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1. The Twilight Zone (1959–1964)
TV-PG | 50 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Ordinary people find themselves in extraordinarily astounding situations, which they each try to solve in a remarkable manner.
Stars: Rod Serling, Robert McCord, Jay Overholts, James Turley
Votes: 93,516
2.
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1958–1960)
Episode:
The Man in the Funny Suit
(1960)
60 min | Drama
A behind-the-scenes drama concerning Ed Wynn's performance as Army in Playhouse 90: Requiem for a Heavyweight (1956).
Director: Ralph Nelson | Stars: Desi Arnaz, Ed Wynn, Keenan Wynn, Seymour Berns
Votes: 37
3.
Trackdown (1957–1959)
Episode:
The End of the World
(1958)
30 min | Western
Hoby has to deal with a snake oil salesman selling the end of the world to a town filled with gullible people.
Director: Don McDougall | Stars: Robert Culp, Lawrence Dobkin, Richard Hale, Claudia Barrett
Votes: 140
4. Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962)
TV-14 | 25 min | Drama, Mystery
Series of unrelated short stories covering elements of crime, horror, drama, and comedy about people of different backgrounds committing murders, suicides, thefts, and other sorts of crime caused by certain motivations, perceived or not.
Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Harry Tyler, Lillian O'Malley, John Williams
Votes: 19,356
5.
Trackdown (1957–1959)
Episode:
The Schoolteacher
(1958)
30 min | Western
The Schoolteacher, Jim Martin, is being forced out of town by the town bully, Quince Flanders, who does not want the children to have an education.
Director: Thomas Carr | Stars: Robert Culp, Peter Leeds, Ellen Corby, Norman Leavitt
Votes: 24
6.
Trackdown (1957–1959)
Episode:
The Toll Road
(1958)
30 min | Western
Hoby investigates the murder of a former mayor the whole town despised yet who kept gold coins in his cabin. Hoby suspects plain old robbery and not personal revenge.
Director: Don McDougall | Stars: Robert Culp, Trevor Bardette, Will Wright, Parley Baer
Votes: 26
7. 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: 17,052
8.
Ben Casey (1961–1966)
Episode:
My Good Friend Krikor
(1961)
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama
Nick convinces Casey to visit a psych ward patient whose family wants to put him away.Is that patient's erratic behavior possibly caused by a growth that neurosurgery can try to remove?
Director: Irvin Kershner | Stars: Vince Edwards, Sam Jaffe, Harry Landers, Bettye Ackerman
Votes: 12
9.
Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode:
Chief Joseph
(1965)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
Chief Joseph has come to town suffering from pneumonia. When he and his party are refused lodging at the hotel, a stranger steps in offering his room. Local sentiment is against this and like a boiling over teapot, trouble begins to brew.
Director: Mark Rydell | Stars: James Arness, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake, Ken Curtis
Votes: 179
10.
Trackdown (1957–1959)
Episode:
The Kid
(1958)
30 min | Western
Hoby stakes out a hotel hallway waiting for a burglar and then shoots somebody running away who refuses to stop only to find out it was a 16 year old boy.
Director: Thomas Carr | Stars: Robert Culp, Ellen Corby, Jack Kruschen, Vivi Janiss
Votes: 32
11.
Trackdown (1957–1959)
Episode:
The Pueblo Kid
(1958)
30 min | Western
Hoby has to deal with the pending arrival of the notorious Pueblo Kid!
Director: Don McDougall | Stars: Robert Culp, Michael Landon, George Brenlin, James Griffith
Votes: 32
12. The Rifleman (1958–1963)
TV-PG | 30 min | Family, Western
The adventures of a Wild West rancher, wielding a customized rapid-fire Winchester rifle, and his son.
Stars: Chuck Connors, Johnny Crawford, Paul Fix, Joe Benson
Votes: 5,041
13.
The Rifleman (1958–1963)
Episode:
Duel of Honor
(1958)
TV-PG | 30 min | Family, Western
When the stagecoach breaks down in North Fork an Italian Count, Alfredo di Montova, has to spend the night at the hotel. His fancy dress and accented English makes him a target for town ... See full summary »
Director: Joseph H. Lewis | Stars: Chuck Connors, Johnny Crawford, Jack Elam, Joe Bassett
Votes: 186
14.
Trackdown (1957–1959)
Episode:
Bad Judgment
(1959)
30 min | Western
Rafe Borden is trying to frighten Charley Wagner and his family so he will not testify at the trial tomorrow against Rafe's brother Lute who would be hanged if convicted of murder. Sheriff ... See full summary »
Director: Don McDougall | Stars: Robert Culp, Mort Mills, Lee Farr, Jean Howell
Votes: 27
15.
Trackdown (1957–1959)
Episode:
Day of Vengeance
(1958)
30 min | Western
Henrietta tells Hoby that she just received word that murdering convict Jack Summers has been released and is returning to Porter to kill somebody to avenge his brother's death and Hoby has to stop him.
Director: R.G. Springsteen | Stars: Robert Culp, Peter Leeds, Ellen Corby, Jean Allison
Votes: 30
16.
Trackdown (1957–1959)
Episode:
The Unwanted
(1959)
30 min | Western
Hoby is called to the town of Glenville who are afraid that a group of religious people who moved in outside of town are practicing witchcraft and are causing bad luck.
Director: Don McDougall | Stars: Robert Culp, Rhys Williams, Walter Brooke, Dorothy Adams
Votes: 23
17.
Trackdown (1957–1959)
Episode:
Deadly Decoy
(1958)
30 min | Western
Stranger Ed Teller brings a body into Crater Junction saying it is Cass Desmond who he killed in self-defense and claims the $1,000 reward. Hoby accompanies Ranger Stan Elliott (the only ... See full summary »
Director: Don McDougall | Stars: Robert Culp, Chris Alcaide, Ed Kemmer, Than Wyenn
Votes: 23
18.
Trackdown (1957–1959)
Episode:
Right of Way
(1958)
30 min | Western
Hoby investigates a murder, hoping to free an innocent man, and discovers a land grab to make way for a railroad.
Director: Don McDougall | Stars: Robert Culp, Edward Platt, Robert Cornthwaite, Dan Barton
Votes: 28
19.
Trackdown (1957–1959)
Episode:
The Avenger
(1958)
30 min | Western
Lance Garth is accused of stealing the payroll from Banning Mining but he is shot and killed before the money is found.
Director: Thomas Carr | Stars: Robert Culp, Peter Leeds, Ellen Corby, Norman Leavitt
Votes: 25
20.
Trackdown (1957–1959)
Episode:
The Reward
(1958)
30 min | Western
Hoby tracks down a missing florist with a rare orchid, who may hold the key to missing bank money and three fugitive bank robbers.
Director: Don McDougall | Stars: Robert Culp, Virginia Christine, Pernell Roberts, Jay Novello
Votes: 29
21. 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: 8,787
22.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962)
Episode:
Specialty of the House
(1959)
TV-14 | 30 min | Drama, Mystery
Mr. Laffler invites Mr. Costain to join him for dinner at a private club that he describes as a very special experience. To his disappointment, Laffler is informed that the house specialty,... See full summary »
Director: Robert Stevens | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Robert Morley, Kenneth Haigh, George Keymas
Votes: 711
23.
The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968)
Episode:
Mayberry Goes Bankrupt
(1961)
TV-G | 26 min | Comedy, Family
The callous eviction of a down-on-his-luck elder citizen comes back to bite the town council when the man's uncashed municipal bond amounts to more than the town can pay.
Director: Bob Sweeney | Stars: Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, Don Knotts, Andy Clyde
Votes: 382
24.
Trackdown (1957–1959)
Episode:
Alpine, Texas
(1957)
30 min | Western
Hoby rides into Alpine, Texas looking for a friend. He finds instead a hatred for the Texas Rangers-- and the entire town sides against him to drive him out.
Director: Thomas Carr | Stars: Robert Culp, Ian MacDonald, Virginia Christine, Robert Griffin
Votes: 30
25.
Trackdown (1957–1959)
Episode:
The Deal
(1958)
30 min | Western
Hoby has to deal with a notorious outlaw/killer who is holding a runaway town boy for ransom.
Director: Don McDougall | Stars: Robert Culp, James Griffith, Johnny Crawford, Norman Leavitt
Votes: 27
26.
Trackdown (1957–1959)
Episode:
The Governor
(1958)
30 min | Western
Hoby has to contend with a murder in a small town the day before the arrival of the Governor for the dedication of a new school-- and the victim was an undercover Texas Ranger.
Director: Don McDougall | Stars: Robert Culp, Robert Griffin, Frank Wilcox, Robert Gothie
Votes: 25
27.
Trackdown (1957–1959)
Episode:
The Judge
(1958)
30 min | Western
Hoby is forced to arrest the wild son of a local judge for murder, the kid telling him all the while he'll never stand trial.
Director: Don McDougall | Stars: Robert Culp, John Litel, James Griffith, Ellen Corby
Votes: 27
28.
Wanted: Dead or Alive (1958–1961)
Episode:
Call Your Shot
(1959)
Approved | 25 min | Western
A grieving father who is the town drunk hires Josh Randall with his last $30 to find his murdered son's body, but Josh's search for clues runs up against a cowardly conspiracy of silence. Josh isn't sure anyone is missing at all.
Director: Don McDougall | Stars: Steve McQueen, James Dunn, Steve Brodie, Luana Patten
Votes: 133
29. Wanted: Dead or Alive (1958–1961)
TV-PG | 30 min | Western
A Civil War veteran with a sawed-off rifle as a holstered weapon makes a living as a bounty hunter in the Wild West of the 1870s.
Stars: Steve McQueen, Wright King, Olan Soule, Mort Mills
Votes: 2,788
30. 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: 3,086
31. Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1958–1960)
60 min | Drama
An anthology series hosted by Betty Furness in the first season, and Desi Arnaz in the second. Stories came from several genres, often based on fact. A two part episode was spun off as the popular show The Untouchables (1959).
Stars: Desi Arnaz, Betty Furness, Bruce Gordon, Keenan Wynn
Votes: 143
32.
The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968)
Episode:
Quiet Sam
(1961)
TV-G | 26 min | Comedy, Family
Barney grows increasingly wary of a reticent new farmer in town, calling up a posse during a thunderstorm when it seems Andy has walked straight into the man's nefarious trap.
Director: Bob Sweeney | Stars: Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, Don Knotts, Frances Bavier
Votes: 397
33.
Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode:
Thursday's Child
(1965)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
Kitty welcomes her mentor to town, but her friend is burdened by a secret: she's here to deliver the child of her outlaw son, a man willing to take his own mother hostage.
Director: Joseph H. Lewis | Stars: James Arness, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake, Ken Curtis
Votes: 196
34.
Trackdown (1957–1959)
Episode:
The Marple Brothers
(1957)
30 min | Western
Ranger Gilman tracks the Marple brothers to Stockton, Texas, where he finds they have taken a church full of hostages in order to get fresh horses, a doctor for a wounded brother-- a clean getaway!
Director: Thomas Carr | Stars: Robert Culp, James Best, Jan Merlin, James Griffith
Votes: 43
35.
Trackdown (1957–1959)
Episode:
The Winter Boys
(1958)
30 min | Western
Hoby has to nursemaid a witness from El Paso who's in hiding until the big murder trial in three weeks.
Director: Don McDougall | Stars: Robert Culp, James Griffith, Ellen Corby, Norman Leavitt
Votes: 24
36.
Wanted: Dead or Alive (1958–1961)
Episode:
Rope Law
(1959)
Approved | 25 min | Western
Josh is knocked out by a posse who wants his prisoner who is wanted for killing his step-daughter. When he goes to recover his reward, he finds he has been paid but he still wants justice and soon finds the prisoner may be innocent.
Director: Thomas Carr | Stars: Steve McQueen, Darryl Hickman, Richard Arlen, Robert Strauss
Votes: 131
37.
Wanted: Dead or Alive (1958–1961)
Episode:
The Legend
(1959)
Approved | 25 min | Western
A man with unwavering faith in a legend about lost treasure hires Josh to lead his family on an expedition into the desert to locate the cache of Spanish gold. His method of getting Josh may be fatal to Josh and the family.
Director: Thomas Carr | Stars: Steve McQueen, Victor Jory, Kenneth Tobey, Warren Oates
Votes: 145
38. Strangers on a Train (1951)
PG | 101 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A psychopathic man tries to forcibly persuade a tennis star to agree to his theory that two strangers can get away with murder by submitting to his plan to kill the other's most-hated person.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Farley Granger, Robert Walker, Ruth Roman, Leo G. Carroll
Votes: 141,162 | Gross: $7.63M
39. Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
Not Rated | 118 min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller
A Brooklyn writer of books on the futility of marriage risks his reputation after he decides to tie the knot. Things get even more complicated when he learns on his wedding day that his beloved maiden aunts are habitual murderers.
Director: Frank Capra | Stars: Cary Grant, Priscilla Lane, Raymond Massey, Jack Carson
Votes: 75,025
40. Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)
Passed | 97 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A priest tries to stop a gangster from corrupting a group of street kids.
Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, Humphrey Bogart, Ann Sheridan
Votes: 23,241
41. Trackdown (1957–1959)
30 min | Western
Texas Ranger Hoby Gilman travels the Old West tracking down assorted killers, bank robbers, horse thieves, and other evil-doers.
Stars: Robert Culp, Norman Leavitt, Ellen Corby, Peter Leeds
Votes: 337
42.
Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode:
The Well
(1966)
TV-PG | 30 min | Western
Dodge becomes restless when a severe drought dries up all the wells except for one. Now it becomes a fight to keep living, placing Marshal Dillon in the middle.
Director: Marc Daniels | Stars: James Arness, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake, Ken Curtis
Votes: 180
43.
The Untouchables (1959–1963)
Episode:
Hammerlock
(1961)
52 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Always looking to expand their area of control, the mob is now out to get control of the bakery industry. Eliot Ness is in New York to testify at a trial and the local US Attorney asks him ... See full summary »
Director: Stuart Rosenberg | Stars: Robert Stack, Harold J. Stone, John Larch, Will Kuluva
Votes: 65
44.
Wanted: Dead or Alive (1958–1961)
Episode:
The Favor
(1958)
Approved | 25 min | Western
Owing a favor to a sheriff, Josh agrees against better judgment to go to the lawless town of Bent Horn to bring back a man wanted for bank robbery and murder based on the word of another man who was involved in the robbery.
Director: Thomas Carr | Stars: Steve McQueen, Skip Homeier, Douglas Kennedy, Sam Buffington
Votes: 149
45.
The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968)
Episode:
The Arrest of the Fun Girls
(1965)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family
Two flashy girls from Mount Pilot get a speeding ticket and cause romantic complications for Andy and Barney.
Director: Theodore J. Flicker | Stars: Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, Don Knotts, Frances Bavier
Votes: 339
46.
The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968)
Episode:
The Horse Trader
(1961)
TV-G | 26 min | Comedy, Family
Andy's admonishment to Opie about dealing fairly with others "snafus" when he subsequently trumps up a fanciful story to sell a worthless cannon to an out-of-area antiques dealer.
Director: Bob Sweeney | Stars: Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, Elinor Donahue, Don Knotts
Votes: 388
47.
Trackdown (1957–1959)
Episode:
Sweetwater, Texas
(1957)
30 min | Western
Hoby comes upon a stagecoach that had been ambushed. The driver and passengers are all dead after being shot in the back, but Hoby soon discovers one survivor: an infant in her dead ... See full summary »
Director: Don McDougall | Stars: Robert Culp, Valerie French, Ray Danton, Paul Richards
Votes: 39
48.
Trackdown (1957–1959)
Episode:
The Mistake
(1958)
30 min | Western
Hoby gets on the bad side of town when he assists in freeing what he thinks is an innocent man. However, once acquitted, the killer admits his guilt only to the Ranger and makes his life much worse.
Director: Don McDougall | Stars: Robert Culp, James Griffith, Joseph Mell, Rusty Wescoatt
Votes: 29
49.
The Untouchables (1959–1963)
Episode:
Globe of Death
(1963)
52 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Frank Nitti decides to import a large amount of heroin - $2 million worth. Eliot Ness is soon onto him and arrests the delivery man, Mr. Yang from Shanghai, but he no longer has the goods ... See full summary »
Director: Walter Grauman | Stars: Robert Stack, Barry Morse, Bruce Gordon, Phillip Pine
Votes: 50
50.
The Untouchables (1959–1963)
Episode:
Portrait of a Thief
(1960)
52 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The president of a firm that distributes alcohol is connected to the mob and has been swindling his company for years. But then the mob turns on him.
Director: Walter Grauman | Stars: Robert Stack, Henry Jones, Charles McGraw, Edward Andrews
Votes: 91