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1.
In the Heat of the Night (1988–1995)
Episode:
Prisoners
(1988)
TV-PG | 47 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When Officer Sweet's first bust, his best friend from childhood, dies in the Newman County Jail under mysterious circumstances, he presses Gillespie to investigate the matter.
Director: Russ Mayberry | Stars: Carroll O'Connor, Howard E. Rollins Jr., Alan Autry, Anne-Marie Johnson
Votes: 102
2.
In the Heat of the Night (1988–1995)
Episode:
Accused
(1989)
TV-PG | 47 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Bubba and Virgil bond as friends and coworkers is tested when Bubba is accused of rape by two different women.
Director: Chuck Bowman | Stars: Carroll O'Connor, Howard E. Rollins Jr., Alan Autry, Anne-Marie Johnson
Votes: 71
3. ESPN's Sunday Night Football (1987– )
Sport
Stars: Mike Patrick, Joe Theismann, Paul Maguire, Suzy Kolber
Votes: 569
4.
In the Heat of the Night (1988–1995)
Episode:
Legacy
(1993)
TV-PG | 46 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A man is determined to make sure a young woman does not receive her inheritance, promised by his grandfather 3 decades earlier.
Director: Paul Chavez | Stars: Carroll O'Connor, Howard E. Rollins Jr., Alan Autry, Anne-Marie Johnson
Votes: 61
5. In the Heat of the Night (1988–1995)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The cases and adventures of the police forces in and around Sparta, Mississippi.
Stars: Carroll O'Connor, Alan Autry, David Hart, Hugh O'Connor
Votes: 6,217
6. Vietnam War Story (1987–1988)
Drama, War
An anthology series featuring stories suggested by true events occurring during the war in Vietnam, often written by Vietnam veterans.
Stars: Tony Becker, Cameron Arnett, Joshua Cadman, Tim Guinee
Votes: 68
7. Just an Old Sweet Song (1976 TV Movie)
78 min | Drama
A black family from Detroit takes a two-week vacation in the South. The trip changes their lives.
Director: Robert Ellis Miller | Stars: Cicely Tyson, Robert Hooks, Beah Richards, Lincoln Kilpatrick
Votes: 56
8.
In the Heat of the Night (1988–1995)
Episode:
Who Was Geli Bendl?
(1994)
TV-14 | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A former resident of the bottoms, who is now a famous movie star, returns to Sparta to try to persuaded her sister to go after a better quality of life.
Director: Larry Hagman | Stars: Carroll O'Connor, Carl Weathers, Alan Autry, David Hart
Votes: 97
9. Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All (1994)
113 min | Drama, War
The movie, adapted from Allan Gurganus' 1989 book of the same name, chronicles the life of Lucy Marsden, a ninety-nine-year-old North Carolina woman who, at the age of fourteen, married a ... See full summary »
Stars: Diane Lane, Donald Sutherland, Amber Brooke, Anne Bancroft
Votes: 582
10. The Program (1993)
R | 112 min | Action, Drama, Romance
Several players from different backgrounds try to cope with the pressures of playing football at a major university. Each deals with the pressure differently, some turn to drinking, others to drugs, and some to studying.
Director: David S. Ward | Stars: James Caan, Halle Berry, Omar Epps, Craig Sheffer
Votes: 11,591 | Gross: $23.00M
11. A Family Torn Apart (1993 TV Movie)
98 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A teenage boy finds his mother and father murdered in their home but as the story goes on he reveals he knows more than he is letting on.
Director: Craig R. Baxley | Stars: Neil Patrick Harris, Johnny Galecki, Linda Kelsey, John M. Jackson
Votes: 729
12. Paris Trout (1991 TV Movie)
R | 100 min | Drama
In a small Georgia town in the 1950s, bigoted store owner Paris Trout kills a young black girl when his brother refuses to pay his debts.
Director: Stephen Gyllenhaal | Stars: Dennis Hopper, Barbara Hershey, Ed Harris, Ray McKinnon
Votes: 1,650
13. Unconquered (1989 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 113 min | Drama
In 1962 in Montgomery, Alabama, State Attorney Richard Flowers is one of few willing to fight racial injustices even if it costs him his family's peace.
Director: Dick Lowry | Stars: Peter Coyote, Dermot Mulroney, Tess Harper, Jenny Robertson
Votes: 158
14.
Vietnam War Story (1987–1988)
Episode:
Home
(1987)
Drama, War
Zadig is a Marine who has lost his leg in combat. In a stateside hospital, he peppers his companions with corny jokes and makes a light-hearted nuisance of himself to the staff. His fellow ... See full summary »
Director: Ray Danton | Stars: Joshua Cadman, Nicholas Cascone, Peter Cohl, Ernest Dixon
Votes: 7
15. Six Pack (1982)
PG | 108 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport
A race car driver is driving to a race in a motor home with his race car on a trailer. His car gets stripped of parts. He ends up with 6 orphan kids on his way to the race.
Director: Daniel Petrie | Stars: Kenny Rogers, Diane Lane, Erin Gray, Barry Corbin
Votes: 3,383 | Gross: $20.23M
16. Perfect Crime (1997 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 92 min | Mystery
Mitzi Kapture portrays a military investigator trying to convict an officer of killing his wife. Convinced the officer committed the crime but hindered by lack of physical evidence (... See full summary »
Director: Robert Michael Lewis | Stars: Mitzi Kapture, Jasmine Guy, Nick Searcy, Scott Allan Campbell
Votes: 196
17. White Lie (1991 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 93 min | Drama
A New York official (Hines) avenges his Southern father's racial slaying with the assistance of a doctor (O'Toole) probing her past.
Director: Bill Condon | Stars: Gregory Hines, Annette O'Toole, Bill Nunn, Gregg Henry
Votes: 141
18. Freedom Road (1979 TV Movie)
186 min | Drama
A former slave Gideon Jackson, after fighting in the civil war returns home as a free man and becomes a U.S. senator. Will he ever achieve real equality with his former white master?
Director: Ján Kadár | Stars: Muhammad Ali, Kris Kristofferson, Ron O'Neal, Edward Herrmann
Votes: 207
19. Your Mother Wears Combat Boots (1989 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 100 min | Comedy
An overprotective single mother tries to stop her son joining the parachute unit by sending him to the college, fearful that he may end up his life like his father did. He secretly leaves ... See full summary »
Director: Anson Williams | Stars: Barbara Eden, Hector Elizondo, Meagen Fay, David Kaufman
Votes: 247
20. The American Snitch (1983)
R | 82 min | Comedy
Satire spoof about a "National Enquirer"-type tabloid, featuring a cast of celebrity look-alikes.
Director: Richard A. Harris | Stars: Fred McCarren, Lane Smith, André De Shields, George Lindsey
Votes: 54
21. What Comes Around (1985)
PG | 92 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
A recovering substance-abusing country singer and his brother exact revenge on the singer's manager, who has cheated him out of a substantial amount of cash throughout the years.
Director: Jerry Reed | Stars: Jerry Reed, Bo Hopkins, Barry Corbin, Arte Johnson
Votes: 151
22. Drop Squad (1994)
R | 86 min | Drama
The DROP (Deprogramming and Restoration of Pride) Squad is an outlaw organization that abducts and "deprograms" African-Americans who exploit and/or deny their cultural heritage. But their persuasive methods become increasingly violent.
Director: David C. Johnson | Stars: Eriq La Salle, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Ving Rhames, Kasi Lemmons
Votes: 662 | Gross: $0.73M
23. Kleptomania (1993)
R | 90 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Diana is a troubled, bulimic socialite who lives with her loving husband and shoplifts for thrills. Julie is an unstable, homeless rape victim who lives with a corrupt priest and steals to survive. They form an uneasy friendship.
Director: Don Boyd | Stars: Amy Irving, Patsy Kensit, Victor Garber, Brett Snell
Votes: 199
24.
ESPN's Sunday Night Football (1987– )
Episode:
Carolina Panthers vs. New Orleans Saints
(1995)
Sport
Stars: Mike Patrick, Joe Theismann, Mark Malone, Eric Allen