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1. Grande Teatro Tupi (1951–1964)
Drama
A tele theater where famous plays were adapted and staged, during the days before videotaped Brazilian television, and performed by a cast of accomplished actors.
Stars: Wanda Kosmo, Rita Cléos, Nydia Lícia, Rildo Gonçalves
Votes: 31
2. Gone with the Wind (1939)
Passed | 238 min | Drama, Romance, War
A sheltered and manipulative Southern belle and a roguish profiteer face off in a turbulent romance as the society around them crumbles with the end of slavery and is rebuilt during the Civil War and Reconstruction periods.
Directors: Victor Fleming, George Cukor, Sam Wood | Stars: Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, Thomas Mitchell, Barbara O'Neil
Votes: 334,764 | Gross: $198.68M
3. Estudio 1 (1965–2016)
Drama
Stars: Ana María Vidal, Fernando Delgado, José Bódalo, Luisa Sala
Votes: 91
4.
The 20th Century-Fox Hour (1955–1957)
Episode:
Christopher Bean
(1955)
60 min | Drama
A quiet New England household is disrupted by an invasion of art dealers who take an unexpected interest in a painting owned by one of the servants.
Director: Lewis Allen | Stars: Thelma Ritter, Gene Lockhart, Mildred Natwick, Kipp Hamilton
Votes: 20
5. Kraft Theatre (1947–1958)
60 min | Drama
A well-received anthology series presenting live television dramas.
Stars: Ed Herlihy, Vaughn Taylor, Valerie Cossart, Dan Morgan
Votes: 223
6. Great Performances (1971– )
TV-G | 180 min | Music, Musical
Filmed and televised versions of theater productions, such as plays, musicals, operas, ballets, and concerts from around the world.
Stars: Scott Yoo, Julie Andrews, Renée Fleming, Plácido Domingo
Votes: 903
7. The Ford Theatre Hour (1948–1953)
60 min | Drama
An anthology series based in New York City which attracted a high caliber group of actors, often Broadway stars. Stories were both drama and comedies, some original but others adaptions of films and plays.
Stars: William Brower, Biff McGuire, Ernest Truex, Ruth McDevitt
Votes: 67
8. The Prudential Family Playhouse (1950–1951)
60 min | Drama
Live dramatic series featuring top rated actors in adaptations of Broadway plays or top rated novels.
Stars: Walter Abel, Cliff Hall, Eva Marie Saint, Kevin McCarthy
Votes: 39
9. Dodsworth (1936)
Passed | 101 min | Drama, Romance
A retired auto manufacturer and his wife take a long-planned European vacation only to find that they want very different things from life.
Director: William Wyler | Stars: Walter Huston, Ruth Chatterton, Paul Lukas, Mary Astor
Votes: 10,219
10. The Prisoner of Zenda (1937)
Approved | 101 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
An Englishman on a Ruritarian holiday must impersonate the king when the rightful monarch, a distant cousin, is drugged and kidnapped.
Directors: John Cromwell, W.S. Van Dyke | Stars: Ronald Colman, Madeleine Carroll, C. Aubrey Smith, Raymond Massey
Votes: 5,074
11. The Philco Television Playhouse (1948–1956)
60 min | Drama
This live dramatic series featured original stories and adaptations of novels, plays, etc., during its eight-year run. During the first year, the show was sponsored by the Actor's Equity ... See full summary »
Stars: Bert Lytell, Jay Jackson, Bob Stanton, E.G. Marshall
Votes: 137
12. That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)
G | 133 min | Documentary, Family, Musical
The second installment in the "That's Entertainment" trilogy features more classic scenes from MGM's vast musical library with the addition of comedy and drama films.
Director: Gene Kelly | Stars: Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, Judy Garland, Mickey Rooney
Votes: 2,437 | Gross: $6.54M
13. Producers' Showcase (1954–1957)
90 min | Drama, Musical, Comedy
This program aired once every fourth week, and was one of the most costly live shows of the 1950s. Many stars appeared on this show.
Stars: Cyril Ritchard, Claire Bloom, Mary Martin, David Wayne
Votes: 186
14. Christopher Bean (1933)
75 min | Comedy
When the painter Christopher Bean dies, some unscrupulous art dealers try to get several of his paintings cheaply from a family who have no idea of their value.
Director: Sam Wood | Stars: Marie Dressler, Lionel Barrymore, Helen Mack, Beulah Bondi
Votes: 42
15. Pulitzer Prize Playhouse (1950–1952)
60 min | Drama
Dramatic anthology series presenting plays adopted from Pulitzer Prize winning stories, plays, novels, et cetera.
Stars: Elmer Davis, Charles Dingle, Richard Bishop, Joan Chandler
Votes: 50
16. Die Sehnsucht jeder Frau (1930)
104 min | Drama
Tony, a prosperous Italian vineyardist in California, advertises for a young wife, passing off a photograph of his handsome hired man, Buck, as himself.
Director: Victor Sjöström | Stars: Vilma Bánky, Edward G. Robinson, Joseph Schildkraut, Conrad Seideman
Votes: 47
17. The 20th Century-Fox Hour (1955–1957)
60 min | Drama
An anthology of mini-features, new productions largely consisting of hasty retreads of successful 20th Century Fox movies.
Stars: Joseph Cotten, Jesse White, Carl Benton Reid, Grandon Rhodes
Votes: 235
18.
Great Performances (1971– )
Episode:
The Most Happy Fella
(1980)
TV-G | Music, Musical
Director: Richard Benedict | Stars: Giorgio Tozzi, Sharon Daniels, Richard Muenz, Louisa Flaningam
Votes: 44
19. Northwest Passage (1940)
Passed | 126 min | Adventure, Drama, History
Langdon Towne and Hunk Marriner join Major Rogers' Rangers as they wipe out an Indian village. They set out for Fort Wentworth, but when they arrive they find no soldiers and none of the supplies they expected.
Directors: King Vidor, Jack Conway, W.S. Van Dyke | Stars: Spencer Tracy, Robert Young, Walter Brennan, Ruth Hussey
Votes: 3,909
20. ITV Play of the Week (1955–1974)
90 min | Comedy, Drama
An anthology series from the U.K., from 1955 to 1974, producing about five hundred ninety-minute episodes from Granada Television.
Stars: Derek Francis, Alfred Burke, Arthur Hewlett, Esther Lawrence
Votes: 94
21. Celanese Theatre (1951–1952)
60 min | Drama
This program consisted of adaptations of high-quality plays written by leading playwrights.
Stars: Ralph Morgan, Philip Coolidge, John Seymour, Wendell Corey
Votes: 49
22. The Silver Cord (1933)
Passed | 74 min | Drama, Romance
A domineering matriarch is less than happy when her son brings home his new bride. She immediately sets to work at sabotaging their marriage as well as the engagement of her younger and weaker son.
Director: John Cromwell | Stars: Irene Dunne, Joel McCrea, Laura Hope Crews, Eric Linden
Votes: 630
23. Nothing Sacred (1937)
Passed | 77 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
An eccentric woman learns she is not dying of radium poisoning as earlier assumed, but when she meets a reporter looking for a story, she feigns sickness again for her own profit.
Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Carole Lombard, Fredric March, Charles Winninger, Walter Connolly
Votes: 7,278
24. Raffles (1939)
Approved | 72 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Man about town and first class cricketer A.J. Raffles keeps himself solvent with daring robberies. Meeting Gwen from his schooldays and falling in love all over again, he spends the weekend... See full summary »
Directors: Sam Wood, William Wyler | Stars: David Niven, Olivia de Havilland, May Whitty, Dudley Digges
Votes: 1,224 | Gross: $0.09M
25. Raffles (1930)
72 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
A distinguished English gentleman has a secret life--he is the notorious jewel thief the press has dubbed "The Amateur Cracksman". When he meets a woman and falls in love he decides to "... See full summary »
Directors: George Fitzmaurice, Harry d'Abbadie d'Arrast | Stars: Ronald Colman, Kay Francis, David Torrence, Frederick Kerr
Votes: 1,127 | Gross: $1.00M
26. Condemned! (1929)
Not Rated | 86 min | Drama
Suave thief Colman is sent to Devil's Island, where he becomes romantically involved with the wife of sadistic warden Digges.
Director: Wesley Ruggles | Stars: Ronald Colman, Ann Harding, Louis Wolheim, William Elmer
Votes: 588
27. Bulldog Drummond (1929)
Passed | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A bored WWI veteran helps out a young woman whose uncle is being held hostage by embezzlers.
Director: F. Richard Jones | Stars: Ronald Colman, Claud Allister, Lawrence Grant, Montagu Love
Votes: 1,331
28. He Stayed for Breakfast (1940)
Approved | 89 min | Comedy
In Paris, the estranged wife of a wealthy banker hides a fiery communist fugitive in her apartment.
Director: Alexander Hall | Stars: Loretta Young, Melvyn Douglas, Alan Marshal, Eugene Pallette
Votes: 214
29. Arrowsmith (1931)
Approved | 108 min | Drama
A medical researcher is sent to a plague outbreak, where he has to decide priorities for the use of a vaccine.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Ronald Colman, Helen Hayes, Richard Bennett, A.E. Anson
Votes: 2,001
30. A Lady to Love (1930)
Passed | 92 min | Drama, Romance
Middle-aged Napa Valley grape-grower Tony posts a marriage proposal to San Francisco waitress Lena, enclosing a photo of his handsome younger brother Buck. When she gets there, she ... See full summary »
Director: Victor Sjöström | Stars: Vilma Bánky, Edward G. Robinson, Robert Ames, Richard Carle
Votes: 282
31. Yellow Jack (1938)
Passed | 83 min | Drama, History, Mystery
In the fever-stricken areas of Cuba, a brave band of scientists, doctors, and U.S. Marines fight a losing battle against the deadly plague of 'Yellow Jack' until the great heroic risk taken by an Irish sergeant brings victory.
Director: George B. Seitz | Stars: Robert Montgomery, Virginia Bruce, Lewis Stone, Andy Devine
Votes: 292
32. The Greeks Had a Word for Them (1932)
Passed | 79 min | Comedy
Ex-showgirls and roommates Polaire Gwynn (Madge Evans) and Schatze Citroux (Joan Blondell) are reunited with their sometime friend and former co-worker, Jean Lawrence (Ina Claire), when she... See full summary »
Director: Lowell Sherman | Stars: Joan Blondell, Madge Evans, Ina Claire, David Manners
Votes: 538
33. They Knew What They Wanted (1940)
Approved | 96 min | Drama, Romance
While courting a young woman by mail, a rich farmer sends a photograph of his foreman instead of his own, which leads to complications when she accepts his marriage proposal.
Director: Garson Kanin | Stars: Carole Lombard, Charles Laughton, William Gargan, Harry Carey
Votes: 495
34. Ned McCobb's Daughter (1928)
71 min | Drama
Rumrunner Babe Callahan uses his married brother George's home as a front for his operations. George's wife Carrie, unaware of the arrangement, runs a restaurant in part of the large house ... See full summary »
Director: William J. Cowen | Stars: Irene Rich, Theodore Roberts, Robert Armstrong, George Barraud
Votes: 25
35. A Breath of Scandal (1960)
Not Rated | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Princess Olympia (Sophia Loren), despite her life status cannot resist the urge to satisfy her sexual appetites. Exiled to the countryside, Olympia falls in love with American millionaire Charlie Foster (John Gavin).
Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: Sophia Loren, Maurice Chevalier, John Gavin, Angela Lansbury
Votes: 944
36. One Heavenly Night (1930)
82 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
A poor but basically honest flower woman agrees to impersonate a wicked opera star.
Director: George Fitzmaurice | Stars: John Boles, Evelyn Laye, Leon Errol, Lilyan Tashman
Votes: 181
37. Free Love (1930)
70 min | Comedy
A wife's psychiatrist tells her that she is being dominated by her husband. Her solution is to divorce him.
Director: Hobart Henley | Stars: Conrad Nagel, Genevieve Tobin, Monroe Owsley, Bertha Mann
38. The Secret Hour (1928)
80 min | Drama, Romance
The Secret Hour is a lost 1928 silent film romance drama directed by Rowland V. Lee and starring Pola Negri. It is based on the 1924 Broadway play, They Knew What They Wanted by Sidney ... See full summary »
Director: Rowland V. Lee | Stars: Pola Negri, Jean Hersholt, Kenneth Thomson, Christian J. Frank
39. Der selige Christopher Bohn (1955 TV Movie)
55 min
Director: Peter Beauvais | Stars: Carsta Löck, Willem Holsboer, Gefion Helmke, Immy Schell
40. The Silver Cord (1949 TV Movie)
105 min | Drama
When the painter Christopher Bean dies, some unscrupulous art dealers try to get several of his paintings cheaply from a family who have no idea of their value.
Stars: Derek Bond, Helen Haye, Marjorie Mars, Joy Shelton
41. Die Silberschnur (1957 TV Movie)
69 min | Drama
Director: Peter A. Horn | Stars: Lucie Mannheim, Helmuth Lohner, Krista Keller, Arnold K. Richter
42.
Producers' Showcase (1954–1957)
Episode:
Yellow Jack
(1955)
Drama, Musical, Comedy
The story of US Army doctor Walter Reed and how he and his medical team helped to find the cause of yellow fever, which was responsible for the deaths of thousands every year, in Cuba after the Spanish-American war of 1898.
Director: Delbert Mann | Stars: Philip Abbott, Dane Clark, Jackie Cooper, Wally Cox
43.
Producers' Showcase (1954–1957)
Episode:
Dodsworth
(1956)
Drama, Musical, Comedy
The owner of an automobile manufacturing company succumbs to his vain wife's pressure for him to retire--which he really doesn't want to do--and for them to take a cruise to Europe. On the ... See full summary »
Director: Alex Segal | Stars: Fredric March, Stephen Bekassy, Robert Boon, Tom Cound
44.
Celanese Theatre (1951–1952)
Episode:
They Knew What They Wanted
(1952)
Drama
Tony, a successful but illiterate middle-aged grape farmer, sends the photograph of his handsome young foreman, Joe, instead of his own, hoping to woo and marry Amy, a waitress in a San ... See full summary »
Stars: Betty Field, Frank McHugh, Theodore Newton, Frank Puglia
45.
Celanese Theatre (1951–1952)
Episode:
Yellow Jack
(1952)
Drama
In the fever-stricken areas of Cuba a brave band of scientists, doctors and U. S. Marines fight a losing battle against the deadly plague of 'Yello Jack,' until the great heroic risk taken by an Irish sergeant brings victory.
Director: Alex Segal | Stars: Macdonald Carey, Walter Abel, Richard Kiley, Roger De Koven
46.
Estudio 1 (1965–2016)
Episode:
El difunto Christopher Bean
(1980)
Drama
Director: Esteve Duran | Stars: Pablo Sanz, Glòria Roig, Blanca Sendino, Ivonne Sentis
47.
The Ford Theatre Hour (1948–1953)
Episode:
The Silver Cord
(1949)
Drama
A domineering matriarch is less than happy when her son brings home his new bride. She immediately sets to work at sabotaging their marriage as well as the engagement of her younger and weaker son.
Director: Marc Daniels | Stars: Mady Christians, Will Hare, John McGovern, Meg Mundy
48.
The Philco Television Playhouse (1948–1956)
Episode:
The Late Christopher Bean
(1949)
Drama
Abby, the maid, is left a small fortune by the late Mr. Bean who she had befriended. Her husband and wife employers scheme to get their hands on the wealth.
Director: Fred Coe | Stars: Helen Carew, Frankie Carle, Ellen Cobb-Hill, Philip Coolidge
49.
The Prudential Family Playhouse (1950–1951)
Episode:
Dodsworth
(1950)
Drama
A retired auto manufacturer and his wife take a long-planned European vacation only to find that they want very different things from life.
Director: Donald Davis | Stars: Ruth Chatterton, Walter Abel, John Baragrey, Cliff Hall
50.
Pulitzer Prize Playhouse (1950–1952)
Episode:
Ned McCobb's Daughter
(1951)
Drama
Stars: Norma Connolly, Elmer Davis, Charles Dingle, Miriam Hopkins