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51. The True Knight (2016 TV Movie)
Adventure, Comedy, Family
The king is returning from war - and awaiting him at home is a great surprise: he has a son - though one a bit different than the king - a true knight - had expected. He loves music and literature, and is the very opposite of his father.
Director: Martin Dolenský | Stars: Lukás Vaculík, Jan Komínek, Jaromír Hanzlík, Lucie Cerná
Votes: 117
52. Kaikkien naisten monni (1952)
80 min | Comedy
Director: Lasse Pöysti | Stars: Lasse Pöysti, Toini Vartiainen, Reino Valkama, Rauha Rentola
Votes: 89
53. O tlustém pradedeckovi (1970 TV Movie)
33 min | Comedy, Crime, Family
98-year old Grandfather wanders into a strange pub, unaware that a group of mischievous robbers, led by the terrible Lotrando, have their headquarters there. At first they make fun of ... See full summary »
Director: Pavel Kraus | Stars: Josef Abrhám, Svatopluk Benes, Otakar Brousek, Jirí Holý
Votes: 11
54.
Outlaws (1986–1987)
Episode:
Outlaws
(1986)
PG | 97 min | Crime, Sci-Fi, Western
Five time-tossed 1890's cowboys find themselves in the 1980's and start a detective agency.
Director: Peter Werner | Stars: Rod Taylor, William Lucking, Charles Napier, Patrick Houser
Votes: 98
55.
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962–1965)
Episode:
Consider Her Ways
(1964)
TV-PG | 48 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A woman awakens in a dystopian society formed after the extinction of all men where women are sorted at birth into one of four social castes - Workers, Mothers (incubators), Servitors and Doctors. She rebels against being just a mother.
Director: Robert Stevens | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Barbara Barrie, Gladys Cooper, Robert H. Harris
Votes: 448
56.
Cold Case (2003–2010)
Episode:
The Letter
(2004)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The 1939 case of a young lady living in a boarding house for "women of color" is reopened and Rush tries to solve it for Sadie's daughter, who has been ashamed of her own heritage since the murder.
Director: Tim Hunter | Stars: Kathryn Morris, Danny Pino, John Finn, Jeremy Ratchford
Votes: 573
57.
Death Valley Days (1952–1970)
Episode:
Fighting Sky Pilot
(1965)
TV-PG | 25 min | Western
Reverend Ben Darniell believes he should practice what he preaches, and he refuses to resort to violence in the face of opposition. But he finds a minister in Carson City must be prepared to fight for those who cannot defend themselves.
Director: Lee Sholem | Stars: Skip Homeier, Carol Brewster, Raymond Guth, Sheldon Allman
Votes: 36
58.
Death Valley Days (1952–1970)
Episode:
The Loggerheads
(1956)
TV-PG | 25 min | Western
Silas, an expert lumberjack, attracts the attention of pretty Florence. Si despairs when she moves as he can't read or write so friend Vic steps up and writes her sweet letters. Trouble is ... See full summary »
Director: Stuart E. McGowan | Stars: Bill Catching, Gregg Palmer, Camille Franklin, Marjorie Bennett
Votes: 27
59.
The Facts of Life (1979–1988)
Episode:
What Price Glory?
(1983)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Family
Tootie discovers that her boyfriend Jeff, a school athlete, cannot read.
Director: Asaad Kelada | Stars: Charlotte Rae, Lisa Whelchel, Kim Fields, Mindy Cohn
Votes: 65
60.
Highway to Heaven (1984–1989)
Episode:
As Difficult as ABC
(1985)
Not Rated | 60 min | Drama, Fantasy
A promising basketball player whose coach has been making sure his grades are OK so he can play, learns he has a condition that means he can't play basket ball anymore. His coach then casts... See full summary »
Director: Victor French | Stars: Michael Landon, Victor French, Glenn-Michael Jones, Deborah Lacey
Votes: 140
61.
Mod Squad (1968–1973)
Episode:
Willie Poor Boy
(1969)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
During a botched robbery Willie falls down an elevator shaft. In the hospital they discover he's illiterate and try to help him learn to read and move beyond a life of crime. But his partner in crime doesn't want him talking to the cops.
Director: George McCowan | Stars: Michael Cole, Clarence Williams III, Peggy Lipton, Tige Andrews
Votes: 36
62.
The Outer Limits (1995–2002)
Episode:
The Grell
(1999)
TV-PG | 44 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
An alien slave belonging to the species Grell rescues his owner's family after their plane is shot down in an attack by the Grell rebellion.
Director: Jorge Montesi | Stars: Ted Shackelford, Maurice Dean Wint, Britt McKillip, Blair Slater
Votes: 247
63.
The Ray Bradbury Theater (1985–1992)
Episode:
Great Wide World Over There
(1992)
TV-14 | 22 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Cora Gibbs is an illiterate woman living on an isolated farm with her much older husband. When her educated nephew Benjy visits for the summer, she sees her opportunity to connect with the ... See full summary »
Director: Ian Mune | Stars: Tyne Daly, David Orth, Bill Johnson, Helen Moulder
Votes: 119
64.
Route 66 (1960–1964)
Episode:
Cries of Persons Close to One
(1964)
TV-Y7 | 51 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
Tod and Linc, driving along the Eastern Coast of Florida, make the acquaintance of an uneducated alcoholic boxer and his faithful girlfriend after a melee. While Tod is hardly sympathetic, ... See full summary »
Director: Allen H. Miner | Stars: Martin Milner, Glenn Corbett, Michael Parks, Ellen Madison
Votes: 64
65.
Tales of Tomorrow (1951–1953)
Episode:
The Great Silence
(1953)
TV-G | 30 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A mysterious phenomenon that causes people to lose the use of their vocal cords appears in a remote corner of the northwestern United States and begins spreading. The government blames the ... See full summary »
Director: Don Medford | Stars: Burgess Meredith, Lilia Skala, Paul Ford, Charles McClelland
Votes: 67
66.
American Gangster (2006–2009)
Episode:
'Freeway' Ricky Ross
(2006)
TV-14 | 42 min | Documentary
Illiterate, but an athlete, "Freeway" Ricky Ross went from being a sports king to the crack king in the 70s and 80s when drugs were turning L.A. into the 'Hood' from hell.
Stars: Alex Alonso, Chico Brown, Jose R. Montalvan Jr., Bernard Parks
Votes: 11
67.
Young Charlie Chaplin (1989)
Episode:
Episode #1.1
(1989)
TV-PG | 27 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
Amid a family life on the verge of ruin, yet one alive with the spirit of performance, a mischievous, resourceful Charlie, and his brother Sydney, grapple with keeping the few threads that hold the quilt of their family's spirit together.
Director: Baz Taylor | Stars: Joe Geary, Lee Whitlock, Twiggy, Ian McShane
Votes: 8
68.
Young Charlie Chaplin (1989)
Episode:
Episode #1.2
(1989)
TV-PG | 27 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
Charlie, Syd, and their mother discover that being out on their own is tougher than expected. With their father, Charles Sr., content with becoming unburdened by the responsibilities of family, the three possibly face further separation.
Director: Baz Taylor | Stars: Joe Geary, Lee Whitlock, Twiggy, Ian McShane
Votes: 7
69.
Young Charlie Chaplin (1989)
Episode:
Episode #1.3
(1989)
TV-PG | 27 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
With their mother in a workhouse, and as their father continues to dawdle through life, Charlie and Syd face a new life at a School for Orphans and Destitute Children. When Syd volunteers for the Navy, Charlie finds himself on his own.
Director: Baz Taylor | Stars: Joe Geary, Lee Whitlock, Twiggy, Ian McShane
70.
Young Charlie Chaplin (1989)
Episode:
Episode #1.4
(1989)
TV-PG | 27 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
After Charles Sr. helps discharge Charlie from the School for Orphans, Charlie discovers his innate ability as an actor, and convinces his father to reunite with his mother. Then, when life challenges the Chaplins once again, Syd returns.
Director: Baz Taylor | Stars: Joe Geary, Lee Whitlock, Twiggy, Ian McShane
Votes: 6
71.
New Looney Tunes (2015–2020)
Episode:
Formula One Bunny/Daffy Goes to Hollywood
(2020)
TV-Y7 | Animation, Short, Adventure
Bugs Bunny and Cecil Turtle compete in a Formula One Grand Prix. / Elmer Fudd foolishly decides to cast Daffy in his new commercial.
Director: Ian Wasseluk | Stars: Carlos Alazraqui, Dee Bradley Baker, Eric Bauza, Jeff Bergman
Votes: 8
72.
The Propaganda Report (2016– )
DNB: #EnslaveMe, Mass Atrophy & Debunkery
(2020 Podcast Episode)
News
Stars: Monica Perez, Brad Binkley
73.
Blood Brothers (1993)
Episode:
Broken English
(1993)
55 min | Documentary, Drama
For 30 years, Arrernte man Rupert Max Stuart has maintained his innocence of the rape and murder of a young white girl. His story became the basis for the movie Black and White in 2002. In ... See full summary »
Director: Ned Lander | Stars: Bill Hunter, Tony Barry, John Blair, Basil Clarke
74.
Against the Wind (1978)
Episode:
The Flogging Parson
(1978)
Drama, History, Western
Mary and Polly begin to settle into their various situations in the new colony. Jonathan falls afoul of the cruel overseer Pike, and pays for his slip in judgment
Director: George Miller | Stars: Jon English, Mary Larkin, Warwick Sims, Julia Blake
Votes: 13
75.
Tigtone (2018–2020)
Episode:
Tigtone and the Prison of Knowledge
(2020)
TV-14 | 11 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
To defeat an evil book, Tigtone must teach history a lesson and unteach Helpy.
Director: Freddy Cristy | Stars: Debi Derryberry, Nils Frykdahl, Andrew Koehler, Benjamin Martian
Votes: 14
76.
Heirs to the Land (2022)
Episode:
Herida
(2022)
TV-MA | Drama
Roger Puig asks that Hugo work in his palace cellar, which provides the winemaker with a unique - and dangerous - opportunity for vengeance.
Director: Jordi Frades | Stars: Yon González, Elena Rivera, Rodolfo Sancho, Maria Rodríguez Soto
Votes: 58
77.
P.J. (1997–2009)
Episode:
Enfants errants
(2008)
Crime, Thriller
Chloé and Bernard have arrested Zlatan , a 18 years old adolescent coming from Serbia, for theft, assault and battery against Robert Corty, a volunteer in the association for helping ... See full summary »
Director: Pierre Leix-Cote | Stars: Charles Schneider, Valérie Bagnou-Beido, Raphaëlle Lubansu, Jalil Naciri
78.
True Blood (2008–2014)
Episode:
Evil Is Going On
(2010)
TV-MA | 54 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Tired of being an object of vampire affections, Sookie tries to imagine a life without any supernatural creature.
Director: Anthony Hemingway | Stars: Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer, Sam Trammell, Ryan Kwanten
Votes: 1,621
79.
The First Olympics: Athens 1896 (1984)
Episode:
Part 1
(1984)
Drama, History, Sport
Director: Alvin Rakoff | Stars: David Ogden Stiers, Hunt Block, David Caruso, Alex Hyde-White
Votes: 10
80.
The Borgias (2011–2013)
Episode:
The Beautiful Deception
(2012)
TV-MA | 48 min | Crime, Drama, History
Lucrezia is inconsolable after Paolo's death, but it is ruled a suicide as King Charles marches north to revenge themselves on the Pope and the Eternal City.
Director: Jon Amiel | Stars: Jeremy Irons, François Arnaud, Holliday Grainger, Joanne Whalley
Votes: 644
81.
Pawn Stars (2009– )
Episode:
Say It Ain't So
(2012)
TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy, Reality-TV
Step up to the plate with the Pawn Stars as Rick takes a swing at a book signed by "Shoeless" Joe Jackson. One of the sporting world's rarest signatures, has Rick found baseball s holy grail, or is the scribbled signature a strike out?
Director: Jairus Cobb | Stars: Craig Gottlieb, Corey Harrison, Richard Harrison, Rick Harrison
Votes: 39
82.
The Looney Tunes Show (2011–2015)
Episode:
It's a Handbag
(2012)
TV-PG | 23 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Daffy's world is turned upside-down when his handbag is stolen at the mall, prompting him to hire Porky as his full-time bodyguard.Lola searches the globe for the ultimate anniversary gift for Bugs.
Director: Swinton O. Scott III | Stars: Jeff Bergman, Bob Bergen, Kristen Wiig, Larry Dorf
Votes: 135
83.
Halvbroren (2013)
Episode:
Episode #1.7
(2013)
45 min | Drama, Mystery
Young Barnum receives a typewriter from Fred for his birthday, and a writer is born. Barnum's feelings for Vivian grow ever fonder, but when he realizes that Fred likes her as well and ... See full summary »
Director: Per-Olav Sørensen | Stars: Nicolai Cleve Broch, Frank Kjosås, Mariann Hole, Marianne Nielsen
Votes: 23
84.
The Borgias (2011–2013)
Episode:
Tears of Blood
(2013)
TV-MA | 53 min | Crime, Drama, History
Micheleto learns his kept lover is a Sforza informant, Caterina Sforza mounts the Shroud of Turin as a rival holy relic, and Fredirigo puts Lucrezia under house arrest.
Director: David Leland | Stars: Jeremy Irons, François Arnaud, Holliday Grainger, Sean Harris
Votes: 471
85.
Supernatural (2005–2020)
Episode:
King of the Damned
(2014)
TV-14 | 42 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Abaddon makes a deal with Crowley to stop the Winchesters and recover the first blade. Castiel tries to bring Gadreel to his side in the war against Metatron.
Director: P.J. Pesce | Stars: Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Misha Collins, Mark Sheppard
Votes: 3,699
86.
Ipaglaban mo (2014– )
Episode:
Kaya ba kitang itakwil?
(2014)
TV-14 | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director: Lyan Suiza | Stars: Jose Sison, Jopet Sison, Carlo Aquino, Smokey Manaloto
87.
Magpakailanman (2012– )
Episode:
Girl boy bakla tomboy: The Humawid Family Story
(2014)
Drama, Romance
Director: Joel Lamangan | Stars: Mel Tiangco, Shamaine Buencamino, John Arcilla, Rodjun Cruz
88.
Der Lehrer (2009–2021)
Episode:
Ich glaub', Du bist hier das Problemkind
(2015)
45 min | Comedy
I think, you are the problem child here.
Director: Peter Gersina | Stars: Hendrik Duryn, Ulrich Gebauer, Rainer Piwek, Jessica Ginkel
Votes: 17
89.
Birds of a Feather (1989–2020)
Episode:
Knocking on Heaven's Door
(2016)
TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy
When Tracey's ex-husband dies she has to decide what kind of send-off to give him. Sharon wants it to be special for the boys, while Dorien focuses on finding the perfect outfit.
Director: Martin Dennis | Stars: Pauline Quirke, Linda Robson, Lesley Joseph, Charlie Quirke
Votes: 36
90.
Ipaglaban mo (2014– )
Episode:
Abot hanggang sukdulan
(2015)
TV-14 | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director: Jojo Saguin | Stars: Jose Sison, Jopet Sison, Nonie Buencamino, Dianne Medina
91.
Game Over (2004)
Episode:
Meet the Smashenburns
(2004)
TV-PG | Action, Animation, Comedy
Struggling NASCAR champ Rip and his adventurer wife Raquel must deal with their slacker teen son Billy, their illiterate sexually budding activist teen daughter Alice, their demonic new pet Turbo, and their stickler martial arts neighbors.
Director: John Rice | Stars: Elizabeth Daily, Rachel Dratch, Artie Lange, Lucy Liu
92.
The Michael Knowles Show (2017– )
Luther Revisited
(2017 Podcast Episode)
58 min | Talk-Show
Eric Metaxas guests and defends Martin Luther. Austen Fletcher (aka Fleccas Talks), Bradley Devlin and Elisha Krauss make up the Panel of Deplorables.
Stars: Michael J. Knowles, Austen Fletcher, Bradley Devlin, Elisha Krauss
93.
Lifelines (2018– )
Episode:
L wie Liebe
(2018)
45 min | Drama
Director: Kai Meyer-Ricks | Stars: Jan Hartmann, Susan Hoecke, Marc Schulze, Tina Amon Amonsen
Votes: 5
94.
La minute nécessaire de Monsieur Cyclopède (1982–1984)
Episode:
Raillons l'héroïsme
(1984)
2 min | Short, Comedy
Director: Jean-Louis Fournier | Stars: Pierre Desproges, Dominique Valadié
95.
This Time Next Year (2016–2019)
Episode:
Episode #3.6
(2019)
46 min | Reality-TV
Davina meets a grandfather determined to tackle his illiteracy, a little girl who wants to walk to school without her walking sticks and a man who wants to meet the stranger who saved his life twice.
Directors: Toby Baker, Ollie Bartlett, Alex Muchamore | Stars: Davina McCall, Tanni Grey-Thompson, Jenson Button