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51. ABC Afterschool Specials (1972–1997)
60 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
A teen drama anthology that often touched on social issues of the day.
Stars: Lance Kerwin, Samaria Graham, Mara Hobel, Alexa Kenin
Votes: 1,266
52. The Woodsman (2004)
R | 87 min | Drama
A child molester returns to his hometown after 12 years in prison and attempts to start a new life.
Director: Nicole Kassell | Stars: Kevin Bacon, Kyra Sedgwick, Yasiin Bey, David Alan Grier
Votes: 35,415 | Gross: $0.04M
53.
ABC Afterschool Specials (1972–1997)
Episode:
The Toothpaste Millionaire
(1974)
Adventure, Comedy, Drama
12-year-old entrepreneur decides to create and sell his own brand of toothpaste.
Director: Richard Kinon | Stars: Tierre Turner, Shelly Juttner, David Pollock, Wright King
Votes: 15
54.
James at 16 (1977–1978)
Episode:
Hunter Country
(1978)
49 min | Drama
James runs for student body president. Marlene is opposed to some of his views and decides that she will run against him.
Director: Stan Lathan | Stars: Lance Kerwin, Linden Chiles, Lynn Carlin, Kim Richards
Votes: 17
55.
James at 16 (1977–1978)
Episode:
Unrequited Love... Twice
(1978)
47 min | Drama
A young friend of Sandy develops a crush on James while one of Mr. Hunter's students shows a romantic interest in him.
Director: Ernest Pintoff | Stars: Lance Kerwin, Linden Chiles, Lynn Carlin, Kim Richards
Votes: 15
56.
Room 222 (1969–1974)
Episode:
The Coat
(1969)
30 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Liz McIntyre is concerned about Jason Allen, who believes that he's not college material, and also that he's unlikely to get far in life because of his race. When she discovers that Jason ... See full summary »
Director: Gene Reynolds | Stars: Lloyd Haynes, Denise Nicholas, Michael Constantine, Karen Valentine
Votes: 34
57.
Room 222 (1969–1974)
Episode:
El Genio
(1969)
30 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Robert Salazar, a Mexican-American student with a high aptitude but who is indifferent about school, comes alive one day during a discussion of the Alamo in Pete Dixon's class. Alice ... See full summary »
Director: William Wiard | Stars: Lloyd Haynes, Denise Nicholas, Michael Constantine, Karen Valentine
Votes: 25
58.
James at 16 (1977–1978)
Episode:
Higher Ground
(1977)
48 min | Drama
James is interested in a young woman who belongs to a cult.
Director: James Sheldon | Stars: Lance Kerwin, Linden Chiles, Lynn Carlin, Kim Richards
Votes: 17
59.
227 (1985–1990)
Episode:
Bull's Eye
(1987)
TV-PG | 24 min | Comedy
Mary is suspicious of her new neighbor just because he throws knives.
Director: Gerren Keith | Stars: Marla Gibbs, Hal Williams, Alaina Reed-Hall, Jackée Harry
Votes: 26
60.
227 (1985–1990)
Episode:
Men's Club
(1987)
TV-PG | 24 min | Comedy
Lester's Uncle's men's club is honoring him. Mary wants to be there with him but his Uncle says that no women are allowed. Mary then decides to dress up like a man and go to the award ceremony as does Sandra.
Director: Gerren Keith | Stars: Marla Gibbs, Hal Williams, Alaina Reed-Hall, Jackée Harry
Votes: 30
61.
Room 222 (1969–1974)
Episode:
Only a Rose
(1970)
30 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Parents' Day at Walt Whitman brings with it an unexpected visitor named Rose Lipton, who follows Pam Simpson into Pete Dixon's class and regales the students with stories about her ... See full summary »
Director: Gene Reynolds | Stars: Lloyd Haynes, Denise Nicholas, Michael Constantine, Karen Valentine
Votes: 23
62. Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy 'Satchel' Paige (1981 TV Movie)
98 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige, star pitcher in the Negro Leagues, and later in the major leagues. Traces his life from his troubled youth, including his life in a detention school for ... See full summary »
Director: Richard A. Colla | Stars: Louis Gossett Jr., Beverly Todd, Cleavon Little, Ernie Barnes
Votes: 139
63. 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
64.
Room 222 (1969–1974)
Episode:
Dreams of Glory
(1970)
30 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Larry Ellison, a diminutive student of Pete Dixon's, lacks confidence in himself because of his size, and especially because he is taunted mercilessly by much larger fellow student Vic ... See full summary »
Director: Bob Sweeney | Stars: Lloyd Haynes, Denise Nicholas, Michael Constantine, Karen Valentine
Votes: 26
65.
Room 222 (1969–1974)
Episode:
Laura Fay, You're Okay!
(1971)
30 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Many of the boys in Alice Johnson's English class over-react to Laura Fay, a transfer student whom they find quite attractive. Laura Fay herself is a sensitive young woman who loves poetry,... See full summary »
Director: Terry Becker | Stars: Lloyd Haynes, Denise Nicholas, Michael Constantine, Karen Valentine
Votes: 22
66.
Room 222 (1969–1974)
Episode:
Opportunity Room
(1971)
30 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Liz McIntyre is rotated to the "opportunity room," a kind of detention in a classroom setting. Her most difficult charges are Tamara, a dreamy girl who nevertheless excels at art; and ... See full summary »
Director: Gene Reynolds | Stars: Lloyd Haynes, Denise Nicholas, Michael Constantine, Karen Valentine
Votes: 25
67. Never Forget (1991 TV Movie)
Unrated | 94 min | Drama, History
The story of Mel Mermelstein, an American holocaust survivor who confronted a Holocaust denial organization's lies in court.
Director: Joseph Sargent | Stars: Leonard Nimoy, Dabney Coleman, Blythe Danner, Paul Hampton
Votes: 305
68.
227 (1985–1990)
Episode:
And Baby Makes Three
(1987)
TV-PG | 24 min | Comedy
Brenda and Calvin take care of a pig for a class project designed to teach the seriousness of teenage pregnancy.
Director: Gerren Keith | Stars: Marla Gibbs, Hal Williams, Alaina Reed-Hall, Jackée Harry
Votes: 23
69.
Room 222 (1969–1974)
Episode:
The Valediction
(1970)
30 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
With another year's graduation approaching, Alice Johnson convinces Walt Whitman's administration to have an open competition to select the class valedictorian instead of simply relying on ... See full summary »
Director: John Erman | Stars: Lloyd Haynes, Denise Nicholas, Michael Constantine, Karen Valentine
Votes: 28
70.
James at 16 (1977–1978)
Episode:
Champions
(1978)
48 min | Drama
James, Sly and other Bunker Hill students fail to make it onto the school basketball team, and start up their own intramural team instead. But when he falls for Jennifer, a friend of ... See full summary »
Director: Ralph Senensky | Stars: Lance Kerwin, Linden Chiles, Lynn Carlin, Kim Richards
Votes: 14
71.
James at 16 (1977–1978)
Episode:
Rebel Without a Car
(1978)
49 min | Drama
James takes driving lessons as he attempts to obtain his driver's license but finds trouble when he borrows the family car without permission.
Director: Larry Elikann | Stars: Lance Kerwin, Linden Chiles, Lynn Carlin, Kim Richards
Votes: 17
72.
James at 16 (1977–1978)
Episode:
Fast and Loose
(1977)
48 min | Drama
James befriends a new boy at school from a wealthy family, and the two take an unsupervised trip to California.
Director: Richard Crenna | Stars: Lance Kerwin, Linden Chiles, Lynn Carlin, Kim Richards
Votes: 16
73. 227 (1985–1990)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy
This series took place in an apartment building numbered 227. The cast would frequently be sitting outside on a large set of stone stairs, involved in some discussion that would unfold into the weekly plotline.
Stars: Helen Martin, Marla Gibbs, Hal Williams, Alaina Reed-Hall
Votes: 3,995
74.
Room 222 (1969–1974)
Episode:
The Last Full Moon
(1971)
30 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Charlie Morano and Abbie Domier confess that they have been married for more than four months while keeping the marriage a secret, having disregarded advice from Pete Dixon and Liz McIntyre... See full summary »
Director: William Wiard | Stars: Lloyd Haynes, Denise Nicholas, Michael Constantine, Karen Valentine
Votes: 22
75.
227 (1985–1990)
Episode:
The Honeymoon's Over
(1987)
TV-PG | 24 min | Comedy
Lester's cousin Ed and his wife Sherry are visiting Mary and Lester. Ed is absolutely devoted to Sherry and still treats her like they're still on a honeymoon after 5 years of marriage, but... See full summary »
Director: Whitney J. LeBlanc | Stars: Marla Gibbs, Hal Williams, Alaina Reed-Hall, Jackée Harry
Votes: 27
76.
James at 16 (1977–1978)
Episode:
Listless Fever
(1978)
49 min | Drama
James fears he may have contracted a venereal disease from Swedish exchange student Christine.
Director: Peter Levin | Stars: Lance Kerwin, Linden Chiles, Lynn Carlin, Kim Richards
Votes: 16
77. The Sergeant (1968)
R | 108 min | Drama
A story of a brilliant master sergeant with a great career behind him and transferred to yet another post, his attraction to a younger man eventually overrides him, to a point where his latent homosexuality, finally emerges.
Director: John Flynn | Stars: Rod Steiger, John Phillip Law, Ludmila Mikaël, Frank Latimore
Votes: 700
78.
James at 16 (1977–1978)
Episode:
Kathy's in the Shower
(1977)
47 min | Drama
James' older sister Kathy is found to be romantically involved with one of her college professors, and struggles to keep this knowledge a secret from their parents.
Director: Joseph Hardy | Stars: Lance Kerwin, Linden Chiles, Lynn Carlin, Kim Richards
Votes: 19
79.
Room 222 (1969–1974)
Episode:
Mel Wertz and the Nickel-Plated Toothpick
(1970)
30 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Several students at Walt Whitman have formed a band, the Nickel-Plated Toothpick, that has a shot at a recording contract with a Nashville record producer, thanks to the efforts of the ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Kinon | Stars: Lloyd Haynes, Denise Nicholas, Michael Constantine, Karen Valentine
Votes: 22
80.
James at 16 (1977–1978)
Episode:
The Apple Tree, the Singing and the Gold
(1977)
48 min | Drama
When his best friend comes to visit from Portland, James has to confront how to deal with a loss.
Director: Peter Levin | Stars: Lance Kerwin, Linden Chiles, Lynn Carlin, Kim Richards
Votes: 16
81.
Room 222 (1969–1974)
Episode:
You Can Take the Boy Out of the Country, But...
(1971)
30 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
New student Mathew Palmer, a naive country boy, is taken advantage of by the class wise guys --until he learns to fight back.
Director: Richard Kinon | Stars: Lloyd Haynes, Denise Nicholas, Michael Constantine, Karen Valentine
Votes: 22
82.
Room 222 (1969–1974)
Episode:
Hip Hip Hooray
(1971)
30 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Feelings are running high between Walt Whitman High and its arch-rival, Daniel Webster High before the annual football game between the two schools. Whitman's principal and that of Webster ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Kinon | Stars: Lloyd Haynes, Denise Nicholas, Michael Constantine, Karen Valentine
Votes: 19
83.
Room 222 (1969–1974)
Episode:
Write On, Brother
(1970)
30 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
A group of students who are tired of the school administration's control over the school newspaper decide to start their own underground newspaper about life at Walt Whitman High. For their... See full summary »
Director: Terry Becker | Stars: Lloyd Haynes, Denise Nicholas, Michael Constantine, Karen Valentine
Votes: 24
84.
Vietnam War Story (1987–1988)
Episode:
Home
(1987)
Drama, War
Zadig is a Marine who has lost his leg in combat. In a stateside hospital, he peppers his companions with corny jokes and makes a light-hearted nuisance of himself to the staff. His fellow ... See full summary »
Director: Ray Danton | Stars: Joshua Cadman, Nicholas Cascone, Peter Cohl, Ernest Dixon
Votes: 7
85.
James at 16 (1977–1978)
Episode:
Actions Speak Louder
(1978)
48 min | Drama
Scott, a deaf student, transfers to James' school and struggles for acceptance.
Director: Joseph Hardy | Stars: Lance Kerwin, Linden Chiles, Lynn Carlin, Kim Richards
Votes: 18
86.
James at 16 (1977–1978)
Episode:
Mrs. Carson
(1977)
47 min | Drama
James becomes concerned when a student teacher finds herself alone and pregnant.
Director: Ernest A. Losso | Stars: Lance Kerwin, Linden Chiles, Lynn Carlin, Kim Richards
Votes: 15
87.
James at 16 (1977–1978)
Episode:
The Blowout
(1978)
49 min | Drama
The school dance is around the corner, and everybody's looking for a date. James has a crush on a fellow student who's taller than he is, while fending off the advances of another who's much shorter than him.
Director: Larry Elikann | Stars: Lance Kerwin, Linden Chiles, Lynn Carlin, Kim Richards
Votes: 17
88.
James at 16 (1977–1978)
Episode:
Ducks
(1978)
49 min | Drama
When the expressway expansion threatens a local park James and his friends help relocate the park ducks to a new outdoor area rather than see them moved to a zoo.
Director: Peter Levin | Stars: Lance Kerwin, Linden Chiles, Lynn Carlin, Kim Richards
Votes: 13
89. A Countess from Hong Kong (1967)
G | 120 min | Comedy, Romance
In Hong Kong, an ambassador returning to America meets a Russian countess, a refugee without a passport, who decides to hide in his cabin.
Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Marlon Brando, Sophia Loren, Sydney Chaplin, Tippi Hedren
Votes: 6,978
90. A Doctor's Story (1984 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 96 min | Drama
A physician (Howard E. Rollins, Jr.) frustrates his family in his fight to prove that an elderly man is not senile.
Director: Peter Levin | Stars: Howard E. Rollins Jr., Art Carney, Charles Kimbrough, Jodi Thelen
Votes: 51
91.
Room 222 (1969–1974)
Episode:
I Hate You, Silas Marner
(1971)
30 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Alice Johnson finds herself exhausted to the point of collapse, as she not only teaches class by day, but also spends hours grading papers - in between counseling students about the ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Gordon | Stars: Lloyd Haynes, Denise Nicholas, Michael Constantine, Karen Valentine
Votes: 24
92.
James at 16 (1977–1978)
Episode:
Queen of the Silver Dollar
(1978)
49 min | Drama
While away at a swim meet James convinces a young woman to spend the night in his motel room to win a bet with the other swimmers.
Director: George Tyne | Stars: Lance Kerwin, Linden Chiles, Lynn Carlin, Kim Richards
Votes: 15
93. Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness? (1969)
X | 107 min | Comedy, Musical
Heironymus Merkin (Anthony Newley) screens an autobiographical movie of his life, growth, and moral decay.
Directors: Anthony Newley, Richard Williams | Stars: Anthony Newley, Joan Collins, Alexander Newley, Tara Newley Arkle
Votes: 414
94. Living to Die (1990)
R | 84 min | Crime, Mystery
A burned-out private detective in Las Vegas gets involved in blackmail and murder.
Director: Wings Hauser | Stars: Wings Hauser, Darcy DeMoss, Asher Brauner, Arnold Vosloo
Votes: 168
95. The Banana Company (1977 TV Movie)
30 min | Comedy
Comedy pilot aired on CBS set in the South Pacific during Wold War II about the misadventures of a group of combat correspondents going to great lengths to secure stories for their press service.
Director: Bruce Bilson | Stars: Bob Brown, Sam Chew Jr., Ted Gehring, Ron Masak
96. Chicago in the Roaring 20's (1965 TV Movie)
45 min | Music
Director: Buddy Bregman | Stars: Neil McCallum, David Healy, Suzanne Lloyd, Bridget Armstrong
97. Songs of the American Civil War (1965 TV Movie)
60 min | Music
Stars: Neil McCallum, Brian Davies, Donald Sutherland, John Brandon
98.
The Jazz Age (1968– )
Episode:
Broadway
(1968)
Comedy, Drama, Musical
Director: Gilchrist Calder | Stars: Michael Balfour, Jerry Elboz, Jeana Franks, Al Garcia
99.
The Wednesday Play (1964–1970)
Episode:
The Pistol
(1965)
75 min | Drama
A young private with a pistol deals with the aftershock of the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Director: James Ferman | Stars: Clive Endersby, John Brandon, Hal Galili, Leo Kharibian
100.
Court Martial (1965–1966)
Episode:
All Roads Lead to Callaghan
(1966)
60 min | Crime, Drama
Director: Peter Graham Scott | Stars: Bradford Dillman, Peter Graves, Callen Angelo, Phil Brown