicThis is a list of movies I want write riffs for!
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1. The Blob (1958)
Approved | 86 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
An alien lifeform consumes everything in its path as it grows and grows.
Directors: Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr., Russell S. Doughten Jr. | Stars: Steve McQueen, Aneta Corsaut, Earl Rowe, Olin Howland
Votes: 29,372
2. The Committee (1968)
GP | 58 min | Drama, Fantasy, Music
Experimental 1968 British satire with an exclusive soundtrack by Pink Floyd.
Director: Peter Sykes | Stars: Paul Jones, Tom Kempinski, Robert Langdon Lloyd, Pauline Munro
Votes: 227
3. Poor Albert & Little Annie (1972)
R | 81 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
Albert tried to kill his rich snobby mother once. Then he was institutionalized. Now he's escaped. Albert is after his mother again. And he will torture and kill anything that lays in the way...
Director: Paul Leder | Stars: Zooey Hall, Geri Reischl, Joanne Moore Jordan, Greg Mullavey
Votes: 458
4. Skateboard (1978)
PG | 97 min | Drama, Sport
A Hollywood agent finds himself in debt to a powerful bookie. To make a fast buck, he creates a team of exceptionally talented skateboarders and enters them in a downhill race. If they win, they will get $20,000.
Director: George Gage | Stars: Allen Garfield, Kathleen Lloyd, Leif Garrett, Richard Van der Wyk
Votes: 335
5. The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams (1977–1978)
60 min | Adventure, Family, Western
An innocent fugitive from the law lives in the wilderness with a grizzly bear companion and helps passers-by in the forest.
Stars: Dan Haggerty, Denver Pyle, Bozo the Bear, Don Shanks
Votes: 1,782
6. Schlock (1973)
PG | 80 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
A small town is terrorized by "The Banana Killer", which turns out to be the missing link between man and ape.
Director: John Landis | Stars: John Landis, Saul Kahan, Joseph Piantadosi, Richard Gillis
Votes: 1,980
7. A Boy and His Dog (1975)
R | 91 min | Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
A young man and his telepathic dog wander a post-apocalyptic wasteland.
Director: L.Q. Jones | Stars: Don Johnson, Jason Robards, Susanne Benton, Tim McIntire
Votes: 19,210 | Gross: $6.90M
8. Disco Godfather (1979)
R | 98 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Rudy Ray Moore's fourth in a series of cult favorites finds him playing an ex-cop called back into action to stop an angel dust producer. The angel dust hallucinations alone are well worth the price of admission!
Director: J. Robert Wagoner | Stars: Rudy Ray Moore, Carol Speed, Jimmy Lynch, Jerry Jones
Votes: 1,789
9. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1980 TV Movie)
PG | 104 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Angered that Katrina has grown fond of schoolmaster Crane, Brom Bones determines to scare off the interloper by filling his head with spooky tales of a Headless Horseman. Crane disparages ... See full summary »
Director: Henning Schellerup | Stars: Jeff Goldblum, Paul Sand, Meg Foster, Laura Campbell
Votes: 835
10. The Aliens Are Coming (1980 TV Movie)
100 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
An alien mother ship hovering in Earth's atmosphere is the base for an attempted alien invasion of Earth.
Director: Harvey Hart | Stars: Tom Mason, Eric Braeden, Melinda O. Fee, Fawne Harriman
Votes: 222
11. Once Upon a Spy (1980 TV Movie)
91 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Ted Danson plays a computer genius who gets involved in the theft of an important N.A.S.A. computer, then thrust into the world of espionage with Sir Christopher Lee.
Director: Ivan Nagy | Stars: Ted Danson, Mary Louise Weller, Christopher Lee, Eleanor Parker
Votes: 290
12. Rodeo Girl (1980 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 96 min | Drama, Sport
Sammy Garrett, the wife of a champion rodeo performer, is tired of her subsidiary role at home as a housewife. So she becomes an aspiring rodeo rider herself, encouraged by her one-time ... See full summary »
Director: Jackie Cooper | Stars: Katharine Ross, Bo Hopkins, Candy Clark, Jacqueline Brookes
Votes: 63
13. A Whale for the Killing (1981 TV Movie)
145 min | Drama
A female humpback whale is stranded in a small area during a storm. Fishermen of the village seek to kill the whale but a man visiting the area fights to save the whale's life.
Director: Richard T. Heffron | Stars: Peter Strauss, Dee Wallace, Kathryn Walker, Bruce McGill
Votes: 163
14. The Steeler and the Pittsburgh Kid (1981 TV Movie)
Drama, Fantasy
This movie is based on a Coca-Cola commercial staring "Mean" Joe Greene
Director: Lou Antonio | Stars: Lonny Chapman, Henry Thomas, John Martin, Harvey Martin
Votes: 52
15. Twirl (1981 TV Movie)
100 min | Drama
Best friends compete for the title of "Miss Twirl" (similar to a Miss America contest with the primary category of competition being (what else?) twirling!). The real test, however, is ... See full summary »
Director: Gus Trikonis | Stars: Erin Moran, Lisa Whelchel, Charles Haid, Stella Stevens
Votes: 109
16. Death of a Prophet (1981 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 60 min | Drama, History
After breaking ties with the Nation of Islam, Malcolm X became a man marked for death...and it was just a matter of time before his enemies closed in. Despite death threats and intimidation... See full summary »
Director: Woodie King Jr. | Stars: Morgan Freeman, Yolanda King, Mansoor Najee-ullah, Sam Singleton
Votes: 301
17. The Electric Grandmother (1982 TV Movie)
60 min | Family, Sci-Fi
Three children and their father get a very special robot grandmother to assist them.
Director: Noel Black | Stars: Maureen Stapleton, Edward Herrmann, Paul Benedict, Tara Kennedy
Votes: 627
18. The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat (1982 TV Short)
Not Rated | 25 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
The Grinch leaves home in a foul mood, looking for trouble. He runs into the Cat in the Hat and decides to make the cat's life unbearable.
Director: Bill Perez | Stars: Mason Adams, Bob Holt, Frank Welker, Joe Eich
Votes: 862
19. In the Custody of Strangers (1982 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 91 min | Drama
A teenage delinquent who goes on a drunken joyride is left in jail overnight by his parents in the hope that he might learn a lesson from it.
Director: Robert Greenwald | Stars: Martin Sheen, Jane Alexander, Emilio Estevez, Kenneth McMillan
Votes: 466
20. The Kid with the Broken Halo (1982 TV Movie)
100 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Andy LeBeau is a fallen angel of sorts. He keeps messing up and causing trouble in angel training. The archangel, Michael, decides to give him one more shot. His mission: Help out the ... See full summary »
Director: Leslie H. Martinson | Stars: Gary Coleman, Robert Guillaume, June Allyson, Mason Adams
Votes: 268
21. Honeyboy (1982 TV Movie)
TV-Y7 | 100 min | Drama
Rico 'Honeyboy' Ramirez is a Puerto Rican from the south Bronx who finds fame and fortune as a middleweight boxer. But he soon learns that it's not all it's cracked up to be when he loses ... See full summary »
Director: John Berry | Stars: Erik Estrada, Morgan Fairchild, James McEachin, Robert Costanzo
Votes: 82
22. Memories Never Die (1982 TV Movie)
120 min | Drama
When her husband becomes ill with heart problems, Joanne Tilford reluctantly returns to her family after a six-year stay in a mental institution. Her children are strangers to her, and the ... See full summary »
Director: Sandor Stern | Stars: Lindsay Wagner, Gerald McRaney, Melissa Michaelsen, Peter Billingsley
Votes: 63
23. Hotline (1982 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 96 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A beautiful telephone operator is stalked by a murderous madman.
Director: Jerry Jameson | Stars: Lynda Carter, Steve Forrest, Granville Van Dusen, Monte Markham
Votes: 385
24. Dark Sanity (1982)
88 min | Drama, Horror
A woman with psychic visions and an alcoholic past moves into a house where the previous occupant was mysteriously decapitated, and soon suspects the visions she's seeing are her own future.
Director: Martin Green | Stars: Aldo Ray, Kory Clark, Chuck Jamison, Bobbie Holt
Votes: 239
25. A Piano for Mrs. Cimino (1982 TV Movie)
100 min | Drama
An elderly widow must find meaning and activity in her life when her son suggests she is no longer capable of handling her own affairs.
Director: George Schaefer | Stars: Bette Davis, Penny Fuller, Alexa Kenin, George Hearn
Votes: 782
26. Dreams Don't Die (1982 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 95 min | Drama, Thriller
Danny is a New York City subway graffiti artist whose prodigious talent is noticed by a concerned cop who becomes a mentor and urges him to help track down a drug kingpin.
Director: Roger Young | Stars: Ike Eisenmann, Trini Alvarado, Israel Juarbe, Mark Gordon
Votes: 185
27. Cry for the Strangers (1982 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 97 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A psychiatrist and his wife move into a quaint coastal town only to discover that a sinister presence is lurking there.
Director: Peter Medak | Stars: Patrick Duffy, Cindy Pickett, Lawrence Pressman, Brian Keith
Votes: 326
28. Computers Are People, Too! (1982 TV Movie)
46 min | Documentary
This movie explores the possibilities of interaction between man and computer, with some historical background. It demonstrates techniques introduced in the Walt Disney movie _Tron (1982)_,... See full summary »
Director: Denis Sanders | Stars: Elaine Joyce, Joseph Campanella, Nancy Kulp, Billy Bowles
Votes: 23
29. The Toxic Slime Creature (1982 Video)
60 min | Horror
Trapped at work by a nearby train crash that has released toxic fumes, warehouse workers also have to survive a toxic slime creature.
Director: Kenneth Zollo | Stars: Charles Ward, Mela Silvestri, Robert Zollo, Betty Carmen
Votes: 46
30. The Invisible Woman (1983 TV Movie)
100 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
In a research lab, a scientist's pet chimpanzee mixes up an invisibility formula. A young woman accidentally drinks the solution and becomes invisible.
Director: Alan J. Levi | Stars: Bob Denver, Jonathan Banks, David Doyle, George Gobel
Votes: 90
31. Where the Toys Come From (1983 TV Movie)
58 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
Two curious toys, Peepers and Zoom, wonder about how they become toys. Aided by Robin, their equally curious owner, Zoom and Peepers visit a toy museum - "Home for Old Toys" to discover their existence.
Director: Theodore Thomas | Stars: Sab Shimono, Erin Young, Jon Harvey, Larry Wright
Votes: 160
32. Cocaine and Blue Eyes (1983 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 120 min | Action, Crime, Drama
O. J. Simpson plays Michael Brennen, a San Francisco private eye who gets dragged into a drug-smuggling operation while searching for the girlfriend of a deal client, leading Brennen to a politically prominent family.
Director: E.W. Swackhamer | Stars: O.J. Simpson, Cliff Gorman, Candy Clark, Eugene Roche
Votes: 97
33. The Coneheads (1983 TV Movie)
PG | 30 min | Animation, Comedy, Sci-Fi
In this animated pilot based on the SNL sketch, The Coneheads come to conquer Earth but they soon find themselves becoming domesticated.
Directors: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr. | Stars: Dan Aykroyd, Jane Curtin, Laraine Newman, Cynthia Adler
Votes: 516
Just the Pilot
34. The Kid with the 200 I.Q. (1983 TV Movie)
96 min | Comedy, Family
A very intelligent teenager is sent to college where he meets his roommate, a popular jock. Therefore, he must learn to adapt to adult life, wild parties, and romance.
Director: Leslie H. Martinson | Stars: Gary Coleman, Robert Guillaume, Kari Michaelsen, Mel Stewart
Votes: 347
35. Packin' It In (1983 TV Movie)
Unrated | 95 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
At first the Webbers laugh at their neighbors when they leave L.A. for the mountains of Oregon in search of a wholesome environment. But when they recognize the same symptoms in their ... See full summary »
Director: Jud Taylor | Stars: Richard Benjamin, Paula Prentiss, Tony Roberts, Andrea Marcovicci
Votes: 191
It's a comedy, harder on the riffing side
36. Prototype (1983 TV Movie)
96 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
An intelligent android (Michael) constructed by a research team is taken outdoors and successfully passed off as human in a trial run. When the government hears of this, they order their ... See full summary »
Director: David Greene | Stars: Christopher Plummer, David Morse, Frances Sternhagen, James Sutorius
Votes: 389
37. The Day After (1983 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 127 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
The effects of a devastating nuclear holocaust on small-town residents of eastern Kansas.
Director: Nicholas Meyer | Stars: Jason Robards, JoBeth Williams, Steve Guttenberg, John Cullum
Votes: 18,153
38. Quarterback Princess (1983 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 96 min | Drama, Sport
Tami, a young girl who has just moved to Oregon, stands up against her coach and the naysayers of her small town to prove that she's capable of being a talented football quarterback despite her gender.
Director: Noel Black | Stars: Don Murray, Barbara Babcock, Dana Elcar, John Stockwell
Votes: 1,117
39. Cosmic Princess (1982 TV Movie)
91 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
_Space: 1999_ (1975) season 2 episodes The Metamorph and Space Ward were edited together to create this movie about the adrift in space crew of Moonbase Alpha that meets shape-shifting alien Maya and her father who wants their brains.
Directors: Charles Crichton, Peter Medak | Stars: Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Catherine Schell, Tony Anholt
Votes: 374
40. M.A.D.D.: Mothers Against Drunk Drivers (1983 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 97 min | Drama
Cindy Lightner relentlessly tries to spearhead the drive for the national anti-drunk driver legislation after her own daughter becomes the victim of a hit-and-run by a drunk driver.
Director: William A. Graham | Stars: Mariette Hartley, Paula Prentiss, Shelby Balik, Robert Carnegie
Votes: 127
41. The Hoboken Chicken Emergency (1984 TV Movie)
TV-G | 58 min | Family, Comedy
Arthur is asked to pick up a bird for Thanksgiving dinner, so he brings home a 266-pound chicken named Henrietta. The family welcome her with open arms, but the neighbors are not so sure and then Henrietta escapes...
Director: Peter Baldwin | Stars: Benny Baker, Vivian Bonnell, Hamilton Camp, Keene Curtis
Votes: 111
42. License to Kill (1984 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 96 min | Drama, Thriller
A grieving family whose daughter was killed in a car crash with a drunken driver is outraged and frustrated as they encounter the inevitable bureaucratic delays in bringing the case to ... See full summary »
Director: Jud Taylor | Stars: James Farentino, Penny Fuller, Don Murray, Millie Perkins
Votes: 1,071
43. Black Devil Doll from Hell (1984 Video)
Not Rated | 70 min | Comedy, Horror
A woman buys a doll at a magic shop. Unbeknownst to her, the doll is possessed by an evil spirit, and it proceeds to take her over.
Director: Chester Novell Turner | Stars: Shirley L. Jones, Ricky Roach, Chester Tankersley, Marie Sainvilvs
Votes: 806
44. Hockey Night (1984 TV Movie)
74 min | Drama, Sport
A female goalie player faces prejudiced opposition when she joins a boys hockey team in Parry Sound, Ontario.
Director: Paul Shapiro | Stars: Megan Follows, Rick Moranis, Gail Youngs, Henry Ramer
Votes: 540
45. How to Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days (1984 TV Movie)
58 min | Comedy
A kid strives to be perfect, and in the end realizes that individuality is more fun.
Director: Joan Micklin Silver | Stars: Wallace Shawn, Ilan Mitchell-Smith, Hermione Gingold, Sarah Boyd
Votes: 89
46. The Jogger (1984)
15 min | Short, Thriller
A man out for his daily jog is terrorized by a stalker in a ski mask, only to find that he has made a comic mistake.
Director: Dennis Petersen | Stars: Steve Hugo, Marc Roth, Dave Schmidt
Votes: 21
47. Invitation to Hell (1984 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 96 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A family moves to a suburban town only to be coerced into joining a suspicious club.
Director: Wes Craven | Stars: Robert Urich, Joanna Cassidy, Susan Lucci, Joe Regalbuto
Votes: 2,049
48. Stainless Steel and the Star Spies (1981 TV Movie)
60 min | Fantasy, Sci-Fi
The Metaliens, alien robots intent on galactic domination, encounter a major setback. Their enormous Space Saucer, 'Compromise', enters a black hole in a strange, uncharted region of Space,... See full summary »
Director: Anthony Simmons | Stars: Ed Bishop, Bob Hoskins, Al Matthew, Bill Mitchell
Votes: 11
49. Starcrossed (1985 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 90 min | Romance, Sci-Fi
An alien woman is running from a deadly enemy and tries to hide on Earth where she meets a young mechanic, who helps her to get back home and to fight for the freedom of her people.
Director: Jeffrey Bloom | Stars: James Spader, Belinda Bauer, Peter Kowanko, Clark Johnson
Votes: 606
50. The Midnight Hour (1985 TV Movie)
Unrated | 94 min | Comedy, Horror, Romance
Phil, Melissa, Mitch, Mary, and Vinnie are high school friends, who unwittingly raise the dead on Halloween night. Once the dead have returned, Pitchford Cove will never be the same again....or will it?
Director: Jack Bender | Stars: Jonelle Allen, Shari Belafonte, LeVar Burton, Peter DeLuise
Votes: 2,234
51. Secret Weapons (1985 TV Movie)
Approved | 96 min | Drama
A group of cute, young women in USSR are trained to be spies in USA, using their bodies to seduce. Elena passes and is sent to Moscow, where she meets a single, American man.
Director: Don Taylor | Stars: Sally Kellerman, Linda Hamilton, Hunt Block, Viveca Lindfors
Votes: 302
52. Fly with the Hawk (1985 TV Movie)
90 min | Adventure, Family
A troubled teen is lost in the wilderness for a year.
Director: Robert Tanos | Stars: Peter Snook, Peter Ferri, Michael Wearne, Shelley Lynne Spiegel
Votes: 9
53. Deadly Messages (1985 TV Movie)
94 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Laura Daniels, single and bored, finds new interest in life when she discovers an old ouija board. It appears, however, that the object's previous owner was murdered - and messages from beyond warn Laura that she may be next.
Director: Jack Bender | Stars: Kathleen Beller, Michael Brandon, Dennis Franz, Scott Paulin
Votes: 278
54. Blade in Hong Kong (1985 TV Movie)
100 min | Action, Crime, Mystery
To save the life of the one who created it, detective engages in a network of corruption, crime and seduction.
Director: Reza Badiyi | Stars: Terry Lester, Keye Luke, Michael Preston, Jean Marie Hon
Votes: 55
55. To Live and Die in L.A. (1985)
R | 116 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A fearless Secret Service agent will stop at nothing to bring down the counterfeiter who killed his partner.
Director: William Friedkin | Stars: William Petersen, Willem Dafoe, Jane Leeves, Cherise Bates
Votes: 39,334 | Gross: $17.31M
56. Lost in London (1985 TV Movie)
97 min | Drama
Facing his parent's (Lynne Moody, Ben Vereen) impending divorce and emotional upheaval, a young boy (Emmanuel Lewis) runs away and joins a gang of London street urchins who live by their wits, begging, and thievery.
Director: Robert Michael Lewis | Stars: Emmanuel Lewis, Lynne Moody, Ben Vereen, Freddie Jones
Votes: 100
57. Lots of Luck (1985 TV Movie)
88 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
An ordinary family wins the lottery and they soon learn that winning is not all it's cracked up to be.
Director: Peter Baldwin | Stars: Martin Mull, Annette Funicello, Fred Willard, Polly Holliday
Votes: 122
58. The Stuff (1985)
R | 87 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
A delicious, mysterious goo that oozes from the earth is marketed as the newest dessert sensation, but the tasty treat rots more than teeth when zombie-like snackers who only want to consume more of the strange substance at any cost begin infesting the world.
Director: Larry Cohen | Stars: Michael Moriarty, Andrea Marcovicci, Garrett Morris, Paul Sorvino
Votes: 18,492
59. Konrad (1985 TV Movie)
TV-G | 103 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Konrad is a perfect instant child "born" in a factory at age 8. Due to a mistake in the factory's computer, Konrad is delivered to Bertie Bartolotti, a woman whose life and appearance are ... See full summary »
Director: Nell Cox | Stars: Max Wright, Polly Holliday, Huckleberry Fox, Ned Beatty
Votes: 214
60. The Brotherhood of Justice (1986 TV Movie)
R | 97 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Keanu Reeves, Kiefer Sutherland, and Billy Zane star as high-school students who start a vigilante group to combat crime in their neighborhood.
Director: Charles Braverman | Stars: Keanu Reeves, Kiefer Sutherland, Lori Loughlin, Joe Spano
Votes: 2,355
61. The Right of the People (1986 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 100 min | Crime, Drama
After a horrific shooting incident, a small town votes to allow a mass arming of the citizenry.
Director: Jeffrey Bloom | Stars: Michael Ontkean, Jane Kaczmarek, Billy Dee Williams, John Randolph
Votes: 158
62. Orson Welles' Magic Show (1985 TV Movie)
27 min
Orson Welles was a big fan of magic and in this television broadcast develops a number of traditional tricks.
Director: Orson Welles | Stars: Orson Welles, Allen Bracken, Angie Dickinson, Gary Graver
Votes: 128
63. David Letterman's 2nd Annual Holiday Film Festival (1986 TV Movie)
60 min | Comedy, Music
David Letterman hosts his second film festival featuring such guests as Michael J. Fox, Terri Garr, Diane Sawyer and Jonathan Winters.
Director: Hal Gurnee | Stars: David Letterman, Ed Bradley, Calvert DeForest, Chris Elliott
Votes: 76
64. Bates Motel (1987 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror
A mentally disturbed man, who roomed with the late Norman Bates at the state lunatic asylum, inherits the legendary Bates Motel after the death of Norman and tries to fix it up to make it a respectable business.
Director: Richard Rothstein | Stars: Bud Cort, Lori Petty, Moses Gunn, Gregg Henry
Votes: 1,766
65. Frog (1988 TV Movie)
G | 54 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
A kid experimenting with frogs finds that one of the subjects can actually speak.
Director: David Grossman | Stars: Shelley Duvall, Elliott Gould, Scott Grimes, Paul Williams
Votes: 303
66. Video Violence (1987 Video)
Unrated | 90 min | Horror
A husband and wife open a video store in a new town, and come to find out that the locals only rent horror films and the "occasional triple X'er", and make their own snuff videos.
Director: Gary P. Cohen | Stars: Gary Schwartz, Chick Kaplan, Robin Leeds, Paige Price
Votes: 1,004
67. Funland (1987)
PG-13 | 98 min | Comedy, Crime
When a mob family takes over an amusement park after the owner dies under mysterious circumstances, the recently-fired clown mascot seeks vengeance for the loss of his job.
Director: Michael A. Simpson | Stars: William Windom, David L. Lander, Bruce Mahler, Robert Sacchi
Votes: 648
68. Death Nurse (1987 Video)
60 min | Horror
Murderous, overweight nurse Edith and her brother run a medical clinic out of their suburban home: they take in patients, kill them, and continue to bill the state for their care. But a ... See full summary »
Director: Nick Millard | Stars: Priscilla Alden, Albert Eskinazi, Royal Farros, Frances Millard
Votes: 292
69. Nukie (1987)
PG | 99 min | Family, Sci-Fi
An alien called Nukie searches for his brother Miko, who has been captured by the U.S. government.
Directors: Sias Odendaal, Michael Pakleppa | Stars: Glynis Johns, Steve Railsback, Ronald France, Siphiwe Mlangeni
Votes: 1,445
70. Not Quite Human (1987 TV Movie)
TV-G | 97 min | Family, Sci-Fi, Comedy
Dr. Jonas Carson, a scientist, invents Chip, an android teenager. Dr. Carson sends Chip to school with his daughter Becky to see whether an android could interact with others. But his ... See full summary »
Director: Steven Hilliard Stern | Stars: Jay Underwood, Alan Thicke, Robyn Lively, Joseph Bologna
Votes: 1,329
71. Not Quite Human II (1989 TV Movie)
91 min | Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Chip, the android boy is back. This time, he is off to college, suffering from a computer virus and in love with Roberta, another android. Will there be a happy ending?
Director: Eric Luke | Stars: Jay Underwood, Alan Thicke, Robyn Lively, Greg Mullavey
Votes: 653
72. Terror on Alcatraz (1987)
90 min | Action, Crime, Horror
Frank Morris one of only three men to escape from Alcatraz Island prison returns twenty five years later to his former place of incarceration to find a map that will lead him to a fortune.
Directors: Philip Marcus, Marvin G. Lipschultz | Stars: Aldo Ray, Sandy Brooke, Verónica Porche Ali, Bea Marcus
Votes: 136
73. The Flintstone Kids' Just Say No Special (1988 TV Movie)
23 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A dramatic special that shows the young Flintstones trying to raise money so they can go to a concert. The story takes a turn when older kids try to push drugs on them. Then the characters demonstrate how and why to say no to all drugs.
Directors: Carl Urbano, Ray Patterson | Stars: Scott Menville, Elizabeth Lyn Fraser, Hamilton Camp, B.J. Ward
Votes: 75
74. Can You Feel Me Dancing? (1986 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 100 min | Drama
A young blind woman struggles for independence.
Director: Michael Miller | Stars: Justine Bateman, Max Gail, Jason Bateman, Frances Lee McCain
Votes: 193
75. BMX Bandits (1983)
PG | 88 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A trio of teen BMX enthusiasts become entangled with a group of bank robbers after discovering their cache of walkie-talkies.
Director: Brian Trenchard-Smith | Stars: David Argue, John Ley, Nicole Kidman, Angelo D'Angelo
Votes: 6,019
76. One Boy, One Wolf, One Summer (1988 TV Movie)
24 min | Drama, Family
Hard-working small-time rancher Don asks his city slicker son Tim to shoot the wolf that's been killing their livestock but Tim, believing that the wolf is innocent, tries to stand up for the animal.
Director: Ken Jubenvill | Stars: Michael Ironside, Todd Caldecott, Anna Hagan, Lloyd Berry
77. It's the Girl in the Red Truck, Charlie Brown (1988 TV Movie)
60 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
Charlie Brown and Snoopy receive a letter from Snoopy's desert dwelling brother, Spike recounting his relationship with a (live-action) woman.
Director: Walter C. Miller | Stars: Jill Schulz, Greg Deason, Molly Boice, Jason Riffle
Votes: 212
78. Prison (1987)
R | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
The spirit of a long-dead prisoner returns for revenge, haunting the prison's new governor.
Director: Renny Harlin | Stars: Lane Smith, Viggo Mortensen, Chelsea Field, Lincoln Kilpatrick
Votes: 4,764 | Gross: $0.35M
79. The Child Saver (1988 TV Movie)
105 min | Drama
Andrea Crawford, an important business woman, risks everything to save a kid from the life of crime.
Director: Stan Lathan | Stars: Alfre Woodard, Michael Warren, Mario Van Peebles, Constance McCashin
Votes: 64
80. Son of Dinosaurs (1988 TV Movie)
55 min | Documentary, Drama, Fantasy
A documentary on dinosaurs, with a story arc about a dinosaurs egg given to two boys named Gary and Eric.
Director: Richard Jones | Stars: Gary Owens, Eric Boardman, Kenneth Mars, Alex Rodine
Votes: 10
81. Twisted Issues (1988 Video)
87 min | Comedy, Horror
Low budget shot-on-video gore film with comical overtones concerns a skateboarding teen's murder. Rising from the dead with his skateboard, he embarks on a vengeful killing spree.
Director: Charles Pinion | Stars: Stephen L. Antczak, Charles Pinion
Votes: 96
82. 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: 14,520 | Gross: $6.42M
83. The Search for Animal Chin (1987 Video)
66 min | Action
The Bones Brigade skate their way across America in search of legendary skater, Won Ton Animal Chin. The missing skater remains elusive, but the crew journey from Hawaii to Vegas and realise that Animal Chin is alive in them all.
Director: Stacy Peralta | Stars: Chris Borst, Steve Caballero, Adrian Demain, Skip Engblom
Votes: 440
84. Thrashin' (1986)
PG-13 | 93 min | Action, Drama, Romance
Two skateboarding gangs battle each other for supremacy, and a member of one gang falls in love with the sister of his rival.
Director: David Winters | Stars: Josh Brolin, Robert Rusler, Pamela Gidley, Brooke McCarter
Votes: 5,048
85. Gleaming the Cube (1989)
PG-13 | 105 min | Action, Drama, Mystery
A young avid skateboarder uncovers a government conspiracy while investigating his adoptive brother's mysterious death.
Director: Graeme Clifford | Stars: Christian Slater, Steven Bauer, Richard Herd, Le Tuan
Votes: 9,028 | Gross: $2.78M
86. 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: 16,552 | Gross: $14.28M
87. Tarzan in Manhattan (1989 TV Movie)
94 min | Action, Adventure
Tarzan goes to New York to rescue the chimp Cheetah, who has been captured by an evil animal experimenter. There, he teams up with Jane, a cab driver and daughter of an ex-cop private eye, who help Tarzan free Cheetah and his friends.
Director: Michael Schultz | Stars: Joe Lara, Kim Crosby, James Medina, Jan-Michael Vincent
Votes: 548
88. It Nearly Wasn't Christmas (1989 TV Movie)
100 min | Adventure, Comedy
Feeling unneeded, a disillusioned Santa Claus (Charles Durning) quits Christmas. Through the selflessness of a little girl looking to reunite her parents for Christmas (and the help of his ... See full summary »
Director: Burt Brinckerhoff | Stars: Beverly Rowland, Charles Durning, Risa Schiffman, Annette Marin
Votes: 253
89. Split (1989)
Unrated | 85 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Sci-fi story about a man (Timothy Dwight) on the run from a Big Brother-like security force.
Director: Chris Shaw | Stars: Timothy Dwight, Joan Bechtel, John J. Flynn, Chris Shaw
Votes: 220
90. Fatal Images (1989)
90 min | Thriller, Mystery
A crazy serial killer kills himself by sealing his soul in to his camera. Years later a woman buys the camera, and everyone she photographs begins being tracked down and killed by the killers spirit.
Director: Dennis Devine | Stars: Lane Coyle, Kay Schaber, Angela Eads, Brian Chin
Votes: 81
91. The Laughing Dead (1989)
Not Rated | 92 min | Horror
A ragtag group of people go on an archaeological trip to Mexico to visit Mayan ruins, but get more than they bargained for, when they encounter a zealous group of Mexicans attempting to revive a deadly ancient ritual of their ancestors.
Director: Somtow Sucharitkul | Stars: Joey Acedo, John Anthoni, Hank Azcona, Bruce Barlow
Votes: 672
92. Heavy Metal Massacre (1989)
83 min | Horror
A killer goes on a killing spree at a heavy metal club.
Directors: Steven DeFalco, Ron Ottaviano | Stars: David DeFalco, Americo Carrocio, Michele de Santis, Lynn Grattage
Votes: 125
93. Games of Survival (1989)
Unrated | 76 min | Action, Sci-Fi
A warrior from another planet must battle six opponents from different parts of the universe.
Director: Armand Gazarian | Stars: Nicholas Hill, Cindy Coatman, Steve Dalton, Roosevelt Miller Jr.
Votes: 165
94. Homeboyz II: Crack City (1989)
90 min
A pair of inner city youths go to work selling drugs for the power mad Spanish "Godfather" Enrico, who has his sights set on taking out Harlem's corrupt city commissioner.
Director: Daniel Matmor | Stars: Brian Paul Stuart, Quetzal Castro, Dan Charlton, Sam Dobbins
Votes: 22
95. Shotgun (1989)
Not Rated | 84 min | Action, Thriller
Detective Ian 'Shotgun' Jones hunts a sadistic misogynistic maniac.
Director: Addison Randall | Stars: Stuart Chapin, Rif Hutton, David Marriott, Metanel Ryan
Votes: 330
96. The Phone Call (1989 TV Movie)
R | Drama, Thriller
A married man calls the wrong number for phone-sex and winds up being stalked by a psychotic man.
Director: Allan A. Goldstein | Stars: Michael Sarrazin, Linda E. Smith, Ron Lea, Lisa Jakub
Votes: 51
97. The Dollhouse Murders (1992 TV Movie)
PG | 89 min | Horror
While staying at her Aunt Clare's country home, Amy Treloar discovers a doll-house with a secret only the dolls know.
Director: Dianne Haak-Edson | Stars: Amanda Rowse, Lindsay Jackson, Rebekah Baker, Hillary Brooks
Votes: 209
98. Super Force (1990–1992)
30 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
In the year 2020, an astronaut becomes a vigilante when he returns from a mission to learn his cop brother's been murdered.
Stars: Ken Olandt, Larry B. Scott, Patrick Macnee, Lisa Niemi
Votes: 374
99. The Elf Who Saved Christmas (1992 TV Movie)
30 min | Family, Fantasy
"The Elf Who Saved Christmas" begins on Christmas Eve when Santa has received no letters in his giant mailbox. Santa calls the elves together and announces that no one believes in the ... See full summary »
Director: Bob Sykes | Stars: Wendy J. Cooke, Harry Frazier, Barry Livingston, Roger Perry
Votes: 41
100. K-9000 (1990 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 96 min | Crime, Sci-Fi
A policeman and a female scientist team up to recover her latest creation, a cybernetic, crime-fighting dog.
Director: Kim Manners | Stars: Chris Mulkey, Catherine Oxenberg, Dennis Haysbert, Dana Gladstone
Votes: 431
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