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1. Little House on the Prairie (1974–1983)

TV-PG | 60 min | Drama, Family, Romance

The life and adventures of the Ingalls family in the nineteenth century American Midwest.

Stars: Melissa Gilbert, Michael Landon, Karen Grassle, Rachel Lindsay Greenbush

Votes: 26,954

2. CHiPs (1977–1983)

TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The adventures of two California Highway Patrol motorcycle officers.

Stars: Erik Estrada, Larry Wilcox, Robert Pine, Paul Linke

Votes: 11,536

3. Quincy M.E. (1976–1983)

TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The cases of a brilliant, if Irascible, coroner who investigates suspicious deaths which usually suggest murder.

Stars: Jack Klugman, John S. Ragin, Robert Ito, Joseph Roman

Votes: 7,343

4. 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

5. Looker (1981)

PG | 93 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Three of four models, who had plastic surgery done by Larry after a computed list, are dead. Neither the cops nor Larry believe they're suicides. Larry investigates and stays with the fourth model. Who's behind the lists and murders?

Director: Michael Crichton | Stars: Albert Finney, James Coburn, Susan Dey, Leigh Taylor-Young

Votes: 6,206 | Gross: $3.28M

6. Little House: The Last Farewell (1984 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 100 min | Drama, Western

While Charles and Caroline are visiting Walnut Grove, the townspeople learn that a land development tycoon has acquired title to all the land in Hero Township. They are inspired by Laura to vent their anger at this injustice.

Director: Michael Landon | Stars: Melissa Gilbert, Dean Butler, Richard Bull, Victor French

Votes: 1,040

7. Little House: Look Back to Yesterday (1983 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 120 min | Drama, Family, Romance

Albert Quinn Ingalls wants to be a doctor. But soon he discovers that he is fatally ill. He decides to spend the rest of his life in Walnut Grove. Meanwhile children from school are preparing for their traditional climbing of the mountain.

Director: Victor French | Stars: Melissa Gilbert, Dean Butler, Richard Bull, Victor French

Votes: 1,141

8. Little House: Bless All the Dear Children (1984 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 90 min | Drama, Family

During preparations for a Christmas baby, Rose Wilder is kidnapped by a woman who recently lost her child. While looking for Rose, Laura, Almanzo, and Mr Edwards meet a lonely orphan boy who ends up living with that woman.

Director: Victor French | Stars: Melissa Gilbert, Dean Butler, Richard Bull, Victor French

Votes: 850

9. Best Seller (1987)

R | 95 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A hitman approaches a writer to help him create his next best seller, but the violent world he was a part of has other plans.

Director: John Flynn | Stars: James Woods, Brian Dennehy, Victoria Tennant, Allison Balson

Votes: 6,279 | Gross: $4.28M

10. The Hearse (1980)

PG | 99 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

A schoolteacher moves into her deceased aunt's home in a small town, only to find herself plagued by supernatural occurrences and unexplained hostility from the local townspeople connected to her aunt's past.

Director: George Bowers | Stars: Trish Van Devere, Joseph Cotten, David Gautreaux, Donald Hotton

Votes: 2,376

11. Bialy smok (1987)

89 min | Adventure

A satire of Cold War politics, where Red bureaucrats meet U.S. corporate greed, and a witch and a dragon.

Directors: Jerzy Domaradzki, Janusz Morgenstern | Stars: Christopher Lloyd, Dee Wallace, Allison Balson, Soon-Tek Oh

Votes: 203

12. A Guide for the Married Woman (1978 TV Movie)

104 min | Comedy, Romance

A seriocomic look at the life of Julie Walker. Bored with her marriage, and encouraged by her friends, she contemplates an affair. Fantasy and reality mix often, leading to complications and headaches.

Director: Hy Averback | Stars: Cybill Shepherd, Charles Frank, John Hillerman, Elaine Joyce

Votes: 130

13. Goldie and Kids: Listen to Us (1982 TV Special)

60 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

Goldie Hawn and guests use music and other formats to explore issues and problems which concern young people.

Director: Dwight Hemion | Stars: Goldie Hawn, Barry Manilow, Allison Balson, Betsy Chasse

Votes: 20

14. Steve Martin's Best Show Ever (1981 TV Special)

Not Rated | 60 min | Comedy

Steve Martin's fourth NBC special.

Directors: Dave Wilson, Eric Idle | Stars: Steve Martin, Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, Gregory Hines

Votes: 159

15. Broken Blood (2013)

Not Rated | 82 min | Drama, Thriller

Sometimes families are tied together by more than just blood.

Director: Derek Wayne Johnson | Stars: Derek Wayne Johnson, Marc Macaulay, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Richmond Arquette

Votes: 85

16. The Life and Times of Eddie Roberts (1980– )

30 min | Comedy

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Stars: Renny Temple, Udana Power, Joan Hotchkis, Stephen Parr

Votes: 10

17. Goosehill Gang and the Vanishing Schoolmate (1980 Video)

18 min | Short, Adventure

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Director: Stephen Erkel | Stars: Allison Balson, Vanessa Brown, Tiffany Ann Francis, Doug Hale

18. Two of Hearts (1982 TV Movie)

Drama

A young girl (Kim Fields) needs a kidney transplant, and the only donor available is the mother (Lynette Mettey) who abandoned her and her father (Glynn Turman) when she was a baby.

Stars: Allison Balson, Kim Fields, Lynnette Mettey, Glynn Turman

19. TV Land: Myths and Legends (2007–2008)

Documentary

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Stars: Frank Ferruccio, Nyima Funk, Thomas McNulty, Bob Newhart

Votes: 41

20. The Goosehill Gang and the Mystery of Howling Woods (1980 Video)

21 min | Short, Family

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Director: Stephen Erkel | Stars: Allison Balson, Tracye Richardson, Bobby Rolofson, Danny Stern

21. Goosehill Gang and the Mysterious Strangers (1980 Video)

20 min | Short, Adventure, Family

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Director: Stephen Erkel | Stars: Allison Balson, Michele Marsh, Tracye Richardson, Hal Riddle

22. The Goosehill Gang and the Gold Rush Treasure Map (1980 Video)

Not Rated | 22 min | Short, Adventure, Family

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Director: Stephen Erkel | Stars: Allison Balson, Tracye Richardson, Bobby Rolofson, Danny Stern

23. Goosehill Gang and the Mystery of the Treehouse Ghost (1980 Video)

Not Rated | 20 min | Short, Adventure, Family

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Director: Stephen Erkel | Stars: Allison Balson, Tracye Richardson, Bobby Rolofson, Danny Stern

24. The Making of Broken Blood (2013 Video)

14 min | Documentary, Short

A behind the scenes look at the making of "Broken Blood."

Stars: Derek Wayne Johnson, Marc Macaulay, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Richmond Arquette

25. Lady (2013)

6 min | Short

Freedom or Fear? A young girl, inspired by the personification of the Statue of Liberty, makes a choice between the two.

Director: Lee Burgess | Stars: Nila Cotter, Johnathon Farrell, Madeleine Havell, Sarah-Louise Tyler

26. Music Scene Live

Talk-Show | Announced

It features interviews with musical guest artists from emerging to award winning singer/songwriters of varied musical genres; highlights original songs in live performance; includes a spontaneous Q&A with the audience.

27. ABC Afterschool Specials (1972–1997)
Episode: A Desperate Exit (1986)

48 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

Teenager is stunned when his best friend commits suicide, and is left with one unanswered question - Why?

Director: Martin Tahse | Stars: Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Rob Stone, Nadia DeLeye, Allison Balson

Votes: 52

28. CHiPs (1977–1983)
Episode: Moonlight (1981)

TV-PG | 48 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Toxic waste is being dumped. Jon and Ponch have their four-year anniversary for riding together, and Ponch works an off-duty detail on a movie set.

Director: Earl Bellamy | Stars: Erik Estrada, Larry Wilcox, Robert Pine, Tige Andrews

Votes: 70

29. The Life and Times of Eddie Roberts (1980– )
Episode: Eddie & Dolores and Herb & Marcia (1980)

Comedy

Mr. Billy continues his search for Dr Zindell, Augusta, and Eddie, who has now vanished, too. Dolores expects a confrontation with Marcia, but she ends up having an unexpected one with Herb instead.

Director: Jim Drake | Stars: Renny Temple, Udana Power, Joan Hotchkis, Stephen Parr

30. The Life and Times of Eddie Roberts (1980– )
Episode: Playing the Waiting Game (1980)

Comedy

Dean Knitzer and Mr. Billy almost learn the truth about Samantha's identity. Turner has an altercation with another militant activist. Marcia drops a bombshell on Eddie.

Director: Frank Pacelli | Stars: Renny Temple, Udana Power, Joan Hotchkis, Stephen Parr

31. The Life and Times of Eddie Roberts (1980– )
Episode: Will the Real Samantha Harris Please Stand Up (1980)

Comedy

Mr. Billy attempts to verify for Lydia and Tony Samantha's identity as the lost Cranepool. Lydia discusses Samantha's massage business with Dean Knitzer. Vivian and Tony heat up their romance.

Director: Robert Nigro | Stars: Renny Temple, Udana Power, Joan Hotchkis, Stephen Parr

32. Little House on the Prairie (1974–1983)
Episode: A Child with No Name (1983)

TV-PG | 60 min | Drama, Family, Romance

Laura and Almanzo welcome their second child, a baby boy. They are undecided as far as names go, and Doc Baker examines the child to make sure he's in the best of health. But one fateful ... See full summary »

Director: Victor French | Stars: Melissa Gilbert, Dean Butler, Katherine MacGregor, Richard Bull

Votes: 257

33. Little House on the Prairie (1974–1983)
Episode: A Wiser Heart (1981)

TV-PG | 50 min | Drama, Family, Romance

Laura attends a writing seminar in Arizona, but the experience is marred by a rude professor who cuts her down at every turn.

Director: Michael Landon | Stars: Michael Landon, Karen Grassle, Melissa Gilbert, Rachel Lindsay Greenbush

Votes: 284

34. Little House on the Prairie (1974–1983)
Episode: Alden's Dilemma (1982)

TV-PG | 50 min | Drama, Family, Romance

Mr. Edwards is suspicious of a young handsome minister sent to Walnut Grove by the diocese and Reverend Alden feels his position is threatened.

Director: Maury Dexter | Stars: Melissa Gilbert, Dean Butler, Katherine MacGregor, Richard Bull

Votes: 233

35. Little House on the Prairie (1974–1983)
Episode: Dark Sage (1981)

TV-PG | 60 min | Drama, Family, Romance

Dr. Baker is enthusiastic about his new assistant, a young university-trained physician named Caleb LeDoux ... until he realizes he is black. The Ingalls family are among the few to accept ... See full summary »

Director: Maury Dexter | Stars: Michael Landon, Karen Grassle, Melissa Gilbert, Rachel Lindsay Greenbush

Votes: 274

36. Little House on the Prairie (1974–1983)
Episode: Days of Sunshine, Days of Shadow: Part One (1982)

TV-PG | 50 min | Drama, Family, Romance

The marriage between Almanzo and Laura faces its first stern test when he falls seriously ill with diphtheria and later suffers a crippling stroke. Eliza Jane arrives to help care for her brother, but makes matters worse by babying him.

Director: Michael Landon | Stars: Michael Landon, Karen Grassle, Melissa Gilbert, Rachel Lindsay Greenbush

Votes: 249

37. Little House on the Prairie (1974–1983)
Episode: Days of Sunshine, Days of Shadow: Part Two (1982)

TV-PG | 50 min | Drama, Family, Romance

Almanzo's continued morose outlook on life during his recovery from a crippling stroke, not to mention Eliza Jane's pampering, takes its toll on the Wilder marriage. Not even the birth of ... See full summary »

Director: Michael Landon | Stars: Michael Landon, Karen Grassle, Melissa Gilbert, Rachel Lindsay Greenbush

Votes: 240

38. Little House on the Prairie (1974–1983)
Episode: For the Love of Blanche (1983)

TV-PG | 50 min | Drama, Family, Romance

Mr. Edwards is left in care of a baby orangutan named Blanche, whom Mrs. Olesen wants destroyed after it attacks Nancy at school.

Director: Michael Landon | Stars: Melissa Gilbert, Dean Butler, Katherine MacGregor, Richard Bull

Votes: 257

39. Little House on the Prairie (1974–1983)
Episode: For the Love of Nancy (1981)

TV-PG | 50 min | Drama, Family, Romance

A young, overweight boy named Elmer Miles is mercilessly teased at school. However, Nancy - of all people - goes easy on him because she actually seems to like him. Of course, she has ... See full summary »

Director: Maury Dexter | Stars: Michael Landon, Karen Grassle, Melissa Gilbert, Rachel Lindsay Greenbush

Votes: 269

40. Little House on the Prairie (1974–1983)
Episode: Gambini, the Great (1981)

TV-PG | 50 min | Drama, Family, Romance

Aging circus daredevil Gambini the Great has a hypnotic effect on the children of Walnut Grove, especially Albert and Willie. A tragedy during one of Gambini's stunts will provide a chilling lesson in hero worship.

Director: Michael Landon | Stars: Michael Landon, Karen Grassle, Melissa Gilbert, Rachel Lindsay Greenbush

Votes: 261

41. Little House on the Prairie (1974–1983)
Episode: Growin' Pains (1981)

TV-PG | 50 min | Drama, Family, Romance

James begins feeling insecure about his place in the Ingalls family, and tries a little too hard to emulate the older Albert. When he is caught with a shaving blade stolen from the ... See full summary »

Director: Maury Dexter | Stars: Michael Landon, Karen Grassle, Melissa Gilbert, Rachel Lindsay Greenbush

Votes: 250

42. Little House on the Prairie (1974–1983)
Episode: Hello and Goodbye (1983)

TV-PG | 60 min | Drama, Family, Romance

The father of Matthew Rogers, the mute boy Mr. Edwards has been caring for, arrives to reclaim his son. A heartbroken Edwards moves in to Laura's new boarding house, where newlyweds Willie ... See full summary »

Director: Michael Landon | Stars: Melissa Gilbert, Dean Butler, Katherine MacGregor, Richard Bull

Votes: 279

43. Little House on the Prairie (1974–1983)
Episode: Home Again: Part 1 (1983)

TV-PG | 60 min | Drama, Family, Romance

Albert has fallen in with the wrong crowd so Charles quits his job and takes him home to Walnut Grove. Unfortunately, part of Albert's problem is that he has gotten addicted to morphine and... See full summary »

Director: Michael Landon | Stars: Melissa Gilbert, Dean Butler, Katherine MacGregor, Richard Bull

Votes: 305

44. Little House on the Prairie (1974–1983)
Episode: Home Again: Part 2 (1983)

TV-PG | 50 min | Drama, Family, Romance

Doc Baker realizes that something is wrong with the morphine in his pouches and he tells Nels that the company is very responsible and loyal and so something had to happen to it when it ... See full summary »

Director: Michael Landon | Stars: Melissa Gilbert, Dean Butler, Katherine MacGregor, Richard Bull

Votes: 303

45. Little House on the Prairie (1974–1983)
Episode: Little Lou (1982)

TV-PG | 50 min | Drama, Family, Romance

A dwarf man, Lou, from the circus tries to find work in Walnut Grove after his wife dies in childbirth. He can't get a job because Harriet doesn't like the fact that he's little and from ... See full summary »

Director: Victor French | Stars: Melissa Gilbert, Dean Butler, Katherine MacGregor, Richard Bull

Votes: 263

46. Little House on the Prairie (1974–1983)
Episode: Marvin's Garden (1983)

TV-PG | 50 min | Drama, Family, Romance

After nearly drowning, Jenny befriends a retired Doctor.

Director: Michael Ray Rhodes | Stars: Melissa Gilbert, Dean Butler, Katherine MacGregor, Richard Bull

Votes: 230

47. Little House on the Prairie (1974–1983)
Episode: May I Have This Dance? (1983)

TV-PG | 50 min | Drama, Family, Romance

When Willie announces his plans to marry sweetheart Rachel Brown and manage the hotel-restaurant bearing his sister's name, Mrs. Oleson tries to interfere. But Willie impresses his ... See full summary »

Director: Victor French | Stars: Melissa Gilbert, Dean Butler, Katherine MacGregor, Richard Bull

Votes: 267

48. Little House on the Prairie (1974–1983)
Episode: No Beast So Fierce (1982)

TV-PG | 50 min | Drama, Family, Romance

Gideon Hale is a 9-year-old boy with a speech impediment; he stutters. Everyone at Walnut Grove School tease the boy, except for James. James decides to take Gideon under his wing and ... See full summary »

Director: Michael Landon | Stars: Michael Landon, Karen Grassle, Melissa Gilbert, Rachel Lindsay Greenbush

Votes: 249

49. Little House on the Prairie (1974–1983)
Episode: Once Upon a Time (1983)

TV-PG | 50 min | Drama, Family, Romance

Laura needs something to fill some time so Almanzo tells her about a book writing contest. He convinces her to write her stories down that she told him about growing up. She travels to ... See full summary »

Director: Maury Dexter | Stars: Melissa Gilbert, Dean Butler, Katherine MacGregor, Richard Bull

Votes: 237

50. Little House on the Prairie (1974–1983)
Episode: Rage (1982)

TV-PG | 50 min | Drama, Family, Romance

Mr. Stark has gotten himself so far in debt that he has lost his mind. He goes home and shoots his wife and daughter. Then he goes off and ends up at Laura's house. He mistakes Laura and ... See full summary »

Director: Maury Dexter | Stars: Melissa Gilbert, Dean Butler, Katherine MacGregor, Richard Bull

Votes: 250