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1.
The Defenders (1961–1965)
Episode:
Madman: Part 2
(1962)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama
In the conclusion of a two-part story, murder suspect Joey Tassili leaves intensive psychiatric evaluation and is placed on trial for the murder of a waitress. The Prestons seek to save ... See full summary »
Director: Stuart Rosenberg | Stars: E.G. Marshall, Robert Reed, Sylvia Sidney, Don Gordon
Votes: 17
2.
The Eleventh Hour (1962–1964)
Episode:
I Don't Belong in a White-Painted House
(1962)
60 min | Drama
An FBI agent calls on Dr. Bassett to uncover the reason why a former Communist agent, living in sanctuary in the US, seeks to return to the Soviet Union to live.
Director: Don Medford | Stars: Wendell Corey, Jack Ging, George C. Scott, Colleen Dewhurst
Votes: 10
3. The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962–1965)
TV-14 | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
"The Alfred Hitchcock Hour" was a continuation of the dramatic anthology series Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) hosted by the Master of Suspense and Mystery.
Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Hinton Pope, Jimmy Joyce, Lew Brown
Votes: 5,161
4. Star Trek (1966–1969)
TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
In the 23rd Century, Captain James T. Kirk and the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise explore the galaxy and defend the United Federation of Planets.
Stars: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, Nichelle Nichols
Votes: 93,074
5. Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974–1975)
TV-PG | 51 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Carl Kolchak is a reporter for a Chicago newspaper. Through more accident than design he ends up investigating homicides, many of which involve supernatural forces. Ultimately, rather than reporting on the crimes, he solves them.
Stars: Darren McGavin, Simon Oakland, Jack Grinnage, Ruth McDevitt
Votes: 6,253
6. 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: 2,292
7. Omnibus (1952–1961)
55 min | Drama, History, Music
Omnibus was a television program that sought to provide the best of what television could provide as the highest common denominator of intellectual curiosity and interest. This level of programing excellence has not been achieved again.
Stars: Alistair Cooke, Leonard Bernstein, Joseph N. Welch, Helen Hayes
Votes: 218
8.
Naked City (1958–1963)
Episode:
Robin Hood and Clarence Darrow, They Went Out with Bow and Arrow
(1963)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
After a string of liquor store robberies and murders, a liquor store owner plans for retribution when his store is robbed and his friend, the clerk, is killed.
Director: Stuart Rosenberg | Stars: Paul Burke, Horace McMahon, Harry Bellaver, Eddie Albert
Votes: 62
9. Columbo (1971–2003)
TV-PG | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Los Angeles homicide detective Lieutenant Columbo uses his humble ways and ingenuous demeanor to winkle out even the most well-concealed of crimes.
Stars: Peter Falk, Mike Lally, John Finnegan, Bruce Kirby
Votes: 42,105
10. The Lieutenant (1963–1964)
60 min | Drama
The trials of a young U.S. Marine Lieutenant and his comrades at Camp Pendleton.
Stars: Gary Lockwood, Robert Vaughn, Don Penny, Carmen Phillips
Votes: 318
11.
The Big Valley (1965–1969)
Episode:
Days of Wrath
(1968)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
After a whirlwind courtship, Jarrod marries. His absolute joy quickly turns to grief and then to relentless revenge.
Director: Virgil W. Vogel | Stars: Richard Long, Peter Breck, Lee Majors, Linda Evans
Votes: 109
12.
The Defenders (1961–1965)
Episode:
Madman: Part 1
(1962)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama
The Prestons defend a disturbed young man accused of the murder of a girl he picked up and for which the state is demanding the death penalty. Although a court-appointed psychiatrist has ... See full summary »
Director: Stuart Rosenberg | Stars: E.G. Marshall, Robert Reed, Sylvia Sidney, Don Gordon
Votes: 16
13.
Deadline (1959–1961)
Episode:
Jail Break
(1960)
30 min | Drama
Three convicts escape from a maximum-security prison by forging the warden's signature on pardons.
Director: Stuart Rosenberg | Stars: Paul Stewart, Will Kuluva, Michael Strong, Al Lewis
Votes: 9
14. Naked City (1958–1963)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
The cases of the N.Y.P.D.'s 65th Precinct.
Stars: Harry Bellaver, Horace McMahon, Paul Burke, Nancy Malone
Votes: 1,435
15.
The F.B.I. (1965–1974)
Episode:
The Plague Merchant
(1966)
60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A chemist, facing escalating medical bills because his daughter may lose her leg, steals flasks he thinks contains a new lotion. In reality, he has taken a powerful bacteria that will wipe ... See full summary »
Director: Lewis Allen | Stars: Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Philip Abbott, Stephen Brooks, Arthur Hill
Votes: 27
16.
Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode:
Snap Decision
(1966)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
Matt quits his job as Marshal when he shoots Ray Gilcher, a prisoner and wartime buddy, dead in apparent self defense and it turns out Gilcher was actually trying to save Matt's life.
Director: Mark Rydell | Stars: James Arness, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake, Ken Curtis
Votes: 193
17.
Harry O (1973–1976)
Episode:
Shadows at Noon
(1974)
52 min | Action, Crime, Drama
When Harry suspects a young woman is being held against her will in a mental asylum, he investigates and discovers a murder. He pretends to be a patient and goes undercover as a patient.
Director: Paul Wendkos | Stars: David Janssen, Henry Darrow, Diana Ewing, Guy Stockwell
Votes: 64
18.
Hawaii Five-O (1968–1980)
Episode:
One Born Every Minute
(1974)
Not Rated | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Con-artists arrive in Hawaii and meet up with local thieves to plan a phony diamond con. When a wealthy tourist devastated by the con leaps to his death, McGarrett discovers he is one of ... See full summary »
Director: Charles S. Dubin | Stars: Jack Lord, James MacArthur, Al Harrington, Kam Fong
Votes: 133
19.
Naked City (1958–1963)
Episode:
The Bumper
(1959)
TV-14 | 30 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
After Lt. Muldoon is killed in a car wreck deliberately caused by a mob hit man, the detectives pull out all the stops in their search for the killer.
Director: John Brahm | Stars: John McIntire, James Franciscus, Horace McMahon, Harry Bellaver
Votes: 75
20.
Saints and Sinners (1962–1963)
Episode:
Slug It, Miss Joyous
(1963)
60 min | Drama
Nick receives a call from a Beauty contest winner he dubbed "Miss Joyous" in a column years ago, sounding suicidal.He spends the day talking to her family and friends trying to locate her, ... See full summary »
Director: Jeffrey Hayden | Stars: Nick Adams, John Larkin, Richard Erdman, Kathie Browne
Votes: 9
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: 8,773
22. The Fugitive (1963–1967)
TV-PG | 51 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
A doctor, wrongly convicted for a murder he didn't commit, escapes custody and must stay ahead of the police to find the real killer.
Stars: David Janssen, William Conrad, Barry Morse, Paul Birch
Votes: 4,703
23.
Ironside (1967–1975)
Episode:
Come Eleven, Come Twelve
(1974)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
While Ed is escorting a prisoner back to San Francisco the plane has to detour to another airfield. It gets even worse when he realizes there's a killer after them.
Director: Don Weis | Stars: Raymond Burr, Don Galloway, Don Mitchell, Elizabeth Baur
Votes: 37
24.
Play of the Week (1959–1961)
Episode:
The Iceman Cometh: Part 1
(1960)
Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
The denizens of Harry Hope's saloon are forced to face up to the uncomfortable realities of their lives.
Director: Sidney Lumet | Stars: Brooks Atkinson, Sorrell Booke, Julie Bovasso, James Broderick
Votes: 24
25.
The Streets of San Francisco (1972–1977)
Episode:
Labyrinth
(1975)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
After a mob enforcer, still wearing his brass knuckles, falls to death from a high-rise hotel window, the police seal off the hotel and hunt for two other mobsters and the down-and-out boxer who was their planned target.
Director: William Hale | Stars: Karl Malden, Michael Douglas, Michael McGuire, Julie Adams
Votes: 103
26. 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: 3,081
27. The Defenders (1961–1965)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama
A father and son lawyer duo take a variety of cases that often deal with the important issues of the day.
Stars: E.G. Marshall, Robert Reed, Polly Rowles, Ossie Davis
Votes: 503
28. 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: 223
29. 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
30.
Columbo (1971–2003)
Episode:
Negative Reaction
(1974)
Unrated | 91 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A photographer murders his wife and blames her death on a bungled kidnapping. But Lt. Columbo has an even sharper eye than the Pulitzer Prize winner.
Director: Alf Kjellin | Stars: Peter Falk, Dick Van Dyke, Don Gordon, Larry Storch
Votes: 2,943
31.
The Defenders (1961–1965)
Episode:
The Weeping Baboon
(1963)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama
Following the murder of his father Albert and brother Herbert, Jason Thomas is arrested for the crime and retains the Prestons to defend him. At first, they doubt their client's sanity; ... See full summary »
Director: Stuart Rosenberg | Stars: E.G. Marshall, Robert Reed, Dennis Hopper, Edward Binns
Votes: 10
32.
Police Story (1973–1980)
Episode:
Dangerous Games
(1973)
60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Charlie Czonka goes undercover as pimp CZ Smith to break up a prostitution ring.
Director: John Badham | Stars: James Farentino, Elizabeth Ashley, Janet Margolin, Fred Williamson
Votes: 64
33.
The Untouchables (1959–1963)
Episode:
The Stryker Brothers
(1962)
52 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Soon after the three Stryker brothers rob a train, killing someone in the process, Eliot Ness and his untouchables are on their trail. They get a warrant and seize the Strykers books and ... See full summary »
Director: Stuart Rosenberg | Stars: Robert Stack, Frank Sutton, Michael Strong, Joseph Bernard
Votes: 61
34. Mission: Impossible (1966–1973)
TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
An elite covert operations unit carries out highly sensitive missions subject to official denial in the event of failure, death or capture.
Stars: Peter Graves, Barbara Bain, Greg Morris, Peter Lupus
Votes: 11,523
35. Patton (1970)
GP | 172 min | Biography, Drama, War
The World War II phase of the career of controversial American general George S. Patton.
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner | Stars: George C. Scott, Karl Malden, Stephen Young, Michael Strong
Votes: 108,039 | Gross: $61.70M
36. Longstreet (1971–1972)
90 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The cases of a blind insurance investigator.
Stars: James Franciscus, Marlyn Mason, Peter Mark Richman, Ann Doran
Votes: 627
37. The Outsider (1968–1969)
60 min | Crime, Drama
David Ross is a orphaned, ex-con, loner living in a world that loaths and makes a living as a private investgator in Los Angeles to tackle his financial problems and other people's problems as well.
Stars: Darren McGavin, James Edwards, Bill Quinn, Will J. White
Votes: 99
38. The Iceman Cometh (1960 TV Movie)
240 min | Drama
Theodore Hickman, a hardware salesman, makes by-yearly visits to Harry Hope's 1910-era waterfront bar for his periodical drinking binges. But on this visit he has decided to try to save the bar's patrons from their "lying pipe dreams."
Director: Sidney Lumet | Stars: Jason Robards, Myron McCormick, Tom Pedi, James Broderick
Votes: 386
39. 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
40.
The Magical World of Disney (1954–1997)
Episode:
The Mystery of Edward Sims: Part 1
(1968)
Unrated | 48 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The cub reporter, Gallegher, becomes involved in a land fraud, when some valueless land is sold to a group of Cornish immigrants.
Director: Seymour Robbie | Stars: Roger Mobley, John McIntire, John Dehner, Warren Oates
Votes: 25
41.
Barnaby Jones (1973–1980)
Episode:
Man on Fire
(1979)
60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Barnaby grudgingly begins to suspect that an arson investigator that he has trusted for years is involved in setting fires and then ruling them as accidental in order to get a cut of the insurance money.
Director: Seymour Robbie | Stars: Buddy Ebsen, Lee Meriwether, Mark Shera, Gary Lockwood
Votes: 67
42.
Cannon (1971–1976)
Episode:
A Well Remembered Terror
(1973)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A young couple hires Cannon to find out why they are being terrorized by a mysterious stranger. Cannon discovers the answer goes back three years to an unsolved hijacking.
Director: Seymour Robbie | Stars: William Conrad, Robert Goulet, Davey Davison, Robert Pine
Votes: 104
43.
The F.B.I. (1965–1974)
Episode:
The Intermediary
(1968)
60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A major jewel collection has been stolen in New York by a group of thieves who had detailed knowledge of the security precautions used to safeguard the collection. But the caper goes awry ... See full summary »
Director: Don Medford | Stars: Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Philip Abbott, William Reynolds, Monte Markham
Votes: 21
44.
Mission: Impossible (1966–1973)
Episode:
The Emerald
(1968)
TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
An emerald, with vital U.S. security information attached and hidden on it, has fallen into the hands of an arms dealer. What's more, a Soviet Bloc agent is determined to secure the emerald... See full summary »
Director: Michael O'Herlihy | Stars: Peter Graves, Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Greg Morris
Votes: 250
45.
Naked City (1958–1963)
Episode:
And a Merry Christmas to the Force on Patrol
(1958)
TV-14 | 30 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
The precinct investigates a brazen Christmas Eve robbery and shooting by the notorious Marco Butcher and his brother.
Director: Stuart Rosenberg | Stars: John McIntire, James Franciscus, Harry Bellaver, Frank Sutton
Votes: 108
46. The Edge of Night (1956–1984)
TV-14 | 30 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Attorney Mike Karr and his colleagues are involved in solving crimes and intrigue which touch the lives of many citizens.
Stars: Ann Flood, Forrest Compton, Donald May, Joel Crothers
Votes: 469
47. The Eleventh Hour (1962–1964)
60 min | Drama
Criminal cases where criminals are mentally evaluated, or people in the verge of a nervous breakdown.
Stars: Jack Ging, Wendell Corey, Ralph Bellamy, Irene Martin
Votes: 125
48. Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1956–1960)
30 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Richard Diamond is a suave private investigator who at first walks the mean streets of New York City, then later packs up and moves to Los Angeles, California, where he tools around in a ... See full summary »
Stars: David Janssen, Roxane Brooks, Russ Conway, Regis Toomey
Votes: 283
49. Deadline (1959–1961)
30 min | Drama
Deadline is a 1959-1961 American television drama series that re-enacted famous newspaper stories from the past. Hosted and narrated by Paul Stewart, the syndicated series was produced by ... See full summary »
Stars: Paul Stewart, Edward Holmes, Clement Fowler, Sam Gray
Votes: 41
50. 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: 113