1980's Unseen Movies

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1. Father Figure (1980 TV Movie)

100 min | Drama

A man's extra-marital affair drives his wife to commit suicide, after which his younger son grows close to him but the older son hates him.

Director: Jerry London | Stars: Hal Linden, Timothy Hutton, Jeremy Licht, Martha Scott

Votes: 73

2. Portrait of an Escort (1980 TV Movie)

Unrated | 100 min | Drama, Thriller

Jordan West is a divorcée who moonlights at a professional dating service to make ends meet. But her secret job causes gossip among her neighbors and trouble at the real estate office where... See full summary »

Director: Steven Hilliard Stern | Stars: Susan Anspach, Tony Bill, Cyd Charisse, Kevin McCarthy

Votes: 80

3. The Miracle of Kathy Miller (1981 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 98 min | Drama

With the support of her parents (Sharon Gless and Frank Converse), an Arizona adolescent (Helen Hunt) overcomes severe injuries to run in a 10K race.

Director: Robert Michael Lewis | Stars: Sharon Gless, Frank Converse, Helen Hunt, Bill Beyers

Votes: 205

4. Return of the Rebels (1981 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 100 min | Drama

An aging motorcycle gang assemble for a twenty-five-year reunion to help out former member Mary Beth, a widowed operator of a popular campground which is being threatened by a band of arrogant groupies.

Director: Noel Nosseck | Stars: Barbara Eden, Don Murray, Christopher Connelly, Michael Baseleon

Votes: 179

5. A Question of Honor (1982 TV Movie)

134 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

Fictionalized account of the death of a New York City policeman who had been involved in a federal corruption investigation within the department after accidently having been caught in the special unit's trap.

Director: Jud Taylor | Stars: Ben Gazzara, Paul Sorvino, Robert Vaughn, Tony Roberts

Votes: 83

6. The Renegades (1982 TV Movie)

120 min | Drama, Crime, Mystery

In this drama, undercover investigators are recruited from the streets to prevent arms smugglers from getting their weapons to street gangs.

Director: Roger Spottiswoode | Stars: Patrick Swayze, Philip Casnoff, Randy Brooks, Cheryl Paris

Votes: 140

7. Missing Pieces (1983 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 96 min | Mystery

A private detective has to deal with an unpleasant memory, a near-insoluble mystery, and a pursuing murderer inflicted with drugs and political corruption. The detective narrated throughout in this novel-based story by Karl Alexander.

Director: Mike Hodges | Stars: Elizabeth Montgomery, Ron Karabatsos, John Reilly, Louanne

Votes: 92

8. Sessions (1983 TV Movie)

96 min | Drama

High-priced call girl Lee Churchill, is examining her life via therapy "sessions". Her double-life is unknown to her parents, sister and 'straight' man with whom she falls in love.

Director: Richard Pearce | Stars: Veronica Hamel, Jeffrey DeMunn, Jill Eikenberry, David Marshall Grant

Votes: 57

9. Going Back (1984)

79 min | Drama, Romance

In 1964 two high school friends, Brice and Cleveland leave their suburban neighborhood in Michigan to spend the summer in the countryside before going off to college. They are befriended by... See full summary »

Director: Ron Teachworth | Stars: Bruce Campbell, Christopher Howe, Perry Mallette, Susan Waderlow Yamasaki

Votes: 220

10. Letting Go (1985 TV Movie)

104 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Kate thought she had found the man of her dreams. Alex was relishing a dream marriage with his soul mate. Suddenly their two worlds crumble around them and they're each left facing the bittersweet agonies of lost love.

Director: Jack Bender | Stars: John Ritter, Sharon Gless, Joe Cortese, Kit McDonough

Votes: 219

11. Hostage Flight (1985 TV Movie)

100 min | Thriller

Trans Allied Flight 136 is hijacked in flight and diverted by its four captors to New York's JFK Airport. When the plane departs for London and the terrorists begin murdering hostages, the passengers begin to fight back.

Director: Steven Hilliard Stern | Stars: Ned Beatty, Barbara Bosson, René Enríquez, Jack Gilford

Votes: 194

12. Thursday's Child (1983 TV Movie)

100 min | Drama

17-year-old Sam Alden is a high-school star baseball player who seems to have it all. When his family notices that he is often bothered with coughing fits, his worried parents decide to ... See full summary »

Director: David Lowell Rich | Stars: Gena Rowlands, Don Murray, Jessica Walter, Rob Lowe

Votes: 124

13. For Better or for Worse (1989 Video)

PG-13 | 100 min | Comedy, Drama

A honeymooning couple become entangled in a plot to recover plates for counterfeiting U.S. dollars. She thinks she's just retired from a government "dirty jobs" department, but her ... See full summary »

Director: Gene Quintano | Stars: Kim Cattrall, Robert Hays, Leigh Taylor-Young, Jonathan Banks

Votes: 418 | Gross: $0.05M

14. Roses Are for the Rich (1987 TV Movie)

182 min | Drama

In a small town in Appalachia, Autumn's young husband is killed in a suspicious mine explosion. She vows vengeance on mine owner Douglas Osborne and dedicates her life to destroying him, ... See full summary »

Director: Michael Miller | Stars: Lisa Hartman, Bruce Dern, Joe Penny, Richard Masur

Votes: 180

15. Cease Fire (1985)

R | 97 min | Drama

Tim Murphy is a Vietnam Vet. When he loses his job he starts to relive all the pain and horror of his time in Vietnam. The stresses and strains nearly destroy his marriage and his family. ... See full summary »

Director: David Nutter | Stars: Don Johnson, Lisa Blount, Robert F. Lyons, Richard Chaves

Votes: 249

16. Sweet Lies (1987)

R | 93 min | Comedy, Romance

An insurance investigator is visiting Paris on assigment. He is soon made the object of a seduction bet amongst three ladies. Problems arise when the girls realize they are really falling for him.

Director: Nathalie Delon | Stars: Treat Williams, Joanna Pacula, Julianne Phillips, Laura Manszky

Votes: 246

17. Fever Pitch (1985)

R | 96 min | Drama, Mystery

25 Metascore

An investigative journalist gets hooked on the subject of his inquiry - professional gambling.

Director: Richard Brooks | Stars: Ryan O'Neal, Catherine Hicks, Giancarlo Giannini, Bridgette Andersen

Votes: 348 | Gross: $0.62M

18. Hard Choices (1984)

Not Rated | 90 min | Crime, Drama

A teenaged boy goes for a ride with his brother and the brother's friends, who proceed to rob a store and murder the clerk. They are caught and, despite the young boy's protestations, he is... See full summary »

Director: Rick King | Stars: Margaret Klenck, Gary McCleery, John Seitz, John Sayles

Votes: 143

19. Beginner's Luck (1985)

R | 84 min | Comedy

A law student finds himself involved in a menage-a-trois with a free-spirited neighboring couple. Complications ensue when his fiancé unexpectedly shows up and he has to ensure she doesn't ... See full summary »

Director: Frank Mouris | Stars: Sam Rush, Riley Steiner, Charles Homet, Kate Fitzgerald

Votes: 59

20. Where Are the Children? (1985)

R | 97 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

In Cape Cod, Missy and Michael, the two children of Nancy Eldridge, are kidnapped by a man who has disturbing intentions for them. Local police chief Ed Coffin wrongfully suspects that Nancy is behind the disappearances.

Director: Bruce Malmuth | Stars: Jill Clayburgh, Max Gail, Harley Cross, Elisabeth Harnois

Votes: 318

21. 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: 136

22. Assault and Matrimony (1987 TV Movie)

PG | 100 min | Comedy

Silvia and Edgar have been married for a long time, but can't stand each other now. But a divorce would mean having to sell their dream house, which both of them want to keep. Instead they ... See full summary »

Director: James Frawley | Stars: Jill Eikenberry, Michael Tucker, John Hillerman, Michelle Phillips

Votes: 106

23. Stamp of a Killer (1987 TV Movie)

PG | 95 min | Thriller

A pregnant mother and her young son become the target of a killer.

Director: Larry Elikann | Stars: Judith Light, Jimmy Smits, Audra Lindley, Michael Parks

Votes: 111

24. Street Justice (1987)

R | 93 min | Action, Drama

A forgotten CIA agent escapes after 12 years and returns to his corrupt New Jersey hometown.

Director: Richard C. Sarafian | Stars: Michael Ontkean, Joanna Kerns, Catherine Bach, J.D. Cannon

Votes: 117

25. The Suicide Club (1987)

R | 92 min | Drama, Thriller

A woman traumatized by her brother's suicide is inducted into a world of games involving murder.

Director: James Bruce | Stars: Mariel Hemingway, Robert Joy, Lenny Henry, Madeleine Potter

Votes: 142

26. Me and Him (1988)

R | 93 min | Comedy, Fantasy

A man's enthusiastic penis starts talking to him, getting him into awkward situations and convincing everyone he tells that he's completely insane.

Director: Doris Dörrie | Stars: Griffin Dunne, Ellen Greene, Kelly Bishop, Carey Lowell

Votes: 607

27. Trapped (1989 TV Movie)

R | 93 min | Horror, Thriller

Kathleen Quinlan is a woman working late in her locked High-Rise office building who along with Bruce Abbot struggle to elude a killer (Ben Loggins) trying to kill them.

Director: Fred Walton | Stars: Kathleen Quinlan, Bruce Abbott, Katy Boyer, Ben Loggins

Votes: 423

28. The Edge (1989)

25 min | Drama, Thriller

A three-part anthology suspense program in which men and women face life's ultimate danger zone. Each episode is introduced by a mysterious figure known as The Watcher (Barry Sattels), who ... See full summary »

Stars: Barry Sattels, Rutger Hauer, Christian Slater, Brad Davis

Votes: 65

29. Do You Know the Muffin Man? (1989 TV Movie)

Unrated | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A police officer and his wife are shocked to find that molestation has been going on at the neighborhood day care. They're devastated when they find that their own son might be a victim too. Should they have known, should they have seen?

Director: Gilbert Cates | Stars: Pam Dawber, John Shea, Stephen Dorff, Brian Bonsall

Votes: 387

30. Chicago Story (1981 TV Movie)

100 min | Drama

This is the story of a pair of cops, a pair of doctors, and a pair of lawyers. And how the shooting of a little girl affects their lives.

Directors: Harvey S. Laidman, Jerry London | Stars: Vincent Baggetta, Dennis Franz, Kene Holiday, Jack Kehoe

Votes: 47

31. Miracle of the Heart: A Boys Town Story (1986 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 95 min | Drama

A fictionalized tale of a young man who ends up in Boys Town outside Omaha, Nebraska. A kind priest helps the troubled boy find his way out of a life of trouble.

Director: Georg Stanford Brown | Stars: Art Carney, Jack Bannon, Anne Pitoniak, Darrell Larson

Votes: 66

32. Dangerous Company (1982 TV Movie)

100 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

The true story of Ray Johnson, a convict who spent most of his life in and out of prison until he finally decided to turn his life around.

Director: Lamont Johnson | Stars: Beau Bridges, Alan Autry, Karen Carlson, Jan Sterling

Votes: 50

33. Rage! (1980 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 120 min | Drama

In an attempt to be rehabilitated, a rapist goes to therapy while in prison.

Director: William A. Graham | Stars: David Soul, James Whitmore, Caroline McWilliams, Craig T. Nelson

Votes: 103

34. Two Kinds of Love (1983 TV Movie)

94 min | Drama

Young Ricky Schroder experiences two kinds of love in this made-for-TV drama. One kind is the tenuous affection he extends to his estranged father when his mother suddenly dies; the other ... See full summary »

Director: Jack Bender | Stars: Lindsay Wagner, Ricky Schroder, Peter Weller, Evan Richards

Votes: 99

35. Blind Faith (1989)

R | 86 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller

Based upon the true story of Philadelphia sex killer Gary Heidnik, BLIND FAITH follows the investigation of his grisly crimes through the eyes of Detective Will Lindsay and criminal ... See full summary »

Director: Dean Wilson | Stars: Eric Gunn, Doris Quest, Kevin Yon, Lynne Brown

Votes: 34

36. Deep Dark Secrets (1987 TV Movie)

90 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller

A woman finds hidden truths when her husband disappears and is presumed dead.

Director: Robert Michael Lewis | Stars: James Brolin, Melody Anderson, Pamela Bellwood, Morgan Stevens

Votes: 109

37. Brothers in Arms (1988)

R | 95 min | Drama, Thriller

Two brothers on a hike in the woods, one of them with a hidden motive, get in trouble with hill-billies, when they save a girl from rape.

Director: George Bloom | Stars: Todd Allen, Charles Grant, Dedee Pfeiffer, Jack Starrett

Votes: 121

38. The Dark End of the Street (1981)

89 min | Drama

If a teen couple doesn't confess what they know about a friend's death, an innocent man might hang for a death he didn't cause.

Director: Jan Egleson | Stars: Laura Harrington, Henry Tomaszewski, Michele Greene, Lance Henriksen

Votes: 155

39. The Little Sister (1985)

103 min | Drama

A Boston probation's officer becomes obsessed with a troubled eighteen year old girl. Efforts to reach her are stymied by events in her past and is ultimately revealed to be an incestuous relationship with her father.

Director: Jan Egleson | Stars: John Savage, Tracy Pollan, Roxanne Hart, Richard Jenkins

Votes: 94

40. Playing with Fire (1985 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 100 min | Crime, Drama

Made-for-TV film starring a not-so-young Gary Coleman as a teenage arsonist. The authorities, friends, and neighbors warn his absentee parents until it is too late.

Director: Ivan Nagy | Stars: Gary Coleman, Cicely Tyson, Ron O'Neal, Yaphet Kotto

Votes: 71

41. Police Story: Cop Killer (1988 TV Movie)

PG | 99 min | Thriller

The best friend and partner of a dedicated cop is killed by a pair of holdup men during a routine traffic check.

Director: Larry Shaw | Stars: Ken Olin, Glynnis O'Connor, Joe Regalbuto, Joseph Bottoms

Votes: 55

42. North Beach and Rawhide (1985 TV Movie)

120 min | Drama

"Boys Town" drama about a man named Rawhide MacGregor, a one-time ex-convict who runs a cattle ranch as a correctional facility for urban juvenile delinquents where he tries through a ... See full summary »

Director: Harry Falk | Stars: William Shatner, Tate Donovan, James Olson, Ron O'Neal

Votes: 54

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: 2,673

44. Love on the Run (1985 TV Movie)

95 min | Drama

A criminal lawyer (Stephanie Zimbalist) goes on the run with her new lover (Alec Baldwin), a convict she had as a client and whom she helped escape from prison.

Director: Gus Trikonis | Stars: Stephanie Zimbalist, Alec Baldwin, Constance McCashin, Howard Duff

Votes: 124

45. Intimate Strangers (1986 TV Movie)

90 min | Drama

A Vietnam War nurse, who was captured by the enemy and held prisoner of war for many years, escapes her captors and finds her way back to America. Upon returning to the States, she must ... See full summary »

Director: Robert Ellis Miller | Stars: Stacy Keach, Teri Garr, Cathy Lee Crosby, Max Gail

Votes: 188

46. The Texas Comedy Massacre (1987)

Comedy

A madcap anthology of 60's and 70's television, featuring parodies of Star Trek, The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau, Wild Kingdom, and more.

Director: Marcus van Bavel | Stars: David Boone, Lauren Crane, Eloise DeJoria, Bill Gelber

Votes: 22

47. No Man's Land (1984 TV Movie)

120 min | Western

Stella Stevens is Sheriff of a western town, and her daughters, three by different men, inherited their skills, magic and gambling, and the youngest is a tomboy and cowboy. Together they ... See full summary »

Director: Rod Holcomb | Stars: Stella Stevens, Terri Garber, Melissa Michaelsen, Donna Dixon

Votes: 57

48. Parole (1982 TV Movie)

120 min | Drama

High school dropout Jimmy McCusick goes to prison for robbery; after suffering a gang-rape and then drawing the attention of a hardened life-term convict, he is put in protective ... See full summary »

Director: Michael Tuchner | Stars: Jay Acovone, Ellen Barkin, Meb Boden, John Bottoms

Votes: 23

49. Rockin' Road Trip (1986)

PG-13 | 101 min | Comedy, Music

Martin meets Samantha, the sister of Nicole who is the leader of a band called "Chery Suicide". While Martin and Samantha are beginning a relationship, Nicole is trying to get away from her... See full summary »

Director: William Olsen | Stars: Garth McLean, Margaret Currie, Katherine Harrison, Steve Boles

Votes: 70

50. Positive I.D. (1986)

R | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A plain suburban housewife, the past victim of a brutal assault, is still having trouble coping with the incident a year later. After seeing a story on the evening news, however, she ... See full summary »

Director: Andy Anderson | Stars: Stephanie Rascoe Myers, John S. Davies, Steven Fromholz, Lauren Lane

Votes: 430 | Gross: $0.37M

51. Intimate Encounters (1986 TV Movie)

100 min | Drama

A bored suburban housewife embarks upon a series of affairs seemingly triggered by escapism and fantasy.

Director: Ivan Nagy | Stars: Donna Mills, James Brolin, Veronica Cartwright, Gary Bayer

Votes: 143

52. The Lady Forgets (1989 TV Movie)

100 min | Drama, Mystery

A woman bumps her head after a mugging and loses her memory for the last 2 years. Confused and dazed, she frantically tries to piece together the last 2 years and find her identity while being on the run from people from her previous life.

Director: Bradford May | Stars: Donna Mills, Greg Evigan, Andrew Robinson, Mark Rolston

Votes: 138

53. Thou Shalt Not Kill (1982 TV Movie)

100 min | Drama

A man is wrongly convicted for murder and sent to prison, where he is accused of murdering a brutal guard he killed in self-defense.

Director: I.C. Rapoport | Stars: Lee Grant, Gary Graham, Diana Scarwid, Robert Culp

Votes: 29

54. Paper Dolls (1982 TV Movie)

100 min | Drama

Pilot for the television series introduces the mothers of teenage fashion models who market their daughters for a powerful agent.

Director: Edward Zwick | Stars: Joan Hackett, Jennifer Warren, Joan Collins, Daryl Hannah

Votes: 254

55. Killer Instinct (1988 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 93 min | Drama

Woody Harrelson stars in the story of psychiatrist Lisa DaVito and her battle to save a tortured man whose past has turned him to violence. One tragic incident seals his fate and shakes Lisa's faith in her profession.

Director: Waris Hussein | Stars: Melissa Gilbert, Woody Harrelson, Lane Smith, Kevin Conroy

Votes: 132

56. Dead Solid Perfect (1988 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 93 min | Drama, Sport

Randy Quaid stars as Kenny Lee, a talented but underachieving pro golfer trying to break through on the tour while learning that the most important things in life go far beyond the game.

Director: Bobby Roth | Stars: Randy Quaid, Kathryn Harrold, Jack Warden, Corinne Bohrer

Votes: 599

57. Osa (1986)

92 min | Sci-Fi

In a future society where water is a precious resource, a savage gang murders a young girl's family. She is taken in by a man named Trooper, who teaches her how to fight, kill and survive. ... See full summary »

Director: Oleg Egorov | Stars: Kelly Lynch, Daniel Grimm, Phillip Vincent, Etienne Chicot

Votes: 72

58. California Girls (1985 TV Movie)

Unrated | 100 min | Comedy, Drama

A New Jersey auto mechanic travels to California to find the girl of his dreams and woos a bikini fashion model while the time quarreling with her high-powered manager and avoiding his New Jersey girlfriend who comes looking for him.

Director: Rick Wallace | Stars: Robby Benson, Martin Mull, Charles Rocket, Ernie Hudson

Votes: 166

59. Nowhere to Run (1989)

R | 86 min | Drama, Thriller

Rural Texas, 1960 -- An age of good times and innocence, when growing up was supposed to be easy. Six high school seniors know the terrible secret that will make the difference in the ... See full summary »

Director: Carl Franklin | Stars: David Carradine, Jason Priestley, Kieran Mulroney, Jillian McWhirter

Votes: 147

60. Scandal in a Small Town (1988 TV Movie)

91 min | Drama

Leda Beth Vincent (Raquel Welch) lives in the small town of Shiloh, where she works as a cocktail waitress. She isn't too well-liked there, as she is no blushing virgin, but she is far from... See full summary »

Director: Anthony Page | Stars: Raquel Welch, Christa Denton, Frances Lee McCain, Peter Van Norden

Votes: 126

61. Trouble in Paradise (1989 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 100 min | Adventure, Comedy

Shipwrecked on an island, a woman finds it difficult to deal with an uncouth beachcombing hermit.

Director: Di Drew | Stars: Raquel Welch, Jack Thompson, Nicholas Hammond, John Gregg

Votes: 273

62. Desperate Lives (1982 TV Movie)

96 min | Drama

A brother and sister get caught up in the drug scene in their local high school, with tragic results.

Director: Robert Michael Lewis | Stars: Diana Scarwid, Doug McKeon, Helen Hunt, William Windom

Votes: 231

63. Hadley's Rebellion (1983)

PG | 96 min | Drama

A small town lad's passion for authentic wrestling is not matched by those around him at a California prep school.

Director: Fred Walton | Stars: Griffin O'Neal, William Devane, Charles Durning, Adam Baldwin

Votes: 87

64. Forever, Lulu (1986)

R | 85 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

A beautiful novelist gets involved with the violent underworld crime elements in New York City and becomes a target. Alec Baldwin plays the cop who pursues her killers.

Director: Amos Kollek | Stars: Hanna Schygulla, Debbie Harry, Alec Baldwin, Annie Golden

Votes: 439

65. Heart (1987)

R | 90 min | Drama

An aging middleweight boxer trains for a match against a rising star, unaware his manager has fixed the bout so that he must lose - but will he throw the fight?

Director: James Lemmo | Stars: Brad Davis, Frances Fisher, Steve Buscemi, Frank Adu

Votes: 137

66. High Stakes (1989)

R | 102 min | Thriller

A New York hooker tries to keep her daughter out of the clutches of the mobsters she works for.

Director: Amos Kollek | Stars: Sally Kirkland, Robert LuPone, Richard Lynch, Sarah Michelle Gellar

Votes: 294

67. In Country (1989)

R | 120 min | Drama, Romance, War

A young girl whose father died in the Vietnam War becomes determined to find out more about him and his experiences.

Director: Norman Jewison | Stars: Emily Lloyd, Bruce Willis, Joan Allen, Kevin Anderson

Votes: 3,129 | Gross: $3.53M

68. Key Exchange (1985)

R | 97 min | Comedy, Romance

A young woman wants to get her boyfriend to commit to her, but the most she can get him to do is exchange apartment keys.

Director: Barnet Kellman | Stars: Brooke Adams, Danny Aiello, Seth Allen, Kerry Armstrong

Votes: 281

69. Lemon Sky (1988)

PG-13 | 106 min | Drama

An out of high school teen from the midwest moves to San Diego, California in the 1950s to live with his estranged father and new family. Escaping his past may not be as easy as he had hoped...or is it all a dream?

Director: Jan Egleson | Stars: Kevin Bacon, Tom Atkins, Lindsay Crouse, Kyra Sedgwick

Votes: 338

70. Loving Couples (1980)

PG | 97 min | Comedy

Wife is cheating her husband and the husband is cheating her back with her lover's girlfriend. The two cheating couples decide to go to a resort but they unintentionally pick the same one. Hilarity ensues.

Director: Jack Smight | Stars: Shirley MacLaine, James Coburn, Susan Sarandon, Stephen Collins

Votes: 540 | Gross: $2.81M

71. Martin's Day (1985)

PG | 98 min | Drama

Threatened with recapture after a prison escape, Martin Stechert takes a twelve-year-old as hostage. Soon, this kid, begins to admire "Stech" for his cheeky pranks against society and his desperate mission to make dreams come true.

Director: Alan Gibson | Stars: Richard Harris, Lindsay Wagner, James Coburn, Justin Henry

Votes: 396

72. Mr. North (1988)

PG | 93 min | Comedy, Drama

After gaining a reputation as a mysterious healer, a charming Yale graduate must defend his honor before his unique talent lands him in jail.

Director: Danny Huston | Stars: Anthony Edwards, Robert Mitchum, Lauren Bacall, Harry Dean Stanton

Votes: 1,610 | Gross: $1.22M

73. My Little Girl (1986)

R | 118 min | Drama

A young girl agrees to work in a center for girls who can't stay with their parents. She gets wrapped up in the plights of several of the girls, and tries to help them, but only gets herself into trouble with her parents and supervisor.

Director: Connie Kaiserman | Stars: James Earl Jones, Geraldine Page, Mary Stuart Masterson, Anne Meara

Votes: 383

74. Suffering Bastards (1989)

R | 89 min | Comedy

Two brothers try to buy back the nightclub that was stolen from their mother.

Director: Bernard McWilliams | Stars: John C. McGinley, David Warshofsky, Eric Bogosian, Pam La Testa

Votes: 73

75. Tennessee Waltz (1989)

R | 105 min | Thriller, Drama

A British attorney on vacation in Tennessee is blamed for a local murder.

Director: Nicolas Gessner | Stars: Julian Sands, Stacey Dash, Ed Lauter, Ned Beatty

Votes: 290

76. Naked Lie (1989 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 90 min | Thriller

They are the perfect, and politically correct, couple. He is a judge, she is a high profile attorney. When she takes on a sensational murder case, the trail leads right to her own front door.

Director: Richard A. Colla | Stars: Victoria Principal, James Farentino, Glenn Withrow, William Lucking

Votes: 129

77. Not Just Another Affair (1982 TV Movie)

95 min | Comedy, Romance

A marine biologist who is celibate. A lawyer whom no woman can't seem to resist. What happens when the two of them meet?

Director: Steven Hilliard Stern | Stars: Gil Gerard, Victoria Principal, Robert Webber, Barbara Barrie

Votes: 155

78. Mr. and Mrs. Ryan (1986 TV Movie)

60 min | Mystery

The career of Detective Michael Ryan becomes complicated by the penchant of his well-to-do socialite wife to meddle in police matters. Ashley Hamilton Ryan witnesses a murder, and the ... See full summary »

Director: Peter H. Hunt | Stars: Sharon Stone, Robert Desiderio, Joseph Maher, Christine Belford

Votes: 38

79. Blood and Sand (1989)

R | 113 min | Drama, Romance

Juan is a young Spanish man whose dream is to become one of the famous toreros. When he was caught making an illegal (and in fact for the real torero life endangering) night bullfight with ... See full summary »

Director: Javier Elorrieta | Stars: Christopher Rydell, Sharon Stone, Ana Torrent, Guillermo Montesinos

Votes: 1,194

80. Reckless (1983)

92 min | Action, Drama

A daredevil motorcycle rider falls for an older artist.

Director: Djordje Milicevic | Stars: Meg Foster, Doug Greenall, Robin Mossley, Alan Solomon

Votes: 43

81. Blueberry Hill (1988)

R | 93 min | Drama

The story of a 16 year old girl and her repressive relationship with her mother against the backdrop of 1950's America.

Director: Strathford Hamilton | Stars: Carrie Snodgress, Margaret Avery, Jennifer Rubin, Matt Lattanzi

Votes: 211

82. Powder Heads (1980)

Comedy

Bizarre conclusion to the Edmonton-shot Canadian ski comedy Powder Heads. In the middle of a big race to determine if the heroes lose their bus, the narrator cuts in to explain the character's futures.

Directors: John Anderson, Michael French | Stars: David Ferry, Catherine Mary Stewart, William Samples, Gordon Marriott

83. Twice in a Lifetime (1985)

R | 111 min | Drama, Romance

58 Metascore

A 50-year-old married man begins an extramarital relationship which creates uncomfortable friction in his family between his long-time wife and grown children.

Director: Bud Yorkin | Stars: Gene Hackman, Ann-Margret, Ellen Burstyn, Amy Madigan

Votes: 1,428 | Gross: $8.40M

84. Trading Hearts (1988)

PG | 88 min | Comedy

A baseball-loving small girl decides to hook up her favorite down-on-his-luck baseball player and her mom, a down-on-her-luck lounge singer. Then her controlling rich granddad tries to force her mother to send the girl to live with him.

Director: Neil Leifer | Stars: Raul Julia, Beverly D'Angelo, Jenny Lewis, Scott Alan Berk

Votes: 158

85. The Verne Miller Story (1987)

R | 95 min | Drama

Upon his release from prison, Verne Miller works his way into Al Capone's organization. He becomes a top assassin and earns Capone's trust. Miller's failing health and an oversized ego get ... See full summary »

Director: Rod Hewitt | Stars: Scott Glenn, Barbara Stock, Thomas G. Waites, Lucinda Jenney

Votes: 358

86. The Penitent (1988)

PG-13 | 94 min | Drama

Tension between a jealous husband, his wife who's attracted to his friend and the friend is rising as their small, deeply catholic, Mexican village is deciding who will be Christ during the possibly dangerous reenactment of the Crucifixion.

Director: Cliff Osmond | Stars: Raul Julia, Armand Assante, Rona De Ricci, Julie Carmen

Votes: 178

87. The Beniker Gang (1984)

G | 87 min | Drama

When five kids growing up in an orphanage refuse to be separated by adoption, the only way to stay together is to go on the lam across the country as The Beniker Gang.

Director: Ken Kwapis | Stars: Andrew McCarthy, Jennifer Dundas, Charles Fields, Jeff Alan-Lee

Votes: 419

88. California Girls (1983)

83 min | Comedy, Musical, Sport

Disk jockey Mad Man Jack (AL MUSIC) needs to pump up his dwindling audiences at a local radio, and hits upon the idea of holding a competition to find California's most exciting girl. ... See full summary »

Director: William Webb | Stars: Al Music, Lantz Douglas, Mary McKinley, Lindsay Freeman

Votes: 55

89. Blackout (1988)

R | 87 min | Drama, Thriller

A young girl returns to her hometown in search of her father, and gradually her childhood memories return; a childhood with incest and violence.

Director: Doug Adams | Stars: Gail O'Grady, Carol Lynley, Michael Keys Hall, Joseph Gian

Votes: 117

90. The Streets (1984 TV Movie)

60 min | Crime

Undercover cops Wreade & Grozzo (Beck & Orbach) are searching for the identity of a gang leader who is selling handguns to people for their self protection. Unfortunately the guns are lethal to those who use them.

Director: Gary Sherman | Stars: Michael Beck, Jerry Orbach, Val Avery, Dana Delany

Votes: 24

91. Sizzle (1981 TV Movie)

104 min | Drama

An elaborate drama set in Prohibition era Chicago. Forsythe plays a cold-hearted gangster who succumbs to the innocent charms and curvaceous body of a small-town girl.

Director: Don Medford | Stars: Loni Anderson, Leslie Uggams, Roy Thinnes, Richard Lynch

Votes: 51

92. Love Thy Neighbor (1984 TV Movie)

100 min | Comedy

Suburbanites Danny and Linda try to overcome their various differences and try to get along after his wife and her husband run off with each other.

Director: Tony Bill | Stars: John Ritter, Penny Marshall, Cassie Yates, Bert Convy

Votes: 93

93. One Terrific Guy (1986 TV Movie)

100 min | Drama

A highly respected and revered baseball coach (Rogers) has been accused by a female student of conducting some kind of research that borders on sexual molestation. When her parents decide ... See full summary »

Director: Lou Antonio | Stars: Mariette Hartley, Wayne Rogers, Laurence Luckinbill, Geoffrey Blake

Votes: 41

94. Circle of Violence: A Family Drama (1986 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 90 min | Drama

Georgia Benfield is at a difficult place in her life; her husband, Pete has left her for a younger woman, her teenage son, Chris is unmanageable, and she's struggling financially when her ... See full summary »

Director: David Greene | Stars: Tuesday Weld, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Peter Bonerz, River Phoenix

Votes: 155

95. Desperate Intruder (1983 TV Movie)

100 min | Action

A blind woman living at a lonely beach house gives sanctuary to an escaped convict whose ruthless partner is on the way.

Director: Nick Havinga | Stars: Meg Foster, Nick Mancuso, Robert Hogan, Stephen Keep Mills

Votes: 31

96. Word of Honor (1981 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 96 min | Thriller, Drama

A reporter refuses to reveal his source in the case of a young girl's murder. As a result, he and his family are shunned by the residents of their small town. Virtually nobody comes to his ... See full summary »

Director: Mel Damski | Stars: Karl Malden, Rue McClanahan, Ron Silver, Largo Woodruff

Votes: 121

97. The Other Victim (1981 TV Movie)

Unrated | 104 min | Drama

After his wife is raped, a man struggles to find ways to express the anger and helplessness which the crime has instilled in him.

Director: Noel Black | Stars: William Devane, Jennifer O'Neill, James Blendick, Charles Hallahan

Votes: 34

98. The Star Maker (1981 TV Movie)

192 min | Drama

Danny Youngblood is a famed Hollywood director with a reputation for modeling sexy starlets into superstar actresses, and then turning his discoveries into his wives, one after another. ... See full summary »

Director: Lou Antonio | Stars: Rock Hudson, Suzanne Pleshette, Melanie Griffith, Teri Copley

Votes: 105

99. Midas Valley (1985 TV Movie)

120 min | Drama, Romance

Set in Silicon Valley, California, follows the lives of a group of people involved in the competitive world of computer electronics and the greed, passion and intrigue set among them.

Director: Gus Trikonis | Stars: Phillip R. Allen, Brett Cullen, Stephen Elliott, George Grizzard

Votes: 20

100. With Intent to Kill (1984 TV Movie)

100 min | Drama

A high school football hero Bo Reinecker tries to piece together the events leading up to murder of his girl friend Lisa Nolen. Claiming to have experienced a total blackout, Bo is ... See full summary »

Director: Mike Robe | Stars: Karl Malden, Paul Sorvino, Shirley Knight, Timothy Patrick Murphy

Votes: 92



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