Sort by Number of Votes - Most Rated Movies and TV Shows With Earl Montgomery

1. Rocky II (1979)

PG | 119 min | Drama, Sport

Rocky struggles in family life after his bout with Apollo Creed, while the embarrassed champ insistently goads him to accept a challenge for a rematch.

Director: Sylvester Stallone | Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young, Carl Weathers

Votes: 231,376

2. Heaven Can Wait (1978)

PG | 101 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance

A Los Angeles Rams quarterback, accidentally taken away from his body by an overanxious angel before he was meant to die, returns to life in the body of a recently murdered millionaire.

Directors: Warren Beatty, Buck Henry | Stars: Warren Beatty, James Mason, Julie Christie, Jack Warden

Votes: 23,531 | Gross: $81.64M

3. Dallas (1978–1991)

TV-PG | 60 min | Drama, Romance

J.R. Ewing, a Texas oil baron, uses manipulation and blackmail to achieve his ambitions, both business and personal. He often comes into conflict with his brother Bobby, his arch-enemy Cliff Barnes and his long-suffering wife Sue Ellen.

Stars: Larry Hagman, Ken Kercheval, Patrick Duffy, Linda Gray

Votes: 16,597

4. The Dukes of Hazzard (1979–1985)

TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Comedy

The adventures of the fast-drivin', rubber-burnin' Duke boys of Hazzard County.

Stars: Tom Wopat, John Schneider, Catherine Bach, Denver Pyle

Votes: 15,717

5. Charlie's Angels (1976–1981)

TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

A wealthy mystery man named Charlie runs a detective agency via a speakerphone and his personal assistant, John Bosley. His detectives are three beautiful women, who end up in a variety of difficult situations.

Stars: Kate Jackson, Farrah Fawcett, Jaclyn Smith, David Doyle

Votes: 14,400

6. The Love Boat (1977–1987)

TV-G | 60 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

The romantic and comic tales of the passengers and crew of the cruise ship, Pacific Princess.

Stars: Gavin MacLeod, Bernie Kopell, Ted Lange, Fred Grandy

Votes: 13,642

7. The Jeffersons (1975–1985)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy

A nouveau riche, African-American family who move into a luxury apartment building develop close, if occasionally fractious, relationships with other tenants.

Stars: Isabel Sanford, Sherman Hemsley, Roxie Roker, Franklin Cover

Votes: 10,618

8. Hart to Hart (1979–1984)

TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

The globe-trotting adventures of amateur detectives Jonathan and Jennifer Hart.

Stars: Robert Wagner, Stefanie Powers, Lionel Stander, Lee Wilkof

Votes: 8,805

9. F.I.S.T. (1978)

PG | 145 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A rebellious Cleveland warehouse worker rises through the ranks of a trucking industry union to become union president but his organized crime links cause his eventual downfall.

Director: Norman Jewison | Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Rod Steiger, Peter Boyle, Melinda Dillon

Votes: 8,748 | Gross: $20.39M

10. Highway to Heaven (1984–1989)

TV-PG | 60 min | Drama, Fantasy

A probationary angel, sent back to Earth, teams with an ex-cop to help people.

Stars: Michael Landon, Victor French, James Troesh, Margie Impert

Votes: 6,528

11. What's Happening!! (1976–1979)

TV-PG | 24 min | Comedy

A trio of black youths learn about life, love, friendship, credit cards, gambling, and a variety of other things while growing up in an inner city.

Stars: Ernest Thomas, Haywood Nelson, Danielle Spencer, Fred Berry

Votes: 4,205

12. The Detective (1968)

Approved | 114 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

While grappling with his wife's infidelity, an NYPD detective investigates the murder of a gay man, which he discovers is linked to official corruption involving sex and drugs.

Director: Gordon Douglas | Stars: Frank Sinatra, Lee Remick, Ralph Meeker, Jack Klugman

Votes: 4,158 | Gross: $14.30M

13. Eight Is Enough (1977–1981)

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

This comedy drama focused on a family with eight very independent children.

Stars: Dick Van Patten, Lani O'Grady, Connie Needham, Susan Richardson

Votes: 3,813

14. Superstition (1982)

Unrated | 85 min | Horror

A witch put to death in 1692 swears vengeance on her persecutors and returns to the present day to punish their descendants.

Director: James W. Roberson | Stars: James Houghton, Albert Salmi, Lynn Carlin, Larry Pennell

Votes: 3,322

15. Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman (1976–1977)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Romance

A small-town housewife struggles to cope with the increasingly bizarre and violent events unfolding around her.

Stars: Louise Lasser, Greg Mullavey, Mary Kay Place, Graham Jarvis

Votes: 1,456

16. The Defenders (1961–1965)

TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama

A father and son lawyer duo take a variety of cases that often deal with the important issues of the day.

Stars: E.G. Marshall, Robert Reed, Polly Rowles, Ossie Davis

Votes: 502

17. Stitches (1985)

R | 89 min | Comedy

The misadventures of three students in medical school.

Director: Rod Holcomb | Stars: Parker Stevenson, Geoffrey Lewis, Brian Tochi, Robin Dearden

Votes: 387

18. Act One (1963)

Not Rated | 110 min | Biography, Drama

Story of the life of writer/playwright Moss Hart.

Director: Dore Schary | Stars: George Hamilton, Jason Robards, George Segal, Jack Klugman

Votes: 286

19. Charlie's Angels (1976–1981)
Episode: Angels on a String (1977)

Not Rated | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

Charlie gives the girls three days off with pay as a reward for their hard work. But the Angels put their vacation on hold due to the kidnapping of a politician that Sabrina idolizes.

Director: Lawrence Doheny | Stars: Kate Jackson, Farrah Fawcett, Jaclyn Smith, David Doyle

Votes: 258

20. Carter Country (1977–1979)

M | 30 min | Comedy

The comic exploits of a redneck sheriff and his educated Black deputy in a small Georgia town.

Stars: Victor French, Kene Holiday, Guich Koock, Vernee Watson

Votes: 254

21. Omnibus (1952–1961)

55 min | Drama, History, Music

Omnibus was a television program that sought to provide the best of what television could provide as the highest common denominator of intellectual curiosity and interest. This level of programing excellence has not been achieved again.

Stars: Alistair Cooke, Leonard Bernstein, Joseph N. Welch, Helen Hayes

Votes: 218

22. The Adams Chronicles (1976)

50 min | Drama, History

This ambitious multi-part PBS production brings to life five generations of one of America's leading political and historical families, tracing their lives from John Adams' years as a ... See full summary »

Stars: Pamela Payton-Wright, George Hearn, Michael Tolan, William Daniels

Votes: 213

23. Enos (1980–1981)

60 min | Action, Comedy

The big-city adventures of Officer Enos Strate of Hazzard County.

Stars: Sonny Shroyer, Samuel E. Wright, John Dehner, John Milford

Votes: 183

24. The Love Boat (1977–1987)
Episode: Too Hot to Handle/Family Reunion/Cinderella Story (1978)

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

Stories include: a reprobate steward (Bob Crane), cute honeymooners (Kathy Bates, John Rubinstein), and a financially strapped supermarket cashier (Bruce Solomon) posing as a wealthy, advertising executive.

Directors: Richard Kinon, James Sheldon | Stars: Gavin MacLeod, Bernie Kopell, Fred Grandy, Ted Lange

Votes: 180

25. Highway to Heaven (1984–1989)
Episode: Going Home, Going Home (1985)

Not Rated | 50 min | Drama, Fantasy

God sends Mark and Jonathan back to the 1940s in order to give Mark a second chance to tell his grandfather how much he loved him.

Director: Michael Landon | Stars: Michael Landon, Victor French, John McLiam, Sean De Veritch

Votes: 154

26. Dallas (1978–1991)
Episode: Showdown at San Ángelo (1981)

TV-PG | 48 min | Drama, Romance

J.R. uses Miss Ellie to gain access to the Southern Cross and John Ross. Ellie and Clayton meet and agree the custody issues is not their fight. J.R. threatens Sue Ellen and when that fails tries to convince Ellie to kidnap John Ross.

Director: Irving J. Moore | Stars: Barbara Bel Geddes, Patrick Duffy, Linda Gray, Larry Hagman

Votes: 141

27. Robert Montgomery Presents (1950–1957)

60 min | Drama

Actor, Producer, and Director Robert Montgomery introduced each telecast, sometimes interviewing one of the stars, and sometimes appearing in the play.

Stars: Robert Montgomery, John Newland, Vaughn Taylor, Elizabeth Montgomery

Votes: 136

28. The Dukes of Hazzard (1979–1985)
Episode: The Hazzardgate Tape (1982)

TV-PG | 49 min | Action, Comedy

When Boss betrays the trust of county administrators from neighboring counties, he takes refuge at the Duke farm. Vance agrees to secretly tape record the other bosses meeting to take to ... See full summary »

Director: Bob Sweeney | Stars: Byron Cherry, Christopher Mayer, Catherine Bach, Denver Pyle

Votes: 130

29. Hart to Hart (1979–1984)
Episode: Too Many Cooks Are Murder (1980)

TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

Maurice, a famous French chef and chemist, has created something world-changing and wants to distribute it through Jonathan's company, but before he can tell Jonathan about it, he is killed and his recipes stolen.

Director: Frank Beascoechea | Stars: Robert Wagner, Stefanie Powers, Lionel Stander, Lloyd Bochner

Votes: 124

30. Kaz (1978–1979)

60 min | Crime, Drama

The cases of former car thief-turned-criminal attorney Martin "Kaz" Kazinski.

Stars: Ron Leibman, George Wyner, Patrick O'Neal, Gloria LeRoy

Votes: 117

31. Love of Life (1951–1980)

TV-PG | 25 min | Drama, Romance

Initially set in fictional Barrowsville, New York, this serial tells the story of extremely disparate siblings: long-suffering Vanessa Dale and her bitchy sister Meg. After Meg was written ... See full summary »

Stars: Audrey Peters, Ron Tomme, Peggy McCay, Jean McBride

Votes: 115

32. Jackie Gleason: American Scene Magazine (1962–1966)

TV-G | 60 min | Comedy, Music

Jackie Gleason returns to the variety show format with his "American Scene Magazine". The official title of the show was, again, "The Jackie Gleason Show". Initially taped in New York City, after two seasons in 1964 moved to Miami Beach.

Stars: Jackie Gleason, The June Taylor Dancers, Johnny Olson, Sammy Spear and His Orchestra

Votes: 95

33. Seed of Innocence (1980)

R | 91 min | Drama

A love story about two teenagers who fall in love, have a child, and escape from their families in an attempt to make life for themselves in New York City.

Director: Boaz Davidson | Stars: Timothy Wead, Mary Cannon, T.K. Carter, Vincent Schiavelli

Votes: 91

34. Undercover with the KKK (1979 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 97 min | Drama

The true story of Gary Thomas Rowe, Jr. who worked undercover for the FBI to infiltrate a Ku Klux Klan group in his Alabama hometown and later testified as a key prosecution witness during ... See full summary »

Director: Barry Shear | Stars: Don Meredith, Ed Lauter, Clifton James, Albert Salmi

Votes: 71

35. The Day the Bubble Burst (1982 TV Movie)

180 min | Drama, History

A fictionalized account of how the 1929 stock market crash hurt the elite and the struggling, and the forces that may have caused the crash to occur.

Director: Joseph Hardy | Stars: Blanche Baker, Franklin Cover, Richard Crenna, Dana Elcar

Votes: 63

36. The Jeffersons (1975–1985)
Episode: Anatomy of a Stain (1982)

TV-PG | 25 min | Comedy

George refuses to accept blame when Tom's pants come back from Jefferson Cleaners with a permanent stain. So Florence suggests they settle the matter by fighting it out on a popular TV court show called Video Verdict.

Director: Bob Lally | Stars: Isabel Sanford, Sherman Hemsley, Roxie Roker, Franklin Cover

Votes: 63

37. Thornwell (1981 TV Movie)

Unrated | 97 min | Biography, Drama, History

True story about James Thornwell, who was serving the Army in Europe when some military documents went missing. He was wrongfully accused of the theft, brutally interrogated and given drugs... See full summary »

Director: Harry Morgan Moses | Stars: Glynn Turman, Vincent Gardenia, Craig Wasson, Howard E. Rollins Jr.

Votes: 62

38. Valentine Magic on Love Island (1980 TV Movie)

100 min | Romance, Comedy

Beverly McGraw, an advertising exec meets Billy Colorado, a football player, Charles, a minister meets Crystal Kramer, a store clerk and her mother Ida, Robert Murphy, a detective following... See full summary »

Director: Earl Bellamy | Stars: Dominique Dunne, Adrienne Barbeau, Bill Daily, Howard Duff

Votes: 49

39. What's Happening!! (1976–1979)
Episode: Nothing Personal (1977)

Not Rated | 30 min | Comedy

Shirley is offered a clerical position with a balloon distribution company. She becomes angry when she discovers was only hired to be a "token" African-American employee.

Director: Mark Warren | Stars: Ernest Thomas, Haywood Nelson, Fred Berry, Shirley Hemphill

Votes: 46

40. The Ted Knight Show (1978– )

30 min | Comedy

Short lived (six weeks) show about Roger Dennis running an escort service in New York City. Roger and Burt Dennis own Dennis Escorts, a high-class escort agency. Dottie was the receptionist... See full summary »

Stars: Ted Knight, Norman Burton, Tom Leopold, Iris Adrian

Votes: 39

41. Colonel Humphrey Flack (1953–1959)

30 min | Comedy, Family

Colonel Humphrey Flack is the consummate con-man, swindling swindlers at every opportunity.

Stars: Alan Mowbray, Frank Jenks, Eliot Sharfe, Boris Aplon

Votes: 36

42. Young Lust (1984)

R | 90 min | Comedy

A soap opera parody along the lines of Young Doctors in Love (1982).

Director: Gary Weis | Stars: Fran Drescher, Mews Small, Allan Arbus, Joshua Billings

Votes: 28

43. Eight Is Enough (1977–1981)
Episode: Horror Story (1979)

TV-G | Comedy, Drama, Family

A torrential downpour causes a power outage across Sacramento, trapping Tom and Abby in an elevator, leaving Nancy stranded at work, and causing imaginations to run wild at home -- ... See full summary »

Director: Irving J. Moore | Stars: Dick Van Patten, Betty Buckley, Grant Goodeve, Willie Aames

Votes: 27

44. Soldier in Love (1967 TV Movie)

76 min | Drama

When Princess Anne ascends to the English throne in 1702, she lifts to royal eminence two of her closest friends, John Churchill, one of the Crown's illustrious soldiers, and his wife Sarah... See full summary »

Director: George Schaefer | Stars: Norman Allen, Claire Bloom, Margaret Braidwood, Roderick Cook

Votes: 15

45. Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman (1976–1977)
Episode: Episode #2.75 (1977)

TV-PG | Comedy, Romance

Harold Clemens interviews Mary about the Olinski report, but she's more interested in gardening with garbage. Merle and Wanda disagree about her endorsement of Mae's research. Disgusted by ... See full summary »

Director: Nessa Hyams | Stars: Louise Lasser, Greg Mullavey, Mary Kay Place, Graham Jarvis

Votes: 13

46. The Defenders (1961–1965)
Episode: A Book for Burning (1963)

TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama

A famous writer is accused of writing an obscene book.

Director: David Greene | Stars: E.G. Marshall, Robert Reed, Sam Wanamaker, Alexander Scourby

Votes: 12

47. Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman (1976–1977)
Episode: Episode #2.71 (1977)

TV-PG | Comedy, Romance

Martha's new pet sitting service terrifies George after he finds a monkey and a tarantula in his kitchen. Complications arise when lawyer Darcy Pinker demands Cathy sign a contract before ... See full summary »

Director: Nessa Hyams | Stars: Louise Lasser, Greg Mullavey, Mary Kay Place, Graham Jarvis

Votes: 12

48. Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman (1976–1977)
Episode: Episode #2.72 (1977)

TV-PG | Comedy, Romance

Merle vetoes Charlie and Tom's request that he intercede in the police search for Loretta. The experience of natural childbirth becomes more intense for Cathy and Christine. Merle meets Mae... See full summary »

Director: Nessa Hyams | Stars: Louise Lasser, Greg Mullavey, Mary Kay Place, Graham Jarvis

Votes: 12

49. The Adams Chronicles (1976)
Episode: Chapter X: John Quincy Adams, Congressman (1976)

Drama, History

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Director: Fred Coe | Stars: William Daniels, Allan Carlsen, Thomas A. Stewart, Pamela Payton-Wright

Votes: 7

50. The Happeners (1967)

Drama, Music

A Greenwich Village folk-rock trio make their way in New York City trying to score a record contract.

Stars: Craig Smith, Suzannah Jordan, Chris Ducey, Louis Gossett Jr.