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1. The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (1950–1958)
30 min | Comedy
Neighbor Blanche Morton frequently joined Gracie in escapades which annoy hubby Harry and provides George with an opportunity to offer a humorous soliloquy.
Stars: George Burns, Gracie Allen, Bea Benaderet, Harry von Zell
Votes: 1,536
2.
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (1950–1958)
Episode:
Gracie Reports Car Stolen
(1953)
Comedy
Someone whistles in George's dressing room and Gracie, believing the old show-biz superstition that it will mean three days of bad luck, hides George's car so that he can't make a scheduled... See full summary »
Director: Ralph Levy | Stars: George Burns, Gracie Allen, Harry von Zell, Bea Benaderet
Votes: 30
3. 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: 334,107 | Gross: $198.68M
4.
Judd for the Defense (1967–1969)
Episode:
Citizen Ritter
(1967)
60 min | Drama
Ben's client is charged with killing the abortionist who illegally operated on his daughter and almost killed her. Judd believes the man has a violent streak. Ben uncovers many dark secrets when the case goes to trial.
Director: Alex March | Stars: Carl Betz, Stephen Young, Murray Hamilton, Paula Wayne
Votes: 8
5. 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: 8,735
6. The Untouchables (1959–1963)
50 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Special Agent Eliot Ness and his elite team of incorruptable agents battle organized crime in 1930s Chicago.
Stars: Robert Stack, Walter Winchell, Nicholas Georgiade, Paul Picerni
Votes: 3,075
7. A Tale of Two Cities (1935)
Not Rated | 128 min | Drama, History, Romance
A pair of lookalikes, one a former French aristocrat and the other an alcoholic English lawyer, fall in love with the same woman amidst the turmoil of the French Revolution.
Directors: Jack Conway, Robert Z. Leonard | Stars: Ronald Colman, Elizabeth Allan, Edna May Oliver, Reginald Owen
Votes: 6,296
8. The Aquanauts (1960–1961)
60 min | Adventure
Larry and Drake made their livings recovering sunken wrecks off the Southern California coast. Frequently, these assignments brought them into conflict with people who wanted to reach the wrecks first.
Stars: Ron Ely, Keith Larsen, Jeremy Slate, Charles Thompson
Votes: 100
9. Judd for the Defense (1967–1969)
60 min | Drama
High-priced Houston lawyer Clinton Judd and his assistant Ben Caldwell take cases throughout the U.S. The program dealt with then-taboo subjects.
Stars: Carl Betz, Stephen Young, Walter Brooke, John Dehner
Votes: 262
10. Kraft Suspense Theatre (1963–1965)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Kraft Suspense Theater was an anthology series which featured a new cast and stories each week.
Stars: David Lewis, Francis De Sales, Harry Townes, Jack Kelly
Votes: 287
11. Lock Up (1959–1961)
30 min | Crime, Drama
Cases taken from the files and case histories of renowned Philadelphia defense attorney Herbert L. Maris.
Stars: Macdonald Carey, John Doucette, Joan Granville, Olive Carey
Votes: 106
12.
Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode:
Circus Trick
(1965)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
A circus family comes to town and charms the populace who don't know the family's real stock-in-trade is larceny.
Director: William F. Claxton | Stars: James Arness, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake, Burt Reynolds
Votes: 170
13. Lost Horizon (1937)
Approved | 132 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
When a revered diplomat's plane is diverted and crashes in the peaks of Tibet, he and the other survivors are guided to an isolated monastery at Shangri-La, where they wrestle with the invitation to stay.
Director: Frank Capra | Stars: Ronald Colman, Jane Wyatt, Edward Everett Horton, John Howard
Votes: 14,441
14. The Bishop's Wife (1947)
G | 109 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
A debonair angel comes to Earth to help an Episcopalian bishop and his wife in their quest to raise money for the new church.
Director: Henry Koster | Stars: Cary Grant, Loretta Young, David Niven, Monty Woolley
Votes: 20,895
15. The Snake Pit (1948)
Approved | 108 min | Drama, Mystery
A detailed chronicle of a woman during her stay in a mental institution.
Director: Anatole Litvak | Stars: Olivia de Havilland, Mark Stevens, Leo Genn, Celeste Holm
Votes: 8,427 | Gross: $10.00M
16. Dr. Christian (1956– )
30 min | Drama
Based on several films released between 1939 and 1941 starring Jean Hersholt as Dr. Paul Christian, this series picks up with his retirement and as he turns his practice over to his nephew, Dr. Mark Christian.
Stars: Macdonald Carey, Jan Shepard, Jack Hogan, Peter Hansen
Votes: 52
17. High Sierra (1940)
Passed | 100 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
After being released from prison, notorious thief Roy Earle is hired by his old boss to help a group of inexperienced criminals plan and carry out the robbery of a California resort.
Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: Ida Lupino, Humphrey Bogart, Alan Curtis, Arthur Kennedy
Votes: 19,223
18. Unfaithfully Yours (1948)
Approved | 105 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
A man dreams of revenge when he suspects his wife is unfaithful.
Director: Preston Sturges | Stars: Rex Harrison, Linda Darnell, Rudy Vallee, Barbara Lawrence
Votes: 5,856
19. Counsellor at Law (1933)
Passed | 82 min | Comedy, Drama
A successful attorney has his Jewish heritage and poverty-stricken background brought home to him when he learns that his wife has been unfaithful.
Director: William Wyler | Stars: John Barrymore, Bebe Daniels, Doris Kenyon, Isabel Jewell
Votes: 1,507
20. Matinee Theatre (1955–1958)
60 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A daily anthology show, featuring original material, as well as adaptations of literary classics.
Stars: John Conte, Peter Hansen, Sarah Churchill, Johnny Crawford
Votes: 133
21. The Unexpected (1952– )
30 min | Drama
Herbert Marshall hosted this anthology series of fast paced thirty minute dramas. It was also known as "Times Square Playhouse."
Stars: Herbert Marshall, Paul Guilfoyle, David Colmans, Jane Nigh
Votes: 35
22. The New Cinema (1968 TV Movie)
24 min | Documentary
Director: Gary Young | Stars: Francis Ford Coppola, Edith Evans, Peter Fonda, Terry Garin
Votes: 23
23. Design for Living (1933)
Passed | 91 min | Comedy, Mystery, Romance
A woman cannot decide between two men who love her, and the trio agree to try living together in a platonic friendly relationship.
Director: Ernst Lubitsch | Stars: Fredric March, Gary Cooper, Miriam Hopkins, Edward Everett Horton
Votes: 7,752
24. Mr. & Mrs. North (1952–1954)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Jerry and Pamela North live in Greenwich Village in New York City. Jerry is a mystery magazine publisher who thinks he is a good amateur detective. He and his wife investigate various crimes and solve them before the police do.
Stars: Richard Denning, Barbara Britton, Francis De Sales, Lowell Gilmore
Votes: 251
25.
The Untouchables (1959–1963)
Episode:
The Night They Shot Santa Claus
(1962)
52 min | Action, Crime, Drama
It's Christmas eve 1930 and Eliot Ness and his men are investigating the murder of a close friend of his, Hap Levinson. The man had been playing Santa Claus at a children's orphanage and ... See full summary »
Director: Alex March | Stars: Robert Stack, Ruth White, Russell Collins, Nita Talbot
Votes: 73
26. Fireside Theatre (1949–1955)
30 min | Drama
An anthology series which became the first successful filmed series on American television.
Stars: Gene Raymond, John Warburton, Nolan Leary, Dabbs Greer
Votes: 96
27. For Beauty's Sake (1941)
61 min | Comedy, Mystery
An assistant astronomy professor is shocked when his aunt's final wishes require him to manage her beauty salon for two years, or he will inherit nothing, only to discover that some of its workers are leaders of a blackmailing operation.
Director: Shepard Traube | Stars: Ned Sparks, Marjorie Weaver, Ted North, Joan Davis
Votes: 38
28. Born to Kill (1947)
Approved | 92 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A calculating divorcée risks her chances at wealth and security with a man she doesn't love by getting involved with the hotheaded murderer romancing her foster sister.
Director: Robert Wise | Stars: Claire Trevor, Lawrence Tierney, Walter Slezak, Phillip Terry
Votes: 6,043
29. Mad Love (1935)
Passed | 68 min | Horror, Romance, Sci-Fi
In Paris, a demented surgeon's obsession with a British actress leads him to secretly replace her concert-pianist husband's mangled hands with those of a guillotined murderer with a gift for knife-throwing.
Director: Karl Freund | Stars: Peter Lorre, Frances Drake, Colin Clive, Ted Healy
Votes: 5,870 | Gross: $0.37M
30. Bombshell (1933)
Passed | 96 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
A glamorous film star rebels against the studio, her pushy press agent and a family of hangers-on.
Director: Victor Fleming | Stars: Jean Harlow, Lee Tracy, Frank Morgan, Franchot Tone
Votes: 3,136
31. Manhattan Melodrama (1934)
Passed | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
The friendship between two orphans endures even though they grow up on opposite sides of the law and fall in love with the same woman.
Directors: W.S. Van Dyke, Jack Conway, George Cukor | Stars: Clark Gable, William Powell, Myrna Loy, Leo Carrillo
Votes: 4,804
32. Marked Woman (1937)
Approved | 96 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Thriller
A crusading district attorney persuades a clip joint hostess to testify against her mobster boss after her innocent sister is accidentally murdered during one of his unsavory parties.
Directors: Lloyd Bacon, Michael Curtiz | Stars: Bette Davis, Humphrey Bogart, Lola Lane, Isabel Jewell
Votes: 4,828
33. 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: 3,901
34. Treasury Men in Action (1950–1955)
30 min | Crime, Drama
A squad of Treasury Department agents, headed by "The Chief", go after counterfeiters and other criminals who commit crimes that fall under the Treasure Department's jurisdiction.
Stars: Walter Greaza, Ross Martin, Tom McKee, John Stephenson
Votes: 73
35. Blessed Event (1932)
Passed | 80 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Al Roberts writes a gossip column for the Daily Express. He will write about anyone and everyone as long as he gets the credit. He gets into a little difficulty with a hood named Goebel who... See full summary »
Director: Roy Del Ruth | Stars: Lee Tracy, Mary Brian, Dick Powell, Allen Jenkins
Votes: 763
36. The Merry Monahans (1944)
Approved | 91 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
The Merry Monahans are a vaudeville family act bouncing from circuit to circuit reconnecting with past friends and loves, creating new friends and romances, and dealing with personal vices.
Director: Charles Lamont | Stars: Donald O'Connor, Peggy Ryan, Jack Oakie, Ann Blyth
Votes: 111
37. Evelyn Prentice (1934)
Passed | 79 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
The neglected wife of a high profile attorney dallies with a unscrupulous womanizer and finds herself involved in blackmail and murder.
Director: William K. Howard | Stars: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Una Merkel, Rosalind Russell
Votes: 1,867
38. Danger! Women at Work (1943)
Approved | 59 min | Comedy
3 women inherit a 10-ton truck and decide to go into business.
Director: Sam Newfield | Stars: Patsy Kelly, Mary Brian, Isabel Jewell, Wanda McKay
Votes: 72
39.
Mr. & Mrs. North (1952–1954)
Episode:
The Nobles
(1952)
TV-PG | 26 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Pam is a volunteer nurse's aide for the wheelchair-bound and elderly matriarch of the once proud and well-respected Noble family. A murder attempt has been made on the old woman's life and ... See full summary »
Director: Ralph Murphy | Stars: Barbara Britton, Richard Denning, Francis De Sales, Isabel Jewell
Votes: 22
40. The Adventures of Kit Carson (1951–1960)
30 min | Western
Kit and his pal El Toro go all over the west securing justice for all (absolutely no connection with the historical character).
Stars: Bill Williams, Don Diamond, John Cason, Peter Mamakos
Votes: 133
41. Scatterbrain (1940)
Approved | 73 min | Comedy
Eddie MacIntyre is a press agent, talent scout and right-hand man to J.R.Russell, Producer/Director of Perfection Pictures, is planning a scheme in which he will "plant" his girl friend, ... See full summary »
Director: Gus Meins | Stars: Judy Canova, Alan Mowbray, Ruth Donnelly, Eddie Foy Jr.
Votes: 54
42. The Seventh Victim (1943)
Approved | 71 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A woman in search of her missing sister uncovers a Satanic cult in New York's Greenwich Village and finds that they could have something to do with her sibling's random disappearance.
Director: Mark Robson | Stars: Kim Hunter, Tom Conway, Jean Brooks, Isabel Jewell
Votes: 7,573
43. Climax! (1954–1958)
Unrated | 60 min | Drama
This was an anthology series that presented a different story and different set of characters on each episode. It ran from 1954 to 1958 and featured Casino Royale of James Bond fame, which led to two theatrical movies of the same name.
Stars: William Lundigan, Art Gilmore, Mary Costa, Michael Rennie
Votes: 259
44. The Leopard Man (1943)
Approved | 66 min | Film-Noir, Horror, Thriller
A seemingly-tame leopard used for a publicity stunt escapes and kills a young girl, spreading panic throughout a sleepy New Mexico town.
Director: Jacques Tourneur | Stars: Dennis O'Keefe, Margo, Jean Brooks, Isabel Jewell
Votes: 5,958
45. Ceiling Zero (1936)
Approved | 95 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
War veteran pilots Dizzy Davis, Texas Clark and Jake Lee are working in an airline in Newark. Dizzy is flirting with the girlfriend of a younger pilot and, due to this, he feigns illness to... See full summary »
Director: Howard Hawks | Stars: James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, June Travis, Stuart Erwin
Votes: 787
46. Beauty for Sale (1933)
87 min | Drama, Romance
A beautiful woman lands a job at an exclusive salon that deals with the wives of wealthy businessmen. Her contact with these men leads to a series of affairs.
Director: Richard Boleslawski | Stars: Madge Evans, Alice Brady, Otto Kruger, Una Merkel
Votes: 446
47. The Crowd Roars (1938)
Passed | 90 min | Action, Drama, Romance
A young boxer gets caught between a no-good father and a crime boss when he starts dating the boss's daughter, although she doesn't know what daddy does for a living.
Director: Richard Thorpe | Stars: Robert Taylor, Edward Arnold, Frank Morgan, Maureen O'Sullivan
Votes: 459
48. Dancing Feet (1936)
Approved | 70 min | Comedy, Music, Mystery
Peyton Wells (Ben Lyon) rescues Judy Jones (Joan Marsh) from a very dull young man, at a sedate party given for her by her multi-millionaire grandfather Silas P. Jones (Purnell Pratt.) Judy... See full summary »
Director: Joseph Santley | Stars: Ben Lyon, Joan Marsh, Edward J. Nugent, Isabel Jewell
Votes: 95
49. Steppin' in Society (1945)
Approved | 72 min | Comedy, Crime
Howard "Ten Spot" Rocky, convicted of stealing an automobile, is sentenced by Judge Avery Webster to serve time in the state penitentiary. The sentence devastates Ten Spot's girlfriend "... See full synopsis »
Director: Alexander Esway | Stars: Edward Everett Horton, Gladys George, Ruth Terry, Robert Livingston
Votes: 26
50.
Kraft Suspense Theatre (1963–1965)
Episode:
The Gun
(1964)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Near Bodie Air Force Base, a mild mannered dentist has problems getting respect from his wife and son following a robbery by a junkie over his reluctance to use a gun. Further complicating ... See full summary »
Director: Michael O'Herlihy | Stars: Eddie Albert, Dina Merrill, Peter Lazer, Edward Platt
Votes: 33