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1. Baseball (1994–2010)

TV-PG | 104 min | Documentary, History, Sport

A documentary on the history of the sport with major topics including Afro-American players, player/team owner relations and the resilience of the game.

Stars: Daniel Okrent, George F. Will, John Chancellor, Doris Kearns Goodwin

Votes: 4,737

2. Baseball (1994–2010)
Episode: A National Heirloom (1994)

TV-PG | 114 min | Documentary, History, Sport

The 1920s begin with America trying to recover from World War I and baseball trying to recover from the scandal of the 1919 World Series.

Director: Ken Burns | Stars: Grover Cleveland Alexander, Roger Angell, Adam Arkin, Red Barber

Votes: 181

3. Carnivàle (2003–2005)
Episode: New Canaan, CA (2005)

TV-MA | 52 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

In the cliff-hanging season finale, Samson devises a grand plan by scheming with Ben, Jones, and the entire troupe to lure Brother Justin to Carnivale for his confrontation with Ben. ... See full summary »

Director: Scott Winant | Stars: Michael J. Anderson, Adrienne Barbeau, Clancy Brown, Debra Christofferson

Votes: 695

4. The Roosevelts: An Intimate History (2014)

TV-14 | 114 min | Documentary, Biography, History

A documentary that weaves together the stories of Theodore, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, three members of one of the most prominent and influential families in American politics.

Stars: Peter Coyote, George F. Will, Geoffrey C. Ward, Doris Kearns Goodwin

Votes: 2,650

5. Grey's Anatomy (2005– )
Episode: Freedom: Part 2 (2008)

TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, Romance

Meredith and Derek are at odds over whether or not to continue with their 13th clinical trial patient and the doctors lift the final critical pieces of cement from the young boy's body. ... See full summary »

Director: Rob Corn | Stars: Ellen Pompeo, Sandra Oh, Katherine Heigl, Justin Chambers

Votes: 1,297

6. The 43rd Annual Golden Globe Awards 1986 (1986 TV Special)

Golden Globe Award - American award awarded by the Hollywood association of the foreign press from 1944 for works in movies and television's pictures.

Director: Gene Weed | Stars: Charlton Heston, Donna Mills, June Allyson, Rosanna Arquette

Votes: 164

7. Carnivàle (2003–2005)
Episode: Lincoln Highway, UT (2005)

TV-MA | 52 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

While driving down a desolate highway in rural Utah on his trail of Stroud, Ben comes across Jones and Libby, the victims of a vigilante group blaming Jonesy for the Ferris wheel accident, ... See full summary »

Director: Rodrigo García | Stars: Michael J. Anderson, Adrienne Barbeau, Clancy Brown, Debra Christofferson

Votes: 611

8. Carnivàle (2003–2005)
Episode: The Day That Was the Day (2003)

TV-MA | 55 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

Faced with a crisis of life-and-death proportions of whether or not to cure Ruthie from a snake bite, Ben turns to Lodz for advice, and he ends up talking with the mysterious and unseen ... See full summary »

Director: Rodrigo García | Stars: Michael J. Anderson, Adrienne Barbeau, Patrick Bauchau, Clancy Brown

Votes: 779

9. Memphis Beat (2010–2011)
Episode: The Feud (2011)

TV-14 | Comedy, Crime, Drama

A shooting threatens to end a 25-year truce between two rival Memphis crime families, while Dwight's co-workers prepare for his "surprise" birthday party.

Director: Michael Katleman | Stars: Jason Lee, Sam Hennings, DJ Qualls, Celia Weston

Votes: 36

10. American Experience (1987– )

TV-PG | 120 min | Documentary, Biography, History

A series showcasing documentaries on American history.

Stars: David McCullough, David Ogden Stiers, Michael Murphy, Oliver Platt

Votes: 2,202

11. Jazz (2001)

1,075 min | Documentary, History, Music

A survey of the musical form's history and major talents.

Stars: Keith David, Wynton Marsalis, Gary Giddins, Delroy Lindo

Votes: 2,497

12. The National Parks: America's Best Idea (2009)

690 min | Documentary, History

The history of the U.S. National Parks system, including the initial ideas which led to the world's first national parks and the expansion of the system over 150 years.

Stars: Peter Coyote, William Cronon, Dayton Duncan, Shelton Johnson

Votes: 1,948

13. Grey's Anatomy (2005– )
Episode: Freedom: Part 1 (2008)

TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, Romance

A surgical team battles the clock as they try to save a boy encased in cement, Karev's situation with an ever-disintegrating Ava brings back painful memories that interfere with his ... See full summary »

Director: Rob Corn | Stars: Ellen Pompeo, Sandra Oh, Katherine Heigl, Justin Chambers

Votes: 1,613

14. Baseball (1994–2010)
Episode: Our Game (1994)

TV-PG | 112 min | Documentary, History, Sport

In New York City, in the 1840s, people need a diversion from the "railroad pace" at which they work and live. They find it in a game of questionable origins.

Director: Ken Burns | Stars: Roger Angell, Adam Arkin, Philip Bosco, Thomas Boswell

Votes: 259

15. Baseball (1994–2010)
Episode: Something Like a War (1994)

TV-PG | 103 min | Documentary, History, Sport

In 1894, a sportwriter named Byron Bancroft "Ban" Johnson takes over a struggling minor league - the Western League - and turns it into a financial success.

Director: Ken Burns | Stars: Roger Angell, Adam Arkin, Philip Bosco, Thomas Boswell

Votes: 213

16. Baseball (1994–2010)
Episode: The Faith of Fifty Million People (1994)

TV-PG | 117 min | Documentary, History, Sport

Before and after World War I, a steady stream of immigrants lands on the shores of America. They want instantly to become American. To pursue the American dream. To play the American game.

Director: Ken Burns | Stars: Grover Cleveland Alexander, Adam Arkin, Red Barber, Keith Carradine

Votes: 185

17. Baseball (1994–2010)
Episode: Shadow Ball (1994)

TV-PG | 122 min | Documentary, History, Sport

In the period 1930-40, the Depression had a major impact on the game of baseball. Many teams were nearing bankruptcy with attendance dwindling and fan interest at its lowest ebb. The owners... See full summary »

Director: Ken Burns | Stars: Grover Cleveland Alexander, Roger Angell, Adam Arkin, Red Barber

Votes: 174

18. Fringe (2008–2013)
Episode: Olivia (2010)

TV-14 | 44 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi

After the extraordinary turn of events that shockingly left an imprisoned Olivia "over there," she fights to find her way home. Meanwhile, Peter and Walter try to move on with their lives unknowingly alongside alternate Olivia.

Director: Joe Chappelle | Stars: Anna Torv, Joshua Jackson, Lance Reddick, Blair Brown

Votes: 2,401

19. 500 Nations (1995)

374 min | History

An exploration of the various Native American nations and their fall to the European conquerors.

Stars: Kevin Costner, Gregory Harrison, Eric Schweig, Gordon Tootoosis

Votes: 547

20. That's What I Am: On Set with WWE Superstar Randy Orton (2011 Video)

7 min | Documentary, Short, Biography

Add a Plot

Stars: Bob Orton, Barrymore Barlow, Bob Orton Sr., Randy Orton

Votes: 9

21. Carnivàle (2003–2005)
Episode: Damascus, NE (2005)

TV-MA | 45 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

When Carnivale finally arrives in Damascus, Ben gets closer to finding his father when another vision of a man with the shredded face leads him to the town's seedy hotel. Ben then goes to ... See full summary »

Director: Alan Taylor | Stars: Michael J. Anderson, Adrienne Barbeau, Clancy Brown, Debra Christofferson

Votes: 579

22. Carnivàle (2003–2005)
Episode: Outside New Canaan (2005)

TV-MA | 55 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

When Samson announces that the carnival's next stop is the Christian camp of New Canaan, California, both Lila and Stumpy challenge his authority. Jones arrives back with the troupe and ... See full summary »

Director: Dan Lerner | Stars: Michael J. Anderson, Adrienne Barbeau, Clancy Brown, Debra Christofferson

Votes: 574

23. Carnivàle (2003–2005)
Episode: Outskirts, Damascus, NE (2005)

TV-MA | 53 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

Ben and Samson have a heated argument over some bad news that Ben tells him about the death of Management, and Samson learns from Ruthie about seeing Stroud abduct Scudder. Ben suggests ... See full summary »

Director: Tim Hunter | Stars: Michael J. Anderson, Adrienne Barbeau, Clancy Brown, Debra Christofferson

Votes: 583

24. Grey's Anatomy (2005– )
Episode: Sweet Surrender (2009)

TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, Romance

Izzie bites off more than she can chew on her first day of chemotherapy, Mark and Derek are forced to work on the same patient, Meredith's plans for a simple wedding take a turn, and Karev ... See full summary »

Director: Tony Phelan | Stars: Ellen Pompeo, Sandra Oh, Katherine Heigl, Justin Chambers

Votes: 1,451

25. The National Parks: America's Best Idea (2009)
Episode: The Last Refuge: 1890-1915 (2009)

TV-G | 131 min | Documentary, History

Americans begin to question the nation's rush across the continent that has devastated forests and ravaged animals. Conservation's greatest champion is Theodore Roosevelt, who audaciously sets aside 800,000 acres of the Grand Canyon.

Director: Ken Burns | Stars: Peter Coyote, Shelton Johnson, Clay Jenkinson, Terry Tempest Williams

Votes: 87

26. The Roosevelts: An Intimate History (2014)
Episode: The Fire of Life (1910-1919) (2014)

TV-PG | 115 min | Documentary, Biography, History

T.R. runs for a third term as a Progressive, explores the Amazon and suffers one final grave loss in his twilight years. FDR as President Wilson's Assistant Secretary of the Navy. Eleanor faces life's harsh realities. America in WWI.

Director: Ken Burns | Stars: Peter Coyote, Geoffrey C. Ward, Clay Jenkinson, Jonathan Alter

Votes: 160

27. Fringe (2008–2013)

TV-14 | 46 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi

An F.B.I. agent is forced to work with an institutionalized scientist and his son in order to rationalize a brewing storm of unexplained phenomena.

Stars: Anna Torv, Joshua Jackson, John Noble, Jasika Nicole

Votes: 257,440

28. Carnivàle (2003–2005)

TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

During the Great Depression, an Oklahoma farm boy and a charismatic minister learn that they are key players in a proxy war being fought between Heaven and Hell.

Stars: Michael J. Anderson, Adrienne Barbeau, Clancy Brown, Debra Christofferson

Votes: 46,854

29. The West (1996)

537 min | Documentary, History, War

Stephen Ives' "The West" is a PBS 4-Video Series co-produced by Ken Burns: - "Death Runs Riot" 85 min. - "Fight No More Forever" 85 min. - "Ghost Dance" 58 min. - "The People" 82 min.

Stars: Peter Coyote, N. Scott Momaday, Murphy Guyer, John Trudell

Votes: 2,143

30. Carnivàle (2003–2005)
Episode: Cheyenne, WY (2005)

TV-MA | 52 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

Following another one of Ben's visions, he and Joney set out to find Stroud and they soon arrive in the Wyoming state capital where from a discarded newspaper in a recently vacated hotel ... See full summary »

Director: Todd Field | Stars: Michael J. Anderson, Adrienne Barbeau, Clancy Brown, Debra Christofferson

Votes: 563

31. The National Parks: America's Best Idea (2009)
Episode: Going Home: 1920-1933 (2009)

TV-G | 115 min | Documentary, History

Mather and Albright ally themselves with the automobile to "democratize" the national parks. Horace Kephart and George Masa launch a campaign to save the forests of the Smoky Mountains from destruction by establishing a national park.

Director: Ken Burns | Stars: Peter Coyote, Ruth Kirk, Dayton Duncan, Alfred Runte

Votes: 75

32. The National Parks: America's Best Idea (2009)
Episode: The Scripture of Nature: 1851-1890 (2009)

TV-G | 114 min | Documentary, History

A study of the first ideas which led to the establishment of America's national parks, with an emphasis on the work of John Muir and the exploration and preservation of Yosemite and Yellowstone.

Director: Ken Burns | Stars: Peter Coyote, Dayton Duncan, Carl Pope, Clay Jenkinson

Votes: 116

33. The Dust Bowl (2012)
Episode: Reaping the Whirlwind (2012)

TV-PG | 113 min | Documentary, History

In the second episode of Ken Burns's DUST BOWL, experience the gradual relief as the families of the plains seek new lives in California and government conservation efforts -- and a break ... See full summary »

Director: Ken Burns | Stars: Peter Coyote, Donald Worster, Wayne Lewis, Pamela Riney-Kehrberg

Votes: 76

34. The Roosevelts: An Intimate History (2014)
Episode: The Rising Road (1933-1939) (2014)

TV-PG | 115 min | Documentary, Biography, History

FDR's pre-WWII presidency. The New Deal renews America. FDR's unprecedented popularity, the conservative opposition and Huey Long's populism. FDR warns isolationists of Hitler. Eleanor's platonic friendship with Lorena Hickok.

Director: Ken Burns | Stars: Peter Coyote, William Leuchtenburg, George F. Will, Doris Kearns Goodwin

Votes: 154

35. The Dust Bowl (2012)
Episode: Dust to Eat (2012)

TV-PG | Documentary, History

In the first night of Ken Burns's THE DUST BOWL, feel the full force of the worst manmade environmental disaster in America's history as survivors recall the terror of the dust storms, the ... See full summary »

Director: Ken Burns | Stars: Dorothy Williamson, Timothy Egan, Donald Worster, Charles Shaw

Votes: 33

36. Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson (2004)

TV-PG | 214 min | Documentary, Biography, Sport

The story of Jack Johnson, the first African-American Heavyweight boxing champion.

Director: Ken Burns | Stars: Jack Johnson, Keith David, Samuel L. Jackson, Adam Arkin

Votes: 1,691

37. Mark Twain (2001 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 212 min | Documentary, Biography

A biographical film about the acclaimed American humourist and author.

Director: Ken Burns | Stars: Keith David, Kevin Conway, Philip Bosco, Blythe Danner

Votes: 1,114

38. Carnivàle (2003–2005)
Episode: Los Moscos (2005)

TV-MA | 50 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

As the spiritual powers of Ben Hawkins evolve, the entity Management reveals its identity (the Russian soldier in Ben's dreams) to Ben, and then exposes him to a vision of the cataclysmic ... See full summary »

Director: Jeremy Podeswa | Stars: Michael J. Anderson, Adrienne Barbeau, Clancy Brown, Debra Christofferson

Votes: 650

39. Criminal Minds (2005– )
Episode: No Way Out (2007)

TV-14 | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Gideon matches wits against the most prolific serial killer ever found, and the results are surprising.

Director: John Gallagher | Stars: Mandy Patinkin, Thomas Gibson, Paget Brewster, Shemar Moore

Votes: 2,432

40. 500 Nations (1995)
Episode: Mexico (1995)

History

The story of the rise and fall of the Aztec empire.

Director: Jack Leustig | Stars: Kevin Costner, Gregory Harrison, Eric Schweig, Gordon Tootoosis

Votes: 23

41. 500 Nations (1995)
Episode: The Ancestors (1995)

History

Kevin Costner hosts a discussion of the pre-Columbian cultures of North America, which predate the tribes we know as Native America today.

Director: Jack Leustig | Stars: Kevin Costner, Gregory Harrison, Eric Schweig, Gordon Tootoosis

Votes: 30

42. 500 Nations (1995)
Episode: Clash of Cultures (1995)

History

The Taino people of Hispaniola encounter Christopher Columbus. Years later, a Spanish expedition led by Hernando De Soto lands in the American southwest.

Director: Jack Leustig | Stars: Kevin Costner, Gregory Harrison, Eric Schweig, Gordon Tootoosis

Votes: 13

43. The National Parks: America's Best Idea (2009)
Episode: Great Nature: 1933-1945 (2009)

TV-PG | 115 min | Documentary, History

Franklin D. Roosevelt enters battles to create national parks on the Olympic Peninsula, Florida's Everglades, and California's High Sierra. George Melendez Wright begins arguing that the parks are not doing enough to protect wildlife.

Director: Ken Burns | Stars: Peter Coyote, Nevada Barr, Shelton Johnson, William Cronon

Votes: 73

44. The Roosevelts: An Intimate History (2014)
Episode: Get Action (1858-1901) (2014)

TV-PG | 112 min | Documentary, Biography, History

The adventurous life, political rise and personal tragedies of Theodore Roosevelt. The sheltered youth of his 5th cousin, Franklin Delano Roosevelt. The unhappy childhood of Teddy's niece and FDR's future wife, Eleanor Roosevelt.

Director: Ken Burns | Stars: Peter Coyote, Clay Jenkinson, George F. Will, David McCullough

Votes: 174

45. The Dust Bowl (2012)
Episode: The Hardy Ones (2012)

TV-PG | Documentary, History

In the second night of Ken Burns's DUST BOWL, experience the gradual relief as the families of the plains seek new lives in California and government conservation efforts -- and a break in ... See full summary »

Director: Ken Burns | Stars: Dorothy Williamson, Timothy Egan, Donald Worster, Charles Shaw

Votes: 26

46. Frasier (1993–2004)

TV-PG | 22 min | Comedy

Dr. Frasier Crane moves back to his hometown of Seattle, where he lives with his father and works as a radio psychiatrist.

Stars: Kelsey Grammer, Jane Leeves, David Hyde Pierce, Peri Gilpin

Votes: 95,426

47. Grace and Frankie (2015–2022)

TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy

Finding out that their husbands are not just work partners, but have also been romantically involved for the last twenty years, two women with an already strained relationship try to cope with the circumstances together.

Stars: Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Sam Waterston, Martin Sheen

Votes: 57,019

48. The Dust Bowl (2012)

TV-PG | 229 min | Documentary, History

A documentary about the 1930s drought of North American prairie farm land, and its consequences during the great depression.

Stars: Dorothy Williamson, Donald Worster, Timothy Egan, Pamela Riney-Kehrberg

Votes: 2,105

49. Prohibition (2011)

60 min | Documentary, History

The story of the American activist struggle against the influence of alcohol, climaxing in the failed early 20th century nationwide era when it was banned.

Stars: Peter Coyote, Pete Hamill, Catherine Gilbert Murdock, Michael Lerner

Votes: 3,423

50. American Experience (1987– )
Episode: The Donner Party (1992)

TV-PG | 90 min | Documentary, Biography, History

Documentary exploring the struggles of The Donner Party, a group of American pioneers and their two Indigenous guides who became stranded in the Sierras during a horrible winter.

Director: Ric Burns | Stars: David McCullough, J.D. Cannon, Timothy Hutton, Gene Jones

Votes: 469