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1. East Side/West Side (1963–1964)
60 min | Drama
In this weekly drama show, George C. Scott plays a dedicated social worker trying to solve the problems of his clients in the fascinating mix of cultures that makes up New York City.
Stars: George C. Scott, Elizabeth Wilson, Cicely Tyson, Linden Chiles
Votes: 207
2.
City of Angels (1976– )
Episode:
Match Point
(1976)
60 min | Crime, Drama
When a man is shot at an exclusive tennis club, Jake is hired to find the killer and free the man who is being framed. The investigation leads Jake to a plot to overthrow Hitler and the Nazis.
Director: Ralph Senensky | Stars: Wayne Rogers, Elaine Joyce, Philip Sterling, Clifton James
Votes: 7
3. The Phil Silvers Show (1955–1959)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family
Master Sergeant Bilko, regularly helped by the soldiers at Fort Baxter's motor pool, spends little time performing his duties by constantly trying to obtain money through various get-rich-quick scams and promotions.
Stars: Phil Silvers, Harvey Lembeck, Paul Ford, Allan Melvin
Votes: 1,738
4.
Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode:
The Lady
(1965)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
A woman and her adult, attractive niece stop in Dodge to earn some money to complete their journey to San Francisco. When an offer of marriage to her aunt threatens to derail those plans, the niece takes action.
Director: Mark Rydell | Stars: James Arness, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake, Ken Curtis
Votes: 242
5. Slattery's People (1964–1965)
60 min | Drama
Jim Slattery enters the state legislature, hopeful that he can make a difference. He finds dealing with endless rules and the majority opposition party frustrates any meaningful change but he stubbornly perseveres.
Stars: Richard Crenna, Paul Geary, Tol Avery, Maxine Stuart
Votes: 118
6.
Naked City (1958–1963)
Episode:
A Death of Princes
(1960)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Detective walks from icing surrendering shooter Gimpy, so his commander asks Adam to volunteer to spy him. Adam struggles with taking the assignment on gun-happy comrade Bane, whose jacket ... See full summary »
Director: John Brahm | Stars: Eli Wallach, Paul Burke, Horace McMahon, Nancy Malone
Votes: 128
7. Naked City (1958–1963)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
The cases of the N.Y.P.D.'s 65th Precinct.
Stars: Harry Bellaver, Horace McMahon, Paul Burke, Nancy Malone
Votes: 1,434
8. Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
Marshal Matt Dillon keeps the peace in rough-and-tumble Dodge City.
Stars: James Arness, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake, Ken Curtis
Votes: 8,771
9. Cool Hand Luke (1967)
GP | 127 min | Crime, Drama
A laid-back Southern man is sentenced to two years in a rural prison, but refuses to conform.
Director: Stuart Rosenberg | Stars: Paul Newman, George Kennedy, Strother Martin, J.D. Cannon
Votes: 188,714 | Gross: $16.22M
10.
Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode:
Letter of the Law
(1958)
TV-G | 30 min | Western
A rich landowner seizes the chance to get a little more acreage when he discovers that a homesteader has failed to file the paperwork to make his quarter section his own.
Director: Richard Whorf | Stars: James Arness, Dennis Weaver, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake
Votes: 183
11. 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
12. The Contender (1980)
60 min | Drama
While Johnny is in college his lumberjack Oregonian father commits suicide, so Johnny leaves school to pursue a career in boxing to support his mother and younger brother.
Stars: Marc Singer, Katherine Cannon, Moses Gunn, Alan Stock
Votes: 36
13.
City of Angels (1976– )
Episode:
The Castle of Dreams
(1976)
60 min | Crime, Drama
Jake investigates a house-of-ill-repute called "The Castle Of Dreams", where the ladies look like famous movie stars. The investigation leads to murder, the disappearance of Jake's secretary, and a run-in with a movie studio executive.
Director: Robert Douglas | Stars: Wayne Rogers, Elaine Joyce, Philip Sterling, Clifton James
Votes: 10
14.
Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode:
Snow Train: Part 1
(1970)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
Matt, Doc, and Festus are aboard a train in snow covered mountains when it is stopped by Indians who want 2 unknown passengers turned over to them for selling poisonous whiskey to them earlier.
Director: Gunnar Hellström | Stars: James Arness, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake, Ken Curtis
Votes: 202
15.
Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode:
Snow Train: Part 2
(1970)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
Matt avoids capture by the three Indian braves and continues on to the telegraph station. Exhausted, he finds out the telegraph lines are down. However, an advisory was issued before while ... See full summary »
Director: Gunnar Hellström | Stars: James Arness, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake, Ken Curtis
Votes: 180
16. The Ed Sullivan Show (1948–1971)
TV-G | 60 min | Music, Talk-Show
The classic prime time variety show most famous for its vaudeville acts and rock music performances.
Stars: Ed Sullivan, The Ray Bloch Orchestra, Ray Bloch, Johnny Wayne
Votes: 1,562
17. Captains and the Kings (1976)
540 min | Drama
Rags-to-riches tale of an Irish immigrant in late 1800s.
Stars: Richard Jordan, Harvey Jason, Patty Duke, Blair Brown
Votes: 517
18.
East Side/West Side (1963–1964)
Episode:
Go Fight City Hall
(1963)
60 min | Drama
Director: Marc Daniels | Stars: George C. Scott, Elizabeth Wilson, Cicely Tyson, Linda Canby
Votes: 12
19.
The Virginian (1962–1971)
Episode:
Linda
(1966)
TV-PG | 75 min | Western
Upon returning from Texas The Virginian finds himself in the middle of express line holdup. On the stagecoach he meets a beautiful woman who ultimately confides in him that she is a courier carrying a package - possibly illegal.
Director: Don McDougall | Stars: Charles Bickford, Doug McClure, Don Quine, Sara Lane
Votes: 66
20. The Untouchables (1987)
R | 119 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
During Prohibition, Treasury agent Eliot Ness sets out to stop ruthless Chicago gangster Al Capone, and assembles a small, incorruptible team to help him.
Director: Brian De Palma | Stars: Kevin Costner, Sean Connery, Robert De Niro, Charles Martin Smith
Votes: 331,079 | Gross: $76.27M
21. Cain's Hundred (1961–1962)
60 min | Crime, Drama
A former underworld lawyer goes to work for the Federal Government, determined to bring 100 top criminals to justice.
Stars: Peter Mark Richman, Gene Coogan, Eddie Hice, Gavin MacLeod
Votes: 108
22. Goodyear Playhouse (1951–1957)
60 min | Drama
The show featured original plays plus plays adapted from works.
Stars: Walter Matthau, David White, Constance Ford, Kim Stanley
Votes: 113
23. City of Angels (1976– )
60 min | Crime, Drama
Weekly adventures of hard-boiled '30s detective Jake Axminster.
Stars: Wayne Rogers, Elaine Joyce, Clifton James, Philip Sterling
Votes: 109
24.
Mannix (1967–1975)
Episode:
A Copy of Murder
(1968)
TV-PG | 52 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An author, preparing a book about a well-publicized murder case in a small California city, is killed when his yacht blows up. The author's publisher hires Mannix to find the book's last ... See full summary »
Director: Gerald Mayer | Stars: Mike Connors, Gail Fisher, Barbara Rush, Clifton James
Votes: 145
25.
Murder, She Wrote (1984–1996)
Episode:
The Last Flight of the Dixie Damsel
(1988)
TV-PG | 47 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Jessica is summoned to California where a recently-recovered Air Force plane could pin a decades-old murder on her dead husband Frank.
Director: Vincent McEveety | Stars: Angela Lansbury, Michael Ansara, Jane Greer, Clifton James
Votes: 460
26.
The Phil Silvers Show (1955–1959)
Episode:
Bilko at Bay
(1957)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family
When Bilko, Henshaw and Rocco visit Mrs.Doberman's house they cross paths with some of Mrs.Doberman's house-guests - a party of fishermen who just happen to be a gang of bank robbers in hiding.
Director: Al De Caprio | Stars: Phil Silvers, Harvey Lembeck, Paul Ford, Maurice Gosfield
Votes: 31
27.
Captains and the Kings (1976)
Episode:
Chapter VIII
(1976)
91 min | Drama
Rory Armagh seeks the Democratic nomination for President over Woodrow Wilson, while his father ponders a lifetime without love.
Director: Douglas Heyes | Stars: Richard Jordan, Perry King, Sian Barbara Allen, Patty Duke
Votes: 11
28. Night Court (1984–1992)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy
An eccentric fun-loving judge presides over an urban night court and all the silliness going on there.
Stars: Harry Anderson, John Larroquette, Richard Moll, Charles Robinson
Votes: 17,893
29. Route 66 (1960–1964)
TV-Y7 | 60 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
The adventures of two young drifters across America.
Stars: Martin Milner, George Maharis, Glenn Corbett, James Brown
Votes: 1,953
30. Decoy (1957–1958)
30 min | Crime, Drama
New York City policewoman Casey Jones' assignment to fight crime often entails her going undercover in some of the seediest and most dangerous parts of the city.
Stars: Beverly Garland, Frank Campanella, Joseph Sullivan, Ed Holmes
Votes: 329
31.
Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode:
The Real People of Muddy Creek
(1968)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
Only a few brave souls remain in Muddy Creek to help Ben and Little Joe defend a town jail and its occupant from the Harper outlaw gang.
Director: Leon Benson | Stars: Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, Joe Don Baker
Votes: 111
32.
Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode:
Winter Kill
(1971)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
During a harsh winter that kills off the stock of many ranchers, Ben offers to test a new breed's endurance by herding a cow from the stock on Sawtooth Mountain. A rival rancher attempts to... See full summary »
Director: William Wiard | Stars: Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, Mitch Vogel
Votes: 92
33. The Virginian (1962–1971)
TV-PG | 75 min | Western
Personable Western series based in Wyoming from the 1890s onward.
Stars: Doug McClure, James Drury, Lee J. Cobb, Sara Lane
Votes: 3,166
34. Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut (1980)
PG | 115 min | Action, Adventure, Romance
Superman agrees to sacrifice his powers to start a relationship with Lois Lane, unaware that three Kryptonian criminals he inadvertently released are conquering Earth.
Directors: Richard Donner, Richard Lester | Stars: Gene Hackman, Christopher Reeve, Marlon Brando, Ned Beatty
Votes: 19,106
35. Armchair Theatre (1956–1974)
60 min | Drama
This show was a British television drama anthology series of single plays that ran on the ITV network from 1956 to 1974. It was originally produced by Associated British Corporation, and from mid-1968 by Thames Television.
Stars: Harry H. Corbett, Paul Whitsun-Jones, Billie Whitelaw, Neil McCallum
Votes: 246
36. Rocky King, Detective (1950–1954)
30 min | Action, Drama, Crime
At the end of each show, Rocky King (Roscoe Karns) calls his wife, Mabel, and says, "Case is closed Mabel, I'm coming home".
Stars: Roscoe Karns, Todd Karns, Grace Carney, Stephen Elliott
Votes: 77
37.
City of Angels (1976– )
Episode:
The House on Orange Grove Avenue
(1976)
60 min | Crime, Drama
Margaret Hillings and Ruby Dyson were accused of committing a double murder eight years ago, but were acquitted. They hire Jake to find out who really did it, and hopefully clear their names.
Director: Robert Douglas | Stars: Wayne Rogers, Elaine Joyce, Clifton James, Susan Howard
Votes: 7
38.
City of Angels (1976– )
Episode:
The November Plan: Part 2
(1976)
60 min | Crime, Drama
Jake continues to hide Mary at the beach house while he attempts to prove her innocence. His investigation leads him to a clandestine group of very prominent and powerful men, who are ... See full summary »
Director: Don Medford | Stars: Wayne Rogers, Elaine Joyce, Philip Sterling, Timmie Rogers
Votes: 11
39. The A-Team (1983–1987)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Four Vietnam vets, framed for a crime they didn't commit, help the innocent while on the run from the military.
Stars: George Peppard, Mr. T, Dwight Schultz, Dirk Benedict
Votes: 41,861
40. The Last Detail (1973)
R | 104 min | Comedy, Drama
Two Navy men are ordered to bring a young offender to prison, but decide to show him one last good time along the way.
Director: Hal Ashby | Stars: Jack Nicholson, Randy Quaid, Otis Young, Clifton James
Votes: 28,022 | Gross: $3.19M
41. Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones (1980 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 192 min | Biography, Drama
The real-life story of the Peoples Temple cult led by Reverend Jim Jones and the events involving its move to Guyana and its eventual mass suicide.
Director: William A. Graham | Stars: Powers Boothe, Ned Beatty, Irene Cara, Veronica Cartwright
Votes: 1,656
42. The Vernon Johns Story (1994 TV Movie)
PG | 100 min | Biography, Drama
This inspirational saga follows the life of controversial pastor Vernon Johns - now known as the father of the civil rights movement.
Director: Kenneth Fink | Stars: James Earl Jones, Mary Alice, Joe Seneca, Tommy Hollis
Votes: 349
43.
The A-Team (1983–1987)
Episode:
Pros and Cons
(1983)
TV-PG | 48 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
The Team goes to a prison in Florida where the sadistic warden forces the prisoners to fight in gladiatorial combat. Face impersonates a criminal psychologist to get close to the warden, while the others infiltrate the prison population.
Director: Ron Satlof | Stars: George Peppard, Dirk Benedict, Melinda Culea, Dwight Schultz
Votes: 504
44.
Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode:
The Wrong Man
(1966)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
Hootie Kyle felt cheated in a card game by Tenner Jackson. Later, he punches Jackson and takes his thirty dollars back. The next day Hootie returns the money to the Marshal only to be told that Jackson had been murdered.
Director: Robert Totten | Stars: James Arness, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake, Ken Curtis
Votes: 167
45.
Highway to Heaven (1984–1989)
Episode:
Song of the Wild West
(1984)
Not Rated | 60 min | Drama, Fantasy
Jonathan and Mark come to a country-western bar where they provide an angelic assist to a young country singer emulating her lost mother, a former country star hoping to find her lost glory, and a widow mourning her lost husband.
Director: Victor French | Stars: Michael Landon, Victor French, Jerry Hardin, Michele Greene
Votes: 196
46.
Naked City (1958–1963)
Episode:
Killer with a Kiss
(1960)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A young man working at Bellevue Hospital, at the Mental Ward, has a neurosis himself. He harbors a deep seated hatred of his deceased military hero father, whom he blames for his mother's ... See full summary »
Director: Lamont Johnson | Stars: Paul Burke, Horace McMahon, Harry Bellaver, Nancy Malone
Votes: 80
47.
Quincy M.E. (1976–1983)
Episode:
Last Rights
(1980)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Quincy helps an out of town medical examiner deal with a pair of political scandals involving the death of children of influential persons by tainted drugs and the unsafe condition at a mill which is the main economic force in the town.
Director: Georg Fenady | Stars: Jack Klugman, Garry Walberg, John S. Ragin, Val Bisoglio
Votes: 86
48.
Ironside (1967–1975)
Episode:
Rundown on a Bum Rap
(1969)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A friend of Mark is found drunk and bending over an assault victim. Even though his night-school law teacher and Ironside lend assistance, Mark becomes frustrated with the legal process as he tries to help his friend gain an acquittal.
Director: Allen Reisner | Stars: Raymond Burr, James Gregory, Janet MacLachlan, Don Galloway
Votes: 58
49. Mannix (1967–1975)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Private detective Joe Mannix uses force to solve crimes.
Stars: Mike Connors, Gail Fisher, Ward Wood, Ron Nyman
Votes: 4,292
50. Lone Star (1996)
R | 135 min | Drama, Mystery, Western
When the skeleton of his murdered predecessor is found, Sheriff Sam Deeds unearths many other long-buried secrets in his Texas border town.
Director: John Sayles | Stars: Chris Cooper, Elizabeth Peña, Stephen Mendillo, Stephen J. Lang
Votes: 32,377 | Gross: $13.27M