Sort by IMDb Rating - Highest Rated Movies and TV Shows With Michael Switzer

51. Riptide (1984–1986)

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

The cases of a private investigations agency run by two Vietnam War veterans and their computer geek friend from high school, armed with toughness, their own helicopter, and the third's technical ability.

Stars: Perry King, Joe Penny, Thom Bray, Jack Ging

Votes: 3,194

52. A Matter of Justice (1993 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 240 min | Drama, Thriller

True story about the mother of a murder victim seeking to bring her son's widow to justice and gain custody of her granddaughter.

Director: Michael Switzer | Stars: Patty Duke, Martin Sheen, Alexandra Powers, Jason London

Votes: 638

53. Three Days (2001 TV Movie)

TV-G | 100 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy

Ten years ago, Andrew married his childhood sweetheart, Beth. Now Andrew's a high-powered literary agent, but his relationship with his wife has not fared as well. When Beth is tragically ... See full summary »

Director: Michael Switzer | Stars: Kristin Davis, Reed Diamond, Danielle Brett, Tim Meadows

Votes: 1,187

54. Fame (1982–1987)
Episode: Fame and Fortune (1986)

TV-14 | Drama, Music, Musical

Nicole gets the opportunity of a lifetime when she's invited to sing back-up for her idol Frannie Fortune but Nicole gets a quick lesson in the dog-eat-dog nature of the business. After Mr.... See full summary »

Director: Michael Switzer | Stars: Debbie Allen, Jesse Borrego, Michael Cerveris, Loretta Chandler

Votes: 16

55. JAG (1995–2005)

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

The cases of Harmon Rabb, former Navy fighter pilot, and his fellow lawyers of the U.S. Navy's Judge Advocate General's office.

Stars: David James Elliott, Catherine Bell, Patrick Labyorteaux, John M. Jackson

Votes: 20,028

56. Annie's Point (2005 TV Movie)

G | 87 min | Drama

Richard Eason is flat-out filling his late father's shoes as CEO of an east Coast real estate developing company, so he can't spend nearly as much time with mother Annie and daughter Ella ... See full summary »

Director: Michael Switzer | Stars: Betty White, Richard Thomas, Amy Davidson, Ellen Albertini Dow

Votes: 371

57. Riptide (1984–1986)
Episode: Polly Want an Explanation (1985)

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

The Riptide agency, a wannabe-FBI agent, trouble prone con man Mack McPherson and his parrot all get in trouble with organised crime after McPherson writes an incriminating article about a mobster

Director: Michael Switzer | Stars: Perry King, Joe Penny, Thom Bray, Ken Olandt

Votes: 38

58. Hardcastle and McCormick (1983–1986)

60 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A retired judge and his last defendant follow up on cases that were dismissed due to technicalities.

Stars: Brian Keith, Daniel Hugh Kelly, Joe Santos, John Hancock

Votes: 3,187

59. Pros and Cons (1991–1992)

60 min | Action, Drama

Gabriel Bird is a former Chicago police officer who was wrongfully sentenced to life imprisonment 20 years prior for the murder of a fellow officer.

Stars: James Earl Jones, Richard Crenna, Madge Sinclair, Jonathan Brandis

Votes: 46

60. Cries from the Heart (1994 TV Movie)

93 min | Drama

Michael, a young autistic boy who has trouble with verbalization but a real talent for technology, uses a computer to plead for help after being molested at his school.

Director: Michael Switzer | Stars: Patty Duke, Melissa Gilbert, Bradley Pierce, Markus Flanagan

Votes: 321

61. Nothing But the Truth (1995 TV Movie)

90 min | Drama

A polygraph examiner has an affair with a murder suspect after her test clears him, but new evidence then suggests that he's guilty after all.

Director: Michael Switzer | Stars: Patricia Wettig, Ken Olin, Bradley Whitford, Harry Lennix

Votes: 93

62. I Can Make You Love Me (1993 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 92 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

A young beautiful computer technician starting off her career in Silicon Valley during the 1980s is stalked and harassed by a deranged colleague with a twisted obsession.

Director: Michael Switzer | Stars: Richard Thomas, Brooke Shields, Viveka Davis, William Allen Young

Votes: 1,860

63. Ordinary Miracles (2005 TV Movie)

PG | 85 min | Drama

Judge Kay Woodbury takes a troubled teen as a foster child into her home after no one else seems to want her.

Director: Michael Switzer | Stars: Jaclyn Smith, Lyndsy Fonseca, C. Thomas Howell, Sarah Aldrich

Votes: 571

64. Misfits of Science (1985–1986)
Episode: Against All Oz (1986)

46 min | Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi

When Billy attempts to break the world record for staying awake, he begins to have hallucinations concerning his past adventures. He finds himself in an alternate reality where all his ... See full summary »

Director: Michael Switzer | Stars: Dean Paul Martin, Kevin Peter Hall, Mark Thomas Miller, Courteney Cox

Votes: 19

65. Summer Dreams: The Story of the Beach Boys (1990 TV Movie)

R | 90 min | Biography, Drama, Music

Dramatization looks at the tumultuous relationship that existed between rock group The Beach Boy's Brian and Dennis Wilson and their father, Murry. It also examines their struggles with drugs and alcohol.

Director: Michael Switzer | Stars: Bruce Greenwood, Greg Kean, Arlen Dean Snyder, Casey Sander

Votes: 510

66. Unwed Father (1997 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 120 min | Drama

A teenage boy becomes an unexpected baby-daddy after getting his one night stand pregnant. The baby's mother, also a teenager, was raised by a teenage mom who knows the hardships of pregnancy first-hand.

Director: Michael Switzer | Stars: Brian Austin Green, Nicholle Tom, Isabella Hofmann, Faye Grant

Votes: 759

67. Equal Justice (1990–1991)

60 min | Drama, Romance

The professional and personal lives of Pittsburgh D.A. staff, led by Arnold Bach, Gene Rogan, Linda Bauer, Peter, and Michael James, alongside new attorneys JoAnn, Briggs, Julie, and Christopher.

Stars: George DiCenzo, Debrah Farentino, Jane Kaczmarek, Kathleen Lloyd

Votes: 131

68. Forever Love (1998 TV Movie)

87 min | Drama, Romance

Forever Love is a poignant new television movie about a 24-year-old woman named Lizzie Brooks who awakens from a 20-year-long coma and begins her life all over again. In the drama, ... See full summary »

Director: Michael Switzer | Stars: Reba McEntire, Tim Matheson, Bess Armstrong, Heather Stephens

Votes: 391

69. Unlikely Angel (1996 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 95 min | Comedy, Fantasy

Dolly Parton portrays a country-music performer who meets an untimely demise, but cannot enter heaven until she performs a good deed back on Earth: to reunite a workaholic widower with his children for Christmas.

Director: Michael Switzer | Stars: Dolly Parton, Roddy McDowall, Brian Kerwin, Allison Mack

Votes: 1,226

70. Mariah (1987– )

60 min | Drama

The work of the prison staff at Mariah State Penitentiary.

Stars: John Getz, Susan Brown, Wanda De Jesus, Tovah Feldshuh

Votes: 15

71. Fame (1982–1987)
Episode: A Different Drummer (1986)

TV-14 | 47 min | Drama, Music, Musical

Reggie challenges conventionalism in order to help the homeless and ends up in a bit of trouble with Mr. Dyrenforth and the law. Dusty's father, Reverend Tyler, visits his daughter in New ... See full summary »

Director: Michael Switzer | Stars: Debbie Allen, Jesse Borrego, Michael Cerveris, Loretta Chandler

Votes: 17

72. God's New Plan (1999 TV Movie)

Unrated | 120 min | Drama

Weepy fact-based story about a woman facing her impending death and forced to let her baby's nurse become an integral part of her family's life to aid the future care of the child and her husband.

Director: Michael Switzer | Stars: Katey Sagal, Annabeth Gish, Tom Irwin, Brenda Bazinet

Votes: 255

73. Children of the Dark (1994 TV Movie)

Unrated | 93 min | Drama

A young couple's life changes after discovering that their two young daughters have Xeroderma Pigmentosum, which makes them vulnerable for sunlight.

Director: Michael Switzer | Stars: Peter Horton, Tracy Pollan, Roy Dotrice, Bill Smitrovich

Votes: 221

74. With a Vengeance (1992 TV Movie)

R | 90 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Amnesiac nanny and her love-struck employer try to follow the clues leading into her past, little suspecting that a serial killer is already waiting at the end of the trail.

Director: Michael Switzer | Stars: Melissa Gilbert, Dixie Lee Sedgwick, Jack Scalia, Matthew Lawrence

Votes: 311

75. Police Story: Burnout (1988 TV Movie)

PG-13 | 100 min | Action, Thriller

A veteran vice cop (Wagner) has a hard time dealing with her partner's suicide.

Director: Michael Switzer | Stars: Lindsay Wagner, Julie Carmen, John Getz, John Karlen

Votes: 68

76. What Love Sees (1996 TV Movie)

85 min | Drama

Based on a true story and spanning fifteen years during the turmoil of the Second World War, this is an incredible, inspiring saga of two young people whose very special relationship helps ... See full summary »

Director: Michael Switzer | Stars: Richard Thomas, Annabeth Gish, August Schellenberg, Kathleen Noone

Votes: 124

77. Bloody Basin (2009)

15 min | Short, Crime, Mystery

When four college students desecrate sacred land during a camping trip in the remote Arizona desert they quickly find themselves engulfed in grave and supernatural danger.

Director: Dave Surber | Stars: Gordon Clark, Nathaniel Jones, Amador Juarez, Dave Opeiter

Votes: 6

78. Frank Nitti: The Enforcer (1988 TV Movie)

PG-13 | 96 min | Crime, Drama

True story of Al Capone's notorious hitman.

Director: Michael Switzer | Stars: Anthony LaPaglia, Vincent Guastaferro, Trini Alvarado, Michael Moriarty

Votes: 464

79. Fame (1982–1987)
Episode: That Was the Weekend That Was (1987)

TV-14 | 45 min | Drama, Music, Musical

Jesse gets the key to the school to catalog Shorofky's collection of sheet music over the weekend. Joe Mackey is hosting the Grand Gathering of Muskrats at his cafe and convinces Leroy to ... See full summary »

Director: Michael Switzer | Stars: Debbie Allen, Olivia Barash, Jesse Borrego, Michael Cerveris

Votes: 15

80. Philly (2001–2002)
Episode: Here Comes the Judge (2002)

TV-PG | 45 min | Drama

Dan plays dirty after learning that Kathleen will be defending a madam in Ripley's courtroom; Will and Lisa hash out the ins and outs of their affair while trapped in a City Hall elevator; ... See full summary »

Director: Michael Switzer | Stars: Kim Delaney, Tom Everett Scott, Rick Hoffman, Diana Maria Riva

Votes: 23

81. Remember Me (1995 TV Movie)

96 min | Drama, Thriller

Set in a Victorian haunted mansion, Kelly McGillis as a grieving Mom is being driven mad by a vocal but unseen entity. She believes it to be her son.

Director: Michael Switzer | Stars: Kelly McGillis, Cotter Smith, Shanna Reed, Michael T. Weiss

Votes: 195

82. Holiday in Your Heart (1997 TV Movie)

TV-G | 96 min | Drama, Music

LeAnn Rimes plays herself from her childhood in Nashville to her performing around the country as a country-western singer, until she has to make a choice: Does she perform at the Grand Ole... See full summary »

Director: Michael Switzer | Stars: LeAnn Rimes, Bernadette Peters, Rebecca Schull, Vernon Grote

Votes: 321

83. Fame (1982–1987)
Episode: Pros and Cons (1987)

TV-14 | Drama, Music, Musical

After rekindling her relationship with her high school fling, Lydia learns that her lover makes a living as a stock swindler. Ian becomes jealous when his father starts hanging around the school, and hits it off with his friends.

Director: Michael Switzer | Stars: Debbie Allen, Olivia Barash, Jesse Borrego, Michael Cerveris

Votes: 14

84. Miracle on the 17th Green (1999 TV Movie)

100 min | Drama, Sport

A 50 year old adman (Robert Urich) loses his job. Rather than facing trying to find a new job, he decides to try to make it on the senior golf tour. This causes him to neglect his wife (Meredith Baxter) and family.

Director: Michael Switzer | Stars: Robert Urich, Meredith Baxter, Donnelly Rhodes, Matthew Walker

Votes: 222

85. Revealing Evidence: Stalking the Honolulu Strangler (1990 TV Movie)

100 min | Thriller

After various months of search the police is able to catch the killer of some women. But the search is not over when the assistant of the attorney discovers some details in the last case that differ from the assassinations before...

Director: Michael Switzer | Stars: Stanley Tucci, Mary Page Keller, Finn Carter, Lori Tan Chinn

Votes: 70

86. Fergie & Andrew: Behind the Palace Doors (1992 TV Movie)

M | 92 min | Drama, Romance

Biopic purporting to tell the real story behind the marriage of Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson from their initial courtship through their eventual separation.

Director: Michael Switzer | Stars: Pippa Hinchley, Sam Miller, Patrick Allen, Ben Aris

Votes: 34

87. The Moving of Sophia Myles (2000 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 96 min | Drama

Following the death of her minister husband, Sophia Myles faces the future with fear and loathing. Making matters worse, small-town big shot Mary Margaret pressurises Sophia to vacate her house as part of a civic economy drive.

Director: Michael Switzer | Stars: Della Reese, Rue McClanahan, John Beasley, Earle Hyman

Votes: 104

88. Jonathan Stone: Threat of Innocence (1994 TV Movie)

86 min | Drama

Rocked by the death of his wife, ex-cop Jonathan Stone moves to a Seattle suburb to start a new life. It is there that he is falsely accused of murder and finds himself forced to track down... See full summary »

Director: Michael Switzer | Stars: Richard Crenna, Beverly D'Angelo, Stephen McHattie, Robert Desiderio

Votes: 98

89. The Making of a Hollywood Madam (1996 TV Movie)

100 min | Drama

The story of Heidi Fleiss, Hollywood's favourite madam, told through the eyes of her father, a quiet Doctor who became implicated in her criminal activity.

Director: Michael Switzer | Stars: Michael Gross, Cindy Pickett, Tricia Leigh Fisher, Jennifer Crystal Foley

Votes: 100

90. The Woman Who Sinned (1991 TV Movie)

100 min | Drama, Thriller

A beautiful woman is falsely accused of her best friend's murder after an illicit affair while Michael and Victoria Robeson's secrets need to come out if the crime is to be solved.

Director: Michael Switzer | Stars: Susan Lucci, Tim Matheson, Michael Dudikoff, John Vernon

Votes: 263

91. Lightning Field (1991 TV Movie)

R | 86 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Horror

McKeon's baby is kidnapped by a devil-worshipping cult and she uses her new-found psychic abilities to track them down.

Director: Michael Switzer | Stars: Nancy McKeon, Elpidia Carrillo, Miriam Colon, Tantoo Cardinal

Votes: 133

92. Vanished (2006 TV Movie)

Thriller

During a visit to a tropical island, a man mysteriously disappears and his wife must lead her own investigation in order to find him.

Director: Michael Switzer | Stars: Axel Anderson, Alfred Berguez, Joemy Blanco, Geoff Callan

Votes: 269

93. Miracle on the Mountain: The Kincaid Family Story (2000 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 90 min | Drama

A staunch professional executive and his wife coerce their two rebellious teens and their older sister and her boyfriend into taking a plane trip to celebrate their wedding anniversary in ... See full summary »

Director: Michael Switzer | Stars: Patty Duke, William Devane, Natasha Melnick, Kaj-Erik Eriksen

Votes: 301

94. Equal Justice (1990–1991)
Episode: Do No Harm (1991)

Drama, Romance

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Director: Michael Switzer | Stars: George DiCenzo, Debrah Farentino, Jane Kaczmarek, Kathleen Lloyd

95. Equal Justice (1990–1991)
Episode: Sleeping with the Enemy (1991)

Drama, Romance

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Director: Michael Switzer | Stars: George DiCenzo, Debrah Farentino, Jane Kaczmarek, Kathleen Lloyd

96. Gabriel's Fire (1990–1991)
Episode: Kelly Green (1991)

TV-14 | Drama, Thriller

Kario Salem plays a money launderer who may get off of a cop-killing charge because of an overzealous arresting officer.

Director: Michael Switzer | Stars: James Earl Jones, Laila Robins, Brian Grant, Dylan Walsh

97. Gabriel's Fire (1990–1991)
Episode: The Great Waldo (1991)

TV-14 | Drama, Thriller

Josephine seeks Bird's help in adopting a crack addicted baby abandoned at her restaurant.

Director: Michael Switzer | Stars: James Earl Jones, Laila Robins, Brian Grant, Dylan Walsh

98. Island Son (1989–1990)
Episode: Role Models (1989)

Drama

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Director: Michael Switzer | Stars: Richard Chamberlain, Brynn Thayer, Clyde Kusatsu, Timothy Carhart

99. Mariah (1987– )
Episode: Dominion (1987)

Drama

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Director: Michael Switzer | Stars: John Getz, Susan Brown, Wanda De Jesus, Tovah Feldshuh

100. Pros and Cons (1991–1992)
Episode: Once a kid (1991)

Action, Drama

O'Hanlon falls under the control of his visiting parents (Maureen O'Sullivan and Don Ameche) and Bird's reclamation project is a teenage thief.

Director: Michael Switzer | Stars: James Earl Jones, Richard Crenna, Madge Sinclair, Don Ameche