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1. Mulholland Drive (2001)
R | 147 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
After a car wreck on Mulholland Drive renders a woman amnesiac, she and a Hollywood-hopeful search for clues and answers across Los Angeles in a twisting venture beyond dreams and reality.
Director: David Lynch | Stars: Naomi Watts, Laura Harring, Justin Theroux, Jeanne Bates
Votes: 384,514 | Gross: $7.22M
2. Damages (2007–2012)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A law school graduate becomes the protégée of a successful high-stakes litigator.
Stars: Glenn Close, Rose Byrne, Tate Donovan, Zachary Booth
Votes: 31,636
3. Life on Mars (2008–2009)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A present day car accident mysteriously sends a detective back to the 1970s.
Stars: Jason O'Mara, Michael Imperioli, Gretchen Mol, Jonathan Murphy
Votes: 10,740
4. Battlestar Galactica (1978)
PG | 148 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
After the destruction of the Twelve Colonies of Mankind, the last major fighter carrier leads a makeshift fugitive fleet on a desperate search for the legendary planet Earth.
Directors: Richard A. Colla, Alan J. Levi | Stars: Richard Hatch, Dirk Benedict, Lorne Greene, Herbert Jefferson Jr.
Votes: 10,781
5. Hidden Palms (2007)
TV-14 | 335 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
A rebellious teenager moves with his family to Palm Springs.
Stars: Michael Cassidy, Taylor Handley, Amber Heard, Sharon Lawrence
Votes: 3,545
6. Prescription: Murder (1968 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A psychiatrist uses a patient he is having an affair with to help him kill his wife, but his perfect alibi may come apart at the hands of a seemingly befuddled LAPD lieutenant.
Director: Richard Irving | Stars: Peter Falk, Gene Barry, Katherine Justice, William Windom
Votes: 5,555
7. Sunshine (1973 TV Movie)
G | 121 min | Biography, Drama
When a young woman who is living in the woods with her struggling-musician husband and her very young daughter discovers that she has terminal cancer, she begins to tape-record a journal of... See full summary »
Director: Joseph Sargent | Stars: Cristina Raines, Cliff De Young, Meg Foster, Brenda Vaccaro
Votes: 650
8. Bates Motel (1987 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror
A mentally disturbed man, who roomed with the late Norman Bates at the state lunatic asylum, inherits the legendary Bates Motel after the death of Norman and tries to fix it up to make it a respectable business.
Director: Richard Rothstein | Stars: Bud Cort, Lori Petty, Moses Gunn, Gregg Henry
Votes: 1,775
9. The Six Million Dollar Man (1973 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 75 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi
After an astronaut and test pilot is catastrophically mutilated in a test plane crash, he is rebuilt and equipped with nuclear powered bionic limbs and implants.
Director: Richard Irving | Stars: Lee Majors, Barbara Anderson, Martin Balsam, Darren McGavin
Votes: 5,155
10. Atlantis: Milo's Return (2003 Video)
G | 70 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Milo and Kida reunite with their friends to investigate strange occurances around the world that seem to have links to the secrets of Atlantis.
Directors: Victor Cook, Toby Shelton, Tad Stones | Stars: James Arnold Taylor, Cree Summer, John Mahoney, Jacqueline Obradors
Votes: 11,148
11. The Nines (2007)
R | 100 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
A troubled actor, a television show runner, and an acclaimed videogame designer find their lives intertwining in mysterious and unsettling ways.
Director: John August | Stars: Ryan Reynolds, Hope Davis, Melissa McCarthy, Elle Fanning
Votes: 34,626 | Gross: $0.06M
12. The Incredible Hulk (1977 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 95 min | Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
A troubled scientist's accidental overexposure to gamma radiation curses him with the tendency to change into a bestial green brute under extreme emotional stress.
Director: Kenneth Johnson | Stars: Bill Bixby, Susan Sullivan, Jack Colvin, Lou Ferrigno
Votes: 2,194
13. Airwolf (1984 TV Movie)
85 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A scientist who created a super-helicopter has defected to Libya, taking the machine with him. A secretive government agency hires an ex-Vietnam War pilot to go to Libya, steal the chopper, and bring it back.
Director: Donald P. Bellisario | Stars: Jan-Michael Vincent, Ernest Borgnine, Alex Cord, David Hemmings
Votes: 5,225
14. Baywatch: Panic at Malibu Pier (1989 TV Movie)
95 min | Action, Drama
Pilot for the cult 90s show 'Baywatch' about a team of L.A. county lifeguards led by heroic Mitch Buchannon. Jill trains rookies. Craig is stalked by a teen girl he saved. Aussie troublemaker joins the team. Mitch's kid needs rescuing.
Director: Richard Compton | Stars: David Hasselhoff, Parker Stevenson, Shawn Weatherly, Billy Warlock
Votes: 918
15. The Homecoming: A Christmas Story (1971 TV Movie)
PG | 100 min | Drama, Family
On Christmas Eve 1933, the Waltons prepare for the holiday, but they are becoming increasingly worried because John Walton, who was forced to take work in another part of the state, has not yet returned home.
Director: Fielder Cook | Stars: Patricia Neal, Richard Thomas, Edgar Bergen, Ellen Corby
Votes: 2,119
16. Kath & Kim (2008–2009)
Not Rated | Comedy
U.S. version of the hit Australian comedy about a dysfunctional mother and daughter relationship.
Stars: Molly Shannon, Selma Blair, John Michael Higgins, Mikey Day
Votes: 2,242
17. The New Original Wonder Woman (1975 TV Movie)
TV-G | 74 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
After a dogfight with a German plane, U.S. Army Air Force pilot Steve Trevor crash lands on an uncharted island in the Bermuda Triangle. Paradise Island is inhabited only by women, and ... See full summary »
Director: Leonard J. Horn | Stars: Lynda Carter, Lyle Waggoner, John Randolph, Red Buttons
Votes: 994
18. Trailer Park Boys (1999)
PG-13 | 67 min | Comedy
Two petty felons have a documentary made about their life in a trailer park.
Director: Mike Clattenburg | Stars: John Paul Tremblay, Robb Wells, Lucy Decoutere, Jeanna Harrison
Votes: 3,938
19. The TV Set (2006)
R | 88 min | Comedy, Drama
The story of a TV pilot as it goes through the network TV process of casting, production and finally airing.
Director: Jake Kasdan | Stars: David Duchovny, Sigourney Weaver, Ioan Gruffudd, Judy Greer
Votes: 6,036 | Gross: $0.27M
20. Cavemen (2007–2008)
30 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
A trio of Neanderthals struggles to live in modern-day America.
Stars: Bill English, Nick Kroll, Kaitlin Doubleday, Stephanie Lemelin
Votes: 2,534
21. The Unbelievables (1999 TV Movie)
23 min | Action
Story revolves around blue collar crime fighting superheroes, just way before it was asked for.
Director: Ed Solomon | Stars: Tim Bagley, Corbin Bernsen, Steve Carell, Tim Curry
Votes: 131
22. The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar (2015 TV Movie)
TV-Y | 44 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Set in the African Savanna, the film follows Kion as he assembles the members of the 'Lion Guard'. Throughout the film, the diverse team of young animals will learn how to utilize each of ... See full summary »
Director: Howy Parkins | Stars: James Earl Jones, Rob Lowe, Gabrielle Union, Ernie Sabella
Votes: 1,659
23. No Place Like Home (1989 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama
The powerful story of a family's painful descent into the economic tragedy of homelessness.
Director: Lee Grant | Stars: Christine Lahti, Jeff Daniels, Scott Marlowe, CCH Pounder
Votes: 451
24. Red Dwarf (1992 TV Movie)
26 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
The adventures of the last human on earth, an evolved cat, a hologram and a senile computer stuck three million years in deep space.
Director: Jeff Melman | Stars: Craig Bierko, Chris Eigeman, Jane Leeves, Hinton Battle
Votes: 962
25. The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War (1973 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 73 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
After a failed mission, Steve Austin goes on vacation and gets a second chance to stop an arms dealer.
Director: Russ Mayberry | Stars: Lee Majors, Richard Anderson, Alan Oppenheimer, Britt Ekland
Votes: 1,066
26. D.R.E.A.M. Team (1999 TV Movie)
R | 81 min | Action, Adventure
Three beautiful undercover agents pose as international models in order to stop the threat of anthrax terrorism from taking over the world.
Director: Dean Hamilton | Stars: Jeff Kaake, Angie Everhart, Traci Bingham, Eva Halina Rich
Votes: 250
27. The Love Boat (1976 TV Movie)
TV-G | 120 min | Comedy, Romance
The adventures of the passengers and crew aboard a luxury liner on a cruise from California to Mexico.
Directors: Richard Kinon, Alan Myerson | Stars: Don Adams, Tom Bosley, Florence Henderson, Gabe Kaplan
Votes: 288
28. Cane (2007)
60 min | Drama
A Latino family works together to operate a rum business.
Stars: Jimmy Smits, Nestor Carbonell, Polly Walker, Paola Turbay
Votes: 1,354
29. The Brady Girls Get Married (1981 TV Movie)
TV-G | 100 min | Comedy
Jan and Marcia have met the men of their dreams and decide to tie the knot. They agree to hold the weddings together in the family's back yard, but fight over whether to have a modern ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Baldwin | Stars: Robert Reed, Florence Henderson, Ann B. Davis, Barry Williams
Votes: 521
30. Pretty/Handsome (2008 TV Movie)
67 min | Drama
A married father of two tells his wife and teenage sons that he is transsexual.
Director: Ryan Murphy | Stars: Joseph Fiennes, Carrie-Anne Moss, Blythe Danner, Robert Wagner
Votes: 456
31. Witchblade (2000 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 94 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Witchblade is the story of New York detective, Sara Pezzini, whose search for justice leads her to an arcane weapon that grants her the power to battle Earth's darkest evil forces.
Director: Ralph Hemecker | Stars: Yancy Butler, Anthony Cistaro, Conrad Dunn, David Chokachi
Votes: 2,349
32. Big Shots (2007–2008)
60 min | Comedy, Drama
An inside look into the life of a CEO.
Stars: Michael Vartan, Christopher Titus, Joshua Malina, Paige Turco
Votes: 1,542
33. 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: 256
34. Remo Williams: The Prophecy (1988 TV Movie)
48 min | Action, Comedy
While Remo and his teacher work their missions, an elite assassin targets Remo.
Director: Christian I. Nyby II | Stars: Roddy McDowall, Jeffrey Meek, Stephen Elliott, Carmen Argenziano
Votes: 250
35. CBS Summer Playhouse (1987–1989)
60 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Anthology television series that aired unsold television pilots during the summer.
Stars: Tim Reid, Daphne Reid, James Eckhouse, Tom Isbell
Votes: 164
36. W*A*L*T*E*R (1984 TV Movie)
25 min | Comedy
The neurotic but perceptive Walter "Radar" O'Reilly joins the police force after the Korean War.
Director: Bill Bixby | Stars: Gary Burghoff, Ray Buktenica, Victoria Jackson, Noble Willingham
Votes: 246
37. The Marcus-Nelson Murders (1973 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 125 min | Crime, Drama
A homicide detective begins to suspect that the black teenager accused of murdering two white girls is being framed by his fellow detectives.
Director: Joseph Sargent | Stars: Telly Savalas, Marjoe Gortner, José Ferrer, Ned Beatty
Votes: 673
38. Skyward (1980 TV Movie)
100 min | Drama
An aging Bette Davis is a flight instructor at an old Texas airport. When a young girl in a wheelchair finds the airport by watching gliders fly, she decides she wants to learn how to fly. ... See full summary »
Director: Ron Howard | Stars: Bette Davis, Howard Hesseman, Marion Ross, Clu Gulager
Votes: 689
39. The Middle (2007 TV Movie)
Comedy
A look at the life of a lower-middle-class family living in the Midwest.
Director: Chris Koch | Stars: Amanda Arentsen, Rusty Burns, Ashley Devane, Bonita Friedericy
Votes: 118
40. Babylon 5: The Legend of the Rangers: To Live and Die in Starlight (2002 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 90 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A disgraced Ranger takes command of an old, possibly haunted, ship on an escort mission that encounters deadly peril from a new enemy civilization.
Director: Michael Vejar | Stars: Dylan Neal, Andreas Katsulas, Alex Zahara, Myriam Sirois
Votes: 4,370
41. How and Why (2014 TV Movie)
60 min | Comedy
After his children's science show is canceled, Goodman Hesselman tries to start over with a new show in a little TV market - also a portal to the supernatural world.
Director: Charlie Kaufman | Stars: Sally Hawkins, John Hawkes, Catherine Keener, Michael Cera
Votes: 79
42. Something Is Out There (II) (1988)
Not Rated | 200 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Two police officers investigate a series of brutal murders in which the victims have had bodily organs removed. When one of them questions a young woman who has been seen at the crime ... See full summary »
Stars: Joe Cortese, Maryam d'Abo, George Dzundza, Gregory Sierra
Votes: 640
43. The Quest (1976 TV Movie)
PG | 93 min | Western
Two brothers search the west for their sister, who was kidnapped as a child and is now living with a tribe of Indians.
Director: Lee H. Katzin | Stars: Kurt Russell, Tim Matheson, Brian Keith, Keenan Wynn
Votes: 336
44. The Thick of It (2007 TV Movie)
Comedy
A put-upon member of Congress is harassed by inept politicians. Based on the BBC series, "The Thick of It."
Director: Christopher Guest | Stars: Carrie Aizley, Priya Ayyar, Alex Borstein, Kelvin Brown
Votes: 347
45. House on Greenapple Road (1970 TV Movie)
120 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A detective investigates the disappearance of the promiscuous wife of a timid salesman, and finds that everything is not quite as it appears.
Director: Robert Day | Stars: Janet Leigh, Julie Harris, Tim O'Connor, Walter Pidgeon
Votes: 327
46. 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
47. New Car Smell (2005 TV Movie)
Comedy
A Las Vegas car dealership contest pits an eclectic group of salespeople against each other to see who will become team sales leader.
Director: David Schwimmer | Stars: Dave Attell, Dana Daurey, Laura Ford, Brent Huff
Votes: 42
48. The Wonderful Maladys (2010 TV Movie)
Comedy, Drama
Set in Gotham, the story revolves around the dysfunctional lives of three adult siblings who lost their parents at a young age.
Director: Alan Taylor | Stars: Adam Driver, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Adam Scott, Molly Parker
Votes: 143
49. 13 Graves (2006 TV Movie)
40 min | Drama
An ex-treasure hunter's search for his missing brother coincides with a quest for buried Incan gold.
Director: Dominic Sena | Stars: Rochelle Aytes, Yazmily Beato, Dean Chekvala, Claire Coffee
Votes: 168
50. Winter Kill (1974 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 94 min | Mystery, Thriller
A sniper is killing residents at a winter resort. Who will die next? And why?
Director: Jud Taylor | Stars: Andy Griffith, John Larch, Tim O'Connor, Lawrence Pressman
Votes: 335