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1. Crocodile Dundee (1986)
PG-13 | 97 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
An American reporter goes to the Australian outback to meet an eccentric crocodile poacher and invites him to New York City.
Director: Peter Faiman | Stars: Paul Hogan, Linda Kozlowski, John Meillon, David Gulpilil
Votes: 115,587 | Gross: $174.64M
2. WarGames (1983)
PG | 114 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
A young man finds a back door into a military central computer in which reality is confused with game-playing, possibly starting World War III.
Director: John Badham | Stars: Matthew Broderick, Ally Sheedy, John Wood, Dabney Coleman
Votes: 110,883 | Gross: $79.57M
3. Marathon Man (1976)
R | 125 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
After the shocking murder of his older brother, a New York history student finds himself inexplicably hounded by shadowy government agents on the trail of a Nazi war criminal who is trying to retrieve smuggled diamonds.
Director: John Schlesinger | Stars: Dustin Hoffman, Laurence Olivier, Roy Scheider, William Devane
Votes: 70,301 | Gross: $21.71M
4. The Money Pit (1986)
PG | 91 min | Comedy
A young couple struggles to repair a hopelessly dilapidated house.
Director: Richard Benjamin | Stars: Tom Hanks, Shelley Long, Alexander Godunov, Maureen Stapleton
Votes: 62,307 | Gross: $37.50M
5. The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985)
PG | 82 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
In 1935 New Jersey, a movie character walks off the screen and into the real world.
Director: Woody Allen | Stars: Mia Farrow, Jeff Daniels, Danny Aiello, Irving Metzman
Votes: 55,340 | Gross: $10.63M
6. Annie (1982)
PG | 127 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
A spunky young orphan is taken in by a rich eccentric, much to the chagrin of the cantankerous woman who runs the orphanage.
Director: John Huston | Stars: Aileen Quinn, Albert Finney, Carol Burnett, Ann Reinking
Votes: 49,566 | Gross: $57.06M
7. Deconstructing Harry (1997)
R | 96 min | Comedy
Suffering from writer's block and eagerly awaiting his writing award, Harry Block remembers events from his past and scenes from his best-selling books as characters, real and fictional, come back to haunt him.
Director: Woody Allen | Stars: Woody Allen, Judy Davis, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Stephanie Roth Haberle
Votes: 47,853 | Gross: $10.69M
8. Law & Order (1990– )
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
New York's finest police detectives and prosecutors fight to make the city a safer place. With integrity as the guiding force from investigation to verdict, the teams weigh every perspective in their commitment to finding justice.
Stars: Jerry Orbach, Jesse L. Martin, Dennis Farina, Sam Waterston
Votes: 44,697
9. Arthur (1981)
PG | 97 min | Comedy, Romance
Alcoholic billionaire playboy Arthur Bach must marry a woman he does not love, or he will be cut off from his $750,000,000 fortune. But when Arthur falls in love with a poor waitress, he must decide if he wants to choose love or money.
Director: Steve Gordon | Stars: Dudley Moore, Liza Minnelli, John Gielgud, Geraldine Fitzgerald
Votes: 31,133 | Gross: $95.46M
10. Stardust Memories (1980)
PG | 89 min | Comedy, Drama
While attending a retrospective of his work, a filmmaker recalls his life and his loves: the inspirations for his films.
Director: Woody Allen | Stars: Woody Allen, Charlotte Rampling, Jessica Harper, Marie-Christine Barrault
Votes: 24,000 | Gross: $10.39M
11. The Man with One Red Shoe (1985)
PG | 92 min | Comedy, Thriller
A man picked randomly out of a crowd is made the target of CIA survelliance and pursuit.
Director: Stan Dragoti | Stars: Tom Hanks, Lori Singer, Dabney Coleman, Charles Durning
Votes: 16,920 | Gross: $8.60M
12. Remington Steele (1982–1987)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
The cases of a female private detective partnered with a former thief who assumes the role of a fictitious detective in the business.
Stars: Stephanie Zimbalist, Pierce Brosnan, Doris Roberts, James Read
Votes: 9,989
13. Fort Apache the Bronx (1981)
R | 125 min | Crime, Drama
In New York City, South Bronx's main police precinct is nicknamed Fort Apache by its employees who feel like troopers surrounded by hostiles in a wild west isolated outpost.
Director: Daniel Petrie | Stars: Paul Newman, Edward Asner, Ken Wahl, Danny Aiello
Votes: 6,992 | Gross: $29.20M
14. The Flamingo Kid (1984)
PG-13 | 100 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A recent high-school graduate unsure of his future gets a summer job at the Flamingo beach club, and meets the charismatic Phil Brody.
Director: Garry Marshall | Stars: Matt Dillon, Hector Elizondo, Molly McCarthy, Martha Gehman
Votes: 6,089 | Gross: $23.86M
15. The Equalizer (1985–1989)
TV-PG | 48 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A retired Intelligence Agent turned private detective helps various threatened clients to equalize the odds.
Stars: Edward Woodward, Keith Szarabajka, Robert Lansing, Mark Margolis
Votes: 5,933
16. Still of the Night (1982)
PG | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A Manhattan psychiatrist probes a patient's murder and falls for the victim's mysterious mistress.
Director: Robert Benton | Stars: Roy Scheider, Meryl Streep, Jessica Tandy, Joe Grifasi
Votes: 5,825 | Gross: $5.98M
17. Shoot the Moon (1982)
R | 124 min | Drama
A mother of four is abandoned by her husband for a younger woman. Husband, wife and children struggle to survive the seemingly inevitable divorce.
Director: Alan Parker | Stars: Albert Finney, Diane Keaton, Karen Allen, Peter Weller
Votes: 3,059 | Gross: $9.22M
18. Tune in Tomorrow... (1990)
PG-13 | 107 min | Comedy, Romance
New Orleans, 1951: A law student, working at WXBU radio station, falls in love with his cute aunt, who's looking for a third husband. Then Pedro starts writing radio series at WXBU, stirring up things.
Director: Jon Amiel | Stars: Barbara Hershey, Keanu Reeves, Peter Falk, Bill McCutcheon
Votes: 2,018 | Gross: $1.79M
19. Monsters (1988–1990)
TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
A horror anthology about a family of monsters watching a different horror story every week on their TV. Each tale is separate, often cautionary with occasional dark humor and irony and features various deadly creatures.
Stars: John Bolger, Pamela Dean Kelly, Michael J. Anderson, Carlos Lauchu
Votes: 2,007
20. Used People (1992)
PG-13 | 115 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
At her husband's funeral, Pearl (Shirley MacLaine), Jewish mother of two divorced and antagonistic daughters, meets an old Italian friend (Marcello Mastroianni) of her husband, whose advice... See full summary »
Director: Beeban Kidron | Stars: Shirley MacLaine, Kathy Bates, Jessica Tandy, Marcello Mastroianni
Votes: 1,713 | Gross: $17.96M
21. So Fine (1981)
R | 90 min | Comedy
While trying to get his father out of a financial jam, a man comes up with an idea that turns into an unexpected overnight financial fashion success: bottomless pants.
Director: Andrew Bergman | Stars: Ryan O'Neal, Jack Warden, Mariangela Melato, Richard Kiel
Votes: 1,265
22. Off Beat (1986)
PG | 92 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance
Joe Gower's job is skating through library shelves, fetching books. A police officer and friend of his is chosen to participate in a charity dance performance. Gower agrees to take his ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Dinner | Stars: Judge Reinhold, Meg Tilly, Cleavant Derricks, Joe Mantegna
Votes: 1,051 | Gross: $4.84M
23. Dottie Gets Spanked (1993 TV Short)
30 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
An artistic six-year-old boy in 1960s America is obsessed with The Dottie Show. His father is concerned about the show's sexual influence, especially the boy's fascination with a spanking scene.
Director: Todd Haynes | Stars: J. Evan Bonifant, Barbara Garrick, Julie Halston, Robert Pall
Votes: 968
24. Guru, the Mad Monk (1970)
62 min | Horror
A deranged 15th Century prison colony chaplain exploits his power to get money for his church including murder and grave robbing committed by his vampire mistress and one-eyed hunchback assistant.
Director: Andy Milligan | Stars: Neil Flanagan, Jaqueline Webb, Judith Israel, Jack Spencer
Votes: 671
25. Mathnet (1987–1992)
60 min | Comedy, Crime, Family
A team of detectives use mathematics and logic to solve crimes.
Stars: Joe Howard, Beverly Leech, Bari K. Willerford, Mary Watson
Votes: 435
26.
Law & Order (1990– )
Episode:
Damaged
(1998)
TV-14 | 46 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Jack prosecutes three teenage boys for raping an intellectually disabled girl in a high school. Lennie's daughter testifies in a drug trial.
Director: Constantine Makris | Stars: Jerry Orbach, Benjamin Bratt, S. Epatha Merkerson, Sam Waterston
Votes: 360
27. Memories of Manon (1987 TV Movie)
96 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Yvette Marcel (Melissa Anderson) asks her godfather Control and McCall for help dealing with her irrational father, who is intent on locating Manon, the mother she believed had been killed years before.
Director: Tony Wharmby | Stars: Edward Woodward, Melissa Sue Anderson, Robert Lansing, Keith Szarabajka
Votes: 351
28.
Law & Order (1990– )
Episode:
Asylum
(1991)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
After a homeless man is convicted of murder, his lawyer files an Fourth Amendment appeal claiming an illegal, unwarranted search of his personal property.
Director: Kristoffer Tabori | Stars: Paul Sorvino, Chris Noth, Dann Florek, Michael Moriarty
Votes: 338
29. Hands of a Stranger (1987 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 130 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A New York cop becomes obsessed with finding his wife's rapist.
Director: Larry Elikann | Stars: Armand Assante, Blair Brown, Beverly D'Angelo, Michael Lerner
Votes: 292
30.
Law & Order (1990– )
Episode:
Virus
(1993)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A computer virus creates a malfunction at a Diabetes clinic which results in the deaths of two patients. Detectives tie the virus to a teenage hacker, whose father unsuccessfully accused the clinic of malpractice.
Director: Steven Robman | Stars: Jerry Orbach, Chris Noth, Dann Florek, Michael Moriarty
Votes: 291
31.
Monsters (1988–1990)
Episode:
Pool Sharks
(1988)
TV-14 | 21 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
A man named Gabe challenges a seductive but evil woman named Natasha to a pool game. The kicker is she is a vampire and he is out for revenge against her.
Director: Alan Kingsberg | Stars: Tom Mason, Irving Metzman, Rebecca Kyler Downs, Page Johnson
Votes: 286
32.
Law & Order (1990– )
Episode:
Possession
(2001)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A pair of feuding siblings who share ownership of a building are suspects in the murder of a tenant who may have been keeping them from selling the building for millions of dollars.
Director: James Quinn | Stars: Jerry Orbach, Jesse L. Martin, S. Epatha Merkerson, Sam Waterston
Votes: 249
33.
The Equalizer (1985–1989)
Episode:
Dead Drop
(1986)
TV-PG | 48 min | Action, Crime, Drama
McCall assembles a team of former colleagues to help an innocent bystander in danger when he is unwittingly involved in a smuggling operation. However, McCall runs into unexpected trouble with a smug bureaucrat gunning for Control's job.
Director: Donald Petrie | Stars: Edward Woodward, James Murtaugh, Robin Curtis, Ray Baker
Votes: 114
34.
The Equalizer (1985–1989)
Episode:
Back Home
(1985)
TV-14 | 47 min | Action, Crime, Drama
McCall is called by the tenants of an apartment building who are terrorized so that they would move out. They believe that the owner a wealthy man is doing this so he can tear down the ... See full summary »
Director: Alan Metzger | Stars: Edward Woodward, Frank Converse, Charles Hallahan, Anne Pitoniak
Votes: 104
35.
The Equalizer (1985–1989)
Episode:
Wash-Up
(1986)
TV-14 | 47 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Two window-washers who want to form a union ask for McCall's help when they are threatened by their murderous employer. Meanwhile, McCall's housekeeper moves into his townhouse temporarily for a few days with her two young sons in tow.
Director: Richard Compton | Stars: Edward Woodward, Robert Davi, Yvonne Wilder, Bill Cwikowski
Votes: 99
36.
The Equalizer (1985–1989)
Episode:
Unpunished Crimes
(1986)
TV-PG | 48 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A man goes to the CEO of a corporation and accuses them of stealing his invention, and when he presents proof the CEO tries to destroy it. He then orders that the man be taken care of. And ... See full summary »
Director: Alan Metzger | Stars: Edward Woodward, Dan Hedaya, Regina Baff, John Cameron Mitchell
Votes: 94
37.
Remington Steele (1982–1987)
Episode:
Steele Hanging in There: Part 1
(1987)
TV-PG | 49 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Upon returning from their "Honeymoon" Steele and Laura learn that a new INS officer has been assigned to their case, who is a little more by the book. A woman from Steele's past comes back,... See full summary »
Director: Christopher Hibler | Stars: Stephanie Zimbalist, Pierce Brosnan, Jack Scalia, Doris Roberts
Votes: 85
38. Bum Rap (1988)
R | 117 min | Comedy, Drama
Paul Colson is a New York cabdriver and struggling actor. When he learns that he has about three days left to live due to a rare blood disorder, he goes through all five stages of loss and grief in a darkly comedic way.
Director: Danny Irom | Stars: Craig Wasson, Blanche Baker, Al Lewis, Anita Gillette
Votes: 68
39.
The Equalizer (1985–1989)
Episode:
The Mystery of Manon: Part 1
(1988)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Philipe Marcel is told he can see Manon again if he kills McCall and Control.
Director: Bradford May | Stars: Edward Woodward, Keith Szarabajka, Melissa Sue Anderson, Anthony Zerbe
Votes: 68
40. Camera Three (1955–1980)
30 min | Drama
A weekly examination of the arts and literature, on Sunday mornings when there was more likely to be an audience interested in such matters and there was less competition for ratings.
Stars: James Macandrew, Faubion Bowers, Margaret Croyden, Alfredo Antonini
Votes: 63
41.
The Equalizer (1985–1989)
Episode:
The Last Campaign
(1988)
TV-PG | 46 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A woman who works for an ambitious Assemblyman learns he is planning to get a Senator to step down, thus paving the way for him to take the Senator's place, by threatening to reveal ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Compton | Stars: Edward Woodward, Keith Szarabajka, Stanley Tucci, Laila Robins
Votes: 63
42.
The Equalizer (1985–1989)
Episode:
The Mystery of Manon: Part 2
(1988)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Manon's captor takes Scott, Control, and McCall hostage, intent on torturing them, then killing them.
Director: Bradford May | Stars: Edward Woodward, Keith Szarabajka, Melissa Sue Anderson, Lawrence Dane
Votes: 62
43. Misplaced (1989)
98 min | Drama
The story of a strong-minded Polish mother, Halina Nowak who desperately wants her talented son, Jacek to have a life in the free world. On the eve of the Polish uprising, Halina, taking ... See full summary »
Director: Louis Yansen | Stars: Viveca Lindfors, John Cameron Mitchell, Elzbieta Czyzewska, Kellie Overbey
Votes: 56
44. Norman's Corner (1988 TV Movie)
28 min | Comedy
Director: Paul Miller | Stars: Gilbert Gottfried, Robert N. Altman, Marvin Braverman, Keely Shaye Brosnan
Votes: 47
45. Big Shots in America (1985 TV Movie)
24 min | Comedy
Director: James Burrows | Stars: Joe Mantegna, Keith Szarabajka, Dan Vitale, Helen Hanft
46. Melvin Goes Disco (1981)
9 min | Short
"Melvin Goes Disco" is writer/director Mark Esposito's homage to MGM's popular "Pete Smith Specialites" of the 1940's. Famed charactor Irving Metzman, is Melvin, full time accountant and ... See full summary »
Director: Mark S. Esposito | Stars: Irving Metzman, Margaret Mary Briggs, Linda Ann Watt
47.
Mathnet (1987–1992)
Episode:
The Case of the Parking Meter Massacre
(1990)
Comedy, Crime, Family
George and Kate investigate a series of stolen parking meters all over New York City and in the midst of the investigation, George's wife informs him that his apartment is robbed.
Director: Charles S. Dubin | Stars: Beverly Leech, Joe Howard, Bari K. Willerford, Emilio Del Pozo
48.
Camera Three (1955–1980)
Episode:
The Last Days of Stephen Foster
(1976)
Drama
Director: Roger Englander | Stars: Irving Metzman, Barbara Montgomery, Paul Shenar