
John Putch
Director · Pennsylvania, USA
(from Putchfilms.com) Prior to becoming a filmmaker, John was an accomplished actor who started in the theater, then enjoyed a successful TV and film career before making the switch to directing. As a director, John has helmed 118 episodes of network television, 16 feature films and 7 TV movies. His independent films have won countless film festival awards and honors.
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Movie6.6ActionDramaAgent Jack Ryan becomes acting Deputy Director of Intelligence for the CIA when Admiral Greer is diagnosed with cancer. When an American businessman, and friend of the president, is murdered on his yacht, Ryan starts discovering links between the man and drug dealers. As former CIA agent John Clark is sent to Colombia to kill drug cartel kingpins in retaliation, Ryan must fight through multiple cover-ups to figure out what happened and who's responsible.
Clear and Present Danger
1994 · 1.8K votes
Movie6.8DramaFantasyWhen a guardian angel – who invisibly watches over the citizens of Los Angeles – becomes captivated by a strong-willed heart surgeon, he ponders trading in his pure, otherworldly existence for a mortal life with his beloved. The couple embarks on a tender but forbidden romance spanning heaven and Earth.
City of Angels
1998 · 2.5K votes
Movie4.5ThrillerHorrorA giant thirty-five-foot shark becomes trapped in a SeaWorld theme park and it's up to the sons of police chief Brody to rescue everyone.
Jaws 3-D
1983 · 1.5K votes
Movie6.5ComedyDramaGib, a beer-guzzling slob, and Alison, an uptight Ivy-Leaguer, are an unlikely duo stuck together on a cross-country trip during Christmas break. At first they get on each other's nerves but, as time passes, they find their divergent natures complement each other. Now they need to realize what they've already found before it's too late.
The Sure Thing
1985 · 339 votes
Movie5.7ComedyCrimeTwo garbage men find the body of a city councilman in a trash can on their route. With help from a supervisor, the duo must solve the case and find the man's killer while hiding the body from the cops.
Men at Work
1990 · 442 votes
Movie5.9ComedyFamilyMorris "Mud" Himmel has a problem. His parents desperately want to send him away to summer camp. He hates going to summer camp, and would do anything to get out of it. Talking to his friends, he realizes that they are all facing the same sentence: a boring summer camp. Together with his friends, he hatches a plan to trick all the parents into sending them to a camp of their own design.
Camp Nowhere
1994 · 175 votes
Movie5.8TV MovieFamilyInternational spy Jason Starr disappears following an altercation while on a mission. His boss seeks out Jason's twin brother, veterinarian Warren Starbinder, and asks him to pose as Jason in order to complete his mission.
Double Agent
1987 · 6 votes
Movie4.6ActionThrillerA Presidential candidate running against the Vice-President plans a trip to the Balkans to negotiate the release of American servicemen being held hostage. Before he leaves, he receives a disk documenting evidence that the Vice-President has been trying to revive the American economy by causing a war in the Balkans. He plans to show it to both sides in the hopes of ending the situation. However, Secret Service agents hijack the Concorde he is on and kill the pilots. It's up to an Air Force officer, nicknamed "Washout" because he can't fly a plane, to land the Concorde. Written by Leigh Roche
Mach 2
2001 · 8 votes
Movie5.3CrimeThrillerA vigilante killer becomes a celebrity by gunning down Chicago mobsters, but nobody except a police detective and a local journalist seems eager to catch him.
Keeper of the City
1991 · 4 votes
Movie5.3Science FictionThrillerRoger Mason is a prisoner locked away in a futuristic fortress of a jail. Desperate to escape and see his daughter, he keeps making attempt after attempt to break free, but each one is foiled just as he's about to gain his freedom. As his punishments include being frozen in suspended animation for years at a time, he stays the same age while his daughter grows older. As more time keeps being added to his sentence, he despairs of ever getting out.
Spoiler
1998 · 9 votes
Movie4.2ActionA scientist recovers a powerful weapon created by inventor Nicola Tesla in the early twentieth century. Now, the plane carrying the device and a disparate group of passengers crashes in the Canadian mountains. The battle to survive begins.
Crash Point Zero
2000 · 13 votes
Movie5.0DocumentaryAcademy Award winner Lou Gossett Jr. takes you underwater on the trail of the great white shark and behind the scenes on the production of Jaws 3-D.
The Making of Jaws 3-D: Sharks Don't Die
1983 · 2 votes
Movie6.2Science FictionThrillerA man finds out that he was brainwashed to kill an important government official.
Fugitive Mind
1999 · 10 votes
Movie3.3ComedyDramaThree young women looking for adventure get jobs on a dude ranch. The film follows the adventures of three high school girls the summer after they graduate. After their jobs at a dude ranch fail to work out, the girls head to Lake Tahoe where they meet Talia (Cristen Kauffman). Talia's boyfriend Roscoe then helps the girls get a job at a casino which leads to trouble.
Welcome to 18
1986 · 6 votes
Movie6.9DramaThrillerA teacher conducts an experiment in an American high school where students learn how easy it is to be seduced by the same social forces which led to the horrors of Nazi Germany.
The Wave
1981 · 113 votes
Movie8.0Drama13 years ago, four men met on the river working as rafting guides.
Same River Twice
1996 · 4 votes
Movie5.9FamilyTV Movie"You Ruined My Life" was a cute TV movie (from the Wonderful World of Disney movies that they show on Saturday or Sunday nights) starring Soleil Moon Frye as Minerva, a spoiled girl who lived in a Las Vegas casino with her Uncle Howie who lets her do whatever she wants. Minerva gets into trouble a lot, and her Aunt Hermione threatens to take her away from Uncle Howie. Paul Reiser plays Dexter, a professor who figures out a way to win every time at blackjack. Dexter gets caught at cheating, and Uncle Howie works out a deal for Dexter to tutor Minerva so she can get into a private school back east. This is easier said than done, because Minerva has never been interested in school.
You Ruined My Life
1987 · 7 votes
Movie5.2HorrorThrillerTwo brothers whose grisly killing spree has landed them on death row plot a daring escape, breaking free from prison with vengeance in mind, and setting targets in the form of the key witnesses against them.
Curfew
1989 · 30 votes
Movie9.0DramaTV MovieCautionary anti-drug film based on a true story about the effects on Jean Stapleton and Arthur Hill when their teenage son (John Putch, Stapleton's real-life son) gets spaced out on a marijuana joint laced with PCP, or "angel dust," and the family is forced to wrestle with the crisis.
Angel Dusted
1981 · 1 votes
MovieAdventureFamilyPollyanna’s Aunt Polly wants the girl to spend her time studying, but Pollyanna has other ideas. She joins a secret club with a group of orphans, and they spy on a mysterious new resident in town, only to learn that her standoffishness is because of her desire to shield a retarded son. Pollyanna helps the town accept the boy and his mother.
MovieDocumentarySergio Castellitto's narration traces the history of 3D cinema, which began with cinema itself, through films from the early 1900s such as "L'Arrivée d'un train en gare de La Ciotat" by the Lumière brothers, to the great titles of the 1950s such as Alfred Hitchcock's "Dial M for Murder" and "The Creature from the Black Lagoon."
Movie4.6ThrillerHorrorAs the result of a corrupt businessman's illegal toxic waste dumping, a small desert town is beset by a deadly swarm of huge bloodthirsty mutant mosquitoes!
Skeeter
1993 · 16 votes
MovieDramaTV MovieMarian Rose White is placed in a State Home for the feeble-minded by her uncaring mother when her father dies. She is a young teenager and there is nothing wrong with her except for some clumsiness, mostly caused by poor vision. State law (in 1934) requires sterilization of all inmates. Sympathetic nurse, Bonnie McNeil, befriends Marian and protests her treatment.
Movie6.4TV MovieDramaOn October 17 1989, an earthquake measuring 7.2 on the Richter scale rocked San Francisco. Presented here are some of the stories of the brave members of the public and emergency services who rescued people who were trapped in the rubble in houses or on the freeway.
After the Shock
1990 · 5 votes
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TV7.2Sci-Fi & FantasyDramaMonica, an angel, is tasked with bringing guidance and messages from God to various people who are at a crossroads in their lives.
Touched by an Angel
1994 · 188 votes
TV8.2ComedyA stand-up comedian and his three offbeat friends weather the pitfalls and payoffs of life in New York City in the '90s. It's a show about nothing.
Seinfeld
1989 · 2.4K votes
TV8.4Sci-Fi & FantasyAction & AdventureFollow the intergalactic adventures of Capt. Jean-Luc Picard and his loyal crew aboard the all-new USS Enterprise NCC-1701D, as they explore new worlds.
Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987 · 1.9K votes
TV6.9ComedyDramaBrothers Brian and Joe Hackett attempt to run an airline on the New England island of Nantucket while surrounded by their various wacky friends and employees.
Wings
1990 · 147 votes
TV7.3CrimeMystery21 Jump Street revolves around a group of young cops who would use their youthful appearance to go undercover and solve crimes involving teenagers and young adults.
21 Jump Street
1987 · 206 votes
TV7.4ComedyThe daily trials and tribulations of handyman Tim Taylor, a TV show host raising three boys with help from his loyal co-host, domineering wife, and unseen neighbor.
Home Improvement
1991 · 747 votes
TV7.6DramaCrimeA realistic glimpse into the daily lives of the officers and detectives at an urban police station.
Hill Street Blues
1981 · 129 votes
TV7.2ComedyDramaFormer 1960s flower children Steven and Elyse Keaton raise their conservative son Alex, daughters Mallory and Jennifer, and later, youngest child Andrew.
Family Ties
1982 · 279 votes
TV6.8ComedyThe misadventures of a divorced mother, two teenage daughters, and their new building superintendent in Indianapolis.
One Day at a Time
1975 · 64 votes
TV7.8ComedyArchie Bunker, a working class bigot, constantly squabbles with his family over the important issues of the day.
All in the Family
1971 · 187 votes
TV7.7DramaTheodore 'Teddy' Hoffman is a highly-regarded defense attorney in a prestigious Los Angeles law firm. Having successfully defended the wealthy but suspicious Richard Cross in a much-publicised murder trial, he is now involved in the defense of Neil Avedon, a famous young actor who has been suffering from severe drug and alcohol problems - and has been charged with the murder for which Cross was acquitted.
Murder One
1995 · 31 votes
TV6.8DramaAn American television series originally produced between 1982 and 1987. The show is based on the 1980 motion picture of the same name. With a mixture of drama and music, it followed the lives of the students and faculty at the New York City High School for the Performing Arts. Although fictional, it was based heavily on the actual Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts in New York. Most interior scenes were filmed in Hollywood, California, and in all seasons but the third, several exterior scenes were shot on location in New York City. The popularity of the series, particularly in the UK, led to several hit records and live concert tours by the cast. Despite its success, very few of the actors maintained high-profile careers after the series was cancelled. A number of the cast members were seen again briefly in Bring Back...Fame, a reunion special made for British television in 2008.
Fame
1982 · 72 votes
TV6.7ComedyTwo conservative men support their younger brother when he comes out as gay, and help him navigate being openly homosexual in 1980s Philadelphia.
Brothers
1984 · 11 votes
TV6.6CrimeDramaA neo-noir anthology television series, set in somber Los Angeles right after World War II and before the election of American President John F. Kennedy. The episodes, although filmed in color, mimicked what had been done by Hollywood filmmakers during the film noir era of the 1940s and 1950s in terms of tone, look, and story content.
Fallen Angels
1993 · 15 votes
TV7.5Talk ShowA Journalistic news source and interview TV Talk show beaming down the latest Star Trek news and views from all the ships crews. A Captain's Log guides viewers through this side of our galaxy's quadrant with a splash of knowledge in our top 10 lists and interviews. Looking through Roddenberry's Star Trek universe and beyond in this half hour scoop at warp power, host Bryan Kreutz, his co-host Lili Fox-Lim steer viewers into a knowledge-based trek of Klingon language all the way through full interviews with guests the fans want to hear from. Bryan and Lili are accompanied by an animated alter ego named Rogg to humor viewers with relevant Star Trek news and views. From a Starfleet ambassador's point of view, as Ambassador to the fan's, Bryan Kreutz hands over the conn to his animated android counterpart's perspective ranging from logical knowledge to unknowns in Star Trek's Past, present, and beyond.
A Captain's Log
2021 · 2 votes
TV7.1Action & AdventureComedyMeet Chase McDonald and August Brooks. Two guys who will do anything to keep L.A. safe . . . even if it means blowing half of it up. An explosive crime drama that follows the action-packed cases of robbery/homicide detectives McDonald and Brooks, who are as different as night and day. L.A. Heat is an American action series starring Wolf Larson and Steven Williams as Los Angeles police detectives, in the tradition of films like Lethal Weapon. The series aired on TNT from March 15, 1999.
L.A. Heat
1999 · 17 votes
TV6.4ComedyA neurotic book editor is paired with an eccentric writer. The series stars Tony Shalhoub and Neil Patrick Harris.
Stark Raving Mad
1999 · 10 votes
TV4.1DramaCop Rock is an Emmy Award-winning American musical police drama series that aired on ABC in 1990. The show, a police drama presented as a musical, was co-created by Steven Bochco, who also served as executive producer. TV Guide ranked it #8 on TV Guide's List of the 50 Worst TV Shows of All Time list in 2002. The periodical dubbed it "the single most bizarre TV musical of all time."
Cop Rock
1990 · 10 votes
TV6.1ComedyThe Duck Factory is a 1984 NBC television series produced by MTM Enterprises that is perhaps most notable for being Jim Carrey's first lead role in a Hollywood production. The show was co-created by Allan Burns. The premiere episode introduces Skip Tarkenton, a somewhat naive and optimistic young man who has come to Hollywood looking for a job as a cartoonist. When he arrives at a low-budget animation company called Buddy Winkler Productions, he finds out Buddy Winkler has just died, and the company desperately needs new blood. So Skip gets an animation job at the firm, which is nicknamed "The Duck Factory" as their main cartoon is "The Dippy Duck Show". Other Duck Factory employees seen regularly on the show were man-of-a-thousand-cartoon voices Wally Wooster; comedy writer Marty Fenneman; artists Brooks Carmichael and Roland Culp, editor Andrea Lewin, and business manager Aggie Aylesworth. Buddy Winkler Productions was now owned by his young, ditzy widow, Mrs Sheree Winkler, who had been married to Buddy for all of three weeks before his death. The Duck Factory lasted thirteen episodes; it premiered April 12, 1984. The show initially aired at 9:30 on Thursday nights, directly after Cheers, and replaced Buffalo Bill on NBC's schedule. Jay Tarses, an actor on The Duck Factory, had been the co-creator and executive producer of Buffalo Bill, which had its final network telecast on Thursday, April 5, 1984.
The Duck Factory
1984 · 8 votes
TV8.0DramaJack Evans is a retired jazz musician who runs a restaurant where romances tend to start.
Jack's Place
1992 · 3 votes
- TV6.3Comedy
Throb is an American television sitcom broadcast in syndication from 1986 to 1988, created by Fredi Towbin. It revolved around thirty-something divorcee Sandy Beatty who gets a job at a small New Wave record label, Throb. Beatty's boss is Zach Armstrong, who looks like Michael J. Fox but dresses like Don Johnson. Beatty also has a 12-year old son named Jeremy. Beatty's best friend was Meredith, a single teacher who lived in her building, and her co-workers included hip business manager Phil Gaines, and Prudence Anne Bartlett, nicknamed Blue. During the second season, Sandy moved from her original apartment to the recently vacated penthouse in her building. She took in her co-worker, Blue, to help with rent, but the differences between straitlaced Sandy and the very free-spirited Blue became more pronounced as they both lived and worked together. Notably, it was the first time much of the American TV audience saw Jane Leeves, who later gained fame as Daphne Moon on Frasier. Also notable is the casting of a young Paul Walker, who played Jeremy Beatty for the first season. Walker became a leading man in Hollywood some 15 years later, particularly after his breakthrough role in The Fast and the Furious.
Throb
1986 · 4 votes
TV6.0WesternBrady Hawkes, Billy Montana, and Jeremiah Hawkes are on a train bound for a huge gambling event when the train is taken over by a gang of vicious killers in search of money. As ransom, the gang takes young Jeremiah hostage. Brady and Billy embark on a quest to rescue him and form a small gang of their own along the way.
The Gambler: The Adventure Continues
1983 · 2 votes
TV8.2Room for Two is an American situation comedy starring Linda Lavin that also featured Patricia Heaton as Jill Kurland, a producer of a New York City television show called Wake Up, New York. The show focused on Jill's relationship with her mother from Ohio, played by Lavin, who joined Jill's show as a result of her humorous and misplaced opinions and criticisms.
Room for Two
1992 · 4 votes
TV7.6Action & AdventureDramaTwo 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 scenes, it turns out she is an alien from an interstellar prison ship and that the murders have been committed by a powerful xenomorphic alien which had escaped.
Something Is Out There
1988 · 11 votes