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1. The Twilight Zone (1959–1964)
TV-PG | 50 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Ordinary people find themselves in extraordinarily astounding situations, which they each try to solve in a remarkable manner.
Stars: Rod Serling, Robert McCord, Jay Overholts, James Turley
Votes: 93,441
2. Markham (1959–1960)
30 min | Crime, Drama
A private investigator, who had been a successful lawyer, solves crimes almost anywhere in the world, although he is based in New York City.
Stars: Ray Milland, Simon Scott, Henry Corden, Barney Phillips
Votes: 87
3.
General Electric Theater (1953–1962)
Episode:
The Story of Judith
(1960)
TV-G | 30 min | Drama
Todays theme is The Story of Judith.
Director: Mitchell Leisen | Stars: Ronald Reagan, Henry Brandon, Argentina Brunetti, Victor Buono
Votes: 22
4.
Adventures in Paradise (1959–1962)
Episode:
Show Me a Hero
(1961)
60 min | Adventure
Todays theme is the search for a hero.
Director: Mitchell Leisen | Stars: Gardner McKay, Guy Stockwell, James Holden, David Janssen
Votes: 9
5. Thriller (1960–1962)
TV-PG | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
Experience the complete series of the show that was hailed as the most frightening ever created for television--now available for the first time.
Stars: Boris Karloff, Richard Peel, Henry Daniell, Lillian O'Malley
Votes: 1,663
6. Adventures in Paradise (1959–1962)
60 min | Adventure
The adventures of the Tiki III and crew as they sailed from island to island through the South Pacific, carrying cargo and the odd passenger from one drama to another.
Stars: Gardner McKay, James Holden, Lani Kai, Guy Stockwell
Votes: 404
7.
The Twilight Zone (1959–1964)
Episode:
People Are Alike All Over
(1960)
TV-PG | 25 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Fearing the worst, the lone survivor of a crash-landing on Mars finds the native inhabitants, to his relief, very hospitable indeed, but there's a catch.
Director: Mitchell Leisen | Stars: Roddy McDowall, Susan Oliver, Paul Comi, Byron Morrow
Votes: 3,976
8.
Wagon Train (1957–1965)
Episode:
The Prairie Story
(1961)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
The story of the women of the wagon train and the unforgiving prairie through which they pass. Who will endure, and who will give up? Who will live, and who will die?
Director: Mitchell Leisen | Stars: Robert Horton, John McIntire, Jan Clayton, Beulah Bondi
Votes: 99
9. Midnight (1939)
Passed | 94 min | Comedy, Romance
A chorus girl stranded in Paris is set up by a millionaire to break up his wife's affair with another man, while being romantically pursued by a cab driver.
Director: Mitchell Leisen | Stars: Claudette Colbert, Don Ameche, John Barrymore, Francis Lederer
Votes: 5,617
10. The Thief of Bagdad (1924)
Not Rated | 155 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
A recalcitrant thief vies with a duplicitous Mongol ruler for the hand of a beautiful princess.
Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: Douglas Fairbanks, Julanne Johnston, Snitz Edwards, Charles Belcher
Votes: 6,986 | Gross: $4.36M
11.
Shirley Temple's Storybook (1958–1961)
Episode:
The Sleeping Beauty
(1958)
30 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy
Tale of the a young woman cast in a spell that sends her to sleep and the prince who revives her.
Director: Mitchell Leisen | Stars: Shirley Temple, Judith Evelyn, Alexander Scourby, Nancy Marchand
Votes: 13
12. Remember the Night (1939)
Passed | 94 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Love blooms between a sympathetic attorney and the comely shoplifter he has taken home for the Christmas holiday.
Director: Mitchell Leisen | Stars: Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray, Beulah Bondi, Elizabeth Patterson
Votes: 7,198 | Gross: $0.17M
13. To Each His Own (1946)
Approved | 122 min | Drama, Romance
An unwed mother, forced to give up her child to avoid scandal, follows her son's life from afar even as she prospers in business.
Director: Mitchell Leisen | Stars: Olivia de Havilland, John Lund, Mary Anderson, Roland Culver
Votes: 3,027
14. Spree (1967)
R | 84 min | Documentary
Highlighted in this journalistic view of Las Vegas are various cabaret acts at The Tropicana and at The Dunes. Included are a striptease number by Jayne Mansfield, a take-off on Cleopatra ... See full summary »
Directors: Walon Green, Mitchell Leisen | Stars: Vic Damone, Jayne Mansfield, Juliet Prowse, Mickey Hargitay
Votes: 39
15. Wagon Train (1957–1965)
TV-PG | 75 min | Western
Stories of the journeys of a wagon train as it leaves post-Civil War Missouri on its way to California through the plains, deserts, and Rocky Mountains.
Stars: Frank McGrath, Terry Wilson, Robert Horton, John McIntire
Votes: 3,756
16. Follow the Sun (1961–1962)
60 min | Adventure
The show follows the adventures of two free-lance magazine writers based in Hawaii.
Stars: Barry Coe, Brett Halsey, Jay Lanin, Gary Lockwood
Votes: 81
17. Easy Living (1937)
Passed | 88 min | Comedy, Romance
When a wealthy banker throws his wife's expensive fur coat off a roof and it lands on the head of a stenographer, everyone assumes she is his mistress and has access to his millions.
Director: Mitchell Leisen | Stars: Jean Arthur, Edward Arnold, Ray Milland, Luis Alberni
Votes: 4,178
18. 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
19. The King of Kings (1927)
Not Rated | 160 min | Biography, Drama, Family
Jesus Christ faces religious and political oppression during his ministry and in the days before his death and resurrection.
Director: Cecil B. DeMille | Stars: H.B. Warner, Dorothy Cumming, Ernest Torrence, Joseph Schildkraut
Votes: 2,421 | Gross: $1.77M
20. The Mating Season (1951)
Not Rated | 101 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Ellen McNulty loses her hamburger joint and goes to see her son, who marries a socialite at the same time. Due to her modest background and a case of mistaken identity, Ellen poses as the newlyweds' cook.
Director: Mitchell Leisen | Stars: Gene Tierney, John Lund, Miriam Hopkins, Thelma Ritter
Votes: 1,973
21. Dress Parade (1927)
72 min | Drama, Romance
An amateur boxing champion stops at West Point to see a dress parade and falls for the commandant's daughter. He wins an appointment to the Academy and begins a rivalry for her affection.
Director: Donald Crisp | Stars: William Boyd, Bessie Love, Hugh Allan, Walter Tennyson
Votes: 106
22. Midsummer Madness (1920)
60 min | Drama
When Julian's wife Daisy leaves home to visit her sick father, he finds himself attracted to his best friend's wife Margaret, who has been neglected by her husband. Julian and Margaret take... See full summary »
Director: William C. de Mille | Stars: Jack Holt, Conrad Nagel, Lois Wilson, Lila Lee
Votes: 19
23.
General Electric Theater (1953–1962)
Episode:
The Other Wise Man
(1960)
TV-G | 30 min | Drama
A presentation of the 1960 episode of the same name.
Director: Mitchell Leisen | Stars: Ronald Reagan, Harry Townes, Madlyn Rhue, Abraham Sofaer
Votes: 12
24.
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. (1966–1967)
Episode:
The Drublegratz Affair
(1967)
60 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
April and Mark go undercover in the world of music to protect a prince who will be assassinated when a certain song is played to trigger an avalanche.
Director: Mitchell Leisen | Stars: Stefanie Powers, Noel Harrison, Leo G. Carroll, Patricia Barry
Votes: 36
25.
Markham (1959–1960)
Episode:
The Bad Spell
(1960)
30 min | Crime, Drama
Amy Rae, a famous singer, is receiving threatening notes, and her husband Tony goes to Roy Markham to find out who's sending them. Is his wife in danger?
Director: Mitchell Leisen | Stars: Ray Milland, Gale Robbins, Bobby Troup, Maxine Cooper
Votes: 10
26. No Man of Her Own (1950)
Passed | 98 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Romance
A pregnant woman adopts the identity of a railroad-crash victim and starts a new life with the woman's wealthy in-laws, but is soon blackmailed by her devious ex.
Director: Mitchell Leisen | Stars: Barbara Stanwyck, John Lund, Jane Cowl, Phyllis Thaxter
Votes: 2,909
27. Hold Back the Dawn (1941)
Passed | 116 min | Drama, Romance
Stopped in Mexico by U.S. Immigration, Georges Iscovescu hopes to get into the country by marrying a citizen.
Director: Mitchell Leisen | Stars: Charles Boyer, Olivia de Havilland, Paulette Goddard, Victor Francen
Votes: 2,809
28. Chicago (1927)
Passed | 105 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A wild jazz-loving and boozing wife Roxie Hart, kills her boyfriend in cold blood after he leaves her.
Director: Frank Urson | Stars: Phyllis Haver, Victor Varconi, Virginia Bradford, Robert Edeson
Votes: 546 | Gross: $1.05M
29.
The Twilight Zone (1959–1964)
Episode:
Escape Clause
(1959)
TV-PG | 25 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A hypochondriac man sells his soul to the devil, exchanging it for several thousand years of immortality.
Director: Mitchell Leisen | Stars: Rod Serling, David Wayne, Thomas Gomez, Virginia Christine
Votes: 4,657
30.
Wagon Train (1957–1965)
Episode:
The Patience Miller Story
(1961)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
A Quaker schoolteacher heads to the Arapaho nation on the wagon train when her husband is killed. She meets the Chief and his willingness to fight another Indian nation puts her right in the middle of each tribe's pride and customs.
Director: Mitchell Leisen | Stars: Ward Bond, Robert Horton, Rhonda Fleming, Michael Ansara
Votes: 90
31. Off to See the Wizard (1967–1968)
60 min | Animation, Family, Fantasy
Family-oriented TV series, produced by MGM, in which guest hosts and animated versions of the "Wizard of Oz" characters were used as wrap-arounds to introduce various family-oriented films ... See full summary »
Stars: Daws Butler, Mel Blanc, June Foray, Vito Scotti
Votes: 77
32. The Godless Girl (1928)
Passed | 113 min | Drama, Romance
Two teenagers, one an atheist and the other a Christian, fall in love at a brutal reform school.
Director: Cecil B. DeMille | Stars: Lina Basquette, Marie Prevost, Tom Keene, Noah Beery
Votes: 812
33. Conrad in Quest of His Youth (1920)
60 min | Comedy, Drama
Conrad Warrener, a man of near middle-age, reflects nostalgically on the happy times of his youth and decides to recapture them. However, what he learns about the "second time around" is neither what he expected nor what he hoped for.
Director: William C. de Mille | Stars: Thomas Meighan, Mabel Van Buren, Mayme Kelso, Bertram Johns
Votes: 69
34. Robin Hood (1922)
Not Rated | 143 min | Adventure, Family, Romance
A nobleman becomes the vigilante Robin Hood who protects the oppressed English people from the tyrannical Prince John.
Director: Allan Dwan | Stars: Douglas Fairbanks, Wallace Beery, Sam De Grasse, Enid Bennett
Votes: 2,484 | Gross: $5.45M
35. Male and Female (1919)
Not Rated | 116 min | Adventure, Drama
Lady Mary Lasenby is a spoiled maiden who always gets her way until shipwrecked with her butler, then learns which qualities are really admirable in a person.
Director: Cecil B. DeMille | Stars: Thomas Meighan, Theodore Roberts, Raymond Hatton, Robert Cain
Votes: 1,977
36. The Eagle and the Hawk (1933)
TV-PG | 73 min | Action, Drama, War
The pilots of a Royal Air Force squadron in World War I face not only physical but mental dangers in their struggle to survive while fighting the enemy.
Directors: Stuart Walker, Mitchell Leisen | Stars: Fredric March, Cary Grant, Jack Oakie, Carole Lombard
Votes: 1,356
37. Hollywood on Parade No. A-9 (1933)
10 min | Short, Comedy, Musical
Portraits on the wall of Willy Pogany's studio come to life.
Director: Louis Lewyn | Stars: Johnny Mack Brown, Willy Pogany, Harry Green, Bebe Daniels
Votes: 37
38. General Electric Theater (1953–1962)
TV-G | 30 min | Drama
An American anthology series, with a new episode and different actors and actresses each week. Hosted by Ronald Reagan, the series was sponsored by General Electric's Department of Public Relations.
Stars: Ronald Reagan, Don Herbert, Nancy Reagan, Lee Marvin
Votes: 433
39. Death Takes a Holiday (1934)
Passed | 79 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
The Grim Reaper takes the form of a Prince in an attempt to relate to humans and, along the way, also learns what it is to love.
Director: Mitchell Leisen | Stars: Fredric March, Evelyn Venable, Guy Standing, Katharine Alexander
Votes: 2,416
40. Kitty (1945)
Approved | 103 min | Drama, History, Romance
An 18th-century London wench gets involved with the nobility.
Director: Mitchell Leisen | Stars: Paulette Goddard, Ray Milland, Patric Knowles, Reginald Owen
Votes: 791
41. Hands Across the Table (1935)
Passed | 80 min | Comedy, Romance
A loafer and a manicurist, both planning to marry money, meet and form an uneasy alliance.
Director: Mitchell Leisen | Stars: Carole Lombard, Fred MacMurray, Ralph Bellamy, Astrid Allwyn
Votes: 2,154
42.
Shirley Temple's Storybook (1958–1961)
Episode:
Mother Goose
(1958)
30 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy
Mother Goose travels to Wayfair and tries to save the town's annual fair, which has been canceled by young Polly Baker's father, the Mayor.
Director: Mitchell Leisen | Stars: Shirley Temple, Billy Gilbert, Carleton Carpenter, Rod McKuen
Votes: 10
43. The Sign of the Cross (1932)
Not Rated | 125 min | Drama, History
A Roman soldier becomes torn between his love for a Christian woman and his loyalty to Emperor Nero.
Director: Cecil B. DeMille | Stars: Fredric March, Claudette Colbert, Elissa Landi, Charles Laughton
Votes: 2,708 | Gross: $5.97M
44. Arise, My Love (1940)
Passed | 110 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A dashing pilot and a vivacious reporter have romantic and dramatic adventures in Europe as World War II begins.
Director: Mitchell Leisen | Stars: Claudette Colbert, Ray Milland, Dennis O'Keefe, Walter Abel
Votes: 1,037
45. Dynamite (1929)
Passed | 129 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Wealthy Cynthia is in love with not-so-wealthy Roger, who is married to Marcia. The threesome is terribly modern about the situation, and Marcia will gladly divorce Roger if Cynthia agrees ... See full summary »
Director: Cecil B. DeMille | Stars: Conrad Nagel, Kay Johnson, Charles Bickford, Julia Faye
Votes: 493
46. No Time for Love (1943)
Approved | 83 min | Comedy, Romance
An upper-class female reporter is (despite herself) attracted to a hulking laborer digging a tunnel under the Hudson River.
Director: Mitchell Leisen | Stars: Claudette Colbert, Fred MacMurray, Ilka Chase, Richard Haydn
Votes: 988
47. Song of Surrender (1949)
Approved | 93 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
In 1906 in Connecticut, Elisha Hunt, the 55-year-old curator of a small government museum, marries Abigail, the 19-year-old daughter of a local farmer. In addition to the differences in ... See full summary »
Director: Mitchell Leisen | Stars: Wanda Hendrix, Claude Rains, Macdonald Carey, Andrea King
Votes: 119
48. Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall (1924)
135 min | Drama, History, Romance
In the year 1550, Sir George Vernon agrees to have his young daughter Dorothy betrothed to John Manners, the son of the Earl of Rutland. Sir George signs a contract, promising that the ... See full summary »
Directors: Marshall Neilan, Mary Pickford | Stars: Mary Pickford, Anders Randolf, Marc McDermott, Carrie Daumery
Votes: 183 | Gross: $0.46M
49. Take a Letter, Darling (1942)
Passed | 92 min | Comedy, Romance
A struggling painter takes a job as a secretary to a female advertising executive. While working to obtain an account from a tobacco company, they end up falling in love.
Director: Mitchell Leisen | Stars: Rosalind Russell, Fred MacMurray, Macdonald Carey, Constance Moore
Votes: 605
50. Four Hours to Kill! (1935)
Passed | 70 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A detective who has "four hours to kill" before delivering his prisoner, an escaped killer, spends the time in the lobby of a Broadway theater where a musical is playing. The film focuses ... See full summary »
Director: Mitchell Leisen | Stars: Richard Barthelmess, Joe Morrison, Gertrude Michael, Helen Mack
Votes: 211