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1. Science Fiction Theatre (1955–1957)
25 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
In this science-fiction anthology series host Truman Bradley introduces stories extrapolated from actual scientific data available in the 1950's, concentrating on such concepts as space flight, UFO's and mental telepathy.
Stars: Truman Bradley, Michael Fox, Marshall Thompson, Peter Hansen
Votes: 445
2. Rosemary's Baby (1968)
Approved | 137 min | Drama, Horror
A young couple trying for a baby moves into an aging, ornate apartment building on Central Park West, where they find themselves surrounded by peculiar neighbors.
Director: Roman Polanski | Stars: Mia Farrow, John Cassavetes, Ruth Gordon, Sidney Blackmer
Votes: 235,471
3. The Adventures of McGraw (1957–1958)
30 min | Crime, Drama
McGraw is a solitary type who manages to get entangled in the stopping of criminal activity despite not having any official capacity. He often doesn't carry a weapon, especially if an attractive woman is involved.
Stars: Frank Lovejoy, Jean Willes, James Flavin, Angie Dickinson
Votes: 53
4. The Hypnotic Eye (1996–1999)
Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
"The Hypnotic Eye" was a hosted horror, science fiction movie and television series show, hosted by "Icon, The Hypnotic Eye".
Stars: Joe Riley, Jason Cohen, Kenneth Weinert, Barbara Cohen
Votes: 13
5. This Is Your Life (1970–1973)
30 min | Biography, Reality-TV
Stars: Ralph Edwards, Nanette Fabray, Bette Davis, Peter Graves
Votes: 197
6. The Lady from Shanghai (1947)
Not Rated | 87 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Fascinated by gorgeous Mrs. Bannister, seaman Michael O'Hara joins a bizarre yachting cruise, and ends up mired in a complex murder plot.
Director: Orson Welles | Stars: Rita Hayworth, Orson Welles, Everett Sloane, Glenn Anders
Votes: 33,368 | Gross: $0.01M
7. Circle of Fear (1972–1973)
60 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
An anthology of suspense dramas concentrating on individuals confronted with supernatural occurrences.
Stars: Sebastian Cabot, Sheila Larken, Meg Foster, Don 'Red' Barry
Votes: 557
8. Target (1958)
30 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
"Target" was a 30-minute US television horror and suspense anthology series produced by Ziv Television Programs, Inc. for first-run syndication.
Stars: Adolphe Menjou, Troy Melton, Charles Davis, Frank Warren
Votes: 36
9.
Une légende, une vie (1973– )
Episode:
Citizen Welles
(1974)
92 min | Documentary
Director: Maurice Frydland | Stars: Orson Welles, John Houseman, Richard Barr, Himan Brown
Votes: 11
10.
Man with a Camera (1958–1960)
Episode:
Closeup on Violence
(1958)
TV-PG | 30 min | Crime, Drama
Kovac takes a crowd shot at a fire scene, inadvertently recording the daughter of an aged mobster, hiding out in a tough neighborhood. The old man is being protected by a gang of young hoods, or so he thinks.
Director: William Castle | Stars: Charles Bronson, Ludwig Stössel, Angie Dickinson, Robert Armstrong
Votes: 53
11.
The Californians (1957–1959)
Episode:
Strange Quarantine
(1957)
TV-PG | 30 min | Western
Quacks hamper an Eastern doctor's attempts to prevent a small pox epidemic.
Director: William Castle | Stars: Adam Kennedy, Sean McClory, Nan Leslie, Audrey Totter
Votes: 12
12.
Circle of Fear (1972–1973)
Episode:
House of Evil
(1972)
30 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
When Grandpa arrives for a visit, he brings 2 special gifts for his granddaughter, Judy, a deaf mute; one's a special doll house 1 an exact replica of the one Judy lives in with her family.... See full summary »
Director: Daryl Duke | Stars: Sebastian Cabot, Melvyn Douglas, Mildred Dunnock, Joan Hotchkis
Votes: 160
13.
Circle of Fear (1972–1973)
Episode:
Time of Terror
(1972)
60 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Terror ensues when Ellen Alexander wakes up alone in a hotel room, with no sign of her husband, Harry. Inquiries at the front desk yield the answer that he has checked out without her, and ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Day | Stars: Sebastian Cabot, Patricia Neal, Craig Stevens, Alice Ghostley
Votes: 132
14. Man with a Camera (1958–1960)
TV-PG | 30 min | Crime, Drama
Former combat cameraman Mike Kovac is now a freelance photographer in New York City, specializing in difficult and dangerous assignments where he can get the kinds of pictures that other ... See full summary »
Stars: Charles Bronson, James Flavin, Ludwig Stössel, Michael Harris
Votes: 297
15.
Circle of Fear (1972–1973)
Episode:
The Phantom of Herald Square
(1973)
60 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Art student Holly Brown is sketching in Central Park one day when James Barlow introduces himself to her. He offers to take her to lunch, and, intrigued, she accepts. Holly is charmed by ... See full summary »
Director: James H. Brown | Stars: David Soul, Sheila Larken, Murray Matheson, Victor Jory
Votes: 98
16.
Circle of Fear (1972–1973)
Episode:
Doorway to Death
(1973)
60 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
When a family moves into a new apartment in San Francisco, young Robert starts exploring, and discovers the empty apartment upstairs. He opens a door and sees a cabin in the woods with a ... See full summary »
Director: Daryl Duke | Stars: Barry Nelson, Susan Dey, Henry Jones, Leif Garrett
Votes: 109
17. Penny Serenade (1941)
Not Rated | 119 min | Drama, Romance
A couple's big dreams give way to a life full of unexpected sadness and unexpected joy.
Director: George Stevens | Stars: Cary Grant, Irene Dunne, Beulah Bondi, Edgar Buchanan
Votes: 8,079
18. This Is Your Life (1950–1987)
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
19. Men of Annapolis (1957– )
30 min | Drama
An anthology series about the happenings and experiences of midshipmen attending the US Naval Academy. Sometimes humorous as in kidnapping school mascots but more often the difficulties facing future officers.
Stars: Art Gilmore, Mason Alan Dinehart, Bill Swan, Doug McClure
Votes: 40
20. The Plot Thickens (1963 TV Special)
30 min | Short, Game-Show, Mystery
An unsold pilot for a game where four panelists in a set roughly resembling a court room sit opposite four suspects. They watch a film that runs about ten minutes showing a murder story. ... See full summary »
Directors: Robert Dwan, William D. Russell | Stars: Jack Linkletter, Stanley Ralph Ross, Jan Sterling, Groucho Marx
Votes: 32
21.
Science Fiction Theatre (1955–1957)
Episode:
Who Is This Man?
(1956)
30 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Tommy Cooper's shyness is so crippling, he's failing his college courses. At the request of his sister, Dr. Bentley of the psychology department puts Tommy under hypnosis to find the cause ... See full summary »
Director: William Castle | Stars: Truman Bradley, Bruce Bennett, David Alpert, Harlow Wilcox
Votes: 28
22. The Day of the Locust (1975)
R | 144 min | Drama, Thriller
An art director in the 1930s falls in love and attempts to make a young woman an actress despite Hollywood who wants nothing to do with her because of her problems with an estranged man and her alcoholic father.
Director: John Schlesinger | Stars: Donald Sutherland, Karen Black, Burgess Meredith, William Atherton
Votes: 6,371 | Gross: $17.79M
23. Coney Island (1939)
9 min | Documentary, Short
A nine-minute tour of the world-famous Coney Island amusement park in Brooklyn, New York, concentrating mainly on the numerous types of rides and the many sideshows.
Director: William Castle
Votes: 8
24.
The Californians (1957–1959)
Episode:
Truce of the Tree
(1957)
TV-PG | 30 min | Western
Lord Charlie fights for tolerance and brotherhood in San Francisco.
Director: William Castle | Stars: Adam Kennedy, Sean McClory, Nan Leslie, Melville Cooper
Votes: 11
25.
Circle of Fear (1972–1973)
Episode:
The Dead We Leave Behind
(1972)
60 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
When Ranger Elliott Brent's pretty young wife Joanna complains of boredom, he buys her a television set. Unfortunately, she starts spending all of her time watching television, to the ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Stanley | Stars: Sebastian Cabot, Jason Robards, Stella Stevens, Jack Kelly
Votes: 159
26. Strait-Jacket (1964)
Approved | 93 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
After a twenty-year stay at an asylum for a double murder, a mother returns to her estranged daughter where suspicions arise about her behavior.
Director: William Castle | Stars: Joan Crawford, Diane Baker, Leif Erickson, Howard St. John
Votes: 6,664
27. Homicidal (1961)
Unrated | 88 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
The brutal stabbing murder of a justice-of-the-peace sparks an investigation of dark family secrets in a sleepy small town in Southern California.
Director: William Castle | Stars: Glenn Corbett, Patricia Breslin, Eugenie Leontovich, Alan Bunce
Votes: 3,787
28.
Circle of Fear (1972–1973)
Episode:
The New House
(1972)
60 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A young couple move into a home that is haunted by a girl who had been hanged there many years ago and vowed never to be evicted from the site.
Director: John Llewellyn Moxey | Stars: David Birney, Barbara Parkins, Sam Jaffe, Jeanette Nolan
Votes: 227
29.
Circle of Fear (1972–1973)
Episode:
Alter-Ego
(1972)
48 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Bobby is a very bright but very sickly boy with a particular fondness for chess. As he starts fifth grade, he is delighted to find that his teacher is the very popular Miss Gilden, with ... See full summary »
Director: David Lowell Rich | Stars: Sebastian Cabot, Helen Hayes, Charles Aidman, Gene Andrusco
Votes: 125
30.
Circle of Fear (1972–1973)
Episode:
Touch of Madness
(1972)
60 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Janet inherits her mother's house when her mother dies in a mental institution. When she first arrives at the house, she meets her cousins Hattie and Jonathon, who welcome her warmly. She ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Day | Stars: Sebastian Cabot, Geraldine Page, Rip Torn, Lynn Loring
Votes: 103
31. House on Haunted Hill (1959)
Approved | 75 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
A millionaire offers $10,000 to five people who agree to be locked in a large, spooky, rented house overnight with him and his wife.
Director: William Castle | Stars: Vincent Price, Carol Ohmart, Richard Long, Alan Marshal
Votes: 30,860
32. The Californians (1957–1959)
30 min | Western
San Franciscans during the goldrush of the 1850s attempt to maintain law and order in their wild city. Newly arrived Matthew Wayne becomes sheriff, then marshal, and organizes the city police force.
Stars: Richard Coogan, Sean McClory, Adam Kennedy, Nan Leslie
Votes: 137
33. Hollywood Story (1951)
Passed | 77 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
An independent producer unwisely opens a can of worms after he decides to make a movie about the unsolved murder of a famous silent film director in 1929.
Director: William Castle | Stars: Richard Conte, Julie Adams, Richard Egan, Henry Hull
Votes: 924
34. The Man Called X (1956–1957)
30 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
The Man Called X was Agent Ken Thurston who took on dangerous cases in a variety of exotic locations. He was sent all around the world by the Intelligence Bureau to gather information and protect U.S interests. His code name is simply X.
Stars: Barry Sullivan, Byron Keith, Don C. Harvey, Lynn Cartwright
Votes: 38
35. The Tingler (1959)
Not Rated | 82 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
An obsessed pathologist discovers and captures a parasitic creature that grows when fear grips its host.
Director: William Castle | Stars: Vincent Price, Judith Evelyn, Darryl Hickman, Patricia Cutts
Votes: 9,477
36. Mr. Sardonicus (1961)
Approved | 89 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A mysterious and cruel Baron, whose face has become frozen in a horrifying grin, demands that a prominent London physician apply experimental treatments on him to restore his face.
Director: William Castle | Stars: Oscar Homolka, Ronald Lewis, Audrey Dalton, Guy Rolfe
Votes: 3,645
37. Johnny Stool Pigeon (1949)
Not Rated | 76 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
US Treasury agent George Morton persuades convicted criminal Johnny Evans to help him destroy a drug smuggling ring in exchange for early parole.
Director: William Castle | Stars: Howard Duff, Shelley Winters, Dan Duryea, Tony Curtis
Votes: 782
38.
Circle of Fear (1972–1973)
Episode:
Earth, Air, Fire and Water
(1973)
60 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A collective of six artisans find a trunk containing six colorful glass containers. Each chooses one, and soon, one by one, their art becomes more disturbing until the artist vanishes.
Director: Alexander Singer | Stars: Frank Converse, Joan Blackman, Tim McIntire, Tyne Daly
Votes: 106
39.
Circle of Fear (1972–1973)
Episode:
Half a Death
(1972)
60 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Christina is a young woman with a twin sister, Lisa, whom she has never met. She hopes to meet Lisa on a visit home, but is distressed to find out that Lisa has recently died. Christina ... See full summary »
Director: Leslie H. Martinson | Stars: Sebastian Cabot, Pamela Franklin, Eleanor Parker, Signe Hasso
Votes: 73
40.
Circle of Fear (1972–1973)
Episode:
Spare Parts
(1973)
60 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A doctor has donated his eyes, vocal chords and hands for transplant with three individuals. The ghost of the doctor then begins to act out through these patients while they are in the ... See full summary »
Director: Charles S. Dubin | Stars: Susan Oliver, Christopher Connelly, Don Knight, Meg Foster
Votes: 94
41.
Circle of Fear (1972–1973)
Episode:
The Summer House
(1972)
48 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Martha and Andrew Alcott own a vacation home where they spend their summers. Martha hates the house, and as the summer goes on, it appears she has good reason, as there seems to be a ... See full summary »
Director: Leo Penn | Stars: Sebastian Cabot, Carolyn Jones, Steve Forrest, William Windom
Votes: 101
42. Undertow (1949)
Approved | 71 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A paroled convict is framed for murder and must clear himself before the police catch him.
Director: William Castle | Stars: Scott Brady, John Russell, Dorothy Hart, Peggy Dow
Votes: 922
43. When Strangers Marry (1944)
Passed | 67 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A naive small-town girl comes to New York City to meet her husband, and discovers that he may be a murderer.
Director: William Castle | Stars: Robert Mitchum, Kim Hunter, Dean Jagger, Neil Hamilton
Votes: 1,377
44. Dillinger (1945)
Passed | 70 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
John Dillinger begins his life of crime as a petty thief, meets his future gang in prison and eventually masterminds a series of daring robberies.
Director: Max Nosseck | Stars: Lawrence Tierney, Edmund Lowe, Anne Jeffreys, Eduardo Ciannelli
Votes: 2,143 | Gross: $4.00M
45. The Mark of the Whistler (1944)
Approved | 62 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
A drifter claims the money in an old bank account by impersonating someone else with the same name. Soon he finds himself the target of a man who turns out to be the son of the old partner ... See full summary »
Director: William Castle | Stars: Richard Dix, Janis Carter, Porter Hall, Paul Guilfoyle
Votes: 359
46. North to the Klondike (1942)
Approved | 60 min | Drama, Western
Two friends in the Klondike come to the aid of settlers who are being terrorized by an outlaw gang.
Director: Erle C. Kenton | Stars: Broderick Crawford, Evelyn Ankers, Andy Devine, Lon Chaney Jr.
Votes: 69
47. When Love Is Young (1937)
Approved | 76 min | Comedy
An aspiring opera singer from rural America goes to New York to make it big. Through a series of disappointments and serendipity her aspirations take a rather successful turn at singing popular hits on Broadway.
Director: Hal Mohr | Stars: Virginia Bruce, Kent Taylor, Walter Brennan, Greta Meyer
Votes: 17
48.
Circle of Fear (1972–1973)
Episode:
Bad Connection
(1972)
60 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A young widow is trying to move on after her husband is shot down in Vietnam and presumed dead. She begins to receive mysterious phone calls from a man who sounds like her late husband.
Director: Walter Doniger | Stars: Sebastian Cabot, Karen Black, Michael Tolan, Kaz Garas
Votes: 110
49.
Circle of Fear (1972–1973)
Episode:
Dark Vengeance
(1973)
60 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
While working at a construction site, Frank unearths a curious box, which has no latch for opening. He takes it home, and finally opens it, only to discover a broken mirror and a toy horse.... See full summary »
Director: Herschel Daugherty | Stars: Kim Darby, Martin Sheen, Shelly Novack, January L'Angelle
Votes: 117
50.
The Adventures of McGraw (1957–1958)
Episode:
Time for Dying
(1958)
30 min | Crime, Drama
A manicurist sees an Albert Anastasia-type murder and goes into hiding. McGraw links the case to another killing, figuring both were revenge for being in death sentence case jurors. The witness must be used as bait to lure the murderer out.
Director: Frank McDonald | Stars: Frank Lovejoy, Doris Dowling, Rachel Ames, Robert Patten
Votes: 7