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1. The Fall Guy (1981–1986)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
The adventures of a film stuntman who moonlights as a bounty hunter when movie work is slow.
Stars: Lee Majors, Douglas Barr, Heather Thomas, Markie Post
Votes: 9,135
2. Family (1976–1980)
TV-PG | 60 min | Drama, Family
The joys and heartaches of the Lawrence family of Pasadena, California.
Stars: Sada Thompson, James Broderick, Gary Frank, Kristy McNichol
Votes: 2,058
3. 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: 900
4. Barbarians at the Gate (1993 TV Movie)
R | 107 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
The president of a major tobacco company decides to buy the company himself, but a bidding war ensues as other companies make their own offers.
Director: Glenn Jordan | Stars: James Garner, Jonathan Pryce, Peter Riegert, Joanna Cassidy
Votes: 3,397
5. Echoes in the Darkness (1987)
Unrated | 250 min | Drama
Based on the true life story that took place in 1979, this movie follows the murders of Susan Reinert (Stockard Channing) and her two children in Upper Merion Township, Pennsylvania, a case that lasted seven years.
Stars: Peter Coyote, Stockard Channing, Robert Loggia, Peter Boyle
Votes: 447
6. Sarah, Plain and Tall (1991 TV Movie)
G | 98 min | Drama, Family, Romance
A single New England woman responds to an advertisement by a Midwestern widower in which he asks for a bride to help him raise his two children.
Director: Glenn Jordan | Stars: Glenn Close, Christopher Walken, Lexi Randall, Malgorzata Zajaczkowska
Votes: 2,379
7. To Dance with the White Dog (1993 TV Movie)
PG | 100 min | Drama
An unusual love story in which a strange white dog appears and helps Sam Peek, a Georgia tree farmer, cope with the loss of his wife, Cora. Stars Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy. From the Hallmark Hall of Fame Collection.
Director: Glenn Jordan | Stars: Hume Cronyn, Jessica Tandy, Christine Baranski, Terry Beaver
Votes: 686
8. Les Miserables (1978 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 150 min | Drama, History
Jean Valjean (Richard Jordan), convicted of stealing bread, is hounded for several decades by the relentless and cruel Policeman Javert (Anthony Perkins).
Director: Glenn Jordan | Stars: Richard Jordan, Anthony Perkins, Cyril Cusack, Claude Dauphin
Votes: 1,931
9. A Streetcar Named Desire (1995 TV Movie)
156 min | Drama
Tennessee Williams' Blanche DuBois (Jessica Lange) lives in New Orleans with her sister, Stella, and brutish brother-in-law, Stanley Kowalski (Alec Baldwin).
Director: Glenn Jordan | Stars: Jessica Lange, Alec Baldwin, John Goodman, Diane Lane
Votes: 1,289
10. Challenger (1990 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 160 min | Drama
New Hampshire teacher Christa McAuliffe joins six other astronauts on the tragic 1986 space-shuttle flight.
Director: Glenn Jordan | Stars: Karen Allen, Barry Bostwick, Julie Fulton, Richard Jenkins
Votes: 410
11. Only When I Laugh (1981)
R | 120 min | Comedy, Drama
A boozy Broadway actress comes out of a 12-week cure to face the problems of her best friends as well as her needy daughter. She tries to balance the terrors of returning to work with the ... See full summary »
Director: Glenn Jordan | Stars: Marsha Mason, Kristy McNichol, Ed Moore, Joan Hackett
Votes: 1,642 | Gross: $25.78M
12. Sarah, Plain & Tall: Winter's End (1999 TV Movie)
95 min | Drama
On a cold winter day a mysterious stranger shows up at the Witting Farm. He is John Witting, the father of Jacob Witting who abandoned Jacob and his mother when Jacob was little. Jacob is ... See full summary »
Director: Glenn Jordan | Stars: Glenn Close, Christopher Walken, Jack Palance, George Hearn
Votes: 1,034
13. The Buddy System (1984)
PG | 110 min | Drama, Comedy, Romance
A quiet school truant officer, Joe, uncovers a young boy's attempt to fake a residential address, and subsequently gets involved romantically with the boy's mother. The truant officer ... See full summary »
Director: Glenn Jordan | Stars: Richard Dreyfuss, Susan Sarandon, Nancy Allen, Jean Stapleton
Votes: 1,498 | Gross: $1.82M
14. Heartsounds (1984 TV Movie)
PG | 128 min | Drama
New York urologist Harold Lear gets a taste of his own medicine when he suffers a heart attack and is confronted with a medical institution which doesn't seem equipped to help. Wife Martha ... See full summary »
Director: Glenn Jordan | Stars: Mary Tyler Moore, James Garner, Sam Wanamaker, Wendy Crewson
Votes: 263
15. The Wide World of Mystery (1973–1976)
90 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A 90 minute late-night mystery and suspense anthology series which ran on ABC (American Broadcasting Company), between 1973 and 1978.
Stars: John Karlen, Michael Parks, Susan Strasberg, Robert Symonds
Votes: 135
16. The Long Way Home (1998 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 96 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
A depressed widower meets a 21-year-old free spirit and the unlikely pair hitchhike cross country. Learning to respect their differences, they become friends and encourage each other to embrace new beginnings and face their fears.
Director: Glenn Jordan | Stars: Jack Lemmon, Sarah Paulson, Kristin Griffith, Garwin Sanford
Votes: 660
17. The Picture of Dorian Gray (1973 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 111 min | Drama, Horror
In Victorian London, a beautiful young man is given a portrait of himself by an admiring artist. Soon after this, he treats a young woman cruelly and then notices that his portrait seems to... See full summary »
Director: Glenn Jordan | Stars: Charles Aidman, William Beckley, Shane Briant, Nigel Davenport
Votes: 520
18. Lucy (2003 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 128 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
Life of Lucille Ball, focusing on the loving yet tumultuous relationship with Desi Arnaz.
Director: Glenn Jordan | Stars: Rachel York, Danny Pino, Ann Dowd, LaChanze
Votes: 960
19. O Pioneers! (1992 TV Movie)
PG | 99 min | Drama
Alexandra Bergson inherits the family farm and struggles to carve a home and a fortune from the windswept prairie. Along the way, she forfeits her one chance for love, but never forgets the... See full summary »
Director: Glenn Jordan | Stars: Jessica Lange, David Strathairn, Tom Aldredge, Reed Diamond
Votes: 501
20. Son-Rise: A Miracle of Love (1979 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 120 min | Drama
A young couple is overjoyed when they find out that, after having had two girls, the wife is pregnant again, and this time it will be a son. However, the boy turns out to autistic. Unhappy ... See full summary »
Director: Glenn Jordan | Stars: James Farentino, Kathryn Harrold, Stephen Elliott, Henry Olek
Votes: 226
21. Friends (1979)
60 min | Comedy, Drama
Three eleven-year-olds come of age in Southern California.
Stars: Charlie Aiken, Jill Whelan, Jarrod Johnson, Andy Romano
Votes: 58
22. Aftermath: A Test of Love (1991 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 97 min | Crime, Drama
Based on a true story, an adoring wife and mother is taken hostage during a robbery and brutally murdered.
Director: Glenn Jordan | Stars: Richard Chamberlain, Michael Learned, Zeljko Ivanek, Doug Savant
Votes: 173
23. Something in Common (1986 TV Movie)
102 min | Drama, Romance
A young man and a nice woman in her forties fall in love. His mother goes berserk when he tells her about it and when the girlfriend comes to meet the mother, she wants to jump out of her skin. Accepting her son's choice won't be easy.
Director: Glenn Jordan | Stars: Ellen Burstyn, Tuesday Weld, Patrick Cassidy, Don Murray
Votes: 116
24. One of My Wives Is Missing (1976 TV Movie)
93 min | Mystery, Thriller
Daniel Corban's wife Elizabeth disappeared after they had a fight. Then she shows up, yet he insists that the woman isn't actually his wife.
Director: Glenn Jordan | Stars: Jack Klugman, Elizabeth Ashley, James Franciscus, Joel Fabiani
Votes: 671
25. Lois Gibbs and the Love Canal (1982 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama
An poorly-educated house-wife fights companies polluting her hometown's water-table in up-state New York during the 1970's.
Director: Glenn Jordan | Stars: Marsha Mason, Bob Gunton, Penny Fuller, Roberta Maxwell
Votes: 67
26. Mary & Tim (1996 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 92 min | Drama, Romance
The love that develops between a mentally challenged young man and the older, lonely widow who takes him under her wing.
Director: Glenn Jordan | Stars: Candice Bergen, Richard Kiley, Tom McCarthy, Louise Latham
Votes: 402
27. Promise (1986 TV Movie)
97 min | Drama, Family
When his mother dies, Bob not only inherits her house, but also the custody of his younger brother, who suffers from schizophrenia and epilepsy. At the age of 21, Bob promised to look after... See full summary »
Director: Glenn Jordan | Stars: James Garner, James Woods, Piper Laurie, Peter Michael Goetz
Votes: 488
28. Mass Appeal (1984)
PG | 99 min | Drama
A popular Connecticut priest shields a seminary rebel from the wrath of a stern monsignor.
Director: Glenn Jordan | Stars: Jack Lemmon, Zeljko Ivanek, Charles Durning, Louise Latham
Votes: 1,128 | Gross: $1.95M
29. After Jimmy (1996 TV Movie)
Drama
Drama about a teenage boy's suicide.
Director: Glenn Jordan | Stars: Meredith Baxter, Bruce Davison, Peter Facinelli, Mae Whitman
Votes: 304
30. A Christmas Memory (1997 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 96 min | Drama, Family
Seven year old Buddy experiences the best of country life, friendship, and the joy of giving during the Christmas season. Based on the story by Truman Capote.
Director: Glenn Jordan | Stars: Patty Duke, Piper Laurie, Jeffrey DeMunn, Anita Gillette
Votes: 828
31. Midwives (2001 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 92 min | Crime, Drama
A midwife in rural Vermont is wrongly accused of murder in the death of one of her patients by the woman's husband.
Director: Glenn Jordan | Stars: Sissy Spacek, Peter Coyote, Terry Kinney, Alison Pill
Votes: 488
32. The Women's Room (1980 TV Movie)
180 min | Drama
A wife is sick and tired of her husband's infidelities, so she leaves home and goes back to grad school. There she meets many self-confident women who help her find her own voice.
Director: Glenn Jordan | Stars: Lee Remick, Colleen Dewhurst, Patty Duke, Kathryn Harrold
Votes: 145
33. Home Fires Burning (1989 TV Movie)
PG | 100 min | Drama
When a WW2 veteran comes back home, he realizes how the war affected Americans by seeing the changes in his wife, family, and best friend.
Director: Glenn Jordan | Stars: Barnard Hughes, Sada Thompson, Robert Prosky, Bill Pullman
Votes: 148
34. The Best of Families (1977)
Drama, Family, History
Drama set in late 19th-century America, following the lives of three families - one wealthy, one middle-class, and a family of poor Irish immigrants.
Stars: Peter Burnell, Nick Wyman, Ed Meyer, Julia MacKenzie
Votes: 54
35. Sunshine Christmas (1977 TV Movie)
120 min | Drama
A musician brooding over the marriage of his sometime girlfriend decides to take his adopted daughter to his home in Texas to celebrate Christmas with his family. While there, he begins to ... See full summary »
Director: Glenn Jordan | Stars: Cliff De Young, Elizabeth Cheshire, Bill Mumy, Corey Fischer
Votes: 98
36. Dress Gray (1986)
192 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When a first-classman's insignia is found on the riverbank near the drowned body of plebe David Hand, the specter of murder casts a shadow of scandal across the U.S. Grant Military Academy.... See full summary »
Stars: Eddie Albert, Alec Baldwin, Lloyd Bridges, Patrick Cassidy
Votes: 393
37. My Brother's Keeper (1995 TV Movie)
Unrated | 94 min | Biography, Drama
A man and his HIV-positive twin take an insurance company to court over a possibly life-saving bone marrow transplant.
Director: Glenn Jordan | Stars: John Lithgow, Annette O'Toole, Veronica Cartwright, Zeljko Ivanek
Votes: 143
38. The Lives of Benjamin Franklin (1974–1975)
90 min | Biography, Drama, History
A mini-series made up of four plays, each showing Benjamin Franklin at a different stage in his life. In each episode, Franklin is played by a different actor.
Stars: Melvyn Douglas, Ian Holm, Honor Blackman, Richard Widmark
Votes: 49
39. Jake's Women (1996 TV Movie)
89 min | Drama, Comedy
Jake is a writer. He is married to Maggie, but his marriage is in trouble. He cannot stop thinking about other women in his life, characters he invents conversations with. He is constantly ... See full summary »
Director: Glenn Jordan | Stars: Alan Alda, Anne Archer, Lolita Davidovich, Julie Kavner
Votes: 228
40. The Boys (1991 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama
When Walter's diagnosed with lung cancer, despite his squeaky clean lifestyle, he has to tell his screenwriter partner, because that partner is a chain-smoker. As Walter fights cancer he ... See full summary »
Director: Glenn Jordan | Stars: James Woods, John Lithgow, Joanna Gleason, Eve Gordon
Votes: 148
41. Night Ride Home (1999 TV Movie)
PG | 100 min | Drama
A husband, wife, and their daughter try to cope with the tragic death of their young son that the latter indirectly unintentionally caused.
Director: Glenn Jordan | Stars: Rebecca De Mornay, Keith Carradine, Ellen Burstyn, Thora Birch
Votes: 287
42. NET Playhouse (1964–1972)
90 min | Biography, Drama, History
American television anthology series of wide range of genres, from history and drama, to fantasy, and science fiction. Fiction novels, stories, stage plays, fairytales, and historic events are dramatized in each episode.
Stars: Irene Dailey, Rene Auberjonois, George Voskovec, Richard Dysart
Votes: 52
43. Toughlove (1985 TV Movie)
100 min | Drama
The Charters family falls into despair over their drug-addicted son Gary. They discuss his problems through the "Toughlove" program in searching for answers.
Director: Glenn Jordan | Stars: Lee Remick, Bruce Dern, Jason Patric, Eric Schiff
Votes: 147
44. The Displaced Person (1977 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 58 min | Drama
A conscientious but driven Polish refugee disrupts the hierarchy of power on a Georgia farm in the 1940s.
Director: Glenn Jordan | Stars: Irene Worth, Shirley Stoler, Lane Smith, John Houseman
Votes: 138
45. Young Dr. Kildare (1972–1973)
Drama
In this syndicated reboot of Dr. Kildare, it attempts to recapture the popularity of the earlier series from ten years before. Dr. Kildare is the handsome young intern with much to learn and Dr. Gillespie his gruff mentor.
Stars: Mark Jenkins, Gary Merrill, Amanda Lynne, Marsha Mason
Votes: 29
46. In the Matter of Karen Ann Quinlan (1977 TV Movie)
120 min | Biography, Drama
This is based on the true case of New Jersey parents whose daughter has lapsed into a coma from which doctors say she will never recover. The parents must decide whether to keep her on life... See full summary »
Director: Glenn Jordan | Stars: Brian Keith, Piper Laurie, David Huffman, Stephanie Zimbalist
Votes: 67
47. Legalese (1998 TV Movie)
R | 92 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
When a sexy actress is charged with murder, a charming celebrity lawyer uses trickery to defend her against the press as well as the prosecution.
Director: Glenn Jordan | Stars: James Garner, Edward Kerr, Gina Gershon, Mary-Louise Parker
Votes: 699
48. Jesse (1988 TV Movie)
PG | 100 min | Drama
In Meredith, California (a very small town) there was no doctor (only once a week on Wednesdays would a doctor fly in) , so Jesse Maloney (a "Practical Nurse") would take his place for the ... See full summary »
Director: Glenn Jordan | Stars: Lee Remick, Scott Wilson, Richard Marcus, Priscilla Lopez
Votes: 93
49. The Family Man (1979 TV Movie)
100 min | Drama, Romance
A happily married family man, owner of a parking garage in Manhattan, drifts into a romance with one of his customers.
Director: Glenn Jordan | Stars: Edward Asner, Meredith Baxter, Paul Clemens, Mary-Joan Negro
Votes: 56
50. The Princess and the Cabbie (1981 TV Movie)
120 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A young woman works to overcome her dyslexia with the help of a good-hearted cab driver.
Director: Glenn Jordan | Stars: Valerie Bertinelli, Robert Desiderio, Cynthia Harris, Peter Donat
Votes: 131