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1. Teacher's Pet (1958)
Approved | 120 min | Comedy, Romance
A hard-nosed newspaper editor poses as a night-school student in order to woo a journalism teacher who cannot stand him.
Director: George Seaton | Stars: Clark Gable, Doris Day, Gig Young, Mamie Van Doren
Votes: 4,857
2. Fame (1982–1987)
TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, Music, Musical
The stories of the students and faculty of the New York City High School for the Performing Arts.
Stars: Carlo Imperato, Gene Anthony Ray, Debbie Allen, Albert Hague
Votes: 4,457
3. A Double Life (1947)
Approved | 104 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A celebrated actor struggles to distinguish his own life from that of his most recent stage role, Othello.
Director: George Cukor | Stars: Ronald Colman, Edmond O'Brien, Signe Hasso, Shelley Winters
Votes: 3,979
4. The Outrage (1964)
Approved | 96 min | Crime, Drama, Western
Travelers in the 1870s Southwest discuss a recent murder trial in which all the principals told differing stories about the events.
Director: Martin Ritt | Stars: Paul Newman, Laurence Harvey, Claire Bloom, Edward G. Robinson
Votes: 2,527 | Gross: $3.92M
5. Biography (1987– )
TV-14 | 60 min | Documentary, Biography, History
The life stories of various historical figures and celebrities are told.
Stars: Jack Perkins, Peter Graves, Harry Smith, Robert J. Thompson
Votes: 2,087
6. Rich and Famous (1981)
R | 117 min | Drama
Liz and Merry become BFFs in college. A decade later, Liz is a serious writer with writer's block, and Merry is a homemaker and a mom who has written a novel. Other bestsellers, riches, and fame follow.
Director: George Cukor | Stars: Jacqueline Bisset, Candice Bergen, David Selby, Hart Bochner
Votes: 2,057 | Gross: $14.49M
7. The Opposite Sex (1956)
Not Rated | 117 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
Former nightclub singer Kay Hilliard, married 10 years and mother of a young daughter, is informed that her husband Steven is having an affair with chorus girl Crystal Allen, so she goes to Reno for a divorce.
Director: David Miller | Stars: June Allyson, Joan Collins, Dolores Gray, Ann Sheridan
Votes: 1,967 | Gross: $6.02M
8. Rhapsody (1954)
Approved | 115 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
Spoiled heiress Louise Durant (Dame Elizabeth Taylor) decides to leave the comfort of her father's estate in southern France to study piano at the Music Conservatory in Zurich, despite ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Vidor | Stars: Elizabeth Taylor, Vittorio Gassman, John Ericson, Louis Calhern
Votes: 1,232 | Gross: $1.30M
9. American Masters (1985– )
TV-14 | 90 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Documentary series focusing on great American artists and personalities.
Stars: Martin Scorsese, Peter Bogdanovich, Tony Bennett, Dick Cavett
Votes: 1,175
10. Goodbye, My Fancy (1951)
Not Rated | 107 min | Comedy, Romance
Congresswoman Agatha Reed returns to her alma mater for commencement, although she's more interested in renewing her romance with an old flame who's now the college president. Their ... See full summary »
Director: Vincent Sherman | Stars: Joan Crawford, Robert Young, Frank Lovejoy, Eve Arden
Votes: 959 | Gross: $1.13M
11. The Mike Douglas Show (1961–1982)
Comedy, Music, Talk-Show
Mike Douglas, aided by a different celebrity co-host every week, interviews a variety of figures from the world of entertainment.
Stars: Mike Douglas, Ellie Frankel, Ellie Frankel Sextet, Stan Kann
Votes: 579
12. Friendly Fire (1979 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 147 min | Drama, War
When they try to learn how how their son died in Vietnam, the Mullens meet lies and evasion on all sides.
Director: David Greene | Stars: Carol Burnett, Ned Beatty, Dennis Erdman, Sherry Hursey
Votes: 465
13. Swordsman of Siena (1962)
Not Rated | 97 min | Adventure, Romance
A Spanish overlord controls 16th-century Tuscany. He plans to marry into a prominent Italian family and hires an Englishman to serve as bodyguard for his less-than-eager fiancee. The ... See full summary »
Directors: Baccio Bandini, Etienne Périer | Stars: Stewart Granger, Sylva Koscina, Christine Kaufmann, Riccardo Garrone
Votes: 348
14. 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
15. Hustling (1975 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 98 min | Drama
During the 1970s, a NYC magazine reporter investigates to see who benefits financially the most from New York's prostitution industry.
Director: Joseph Sargent | Stars: Lee Remick, Monte Markham, Jill Clayburgh, Alex Rocco
Votes: 303
16. Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and the Power of Women in Hollywood (2000 TV Movie)
56 min | Documentary, Biography
This documentary, first shown on the Turner Classic Movies cable channel, tells of the life and career of screenwriter Frances Marion. By the mid 1920s, she was the most respected and ... See full summary »
Director: Bridget Terry | Stars: Uma Thurman, Kathy Bates, Mary Lea Bandy, Cari Beauchamp
Votes: 273
17. Heartsounds (1984 TV Movie)
PG | 128 min | Drama
New York urologist Harold Lear gets a taste of his own medicine when he suffers a heart attack and is confronted with a medical institution which doesn't seem equipped to help. Wife Martha ... See full summary »
Director: Glenn Jordan | Stars: Mary Tyler Moore, James Garner, Sam Wanamaker, Wendy Crewson
Votes: 264
18. Sunday Punch (1942)
Approved | 76 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The routine of a group of fledgling boxers all living in Ma Galestrum's boarding house is interrupted when Ma allows her roving niece, beautiful Judy Galestrum, to move in. Especially ... See full summary »
Director: David Miller | Stars: William Lundigan, Jean Rogers, Dan Dailey, Guy Kibbee
Votes: 243
19. My Pal Gus (1952)
Approved | 83 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Dave Jennings is a successful, self-made man in the business world, but he can't control his son, Gus, who is primarily a brat fond of throwing temper-tantrums and misbehaving. Dan enrolls ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Parrish | Stars: Richard Widmark, Joanne Dru, Audrey Totter, George Winslow
Votes: 214
20. Blondie for Victory (1942)
Passed | 71 min | Comedy, Family, War
Blondie organizes Housewives of America to perform homefront wartime duties, including guarding the local dam. Dagwood and the other husbands don't care to be left home doing the cooking ... See full summary »
Director: Frank R. Strayer | Stars: Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, Larry Simms, Daisy
Votes: 211
21. The 52nd Annual Academy Awards (1980 TV Special)
News
Award of the American academy of cinematographic arts and sciences, from 1940th known as "Oscar", - American film award created in 1929 and traditionally handed to the figures of ... See full summary »
Director: Marty Pasetta | Stars: Johnny Carson, Nick Allder, Ann-Margret, Tamara Asseyev
Votes: 194
22. Hollywood the Golden Years: The RKO Story (1987)
360 min | Documentary, History
The history of the major Golden Age of Hollywood film company, RKO Pictures.
Stars: Edward Asner, Ginger Rogers, Linwood G. Dunn, Pandro S. Berman
Votes: 185
23. The 55th Annual Academy Awards (1983 TV Special)
News
Award of the American academy of cinematographic arts and sciences, from 1940 known as "Oscar", - American film award created in 1929 and traditionally handed to the figures of ... See full summary »
Director: Marty Pasetta | Stars: Liza Minnelli, Dudley Moore, Richard Pryor, Walter Matthau
Votes: 183
24. The 53rd Annual Academy Awards (1981 TV Special)
Family
Award of the American academy of cinematographic arts and sciences, from 1940 known as "Oscar", - American film award created in 1929 and traditionally handed to the figures of ... See full summary »
Directors: Marty Pasetta, Harrison Engle | Stars: Johnny Carson, Alan Arkin, Lucie Arnaz, Eileen Brennan
Votes: 170
25.
American Masters (1985– )
Episode:
George Cukor: On Cukor
(2000)
TV-14 | 85 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Cukor was an American film director. He mainly concentrated on comedies and literary adaptations. Noted films include What Price Hollywood? (1932), A Bill of Divorcement (1932), Our Betters (1933), and Little Women (1933)
Director: Robert Trachtenberg | Stars: George Cukor, Peter Bogdanovich, Jean Simmons, Mia Farrow
Votes: 159
26. The 54th Annual Academy Awards (1982 TV Special)
News
Award of the American academy of cinematographic arts and sciences, from 1940 known as "Oscar", - American film award created in 1929 and traditionally handed to the figures of ... See full summary »
Director: Marty Pasetta | Stars: Johnny Carson, Debbie Allen, Karen Allen, Peter Allen
Votes: 156
27.
Biography (1987– )
Episode:
Clark Gable: The King of Hollywood
(2003)
TV-14 | 44 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Director: Amy Enns-Ford | Stars: Sylvia Ashley, Fred Astaire, Frank Capra, Gary Cooper
Votes: 123
28. The Right Approach (1961)
Approved | 92 min | Drama, Music
The story of five fun-loving young bachelors who live together in a converted nightclub in the Hollywood Hills. Newcomer Leo Mack is a young Hollywood hopeful who stirs up trouble when he ... See full summary »
Director: David Butler | Stars: Frankie Vaughan, Martha Hyer, Juliet Prowse, Gary Crosby
Votes: 122
29. 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
30. Mary Pickford: A Life on Film (1997)
98 min | Documentary, Biography
A biography of the life and career of silent-film star Mary Pickford, known during her day as "America's Sweetheart". This documentary shows that she was not simply just the top actress of ... See full summary »
Director: Hugh Munro Neely | Stars: Whoopi Goldberg, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Jean Firstenberg, Samuel Goldwyn Jr.
Votes: 93
31. Heat of Anger (1972 TV Movie)
74 min | Drama
A woman attorney and her young associate defend a wealthy contractor accused of murdering an ironworker who was having an affair with the contractor's daughter.
Director: Don Taylor | Stars: Susan Hayward, James Stacy, Lee J. Cobb, Fritz Weaver
Votes: 82
32. Play of the Week (1959–1961)
Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
This syndicated anthology series staged a different play every week covering all genres, dramas, comedies, musicals, fantasies, mysteries, et al, utilizing some of the best talent appearing on Broadway.
Stars: Myron McCormick, Cathleen Nesbitt, Frank Conroy, Tim O'Connor
Votes: 80
33.
Play of the Week (1959–1961)
Episode:
Rashomon
(1960)
Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Several different accounts of the same incident tell quite different stories about what happened.
Director: Sidney Lumet | Stars: Osceola Archer, Harry Davis, Michael Higgins, Oscar Homolka
Votes: 75
34. The 31st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1979 TV Special)
Reality-TV
Director: John Moffitt | Stars: Mason Adams, Alan Alda, Loni Anderson, Lou Antonio
Votes: 52
35. Working in the Theatre (1976– )
60 min | Documentary, Talk-Show
Bringing together performers, directors, playwrights, designers, choreographers, producers and behind-the-scenes personnel from the American and international theatre, the program offers a ... See full summary »
Stars: Jean Dalrymple, George White, Brendan Gill, Ted Chapin
Votes: 46
36. Tell Me Where It Hurts (1974 TV Movie)
78 min | Drama
A housewife, increasingly disenchanted with her homemaker role, looks for new meaning in her life and organizes a discussion group, changing the lives of her six closest friends.
Director: Paul Bogart | Stars: Maureen Stapleton, Paul Sorvino, Doris Dowling, Rose Gregorio
Votes: 37
37. Fun and Games (1980 TV Movie)
98 min | Drama
Carol Hefferman is an ambitious factory worker looking for promotion to an office job, but when she turns down her boss's lecherous advances he stands in her way. Could a chance meeting with a company lawyer help her out?
Director: Paul Bogart | Stars: Valerie Harper, Cliff De Young, Max Gail, JoBeth Williams
Votes: 30
38. Star Stage (1955–1956)
30 min | Drama
The show featured two-act plays. Two-thirds were live, and the rest on film.
Stars: Jeffrey Lynn, Joseph Cotten, Paul Douglas, Georgann Johnson
Votes: 24
39.
Hollywood the Golden Years: The RKO Story (1987)
Episode:
A Woman's Lot
(1987)
59 min | Documentary, History
We learn about the actresses of RKO studio. Stories are focused on movies with Katharine Hepburn, Ginger Rogers and Lucille Ball and their impact on RKO in the 1930s.
Stars: Edward Asner, Ginger Rogers, Pandro S. Berman, Katharine Hepburn
Votes: 23
40. Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women (2014)
145 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Using rare footage and exclusive interviews with filmmakers from all over the globe, "Reel Herstory" corrects the historic notion that women behind the scenes in motion pictures held ... See full summary »
Director: Ally Acker | Stars: Jodie Foster, Dede Allen, Gillian Armstrong, Margaret Booth
Votes: 22
41. Mein oder Dein (1964 TV Movie)
115 min | Comedy
Director: Franz Josef Wild | Stars: Ruth-Maria Kubitschek, Gerhard Riedmann, Rolf Wanka, Franz Schafheitlin
Votes: 21
42.
Fame (1982–1987)
Episode:
The Incident
(1986)
TV-14 | Drama, Music, Musical
Jesse is hospitalized as he suffers a concussion. He's unconscious and thus unable to testify to what happened. Mr. Dyrenforth, Miss Sherwoord, and Christopher try to get to the bottom of ... See full summary »
Director: Win Phelps | Stars: Debbie Allen, Jesse Borrego, Loretta Chandler, Albert Hague
Votes: 18
43. Rashomon (1961 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama
In the depths of a forest, a man is killed and his wife seemingly raped. When a notorious bandit is brought to trial, the case could hardly seem simpler. But what really happened?
Director: Rudolph Cartier | Stars: Yôko Tani, Lee Montague, Robert Hardy, Richard Pearson
Votes: 15
44. Leb wohl, mein Traum (1963 TV Movie)
75 min | Comedy
Director: Raoul Wolfgang Schnell | Stars: Irmgard Först, Wolfgang Preiss, Sabine Eggerth, Hellmut Lange
45.
Star Stage (1955–1956)
Episode:
Cleopatra Collins
(1956)
30 min | Drama
Cleo Collins, a former Miss America who's now settled into a happy married life, plans a quiet birthday celebration at home with her husband. But past admirers and show-business contacts intrude on her plans for the evening.
Director: Sidney Lanfield | Stars: Louise Beavers, Betty Grable, Rick Jason, Jack Kruschen
46.
ITV Play of the Week (1955–1974)
Episode:
His and Hers
(1957)
Comedy, Drama
Director: Tania Lieven | Stars: Paul Carpenter, John Evans, Joyce Heron, David Langton
47.
The Mike Douglas Show (1961–1982)
Episode:
Episode #19.167
(1980)
Comedy, Music, Talk-Show
Larry Wilcox (co-host), actor Roger Moore, actress Valerie Perrine, movie producer Allan Carr, U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Wayne Fisk, dancer-choreographer Adolfo "Shabba-Doo" Quinones, AMPAS president Fay Kanin, and Adrien Arpel.
Stars: Mike Douglas, Adrien Arpel, Allan Carr, Fay Kanin
48.
Working in the Theatre (1976– )
Episode:
Playwright, Director & Choreographer
(1985)
Documentary, Talk-Show
The panelists - playwright P.J. Barry ("The Octette Bridge Club"), lyricist Ellen Fitzhugh ("Grind"), director John Going ("Inherit The Wind"), playwright Fay Kanin ("Grind"), playwright ... See full summary »
Stars: P.J. Barry, Jean Dalrymple, Ellen Fitzhugh, John Going
49.
Dinah! (1974–1980)
Episode:
Lucille Ball, Carol Burnett, Bernadette Peters, Eydie Gorme
(1979)
Comedy, Music, Talk-Show
Stars: Dinah Shore, Lucille Ball, Carol Burnett, Francine Coffey