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1. Contact (1997)
PG | 150 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Dr. Ellie Arroway, after years of searching, finds conclusive radio proof of extraterrestrial intelligence, sending plans for a mysterious machine.
Director: Robert Zemeckis | Stars: Jodie Foster, Matthew McConaughey, Tom Skerritt, John Hurt
Votes: 293,275 | Gross: $100.92M
2. The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962–1992)
TV-14 | 105 min | Comedy, Talk-Show
Host Johnny Carson performs comedy routines and chats with various celebrities.
Stars: Johnny Carson, Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Skitch Henderson
Votes: 4,243
3. A Face in the Crowd (1957)
Approved | 126 min | Drama, Music
A female radio reporter turns a folk-singing drifter into a powerful media star.
Director: Elia Kazan | Stars: Andy Griffith, Patricia Neal, Anthony Franciosa, Walter Matthau
Votes: 17,155
4. The Lucy Show (1962–1968)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy
The wacky misadventures of a forever-scheming woman, her reluctant best friend, and her cantankerous boss.
Stars: Lucille Ball, Gale Gordon, Vivian Vance, Jimmy Garrett
Votes: 3,150
5. The Untouchables (1959–1963)
50 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Special Agent Eliot Ness and his elite team of incorruptable agents battle organized crime in 1930s Chicago.
Stars: Robert Stack, Walter Winchell, Nicholas Georgiade, Paul Picerni
Votes: 3,081
6. The Ed Sullivan Show (1948–1971)
TV-G | 60 min | Music, Talk-Show
The classic prime time variety show most famous for its vaudeville acts and rock music performances.
Stars: Ed Sullivan, The Ray Bloch Orchestra, Ray Bloch, Johnny Wayne
Votes: 1,561
7. What's My Line? (1950–1967)
30 min | Family, Game-Show
Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while blindfolded, their identity - by asking only "yes" or "no" questions.
Stars: John Daly, Arlene Francis, Bennett Cerf, Dorothy Kilgallen
Votes: 1,769
8. Wild in the Streets (1968)
R | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
A young man gains significant political influence as the leader of a counterculture rock band with his rallying cry of voting rights for teenagers.
Director: Barry Shear | Stars: Christopher Jones, Shelley Winters, Diane Varsi, Hal Holbrook
Votes: 2,208
9. There's No Business Like Show Business (1954)
Approved | 117 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
Molly and Terry Donahue, plus their three children, are The Five Donahues. Son Tim meets hat-check girl Vicky and the family act begins to fall apart.
Director: Walter Lang | Stars: Ethel Merman, Marilyn Monroe, Donald O'Connor, Dan Dailey
Votes: 6,703
10. This Is Your Life (1950–1987)
30 min | Biography, Family, Reality-TV
Each week, an unsuspecting celebrity would be lured by some ruse to a location near the studio. The celebrity would then be surprised with the news that they are to be the featured guest. ... See full summary »
Stars: Ralph Edwards, Bob Warren, Eddie Cantor, Bob Hope
Votes: 314
11. The Bellboy (1960)
Approved | 72 min | Comedy
Mute bellboy Stanley works at the luxurious Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami Beach. In spite of being a serviceable and friendly employee, the clumsy Stanley gets successively into trouble with his mistakes.
Director: Jerry Lewis | Stars: Jerry Lewis, Alex Gerry, Bob Clayton, Sonnie Sands
Votes: 4,807
12. Daisy Kenyon (1947)
Passed | 99 min | Drama, Romance
A commercial artist having an affair with a married attorney becomes involved with a returning soldier and must choose between the two.
Director: Otto Preminger | Stars: Joan Crawford, Dana Andrews, Henry Fonda, Ruth Warrick
Votes: 3,036
13. Sorrowful Jones (1949)
Not Rated | 88 min | Comedy, Drama
A young girl is left with the notoriously cheap Sorrowful Jones as a marker for a bet. Her father disappears and he learns that taking care of her cramps his free-wheeling life. Sorrowful must evade gangsters and do some horse-thieving.
Director: Sidney Lanfield | Stars: Bob Hope, Lucille Ball, William Demarest, Bruce Cabot
Votes: 861
14. The Helen Morgan Story (1957)
Not Rated | 118 min | Biography, Drama, Music
Torch singer Helen Morgan rises from sordid beginnings to fame and fortune only to lose it all to alcohol and poor personal choices.
Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: Ann Blyth, Paul Newman, Richard Carlson, Gene Evans
Votes: 870
15. Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1948–1967)
60 min | Music
Perry Como was an American Singer, who got his start on NBC Radio. In 1948, Because of his popularity, The cameras were simply brought into the radio studio to televise the radio broadcast ... See full summary »
Stars: Perry Como, Mitchell Ayres Orchestra, The Ray Charles Singers, Mitchell Ayres
Votes: 120
16. Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1958–1960)
60 min | Drama
An anthology series hosted by Betty Furness in the first season, and Desi Arnaz in the second. Stories came from several genres, often based on fact. A two part episode was spun off as the popular show The Untouchables (1959).
Stars: Desi Arnaz, Betty Furness, Bruce Gordon, Keenan Wynn
Votes: 143
17. Telephone Time (1956–1958)
30 min | Drama
Anthology series originally featured plays by host, John Nesbitt for season one. Beginning in September 1957, works from other authors were presented as well until series ended in April ... See full summary »
Stars: John Nesbitt, Frank Baxter, Maurice Marsac, Florenz Ames
Votes: 249
18. Single Room Furnished (1966)
PG | 93 min | Drama
The fall of a blonde, Mansfield, from innocence to prostitution. Mansfield died before the movie was completed.
Director: Matt Cimber | Stars: Jayne Mansfield, Dorothy Keller, Fabian Dean, Billy M. Greene
Votes: 521
19. Valentine's Day (1964–1965)
30 min | Comedy
Valentine Farrow works for O.D. Dunstall in a New York publishing house. He is young and single and constantly chased by women. While in the Army, he was saved by "Rocky" Sin, a ... See full summary »
Stars: Anthony Franciosa, Janet Waldo, Jack Soo, Jerry Hausner
Votes: 70
20. College Confidential (1960)
Approved | 91 min | Drama
Sociology prof's survey on youth lifestyle raises hackles when sex questions surface; reporter gets anonymous tip, prof's past emerges.
Director: Albert Zugsmith | Stars: Steve Allen, Jayne Meadows, Walter Winchell, Mamie Van Doren
Votes: 222
21. Beau James (1957)
105 min | Biography, Drama
Biopic of the political career of Jimmy Walker, flamboyant and somewhat corrupt Mayor of New York City from 1926-1932.
Director: Melville Shavelson | Stars: Bob Hope, Vera Miles, Paul Douglas, Alexis Smith
Votes: 487
22. The Kraft Music Hall (1967–1971)
60 min | Music
A few years after Perry Como left as host, "The Kraft Music Hall" was revived as a regular series from 1967-71. There was no set host during this period, and various guest hosts, usually a ... See full summary »
Stars: Ed Herlihy, Alan King, Eddy Arnold, Anne Meara
Votes: 131
23. Dondi (1961)
Not Rated | 99 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Six American GIs stationed in Italy befriend an orphaned boy, but the soldiers remain unaware that the lad has stowed away with them when they return to the U.S.
Director: Albert Zugsmith | Stars: David Janssen, Patti Page, Walter Winchell, Mickey Shaughnessy
Votes: 322
24. Wake Up and Live (1937)
Passed | 91 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
Satire on radio, built around the supposed feud between bandleader Ben Bernie and journalist Walter Winchell.
Director: Sidney Lanfield | Stars: Walter Winchell, Ben Bernie, Alice Faye, Patsy Kelly
Votes: 159
25. Broadway Thru a Keyhole (1933)
90 min | Drama, Musical
Racketeer Frank Rocci is smitten with Joan Whelan, a dancer at Texas Guinan's famous Broadway night spot. He uses his influence to help her get a starring role in the show, hoping that it ... See full summary »
Director: Lowell Sherman | Stars: Constance Cummings, Russ Columbo, Paul Kelly, Blossom Seeley
Votes: 241
26. The Walter Winchell File (1957–1959)
30 min | Crime, Drama
Crime stories that Walter Winchell had covered while working with the New York City Police Department.
Stars: Walter Winchell, John Larch, George Cisar, Robert Anderson
Votes: 45
27. Wild Harvest (1962)
80 min | Drama, Romance
Female migrant workers eat dirt at the hands of a sadistic ranch foreman during grape-harvesting season in the San Joaquin Valley.
Director: Jerry A. Baerwitz | Stars: Dolores Faith, Dean Fredericks, Susan Kelly, Robert Harrow
Votes: 25
28. Is Everybody Listening? (1947)
Approved | 19 min | Documentary, Short
To answer the title question, eighty-two of every 100 Americans were in 1947, according to the C.E.Hooper survey (the forerunner of the Neilsens)...listening to network radio, that is. ... See full summary »
Stars: Fred Allen, Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, Phil Baker, Jackson Beck
Votes: 10
29. The Gun of Zangara (1960 TV Movie)
90 min | Crime, Drama
Dramatization of events leading up to the attempted Assassination of president Elect FDR in Miami Beach 1933.
Director: Howard W. Koch | Stars: Robert Stack, Joe Mantell, Robert Middleton, Claude Akins
Votes: 38
30. Love and Hisses (1937)
Approved | 82 min | Comedy, Music
As part of their public feud, Bandleader Bernie pretends a girl singer is no good so columnist Winchell promotes her in his column.
Director: Sidney Lanfield | Stars: Walter Winchell, Ben Bernie, Simone Simon, Bert Lahr
Votes: 52
31. The Bard of Broadway (1930)
14 min | Short, Comedy, Musical
Newspaper columnist helps finishing school students get out of trouble after the night club in which they go to see him is raided.
Director: Roy Mack | Stars: Walter Winchell, Madge Evans, Mona Moray, Margaret Wells
32. I Know Everybody and Everybody's Racket (1933)
20 min | Musical, Short
Walter Winchell befriends a sassy pickpocket and then gets blamed for missing money.
Director: Monte Brice | Stars: Walter Winchell, Paul Whiteman, Ruth Etting, Arthur Tracy
Votes: 53
33. The Walter Winchell Show (1952–1955)
15 min | News, Talk-Show
Simulcast of Walter Winchell's radio show.
Stars: Walter Winchell, Arlene Dahl, Betty Grable
34. Damon Runyan Cancer Fund Telethon (1950 TV Special)
Family
Stars: Milton Berle, Morey Amsterdam, Wendy Bartlett, Gene Baylos
35. Sugar Ray Robinson vs. Charley Fusari (1950 TV Special)
Sport
Stars: Paul Cavalier, Charley Fusari, Sugar Ray Robinson, Walter Winchell
36. Beauty on Broadway (1933)
Passed | 21 min | Short, Comedy, Music
Newpaper columnist Walter Winchell (Walter Winchell) is arguing with a booking agent over a girl needing help. The plot jumps to the Paradise Restaurant where 'Nils T. GRanlund') is the ... See full summary »
Director: Monte Brice | Stars: Walter Winchell, Nick Stuart, Sally O'Neil, Nils T. Granlund
37. John Gunther's High Road (1959–1960)
30 min | Documentary, Adventure
John Gunther, who had traveled to many areas of the world, hosted this program that showed two filmed trips to exotic locations. The first film had been shot explicitly for this show; the ... See full summary »
Stars: John Gunther, Armand Charlet, Bernard Burnet, Georges Lépineux
38. Danny Thomas Special: 40th Anniversary of the Coconut Grove (1964 TV Special)
60 min | Comedy
Stars: Danny Thomas, Edie Adams, Joey Bishop, Cyd Charisse
39. The Walter Winchell Show (1956– )
30 min | Comedy, Music
Live weekly variety show. The show originated in New York City for the first nine weeks and then moved to Hollywood. Although many top performers were featured, the show never caught on and was canceled after 13 weeks.
Stars: Walter Winchell, Lisa Kirk, Martha Raye, Sammy Davis Jr.
40. Screen Snapshots: The Walter Winchell Party (1957)
Approved | 9 min | Documentary, Short
Columbia production number 1854: A party is given in Hollywood to honor newspaper reporter (aand newspaper/radio-television gossip columnist) Walter Winchell. Film capital names and stars ... See full summary »
Director: Ralph Staub | Stars: Ralph Staub, Walter Winchell, Bob Hope, Jack Benny
41. The Hollywood Gad-About (1934)
11 min | Documentary, Short
A parade highlights the Screen Actors Guild's Film Stars Frolic, hosted by Walter Winchell as Master of Ceremonies. The Royal Canadian Mounted parade; William Gargan, Gary Cooper and his ... See full summary »
Stars: Walter Winchell, Mary Astor, Sy Bartlett, Billy Barty
Votes: 8
42. The Walter Winchell Show (1960– )
30 min | News, Talk-Show
Simulcast of Walter Winchell's radio show. The program lasted six weeks.
Stars: Walter Winchell, Polly Bergen, Richard Nixon, Jack E. Leonard
43.
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1958–1960)
Episode:
The Untouchables: Part 1
(1959)
60 min | Drama
Two part telling of how Treasury Department agent in Chicago, Eliot Ness, set up a special squad of prohibition agents to root out the Al Capone gang.
Director: Phil Karlson | Stars: Desi Arnaz, Wolfe Barzell, Richard Benedict, John Beradino
Votes: 37
44.
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1958–1960)
Episode:
The Untouchables: Part 2
(1959)
60 min | Drama
Part two of the telling of how Elliot Ness, Treasury Department agent in Chicago, set up a special squad of prohibition agents to root out the Al Capone gang.
Director: Phil Karlson | Stars: Desi Arnaz, Wolfe Barzell, Richard Benedict, John Beradino
Votes: 32
45.
The Lucy Show (1962–1968)
Episode:
Lucy the Gun Moll
(1966)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy
In this takeoff on The Untouchables, Federal agent Robert Stack has Lucy pose as her lookalike, Rusty Martin, the girlfriend of a mobster. With Big Nick getting out of prison, Stack knows ... See full summary »
Director: Maury Thompson | Stars: Lucille Ball, Gale Gordon, Robert Stack, Bruce Gordon
Votes: 71
46.
Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1948–1967)
Episode:
Kathryn Grayson, Paul Douglas, Walter Winchell, Robert Lamouret, Rudy Cardenas
(1956)
60 min | Music
Stars: Perry Como, Mitchell Ayres, Jack Brown, Rudy Cárdenas
47.
Telephone Time (1956–1958)
Episode:
I Get Along Without You Very Well
(1957)
30 min | Drama
Composer Hoagy Carmichael relates the story of a song he wrote in 1938 that was inspired by an anonymous poem, "I get along without you very well."
Director: Abby Berlin | Stars: Frank Baxter, Jean Bartel, Michael Bryant, Hoagy Carmichael
48.
The Ed Sullivan Show (1948–1971)
Episode:
Episode #21.1
(1967)
TV-G | 60 min | Music, Talk-Show
Director: John Moffitt | Stars: Ed Sullivan, Edward Brigati, Carazini, Petula Clark
49.
The Untouchables (1959–1963)
Episode:
90-Proof Dame
(1961)
52 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Nate Kester is a burlesque theatre operator who decides to branch out into the lucrative brandy business. He is producing his own brandy, of very poor quality, and using a fancy French ... See full summary »
Director: Walter Grauman | Stars: Robert Stack, Joanna Barnes, Steven Geray, Steve Cochran
Votes: 76
50.
The Untouchables (1959–1963)
Episode:
A Fist of Five
(1962)
52 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Mike Brannon is a tough cop but his two blocks of Chicago are among the safest there are. He has a tendency to be rough with hoodlums and when he beats up one of Tony Lamberto's boys he ... See full summary »
Director: Ida Lupino | Stars: Robert Stack, Lee Marvin, Frank DeKova, Phyllis Coates
Votes: 65