Direction: Alan Rafkin

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Alan Rafkin. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


M*A*S*H (MASH) (TV Series)

1972 · Series · 25 min. · United States

Direction Richard Hooker · Charles S. Dubin · Alan Alda · Burt Metcalfe

Cast Alan Alda · Loretta Swit · William Christopher · Gary Burghoff

Plot TV Series (1972-1983). 11 Seasons. 251 Episodes. War (Korean War). The 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital is stuck in the middle of the Korean war. With little help from the...

7.2

6K votes

7.2

6K votes

Get Smart (TV Series)

1965 · Series · 20 min. · United States

Direction Buck Henry · Mel Brooks · Gary Nelson · Bruce Bilson

Cast Don Adams · Barbara Feldon · Edward Platt · Robert Karvelas

Plot TV Series (1965-1970). 5 Seasons. 138 Episodes. Mel Brooks and Buck Henry created this show as a spoof of James Bond and the many TV imitators that followed in 007's...

6.9

9K votes

6.9

9K votes

Mary Tyler Moore (TV Series)

1970 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction James L. Brooks · Allan Burns · Jay Sandrich · Peter Baldwin

Cast Mary Tyler Moore · Ed Asner · Valerie Harper · Gavin MacLeod

Plot TV Series (1970-1977). 7 Seasons. 168 Episodes. Mary Richards moves to Minneapolis after a relationship goes bad. She finds work as an associate producer in a small television newsroom where...

6.1

410 votes

6.1

410 votes

Murphy Brown (TV Series)

1988 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Diane English · Peter Bonerz · Barnet Kellman · Lee Shallat Chemel

Cast Candice Bergen · Faith Ford · Charles Kimbrough · Robert Pastorelli

Plot TV Series (1988-1998). 10 Seasons. 247 Episodes. Murphy Brown is a very selfish, stubborn, extremely hot-tempered but also talented, resourceful, clever and caring middle-aged reporter who works for FYI News...

6.0

2K votes

6.0

2K votes

My Favorite Martian (TV Series)

1963 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Oscar Rudolph · Leslie Goodwins · John Erman · David Alexander

Cast Ray Walston · Bill Bixby · Pamela Britton · Alan Hewitt

Plot A sarcastic Martian comes to live with a hapless young Terran on Earth.

5.8

149 votes

5.8

149 votes

I Dream of Jeannie (TV Series)

1965 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Sidney Sheldon · Hal Cooper · Claudio Guzmán · Gene Nelson

Cast Barbara Eden · Larry Hagman · Bill Daily · Hayden Rorke

Plot Captain Tony Nelson is an astronaut. While on a mission, he discovered a mysterious bottle. Opening it, he released Jeannie (a Genie) who was so overjoyed at her release she...

5.8

398 votes

5.8

398 votes

Coach (TV Series)

1989 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Barry Kemp · Alan Rafkin · Craig T. Nelson · Jeff Meyer

Cast Craig T. Nelson · Jerry Van Dyke · Shelley Fabares · Bill Fagerbakke

Plot Hayden Fox is the head coach of a university football team, and eats, sleeps and lives football. His partner, however, does not share his passion for the sport, which frequently...

5.0

180 votes

5.0

180 votes

Veronica's Closet (TV Series)

1997 · Series · 22 min. · United States

Direction David Crane · Marta Kauffman · Robert Berlinger · Alan Rafkin

Cast Kirstie Alley · Dan Cortese · Wallace Langham · Daryl Mitchell

Plot TV Series (1997-2000). 3 Seasons. 66 Episodes. The show starred Kirstie Alley as Veronica Chase, the head of her own lingerie company (the show's title is a play on Victoria's...

4.8

1K votes

4.8

1K votes

Jesse (TV Series)

1998 · Series · 22 min. · United States

Direction Ira Ungerleider · David Crane · Marta Kauffman · Robby Benson

Cast Christina Applegate · George Dzundza · Bruno Campos · Eric Lloyd

Plot TV Series (1998-2000). 2 Seasons. 42 Episodes. Jesse was a sitcom which ran on NBC from 1998 to 2000. The show was created by Ira Ungerleider, formerly a writer on...

4.7

484 votes

4.7

484 votes

Suddenly Susan (TV Series)

1996 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Clyde Phillips · Shelley Jensen · Philip Charles MacKenzie · Alan Rafkin

Cast Brooke Shields · Judd Nelson · Nestor Carbonell · David Strickland

Plot TV Series (1996-2000). 4 Seasons. 93 Episodes. Brooke Shields stars as Susan Keane, a woman who ditches her wealthy husband-to-be in the middle of their wedding ceremony, only to wind...

4.6

3K votes

4.6

3K votes

Ride to Hangman's Tree

1967 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

4.5

54 votes

4.5

54 votes

The Shakiest Gun in the West

1968 · Movie · 101 min. · United States

Direction Alan Rafkin

Cast Don Knotts · Barbara Rhoades · Jackie Coogan · Don 'Red' Barry

Plot Jesse W. Haywood graduates from dental school in Philadelphia in 1870 and goes west "to fight oral ignorance." Meanwhile stagecoach robber Penelope "Bad Penny" Cushing is offered a pardon if...

4.3

29 votes

4.3

29 votes

The Love Boat (TV Series)

1977 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Douglas S. Cramer · Aaron Spelling · Richard Kinon · Roger Duchowny

Cast Gavin MacLeod · Bernie Kopell · Fred Grandy · Ted Lange

Plot TV Series (1977-1986). 10 Seasons. 249 Episodes. Passengers who search for romantic nights aboard a beautiful ship traveling to tropical or mysterious countries, decide to pass their vacation aboard the...

4.3

6K votes

4.3

6K votes

What's Happening!! (TV Series)

1976 · Series · 24 min. · United States

Direction Mark Warren · Lee Bernhardi · Dick Harwood · Hal Alexander

Cast Ernest Thomas · Haywood Nelson · Danielle Spencer · Fred Berry

Plot TV Series (1976-1979). 3 Seasons. 65 Episodes. A trio of black youths learn about life, love, friendship, credit cards, gambling, and a variety of other things while growing up in...

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Nancy (TV Series)

1970 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Jerome Courtland · Claudio Guzmán · Alan Rafkin · E.W. Swackhamer

Cast Renne Jarrett · Robert F. Simon · John Fink · Celeste Holm

Plot Nancy Smith was the attractive young daughter of the President of the United States. She met a young veterinarian from Center City, Iowa (near Des Moines) and they fell in...

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Chicken Soup (TV Series)

1989 · Series · min. · United States

Direction Saul Turteltaub · Bernie Orenstein · Alan Rafkin · Terry Hughes

Cast Jackie Mason · Lynn Redgrave · Rita Karin · Kathryn Erbe

Plot 12 episodes. The sitcom focuses on the interfaith relationship of a middle-aged Jewish man, Jackie (Jackie Mason), and an Irish Catholic woman, Maddie (Lynn Redgrave). Episodes centered around humorous situations...

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Good Advice (TV Series)

1993 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Danny Jacobson · Norma Safford Vela · Barnet Kellman · Ted Bessel

Cast Shelley Long · Treat Williams · Ross Malinger · George Wyner

Plot Marriage counselor Susan DeRuzza winds up sharing office space with divorce attorney Jack Harold and sparks fly.

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Glitter (TV Series)

1984 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Gabrielle Beaumont · Alan Rafkin · Bruce Bilson · Jackie Cooper

Cast David Birney · Morgan Brittany · Arthur Hill · Arte Johnson

Plot The story of the relationships that go on at the offices of "Glitter," a top entertainment magazine.

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Hope & Gloria (TV Series)

1995 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Cherie Steinkellner · Bill Steinkellner · Michael Lembeck · Alan Rafkin

Cast Cynthia Stevenson · Jessica Lundy · Alan Thicke · Enrico Colantoni

Plot American sitcom about two girls hope and Gloria who are working together in an office environment in downtown Pittsburgh.

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Me and the Chimp (TV Series)

1972 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Garry Marshall · Alan Rafkin · Earl Bellamy · Ted Bessel

Cast Ted Bessel · Anita Gillett · Kami Cotler · Scott C. Colden

Plot Dentist Mike Reynolds is living a good life with his wife Liz and his two children. When Scott and Kitty find a chimp, he reluctantly agrees to keep it but...

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Not rated