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1. Nero Wolfe (1979 TV Movie)
120 min | Drama, Mystery
A wealthy realtor sends out dozens of copies of a book that paints the FBI in an unfavorable light. They harass her. So she turns to Nero Wolfe to get them off her back.
Director: Frank D. Gilroy | Stars: Thayer David, Tom Mason, Brooke Adams, Biff McGuire
Votes: 162
2. House Calls (1978)
PG | 98 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Charley is a surgeon who's recently lost his wife. He embarks on a tragicomic romantic quest with woman after woman until he meets up with Ann, a singular woman closer to his own age, who immediately and unexpectedly captures his heart.
Director: Howard Zieff | Stars: Walter Matthau, Glenda Jackson, Art Carney, Richard Benjamin
Votes: 2,022 | Gross: $28.46M
3. Roots (1977)
TV-14 | 74 min | Biography, Drama, History
A dramatization of author Alex Haley's family line from ancestor Kunta Kinte's enslavement to his descendants' liberation.
Stars: LeVar Burton, Robert Reed, John Amos, Louis Gossett Jr.
Votes: 18,845
4. The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries (1977–1979)
60 min | Crime, Family, Mystery
The cases of a pair of teen detective brothers and a teen girl amateur sleuth.
Stars: Shaun Cassidy, Parker Stevenson, Ed Gilbert, Pamela Sue Martin
Votes: 2,003
5. The Amazing Spider-Man (1977–1979)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
With the powers given by the bite of a radioactive spider, a young man fights crime as a wall-crawling superhero.
Stars: Nicholas Hammond, Robert F. Simon, Chip Fields, Ellen Bry
Votes: 2,666
6. Fun with Dick and Jane (1977)
PG | 95 min | Comedy, Crime
When a successful, middle-class couple finds themselves unemployed and in debt, they turn to armed robbery in desperation.
Director: Ted Kotcheff | Stars: Jane Fonda, George Segal, Ed McMahon, Dick Gautier
Votes: 4,885
7. The Amazing Howard Hughes (1977 TV Movie)
215 min | Biography, Drama
Howard Hughes is a driven man who amassed wealth and recognition as a Hollywood mover and shaker, aviation giant and man of mystery.
Director: William A. Graham | Stars: Tommy Lee Jones, Ed Flanders, James Hampton, Tovah Feldshuh
Votes: 669
8. The Rhinemann Exchange (1977)
300 min | Drama, Thriller, War
During World War II, an intelligence officer is dispatched by the U.S. government to arrange an exchange in Argentina of industrial diamonds needed by the Germans for a secret gyroscope needed by the Allies.
Stars: Stephen Collins, Lauren Hutton, Len Birman, John Huston
Votes: 198
9. Washington: Behind Closed Doors (1977)
750 min | Drama
The story of a power-hungry U.S. President, and the men, with whom he surrounds himself, in order to keep his hold on power. Based on John Ehrlichman's book about the Nixon administration.
Stars: Cliff Robertson, Jason Robards, Stefanie Powers, Robert Vaughn
Votes: 237
10. Sudden Death (1977)
R | 89 min | Action, Drama
When Ed Neilson's entire family is viciously murdered, he pleads with retired C.I.A. operative Duke Smith (Robert Conrad) to investigate. He refuses, but relents after Neilson too meets an ... See full summary »
Director: Eddie Romero | Stars: Robert Conrad, Don Stroud, Felton Perry, John Ashley
Votes: 182
11.
The Amazing Spider-Man (1977–1979)
Episode:
Spider-Man
(1977)
TV-PG | 92 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
When an extortionist threatens to force a multi-suicide unless a huge ransom is paid, only Peter Parker can stop him with his new powers as Spider-Man.
Director: E.W. Swackhamer | Stars: Nicholas Hammond, David White, Michael Pataki, Hilly Hicks
Votes: 1,209
12.
The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries (1977–1979)
Episode:
The Strange Fate of Flight 608
(1977)
60 min | Crime, Family, Mystery
A man steals diamonds from a smuggler replacing them with fakes. Unaware, the fakes are given to a courier on same flight as the boys. The thief has drugged the pilots in hopes the flight will crash and fool the intended mob recipients.
Director: Ron Satlof | Stars: Shaun Cassidy, Parker Stevenson, Thayer David, Robin Mattson
Votes: 55
13.
Roots (1977)
Episode:
Part III
(1977)
TV-14 | 50 min | Biography, Drama, History
In 1776, John Reynolds sells the now adult Kunta Kinte to his brother William. Kunta tries to escape again, this time with dire consequences. He also meets his match in Belle Reynolds, the slave who cooks for William's family.
Director: Marvin J. Chomsky | Stars: John Amos, Lynda Day George, Louis Gossett Jr., Lorne Greene
Votes: 317
14.
Roots (1977)
Episode:
Part IV
(1977)
TV-14 | 51 min | Biography, Drama, History
By 1780, Kunta accepts his fate, settles down with Bell and they have a daughter named Kizzy. Several years later, Kizzy befriends Anne, the young girl who was the result of a secret affair... See full summary »
Director: Marvin J. Chomsky | Stars: John Amos, Lynda Day George, Louis Gossett Jr., Robert Reed
Votes: 314
15.
Washington: Behind Closed Doors (1977)
Episode:
Part 1
(1977)
150 min | Drama
The American President, knowing he is dying, is most concerned about who will succeed him in office.
Director: Gary Nelson | Stars: Cliff Robertson, Jason Robards, Stefanie Powers, Robert Vaughn
Votes: 14
16.
Washington: Behind Closed Doors (1977)
Episode:
Part 3
(1977)
120 min | Drama
Director: Gary Nelson | Stars: Cliff Robertson, Jason Robards, Stefanie Powers, Robert Vaughn
Votes: 13
17.
Washington: Behind Closed Doors (1977)
Episode:
Part 4
(1977)
120 min | Drama
Director: Gary Nelson | Stars: Cliff Robertson, Jason Robards, Stefanie Powers, Robert Vaughn
Votes: 16
18.
Washington: Behind Closed Doors (1977)
Episode:
Part 5
(1977)
120 min | Drama
Director: Gary Nelson | Stars: Cliff Robertson, Jason Robards, Stefanie Powers, Robert Vaughn
Votes: 12
19.
The Rhinemann Exchange (1977)
Episode:
Episode #1.1
(1977)
98 min | Drama, Thriller, War
Director: Burt Kennedy | Stars: Stephen Collins, Lauren Hutton, Claude Akins, Len Birman
Votes: 11
20. Rocky (1976)
PG | 120 min | Drama, Sport
A small-time Philadelphia boxer gets a supremely rare chance to fight the world heavyweight champion in a bout in which he strives to go the distance for his self-respect.
Director: John G. Avildsen | Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young, Carl Weathers
Votes: 627,683 | Gross: $117.24M
21. Charlie's Angels (1976–1981)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
A wealthy mystery man named Charlie runs a detective agency via a speakerphone and his personal assistant, John Bosley. His detectives are three beautiful women, who end up in a variety of difficult situations.
Stars: Kate Jackson, Farrah Fawcett, Jaclyn Smith, David Doyle
Votes: 14,360
22. The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox (1976)
PG | 103 min | Comedy, Western
A female hustler is chasing after rich men, but becomes repeatedly mixed up with a suave con man and card shark through a series of misadventures before falling in love with him.
Director: Melvin Frank | Stars: George Segal, Goldie Hawn, Conrad Janis, Thayer David
Votes: 2,007
23. Francis Gary Powers: The True Story of the U-2 Spy Incident (1976 TV Movie)
120 min | Biography, Drama, History
The story of Francis Gary Powers, a U-2 pilot for the C.I.A., who was shot down in his spy plane over Russia, captured, and imprisoned.
Director: Delbert Mann | Stars: Lee Majors, Noah Beery Jr., Nehemiah Persoff, Brooke Bundy
Votes: 135
24.
Columbo (1971–2003)
Episode:
Now You See Him
(1976)
TV-PG | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A stage illusionist kills his employer and makes it look like a contract killing; it's up to Lt. Columbo to trick the master trickster.
Director: Harvey Hart | Stars: Peter Falk, Jack Cassidy, Bob Dishy, Nehemiah Persoff
Votes: 2,892
25.
Charlie's Angels (1976–1981)
Episode:
Target: Angels
(1976)
Not Rated | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
When it becomes open season on the Angels, the ladies must figure out who's behind the attacks before someone on the team loses their life.
Director: Richard Lang | Stars: Kate Jackson, Farrah Fawcett, Jaclyn Smith, David Doyle
Votes: 317
26.
Hawaii Five-O (1968–1980)
Episode:
Double Exposure
(1976)
Not Rated | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Two mobsters wage war on each other, with Danny's photographer girlfriend -- who snapped a picture of one of the two sneaking back into the Islands -- caught in the middle.
Director: Sutton Roley | Stars: Jack Lord, James MacArthur, Kam Fong, Herman Wedemeyer
Votes: 89
27.
Petrocelli (1974–1976)
Episode:
The Night Visitor
(1976)
Crime, Drama, Mystery
A mysterious man leaves an envelope in Petrocelli's office for storage, but later he disappears and somebody is capable of everything to have that envelope.
Director: Robert Scheerer | Stars: Barry Newman, Susan Howard, Albert Salmi, Joan Van Ark
Votes: 23
28.
Starsky and Hutch (1975–1979)
Episode:
Omaha Tiger
(1976)
TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A series of suspicious deaths at a professional wrestling arena bring Starsky and Hutch into the squared circle, a world of outsized stars, misfits and greed-consumed con men.
Director: Don Weis | Stars: David Soul, Paul Michael Glaser, Antonio Fargas, Bernie Hamilton
Votes: 276
29.
Switch (1975–1978)
Episode:
The Twelfth Commandment
(1976)
60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Director: Sutton Roley | Stars: Robert Wagner, Eddie Albert, Charlie Callas, Sharon Gless
30. Starsky and Hutch (1975–1979)
TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Two streetwise cops bust criminals in their red-and-white Ford Gran Torino, with the help of police snitch, Huggy Bear.
Stars: David Soul, Paul Michael Glaser, Antonio Fargas, Bernie Hamilton
Votes: 10,624
31. The Eiger Sanction (1975)
Approved | 129 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Classical art professor and collector Dr. Jonathan Hemlock, who doubles as a professional assassin, is coerced out of retirement to avenge the murder of an old friend.
Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Clint Eastwood, George Kennedy, Vonetta McGee, Jack Cassidy
Votes: 22,304 | Gross: $1.53M
32. Ellery Queen (1975–1976)
TV-PG | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Family
The son of a police detective solves baffling crimes.
Stars: Jim Hutton, David Wayne, Tom Reese, John Hillerman
Votes: 1,555
33. Switch (1975–1978)
90 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Ex-cop Frank McBride and ex-con Pete Ryan start their own detective agency.
Stars: Robert Wagner, Eddie Albert, Charlie Callas, Sharon Gless
Votes: 480
34. Peeper (1975)
PG | 87 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
In 1947, a smart-mouthed Brit working in L.A. as a private eye (or peeper) is on a case to find the long lost daughter of a shady client pursued by two dangerous goons. The case leads him to a rich oddball Beverly Hills family.
Director: Peter Hyams | Stars: Michael Caine, Natalie Wood, Kitty Winn, Michael Constantine
Votes: 925
35. Hearts of the West (1975)
PG | 102 min | Comedy, Western
During the 1930s, Lewis Tate aspires to be the next great American Western writer. When he travels to California, he's recruited by Bert Kessler, a Hollywood unit manager, to star in a series of low-rent Westerns.
Director: Howard Zieff | Stars: Jeff Bridges, Andy Griffith, Donald Pleasence, Blythe Danner
Votes: 1,751
36. The Invisible Man (1975–1976)
60 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
The weekly adventures of Dr. Daniel Westin, an invisible scientist working as an agent for a private thinktank.
Stars: David McCallum, Melinda O. Fee, Craig Stevens, Paul Kent
Votes: 1,054
37. Foreplay (1975)
R | 75 min | Comedy
Three vignettes about a man who buys a weird doll, a writer who is visited by his muse and a kidnapper with very odd demands who holds a VIP.
Directors: John G. Avildsen, Bruce Malmuth, Robert McCarty, Ralph Rosenblum | Stars: Irwin Corey, Pat Paulsen, Deborah Loomis, Sudie Bond
Votes: 177
38. The Secret Night Caller (1975 TV Movie)
74 min | Crime, Drama
A man who is the pillar of his community has a secret - he has a compulsion to make obscene telephone calls.
Director: Jerry Jameson | Stars: Robert Reed, Arlene Golonka, Sylvia Sidney, Elaine Giftos
Votes: 101
39.
Ellery Queen (1975–1976)
Episode:
The Adventure of Auld Lang Syne
(1975)
TV-PG | 49 min | Crime, Drama, Family
After a wealthy industrialist threatens to disinherit family and staff at a New Year's Eve party, he is soon found murdered in a nearby phone booth by fellow guest Inspector Queen, who calls on son Ellery to help unmask the killer.
Director: David Greene | Stars: Jim Hutton, David Wayne, Joan Collins, David Doyle
Votes: 155
40.
Harry O (1973–1976)
Episode:
Shades
(1975)
Action, Crime, Drama
Harry is hired by a wealthy woman to investigate the arrest of her housekeeper for murder. The investigation leads Orwell into a world of blackmail, hidden family secrets and murder.
Director: Richard Lang | Stars: David Janssen, Anthony Zerbe, Louis Gossett Jr., Lincoln Kilpatrick
Votes: 49
41.
The Invisible Man (1975–1976)
Episode:
Eyes Only
(1975)
60 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
The KLAE Corporation is hired to prove that government employee Paula Simon is stealing government secrets. Kate goes undercover as Simon's new assistant, while Dan uses his invisibility to... See full summary »
Director: Alan J. Levi | Stars: David McCallum, Melinda O. Fee, Craig Stevens, Barbara Anderson
Votes: 42
42.
Kojak (1973–1978)
Episode:
Acts of Desperate Men
(1975)
TV-PG | 48 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A lonely bookkeeper becomes involved in a young man's quest for revenge against those who wronged his father.
Director: Jeannot Szwarc | Stars: Telly Savalas, Eugene Roche, Bruno Kirby, Dan Frazer
Votes: 138
43.
Kojak (1973–1978)
Episode:
Secret Snow, Deadly Snow
(1975)
TV-PG | 48 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A plastic surgeon is found dead in his car, apparently shot to death. A drug dealer is arrested, but Kojak is forced to let him go when the medical examiner informs him that the surgeon, ... See full summary »
Director: Jerry London | Stars: Telly Savalas, Dan Frazer, Kevin Dobson, George Savalas
Votes: 128
44.
The Rockford Files (1974–1980)
Episode:
Say Goodbye to Jennifer
(1975)
TV-PG | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
HIred by Mitch, a photographer friend, Jim must travel to Seattle find a missing model who stands accused of shooting a gang member.
Director: Jackie Cooper | Stars: James Garner, Noah Beery Jr., Hector Elizondo, Joe Santos
Votes: 327
45. The Rockford Files (1974–1980)
TV-PG | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The cases of an easy-going ex-convict turned private investigator.
Stars: James Garner, Noah Beery Jr., Joe Santos, Luis Delgado
Votes: 10,841
46. Petrocelli (1974–1976)
60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A Harvard-educated lawyer from Boston sets up shop in a small Arizona town.
Stars: Barry Newman, Susan Howard, Albert Salmi, Arnold Jeffers
Votes: 1,046
47. Get Christie Love! (1974–1975)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama
Adventures of sexy & sassy black undercover cop Christie Love.
Stars: Teresa Graves, Dennis Rucker, Charles Cioffi, Scott Peters
Votes: 335
48. The Missiles of October (1974 TV Movie)
150 min | Drama, History, Thriller
In October 1962, the Kennedy administration struggles to contain the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Director: Anthony Page | Stars: William Devane, Ralph Bellamy, Howard Da Silva, James Hong
Votes: 1,124
49. From Sea to Shining Sea (1974–1976)
30 min | Drama
Stars: Robert Culp, Burgess Meredith, Jeff Conaway, Thayer David
50.
Get Christie Love! (1974–1975)
Episode:
Bullet from the Grave
(1974)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama
Director: Mel Stuart | Stars: Teresa Graves, Charles Cioffi, Eric Braeden, Andy Romano
Votes: 19