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1. Miami Vice (1984–1989)
TV-14 | 48 min | Action, Crime, Drama
-Resplendent with authentic 1980s music, fashion, and vibe, "Miami Vice" follows two undercover detectives and their extended team through the mean streets of Miami, Florida.
Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Olivia Brown
Votes: 30,282
2. Highway to Heaven (1984–1989)
TV-PG | 60 min | Drama, Fantasy
A probationary angel, sent back to Earth, teams with an ex-cop to help people.
Stars: Michael Landon, Victor French, James Troesh, Margie Impert
Votes: 6,542
3. Kojak (1973–1978)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A bald, lollipop sucking police detective with a fiery righteous attitude battles crime in his city.
Stars: Telly Savalas, Dan Frazer, Kevin Dobson, George Savalas
Votes: 8,902
4. Hunter (I) (1984–1991)
TV-14 | 48 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Rick Hunter is a renegade cop who bends the rules and takes justice into his own hands. Partnered with the equally stunning and rebellious Sgt. McCall, he sets out to crack down on L.A.'s slimiest criminals.
Stars: Fred Dryer, Stepfanie Kramer, Charles Hallahan, Perry Cook
Votes: 5,663
5. 227 (1985–1990)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy
This series took place in an apartment building numbered 227. The cast would frequently be sitting outside on a large set of stone stairs, involved in some discussion that would unfold into the weekly plotline.
Stars: Helen Martin, Marla Gibbs, Hal Williams, Alaina Reed-Hall
Votes: 3,993
6. Falcon Crest (1981–1990)
TV-PG | 60 min | Drama, Romance
Set in the vineyards of California, this prime-time soap opera presented the conflict in the powerful Gioberti family, owners of the vast Falcon Crest Winery.
Stars: Jane Wyman, Lorenzo Lamas, Chao Li Chi, David Selby
Votes: 4,277
7. Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1983–1987)
TV-14 | 60 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance
The adventures of a housewife and a spy, with whom she fell in love.
Stars: Kate Jackson, Bruce Boxleitner, Beverly Garland, Mel Stewart
Votes: 3,828
8. Simon & Simon (1981–1989)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Two brothers of disparate tastes and manners run a private detective agency.
Stars: Jameson Parker, Gerald McRaney, Mary Carver, Tim Reid
Votes: 6,120
9. The Magical World of Disney (1954–1997)
TV-G | 120 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
A Disney-produced anthology covering many different genres.
Stars: Walt Disney, Paul Frees, Clarence Nash, Slim Pickens
Votes: 2,295
10. Vega$ (1978–1981)
60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Dan Tanna is a private investigator in the gambling town of Las Vegas, Nevada. Vegas can be seedy or glamorous, depending on your point of view.
Stars: Robert Urich, Bart Braverman, Phyllis Davis, Greg Morris
Votes: 2,252
11. Trapper John, M.D. (1979–1986)
60 min | Drama
The Korean War M*A*S*H unit veteran operates as Chief Surgeon in a major city hospital with his colleagues.
Stars: Pernell Roberts, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Charles Siebert, Gregory Harrison
Votes: 2,221
12. The Heavenly Kid (1985)
PG-13 | 90 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
In order to earn his wings and get into heaven, a hip guardian angel is handed the task of watching over a lonely high school boy who needs guidance on how to fit in.
Director: Cary Medoway | Stars: Lewis Smith, Jason Gedrick, Jane Kaczmarek, Richard Mulligan
Votes: 5,656 | Gross: $3.85M
13. Matt Houston (1982–1985)
90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Matt Houston is a wealthy Texan who moves to California to oversee his family's offshore drilling enterprises but spends most of his time dabbling in his private investigator hobby.
Stars: Lee Horsley, Pamela Hensley, Lincoln Kilpatrick, Cis Rundle
Votes: 1,462
14. Dragnet (1951–1959)
TV-14 | 30 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Sgt. Joe Friday and his partners methodically investigate crimes in Los Angeles.
Stars: Jack Webb, Ben Alexander, Olan Soule, Vic Perrin
Votes: 2,371
15. I Spy (1965–1968)
51 min | Action, Adventure
A pair of intelligence agents posing as a tennis pro and his coach go on secret missions around the world.
Stars: Robert Culp, Bill Cosby, Kenneth Tobey, Arthur Batanides
Votes: 2,489
16. Absence of Malice (1981)
PG | 116 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
When a prosecutor leaks to a Miami reporter that a liquor wholesaler is suspected in the murder of a union head, the man's life begins to unravel.
Director: Sydney Pollack | Stars: Paul Newman, Sally Field, Bob Balaban, Melinda Dillon
Votes: 14,783 | Gross: $40.72M
17. Porky's II: The Next Day (1983)
R | 98 min | Comedy
The naughty high schoolers of Angel Beach High now seek revenge on a group of KKK religious fanatics and corrupt politicians who want to shut down their Shakespeare production after they cast a Seminole transfer student in the lead.
Director: Bob Clark | Stars: Dan Monahan, Wyatt Knight, Mark Herrier, Roger Wilson
Votes: 12,773 | Gross: $33.76M
18. Gentle Ben (1967–1969)
30 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The adventures in the Florida Everglades of game warden Tom Wedloe, his wife Ellen, their son Mark, and Mark's tame bear Ben.
Stars: Dennis Weaver, Clint Howard, Beth Brickell, Bruno the Bear
Votes: 705
19. Medical Center (1969–1976)
60 min | Drama
Located in the Los Angeles, California area, the Medical Center was an otherwise unnamed hospital complex that was part of a larger university campus.
Stars: James Daly, Chad Everett, Chris Hutson, Virginia Hawkins
Votes: 878
20. The Highwayman (1987–1988)
60 min | Action, Sci-Fi
Series featuring a large high-tech automobile whose driver, the "Highwayman" of the title, is part of a team of federal marshals tasked with righting wrongs.
Stars: Sam J. Jones, Mark 'Jacko' Jackson, Tim Russ, Jane Badler
Votes: 547
21. The Name of the Game (1968–1971)
TV-PG | 90 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Sandy, a young woman in the research dept of Howard Publications has wild romantic daydreams about her boss Glenn Howard that confuse her sense of reality, hampering Howard in an investigation.
Stars: Gene Barry, Susan Saint James, Robert Stack, Anthony Franciosa
Votes: 698
22. Blood Feast (1963)
Not Rated | 67 min | Horror
An Egyptian caterer kills various women in suburban Miami to use their body parts to revive a dormant Egyptian goddess while an inept police detective tries to track him down.
Director: Herschell Gordon Lewis | Stars: William Kerwin, Mal Arnold, Connie Mason, Lyn Bolton
Votes: 7,349 | Gross: $4.00M
23. The Quest (1976)
TV-PG | 60 min | Drama, Western
Two brothers and a sister separated by Indians when the younger brother and sister were taken by them. The brothers finally reunite and decide to go on a quest to find their sister.
Stars: Kurt Russell, Tim Matheson, Frank Salsedo, Dan O'Herlihy
Votes: 294
24. Two Thousand Maniacs! (1964)
Not Rated | 83 min | Horror
Six people are lured into a small Deep South town for a Centennial celebration where the residents proceed to kill them one by one as revenge for the town's destruction during the Civil War.
Director: Herschell Gordon Lewis | Stars: Connie Mason, William Kerwin, Jeffrey Allen, Shelby Livingston
Votes: 5,290
25. Password Plus (1979–1982)
TV-G | 30 min | Family, Game-Show
Revised version of the verenable Goodson-Todman game show, where celebrity-contestant teams try to convey passwords.
Stars: Allen Ludden, Tom Kennedy, Bill Cullen, Gene Wood
Votes: 288
26. ABC Weekend Specials (1977–1995)
TV-Y | 30 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A youth anthology series focusing primarily on adaptations of children's literature.
Stars: Willie Tyler, Frank Welker, Hal Smith, Janet Waldo
Votes: 353
27. Iron Horse (1966–1968)
60 min | Western
Ben Calhoun won the half-completed Buffalo Pass, Scalplock, and Defiance Line railroad in a poker game and must interact with 1880s first nation, bankers, and bad guys to complete the line.
Stars: Dale Robertson, Robert Random, Gary Collins, Roger Torrey
Votes: 231
28. The Single Girls (1973)
R | 83 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror
A group of swingers at a Caribbean resort are stalked by a mysterious killer.
Directors: Beverly Sebastian, Ferd Sebastian | Stars: Claudia Jennings, Jean Marie Ingels, Cheri Howell, Joan Prather
Votes: 269
29. General Electric Theater (1953–1962)
TV-G | 30 min | Drama
An American anthology series, with a new episode and different actors and actresses each week. Hosted by Ronald Reagan, the series was sponsored by General Electric's Department of Public Relations.
Stars: Ronald Reagan, Don Herbert, Nancy Reagan, Lee Marvin
Votes: 433
30. Broken Arrow (1956–1958)
30 min | Western
Indian Agent Tom Jeffords makes friends with Chief Cochise, becoming a blood brother of the Apache. Together they fight white schemers and renegade Indians.
Stars: John Lupton, Michael Ansara, Steven Ritch, Steve Conte
Votes: 271
31. Dear Dead Delilah (1972)
R | 98 min | Comedy, Crime, Horror
A sickly matriarch of a dysfunctional family living in an old Southern mansion teases her siblings about finding a long lost treasure hidden in the premises, little did she know that there is someone ready to kill to get their hands on it.
Director: John Farris | Stars: Agnes Moorehead, Will Geer, Michael Ansara, Dennis Patrick
Votes: 502
32. The Outsider (1968–1969)
60 min | Crime, Drama
David Ross is a orphaned, ex-con, loner living in a world that loaths and makes a living as a private investgator in Los Angeles to tackle his financial problems and other people's problems as well.
Stars: Darren McGavin, James Edwards, Bill Quinn, Will J. White
Votes: 99
33. M Squad (1957–1960)
Not Rated | 30 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
The hard-hitting adventures of tough Lieutenant Frank Ballinger, a member of the Chicago Police Department's M Squad, an elite crime-fighting unit.
Stars: Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Gail Kobe, Morris Ankrum
Votes: 389
34. How I Became a Nudist (1968)
81 min | Comedy, Drama
A young model and her friends vacation at a horse ranch. The owner of the ranch is a nudist and takes the girls to a nudist camp to show them the wonders of nudism.
Directors: Harry Kerwin, Larry Wolk | Stars: Morganna, Maria Stinger, Harry W. Stinger, Cindy Shane
Votes: 33
35. Scum of the Earth (1963)
Not Rated | 75 min | Drama, Thriller
A naive and innocent teenage girl is blackmailed into modeling in the nude for a photographer who is in league with a teenage gang whose boss illegally sells photos of teenage girls being abused and degraded.
Director: Herschell Gordon Lewis | Stars: William Kerwin, Louise Downe, Lawrence J. Aberwood, Sandra Sinclair
Votes: 854
36. Schlitz Playhouse (1951–1959)
30 min | Comedy, Drama
Originally billed as "Playhouse of the Stars" this long running anthology series was originally presented live from New York City. Irene Dunne was briefly the hostess in 1952, and the show frequently used Broadway performers in classic stories.
Stars: James Mason, Irene Dunne, Robert Paige, Walter Coy
Votes: 338
37. The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (1969–1973)
60 min | Drama
The cases of well-respected neurosurgeon Dr. David Craig and his two young charges.
Stars: David Hartman, E.G. Marshall, John Saxon, Robert Walden
Votes: 164
38. Bell, Bare and Beautiful (1963)
Unrated | 64 min | Comedy
A young millionaire is obsessed by a woman he keeps dreaming about but doesn't know. After an investigation, he discovers that she is a large-breasted stripper who spends a lot of time in a nudist camp. He decides to follow her there.
Director: Herschell Gordon Lewis | Stars: Virginia Bell, William Kerwin, David F. Friedman, Sunny Dare
Votes: 111
39. Impulse (1974)
PG | 87 min | Horror, Thriller
A paranoid, leisure-suit-wearing conman/gigolo named Matt Stone seduces lonely women, bilks them of their savings via an investment scam, then kills them. When he begins seeing an ... See full summary »
Director: William Grefé | Stars: William Shatner, Ruth Roman, Jennifer Bishop, Kim Nicholas
Votes: 671 | Gross: $0.08M
40. The Evictors (1979)
PG | 92 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A nice young couple move into an eerie house which is located in a small Louisiana town, unaware of its violent history, and soon find themselves tormented by the previous owners.
Director: Charles B. Pierce | Stars: Vic Morrow, Michael Parks, Jessica Harper, Sue Ane Langdon
Votes: 1,347
41. Tomcats (1976)
R | 83 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
When four degenerate thugs rape and murder a young waitress in part of their rape and murder spree, they are arrested, but get away with though a legal technicality. The brother of one of ... See full summary »
Director: Harry Kerwin | Stars: Chris Mulkey, Polly King, Wayne Crawford, Daniel Schweitzer
Votes: 188
42. Sting of Death (1966)
80 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A deformed man working for a marine biologist takes revenge on the people that mock him by experimenting with a deadly jellyfish.
Director: William Grefé | Stars: Joe Morrison, Valerie Hawkins, John Vella, Jack Nagle
Votes: 705
43. The Naked Zoo (1970)
R | 85 min | Drama
A seductive matron lives in Miami with her wealthy, wheelchair-bound husband. Frustrated, she beds a young author. The gravy train abruptly derails when her husband finds out, and murder ensues.
Director: William Grefé | Stars: Rita Hayworth, Steve Oliver, Canned Heat, Fay Spain
Votes: 356
44. Barracuda (1978)
PG | 98 min | Horror, Thriller
Little coastal town is being terrorized by deadly Barracudas.
Directors: Harry Kerwin, Wayne Crawford | Stars: Wayne Crawford, Jason Evers, Roberta Leighton, Cliff Emmich
Votes: 1,226
45. Revenge for a Rape (1976 TV Movie)
100 min | Crime, Drama
Three men attack and rape a man's wife while on a camping trip. The man takes it upon himself to track them down.
Director: Timothy Galfas | Stars: Mike Connors, Robert Reed, Tracy Brooks Swope, Larry Watson
Votes: 140
46. The Gruesome Twosome (1967)
Not Rated | 72 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A demented elderly woman has her mentally-retarded son kill and scalp various young women to use their hair for her wig shop while a persistent coed tries to link various killings on a local Florida college campus to them.
Director: Herschell Gordon Lewis | Stars: Elizabeth Davis, Gretchen Wells, Chris Martell, Rodney Bedell
Votes: 1,208
47. Dinah! (1974–1980)
90 min | Comedy, Music, Talk-Show
Dinah's show premiered 9 September 1974 and continued through to 4 September 1981. She started out the 70's with Dinah's Place which usually featured one guest and was more of a home ... See full summary »
Stars: Dinah Shore, Charles Nelson Reilly, Betty White, Norm Crosby
Votes: 312
48. Wide Country (1962–1963)
60 min | Drama, Sport, Western
Mitch Guthrie is a champion bronco rider in the rodeo who tries to keep his kid brother, Andy, from pursuing the same life.
Stars: Earl Holliman, Andrew Prine, Slim Pickens, Ray Teal
Votes: 94
49. The Shadow of Chikara (1977)
PG | 114 min | Horror, Western
Two former Confederate captains set out to recover diamonds hidden in the mountains of Arkansas but a native spirit named Chikara is said to protect the sacred mountains against intruders.
Director: Earl E. Smith | Stars: Joe Don Baker, Sondra Locke, Ted Neeley, Joy N. Houck Jr.
Votes: 463
50. The Merv Griffin Show (1962–1986)
TV-PG | 60 min | Comedy, Family, Music
Merv Griffin invites a series of actors, actresses, writers, and directors to discuss the progressive work they have done and current culture, arts, and entertainment surrounding the numerous projects.
Stars: Merv Griffin, Mort Lindsey, Mort Lindsey Orchestra, Arthur Treacher
Votes: 608