Deadman's Curve

Deadman's Curve 1978

6.00

Things were cool. Chicks were pretty. Waves were groovy. Cars had muscle. Jan and Dean rode their wave to the top of the pop charts. Then, in 1966, on their way to becoming rock and roll legends, they have to cope with a devastating car crash that leaves Jan brain-damaged and their dreams shattered.

1978

S.O.S. Titanic

S.O.S. Titanic 1980

5.95

The Titanic disaster as seen through the eyes of one couple in each of the three classes on board.

1980

Orphan Train

Orphan Train 1979

5.80

A dedicated social worker organizes a train trip for a group of slum orphans in 1894, taking them from New York City to the Midwest in search of new families and new lives.

1979

The Amazing Howard Hughes

The Amazing Howard Hughes 1977

6.00

The Amazing Howard Hughes is a 1977 television movie about American aviation pioneer and filmmaker Howard Hughes, based on the book by Hughes' business partner Noah Dietrich. The film starred Tommy Lee Jones, Ed Flanders, and Tovah Feldshuh.

1977

Blackout

Blackout 1985

5.35

A police officer suspects that a local husband and father, who has recently undergone facial surgery because of injuries received in a car accident, is in reality the same man who committed a quadruple murder several years before.

1985

Packin' It In

Packin' It In 1983

7.00

In quest of a wholesome place to live: at first the Webbers laugh at their neighbors when they leave L.A. for the mountains of Oregon. But when they recognize the same symptoms in their family that made the neighbors leave, they follow them. However their new domicile is a bit more apart from the civilization than expected. Even then it's not a paradise: their neighbors are weird, the next shop is miles away and their house lacks even the most basic comfort. How long will it take until they're packin' it in again?

1983

Betrayal

Betrayal 1978

1

Dramatization of the 1971 case involving a young woman who sued her psychiatrist for luring her into a sexual relationship with him under the guise of therapy.

1978

Rockabye

Rockabye 1986

7.80

A young woman, striking out on her own after having left her husband in California, has her young son snatched from her moments after getting off the bus in New York City on her way to Vermont, and reluctantly accepts the help of a hard-nosed reporter in tracking him down after being given the runaround from the police.

1986

The Survival of Dana

The Survival of Dana 1979

1

High school student Dana moves to the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles after her North Dakota parents get divorced and falls in with the wrong crowd.

1979

Sophia Loren: Her Own Story

Sophia Loren: Her Own Story 1980

5.70

This biopic about actress Sophia Loren covers her life from childhood through international stardom, her marriage to Carlo Ponti following a romantic fling with Cary Grant, and the birth of her first child, and is tied together with actual clips from some of her movies.

1980

Broken Promise

Broken Promise 1981

6.00

A juvenile court services director strives to fight the odds following his promise to a resourceful 11-year-old to keep her and her four younger brothers and sisters together as a family after their parents abandoned them, despite a bureaucrat's insistence that it is impossible to locate a single foster home for all five.

1981

Steel Cowboy

Steel Cowboy 1978

1

An independent trucker, trying to keep his marriage alive and his rig out of the hands of bill collectors, agrees to haul a cargo of stolen cattle with his good ol' buddy.

1978

Forever

Forever 1978

1

Romantic drama about a teenage girl's first love and the perennial adolescent dilemma of whether to give herself to him in order to hang on to him. Based on the novel by Judy Blume.

1978

Lawman Without a Gun

Lawman Without a Gun 1979

1

During the 1960s' civil rights movement, a black civil rights worker returns to his small Southern town and runs for sheriff against the incumbent, a popular segregationist.

1979

The Cracker Factory

The Cracker Factory 1979

9.50

Drama depicting the problems of a suburban housewife suffering from fits of depression and alcoholism, and her stay in a psychiatric center after a feeble suicide attempt.

1979

A Piano for Mrs. Cimino

A Piano for Mrs. Cimino 1982

8.00

An elderly widow must find meaning and activity in her life when her son suggests she is no longer capable of handling her own affairs.

1982

My Kidnapper, My Love

My Kidnapper, My Love 1980

6.00

Small-time crook Rooney cons his crippled brother, a street-wise news vendor, into snatching a wealthy, emotionally-disturbed runaway to extort money from her parents, but the brother throws the get-rich-quick scheme awry by falling in love with her.

1980

Special Olympics

Special Olympics 1978

6.00

A widowed father struggles to hold together his family of three teenagers, one of whom is intellectually challenged and enrolled in a state school for "special" children where he finds fulfillment in his love of sports, emulating his older, athletic brother.

1978

The Killing of Randy Webster

The Killing of Randy Webster 1981

6.00

When his teenage son is shot by the Houston police following a stolen van chase, his father undertakes a tireless investigation into the truth and uncovers the fact that the gun found with the boy's body was a "throwdown," a weapon planted by the cops.

1981