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1. Homefront (1991–1993)

60 min | Drama, History, Romance

World War II is over and the boys from the town of River Run, Ohio, are coming home. It seems that life is slowly going back to normal, but war has changed everything and they will never be the same again.

Stars: Kyle Chandler, Sammi Davis, Ken Jenkins, Mimi Kennedy

Votes: 1,404

2. Dark Shadows (1991)
Episode: Episode #1.7 (1991)

TV-14 | 45 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Having been transported to the year 1790, Victoria meets the residents of Collinwood each of whom strongly resemble the present day characters of Collinwood. Victoria becomes the tutor for ... See full summary »

Director: Paul Lynch | Stars: Ben Cross, Lysette Anthony, Barbara Blackburn, Jim Fyfe

Votes: 76

3. Starman (1986–1987)
Episode: Fever (1986)

60 min | Sci-Fi

When Forrester gets sick he ends up in the hospital and the doctor treating him has no idea what's making him sick or how to treat it. At the same time Fox has been relieved of his duty ... See full summary »

Director: Bill Duke | Stars: Robert Hays, Christopher Daniel Barnes, Michael Cavanaugh, Marta DuBois

Votes: 19

4. Valerie (1986–1991)
Episode: A Matter of Principal (1990)

TV-G | Comedy, Family

Sandy's request for funding for a literacy program is denied so she decides to quit. She writes the letter of resignation but doesn't send it. By the next morning she has had second thoughts, but Dave has already sent the letter.

Director: Stewart Lyons | Stars: Sandy Duncan, Jason Bateman, Jeremy Licht, Dan Ponce

Votes: 12

5. ER (1994–2009)
Episode: 24 Hours (1994)

Unrated | 88 min | Drama, Romance

The pilot for the popular TV series is set during 24 frantic hours in the lives of a group of doctors, nurses, and staff members of a busy emergency room at a Chicago hospital. They deal ... See full summary »

Director: Rod Holcomb | Stars: Anthony Edwards, George Clooney, Noah Wyle, Sherry Stringfield

Votes: 2,437

6. Murder, She Wrote (1984–1996)
Episode: Town Father (1989)

TV-PG | 47 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Scandal abounds during election time in Cabot Cove when the Mayor is reputed to have a secret wife who comes to confront him with murderous results.

Director: John Llewellyn Moxey | Stars: Angela Lansbury, Julie Adams, Orson Bean, John Considine

Votes: 405

7. Night Court (1984–1992)
Episode: Death of a Bailiff (1987)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy

Bull is struck by lightning, and is clinically dead for a few minutes. After recovering, he says God has told him to give away everything he owns to the poor.

Director: Jeff Melman | Stars: Harry Anderson, Markie Post, John Larroquette, Charles Robinson

Votes: 131

8. ER (1994–2009)

TV-14 | 44 min | Drama, Romance

The doctors who work in the ER at the County General Hospital in Chicago grapple with ups and downs in their personal and professional lives while trying to give apt medical care to their patients.

Stars: Anthony Edwards, George Clooney, Julianna Margulies, Eriq La Salle

Votes: 67,642

9. Homefront (1991–1993)
Episode: All These Things Will I Give Thee (1992)

Drama, History, Romance

Linda is tempted by an offered management position just as the workers rebel over news of Ruth Sloan's new fur. Ruth accepts Gina and the baby into her home, and Mike Sloan tells Caroline ... See full summary »

Director: David Carson | Stars: Kyle Chandler, Sammi Davis, Ken Jenkins, Mimi Kennedy

Votes: 12

10. Hunter (1984–1991)
Episode: The Beautiful & the Dead: Part 2 (1986)

TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Hunter and McCall's continued investigation into adultery and homicide pits them against a group of Russian spies.

Directors: Tony Mordente, Gary Winter | Stars: Fred Dryer, Stepfanie Kramer, Kabir Bedi, Rita Zohar

Votes: 101

11. Hunter (1984–1991)
Episode: The Setup (1986)

TV-14 | 48 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Wrongly suspended from the police force for severely beating a suspect, Hunter pursues the gangster who had him discredited.

Director: James Whitmore Jr. | Stars: Fred Dryer, Stepfanie Kramer, Jack Colvin, Reid Shelton

Votes: 90

12. Paper Dolls (1984)
Episode: Episode #1.1 (1984)

Drama

A manipulative agent (Morgan Fairchild) monitors the careers of two young models (Nicollette Sheridan and Terry Farrell).

Director: Harry Winer | Stars: Lloyd Bridges, Jennifer Warren, Brenda Vaccaro, Dack Rambo

Votes: 9

13. Night Court (1984–1992)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy

An eccentric fun-loving judge presides over an urban night court and all the silliness going on there.

Stars: Harry Anderson, John Larroquette, Richard Moll, Charles Robinson

Votes: 17,838

14. Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985–1989)

TV-PG | 22 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Updated remakes of classic stories from Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) and The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962), originally produced by the Master of Suspense. His original opening bits are colorized for re-use here.

Stars: Bernard Behrens, Cynthia Belliveau, David B. Nichols, Kathleen Quinlan

Votes: 3,246

15. Hotel (1983–1988)
Episode: Shadows of Doubt: Part 1 (1986)

Drama, Romance

The relationships between three friends becomes complicated. Christine becomes serious with an Australian boyfriend. The hotel's head of security has trouble adjusting after he returns from a long personal leave.

Director: Bruce Bilson | Stars: James Brolin, Connie Sellecca, Shea Farrell, Nathan Cook

Votes: 35

16. One Big Family (1986–1987)

30 min | Comedy

Set in Seattle, retired comedian Jake Hatton is happy living a quiet retirement. His nephew, Don, is a cop and has just gotten married to Jan. When his parents died, he became ward to his ... See full summary »

Stars: Danny Thomas, Kim Gillingham, Anastasia Fielding, Michael DeLuise

Votes: 18

17. Dark Shadows (1991)

TV-PG | 45 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Victoria Winters comes to Collinwood, an isolated mansion in Maine, to work as a governess, but soon finds herself drawn into a strange world of vampires, ghosts and curses.

Stars: Ben Cross, Barbara Blackburn, Jim Fyfe, Joanna Going

Votes: 2,134

18. Falcon Crest (1981–1990)
Episode: Hunter's Moon (1987)

TV-PG | 60 min | Drama, Romance

Lance's determination to clear himself and bring the real murderer to justice endangers his own life. Tony insists that Lance, who is very sick, check into a hospital. However, Lance, ... See full summary »

Director: Reza Badiyi | Stars: Jane Wyman, David Selby, Lorenzo Lamas, Ana Alicia

Votes: 29

19. Quincy M.E. (1976–1983)

TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The cases of a brilliant, if Irascible, coroner who investigates suspicious deaths which usually suggest murder.

Stars: Jack Klugman, John S. Ragin, Robert Ito, Joseph Roman

Votes: 7,312

20. Misfits of Science (1985–1986)

60 min | Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi

The adventures of a team of misfit superheroes who fight crime for a scientific think tank.

Stars: Dean Paul Martin, Kevin Peter Hall, Mark Thomas Miller, Courteney Cox

Votes: 1,254

21. 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: 29,174

22. Misfits of Science (1985–1986)
Episode: Deep Freeze (Pilot) (1985)

60 min | Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi

Drs. Hayes and Lincoln are researchers in biological oddities for the Humanidyne company. When they find a man still alive after being frozen for 50 years, their greedy boss fires them and ... See full summary »

Director: James D. Parriott | Stars: Dean Paul Martin, Kevin Peter Hall, Mark Thomas Miller, Courteney Cox

Votes: 542

23. Melrose Place (1992–1999)
Episode: A Promise Broken (1992)

TV-14 | 46 min | Drama, Romance

Jane's baby is checked via ultrasound and it turns out to be stillborn and she has to get an abortion, which is a emotional setback for her and Michael. Sandy tries to cheer up Jane with a ... See full summary »

Director: Nancy Malone | Stars: Josie Bissett, Thomas Calabro, Amy Locane, Doug Savant

Votes: 115

24. Doing Time on Maple Drive (1992 TV Movie)

92 min | Drama

A young college student, his family's "golden child," brings his fiancee home to meet them.

Director: Ken Olin | Stars: James Sikking, Bibi Besch, William McNamara, Jayne Brook

Votes: 2,430

25. A Father for Charlie (1995 TV Movie)

90 min | Drama, Western

Based on a true story. A poor black sharecropper strikes up an unlikely friendship with a hostile young white boy - but their budding friendship is threatened by a brutal red-neck sheriff.

Director: Jeff Bleckner | Stars: Louis Gossett Jr., Joseph Mazzello, James Greene, Don Swayze

Votes: 380

26. Hunter (I) (1984–1991)

TV-14 | 48 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Rick Hunter is a renegade cop who bends the rules and takes justice into his own hands. Partnered with the equally stunning and rebellious Sgt. McCall, he sets out to crack down on L.A.'s slimiest criminals.

Stars: Fred Dryer, Stepfanie Kramer, Charles Hallahan, Perry Cook

Votes: 5,639

27. Starman (1986–1987)

60 min | Sci-Fi

An alien returns to Earth years after an earlier visit to reunite with his Earth son and together, they search for the alien's human wife.

Stars: Robert Hays, Christopher Daniel Barnes, Michael Cavanaugh, Patrick Culliton

Votes: 968

28. Paper Dolls (1984)

60 min | Drama

The cut-throat worlds of modeling and cosmetic. Storylines centered around acid-tongued modeling executive Racine, who held fief over the careers of young models Laurie Caswell and Taryn Blake, and cosmetics tycoon Grant Harper.

Stars: Lloyd Bridges, Dack Rambo, Mimi Rogers, Richard Beymer

Votes: 256

29. Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985–1989)
Episode: Revenge (1985)

TV-PG | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Unstable, mousy wife of a good, caring man becomes the victim of an unsolved assault. His blind outrage over this leads to a bizarre tragedy.

Director: R.E. Young | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Linda Purl, David Clennon, Herbert Jefferson Jr.

Votes: 137

30. General Hospital (1963– )

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

Families, friends, enemies, and lovers experience life-changing events in the large upstate city of Port Charles, New York, which has a busy hospital, upscale hotel, cozy diner, and dangerous waterfront frequented by the criminal underworld.

Stars: Maurice Benard, Laura Wright, Steve Burton, Rebecca Herbst

Votes: 5,519

31. Valerie (1986–1991)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family

Originally is was the saga of a working mom raising her three sons alone while her pilot husband was away, but after star Valerie Harper left, Sandy Duncan stepped in as the boys' aunt.

Stars: Jason Bateman, Jeremy Licht, Dan Ponce, Josh Taylor

Votes: 1,973

32. Father Murphy (1981–1983)

Not Rated | 48 min | Drama, Family, Western

John Murphy leads a struggle against a mining boss that causes some children to be orphaned. he poses as a priest to circumvent the authorities. He and schoolteacher Mae struggle to provide everyday needs for two dozen children.

Stars: Merlin Olsen, Katherine Cannon, Timothy Gibbs, Moses Gunn

Votes: 342

33. The New Gidget (1986–1988)

30 min | Comedy

A woman, once free spirited and now married and determined, takes care of her young niece who reminds her of younger self in many ways.

Stars: Caryn Richman, Dean Butler, Sydney Penny, William Schallert

Votes: 956

34. Hotel (1983–1988)

60 min | Drama, Romance

The misadventures of the staff and guests of the St. Gregory Hotel.

Stars: James Brolin, Connie Sellecca, Nathan Cook, Shari Belafonte

Votes: 1,893

35. Falcon Crest (1981–1990)

TV-PG | 60 min | Drama, Romance

Set in the vineyards of California, this prime-time soap opera presented the conflict in the powerful Gioberti family, owners of the vast Falcon Crest Winery.

Stars: Jane Wyman, Lorenzo Lamas, Chao Li Chi, David Selby

Votes: 4,266

36. Melrose Place (1992–1999)

TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, Romance

Classic serial drama around a group of friends living in Melrose Place, California.

Stars: Heather Locklear, Andrew Shue, Courtney Thorne-Smith, Thomas Calabro

Votes: 13,271

37. Man Against the Mob (1988 TV Movie)

100 min | Action, Crime, Drama

In 1930s Los Angeles, a police detective leads an elite squad against a vicious organized crime ring.

Director: Steven Hilliard Stern | Stars: George Peppard, Kathryn Harrold, Max Gail, Barry Corbin

Votes: 73

38. Nonnie & Alex (1995)

33 min | Short, Drama

When a Young boy loses his mother to cancer, his friend helps him to understand what has really happened

Director: Todd Field | Stars: Heather Ramsey, Travis Martin, Maggie Linderman, G. Beaudin

Votes: 341

39. Quincy M.E. (1976–1983)
Episode: Suffer the Little Children (1983)

TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A filthy foster home's blamed for the death of a young boy. Quincy tries to start a program, so the boy's brother can be reunited with his troubled family, and a new stable environment be created.

Director: William Cairncross | Stars: Jack Klugman, Garry Walberg, John S. Ragin, Val Bisoglio

Votes: 76

40. After the Shock (1990 TV Movie)

PG | 100 min | Drama

On October 17, 1989, an earthquake measuring 7.2 on the Richter scale rocked San Francisco. Presented here are some of the stories of the brave members of the public and emergency services ... See full summary »

Director: Gary Sherman | Stars: Nicholas Zaninovich, Yaphet Kotto, Jack Scalia, Tuck Milligan

Votes: 175

41. Majority Rule (1992 TV Movie)

100 min | Drama

A war heroine returns to the US to run for president and ends up facing enemies worse than those in the battle: corruption and the dangerous game of power.

Director: Gwen Arner | Stars: Blair Brown, John Getz, John Glover, Jensen Daggett

Votes: 36

42. Days of Our Lives (1965– )

TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, Romance

A chronicle of the lives, loves, trials and tribulations of the citizens of the fictional city of Salem.

Stars: Deidre Hall, Kristian Alfonso, Drake Hogestyn, Alison Sweeney

Votes: 7,426

43. Father Murphy (1981–1983)
Episode: The Reluctant Runaway: Part 2 (1982)

G | Drama, Family, Western

Will falls in with a group of orphan street kids taught to steal by an elderly lady who cooks and cares for them and helps them find jobs. Murphy is in St. Louisestaying with the photographer that visited Gold Hills trying to find Will.

Stars: Merlin Olsen, Timothy Gibbs, Katherine Cannon, Moses Gunn

Votes: 10

44. Tummy (1995 Video)

Adventure

A young boy escapes from an orphanage to find two magical creatures in the jungle. As he bonds with the younger one, he discovers that poachers are out to kidnap the creatures and he strives to rescue them.

Director: Giannetto De Rossi | Stars: Michael Faustino, Sam Behrens, Debbie McLeod, Michael Melvin

Votes: 7

45. One Big Family (1986–1987)
Episode: Dog Daze (1987)

Comedy

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Director: Bob Sweeney | Stars: Danny Thomas, Kim Gillingham, Anastasia Fielding, Michael DeLuise

46. The New Gidget (1986–1988)
Episode: Fighting City Hall (1986)

Comedy

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Director: Robert Chenault | Stars: Caryn Richman, Dean Butler, Sydney Penny, William Schallert

47. General Hospital (1963– )
Episode: Episode dated 13 March 1984 (1984)

TV-PG | Crime, Drama, Romance

Rick plans Lesley's funeral, Mike begs to attend.

Stars: Harry Basch, Steve Bond, Brian Patrick Clarke, Norma Connolly

48. Days of Our Lives (1965– )
Episode: Episode #1.4491 (1983)

TV-14 | Drama, Romance

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Stars: Kristian Alfonso, Jed Allan, Macdonald Carey, Joseph Gallison

49. Days of Our Lives (1965– )
Episode: Episode #1.4495 (1983)

TV-14 | Drama, Romance

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Stars: Kristian Alfonso, Jed Allan, Shirley DeBurgh, Joseph Gallison

50. Days of Our Lives (1965– )
Episode: Episode #1.4503 (1983)

TV-14 | Drama, Romance

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Stars: Jed Allan, Macdonald Carey, Darlene Conley, Barbara Crampton