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1.
Run for Your Life (1965–1968)
Episode:
The Day Time Stopped
(1966)
60 min | Drama
Paul tries to retrace his steps to learn what happened during his six-month blackout.
Director: Leo Penn | Stars: Ben Gazzara, Billy Daniels, Anne Helm, John Ireland
Votes: 14
2. Your Show of Shows (1950–1954)
90 min | Comedy
Best remembered by its posterior title, Your Show of Shows, this live variety show included comedy sketches with TV pioneers Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca.
Stars: Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca, Felisa Vanoff, Carl Reiner
Votes: 368
3. The Magical World of Disney (1954–1997)
TV-G | 120 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
A Disney-produced anthology covering many different genres.
Stars: Walt Disney, Paul Frees, Clarence Nash, Slim Pickens
Votes: 2,291
4. Playhouse 90 (1956–1961)
90 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Of the many anthology series, this is considered the most ambitious with outstanding talent in front of the camera. Attracting top ranked directors and scripts, it was often filmed live including the entire first season.
Stars: Richard Joy, Paul Lambert, Helen Kleeb, Charles Bickford
Votes: 419
5. I've Got a Secret (1952–1967)
TV-G | 30 min | Family, Game-Show
A group of panelists try to guess a guest's secret.
Stars: Garry Moore, Henry Morgan, Bill Cullen, John Cannon
Votes: 565
6. The United States Steel Hour (1953–1963)
60 min | Comedy, Drama
In this live drama series, over two hundred live plays, covering all aspects of society, were shown.
Stars: Richard Kiley, Betsy Palmer, Edward Andrews, Biff McGuire
Votes: 198
7. The Man Who Bought Paradise (1965 TV Movie)
60 min | Drama, Thriller
A fugitive is holed up in a foreign country.
Director: Ralph Nelson | Stars: Hoagy Carmichael, Dolores Del Río, Angie Dickinson, Robert Horton
Votes: 25
8. Beloved Bachelor (1931)
72 min | Drama, Romance
The daughter of his deceased girlfriend grows up to love the sculptor who has adopted her, causing a complication for his future with another woman.
Director: Lloyd Corrigan | Stars: Paul Lukas, Dorothy Jordan, Vivienne Osborne, Charles Ruggles
Votes: 12
9.
The F.B.I. (1965–1974)
Episode:
The Defector: Part 2
(1966)
60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Erskine must track down the missing Dr. Gregory Holman while simultaneously trying to convince officials of his government the intelligence operative is dead. He is aided by Holman's wife, ... See full summary »
Director: Christian Nyby | Stars: Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Philip Abbott, Stephen Brooks, Dana Wynter
Votes: 25
10.
Playhouse 90 (1956–1961)
Episode:
Judgment at Nuremberg
(1959)
90 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
In the later stages of the Nuremberg Trials, four German judges are accused of perverting the course of justice.
Director: George Roy Hill | Stars: Claude Rains, Paul Lukas, Maximilian Schell, Martin Milner
Votes: 77
11.
The Magical World of Disney (1954–1997)
Episode:
Operation Undersea
(1954)
Not Rated | 60 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Walt Disney tells the history of the exploration of the sea.
Directors: Winston Hibler, Hamilton Luske | Stars: Walt Disney, Winston Hibler, Kirk Douglas, Earl Felton
Votes: 56
12. Sam Benedict (1962–1963)
60 min | Drama
Sam Benedict is the go to lawyer in the San Francisco area with a reputation for winning impossible cases. Trudy has his office running efficiently while Hank keeps things from getting too serious as Benedict's right hand man.
Stars: Edmond O'Brien, Richard Rust, Joan Tompkins, Alexander Lockwood
Votes: 93
13. Armstrong Circle Theatre (1950–1963)
60 min | Drama
Documentary dramas, plays that were based on true stories, were the forte of Armstrong Circle Theater. Many movie actors and actresses got their start here.
Stars: Douglas Edwards, Sandy Becker, Bob Sherry, John Cameron Swayze
Votes: 123
14. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964–1968)
TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
The two top Agents of the United Network Command for Law and Enforcement (U.N.C.L.E.) fight the enemies of peace, particularly the forces of T.H.R.U.S.H.
Stars: Robert Vaughn, David McCallum, Leo G. Carroll, John Herman Shaner
Votes: 6,269
15. The Lady Vanishes (1938)
Not Rated | 96 min | Mystery, Thriller
While travelling in continental Europe, a rich young playgirl realizes that an elderly lady seems to have disappeared from the train.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Margaret Lockwood, Michael Redgrave, Paul Lukas, May Whitty
Votes: 57,193
16. 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: 10,205
17. The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre (1948–1950)
30 min | Drama
This was an anthology series which aired live. It often featured adaptations of one-act stage plays.
Stars: Guy Kibbee, Faye Emerson, John Conte, Vicki Cummings
Votes: 52
18. Studio One (1948–1958)
60 min | Drama
A pinnacle of the Golden Age of Television, "Studio One" presented a wide range of memorable dramas and received eighteen Emmy nominations and five wins during its prestigious nine-year run on CBS.
Stars: Betty Furness, Paul Branson, Charlton Heston, Mary Sinclair
Votes: 329
19. The Name of the Game (1968–1971)
TV-PG | 90 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Sandy, a young woman in the research dept of Howard Publications has wild romantic daydreams about her boss Glenn Howard that confuse her sense of reality, hampering Howard in an investigation.
Stars: Gene Barry, Susan Saint James, Robert Stack, Anthony Franciosa
Votes: 696
20. Run for Your Life (1965–1968)
60 min | Drama
The doctor tells a successful lawyer that he is terminally ill and will die in less than two years.
Stars: Ben Gazzara, Nicholas Colasanto, Jack Krupnick, Fernando Lamas
Votes: 430
21. Lux Video Theatre (1950–1959)
30 min | Comedy, Drama
Live dramatic shows featuring Hollywood stars, adaptations of motion pictures, and a host accompanying. The host would introduce each act, and would conduct an interview with the stars at the end of the play.
Stars: Ken Carpenter, Jay Jackson, Otto Kruger, Gordon MacRae
Votes: 154
22. 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
23. Don't Be a Sucker (1943)
Approved | 18 min | Short, History, War
Propaganda short film depicting the rise of Nazism in Germany and how political propaganda is similarly used in the United States to recruit Nazi sympathizers from the ranks of American racists.
Stars: Lloyd Nolan, Robert Adler, Richard Alexander, Robert Bailey
Votes: 350
24.
The F.B.I. (1965–1974)
Episode:
The Hostage
(1967)
60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A three-person team of Eastern Bloc operatives led by Major Damian Sava arrives at a U.S. beach. They are discovered by a U.S. sailor. The sailor is killed so the spies can proceed with ... See full summary »
Director: Christian Nyby | Stars: Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Philip Abbott, Stephen Brooks, Edward Mulhare
Votes: 26
25.
The Name of the Game (1968–1971)
Episode:
Collectors' Edition
(1968)
TV-PG | 75 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Dillon's life was saved in Vietnam by photographer Peter Max; now, Max is in big trouble and Dillon must help.
Director: Leslie Stevens | Stars: Anthony Franciosa, John Saxon, Nina Foch, Paul Lukas
Votes: 13
26. It Takes a Thief (1968–1970)
TV-PG | 51 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
The adventures of suave cat burglar Alexander Mundy, who plies his trade for the U.S. Government.
Stars: Robert Wagner, Fred Astaire, Malachi Throne, Murray Pollack
Votes: 2,196
27.
The F.B.I. (1965–1974)
Episode:
The Defector: Part 1
(1966)
60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Dr. Gregory Holman is in Washington playing in a chess tournament. He is also an intelligence operative for an Eastern European country and may be ready to defect to the United States. He ... See full summary »
Director: Christian Nyby | Stars: Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Philip Abbott, Stephen Brooks, Dana Wynter
Votes: 29
28. The F.B.I. (1965–1974)
60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The cases of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Stars: Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Philip Abbott, William Reynolds, Stephen Brooks
Votes: 1,375
29. Women Love Once (1931)
71 min | Drama
Happily married, award-winning Paul Lukas journeys to Europe to pursue his artistic interests. He ends up having an affair with Juliette Compton. Threatened with the breakup of her marriage... See full summary »
Director: Edward Goodman | Stars: Paul Lukas, Eleanor Boardman, Juliette Compton, Geoffrey Kerr
Votes: 15
30. Illusion (1929)
Passed | 84 min | Drama, Music, Romance
A vaudeville magician and his lady assistant break up their team, when he becomes infatuated with a socialite, only to get back together when she is almost killed in her new act gone wrong.
Director: Lothar Mendes | Stars: Charles 'Buddy' Rogers, Nancy Carroll, June Collyer, Kay Francis
Votes: 41
31. Little Fox (1920)
Director: Márton Garas | Stars: Juci Boyda, Oszkár Dénes, Charley Grunidge, Aranka Hettyey
Votes: 24
32. Vorrei morir (1919)
Director: Károly Lajthay | Stars: Károly Mihályfi, Rudolf Sik, Miklós Ujvári, Tivadar Uray
Votes: 15
33. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)
G | 127 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
A ship sent to investigate a wave of mysterious sinkings encounters the advanced submarine, the Nautilus, commanded by Captain Nemo.
Director: Richard Fleischer | Stars: Kirk Douglas, James Mason, Paul Lukas, Peter Lorre
Votes: 37,198 | Gross: $28.20M
34. Little Women (1933)
Passed | 115 min | Drama, Family, Romance
A chronicle of the lives of sisters growing up in 19th-century New England.
Director: George Cukor | Stars: Katharine Hepburn, Joan Bennett, Paul Lukas, Edna May Oliver
Votes: 7,934 | Gross: $4.58M
35. The Joey Bishop Show (1967–1969)
90 min | Talk-Show
American talk show that had its first broadcast on ABC on April 17, 1967. It was hosted by Joey Bishop and featured Regis Philbin in his first ongoing role with national television exposure, as Bishop's sidekick/announcer.
Stars: Regis Philbin, Joey Bishop, Norm Crosby, Jan Murray
Votes: 222
36. The Countess of Monte Cristo (1934)
Passed | 78 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance
A light-hearted comedy when a bit player in a musical tries to convince her friends that she is a countess.
Director: Karl Freund | Stars: Fay Wray, Paul Lukas, Reginald Owen, Patsy Kelly
Votes: 35
37.
Studio One (1948–1958)
Episode:
The Rival Dummy
(1949)
60 min | Drama
Gabbo, a ventriloquist meets a pretty blonde and asks her to become his assistant. He is a hit at the Palace, an old vaudeville theater, Pepe his dummy objects and refuses to perform. Pepe ... See full summary »
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner | Stars: Paul Lukas, Anne Francis, Robert H. Harris, Betty Furness
Votes: 17
38. Watch on the Rhine (1943)
Approved | 114 min | Drama, Thriller
A German-born engineer, his American wife and their children travel from Mexico to the United States to visit her family, but a Romanian count complicates their plans.
Directors: Herman Shumlin, Hal Mohr | Stars: Bette Davis, Paul Lukas, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Lucile Watson
Votes: 4,976
39. Uncertain Glory (1944)
Approved | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
After a career criminal is recaptured and knows he faces the guillotine, he offers to exchange his life for 100 hostages slated for execution by the Germans.
Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: Errol Flynn, Paul Lukas, Lucile Watson, Faye Emerson
Votes: 1,495
40. Manhattan Cocktail (1928)
72 min | Drama
Babs and Bob leave their small-town life after graduating from college and go to New York in an effort to make the Broadway big time. Mrs. Renov, the wife of a theatrical producer, develops... See full summary »
Director: Dorothy Arzner | Stars: Nancy Carroll, Richard Arlen, Danny O'Shea, Paul Lukas
Votes: 37
41.
It Takes a Thief (1968–1970)
Episode:
A Matter of Grey Matter: Part 2
(1969)
TV-PG | 51 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Dodie's genius little brother Herbie is pressured by Wolfgang to produce from memory a math formula for new rocket fuel. Will Al find Herbie and Wolfgang in time ?
Director: Jack Arnold | Stars: Robert Wagner, Malachi Throne, Joey Heatherton, Paul Lukas
Votes: 32
42.
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964–1968)
Episode:
The Test Tube Killer Affair
(1967)
TV-G | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Thrush is using a fencing school in Mexico as a cover. Inside, young men are being trained to be "perfect" killers. They can even turn emotion on and off. Professor Stoller, the head of the... See full summary »
Director: E. Darrell Hallenbeck | Stars: Robert Vaughn, David McCallum, Leo G. Carroll, Christopher Jones
Votes: 81
43. The Ghost Breakers (1940)
Passed | 85 min | Comedy
A radio broadcaster, his quaking manservant and an heiress investigate the mystery of a haunted castle in Cuba.
Director: George Marshall | Stars: Bob Hope, Paulette Goddard, Richard Carlson, Paul Lukas
Votes: 4,162
44. Tales of Tomorrow (1951–1953)
TV-G | 25 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
"Tales of Tomorrow" was a hosted science fiction anthology series running from 1951 until 1953.
Stars: Leslie Nielsen, Cameron Prud'Homme, Edgar Stehli, Theo Goetz
Votes: 457
45. City Streets (1931)
Passed | 83 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Man joins a gang to free his girlfriend from prison.
Director: Rouben Mamoulian | Stars: Gary Cooper, Sylvia Sidney, Paul Lukas, William 'Stage' Boyd
Votes: 1,873
46. Downstairs (1932)
Passed | 77 min | Drama, Romance
An amoral chauffeur seeks to seduce a young bride.
Director: Monta Bell | Stars: John Gilbert, Paul Lukas, Virginia Bruce, Hedda Hopper
Votes: 1,859
47. Affairs of a Gentleman (1934)
68 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
When a novelist is murdered, suspicion falls on all the women he had affairs with--and then wrote about in his books.
Director: Edwin L. Marin | Stars: Paul Lukas, Leila Hyams, Patricia Ellis, Phillip Reed
Votes: 49
48.
It Takes a Thief (1968–1970)
Episode:
A Matter of Grey Matter: Part 1
(1969)
TV-PG | 51 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Dodie Dubois is a terrible actress with a reclusive rich elderly boyfriend financing her movie career. He is also developing missile technology with countries hostile to the US. Al poses as a distribution agent to find and stop Wolfgang.
Director: Jack Arnold | Stars: Robert Wagner, Malachi Throne, Joey Heatherton, Paul Lukas
Votes: 30
49. Strange Cargo (1940)
Passed | 113 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
Convicts escaping from Devil's Island come under the influence of a strange Christ-like figure (Ian Hunter).
Director: Frank Borzage | Stars: Clark Gable, Joan Crawford, Ian Hunter, Peter Lorre
Votes: 2,974
50. Address Unknown (1944)
Approved | 75 min | Drama
US art dealer returns to his native Germany for a visit and is attracted by Nazi propaganda.
Director: William Cameron Menzies | Stars: Paul Lukas, Mady Christians, Morris Carnovsky, Carl Esmond
Votes: 1,163