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51. Independent Lens (1999– )
TV-14 | Documentary
Independent Lens is an award-winning PBS documentary series that streams on the PBS App and airs on public television. Independent Lens documentaries focus on stories of underrepresented ... See full summary »
Stars: America Ferrera, Terrence Howard, Stanley Tucci, Mary-Louise Parker
Votes: 636
52. Fast-Walking (1982)
R | 115 min | Drama
A corrupt prison guard becomes involved in a plot to murder a black revolutionary serving time in his prison.
Director: James B. Harris | Stars: James Woods, Tim McIntire, Kay Lenz, Robert Hooks
Votes: 779
53. Hurry Sundown (1967)
Approved | 146 min | Drama
Drama of a ruthless Southern opportunist who tries to buy his cousin's land, and when thwarted, brings several tragedies to the lives of his loved ones.
Director: Otto Preminger | Stars: Michael Caine, Jane Fonda, John Phillip Law, Diahann Carroll
Votes: 1,390 | Gross: $9.00M
54. Reed Between the Lines (2011–2015)
30 min | Comedy
Psychologist Carla Reed and Professor Alex Reed balance their professional lives as doctors and personal lives in a blended family with three kids.
Stars: Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Nadji Jeter, Zoé Hendrix, Zoë Soul
Votes: 482
55. N.Y.P.D. (1967–1969)
30 min | Crime, Drama
The three detectives fight every kind of criminal all over New York City. The show featured many actual New York City locations, as well as episodes based on real New York City police cases.
Stars: Jack Warden, Robert Hooks, Frank Converse, Ted Beniades
Votes: 344
56. The Sinbad Show (1993–1994)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Family
David (Sinbad) is a single foster father for Zana and LJ, and he's very new to the game. He learns as much from the children as they learn from him.
Stars: Sinbad, T.K. Carter, Erin Davis, Ray J
Votes: 477
57. The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (1969–1973)
60 min | Drama
The cases of well-respected neurosurgeon Dr. David Craig and his two young charges.
Stars: David Hartman, E.G. Marshall, John Saxon, Robert Walden
Votes: 165
58. Out All Night (1992–1993)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy
Sitcom about a singer who runs an L.A. nightclub, a young graduate and his irresponsible best friend and roommate who help her, her daughter, and their Scottish neighbor. Set in the same universe as "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air."
Stars: Patti LaBelle, Morris Chestnut, Vivica A. Fox, Duane Martin
Votes: 203
59. Abandoned and Deceived (1995 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 91 min | Drama
The film is the story of woman who is denied the pensions for her children by her ex-husband. Therefore she has to fight for her rights by appealing the courts of justice and the bureaucracy of the state.
Director: Joseph Dougherty | Stars: Lori Loughlin, Brian Kerwin, Farrah Forke, Eric Lloyd
Votes: 333
60. The Courage and the Passion (1978 TV Movie)
100 min | Drama
The lives and loves of a group of U.S. Air Force test pilots on a sprawling airbase called Joshua Tree.
Director: John Llewellyn Moxey | Stars: Vince Edwards, Desi Arnaz Jr., Trisha Noble, Linda Foster
Votes: 37
61. J.J. Starbuck (1987–1988)
60 min | Adventure
Texas billionaire J.J. Starbuck drives around the country in a 1961 Lincoln convertible, with horns on the hood, acting as a private detective solving crimes. He charms the police and ... See full summary »
Stars: Dale Robertson, Shawn Weatherly, Jimmy Dean, Ben Vereen
Votes: 77
62. Backstairs at the White House (1979)
540 min | Drama, History
Behind the scenes at the White House during eight administrations, as told by the people who work there.
Stars: Leslie Uggams, Olivia Cole, Louis Gossett Jr., Robert Hooks
Votes: 493
63. Blacke's Magic (1986)
60 min | Crime, Drama
A magician and his con-man father solve mysteries using a combination of sleight of hand and con games.
Stars: Hal Linden, Harry Morgan, Paula Beyers, Stephen Elliott
Votes: 148
64. Doberman Patrol (1973 TV Movie)
G | 90 min | Action, Drama, Horror
A man is accidentally locked in a department store overnight and finds himself held at bay by six vicious Doberman guard dogs.
Director: Frank De Felitta | Stars: James Brolin, Susan Clark, Earl Holliman, Robert Hooks
Votes: 412
65. East Side/West Side (1963–1964)
60 min | Drama
In this weekly drama show, George C. Scott plays a dedicated social worker trying to solve the problems of his clients in the fascinating mix of cultures that makes up New York City.
Stars: George C. Scott, Elizabeth Wilson, Cicely Tyson, Linden Chiles
Votes: 207
66. The Devlin Connection (1982)
60 min | Drama
A former military intelligence agent's son, a struggling PI, seeks him out years later. Initially resentful, they eventually form a bond as the father reluctantly gets involved in the son's cases.
Stars: Rock Hudson, Jack Scalia, Louis Giambalvo, Leigh Taylor-Young
Votes: 105
67. A Woman Called Moses (1978)
240 min | Biography, Drama
A film about the life and career of the African American abolitionist and slave escape leader, Harriet Tubman.
Stars: Cicely Tyson, Jason Bernard, Clifford David, Judyann Elder
Votes: 417
68. Vanished (1971)
196 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Government agencies investigate the mysterious disappearance of a powerful Presidential adviser.
Stars: Richard Widmark, Skye Aubrey, Tom Bosley, James Farentino
Votes: 164
69. Carter's Army (1970 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 70 min | Drama, War
A racist officer is put in charge of a squad of black troops charged with taking an important bridge from the Germans.
Director: George McCowan | Stars: Stephen Boyd, Robert Hooks, Susan Oliver, Roosevelt Grier
Votes: 611
70. The Last of the Mobile Hot Shots (1970)
X | 100 min | Drama
After winning a game show contest, a newlywed couple travels to New Orleans where the husband seeks to reclaim his ancestral plantation mansion from his biracial stepbrother.
Director: Sidney Lumet | Stars: James Coburn, Lynn Redgrave, Robert Hooks, Perry Hayes
Votes: 432
71. Madame X (1981 TV Movie)
100 min | Drama
Thrown out of her home by a jealous husband, a woman sinks into degradation. Twenty years later, she is charged with killing a man bent on harming her daughter. The daughter, unaware of who... See full summary »
Director: Robert Ellis Miller | Stars: Tuesday Weld, Jeremy Brett, Len Cariou, Martina Deignan
Votes: 136
72. The Eddie Capra Mysteries (1978–1979)
60 min | Drama, Crime
The mysteries of headstrong attorney Eddie Capra.
Stars: Vincent Baggetta, Wendy Phillips, Ken Swofford, Michael Horton
Votes: 85
73. Profiles in Courage (1964–1965)
60 min | Biography, Drama, History
This anthology series presented episodes in the lives of true-life historical personages who each faced a terrible crisis in their life.
Stars: Jason Wingreen, Ken Drake, Woodrow Parfrey, Len Wayland
Votes: 91
74. Tab Hunter Confidential (2015)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary, Biography
The story of matinee idol Tab Hunter from teenage stable boy to closeted Hollywood star of the 1950s.
Director: Jeffrey Schwarz | Stars: Tab Hunter, Clint Eastwood, Paul Newman, Natalie Wood
Votes: 3,560
75. Cassie & Co. (1982)
60 min | Drama
Cassie Holland is a tough and feisty former police officer-turned-private detective who takes advantage of her looks to solve cases.
Stars: Angie Dickinson, John Ireland, Dori Brenner, A Martinez
Votes: 53
76. The Execution (1985 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama
The members of a San Diego Wednesday night womens' mah jongg club are five survivors of a Nazi concentration camp. They recognize the owner of a local restaurant, Walter Grossman, as a ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Wendkos | Stars: Loretta Swit, Rip Torn, Jessica Walter, Barbara Barrie
Votes: 192
77. The Joey Bishop Show (1967–1969)
90 min | Talk-Show
American talk show that had its first broadcast on ABC on April 17, 1967. It was hosted by Joey Bishop and featured Regis Philbin in his first ongoing role with national television exposure, as Bishop's sidekick/announcer.
Stars: Regis Philbin, Joey Bishop, Norm Crosby, Jan Murray
Votes: 222
78. Time Express (1979)
60 min | Drama, Fantasy
Jason and Margaret Winters are the sophisticated hosts of the Time Express, a train which takes its passengers back in time to relive a pivotal moment of their lives.
Stars: Vincent Price, Coral Browne, Woodrow Parfrey, William Phipps
Votes: 57
79. The David Frost Show (1969–1972)
90 min | Talk-Show
American show featuring the popular British talk show host.
Stars: David Frost, Gerri Granger, Tiny Tim, Dana Valery
Votes: 248
80. Sweet Love, Bitter (1967)
M/PG | 92 min | Drama, Music
A loose fictitious of Charlie Parker's last years and a portrait of the jazz scene in 1960's New York.
Director: Herbert Danska | Stars: Don Murray, Dick Gregory, Diane Varsi, Robert Hooks
Votes: 134
81. Hollow Image (1979 TV Movie)
120 min | Drama
A Black New York career girl who has made it big in the fashion world is torn between her new life "downtown" and her roots in Harlem with an old boyfriend still living there.
Director: Marvin J. Chomsky | Stars: Robert Hooks, S. Pearl Sharp, Dick Anthony Williams, Hattie Winston
Votes: 74
82. Aaron Loves Angela (1975)
R | 99 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
In New York City, a young black boy and Puerto Rican girl fall in love despite objections from each other's families.
Director: Gordon Parks Jr. | Stars: Moses Gunn, Kevin Hooks, Irene Cara, Robert Hooks
Votes: 307
83. Sister, Sister (1982 TV Movie)
98 min | Drama, Family
Maya Angelou's story of the family stresses that occur when an older sister (Diahann Carroll) attempts to maintain a home, left by her revered father, in an ultra-moralistic way (regardless... See full summary »
Director: John Berry | Stars: Diahann Carroll, Rosalind Cash, Irene Cara, Paul Winfield
Votes: 208
84. The Sophisticated Gents (1981)
240 min | Drama
Successful black men who were saved from the streets as teenagers come together in a reunion to honor their mentor.
Stars: Bernie Casey, Sonny Jim Gaines, Roosevelt Grier, Rosalind Cash
Votes: 99
85. The Man and the City (1971–1972)
60 min | Drama
Thomas Acala is the longtime mayor of a rapidly growing city in Southwest United States. He handles the constant challenges with the help of his chief aide Andy Hays and secretary Marian Crane.
Stars: Anthony Quinn, Mike Farrell, William Schallert, Mala Powers
Votes: 161
86. Free of Eden (1998 TV Movie)
TV-MA | 98 min | Drama
A black girl seeks a tutor, hoping a good education will help her escape from poor housing projects.
Director: Leon Ichaso | Stars: Sidney Poitier, Sydney Tamiia Poitier, Phylicia Rashad, Robert Hooks
Votes: 354
87. Bicentennial Minutes (1974– )
1 min | Short, History
Minute-long "on this day in history" shorts, used a countdown to America's bicentennial.
Stars: Walter Cronkite, Cleveland Amory, Edward Asner, Roddy McDowall
Votes: 52
88. Heat Wave (1990 TV Movie)
R | 100 min | Drama, History
A superb depiction of the watts riot and how it possibly started in great detail.
Director: Kevin Hooks | Stars: Cicely Tyson, Blair Underwood, James Earl Jones, Margaret Avery
Votes: 218
89. To Kill a Cop (1978 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 186 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Earl Eischied is a man with his hands full. As the Chief of Detectives in New York City, he is trying to break up a group of black militants that are on a crime spree, including the killing of a police officer.
Director: Gary Nelson | Stars: Joe Don Baker, Desi Arnaz Jr., Christine Belford, Scott Brady
Votes: 90
90. Words by Heart (1985 TV Movie)
TV-G | 120 min | Drama, Family, History
The only black family living in a small midwestern town at the turn of the century confront prejudice, as seen through the eyes of the young daughter.
Director: Robert C. Thompson | Stars: Robert Hooks, Charlotte Rae, Alfre Woodard, Fran Robinson
Votes: 88
91. Crosscurrent (1971 TV Movie)
96 min | Crime, Drama
Police procedural film about two San Francisco homicide detectives investigating a high-profile murder.
Director: Jerry Thorpe | Stars: Robert Hooks, Jeremy Slate, Robert Wagner, Carol Lynley
Votes: 67
92. Life After (2009–2013)
Biography
Stars: Flo Anthony, S. Tia Brown, Clay Cane, Kim Osorio
Votes: 50
93. Two for the Money (1972 TV Movie)
73 min | Crime, Drama
Two cops quit the police department to become private detectives, hunt for a killer who has eluded capture for years.
Director: Bernard L. Kowalski | Stars: Robert Hooks, Stephen Brooks, Walter Brennan, Catherine Burns
Votes: 65
94. Glory & Honor (1998 TV Movie)
94 min | Biography, Drama
The true story about Robert Peary's forgotten African American employee Mathew Henson who proved crucial in their race to North Pole.
Director: Kevin Hooks | Stars: Delroy Lindo, Henry Czerny, Bronwen Booth, Kim Staunton
Votes: 127
95. The Killer Who Wouldn't Die (1976 TV Movie)
100 min | Drama, Thriller
After his wife was killed in a mysterious bomb explosion, a cop leaves the department and starts a charter boat service. When an undercover agent who is a close friend is killed, he is ... See full summary »
Director: William Hale | Stars: Mike Connors, Grégoire Aslan, Mariette Hartley, Patrick O'Neal
Votes: 42
96. Day of Absence (1971 TV Movie)
60 min | Drama
Douglas Turner Ward's play about what happens in a small Southern town when the white people awake to find all the black people missing. The Negro Ensemble Company portray all the townspeople in white face.
Director: Paul Bogart | Stars: Norman Bush, Rosalind Cash, David Downing, Lonne Elder III
97. The Hoop Life (1999–2000)
TV-MA | 45 min | Drama, Sport
The Hoop Life is a show based on the lives of professional basketball players off the court. It is centered around the fictional UBA (United Basketball Association) and it follows the lives... See full summary »
Stars: Mykelti Williamson, Dan Lauria, Linda Thorson, Reno Wilson
Votes: 27
98. TV in Black: The First Fifty Years (2004 Video)
Not Rated | 100 min | Documentary
The black image on television changed American culture. This two-hour program includes rare footage, memorabilia, photographs and exclusive interviews from the actors/writers/producers whose personal journeys created television history.
Stars: Muhammad Ali, Jonelle Allen, John Amos, Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson
Votes: 108
99. Appearances (1990 TV Movie)
94 min | Drama
Unsold Series Pilot about a family who continue to pick up the pieces years after the death of a son.
Director: Win Phelps | Stars: Scott Paulin, Wendy Phillips, Ernest Borgnine, James Handy
Votes: 20
100. The Actor's Choice (2015– )
Talk-Show
The Actor's Choice 9-19-2016 Darryl Maximilian Robinson and John Ruskin. Veteran Los Angeles-based stage actor and Excaliber Shakespeare Company of Chicago founder Darryl Maximilian ... See full summary »
Stars: Ron Brewington, Ted Lange, Darryl Maximilian Robinson, Adilah Barnes
Votes: 15