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1. Little Miss Marker (1980)
PG | 103 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A gruff bookie's life is turned upside-down when he gets a 6-year-old kid as collateral for a bet.
Director: Walter Bernstein | Stars: Walter Matthau, Julie Andrews, Tony Curtis, Bob Newhart
Votes: 1,696 | Gross: $6.32M
2.
The Rockford Files (1974–1980)
Episode:
Deadlock in Parma
(1980)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In the series finale, Jim Rockford drives off into a California sunset in his wounded Firebird, after being ensnared in a small-town council battle with big implications. While trout ... See full summary »
Director: Winrich Kolbe | Stars: James Garner, Noah Beery Jr., Joe Santos, Sandra Kerns
Votes: 228
3.
House Calls (1979–1982)
Episode:
I'll Be Suing You
(1980)
30 min | Comedy
Kensington is almost the victim of a con artist who fakes an accident.
Director: Mel Ferber | Stars: Wayne Rogers, Lynn Redgrave, Ray Buktenica, David Wayne
Votes: 6
4. Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979–1981)
TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A 20th-century astronaut emerges out of 500 years of suspended animation into a future time to become Earth's greatest hero.
Stars: Gil Gerard, Erin Gray, Felix Silla, Mel Blanc
Votes: 10,411
5. Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979)
PG | 89 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A 20th century astronaut emerges out of 500 years of suspended animation into a future time where Earth is threatened by alien invaders.
Director: Daniel Haller | Stars: Gil Gerard, Erin Gray, Pamela Hensley, Henry Silva
Votes: 6,888 | Gross: $21.67M
6. The Seekers (1979)
240 min | Drama, History, War
The sons and grandchildren of Philip Kent make a life for themselves in America.
Stars: Randolph Mantooth, Edie Adams, Neville Brand, Delta Burke
Votes: 178
7. House Calls (1979–1982)
30 min | Comedy
Having a workplace romance presents challenges, as a surgeon and admin learn. Despite their differences, the two can't help but be drawn together.
Stars: Wayne Rogers, Ray Buktenica, David Wayne, Lynn Redgrave
Votes: 145
8.
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979–1981)
Episode:
Awakening
(1979)
TV-14 | 120 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
In 1987, a space phenomenon sends NASA astronaut William "Buck" Rogers and his space shuttle off course and freezes his life support systems for 500 years. In 2491, he awakens aboard the ... See full summary »
Director: Daniel Haller | Stars: Gil Gerard, Erin Gray, Tim O'Connor, Pamela Hensley
Votes: 422
9.
The Rockford Files (1974–1980)
Episode:
A Different Drummer
(1979)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
While in hospital after a car accident, Jim stumbles across a black market for vital organs.
Director: Reza Badiyi | Stars: James Garner, Noah Beery Jr., Joe Santos, John Considine
Votes: 218
10.
The Rockford Files (1974–1980)
Episode:
A Material Difference
(1979)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Jim finds himself being dragged into a complicated situation when Angel's con job as a hit man for hire goes awry.
Director: William Wiard | Stars: James Garner, Noah Beery Jr., Joe Santos, Michael McGuire
Votes: 243
11.
The Rockford Files (1974–1980)
Episode:
Guilt
(1979)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Jim finds his guilty conscience being manipulated by a former fiancee, who asks him to find out who is threatening her life.
Director: William Wiard | Stars: James Garner, Noah Beery Jr., Joe Santos, Pat Crowley
Votes: 222
12.
The Rockford Files (1974–1980)
Episode:
Just a Coupla Guys
(1979)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Rockford flies to Newark for a case and is robbed, leaving him stranded at the police station. Jim is caught in the middle of a mob war when 2 mooks, looking to make a name for themselves, get involved and complicate everything.
Director: Ivan Dixon | Stars: James Garner, Noah Beery Jr., Joe Santos, Greg Antonacci
Votes: 251
13.
The Rockford Files (1974–1980)
Episode:
Lions, Tigers, Monkeys and Dogs
(1979)
TV-PG | 96 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Jim rubs shoulders with royalty when a princess hires him because she believes someone is trying to kill her friend (Lauren Bacall).
Director: William Wiard | Stars: James Garner, Noah Beery Jr., Joe Santos, Lauren Bacall
Votes: 293
14.
The Rockford Files (1974–1980)
Episode:
Love Is the Word
(1979)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Jim reconnects with Dr. Megan Dougherty and discovers she is engaged to another man. When she believes he is missing Jim agrees to help her, despite the fact he disapproves of her engagement and for his feelings for Megan.
Director: John Patterson | Stars: James Garner, Noah Beery Jr., Joe Santos, Kathryn Harrold
Votes: 240
15.
The Rockford Files (1974–1980)
Episode:
Never Send a Boy King to Do a Man's Job
(1979)
TV-PG | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Richie's father has been swindled by a man named Coombs. Jim assembles together a disparate group of con-artists in a complicated scheme using Coombs' anxieties, and even the "Curse" of King Tut, to save Mr. Brockelman from ruin.
Director: William Wiard | Stars: James Garner, Noah Beery Jr., Joe Santos, Robert Webber
Votes: 323
16.
The Rockford Files (1974–1980)
Episode:
Nice Guys Finish Dead
(1979)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The special guest of a P.I. convention dinner is found murdered in the restroom, and Jim unhappily finds himself once more having to team up with flawless Lance White (Tom Selleck), while accident prone Freddie Beamer tags along.
Director: John Patterson | Stars: James Garner, Noah Beery Jr., Joe Santos, James Whitmore Jr.
Votes: 348
17.
The Rockford Files (1974–1980)
Episode:
No Fault Affair
(1979)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Rita Capkovic (Rita Moreno) comes to Jim for help after her former pimp has beaten her up for refusing to work for him again. As Jim helps Rita recover she begins to see him as more than just as a friend, to the concern of everyone.
Director: Corey Allen | Stars: James Garner, Noah Beery Jr., Joe Santos, Rita Moreno
Votes: 222
18.
The Rockford Files (1974–1980)
Episode:
Only Rock 'n Roll Will Never Die: Part 1
(1979)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Jim senses something is out of tune while looking into the disappearance of a rock star's producer.
Director: William Wiard | Stars: James Garner, Noah Beery Jr., Joe Santos, Kristoffer Tabori
Votes: 227
19.
The Rockford Files (1974–1980)
Episode:
Only Rock 'n Roll Will Never Die: Part 2
(1979)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
While consoling his morose love-lorn friend Eddie, Jim continues to look for the missing producer. He eventually finds his body but the presumed killer is not whom he had expected.
Director: William Wiard | Stars: James Garner, Noah Beery Jr., Joe Santos, Kristoffer Tabori
Votes: 223
20.
The Rockford Files (1974–1980)
Episode:
Paradise Cove
(1979)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Jim's Malibu neighbourhood becomes the site of a treasure hunt for a stash of gold bullion, stolen fifty years earlier.
Director: Stephen J. Cannell | Stars: James Garner, Noah Beery Jr., Joe Santos, Mariette Hartley
Votes: 299
21.
The Rockford Files (1974–1980)
Episode:
The Battle-Ax and the Exploding Cigar
(1979)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Ignorant that he's been driving a hot Cadillac with an illegal stash of guns in the trunk, leads Jim into rubbing shoulders with the FBI and the Company.
Director: Ivan Dixon | Stars: James Garner, Noah Beery Jr., Joe Santos, Marge Redmond
Votes: 237
22.
The Rockford Files (1974–1980)
Episode:
The Big Cheese
(1979)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Rockford gets a phone call telling him to expect a package in the mail. Two hoods then murder the caller and go to Rockford's trailer to await the package's arrival. When the package is a wheel of cheese the mystery only gets deeper.
Director: Joseph Pevney | Stars: James Garner, Noah Beery Jr., Joe Santos, Constance Towers
Votes: 214
23.
The Rockford Files (1974–1980)
Episode:
The Deuce
(1979)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Having Jim doing jury duty leads to a mistrial and his being hired to investigate the case of pedestrian hit by a drunk-driver that brought the accused to court.
Director: Bernard McEveety | Stars: James Garner, Noah Beery Jr., Joe Santos, Mills Watson
Votes: 217
24.
The Rockford Files (1974–1980)
Episode:
The Hawaiian Headache
(1979)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Jim is tricked into believing he's won a trip to Hawaii, when it really turns out to be doing a favor for an old army pal in the CIA.
Director: William Wiard | Stars: James Garner, Noah Beery Jr., Joe Santos, Ken Swofford
Votes: 235
25.
The Rockford Files (1974–1980)
Episode:
The Man Who Saw the Alligators
(1979)
TV-PG | 74 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
If having the IRS wanting to do an audit isn't bad enough, a gangster Jim helped put in prison is out on parole and wants a pound of his flesh in revenge.
Director: Corey Allen | Stars: James Garner, Noah Beery Jr., Joe Santos, George Loros
Votes: 233
26.
The Rockford Files (1974–1980)
Episode:
The Return of the Black Shadow
(1979)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A gang of bikers beat up Jim and assault John Cooper's sister, leading Coop to seek vengeance by returning to a darker period in his past when he was in a biker gang.
Director: William Wiard | Stars: James Garner, Noah Beery Jr., Joe Santos, Paul Koslo
Votes: 254
27.
The Rockford Files (1974–1980)
Episode:
With the French Heel Back, Can the Nehru Jacket Be Far Behind?
(1979)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A fashion model friend of Jim is found dead on the ground below her balcony. The police believe it's suicide, but having gotten a desperate phone call from her, Jim believes it's murder.
Director: Ivan Dixon | Stars: James Garner, Noah Beery Jr., Joe Santos, Rene Auberjonois
Votes: 227
28.
The Seekers (1979)
Episode:
Episode #1.1
(1979)
Drama, History, War
Abraham Kent opposes his headstrong father Philip by forsaking a military career, then in the family's newspaper business. Moving out West with his pregnant bride Elizabeth, the couple ... See full summary »
Director: Sidney Hayers | Stars: Randolph Mantooth, Edie Adams, Neville Brand, Delta Burke
Votes: 6
29.
The Seekers (1979)
Episode:
Episode #1.2
(1979)
Drama, History, War
Philip Kent's grandson Jarod, child of Abraham, is the focus in this concluding chapter, and his adventures with cousin Amanda and fur trapper Elijah Weatherby.
Director: Sidney Hayers | Stars: Randolph Mantooth, Edie Adams, Neville Brand, Delta Burke
30. The New Maverick (1978 TV Movie)
100 min | Western
Gambling brothers Bret (James Garner) and Bart Maverick (Jack Kelly) are, as usual, hot on the trail of a fast buck when they find themselves partnered with the eager-but-inexperienced Ben ... See full summary »
Director: Hy Averback | Stars: James Garner, Charles Frank, Jack Kelly, Susan Blanchard
Votes: 284
31.
The Rockford Files (1974–1980)
Episode:
A Fast Count
(1978)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Jim puts up his dukes and steps forward to help a boxing coach who has been framed with bribery and murder.
Director: Reza Badiyi | Stars: James Garner, Noah Beery Jr., Joe Santos, Kenneth McMillan
Votes: 237
32.
The Rockford Files (1974–1980)
Episode:
A Good Clean Bust with Sequel Rights
(1978)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Jim is forced to babysit Chicago ex-cop, now celebrity, "Frank Falcone," who has a television show and toy line. Falcone isn't easy to babysit, and things get dicey when some old Chicago "friends" of Falcone show up to complicate things.
Director: William Wiard | Stars: James Garner, Noah Beery Jr., Joe Santos, James Sikking
Votes: 242
33.
The Rockford Files (1974–1980)
Episode:
Three Day Affair with a Thirty Day Escrow
(1978)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
After being strong-armed by an Arab sheik and his goons, and getting no help from the police, Jim decides to track down the two people who caused his trouble: a soft-voiced gigolo and the sheik's naive daughter.
Director: Ivan Dixon | Stars: James Garner, Noah Beery Jr., Joe Santos, Richard Romanus
Votes: 227
34.
The Rockford Files (1974–1980)
Episode:
Black Mirror
(1978)
12 | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Rockford's investigation of psychologist Megan Dougherty's stalker leads him to one of her patients who may have a split personality - one of which is a paid killer.
Director: Arnold Laven | Stars: James Garner, Noah Beery Jr., Joe Santos, Kathryn Harrold
Votes: 297
35.
The Rockford Files (1974–1980)
Episode:
Dwarf in a Helium Hat
(1978)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A threat to the wrong phone number has Jim scrambling to find out who it was meant for.
Director: Reza Badiyi | Stars: James Garner, Noah Beery Jr., Joe Santos, John Pleshette
Votes: 270
36.
The Rockford Files (1974–1980)
Episode:
Heartaches of a Fool
(1978)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Jim finds that a country music star, corrupt union boss and Chinese triad all have one thing in common with why Rocky ended in hospital after his rig was forced off the road: sausages.
Director: William Wiard | Stars: James Garner, Noah Beery Jr., Joe Santos, Taylor Lacher
Votes: 309
37.
The Rockford Files (1974–1980)
Episode:
Kill the Messenger
(1978)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When an already overly stressed Dennis Becker is lumped with the unwelcome task of finding out who murdered Deputy Chief Towne's unfaithful wife, Jim decides to lend a hand in the investigation.
Director: Ivan Dixon | Stars: James Garner, Noah Beery Jr., Joe Santos, W.K. Stratton
Votes: 266
38.
The Rockford Files (1974–1980)
Episode:
Local Man Eaten by Newspaper
(1978)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Jim could use some saintly guidance when he goes undercover on a scandal rag that is getting confidential medical information on a doctor's famous, and infamous, patients.
Director: Meta Rosenberg | Stars: James Garner, Noah Beery Jr., Joe Santos, Scott Marlowe
Votes: 232
39.
The Rockford Files (1974–1980)
Episode:
Rosendahl and Gilda Stern Are Dead
(1978)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A doctor's murder has direct connections to the Mob, and Jim comes to the assistance of hooker friend Rita Capcovik (Rita Moreno) when she finds herself entangled in it.
Director: William Wiard | Stars: James Garner, Noah Beery Jr., Joe Santos, Abe Vigoda
Votes: 242
40.
The Rockford Files (1974–1980)
Episode:
South by Southeast
(1978)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Mistaken identity by federal agents has Jim being sent to South America to help them contact a heiress, who has been isolated by her possessive husband.
Director: William Wiard | Stars: James Garner, Noah Beery Jr., Joe Santos, Dorrie Kavanaugh
Votes: 256
41.
The Rockford Files (1974–1980)
Episode:
The Attractive Nuisance
(1978)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An unexplained break-in at Rocky's new diner has connections with the FBI fifty years ago.
Director: Dana Elcar | Stars: James Garner, Noah Beery Jr., Joe Santos, Victor Jory
Votes: 262
42.
The Rockford Files (1974–1980)
Episode:
The Competitive Edge
(1978)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Jim winds up in a funny farm when he gets too close to the truth about an elite health club.
Director: Harry Falk | Stars: James Garner, Noah Beery Jr., Joe Santos, Stephen Elliott
Votes: 297
43.
The Rockford Files (1974–1980)
Episode:
The Empty Frame
(1978)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
At a swank party, attended by some of LA's high society and police dept. VIPs, in honor of Angel's brother-in-law, Aaron, being made Chief of Police, a robbery takes place, while Lt. Doug Chapman is in charge of security. Desperate to get back into good graces with his superiors, Chapman swallows his pride and asks Rockford to help him.
Director: Corey Allen | Stars: James Garner, Noah Beery Jr., Joe Santos, Stuart Margolin
Votes: 248
44.
The Rockford Files (1974–1980)
Episode:
The Gang at Don's Drive-In
(1978)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An author suffering from writers block tells Jim he thinks he has the next best seller in an old murder case from 1961.
Director: Harry Falk | Stars: James Garner, Noah Beery Jr., Joe Santos, Anthony Zerbe
Votes: 246
45.
The Rockford Files (1974–1980)
Episode:
The House on Willis Avenue
(1978)
TV-PG | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When a fellow P.I. is killed on the Ventura freeway, Jim and Richie Brockelman team up to find out if it really was an accident.
Director: Hy Averback | Stars: James Garner, Noah Beery Jr., Joe Santos, Jackie Cooper
Votes: 336
46.
The Rockford Files (1974–1980)
Episode:
The Jersey Bounce
(1978)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Wrongly accused of beating a man to death, Jim discovers the best legal advice he can find is from disbarred lawyer John Cooper.
Director: William Wiard | Stars: James Garner, Noah Beery Jr., Joe Santos, Sorrell Booke
Votes: 277
47.
The Rockford Files (1974–1980)
Episode:
The Paper Palace
(1978)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A prostitute (Rita Moreno) hires Jim to find out who has been sending her death threats.
Director: Richard Crenna | Stars: James Garner, Noah Beery Jr., Joe Santos, James Luisi
Votes: 251
48.
The Rockford Files (1974–1980)
Episode:
The Prisoner of Rosemont Hall
(1978)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When the son of an old friend goes missing, Jim goes to the young man's college to try and find out what happened.
Director: Ivan Dixon | Stars: James Garner, Noah Beery Jr., Joe Santos, Frances Lee McCain
Votes: 227
49.
The Rockford Files (1974–1980)
Episode:
White on White and Nearly Perfect
(1978)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Handsome, charmed PI Lance White (Tom Selleck) may speak lines that sound like they're from a 1940s B movie, but everyone is so attracted to him they hang on his every word. That is, everyone except Jim.
Director: Stephen J. Cannell | Stars: James Garner, Noah Beery Jr., Joe Santos, Tom Selleck
Votes: 394
50. Exo-Man (1977 TV Movie)
95 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A professor, who has been paralyzed in an attack by mob hitmen, builds a suit that enables him to walk and fight crime.
Director: Richard Irving | Stars: David Ackroyd, Anne Schedeen, A Martinez, José Ferrer
Votes: 187