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1. Diver Dan (1961)
Episode: Savage Seaweed

Animation, Action, Adventure

While attempting to rescue Horace from the strangling seaweed, Diver Dan himself becomes trapped, and his air tanks are perilously low on oxygen.

Directors: Mort Heilig, Leon Rhodes | Stars: Allen Swift, Frank Freda, Suzanne Turner, Hal Tunis

2. Diver Dan (1961)
Episode: Strange Vines

Animation, Action, Adventure

Horace, bored at his home in the Adriatic Sea, returns looking for adventure and gets more than he bargained for when he becomes ensnared in a seaweed that attempts to squeeze the life out of him.

Directors: Mort Heilig, Leon Rhodes | Stars: Allen Swift, Frank Freda, Suzanne Turner, Hal Tunis

3. Checking Out (2005)

PG-13 | 94 min | Comedy

A famed stage actor reunites his family for a party, and plans to commit suicide after-wards, unless they are able to convince him not to.

Director: Jeff Hare | Stars: Peter Falk, Laura San Giacomo, David Paymer, Judge Reinhold

Votes: 740

4. Courage the Cowardly Dog (1999–2002)
Episode: Squatting Tiger, Hidden Dog/Muted Muriel (2002)

TV-Y7 | 23 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

"Squatting Tiger, Hidden Dog" The family is taking a tour of the Great Wall of China, led by their tour guide, Di Lung. Muriel is suddenly abducted, orchestrated by Di Lung in the service ... See full summary »

Director: John Dilworth | Stars: Marty Grabstein, Arthur Anderson, Thea White, Max Casella

Votes: 248

5. James Thurber: The Life and Hard Times (2000)

57 min | Documentary

James Thurber: The Life and Hard Times is the first major documentary on the life and work of one of America's greatest humorists. Known for his classic short story, The Secret Life of ... See full summary »

Director: Adam Van Doren | Stars: Edward Albee, Roger Angell, Burton Bernstein, Roy Blount Jr.

Votes: 17

6. Courage the Cowardly Dog (1999–2002)
Episode: Little Muriel/The Great Fusilli (2000)

TV-Y7 | 23 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

"Little Muriel" A tornado rips through Nowhere, destroying the farmhouse and turning Muriel into a little girl again - just three-and-a-half years old.

Director: John Dilworth | Stars: Marty Grabstein, Lionel Wilson, Thea White, Jason Antoon

Votes: 374

7. Courage the Cowardly Dog (1999–2002)
Episode: King Ramses' Curse/The Clutching Foot (2000)

TV-Y7 | 23 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

"King Ramses' Curse" An ancient artifact is stolen from an Egyptian tomb; Courage discovers it buried outside the house. Unfortunately it carries a curse with it, and the Farmer refuses to ... See full summary »

Director: John Dilworth | Stars: Marty Grabstein, Lionel Wilson, Thea White, Jim Cummings

Votes: 579

8. Courage the Cowardly Dog (1999–2002)
Episode: Queen of the Black Puddle/Everyone Wants to Direct (2000)

TV-Y7 | 23 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

"The Queen of the Black Puddle" After a rainstorm, a puddle queen materializes at the farm. She woos the Farmer and drags him down into her puddle world. Muriel is heartbroken, so Courage must save the Farmer.

Director: John Dilworth | Stars: Marty Grabstein, Lionel Wilson, Thea White, Jason Antoon

Votes: 391

9. Courage the Cowardly Dog (1999–2002)
Episode: The Duck Brothers/Shirley the Medium (2000)

TV-Y7 | 23 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

"The Duck Brothers" Duck brothers from outer space kidnap Muriel - they've come to Nowhere to rescue their brother. Courage must save Muriel, and ends up helping the brothers as well.

Director: John Dilworth | Stars: Marty Grabstein, Lionel Wilson, Thea White, Jason Antoon

Votes: 389

10. Courage the Cowardly Dog (1999–2002)
Episode: Revenge of the Chicken from Outer Space/Journey to the Center of Nowhere (2000)

TV-Y7 | 23 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

"The Revenge of the Chicken From Outer Space" The chicken from outer space returns to seek revenge on Courage. This time he wants Courage's head to replace the one Courage blew up.

Director: John Dilworth | Stars: Marty Grabstein, Lionel Wilson, Thea White, Jason Antoon

Votes: 332

11. Courage the Cowardly Dog (1999–2002)
Episode: The Snowman Cometh/The Precious, Wonderful, Adorable, Loveable Duckling (2000)

TV-Y7 | 23 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

"The Snowman Cometh" Muriel, Courage and the Farmer are vacationing in the Arctic. Under the threat of global warming, an evil snowman tries to save himself by stealing the human "anti-melting" gene from them.

Director: John Dilworth | Stars: Marty Grabstein, Lionel Wilson, Thea White, Jason Antoon

Votes: 340

12. Courage the Cowardly Dog (1999–2002)
Episode: Heads of Beef/Klub Katz (2000)

TV-Y7 | 23 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

"Heads of Beef" The Farmer and Courage go into town for a hamburger. The diner the Farmer chooses serves up strange-looking burgers, and Courage suspects evil doings.

Director: John Dilworth | Stars: Marty Grabstein, Lionel Wilson, Thea White, Jason Antoon

Votes: 355

13. Courage the Cowardly Dog (1999–2002)
Episode: The Hunchback of Nowhere/The Gods Must Be Goosey (2000)

TV-Y7 | 23 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

"The Hunchback of Nowhere" A hunchback knocks at the farmhouse door on a rainy night. The Farmer turns him away, but Courage discovers Hunchy in the hayloft. Much to the Farmer's disgust, Courage befriends the hunchback.

Director: John Dilworth | Stars: Marty Grabstein, Lionel Wilson, Thea White, Jason Antoon

Votes: 400

14. Courage the Cowardly Dog (1999–2002)

TV-Y7 | 11 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

The offbeat adventures of Courage, a cowardly dog who must overcome his own fears to heroically defend his unknowing farmer owners from all kinds of dangers, paranormal events and menaces that appear around their land.

Stars: Marty Grabstein, Thea White, Peter Fernandez, Simon Prebble

Votes: 50,902

15. Television: The First Fifty Years (1999 Video)

120 min | Documentary

Trace the history of television and its impact on American culture with clips, newsreels, and exclusive interviews from television greats like Walter Cronkite, Carol Burnett, and Jay Leno.

Director: Kent Hagen | Stars: Eddie Albert, Jed Allan, Dayton Allen, Fred Allen

Votes: 22

16. Courage the Cowardly Dog (1999–2002)
Episode: A Night at the Katz Motel/Cajun Granny Stew (1999)

TV-Y7 | 23 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

"A Night at the Katz Motel" Muriel, Eustace and Courage check into a motel run by a sinister cat named Katz. It turns out to be a VERY long night when Katz turns his spiders lose on them.

Director: John Dilworth | Stars: Marty Grabstein, Lionel Wilson, Thea White, Jason Antoon

Votes: 635

17. Courage the Cowardly Dog (1999–2002)
Episode: The Shadow of Courage/Dr. Le Quack, Amnesia Specialist (1999)

TV-Y7 | 23 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

"The Shadow of Courage" When an evil, rich old man suffers a heart attack, his shadow escapes from him. The evil shadow descends on the farm, terrorizing our happy threesome.

Director: John Dilworth | Stars: Marty Grabstein, Lionel Wilson, Thea White, Jason Antoon

Votes: 501

18. Courage the Cowardly Dog (1999–2002)
Episode: Courage Meets Bigfoot/Hothead (1999)

TV-Y7 | 23 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

"Courage Meets Bigfoot" A hungry Bigfoot turns up at the farm. Courage is terrified at first, but befriends the gentle monster and must save him from the Farmer and an angry mob.

Director: John Dilworth | Stars: Marty Grabstein, Lionel Wilson, Thea White, Jason Antoon

Votes: 447

19. Courage the Cowardly Dog (1999–2002)
Episode: The Demon in the Mattress/Freaky Fred (1999)

TV-Y7 | 23 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

"The Demon in the Mattress" Muriel needs a new mattress. The one she orders comes with a bonus: a demon, which takes over her body. Courage must find a way to get rid of the demon and the new mattress.

Director: John Dilworth | Stars: Marty Grabstein, Lionel Wilson, Thea White, Jason Antoon

Votes: 713

20. Courage the Cowardly Dog (1999–2002)
Episode: Night of the Weremole/Mother's Day (1999)

TV-Y7 | 23 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

"Night of the Weremole" Muriel is bitten by what she thinks is a rabbit while gardening. She is transformed into a weremole (that was no rabbit!), and Courage must find the antidote.

Director: John Dilworth | Stars: Marty Grabstein, Lionel Wilson, Thea White, Jason Antoon

Votes: 419

21. Safe Men (1998)

R | 88 min | Comedy, Crime

Two bad singers are mistaken for top safe-crackers at a bar; a gangster boss orders them to break into three safes or else.

Director: John Hamburg | Stars: Sam Rockwell, Steve Zahn, Michael Lerner, Paul Giamatti

Votes: 3,560 | Gross: $0.02M

22. A Price Above Rubies (1998)

R | 117 min | Drama, Romance

This movie is about a young woman who is married to a devout Jew and the problems that trouble their marriage because of her wanting something more out of her life.

Director: Boaz Yakin | Stars: Renée Zellweger, Christopher Eccleston, Julianna Margulies, Allen Payne

Votes: 2,943 | Gross: $1.08M

23. Law & Order (1990– )
Episode: Faccia a Faccia (1998)

TV-14 | 47 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A mafia hit man who was in the witness protection program turns up dead in Central Park. A mafia boss is implicated, but his defense wants him declared mentally incompetent to stand trial.

Director: Martha Mitchell | Stars: Jerry Orbach, Benjamin Bratt, S. Epatha Merkerson, Sam Waterston

Votes: 296

24. On Seventh Avenue (1996 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 120 min | Crime, Drama

When her brother embezzles half a million dollars from the family business, a young designer is forced into a unique partnership with a Texas stockholder and a mob boss in order to keep the company afloat.

Director: Jeff Bleckner | Stars: Wendy Makkena, Stephen Collins, Damian Chapa, Lara Harris

Votes: 50

25. Law & Order (1990– )
Episode: Humiliation (1995)

TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

After a prostitute is murdered, the detectives believe she was blackmailing a wealthy client. Kincaid prosecutes the case, but has second thoughts after the defendant's wife takes the stand.

Director: Matthew Penn | Stars: Jerry Orbach, Benjamin Bratt, S. Epatha Merkerson, Sam Waterston

Votes: 337

26. Sesame Street: Numbers (1991 Video Game)

Family

This game is meant to help children learn basic math skills such as simple addition and learning to count. The player controls a star that can scroll over interactive objects. Most objects ... See full summary »

Director: Michael Artin | Stars: Ivy Austin, Cheryl Blaylock, Doug Boyd, Fred Calvert

27. Sesame Street (1969– )
Episode: La Grouchiata (1991)

TV-Y | 55 min | Animation, Adventure, Family

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Director: Jon Stone | Stars: Pam Arciero, Ivy Austin, Alison Bartlett, Camille Bonora

28. Law & Order (1990– )

TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

New York's finest police detectives and prosecutors fight to make the city a safer place. With integrity as the guiding force from investigation to verdict, the teams weigh every perspective in their commitment to finding justice.

Stars: Jerry Orbach, Jesse L. Martin, Dennis Farina, Sam Waterston

Votes: 44,510

29. Sesame Street (1969– )
Episode: Episode #20.77 (1989)

TV-Y | Animation, Adventure, Family

David and Gina are making plans to renovate Hooper's, but their friends have a special fondness for the items they're planning to replace. Today's sponsor: the letters S and G and the number 5.

Stars: Alison Bartlett, Fran Brill, Northern Calloway, Kevin Clash

30. Sesame Street (1969– )
Episode: David's peanut butter (1989)

TV-Y | Animation, Adventure, Family

David tries to sell some peanut butter. Meanwhile, Gladys the Cow hangs with Meryl Sheep.

Directors: Lisa Simon, Jim Henson, Jon Stone | Stars: Pam Arciero, Alison Bartlett, Camille Bonora, Linda Bove

31. Crime Story (1986–1988)

TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The saga of a Chicago police detective's efforts to stop a young hood's ruthless rise in the ranks of organized crime.

Stars: Dennis Farina, Bill Smitrovich, Tony Denison, Steve Ryan

Votes: 3,359

32. Seize the Day (1986)

Unrated | 93 min | Drama

Tommy Wilhelm is a good honest man who's fallen on hard times after losing his job, but what really gets to Tommy is seeing both his friends and family turning their backs on him one after the other. He tries to seize the day - in vain.

Director: Fielder Cook | Stars: Robin Williams, Richard B. Shull, David Bickford, Glenne Headly

Votes: 1,525

33. The Bluffers (1986–1987)

25 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

A group of animal friends inhabits the last forest in the barren land of Bluffoonia, but now Clandestino, Bluffoonia's tyrant obsessed with machinery and industry, plans to exploit their home as well.

Stars: Allen Swift, Kees ter Bruggen, Richard Felgate, Gene Deitch

Votes: 143

34. Crime Story (1986–1988)
Episode: St. Louis Book of Blues (1986)

TV-14 | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Luca plans to take over the gambling business and sends one of his men, Holman, to St. Louis. Torello plans to take Holman down, but the local sheriff, who wants publicity gets in MCU's way.

Director: Leon Ichaso | Stars: Dennis Farina, Tony Denison, Bill Smitrovich, Steve Ryan

Votes: 87

35. Kate & Allie (1984–1989)
Episode: Grand Central Station (1986)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy

The apartment becomes the scene of a family melodrama when an aspiring actor delivering a singing telegram for Allie and his overbearing parents descend upon the household.

Director: Bill Persky | Stars: Susan Saint James, Jane Curtin, Ari Meyers, Frederick Koehler

Votes: 78

36. The Bluffers (1986–1987)
Episode: Ik zie, ik zie, wat jij ook ziet (1986)

Animation, Adventure, Comedy

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Director: Frank Fehmers | Stars: Allen Swift, Kees ter Bruggen, Richard Felgate, Gene Deitch

Votes: 5

37. The Bluffers (1986–1987)
Episode: Die goeie oude aarde (1986)

Animation, Adventure, Comedy

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Director: Frank Fehmers | Stars: Joke Bruijs, Gene Deitch, Richard Felgate, Coen Flink

38. The Equalizer (1985–1989)

TV-PG | 48 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A retired Intelligence Agent turned private detective helps various threatened clients to equalize the odds.

Stars: Edward Woodward, Keith Szarabajka, Robert Lansing, Mark Margolis

Votes: 5,919

39. The Equalizer (1985–1989)
Episode: Back Home (1985)

TV-14 | 47 min | Action, Crime, Drama

McCall is called by the tenants of an apartment building who are terrorized so that they would move out. They believe that the owner a wealthy man is doing this so he can tear down the ... See full summary »

Director: Alan Metzger | Stars: Edward Woodward, Frank Converse, Charles Hallahan, Anne Pitoniak

Votes: 104

40. Sesame Street (1969– )
Episode: Luis is Bored With a Broken Arm (1985)

TV-Y | Animation, Adventure, Family

Luis doesn't know what to do with a broken arm.

Stars: George Benson, Linda Bove, Northern Calloway, Eddie Castrodad

41. Kate & Allie (1984–1989)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy

Two divorced mothers and their children share an apartment.

Stars: Susan Saint James, Jane Curtin, Frederick Koehler, Allison Smith

Votes: 2,354

42. Sesame Street (1969– )
Episode: Action Alphabet (1981)

TV-Y | Animation, Adventure, Family

Big Bird introduces "Action Alphabet Time" on Sesame Street. Linda pushes in a giant letter J, then acts out various J words for the others to imitate (jumping, juggling and jogging). Mr. ... See full summary »

Directors: Robert Myhrum, Jon Stone | Stars: Linda Bove, Northern Calloway, Emilio Delgado, Michael Earl

43. Pinocchio's Christmas (1980 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 60 min | Animation, Comedy, Family

It's Pinocchio's first Christmas, and he sells the book Geppetto gives him for present money, but Cat and Fox trick him out of it.

Directors: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr. | Stars: Alan King, George S. Irving, Bob McFadden, Patricia Bright

Votes: 800

44. A Family Circus Christmas (1979 TV Movie)

30 min | Animation, Comedy, Family

Billy, Dolly, Jeffy, and PJ try to behave as they prepare for Christmas and search for Grandad's star.

Director: Al Kouzel | Stars: Anne Costello, Bob Kaliban, Mark McDermott, Missy Hope

Votes: 135

45. The Easter Bunny Is Comin' to Town (1977 TV Movie)

TV-G | 50 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

The Mailman decides to stop another deluge of letters by answering questions about the Easter Bunny: Sunny, a baby rabbit found and adopted by Kidville (a town of only kids--even a kid ... See full summary »

Directors: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr. | Stars: Fred Astaire, Skip Hinnant, Bob McFadden, Allen Swift

Votes: 1,013

46. Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure (1976)

G | 84 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

Raggedy Ann and Andy leave their playroom to rescue Babette, a beautiful French doll kidnapped by pirates.

Directors: Richard Williams, Abe Levitow | Stars: Claire Williams, Didi Conn, Mark Baker, Fred Stuthman

Votes: 1,065

47. The Little Drummer Boy Book II (1976 TV Movie)

TV-G | 30 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama

Aaron, the drummer boy, struggles to protect a bellmaker's great silver bells from seizure by Roman soldiers.

Directors: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr. | Stars: Greer Garson, Zero Mostel, David Jay, Bob McFadden

Votes: 880

48. Sesame Street (1969– )
Episode: Sherlock Hemlock Investigates (1976)

TV-Y | 55 min | Animation, Adventure, Family

Big Bird calls Bob over to hear Frazzle recite the alphabet. Naturally, Bob can't understand a lick of it, but Big Bird can and points out where Frazzle makes errors. Grover attempts to ... See full summary »

Director: Jon Stone | Stars: Northern Calloway, Judy Collins, Emilio Delgado, Jim Henson

49. Where the Wild Things Are (1975)

Not Rated | 7 min | Animation, Short, Family

A boy named Max imagines he is "Where The Wild Things Are''.

Director: Gene Deitch | Stars: Allen Swift, Peter Schickele

Votes: 418

50. Sesame Street (1969– )
Episode: Episode 811 (1975)

TV-Y | 55 min | Animation, Adventure, Family

The gang arrives in New Mexico and meets Luis's family. They learn how to make houses of bricks and mud and the creative ways they recycle. Big Bird makes friends with the animals on the ... See full summary »

Stars: Paul Benedict, Dan Blocker, Northern Calloway, Emilio Delgado

Votes: 24