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1. Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990–2000)
TV-PG | 44 min | Drama, Romance
A group of friends living in Beverly Hills, California make their way through life from their school days into adulthood.
Stars: Jason Priestley, Shannen Doherty, Luke Perry, Jennie Garth
Votes: 37,648
2. Battlestar Galactica (1978–1979)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
After the destruction of the Twelve Colonies of Mankind, the last major fighter carrier leads a makeshift fugitive fleet on a desperate search for the legendary planet Earth.
Stars: Lorne Greene, Richard Hatch, Dirk Benedict, Herbert Jefferson Jr.
Votes: 17,440
3. Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979–1981)
TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A 20th-century astronaut emerges out of 500 years of suspended animation into a future time to become Earth's greatest hero.
Stars: Gil Gerard, Erin Gray, Felix Silla, Mel Blanc
Votes: 10,411
4. Matlock (1986–1995)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Ben Matlock is a very expensive criminal defense attorney, who charges one hundred thousand dollars to take a case. Fortunately, he's worth every penny, as he and his associates defend his clients by finding the real killer.
Stars: Andy Griffith, Linda Purl, Kene Holiday, Nancy Stafford
Votes: 9,374
5. Diagnosis Murder (1993–2001)
TV-PG | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Dr. Mark Sloan has a knack for getting into trouble, negotiating the twists and turns of mysteries and solving crimes with the help of his son, Steve, a homicide detective.
Stars: Dick Van Dyke, Barry Van Dyke, Victoria Rowell, Charlie Schlatter
Votes: 8,633
6. The Killer Elite (1975)
PG | 122 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Mike Locken, who works for a private security firm affiliated with the C.I.A., is betrayed by his partner and left apparently crippled for life.
Director: Sam Peckinpah | Stars: James Caan, Robert Duvall, Arthur Hill, Bo Hopkins
Votes: 7,236
7. Emergency! (1972–1979)
TV-G | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
The crew of Los Angeles County Fire Department Station 51, particularly the paramedic team, and Rampart Hospital respond to emergencies in their operating area.
Stars: Randolph Mantooth, Kevin Tighe, Julie London, Bobby Troup
Votes: 6,079
8. Jake and the Fatman (1987–1992)
TV-PG | 120 min | Crime, Drama
Veteran district attorney "Fatman" McCabe solves cases with the help of his easygoing private investigator partner Jake Styles.
Stars: William Conrad, Joe Penny, Alan Campbell, Olga Russell
Votes: 3,248
9. Automan (1983–1984)
70 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
A computer-generated superhero and his human creator fight crime in the city.
Stars: Desi Arnaz Jr., Chuck Wagner, Heather McNair, Gerald S. O'Loughlin
Votes: 2,107
10. B.J. and the Bear (1978–1981)
60 min | Adventure, Comedy
A trucker and his pet chimpanzee travel the highways of America, getting into various adventures and misadventures along the way.
Stars: Greg Evigan, Eric Server, Linda McCullough, Candi Brough
Votes: 2,016
11. Mission Galactica: The Cylon Attack (1979)
G | 108 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Running low on fuel, the Battlestar Galactica receives the help of the supposedly lost Battlestar Pegasus which is taking the offensive with the Cylons.
Directors: Vince Edwards, Christian I. Nyby II | Stars: Richard Hatch, Dirk Benedict, Lorne Greene, Herbert Jefferson Jr.
Votes: 1,864
12. Chiller (1985 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 94 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Corporate exec Miles Creighton dies, and is cryogenically frozen in the hopes that he can be revived. 10 years later, the procedure is a success, and Miles returns--without his soul.
Director: Wes Craven | Stars: Michael Beck, Beatrice Straight, Laura Johnson, Dick O'Neill
Votes: 1,594
13. Misfits of Science (1985–1986)
60 min | Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
The adventures of a team of misfit superheroes who fight crime for a scientific think tank.
Stars: Dean Paul Martin, Kevin Peter Hall, Mark Thomas Miller, Courteney Cox
Votes: 1,256
14. You'll Like My Mother (1972)
PG | 92 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
Francesca Kinsolving, a very pregnant widow whose husband was recently killed in action in Vietnam, travels to visit her late husband's mother in a snowy Minnesota town and gets snowed in ... See full summary »
Director: Lamont Johnson | Stars: Patty Duke, Rosemary Murphy, Richard Thomas, Sian Barbara Allen
Votes: 864
15. Bret Maverick (1981–1982)
60 min | Western
Set in Sweetwater, Arizona in the 1880s with solid citizen Bret owning a ranch and part of the Red Ox Saloon. Stable cast with varying stories, often centered on conflict between the ambitious sheriff and everyone else.
Stars: James Garner, Ed Bruce, Ramon Bieri, Richard Hamilton
Votes: 688
16. The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo (1979–1981)
60 min | Comedy
The misadventures of a shamelessly corrupt and incompetent small-town sheriff and his ineffectual staff.
Stars: Claude Akins, Brian Kerwin, Mills Watson, Janet Prescott
Votes: 590
17.
Battlestar Galactica (1978–1979)
Episode:
The Living Legend
(1978)
TV-PG | 47 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
While suffering from a fuel shortage, The Galactica finds the supposedly lost Battlestar Pegasus, led by the legendary Commander Cain.
Director: Vince Edwards | Stars: Richard Hatch, Dirk Benedict, Lorne Greene, Herbert Jefferson Jr.
Votes: 444
18.
Battlestar Galactica (1978–1979)
Episode:
The Living Legend: Part II
(1978)
TV-PG | 47 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
After Baltar's attack is repulsed, the crews of the Galactica and Pegasus carry out an attack on the planet Gamoray to acquire fuel supplies.
Director: Vince Edwards | Stars: Richard Hatch, Dirk Benedict, Lorne Greene, Herbert Jefferson Jr.
Votes: 433
19. Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1982–1983)
TV-PG | 60 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
A comedy-drama series based on the classic musical film of the same name.
Stars: Richard Dean Anderson, Roger Wilson, Peter Horton, Drake Hogestyn
Votes: 359
20. Diagnosis Murder: Without Warning (2002 TV Movie)
120 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A dead body washes up on the ocean. Steve's investigation leads to a farm with migrant workers. The migrant workers are dying from an unknown ailment and Mark struggles to find the cause.
Director: Christian I. Nyby II | Stars: Dick Van Dyke, Victoria Rowell, Charlie Schlatter, Barry Van Dyke
Votes: 317
21. A Perry Mason Mystery: The Case of the Grimacing Governor (1994 TV Movie)
96 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When gubernatorial candidate Harlan Richards is murdered, the suspicions fall on the incumbent Governor Ryan Allison but when he, too, is murdered the plot thickens.
Director: Max Tash | Stars: Hal Holbrook, Barbara Hale, William R. Moses, John Spencer
Votes: 310
22. The Spirit (1987 TV Movie)
74 min | Action
A legally dead police detective decides to battle crime as a masked superhero.
Director: Michael Schultz | Stars: Sam J. Jones, Nana Visitor, Bumper Robinson, Garry Walberg
Votes: 297
23. Diagnosis Murder: Town Without Pity (2002 TV Movie)
120 min | Crime, Mystery
Dr. Mark Sloan and his son Steve go to the desert to learn the fate of Mark's daughter and her new husband.
Director: Christopher Hibler | Stars: Dick Van Dyke, Victoria Rowell, Charlie Schlatter, Barry Van Dyke
Votes: 295
24. Operation Petticoat (1977–1979)
30 min | Comedy, War
An American submarine has to accept a group of nurses on its voyage. One way or another, the submarine is painted pink in the process.
Stars: Melinda Naud, Jim Varney, Richard Brestoff, John Astin
Votes: 293
25. A Perry Mason Mystery: The Case of the Jealous Jokester (1995 TV Movie)
96 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Bill McKenzie's niece works as a production assistant for controversial television personality Josie Joplin, who publicly accuses her of having an affair with her husband. One night ... See full summary »
Director: Vincent McEveety | Stars: Hal Holbrook, Barbara Hale, William R. Moses, Tony Roberts
Votes: 289
26.
Matlock (1986–1995)
Episode:
The Judge
(1986)
TV-PG | 49 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Judge Carter Addison murders his cheating mistress and frames her lover. Then the judge presides over the man's trial with Ben Matlock as the defense counsel.
Director: Christopher Hibler | Stars: Andy Griffith, Linda Purl, Kene Holiday, Dick Van Dyke
Votes: 284
27. A Perry Mason Mystery: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle (1994 TV Movie)
120 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Bill McKenzie is a retired lawyer who prefers to spend time working on his ranch. But he occasionally takes on a case wherein the defendant is wrongfully convicted or falsely accused, and ... See full summary »
Director: Helaine Head | Stars: Hal Holbrook, Barbara Hale, William R. Moses, Dixie Carter
Votes: 279
28. The Rebels (1979)
240 min | Drama, History, War
Philip Kent takes part in the American Revolution and the newly formed Congress.
Stars: Andrew Stevens, Don Johnson, William Conrad, Doug McClure
Votes: 236
29. The Kid from Left Field (1979 TV Movie)
100 min | Comedy, Family, Sport
Jackie Robinson "J.R." Cooper is a kid who loves baseball, and also the son of a former major leaguer now down on his luck (and now a vendor working the stands at games).
Director: Adell Aldrich | Stars: Gary Coleman, Robert Guillaume, Gary Collins, Ed McMahon
Votes: 231
30.
Matlock (1986–1995)
Episode:
The Sisters
(1986)
TV-PG | 49 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Sisters Julia and Emily McCullough murder their wealthy Aunt Esther with a heavy object and frame her dull husband Harold Scully, a golf partner of Ben's. Ben reluctantly defends Scully and must break the sisters' alibi and strong bond.
Director: Alan Cooke | Stars: Andy Griffith, Linda Purl, Kene Holiday, Gail O'Grady
Votes: 224
31.
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979–1981)
Episode:
Olympiad
(1980)
TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Buck attends a new version of the Olympics. He meets Lara, one of the athletes, who tells him that she is involved with Jorex, an athlete from a planet, that's ruled by a dictator, who has ... See full summary »
Director: Larry Stewart | Stars: Gil Gerard, Erin Gray, Tim O'Connor, Nicolas Coster
Votes: 214
32.
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979–1981)
Episode:
Space Rockers
(1980)
TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
When an evil rock impresario devises a means to implant a hypnotic signal into a rock band's music to drive their young audience berserk, Buck must thwart his schemes of conquest.
Director: Guy Magar | Stars: Gil Gerard, Erin Gray, Tim O'Connor, Jerry Orbach
Votes: 214
33. Harper Valley P.T.A. (1981–1982)
30 min | Comedy
Sitcom based on the 1978 film of the same name.
Stars: Barbara Eden, Fannie Flagg, Jenn Thompson, Anne Francine
Votes: 210
34.
Matlock (1986–1995)
Episode:
The Stripper
(1986)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An exotic dancer is accused of killing her ex-husband.
Director: Daniel Haller | Stars: Andy Griffith, Linda Purl, Kene Holiday, Kerrie Keane
Votes: 194
35.
Emergency! (1972–1979)
Episode:
Survival on Charter #220
(1978)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Gage and DeSoto find themselves needing help in the field in the suburbs when a midair collision causes a plane crash in their vicinity.
Director: Christian I. Nyby II | Stars: Julie London, David Ladd, Jay Hammer, Jason Evers
Votes: 190
36. Me and Mom (1985)
60 min | Comedy, Drama
Kate and her mother run a private investigation service with the help of her late father's former partner Lou.
Stars: Lisa Eilbacher, Henry Darrow, James Earl Jones, Holland Taylor
Votes: 186
37.
Matlock (1986–1995)
Episode:
The Don: Part 1
(1986)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Ben and Charlene take the case of Mafia don Nicholas Baron accused of murdering business rival Don Kovacs; Charlene is attracted to Baron's son Paul.
Director: Leo Penn | Stars: Andy Griffith, Linda Purl, Kene Holiday, William Conrad
Votes: 181
38.
Diagnosis Murder (1993–2001)
Episode:
Miracle Cure
(1993)
TV-PG | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Father Morrissey hits an extortionist in a hit-and-run, but a girl picks up the extortion evidence. When he is taken to the hospital, Morrissey fakes sickness to get near him. Dr. Mark Sloane finds the priest's behavior suspicious.
Director: Michael Lange | Stars: Dick Van Dyke, Scott Baio, Victoria Rowell, Barry Van Dyke
Votes: 173
39.
Matlock (1986–1995)
Episode:
The Angel
(1986)
TV-PG | 49 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Spoiled rock star and party girl Angel goes to her manager Lou Pearson's house to patch up a drunken fight and passes out. When she comes to, he's been fatally stabbed in the chest with scissors. Ben reluctantly defends her.
Director: Larry Elikann | Stars: Andy Griffith, Linda Purl, Kene Holiday, Kari Lizer
Votes: 173
40.
Matlock (1986–1995)
Episode:
The Professor
(1986)
TV-PG | 48 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Ben's law professor Erskine Tate is arrested for vehicular homicide of postal worker Jim Donaldson but has no recollection of it. Ben suspects Tate's assistant Jim Billings and students Eric Lane and Wesley Wallace, then tries to prove it.
Director: Bill Duke | Stars: Andy Griffith, Linda Purl, Kene Holiday, Don Porter
Votes: 173
41.
Matlock (1986–1995)
Episode:
The Seduction
(1986)
TV-PG | 48 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Football star Brad Bingham is accused of fatally bludgeoning the team's owner Cynthia Hyland.
Director: Nicholas Sgarro | Stars: Andy Griffith, Linda Purl, Kene Holiday, John Beck
Votes: 171
42.
Matlock (1986–1995)
Episode:
The Affair
(1986)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Christina Ward hires Ben to defend Sonia Cardenas, the maid accused of knifing her cheating husband Richard. Sonia was one of Richard's dalliances and is reluctant to help Ben; is she covering for someone else?
Director: John Llewellyn Moxey | Stars: Andy Griffith, Linda Purl, Kene Holiday, Jeff Conaway
Votes: 170
43.
Matlock (1986–1995)
Episode:
Nowhere to Turn
(1990)
TV-PG | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Ben Matlock defends himself against a charge of murder in L.A.
Director: Harvey S. Laidman | Stars: Andy Griffith, Nancy Stafford, Julie Sommars, Clarence Gilyard Jr.
Votes: 169
44.
Matlock (1986–1995)
Episode:
The Don: Part 2
(1986)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Ben defends a organized-crime boss.
Director: Leo Penn | Stars: Andy Griffith, Linda Purl, Kene Holiday, William Conrad
Votes: 167
45.
Operation Petticoat (1977–1979)
Episode:
Operation Petticoat
(1977)
120 min | Comedy, War
A veteran naval commander is given command of a submarine full of misfits, miscreants and with a group of nurses as passengers.
Directors: Norman Abbott, William Asher, John Astin | Stars: John Astin, Richard Gilliland, Yvonne Wilder, Richard Brestoff
Votes: 166
46. The Horror Show (1979 TV Movie)
100 min | Documentary, Horror, Thriller
"The Horror Show" was a history of horror movies hosted by Anthony Perkins, and featuring clips from scores of horror and sci-fi classics.
Director: Richard Schickel | Stars: Anthony Perkins, Bud Abbott, Julie Adams, Richard Arlen
Votes: 165
47.
Matlock (1986–1995)
Episode:
Santa Claus
(1986)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
At Christmas, cruel landlord Alan Rawlings wants to evict his tenants and tangles with tenant Tom McCabe, a cynical disabled Korean War vet and street Santa. Rawlings is murdered with a paperweight and McCabe is accused.
Director: Daniel Haller | Stars: Andy Griffith, Linda Purl, Kene Holiday, Pat Hingle
Votes: 165
48.
Matlock (1986–1995)
Episode:
The Chef
(1987)
TV-PG | 48 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
During the taping of her TV cooking show, chef Victoria Edwards' ex-husband Mike, whom she hates, samples her cooking, then keels over dead from cyanide poisoning. Ben and Charlene investigate and the killer moves to strike again.
Director: Bob Sweeney | Stars: Andy Griffith, Linda Purl, Kene Holiday, Roddy McDowall
Votes: 163
49.
Matlock (1986–1995)
Episode:
The Power Brokers: Part 1
(1987)
TV-PG | 91 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Ben defends a popular columnist framed for the murder of a source.
Director: Charles S. Dubin | Stars: Andy Griffith, Nancy Stafford, Kari Lizer, Kene Holiday
Votes: 162
50.
Matlock (1986–1995)
Episode:
The Rat Pack
(1987)
TV-PG | 48 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In California, Ben defends cookie magnate Alan Gardener who is accused of drowning his girlfriend Debbie O'Keefe, a bit-part actress who may have been involved with one of his friends.
Director: Nicholas Sgarro | Stars: Andy Griffith, Linda Purl, Kene Holiday, Timothy Busfield
Votes: 161