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1. Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962)
TV-14 | 25 min | Drama, Mystery
Series of unrelated short stories covering elements of crime, horror, drama, and comedy about people of different backgrounds committing murders, suicides, thefts, and other sorts of crime caused by certain motivations, perceived or not.
Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Harry Tyler, John Williams, Patricia Hitchcock
Votes: 19,347
2. Kojak (1973–1978)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A bald, lollipop sucking police detective with a fiery righteous attitude battles crime in his city.
Stars: Telly Savalas, Dan Frazer, Kevin Dobson, George Savalas
Votes: 8,892
3. 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: 5,932
4. Klute (1971)
R | 114 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
A small-town detective searching for a missing man has only one lead: a connection with a New York prostitute.
Director: Alan J. Pakula | Stars: Jane Fonda, Donald Sutherland, Charles Cioffi, Roy Scheider
Votes: 29,658 | Gross: $17.44M
5. The Young Savages (1961)
Not Rated | 103 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A district attorney investigates three white teenagers accused of murdering a blind Puerto Rican kid.
Director: John Frankenheimer | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Dina Merrill, Edward Andrews, Vivian Nathan
Votes: 2,941
6. Playhouse 90 (1956–1961)
90 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Of the many anthology series, this is considered the most ambitious with outstanding talent in front of the camera. Attracting top ranked directors and scripts, it was often filmed live including the entire first season.
Stars: Richard Joy, Paul Lambert, Helen Kleeb, Charles Bickford
Votes: 419
7. 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
8. Teacher's Pet (1958)
Approved | 120 min | Comedy, Romance
A hard-nosed newspaper editor poses as a night-school student in order to woo a journalism teacher who cannot stand him.
Director: George Seaton | Stars: Clark Gable, Doris Day, Gig Young, Mamie Van Doren
Votes: 4,856
9. 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: 329
10. The Doctors and the Nurses (1962–1965)
60 min | Drama
The story takes place in a large hospital and revolves around two nurses, Liz Thorpe (Shirl Conway), the older head nurse, and Gail Lucas, the naive student nurse. The two nurses were ... See full summary »
Stars: Shirl Conway, Zina Bethune, Michael Tolan, Joseph Campanella
Votes: 113
11. Arrest and Trial (1963–1964)
90 min | Crime, Drama
Los Angeles is where Sergeant Nick Anderson and his fellow officers work to keep the streets safe. After the arrest of the accused, attorney John Egan plans their defense, while the prosecution is led by Jerry Miller.
Stars: Chuck Connors, Ben Gazzara, Roger Perry, John Larch
Votes: 155
12. The Philco Television Playhouse (1948–1956)
60 min | Drama
This live dramatic series featured original stories and adaptations of novels, plays, etc., during its eight-year run. During the first year, the show was sponsored by the Actor's Equity ... See full summary »
Stars: Bert Lytell, Jay Jackson, Bob Stanton, E.G. Marshall
Votes: 137
13. The Outsider (1961)
Approved | 108 min | Biography, Drama, War
Tony Curtis plays an Indian (Nicknamed "Chief" by other soldiers) who fights in WWII and helps to raise the flag at Iwo Jima.
Director: Delbert Mann | Stars: Tony Curtis, James Franciscus, Gregory Walcott, Bruce Bennett
Votes: 935
14. Play of the Week (1959–1961)
Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
This syndicated anthology series staged a different play every week covering all genres, dramas, comedies, musicals, fantasies, mysteries, et al, utilizing some of the best talent appearing on Broadway.
Stars: Myron McCormick, Cathleen Nesbitt, Frank Conroy, Tim O'Connor
Votes: 80
15. Encounter (1952–1961)
60 min | Drama
An anthology television series aired from Toronto, Canada, and carried by both CBC and ABC. In Canada, the series was known as "General Motors Presents". The one-hour dramas were either ... See full summary »
Stars: Austin Willis, Barry Morse, Katharine Blake, James Doohan
Votes: 46
16. Breaking Point (1963–1964)
60 min | Drama
Dr. Raymer is the mentor and also boss of Dr. McKinley Thompson at York Hospital. The actions centers around the lives of the people who eventually seek help and their situations rather than the treatment prescribed.
Stars: Paul Richards, Eduard Franz, Cece Whitney, Virginia Gregg
Votes: 78
17. The Alcoa Hour (1955–1957)
60 min | Drama
This live series featured adaptations of other works (novels, plays, et cetera) plus original works for the show. It was primarily dramas, but a few musicals also were presented. The show ... See full summary »
Stars: Luis Van Rooten, Robert Emhardt, Loïs Bolton, Robert Dryden
Votes: 98
18. Pursuit (1958–1959)
60 min | Drama
A short-lived anthology series, with a running theme. Each episode focused on a person or group that was being pursued. Charles Russell and Eva Wolas shared the role of the producer, while ... See full summary »
Stars: Joan Bennett, Dennis Hopper, Rip Torn, John Cassavetes
Votes: 50
19. Look Up and Live (1954–1979)
30 min | Documentary, Drama, Musical
A non-denominational Sunday morning religious show that covered issues from multiple perspectives.
Stars: Ed Summerlin, Edward Mulhare, William Hamilton, Sorrell Booke
Votes: 36
20. Playwrights '56 (1955–1956)
60 min | Comedy, Drama
Stars: Gene Saks, Steven Hill, Nina Foch, John McGiver
Votes: 50
21. The Needs of Kim Stanley
Documentary | Filming
The primal needs defined the life of Kim Stanley, an actress and a teacher. She then become one of the greatest actors of the 20th century.
Director: Dani Minnick | Stars: Kim Stanley, Richard Attenborough, Jessica Lange, Sydney Pollack
22. The Seven Lively Arts (1957– )
60 min | Music
Stars: John Crosby, Jason Robards, Steven Hill, Henry 'Red' Allen
Votes: 20
23. The Stranger (1954– )
30 min
The Stranger was a mysterious man who would appear at the moment some distressed person needed assistance.
Stars: Robert Carroll, Donald Briggs, Nehemiah Persoff, Edward Binns
24.
The Seven Lively Arts (1957– )
Episode:
The World of Nick Adams
(1957)
60 min | Music
A series of stories by Ernest Hemingway, all seen through the eyes of young Nick Adams - a character based on Hemingway himself.
Director: Robert Mulligan | Stars: John Crosby, Steven Hill, William Smithers, Eli Wallach
25.
Studio One (1948–1958)
Episode:
The Defender: Part 1
(1957)
60 min | Drama
A young criminal attorney and his firm-owning father defend a 19 year-old on trial for a murder that he swears he did not commit. Personal conflicts arise with the attorney and his father ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Mulligan | Stars: Ralph Bellamy, Martin Balsam, Steve McQueen, William Shatner
Votes: 126
26.
Studio One (1948–1958)
Episode:
The Defender: Part 2
(1957)
60 min | Drama
A young criminal attorney and his firm-owning father defend a 19-year-old on trial for a murder that he swears he did not commit. Personal conflicts arise with the attorney and his father ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Mulligan | Stars: Ralph Bellamy, Martin Balsam, Steve McQueen, William Shatner
Votes: 75
27.
The Alcoa Hour (1955–1957)
Episode:
The Big Wave
(1956)
Drama
A wise old Japanese man teaches a young boy who has lost his family because of a tidal wave, how to move forward in life.
Director: Norman Felton | Stars: Joseph Anthony, Hume Cronyn, Carol Lynley, Robert Morse
28.
The Alcoa Hour (1955–1957)
Episode:
The Littlest Little Leaguer
(1957)
Drama
Young Brooklyn resident Benjie Hauptmann loves baseball, but he's too small to play with the other boys in his neighborhood. But when he falls asleep at a Dodger game at Ebbets Field, he suddenly finds a friend in pitcher Sal Maglie.
Stars: Jacob Kalich, Peter Lazer, Sal Maglie, Vivian Nathan
29.
The Alcoa Hour (1955–1957)
Episode:
Tragedy in a Temporary Town
(1956)
Drama
Fifteen-year-old girl Dotty Fisher is assaulted at a construction camp. In the wake of this incident, the construction workers form a vigilante group led by the hot-headed Frank Doran in ... See full summary »
Director: Sidney Lumet | Stars: Edward Binns, Lloyd Bridges, Rafael Campos, Robert Dryden
Votes: 59
30.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962)
Episode:
Fatal Figures
(1958)
TV-14 | 30 min | Drama, Mystery
A meek bored man wants to feel important, so he commits increasingly serious crimes ranging from theft to eventual murder.
Director: Don Taylor | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, John McGiver, Vivian Nathan, Ward Wood
Votes: 540
31.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962)
Episode:
Final Arrangements
(1961)
TV-14 | 30 min | Drama, Mystery
A man who's fed up with his invalid wife's incessant nagging plans her funeral and prepays for a stylish coffin.
Director: Gordon Hessler | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Martin Balsam, Vivian Nathan, O.Z. Whitehead
Votes: 445
32.
Arrest and Trial (1963–1964)
Episode:
Isn't It a Lovely View?
(1963)
75 min | Crime, Drama
A crippled woman who witnessed a murder refuses to admit it, and the authorities begin to suspect that her husband may have committed the crime because he was being blackmailed.
Director: Jack Smight | Stars: Chuck Connors, Ben Gazzara, John Larch, Roger Perry
Votes: 11
33.
Breaking Point (1963–1964)
Episode:
Who Is Mimi, What Is She?
(1963)
60 min | Drama
Mimi Casell, fan club president of Hollywood star Alicia Howard, reacts with uncontrollable crying jags after Howard's waning career is publicly disparaged. Doctors Raymer and Thompson ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Wendkos | Stars: Paul Richards, Eduard Franz, Terry Becker, Jack Betts
34.
The Equalizer (1985–1989)
Episode:
Lullaby of Darkness
(1989)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A psychopathic stockbroker, Joseph Morrison, is a habitual wife- and child-abuser who ruthlessly beats & humiliates his family. Because of his money & influence, he is able to avoid ... See full summary »
Director: David Jackson | Stars: Edward Woodward, Keith Szarabajka, Mary-Joan Negro, Ellen Latzen
Votes: 61
35.
Kojak (1973–1978)
Episode:
The Pride and the Princess
(1976)
TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A nun is shot in a churchyard by an assailant. Later she escapes from the hospital, and Kojak learns she is not a real nun but a dethroned Yugoslavian princess who, with the help of her ... See full summary »
Director: Charles S. Dubin | Stars: Telly Savalas, Dan Frazer, Kevin Dobson, George Savalas
Votes: 115
36.
The Doctors and the Nurses (1962–1965)
Episode:
Frieda
(1962)
60 min | Drama
Foreign nurse Frieda Schacht's skill, knowledge, and dedication to Alden General commands the respect of Gail, who finds her worthy of emulation. However, Frieda's reputation is severely ... See full summary »
Director: Lamont Johnson | Stars: Shirl Conway, Zina Bethune, Elizabeth Bader, James Caan
37.
The Doctors and the Nurses (1962–1965)
Episode:
The Unwanted
(1963)
60 min | Drama
As part of her public health training, Gail receives an eye-opening assignment with the troubled Fuentes family, who live in an impoverished city tenement. The ailing matriarch of the ... See full summary »
Director: Charles S. Dubin | Stars: Shirl Conway, Zina Bethune, Michael Baseleon, Rafael Campos
38.
The Philco Television Playhouse (1948–1956)
Episode:
A Young Lady of Property
(1953)
Drama
Wilma a 15-year-old girl has dreams of becoming a movie star but after her mother's death she is sent to live with her aunt, her father is too weak and unreliable. She wishes to be back at her home with her father.
Director: Vincent J. Donehue | Stars: Joanne Woodward, Kim Stanley, Robert Donley, Margaret Barker
Votes: 10
39.
The Philco Television Playhouse (1948–1956)
Episode:
The Sixth Year
(1953)
Drama
A wife becomes exasperated with her husband who seems to have lost the will to work. She takes their child and leaves. He finds a menial job and asks her to come home. She seeks advice on the situation from her mother and father
Director: Arthur Penn | Stars: Kathleen Comegys, Will Hare, Ruth Hope, Jay Jackson
40.
Play of the Week (1959–1961)
Episode:
Four by Tennessee
(1961)
Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
The four Tennessee Williams plays are: "I Rise in Flame, Cried the Phoenix", "Hello from Bertha", "The Lady of Larkspur Lotion" and "The Purification".
Director: Lamont Johnson | Stars: Thomas Chalmers, Eileen Heckart, Salome Jens, Mike Kellin
41.
Playhouse 90 (1956–1961)
Episode:
Journey to the Day
(1960)
90 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Patients at a mental hospital meet for a group therapy session.
Director: John Frankenheimer | Stars: Mary Astor, James Dunn, James Gregory, Steven Hill
42.
Playhouse 90 (1956–1961)
Episode:
The Violent Heart
(1958)
90 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Photographer Paul is invited to a French estate to take pictures but a romance develops with the lady of the house. A sudden death creates a suspicion of murder.
Director: John Frankenheimer | Stars: Pamela Brown, Ben Gazzara, Mimi Gibson, Richard Joy
43.
Playhouse 90 (1956–1961)
Episode:
Word from a Sealed-Off Box
(1958)
90 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A courier for the Dutch Resistance is captured by the Nazis.
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner | Stars: Jean-Pierre Aumont, Theodore Bikel, Richard Joy, Vivian Nathan
44.
Playwrights '56 (1955–1956)
Episode:
Lost
(1956)
60 min | Comedy, Drama
The true story of a man who disappears from his South Boston home shortly after recovering from a nervous breakdown and wanders the streets of New York City as an amnesiac for several days.
Director: Arthur Penn | Stars: Ace Adams, Joseph Bernard, Frank Campanella, Chris Gampel
45.
Pursuit (1958–1959)
Episode:
The Vengeance
(1958)
Drama
Just out of the army, Richie is hounded by the police detective father of a boy he pushed down the stairs a few years earlier, crippling him.
Director: Herbert Hirschman | Stars: John Bleifer, Macdonald Carey, Ann Doran, Stuart Erwin
46.
Shirley Temple's Storybook (1958–1961)
Episode:
Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves
(1958)
60 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy
"Open Sesame" is the password to adventure as poor Ali finds a bandits' cave loaded with treasure.
Director: James Nelson | Stars: Shirley Temple, Rafael Campos, Robert Carricart, Miriam Colon
Votes: 9
47.
Studio One (1948–1958)
Episode:
Death and Taxes
(1957)
60 min | Drama
Henri and Marie own a bar in a small French town. They've been successfully cheating on their taxes for years, but that's about to end. A new tax collector's in town and the he's determined to make an example of slippery couple.
Stars: Theodore Bikel, John Fiedler, Betty Furness, Jerome Kilty
48.
Studio One (1948–1958)
Episode:
Flight
(1956)
60 min | Drama
A Mexican youth who lives on the California coast near Monterrey leaves his family to go on his first trip alone into town during fiesta time.
Director: Francis Moriarty | Stars: Gerald Sarracini, Vivian Nathan, Mario Alcalde, Miriam Colon
49.
Studio One (1948–1958)
Episode:
The Deaf Heart
(1957)
60 min | Drama
A girl has lost her hearing as a result of an emotional disturbance. Her subconscious is probed by a team of psychologists who decide to try a daring experiment.
Director: Sidney Lumet | Stars: Clarice Blackburn, Louise Buckley, John Connell, Betty Furness
50.
Studio One (1948–1958)
Episode:
The Last Summer
(1958)
60 min | Drama
A country boy is taken in by a scheming rich girl who is spending her vacation in the country.
Director: John Frankenheimer | Stars: Malcolm Atterbury, Betty Furness, Claire Griswold, Dennis Hopper
Votes: 19