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- DirectorSteve MinerStarsJames MacDonaldDavid ArnottKimberly FosterThe "B Men" are high-schoolers who take up bounty hunting after "relying on their wits" to nab a serial killer.
- DirectorBlair HayesStarsRachael Leigh CookBianca LawsonEric BalfourA girl without the gene for fear becomes an FBI agent.
- DirectorTony WharmbyStarsBrandon LeeDavid DarlowMiguel FerrerA modern-day descendant of Caine hopes to turn his estranged son away from a life of crime.It's probably best that this didn't take.Otherwise we may not have had Carradines return a few years later in Kung fu:the legend continues.
- DirectorRob BowmanStarsAra AntonSherman AugustusMichael Patrick BreenLegendary private eye Philip Marlowe takes on new cases.
- DirectorHarry FalkStarsJared MartinKatie SaylorRobert ItoTwo men and a woman, all friends and martial arts experts, visit Hong Kong, where they grew up. When the woman disappears, the men find out that she has been kidnapped by white slavers, and find themselves battling a gang of kung-fu killers in an attempt to rescue their friend.
- DirectorDoug LimanStarsMartin HendersonJordana BrewsterLauren BirkellNewly relocated to the suburbs, married assassins John and Jane Smith have re-established their respective businesses, though the marital issues that plagued them in the past have returned.
- DirectorDavid LynchStarsJustin TherouxNaomi WattsLaura HarringAfter a car wreck, an amnesiac woman sets out to learn what happened to her with the help of a wannabe actress.
- DirectorLee H. KatzinStarsJoe PennyDana ElcarBeulah QuoLee Cantrell, a young San Francisco attorney by day, at night becomes a samurai warrior, and battles a crazed multi-millionaire who is planning to destroy the city with an earthquake machine.
- DirectorLarry CohenStarsEsther RolleKene HolidayFrank ConverseA maid who reads detective stories finds herself embroiled in a real-life mystery involving her dead boss and a mysterious statue he brought back from China.
- CreatorBryan CranstonDavid ShoreStarsGiovanni RibisiMarin IrelandShane McRaeA con man on the run from a vicious gangster takes cover by assuming the identity of his prison cellmate Pete, and reuniting with Pete's estranged family, which threatens to drag him into a world just as dangerous as the one he's escaping.
- DirectorPaul KrasnyStarsJesse VenturaRoddy PiperPhill LewisTricky Rick MacDonald and Billy The Body Youngblood are two of the best wrestlers in the country. They are told to take a dive by the wife of a promoter. If they don't, she will make sure they are blackballed from wrestling. When they don't do what she says, they are fired immediately. They try many jobs without any success. When they stop a grocery store robbery, they get the idea to be cops. So begins a new chapter in the life of this tag team. Bad guys, watch out!!!
- DirectorSam WeismanStarsScott ValentineKristine SutherlandJulia Louis-DreyfusA spinoff pilot attempt at making Nick from Family Ties viable in his own show. He plays a struggling artist. It had little of the charm and humor that made Family Ties a hit.
- DirectorGail MancusoStarsRocky CarrollShea CurryJessica St. ClairFollows the story of two computer geeks who work in the I.T. department of a major company, and their female supervisor who's actually a grifter.
- DirectorTom HollandStarsAdrian PaulPatricia CharbonneauBrian ThompsonAfter the violent murder of his family, a man becomes a vigilante dispensing his own kind of justice to people in need.
- DirectorDean HargroveStarsLarry HagmanJenny O'HaraNicholas ColasantoA Los Angeles cop falls off his motorcycle, strikes his head and wakes up believing himself to be Sherlock Holmes. Along with the social worker who is treating him, he sets out to solve the murder of an embezzler.
- DirectorDonald PetrieStarsTom WilsonWendee PrattBradley MottUnsold television pilot based on the 1989 film. Detective Scott Turner and his unlikely canine partner Hooch are assigned to investigate the thefts of strange objects around town.
- DirectorStephen HerekStarsJared PadaleckiAlan LoayzaLee BurnsAngus MacGyver's nephew Clay quits school and joins the Phoenix Foundation. However, he finds it difficult to follow in the shoes of his famous uncle. His first mission is to stop an anti-American African terrorist group.
- DirectorJake KasdanStarsAlan CummingDavid Julian HirshKrista AllenBased on Zero Effect (1998), this quirky unsold pilot for NBC follows the first adventure of eccentric genius private detective Daryl Zero and his lawyer sidekick Steve Arlo called The Case of a Billionaire Pervert with a Parking Problem.
- DirectorMichael RymerStarsTricia HelferEsai MoralesStockard ChanningIn a modern world where magic supplanted science, two non-intersecting stories: one about the death of a city executive at the hands of a wrongful convict, and the introduction of terrorists who are devoted to the destruction of magic.
- DirectorMichael ChapmanStarsMark Lindsay ChapmanSusan BlakelyLisa BlountHumanoid killer robots stalk a newspaperman who has knowledge of their existence. One of the robots is made to look like his girlfriend.
- DirectorGreg BeemanStarsJustin HartleyLou Diamond PhillipsDenise QuiñonesA young twenty-something diver living in the Florida Keys discovers he has the power to breathe underwater.Included as an extra in the Smallville complete series box set.
- DirectorDean ParisotStarsPaul ReubensJack HallettKelly HuA comedy about the employees for the U.S. government, who work in a remote facility in the Nevada desert, which houses an alien creature.
- DirectorSandor SternStarsRobert ConradKaren AustinRichard YoungA former government operative is called out of retirement to battle a new super weapon gone bad, a cyborg. Reluctantly, the retired operative trails the cyborg and tries to destroy it.On Amazon instant video.
- DirectorMichael CuestaStarsLeila ArcieriKathy BakerJason CanneLongoThe dead return to Earth in an attempt to restore old wounds.
- DirectorDeclan O'DwyerStarsGuy FlanaganAndrea RiseboroughRussell ToveyTwo twentysomethings, George (a werewolf) and Mitchell (a vampire), move into a flatshare only to discover that their new home is haunted by Annie, the ghost of a previous tenant.
- DirectorBrian GrantStarsChristopher BowenLarry DrakeKathleen YorkA 30-minute unaired television pilot based on the original Sam Raimi's 1990 Darkman movie.
- DirectorPeter WernerStarsGeorge NewbernAnne Le GuernecRobert KnepperCat, a fugitive from a parallel Earth ruled by aliens, lands on "our" Earth in the middle of a freeway, causing an accident. She is slightly injured, and wakes up in the emergency room of a hospital, where Thomas, a doctor, takes care of her. The following day, Thomas goes back to the hospital and finds Cat's room vacant and all records wiped out. He discovers that the FBI is investigating Cat's origin, because she has brought a couple of strange artifacts. Thomas is trying to talk to her when she decides to escape. Thomas is forced by the events to follow and help her, all the while trying to understand her motives. It turns out that Cat is fleeing a group of servants of the Dark Lord. They hitch-hike to the nearest Doorway to another parallel world, but while they're waiting for the door to open, they're caught successively by FBI agents and Dark Lord goons. They barely escape through the door to an Earth where petrol has disappeared. Their adventures continue as they are still chased by the villains. At last, they stumble through another door and land on top of Mt Rushmore. But the four faces that are sculpted on it show that Thomas is clearly not back home yet.On Amazon instant video.
- DirectorMichael KatlemanStarsBilly WirthLisa WaltzBradford Tatum
- DirectorRichard IrvingStarsDavid AckroydAnne SchedeenA MartinezA professor, who has been paralyzed in an attack by mob hitmen, builds a suit that enables him to walk and fight crime.
- DirectorJack SholderStarsMatt FrewerFinola HughesJeremy RatchfordThe new teenage students at a school for mutants (normal-looking humans with fantastic powers) try to stop an evil scientist from controlling the world's dreams.
- DirectorJohn Llewellyn MoxeyStarsAlex CordMariette HartleyTed CassidyA scientist who has been preserved in suspended animation wakes up to find himself in a primitive society in the future.On DVD.
- DirectorNelson McCormickStarsMichelle ForbesAimee GarciaJosh HopkinsDetective Sean Flynn and scientist Kate Finch are the latest recruits of The Global Frequency, a secret rogue spy agency that handles threats to global security. They must find a man who's somehow been melting people with his mind.
- DirectorBen StillerStarsJack BlackOwen WilsonRon SilverAstronaut on the run with special powers and his talking motorcycle must deal with a malevolent artificial life form that's possessing people and turning them into dust, as well as NASA's hitman and real life actor Ron Silver.
- DirectorJefery LevyStarsFab FilippoMelissa GeorgeBodhi ElfmanUnsold TV pilot about three young ambitious true crime documentary filmmakers (an Ohio couple and their L.A. friend) recording their amateur sleuth attempts to solve grisly murders in Hollywood for their rising TV show 'Hollyweird.'
- DirectorRon SatlofStarsTerence KnoxGary KasperAimee EcclesScientists create "the perfect soldier" in a lab experiment by recombining his molecules. He is then sent out on dangerous but vital missions.On VHS.
- DirectorJorge MontesiStarsKevin ConroyBrenda StrongEric McCormackA 21st-century genetic experiment goes chaotic, creating a race of genetically-violent mutants.
- DirectorSam PillsburyStarsRichard Joseph PaulHudson LeickMichael BeachLoosely based on the popular television series of the 80's, this movie brings the story into an apocalyptic time and a new "KITT".
- DirectorMick GarrisStarsMelissa GeorgeColin EgglesfieldSandra AllenA 20-something woman leads a revolt against the powers that be in the mythical otherworld Oz.
- CreatorMax BorensteinStarsMeagan GoodStark SandsNick Zano10 years after the end of Precrime in Washington DC one of the three PreCogs attempts to lead a normal life while still suffering from visions of the future. Will they be able to hold it together or mentally breakdown and give up?original unaired pilot.Not much different from the aired pilot.They just tweaked it a bit.
- DirectorPeter LevinStarsGreg EviganDeborah WakehamMitchell RyanAn astronaut's ship passes through a strange magnetic field on its way back to Earth, and when he emerges from it after landing, he finds he has acquired superhuman powers and a super-genius IQ.
- DirectorGregory HoblitStarsMichael Reilly BurkeKevin DunnGiancarlo EspositoNYPD detective Alex Franco is brain-dead after an "accident" arranged by wife-murderer Harlan Kroger. Taken off life support, his heart continues beating, and he is cryogenically frozen for the next 66 years. Awakened in the year 2069, to find his wife dead, his son an aging vegetable, and his grandson a cop, Franco pleads for the right to do what he does best: police work. Secretly hoping to bust the 99 year old Kroger, he adjusts to the complex world of the future, and learns that being a detective is easy in 2069 - as long as you like working in a police state.
- DirectorRobert ButlerStarsBruce AbbottBill MaherRebecca SchaefferA cop from the future goes back in time to Los Angeles and teams up with his great grandfather to capture a master criminal.
- DirectorTommy Lee WallaceStarsJoanna GoingBen MarleyJeremy FlynnRachel Morgan is the marshal of a sleepy human "Outpost" on the planet Icarus, where a vicious alien leads a group of native Icari on the warpath.
- DirectorMarc DanielsStarsJohn SaxonJanet MargolinTed CassidyA man awakens from suspended animation and finds himself in the 22nd century, where women rule the world and men are slaves called Dinks. He is captured and sold as a slave, but escapes and hooks up with a male rebel movement.on DVD.
- DirectorJack BenderStarsShane McRaeJennifer FerrinRobbie JonesA team of military field operatives and civilian scientists must use untested technology to travel back in time to alter past events in order to change the future and avoid a devastating terrorist attack.On amazon instant video.
- DirectorKenneth JohnsonStarsAnthony HigginsDebrah FarentinoMark Adair-RiosSherlock Holmes is awakened in modern times with a tale that he had invented a method of suspended animation that he had used on himself. Awakened by an earthquake, he is helped by Amy Winslow, who lives at 1994 Baker Street in San Francisco. There he is joined by a new group of Baker Street Irregulars led by Zapper. His battles lead him to the evil Moriarty clan led by James Moriarty Booth.
- DirectorChris CarterStarsAldis HodgeAndrew HowardArielle KebbelEight strangers are thrown together by mysterious forces and must help each other survive in a violent world that defies explanation.
- DirectorRobert Michael LewisStarsJoe CorteseTom ClancySusan GeorgeThe year is 1996 and Michael Stringer is the only private eye left on Earth. One day, he is hired by a woman to investigate Eden Isle, a complex for people who want a perfect life started by her industrialist father named Korter. Interestingly, Korter was found on a beach and is 20 years younger than he was before. When Stringer gets into the complex, he is caught in a web of mystery that he might not get out of.AKA The Final eye 1977
- DirectorStephen HerekStarsPeter KowankoJohn Rhys-DaviesG.W. BaileyA young boy can transfer his body energy into ESP and heal sick people. While the subject of scientists' studies, he runs away to try to find out about his past and why he is the way he is.
- DirectorDan CurtisStarsRoy ThinnesDon PorterAngie DickinsonAn investigative reporter stumbles onto an artist that has made a pact to come back after his death to sculpt a statue of a demon using human blood and clay. Once the demon is awakened he will be granted immortality.On DVD.If like me you are a fan of kolchak the night stalker then you will probably enjoy this pilot.
- DirectorTommy Lee WallaceStarsLisa BanesRichard BeymerMaría CeledonioMixed assortment of people survive the crash of an airliner at sea; cast upon a shore of mysterious island they discover dangerous creatures, exploding bananas, mutations and a biological weapons research facility.On DVD.
- DirectorKevin ConnorStarsMargaret ColinLila KayeConnie BoothSherlock Holmes is brought back to life by Watson's female descendant after being cryogenically frozen for eighty years.
- DirectorPaul W.S. AndersonStarsAndrew McCarthyKevin TigheAmanda RedmanA US architect is hired to renovate a big old London hotel. With it he also gets 21 ghosts, who want his help in catching a serial child killer etc.On DVD.Had this gone to series Andrew McCarthy would have beat Anthony Michael Hall to the punch of being the first brat packer to play a psychic in a tv series.
- DirectorJames FrawleyStarsCharles RocketDorian LopintoHoyt AxtonAn android soldier and its creator are on the run from the government (which it was created for and wants to destroy it), and find help from a truck driver with whom they help people.
- DirectorLee H. KatzinStarsGlenn CorbettCameron MitchellSharon AckerAn astronaut finds himself on a planet that's (almost) exactly like Earth.
- DirectorTodd HollandStarsDavid ConradAndrea RothMax BakerIn 2006, an experiment of the Department of Energy in hot fusion to produce energy releases a storm in time along 240 minutes, changing history. Only the personnel in the core of the laboratory know the true story and now they need to fix points in the history that have been punctually changed. The bureaucrat and former Marine Doug Phillips is a family man that is recruited by his friend Flynn to join an expedition to 1944 due to his great knowledge of the Battle of Hürtgen Forest in Germany. The team formed by Doug, Flynn, Toni Newman, J.D. and Wix is assigned to find a monk from 1546 that has been accidentally transported to the spot and is the carrier of Black Plague.
- DirectorNoel BlackStarsGranville Van DusenJoBeth WilliamsBarnard HughesA golem made of mud terrorizes a couple on a remote Maine island. An episode called "Monster" from the TV-series "The World Beyond".
- DirectorRichard DonnerTom HollandRobert ZemeckisStarsWilliam SadlerDavid MorseNeil GiuntoliStories of an Old West gunfighter's last stand, a drag racer whose past comes back to haunt him, and WWI soldier's cowardice are introduced by the foul-mouthed, wheelchair-bound Mr. Rush. All segments were also in "Tales from the Crypt."
- DirectorE.W. SwackhamerStarsJason MillerRichard LynchE.G. MarshallVampire Anton Voytek's lair is disturbed by the ground breaking for a new church. Anton attempts to start a modern life using his hoarded wealth, but finds it's been confiscated by the authorities. He takes revenge on the architect responsible, who in turn, aided by a retired detective, tries to hunt down and destroy Anton.
- DirectorPeter BergStarsNikolaj Coster-WaldauKerry BishéJoy BryantSpaceship crew members start dying because of an unknown defect in a virtual-reality device.On DVD.
- DirectorJeffrey ReinerStarsPedro PascalAdrianne PalickiElizabeth HurleyIt's the modern day, and being Wonder Woman is complicated. Diana is leading a triple life - running a large corporation out of costume and fighting crime in costume in one identity.
- DirectorEli CraigStarsKirk WardTyler RossMaiara WalshFour survivors are killin' zombies and searching for a place to call home. At least they have each other.
- DirectorGeoffrey SaxStarsPaul McGannEric RobertsDaphne AshbrookThe newly-regenerated Doctor takes on the Master on the turn of the millennium, 31 December 1999.On DVD.
- DirectorRod HolcombStarsReb BrownLen BirmanHeather Menzies-UrichA recipient of an experimental body enhancement chemical retaliates against his would be killers as a star spangled superhero.On DVD
- DirectorIvan NagyStarsReb BrownConnie SelleccaLen BirmanThe star spangled hero must battle a villain's plan to poison America with a chemical that horrifically accelerates the aging process.On DVD.
- 1981–198346mTV-145.9 (126)TV EpisodeDirectorTony MordenteStarsWilliam KattRobert CulpConnie SelleccaThe aliens tell Ralph to find a suitable replacement for himself when his secret identity is revealed to the world. Much to Bill's disgust he selects a woman to be his successor.Included in the greatest American hero dvd sets.
- DirectorColin BuddsStarsAdam BaldwinSteve BastoniAnthony Brandon WongThe Hong Kong martial arts version of Jekyll and Hyde, with Hyde as the mythical fighting champion known as the White Tiger battling the Triads, drug trafficking and illegal organ transplants.On DVD.
- DirectorPhilip LeacockStarsLeonard NimoySusan HampshireRachel RobertsA US racing champion is haunted by intense visions of an American woman in some kind of danger in a English mansion. A British ESP and occult expert believes that his visions will really happen and asks him to help her investigate them.On DVD.
- DirectorRichard A. CollaStarsRobert FoxworthMike FarrellJohn VernonProject Questor is the brainchild of the genius Dr. Vaslovik, who developed plans to build an android super-human. Although he has disappeared and half of the programming tape was erased in the attempt to decode it, his former colleagues continue the project and finally succeed in creating Questor. However, Vaslovik seems to have installed a secret program in Questor's brain. He flees and starts to search for Vaslovik. Since half of his knowledge is missing, he needs the help of Jerry Robinson, who is now suspected of having stolen the android.On DVD.
- DirectorFarhad MannStarsRick SpringfieldJohn KapelosRobert HarperWhen a detective tries to cure himself of his vampirism, he is confronted by the monster whose curse turned him into a blood-sucking creature.On DVD.
- DirectorRichard RothsteinStarsBud CortLori PettyMoses GunnA 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.On DVD.
- DirectorTibor TakácsStarsRob EstesJoely FisherFintan McKeownA policeman must stop a medieval cult, who plan to bring about armageddon by summoning the spirit of Nostradamus.On DVD.
- DirectorJud TaylorStarsKurt RussellStephen McHattieVictoria RacimoTwo young people search for a valuable medallion, which they believe will prove that aliens from outer space visited Earth in prehistoric times.On DVD.
- DirectorChristian I. Nyby IIStarsRoddy McDowallJeffrey MeekStephen ElliottWhile Remo and his teacher work their missions, an elite assassin targets Remo.
- DirectorReza BadiyiStarsPeter HaskellJoan BennettBarbara RushA young man inherits the ability to see visions beyond the grave. He helps a girl investigate her brother's alleged murder.On DVD.
- StarsCraig RobertsLeila MimmackJosh BrownA 46-year-old vampire in a body of a teenager helps with a female werewolf and a ghost to solve a murder mystery.
- DirectorCharles S. DubinStarsAlex DreierJanet LeighMurray HamiltonA disbarred attorney and his staff of ex-convicts are hired by a millionaire to find an embezzling book-keeper.
- DirectorDavid CarsonStarsAngela BettisPatricia ClarksonRena SoferCarrie White is a lonely and painfully shy teenage girl with telekinetic powers who is slowly pushed to the edge of insanity by frequent bullying from both her classmates and her domineering, religious mother.On DVD.
- DirectorPaul WendkosStarsDack RamboElyssa DavalosRichard LynchA writer, Andy Stuart, teams up with an exorcist, Father Kemschler, to battle Satan, and a group of Devil worshipers led by Mr. Rimmin.On amazon instant video.
- DirectorBob KelljanStarsLou AntonioKim BasingerMatt ClarkA veteran detective loses his partner in a shooting while they are investigating a gangster who is controlling the local porno rackets. He is stunned to discover that the new partner he is assigned is not only a rookie, but a female.
- DirectorReynaldo VillalobosStarsBilly CampbellDavid CiminelloBobby HoseaFive Federal marshals are out to burn a maniacal bandit and his cohorts who have stolen three truckloads of Stinger missiles.
- DirectorRoger AvaryStarsRutger HauerWil WheatonStevo PolyiDoctor Rue Wakeman (Rutger Hauer) and his team create a young man with skin and organs taken from other men and women. The creature, Lazarus (Wil Wheaton), reads a lot of books and learns all about the humans. But when he meets fascinating Doctor Elizabeth English (Nia Peeples), his life changes, and he decides to escape from the laboratory.On DVD.
- DirectorWes CravenStarsJames RemarLoryn LocklinPenny Johnson JeraldA cop teams up with a psychic to track down a serial killer.
- DirectorEric LaneuvilleStarsKiefer SutherlandDavid ConradJosh HopkinsUnsold TV pilot based on the James Ellroy novel. An ambitious internal affairs investigator, a simple but tough patrolman and a morally gray vice squad detective investigate corruption and a mysterious heroin smuggling ring in 1950s L.A.
- DirectorKathy BatesStarsEdie FalcoBruce BohneMatt MalloyMarge Gunderson, the still pregnant police chief of Brainerd, Minnesota, investigates the murder of a town pharmacist, shot in a snowy parking lot by a stranger who was helping jump his car battery. Meantime, an old man dies of exposure in his ice fishing house, leading one of his sons to kidnap the body. Snow, snow, everywhere.
- DirectorRobert LiebermanFrank SpotnitzStarsLee TergesenSarah Joy BrownTony CurranA mysterious epidemic strikes the city of Los Angeles.
- DirectorBarry SonnenfeldStarsQuinton AaronJoshua BachoveJordan BakerA look at the personal and professional lives of the cutthroat attorneys at a prestigious New York City law firm.
- DirectorBryan SingerStarsJerry O'ConnellPortia de RossiCharity WakefieldGrandpa Sam Dracula is essentially Dracula who assembled Herman because no man was good enough for his daughter Lily, a sexy vampiress. Lily's niece Marilyn the freak is actually normal and Lily and Herman's only child, Eddie, has his werewolf tendencies surface in puberty, forcing the family to relocate to their famous 1313 Mockingbird Lane address.
- DirectorHelen ShaverStarsLena HeadeyClaudio ChiodoRichard CoyleA single superhero juggles her crime-fighting career with the demands of her active social life.
- DirectorJohn FortenberryStarsNicholas ArtCraig BierkoLyndon ByersA pro hockey player spends more time with his family after he is forced to retire.
- StarsKelly HuMatthew PerryRyan StilesAbout baggage handlers at Los Angeles International Airport in the year 2194.
- DirectorRobert L. CollinsStarsSteve PeckDeborah CarneyTed DansonA syndicate mob boss (Sam Wanamaker) doesn't realize that his eldest son Gep (Ted Danson) has been informing to the police on the family's dealings in exchange for protection, while Gep's younger brother Phil (David Morse), a bank vice president, tries to separate himself from the family's business.
- DirectorAndy AckermanStarsRachel BostonDov DavidoffMichael DempseyBased on the successful British Comedy series of the same name. Studious & boring David flat shares with childhood friend Jez (Jeremy) who simply hasn't grown up. Unemployed, irresponsible and the polar opposite of David, who keeps on getting caught up in all sorts of hilarious situations and desperately trying to retain his dignity. Originally written by famous English Comedians.
- DirectorMark WatersStarsAbbie CobbGia MantegnaAlan Van SprangA former CIA agent gets a job as a teacher at a Washington D.C. prep school where he recruits an elite group of students for an espionage mission.
- DirectorPhillip NoyceStarsHolt McCallanyNatalie MartinezAndy AlloA woman faces off against an organized crime syndicate with the help of a mysterious martial arts master.
- DirectorBen TaylorStarsAly MichalkaChevy ChaseBeverly D'AngeloThe social life for a pair of selfish, retired Baby Boomers is thrown for a loop when their grandchildren move in with them.