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1.
Walking Tall (1981– )
Episode:
Company Town
(1981)
60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Sheriff Pusser investigates the disappearance of a miner who has inflamed his bosses with vocal complaints about low wages and unsafe working conditions.
Director: Harvey S. Laidman | Stars: Bo Svenson, Walter Barnes, Harold Sylvester, Courtney Pledger
Votes: 15
2.
Walking Tall (1981– )
Episode:
Deadly Impact
(1981)
60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
After an old friend is murdered by chemical company workers dumping excess toxic waste, Sheriff Pusser teams up with a whistle-blowing company employee to solve the case.
Director: Alexander Singer | Stars: Bo Svenson, Walter Barnes, Harold Sylvester, Courtney Pledger
Votes: 16
3.
Walking Tall (1981– )
Episode:
Hitman
(1981)
60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Sheriff Pusser goes against his childhood friend, now a paid assassin assigned to murder Buford.
Director: Alf Kjellin | Stars: Bo Svenson, Walter Barnes, Harold Sylvester, Courtney Pledger
Votes: 17
4.
Walking Tall (1981– )
Episode:
The Killing of McNeal County's Children
(1981)
60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Sheriff Buford Pusser investigates when two teenagers are hospitalized after smoking potent PCP cigarettes.
Director: Alf Kjellin | Stars: Bo Svenson, Walter Barnes, Harold Sylvester, Courtney Pledger
Votes: 29
5. Eischied (1979–1980)
60 min | Crime, Drama
The investigations of NYPD Chief of Detectives Earl Eischied.
Stars: Joe Don Baker, Alan Oppenheimer, Alan Fudge, Eddie Egan
Votes: 97
6.
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
7. The French Connection (1971)
R | 104 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A pair of NYPD detectives in the Narcotics Bureau stumble onto a heroin smuggling ring based in Marseilles, but stopping them and capturing their leaders proves an elusive goal.
Director: William Friedkin | Stars: Gene Hackman, Roy Scheider, Fernando Rey, Tony Lo Bianco
Votes: 135,875 | Gross: $15.63M
8. Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones (1980 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 192 min | Biography, Drama
The real-life story of the Peoples Temple cult led by Reverend Jim Jones and the events involving its move to Guyana and its eventual mass suicide.
Director: William A. Graham | Stars: Powers Boothe, Ned Beatty, Irene Cara, Veronica Cartwright
Votes: 1,657
9. High Plains Drifter (1973)
R | 105 min | Drama, Mystery, Western
A gun-fighting stranger comes to the small settlement of Lago and is hired to bring the townsfolk together in an attempt to hold off three outlaws who are on their way.
Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Verna Bloom, Marianna Hill, Mitchell Ryan
Votes: 64,622 | Gross: $15.70M
10.
Shaft (1973–1974)
Episode:
The Enforcers
(1973)
73 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A group of the town's leading citizens is acting as a vigilante committee, kidnapping, trying, and executing suspects who have been acquitted of crimes. Shaft becomes involved after the ... See full summary »
Director: John Llewellyn Moxey | Stars: Richard Roundtree, Eddie Barth, Robert Culp, Richard Jaeckel
Votes: 34
11.
Walking Tall (1981– )
Episode:
The Protectors of the People
(1981)
60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Racial tensions inflame in McNeal County when three Ku Klux Klan members impersonate black men and attack a white girl.
Director: Daniel Haller | Stars: Bo Svenson, Walter Barnes, Harold Sylvester, Courtney Pledger
Votes: 21
12. Dummy (1979 TV Movie)
96 min | Crime, Drama, History
A deaf and dumb young man is accused of murdering a prostitute and defended by a deaf lawyer.
Director: Frank Perry | Stars: Paul Sorvino, LeVar Burton, Brian Dennehy, Rose Gregorio
Votes: 279
13. Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story (1980 TV Movie)
196 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Fact based story of the lives and attempted 1946 escape of several inmates in the famous correctional facility. Young inmate Clarence Carnes masterminds a grand escape involving several ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Krasny | Stars: Michael Beck, Art Carney, Alex Karras, Telly Savalas
Votes: 338
14. Film '72 (1971–2018)
30 min | Talk-Show
The BBC's flagship cinema review television programme featuring reviews of new releases, news items and interviews. The title of the programme changes each year to incorporate the year of broadcast.
Stars: Barry Norman, Danny Leigh, Claudia Winkleman, Jonathan Ross
Votes: 535
15.
Shaft (1973–1974)
Episode:
The Murder Machine
(1974)
73 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A grand jury witness, who was to testify against a mobster, is killed by a grenade at the courtroom. Also killed is a friend of Shaft who was at the courtroom to get married. Shaft is ... See full summary »
Director: Lawrence Dobkin | Stars: Richard Roundtree, Eddie Barth, Clu Gulager, Fionnula Flanagan
Votes: 24
16. Walking Tall (1981– )
60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Sheriff Buford Pusser maintains law and order in McNeal County, Tennessee, with the help of his loving family, loyal staff, and a large club he calls his "pacifier".
Stars: Bo Svenson, Walter Barnes, Harold Sylvester, Courtney Pledger
Votes: 297
17.
Shaft (1973–1974)
Episode:
The Kidnapping
(1973)
74 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A banker's wife is kidnapped, and the kidnappers insist that Shaft deliver the ransom. But complications arise when, on the way to the drop point, Shaft is stopped by an overzealous deputy who won't listen to a word he says.
Director: Alexander Singer | Stars: Richard Roundtree, Eddie Barth, Paul Burke, Karen Carlson
Votes: 32
18. Report to the Commissioner (1975)
PG | 112 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Police officer Patty Butler, alias "Chicklet," is the live-in girlfriend of Thomas 'Stick' Henderson to gather evidence. Detective Bo Lockley is instructed to try to find her, not knowing she's also a cop.
Director: Milton Katselas | Stars: Michael Moriarty, Yaphet Kotto, Susan Blakely, Hector Elizondo
Votes: 1,235
19.
Shaft (1973–1974)
Episode:
Hit-Run
(1973)
73 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Shaft is hired to prove the innocence of a young man accused of an accidental hit-and-run killing with a stolen car. He finds that the victim was a casino enforcer who was trying to skim ... See full summary »
Director: Harry Harris | Stars: Richard Roundtree, Eddie Barth, Howard Duff, Percy Rodrigues
Votes: 25
20. Shaft (1971)
R | 100 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A crime lord hires black private eye, John Shaft, to find and retrieve his kidnapped daughter.
Director: Gordon Parks | Stars: Richard Roundtree, Moses Gunn, Charles Cioffi, Christopher St. John
Votes: 21,057 | Gross: $16.69M
21. To Kill a Cop (1978 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 186 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Earl Eischied is a man with his hands full. As the Chief of Detectives in New York City, he is trying to break up a group of black militants that are on a crime spree, including the killing of a police officer.
Director: Gary Nelson | Stars: Joe Don Baker, Desi Arnaz Jr., Christine Belford, Scott Brady
Votes: 90
22.
Shaft (1973–1974)
Episode:
Cop Killer
(1974)
73 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A police officer is framed for extortion and assault on a singer. He tells Shaft he believes this was done to prevent him from uncovering crooked officers involved in an auto theft ring. ... See full summary »
Director: Lee Philips | Stars: Richard Roundtree, Eddie Barth, George Maharis, James A. Watson Jr.
Votes: 27
23. Shaft (1973–1974)
73 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Based on the films of the same name, John Shaft is a two-fisted black private eye modeled on Mike Hammer and Phillip Marlowe.
Stars: Richard Roundtree, Eddie Barth, Judie Stein, Robert Culp
Votes: 449
24. Shaft (2019)
R | 111 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
JJ Shaft, a cyber security expert with a degree from MIT, enlists his family's help to uncover the truth behind his best friend's untimely death.
Director: Tim Story | Stars: Samuel L. Jackson, Jessie T. Usher, Richard Roundtree, Regina Hall
Votes: 58,801 | Gross: $21.36M
25. Brotherly Love (1985 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama, Thriller
A businessman is stalked by his murderous twin brother, who has just been released from a mental hospital.
Director: Jeff Bleckner | Stars: Judd Hirsch, Karen Carlson, George Dzundza, Barry Primus
Votes: 98
26. The 44th Annual Academy Awards (1972 TV Special)
News
Award of the American academy of cinematographic arts and sciences, from 1940 known as "Oscar", - American film award created in 1929 and traditionally handed to the figures of ... See full summary »
Director: Marty Pasetta | Stars: Ann-Margret, Desi Arnaz Jr., Karen Black, Yvonne Blake
Votes: 128
27. Power (1980 TV Movie)
240 min | Action, Biography, Drama
Loosely based on the life of Jimmy Hoffa, this traces the rise of Tommy Vanda (Joe Don Baker) from a Chicago dock worker to an influential labor leader who, like Hoffa, finds himself behind... See full summary »
Directors: Barry Shear, Virgil W. Vogel | Stars: Joe Don Baker, Karen Black, David Groh, Howard Da Silva
Votes: 38
28.
Shaft (1973–1974)
Episode:
The Capricorn Murders
(1974)
74 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A business executive under suspicion for embezzlement is killed, and his wife injured, after a fire engulfs his office. The wife hires Shaft to investigate, as the fire is determined to be ... See full summary »
Director: Allen Reisner | Stars: Richard Roundtree, Eddie Barth, Don Knight, David Hedison
Votes: 24
29.
Shaft (1973–1974)
Episode:
The Killing
(1973)
73 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Shaft gets into an altercation with a procurer while trying to protect an old girlfriend who has fallen on hard times and turned to prostitution. When the procurer is found murdered, Shaft ... See full summary »
Director: Nicholas Colasanto | Stars: Richard Roundtree, Eddie Barth, Ja'net DuBois, Leonard Frey
Votes: 35
30. Shaft (2000)
R | 99 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
New York City police detective John Shaft (nephew of the original 1970s detective) goes on a personal mission to make sure the son of a real estate tycoon is brought to justice after a racially-motivated murder.
Director: John Singleton | Stars: Samuel L. Jackson, Vanessa Williams, Christian Bale, Jeffrey Wright
Votes: 80,852 | Gross: $70.33M
31. Shaft's Big Score! (1972)
R | 104 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Shaft is back to find the murderer of an old friend on the cold hard city streets with a little help from his new friends.
Director: Gordon Parks | Stars: Richard Roundtree, Moses Gunn, Drew Bundini Brown, Joseph Mascolo
Votes: 3,600 | Gross: $10.00M
32. Shaft in Africa (1973)
R | 112 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Private investigator John Shaft is recruited to go undercover to break up a modern slavery ring where young Africans are lured to Paris to do chain-gang work.
Director: John Guillermin | Stars: Richard Roundtree, Frank Finlay, Vonetta McGee, Neda Arneric
Votes: 3,219 | Gross: $3.18M
33. Stark: Mirror Image (1986 TV Movie)
120 min | Crime, Drama
Sequel to the original movie about a hard-boiled Kansas City cop finds him tracking a colleague's killer to Las Vegas. There he teams up with a Las Vegas cop, who wants him to find the ... See full summary »
Director: Noel Nosseck | Stars: Nicolas Surovy, Kirstie Alley, Pat Corley, Ben Murphy
Votes: 92
34. Stark (1985 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 94 min | Action
Wichita policeman, Evan Stark, goes to Las Vegas in search of his missing sister, Laura. Her roommate, Ashley Winters, a casino dealer, helps him unravel the mystery of her disappearance.
Director: Rod Holcomb | Stars: Marilu Henner, Nicolas Surovy, Pat Corley, Seth Jaffe
Votes: 86
35. Street People (1976)
R | 92 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A Mafia boss is enraged when he is suspected of smuggling a heroin shipment into San Francisco. He dispatches his nephew, a hotshot Anglo-Sicilian lawyer, to identify the real culprit. The ... See full summary »
Director: Maurizio Lucidi | Stars: Roger Moore, Stacy Keach, Ivo Garrani, Fausto Tozzi
Votes: 952
36. A Force of One (1979)
PG | 90 min | Action, Crime, Drama
When the detectives of an undercover police unit are being mysteriously killed by a martial artist, a professional kickboxer is hired to assist them.
Director: Paul Aaron | Stars: Jennifer O'Neill, Chuck Norris, Clu Gulager, Ron O'Neal
Votes: 4,339 | Gross: $20.17M
37. Ghost in the Noonday Sun (1974)
90 min | Adventure, Comedy
In the 17th century, a pirate captain is murdered by his cook after he buries his treasure and marks it on a map but the poor-memory cook must rely on the captain's ghost to re-track the loot, since the map was drawn in disappearing ink.
Directors: Peter Medak, Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers | Stars: Peter Sellers, Anthony Franciosa, Spike Milligan, Clive Revill
Votes: 351
38. Last Plane Out (1983)
PG | 92 min | Action, Thriller, War
An American journalist covering the civil war in Nicaragua falls in love with a beautiful Sandinista rebel.
Director: David Nelson | Stars: Jan-Michael Vincent, Julie Carmen, Mary Crosby, David Huffman
Votes: 190 | Gross: $0.16M
39. Tales That'll Tear Your Heart Out (2002 Video)
Not Rated | 12 min | Short
Footage from a unfinished anthology film directed by Wes Craven.
Directors: Wes Craven, Roy Frumkes, Charles Hirsch, Will Jordan, Al Kilgore | Stars: Wes Craven, David Hess