Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows With Phil Mishkin

1. Matlock (1986–1995)

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

Ben Matlock is a very expensive criminal defense attorney, who charges one hundred thousand dollars to take a case. Fortunately, he's worth every penny, as he and his associates defend his clients by finding the real killer.

Stars: Andy Griffith, Linda Purl, Kene Holiday, Nancy Stafford

Votes: 9,360

2. Happy Days (1974–1984)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family, Music

The Cunningham family live through the 1950s with help and guidance from lovable and almost superhuman greaser Fonzie.

Stars: Ron Howard, Henry Winkler, Marion Ross, Tom Bosley

Votes: 21,098

3. All in the Family (1971–1979)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Drama

A working class man constantly squabbles with his family over the important issues of the day.

Stars: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers

Votes: 18,678

4. Sanford and Son (1972–1978)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy

The misadventures of a cantankerous junk dealer and his frustrated son.

Stars: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, LaWanda Page, Don Bexley

Votes: 10,818

5. The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970–1977)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy

The lives and trials of a young single woman and her friends, both at work and at home.

Stars: Mary Tyler Moore, Edward Asner, Gavin MacLeod, Valerie Harper

Votes: 10,180

6. The Big Valley (1965–1969)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

The Wild West adventures of the Barkley family in California's San Joaquin Valley.

Stars: Richard Long, Peter Breck, Lee Majors, Linda Evans

Votes: 3,547

7. Laverne & Shirley (1976–1983)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family

The misadventures of two single women in the 1950s and '60s.

Stars: Penny Marshall, Cindy Williams, David L. Lander, Eddie Mekka

Votes: 8,811

8. Gimme a Break! (1981–1987)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy

Nell agrees to look after the Kanisky's home, as a special favor to her dying friend, and takes on the role of housekeeper to widowed police chief Carl and a parental figure to his three teenage daughters, and eventually a foster son.

Stars: Nell Carter, Lara Jill Miller, Kari Michaelsen, Lauri Hendler

Votes: 3,686

9. The Odd Couple (1970–1975)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy

Two men, a neat freak and a slob separated from their wives, have to live together despite their differences.

Stars: Tony Randall, Jack Klugman, Al Molinaro, Penny Marshall

Votes: 7,185

10. Love, American Style (1969–1974)

60 min | Comedy, Romance

An anthology comedy series featuring a line up of different celebrity guest stars appearing in anywhere from one, two, three, and four short stories or vignettes within an hour about versions of love and romance.

Stars: Stuart Margolin, Barbara Minkus, William Callaway, Mary Grover

Votes: 2,506

11. 1st & Ten (1984–1991)

TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy, Sport

The comical exploits of the "California Bulls" (a fictional professional football team) and the organization's players.

Stars: Cliff Frazier, Prince Hughes, Donald Gibb, O.J. Simpson

Votes: 575

12. Kuffs (1992)

PG-13 | 102 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

George Kuffs, 21, leaves a pregnant girlfriend. He visits his brother Brad to bum money off him. Brad's shot and George IDs the killer at SFPD but to no avail. He inherits Brad's patrol district. He keeps it to get the killer.

Director: Bruce A. Evans | Stars: Christian Slater, Milla Jovovich, Ric Roman Waugh, Steve Holladay

Votes: 11,527 | Gross: $21.14M

13. Three's a Crowd (1984–1985)

Not Rated | 30 min | Comedy

Jack Tripper's co-habitation with Vicky Bradford is complicated by her hostile father's interference as Jack's landlord.

Stars: John Ritter, Mary Cadorette, Alan Campbell, Robert Mandan

Votes: 1,037

14. Harper Valley P.T.A. (1981–1982)

30 min | Comedy

Sitcom based on the 1978 film of the same name.

Stars: Barbara Eden, Fannie Flagg, Jenn Thompson, Anne Francine

Votes: 210

15. Shirley's World (1971–1972)

30 min | Comedy

Shirley Logan (Shirley MacLaine) is a globe-trotting magazine writer-photographer, and Dennis Croft (John Gregson) her London-based editor.

Stars: Shirley MacLaine, John Gregson, Kim Smith, Burt Kwouk

Votes: 64

16. Paul Sand in Friends and Lovers (1974–1975)

30 min | Comedy

Shy, unassuming Robert Dreyfus is a Boston based symphony violinist who is constantly falling in love. It never seems to work out so Robert generally hangs out with his brash brother Charlie and his wife Janice.

Stars: Paul Sand, Michael Pataki, Penny Marshall, Craig Richard Nelson

Votes: 70

17. Not Just Another Affair (1982 TV Movie)

95 min | Comedy, Romance

A marine biologist who is celibate. A lawyer whom no woman can't seem to resist. What happens when the two of them meet?

Director: Steven Hilliard Stern | Stars: Gil Gerard, Victoria Principal, Robert Webber, Barbara Barrie

Votes: 155

18. Dragnet (1989–1991)

30 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Two strait-laced L.A.P.D. detectives, Vic Daniels and Carl Molina, fight crime.

Stars: Jeff Osterhage, Bernard White, Thalmus Rasulala, Don Stroud

Votes: 116

19. Headmaster (1970–1971)

30 min | Drama, Comedy

The relationship between the headmaster of an elite California private school and his students and faculty.

Stars: Andy Griffith, Claudette Nevins, Jerry Van Dyke, Parker Fennelly

Votes: 41

20. Morton & Hayes (1991)

30 min | Comedy

Rob Reiner hosts a showing of the long-lost films of that wacky old comedy team 'Morton & Hayes'... which is really just an excuse for Christopher Guest, Joe Flaherty & Dick Blasucci to make their own comedy shorts a la Abbott & Costello.

Stars: Kevin Pollak, Bob Amaral, Rob Reiner, Bradley Mott

Votes: 64

21. Viva Valdez (1976)

30 min | Comedy

Summer replacement show about a Mexican-American family living in East Los Angeles, California.

Stars: Rodolfo Hoyos Jr., Carmen Zapata, James Victor, Nelson D. Cuevas

Votes: 12

22. The Super (1972)

30 min | Comedy

A single dad (Richard S. Castellano) has a lot to deal with, being the super of a large apartment building in New York. Raising his teenage son adds to the complications.

Stars: Richard S. Castellano, Ardell Sheridan, Margaret E. Castellano, Bruno Kirby

Votes: 34

23. More Than Friends (1978 TV Movie)

93 min | Comedy, Drama

Matty Perlman and Alan Corkus are old friends. He wants them to be more than friends. Sometimes she does too.

Director: James Burrows | Stars: Rob Reiner, Penny Marshall, Phillip R. Allen, Dabney Coleman

Votes: 83

24. Max Monroe (1990)

Max Monroe is a Los Angeles policeman who's effective but so wildly unconventional that many of his fellow officers refuse to work with him until he's paired with detective Charlie Ivers.

Stars: Shadoe Stevens, Bruce A. Young, David Schramm, Arnetia Walker

Votes: 22

25. Detective in the House (1985)

60 min | Crime, Drama

Engineer Press Wyman takes up detective work with the aid of retired technician Nick Turner (who lives in a house filled with lawn furniture) while Press' wife earns their real income.

Stars: Judd Hirsch, Cassie Yates, Howard Duff, Meeno Peluce

Votes: 17

26. Million Dollar Infield (1982 TV Movie)

100 min | Comedy, Drama

Add a Plot

Director: Hal Cooper | Stars: Rob Reiner, Bonnie Bedelia, Robert Costanzo, Christopher Guest

Votes: 51

27. The T.V. Show (1979 TV Special)

60 min | Comedy

A pilot for a sketch show. Features Spinal Tap among other comic performers.

Director: Tom Trbovich | Stars: Rob Reiner, Tom Leopold, Harry Shearer, Christopher Guest

Votes: 32

28. Free Country (1978– )

30 min | Comedy, Drama

The story of a Lithuanian couple who emmigrated to New York City at the turn of the 20th century.

Stars: Rob Reiner, Judith Kahan, Renée Lippin, Fred McCarren

Votes: 22

29. Sonny Boy (1974 TV Movie)

30 min | Comedy

The owner of a toy store chain still lives at home with his mother and crazy uncle.

Director: Rob Reiner | Stars: Allen Garfield, Florence Stanley, Yvonne Wilder, Joshua Shelley

Votes: 18

30. Robert Young and the Family (1971 TV Special)

60 min | Comedy

Robert Young hosts a series of sketches poking fun at the American family.

Director: Bud Yorkin | Stars: Robert Young, Beau Bridges, Eric Chase, Cindy Eilbacher

31. Carroll O'Connor Special (1973 TV Special)

Family

AKA Three for the Girls (Comedy-Drama): The overall title for three one-act plays. "Raincheck" (Drama), the first story focuses on a husband and wife who decide to get a divorce after 16 ... See full summary »

Director: Bob LaHendro | Stars: Carroll O'Connor, Joan Blondell, Lee Grant, Barbara Sharma

32. 1st & Ten (1984–1991)
Episode: Ernie's Last Quarter (1987)

TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy, Sport

Diane brings in a new co-owner of the Bulls, Teddy, who offers T. D. a promotion to general manager on the condition that he fires Coach Denardo as head coach.

Director: Stan Lathan | Stars: Delta Burke, Jason Beghe, Cliff Frazier, Donald Gibb

Votes: 9

33. All in the Family (1971–1979)
Episode: Archie Sees a Mugging (1972)

TV-PG | 26 min | Comedy, Drama

Archie doesn't want to appear in court as a witness when he sees a mugging. When finally approached by a detective, he claims gangsters were responsible.

Director: John Rich | Stars: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers

Votes: 271

34. All in the Family (1971–1979)
Episode: Cousin Maude's Visit (1971)

TV-PG | 26 min | Comedy, Drama

Edith's liberal cousin, Maude Findlay, arrives to help in caring for a flu-ridden Archie and Mike.

Director: John Rich | Stars: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers

Votes: 377

35. All in the Family (1971–1979)
Episode: Flashback - Mike and Gloria's Wedding: Part 1 (1972)

TV-PG | 25 min | Comedy, Drama

On the Stivics' second anniversary, the family reminisces about how Archie and Mike's Uncle Cashmir conflicted while planning Mike and Gloria's wedding.

Directors: Bob LaHendro, John Rich | Stars: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers

Votes: 239

36. All in the Family (1971–1979)
Episode: Flashback - Mike and Gloria's Wedding: Part 2 (1972)

TV-PG | 25 min | Comedy, Drama

The family continue to reminisce about the Stivics' wedding, recalling how Archie and Uncle Cashmir resolved their differences, only for Mike and Gloria to debate whether to allow a minister or a judge to give the vows.

Directors: Bob LaHendro, John Rich | Stars: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers

Votes: 232

37. All in the Family (1971–1979)
Episode: Mike's Hippie Friends Come to Visit (1971)

TV-PG | 26 min | Comedy, Drama

Mike invites his unmarried hippie friends to spend the night in the Bunker's living room, over Archie's strong objections.

Director: John Rich | Stars: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers

Votes: 357

38. All in the Family (1971–1979)
Episode: Mike's Problem (1971)

TV-PG | 26 min | Comedy, Drama

Mike's anxiety over his upcoming college exams causes him to temporarily become sexually impotent.

Director: John Rich | Stars: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers

Votes: 251

39. The Big Valley (1965–1969)
Episode: Showdown in Limbo (1967)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

Heath joins a posse led by his old boss, a U.S. Marshall, who brings along his greenhorn Eastern-educated son. The son resents Heath's presence.

Director: Bernard McEveety | Stars: Richard Long, Peter Breck, Lee Majors, Linda Evans

Votes: 93

40. Gimme a Break! (1981–1987)
Episode: The Answering Machine (1985)

TV-PG | Comedy

Nell is dating a lawyer. Grandpa doesn't trust him because he is a lawyer. When Nell goes to see him before he goes on a business trip and overhears a couple of messages left on his ... See full summary »

Director: Hal Cooper | Stars: Nell Carter, Dolph Sweet, Kari Michaelsen, Lauri Hendler

Votes: 24

41. Happy Days (1974–1984)
Episode: All the Way (1974)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family, Music

Richie Cunningham's dreams seem about to come true when he's invited to babysit with Mary Lou Milligan, a pretty girl with a racy reputation.

Director: Mel Ferber | Stars: Ron Howard, Marion Ross, Anson Williams, Tom Bosley

Votes: 349

42. Happy Days (1974–1984)
Episode: Fish and the Fins (1975)

TV-G | Comedy, Family, Music

Richie is called upon for a favor by an old friend from summer camp (possibly older than he),who is now the member of a successful rock and roll band called "Fish and The Fins". While ... See full summary »

Director: Jerry Paris | Stars: Ron Howard, Marion Ross, Anson Williams, Henry Winkler

Votes: 178

43. Happy Days (1974–1984)
Episode: You Go to My Head (1974)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Family, Music

Shyness with a new girl, a bad James Dean impersonation and a book on abnormal psychology combine to make Richie think he should see a psychiatrist.

Director: Jerry London | Stars: Ron Howard, Marion Ross, Anson Williams, Henry Winkler

Votes: 171

44. Harper Valley P.T.A. (1981–1982)
Episode: My Fair Stella (1981)

Comedy

While taking diction lessons from the married English teacher at Harper Valley High, Stella becomes furious when she receives a sweater with a scarlet A on it from an anonymous member of ... See full summary »

Director: Claudio Guzmán | Stars: Barbara Eden, Andrew Ethier, Fannie Flagg, Anne Francine

45. Headmaster (1970–1971)
Episode: May I Turn On? (1970)

30 min | Drama, Comedy

A young man finds him ostracized by his school mates and his football team when he refuses to take part in the drug culture.

Director: Gary Nelson | Stars: Andy Griffith, Claudette Nevins, Jerry Van Dyke, Parker Fennelly

46. Laverne & Shirley (1976–1983)
Episode: Lenny's Crush (1979)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family

Laverne shows Lenny a kindness and then gives him a kiss. Lenny now feels he loves her, and she's now his. No one can get through to him that this isn't the case, but Laverne hopes to let him down easy without completely breaking his heart.

Director: Carl Gottlieb | Stars: Penny Marshall, Cindy Williams, Betty Garrett, Michael McKean

Votes: 92

47. Laverne & Shirley (1976–1983)
Episode: O Come All Ye Bums (1978)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family

Frank DeFazio loses some of his Christmas spirit when he has to cancel his yearly gathering for the homeless and poor. The girls and friends step in to help him keep the holiday meaningful for the less fortunate.

Director: Joel Zwick | Stars: Penny Marshall, Cindy Williams, Betty Garrett, Michael McKean

Votes: 116

48. Laverne & Shirley (1976–1983)
Episode: Shirley and the Older Man (1979)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family

Shirley starts seeing an older rich gentleman. His snobby family thinks that she only wants his money and couldn't possibly like him for any other reason. Will they let her prove she's not a 'gold digger' or simply stand on their assumptions?

Director: Joel Zwick | Stars: Penny Marshall, Cindy Williams, Betty Garrett, David L. Lander

Votes: 94

49. Laverne & Shirley (1976–1983)
Episode: Supermarket Sweep (1979)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family

As Shirley goes back for a grocery item, Laverne's at the check out line, winning a shopping spree. Shirley feels jealous of her but soon Laverne sees she's forgotten her friend. The two ... See full summary »

Director: Joel Zwick | Stars: Penny Marshall, Cindy Williams, Betty Garrett, David L. Lander

Votes: 110

50. Laverne & Shirley (1976–1983)
Episode: The Tenants Are Revolting (1979)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family

The girls contact a building inspector to help Edna fix all the problems in their building. ...but Enda's later mad at them. She's got a short time to get up to code or face a huge fine. ... See full summary »

Director: Joel Zwick | Stars: Penny Marshall, Cindy Williams, Betty Garrett, David L. Lander

Votes: 89