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101. Four Star Playhouse (1952–1956)
Episode: The House Always Wins (1955)

30 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Although it seems to be just another night in his gambling casino, Willie Dante runs into an old flame who reveals that the party she's with want to rob the place.

Director: Roy Kellino | Stars: Dick Powell, Jean Willes, Herb Vigran, Regis Toomey

Votes: 44

102. Friday the 13th: The Series (1987–1990)
Episode: Tattoo (1988)

TV-14 | 46 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery

A compulsive gambler discovers a way to increase his winnings, but the method proves to be deadly.

Director: Lyndon Chubbuck | Stars: John D. LeMay, Louise Robey, Chris Wiggins, Keye Luke

Votes: 174

103. The Guardian (2001–2004)
Episode: Family (2002)

TV-PG | 44 min | Crime, Drama

Burton's sister-in-law and former secret crush Liz is selling her advertising agency to benefit her son, a hostile, delinquent brat who was expelled from school and is in debt. A 10-year-old girl is forced to be a drug mule.

Director: Andy Wolk | Stars: Simon Baker, Alan Rosenberg, Wendy Moniz, Charles Malik Whitfield

Votes: 130

104. Highway to Heaven (1984–1989)
Episode: Song of the Wild West (1984)

Not Rated | 60 min | Drama, Fantasy

Jonathan and Mark come to a country-western bar where they provide an angelic assist to a young country singer emulating her lost mother, a former country star hoping to find her lost glory, and a widow mourning her lost husband.

Director: Victor French | Stars: Michael Landon, Victor French, Jerry Hardin, Michele Greene

Votes: 198

105. Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974–1975)
Episode: Horror in the Heights (1974)

TV-PG | 51 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Residents of the Roosevelt Heights neighborhood are being caught off guard, and killed, by a demon with the ability to appear as a person they know and trust.

Director: Michael Caffey | Stars: Darren McGavin, Simon Oakland, Phil Silvers, Murray Matheson

Votes: 616

106. Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1993–1997)
Episode: That Old Gang of Mine (1994)

TV-PG | 46 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

A scientist who thinks he can alter human behavior using DNA creates clones of Bonnie and Clyde, John Dillinger, and Al Capone. When Clyde shoots Clark, Clark must play dead in order to hide his dual identity.

Director: Lorraine Senna | Stars: Dean Cain, Teri Hatcher, Lane Smith, Justin Whalin

Votes: 327

107. The Man Behind the Badge (1953–1955)
Episode: The Case of the Unknown Man (1955)

Crime, Drama

The Salt Lake City, Utah, police department are attempting to break up a chain of illegal gambling establishments run by the Syndicate. Although the police manage to knock off most of the ... See full summary »

Director: Gilbert Kay | Stars: Charles Bickford, George D. Wallace, Mary Beth Hughes, Paul Dubov

108. A Man Called Sloane (1979–1980)
Episode: The Venus Microbe (1979)

50 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Some scientists are working on a microbe that was found on the Venus probe when it came back from there. Now it can destroy all life when released. One of the scientists steals the ... See full summary »

Director: Winrich Kolbe | Stars: Robert Conrad, Dan O'Herlihy, Ji-Tu Cumbuka, Monte Markham

Votes: 14

109. Max Headroom (1987–1988)
Episode: Rakers (1987)

TV-PG | 60 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi

Theora's brother gets involved in "raking" - a violent underground sport that is a cross between skateboarding and roller-derby.

Director: Thomas J. Wright | Stars: Matt Frewer, Amanda Pays, George Coe, Chris Young

Votes: 68

110. McCloud (1970–1977)
Episode: This Must Be the Alamo (1974)

TV-PG | 94 min | Action, Crime, Drama

The first of four "Alamo" episodes has the 23rd Precinct (in its last appearance; the show moved to Police Headquarters the next year) under siege by mobsters desperate to locate the diary ... See full summary »

Director: Bruce Kessler | Stars: Dennis Weaver, J.D. Cannon, Terry Carter, Van Johnson

Votes: 79

111. Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode: Hard Knocks (1989)

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

Switek sinks into drunkenness and self-destructive behavior after a dangerous mobster forces him to talk his indebted quarterback buddy into throwing a game to pay off his own enormous gambling debts.

Director: Vern Gillum | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott

Votes: 291

112. Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode: One Eyed Jack (1984)

TV-14 | 49 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Crockett attempts to help an old flame free herself from a racketeer, then is framed for taking bribes. Martin Castillo becomes the squad's new lieutenant.

Director: Lee H. Katzin | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott

Votes: 740

113. Police Story (1973–1980)
Episode: The Blue Fog (1977)

60 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Veteran Detective Jack McGraw is given the unsavory task of investigating Vice detectives suspected of taking bribes from the Chinese crime family running an illegal gambling operation.

Director: Michael O'Herlihy | Stars: Jackie Cooper, Bibi Besch, Richard Venture, Richard Loo

Votes: 19

114. Police Story (1973–1980)
Episode: The Gamble (1974)

51 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Police Woman Lisa Beaumont joins Sgt. Crowley's vice squad. Their target is an illegal gambling operation. The operation is run by Carl Vitale and Lisa goes undercover to get inside the ... See full summary »

Director: Richard Benedict | Stars: Angie Dickinson, Bert Convy, Cesare Danova, Peter Brown

Votes: 73

115. Racket Squad (1950–1953)
Episode: Anyone Can Be a Sucker (1952)

Crime, Drama

In order to prevent a murder, small-time crook Smiley Gibbons squeals on a major gangster who's running a gambling ring, thereby putting his own life in danger.

Director: James Flood | Stars: Reed Hadley, Nancy Valentine, James Flavin, Louis Jean Heydt

Votes: 19

116. Rederiet (1992–2002)
Episode: När leken blir allvar (1995)

40 min | Drama

Silver intends to move its head office to Gothenburg, but not everyone agrees with the decision. Irma is finding it increasingly difficult to control her gambling. Does Yvonne really have control over her feelings for Georg?

Director: Anders Lennberg | Stars: Bengt Bauler, My Bodell, Matti Boustedt, Johannes Brost

Votes: 11

117. RoboCop (1994)
Episode: The Tin Man (1994)

TV-14 | 42 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

As armed Ice Cream trucks and Lunch Catering vans wage a gang war for control of illegal gambling and Gadget falls victim to Lotto-fever, the past haunts RoboCop when an ex-partner returns as a gang-busting vigilante.

Director: Allan Eastman | Stars: Richard Eden, Yvette Nipar, Blu Mankuma, Andrea Roth

Votes: 61

118. The Rookies (1972–1976)
Episode: The Wheel of Death (1973)

TV-PG | 51 min | Crime, Drama

Widower father Frank Essex (Mike Farrell) targets a local criminal organization to pay for his son's hospital stay. On the run from both sides of the law, he doesn't know that he's the only donor who can save the boy's life.

Director: Michael Caffey | Stars: Georg Stanford Brown, Sam Melville, Michael Ontkean, Kate Jackson

Votes: 20

119. Starsky and Hutch (1975–1979)
Episode: Omaha Tiger (1976)

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

A series of suspicious deaths at a professional wrestling arena bring Starsky and Hutch into the squared circle, a world of outsized stars, misfits and greed-consumed con men.

Director: Don Weis | Stars: David Soul, Paul Michael Glaser, Antonio Fargas, Bernie Hamilton

Votes: 279

120. Starsky and Hutch (1975–1979)
Episode: The Action (1978)

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

When a friend of theirs is severely beaten due to gambling debts, Starsky and Hutch go undercover as high rollers to investigate illegal gambling at the Marlborough Health Club.

Director: Ivan Nagy | Stars: David Soul, Paul Michael Glaser, Antonio Fargas, Bernie Hamilton

Votes: 213

121. Tallahassee 7000 (1961– )
Episode: Meeting of the Mob (1961)

30 min | Crime, Drama

When the Sheriff of Pinellas County learns of a meeting of organized crime leaders in his county and requests the help of Special Agent Rogers to expose their illegal activities.

Director: Harmon Jones | Stars: Walter Matthau, Bernard Fein, Fred J. Scollay, Frank Dana

122. Everglades! (1961–1962)
Episode: The Brand (1962)

30 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

A trail from a break-in a general store leads Link to an illegal gambling operation where the proprietor is fleecing the county's inhabitants while their children go hungry and without proper clothing.

Director: Jack Herzberg | Stars: Ron Hayes, Hugh Sanders, Tomi Thurston, Keith Richards

123. Mike Hammer (1958–1959)
Episode: Tattoo Bruté (1959)

26 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A beautiful Chinese woman asks Mike to find the man who robbed an illegal poker game held in the back of a Chinese restaurant. One of them who lost heavily has threatened her father, the ... See full summary »

Director: Virgil W. Vogel | Stars: Darren McGavin, Lisa Lu, Theodore Marcuse, Paul Dubov

Votes: 18

124. It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2005– )
Episode: The Gang Gives Back (2006)

TV-MA | 23 min | Comedy

After being arrested for arson, Charlie is sentenced to community service and required to attend AA. Here he makes a discovery that could assist him in his ongoing effort to connect with the Waitress.

Director: Daniel Attias | Stars: Charlie Day, Glenn Howerton, Rob McElhenney, Kaitlin Olson

Votes: 3,666

125. Beck (1997– )
Episode: Gamen (2006)

TV-14 | 88 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

Swedish Ex-Sports Minister John Vedén has disappeared. Beck and his team investigate, and discover a connection to the world of organized gambling.

Director: Kjell Sundvall | Stars: Peter Haber, Mikael Persbrandt, Victor Ström, Per Holmberg

Votes: 1,260

126. Highway Patrol (1955–1959)
Episode: Gambling (1955)

TV-PG | 25 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Dan Mathews and his officers assist a county sheriff in closing down a club that offers illicit gambling.

Director: Leslie Goodwins | Stars: Broderick Crawford, Morgan Jones, Robert Knapp, Russ Whiteman

Votes: 97

127. Man Against Crime (1949–1954)
Episode: Black Leg-White Tie (1953)

Action, Drama, Crime

Wealthy New Yorkers are being ripped off by a "charity" gambling operation.

Director: Frank McDonald | Stars: Ralph Bellamy, Donald Buka, Philip Bourneuf, Edith King

Votes: 12

128. Network First (1994– )
Episode: The War Against the Mafia Part 1: The Founding Father (1994)

Documentary

How America's law enforcement agencies tackled the Mafia. Concentrates on the Gambino family from 1980 to 1993. Includes secret FBI recordings, interviews and allegations that the family were responsible for the deaths of 200 people.

Director: Tim Shawcross | Stars: Jack Klaff, John Gotti, Joseph Armone, Wilfred Johnson

Votes: 5

129. Network First (1994– )
Episode: The War Against the Mafia Part 3: The King of Little Italy (1994)

Documentary

The programme looks at the rise and fall of gangster, John Gotti, who took charge after arranging the murder of Paul Castellano. Bribing his way to freedom, justice finally caught up with him and he is now doing a life sentence.

Stars: Jack Klaff, John Gotti, Bruce Cutler, Bruce Mouw

130. Highway Patrol (1955–1959)
Episode: Gambling Story (1958)

TV-PG | 30 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A racketeer's attempt to take over an illicit gambling house in a small town leads to murder.

Director: Jack Herzberg | Stars: Broderick Crawford, William Boyett, Mark Tapscott, Preston Hanson

Votes: 64

131. Becoming Evil: Sisterhood of Murder (2019– )
Episode: Lady Serial Killers (2019)

TV-14 | 53 min | Documentary, Crime

We look at female serial killers that targeted victims across the US including Jolly Jane Toppan, black widow Betty Lou Beets, and death nurse Genene Jones who murdered over 60 infants and children.

Director: Ron Meyer | Stars: Katherine Ramsland, Eric Hickey, Steven A. Egger, Frederic Reamer

Votes: 17

132. The Joe Palooka Story (1954– )
Episode: Come Out Fighting (1954)

26 min | Comedy

After winning a bruising 15-round decision, Knobby Walsh orders Joe to take a two-week vacation to rest and recuperate. Although he registered in the fishing lodge under an assumed name, ... See full summary »

Director: Richard L. Bare | Stars: Joe Kirkwood Jr., Cathy Downs, Sid Tomack, Maxie Rosenbloom

133. America in Color (2017– )
Episode: Organized Crime (2018)

TV-PG | 48 min | Documentary, Biography, History

It's the 1920s. America is on the rise, and so is a dark underworld run by a new kind of criminal, one that is organized, sophisticated, and ruthless. For the next 40 years, legendary ... See full summary »

Stars: Eric Meyers, Tony Accardo, Max Beesley, Al Capone

Votes: 17

134. Waterfront (1954–1956)
Episode: Tailor-Made Trouble (1954)

30 min | Adventure, Crime

While having a suit altered, Herrick hears the tailor's assistant being dragged from the store. Later, he sees the man's ugly tie in a waste basket on a ship he will be towing out to sea. ... See full summary »

Director: Hollingsworth Morse | Stars: Preston Foster, Lois Moran, Harry Lauter, Virginia Grey

135. Stumptown (2019–2020)
Episode: All Quiet on the Dextern Front (2020)

TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Dex takes on a new case helping a mother who has lost custody of her children, which triggers parallels to her time in Afghanistan. After memories of Afghanistan reemerge, Dex spirals and ... See full summary »

Director: Marc Buckland | Stars: Cobie Smulders, Jake Johnson, Tantoo Cardinal, Cole Sibus

Votes: 374

136. The F.B.I. Files (1998–2009)
Episode: John Gotti: Convicted (1999)

TV-PG | 52 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime

This program follows the team of FBI agents charged with investigating the Gambino family. Their focus turns to John Gotti after the murder of his boss, the head of the family, Paul ... See full summary »

Director: David Haycox | Stars: James Kallstrom, Anthony D. Call, Bruce Mouw, Lewis Schiliro

Votes: 40

137. CSI: NY (2004–2013)
Episode: Admissions (2008)

TV-14 | 41 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A high school guidance counselor is killed during a dance. The case may be connected to the sexual assault of one of the students by another classmate, and a deputy inspector's daughter holds the key to solving the crime.

Director: Rob Bailey | Stars: Gary Sinise, Melina Kanakaredes, Carmine Giovinazzo, Anna Belknap

Votes: 318

138. Parels & zwijnen (2005– )
Episode: Russische roulette (2008)

46 min | Crime

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Director: Marc Willard | Stars: Ruben Lürsen, Mike Libanon, Eva Duijvestein, Hans Croiset

139. A Touch of Frost (1992–2010)
Episode: Mind Games (2008)

TV-14 | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

DI Frost must deal with a desperate mother and solve a 20 year old missing persons case following the discovery of a teenage girl's remains.

Director: Paul Harrison | Stars: David Jason, Bruce Alexander, John Lyons, Keith Barron

Votes: 264

140. S.W.A.T. (2017– )
Episode: The Black Hand Man (2020)

TV-14 | 42 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

Hondo is conflicted when Leroy, his incarcerated childhood friend and Darryl's father, asks him to speak on his behalf at a parole hearing; the team helps track down a mob informant on the ... See full summary »

Director: Douglas Aarniokoski | Stars: Shemar Moore, Alex Russell, Lina Esco, Kenny Johnson

Votes: 391

141. Black Lightning (2018–2021)
Episode: The Book of Reconstruction: Chapter Three: Despite All My Rage... (2021)

TV-14 | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi

Jefferson is feeling even more lost after a frustrating therapy session; Anissa continues to care for a still comatose Grace; Lynn has a breakthrough.

Director: Salim Akil | Stars: Cress Williams, China Anne McClain, Nafessa Williams, Christine Adams

Votes: 328

142. Martin Kane (1949–1954)
Episode: The Milk Bottle Burglar (1954)

Crime, Drama

Major Clements asks Kane for his professional opinion on a device the retired army officer has created to trap the person stealing milk bottles from in front of his door. Kane is impressed;... See full summary »

Director: Edgar C. Kahn | Stars: King Calder, Raymond Bramley, Robert H. Harris, Donald Briggs

143. The Sheriff of Cochise (1956–1959)
Episode: Illicit Gambling (1957)

30 min | Crime, Drama, Western

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Director: Paul Guilfoyle | Stars: John Bromfield, Stan Jones, Zon Murray, Harry Lauter

144. 30 for 30 (2009– )
Episode: The Legend of Jimmy the Greek (2009)

TV-G | 51 min | Documentary, Biography, History

This film follows the career of Jimmy Synder, a professional gambler. He helped legitimize betting in NFL games by finding ways to give points spreads during pre-game shows. His demise was ... See full summary »

Director: Fritz Mitchell | Stars: Fritz Mitchell, Jimmy 'The Greek' Snyder, Rich Podolsky, Brent Musburger

Votes: 924

145. Narco Wars (2020–2022)
Episode: The Mob: The Heroin Don (2021)

Documentary, Crime, History

Carmine Galante was the mafia boss who industrialized heroin smuggling into the U.S. A brutal psychopath, he let nothing stand in his way.

Director: Wilfred Spears | Stars: Angela Tucceri, Bill Clark, Carmine F. Russo, Ralph Blumenthal

Votes: 13

146. Narco Wars (2020–2022)
Episode: The Mob: Drugs, Bugs and the Dapper Don (2021)

Documentary, Crime, History

A ruthless capo, John Gotti, breaks the Mafia's most sacred rules to become boss and protect his drug empire.

Directors: Max Stern, Wilfred Spears | Stars: Anthony Ruggiano Jr., George Gabriel, George Anastasia, John Alite

Votes: 11

147. Narco Wars (2020–2022)
Episode: The Mob: The Addict Who Took Down the Mafia (2021)

Documentary, Crime, History

Drug dealing turns mobster Henry Hill into an infamous Mafia informant.

Stars: Rick Leahy, Ed Guevara, Karen Hill, Gina Hill

Votes: 9

148. Narco Wars (2020–2022)
Episode: The Mob: The Cocaine Godfather (2021)

Documentary, Crime, History

The Rizzutos were one of the longest ruling dynasties in Mafia history.

Stars: Raymond Boulanger, Chris Feistl, Pietro Poletti, Réal Simard

Votes: 10

149. Magnum P.I. (2018–2024)
Episode: Island Vibes (2021)

TV-14 | Action, Adventure, Crime

As Magnum tries to keep his new relationship a secret and handle his cases solo, he's now looking for a single mom being hunted by two very dangerous killers. A misstep abroad forces Higgins to become involved with an old employer.

Director: Bryan Spicer | Stars: Jay Hernandez, Perdita Weeks, Zachary Knighton, Stephen Hill

Votes: 531

150. White Collar (2009–2014)
Episode: In the Red (2010)

TV-PG | 42 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

The arrest of a jewel thief puts Peter and Neal, who poses as fence-collector, on the trail of the laundering agent, adoption lawyer Donovan, who extorts adoptive parents with fake claims ... See full summary »

Director: David Straiton | Stars: Matt Bomer, Tim DeKay, Willie Garson, Marsha Thomason

Votes: 835