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1. The Twilight Zone (1959–1964)
TV-PG | 51 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: 93,097
2.
The Lone Ranger (1949–1957)
Episode:
A Harp for Hannah
(1957)
TV-G | 23 min | Western
The Lone Ranger attempts to gain justice for a man robbed by the son of a powerful ranching family
Director: Earl Bellamy | Stars: Clayton Moore, Jay Silverheels, Trevor Bardette, Louise Lewis
Votes: 47
3.
Maverick (1957–1962)
Episode:
Maverick Springs
(1959)
TV-G | 60 min | Western
In an effort to save her brother from the clutches of a scheming Melanie Blake, a wealthy rancher blackmails Bret into playing the role of a wealthy Texan to seduce Melanie into giving up ... See full summary »
Director: Arthur Lubin | Stars: James Garner, Jack Kelly, Kathleen Crowley, King Donovan
Votes: 121
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, John Williams, Patricia Hitchcock
Votes: 19,320
5.
Bronco (1958–1962)
Episode:
Quest of the Thirty Dead
(1958)
60 min | Western
One of Bronco's best friends is killed in a train wreck. Bronco looks into it, and discovers that the "accident" was in fact not an accident at all; the train was deliberately sabotaged. An old Civil War friend may be responsible.
Director: Lee Sholem | Stars: Ty Hardin, Jay Novello, Beverly Tyler, Tol Avery
Votes: 36
6. 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
7.
Maverick (1957–1962)
Episode:
A Tale of Three Cities
(1959)
TV-G | 60 min | Western
Bart has to pose as a repentant gambler as part of a scheme to recover $2,000 for an attractive woman - who initially robbed him at gunpoint.
Director: Leslie H. Martinson | Stars: Jack Kelly, Pat Crowley, Ben Gage, Ed Kemmer
Votes: 98
8.
Maverick (1957–1962)
Episode:
Rope of Cards
(1958)
TV-G | 60 min | Western
Bret is selected to serve on the jury of a murder trial and finds himself the only member who refuses to believe that the defendant is guilty.
Director: Richard L. Bare | Stars: James Garner, Will Wright, Joan Marshall, William Reynolds
Votes: 165
9.
Suspicion (1957–1958)
Episode:
Fraction of a Second
(1958)
60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
After spending the weekend with her daughter, Mrs. Ellis takes her child to the bus depot. When she returns home, she finds her furniture rearranged and three strangers insisting that they own the house.
Director: John Brahm | Stars: Bette Davis, Barry Atwater, Marian Seldes, Judson Pratt
Votes: 331
10. Thriller (1960–1962)
TV-PG | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
Experience the complete series of the show that was hailed as the most frightening ever created for television--now available for the first time.
Stars: Boris Karloff, Richard Peel, Henry Daniell, Lillian O'Malley
Votes: 1,661
11. Suspicion (1957–1958)
60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The show consisted of forty episodes, half of which were live and half of which were filmed. The shows, which often involved murder, were intended to confuse and mystify the audience.
Stars: Dennis O'Keefe, Mike Ragan, Cris Roberts, David Armstrong
Votes: 520
12. 87th Precinct (1961–1962)
60 min | Crime, Drama
Manhattan's 87th precinct forms the backdrop for this grim and gritty police drama based on the long-running series of novels by Ed McBain. Storylines focus on neighborhood crime, and the ... See full summary »
Stars: Robert Lansing, Ron Harper, Gregory Walcott, Norman Fell
Votes: 196
13. Law of the Plainsman (1959–1960)
30 min | Western
Sam Buckhart, an Apache, rescues a Cavalry officer who later funds his Harvard education. Buckhart becomes a Deputy Marshal in New Mexico under Marshal Morrison. He boards with Martha Commager and had earlier saved orphan Tess Logan.
Stars: Michael Ansara, Gina Gillespie, Dayton Lummis, Nora Marlowe
Votes: 103
14.
The Twilight Zone (1959–1964)
Episode:
Walking Distance
(1959)
TV-PG | 25 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A man, fed up with where he's at in life, finds himself not only in his old hometown, but back to the time when he was a boy.
Director: Robert Stevens | Stars: Rod Serling, Gig Young, Frank Overton, Irene Tedrow
Votes: 6,067
15.
Highway Patrol (1955–1959)
Episode:
The Search
(1956)
TV-PG | 30 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A fleeing murderer's charm enables him to enlist the unwitting aid of several law-abiding citizens in his efforts to elude the Highway Patrol.
Director: Jack Herzberg | Stars: Broderick Crawford, Richard Vath, Gail Kobe, Pat O'Malley
Votes: 93
16. M Squad (1957–1960)
Not Rated | 30 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
The hard-hitting adventures of tough Lieutenant Frank Ballinger, a member of the Chicago Police Department's M Squad, an elite crime-fighting unit.
Stars: Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Gail Kobe, Morris Ankrum
Votes: 387
17. Cameo Theatre (1950–1955)
30 min | Drama
Live dramatic plays presented in the round with minimal props, scenery and costumes.
Stars: Claire Luce, Ernest Truex, Donald Briggs, Robert Bolger
Votes: 23
18.
Maverick (1957–1962)
Episode:
The Town That Wasn't There
(1960)
TV-G | 60 min | Western
Beau can't win for losing - sashays up to claim a worthless mine he won, then the whole town disappears. The no-longer Silver Hill stands at the mercy of the venal Wilber Shanks, a ... See full summary »
Director: Herbert L. Strock | Stars: Roger Moore, Merry Anders, Richard Hale, John Astin
Votes: 72
19.
Tales of Wells Fargo (1957–1962)
Episode:
Prince Jim
(1961)
TV-14 | 30 min | Western
Jim Hardie finds an overturned stage with two survivors: a drummer who had $5,000 stolen and a little girl who lost the doll given to her by her mom before she died. With the driver dead, the doll and the drummer's memory are his clues.
Director: Richard Bartlett | Stars: Dale Robertson, Gina Gillespie, Denny Miller, Robert Sampson
Votes: 53
20. Maverick (1957–1962)
TV-14 | 60 min | Western
Bret and Bart Maverick are well-dressed gamblers who migrate from town to town always looking for a good game.
Stars: Jack Kelly, James Garner, Roger Moore, Lane Chandler
Votes: 3,620
21. Mike Hammer (1958–1959)
30 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The adventures of Mickey Spillane's tough-talking, brawling, skirt-chasing private detective Mike Hammer, who's always ready to use his fists on a "mug" or his charm on a "skirt" to get the case solved.
Stars: Darren McGavin, Bart Burns, Vito Scotti, Johnny Seven
Votes: 299
22. Kraft Theatre (1947–1958)
60 min | Drama
A well-received anthology series presenting live television dramas.
Stars: Ed Herlihy, Vaughn Taylor, Valerie Cossart, Dan Morgan
Votes: 222
23. 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
24.
87th Precinct (1961–1962)
Episode:
Occupation, Citizen
(1961)
60 min | Crime, Drama
A Hungarian immigrant locksmith realizes that two thugs used the key he made for them to enter their victim's home and beat him. He goes to the police to tell them, but his pregnant wife, ... See full summary »
Director: Alan Crosland Jr. | Stars: Robert Lansing, Ron Harper, Gregory Walcott, Norman Fell
Votes: 14
25.
Laramie (1959–1963)
Episode:
The Fatal Step
(1961)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
Jess is riding shotgun on a stage that was wrecked by two men to steal a $20,000 payroll. He rides after the men chasing them to Montana where he learns one of them is a close friend he helped but there are unexpected dangers.
Director: Joseph Kane | Stars: John Smith, Robert Fuller, Spring Byington, Dennis Holmes
Votes: 92
26.
Lights Out (1946–1952)
Episode:
The Martian Eyes
(1950)
30 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
An odd professor claims he can spot Martians, who masquerade as humans, using a pair of infrared glasses he wears. Only then can you see the third eyeball in the middle of their forehead. ... See full summary »
Director: Laurence Schwab Jr. | Stars: Burgess Meredith, John Baragrey, David Lewis, Pat O'Malley
Votes: 48
27.
The Restless Gun (1957–1959)
Episode:
Incident at Bluefield
(1959)
TV-PG | 30 min | Western
Vint comes to the town of Bluefield to investigate the death of a friend. He learns that the man was murdered for trying to organize small land owners against the town boss who has been ... See full summary »
Director: Edward Ludwig | Stars: John Payne, Alan Hale Jr., John Litel, Morgan Woodward
Votes: 36
28.
Tales of Wells Fargo (1957–1962)
Episode:
The Witness
(1957)
TV-14 | 30 min | Western
When a Wells Fargo office is robbed and one of Jim Hardie's friends is murdered, Hardie is doubly intent on solving the crime. With the help of an aging sheriff and a spunky boy, Jim sets a trap to lure the criminals to expose themselves.
Director: Earl Bellamy | Stars: Dale Robertson, William Henry, Tyler MacDuff, Gloria Henry
Votes: 54
29. Tales of Wells Fargo (1957–1962)
TV-14 | 60 min | Western
Agent Jim Hardie splits his life between being an agent helping Wells Fargo cope with bad guys, and owning a ranch near San Francisco, California.
Stars: Dale Robertson, Art Felix, Kit Carson, William Demarest
Votes: 1,232
30. The Roaring Twenties (1939)
Passed | 106 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Three men attempt to make a living in Prohibitionist America after returning home from fighting together in World War I.
Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: James Cagney, Humphrey Bogart, Priscilla Lane, Gladys George
Votes: 15,511
31. 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: 23,198
32. Black Saddle (1959–1960)
30 min | Western
After his brothers are killed in a shootout, a gunfighter decides to hang up his guns and uphold the law by becoming a lawyer.
Stars: Peter Breck, Russell Johnson, Anna-Lisa, J. Pat O'Malley
Votes: 117
33.
Captain Midnight (1954–1958)
Episode:
The Arctic Avalanche
(1955)
TV-G | 30 min | Sci-Fi
Flying home, Captain Midnight and Ichabod stop to refuel in White River Alaska. They agree to fly a small prop plane to a remote location to pick up a sick man where they are kidnapped by a group of foreign spies disguised as Eskimos.
Director: D. Ross Lederman | Stars: Richard Webb, Sid Melton, Olan Soule, Marc Krah
Votes: 9
34.
Tales of Wells Fargo (1957–1962)
Episode:
The Hand That Shook the Hand
(1961)
TV-14 | 30 min | Western
An incoming stage has problems with a drunken, violent passenger. Hardie struggles to remove him. Soon, they realize he is heavyweight boxing champion John L. Sullivan, and they've delayed him on his journey to an important match.
Director: William Witney | Stars: Dale Robertson, Vito Scotti, I. Stanford Jolley, Jim Hayward
Votes: 54
35.
Thriller (1960–1962)
Episode:
The Premature Burial
(1961)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
An aging millionaire survives being buried alive, but his devilish fiancée plans to take advantage of his next cataleptic seizure, by marrying him and then making sure he stays in his grave... See full summary »
Director: Douglas Heyes | Stars: Boris Karloff, Sidney Blackmer, Scott Marlowe, Patricia Medina
Votes: 185
36. Days of Wine and Roses (1962)
Approved | 117 min | Drama
An alcoholic marries a young woman and systematically addicts her to booze so that they can share his "passion" together.
Director: Blake Edwards | Stars: Jack Lemmon, Lee Remick, Charles Bickford, Jack Klugman
Votes: 14,053
37. Bringing Up Baby (1938)
Passed | 102 min | Comedy
While trying to secure a $1 million donation for his museum, a befuddled paleontologist is pursued by a flighty and often irritating heiress and her pet leopard, Baby.
Director: Howard Hawks | Stars: Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, Charles Ruggles, Walter Catlett
Votes: 66,062
38. The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
Passed | 118 min | Drama, Romance
An unscrupulous movie producer uses an actress, a director and a writer to achieve success.
Director: Vincente Minnelli | Stars: Lana Turner, Kirk Douglas, Walter Pidgeon, Dick Powell
Votes: 16,449
39. Captain Midnight (1954–1958)
TV-G | 30 min | Sci-Fi
In 40 episodes, Captain Midnight, of the Secret Squadron, flew around the globe in his personal jet the Silver Dart. He fought various criminals and spies with his comical sidekick Ichabod Mudd aided by a scientist, Dr. Aristotle Jones.
Stars: Richard Webb, Sid Melton, Olan Soule, Henry Rowland
Votes: 165
40. State Trooper (1956–1959)
30 min | Drama
Rod Blake, a State Trooper is an officer of the Nevada Department of Public Safety. The setting is in the 1950s American West.
Stars: Rod Cameron, Robert Armstrong, Don Haggerty, Paul Stader
Votes: 121
41. Goodyear Playhouse (1951–1957)
60 min | Drama
The show featured original plays plus plays adapted from works.
Stars: Walter Matthau, David White, Constance Ford, Kim Stanley
Votes: 111
42. The Law and Mr. Jones (1960–1962)
30 min | Drama
Abraham Lincoln Jones is a lawyer assisted by his law clerk, young C. E. Carruthers, and his secretary Marsha Spear. His cases usually did not involve violence but rather "white collar" crime.
Stars: James Whitmore, Janet De Gore, Conlan Carter, Russ Brown
Votes: 72
43.
Law of the Plainsman (1959–1960)
Episode:
Prairie Incident
(1959)
30 min | Western
Sam Buckhart finds a newly orphaned little girl (Tess) who's father was just killed and takes her back to town. Her father was robbed by two outlaws and are aware Tess can identify them. ... See full summary »
Director: Douglas Heyes | Stars: Michael Ansara, Dayton Lummis, Gina Gillespie, Nora Marlowe
Votes: 22
44. The Quiet Man (1952)
Passed | 129 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A retired American boxer returns to the village of his birth in 1920s Ireland, where he falls for a spirited redhead whose brother is contemptuous of their union.
Director: John Ford | Stars: John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Barry Fitzgerald, Ward Bond
Votes: 42,388 | Gross: $10.55M
45. Laramie (1959–1963)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
In the 1870s Wyoming Territory, Slim Sherman and his 14-year-old brother Andy try to hang on to their ranch after their father's death.
Stars: Robert Fuller, John Smith, Spring Byington, Dennis Holmes
Votes: 1,481
46. Highway Patrol (1955–1959)
TV-PG | 30 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Powerful patrol cars, fast motorcycles, and superheterodyne two-way radios combine to fight crime on the rural highways of America's wide open spaces.
Stars: Broderick Crawford, Art Gilmore, William Boyett, Vance Skarstedt
Votes: 1,529
47. The Lone Ranger (1949–1957)
TV-G | 30 min | Western
The adventures of the masked hero and his Native American partner.
Stars: Jay Silverheels, Clayton Moore, John Hart, Bill Ward
Votes: 2,870
48. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
Approved | 80 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
A small-town doctor learns that the population of his community is being replaced by emotionless alien duplicates.
Director: Don Siegel | Stars: Kevin McCarthy, Dana Wynter, Larry Gates, King Donovan
Votes: 54,728
49. Schlitz Playhouse (1951–1959)
30 min | Comedy, Drama
Originally billed as "Playhouse of the Stars" this long running anthology series was originally presented live from New York City. Irene Dunne was briefly the hostess in 1952, and the show frequently used Broadway performers in classic stories.
Stars: James Mason, Irene Dunne, Robert Paige, Walter Coy
Votes: 338
50. Target: The Corruptors (1961–1962)
60 min | Drama
Newspaper reporter Paul Marino and his undercover agent Jack Flood infiltrate the mob and report on a different type of crime every week. The results of their investigation are given to the... See full summary »
Stars: Stephen McNally, Robert Harland, Harold J. Stone, Burt Brinckerhoff
Votes: 98