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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: 293,408 | Gross: $100.92M
2. 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: 17,173
3. 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: 6,705
4. 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: 4,809
5. 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: 4,246
6. 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: 3,152
7. 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: 3,082
8. 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: 3,038
9. 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
10. 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
11. 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: 1,563
12. 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: 869
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: 862
14. 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
15. 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
16. 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
17. This Is Your Life (1950–1993)
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
18. 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
19. 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
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: 223
21.
The Untouchables (1959–1963)
Episode:
The Rusty Heller Story
(1960)
52 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Rusty Heller is a nightclub performer who has her eyes set on a better life for herself which, in her case, means lots more money. She sets her eyes on mobster Charles 'Pop' Felcher who has... See full summary »
Director: Walter Grauman | Stars: Robert Stack, Elizabeth Montgomery, Harold J. Stone, David White
Votes: 187
22.
The Untouchables (1959–1963)
Episode:
The Empty Chair
(1959)
52 min | Action, Crime, Drama
With Capone in prison, Frank Nitti tries to grab the open top spot in the empire. But Capone's bookkeeper is giving him a run for his money.
Director: John Peyser | Stars: Robert Stack, Barbara Nichols, Bruce Gordon, Betty Garde
Votes: 185
23.
The Untouchables (1959–1963)
Episode:
Ma Barker and Her Boys
(1959)
52 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Ness has tracked down the notorious bank robber Ma Barker, a woman who turned her back on religion in order to lead a life of crime with her sons.
Director: Joe Parker | Stars: Robert Stack, Claire Trevor, Vaughn Taylor, Adam Williams
Votes: 174
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: 160
25. 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
26.
The Untouchables (1959–1963)
Episode:
Pilot
(1959)
103 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Based on the autobiography "The Untouchables," by Elliot Ness and Oscar Fraley, a young treasury agent assembles an incorruptible squad to dismantle the criminal empire of "Scarface" Al Capone.
Director: Phil Karlson | Stars: Robert Stack, Keenan Wynn, Barbara Nichols, Pat Crowley
Votes: 138
27.
The Untouchables (1959–1963)
Episode:
The Jake Lingle Killing
(1959)
60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A newspaperman is murdered for double-crossing some mobsters. So a reward-seeking ex-con decides to work with Ness and find the killer.
Director: Tay Garnett | Stars: Robert Stack, Charles McGraw, Jack Lord, Jerry Paris
Votes: 134
28. 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
29.
The Untouchables (1959–1963)
Episode:
The Underground Railway
(1959)
60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Bank robber Frank Holloway escapes prison and travels across the country to rendezvous with his accomplice, but his various appointments with plastic surgeons prevent agent Eliot Ness from identifying him.
Director: Walter Grauman | Stars: Robert Stack, Virginia Vincent, Joe De Santis, Cliff Robertson
Votes: 129
30.
The Untouchables (1959–1963)
Episode:
The Noise of Death
(1960)
60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An aging Mafia chief, Joe Bucco, is being pushed out of the organization in favor of his younger rival. But Bucco doesn't intend to retire without a fight.
Director: Walter Grauman | Stars: Robert Stack, J. Carrol Naish, Henry Silva, Norma Crane
Votes: 127
31.
The Untouchables (1959–1963)
Episode:
The George 'Bugs' Moran Story
(1959)
60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Ness tries to get the influential president of a truckers union to stop mobster "Bugs" Moran and his crime syndicate from infiltrating the labor unions.
Director: Joe Parker | Stars: Robert Stack, Lloyd Nolan, Jack Warden, Jerry Paris
Votes: 125
32.
The Untouchables (1959–1963)
Episode:
Ain't We Got Fun
(1959)
60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A successful bootlegger seizes control of a nightclub and takes its brash young comic under his wing, promising to make him a star.
Director: Roger Kay | Stars: Robert Stack, Joseph Buloff, Cameron Mitchell, Jerry Paris
Votes: 124
33.
The Untouchables (1959–1963)
Episode:
The Tri-State Gang
(1959)
60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A notorious gang that hijacks trucks is unstoppable...until one of its members falls for a young French woman who can identify their leader.
Director: Allen H. Miner | Stars: Robert Stack, William Bendix, Alan Hale Jr., Florence Halop
Votes: 121
34.
The Untouchables (1959–1963)
Episode:
Vincent 'Mad Dog' Coll
(1959)
60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A deranged gangster kidnaps the right-hand man of mobster Dutch Schultz, then steals the horse Schultz was planning to bet on in the Kentucky Derby.
Director: Andrew McCullough | Stars: Robert Stack, Clu Gulager, Lawrence Dobkin, Jerry Paris
Votes: 121
35. 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
36.
The Untouchables (1959–1963)
Episode:
The Dutch Schultz Story
(1959)
60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
After Dutch Schultz gets his income tax evasion trial moved to a quiet town, he starts to have a positive effect on its citizens and eventually sways the jury.
Director: Jerry Hopper | Stars: Robert Stack, Lawrence Dobkin, Jerry Paris, Abel Fernandez
Votes: 120
37.
The Untouchables (1959–1963)
Episode:
The Frank Nitti Story
(1960)
52 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Al Capone's main enforcer, Frank Nitti, has gone into the movie business. He threatens theater owners into paying him protection money...or else!
Director: Howard W. Koch | Stars: Robert Stack, Richard Anderson, Myron McCormick, Dick Foran
Votes: 119
38.
The Untouchables (1959–1963)
Episode:
The White Slavers
(1960)
52 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The sadistic head of a prostitution ring tries to get a former madam to help him with his operation. Only she decides to work with Eliot Ness instead.
Director: Walter Grauman | Stars: Robert Stack, Dick York, Mike Kellin, Nita Talbot
Votes: 117
39.
The Untouchables (1959–1963)
Episode:
The Underworld Bank
(1960)
52 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The crime lords have now become money lenders. So when they cut one of their men out of his share of a heist, he comes after them...and so does Eliot Ness.
Director: Stuart Rosenberg | Stars: Robert Stack, Virginia Vincent, Peter Falk, Thomas Mitchell
Votes: 116
40.
The Untouchables (1959–1963)
Episode:
The Purple Gang
(1960)
52 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The Purple Gang, led by Eddie Fletcher, specialize in small-time kidnapping focusing on minor mobster that can fetch them a few thousand dollars in a short period of time. They may have ... See full summary »
Director: Walter Grauman | Stars: Robert Stack, Bruce Gordon, Werner Klemperer, Ilka Windish
Votes: 114
41.
The Untouchables (1959–1963)
Episode:
Mexican Stake-Out
(1959)
60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Eliot Ness is lured south of the border to retrieve a witness who will help his case. Only it's a set-up...once there, the mobster on trial is planning to have Ness killed.
Director: Tay Garnett | Stars: Robert Stack, Martin Landau, Vince Edwards, Jerry Paris
Votes: 109
42.
The Untouchables (1959–1963)
Episode:
The Mark of Cain
(1960)
52 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Eliot Ness and his team have been successful in shutting most of the drug trafficking in Chicago. One exception is 'Little' Charlie Sebastino's operation. He has accumulated quite a stash ... See full summary »
Director: Walter Grauman | Stars: Robert Stack, Will Kuluva, Conrad Janis, Eduardo Ciannelli
Votes: 109
43.
The Untouchables (1959–1963)
Episode:
The St. Louis Story
(1960)
52 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The team faces a new kind of criminal when they battle the owner of the swank Jockey Club, a respectable gent who is the boss of the St. Louis underworld.
Director: Howard W. Koch | Stars: Robert Stack, Leo Gordon, Anthony George, David Brian
Votes: 107
44.
The Untouchables (1959–1963)
Episode:
The Doreen Maney Story
(1960)
52 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A woman and her boyfriend, dubbed "The Lovebirds" by the press, rob an armored truck. When she is caught, Ness uses her as bait to catch her partner.
Director: Robert Florey | Stars: Robert Stack, Christopher Dark, Connie Hines, Anne Francis
Votes: 106
45.
The Untouchables (1959–1963)
Episode:
Star Witness
(1960)
52 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An accountant with a brilliant mind for numbers agrees to testify against the mob. But keeping him safe before the trial keeps Ness and his men on the run.
Director: Tay Garnett | Stars: Robert Stack, Marc Lawrence, Jim Backus, Jerry Paris
Votes: 102
46.
The Untouchables (1959–1963)
Episode:
You Can't Pick the Number
(1959)
60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Eliot Ness and the Untouchables set their sights shutting down the numbers racket. The numbers are like a lottery where anyone can place a bet of up to one dollar on a three digit number. ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Whorf | Stars: Robert Stack, Jay C. Flippen, Darryl Hickman, Jerry Paris
Votes: 101
47.
The Untouchables (1959–1963)
Episode:
The Artichoke King
(1959)
60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A gangster who controls the produce market in New York has a colleague bumped off. But when the hit man he hired gets greedy, he has to get rid of him too.
Director: Roger Kay | Stars: Robert Stack, Jack Weston, Al Ruscio, Robert Ellenstein
Votes: 99
48.
The Untouchables (1959–1963)
Episode:
Three Thousand Suspects
(1960)
52 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Just as a prisoner is about to turn stool pigeon, he is shot by someone on the inside. So Ness transfers a con from another prison to find the killer.
Director: John Peyser | Stars: Robert Stack, Bruce Gordon, Mary Sinclair, Bert Freed
Votes: 98
49.
The Untouchables (1959–1963)
Episode:
Little Egypt
(1960)
52 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The department's newest agent is able to infiltrate the mob, using carrier pigeons to get information out. That is, until a woman gets him into trouble.
Director: John Peyser | Stars: Robert Stack, Susan Cummings, Anthony George, Fred Clark
Votes: 97
50.
The Untouchables (1959–1963)
Episode:
The Lily Dallas Story
(1961)
52 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Lily Dallas is a highly intelligent ex-con who has a history of committing bank robberies. This time she and her husband George 'Blackie' Dallas, who is known for his deft use of a Tommy ... See full summary »
Director: Don Medford | Stars: Robert Stack, Norma Crane, Linda Watkins, Ed Nelson
Votes: 97