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51. 24 (2001–2010)
Episode: 8:00 a.m.-9:00 a.m. (2002)

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

Jack is taken into custody by the Secret Service after he stops the assassination. He quickly escapes in order to check on another name from the key card. Palmer tries to deal with the assassination attempt.

Director: Stephen Hopkins | Stars: Kiefer Sutherland, Leslie Hope, Sarah Clarke, Elisha Cuthbert

Votes: 1,922

52. 24 (2001–2010)
Episode: 9:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m. (2002)

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

Jack is on the run after escaping custody and rushes to intercept Ted Cofell before he leaves the city. Nina receives a phone call from Teri and tries to trace the call. Palmer still wants to go ahead with the press conference despite objections. Alberta Green temporarily takes over as Director of CTU.

Director: Davis Guggenheim | Stars: Kiefer Sutherland, Leslie Hope, Sarah Clarke, Elisha Cuthbert

Votes: 2,017

53. Baywatch Nights (1995–1997)
Episode: Payback (1996)

TV-PG | Action, Crime, Drama

Mitch's former rival Albert Romero (from the Baywatch episode 'Red Wind') suddenly shows up and asks Mitch and Garner to help him search for his wife, Bobbie, who he believes was kidnapped by the Mafia.

Director: Reza Badiyi | Stars: David Hasselhoff, Gregory Alan Williams, Angie Harmon, Eddie Cibrian

Votes: 31

54. Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode: The Survivors (1968)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

A white woman, abducted by the Paiutes and thought to be dead, is brought back to Virginia City and reunited with her husband. When it is found she has an Indian baby with a Paiute chief, ... See full summary »

Director: Leon Benson | Stars: Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, Mariette Hartley

Votes: 90

55. Daniel Boone (1964–1970)
Episode: Hannah Comes Home (1969)

TV-PG | 60 min | Adventure, Western

A woman long thought dead is discovered by Daniel living with the Chickasaw. Daniel tells her her husband is still alive and that she should come back. She does, but her husband has trouble accepting her Indian son.

Director: Fess Parker | Stars: Fess Parker, Patricia Blair, Darby Hinton, Dal McKennon

Votes: 35

56. Daniel Boone (1964–1970)
Episode: The Inheritance (1967)

TV-PG | 50 min | Adventure, Western

While Daniel attends the Virginia legislature in Williamsburg as Kentucky's representative, Becky and Israel decide to visit the house she recently inherited from an uncle on nearby Oyster ... See full summary »

Director: Nathan Juran | Stars: Fess Parker, Patricia Blair, Darby Hinton, Royal Dano

Votes: 42

57. Derrick (1974–1998)
Episode: Zeichen der Gewalt (1975)

58 min | Crime, Drama

Convicted for manslaughter, Günter Hausmann escapes from prison and kills a guard. The police has to find out where he's hiding.

Director: Theodor Grädler | Stars: Horst Tappert, Fritz Wepper, Joachim Bißmeier, Gaby Dohm

Votes: 98

58. Fantastic Four: The Animated Series (1994–1996)
Episode: The Mask of Doom: Part II (1994)

TV-Y7 | 21 min | Animation, Action, Sci-Fi

Doom continues to indulge Sue by telling her about his past. He is Victor von Doom the son of a helpful local who was wronged by the superstitious locals. Meanwhile, the other three must face Doom's traps on their way out.

Stars: Beau Weaver, Lori Alan, Chuck McCann, Brian Austin Green

Votes: 133

59. Get Smart (1965–1970)
Episode: The Day They Raided the Knights (1969)

TV-G | 25 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

It's budget-cutting time at CONTROL and 99, who has less seniority, is temporarily laid off.

Director: Reza Badiyi | Stars: Don Adams, Barbara Feldon, Edward Platt, John Harding

Votes: 158

60. Hart to Hart (1979–1984)
Episode: Death Dig (1984)

TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

The Harts are sailing around the Aegean Sea and berth at the island of Rhodes. They soon find themselves involved in murder and the smuggling of stolen Greek artefacts.

Director: Paul Krasny | Stars: Robert Wagner, Stefanie Powers, Lionel Stander, George Coulouris

Votes: 86

61. Hart to Hart (1979–1984)
Episode: Hunted Harts (1983)

TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

After losing his bid to Hart Industries over purchasing a large company, businessman and big game hunter Winston Davenport lures The Harts to South America in retaliation with hopes to kill Jonathan and make Jennifer his prize.

Director: Gabrielle Beaumont | Stars: Robert Wagner, Stefanie Powers, Lionel Stander, David McCallum

Votes: 119

62. Hart to Hart (1979–1984)
Episode: Murder Is a Drag (1981)

TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

Scalped stolen opera tickets land Jonathan in the middle of a plot to assassinate the DA who is fighting organized crime.

Director: Leo Penn | Stars: Robert Wagner, Stefanie Powers, Lionel Stander, Jim McMullan

Votes: 115

63. The High Chaparral (1967–1971)
Episode: Feather of an Eagle (1969)

PG | 60 min | Western

After spotting a blonde white woman with a group of Apaches, Blue cannot resist the urge to free her against the advice of Buck and Manolito. He frees her but is captured and her Apache husband wants her returned in return for Blue.

Director: Harry Harris | Stars: Leif Erickson, Cameron Mitchell, Mark Slade, Henry Darrow

Votes: 76

64. Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001–2011)
Episode: Prisoner (2005)

TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A botched ransom payment leads to the discovery of the kidnapped wife of a prison warden, and Goren and Eames have to determine whether she was a willing victim.

Director: Rick Wallace | Stars: Vincent D'Onofrio, Kathryn Erbe, Jamey Sheridan, Courtney B. Vance

Votes: 353

65. The Lazarus Man (1996)
Episode: The Rescue (1996)

Mystery, Western

Lazarus helps a group of men "rescue" a woman who was captured by Comanches years ago when she was 6. But the woman would rather stay with her Comanche family.

Stars: Robert Urich, Tym Thurston, Carmen Thomas, Heather Ehlers

Votes: 6

66. McMillan & Wife (1971–1977)
Episode: The Devil You Say (1973)

TV-PG | 71 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

McMillian has to track down a satanic cult that has taken a deadly Interest in Sally.

Director: Alex March | Stars: Rock Hudson, Susan Saint James, John Schuck, Nancy Walker

Votes: 123

67. McMillan & Wife (1971–1977)
Episode: The Fine Art of Staying Alive (1973)

TV-PG | 73 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Sally is kidnapped by an international syndicate that is after a Rembrandt painting currently on loan to the San Francisco Art Museum from the Prado.

Director: Edward M. Abroms | Stars: Rock Hudson, Susan Saint James, John Schuck, Nancy Walker

Votes: 101

68. Millennium (1996–1999)
Episode: Forcing the End (1999)

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

Frank and Emma investigate when a group of religious fanatics kidnap a pregnant Jewish woman.

Director: Thomas J. Wright | Stars: Lance Henriksen, Klea Scott, Andreas Katsulas, Stephen E. Miller

Votes: 255

69. PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal (1996–2000)
Episode: The 13th Floor/The Believer (1997)

TV-14 | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

In a Manhattan penthouse, a demonically possessed woman attacks the lift boy and her abusive husband. A physics professor, and Peter's old mentor, receives a vision from his insane, alien-obsessed rival, who kidnapped his wife.

Directors: Clay Borris, Craig Pryce | Stars: Paul Miller, Nancy Anne Sakovich, Barclay Hope, Colin Fox

Votes: 25

70. Petrocelli (1974–1976)
Episode: Mark of Cain (1975)

Crime, Drama, Mystery

Tony's childhood friend Richie arrives for a quick visit and a business meeting afterwards, but is arrested on the next day for murder. Tony suspects the meeting was a trap for Richie.

Director: Leonard Katzman | Stars: Barry Newman, Susan Howard, Albert Salmi, John Saxon

Votes: 25

71. Petrocelli (1974–1976)
Episode: The Night Visitor (1976)

Crime, Drama, Mystery

A mysterious man leaves an envelope in Petrocelli's office for storage, but later he disappears and somebody is capable of everything to have that envelope.

Director: Robert Scheerer | Stars: Barry Newman, Susan Howard, Albert Salmi, Joan Van Ark

Votes: 21

72. The Streets of San Francisco (1972–1977)
Episode: The Bullet (1972)

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

An ex-con college professor takes a bullet to the shoulder when a hit-man murders a blackmailer. But the professor refuses to have the bullet removed, and the hit-man is hot on his trail to recover the incriminating bullet.

Director: Walter Grauman | Stars: Karl Malden, Michael Douglas, Carl Betz, Geraldine Brooks

Votes: 177

73. Tate (1960)
Episode: The Return of Jessica Jackson (1960)

30 min | Western

Shades of The Searchers as an obsessed man negotiates the release of his wife abducted eight years earlier by a Paiute raiding party. He did not anticipate her bringing home a half-Indian child, or of the Paiute father's fierce resistance.

Director: David Orrick McDearmon | Stars: David McLean, John Kellogg, Jock Gaynor, Henry Corden

Votes: 28

74. Wagon Train (1957–1965)
Episode: The Molly Kincaid Story (1963)

TV-PG | 75 min | Western

After leaving St. Joseph, Hale tells everyone there are no Indians when in fact two escaped Comanches have stolen horses and shown up at the wagon train's first stop. There, the female wants to kill a man-her cowardly husband.

Director: Virgil W. Vogel | Stars: John McIntire, Robert Fuller, Frank McGrath, Terry Wilson

Votes: 115

75. The Young Riders (1989–1992)
Episode: Pride and Prejudice (1990)

TV-PG | 47 min | Drama, Romance, Western

When Thompkins' wife and daughter who were taken by Indians years ago are found, they return to him. But also with give is a boy whom his wife says was fathered by the Indian who took them.... See full summary »

Director: Joseph L. Scanlan | Stars: Stephen Baldwin, Josh Brolin, Travis Fine, Don Franklin

Votes: 38

76. Fantastic Four (1967–1968)
Episode: Three Predictions of Doctor Doom (1967)

TV-Y7-FV | 30 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Dr. Doom challenges the Fantastic Four. Doctor Doom begins his plans by capturing Susan. Soon the Fantastic Four manage to locate and penetrate Dr. Doom's flying fortress, but Ben is turned... See full summary »

Director: Joseph Barbera | Stars: Gerald Mohr, Jo Ann Pflug, Jack DeLeon, Paul Frees

Votes: 34

77. The F.B.I. Files (1998–2009)
Episode: Vanished (2001)

TV-PG | 51 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime

The case of Newton Alfred Winn who kidnapped Annie Hearin for a ransom payment.

Director: David Haycox | Stars: James Kallstrom, Anthony D. Call, Susan Rae, Lauri Anderson

Votes: 30

78. EastEnders (1985– )
Episode: Episode #1.2145 (2001)

TV-PG | 28 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

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Director: Philip Casson | Stars: Martin Kemp, Tamzin Outhwaite, Steve McFadden, Letitia Dean

79. EastEnders (1985– )
Episode: Episode #1.2146 (2001)

TV-PG | 28 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

Add a Plot

Director: Philip Casson | Stars: Martin Kemp, Tamzin Outhwaite, Steve McFadden, Perry Fenwick

80. Burn Notice (2007–2013)
Episode: Breaking and Entering (2008)

TV-PG | 43 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Stepping out of the back of the eighteen-wheeler he was riding in, Michael Westen is greeted with an exploding plane, dead bodies, and one hog-tied, live "client", Jimmy. The phone rings, ... See full summary »

Director: Paul Holahan | Stars: Jeffrey Donovan, Gabrielle Anwar, Bruce Campbell, Sharon Gless

Votes: 716

81. Gangs of London (2020– )
Episode: Episode #2.1 (2022)

TV-MA | 63 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A new gang is running London but not everyone is happy, and so a rebellion brews.

Director: Corin Hardy | Stars: Salem Kali, Aymen Hamdouchi, Fady Elsayed, Sammy Broly

Votes: 823

82. Into the West (2005)
Episode: Manifest Destiny (2005)

TV-14 | 92 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance

Manifest Destiny.

Director: Simon Wincer | Stars: Beau Bridges, Jessica Capshaw, Tonantzin Carmelo, Derek de Lint

Votes: 181

83. The Herculoids (1967–1969)
Episode: The Beaked People/The Raiders (1967)

TV-Y7-FV | Animation, Short, Adventure

In a quest for power, Krokar leads his birdlike Beaked People to attack the flying monkeys. It's a trap to capture Zandor and assume rule of the planet. A space raider planning to loot Amzot kidnaps Tara.

Stars: Ted Eccles, Virginia Gregg, Don Messick, Mike Road

Votes: 19

84. Gangs of London (2020– )
Episode: Episode #2.4 (2022)

TV-MA | 52 min | Action, Crime, Drama

As Luan faces a desperate race against time, Ed starts to question where his own loyalties lie, and events reach an explosive climax.

Director: Marcela Said | Stars: Eri Shuka, Waleed Zuaiter, Lucian Msamati, Rom Blanco

Votes: 612

85. Burn Notice (2007–2013)
Episode: Where There's Smoke (2010)

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

Michael and Jesse's plans to steal a safe deposit box are interrupted when Fi and a businessman's wife are kidnapped while Fi and Sam prepare to work security for a party.

Director: Kevin Bray | Stars: Jeffrey Donovan, Gabrielle Anwar, Coby Bell, Bruce Campbell

Votes: 467

86. Unsolved Mysteries (1987–2010)
Episode: Episode #1.5 (1988)

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

This episode includes: D.B. Cooper Pts 1 and 2, Update: Math Teacher Escape, Friends to the End and UD and Babe's Uniform and UD.

Director: Jim Lindsay | Stars: Robert Stack, David Berkowitz, J.L. Black, Gerard Buckhout

Votes: 64

87. White Collar (2009–2014)
Episode: Countdown (2011)

TV-PG | 44 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Neal and Mozzie must stay one step ahead of the the FBI while appearing to work with them in order to keep them from discovering that they possess the treasure.

Director: John T. Kretchmer | Stars: Matt Bomer, Tim DeKay, Willie Garson, Marsha Thomason

Votes: 996

88. White Collar (2009–2014)
Episode: Checkmate (2012)

TV-PG | 44 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Peter and Neal work together to save Elizabeth from Keller.

Director: John T. Kretchmer | Stars: Matt Bomer, Tim DeKay, Willie Garson, Marsha Thomason

Votes: 974

89. Castle (2009–2016)
Episode: Reckoning (2015)

TV-PG | 43 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

The NYPD searches for Beckett while 3XK calmly plays with them.

Director: Rob Bowman | Stars: Nathan Fillion, Stana Katic, Susan Sullivan, Jon Huertas

Votes: 1,648

90. NCIS: Los Angeles (2009–2023)
Episode: Uncaged (2017)

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

After Sam's wife, Michelle (Aunjanue Ellis), is taken from her home, the kidnappers demand the prison release of Tahir Khaled (Anslem Richardson), Sam's arch nemesis, in exchange for information on her whereabouts.

Director: Frank Military | Stars: Chris O'Donnell, Daniela Ruah, Eric Christian Olsen, Barrett Foa

Votes: 335

91. Criminal Minds (2005– )
Episode: Ex Parte (2018)

TV-14 | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The BAU takes charge of a hostage situation at a law firm in D.C., where Matt Simmons' wife, Kristy, works.

Director: Lily Mariye | Stars: Joe Mantegna, Matthew Gray Gubler, A.J. Cook, Kirsten Vangsness

Votes: 1,243