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2. Wojeck (1966–1968)
60 min | Drama
A coroner searches for truth and justice with the help of his friends, while trying to hold his family together.
Stars: John Vernon, Patricia Collins, Carl Banas, Ted Follows
Votes: 70
3. Festival (1960–1969)
60 min | Drama
Festival is a Canadian entertainment anthology television series which aired on CBC Television
Stars: Gillie Fenwick, Gerard Parkes, Eric House, Douglas Rain
Votes: 20
4. Razzle Dazzle (1961– )
30 min | Family
Children's variety show on CBC in Canada. Included the puppet Howard the Turtle. Had series segments as part of the show including The Forest Rangers which became its own show and a children's adventure series from Australia.
Stars: Alan Hamel, Michele Finney, John Keogh, Harry Smith
Votes: 28
5. First Performance (1955–1958)
90 min | Drama
A series of short television plays that were produced as a promotion for Canada Savings Bonds.
Stars: Robert Christie, Murray Westgate, Alex McKee, Hugh Webster
Votes: 17
6. Seaway (1965–1966)
60 min | Adventure, Drama
Nick King, working for a consortium of ship owners, teams up with Admiral Henry Fox in dealing with problems that occur on the St. Lawrence Seaway. Fox is a government official, bringing a legal aspect to bringing things to a conclusion.
Stars: Stephen Young, Austin Willis, Jonathan White, Cec Linder
Votes: 59
7. The Wayne and Shuster Hour (1957– )
30 min | Comedy
Stars: Johnny Wayne, Frank Shuster, Don Gillies, Paul Kligman
Votes: 191
8. R.C.M.P. (1959–1960)
30 min | Crime, Drama
Showcasing the activities of a local RCMP officer and his two assistants as they investigate the dark underbelly of small town Canadian life
Stars: Gilles Pelletier, John Perkins, Don Francks, William Lee
Votes: 38
9. Seeing Things (1981–1987)
60 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Mystery
A newspaper journalist has strange visions which help him in the solving of crimes.
Stars: Louis Del Grande, Janet-Laine Green, Martha Gibson, Frank Adamson
Votes: 346
10. Folio (1955–1959)
Drama, Musical
Stars: Douglas Rain, Jack Creley, Lloyd Bochner, Frank Peddie
Votes: 22
11. Philip Marlowe, Private Eye (1983–1986)
60 min | Action, Crime, Mystery
Private detective Philip Marlowe solves many crimes in Los Angeles during the 1930s.
Stars: Powers Boothe, Billy Kearns, Kathryn Leigh Scott, Ken Pogue
Votes: 484
12.
Spider-Man (1967–1970)
Episode:
To Catch a Spider/Double Identity
(1968)
TV-Y7 | 15 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Dr Noah Boddy releases Electro, the Green Goblin and the Vulture to confront Spider-Man in a series of showdowns. Then, a Chameleon-like criminal eludes police and Spider-Man alike.
Stars: Bernard Cowan, Paul Kligman, Paul Soles, Peg Dixon
Votes: 109
13. The Forest Rangers (1963–1966)
30 min | Family
The Forest Rangers was a 1960's Canadian television series that dealt with the adventures of junior forest rangers in the Canadian wilderness.
Stars: Ralph Endersby, Graydon Gould, Peter Tully, Michael Zenon
Votes: 159
14. The Wayne & Shuster Show (1955– )
Comedy
Sketch comedy feauturing Johnny Wayne and Frank Shuster.
Stars: Johnny Wayne, Frank Shuster, Ben Lennick, Don Gillies
Votes: 247
15.
Philip Marlowe, Private Eye (1983–1986)
Episode:
Trouble Is My Business
(1986)
Action, Crime, Mystery
Marlowe is hired to try and get a naive young man in love, who happens to be the nephew of a millionaire, to break it off with his girlfriend, after his uncle begins to suspect that she's with him just for his money.
Director: Robert Iscove | Stars: Powers Boothe, Kate Reid, Jennifer Dale, Booth Savage
Votes: 43
16. Goldenrod (1976)
99 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Jesse Gifford, a champion rodeo rider, receives crippling injuries in the ring, resulting in the ending of his career. After his wife Shirley deserts him, he's left with the responsibility ... See full summary »
Director: Harvey Hart | Stars: Tony Lo Bianco, Donald Pleasence, Gloria Carlin, Will Darrow McMillan
Votes: 57
17. This Land Is Mine (1943)
Approved | 103 min | Drama, War
A mild-mannered school teacher in a German-occupied town during World War II finds himself torn between collaboration and resistance.
Director: Jean Renoir | Stars: Charles Laughton, Maureen O'Hara, George Sanders, Walter Slezak
Votes: 3,735
18.
Encounter (1952–1961)
Episode:
Flight Into Danger
(1956)
60 min | Drama
A small planes pilot must take the controls of a large passenger plane when the pilots fall victim to food poisoning.
Director: Gabriel Axel | Stars: James Doohan, Larry Beattie, Elizabeth Cole, Corinne Conley
Votes: 37
19. The Black Stallion (1979)
G | 118 min | Adventure, Family, Sport
After being shipwrecked with a magnificent horse off the coast of Africa in the 1940s, a boy bonds with the stallion, and trains him to race after their rescue.
Director: Carroll Ballard | Stars: Kelly Reno, Mickey Rooney, Teri Garr, Clarence Muse
Votes: 14,058
20. The Marvel Super Heroes (1966)
17 min | Animation, Action
Stories spotlight Marvel comic book characters Captain America, The Incredible Hulk, Iron Man, The Mighty Thor and The Sub-Mariner.
Stars: Vita Linder, John Vernon, Henry Ramer, Bernard Cowan
Votes: 62
21. The ABC Afternoon Playbreak (1972–1975)
90 min | Comedy, Drama
Stars: Rosemary Prinz, Diana Muldaur, Juliet Mills, Katherine Helmond
Votes: 49
22. Playdate (1961–1964)
60 min
Stars: Christopher Plummer, Gillie Fenwick, Norman Welsh, Gerard Parkes
Votes: 19
23.
Seaway (1965–1966)
Episode:
The Sparrows
(1965)
Adventure, Drama
A murderer is being sought on the docks. He kidnaps the daughter of a ship's captain and blackmails him to take him out of the country. King joins the ship and works out what has happened but stopping the man is more difficult.
Director: Harvey Hart | Stars: Stephen Young, Austin Willis, Susan Oliver, Peter Mark Richman
Votes: 8
24. The Ray Bradbury Theater (1985–1992)
TV-14 | 23 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
"The Ray Bradbury Theater" was a Canadian-produced anthology series scripted by famed science-fiction author Ray Bradbury. Many of the teleplays were based upon Bradbury's novels and short stories.
Stars: Ray Bradbury, Michael Copeman, Frank Whitten, Desmond Kelly
Votes: 1,716
25. Spider-Man (1967–1970)
TV-Y7 | 25 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Original cartoon series based on the web-slinging Marvel comic book character, Peter Parker, who, after being bit by a radioactive spider, assumes extraordinary powers.
Stars: Paul Soles, Peg Dixon, Paul Kligman, Bernard Cowan
Votes: 4,112
26. Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans (1957)
Approved | 30 min | Adventure, Drama, Western
Nat Cutler, known as Hawkeye, is a fur trader. With his faithful Indian companion Chingachgook, the last of the Mohican tribe, he fights to protect settlers against the raiding Huron Indians.
Stars: John Hart, Lon Chaney Jr., Bill Walsh, John Vernon
Votes: 272
27. 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
28.
Mod Squad (1968–1973)
Episode:
A Run for the Money
(1969)
TV-PG | Action, Crime, Drama
Pete's girlfriend gets him tangled up in a mess involving her convict father and stolen money.
Director: Harvey Hart | Stars: Michael Cole, Clarence Williams III, Peggy Lipton, Tige Andrews
Votes: 44
29. The New Avengers (1976–1977)
60 min | Action, Mystery, Thriller
Secret agent Steed, working for an unnamed branch of British intelligence, is teamed up with two partners to fight evil plots for world domination, dealing with suspended animation, biological warfare, robotics, and other threats.
Stars: Patrick Macnee, Gareth Hunt, Joanna Lumley, Maurice Marsac
Votes: 2,607
30. ABC Afterschool Specials (1972–1997)
60 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
A teen drama anthology that often touched on social issues of the day.
Stars: Lance Kerwin, Samaria Graham, Mara Hobel, Alexa Kenin
Votes: 1,266
31. The Beachcombers (1972–2004)
30 min | Adventure, Comedy
The adventures of a professional lumber salvager and his friends in Gibsons, British Columbia.
Stars: Bruno Gerussi, Robert Clothier, Rae Brown, Pat John
Votes: 653
32. The Unforeseen (1958–1960)
30 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
An anthology series that appeared twice a week initially. Each episode was a short play covering the inexplicable, the supernatural, the occult or science fiction. Each episode had it's own writer, director, and actors.
Stars: Barry Morse, Ron Hartmann, Eric Clavering, Chris Wiggins
Votes: 28
33. Tramp at the Door (1985 TV Movie)
81 min | Drama
A charming stranger changes a farm family in 1936 Manitoba after showing up, claiming to be a relative.
Director: Allan Kroeker | Stars: Ed McNamara, August Schellenberg, Monique Mercure, Joanna Schellenberg
Votes: 18
34.
The Ray Bradbury Theater (1985–1992)
Episode:
The Town Where No One Got Off
(1986)
TV-14 | 30 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Provoked by the snobbish attitude of a city slicker towards the people from the countryside, a man gets off his train at a random village to confirm his positive attitude about the country folk. He's in for a surprise - but so are they.
Director: Don McBrearty | Stars: Jeff Goldblum, Ed McNamara, Cec Linder, Errol Slue
Votes: 335
35.
Rocket Robin Hood (1966–1969)
Episode:
Little Little John
(1967)
TV-Y7 | Animation, Adventure, Family
Stars: Carl Banas, Len Birman, Ed McNamara, Paul Kligman
Votes: 13
36. The Edison Twins (1982–1986)
30 min | Family, Comedy
The Edison kids are a pair of sibling prodigies who have many adventures where their vast knowledge of science comes in very handy.
Stars: Andrew Sabiston, Marnie McPhail, Sunny Besen Thrasher, Michael Fantini
Votes: 334
37.
Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans (1957)
Episode:
The Search
(1957)
Approved | Adventure, Drama, Western
Hawkeye and Chingachkook rescue an elderly woman from two Indians who have kidnapped her and were about to take her back to their tribe. She asks the two for help in finding her son, who ... See full summary »
Director: Sam Newfield | Stars: John Hart, Lon Chaney Jr., Larry Solway, Marjorie Purvey
Votes: 28
38.
Spider-Man (1967–1970)
Episode:
Horn of the Rhino
(1967)
TV-Y7 | 30 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A bad case of the common cold complicates Spider-Man's efforts to stop The Rhino from stealing the components of a secret weapon.
Directors: Clyde Geronimi, Sid Marcus, Grant Simmons, Ray Patterson | Stars: Bernard Cowan, Paul Kligman, Paul Soles, Peg Dixon
Votes: 107
39. Mod Squad (1968–1973)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A trio of reformed juvenile delinquents work as undercover cops.
Stars: Michael Cole, Clarence Williams III, Peggy Lipton, Tige Andrews
Votes: 2,359
40. Silver Streak (1976)
PG | 114 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
On a long-distance train trip, a man finds romance but also finds himself in danger of being killed, or at least pushed off the train.
Director: Arthur Hiller | Stars: Gene Wilder, Richard Pryor, Jill Clayburgh, Patrick McGoohan
Votes: 21,749
41. The Swiss Family Robinson (1974– )
30 min | Adventure, Family
Follows the adventures of a Swiss family shipwrecked on a deserted tropical island in 1801. It is loosely based on the classic novel by Johann Wyss.
Stars: Chris Wiggins, Diana Leblanc, Ricky O'Neill, Heather Graham
Votes: 175
42. Adventures in Rainbow Country (1969– )
24 min | Adventure
Teenager Billy Williams and his sister Hannah live with their mother Nancy at a hunting and fishing lodge in Rainbow Country, the popular name of the North Channel area of Lake Huron in ... See full summary »
Stars: Stephen Cottier, Buckley Petawabano, Susan Conway, Albert Millaire
Votes: 80
43. Rip-Off (1971)
R | 89 min | Drama
Best friends Michael, Steve, Cooly and Richie are seniors at a large Toronto high school. Foremost on their minds and that of many of their classmates are what they are going to do this ... See full summary »
Director: Donald Shebib | Stars: Don Scardino, Ralph Endersby, Michael Kukulewich, Peter Gross
Votes: 68
44. On Camera (1954–1958)
30 min | Comedy, Drama
Stars: James Doohan, Joe Austin, Austin Willis, Ruth Springford
Votes: 30
45.
ABC Afterschool Specials (1972–1997)
Episode:
Follow the North Star
(1972)
60 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
A young boy helps his friend escape slavery through the underground railway.
Director: Eric Till | Stars: Chris Valentine, Dennis Hines, Louise Stubbs, Mel Profit
Votes: 16
46. Ziegfeld Girl (1941)
Passed | 132 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
In the 1920s, three women become performers in the renowned Broadway show the Ziegfeld Follies, where they find fame, love, and tragedy.
Directors: Busby Berkeley, Robert Z. Leonard | Stars: James Stewart, Judy Garland, Hedy Lamarr, Lana Turner
Votes: 3,458
47. Bayo (1985)
99 min | Drama
Sharon and her ten year old son Bayo live in Tickle Cove on the shores of Bonavista Bay, Newfoundland like generations of their family have before them. Sharon hates her life there. She ... See full summary »
Director: Mort Ransen | Stars: Ed McNamara, Patricia Phillips, Stephen McGrath, Hugh Webster
Votes: 50
48.
Spider-Man (1967–1970)
Episode:
The Golden Rhino/Blueprint for Crime
(1967)
TV-Y7 | 15 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
The Rhino sets a gold standard for his crime spree - by creating a statue of himself. Then, a mastermind uses a cow-boy and a thug to find blueprints to destroy New York. It's up to Spider-Man to foil and neutralize their evil plan.
Stars: Bernard Cowan, Paul Kligman, Paul Soles, Peg Dixon
Votes: 93
49.
Spider-Man (1967–1970)
Episode:
The Spider and the Fly/The Slippery Dr. Von Schlick
(1967)
TV-Y7 | 15 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Spider-Man must stop a couple of former clever circus acrobats, dressed in dark, specialized in robbing big bank safes...
Stars: Bernard Cowan, Paul Kligman, Paul Soles, Peg Dixon
Votes: 94
50.
Rocket Robin Hood (1966–1969)
Episode:
Robin Versus the Robot Knight
(1967)
TV-Y7 | 25 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
Stars: Carl Banas, Ed McNamara, Chris Wiggins, Bernard Cowan
Votes: 14