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1. Omnibus (1952–1961)
55 min | Drama, History, Music
Omnibus was a television program that sought to provide the best of what television could provide as the highest common denominator of intellectual curiosity and interest. This level of programing excellence has not been achieved again.
Stars: Alistair Cooke, Leonard Bernstein, Joseph N. Welch, Helen Hayes
Votes: 218
2. The 34th Annual Academy Awards (1962 TV Special)
Family
Director: Richard Dunlap | Stars: Bob Hope, Eddie Albert, Harriet Andersson, Ann-Margret
Votes: 176
3. Splendor in the Grass (1961)
Not Rated | 124 min | Drama, Romance
The love of high school sweethearts Deanie and Bud is weighed down by the oppressive expectations of their parents and society in smalltown Kansas in 1928, threatening the future of their relationship.
Director: Elia Kazan | Stars: Natalie Wood, Warren Beatty, Pat Hingle, Audrey Christie
Votes: 22,641 | Gross: $8.72M
4. Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963–1967)
60 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Legendary entertainer Bob Hope hosted, and occasionally starred in, one of the last major anthology series on network television, featuring many of Hollywood's top names, including quite a few who didn't do much television otherwise
Stars: Bob Hope, Jack Weston, Jack Kelly, John Francis
Votes: 239
5. Come Back, Little Sheba (1952)
Approved | 99 min | Drama, Romance
An emotionally remote recovering alcoholic and his dowdy, unambitious wife face a personal crisis when they take in an attractive lodger.
Director: Daniel Mann | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Shirley Booth, Terry Moore, Richard Jaeckel
Votes: 5,385
6. The Dark at the Top of the Stairs (1960)
Approved | 124 min | Drama
In Oklahoma in the 1920s, Rubin Flood (Robert Preston) loses his job as a travelling salesman when the company goes bankrupt. This adds to his worries at home. His wife Cora (Dorothy ... See full summary »
Director: Delbert Mann | Stars: Robert Preston, Dorothy McGuire, Eve Arden, Angela Lansbury
Votes: 838
7. 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: 93
8. Bus Stop (1961–1962)
60 min | Drama
Grace owns the Sunrise, Colorado bus stop. She, waitress Elma, Sheriff Will, and D.A. Glenn watch life through the stories which unfold as passengers enter and leave the small town.
Stars: Rhodes Reason, Richard Anderson, Joan Freeman, Marilyn Maxwell
Votes: 105
9. Come Back, Little Sheba (1977 TV Movie)
120 min | Drama
An emotionally remote recovering alcoholic and his dowdy, unambitious wife face a personal crisis when they take in an attractive lodger.
Director: Silvio Narizzano | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Joanne Woodward, Carrie Fisher, Nicholas Campbell
Votes: 100
10. Picnic (1955)
Approved | 115 min | Drama, Romance
Emotions are ignited among the complacent townsfolk when a handsome drifter arrives in a small Kansas community on the morning of the Labor Day picnic.
Director: Joshua Logan | Stars: William Holden, Kim Novak, Betty Field, Susan Strasberg
Votes: 9,834
11. Bus Stop (1982 TV Movie)
Comedy
The story is set in a diner in rural Kansas, about 25 miles west of Kansas City, Missouri during a snowstorm from which bus passengers must take shelter.
Director: Peter H. Hunt | Stars: Margot Kidder, Tim Matheson, Claude Akins, Barry Corbin
Votes: 78
12. All Fall Down (1962)
Approved | 111 min | Drama
Ralph (Karl Malden) and Annabell Willart (Dame Angela Lansbury) are a feuding couple who are constantly bickering over their worthless, good-for-nothing son Berry-Berry (Warren Beatty). ... See full summary »
Director: John Frankenheimer | Stars: Eva Marie Saint, Warren Beatty, Karl Malden, Angela Lansbury
Votes: 2,313
13. Picnic (1986 TV Movie)
123 min | Drama, Romance
A made-for-Cablevision remake of the 1955 Joshua Logan movie. Shown as "A Broadway On Showtime Production." A southern bell falls for a handsome drifter with no prospects, going against her parents' wishes to marry a rich businessman.
Director: Marshall W. Mason | Stars: Gregory Harrison, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Rue McClanahan, Dick Van Patten
Votes: 100
14. The Stripper (1963)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama, Romance
Lila Green is an insecure and aging showgirl for Madame Olga's stage shows. When her boyfriend, Rick, runs off with the show's money, Madame Olga and Ronny let Lila go. Lila goes to stay ... See full summary »
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner | Stars: Joanne Woodward, Richard Beymer, Claire Trevor, Carol Lynley
Votes: 452
15. Bus Stop (1956)
Approved | 96 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A naive but stubborn cowboy falls in love with a saloon singer and tries to take her away against her will to get married and live on his ranch in Montana.
Director: Joshua Logan | Stars: Marilyn Monroe, Don Murray, Arthur O'Connell, Betty Field
Votes: 12,768
16. Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff (1979)
R | 105 min | Drama
An abusive sexual relationship between a white spinster schoolteacher and a young black janitor in 1956 Kansas complicates her struggle to come to grips with her sexuality and emotions.
Director: Marvin J. Chomsky | Stars: Anne Heywood, Donald Pleasence, Robert Vaughn, Earl Holliman
Votes: 455
17. Bus Riley's Back in Town (1965)
Approved | 93 min | Drama
A young sailor returns home to discover his girl has married an older, wealthy man.
Director: Harvey Hart | Stars: Ann-Margret, Michael Parks, Janet Margolin, Brad Dexter
Votes: 445
18. Night Cries: A Rural Tragedy (1990)
19 min | Short, Drama
A middle aged Aboriginal woman nurses her dying old white mother till the mother dies.
Director: Tracey Moffatt | Stars: Marcia Langton, Agnes Hardwick, Jimmy Little, Alkira Fitzgerald
Votes: 296
19. Splendor in the Grass (1981 TV Movie)
96 min | Drama
Two teenagers, in love in pre-Depression Kansas, cope with parental pressure and the strict sexual mores of the day.
Director: Richard C. Sarafian | Stars: Melissa Gilbert, Cyril O'Reilly, Ned Beatty, Eva Marie Saint
Votes: 207
20. Picnic (2000 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 100 min | Drama, Romance
The son of the richest man in town wants to marry the town's beauty queen, but then she meets an interesting stranger who just got off the train.
Director: Ivan Passer | Stars: Bonnie Bedelia, Josh Brolin, Ben Caswell, JD Evermore
Votes: 253
21. Life with Linkletter (1950–1970)
30 min | Comedy, Talk-Show
Talk/Variety show on ABC starring Art Linkletter and his son, Jack Linkletter.
Stars: Art Linkletter, Jack Linkletter, Art James, Jack Slattery
Votes: 19
22. Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff
Drama | Pre-production
A relationship between a small town teacher and an immigrant college student result in a series of disturbing events.
Director: Melanie Wagor | Star: Keshav Moodliar
24. Shoestring Theatre (1959–1964)
Drama
Stars: Kay Tremblay, Powys Thomas, Gerald Rowan, Margaret Cunningham
25. Picnic (III) (2014)
120 min | Drama
Emotions are ignited among the complacent townsfolk when a handsome drifter arrives in a small Kansas community on the morning of the Labor Day picnic.
Directors: Rennie Cowan, Zaccharin Thibodeau | Stars: Amber Boetger, Brent Cariaga, Amanda Corsi, Krysten Cox
26. Esplendor en la hierba (2014)
6 min | Short, Drama
Director: Clara Fuente Bravo | Stars: Ana Porrés, Laura Pérez, Salvador Sáinz
27. Primera fila (1962–1965)
90 min | Comedy, Drama
Stars: Fernando Delgado, José María Escuer, Valentín Tornos, Valeriano Andrés
28. Come Back, Little Sheba (1955 TV Movie)
Drama
An emotionally remote recovering alcoholic and his dowdy, unambitious wife face a personal crisis when they take in an attractive lodger.
Director: Willy van Hemert | Stars: Paul Steenbergen, Ida Wasserman
29. Návrat do pekla (1974 TV Movie)
77 min | Drama
Director: Milan Pelousek | Stars: Jana Bittlová, Petr Cervinka, Miloslav Dolezal, Jaroslav Dostál
30. Kom tilbake, lille Sheba (1966 TV Movie)
92 min | Drama
About a married couple in their forties, where the husband and wife each have their own struggle to endure, but neither of them understands much of the other's stresses.
Director: Jan Bull | Stars: Ståle Bjørnhaug, Roy Bjørnstad, Jon Eikemo, Wenche Foss
31. A.N.T.A. Album of 1955 (1955 TV Movie)
120 min | Drama, Musical
Closed circuit fund raising performance telecast live from the Adelphi Theatre in New York City to 31 movie theaters across the country. The project was a joint venture by the American National Theatre & Academy and CARE.
Director: Barry Shear | Stars: Barbara Bel Geddes, Louie Bellson, Victor Borge, Ray Boyle
32.
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963–1967)
Episode:
Out on the Outskirts of Town
(1964)
60 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
A woman, her mother, and her daughter check into a run-down resort to hide from her abusive husband, a washed-up professional baseball player. Her mother urges her to save her marriage while her daughter combats her own emotional needs.
Director: Frank Corsaro | Stars: Fay Bainter, Anne Bancroft, Lane Bradbury, Paul Fix
33.
Bus Stop (1961–1962)
Episode:
Cherie
(1961)
60 min | Drama
A naive and over-confident cowboy determines to woo a somewhat blowzy showgirl.
Director: Don Siegel | Stars: Marilyn Maxwell, Richard Anderson, Joseph Cotten, Buddy Ebsen
34.
Omnibus (1952–1961)
Episode:
Glory in the Flower
(1953)
Drama, History, Music
The program has five segments: (1) "Glory in the Flower" (story based on William Inge play), (2) "The Little Kitty Stayed Cool" (James Thurber short story), (3) "The Little Fugitive" (... See full summary »
Directors: Bob Banner, Andrew McCullough | Stars: Alistair Cooke, Richie Andrusco, Edward Binns, Ridge Bond
35.
TV de Vanguarda (1952–1967)
Episode:
Volta Mocidade
(1957)
Stars: Mario Alimari, Jaime Barcellos, Fábio Cardoso, Lia de Aguiar
36.
ITV Play of the Week (1955–1974)
Episode:
Come Back Little Sheba
(1965)
Comedy, Drama
An emotionally remote recovering alcoholic and his dowdy, unambitious wife face a personal crisis when they take in an attractive lodger.
Director: John Jacobs | Stars: Martin Balsam, David Bauer, Betsy Blair, Jane Elliot
37.
Life with Linkletter (1950–1970)
Episode:
Ricardo Montalban, William Inge
(1970)
Comedy, Talk-Show
Ricardo Montalban describes his new project for minority betterment. Award winning playwright William Inge discusses his first novel. Swimming instructor tells why she believes children should be taught to swim as soon as they can walk.
Director: Stu Phelps | Stars: Art Linkletter, Jack Linkletter, Art James, William Inge
38.
Primera fila (1962–1965)
Episode:
Recuerdo de una herida
(1964)
Comedy, Drama
Adaptation of play Come Back, Little Sheba by William Inge
Director: Juan Guerrero Zamora | Stars: Antonio Acebal, Ángel Aranda, Maite Blasco, Roberto Caballero
39.
Shoestring Theatre (1959–1964)
Episode:
The Tiny Closet
(1962)
Drama
Director: Jacques Gauthier | Stars: Victor Knight, Kay Tremblay