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1. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
PG | 138 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
Roy Neary, an Indiana electric lineman, finds his quiet and ordinary daily life turned upside down after a close encounter with a UFO, spurring him to an obsessed cross-country quest for answers as a momentous event approaches.
Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Richard Dreyfuss, François Truffaut, Teri Garr, Melinda Dillon
Votes: 217,205 | Gross: $132.09M
2. The Last Picture Show (1971)
R | 118 min | Drama, Romance
In 1951, a group of high schoolers come of age in a bleak, isolated, atrophied North Texas town that is slowly dying, both culturally and economically.
Director: Peter Bogdanovich | Stars: Timothy Bottoms, Jeff Bridges, Cybill Shepherd, Ben Johnson
Votes: 52,466 | Gross: $29.13M
3. Silverado (1985)
PG-13 | 133 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A misfit bunch of friends comes together to right the injustices which exist in a small town.
Director: Lawrence Kasdan | Stars: Kevin Kline, Scott Glenn, Kevin Costner, Rosanna Arquette
Votes: 49,550 | Gross: $33.20M
4. The Sugarland Express (1974)
PG | 110 min | Crime, Drama
A woman attempts to reunite her family by helping her husband escape prison and together kidnapping their son. But things don't go as planned when they are forced to take a police hostage on the road.
Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Goldie Hawn, Ben Johnson, Michael Sacks, William Atherton
Votes: 19,129 | Gross: $7.50M
5. 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: 16,617
6. Places in the Heart (1984)
PG | 111 min | Drama
In central Texas in the 1930s, a widow with two small children tries to save her small 40-acre farm with the help of a blind boarder and an itinerant black handyman.
Director: Robert Benton | Stars: Sally Field, Lindsay Crouse, Ed Harris, Amy Madigan
Votes: 13,650 | Gross: $34.90M
7. Tom Horn (1980)
R | 98 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
An ex-army scout is hired by ranchers to kill cattle rustlers but he gets into trouble with the corrupt local officials when he's suspected of killing a boy.
Director: William Wiard | Stars: Steve McQueen, Linda Evans, Richard Farnsworth, Billy Green Bush
Votes: 5,928 | Gross: $9.68M
8. Where the Red Fern Grows (1974)
G | 97 min | Drama, Family
Where the Red Fern Grows is the heartwarming and adventurous tale for all ages about a young boy and his quest for his own red-bone hound hunting dogs.
Director: Norman Tokar | Stars: James Whitmore, Beverly Garland, Jack Ging, Lonny Chapman
Votes: 3,779
9. Centennial (1978–1979)
TV-PG | 105 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
The economic and cultural growth of Colorado spanning two centuries from the mid 1700s to the late 1970s.
Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Carrera, Richard Chamberlain, Robert Conrad
Votes: 3,676
10. The Magical World of Disney (1954–1997)
TV-G | 120 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
A Disney-produced anthology covering many different genres.
Stars: Walt Disney, Paul Frees, Clarence Nash, Slim Pickens
Votes: 2,293
11. Mountaintop Motel Massacre (1983)
R | 95 min | Horror
A mentally-unstable elderly woman recently released from a mental asylum proceeds to slaughter all the guests staying at her motel.
Director: Jim McCullough Sr. | Stars: Bill Thurman, Anna Chappell, Will Mitchell, Virginia Loridans
Votes: 1,841
12. Raggedy Man (1981)
R | 94 min | Drama
A divorcee with two sons has an affair with a young sailor passing through her Texas town in 1944.
Director: Jack Fisk | Stars: Sissy Spacek, Eric Roberts, Sam Shepard, William Sanderson
Votes: 1,834 | Gross: $1.98M
13. Creature from Black Lake (1976)
PG | 91 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Two men exploring the Louisiana swamps encounter a Bigfoot-type creature.
Director: Joy N. Houck Jr. | Stars: Jack Elam, Dub Taylor, Dennis Fimple, John David Carson
Votes: 1,532
14. Attack of the Eye Creatures (1967 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 80 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Alien "eye" creatures invade a small town.
Director: Larry Buchanan | Stars: John Ashley, Cynthia Hull, Warren Hammack, Chet Davis
Votes: 1,489
15. 'Gator Bait (1973)
R | 88 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Desiree lives deep in the swamp and supports herself and her siblings by poaching. Ben and deputy Billy hope to get a little sexual comfort from the "Cajun swamp rat" when they catch ... See full summary »
Directors: Beverly Sebastian, Ferd Sebastian | Stars: Claudia Jennings, Sam Gilman, Douglas Dirkson, Clyde Ventura
Votes: 1,456
16. Alamo Bay (1985)
R | 98 min | Action, Drama, Romance
A despondent Vietnam veteran in danger of losing his livelihood is pushed to the edge when he sees Vietnamese immigrants moving into the fishing industry in a Texas bay town.
Director: Louis Malle | Stars: Amy Madigan, Ed Harris, Ho Nguyen, Donald Moffat
Votes: 1,358 | Gross: $0.38M
17. The Evictors (1979)
PG | 92 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A nice young couple move into an eerie house which is located in a small Louisiana town, unaware of its violent history, and soon find themselves tormented by the previous owners.
Director: Charles B. Pierce | Stars: Vic Morrow, Michael Parks, Jessica Harper, Sue Ane Langdon
Votes: 1,346
18. In the Year 2889 (1969 TV Movie)
Unrated | 80 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
In a post nuclear Earth, survivors are stuck in a valley and have to protect themselves from mutant human beings, and each other in some cases.
Director: Larry Buchanan | Stars: Paul Petersen, Quinn O'Hara, Charla Doherty, Neil Fletcher
Votes: 1,182
19. Mars Needs Women (1968 TV Movie)
Unrated | 83 min | Sci-Fi
Dop leads his fellow Martians to Earth on an interplanetary quest for females. Dop proves that Martians have impeccable taste when one of his first conquests turns out to be sexy scientist Dr. Marjorie Bolen.
Director: Larry Buchanan | Stars: Tommy Kirk, Yvonne Craig, Byron Lord, Roger Ready
Votes: 1,134
20. Zontar: The Thing from Venus (1967 TV Movie)
Unrated | 80 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A young scientist who helps a lone alien from Venus, finds out it wants to destroy man.
Director: Larry Buchanan | Stars: John Agar, Susan Bjurman, Tony Huston, Pat Delaney
Votes: 1,130
21. Night Fright (1967)
Unrated | 75 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A government space experiment into the effects of cosmic rays on animal life goes horribly wrong, creating a mutant monster that terrorizes a rural community.
Director: James A. Sullivan | Stars: John Agar, Carol Gilley, Ralph Baker Jr., Dorothy Davis
Votes: 1,036
22. It's Alive! (1969 TV Movie)
Unrated | 80 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A loony farmer finds a prehistoric monster hiding in a cavern on his land. To feed his newest critter, the farmer kidnaps three people. The three desperately try to escape and finally, one of them succeeds.
Director: Larry Buchanan | Stars: Tommy Kirk, Shirley Bonne, Bill Thurman, Annabelle Weenick
Votes: 974
23. The Long Hot Summer (1985)
200 min | Drama, Romance
A loner arrives in a small town only to be condemned for the sins of his father.
Stars: Don Johnson, Jason Robards, Judith Ivey, Cybill Shepherd
Votes: 971
24. It Takes Two (1988)
PG-13 | 81 min | Comedy, Romance
In Texas, the naive Travis Rogers quits his job to marry his beloved Stephanie "Stephi" Lawrence and work with his father-in-law. However he decides to buy a car with his US$ 5,000.00 ... See full summary »
Director: David Beaird | Stars: George Newbern, Leslie Hope, Kimberly Foster, Barry Corbin
Votes: 931 | Gross: $0.34M
25. In Broad Daylight (1991 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama, Thriller
The fanatically-uncompromising Len Rowan and his family insult and terrorize the citizens of a small town for years. One day the comment of a saleswoman about Len's son not paying for candy... See full summary »
Director: James Steven Sadwith | Stars: Brian Dennehy, Cloris Leachman, Marcia Gay Harden, Chris Cooper
Votes: 844
26. Curse of the Swamp Creature (1968 TV Movie)
Unrated | 80 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
While searching for oil in the deadly swamplands of the Florida Everglades, members of a geological expedition meet an insane doctor who is working on an experiment to create a creature that is part man and part alligator.
Director: Larry Buchanan | Stars: John Agar, Francine York, Jeff Alexander, Shirley McLine
Votes: 812
27. Skyward (1980 TV Movie)
100 min | Drama
An aging Bette Davis is a flight instructor at an old Texas airport. When a young girl in a wheelchair finds the airport by watching gliders fly, she decides she wants to learn how to fly. ... See full summary »
Director: Ron Howard | Stars: Bette Davis, Howard Hesseman, Marion Ross, Clu Gulager
Votes: 689
28. Encounter with the Unknown (1972)
PG | 90 min | Horror, Mystery
Three eerie tales based on actual events are enacted in this film. First, three college students play a prank on a geeky classmate, who is accidentally shot and killed. His vengeful mother ... See full summary »
Director: Harry Thomason | Stars: Rod Serling, Robert Ginnaven, Gary Brockette, John Leslie
Votes: 678
29. Keep My Grave Open (1977)
R | 79 min | Horror
A crazy woman who lives in an old mansion thinks she's with her brother/lover, who lures victims to her.
Director: S.F. Brownrigg | Stars: Camilla Carr, Chelcie Ross, Stephen Tobolowsky, Ann Stafford
Votes: 454
30. The Black Cat (1966)
73 min | Horror
A mentally unbalanced man is obsessed with the idea that a black cat is possessed. He tortures and kills it. Later, he comes to believe that the cat has returned from the dead to kill him.
Director: Harold Hoffman | Stars: Robert Frost, Robyn Baker, Sadie French, Scotty McKay
Votes: 441
31. The Yesterday Machine (1965)
Not Rated | 85 min | Sci-Fi
A Nazi scientist invents a time machine enabling him to go back to alter the events of WWII.
Director: Russ Marker | Stars: Tim Holt, James Britton, Ann Pellegrino, Linda Jenkins
Votes: 436
32. Hawken's Breed (1988)
R | 89 min | Action, Drama, Romance
Hawken is a rugged drifter and loner who meets and comes to rescue a young Shawnee woman, named "Spirit" whom he leaves after saving her from a rouge group of Shawnee Indians.
Director: Charles B. Pierce | Stars: Peter Fonda, Jack Elam, Serene Hedin, Chuck Pierce Jr.
Votes: 432
33.
Dallas (1978–1991)
Episode:
Digger's Daughter
(1978)
TV-PG | 49 min | Drama, Romance
Bobby Ewing and Pamela Barnes shock their respective families when they reveal they have married. This revelation renews an age-old feud between the two families, and J.R. Ewing, Bobby's ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Day | Stars: Barbara Bel Geddes, Jim Davis, Patrick Duffy, Larry Hagman
Votes: 416
34. A Bullet for Pretty Boy (1970)
M/PG | 89 min | Action, Biography, Crime
After serving four years of a six-year sentence on a manslaughter charge, a tough punk (Pretty Boy Floyd) escapes from prison and goes on a violent rampage.
Directors: Larry Buchanan, Maury Dexter | Stars: Fabian, Jocelyn Lane, Astrid Warner, Adam Roarke
Votes: 252
35. Slumber Party '57 (1976)
R | 89 min | Comedy, Drama
Six schoolgirls are without parental supervision on a night their basketball team is traveling, so they organize a slumber party during which each will tell about her first sexual experience.
Director: William A. Levey | Stars: Janet Wood, Noelle North, Debra Winger, Bridget Holloman
Votes: 222
36. Innocent Prey (1984)
R | 77 min | Horror, Thriller
A woman living in Dallas discovers that her husband, from New Zealand, is actually a crazed serial killer who murders prostitutes. She helps the authorities arrest him, and he is sent to a ... See full summary »
Director: Colin Eggleston | Stars: P.J. Soles, Kit Taylor, Grigor Taylor, Martin Balsam
Votes: 215
37. The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald (1977 TV Movie)
G | 210 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
The bizarre story behind Lee Harvey Oswald, the man accused of assassinating U.S. President John F. Kennedy in Dallas, Texas on November 22, 1963, and what might have happened had he been brought to trial, if he had not been murdered by Jack Ruby.
Directors: Gordon Davidson, David Greene | Stars: Ben Gazzara, Lorne Greene, Frances Lee McCain, Lawrence Pressman
Votes: 157
38. Painted Hero (1996)
R | 105 min | Drama, Thriller
A rodeo clown meets a woman who, during one night, dies under suspicious circumstances. The man is blamed for her murder, and now he has to clear his name.
Director: Terry Benedict | Stars: Dwight Yoakam, Michelle Joyner, Kiersten Warren, Cindy Pickett
Votes: 153
39.
Centennial (1978–1979)
Episode:
The Longhorns
(1978)
TV-PG | 98 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
John Skimmerhorn hires R.J. Poteet to lead the difficult cattle drive from Texas to Colorado on behalf of Oliver Seccombe and the Venneford Ranch. Sixteen-year-old Jim Lloyd joins the drive... See full summary »
Director: Virgil W. Vogel | Stars: William Atherton, Raymond Burr, Barbara Carrera, Richard Chamberlain
Votes: 131
40. The Beasts Are on the Streets (1978 TV Movie)
100 min | Thriller
Panic grips a small community after a tanker truck crashes through a fence at a wild animal park, freeing dozens of dangerous beasts.
Director: Peter R. Hunt | Stars: Carol Lynley, Dale Robinette, Billy Green Bush, Philip Michael Thomas
Votes: 127
41.
Dallas (1978–1991)
Episode:
Check and Mate
(1983)
TV-PG | 50 min | Drama, Romance
The J.R. and Bobby Ewing contest for Ewing Oil officially concludes with startling and unexpected developments. J.R. and Bobby turn over their books for the final audit, which determines who will run the family company.
Director: Leonard Katzman | Stars: Barbara Bel Geddes, Patrick Duffy, Linda Gray, Larry Hagman
Votes: 123
42. The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald (1964)
98 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A film that speculates how Lee Harvey Oswald's trial may have played out had he not been killed by Jack Ruby.
Director: Larry Buchanan | Stars: George R. Russell, George Edgley, Arthur Nations, Charles Mazyrack
Votes: 107
43. The Long Summer of George Adams (1982 TV Movie)
100 min | Drama
A middle-age man, in small-town Middle America, lives a momentous year in the mid-20th century.
Director: Stuart Margolin | Stars: James Garner, Joan Hackett, Alex Harvey, Juanin Clay
Votes: 100
44. Strawberries Need Rain (1971)
R | 85 min | Drama, Fantasy
Death comes to take a beautiful young girl, and she persuades him to let her live out her fantasies before he finally takes her away.
Director: Larry Buchanan | Stars: Les Tremayne, Paul Bertoya, Terry Mace, Gene Otis Shane
Votes: 95
45. Hell Raiders (1969 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 80 min | Drama, War
U.S. Army demolition squad on a mission to destroy records in an evacuated headquarters as German forces advance in Italy; remake of the 1958 film "Suicide Battalion".
Director: Larry Buchanan | Stars: John Agar, Richard Webb, Joan Huntington, Bill Thurman
Votes: 91
46. Fairplay (1971)
G | 83 min | Western
Teddy, a young greenhorn, arrives in Fairplay looking for his uncle F.O. McGill. He is surprised to find that far from owning a spa as he imagined, McGill runs a saloon frequented by outlaws.
Director: James A. Sullivan | Stars: Paul Ford, Robert Middleton, Terry Wilson, Paul Glaser
Votes: 87
47. The Other Side of Bonnie and Clyde (1968)
75 min | Drama, Crime
The supposed truth behind Bonnie and Clyde, including new footage of bullet-ridden car and bodies, taken just after the shooting by a police officer.
Director: Larry Buchanan | Stars: Burl Ives, Frank Hamer, John Jenkins, Floyd Hamilton
Votes: 86
48. Ride in a Pink Car (1974)
PG | 83 min | Action, Drama
A man, thought to be dead, returns to his hometown in Florida. He finds his wife re-married and the town now ruled by corrupt forces.
Director: Robert J. Emery | Stars: William Kerwin, Erni Benet, John Carroll, Glenn Corbett
Votes: 85
49. Hip Hot and 21 (1966)
90 min | Drama
Naïve young country gal Diane gets sold by her abusive father to hunky stud Rick for only fifty bucks. Alas, Rick turns out to be a total no-account jerk who leaves Diane high and dry to ... See full summary »
Director: Dale Berry | Stars: Diane Darcel, Lorna Maitland, Carol Stevens, Ron Scott
Votes: 81
50. Hot Blooded Woman (1965)
75 min | Action, Drama, Romance
A psychotic woman in love is taken to extreme actions by sexual frustration, an unfaithful husband, and jealous rivals.
Director: Dale Berry | Stars: Gregg Pappas, Bob Brown, Bill Thurman, Dale Berry
Votes: 80