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1. Here's Hollywood (1960–1962)
30 min | Talk-Show
Hollywood celebrities are interviewed, often at their homes.
Stars: Dean Miller, Helen O'Connell, Jack Linkletter, Joanne Jordan
Votes: 169
2. Psycho (1960)
R | 109 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A Phoenix secretary embezzles $40,000 from her employer's client, goes on the run and checks into a remote motel run by a young man under the domination of his mother.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles, John Gavin
Votes: 717,990 | Gross: $32.00M
3. The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962–1965)
TV-14 | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
"The Alfred Hitchcock Hour" was a continuation of the dramatic anthology series Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) hosted by the Master of Suspense and Mystery.
Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Hinton Pope, Jimmy Joyce, Lew Brown
Votes: 5,153
4. 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: 4,241
5. Bicentennial Minutes (1974– )
1 min | Short, History
Minute-long "on this day in history" shorts, used a countdown to America's bicentennial.
Stars: Walter Cronkite, Cleveland Amory, Edward Asner, Roddy McDowall
Votes: 51
6. A Bob Hope Comedy Special (1966 TV Special)
60 min | Comedy
Bob visits Acapulco during the Mexico-International Film Festival to observe jet setters and bikinis.
Director: Jack Shea | Stars: Bob Hope, Claudine Auger, Ballet Folklorico de Acapulco, Les Brown
Votes: 21
7.
Mannix (1967–1975)
Episode:
The Danford File
(1973)
TV-PG | 52 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Joe Mannix is invited to the home of Arthur Danford by an old friend, Barney Edmonds, who is managing Danford's campaign for governor of Hawaii. Mannix recognizes Danford's wife, Laura, as ... See full summary »
Director: Harry Harvey Jr. | Stars: Mike Connors, Gail Fisher, Richard Bradford, John Gavin
Votes: 96
8. Spartacus (1960)
PG-13 | 197 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
The slave Spartacus survives brutal training as a gladiator and leads a violent revolt against the decadent Roman Republic, as the ambitious Crassus seeks to gain power by crushing the uprising.
Directors: Stanley Kubrick, Anthony Mann | Stars: Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons, Charles Laughton
Votes: 143,132 | Gross: $30.00M
9. Imitation of Life (1959)
Not Rated | 125 min | Drama
An aspiring white actress takes in an African American widow whose mixed-race daughter is desperate to be seen as white.
Director: Douglas Sirk | Stars: Lana Turner, John Gavin, Sandra Dee, Susan Kohner
Votes: 18,210 | Gross: $13.99M
10.
The Virginian (1962–1971)
Episode:
Portrait of a Widow
(1964)
TV-PG | 75 min | Western
A French portrait painter returns from Chicago to Medicine Bow with Betsy and a new widow to paint her. The Judge suspects he is not being truthful but he seems to be the right medicine for the grieving widow as the Judge investigates.
Director: Don McDougall | Stars: Lee J. Cobb, Doug McClure, Clu Gulager, Roberta Shore
Votes: 85
11. Kraft Suspense Theatre (1963–1965)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Kraft Suspense Theater was an anthology series which featured a new cast and stories each week.
Stars: David Lewis, Francis De Sales, Harry Townes, Jack Kelly
Votes: 287
12. Convoy (1965)
60 min | Drama, War
Civilian Captain Foster (the freighter "Flagship") and Commander Talbot (US Navy destroyer Escort "DD 181") are responsible for convoying ships across the Atlantic during World War II.
Stars: John Gavin, John Larch, Linden Chiles, Horst Ebersberg
Votes: 57
13. Destry (1964)
60 min | Western
Young Harrison Destry, son of legendary lawman Tom Destry, had been a sheriff himself until he was framed and sent to prison. Now he roams about looking for the hombres that did him wrong. ... See full summary »
Stars: John Gavin, Ken Mayer, Bill Coontz, Boyd 'Red' Morgan
Votes: 83
14. The Virginian (1962–1971)
TV-PG | 75 min | Western
Personable Western series based in Wyoming from the 1890s onward.
Stars: Doug McClure, James Drury, Lee J. Cobb, Sara Lane
Votes: 3,156
15. A Time to Love and a Time to Die (1958)
Approved | 132 min | Drama, Romance, War
On the Russian front in 1944, German private Ernst Graeber receives a leave and visits his family in Germany but Germany isn't the same country he left behind.
Director: Douglas Sirk | Stars: John Gavin, Liselotte Pulver, Jock Mahoney, Don DeFore
Votes: 3,711
16. Hour Magazine (1980–1989)
60 min | Family, Talk-Show
Award-winning syndicated daytime talk show hosted by Gary Collins, featuring a variety of celebrity guests, current affairs, cooking and popular culture.
Stars: Gary Collins, José Eber, Victoria Principal, Mary Ann Mobley
Votes: 100
17. This Is Your Life (1970–1973)
30 min | Biography, Reality-TV
Stars: Ralph Edwards, Nanette Fabray, Bette Davis, Peter Graves
Votes: 196
18. Insight (I) (1960–1984)
30 min | Drama
This American Roman Catholic religious-themed anthology sheds light on the contemporary search for meaning, freedom, and love.
Stars: Ellwood Kieser, Pat McGeehan, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Brian Keith
Votes: 284
19. You Don't Say (1963–1975)
TV-G | 30 min | Game-Show
Two teams of two players compete against each other to determine the name of a famous person. One member of the team, who knew the answer, would give clues to his or her teammate.
Stars: Tom Kennedy, John Harlan, Pat Carroll, Betty White
Votes: 48
20. Mannix (1967–1975)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Private detective Joe Mannix uses force to solve crimes.
Stars: Mike Connors, Gail Fisher, Ward Wood, Ron Nyman
Votes: 4,280
21. To Tell the Truth (1969–1978)
30 min | Family, Game-Show
Five-day-a-week syndicated revival of one of Goodson-Todman's most durable and longest-lived formats: A celebrity panel determines which of three contestants is the actual person associated with a given story.
Stars: Garry Moore, Bill Cullen, Kitty Carlisle, Peggy Cass
Votes: 248
22. Password (1961–1975)
TV-G | 30 min | Family, Game-Show
Two celebrity-contestant teams compete to guess words by giving one-word clues in this all-time classic game show.
Stars: Allen Ludden, Jack Clark, John Harlan, Lee Vines
Votes: 508
23.
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962–1965)
Episode:
Run for Doom
(1963)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A young doctor continues to date a beautiful showgirl in spite of warnings that her three previous marriages ended badly for her past husbands.
Director: Bernard Girard | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, John Gavin, Diana Dors, Scott Brady
Votes: 452
24.
Hart to Hart (1979–1984)
Episode:
Murder, Murder on the Wall
(1980)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
The Harts look forward to lunch with Jennifer's friend Marcie and her new spouse Adam Fowler, who vanishes and is soon found dead. Meanwhile, two men who followed him out of the restaurant trail who they think is his wife: Jennifer.
Director: Tom Mankiewicz | Stars: Robert Wagner, Stefanie Powers, Lionel Stander, Karen Carlson
Votes: 142
25. Cutter's Trail (1970 TV Movie)
100 min | Western
Marshal returns home to find his town almost wiped out by Mexican bandits, enlists the help of a young Mexican boy and his mother to track them down.
Director: Vincent McEveety | Stars: John Gavin, Manuel Padilla Jr., Marisa Pavan, Beverly Garland
Votes: 44
26.
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962–1965)
Episode:
Off Season
(1965)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A trigger-happy ex-cop gets a job as an unarmed deputy, but still has some very violent tendencies.
Director: William Friedkin | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, John Gavin, Richard Jaeckel, Tom Drake
Votes: 373
27. The Doris Day Show (1968–1973)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy
After spending most of her life in big cities, widow Doris Martin decides to move back to the family ranch.
Stars: Doris Day, Philip Brown, Todd Starke, Denver Pyle
Votes: 877
28. The Wide World of Mystery (1973–1976)
90 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A 90 minute late-night mystery and suspense anthology series which ran on ABC (American Broadcasting Company), between 1973 and 1978.
Stars: John Karlen, Michael Parks, Susan Strasberg, Robert Symonds
Votes: 134
29.
Destry (1964)
Episode:
Destry Had a Little Lamb
(1964)
60 min | Western
After mild-mannered Clarence Jones rescues him from renegade Indians, Destry agrees to accompany the man to a wide-open boomtown run by criminals to claim the ranch he inherited from his ... See full summary »
Director: Gene Nelson | Stars: John Gavin, Fess Parker, Barbara Stuart, David White
Votes: 10
30. Medical Center (1969–1976)
60 min | Drama
Located in the Los Angeles, California area, the Medical Center was an otherwise unnamed hospital complex that was part of a larger university campus.
Stars: James Daly, Chad Everett, Chris Hutson, Virginia Hawkins
Votes: 878
31. 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
32. Alcoa Premiere (1961–1963)
60 min | Drama
Hosted by famous dancer and actor Fred Astaire, this series presented a new drama with each week's episode. Unlike some of the earlier drama series, which tended either toward classics or ... See full summary »
Stars: Fred Astaire, Keir Dullea, Brian Eliot, Paul Comi
Votes: 141
33. Pedro Páramo (1967)
TV-PG | 110 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Highly symbolic and allegorical, this drama takes as its basis a son's search for his father in the chaotic times of the Mexican Revolution in the early 1900s. Stereotypical (or archetypal)... See full summary »
Director: Carlos Velo | Stars: John Gavin, Ignacio López Tarso, Pilar Pellicer, Julissa
Votes: 369
34. The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema (2001)
90 min | Documentary, History
Documentary about the presence of Latin American culture and actors in American movies.
Directors: Alberto Domínguez, Susan Racho, Nancy De Los Santos-Reza | Stars: Benicio Del Toro, Anthony Quinn, Dolores Del Río, Pablo Ferro
Votes: 117
35.
Destry (1964)
Episode:
Stormy Is a Lady
(1964)
60 min | Western
Destry stops into a ghost town to visit his old friend, saloonkeeper Bessie Hawkins and the young girl she raised as her own daughter after her mother died in childbirth. Destry tries to ... See full summary »
Director: Gene Nelson | Stars: John Gavin, Janet Blair, John Hoyt, Charles Macaulay
Votes: 8
36.
Flying High (1978–1979)
Episode:
South by Southwest
(1978)
60 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Director: Peter Roger Hunt | Stars: Connie Sellecca, Pat Klous, Kathryn Witt, Howard Platt
Votes: 12
37.
Destry (1964)
Episode:
Ride to Rio Verde
(1964)
60 min | Western
Destry career as a photographer's assistant is cut short when his friend and employer, Jim Logan, is murdered during a bank robbery. When a U.S. marshal asks for Destry's assistance is ... See full summary »
Director: Frank Baur | Stars: John Gavin, Charles McGraw, Lawrence Dobkin, John A. Alonzo
Votes: 9
38. Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967)
G | 138 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
In New York City during the Roaring Twenties, would-be flapper Millie Dillmount's self-appointed mission to marry her boss is complicated by white slavers and true love.
Director: George Roy Hill | Stars: Julie Andrews, James Fox, Mary Tyler Moore, Carol Channing
Votes: 7,028 | Gross: $34.34M
39. The City of Gods (1968)
Documentary
Stars: Bettye Ackerman, Beatriz Aguirre, Víctor Alcocer, Héctor Andremar
Votes: 18
40.
The Doris Day Show (1968–1973)
Episode:
Skiing Anyone?
(1971)
TV-G | 24 min | Comedy
Doris and Myrna go on a weekend skiing trip, where Doris meets a handsome doctor--who comes in handy when Myrna sprains her ankle before she even gets to the slopes.
Director: Reza Badiyi | Stars: Doris Day, Rose Marie, Paul Smith, McLean Stevenson
Votes: 26
41.
Fantasy Island (1977–1984)
Episode:
Loving Strangers/Something Borrowed, Something Blue
(1981)
TV-G | 60 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Long-married Tom and Margaret Chase want to find out if they would fall in love again if they were meeting for the first time. Bride-to-be Pamela Archer's wedding plans with Jack Foster may be ruined when her past comes back to haunt her.
Director: Cliff Bole | Stars: Ricardo Montalban, Hervé Villechaize, John Gavin, Marjoe Gortner
Votes: 60
42.
Kraft Suspense Theatre (1963–1965)
Episode:
A Truce to Terror
(1964)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In Los Angeles,a wealthy man has a brief scuffle with a Spanish laborer and is accidentally hurt.Feeling the incident was actually a vicious attack,he vows to track down the Spaniard.He ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Sparr | Stars: Steve Forrest, John Gavin, Michael Ansara, Anna Navarro
Votes: 52
43. Hart to Hart (1979–1984)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
The globe-trotting adventures of amateur detectives Jonathan and Jennifer Hart.
Stars: Robert Wagner, Stefanie Powers, Lionel Stander, Lee Wilkof
Votes: 8,786
44. Midnight Lace (1960)
Approved | 103 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
In London, a recently-wed American woman's sanity comes into question after she claims to be the victim of a threatening stalker.
Director: David Miller | Stars: Doris Day, Rex Harrison, John Gavin, Myrna Loy
Votes: 6,024 | Gross: $7.40M
45. The Merv Griffin Show (1962–1986)
TV-PG | 60 min | Comedy, Family, Music
Merv Griffin invites a series of actors, actresses, writers, and directors to discuss the progressive work they have done and current culture, arts, and entertainment surrounding the numerous projects.
Stars: Merv Griffin, Mort Lindsey, Mort Lindsey Orchestra, Arthur Treacher
Votes: 608
46. Flying High (1978–1979)
60 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
The high-flying adventures of three sexy airline stewardesses.
Stars: Connie Sellecca, Pat Klous, Kathryn Witt, Howard Platt
Votes: 146
47. The 45th Annual Academy Awards (1973 TV Special)
News
The 45th Annual Academy Awards were held at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion at the Los Angeles Music Center. The ceremony was held there from 1969 to 1987, 1990, 1992 to 1994, 1996, and 1999.
Director: Marty Pasetta | Stars: L.B. Abbott, Bettye Ackerman, Eddie Albert, Edward Albert
Votes: 150
48.
Alcoa Premiere (1961–1963)
Episode:
The Jail
(1962)
60 min | Drama
In this future time a young man was charged with an offense against the state and marshaled into a huge building crammed with banks and banks of computers. These computers would absorb and assess the evidence.
Director: Norman Lloyd | Stars: Fred Astaire, John Gavin, James Barton, Barry Morse
Votes: 27
49.
The Love Boat (1977–1987)
Episode:
Lonely at the Top/Silent Night/Divorce Me, Please
(1977)
TV-PG | 60 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
At Christmas, lonely Merrill lacks holiday spirit. Ex-con Dan Barton meets cheating law partner Walter and plans revenge for being convicted of Walter's crime. Paul and Audrey Baines fantasize about divorcing each other.
Director: Allen Baron | Stars: Gavin MacLeod, Bernie Kopell, Fred Grandy, Ted Lange
Votes: 172
50. Fantasy Island (1977–1984)
TV-G | 60 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
The mysterious Mr. Roarke runs a unique resort island in the Pacific Ocean that can fulfill any fantasy, but they rarely turn out as expected.
Stars: Ricardo Montalban, Hervé Villechaize, Wendy Schaal, Christopher Hewett
Votes: 8,973