Robert Altman takes a scalpel to Hollywood ethics in the 1990s (or the lack thereof) in his acidic satire The Player, adapted...
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1992
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A dreary and depressing tale despite the excellent assemblage of talent, this is the story of a Depression-era family where...
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1992
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In this made-for-TV movie, a woman suffering the ravages of terminal cancer desires, against the wishes of her husband, to...
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1991
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This Peter Maris action begins at New Mexico State Penitentiary, where a spew of toxic gas from the crash of a tanker truck...
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Sheriff Ike Slayton
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1991
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This effective made-for-TV supernatural thriller (based on the novel Virgin by James Patterson) involves the travails of a...
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1991
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Larger-than-life German actress Marianne Sagebrecht stars as Rosalie Greenspace, a German bride raising a wonderful family in...
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Liebling Ray
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1990
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Inspired suave aristocrat Col. Claus von Stauffenberg's ingenious plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler during the waning days of...
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Claus Von Stauffenberg
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1990
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Unspeakable Acts is the all-too-true story of a 1984 Dade County (Florida) sexual abuse case. Frank and Ilana Fuster...
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Joseph Braga
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1990
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In this suspenseful drama, a bereaved bricklayer vows to avenge the brutal murder of his parents. The killer is brought in,...
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1989
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Based on a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Herman Wouk, this thought-provoking made-for-television drama chronicles the court...
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Lt. Cdr. Phillip Francis Queeg
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1988
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A punch-drunk pugilist is set up as meat for a young boxer in this routine mat melodrama. The highlight of the film is the...
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Eddie Brennan
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1987
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The fourth and final season of the original Transformers cartoon series is actually a three-part miniseries titled "...
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1987
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A cop is determined to avenge his father's death in this action-drama. Brad Davis stars as Johnny Modine, a Los Angeles cop...
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Johnny Modine
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1987
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Blood Ties began life as a 4-hour Italian TV movie. The American version, which premiered December 14, 1986 on the Showtime...
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Julian Salina
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1986
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Season three of the cartoon series The Transformers opens with an elaborate five-part story (eminently suited to be...
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1986
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1985
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1984
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Brad Davis portrays senator Robert Kennedy in this 1985 mini-series about the legendary politician, the brother of slain...
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Robert Kennedy
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1984
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This TV miniseries concerns a Southern village where the murder of a boy has puzzled three different police chiefs since the...
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1983
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A sailor learns to take, and give, it like a man in this surrealistic adaptation of writer and thief Jean Genet's novel...
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Querelle
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1982
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German director Rainer Werner Fassbinder died of a drug overdose on June 10, 1982, before his last film, Querelle was edited....
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1982
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Based on a true story, Chariots of Fire is the internationally acclaimed Oscar-winning drama of two very different men who...
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1981
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Pumped up with energy to spare in its first half, this is an otherwise routine drama about a love triangle set in the...
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Leo DaVinci
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1980
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The Greatest Man in the World is based on a genteelly vitriolic short story by James Thurber. Brad Davis stars as a '30s-era...
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1980
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The 2-part TV movie Rumor of War was based on the 1977 memoirs of Vietnam veteran Philip Caputo. Brad Davis stars as Caputo,...
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Phil Caputo
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1980
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This made-for-TV actioner was designed as the pilot for a series based on the popular Walking Tall films of the 1970s. This...
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1978
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In this drama, a psychiatrist works with the police to help them identify a dangerous criminal. Unfortunately, the doctor...
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1978
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Midnight Express is a harrowing tale of a naïve American caught in a nightmare of his own making thousands of miles from his...
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Billy Hayes
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1978
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This award-winning six-part historical epic was one of the first examples of the miniseries format and one of the...
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1977
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In this drama, a college president takes a sabbatical so he can work as a ditch-digger and a cafe cook. The story is based on...
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1976
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The multiple award-winning made-for-TV movie Sybil was based on the book by Flora Rheta Schreiber. Sally Field won an Emmy...
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1976
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A vicious street gang robs a neighborhood store, kills a cop, and takes Detective Stone (Karl Malden). As the police surround...
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1973
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