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1.
Christy (1994–1995)
Episode:
Echoes
(1995)
TV-PG | Drama, Family, History
Christy accompanies Miss Alice to Freedom, Kentucky to celebrate the birthday of an old friend.
Stars: Kellie Martin, Stewart Finlay-McLennan, Tyne Daly, Randall Batinkoff
Votes: 26
2.
Backstairs at the White House (1979)
Episode:
Episode #1.4
(1979)
Drama, History
WWII brings changes to the White House, including Russians as guests. Mrs. Roosevelt brings Maggie back to supervise the visit of Mrs. Chiang Kai-Shek. After all the Roosevelt years, the ... See full summary »
Director: Michael O'Herlihy | Stars: Leslie Uggams, Olivia Cole, Louis Gossett Jr., Robert Hooks
Votes: 13
3.
The Women of Brewster Place (1989)
Episode:
Episode #1.1
(1989)
TV-14 | 120 min | Drama
The matriarch and anchor for the women of Brewster Place is Mattie Michael. Her unselfish devotion to a ne'er-do-well son forces her to abandon her home, and try to make a new life in Brewster Place's dark and overcrowded tenements.
Director: Donna Deitch | Stars: Oprah Winfrey, Mary Alice, Olivia Cole, Robin Givens
Votes: 20
4. Roots (1977)
TV-14 | 74 min | Biography, Drama, History
A dramatization of author Alex Haley's family line from ancestor Kunta Kinte's enslavement to his descendants' liberation.
Stars: LeVar Burton, Robert Reed, John Amos, Louis Gossett Jr.
Votes: 18,845
5.
Backstairs at the White House (1979)
Episode:
Episode #1.2
(1979)
Drama, History
An insecure Harding waffles about assignments, as the Attorney General tries to cover up the Teapot Dome scandal and a superstitious Florence Harding sees signs and omens everywhere. Maggie... See full summary »
Director: Michael O'Herlihy | Stars: Olivia Cole, Leslie Uggams, Louis Gossett Jr., Robert Hooks
Votes: 12
6. Backstairs at the White House (1979)
540 min | Drama, History
Behind the scenes at the White House during eight administrations, as told by the people who work there.
Stars: Leslie Uggams, Olivia Cole, Louis Gossett Jr., Robert Hooks
Votes: 490
7.
Backstairs at the White House (1979)
Episode:
Episode #1.3
(1979)
Drama, History
The Depression hits even the White House, with pay cuts for the staff while Mrs. Hoover continues to entertain extravagantly. Maggie collapses but is unwilling to rest. A visitor captures ... See full summary »
Director: Michael O'Herlihy | Stars: Leslie Uggams, Olivia Cole, Louis Gossett Jr., Robert Hooks
Votes: 11
8. North and South, Book I (1985)
TV-PG | 94 min | Drama, History, Romance
Two friends, one northern and one southern, struggle to maintain their friendship as events build towards the American Civil War.
Stars: Kirstie Alley, Georg Stanford Brown, David Carradine, Philip Casnoff
Votes: 11,884
9.
Roots (1977)
Episode:
Part VII
(1977)
TV-14 | 51 min | Biography, Drama, History
In 1861, "Chicken George" returns home hoping to free his enslaved family.
Director: Marvin J. Chomsky | Stars: Lloyd Bridges, Georg Stanford Brown, Olivia Cole, Brad Davis
Votes: 269
10.
Roots (1977)
Episode:
Part VIII
(1977)
TV-14 | 96 min | Biography, Drama, History
The war is over, the Confederacy having surrendered, freeing the slaves. Mr. Harvey invites the slaves to stay if they wish, maybe sharecropping. The rest of the plantation owners, a ... See full summary »
Director: Marvin J. Chomsky | Stars: Lloyd Bridges, Georg Stanford Brown, Olivia Cole, Brad Davis
Votes: 273
11.
North and South, Book I (1985)
Episode:
Episode #1.6
(1985)
TV-PG | 94 min | Drama, History, Romance
With Abe Lincoln's election as President, secessionist feelings are running high. George Hazard pays a surprise visit to Orry at Mont Royal to apologize for what his fanatical sister said ... See full summary »
Director: Richard T. Heffron | Stars: Kirstie Alley, Georg Stanford Brown, David Carradine, Philip Casnoff
Votes: 252
12.
Backstairs at the White House (1979)
Episode:
Episode #1.1
(1979)
147 min | Drama, History
In 1909, Maggie starts working at the White House as second maid, but is run ragged with her usual work and extra tasks as a beautician. Daughter Lillian has an operation for her crippled ... See full summary »
Director: Michael O'Herlihy | Stars: Olivia Cole, Leslie Uggams, Louis Gossett Jr., Robert Hooks
Votes: 18
13.
Family (1976–1980)
Episode:
Fear of Shadows
(1978)
TV-PG | Drama, Family
A recurring nightmare of running over a small boy with her car haunts Kate. Meanwhile, Buddy takes in a pet raccoon.
Director: Georg Stanford Brown | Stars: Sada Thompson, James Broderick, Gary Frank, Kristy McNichol
Votes: 43
14.
Roots (1977)
Episode:
Part VI
(1977)
TV-14 | 99 min | Biography, Drama, History
In 1824, Kizzy is allowed to visit the plantation of her previous owner, Dr. William Reynolds, and learn the ultimate fate of her parents. Meanwhile, old slave Mingo teaches Kizzy's son ... See full summary »
Directors: Marvin J. Chomsky, Gilbert Moses | Stars: Macdonald Carey, Chuck Connors, Scatman Crothers, Sandy Duncan
Votes: 294
15. The Fig Tree (1987 TV Movie)
58 min | Drama, Family
Grief finds 8-year-old Miranda after the loss of her mother. The rest of her family attempt to help her cope with the tragedy, each in their own way, but the concepts of life and death require a genuine measure of empathy to overcome.
Director: Calvin Skaggs | Stars: Karron Graves, Teresa Wright, Doris Roberts, William Converse-Roberts
Votes: 15
16.
A Man Called Hawk (1989)
Episode:
Intensive Care
(1989)
TV-14 | Drama, Action
When Hawk and Old Man's sister are taken hostage in the hospital by armed men, Hawk has an idea to make the situation go his way, not as the gunmen would like it to go.
Director: Virgil W. Vogel | Stars: Avery Brooks, Cynthia Bond, Olivia Cole, Moses Gunn
Votes: 23
17.
North and South, Book I (1985)
Episode:
Episode #1.1
(1985)
TV-PG | 93 min | Drama, History, Romance
1842, Orry Main leaves Mont Royal, the cotton plantation near Charleston (South Carolina) he's heir to, on his way to West Point for two years of officer's training. On the way he stops a ... See full summary »
Director: Richard T. Heffron | Stars: Kirstie Alley, Georg Stanford Brown, David Carradine, Philip Casnoff
Votes: 317
18.
American Playhouse (1980–1994)
Episode:
Go Tell It on the Mountain
(1985)
96 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Working as a day laborer to make ends meet, an angry black preacher (Paul Winfield) vents his wrath upon his family (Rosalind Cash, James Bond III).
Director: Stan Lathan | Stars: Paul Winfield, James Bond III, Olivia Cole, Rodrick F. Wimberly
Votes: 100
19.
L.A. Law (1986–1994)
Episode:
Noah's Bark
(1990)
TV-PG | 48 min | Drama
McKenzie and the rest of the firm retaliate at Becker's underhanded withdrawal. Meanwhile, Allison feels humiliated after her testimony during her rape trial despite Victor's support. ... See full summary »
Director: Win Phelps | Stars: Harry Hamlin, Susan Dey, Corbin Bernsen, Jill Eikenberry
Votes: 42
20.
North and South, Book I (1985)
Episode:
Episode #1.2
(1985)
TV-PG | 93 min | Drama, History, Romance
To distract Orry, whose brooding about Madeline wrecks his West Point performance, George drags him to Alice Peet for laundry and 'intimate' services. After Bent arranges for Fisk to be ... See full summary »
Director: Richard T. Heffron | Stars: Kirstie Alley, Georg Stanford Brown, David Carradine, Philip Casnoff
Votes: 283
21. Christy (1994–1995)
TV-PG | 60 min | Drama, Family, History
Christy tells the story of an idealistic nineteen year old who leaves the comforts of her city home to teach school in the impoverished Appalachian community of Cutter Gap, Tennessee in 1912.
Stars: Kellie Martin, Stewart Finlay-McLennan, Tyne Daly, Randall Batinkoff
Votes: 1,395
22. The Women of Brewster Place (1989)
Not Rated | 178 min | Drama
A multi-generational story of the lives of several black women who call an inner-city tenement home.
Stars: Oprah Winfrey, Mary Alice, Olivia Cole, Robin Givens
Votes: 1,400
23. The 31st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1979 TV Special)
Reality-TV
Director: John Moffitt | Stars: Mason Adams, Alan Alda, Loni Anderson, Lou Antonio
Votes: 52
24.
North and South, Book I (1985)
Episode:
Episode #1.3
(1985)
TV-PG | 93 min | Drama, History, Romance
1848, Orry plucks run-away slave Priam from the train Madelin suggested to flee on, George uses their friendship to let him escape. Three weeks later, Orry is best man when George weds ... See full summary »
Director: Richard T. Heffron | Stars: Kirstie Alley, Georg Stanford Brown, David Carradine, Philip Casnoff
Votes: 267
25.
North and South, Book I (1985)
Episode:
Episode #1.4
(1985)
TV-PG | 94 min | Drama, History, Romance
In 1854, the Hazards pay a visit to Mont Royal. Billy loses his interest in Ashton when he sees her in the cotton barn with another man and soon turns his interest to the demure Brett. ... See full summary »
Director: Richard T. Heffron | Stars: Kirstie Alley, Georg Stanford Brown, David Carradine, Philip Casnoff
Votes: 245
26.
North and South, Book I (1985)
Episode:
Episode #1.5
(1985)
TV-PG | 93 min | Drama, History, Romance
Having locked Madeline in her room and nearly starving her to death, Justin convinces the doctor that her condition is self-inflicted. The doctor prescribes his own tonic and a daily dose ... See full summary »
Director: Richard T. Heffron | Stars: Kirstie Alley, Georg Stanford Brown, David Carradine, Philip Casnoff
Votes: 238
27.
The Women of Brewster Place (1989)
Episode:
Episode #1.2
(1989)
TV-14 | 120 min | Drama
Kiswana organizes a tenant's union to improve the lives of the dispirited Brewster Place residents. The newest residents, Lorraine and Theresa, arouse uneasiness among the other tenants of ... See full summary »
Director: Donna Deitch | Stars: Oprah Winfrey, Mary Alice, Olivia Cole, Robin Givens
Votes: 18
28. 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: 2,050
29. Brewster Place (1990)
TV-14 | 30 min | Drama
A spin off of the 1989 miniseries The Women of Brewster Place, which was based upon Gloria Naylor's novel of the same name.
Stars: Oprah Winfrey, Brenda Pressley, Olivia Cole, Rachael Crawford
Votes: 118
30. Report to Murphy (1982)
30 min | Comedy
The everyday problems and frustrations of a parole officer, as he deals with the released prisoners that come and go.
Stars: Michael Keaton, Donna Ponterotto, Donnelly Rhodes, Margot Rose
Votes: 36
31. Insight (I) (1960–1984)
30 min | Drama
This American Roman Catholic religious-themed anthology sheds light on the contemporary search for meaning, freedom, and love.
Stars: Ellwood Kieser, Pat McGeehan, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Brian Keith
Votes: 283
32. Coming Home (1978)
R | 127 min | Drama, Romance, War
In 1968 California, a woman whose husband is a Marine officer fighting in Vietnam falls in love with a former high school classmate who suffered a paralyzing combat injury in the war.
Director: Hal Ashby | Stars: Jane Fonda, Jon Voight, Bruce Dern, Penelope Milford
Votes: 14,781 | Gross: $32.65M
33. American Playhouse (1980–1994)
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Anthology series which ran on PBS throughout the 1980s.
Stars: Jeffrey DeMunn, Elizabeth Franz, Edward Herrmann, Sada Thompson
Votes: 412
34. A Man Called Hawk (1989)
TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, Action
Hawk is called upon to help those who need his help or whose lives may be in danger. He is also called upon by people from his past to settle old scores or to collect or settle old debts.
Stars: Avery Brooks, Moses Gunn, Angela Bassett, William Fichtner
Votes: 689
35. The Sky Is Gray (1980 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 46 min | Drama
A young boy named James comes of age in 1940s Louisiana and grapples with what it means to be black during a time of racism and poverty. James's mother accompanies her son to town to see ... See full summary »
Director: Stan Lathan | Stars: Olivia Cole, James Bond III, Margaret Avery, Cleavon Little
Votes: 84
36.
L.A. Law (1986–1994)
Episode:
America the Beautiful
(1989)
TV-PG | 48 min | Drama
Grace has mixed feelings when she prosecutes a wealthy businessman for killing a homeless man for scourging around the garbage outside his house, as well as dealing with a crazed activist ... See full summary »
Director: Max Tash | Stars: Harry Hamlin, Susan Dey, Corbin Bernsen, Jill Eikenberry
Votes: 34
37. Murder, She Wrote (1984–1996)
TV-PG | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Professional writer and amateur sleuth Jessica Fletcher uses her intellect, charm, and persistence to get to the bottom of every crime she encounters.
Stars: Angela Lansbury, William Windom, Ron Masak, Louis Herthum
Votes: 29,171
38. Szysznyk (1977–1978)
30 min | Comedy
A former Marine named Nick Szysznyk takes over running an inner city playground in Washington, D.C. In this fish out of water comedy, he has to learn how to deal with the city bureaucracy as well as his co-workers.
Stars: Ned Beatty, Scott Colomby, Barry Miller, Thomas Carter
Votes: 26
39. The 30th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1978 TV Special)
210 min | Reality-TV
Primetime Emmy Award is the main American award in area of television, annually handed by the American television academy.
Director: Clark Jones | Stars: Alan Alda, Jack Albertson, Robert Alda, Melissa Sue Anderson
Votes: 59
40.
Brewster Place (1990)
Episode:
Partners
(1990)
TV-14 | 23 min | Drama
Oprah Winfrey stars in this spinoff series based on the acclaimed miniseries, 'The Women of Brewster Place", chronicling the caring residents of a close-knit community in 1967.
Director: Bill Duke | Stars: Oprah Winfrey, Brenda Pressley, Olivia Cole, Rachael Crawford
Votes: 6
41. L.A. Law (1986–1994)
TV-PG | 46 min | Drama
The lives and work of the staff of a major Los Angeles law firm.
Stars: Corbin Bernsen, Jill Eikenberry, Alan Rachins, Michael Tucker
Votes: 6,447
42.
Murder, She Wrote (1984–1996)
Episode:
Big Easy Murder
(1995)
TV-PG | 47 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Jessica travels to New Orleans and is caught up in a web of voodoo related murders.
Director: Vincent McEveety | Stars: Angela Lansbury, Lisa Akey, Elizabeth Ashley, G.W. Bailey
Votes: 272
43.
Murder, She Wrote (1984–1996)
Episode:
Judge Not
(1991)
TV-PG | 47 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Jessica probes a 20-year-old unsolved murder after attending the funeral of a New Orleans jazz great.
Director: Chuck Bowman | Stars: Angela Lansbury, William Atherton, Randy Brooks, Olivia Cole
Votes: 288
44. Rafferty (1977)
60 min | Drama
Military surgeon Rafferty, now a civilian, brings his rigid army ways to the more casual scene at City General. Often clashing with other staff, he's a mentor to carefree Daniel Gentry while oblivious to nurse Vera's affection for him.
Stars: Patrick McGoohan, John Getz, Millie Slavin, Anne-Marie Martin
Votes: 55
45. Roots Remembered (2007 TV Movie)
90 min | Documentary
Feature-length British documentary catching up with the cast of _"Roots" (1977) (mini)_ 30 years on and exploring its place in history.
Director: Marina Warsama | Stars: Hugh Quarshie, Esther Armah, Edward Asner, John Barnes
Votes: 12
46. Something About Amelia (1984 TV Movie)
100 min | Drama
Counseling helps a family deal with the discovery that their daughter was sexually abused by a close relative.
Director: Randa Haines | Stars: Ted Danson, Glenn Close, Olivia Cole, Roxana Zal
Votes: 617
47. Go Tell It on the Mountain (1985)
Not Rated | 96 min | Drama
This film adaptation of James Baldwin's celebrated novel tells the journey of a family from the rural South to "big city" Harlem seeking both salvation and understanding and of a young boy ... See full summary »
Director: Stan Lathan | Stars: Paul Winfield, James Bond III, Olivia Cole, Rodrick F. Wimberly
Votes: 244
48.
Insight (1960–1984)
Episode:
When, Jenny? When?
(1979)
30 min | Drama
All the boys consider pretty Jenny an easy lay, but one shy jock has a crush on the insecure girl and risks his athletic future by standing up for her.
Director: Ted Post | Stars: Maureen McCormick, Clark Brandon, Olivia Cole, Jeff East
Votes: 9
49.
Murder, She Wrote (1984–1996)
Episode:
Murder to a Jazz Beat
(1985)
TV-PG | 47 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A trip to New Orleans gets off to an eventful start when the leader of a popular jazz band is poisoned during a performance.
Director: Walter Grauman | Stars: Angela Lansbury, Olivia Cole, Bradford Dillman, George Kirby
Votes: 524
50.
L.A. Law (1986–1994)
Episode:
Cold Shower
(1993)
TV-PG | 47 min | Drama
Celeste Bauman, a temperamental businesswoman, causes Markowitz no end of problems when she takes exception to the attitude of an IRS auditor. Meanwhile, Rollins defends a gay art theft who... See full summary »
Director: Win Phelps | Stars: Corbin Bernsen, Jill Eikenberry, Alan Rachins, Michael Tucker
Votes: 24