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101. An Inconvenient Woman (1991)
182 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A fictional account of the Bloomingdale murder scandal in the 1980's about an heir to one of the richest families in USA and his affair with a model.
Stars: Jason Robards, Jill Eikenberry, Rebecca De Mornay, Chelsea Field
Votes: 281
102. Journey (1995 TV Movie)
PG | 96 min | Drama
Journey and his grandfather Marcus have to come to terms with each other's reactions to the loss when Journey's mother, Min, decides to leave Journey and his sister Cat to be looked after by their grandparents.
Director: Tom McLoughlin | Stars: Jason Robards, Brenda Fricker, Max Pomeranc, Eliza Dushku
Votes: 262
103.
Baseball (1994–2010)
Episode:
Our Game
(1994)
TV-PG | 112 min | Documentary, History, Sport
In New York City, in the 1840s, people need a diversion from the "railroad pace" at which they work and live. They find it in a game of questionable origins.
Director: Ken Burns | Stars: Roger Angell, Adam Arkin, Philip Bosco, Thomas Boswell
Votes: 262
104. My Antonia (1995 TV Movie)
PG | 100 min | Drama
Life in rural Nebraska in the late 1890s.
Director: Joseph Sargent | Stars: Jason Robards, Eva Marie Saint, Neil Patrick Harris, Jan Tríska
Votes: 260
105. Screen Two (1985–1998)
TV-14 | 120 min | Drama
In 1984 Kenith Trodd joined BBC team responding to Channel 4 releases, leading to transition from BBC studio plays to Screen One/Two anthology series. Trodd oversaw first group of titles in these series in 1985.
Stars: Jude North, Roger Brierley, Geoffrey Chater, Norman Jones
Votes: 247
106. Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963–1967)
60 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Legendary entertainer Bob Hope hosted, and occasionally starred in, one of the last major anthology series on network television, featuring many of Hollywood's top names, including quite a few who didn't do much television otherwise
Stars: Bob Hope, Jack Weston, Jack Kelly, John Francis
Votes: 239
107. Washington: Behind Closed Doors (1977)
750 min | Drama
The story of a power-hungry U.S. President, and the men, with whom he surrounds himself, in order to keep his hold on power. Based on John Ehrlichman's book about the Nixon administration.
Stars: Cliff Robertson, Jason Robards, Stefanie Powers, Robert Vaughn
Votes: 237
108. Heartwood (1998)
PG-13 | 92 min | Drama
The sawmill Logan is the center to which the small town of Deroy . When the old Logan can not cope with his debts, the life of the whole community is threatened.
Director: Lanny Cotler | Stars: Jason Robards, Eddie Mills, Hilary Swank, John Terry
Votes: 232
109. Omnibus (1952–1961)
55 min | Drama, History, Music
Omnibus was a television program that sought to provide the best of what television could provide as the highest common denominator of intellectual curiosity and interest. This level of programing excellence has not been achieved again.
Stars: Alistair Cooke, Leonard Bernstein, Joseph N. Welch, Helen Hayes
Votes: 218
110.
Baseball (1994–2010)
Episode:
Something Like a War
(1994)
TV-PG | 103 min | Documentary, History, Sport
In 1894, a sportwriter named Byron Bancroft "Ban" Johnson takes over a struggling minor league - the Western League - and turns it into a financial success.
Director: Ken Burns | Stars: Roger Angell, Adam Arkin, Philip Bosco, Thomas Boswell
Votes: 215
111. The Danny Kaye Show (1963–1967)
60 min | Comedy, Music
Primary focus on the multi-talented Kaye - singing and dancing his way through comedy skits and monologues - assisted by semi-regular guests, singers, dancers and orchestra.
Stars: Danny Kaye, Sally Stevens, Harvey Korman, Joyce Van Patten
Votes: 211
112. Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron (1993 TV Movie)
95 min | Documentary, Biography
This straight-talking program seeks to understand the enigmatic and controversial Sam Peckinpah, whose violent films such as The Wild Bunch and Straw Dogs had a telling effect on the cinema... See full summary »
Director: Paul Joyce | Stars: Sam Peckinpah, Alan Sharp, Katherine Haber, Kris Kristofferson
Votes: 204
113.
ABC Stage 67 (1966–1967)
Episode:
Noon Wine
(1966)
51 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
Rough dairy farmer Royal Earle Thompson is trapped in a loveless marriage and tries to make amends for a past mistake.
Director: Sam Peckinpah | Stars: Jason Robards, Olivia de Havilland, Theodore Bikel, Per Oscarsson
Votes: 199
114. Mr. Sycamore (1975)
G | 87 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Jason Robards is a man who decides he'd rather be a tree.
Director: Pancho Kohner | Stars: Jason Robards, Sandy Dennis, Jean Simmons, Robert Easton
Votes: 196
115. When It Was a Game 2 (1992 TV Movie)
Unrated | 58 min | Documentary, History, Sport
Film consists solely of 8mm and 16mm film taken by players and fans from 1925 to 1961. All but approximately 6 minutes of the film is in color. Also includes literary passages, remembrances... See full summary »
Stars: Hank Aaron, Mel Allen, Elden Auker, Red Barber
Votes: 194
116. Mark Twain and Me (1991 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 93 min | Biography, Drama
Dorothy Quick, a young girl, befriends the famous writer, Samuel "Mark Twain" Clemens, during the final years of his life.
Director: Daniel Petrie | Stars: Jason Robards, Talia Shire, R.H. Thomson, Fiona Reid
Votes: 193
117. Thomas Hart Benton (1989 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 85 min | Documentary, Biography
Thomas Hart Benton's paintings were energetic and uncompromising. Today his works are in museums, but Benton hung them in saloons for ordinary people to appreciate.
Director: Ken Burns | Stars: Henry Adams, Matthew Baigell, Earl Bennett, Jessie Benton
Votes: 193
118. The 49th Annual Academy Awards (1977 TV Special)
News
Director: Marty Pasetta | Stars: Warren Beatty, Ellen Burstyn, Jane Fonda, Richard Pryor
Votes: 192
119. Mama (1949–1957)
30 min | Comedy, Family, Drama
This well-received series was a comedy-drama about an immigrant family living in 1910s San Francisco.
Stars: Peggy Wood, Judson Laire, Dick Van Patten, Rosemary Rice
Votes: 188
120.
Baseball (1994–2010)
Episode:
The Faith of Fifty Million People
(1994)
TV-PG | 117 min | Documentary, History, Sport
Before and after World War I, a steady stream of immigrants lands on the shores of America. They want instantly to become American. To pursue the American dream. To play the American game.
Director: Ken Burns | Stars: Grover Cleveland Alexander, Adam Arkin, Red Barber, Keith Carradine
Votes: 187
121. Producers' Showcase (1954–1957)
90 min | Drama, Musical, Comedy
This program aired once every fourth week, and was one of the most costly live shows of the 1950s. Many stars appeared on this show.
Stars: Cyril Ritchard, Claire Bloom, Mary Martin, David Wayne
Votes: 186
122. The DuPont Show of the Week (1961–1964)
60 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
An anthology weekly drama series.
Stars: Walter Matthau, Frank McGee, Art Carney, Gene Wilder
Votes: 185
123.
Baseball (1994–2010)
Episode:
A National Heirloom
(1994)
TV-PG | 114 min | Documentary, History, Sport
The 1920s begin with America trying to recover from World War I and baseball trying to recover from the scandal of the 1919 World Series.
Director: Ken Burns | Stars: Grover Cleveland Alexander, Roger Angell, Adam Arkin, Red Barber
Votes: 184
124. Laguna Heat (1987 TV Movie)
R | 110 min | Drama, Thriller
After his partner is killed, private detective Tom Shephard returns to his home in Laguna Beach, California, where he finds himself embroiled in a series of nightmarish murders that take him back to the past and some twisted family ties.
Director: Simon Langton | Stars: Harry Hamlin, Jason Robards, Rip Torn, Catherine Hicks
Votes: 182
125. The 38th Annual Academy Awards (1966 TV Special)
News
Director: Richard Dunlap | Stars: Bob Hope, Julie Andrews, Elizabeth Ashley, Burt Bacharach
Votes: 180
126.
Baseball (1994–2010)
Episode:
The National Pastime
(1994)
TV-PG | 148 min | Documentary, History, Sport
In Europe, in the Pacific, on the homefront, both African-Americans and whites fight to make the world safe for democracy. When the world ends, Major League Baseball becomes, in fact, what it has always claimed to be: the national pastime.
Director: Ken Burns | Stars: Roger Angell, Adam Arkin, Arthur Ashe, Red Barber
Votes: 179
127. A Christmas to Remember (1978 TV Movie)
100 min | Drama, Family
A city-bred grandson moves to his grandparents' farm during the Great Depression and grows up enough under their tough care to help his grandfather deliver a surprise gift on Christmas Eve ... See full summary »
Director: George Englund | Stars: Jason Robards, Eva Marie Saint, George Parry, Joanne Woodward
Votes: 175
128. A Moon for the Misbegotten (1975 TV Movie)
134 min | Drama
In Connecticut in September 1923, the lives of three people collide: Josie, a domineering Irish woman with a quick tongue and a ruined reputation, her conniving father, tenant farmer Phil ... See full summary »
Directors: José Quintero, Gordon Rigsby | Stars: Jason Robards, Colleen Dewhurst, Ed Flanders, Edwin McDonough
Votes: 171
129. The Last Frontier (1986 TV Movie)
180 min | Drama, Romance
A single mother from LA marries an Australian cattle rancher following a whirlwind courtship. He returns to Australia ahead of her and her two children, and dies before they arrive. His ... See full summary »
Director: Simon Wincer | Stars: Linda Evans, Jack Thompson, Jason Robards, Judy Morris
Votes: 167
130. Fools (1970)
GP | 93 min | Drama
An aging actor finds himself falling for the beautiful, and much younger, wife of an attorney.
Director: Tom Gries | Stars: Jason Robards, Katharine Ross, Scott Hylands, Roy Jenson
Votes: 163 | Gross: $0.50M
131. Sunday Showcase (1959–1961)
60 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
A show featuring various specials. Some specials were comedy, and others were serious drama by famous authors.
Stars: Robert Emhardt, Milton Berle, Jimmy Durante, Bob Hope
Votes: 161
132.
Circle of Fear (1972–1973)
Episode:
The Dead We Leave Behind
(1972)
60 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
When Ranger Elliott Brent's pretty young wife Joanna complains of boredom, he buys her a television set. Unfortunately, she starts spending all of her time watching television, to the ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Stanley | Stars: Sebastian Cabot, Jason Robards, Stella Stevens, Jack Kelly
Votes: 160
133. Haywire (1980 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 200 min | Biography, Drama
Based on autobiography of Brooke Hayward, daughter of famous Broadway producer Leland Hayward and actress Margaret Sullavan, who grows up in the glamorous, cruel and emotionally unstable world of her parents.
Director: Michael Tuchner | Stars: Lee Remick, Jason Robards, Deborah Raffin, Dianne Hull
Votes: 154
134.
Great Performances (1971– )
Episode:
You Can't Take It with You
(1984)
Not Rated | 116 min | Music, Musical
A man from a family of rich snobs becomes engaged to a woman from a good-natured but decidedly eccentric family.
Directors: Kirk Browning, Ellis Rabb | Stars: Elizabeth Wilson, Carole Androsky, Rosetta LeNoire, Jack Dodson
Votes: 144
135. Sakharov (1984 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 118 min | Biography, Drama
Biography of Russian physicist & dissident Andrei Sakharov focuses on his first acts in his civil rights movement to his receiving the Nobel Peace prize. Sakharov's actions first caused him... See full summary »
Director: Jack Gold | Stars: Jason Robards, Glenda Jackson, Nicol Williamson, Frank Finlay
Votes: 141
136. 6th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2000 TV Special)
Family
Screen Actors Guild Award - American award, awarded by Guild of movie actors of the USA from 1995 for movies and television serials.
Director: Ron de Moraes | Stars: Jennifer Aniston, Edward Asner, Hank Azaria, Kathy Baker
Votes: 138
137. The Philco Television Playhouse (1948–1956)
60 min | Drama
This live dramatic series featured original stories and adaptations of novels, plays, etc., during its eight-year run. During the first year, the show was sponsored by the Actor's Equity ... See full summary »
Stars: Bert Lytell, Jay Jackson, Bob Stanton, E.G. Marshall
Votes: 137
138. Going Home (2000 TV Movie)
100 min | Drama
A woman must choose between her career at a high-powered New York City firm or returning home to take care of her very ill father.
Director: Ian Barry | Stars: Jason Robards, Sherry Stringfield, Clint Black, Ashley Crow
Votes: 137
139. The Thanksgiving Treasure (1973 TV Movie)
77 min | Drama
Addie tries to invite her father's sworn enemy over for Thanksgiving dinner in the hopes of ending their long-standing feud.
Director: Paul Bogart | Stars: Jason Robards, Mildred Natwick, Barnard Hughes, Lisa Lucas
Votes: 135
140. The Belle of 14th Street (1967 TV Special)
60 min | Musical
Directors: Joe Layton, Walter C. Miller | Stars: John W. Bubbles, Lee Allen, Susan Alpern, Harriet Gibson
Votes: 132
141. The 28th Annual Tony Awards (1974 TV Special)
Director: Clark Jones | Stars: Alan Alda, Jane Alexander, Maxene Andrews, Patty Andrews
Votes: 132
142. 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
143. The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (1999 TV Special)
Talk-Show
Director: Louis J. Horvitz | Stars: Walter Cronkite, Victor Borge, Sean Connery, Judith Jamison
Votes: 131
144. Armstrong Circle Theatre (1950–1963)
60 min | Drama
Documentary dramas, plays that were based on true stories, were the forte of Armstrong Circle Theater. Many movie actors and actresses got their start here.
Stars: Douglas Edwards, Sandy Becker, Bob Sherry, John Cameron Swayze
Votes: 123
145.
The West (1996)
Episode:
Empire Upon The Trails (1806-1848)
(1996)
85 min | Documentary, History, War
In the early 1800's, no one knew who would control the seemingly infinite spaces of the West.
Director: Stephen Ives | Stars: Peter Coyote, Richard White, Fred Gowans, N. Scott Momaday
Votes: 122
146.
American Experience (1987– )
Episode:
Truman: Part I
(1997)
TV-PG | 139 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Biography of U.S. President Harry S Truman.
Director: David Grubin | Stars: David McCullough, Charles Babcock, Winston Churchill, Robert Farren
Votes: 120
147. The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (1980 TV Special)
Music
Director: Don Mischer | Stars: Beverly Sills, Leonard Bernstein, James Cagney, Agnes de Mille
Votes: 119
148.
American Experience (1987– )
Episode:
T.R.: The Story of Theodore Roosevelt (Part I)
(1996)
TV-PG | 110 min | Documentary, Biography, History
An assassin's bullet ended the life of William McKinley in 1901, making his vice president, Theodore Roosevelt, an "accidental" president at the age of 42.
Director: David Grubin | Stars: David McCullough, John Morton Blum, John Milton Cooper, Edith Derby Williams
Votes: 117
149.
The West (1996)
Episode:
Speck Of The Future (1848-1856)
(1996)
86 min | Documentary, History, War
In 1848, a sawmill worker named James Marshall reached down into the stream bed of the American River in California -- and came up with the future of the West in the palm of his hand. He had discovered gold.
Director: Stephen Ives | Stars: Peter Coyote, J.S. Holliday, T.H. Watkins, Richard White
Votes: 114
150. Goodyear Playhouse (1951–1957)
60 min | Drama
The show featured original plays plus plays adapted from works.
Stars: Walter Matthau, David White, Constance Ford, Kim Stanley
Votes: 113