Sort by IMDb Rating - Highest Rated Movies and TV Shows With Jack Rader
- Job Types
- Movies or TV
- Genres
- Keywords
- IMDb Rating
- Instant Watch Options
- In Theaters
- Release Year
1.
Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1983–1987)
Episode:
Stemwinder: Part 1
(1986)
TV-PG | 48 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance
As the US and her enemy countries enter War Games an old nemesis of Lee's frames him.
Director: Burt Brinckerhoff | Stars: Kate Jackson, Bruce Boxleitner, Beverly Garland, Mel Stewart
Votes: 83
2.
Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1983–1987)
Episode:
Stemwinder: Part 2
(1986)
TV-PG | 47 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance
Lee and Amanda are in hiding, looking for Alexi and Sonja while the Agency looks for them- and defection starts to look appealing.
Director: Burt Brinckerhoff | Stars: Kate Jackson, Bruce Boxleitner, Beverly Garland, Mel Stewart
Votes: 80
3. The X-Files (1993–2018)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Two F.B.I. Agents, Fox Mulder the believer and Dana Scully the skeptic, investigate the strange and unexplained, while hidden forces work to impede their efforts.
Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Mitch Pileggi, William B. Davis
Votes: 250,323
4.
Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1983–1987)
Episode:
Utopia Now
(1985)
TV-PG | 48 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance
Lee and Amanda go camping to track down an errant spy and a tax lobbyist who has a stash of explosives.
Director: Burt Brinckerhoff | Stars: Kate Jackson, Bruce Boxleitner, Beverly Garland, Mel Stewart
Votes: 73
5.
Medical Investigation (2004–2005)
Episode:
Coming Home
(2004)
41 min | Drama, Mystery
The same fatal disease hits soldiers returning from Iraq and old people in nursery homes who hardly ever get out of their beds.
Director: Rick Wallace | Stars: Neal McDonough, Kelli Williams, Christopher Gorham, Anna Belknap
Votes: 24
6. 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: 2,294
7. War and Remembrance (1988–1989)
Not Rated | 135 min | Drama, War
The trials of the Henry and the Jastrow families amidst the events after the U.S.'s entry into World War II.
Stars: Robert Mitchum, Jane Seymour, Hart Bochner, Victoria Tennant
Votes: 3,137
8.
The Magician (1973–1974)
Episode:
The Illusion of the Queen's Gambit
(1974)
45 min | Adventure, Crime, Mystery
Tony is performing on-board of the Queen Mary when masked robbers interrupt his act. His friend, Ed Cassidy, is blamed for the robbery and Tony Blake sets out to prove his innocence.
Director: Don Weis | Stars: Bill Bixby, Keene Curtis, Julian Christopher, Joseph Sirola
Votes: 19
9.
Police Story (1973–1980)
Episode:
Monster Manor
(1976)
60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Gene (Santos) has a falling out with his wife and moves into a temporary bachelor's apartment, which becomes a party hangout for his buddies and attracts a lot of unwanted attention from others.
Director: Barry Shear | Stars: Joe Santos, Ron Masak, Edward Binns, Joyce Bulifant
Votes: 25
10. Hill Street Blues (1981–1987)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The lives and work of the staff of an inner city police precinct.
Stars: Daniel J. Travanti, Michael Warren, Bruce Weitz, James Sikking
Votes: 10,585
11. Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
Marshal Matt Dillon keeps the peace in rough-and-tumble Dodge City.
Stars: James Arness, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake, Ken Curtis
Votes: 8,784
12.
Fatal Vision (1984)
Episode:
Episode #1.1
(1984)
TV-14 | 90 min | Crime, Drama, History
The family of Capt. Jeffrey MacDonald USA dies violently from an attack by person or persons unknown. Jeff comes under investigation. The Army clears him. But two CID officers, and his father-in-law, have doubts.
Director: David Greene | Stars: Karl Malden, Eva Marie Saint, Barry Newman, Gary Cole
Votes: 26
13.
CBS Schoolbreak Special (1984–1996)
Episode:
Hear Me Cry
(1984)
60 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Two high school sophomores decide to make a suicide pact.
Director: Joanna Lee | Stars: Robert MacNaughton, Lee Montgomery, Elinor Donahue, Bibi Besch
Votes: 30
14.
Baretta (1975–1978)
Episode:
Soldier in the Jungle
(1976)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Soldier in the Jungle.
Director: Sigmund Neufeld Jr. | Stars: Robert Blake, Burt Young, Jess Walton, Nehemiah Persoff
Votes: 39
15.
War and Remembrance (1988–1989)
Episode:
Part I
(1988)
Not Rated | 149 min | Drama, War
In the immediate aftermath of the attack on Pearl Harbor, Captain Victor 'Pug' Henry finds himself in command of a cruiser, the USS Northampton. His son Warren is a naval aviator on the USS... See full summary »
Director: Dan Curtis | Stars: Robert Mitchum, Jane Seymour, Hart Bochner, Victoria Tennant
Votes: 130
16.
The Deliberate Stranger (1986)
Episode:
Part 2
(1986)
Not Rated | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director: Marvin J. Chomsky | Stars: Mark Harmon, Frederic Forrest, George Grizzard, Ben Masters
Votes: 13
17.
Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode:
Larkin
(1975)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
Newly is taking wanted killer, Clay Larkin, to Dodge. He not only has to deal with the dangerous killer but also three bounty-hunters also wanting Larkin.
Director: Gunnar Hellström | Stars: James Arness, Milburn Stone, Ken Curtis, Buck Taylor
Votes: 161
18. Picket Fences (1992–1996)
120 min | Crime, Drama, Family
An aging Sheriff tries to keep the peace in Rome, Wisconsin, a small town plagued by bizarre and violent crimes.
Stars: Kathy Baker, Tom Skerritt, Lauren Holly, Costas Mandylor
Votes: 5,147
19.
Picket Fences (1992–1996)
Episode:
High Tidings
(1992)
47 min | Crime, Drama, Family
The Christmas chaos of the year only begins when the family returns unexpectedly from a Christmas Eve outing and finds Kimberly in bed with her boyfriend, and Brock arrests him for ... See full summary »
Director: Oz Scott | Stars: Tom Skerritt, Kathy Baker, Costas Mandylor, Lauren Holly
Votes: 87
20.
Walking Tall (1981– )
Episode:
Kidnapped
(1981)
60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Bank robbers take Sheriff Pusser's father hostage.
Director: John Florea | Stars: Bo Svenson, Walter Barnes, Harold Sylvester, Courtney Pledger
Votes: 17
21.
The Deliberate Stranger (1986)
Episode:
Part 1
(1986)
Not Rated | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Story of America's foremost serial killer who all others are judged against for better or worse.An escape artist who never committed acts of violence within the Prison itself,but who the ... See full summary »
Director: Marvin J. Chomsky | Stars: Mark Harmon, Frederic Forrest, George Grizzard, Ben Masters
Votes: 13
22. Fatal Vision (1984)
TV-14 | 181 min | Crime, Drama, History
A retiree spends nine years relentlessly seeking to prove that his son-in-law, a former Green Beret Army doctor, murdered his pregnant wife and two daughters.
Stars: Karl Malden, Eva Marie Saint, Barry Newman, Gary Cole
Votes: 1,139
23.
Hill Street Blues (1981–1987)
Episode:
I Come on My Knees
(1986)
TV-14 | 47 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
It's the odd couple revisited when Buntz lets 'Sid the Snitch' bunk in his apartment to hide from a vengeful ex-con.
Director: Don Weis | Stars: Daniel J. Travanti, Michael Warren, Betty Thomas, Bruce Weitz
Votes: 72
24. Signs and Wonders (1995)
60 min | Drama
Claire Palmore (Jodhi May) is caught in the web of a dangerous religious cult. Her mother (Prunella Scales) hires a cult de-programmer (James Earl Jones) who must rescue her before it's too late.
Stars: James Earl Jones, Prunella Scales, David Warner, Jodhi May
Votes: 103
25.
Chicago Hope (1994–2000)
Episode:
Y' Gotta Have Heart
(1999)
TV-14 | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Geiger and Waters argue over which patient is more deserving of a donor heart.
Director: Michael Pressman | Stars: Mark Harmon, Adam Arkin, Lauren Holly, Mandy Patinkin
Votes: 35
26.
Hardcastle and McCormick (1983–1986)
Episode:
Mr. Hardcastle Goes to Washington
(1984)
Action, Crime, Drama
Hardcastle is being considered for a Supreme Court position. And a man in Washington for some reason doesn't want him to get it.
Director: Arnold Laven | Stars: Brian Keith, Daniel Hugh Kelly, James Whitmore Jr., Jack Rader
Votes: 37
27.
Kojak (1973–1978)
Episode:
Unwanted Partners
(1975)
TV-PG | 48 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Protection racketeers preying upon neighborhood bars fall out of favor with each other, leading to violent enforcement action taken against bar patrons and even an undercover detective ... See full summary »
Director: Sigmund Neufeld Jr. | Stars: Telly Savalas, Brad Dexter, Carmine Caridi, Dan Frazer
Votes: 132
28.
Fatal Vision (1984)
Episode:
Episode #1.2
(1984)
TV-14 | 90 min | Crime, Drama, History
Alfred "Freddie" Kassab relentlessly pursues an investigation to bring his son-in-law, former Capt. Jeffrey MacDonald USA, to trial for murdering his wife and daughters.
Director: David Greene | Stars: Karl Malden, Eva Marie Saint, Barry Newman, Gary Cole
Votes: 23
29. Police Story (1973–1980)
120 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Detective Cheng is commissioned by Interpol to destroy the "Empire of Chaiba", a worldwide criminal organization based in Southeast Asia, he initiates an undercover operation to infiltrate the organization.
Stars: Scott Brady, Mel Scott, Don Meredith, Joe Santos
Votes: 1,183
30. Indictment: The McMartin Trial (1995 TV Movie)
R | 131 min | Drama, Thriller
Lawyers and the media argue the alleged child abuse at the McMartin preschool in Manhattan Beach, California.
Director: Mick Jackson | Stars: James Woods, Mercedes Ruehl, Lolita Davidovich, Sada Thompson
Votes: 4,197
31. The Magician (1973–1974)
60 min | Adventure, Crime, Mystery
The cases of a stage magician/escape artist who moonlights as an amateur crimefighter.
Stars: Bill Bixby, Julian Christopher, Keene Curtis, Joseph Sirola
Votes: 624
32. Jessie (1984)
60 min | Drama
Dr. Jessie Hayden, a female psychiatrist, is hired by a California police department to help the departmental employees as well as the victims.
Stars: Lindsay Wagner, Tony Lo Bianco, Celeste Holm, J.D. Hinton
Votes: 44
33.
The Magical World of Disney (1954–1997)
Episode:
Child of Glass
(1978)
Unrated | 93 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
A boy continues to see a ghost of a Creole girl and he has to help her solve a riddle...otherwise he might be haunted for the rest of his life!
Director: John Erman | Stars: Barbara Barrie, Biff McGuire, Anthony Zerbe, Nina Foch
Votes: 559
34.
Matlock (1986–1995)
Episode:
The Fisherman
(1988)
TV-PG | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A Vietnamese fisherman has been clashing with another fisherman who's a bigot. When the man is killed the Vietnamese is arrested and Ben defends him. And the D.A. is quite helpful to Ben.
Director: Harvey S. Laidman | Stars: Andy Griffith, Nancy Stafford, Kari Lizer, Kene Holiday
Votes: 132
35.
Trapper John, M.D. (1979–1986)
Episode:
42
(1982)
60 min | Drama
A young man admitted to the hospital following an accident informs the staff that his name is "42" and that he is an alien who is stranded on Earth. While building a transmitter to contact ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Caffey | Stars: Pernell Roberts, Gregory Harrison, Madge Sinclair, Christopher Norris
Votes: 16
36. Nutcracker: Money, Madness & Murder (1987)
100 min | Drama, Thriller
Sociopathic socialite plots her father's murder.
Stars: Lee Remick, Tate Donovan, John Glover, Linda Kelsey
Votes: 137
37.
CBS Schoolbreak Special (1984–1996)
Episode:
15 and Getting Straight
(1989)
60 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Drug-addiction treatment center for teenagers where the counselors are ex-addicts themselves.
Director: Joanna Lee | Stars: Tatum O'Neal, Corey Feldman, Dante Basco, Monica Calhoun
Votes: 58
38.
Hart to Hart (1979–1984)
Episode:
Death in the Slow Lane
(1979)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
When Jonathan buys Jennifer a gorgeous old car for her birthday, she is less than thrilled -- but two Brits seem suspiciously eager to take it off her hands.
Director: Sam Wanamaker | Stars: Robert Wagner, Stefanie Powers, Lionel Stander, Jeremy Brett
Votes: 182
39.
Police Story (1973–1980)
Episode:
One of Our Cops Is Crazy
(1977)
60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Sgt. Paul Cazenovia uses highly unconventional, albeit successful, methods in his undercover narcotics unit, but his lieutenant thinks he is crazy. It doesn't help that Paul refuses to stay behind his desk while he's under suspension.
Director: E. Arthur Kean | Stars: Gabe Kaplan, Frank Campanella, Hampton Fancher, Jack Rader
Votes: 24
40.
The Outsiders (1990)
Episode:
Breaking the Maiden
(1990)
60 min | Drama
Attempting separation from Gregg, Cherry leaves an opening for Ponyboy to ask her to the school dance. Ponyboy catches the eye of a drifter girl, while on a fishing trip with Buck and Darry. The North Side Greaser band makes their debut.
Director: Janet Greek | Stars: Jay R. Ferguson, Rodney Harvey, Boyd Kestner, Harold Pruett
Votes: 17
41.
The Outsiders (1990)
Episode:
Tequila Sunset
(1990)
60 min | Drama
Needing to pay off gambling debts, Two-Bit tries to get his school's hoop star to commit a foul; Tim goes to church to see the gal (Lezlie Deane) who got away.
Director: Janet Greek | Stars: Jay R. Ferguson, Rodney Harvey, Boyd Kestner, Harold Pruett
Votes: 13
42. 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: 7,343
43. The Deliberate Stranger (1986)
Not Rated | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
The story of serial killer, Ted Bundy.
Stars: Mark Harmon, Frederic Forrest, George Grizzard, Ben Masters
Votes: 2,678
44. Who Will Love My Children? (1983 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama
Based on a true story of Iowa farm wife Lucile Fray. Ann-Margret plays a dying mother of ten whose last wish is to find loving families for her children.
Director: John Erman | Stars: Ann-Margret, Frederic Forrest, Cathryn Damon, Donald Moffat
Votes: 643
45.
Dallas (1978–1991)
Episode:
The Sweet Smell of Revenge
(1981)
TV-PG | 50 min | Drama, Romance
Pam goes missing. J.R. starts a new plot to blackmail the Farlows into making Sue Ellen leave by buying up all the available crude oil to destroy their refinery. Bobby gets a letter with a ... See full summary »
Director: Irving J. Moore | Stars: Barbara Bel Geddes, Patrick Duffy, Linda Gray, Larry Hagman
Votes: 141
46.
L.A. Law (1986–1994)
Episode:
The Accidental Jurist
(1989)
TV-PG | 48 min | Drama
Kuzak secretly picks a retired gay judge to hear his case of Matt Leonard, a gay Olympic athlete, whose recent announcement of his homosexuality has apparently voided his endorsement ... See full summary »
Director: Jan Eliasberg | Stars: Harry Hamlin, Susan Dey, Corbin Bernsen, Jill Eikenberry
Votes: 35
47.
Matlock (1986–1995)
Episode:
The Rat Pack
(1987)
TV-PG | 48 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In California, Ben defends cookie magnate Alan Gardener who is accused of drowning his girlfriend Debbie O'Keefe, a bit-part actress who may have been involved with one of his friends.
Director: Nicholas Sgarro | Stars: Andy Griffith, Linda Purl, Kene Holiday, Timothy Busfield
Votes: 163
48.
Quincy M.E. (1976–1983)
Episode:
Nowhere to Run
(1979)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A girl falls off of a cliff while with her boyfriend. Quincy believes the boy's story that she committed suicide despite everyone else's belief that he killed her.
Director: Jeffrey Hayden | Stars: Jack Klugman, Garry Walberg, John S. Ragin, Val Bisoglio
Votes: 78
49.
Simon & Simon (1981–1989)
Episode:
Deep Cover
(1984)
TV-PG | Action, Crime, Drama
An unscrupulous TV reporter hires a professional assassin to kill him as a stunt but gets cold feet when the killer thinks it's real. The Simons are hired to find out who the assassin is.
Director: Vincent McEveety | Stars: Jameson Parker, Gerald McRaney, Mary Carver, Tim Reid
Votes: 55
50. The Outsiders (1990)
60 min | Drama
A follow-up to the novel and film of the same name, focusing on a group of troubled teens in 1960s Oklahoma.
Stars: Jay R. Ferguson, Rodney Harvey, Boyd Kestner, Harold Pruett
Votes: 751