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51.
Thriller (1960–1962)
Episode:
The Remarkable Mrs. Hawk
(1961)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
Cissy Hawk's farm keeps gaining massive blue ribbon hogs, while the passing drifters she hires magically disappear. Well-read grifter Jason Longfellow figures he'll last a lot longer at her... See full summary »
Director: John Brahm | Stars: Boris Karloff, Jo Van Fleet, John Carradine, Paul Newlan
Votes: 175
52. Frankenstein (1931)
Passed | 70 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Dr Henry Frankenstein is obsessed with assembling a living being from parts of several exhumed corpses.
Director: James Whale | Stars: Colin Clive, Mae Clarke, Boris Karloff, John Boles
Votes: 79,811
53. Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
Not Rated | 75 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Mary Shelley reveals the main characters of her novel survived: Baron Henry Frankenstein, goaded by an even madder scientist, builds his monster a mate.
Director: James Whale | Stars: Boris Karloff, Elsa Lanchester, Colin Clive, Valerie Hobson
Votes: 53,316 | Gross: $4.36M
54. The Gale Storm Show: Oh! Susanna (1956–1960)
30 min | Comedy
Gale Storm stars in this American sitcom about Susanna Pomery, a cruise director for an ocean liner that travels the world.
Stars: Gale Storm, Zasu Pitts, Roy Roberts, James Fairfax
Votes: 229
55. The Ford Theatre Hour (1948–1953)
60 min | Drama
An anthology series based in New York City which attracted a high caliber group of actors, often Broadway stars. Stories were both drama and comedies, some original but others adaptions of films and plays.
Stars: William Brower, Biff McGuire, Ernest Truex, Ruth McDevitt
Votes: 67
56. The Hypnotic Eye (1996–1999)
Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
"The Hypnotic Eye" was a hosted horror, science fiction movie and television series show, hosted by "Icon, The Hypnotic Eye".
Stars: Joe Riley, Jason Cohen, Kenneth Weinert, Barbara Cohen
Votes: 13
57. The Gisele MacKenzie Show (1957–1958)
30 min | Comedy, Music
Stars: Gisele MacKenzie, Axel Stordahl and His Orchestra, The Curfew Kids, Jack Narz
Votes: 18
58.
Route 66 (1960–1964)
Episode:
Lizard's Leg and Owlet's Wing
(1962)
TV-Y7 | 50 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
Tod and Buz are working as Guest Liaisons at a motel just outside of Chicago. Boris Karloff, Lon Chaney Jr. and Peter Lorre meet there to discuss whether the old monster costumes they used ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Gist | Stars: Martin Milner, George Maharis, Peter Lorre, Lon Chaney Jr.
Votes: 173
59.
This Is Your Life (1950–1993)
Episode:
Boris Karloff
(1957)
30 min | Biography, Family, Reality-TV
World famous star of monster movie lore Boris Karloff celebrates his 70th birthday as the very surprised guest of honor, featuring an appearance from makeup wizard Jack Pierce.
Director: Richard Gottlieb | Stars: J. Warren Bacon, Frank Brink, Russel Crouse, Barbara Edwards
Votes: 27
60.
Thriller (1960–1962)
Episode:
The Weird Tailor
(1961)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A man seeks to resurrect his son by using a suit crafted using black magic.
Director: Herschel Daugherty | Stars: Boris Karloff, Henry Jones, George Macready, Abraham Sofaer
Votes: 205
61. Route 66 (1960–1964)
TV-Y7 | 60 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
The adventures of two young drifters across America.
Stars: Martin Milner, George Maharis, Glenn Corbett, James Brown
Votes: 1,953
62. Scarface (1932)
PG | 93 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An ambitious and nearly insane violent gangster climbs the ladder of success in the mob, but his weaknesses prove to be his downfall.
Directors: Howard Hawks, Richard Rosson | Stars: Paul Muni, Ann Dvorak, Karen Morley, Osgood Perkins
Votes: 30,354
63. Schlitz Playhouse (1951–1959)
30 min | Comedy, Drama
Originally billed as "Playhouse of the Stars" this long running anthology series was originally presented live from New York City. Irene Dunne was briefly the hostess in 1952, and the show frequently used Broadway performers in classic stories.
Stars: James Mason, Irene Dunne, Robert Paige, Walter Coy
Votes: 338
64. The Donald O'Connor Show (1954–1955)
30 min | Comedy, Music
Sid and Donald are two young songwriters trying to market their wares. The situations created around this premise primarily enabled them to perform.
Stars: Donald O'Connor, Sidney Miller, Joyce Cunning, Mitzi Gaynor
Votes: 40
65.
Thriller (1960–1962)
Episode:
Masquerade
(1961)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A family of cannibalistic thieves menace a married couple, the Denhams, but Mr. Denham (Tom Poston) laughs off the scary Southern hotel as a joke. The Denhams became lost on a second ... See full summary »
Director: Herschel Daugherty | Stars: Boris Karloff, Elizabeth Montgomery, Tom Poston, John Carradine
Votes: 247
66.
Thriller (1960–1962)
Episode:
Parasite Mansion
(1961)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A young woman is held captive in a mansion by a family of recluses hiding a supernatural secret.
Director: Herschel Daugherty | Stars: Boris Karloff, Pippa Scott, Jeanette Nolan, James Griffith
Votes: 236
67.
Thriller (1960–1962)
Episode:
Prisoner in the Mirror
(1961)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A professor studying the depraved sorcerer Count Cagliostro brings to the U.S. the mirror which was instrumental in the Count's murder spree. The looking glass was blacked over to entrap ... See full summary »
Director: Herschel Daugherty | Stars: Boris Karloff, Lloyd Bochner, Marion Ross, Jack Mullaney
Votes: 187
68.
Thriller (1960–1962)
Episode:
Well of Doom
(1961)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
Fiendish Moloch and his huge creature Styx kill a chauffeur and kidnap his passengers, who are en route to a bachelor party. The 2 abductees (a bridegroom, who's heir to an English country ... See full summary »
Director: John Brahm | Stars: Boris Karloff, Ronald Howard, Henry Daniell, Torin Thatcher
Votes: 218
69. The Name of the Game (1968–1971)
TV-PG | 90 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Sandy, a young woman in the research dept of Howard Publications has wild romantic daydreams about her boss Glenn Howard that confuse her sense of reality, hampering Howard in an investigation.
Stars: Gene Barry, Susan Saint James, Robert Stack, Anthony Franciosa
Votes: 697
70. Studio One (1948–1958)
60 min | Drama
A pinnacle of the Golden Age of Television, "Studio One" presented a wide range of memorable dramas and received eighteen Emmy nominations and five wins during its prestigious nine-year run on CBS.
Stars: Betty Furness, Paul Branson, Charlton Heston, Mary Sinclair
Votes: 330
71. Lux Video Theatre (1950–1959)
30 min | Comedy, Drama
Live dramatic shows featuring Hollywood stars, adaptations of motion pictures, and a host accompanying. The host would introduce each act, and would conduct an interview with the stars at the end of the play.
Stars: Ken Carpenter, Jay Jackson, Otto Kruger, Gordon MacRae
Votes: 154
72. The Milton Berle Show (1948–1956)
60 min | Comedy, Family
The Texaco Star Theatre was one of the most popular shows in the history of television. In the first year, Milton Berle was not the permanent emcee, but once he replaced the rotation, the ... See full summary »
Stars: Milton Berle, Sid Stone, Jimmy Nelson, Arnold Stang
Votes: 165
73. Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1948–1967)
60 min | Music
Perry Como was an American Singer, who got his start on NBC Radio. In 1948, Because of his popularity, The cameras were simply brought into the radio studio to televise the radio broadcast ... See full summary »
Stars: Perry Como, Mitchell Ayres Orchestra, The Ray Charles Singers, Mitchell Ayres
Votes: 120
74. Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster (2021)
99 min | Documentary, Biography
Karloff, examining his illustrious 60-year career in the entertainment industry and his enduring legacy as one of the icons of 20th century popular culture.
Director: Thomas Hamilton | Stars: Ron Perlman, Guillermo del Toro, Christopher Plummer, Stefanie Powers
Votes: 362
75. The Juggler of Our Lady (1957)
9 min | Animation, Short
Medieval times. A juggler has little success making a living; he puts on a hair shirt and becomes an ascetic, but attracts only other ascetics. Finally, in desperation, he becomes a monk. ... See full summary »
Directors: Al Kouzel, Gene Deitch | Star: Boris Karloff
Votes: 65
76.
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1956–1963)
Episode:
Art Carney, Betty Hutton, Boris Karloff, Gloria DeWerd, Nancy Kilgas, The Skylarks
(1957)
Music
Todays guests are Art Carney, Betty Hutton, Boris Karloff, Gloria DeWerd, Nancy Kilgas, The Skylarks.
Director: Bob Banner | Stars: Dinah Shore, Art Carney, Boris Karloff, Betty Hutton
Votes: 7
77.
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. (1966–1967)
Episode:
The Mother Muffin Affair
(1966)
60 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Napoleon Solo joins April Dancer on an assignment in London. They are to escort a gangster's daughter to safety. However, they are being stalked by the minions of assassin Mother Muffin. ... See full summary »
Director: Sherman Marks | Stars: Stefanie Powers, Noel Harrison, Leo G. Carroll, Boris Karloff
Votes: 48
78.
Shirley Temple's Storybook (1958–1961)
Episode:
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
(1958)
30 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy
Director: Paul Bogart | Stars: James Bridges, Jimmy Carter, Russell Collins, John Ericson
Votes: 14
79.
Thriller (1960–1962)
Episode:
The Lethal Ladies
(1962)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
2 twisted tales of timid people hitting their breaking point. A philandering investor dreams of independence from his wife, a wealthy, bold geologist, but when his latest scheme plummets ... See full summary »
Director: Ida Lupino | Stars: Boris Karloff, Howard Morris, Rosemary Murphy, Pamela Curran
Votes: 161
80.
Thriller (1960–1962)
Episode:
The Merriweather File
(1961)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
After a mysterious intruder fails to kill Ann Merriweather in her home, her husband ,Charles is framed for murder, leaving their lawyer Howard Yates to unravel a twisted scheme of revenge.
Director: John Brahm | Stars: Boris Karloff, James Gregory, Bethel Leslie, Ross Elliott
Votes: 177
81.
Thriller (1960–1962)
Episode:
The Storm
(1962)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
Woman & her jumpy black cat Baba increasingly besieged by amorous loon of a cabbie, power outages, and menacing sounds throughout her isolated home during a devastating storm. The newlywed ... See full summary »
Director: Herschel Daugherty | Stars: Boris Karloff, Nancy Kelly, David McLean, James Griffith
Votes: 179
82.
Thriller (1960–1962)
Episode:
Waxworks
(1962)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A murder outside a traveling wax museum attracts the attention of the police--and a European detective who claims that the wax figures of murderers are brought to life by black magic so they can kill again.
Director: Herschel Daugherty | Stars: Boris Karloff, Oscar Homolka, Martin Kosleck, Antoinette Bower
Votes: 169
83. The George Gobel Show (1954–1960)
30 min | Comedy, Talk-Show
For Gobel's half-hour series, he used a successful comedy format of a monologue segment, followed by a story set up segment, then a musical interlude with the show's girl singer, then the main skit with the guest performers.
Stars: George Gobel, Jeff Donnell, John Scott Trotter, Peggy King
Votes: 84
84. The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre (1948–1950)
30 min | Drama
This was an anthology series which aired live. It often featured adaptations of one-act stage plays.
Stars: Guy Kibbee, Faye Emerson, John Conte, Vicki Cummings
Votes: 53
85.
Thriller (1960–1962)
Episode:
The Terror in Teakwood
(1961)
TV-PG | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A concert pianist, so obsessed by the death of an arch-rival that he desecrates his grave, announces he will play a sonata written especially for the dead man's oversized hands.
Director: Paul Henreid | Stars: Boris Karloff, Guy Rolfe, Hazel Court, Charles Aidman
Votes: 198
86.
Suspense (1949–1954)
Episode:
The Signal Man
(1953)
30 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A demented railroad signalman is tortured by fears that he is responsible for a series of train wrecks.
Stars: Boris Karloff, Alan Webb
Votes: 32
87.
Thriller (1960–1962)
Episode:
Dialogues with Death
(1961)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
Two tales of terror centering on communicating with the dead. In the first, an elderly morgue attendant can speak to the cadavers in his charge and he learns the identity of the gunman who ... See full summary »
Director: Herschel Daugherty | Stars: Boris Karloff, Norma Crane, Ed Nelson, Estelle Winwood
Votes: 142
88.
Thriller (1960–1962)
Episode:
Guillotine
(1961)
TV-PG | Crime, Drama, Horror
France, 1875. A condemned man learns of a legal loophole allowing him to be pardoned if the executioner dies before his execution. He then enlists his wife in a scheme to make sure that this improbable scenario comes to pass.
Director: Ida Lupino | Stars: Boris Karloff, Robert Middleton, Danielle De Metz, Alejandro Rey
Votes: 191
89.
Thriller (1960–1962)
Episode:
La Strega
(1962)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
After a young woman and her penniless lover defy her her grandmother's wishes, the old lady uses witchcraft to make their lives unpleasant
Director: Ida Lupino | Stars: Boris Karloff, Ursula Andress, Alejandro Rey, Ramon Novarro
Votes: 186
90.
Thriller (1960–1962)
Episode:
Man of Mystery
(1962)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A public relations man writes a book exposing an ex-client, a secretive international financier, is murdered when it's finished. A reporter investigates, but everyone he tries to interview,... See full summary »
Director: John Newland | Stars: Boris Karloff, Mary Tyler Moore, John van Dreelen, William Windom
Votes: 114
91.
Thriller (1960–1962)
Episode:
The Hollow Watcher
(1962)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
An Irish mail-order bride marries into a family in North Carolina, with a scheme to steal their hidden fortune. She murders her autocratic father-in-law and hides his body inside a scarecrow--but the vengeful scarecrow is now stalking her.
Director: William F. Claxton | Stars: Boris Karloff, Audrey Dalton, Sean McClory, Warren Oates
Votes: 161
92.
Thriller (1960–1962)
Episode:
The Purple Room
(1960)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A practical-minded skeptic must stay in the spooky Baton Rouge mansion his brother willed to him for one night or forfeit it to his cousin and her husband, who warn him of ghosts.
Director: Douglas Heyes | Stars: Boris Karloff, Rip Torn, Patricia Barry, Richard Anderson
Votes: 282
93.
Thriller (1960–1962)
Episode:
The Return of Andrew Bentley
(1961)
Unrated | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
White magic practitioner Amos Wilder kills himself after securing his nephew's sworn promise to guard his body against evil spirits. The nephew must never leave his uncle's mansion, to ... See full summary »
Director: John Newland | Stars: Boris Karloff, John Newland, Antoinette Bower, Philip Bourneuf
Votes: 236
94. Suspense (1949–1954)
25 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Live plays featuring people who were in dangerous and threatening situations.
Stars: Rex Marshall, Robert Emhardt, Robert H. Harris, John Baragrey
Votes: 358
95. Shirley Temple's Storybook (1958–1961)
60 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy
This was a US children's anthology series hosted and narrated by actress Shirley Temple.
Stars: Shirley Temple, Pernell Roberts, Agnes Moorehead, Jonathan Harris
Votes: 231
96. The Greater Glory (1926)
Passed | 110 min | Drama, Romance, War
A story of Vienna following World War I, in which the butchers became millionaires and the aristocrats became beggars, told against a background of mother-love and sacrifice.
Director: Curt Rehfeld | Stars: Conway Tearle, Anna Q. Nilsson, May Allison, Ian Keith
Votes: 23
97.
Telephone Time (1956–1958)
Episode:
The Vestris
(1958)
30 min | Drama
Troubled Mary Norrich embarks on her first voyage on her sea captain husband Robert Norrich's ship. Mary has a vision of a ghostly apparition who tries to tell her of some kind of impending... See full summary »
Director: Arthur Hiller | Stars: Boris Karloff, Torin Thatcher, Rita Lynn, Tommy Duggan
Votes: 59
98.
Thriller (1960–1962)
Episode:
Portrait Without a Face
(1961)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
Six months after an artist is mysteriously murdered, a blank canvas in his studio begins filling itself in, portraying the crime and building up to the revelation of the killer's identity.
Director: John Newland | Stars: Boris Karloff, Jane Greer, Robert Webber, Katherine Squire
Votes: 147
99.
Thriller (1960–1962)
Episode:
The Fingers of Fear
(1961)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
The police manhunt for a serial killer of children ends with the arrest of a mentally-challenged brute named Ohrback, but the detective in charge of the case begins to wonder if they have the wrong man.
Director: Jules Bricken | Stars: Boris Karloff, Nehemiah Persoff, Robert Middleton, H.M. Wynant
Votes: 181
100.
Thriller (1960–1962)
Episode:
The Poisoner
(1961)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
London critic and wit Thomas Edward Griffith finds himself in need of funds and saddled with abrasive in-laws and a disapproving uncle. The solution to his problems lies in his collection of rare poisons.
Director: Herschel Daugherty | Stars: Boris Karloff, Murray Matheson, Sarah Marshall, Brenda Forbes
Votes: 196