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1.
Alcoa Theatre (1957–1960)
Episode:
Eddie
(1958)
30 min | Drama
Eddie prides himself on his wheeling-dealing skills, but he has to raise an awful lot of money in a very short time - or else.
Director: Jack Smight | Star: Mickey Rooney
Votes: 8
2.
Shirley Temple's Storybook (1958–1961)
Episode:
Rapunzel
(1958)
30 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy
Prince Peter falls in love with a beautiful voice.
Director: James Neilson | Stars: Shirley Temple, Carol Lynley, Don Dubbins, Agnes Moorehead
Votes: 18
3.
Dennis the Menace (1959–1963)
Episode:
The Christmas Horse
(1960)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family
Dennis is sure that he's going to get a horse for Christmas, even though his parents repeatedly tell him that he isn't (and Mr. Wilson would be sure to object). Then Dennis hears that ... See full summary »
Director: William D. Russell | Stars: Jay North, Herbert Anderson, Gloria Henry, Joseph Kearns
Votes: 52
4.
Hazel (1961–1966)
Episode:
Everybody's Thankful But Us Turkeys
(1961)
30 min | Comedy
The Baxters have Thanksgiving-dinner company. George's sister is there, upset with her husband. George's mother talks of being lonely. Hazel steps in and helps each of them while trying to get the dinner made.
Director: William D. Russell | Stars: Shirley Booth, Don DeFore, Whitney Blake, Bobby Buntrock
Votes: 76
5.
Hazel (1961–1966)
Episode:
Hazel's Day Off
(1963)
30 min | Comedy
It's Hazel's day off, but she is forced to work when a wealthy man says he will donate land for a park but the contract must be written on Sunday. When the man arrives, Hazel admonishes him for not relaxing on a Sunday.
Director: William D. Russell | Stars: Shirley Booth, Don DeFore, Whitney Blake, Bobby Buntrock
Votes: 44
6.
Dennis the Menace (1959–1963)
Episode:
Dennis Goes to Camp
(1961)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family
Mr. Wilson is eager for Dennis to go to summer camp. And when Henry is unexpectedly unable to take Dennis and several of Dennis's friends to visit the camp, Mr. Wilson is happy to step in, and takes them there himself.
Director: William D. Russell | Stars: Jay North, Herbert Anderson, Gloria Henry, Joseph Kearns
Votes: 38
7.
Get Smart (1965–1970)
Episode:
A Spy for a Spy
(1966)
TV-G | 25 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Both sides are kidnapping agents at such a rate that almost no one is left on either side.
Director: Bruce Bilson | Stars: Don Adams, Barbara Feldon, Edward Platt, Stacy Keach Sr.
Votes: 257
8.
Hazel (1961–1966)
Episode:
Hazel's Christmas Shopping
(1961)
30 min | Comedy
Hazel moonlights to earn Christmas spending money.
Director: William D. Russell | Stars: Shirley Booth, Don DeFore, Whitney Blake, Bobby Buntrock
Votes: 71
9.
Hazel (1961–1966)
Episode:
Hazel's Secret Wish
(1962)
30 min | Comedy
Hazel is snubbed by other vacationers at a resort.
Director: William D. Russell | Stars: Shirley Booth, Don DeFore, Whitney Blake, Bobby Buntrock
Votes: 73
10.
Hazel (1961–1966)
Episode:
The Investor
(1965)
30 min | Comedy
Hazel puts dough in the bakery that George's client is trying to buy.
Director: William D. Russell | Stars: Shirley Booth, Don DeFore, Whitney Blake, Bobby Buntrock
Votes: 40
11.
Naked City (1958–1963)
Episode:
A Hole in the City
(1961)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Armored car robbers vanish across from Yankee Stadium, so Lt. Busti dragnets the neighborhood, house-to-house. Brutal gang mastermind Nunda has much more to worry about, because he's barged... See full summary »
Director: David Lowell Rich | Stars: Paul Burke, Horace McMahon, Harry Bellaver, Sylvia Sidney
Votes: 107
12.
Naked City (1958–1963)
Episode:
The Multiplicity of Herbert Konish
(1962)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Mild-mannered Herbert Konish is living multiple simultaneous and separate lives, stumping the detectives who are trying to figure out exactly who he is and what crimes he may have committed.
Director: David Lowell Rich | Stars: Paul Burke, Horace McMahon, Harry Bellaver, Nancy Malone
Votes: 84
13.
Hazel (1961–1966)
Episode:
Potluck a la Mode
(1963)
30 min | Comedy
While the Baxters are out for the evening, Hazel entertains dinner guests who arrive at their house on the wrong night.
Director: William D. Russell | Stars: Shirley Booth, Don DeFore, Whitney Blake, Bobby Buntrock
Votes: 48
14.
Hazel (1961–1966)
Episode:
Maid of the Month
(1963)
30 min | Comedy
Hazel wins a magazine's contest for maid of the month. A magazine reporter is sent to interview her, thinking she sounds too good to be true.
Director: William D. Russell | Stars: Shirley Booth, Don DeFore, Whitney Blake, Bobby Buntrock
Votes: 44
15.
The Donna Reed Show (1958–1966)
Episode:
The Caravan
(1962)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family
A trip across the country in a recreational trailer turns out to be more work and problems than the enjoyable vacation it started out to be.
Director: Barry Shear | Stars: Donna Reed, Carl Betz, Shelley Fabares, Paul Petersen
Votes: 30
16. Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
PG | 121 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Luke Skywalker joins forces with a Jedi Knight, a cocky pilot, a Wookiee and two droids to save the galaxy from the Empire's world-destroying battle station, while also attempting to rescue Princess Leia from the mysterious Darth Vader.
Director: George Lucas | Stars: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Alec Guinness
Votes: 1,447,772 | Gross: $322.74M
17.
Dennis the Menace (1959–1963)
Episode:
The Raffle Ticket
(1960)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family
Mr Wilson's lodge is raising money by selling raffle tickets to win a car. Dennis buys a ticket because he thinks his mother should get a car.
Director: William D. Russell | Stars: Jay North, Herbert Anderson, Gloria Henry, Joseph Kearns
Votes: 34
18.
Medic (1954–1956)
Episode:
Laughter Is a Boy
(1954)
Not Rated | 25 min | Drama
Eight-year old Jonno's speech is garbled because of a cleft palate he was born with. Now kids mock him and he's retreating into a lonely world of his own. Grandfather's too elderly to do anything. What can teenage brother Pete do to help.
Director: Bernard Girard | Stars: Richard Boone, Bobby Driscoll, Peter J. Votrian, Jeff York
Votes: 18
19.
The Monkees (1965–1968)
Episode:
The Devil and Peter Tork
(1968)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Music
Peter browses through a pawnshop owned by a mysterious man known as S. Zero. He meets Zero and the two chat about the varied instruments he sells, Zero talking cryptically about the ... See full summary »
Director: James Frawley | Stars: Davy Jones, Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith, Peter Tork
Votes: 167
20.
Naked City (1958–1963)
Episode:
The King of Venus Will Take Care of You
(1962)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A man wanted by the police for robbery and murder is trapped in a tenement neighborhood.He crosses from building to building via rooftops and eventually hides in a water tank enclosure.The ... See full summary »
Director: David Lowell Rich | Stars: Paul Burke, Horace McMahon, Harry Bellaver, Jack Warden
Votes: 65
21.
Shirley Temple's Storybook (1958–1961)
Episode:
Rip Van Winkle
(1958)
30 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy
Rip Van Winkle wanders off to a mountain haunt in the Catskills. There he encounters a strange crew of dwarfs, whose powerful brew lulls him into a 20-year slumber.
Director: Harry Horner | Stars: Shirley Temple, Billy Barty, Paul Brinegar, Claire Carleton
Votes: 12
22.
Hazel (1961–1966)
Episode:
Ain't That a Knee Slapper?
(1964)
30 min | Comedy
George tries to write a business contract for Mr Griffin and another equally difficult man. Hazel steps in to get the two men to agree.
Director: William D. Russell | Stars: Shirley Booth, Don DeFore, Whitney Blake, Bobby Buntrock
Votes: 42
23.
Hazel (1961–1966)
Episode:
Hazel's Day
(1962)
30 min | Comedy
Harold realizes there is a Mother's Day and a Father's Day, but no day to celebrate Hazel. So the family makes the next Sunday as Hazel's Day a grand celebration.
Director: William D. Russell | Stars: Shirley Booth, Don DeFore, Whitney Blake, Bobby Buntrock
Votes: 57
24.
Hazel (1961–1966)
Episode:
A Four-Bit Word to Chew On
(1962)
30 min | Comedy
Hazel tries to learn a new word every day. It comes in handy when Mr. Griffin has George set up an educational fund for the disadvantaged youth.
Director: William D. Russell | Stars: Shirley Booth, Don DeFore, Whitney Blake, Bobby Buntrock
Votes: 47
25.
Hazel (1961–1966)
Episode:
Hazel Digs a Hole for Herself
(1963)
30 min | Comedy
George & Deirdre's mother visits and thinks she has nothing left to look forward to doing. Hazel gets her working in a garden, and this becomes her new passion. Deirdre thinks it is a servant's work and her mother should not be doing it.
Director: William D. Russell | Stars: Shirley Booth, Don DeFore, Whitney Blake, Bobby Buntrock
Votes: 46
26.
The Donna Reed Show (1958–1966)
Episode:
Brighten the Corner
(1963)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Family
Stars: Donna Reed, Carl Betz, Paul Petersen, Patty Petersen
Votes: 8
27.
Father Knows Best (1954–1960)
Episode:
Blind Date
(1960)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family
Betty is embarrassed when her friends make fun of Rudy because they think he is inferior to them. She chastises her friends and leaves the soda shop. Her friends decide to play a joke on Betty by setting her up on a blind date with Rudy.
Director: Peter Tewksbury | Stars: Robert Young, Jane Wyatt, Elinor Donahue, Billy Gray
Votes: 52
28. Debbie Reynolds and the Sound of Children (1969 TV Movie)
60 min | Music
Debbie Reynolds and hundreds of children, from toddlers to teens, star in a musical salute to the days of the week. They sing rhymes for each day, and note the special qualities attributed to children born on that day.
Director: Marc Breaux | Stars: Carrie Fisher, Todd Fisher, Debbie Reynolds
Votes: 21
29.
Dennis the Menace (1959–1963)
Episode:
Dennis' Newspaper
(1961)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family
Dennis and Tommy have started their own newspaper, "The Mr. Wilson News", in which they write about Mr. Wilson's daily activities. But when they overhear him playfully telling Mrs. Wilson ... See full summary »
Director: William D. Russell | Stars: Jay North, Herbert Anderson, Gloria Henry, Joseph Kearns
Votes: 42
30.
Dennis the Menace (1959–1963)
Episode:
Dennis, the Campaign Manager
(1961)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family
Dennis convinces Mr Wilson to run for park commissioner.
Director: William D. Russell | Stars: Jay North, Herbert Anderson, Gloria Henry, Joseph Kearns
Votes: 34
31.
Dennis the Menace (1959–1963)
Episode:
The Fifteen-Foot Christmas Tree
(1961)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family
Dennis, Henry, and Mr. Wilson go out in search of the perfect Christmas tree to chop down. As problems arise, their quest turns into quite an odyssey.
Director: Charles Barton | Stars: Herbert Anderson, Gloria Henry, Willard Waterman, Pat McCaffrie
Votes: 48
32.
The Donna Reed Show (1958–1966)
Episode:
Big Sixteen
(1963)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family
Jeff is upset that his girlfriend plans a pajama party on the same night as his sixteenth birthday party.
Director: Gene Nelson | Stars: Donna Reed, Carl Betz, Shelley Fabares, Paul Petersen
Votes: 21
33.
The Donna Reed Show (1958–1966)
Episode:
My Dad
(1962)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family
Alex & Jeff enter a father & son golf tournament. Alex is called away by a medical emergency. After several back and forth attempts to spend time together, it seems the day is lost. Jeff loves his father even if he is not always there.
Director: Gene Nelson | Stars: Donna Reed, Carl Betz, Shelley Fabares, Paul Petersen
Votes: 34
34.
Hazel (1961–1966)
Episode:
Just 86 Shopping Minutes to Christmas
(1964)
30 min | Comedy
George becomes a scrooge when he refuses to give in to the commercialism of Christmas.
Director: William D. Russell | Stars: Shirley Booth, Don DeFore, Whitney Blake, Bobby Buntrock
Votes: 56
35.
Naked City (1958–1963)
Episode:
Bridge Party
(1961)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A determined and utterly logical retiree wants an agreement to raise a drawbridge honored by a railroad - no matter what. When the railroad makes a series of trumped up charges against the ... See full summary »
Director: William Conrad | Stars: Paul Burke, Horace McMahon, Harry Bellaver, James Barton
Votes: 67
36.
Naked City (1958–1963)
Episode:
Landscape with Dead Figures
(1961)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A talented artist who does not know his identity is a prisoner in a sanitarium. His long-term captivity ends due to the mention of an artist's name in the newspaper and a fluke opportunity ... See full summary »
Director: Elliot Silverstein | Stars: Myron McCormick, Paul Burke, Horace McMahon, Nancy Malone
Votes: 79
37.
Naked City (1958–1963)
Episode:
Today the Man Who Kills Ants Is Coming
(1962)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A mentally-stressed police officer suffers a debilitating breakdown over his family's poor financial condition, catalyzed by missing button on his uniform.
Director: Robert Gist | Stars: Paul Burke, Horace McMahon, Harry Bellaver, Nancy Malone
Votes: 73
38.
Hazel (1961–1966)
Episode:
Hazel's Mona Lisa Grin
(1962)
30 min | Comedy
Hazel discovers that the artist who painted her portrait is now famous.
Director: William D. Russell | Stars: Shirley Booth, Don DeFore, Whitney Blake, Bobby Buntrock
Votes: 54
39.
Hazel (1961–1966)
Episode:
Genie with the Light Brown Lamp
(1962)
30 min | Comedy
Hazel reads Harold a bedtime story about Aladdin and the Magic Lamp. The next day he sees a gravy boat in a store window and thinks it is a magic lamp. Great things begin to happen for the ... See full summary »
Director: William D. Russell | Stars: Shirley Booth, Don DeFore, Whitney Blake, Bobby Buntrock
Votes: 50
40.
Hazel (1961–1966)
Episode:
Hazel and the Model T
(1964)
30 min | Comedy
Hazel buys a 1920 Model T from the Johnsons, which soon becomes a part of Mr. Griffin's business deal.
Director: William D. Russell | Stars: Shirley Booth, Don DeFore, Whitney Blake, Bobby Buntrock
Votes: 35
41.
The Donna Reed Show (1958–1966)
Episode:
Donna's Prima Donna
(1962)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family
Mary considers skipping college to pursue a singing career. Donna is skeptical until she hears her sing "Johnny Angel."
Director: Barry Shear | Stars: Donna Reed, Carl Betz, Shelley Fabares, Paul Petersen
Votes: 38
42.
The Donna Reed Show (1958–1966)
Episode:
Mister Nice Guy
(1962)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family
Jeff suddenly starts being uncharacteristically nice to Mary. Mary wonders if he has some ulterior motive in mind and impatiently waits for the other shoe to drop.
Director: Jeffrey Hayden | Stars: Donna Reed, Carl Betz, Shelley Fabares, Paul Petersen
Votes: 28
43.
Father Knows Best (1954–1960)
Episode:
Follow the Leader
(1957)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family
Bud is extremely excited for the new school year to start. He is, however, shocked to find a very popular teacher has not returned but has been replaced by a Mr. Beckman. The rest of the ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Tewksbury | Stars: Robert Young, Jane Wyatt, Elinor Donahue, Billy Gray
Votes: 51
44.
Father Knows Best (1954–1960)
Episode:
Bud and the Debutante
(1959)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family
Bud's car breaks down and Molly passes by and offers a ride. The next day, Bud is driving Molly's expensive car and going places paid for by Molly. Jim talks to Bud about not taking advantage of Molly just because her family is rich.
Director: Peter Tewksbury | Stars: Robert Young, Jane Wyatt, Elinor Donahue, Billy Gray
Votes: 49
45.
Father Knows Best (1954–1960)
Episode:
The Great Anderson Mystery
(1959)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family
The Andersons are all entranced in a television mystery show when a tube blows in the back of the TV before the show ends. With the unknown end of the show, the family tries to figure out what happened based upon what they already watched.
Director: Peter Tewksbury | Stars: Robert Young, Jane Wyatt, Elinor Donahue, Billy Gray
Votes: 45
46. The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family
Widower Sheriff Andy Taylor, and his son Opie, live with Andy's Aunt Bee in Mayberry, North Carolina. With virtually no crimes to solve, most of Andy's time is spent philosophizing and calming down his cousin Deputy Barney Fife.
Stars: Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, Don Knotts, Frances Bavier
Votes: 16,951
47.
Dennis the Menace (1959–1963)
Episode:
Dennis and the Camera
(1961)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family
A fellow-garden-club member asks George to take a picture of a special delicate plant that only blooms at night. George is ready with his camera, but falls asleep before the flower blooms. Dennis asks Mr Wilson to be the Scout Den Mother.
Director: William D. Russell | Stars: Jay North, Herbert Anderson, Gloria Henry, Joseph Kearns
Votes: 34
48.
Dennis the Menace (1959–1963)
Episode:
Dennis and the Signpost
(1959)
TV-G | 25 min | Comedy, Family
After a truck knocks over a street sign, Dennis and Tommy set it back up--incorrectly. As a result, Mr. Wilson gets a hole dug in his backyard for the swimming pool that was intended for the other address.
Director: William D. Russell | Stars: Jay North, Herbert Anderson, Gloria Henry, Joseph Kearns
Votes: 100
49.
Dennis the Menace (1959–1963)
Episode:
Dennis' Birthday
(1961)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family
Dennis wants Mr. Wilson to perform as a magician at Dennis's birthday party. Mr. Wilson is reluctant to do so - until he learns that actress Spring Byington will also be guest at the party.
Director: William D. Russell | Stars: Jay North, Herbert Anderson, Gloria Henry, Joseph Kearns
Votes: 32
50.
Dennis the Menace (1959–1963)
Episode:
Dennis' Obligation
(1961)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family
Alice is still visiting with her parents. Dennis' teacher asks students to take home the school pets over the weekend while the heat is off at school. Dennis brings home chicken eggs, but then the electricity goes off in the Mitchell home.
Director: William D. Russell | Stars: Jay North, Herbert Anderson, Gloria Henry, Joseph Kearns
Votes: 32