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1. Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady (1982 TV Movie)
60 min | Documentary
An all-star tribute to Natalie Wood by some of her friends and co-workers.
Director: Harry Kooperstein | Stars: Natalie Wood, Lauren Bacall, Jim Backus, Martin Balsam
Votes: 77
2.
Hollywood Greats (1977– )
Episode:
Marlon Brando
(2006)
Documentary, History
Stars: Jonathan Ross, Ellen Adler, Scott Billups, Marlon Brando
Votes: 114
3. The West Wing (1999–2006)
TV-14 | 42 min | Drama
Inside the lives of staffers in the West Wing of the White House.
Stars: Martin Sheen, Rob Lowe, Allison Janney, John Spencer
Votes: 85,529
4.
The West Wing (1999–2006)
Episode:
Take This Sabbath Day
(2000)
TV-14 | 44 min | Drama
A drug dealer's appeal of the federal death penalty is rejected by the Supreme Court, which upholds the death sentence with execution scheduled for the following Monday. One of the defense ... See full summary »
Director: Thomas Schlamme | Stars: Rob Lowe, Moira Kelly, Dulé Hill, Allison Janney
Votes: 1,438
5. 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
6. 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: 4,242
7. 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
8.
Larry King Live (1985–2010)
Episode:
Episode dated 2 July 2004
(2004)
TV-14 | News, Talk-Show
Stars: James Bacon, Matthew Broderick, Robert Duvall, Larry King
Votes: 16
9. Barbra: The Concert (1994 TV Special)
125 min | Music
Barbra Streisand's New Year's concert at the Arrowhead Pond in Anaheim, California on New Year's Weekend circa 1993-94.
Directors: Barbra Streisand, Dwight Hemion | Stars: Barbra Streisand, Steve Susskind, Judith Gordon, Philip Austin
Votes: 534
10.
The Streets of San Francisco (1972–1977)
Episode:
Police Buff
(1976)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Bill Bixby places a guy who like to follow the police scanner. He wants to be a cop, but cannot hack it, and ends up taking the law into his own hands. And a good cop gets blamed.
Director: Virgil W. Vogel | Stars: Karl Malden, Michael Douglas, Bill Bixby, Christopher Stone
Votes: 89
11. Unsolved Mysteries (1987–2010)
TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary, Crime, Drama
Combines dramatic re-enactments, interviews and updates, to tell stories of real mysteries, from human to the supernatural.
Stars: Robert Stack, Dennis Farina, Keely Shaye Brosnan, William Roll
Votes: 6,631
12. Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There (2003)
Unrated | 111 min | Documentary, History, Music
Interviews and archival footage are used to tell the story of post-war Broadway through the 1960s.
Director: Rick McKay | Stars: Edie Adams, Bea Arthur, Elizabeth Ashley, Alec Baldwin
Votes: 493 | Gross: $0.35M
13.
The Streets of San Francisco (1972–1977)
Episode:
Letters from the Grave
(1975)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The remains of an inmate at the Alcatraz Federal Prison was discovered between a wall during some repairs. It was thought that the inmate Lou Kovic escaped 20 years earlier, but Mike and Steve believe he was murdered.
Director: Virgil W. Vogel | Stars: Karl Malden, Michael Douglas, Peter Strauss, William Windom
Votes: 114
14. Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993–2009)
TV-14 | 60 min | Comedy, Music, Talk-Show
Conan O'Brien, a Harvard Lampoon alumnus, hosts this late-night comedy/talk-show, which is often silly and whimsical.
Stars: Conan O'Brien, The Max Weinberg 7, Andy Richter, Joel Godard
Votes: 18,955
15. 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: 1,170
16. Bob Hope: The First 90 Years (1993 TV Movie)
Documentary, Biography, Comedy
Bob Hope is honored on his 90th birthday.
Director: Allan Kartun | Stars: Bob Hope, Paula Abdul, Army Archerd, Lucie Arnaz
Votes: 64
17. All-Star Party for Lucille Ball (1984 TV Special)
60 min | Comedy
Variety Clubs International hosted this tribute to Lucille ball. It brought Lucy and her husband, Gary Morton together on their anniversary, to present her with a humanitarian award. Lucy ... See full summary »
Director: Dick McDonough | Stars: Lucille Ball, Monty Hall, Desi Arnaz Jr., Lucie Arnaz
Votes: 35
18.
AFI Life Achievement Award (1973– )
Episode:
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Elizabeth Taylor
(1993)
Documentary
Elizabeth Taylor becomes the twenty-first recipient of The American Film Institute's Life Achievement Award hosted by Carol Burnett and featuring appearances by Michael Caine, Angela ... See full summary »
Director: Allan Kartun | Stars: Elizabeth Taylor, Kathy Bates, Carole Bayer Sager, Carol Burnett
Votes: 208
19.
The Streets of San Francisco (1972–1977)
Episode:
Dead Air
(1975)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The murder of a pregnant girl leads Stone and Keller to arrogant radio host Terry Vine, who has a large female fanbase. The dead girl claimed to be pregnant with Vine's baby, giving him a ... See full summary »
Director: Virgil W. Vogel | Stars: Karl Malden, Michael Douglas, Larry Hagman, Ina Balin
Votes: 94
20.
The Streets of San Francisco (1972–1977)
Episode:
Flags of Terror
(1974)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Terrorists take several people hostage, including Keller. Stone has to deal with not only the terrorists but a journalist who's sympathetic to their cause and a vengeful father whose daughter was killed.
Director: Virgil W. Vogel | Stars: Karl Malden, Michael Douglas, Carl Franklin, Katherine Cannon
Votes: 115
21.
The Streets of San Francisco (1972–1977)
Episode:
The Programming of Charlie Blake
(1975)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A supposedly reformed sex offender is being brainwashed by his psychiatrist into believing he has committed murder.
Director: Nicholas Colasanto | Stars: Karl Malden, Michael Douglas, William Smithers, Sharon Acker
Votes: 106
22.
The Streets of San Francisco (1972–1977)
Episode:
The Thrill Killers: Part I
(1976)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Four killers kidnap the jury of a man they admire. They threaten to kill the jurors if their demands are not met.
Director: Virgil W. Vogel | Stars: Karl Malden, Michael Douglas, Richard Hatch, Patty Duke
Votes: 114
23. On the Waterfront (1954)
Approved | 108 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
An ex-prize fighter turned New Jersey longshoreman struggles to stand up to his corrupt union bosses, including his older brother, as he starts to connect with the grieving sister of one of the syndicate's victims.
Director: Elia Kazan | Stars: Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb, Rod Steiger
Votes: 164,832 | Gross: $9.60M
24. Brando (2007 TV Movie)
165 min | Documentary, Biography
The life and legacy of Marlon Brando and how he changed acting.
Directors: Mimi Freedman, Leslie Greif | Stars: Marlon Brando, Edward R. Murrow, Janet Aemisegger, Betty Gossell
Votes: 734
25. E! Mysteries & Scandals (1998– )
30 min | Documentary
Hollywood's most notorious scandals exposed through interviews and re-enactments.
Stars: A.J. Benza, A.C. Lyles, Marc Wanamaker, Bob Thomas
Votes: 317
26.
Biography (1987– )
Episode:
Anthony Perkins: A Life in the Shadows
(1999)
TV-14 | 60 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Director: Selina Lin | Stars: Dennis Christopher, Mary Griffitts, John Kerr, Janet Leigh
Votes: 109
27.
The Streets of San Francisco (1972–1977)
Episode:
Labyrinth
(1975)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
After a mob enforcer, still wearing his brass knuckles, falls to death from a high-rise hotel window, the police seal off the hotel and hunt for two other mobsters and the down-and-out boxer who was their planned target.
Director: William Hale | Stars: Karl Malden, Michael Douglas, Michael McGuire, Julie Adams
Votes: 102
28.
The Streets of San Francisco (1972–1977)
Episode:
Poisoned Snow
(1975)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A narcotics cop driven over the edge laces a batch of cocaine with cyanide and sets it loose on the streets.
Director: William Hale | Stars: Karl Malden, Michael Douglas, Clu Gulager, Alan Fudge
Votes: 106
29.
The Streets of San Francisco (1972–1977)
Episode:
The Glass Dart Board
(1975)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A sniper is randomly shooting people in a high-rise building and threatens to continue doing it until he is paid a million dollars. Stone and Keller try to identify and stop the assailant, ... See full summary »
Director: Harry Falk | Stars: Karl Malden, Michael Douglas, Patrick O'Neal, Lou Frizzell
Votes: 90
30.
The Streets of San Francisco (1972–1977)
Episode:
The Honorable Profession
(1976)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
After being shot by robbers who were holding up a store, a young police officer is treated by a doctor who was on the scene. Unfortunately, the officer later dies, and the doctor becomes ... See full summary »
Director: Harry Falk | Stars: Karl Malden, Michael Douglas, Robert Reed, Linden Chiles
Votes: 83
31.
The Streets of San Francisco (1972–1977)
Episode:
Trail of Terror
(1975)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
James Woods plays the perfect homely US Navy sailor in dress blues with a bad temper, along with his Navy buddies they are looking for a jeweler that closed his store a few days before they... See full summary »
Director: Michael Preece | Stars: Karl Malden, Michael Douglas, Meg Foster, Greg Mullavey
Votes: 113
32.
Fatal Vision (1984)
Episode:
Episode #1.1
(1984)
TV-14 | 90 min | Crime, Drama, History
The family of Capt. Jeffrey MacDonald USA dies violently from an attack by person or persons unknown. Jeff comes under investigation. The Army clears him. But two CID officers, and his father-in-law, have doubts.
Director: David Greene | Stars: Karl Malden, Eva Marie Saint, Barry Newman, Gary Cole
Votes: 26
33. The Last Movie Stars (2022)
TV-MA | 360 min | Documentary
In this intimate six-part docuseries, actor/director Ethan Hawke explores the love story and enduring legacy of Hollywood legends Joanne Woodward and Paul Newman.
Stars: George Clooney, Zoe Kazan, Laura Linney, Josh Hamilton
Votes: 1,767
34. Oscar's Greatest Moments (1992 Video)
109 min | Documentary
The most noteworthy events at Academy Awards ceremonies from 1971 to 1991.
Director: Jeff Margolis | Stars: Karl Malden, F. Murray Abraham, Anne Bancroft, Kathy Bates
Votes: 410
35.
The Streets of San Francisco (1972–1977)
Episode:
Hot Dog
(1976)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Don Johnson is a motorcycle cop who doesn't always use procedure. Instead he zeros on the point and rushes to it sometimes lacking caution. Stone is frustrated by the rambunctious officer, who happens also to be dating his daughter.
Director: Virgil W. Vogel | Stars: Karl Malden, Richard Hatch, Don Johnson, Mario Roccuzzo
Votes: 80
36.
The Streets of San Francisco (1972–1977)
Episode:
Most Likely to Succeed
(1975)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A student at a prestigious boys' school, under pressure by his father to get into Harvard, kills a professor when he will not change the failing grade he was going to give him in one class.
Director: William Hale | Stars: Karl Malden, Michael Douglas, Kristoffer Tabori, Charles Aidman
Votes: 95
37.
Biography (1987– )
Episode:
Richard Widmark: Strength of Characters
(2000)
TV-G | 45 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Stars: Adolf Hitler, Karl Malden, Eddie Muller, Sidney Poitier
Votes: 116
38. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
PG | 122 min | Drama
Disturbed Blanche DuBois moves in with her sister in New Orleans and is tormented by her brutish brother-in-law while her reality crumbles around her.
Director: Elia Kazan | Stars: Vivien Leigh, Marlon Brando, Kim Hunter, Karl Malden
Votes: 114,308 | Gross: $8.00M
39. Patton (1970)
GP | 172 min | Biography, Drama, War
The World War II phase of the career of controversial American general George S. Patton.
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner | Stars: George C. Scott, Karl Malden, Stephen Young, Michael Strong
Votes: 107,931 | Gross: $61.70M
40. Reflections on the Silver Screen (1990–1996)
30 min | Talk-Show
American Movie Classics interview series with New York University film professor Richard Brown. Brown conducted one-on-one interviews with some of Hollywood's greatest stars.
Stars: Richard Brown, Audrey Hepburn, Lauren Bacall, Jessica Tandy
Votes: 26
41.
The Streets of San Francisco (1972–1977)
Episode:
Asylum
(1975)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A young patient from a psychiatric home tells the police that an elderly patient at the facility was murdered. After the young man is found dead himself, Steve decides to feign mental ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Douglas | Stars: Karl Malden, Michael Douglas, James Olson, Belinda Montgomery
Votes: 99
42.
The Streets of San Francisco (1972–1977)
Episode:
Breakup
(1977)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Stone and Robbins cross paths with two men pushed to their breaking points: an ex-con nursing a grudge against the former assistant district attorney who put him in prison and a struggling small businessman with a hot temper.
Director: Harry Falk | Stars: Karl Malden, Richard Hatch, Pernell Roberts, Sharon Acker
Votes: 86
43.
The Streets of San Francisco (1972–1977)
Episode:
License to Kill
(1974)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Mike's old partner returns to town looking for the hit man that killed his son.
Director: Virgil W. Vogel | Stars: Karl Malden, Michael Douglas, Murray Hamilton, Burr DeBenning
Votes: 103
44.
The Streets of San Francisco (1972–1977)
Episode:
Murder by Proxy
(1975)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An old neighborhood has suddenly seen a huge upsurge in violent crime committed against its homeowners, including murder. Keller and Stone find that it may be tied to the fact that all the ... See full summary »
Director: Virgil W. Vogel | Stars: Karl Malden, Michael Douglas, Bradford Dillman, Sorrell Booke
Votes: 94
45.
The Streets of San Francisco (1972–1977)
Episode:
Ten Dollar Murder
(1975)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A string of taxi caps are robbed and and the brains behind the robberies is an 18 year old high school senior. His mother and deceased father were both robbery detectives.
Director: William Hale | Stars: Karl Malden, Michael Douglas, Carol Eve Rossen, Mark Wheeler
Votes: 102
46.
The Streets of San Francisco (1972–1977)
Episode:
The Most Deadly Species
(1974)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A traveling hit-woman seduces Inspector Keller, gaining valuable intelligence for her San Francisco assignments. A mob hired her to help win a gang war, which Keller is investigating. ... See full summary »
Director: Virgil W. Vogel | Stars: Karl Malden, Michael Douglas, Brenda Vaccaro, James Luisi
Votes: 119
47.
The Streets of San Francisco (1972–1977)
Episode:
The Thrill Killers: Part II
(1976)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
It's a race against time to find the hostages before the kidnappers kill them. Stone thinks they might be held up in an old freighter somewhere in the bay.
Director: Virgil W. Vogel | Stars: Karl Malden, Michael Douglas, Richard Hatch, Patty Duke
Votes: 95
48.
The Streets of San Francisco (1972–1977)
Episode:
The Twenty-Five Caliber Plague
(1974)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Drama follows a 25-caliber gun over a week-end and the various lives with which it comes into contact.
Director: Virgil W. Vogel | Stars: Karl Malden, Michael Douglas, Robert Webber, Jonathan Goldsmith
Votes: 109
49. Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)
Not Rated | 147 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
A surly convicted murderer held in permanent isolation redeems himself when he becomes a renowned bird expert.
Director: John Frankenheimer | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Karl Malden, Thelma Ritter, Neville Brand
Votes: 19,292
50. Armstrong Circle Theatre (1950–1963)
60 min | Drama
Documentary dramas, plays that were based on true stories, were the forte of Armstrong Circle Theater. Many movie actors and actresses got their start here.
Stars: Douglas Edwards, Sandy Becker, Bob Sherry, John Cameron Swayze
Votes: 123