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1. Perry Mason (1957–1966)

TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The trials of a master criminal defense attorney handling the most difficult cases in support of the innocent.

Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, Ray Collins

Votes: 11,887

2. Columbo (1971–2003)

TV-PG | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Los Angeles homicide detective Lieutenant Columbo uses his humble ways and ingenuous demeanor to winkle out even the most well-concealed of crimes.

Stars: Peter Falk, Mike Lally, John Finnegan, Bruce Kirby

Votes: 42,128

3. They Won't Believe Me (1947)

Approved | 95 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Romance

On trial for murdering his girlfriend, philandering stockbroker Larry Ballentine takes the stand to claim his innocence and describe the actual, but improbable-sounding, sequence of events that led to her death.

Director: Irving Pichel | Stars: Robert Young, Susan Hayward, Jane Greer, Rita Johnson

Votes: 2,976

4. Checkmate (1960–1962)

60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Don Corey and Jed Sills operate Checkmate, Inc., a very high-priced detective agency in San Francisco. Helping them protect the lives of their clients is British criminologist (once an Oxford professor) Carl Hyatt.

Stars: Anthony George, Doug McClure, Sebastian Cabot, Ken Lynch

Votes: 317

5. Topper Returns (1941)

Passed | 88 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Mystery

A fun-loving young woman is murdered after trading bedrooms with her wealthy friend. Her ghost seeks aid from Topper to find the murderer.

Director: Roy Del Ruth | Stars: Joan Blondell, Roland Young, Carole Landis, Billie Burke

Votes: 3,427

6. The Glass Key (1942)

Passed | 85 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

A crooked politician finds himself being accused of murder by a gangster from whom he refused help during a re-election campaign.

Director: Stuart Heisler | Stars: Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, Brian Donlevy, Bonita Granville

Votes: 7,410

7. Night Has a Thousand Eyes (1948)

Approved | 81 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy

After phony stage mentalist Triton mysteriously acquires supernatural powers of precognition, he becomes frightened and abandons his act to live in anonymity.

Director: John Farrow | Stars: Edward G. Robinson, Gail Russell, John Lund, Virginia Bruce

Votes: 1,748

8. The Big Clock (1948)

Not Rated | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

A magazine tycoon commits a murder and pins it on an innocent man, who then tries to solve the murder himself.

Director: John Farrow | Stars: Ray Milland, Maureen O'Sullivan, Charles Laughton, George Macready

Votes: 9,546

9. The Whole Truth (1958)

Approved | 84 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A movie executive is framed for the murder of his beautiful promiscuous leading lady by her jealous, estranged husband.

Directors: John Guillermin, Dan Cohen | Stars: Stewart Granger, Donna Reed, George Sanders, Gianna Maria Canale

Votes: 547

10. The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt (1939)

Passed | 71 min | Adventure, Mystery

A group of spies is after the plans for an anti-aircraft gun, and the leader uses the opportunity to embroil the Lone Wolf in the plot. Trying to settle an old score, this shady character ... See full summary »

Director: Peter Godfrey | Stars: Warren William, Ida Lupino, Rita Hayworth, Virginia Weidler

Votes: 824

11. Back from Eternity (1956)

Approved | 97 min | Adventure, Drama

After a commercial plane crash lands in a South American jungle, the passengers and pilots must patch up the engines and escape the cannibal-infested area.

Director: John Farrow | Stars: Robert Ryan, Anita Ekberg, Rod Steiger, Phyllis Kirk

Votes: 1,638

12. 87th Precinct (1961–1962)

60 min | Crime, Drama

Manhattan's 87th precinct forms the backdrop for this grim and gritty police drama based on the long-running series of novels by Ed McBain. Storylines focus on neighborhood crime, and the ... See full summary »

Stars: Robert Lansing, Ron Harper, Gregory Walcott, Norman Fell

Votes: 196

13. Submarine Command (1951)

Approved | 87 min | Drama, War

Submarine commander Ken White reminisces about his wartime years aboard submarine USS Tiger Shark and struggles with feelings of personal guilt.

Director: John Farrow | Stars: William Holden, Nancy Olson, William Bendix, Don Taylor

Votes: 685

14. Plunder of the Sun (1953)

Approved | 81 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

American adventurer gets involved in archaeological artifact smuggling and treasure hunting in Mexico.

Director: John Farrow | Stars: Glenn Ford, Diana Lynn, Patricia Medina, Francis L. Sullivan

Votes: 853

15. The Unholy Wife (1957)

Passed | 94 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

A gold-digger floozy marries a wealthy wine producer but she secretly takes a young lover with whom she conspires to murder her husband for his fortune.

Director: John Farrow | Stars: Diana Dors, Rod Steiger, Tom Tryon, Beulah Bondi

Votes: 630

16. Hong Kong (1960–1961)

60 min | Adventure

Glenn Evans, a two-fisted journalist in Hong Kong, follows up stories involving smugglers, spies, murderers, and beautiful women in distress, with the help of his friend Chief Inspector Neil Campbell.

Stars: Rod Taylor, Lloyd Bochner, Jack Kruschen, Gerald Jann

Votes: 180

17. Copper Canyon (1950)

Passed | 84 min | Western

Performing sharpshooter Johnny Carter is asked to help a beleaguered group of copper miners.

Director: John Farrow | Stars: Ray Milland, Hedy Lamarr, Macdonald Carey, Mona Freeman

Votes: 804

18. Botany Bay (1952)

Approved | 93 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance

In 1787, American medical student Hugh Tallant and British convicts are sent from London to New South Wales on a ship commanded by the evil Captain Gilbert.

Director: John Farrow | Stars: Alan Ladd, James Mason, Patricia Medina, Cedric Hardwicke

Votes: 578

19. Alias Nick Beal (1949)

Approved | 93 min | Drama, Fantasy, Film-Noir

A district attorney rises to political success and the governorship but loses his sense of morality once he starts associating with the shadowy and perhaps diabolical Nick Beal.

Director: John Farrow | Stars: Ray Milland, Audrey Totter, Thomas Mitchell, George Macready

Votes: 1,281

20. The Accused (1949)

Approved | 101 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Romance

A beautiful psychology professor tries to hide a self-defense killing.

Director: William Dieterle | Stars: Loretta Young, Robert Cummings, Wendell Corey, Sam Jaffe

Votes: 1,101

21. The Redhead and the Cowboy (1951)

Approved | 82 min | Drama, Romance, Western

Framed for murder during the Civil War, Gil Kyle's only alibi is Confederate agent Candace Bronson who he must track down in dangerous territory filled with foes.

Director: Leslie Fenton | Stars: Glenn Ford, Edmond O'Brien, Rhonda Fleming, Alan Reed

Votes: 391

22. Markham (1959–1960)

30 min | Crime, Drama

A private investigator, who had been a successful lawyer, solves crimes almost anywhere in the world, although he is based in New York City.

Stars: Ray Milland, Simon Scott, Henry Corden, Barney Phillips

Votes: 87

23. Nocturne (1946)

Approved | 87 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

In 1940s Los Angeles, when womanizing composer Keith Vincent is found dead, the inquest concludes it was a suicide but police detective Joe Warne isn't so sure.

Director: Edwin L. Marin | Stars: George Raft, Lynn Bari, Virginia Huston, Joseph Pevney

Votes: 1,667

24. Beyond Glory (1948)

Approved | 82 min | Drama

Thinking he may have caused the death of his commanding officer Captain Daniels in Tunisia, Rocky visits Daniels' widow. She falls for him, he falls for her, she encourages him to go to ... See full summary »

Director: John Farrow | Stars: Alan Ladd, Donna Reed, George Macready, George Coulouris

Votes: 296

25. The Unchained Goddess (1958 TV Movie)

57 min | Animation

A scientist and a writer explain the various meteorological phenomena to Meteora, the goddess of weather, while giving an insight into the technology involved in predicting them and warning about the threat of global climate change.

Directors: Richard Carlson, William T. Hurtz | Stars: Richard Carlson, Frank Baxter, Bernard C. Hunt, Mel Blanc

Votes: 133

26. The Westland Case (1937)

Approved | 62 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

A detective must solve a case where a girl was murdered in a room--and all the doors and windows were locked from the inside.

Director: Christy Cabanne | Stars: Preston Foster, Frank Jenks, Carol Hughes, Barbara Pepper

Votes: 151

27. The Lady in the Morgue (1938)

Approved | 67 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A detective investigates the disappearance of a girl's body from the city morgue.

Director: Otis Garrett | Stars: Preston Foster, Patricia Ellis, Frank Jenks, Thomas E. Jackson

Votes: 173

28. The Strange Case of the Cosmic Rays (1957 TV Movie)

55 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

Traces, in an easy-to-follow way, the discovery of cosmic rays. You don't need rocket science to follow along with the explanations. Saw it while a Junior in HS and it spurred me to study ... See full summary »

Directors: Frank Capra, William T. Hurtz | Stars: Richard Carlson, Frank Baxter, Bil Baird, Cora Baird

Votes: 144

29. Pursuit (1958–1959)

60 min | Drama

A short-lived anthology series, with a running theme. Each episode focused on a person or group that was being pursued. Charles Russell and Eva Wolas shared the role of the producer, while ... See full summary »

Stars: Joan Bennett, Dennis Hopper, Rip Torn, John Cassavetes

Votes: 50

30. Rendezvous in Space (1964)

19 min | Documentary, Short

A futuristic documentary for Martin Marietta Corporation, about America's plans for a space station and space shuttles.

Director: Frank Capra | Stars: Marcia McBroom, Jim Backus, Mel Blanc, June Foray

Votes: 51

31. Night in New Orleans (1942)

Approved | 75 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Police Lieutenant Steve Abbott is engrossed in a baffling murder case. As Steve pieces the clues together, he comes to the sobering conclusion that his own wife Ethel might be intimately ... See full summary »

Director: William Clemens | Stars: Preston Foster, Patricia Morison, Albert Dekker, Charles Butterworth

Votes: 95

32. Phantom Raiders (1940)

Passed | 70 min | Mystery

An insurance company tasks with Carter and Beeswax to go to Panama where cargo ships are mysteriously exploding and sending their valuable cargoes to the bottom with all hands.

Director: Jacques Tourneur | Stars: Walter Pidgeon, Donald Meek, Joseph Schildkraut, Florence Rice

Votes: 487

33. Sealed Verdict (1948)

Approved | 83 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery

A former U.S. special prosecutor, Major Robert Lawson, begins to suspect that a Nazi war criminal on death row, General Otto Stiegman, has been wrongfully convicted of leveling a French village along with all of its inhabitants in WWII.

Director: Lewis Allen | Stars: Ray Milland, Florence Marly, John Hoyt, Norbert Schiller

Votes: 76

34. The Last Warning (1938)

Approved | 63 min | Mystery

In their third and last teaming, Bill Crane and Doc Williams visit a country estate to investigate threatening letters from the mysterious 'Eye.'

Director: Albert S. Rogell | Stars: Preston Foster, Frank Jenks, Kay Linaker, E.E. Clive

Votes: 50

35. Whistling in Dixie (1942)

Passed | 74 min | Comedy, Mystery, Crime

Radio sleuth Wally "The Fox" Benton forgoes his honeymoon to help his wife's old friend solve a murder and hunt for Civil War gold inside a spooky mansion and fort.

Director: S. Sylvan Simon | Stars: Red Skelton, Ann Rutherford, George Bancroft, Guy Kibbee

Votes: 708 | Gross: $0.22M

36. Columbo (1971–2003)
Episode: The Greenhouse Jungle (1972)

Not Rated | 74 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Columbo arrives at a kidnapping case, which at some point turns to worse. Everything seems to be related to a trust fund managed by a man with a great love for orchids.

Director: Boris Sagal | Stars: Peter Falk, Ray Milland, Bob Dishy, Sandra Smith

Votes: 2,930

37. 87th Precinct (1961–1962)
Episode: Out of Order (1962)

60 min | Crime, Drama

The detectives investigate a series of phone booth bombings. One suspect, feeling persecuted about being accused due to his past record, decides to copy the bombings and take advantage of them to commit robbery as well.

Director: Dick Moder | Stars: Robert Lansing, Ron Harper, Gregory Walcott, Norman Fell

Votes: 9

38. Checkmate (1960–1962)
Episode: Target: Tycoon (1960)

60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A woman hired Checkmate to prevent the murder of her father, an oil magnate. He suspects his assailant is an ex-partner and wants a private showdown with his nemesis.

Director: Frank Arrigo | Stars: Anthony George, Doug McClure, Sebastian Cabot, Charles Bickford

Votes: 14

39. Checkmate (1960–1962)
Episode: The Sound of Nervous Laughter (1962)

60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A theatrical actress consults Checkmate after her husband and stage star is nearly killed in an apparent accident during a rehearsal.

Director: Paul Stewart | Stars: Anthony George, Doug McClure, Sebastian Cabot, George Sanders

Votes: 17

40. Hong Kong (1960–1961)
Episode: Murder by Proxy (1961)

60 min | Adventure

The sudden appearance in Hong Kong of Glenn's old girlfriend Grace Richmond coincides with a series of potentially fatal mishaps, including a gas leak in his home, brakes failing on his car... See full summary »

Director: Sutton Roley | Stars: Rod Taylor, Lloyd Bochner, Nancy Gates, Paul Richards

41. Hong Kong (1960–1961)
Episode: The Dragon Cup (1960)

60 min | Adventure

Glenn Evans' friend and rival, journalist Kate Martin, unwittingly takes a picture of a judge who mysteriously disappeared ten years ago. She becomes a pawn in a deadly game, as his former ... See full summary »

Director: Walter Doniger | Stars: Rod Taylor, Lloyd Bochner, Bethel Leslie, Harold J. Stone

42. Hong Kong (1960–1961)
Episode: The Jade Empress (1960)

60 min | Adventure

A small jade statue is stolen and Glen becomes involved when someone passes to him what is assumed to be a copy of the statue. Knowledge of the statue spreads quickly and every criminal in ... See full summary »

Director: Don Taylor | Stars: Rod Taylor, Lloyd Bochner, Pat Crowley, Robert Emhardt

Votes: 11

43. Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode: The Case of the Bashful Burro (1960)

TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Perry, looking for a roving prospector as a witness, runs into a young couple working a worthless gold mine. Their neighbor wants to buy the property but they refuse to sell. When the neighbor is murdered, the young owner is charged.

Director: Robert Ellis Miller | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman

Votes: 273

44. Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode: The Case of the Blushing Pearls (1959)

TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Hudson Nichols has Mitsou Kamuri arrested for switching his wife's string of expensive blush pearls, but offers to absolve her if she breaks off her relationship with his son Grove. Then her uncle who made the pearl necklace is murdered.

Director: Richard Whorf | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman

Votes: 357

45. Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode: The Case of the Bogus Books (1962)

TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Demure Ellen Carter works at a relative's bookstore. When a book is found missing, he fires Ellen who is concerned she might be arrested. During a visit with him, Perry notices a first edition. When the owner is murdered, Ellen is charged.

Director: Arthur Marks | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman

Votes: 320

46. Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode: The Case of the Borrowed Baby (1962)

TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Perry and Della find a baby in his office leading Della to be a mom and Perry trying to find the mother. He finds another man is also trying to sell information about the baby. When he is found dead, the mother looks to be guilty.

Director: Arthur Marks | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman

Votes: 277

47. Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode: The Case of the Capering Camera (1964)

TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Model Judith Blair confronts photographer Jacob Kadar about returning negatives used for blackmail. She pulls his own gun to threaten him when he is shot by someone outside. Her photo is taken showing her holding the gun on him.

Director: Jesse Hibbs | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman

Votes: 288

48. Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode: The Case of the Capricious Corpse (1962)

TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Joane Proctor and her boyfriend are concerned what will happen to a home for disabled children when Carleton Gage dies. When they find one of the heirs dead, the boyfriend concocts an idea that backfires when Joane is charged with murder.

Director: Arthur Marks | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman

Votes: 277

49. Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode: The Case of the Cowardly Lion (1961)

TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Tony Osgood is accused of killing a dentist helping treat a lion after he is found dead at the zoo. Osgood's girlfriend working at the zoo had been sponsored to enter the US from Germany by the dentist who has a mysterious background.

Director: Arthur Marks | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, Ray Collins

Votes: 291

50. Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode: The Case of the Crying Cherub (1960)

TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

When a Matisse painting is stolen from a museum, the finger is pointed at an assistant in the museum whose boyfriend is an artist as well as his estranged wife. The wife tries to blackmail the museum owner but is murdered after a fight.

Director: William D. Russell | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, Ray Collins

Votes: 304