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- DirectorBuzz KulikStarsJames CaanBilly Dee WilliamsJack WardenBuzz Kulik's beloved tearjerker is based on the real-life friendship between Chicago Bears teammates Brian Piccolo and Gale Sayers and the bond that was strengthened when Piccolo discovers that he has a fatal disease.
- DirectorJames GoldstoneStarsJohn ForsytheEarl HollimanRalph MeekerA man accidentally runs over and kills a pedestrian outside a small town. He begins to suspect that the locals, including the sheriff, are keeping secrets about the victim.
- DirectorLarry PeerceStarsMeredith BaxterBeau BridgesWalter BrookeA young woman who is looking for the birth parents who gave her up hooks up with a young man who has also been adopted and is looking for his birth parents.
- DirectorPaul WendkosStarsElizabeth MontgomeryFionnula FlanaganEd FlandersIn 1893 Massachusetts, 32-year-old spinster Lizzie Andrew Borden is put on trial for killing her father Andrew and stepmother Emma with an ax. The film explores complex family relationships and uses facts to provide a possible solution.
- DirectorGeorge CukorStarsKatharine HepburnLaurence OlivierColin BlakelyAn aging actress is being sued for breach of promise. She hires as her lawyer a man who was an ex-lover, and is still in love with her, although she doesn't know it. She realizes that the only way to win this case and protect her assets is to destroy her reputation.
- DirectorDavid Lowell RichStarsHelen HayesFred AstaireEfrem Zimbalist Jr.An elderly married couple find that as their physical and mental health deteriorates, they find themselves dependent more and more upon their grown children.
- DirectorHal SitowitzStarsLinda PurlShirley JonesTony Lo BiancoSharon appears to be a normal 17-year-old girl with good grades, many friends, and a wonderful personality--and a home life constrained by her parents' pressures on and expectations for her. As she slowly spirals downward, her parents hardly notice except for her mother once telling her she has no business being unhappy. Finally she gulps down a bottle of sleeping pills. She is found and saved, but for how long?
- DirectorWilliam HaleStarsKatharine RossSam ElliottFarrah FawcettStory of Texas heiress Joan Robinson, who married plastic surgeon John Hill. Her father, Ash, is suspicious of Hill, thinking that he married Joan for money, which he used to buy a house and indulges in some odd hobbies. He eventually has an affair with a woman named Ann Kurth. Eventually Ash threatens John with him losing custody of his son unless he makes full restitution to Joan. One day, Joan gets sick and dies. John somehow doesn't allow an autopsy to be done. Ash thinks it's strange, and thinks John killed Joan and sets out to prove it. John eventually marries Ann and she can't help but find his behavior strange.
- DirectorGabrielle BeaumontStarsJamie Lee CurtisBruce WeitzRobert ReedThe life and death of the "Playboy" centerfold model/actress Dorothy Stratten.
- DirectorNoel BlackStarsMike FarrellTeri GarrVeronica CartwrightA respectable businessman becomes the prime suspect in the abduction and murder of several young girls; he is hounded by the media and disowned by his friends and neighbors.
- DirectorLawrence SchillerStarsTommy Lee JonesChristine LahtiRosanna ArquetteThe story of Gary Gilmore, a convicted murderer who lobbied for his own execution.
- DirectorSandor SternStarsLindsay WagnerGerald McRaneyMelissa MichaelsenWhen her husband becomes ill with heart problems, Joanne Tilford reluctantly returns to her family after a six-year stay in a mental institution. Her children are strangers to her, and the woman who has been raising them is hostile to her presence.
- DirectorDon TaylorStarsKate JacksonTim MathesonCassie YatesCute romantic comedy has a book editor (Tim Matheson ) falling in love with his art director.
- DirectorLou AntonioStarsElizabeth TaylorCarol BurnettHenry RamerTwo middle-aged women with nothing in common meet by accident and develop a close friendship while continuing to deal with their own lives.
- DirectorMichael TuchnerStarsDaniel J. TravantiJoBeth WilliamsMartha ScottAfter their child is abducted, John and Reve Walsh are trying to find him. But, shortly after that, Adam is found dead.
- DirectorRanda HainesStarsTed DansonGlenn CloseOlivia ColeCounseling helps a family deal with the discovery that their daughter was sexually abused by a close relative.
- DirectorJohn KortyStarsElizabeth MontgomeryBarry NewmanNicholas PryorAlexandra McKay is a woman who's been blind for twenty years and is afraid that people will just try to get close to her because of her condition, so she ultimately stays to herself and her trusty guide dog, Emma. When Richard Chapman enters her life, a romance develops and McKay begins to let the outside world in to her private world. The prospect of an operation arises that will restore McKay's eyesight, but the fear of what it will do to her relationship with Chapman and the concern over the fate of her guide dog weigh heavily upon her decision to do the procedure.
- DirectorRichard MichaelsStarsMariette HartleyDana HillHoward HessemanSkip Lewis is a 16 year old, who's been through some stuff. Like he has been having academic problems, and a girl whom he has been pursuing has told him that she has no interest in him. He tries to talk to his parents about this but can't, or thinks that they won't understand. So, he goes out and drives off a cliff. Now, his family's in denial saying that the whole thing was an accident. However, his best friend, Ken who was the last person he saw before, was told by Skip that he was considering killing himself and is feeling guilty that he didn't try to stop him.
- DirectorPeter LevinStarsRicky SchroderPeter FondaDeidre HallWhen Gus Stewart's wife announces that she wants to divorce him, he starts thinking of committing suicide. Noticing this, his 14-year-old son Alex tries desperately to give his father a reason to live.
- DirectorKaren ArthurStarsRichard CrennaMeredith BaxterPat HingleSeattle veteran cop Richard Beck becomes a sexual assault victim and must deal with the painful aftermath.
- DirectorMichael MillerStarsValerie BertinelliJohn SavageChris NashThe marriage of a young working-class woman is jeopardized when she witnesses her brother-in-law's participation in a gang rape of an intoxicated woman in a neighborhood bar.
- DirectorRoger YoungStarsEllen BurstynRobert ProskySam RobardsEllen Burstyn stars as the Canadian mother of a college student who vanishes mysteriously while driving back to school in the states. After having no luck from the police, she hires a private detective (Robert Prosky) to help her. Their tenacious pursuit of clues uncovers the grim details of her son's fate, leading to a shocking climax.
- DirectorLarry ElikannStarsLoni AndersonStephanie ZimbalistMichele LeeThree women are going on a trip that leaves incommunicado with the rest of the world and before they leave; a woman who either has a history or relationship with each of their husbands leaves them a letter that says that she is leaving with one of their husbands. As they wait to return so they could find out who it is, they each remember an important moment in their lives that involves them and their husbands...and the woman.
- DirectorWalter GraumanStarsRobert PrestonBeau BridgesBurgess MeredithAfter a technicality results in the release of a man being tried for the rape and murder of a young woman, her father murders the man. Admitting his guilt and refusing to use temporary insanity, the father places his attorney in a virtual no-win situation. In an extreme effort, the attorney decides to call the judge who released the murderer originally and to challenge the entire legal system that would permit such a travesty.
- DirectorMichael MillerStarsRichard CrennaJohn SheaLorraine ToussaintFact-based story about a 1975 cover-up of a shooting by two white members of the Boston Tactical Unit. While on stakeout on a suspected getaway car used in a armed robbery, the two gunned down a black man who entered the car. The two claimed the man had a gun and they shot in self-defense. Police investigation decided it was a rightful shooting. The man's widow knew her husband would not be carrying a weapon and became determined to prove her husband's innocence. She hired a former cop who had become a lawyer to prove her case. Working with his four sons, the lawyer team takes on the police force in what eventually proved to be a landmark legal decision.