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1. Wait Until Dark (1967)
Approved | 108 min | Thriller
A recently blinded woman is terrorized by a trio of thugs while they search for a heroin-stuffed doll they believe is in her apartment.
Director: Terence Young | Stars: Audrey Hepburn, Alan Arkin, Richard Crenna, Efrem Zimbalist Jr.
Votes: 33,773 | Gross: $17.55M
2. The Miracle Worker (1962)
Approved | 106 min | Biography, Drama
The story of Anne Sullivan's struggle to teach the blind and deaf Helen Keller how to communicate.
Director: Arthur Penn | Stars: Anne Bancroft, Patty Duke, Victor Jory, Inga Swenson
Votes: 20,530 | Gross: $5.45M
3. This Property Is Condemned (1966)
Unrated | 110 min | Drama, Romance
The dramatic love story of small-town Mississippi girl Alva Starr and railroad official Owen Legate, set during the Great Depression.
Director: Sydney Pollack | Stars: Natalie Wood, Robert Redford, Charles Bronson, Kate Reid
Votes: 6,315
4. The Left Handed Gun (1958)
Approved | 102 min | Drama, Western
After his employer is murdered by rival cattlemen, a troubled and uneducated young cowboy vows revenge on the murderers.
Director: Arthur Penn | Stars: Paul Newman, Lita Milan, John Dehner, Hurd Hatfield
Votes: 4,655
5. A Thousand Clowns (1965)
Approved | 118 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A middle-aged iconoclast, doggedly avoiding the tedium of employment and conventional life, faces the prospect of losing custody of his young ward.
Director: Fred Coe | Stars: Jason Robards, Barbara Harris, Martin Balsam, Gene Saks
Votes: 3,709 | Gross: $5.23M
6. Two for the Seesaw (1962)
Approved | 119 min | Drama, Romance
Robert Wise directs Robert Mitchum and Shirley MacLaine in this spicy and poignant love story about a free-spirited Greenwich Village girl who hooks up with a brooding Nebraska lawyer. In HD.
Director: Robert Wise | Stars: Robert Mitchum, Shirley MacLaine, Edmon Ryan, Elisabeth Fraser
Votes: 2,061 | Gross: $3.82M
7. Me, Natalie (1969)
M/PG | 111 min | Comedy, Drama
A young woman struggles for independence.
Director: Fred Coe | Stars: Patty Duke, James Farentino, Martin Balsam, Elsa Lanchester
Votes: 1,164 | Gross: $1.07M
8. The Miracle Worker (1979 TV Movie)
Unrated | 98 min | Biography, Drama
Devoted teacher Anne Sullivan leads deaf and blind Helen Keller into the light of learnedness.
Director: Paul Aaron | Stars: Patty Duke, Diana Muldaur, Charles Siebert, Anne Seymour
Votes: 761
9. All the Way Home (1963)
Not Rated | 97 min | Drama, Romance
Mary Follet, a wife and mother in 1915 Tennessee, copes with the loss of her husband and the necessity of raising their children alone.
Director: Alex Segal | Stars: Jean Simmons, Robert Preston, Pat Hingle, Aline MacMahon
Votes: 463
10. Playhouse 90 (1956–1961)
90 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Of the many anthology series, this is considered the most ambitious with outstanding talent in front of the camera. Attracting top ranked directors and scripts, it was often filmed live including the entire first season.
Stars: Richard Joy, Paul Lambert, Helen Kleeb, Charles Bickford
Votes: 419
11.
The Philco Television Playhouse (1948–1956)
Episode:
Marty
(1953)
TV-PG | 51 min | Drama
Marty Pilletti is a 36 year-old butcher who lives with his mother. His brothers and sisters are all married and his dear mother - along with several other of her friends - is always asking ... See full summary »
Director: Delbert Mann | Stars: Rod Steiger, Nancy Marchand, Esther Minciotti, Joe Mantell
Votes: 358
12. Kraft Theatre (1947–1958)
60 min | Drama
A well-received anthology series presenting live television dramas.
Stars: Ed Herlihy, Vaughn Taylor, Valerie Cossart, Dan Morgan
Votes: 223
13. The Adams Chronicles (1976)
50 min | Drama, History
This ambitious multi-part PBS production brings to life five generations of one of America's leading political and historical families, tracing their lives from John Adams' years as a ... See full summary »
Stars: Pamela Payton-Wright, George Hearn, Michael Tolan, William Daniels
Votes: 213
14. Lights Out (1946–1952)
30 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
"Lights Out" was a US narrated horror short story series.
Stars: Frank Gallop, Jack La Rue, Mercer McLeod, Leslie Nielsen
Votes: 204
15. Producers' Showcase (1954–1957)
90 min | Drama, Musical, Comedy
This program aired once every fourth week, and was one of the most costly live shows of the 1950s. Many stars appeared on this show.
Stars: Cyril Ritchard, Claire Bloom, Mary Martin, David Wayne
Votes: 186
16.
Playhouse 90 (1956–1961)
Episode:
Days of Wine and Roses
(1958)
90 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
An alcoholic falls in love with and gets married to a young woman, whom he systematically addicts to booze so they can share his "passion" together.
Director: John Frankenheimer | Stars: Cliff Robertson, Piper Laurie, Charles Bickford, Malcolm Atterbury
Votes: 177
17. Mister Peepers (1952–1955)
30 min | Comedy
Mr. Peepers is a shy science teacher at Jefferson Junior High. He is always faced with problems but is never outwitted.
Stars: Wally Cox, Patricia Benoit, Tony Randall, Marion Lorne
Votes: 166
18. The Philco Television Playhouse (1948–1956)
60 min | Drama
This live dramatic series featured original stories and adaptations of novels, plays, etc., during its eight-year run. During the first year, the show was sponsored by the Actor's Equity ... See full summary »
Stars: Bert Lytell, Jay Jackson, Bob Stanton, E.G. Marshall
Votes: 137
19.
Producers' Showcase (1954–1957)
Episode:
Mayerling
(1957)
90 min | Drama, Musical, Comedy
Mayerling is the name of a notorious Austrian village linked to a romantic tragedy. At a royal hunting lodge there, in 1889, Crown Prince Rudolf--desperate over his father's command to put ... See full summary »
Directors: Kirk Browning, Anatole Litvak | Stars: Mel Ferrer, Audrey Hepburn, Lorne Greene, Diana Wynyard
Votes: 130
20.
Producers' Showcase (1954–1957)
Episode:
Peter Pan
(1955)
90 min | Drama, Musical, Comedy
A live restaging of the 1955 TV production of the Broadway musical version.
Director: Clark Jones | Stars: Mary Martin, Cyril Ritchard, Margalo Gillmore, Sondra Lee
Votes: 122
21. Annie Get Your Gun (1957 TV Movie)
106 min | Musical, Western
Irving Berlin's stage musical about Annie Oakley and Frank Butler.
Director: Vincent J. Donehue | Stars: Mary Martin, John Raitt, William O'Neal, Reta Shaw
Votes: 114
22. Goodyear Playhouse (1951–1957)
60 min | Drama
The show featured original plays plus plays adapted from works.
Stars: Walter Matthau, David White, Constance Ford, Kim Stanley
Votes: 113
23.
Producers' Showcase (1954–1957)
Episode:
The Petrified Forest
(1955)
90 min | Drama, Musical, Comedy
Gabrielle Maple works in a dusty desert gas station-café, but yearns for the life of an artist in France, knowing there must be something finer than the provincial dead-end she is trapped ... See full summary »
Director: Delbert Mann | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Henry Fonda, Lauren Bacall, Paul Hartman
Votes: 110
24. The DuPont Show of the Month (1957–1961)
90 min | Comedy, Drama, History
The award winning bing play of Mary Chase came to television in 1958. It tells the story of Elwood P. Dowd (Art Carney), a personable chap who drinks a little, and befriends a "pookah", a ... See full summary »
Stars: Tim O'Connor, James Valentine, Hurd Hatfield, John Colicos
Votes: 105
25. Fireside Theatre (1949–1955)
30 min | Drama
An anthology series which became the first successful filmed series on American television.
Stars: Gene Raymond, John Warburton, Nolan Leary, Dabbs Greer
Votes: 97
26. ITV Play of the Week (1955–1974)
90 min | Comedy, Drama
An anthology series from the U.K., from 1955 to 1974, producing about five hundred ninety-minute episodes from Granada Television.
Stars: Derek Francis, Alfred Burke, Arthur Hewlett, Esther Lawrence
Votes: 94
27. The Trip to Bountiful (1953 TV Movie)
60 min | Drama
A woman has to live with a daughter in law who hates her and a son who does not dare take her side. While the unhappy family lives in a Houston apartment, Carrie Watts dreams of returning to Bountiful, where she was raised.
Director: Vincent J. Donehue | Stars: Lillian Gish, Eileen Heckart, Dennis Cross, Will Hare
Votes: 78
28. The Paul Winchell Show (1950–1956)
30 min | Comedy, Family
The Paul Winchell Show, or The Paul Winchell and Jerry Mahoney Show, or The Spiedel Show, was a variety program which aired on NBC prime time from 1950 to 1954, starring ventriloquist Paul Winchell and his dummy, Jerry Mahoney. (1950)
Stars: Jerry Mahoney, Knucklehead Smiff, Paul Winchell, Diane Sinclair
Votes: 75
29. The Clock (1949–1952)
30 min | Drama, Mystery
Suspense/Anthology series based on an ABC radio series which ran from 1946-48. The half-hour series mostly consisted of original dramas concerning murder, mayhem or insanity. Series ... See full summary »
Stars: Larry Semon, Oliver Thorndike, Parker McCormick, Frankie Thomas
Votes: 60
30. CBS Playhouse (1967–1970)
90 min | Drama
An anthology series of well regarded screenplays. Presenting twelve shows over it's run it showcased many up and coming actors and garnered it's share of Emmy nominations.
Stars: Jason Wingreen, Paulene Myers, Mildred Trares, Melvyn Douglas
Votes: 56
31. All the Way Home (1971 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama
Mary Follet already has a five-year-old son and is pregnant again. Her husband dies in a car accident. How will she survive?
Director: Fred Coe | Stars: Joanne Woodward, Richard Kiley, Pat Hingle, Eileen Heckart
Votes: 55
32.
Theatre '62 (1961–1962)
Episode:
Rebecca
(1962)
59 min | Drama
A self-conscious bride is tormented by the memory of her husband's dead first wife.
Director: Boris Sagal | Stars: James Mason, Joan Hackett, Nina Foch, Lloyd Bochner
Votes: 55
33. The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre (1948–1950)
30 min | Drama
This was an anthology series which aired live. It often featured adaptations of one-act stage plays.
Stars: Guy Kibbee, Faye Emerson, John Conte, Vicki Cummings
Votes: 53
34. Playwrights '56 (1955–1956)
60 min | Comedy, Drama
Stars: Gene Saks, Steven Hill, Nina Foch, John McGiver
Votes: 50
35.
Playhouse 90 (1956–1961)
Episode:
Heart of Darkness
(1958)
90 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A trading company manager travels up an African river to find a missing outpost head and discovers the depth of evil in humanity's soul.
Director: Ron Winston | Stars: Roddy McDowall, Eartha Kitt, Oscar Homolka, Cathleen Nesbitt
Votes: 48
36. The Spiral Staircase (1961 TV Movie)
60 min | Thriller
Based on the screenplay by Mel Dinelli, this story revolves around Helen Warren, a beautiful mute girl, who becomes the target of a mysterious killer who preys on young handicapped women.
Director: Boris Sagal | Stars: Elizabeth Montgomery, Lillian Gish, Gig Young, Edie Adams
Votes: 45
37. If You Give a Dance, You Gotta Pay the Band (1972 TV Movie)
73 min | Drama
Life in a black ghetto isn't easy for 14-year-old Billie Jean Sims, who has a father in jail, a blind grandmother, and a brother with a drug habit. Growing up among drug pushers, ... See full summary »
Director: Fred Coe | Stars: Donna M. Bryan, James Broderick, Georgia Burke, Laurence Fishburne
Votes: 38
38. The Gulf Playhouse (1952–1953)
30 min | Drama
This live show was seen through the "eye" of the camera. The actors in each episode would talk to the camera as if it were a person.
Stars: James Westerfield, Mildred Dunnock, Henry Jones, Eddie Bracken
Votes: 36
39.
Producers' Showcase (1954–1957)
Episode:
Our Town
(1955)
90 min | Drama, Musical, Comedy
Change comes slowly to a small New Hampshire town in the early 20th century. People grow up, get married, live, and die. Milk and the newspaper get delivered every morning, and nobody locks their front doors.
Director: Delbert Mann | Stars: Harvey B. Dunn, Shelley Fabares, Sylvia Field, Paul Hartman
Votes: 34
40.
Playhouse 90 (1956–1961)
Episode:
The Plot to Kill Stalin
(1958)
90 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
In late 1952, an aging and increasingly paranoid Stalin puts in motion a purge against his doctors, with antisemitic overtones. His lackeys, including Khrushchev, Molotov and Beria, fear it will spread to the Politburo, and plan to strike first.
Director: Delbert Mann | Stars: Melvyn Douglas, Eli Wallach, Oscar Homolka, E.G. Marshall
Votes: 33
41.
Playwrights '56 (1955–1956)
Episode:
The Battler
(1955)
Comedy, Drama
Wandering around America, young Nick Adams encounters a washed-up punch-drunk boxer known as "The Battler".
Director: Arthur Penn | Stars: Richard Collier, Marty Green, Phyllis Kirk, Dewey Martin
Votes: 33
42.
Producers' Showcase (1954–1957)
Episode:
Tonight at 8:30
(1954)
90 min | Drama, Musical, Comedy
3 short plays by Noel Coward: "Red Peppers," "Still Life," and "Shadow Play."
Director: Otto Preminger | Stars: Ginger Rogers, Estelle Winwood, Martyn Green, Dermot A. McNamara
Votes: 25
43. Theatre '62 (1961–1962)
60 min | Drama
A series of abridged versions of films previously produced by David O. Selznick.
Stars: Elizabeth Montgomery, Maureen O'Hara, James Mason, Lee Remick
Votes: 23
44.
CBS Playhouse (1967–1970)
Episode:
The Final War of Olly Winter
(1967)
90 min | Drama
A television movie set in the Vietnamese jungle in 1963, black master sergeant Olly Winter is a career soldier sent to Vietnam as an advisor to fight one last war against the communists. ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Bogart | Stars: Patrick Adiarte, Murray Alper, Sara Berner, Jane Betts
Votes: 23
45. Bonino (1953– )
30 min | Comedy
Bonino, a world-famous concert singer, leaves show business to care for his eight children after the death of his wife.
Stars: Mary Wickes, Ezio Pinza, Lenka Peterson, Eva Marie Saint
Votes: 19
46.
Playhouse 90 (1956–1961)
Episode:
For Whom the Bell Tolls: Part 1
(1959)
90 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
During the Spanish Civil War, an American allied with the Republicans finds romance during a desperate mission to blow up a strategically important bridge.
Director: John Frankenheimer | Stars: Maria Schell, Jason Robards, Maureen Stapleton, Nehemiah Persoff
Votes: 19
47.
Mister Peepers (1952–1955)
Episode:
Mr. Peepers Gets a Job
(1952)
Comedy
Mr. Peepers shows up for his first day of work at Jefferson High and has initially a difficult time. His classroom isn't ready and the other science teacher wants him gone. Music teacher ... See full summary »
Director: James Sheldon | Stars: Wally Cox, Joseph Foley, Norma Crane, David Tyrell
Votes: 19
48. Americana (1947–1949)
30 min | Family, Game-Show
Sponsored by the makers of the Encyclopedia Americana, this quiz show featured questions on obscure bits of American folklore and history that had been sent in by home viewers. Originally, ... See full summary »
Stars: Marc Connelly, Basil Davenport, Lewis Gannett, Millicent Fenwick
Votes: 18
49.
Producers' Showcase (1954–1957)
Episode:
The Skin of Our Teeth
(1955)
90 min | Drama, Musical, Comedy
This Thornton Wilder play, the story of life on Earth from prehistoric times through World War II as lived by Mr. And Mrs. Antrobus, their two children, and their house maid, Sabina, is filled with biblical and mythological references.
Directors: Vincent J. Donehue, Alan Schneider | Stars: Helen Hayes, Mary Martin, George Abbott, Florence Reed
Votes: 17
50.
The Philco Television Playhouse (1948–1956)
Episode:
The Way of an Eagle
(1953)
60 min | Drama
The story of John J. Audobon and his wife Lucy.
Director: Vincent J. Donehue | Stars: Jean-Pierre Aumont, Grace Kelly, Jerome Kilty, William Hansen
Votes: 15