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1.
Startime (1959–1961)
Episode:
Closed Set
(1960)
Comedy, Drama, Musical
A Hollywood director struggles with the demands and egotism of a famous leading lady.
Director: Robert Stevens | Stars: Joan Fontaine, John Ireland, Peter Lazer, Agnes Moorehead
Votes: 19
2. American Masters (1985– )
TV-14 | 90 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Documentary series focusing on great American artists and personalities.
Stars: Martin Scorsese, Peter Bogdanovich, Tony Bennett, Dick Cavett
Votes: 1,168
3. E! Mysteries & Scandals (1998– )
30 min | Documentary
Hollywood's most notorious scandals exposed through interviews and re-enactments.
Stars: A.J. Benza, A.C. Lyles, Marc Wanamaker, Bob Thomas
Votes: 317
4. Garbo (2005)
85 min | Documentary, Biography
An original documentary from Turner Classic Movies, narrated by Julie Christie
Directors: Christopher Bird, Kevin Brownlow | Stars: Julie Christie, Greta Garbo, Charles Busch, Karen Swenson
Votes: 350
5.
E! Mysteries & Scandals (1998– )
Episode:
Rita Hayworth
(1998)
Documentary
Stars: A.J. Benza, Rita Hayworth, Budd Moss, Edward Z. Epstein
Votes: 21
6. Glanz und Elend in Hollywood: Natalie Wood (2009)
89 min | Documentary
Director: Eckhart Schmidt | Stars: Peter Bogdanovich, Murray Garrett, Steven Gaydos, Arthur Hiller
Votes: 9
7.
American Masters (1985– )
Episode:
George Cukor: On Cukor
(2000)
TV-14 | 85 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Cukor was an American film director. He mainly concentrated on comedies and literary adaptations. Noted films include What Price Hollywood? (1932), A Bill of Divorcement (1932), Our Betters (1933), and Little Women (1933)
Director: Robert Trachtenberg | Stars: George Cukor, Peter Bogdanovich, Jean Simmons, Mia Farrow
Votes: 159
8.
E! Mysteries & Scandals (1998– )
Episode:
Gloria Grahame
(2001)
Documentary
Stars: A.J. Benza, Gloria Grahame, Gavin Lambert, Donald Chase
Votes: 9
9. The Millionaire (1955–1960)
30 min | Drama
In this hit 1950s TV series, a millionaire indulges himself giving away $1 million apiece to persons he has never met.
Stars: Marvin Miller, Paul Frees, Roy Gordon, Russ Conway
Votes: 604
10. Lux Playhouse (1958–1959)
30 min | Drama, Comedy, Romance
This filmed series of light comedies, romances and melodramas alternated on Friday nights with the "Schlitz Playhouse of Stars" between October 1958 and September 1959.
Stars: Alice Backes, Charles Keane, Nesdon Booth, Michael Rennie
Votes: 61
11. Irving Thalberg: Prince of Hollywood (2005 TV Movie)
75 min | Documentary, Biography
A tribute to producer Irving Thalberg.
Director: Robert Trachtenberg | Stars: John Barrymore, Lionel Barrymore, Cari Beauchamp, Wallace Beery
Votes: 158
12. Universal Horror (1998 TV Movie)
95 min | Documentary, Horror
A documentary examining the early days of horror films, particularly those crafted at Universal Studios during the 1930s.
Director: Kevin Brownlow | Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Christopher Adamson, John Augur, Ray Bradbury
Votes: 739
13. Century of Cinema (1995–1998)
60 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Martin Scorsese describes his initial and growing obsession with films from the 1940s and 50s as the art form developed and grew with clips from classics and cult classics.
Stars: Martin Scorsese, Michel Piccoli, Nagisa Ôshima, Allison Anders
Votes: 94
14. Bigger Than Life (1956)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama
A seriously-ill schoolteacher becomes dependent on a "miracle" drug that begins to affect his sanity.
Director: Nicholas Ray | Stars: James Mason, Barbara Rush, Walter Matthau, Robert F. Simon
Votes: 8,141
15. The Barbara Stanwyck Show (1960–1961)
30 min | Drama
An anthology series usually starring Miss Stanwyck with her character either facing difficulties or overcoming peril. Several of the episodes were pilots, none of them turned into series.
Stars: Barbara Stanwyck, Anna May Wong, Arthur Gould-Porter, James Chandler
Votes: 226
16. Second Serve (1986 TV Movie)
94 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
Fact-based story about tennis pro Renee Richards, whose player status was challenged in 1976 when it was revealed that she was a transgender woman. Flashback to 1964 and meet Richard Radley... See full summary »
Director: Anthony Page | Stars: Vanessa Redgrave, Martin Balsam, William Russ, Alice Krige
Votes: 359
17.
The Barbara Stanwyck Show (1960–1961)
Episode:
Confession
(1961)
30 min | Drama
Her overbearing and jealous husband drives a woman to leave him and seek a divorce with a sleazy lawyer. They begin an affair and the plan grows into a plot to frame the husband for her ... See full summary »
Director: Jacques Tourneur | Stars: Barbara Stanwyck, Lee Marvin, Josephine Hutchinson, James Chandler
Votes: 36
18. Sons and Lovers (1960)
Approved | 103 min | Drama
A young man with artistic talent lives in a close-knit coal-mining town and finds himself inhibited by his emotionally manipulative mother.
Director: Jack Cardiff | Stars: Trevor Howard, Dean Stockwell, Wendy Hiller, Mary Ure
Votes: 1,771
19. Another Sky (1954)
86 min | Drama
After a puritan youth, a young English woman discovers her sensuality in North-Africa.
Director: Gavin Lambert | Stars: Catherine Lacey, Ahmed Ben Mohammed, Lee Montague, Victoria Grayson
Votes: 114
20. ITV Playhouse (1967–1982)
Comedy, Drama
Anthology series of dramatic works.
Stars: Michael Bryant, William Simons, Katherine Barker, Geoffrey Palmer
Votes: 87
21. The Savage Eye (1959)
68 min | Drama
This drama takes the form of a story told using documentary material as an intrinsic part of the narrative. In this journey through the dark side of 1950s urban life, the camera follows ... See full summary »
Directors: Ben Maddow, Sidney Meyers, Joseph Strick | Stars: Barbara Baxley, Gary Merrill, Herschel Bernardi, Jean Hidey
Votes: 336
22. The Joseph Cotten Show: On Trial (1955–1959)
30 min | Crime
An anthology series hosted by and occasionally starring Joseph Cotten. The show often included court trials or individual's personal trials. The show was technically only "On Trial" but was popularly known as The Joseph Cotten Show.
Stars: Joseph Cotten, Robert Middleton, Everett Sloane, Frank Gerstle
Votes: 166
23. Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Closed Set (1988 TV Movie)
60 min | Drama
An aging actress hires a young director to film her next picture.
Director: Mollie Miller | Stars: Rita Moreno, D.W. Moffett, Penelope Ann Miller, Jeff Perry
Votes: 12
24. General Electric Theater (1953–1962)
TV-G | 30 min | Drama
An American anthology series, with a new episode and different actors and actresses each week. Hosted by Ronald Reagan, the series was sponsored by General Electric's Department of Public Relations.
Stars: Ronald Reagan, Don Herbert, Nancy Reagan, Lee Marvin
Votes: 431
25. Bitter Victory (1957)
Approved | 82 min | Drama, War
A commander receives a citation for an attack on Erwin Rommel's headquarters, which is actually undeserved, as the commander is unfit for his job. On top of that, unbeknownst to him, his wife is having an affair with one of his officers.
Director: Nicholas Ray | Stars: Richard Burton, Curd Jürgens, Ruth Roman, Raymond Pellegrin
Votes: 2,289
26. Silent Hollywood: Cult, Stars, Scandals (2005 TV Movie)
Documentary
Director: Eckhart Schmidt | Stars: Peter Bogdanovich, Kevin Brownlow, Steven Gaydos, Randy Haberkamp
Votes: 15
27.
Century of Cinema (1995–1998)
Episode:
A Personal History of British Cinema by Stephen Frears
(1995)
52 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Director Stephen Frears casts a subjective eye over British cinema, from World War Two, the 1960s and the emergence of working-class voices, to the erratic 1980s, where spectacular success and catastrophic failure go hand in hand.
Directors: Michael Dibb, Stephen Frears | Stars: Michael Apted, Stephen Frears, Gavin Lambert, Alexander Mackendrick
Votes: 133
28. The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (1961)
Approved | 103 min | Drama, Romance
An aging actress travels to Rome with her husband; after he suddenly dies during the flight, she begins a passionate affair with a young gigolo.
Director: José Quintero | Stars: Vivien Leigh, Warren Beatty, Coral Browne, Jill St. John
Votes: 2,980
29. I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (1977)
R | 96 min | Drama, Fantasy
A disturbed, institutionalized 16-year-old girl struggles between fantasy and reality.
Director: Anthony Page | Stars: Bibi Andersson, Kathleen Quinlan, Ben Piazza, Lorraine Gary
Votes: 1,553
30.
General Electric Theater (1953–1962)
Episode:
Strange Witness
(1958)
TV-G | 30 min | Drama
Ruth and her lover David are caught having an affair by her husband John. When John refuses to give Ruth a divorce, David shoots him. Before Ruth and David can make plans to cover up the murder, John's blind friend Chris shows up.
Director: Herschel Daugherty | Stars: Ronald Reagan, Joan Crawford, Sidney Blackmer, Tom Tryon
Votes: 178
31. Startime (I) (1959–1961)
60 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
The Ford Motor Company sponsored this hour-long program which rotated between variety shows, dramatic productions, and musical comedies. One of the offerings was turned into a regular series, Sing Along with Mitch (1961).
Stars: Ethel Merman, Dean Martin, William Hickey, Alice Backes
Votes: 229
32. John Ford Goes to War (2002)
TV-PG | 56 min | Documentary, Action, Biography
When World War II broke out, John Ford, in his forties, commissioned in the Naval Reserve, was put in charge of the Field Photographic Unit by Bill Donavan, director of the soon-to-be-OSS. ... See full summary »
Director: Tom Thurman | Stars: Peter Bogdanovich, Ward Bond, Michael Curtiz, Jane Darwell
Votes: 153
33. Inside Daisy Clover (1965)
Approved | 128 min | Drama, Music, Romance
A tomboy turned movie star deals with the cruelty of Hollywood.
Director: Robert Mulligan | Stars: Natalie Wood, Christopher Plummer, Robert Redford, Ruth Gordon
Votes: 4,247
34. Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? (1972)
PG-13 | 91 min | Horror, Thriller
A demented widow lures unsuspecting children into her mansion in a bizarre "Hansel and Gretel" twist.
Director: Curtis Harrington | Stars: Shelley Winters, Mark Lester, Chloe Franks, Ralph Richardson
Votes: 2,531
35. Liberace: Behind the Music (1988 TV Movie)
97 min | Biography, Drama, Music
Fueled by the intense poverty of his youth, Walter Valentino Liberace is determined to become the world's greatest entertainer. Explore the rises and falls, the libel and palimony suits, as... See full summary »
Director: David Greene | Stars: Victor Garber, Saul Rubinek, Michael Dolan, Maureen Stapleton
Votes: 150
36. Rich and Famous (1981)
R | 117 min | Drama
Liz and Merry become BFFs in college. A decade later, Liz is a serious writer with writer's block, and Merry is a homemaker and a mom who has written a novel. Other bestsellers, riches, and fame follow.
Director: George Cukor | Stars: Jacqueline Bisset, Candice Bergen, David Selby, Hart Bochner
Votes: 2,049 | Gross: $14.49M
37. I Want What I Want (1972)
R | 91 min | Drama
A 20-something son of a military officer feels like a woman trapped in a man's body. When he can hide it no longer, he falls out with his ladies'-man father and leaves home. Now what?
Director: John Dexter | Stars: Anne Heywood, Harry Andrews, Jill Bennett, Paul Rogers
Votes: 163 | Gross: $0.36M
38. Sweet Bird of Youth (1989 TV Movie)
95 min | Drama
Aging movie star Alexandra del Lago, also known as Princess Kosmonopolis (Dame Elizabeth Taylor), fears her career is over due to her fading youthful looks. She takes up with a handsome ... See full summary »
Director: Nicolas Roeg | Stars: Elizabeth Taylor, Mark Harmon, Valerie Perrine, Kevin Geer
Votes: 634
39. Interval (1973)
PG | 84 min | Romance, Drama
Serena Moore has been everywhere and is trying to put her past behind her. She finds refuge in Mexico where, without intending to, falls in love with a much younger painter Chris.
Director: Daniel Mann | Stars: Merle Oberon, Robert Wolders, Russ Conway, Charles Bateman
Votes: 65
40. Dead on the Money (1991 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 93 min | Drama
Actress engages in plan to kill the cousin of the man she loves.
Director: Mark Cullingham | Stars: Corbin Bernsen, Amanda Pays, Eleanor Parker, Kevin McCarthy
Votes: 78
41. The Next Best Thing (2000)
PG-13 | 108 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Abbie, tired of failed relationships, has a one-night-stand with her gay friend; they agree to raise the resulting baby together.
Director: John Schlesinger | Stars: Madonna, Rupert Everett, Benjamin Bratt, Illeana Douglas
Votes: 11,688 | Gross: $14.99M
42. Avalanche (1978)
PG | 91 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
The vacationers at a winter wonderland struggle to survive after an avalanche of snow crashes into their ski resort. Their holiday then turns into a game of survival.
Director: Corey Allen | Stars: Rock Hudson, Mia Farrow, Robert Forster, Jeanette Nolan
Votes: 2,397
43. Nicole (1976)
Not Rated | 91 min | Drama
Nicole, an isolated widow who lives alone in her mansion, leads a decadent and lustful life. Using her sexy body and her vast fortune to manipulate those around her, she is obsessed with controlling all the people in her life.
Director: István Ventilla | Stars: Leslie Caron, Ramon Bieri, Catherine Bach, Bruce Graziano
Votes: 162
44.
General Electric Theater (1953–1962)
Episode:
The Road to Edinburgh
(1954)
TV-G | 30 min | Drama
Todays theme is The Road to Edinburgh.
Director: Rod Amateau | Stars: Ronald Reagan, Joan Crawford, John Sutton, Chuck Connors
Votes: 170
45.
The Joseph Cotten Show: On Trial (1955–1959)
Episode:
Strange Witness
(1959)
30 min | Crime
Returning home from work early one evening, a husband finds his wife with another man. The two men fight and during the struggle the husband is killed. The wife and her friend try to establish an alibi.
Director: Herschel Daugherty | Stars: Joan Crawford, Sidney Blackmer, Tom Tryon, John McIntire
Votes: 147
46. The Big Mirror (1989)
90 min | Drama
Director: Moumen Smihi | Stars: Nathalie Raiman, Mohammed Mehdi, Nazha Regragui, Larbi Doghmi
47. Things Gone and Things Still Here (2007)
60 min | Documentary
A documentary decoding the world of writer/composer Paul Bowles.
Director: Clement Barclay | Stars: Paul Bowles, Gavin Lambert
48.
Lux Playhouse (1958–1959)
Episode:
Small Wonder
(1958)
30 min | Drama, Comedy, Romance
Wealthy Paul Ryder's nine year old daughter Beth disappears. He later receives a note telling him that she has been kidnapped and demanding a 50, 000 dollar ransom. Ryder pays the ransom, ... See full summary »
Director: Andrew McCullough | Stars: Anna-Lisa, Douglas Bank, Patric Knowles, Jerry Lawrence
49.
The Millionaire (1955–1960)
Episode:
The Julia Conrad Story
(1959)
30 min | Drama
Check recipient Julia Conrad, a widow whose resources are waning, hopes to find a man of means in Las Vegas. But she finds, after receipt of her check, that the man with whom she has become involved has a similar agenda.
Director: James Sheldon | Stars: Marvin Miller, Ellen Drew, Robert Alda, Raymond Bailey
50.
E! Mysteries & Scandals (1998– )
Episode:
James Whale
(1998)
Documentary
Stars: A.J. Benza, Jim Curtis, Gregory W. Mank, Anthony Slide