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1. Twin Peaks (1990–1991)
TV-MA | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An idiosyncratic FBI agent investigates the murder of a young woman in the even more idiosyncratic town of Twin Peaks.
Stars: Kyle MacLachlan, Michael Ontkean, Mädchen Amick, Dana Ashbrook
Votes: 215,842
2. Slap Shot (1977)
R | 123 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport
A failing ice hockey team finds success with outrageously violent hockey goonery.
Director: George Roy Hill | Stars: Paul Newman, Michael Ontkean, Strother Martin, Jennifer Warren
Votes: 41,287 | Gross: $28.00M
3. The Descendants (2011)
R | 115 min | Comedy, Drama
A land baron tries to reconnect with his two daughters after his wife is seriously injured in a boating accident.
Director: Alexander Payne | Stars: George Clooney, Shailene Woodley, Amara Miller, Nick Krause
Votes: 251,998 | Gross: $82.58M
4. The Outer Limits (1995–2002)
TV-PG | 44 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A modern revival of the classic science fiction horror anthology show The Outer Limits (1963). Episodes often have twist-endings and involve aliens. Sometimes, a story from one episode continues in a later episode.
Stars: Kevin Conway, Alex Diakun, Eric Schneider, Garvin Cross
Votes: 13,803
5. Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992)
R | 134 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Laura Palmer's harrowing final days are chronicled one year after the murder of Teresa Banks, a resident of Twin Peaks' neighboring town.
Director: David Lynch | Stars: Sheryl Lee, Ray Wise, Mädchen Amick, Dana Ashbrook
Votes: 105,353 | Gross: $4.16M
6. Tales of the Unexpected (1979–1988)
TV-14 | 25 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror
Short dramas each with a twist of some kind; across the first four seasons most of these are from short stories by Roald Dahl.
Stars: Roald Dahl, Andrew Ray, Forbes Collins, Richard Johnson
Votes: 2,507
7. The Allnighter (1987)
PG-13 | 108 min | Comedy, Romance
A Southern California coed parties with her roommates and flirts with a surfer next door.
Director: Tamar Simon Hoffs | Stars: Susanna Hoffs, Dedee Pfeiffer, Joan Cusack, John Terlesky
Votes: 1,487 | Gross: $2.70M
8. The Partridge Family (1970–1974)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family, Music
The humorous adventures of a family of pop musicians.
Stars: Shirley Jones, David Cassidy, Susan Dey, Danny Bonaduce
Votes: 4,784
9. Ironside (1967–1975)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Wheelchair-using, crime-fighting detective Robert T. Ironside battles the bad guys on the streets of San Francisco.
Stars: Raymond Burr, Don Galloway, Don Mitchell, Barbara Anderson
Votes: 4,103
10. The Magical World of Disney (1954–1997)
TV-G | 120 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
A Disney-produced anthology covering many different genres.
Stars: Walt Disney, Paul Frees, Clarence Nash, Slim Pickens
Votes: 2,293
11. The Hitchhiker (1983–1991)
TV-MA | 26 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A young hitchhiker introduces characters who are about to experience a frightening and sometimes supernatural incident of some kind in this moody anthology series.
Stars: Page Fletcher, Nicholas Campbell, Vincent Grass, Kirstie Alley
Votes: 1,875
12. Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces (2014)
91 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Twin Peaks before Twin Peaks (1990) and at the same time not always and entirely in the same place as Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992). A feature film which presents deleted scenes from Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992) assembled together for the first time in an untold portion of the story's prequel.
Director: David Lynch | Stars: Chris Isaak, Kiefer Sutherland, C.H. Evans, Sandra Kinder
Votes: 12,797
13. Twin Peaks (1989 Video)
113 min | Drama, Mystery
An FBI agent investigates the murder of a small town's homecoming queen. A self-contained, 20 minutes longer version of the pilot episode of Twin Peaks (1990) and an alternate version of Twin Peaks (1990) that brings closure to the story.
Director: David Lynch | Stars: Kyle MacLachlan, Michael Ontkean, Mädchen Amick, Dana Ashbrook
Votes: 721
14. Postcards from the Edge (1990)
R | 101 min | Comedy, Drama
A substance-addicted actress tries to look on the bright side even as she is forced to move back in with her mother to avoid unemployment.
Director: Mike Nichols | Stars: Meryl Streep, Shirley MacLaine, Dennis Quaid, Gene Hackman
Votes: 19,383 | Gross: $37.96M
15. The Rookies (1972–1976)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama
The trials and adventures of three young police officers.
Stars: Georg Stanford Brown, Sam Melville, Gerald S. O'Loughlin, Kate Jackson
Votes: 1,233
16. North Shore (2004–2005)
TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, Romance
Intrigue abounds at the Grand Waimea Hotel, the perfect place for an exclusive Hawaiian getaway for the rich, powerful and beautiful.
Stars: Kristoffer Polaha, Brooke Burns, Corey Sevier, Nikki Deloach
Votes: 1,167
17. Shadrach (1998)
PG-13 | 88 min | Drama
In 1935, ninety-nine-year-old former slave Shadrach asks to be buried on the soil where he was born to slavery, and that land is owned by the large Dabney family, consisting of Vernon, ... See full summary »
Director: Susanna Styron | Stars: Martin Sheen, John Franklin Sawyer, Scott Terra, Ginnie Randall
Votes: 1,340 | Gross: $0.02M
18. Great Performances (1971– )
TV-G | 180 min | Music, Musical
Filmed and televised versions of theater productions, such as plays, musicals, operas, ballets, and concerts from around the world.
Stars: Scott Yoo, Julie Andrews, Renée Fleming, Plácido Domingo
Votes: 903
19. Making Love (1982)
R | 113 min | Drama
A successful young L.A. doctor and his equally successful television-producer wife find their happily-ever-after life torn assunder when he suddenly confronts his long-repressed attraction ... See full summary »
Director: Arthur Hiller | Stars: Michael Ontkean, Kate Jackson, Harry Hamlin, Wendy Hiller
Votes: 2,964 | Gross: $11.90M
20. PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal (1996–2000)
TV-14 | 45 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
A science team that works for the Office of Scientific Investigation and Research (O.S.I.R.) investigates the reports of supernatural phenomena.
Stars: Nancy Anne Sakovich, Barclay Hope, Colin Fox, Dan Aykroyd
Votes: 1,961
21. Longstreet (1971–1972)
90 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The cases of a blind insurance investigator.
Stars: James Franciscus, Marlyn Mason, Peter Mark Richman, Ann Doran
Votes: 627
22. Maid to Order (1987)
PG | 93 min | Fantasy, Comedy
A spoiled rich girl is visited by her fairy godmother and turned into a maid.
Director: Amy Holden Jones | Stars: Ally Sheedy, Beverly D'Angelo, Michael Ontkean, Valerie Perrine
Votes: 3,647 | Gross: $9.87M
23. Dan August (1970–1971)
60 min | Crime, Drama
Detective August works the crime beat in his home town, Santa Luisa CA, working with (and against) people with whom he grew up.
Stars: Burt Reynolds, Norman Fell, Richard Anderson, Ned Romero
Votes: 351
24. In a Child's Name (1991)
Not Rated | 192 min | Biography, Drama, Thriller
A true story about a woman who fights her brother-in-law's parents for custody of her deceased sister's baby upon learning that her brother-in-law murdered her sister.
Stars: Valerie Bertinelli, Michael Ontkean, Timothy Carhart, David Huddleston
Votes: 709
25. Summer of the Monkeys (1998)
G | 101 min | Adventure, Drama
Summer Of The Monkeys (set in 1910 on the prairies of Canada) follows the story of a young boy, Jay, who dreams of getting enough money to buy his dream horse. One summer Jay finds four ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Anderson | Stars: Michael Ontkean, Leslie Hope, Wilford Brimley, Corey Sevier
Votes: 623 | Gross: $0.02M
26. Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans (1957)
Approved | 30 min | Adventure, Drama, Western
Nat Cutler, known as Hawkeye, is a fur trader. With his faithful Indian companion Chingachgook, the last of the Mohican tribe, he fights to protect settlers against the raiding Huron Indians.
Stars: John Hart, Lon Chaney Jr., Bill Walsh, John Vernon
Votes: 272
27. Necromancy (1972)
PG | 83 min | Horror
Mr. Cato is the head of a witches' coven in the town of Lilith, where he needs the powers of Lori Brandon to raise his son from the dead.
Director: Bert I. Gordon | Stars: Orson Welles, Pamela Franklin, Lee Purcell, Michael Ontkean
Votes: 1,058
28. The Blood of Others (1984 TV Movie)
175 min | Drama, History, Romance
WWII. In German occupied Paris, Helene is torn between the love for her boyfriend Jean, working for the resistance and the German administrator Bergmann, who will do anything to gain her ... See full summary »
Director: Claude Chabrol | Stars: Jodie Foster, Michael Ontkean, Sam Neill, Lambert Wilson
Votes: 624
29. Clara's Heart (1988)
PG-13 | 108 min | Drama
A Jamaican woman becomes the housekeeper for a rich Baltimore family and bonds with a disillusioned teenage boy.
Director: Robert Mulligan | Stars: Whoopi Goldberg, Michael Ontkean, Kathleen Quinlan, Neil Patrick Harris
Votes: 2,561 | Gross: $5.19M
30. Just the Way You Are (1984)
PG | 94 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
A disabled musician thinks people treat her differently because of her disability, so she goes to a ski resort with her leg in a cast to test this theory.
Director: Édouard Molinaro | Stars: Kristy McNichol, Michael Ontkean, Kaki Hunter, André Dussollier
Votes: 1,059 | Gross: $7.89M
31. Willie & Phil (1980)
R | 115 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Remake of Jules et Jim following the experiences over a decade of two friends who fall in love with the same woman, enjoyably satirising the 70's through the search by the three ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Mazursky | Stars: Michael Ontkean, Margot Kidder, Ray Sharkey, Jan Miner
Votes: 534 | Gross: $4.40M
32. In Defense of a Married Man (1990 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 95 min | Crime, Drama
A lawyer's husband is having an affair. When the woman he is having the affair with is found dead. He is the prime suspect. Though he adamantly proclaims his innocence. His wife takes ... See full summary »
Director: Joel Oliansky | Stars: Judith Light, Michael Ontkean, Jerry Orbach, Pat Corley
Votes: 273
33. Girls on the Road (1972)
PG | 80 min | Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Two girls on their way to a hippie encounter session pick up a crazed Vietnam veteran, who might just be the serial killer who is murdering hippies in the area.
Director: Thomas J. Schmidt | Stars: Dianne Hull, Michael Ontkean, Kathleen Cody, Ralph Waite
Votes: 398
34. Pickup on 101 (1972)
PG | 93 min | Drama
An elderly wanderer, a sexy young girl running away from home and a folk singer looking for stardom hitch-hike their way cross-country, trying to get to California.
Director: John Florea | Stars: Jack Albertson, Lesley Ann Warren, Martin Sheen, Hal Baylor
Votes: 139
35. Whose Child Is This? The War for Baby Jessica (1993 TV Movie)
96 min | Drama
Based on a true story : A heated custody battle between her biological and adoptive parents leaves a little girl caught in the crossfire.
Director: John Kent Harrison | Stars: Susan Astley, Gillian Barber, Quince Camazzola, Joy Coghill
Votes: 109
36. Ghost Cat (2004 TV Movie)
PG | 90 min | Drama, Family, Mystery
A young girl and her father move into an old house haunted by the presence of a dead former resident and her beloved cat.
Director: Don McBrearty | Stars: Michael Ontkean, Elliot Page, Lori Hallier, Shirley Knight
Votes: 633
37. Family Album (1994)
TV-PG | 200 min | Drama, Romance
Based on Danielle Steel's novel of a celebrated actress-filmmaker whose family life is marked with love and strife.
Stars: Jaclyn Smith, Michael Ontkean, Joe Flanigan, Kristin Minter
Votes: 532
38. The Man Next Door (1996 TV Movie)
R | 94 min | Drama
A community is shocked to learn that their new neighbor is a convicted sex offender who has been paroled.
Director: Lamont Johnson | Stars: Michael Ontkean, Pamela Reed, Richard Gilliland, Sam Anderson
Votes: 227
39. Just a Little Harmless Sex (1998)
R | 98 min | Comedy, Romance
A husband gets a BJ after giving a woman in need a ride. The cops turn up and she's a hooker. His wife evicts him and two friends solace him - ditto the wife. The six end up at a night club. Forgive?
Director: Rick Rosenthal | Stars: Alison Eastwood, Rachel Hunter, Lauren Hutton, Tito Larriva
Votes: 798 | Gross: $0.07M
40. Nico the Unicorn (1998)
Not Rated | 90 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
As an 11-year-old boy struggles to cope with a disability, he finds a pony who gives birth to a unicorn which he takes care of.
Director: Graeme Campbell | Stars: Kevin Zegers, Neige, Pierre Chagnon, Martin Neufeld
Votes: 575
41. Sophie (2008–2009)
30 min | Comedy
Agent Sophie Parker learns she's pregnant soon after her boyfriend Rick leaves her for Brigitte. He takes most her clients leavng her with difficult Estelle. She leans on best friend Matt, ... See full summary »
Stars: Natalie Brown, Jeff Geddis, Catherine Bérubé, Sebastian Spence
Votes: 381
42. Kids Don't Tell (1985 TV Movie)
100 min | Drama
When a documentary-maker begins to make a film about child sexual abuse, the subject begins to eat into him and affect his relationship with those around him, particularly his wife.
Director: Sam O'Steen | Stars: Michael Ontkean, JoBeth Williams, Leo Rossi, John Sanderford
Votes: 122
43. The Boy from Dead Man's Bayou (1971 TV Movie)
120 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Two young boys must retrieve a church bell from the depths of a murky lagoon in a Louisiana swamp. Complicating matters is the fact that the lagoon is home to a large and deadly alligator.
Director: Gary Nelson | Stars: Mitch Vogel, John McIntire, Frank Silvera, Jeanette Nolan
Votes: 71
44. The Peace Killers (1971)
R | 88 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Siblings Kristy and Jeffrey are buying supplies at a remote desert gas station when some members of a biker gang come cruising in. The bikers recognize Kristy, who used to be the main ... See full summary »
Director: Douglas Schwartz | Stars: Clint Ritchie, Jess Walton, Paul Prokop, Michael Ontkean
Votes: 389
45. The Stepford Husbands (1996 TV Movie)
120 min | Drama
A couple moves to a seemingly idyllic town and finds a community with strangely docile men who show, all the sudden, surprising moments of aggression.
Director: Fred Walton | Stars: Donna Mills, Michael Ontkean, Cindy Williams, Sarah Douglas
Votes: 267
46. Vendetta II: The New Mafia (1993 TV Movie)
180 min | Drama
Nancy now lives as a nun in a Sicilian monastery. The don arranges for her to see her daughter on occasion. A rival group within his outfit wants to use this to bring in the change of leadership. There's also a journalist snooping around.
Director: Ralph L. Thomas | Stars: Carol Alt, Michael Ontkean, Eli Wallach, Louis Ferreira
Votes: 81
47. Rapture (1993 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 97 min | Drama
A computer software designer becomes obsessed with his now-married high-school crush of 20 years before.
Director: Timothy Bond | Stars: Michael Ontkean, Bruce Gray, Natalie Radford, Helen Hughes
Votes: 87
48. Encounter (1952–1961)
60 min | Drama
An anthology television series aired from Toronto, Canada, and carried by both CBC and ABC. In Canada, the series was known as "General Motors Presents". The one-hour dramas were either ... See full summary »
Stars: Austin Willis, Barry Morse, Katharine Blake, James Doohan
Votes: 46
49. Folio (1955–1959)
Drama, Musical
Stars: Douglas Rain, Jack Creley, Lloyd Bochner, Frank Peddie
Votes: 22
50. Voices (1979)
PG | 106 min | Drama, Music, Romance
A young man meets a deaf teacher and finds she is a great dancer. He encourages her to follow her dream of becoming a professional dancer.
Director: Robert Markowitz | Stars: Michael Ontkean, Amy Irving, Alex Rocco, Barry Miller
Votes: 340 | Gross: $0.03M