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1. Sesame Street (1969– )
TV-Y | 55 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
On a special inner city street, the inhabitants, human and muppet, teach preschool subjects with comedy, cartoons, games, and songs.
Stars: Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Caroll Spinney, Jerry Nelson
Votes: 15,427
2. The Electric Company (1971–1977)
TV-G | 28 min | Family, Comedy
A comedy variety show that teaches basic phonetic and grammar concepts using live-action sketches, cartoons, songs, and Spider-Man episodes.
Stars: Jim Boyd, Morgan Freeman, Judy Graubart, Skip Hinnant
Votes: 2,292
3. The Ewok Adventure (1984 TV Movie)
TV-G | 96 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Wicket the Ewok and his friends agree to help two shipwrecked human children, Mace and Cindel, on a quest to find their parents.
Director: John Korty | Stars: Eric Walker, Warwick Davis, Fionnula Flanagan, Guy Boyd
Votes: 12,552
4. The Candidate (1972)
PG | 110 min | Comedy, Drama
Bill McKay is a candidate for the U.S. Senate from California. He has no hope of winning, so he is willing to tweak the establishment.
Director: Michael Ritchie | Stars: Robert Redford, Peter Boyle, Melvyn Douglas, Don Porter
Votes: 11,945 | Gross: $0.12M
5. Go Ask Alice (1973 TV Movie)
74 min | Drama
A 15-year-old girl in late-1960s America is sucked into an odyssey of sex and drugs and eventually seeks help.
Director: John Korty | Stars: William Shatner, Ruth Roman, Wendell Burton, Julie Adams
Votes: 1,103
6. Twice Upon a Time (1983)
PG | 74 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Two wannabe heroes and their friends must stop a madman from giving everyone nightmares.
Directors: John Korty, Charles Swenson | Stars: Lorenzo Music, Judith Kahan, Marshall Efron, James Cranna
Votes: 1,266
7. The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (1974 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 110 min | Drama, History
Story of a black woman in the South who was born into slavery in the 1850s and lives to become a part of the civil rights movement in the 1960s.
Director: John Korty | Stars: Cicely Tyson, Eric Brown, Richard Dysart, Joel Fluellen
Votes: 2,511
8. Oliver's Story (1978)
PG | 91 min | Drama, Romance
In this sequel to Love Story (1970), grieving Oliver is being pressured by his in-laws to move on and take part in the family business. He meets a pretty heiress and they start dating, but memories of Jennie come rushing back.
Director: John Korty | Stars: Ryan O'Neal, Candice Bergen, Nicola Pagett, Edward Binns
Votes: 1,071
9. Farewell to Manzanar (1976 TV Movie)
120 min | Drama, History, War
After the attack on Pearl Harbor, seven-year-old Jeanne Wakatsuki, her family and 11,000 other Americans of Japanese descent and their immigrant parents are imprisoned in the internment camp Manzanar in California.
Director: John Korty | Stars: Yuki Shimoda, Nobu McCarthy, Dori Takeshita, Akemi Kikumura
Votes: 143
10. The People (1972 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 74 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
A teacher takes a job in a small remote community and finds the inhabitants to be strange with unsettling rules imposed on even her young students. On learning more about the people she finds that things are not at all what they seemed.
Director: John Korty | Stars: Kim Darby, William Shatner, Diane Varsi, Dan O'Herlihy
Votes: 690
11. The Oscars (I) (2023 TV Special)
TV-14 | 170 min | Documentary, Comedy, Music
The presentation of the 95th Academy Awards, given for achievements in films released in 2022, with major contenders including All Quiet on the Western Front (2022), Avatar: The Way of Water (2022), The Banshees of Inisherin (2022), Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022), The Fabelmans (2022) and Top Gun: Maverick (2022).
Director: Glenn Weiss | Stars: Jennifer Connelly, Emily Blunt, Ana de Armas, Florence Pugh
Votes: 1,010
12. Forever (1978 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 96 min | Drama, Romance
A made-for-TV movie based on Judy Blume's novel Forever.
Director: John Korty | Stars: Stephanie Zimbalist, Dean Butler, John Friedrich, Beth Raines
Votes: 106
13. Deadly Matrimony (1992 TV Movie)
Unrated | 182 min | Drama, Thriller
Alan Masters is a despicable businessman with his hands in organized crime. He marries Diane, a kind and gentle woman, and abuses and batters her viciously. Sergeant John Reed has had ... See full summary »
Director: John Korty | Stars: Brian Dennehy, Treat Williams, Embeth Davidtz, Xander Berkeley
Votes: 367
14. Redwood Curtain (1995 TV Movie)
PG | 100 min | Drama
Geri Riordan is adopted, half-Vietnamese, eighteen, and a piano prodigy. She also feels as if she doesn't know who she really is, and when her adopted father dies, she begins to search for ... See full summary »
Director: John Korty | Stars: Jeff Daniels, Lea Salonga, Debra Monk, Catherine Hicks
Votes: 225
15. A Son's Promise (1990 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama, Family
The touching true story of 15-year-old Terry who promised his dying mother to look after his six younger brothers and keep them together as a family--a man's job on a boy's shoulders. He ... See full summary »
Director: John Korty | Stars: Ricky Schroder, David Andrews, Veronica Cartwright, Stephen Dorff
Votes: 333
16. The Haunting Passion (1983 TV Movie)
98 min | Thriller, Drama
A couple moves into a romantic, isolated house as the husband starts a new career. Home alone, the wife suffers realistic erotic dreams of sex with an unknown man, sparked by a jealous demon.
Director: John Korty | Stars: Jane Seymour, Gerald McRaney, Millie Perkins, Ruth Nelson
Votes: 287
17. Resting Place (1986 TV Movie)
PG | 100 min | Drama
The mysterious death of an army officer comes under investigation by Major Kendall Laird as the young soldier's parents seek an honorable burial place, out of respect for their son. The ... See full summary »
Director: John Korty | Stars: John Lithgow, Richard Bradford, Morgan Freeman, CCH Pounder
Votes: 643
18. The Crazy-Quilt (1966)
75 min | Drama
A man with no illusions marries a young woman who is brimming with idealism. She attempts to remake her husband with her overflowing optimism, but the marriage is severely strained when her... See full summary »
Director: John Korty | Stars: Tom Rosqui, Ina Mela, Burgess Meredith, Ellen Frye
Votes: 64
19. Gift of Love: The Daniel Huffman Story (1999 TV Movie)
84 min | Biography, Drama, Family
Fifteen-year-old Daniel Huffman is a normal teenager with a passion for football and grand hope for a college football scholarship. Raised by his grandmother Shirlee, the two have a warm ... See full summary »
Director: John Korty | Stars: Debbie Reynolds, Ed Marinaro, Elden Henson, Dan MacDonald
Votes: 308
20. Long Road Home (1991 TV Movie)
PG | 78 min | Drama
Set against the turbulence and suffering of the Great Depression, chronicles one family's undying struggle to overcome the injustices of a corrupt world.
Director: John Korty | Stars: Mark Harmon, Lee Purcell, Morgan Weisser, Leon Russom
Votes: 224
21. Winnie (1988 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 100 min | Biography, Drama
Winnie is an intellectually-disabled little girl who is committed to an institution at a very young age by her mother. Throughout the film, Winnie struggles for independence and to feel as ... See full summary »
Director: John Korty | Stars: Meredith Baxter, David Morse, Jenny O'Hara, Tabi Cooper
Votes: 175
22. Children of the Mist (1993 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 100 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A bereaved man finds solace in a blind woman who has the ability to see the souls of departed children, including his own daughter who recently died. With the woman's help, he is able to work through his grief.
Director: John Korty | Stars: Patrick Bergin, Vanessa Redgrave, Valerie Mahaffey, Nancy Moore Atchison
Votes: 420
23. Baby Girl Scott (1987 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama
The story of the Scotts, a young couple whose first child is born dangerously early, weighing less than a pound and a half. As they endure the anguish and struggle to help keep their baby ... See full summary »
Director: John Korty | Stars: John Lithgow, Mary Beth Hurt, Linda Kelsey, Ronny Cox
Votes: 95
24. George Burns Comedy Week (1985)
30 min | Comedy
A comedy anthology television series hosted by George Burns.
Stars: George Burns, Bronson Pinchot, Candice Azzara, Michael Ensign
Votes: 82
25. Keeping Secrets (1991 TV Movie)
96 min | Drama
The FILM Autobiography of actress and entrepreneur Suzanne Somers with all the trials and tribulations that made her who she is today.
Director: John Korty | Stars: Suzanne Somers, Ken Kercheval, Michael Learned, Kim Zimmer
Votes: 113
26. A Christmas Without Snow (1980 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama, Music
A divorced woman moves to a new city, trying to rebuild her life. She joins the choir of a local church and is inspired by the choirmaster, a curmudgeonly old gentleman who will accept ... See full summary »
Director: John Korty | Stars: Michael Learned, John Houseman, Ramon Bieri, James Cromwell
Votes: 411
27. Eye on the Sparrow (1987 TV Movie)
PG | 94 min | Drama
A blind couple's long and tiresome legal battle to be allowed to adopt a child.
Director: John Korty | Stars: Mare Winningham, Keith Carradine, Sandy McPeak, Kaaren Lee
Votes: 72
28. Getting Out (1994 TV Movie)
100 min | Drama
A woman has to put her life back together after getting out of prison.
Director: John Korty | Stars: Rebecca De Mornay, Robert Knepper, Carol Mitchell-Leon, Richard Jenkins
Votes: 278
29. Who Are the DeBolts? and Where Did They Get Nineteen Kids? (1977)
Not Rated | 72 min | Documentary, Biography
Dorothy and Bob DeBolt's tale of the struggles and joys involved in their 19 adopted children, many of who are physically disabled war orphans.
Director: John Korty | Stars: Kim Atwood, Marty Atwood, Mike Atwood, Mimi Atwood
Votes: 248
30. Line of Fire: The Morris Dees Story (1991 TV Movie)
95 min | Drama
This is the story of Morris Dees, a civil rights lawyer, who's being threatened, so he has to have an armed bodyguard.
Director: John Korty | Stars: Corbin Bernsen, Jenny Lewis, Sandy Bull, John M. Jackson
Votes: 80
31. Second Sight: A Love Story (1984 TV Movie)
100 min | Romance, Drama
Alexandra McKay is a woman who's been blind for twenty years and is afraid that people will just try to get close to her because of her condition, so she ultimately stays to herself and her... See full summary »
Director: John Korty | Stars: Elizabeth Montgomery, Barry Newman, Nicholas Pryor, Michael Horton
Votes: 153
32. Cast the First Stone (1989 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 89 min | Drama
Based on a true story. A young woman picked up a hitch-hiker in her car. The hitch-hiker raped the young woman and drowned her plea for help by raising the volume of her music box. The ... See full summary »
Director: John Korty | Stars: Jill Eikenberry, Richard Masur, Elizabeth Ruscio, Joe Spano
Votes: 85
33. Artifact from the Future: The Making of 'THX 1138' (2004 Video)
31 min | Documentary, Short
George Lucas and others discuss the production and the making of THX 1138 (1971).
Director: Gary Leva | Stars: Walter Murch, Matthew Robbins, George Lucas, Carroll Ballard
Votes: 214
34. Ms. Scrooge (1997 TV Movie)
G | 87 min | Drama, Fantasy
A retelling of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol."
Director: John Korty | Stars: Cicely Tyson, Katherine Helmond, Michael Beach, John Bourgeois
Votes: 459
35. Alex & the Gypsy (1976)
R | 100 min | Comedy, Romance
Alexander Main, a bail bondsman, falls for one of his "customers", a pretty gypsy girl, Maritza, who's been accused of murder.
Director: John Korty | Stars: Jack Lemmon, Geneviève Bujold, James Woods, Gino Ardito
Votes: 271
36. Silence (1974)
G | 88 min | Drama, Family
Barbara and Al adopt Eric, who is deaf and mute, and take him camping in Santa Cruz Mountains of California. Eric becomes lost and is found by a hermit named Crazy Jack, who teaches him how to survive in the woods.
Director: John Korty | Stars: Will Geer, Ellen Geer, Richard Kelton, Ian Geer Flanders
Votes: 29
37. Class of '63 (1973 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 74 min | Drama
A jealous husband uses a college reunion to take revenge on his wife's former lover, who he is convinced is still having an affair with her.
Director: John Korty | Stars: James Brolin, Joan Hackett, Cliff Gorman, Woodrow Chambliss
Votes: 76
38. Slaying the Dragon (1988 TV Movie)
60 min | Documentary
A highly critical documentary about the history of East Asian American actresses in Hollywood. Features interviews with pioneering East Asian American actresses and clips from classic films... See full summary »
Director: Deborah Gee | Stars: Herb Wong, Amy Hill, Jaime Kibben, John Korty
Votes: 48
39. The 31st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1979 TV Special)
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Director: John Moffitt | Stars: Mason Adams, Alan Alda, Loni Anderson, Lou Antonio
Votes: 52
40. A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope (2004 Video)
64 min | Documentary
Francis Ford Coppola, George Lucas and many others discuss the history, troubles, and legacy of American Zoetrope.
Director: Gary Leva | Stars: Richard Dreyfuss, Robert Dalva, Francis Ford Coppola, Steven Spielberg
Votes: 300
41. Yosemite: The Fate of Heaven (1989)
58 min | Documentary
Director: Jon Else | Star: Robert Redford
Votes: 34
42. Vietnam Requiem (1982)
Not Rated | 48 min | Documentary, History, War
This documentary film comprises of interviews with five Vietnam War veterans in 1982 in prison for violent crimes committed after leaving the military, interwoven with film and television ... See full summary »
Directors: Bill Couturié, Jonas McCord | Stars: Raymond Baker, Charles A. Beckwith, Albert Allen Dobbs, Duane Maybee
Votes: 33
43. Funnyman (1967)
102 min | Comedy, Drama
An improvisational comedian, working with The Committee improv group in San Francisco, struggles to be taken seriously.
Director: John Korty | Stars: Peter Bonerz, Sandra Archer, Carole Androsky, Larry Hankin
Votes: 33
44. The 38th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1986 TV Special)
180 min | Family
Primetime Emmy Award is the main American award in area of television, annually handed by the American television academy.
Director: Jeff Margolis | Stars: Steve Allen, Harry Anderson, Eve Arden, Bea Arthur
Votes: 34
46. ABC Close-Up! (1960– )
30 min | Documentary
This long running ABC News series of special reports/documentaries explores different aspects of life in the United States, featuring the most prominent ABC News correspondents of their times.
Stars: Marshall Frady, Joseph Julian, John Daly, Pierre Salinger
Votes: 25
47. A Deadly Business (1986 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 96 min | Drama
The movie, and true story, is about how Harold began working for the garbage industry in New Jersey only to find out that it was run by the Mafia. Having been in and out of jail most of his... See full summary »
Director: John Korty | Stars: Alan Arkin, Armand Assante, Jon Polito, Raymond Serra
Votes: 69
48. The Music School (1974 TV Movie)
30 min | Drama
Director: John Korty | Stars: Colleen Dewhurst, Ron Weyand, Dana Larsson, Cathleen Bauer
Votes: 23
49. Oklahoma City: A Survivor's Story (1998 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 96 min | Crime, Drama
The story of the rescue and recovery of an Oklahoma City bomb survivor.
Director: John Korty | Stars: Kathy Baker, Eric Johnson, Ray Baker, Tom Butler
Votes: 61
50. Stepping Out: The Debolts Grow Up (1980 TV Movie)
52 min | Documentary
An update on the DeBolt family, originally featured in Who Are the DeBolts? and Where Did They Get Nineteen Kids? (1977).
Director: Jon Else | Stars: Kris Kristofferson, Bob DeBolt, Dorothy DeBolt
Votes: 13