
Jonathan Brandis
Actor · 1976 – 2003 · Danbury, Connecticut, USA
Jonathan Gregory Brandis was an American actor, director, and screenwriter. Beginning his career as a child model, he moved on to acting in commercials and subsequently television and film roles. At the age of 17, he landed the role of Lucas Wolenczak, a teen prodigy on the NBC series seaQuest DSV. The character was popular among teenage female viewers; he became a teenage heartthrob and regularly appeared in teen magazines. His also starred as Bastian Bux in The Neverending Story II, Bill Denbrough (age 12) on ABC's miniseries It, Barry Gabrewski in Sidekicks, Mousy in Outside Providence, and Pvt. Lewis P. Wakely in Hart's War. He voiced the role of Mozenrath on the Disney animated series Aladdin. In November 2003, he died by suicide at the age of 27.
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Movie6.7AnimationComedyPutting its own 'twist' on the story of Oliver Twist, the orange runt of a litter of kittens must fight for survival on the rough streets on New York City, finding unlikely friends in the dogs owned by a down-on-his luck man named Fagin. Soon, Oliver and his new band of comrades must fight for survival when Fagin is unable to pay his debts.
Oliver & Company
1988 · 1.7K votes
Movie6.4DramaWarWhen Col. William McNamara is stripped of his freedom in a German POW camp, he's determined to keep on fighting even from behind enemy lines. Enlisting the help of a young lieutenant in a brilliant plot against his captors, McNamara risks everything on a mission to free his men and change the outcome of the war.
Hart's War
2002 · 1.1K votes
Movie5.8FamilyFantasyOnce again, Bastian is transported to the world of Fantasia which he recently managed to save from destruction. However, the land is now being destroyed by an evil sorceress, Xayide, so he must join up with Atreyu and face the Emptiness once more.
Die unendliche Geschichte II - Auf der Suche nach Phantásien
The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter
1990 · 909 votes
Movie6.3DramaWarFriends Jake and Jack Bull join up with Civil War guerrilla fighters, yet after the realities of war set in, they must decide what honor truly means.
Ride with the Devil
1999 · 217 votes
Movie5.5HorrorThriller"Stepfather" Jerry Blake escapes an insane asylum and winds up in another town, this time impersonating a marriage counselor. With a future wife and new stepson who love him, Blake eliminates anyone who stands in his way to building the perfect family.
Stepfather 2
1989 · 127 votes
Movie5.0ComedyFamilyElliot Hopper, a widower with three children, is working on a business deal to get his family out of financial straits when he is suddenly killed in a taxi accident. With the aid of a paranormal researcher, Elliott attempts to complete the deal from the beyond, ensuring his family will be taken care of.
Ghost Dad
1990 · 228 votes
Movie5.3ActionAdventureAsthmatic teenager Barry Gabrewski is a daydreamer. Troubled by bullying, he escapes into a fantasy world where he is the sidekick to his martial arts hero, Chuck Norris, in a series of high-octane adventures taken right out of his movies. With help from his teacher's wise old uncle, Mr. Lee, Barry learns the finer points of martial arts and enters a karate championship.
Sidekicks
1992 · 204 votes
Movie6.1DocumentaryTV MovieThe Earth Day Special is a television special revolving around Earth Day that aired on ABC on April 22, 1990. Sponsored by Time Warner, the special featured an all-star cast addressing concerns about global warming, deforestation, and other environmental ills.
The Earth Day Special
1990 · 12 votes
Movie7.0DocumentaryAs a teenager in the '90s, Soleil Moon Frye carried a video camera everywhere she went. She documented hundreds of hours of footage and then locked it away for over 20 years.
kid 90
2021 · 57 votes
Movie5.6ComedyFamilyTo climb the corporate ladder to success, a businessman agrees to coach his company's all-girl soccer team with the help of his secret weapon: his fiancee's son.
Ladybugs
1992 · 183 votes
Movie4.0ComedyThrillerSoon after the arrival of a mysterious exchange student, who they're convinced has something to do with a murder they committed one year earlier, three ruthless high school queen bees begin to prematurely age.
Bad Girls from Valley High
2005 · 23 votes
Movie9.0DocumentaryTV MovieDocumentary focused on the creation of movie and television special effects, hosted by Roy Scheider and Jonathan Brandis, featuring behind the scenes look at how the visual effects were created for popular films of the era.
Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects
1994 · 1 votes
Movie5.9RomanceComedyIn this coming-of-age comedy, Tim Dunphy is leading a go-nowhere existence, spending his days smoking pot and hanging out with his best friend, Drugs Delaney. But Tim's lazy days of getting high are jettisoned after a brush with the law convinces his blue-collar dad to send him to a Connecticut prep school. The one saving grace of the new school is Jane, a fellow student Tim falls for immediately.
Outside Providence
1999 · 108 votes
Movie3.7WarDramaThe Year That Trembled is a coming-of-age story set in 1970 in the shadow of Kent State that focuses on a group of young people facing the Vietnam Draft Lottery.
The Year That Trembled
2002 · 10 votes
Movie5.7ComedyActionFive former cub scouts have a reunion and go camping on the mountain they never conquered. High jinks ensue due to their childhood enemies and a group of escaped convicts who mistake them for an FBI unit.
The Wrong Guys
1988 · 16 votes
MovieActionAdventureThe adventures of SeaQuest DSV crew, an advanced high-tech submarine in mission to protect the oceans against all evil, in a 21st century where human race has colonized underwater.
SeaQuest DSV
1993
Movie6.4DramaAdventureAnother thrilling adventure for Elsa the lioness as she works her magic on two teenagers struggling with changes in their life.
Born Free: A New Adventure
1996 · 10 votes
Movie4.1AdventureDramaA nomadic young woman and other crew members struggle to survive aboard a delivery vessel caught in a violent storm.
Two Came Back
1997 · 16 votes
Movie4.7AdventureActionAn American government hit man on the run makes a pact with two travelers to help him disappear in the Mexican jungle.
Puerto Vallarta Squeeze
2004 · 23 votes
Movie6.3MysteryTV MovieTeenager Ann resents the arrival of Sharon and the fact that her brother Jerry has a crush on the newcomer. When Jerry dies in an accident, Ann blames Sharon and frames her for another death.
Fall into Darkness
1996 · 7 votes
Movie6.3DramaTV MovieUnsold series pilot about wealthy New Yorkers who live in an upscale apartment building, and the various maids, nannies and maintenance people who work for them.
111 Gramercy Park
2003 · 3 votes
Movie6.0DramaTV MovieDrug adict teen gets out of rehab only to be accused of her boyfriend's death.
Her Last Chance
1996 · 5 votes
- MovieDramaTV Movie
A psychopath second grader starts knocking off his schoolmates one by one in order to maintain control of the lunchline. Cafeteria hysteria!
Home Free
1988
Movie7.0RomanceComedyA romantic comedy about an actor and an actress who fake a real life relationship in order to get publicity for a movie that they both star in.
Between The Sheets
2003 · 1 votes
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TV7.5MysteryCrimeAn unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases.
Murder, She Wrote
1984 · 471 votes
TV7.0DramaWar & PoliticsL.A. Law is an American television legal drama series that ran for eight seasons on NBC from September 15, 1986, to May 19, 1994. Created by Steven Bochco and Terry Louise Fisher, it contained many of Bochco's trademark features including a large number of parallel storylines, social drama and off-the-wall humor. It reflected the social and cultural ideologies of the 1980s and early 1990s, and many of the cases featured on the show dealt with hot-topic issues such as abortion, racism, gay rights, homophobia, sexual harassment, AIDS, and domestic violence. The series often also reflected social tensions between the wealthy senior lawyer protagonists and their less well-paid junior staff. The show was popular with audiences and critics, and won 15 Emmy Awards throughout its run, four of which were for Outstanding Drama Series.
L.A. Law
1986 · 81 votes
TV7.5ComedyFamilyAfter the death of his wife, Danny enlists his best friend and his brother-in-law to help raise his three daughters, D.J., Stephanie, and Michelle.
Full House
1987 · 1.2K votes
TV8.3ComedyDramaThe story of Kevin Arnold facing the trials and tribulations of youth while growing up during the 1960s and 70s. Told through narration from an adult Kevin, Kevin faces the difficulties of maintaining relationships and friendships on his enthralling journey into adulthood.
The Wonder Years
1988 · 1.1K votes
TV7.1Sci-Fi & FantasyAction & AdventureIn the early 21st century, mankind has colonized the oceans. The United Earth Oceans Organization enlists Captain Nathan Bridger and the submarine seaQuest DSV to keep the peace and explore the last frontier on Earth.
seaQuest DSV
1993 · 163 votes
TV6.2DramaComedyBlossom Russo is a highly intelligent and spunky teenager. The youngest of three, she lives with her divorced musician father, Nick, eldest brother and recovering substance abuser Anthony, and decidedly not-so-bright middle brother Joey. Along for the ride is Blossom's ditzy best friend, Six, who sometimes shows flashes of great perception.
Blossom
1990 · 114 votes
TV7.7Action & AdventureAnimationThe continuing adventures of paranormal investigators Dr. Peter Venkman, Dr. Egon Spengler, Dr. Ray Stantz, Winston Zeddemore, their secretary Janine Melnitz and their mascot ghost Slimer.
The Real Ghostbusters
1986 · 299 votes
TV7.0Action & AdventureAnimationComing on the heels of the direct-to-video sequel The Return of Jafar, the series picked up where that installment left off, with Aladdin now living in the palace, engaged to beautiful and spunky Princess Jasmine. "Al" and Jasmine went together into peril among sorcerers, monsters, thieves, and more. Monkey sidekick Abu, the animated Magic Carpet, and the fast-talking, shape-shifting Genie came along to help, as did sassy, complaining parrot Iago, formerly Jafar’s pet but now an antihero.
Aladdin
1994 · 385 votes
TV6.1ComedyDramaKate & Allie is an American television situation comedy which ran from March 19, 1984, to May 22, 1989. Kate & Allie first aired on CBS as a midseason replacement series and only six episodes were initially commissioned, but the favorable response from critics and viewers alike easily convinced CBS to commit to a full season in the fall of 1984. The series was created by Sherry Coben.
Kate & Allie
1984 · 27 votes
TV6.9MysterySci-Fi & FantasyIn 1960, seven outcast kids known as "The Losers' Club" fight against an ancient shape-shifting alien who poses as a child-killing clown, while also dealing with bullies and abusive parents. Thirty years later, they reunite to stop the creature once and for all when it returns to their hometown.
It
1990 · 3.4K votes
TV8.0ComedyCrimeSledge Hammer! is an American satirical police sitcom produced by New World Television that ran for two seasons on ABC from 1986 to 1988. The series was created by Alan Spencer and stars David Rasche as Inspector Sledge Hammer, a preposterous caricature of the standard "cop on the edge" character. Al Jean and Mike Reiss, best known for their work on The Simpsons, wrote for the show and worked as story editors.
Sledge Hammer!
1986 · 182 votes
TV7.4Action & AdventureSci-Fi & FantasyWhen a bolt of lightning crashes through a police crime lab, a mix of electrically charged substances bathes chemist Barry Allen, transforming him into the fastest man alive--The Flash.
The Flash
1990 · 532 votes
TV7.0FamilyComedyThe gang from Bayside High is leaving home and heading to the campus of California University for four years of new challenges, new faces and wild, new adventures.
Saved by the Bell: The College Years
1993 · 63 votes
TV7.0Sci-Fi & FantasyAction & AdventureDetective Matthew Sikes, a Los Angeles police officer reluctantly works with "Newcomer" alien George Francisco. Sikes also has an 'on again off again' flirtation with a female Newcomer, Cathy Frankel.
Alien Nation
1989 · 138 votes
TV5.8ComedyAmerica's First Family of Fright awaken after an accidental 22-year nap and must adjust to life in the 1980s.
The Munsters Today
1988 · 13 votes
TV6.9DramaGabriel's Fire is an American television series that ran on ABC in the USA in 1990–1991. A revamped version of the series, entitled Pros and Cons, aired briefly the following season.
Gabriel's Fire
1990 · 8 votes
TV5.7DramaThe true story of Barbara Hutton, who had inherited $40 million by the age of 6. This insight explores the effects that money can have on one's life, loves, and careers.
Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story
1989 · 6 votes
TV6.3DramaPros and Cons is an American television series . It is a revamped version of Gabriel's Fire, which aired on ABC the previous season.
Pros and Cons
1991 · 3 votes
- TV3.0Documentary
Boulevard of Broken Dreams is an American documentary series that aired the E! television network from January to March 2007. The series focuses on stories about celebrities who have struggled with fame, staged major comebacks after falling from grace, or who met untimely ends.
Boulevard of Broken Dreams
2007 · 1 votes
TV6.5DramaJohnny Hawkins (Robert Urich) and his 16-year-old son, Dylan (Dalton James), renew their relationship traveling across America on a motorcycle.
Crossroads
1992 · 2 votes