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1. Saturday Nightmares: The Ultimate Horror Expo of All Time! (2010 Video)
47 min | Horror
Stever gets up close and personal with many of the talented filmmakers and stars in exclusive backstage interviews. Stever captures the set-up of the memorabilia and collectibles stands by ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Stever | Stars: Susan Adriensen, John Amplas, Adrienne Barbeau, David Emge
Votes: 37
2. 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: 19,340
3. Hollywood the Golden Years: The RKO Story (1987)
360 min | Documentary, History
The history of the major Golden Age of Hollywood film company, RKO Pictures.
Stars: Edward Asner, Ginger Rogers, Linwood G. Dunn, Pandro S. Berman
Votes: 185
4. RKO Production 601: The Making of 'Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World' (2005 Video)
159 min | Documentary
An in-depth look at the genesis, production, and legacy of King Kong, one of the most influential films ever made.
Stars: Rick Baker, Craig Barron, Rudy Behlmer, Daniel Bennett
Votes: 247
5. 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
6.
Wagon Train (1957–1965)
Episode:
The Cole Crawford Story
(1962)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
The young Crawford couple is trying to leave their past behind but having difficulty doing it. The wagon train is crossing a massive ranch and the owner's son refuses to let Mrs. Crawford leave nor will the train members help them.
Director: Frank Arrigo | Stars: John McIntire, Robert Horton, Frank McGrath, Terry Wilson
Votes: 72
7. Perry Mason (1957–1966)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The trials of a master criminal defense attorney handling the most difficult cases in support of the innocent.
Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, Ray Collins
Votes: 11,860
8. The David Niven Show (1959)
30 min | Drama
David Niven introduced the dramas which made up this summer anthology, but he starred in only one of them.
Stars: David Niven, Dorothy Green, Stacy Harris, Wright King
Votes: 46
9. Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There (2003)
Unrated | 111 min | Documentary, History, Music
Interviews and archival footage are used to tell the story of post-war Broadway through the 1960s.
Director: Rick McKay | Stars: Edie Adams, Bea Arthur, Elizabeth Ashley, Alec Baldwin
Votes: 493 | Gross: $0.35M
10.
Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode:
The Case of the Prodigal Parent
(1958)
TV-PG | 52 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When Philip Larkin is killed, his stepfather Joseph Harrison, recently divorced from Philip's mother Ethel, is charged. With Joe in serious difficulty, Ethel asks Perry Mason to defend him, then disappears.
Director: Arthur Marks | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman
Votes: 398
11. Cavalcade of America (1952–1957)
Not Rated | 60 min | Drama
"Cavalcade of America" documented historical events using stories of individual courage, initiative and achievement, often with feel-good dramatizations of the human spirit's triumph against all odds.
Stars: James Seay, Robert Foulk, Richard Gaines, Raymond Greenleaf
Votes: 98
12.
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963–1967)
Episode:
Double Jeopardy
(1965)
60 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
A jet-setting private eye is trying to find out what happened to a missing millionaire, a task made difficult by the millionaire's wife. For some reason, she doesn't want him to question her identical twin sister.
Director: Robert Stevens | Stars: Lauren Bacall, Jack Kelly, Fay Wray, Nobu McCarthy
Votes: 33
13. Kraft Theatre (1947–1958)
60 min | Drama
A well-received anthology series presenting live television dramas.
Stars: Ed Herlihy, Vaughn Taylor, Valerie Cossart, Dan Morgan
Votes: 223
14. The Pride of the Family (1953–1955)
30 min | Comedy
Albie works in advertising for a newspaper and is full of innovative ideas that don't quite work. He goes home to his devoted wife Catherine, 15-year-old daughter Ann, and 14-year-old son Junior.
Stars: Paul Hartman, Fay Wray, Natalie Wood, Robert Hyatt
Votes: 31
15.
Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode:
The Case of the Watery Witness
(1959)
TV-PG | 52 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Sleazy detective Fred Bushmiller questions movie actress Lorna Thomas whether she gave birth 25 years earlier to a daughter who was put up for adoption. George Clark pushes his wife Betty to see if she is Lorna's long-lost daughter.
Director: Richard Kinon | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman
Votes: 314
16.
Hollywood the Golden Years: The RKO Story (1987)
Episode:
Birth of a Titan
(1987)
60 min | Documentary, History
Stars: Edward Asner, Rudy Vallee, James G. Stewart, Murray Spivack
Votes: 33
17. King Kong (1933)
Passed | 100 min | Adventure, Horror
A film crew goes to a tropical island for a location shoot, where they capture a colossal ape who takes a shine to their blonde starlet, and bring him back to New York City.
Directors: Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack | Stars: Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong, Bruce Cabot, Frank Reicher
Votes: 91,038 | Gross: $10.00M
18. Damon Runyon Theater (1955–1956)
30 min | Comedy, Drama
An anthology, the episodes of which were based mostly on the original short stories of Daymon Runyan.
Stars: Donald Woods, Wally Vernon, Allen Jenkins, Clegg Hoyt
Votes: 48
19. Speed Bugs (1923)
Short, Comedy
The love affairs of a fat garage proprietor who finally wins the tiny lady of his choice in a reckless automobile race.
Director: Archie Mayo | Stars: Fred Spencer, Fay Wray, Ernie Adams, Glen Cavender
Votes: 33
20. Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925)
Not Rated | 143 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A Jewish prince seeks to find his family and revenge himself upon his childhood friend who had him wrongly imprisoned.
Directors: Fred Niblo, Charles Brabin, Christy Cabanne, J.J. Cohn, Rex Ingram | Stars: Ramon Novarro, Francis X. Bushman, May McAvoy, Betty Bronson
Votes: 7,981 | Gross: $12.45M
21. The Eleventh Hour (1962–1964)
60 min | Drama
Criminal cases where criminals are mentally evaluated, or people in the verge of a nervous breakdown.
Stars: Jack Ging, Wendell Corey, Ralph Bellamy, Irene Martin
Votes: 125
22. 77 Sunset Strip (1958–1964)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Stu Bailey and Jeff Spencer are the wisecracking, womanizing private-detective heroes of this Warner Brothers drama.
Stars: Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Edd Byrnes, Roger Smith, Jacqueline Beer
Votes: 1,636
23. Hawaiian Eye (1959–1963)
60 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
The cases of Hawaiian Eye Private Investigations and the two handsome, slick, tough-guy detectives who ran the firm, Thomas Jefferson Lopaka, or Tom for short, and Tracy Steele, a Korean War veteran and former city police detective.
Stars: Poncie Ponce, Connie Stevens, Douglas Mossman, Robert Conrad
Votes: 688
24. Biography (1987– )
TV-14 | 60 min | Documentary, Biography, History
The life stories of various historical figures and celebrities are told.
Stars: Jack Perkins, Peter Graves, Harry Smith, Robert J. Thompson
Votes: 2,087
25. 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
26.
77 Sunset Strip (1958–1964)
Episode:
Who Killed Cock Robin
(1960)
TV-PG | 47 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Jeff, along with Suzanne, accompany a blind man James to an out of town reading of a will. The gathering consists of Hollywood types who stand to inherit one million dollars if they complete a puzzle but a murder interferes with the game.
Director: Montgomery Pittman | Stars: Roger Smith, Jacqueline Beer, Fay Wray, Jacques Aubuchon
Votes: 60
27. The Real McCoys (1957–1963)
TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy, Family
From the hills of West Virginia, Amos McCoy moves his family to an inherited farm in California. Grandpa Amos is quick to give advice to his three grandchildren and wonders how his neighbors ever managed without him around.
Stars: Walter Brennan, Richard Crenna, Kathleen Nolan, Tony Martinez
Votes: 1,298
28. Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963–1967)
60 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Legendary entertainer Bob Hope hosted, and occasionally starred in, one of the last major anthology series on network television, featuring many of Hollywood's top names, including quite a few who didn't do much television otherwise
Stars: Bob Hope, Jack Weston, Jack Kelly, John Francis
Votes: 239
29. Matinee Theatre (1955–1958)
60 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A daily anthology show, featuring original material, as well as adaptations of literary classics.
Stars: John Conte, Peter Hansen, Sarah Churchill, Johnny Crawford
Votes: 133
30. Studio 57 (1954–1958)
30 min | Drama, Family
This dramatic anthology series went into open syndication when the DuMont Television Network ceased operations.
Stars: Joel Aldrich, Tim Graham, Jean Byron, Marguerite Chapman
Votes: 244
31. Universal Horror (1998 TV Movie)
95 min | Documentary, Horror
A documentary examining the early days of horror films, particularly those crafted at Universal Studios during the 1930s.
Director: Kevin Brownlow | Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Christopher Adamson, John Augur, Ray Bradbury
Votes: 739
32.
AFI Life Achievement Award (1973– )
Episode:
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Frank Capra
(1982)
112 min | Documentary
Director: Marty Pasetta | Stars: Frank Capra, Charlton Heston, James Stewart, Bette Davis
Votes: 281
33.
Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode:
The Case of the Fatal Fetish
(1965)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Larry Germaine, asst. D.A. to Burger, has a girlfriend with expensive tastes. She is disliked by his mother and becomes a tool to make it look like Larry is messing with a legal case. He's seen over her body stabbed with his mother's prop.
Director: Charles R. Rondeau | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman
Votes: 269
34. 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: 3,754
35. Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre (1955–1958)
30 min | Drama
An anthology series hosted by Jane Wyman.
Stars: Jane Wyman, Paul Bryar, Tim Graham, Simon Scott
Votes: 69
36. The 37th Annual Academy Awards (1965 TV Special)
Family
Award of the American academy of cinematographic arts and sciences, from 1940 known as "Oscar", - American film award created in 1929 and traditionally handed to the figures of ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Dunlap | Stars: Bob Hope, Gene Allen, Julie Andrews, Edward Anhalt
Votes: 164
37. Meet the Stars #6: Stars at Play (1941)
9 min | Documentary, Short
Jane Withers entertains her teenage friends with archery and jitterbug dancing; Cesar Romero and Patricia Morison play backgammon; Rita Hayworth supervises the building of her new home; ... See full summary »
Director: Harriet Parsons | Stars: Harriet Parsons, Jane Withers, Cesar Romero, Patricia Morison
Votes: 56
38. Spurs and Saddles (1927)
50 min | Western
Director: Clifford Smith | Stars: Art Acord, Fay Wray, William Dyer, J. Gordon Russell
Votes: 9
39. The Wedding March (1928)
Passed | 113 min | Drama
A young impoverished aristocrat falls in love with an inn-keepers daughter, but has to marry money.
Director: Erich von Stroheim | Stars: Erich von Stroheim, Fay Wray, Zasu Pitts, Matthew Betz
Votes: 1,899
40. Frank Capra's American Dream (1997 TV Movie)
PG | 115 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Ron Howard hosts a biography of the life and career of filmmaker Frank Capra, including interviews with the director's friends, colleagues and admirers.
Director: Kenneth Bowser | Stars: Ron Howard, Robert Altman, Jeanine Basinger, Edward Bernds
Votes: 322
41.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962)
Episode:
Dip in the Pool
(1958)
TV-14 | 26 min | Drama, Mystery
William Botibol is a compulsive gambler. While on a cruise he enters a betting pool to guess the number of miles the ship will travel in the course of 24 hours. William thinks he has figured out a way to guarantee he will win the bet.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Keenan Wynn, Fay Wray, Philip Bourneuf
Votes: 536
42.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962)
Episode:
The Morning After
(1959)
TV-14 | 30 min | Drama, Mystery
A married businessman keeps his naive young mistress in an apartment, assuring her with costly gifts that he will marry her as soon as he can secure a divorce from his harpy wife. The young woman's mother is not so easily persuaded.
Director: Herschel Daugherty | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Robert Alda, Jeanette Nolan, Dorothy Provine
Votes: 513
43. Murder by Death (1976)
PG | 95 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Five famous literary detective characters and their sidekicks are invited to a bizarre mansion to solve an even stranger mystery.
Director: Robert Moore | Stars: Peter Falk, Alec Guinness, Peter Sellers, Eileen Brennan
Votes: 41,716
44. What Price Goofy? (1925)
Passed | 22 min | Short, Comedy
A wife suspects her husband is cheating when seen on the street talking to an attractive young woman. She believes she has caught him his mistress. A dancing butler, a game-playing dog and an accommodating burglar complicate things.
Director: Leo McCarey | Stars: Charley Chase, Katherine Grant, Lucien Littlefield, Jane Sherman
Votes: 169
45.
Hawaiian Eye (1959–1963)
Episode:
Bequest of Arthur Goodwin
(1960)
60 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
The widow of the late Arthur Goodwin hires Tracy to help break her husband's will. It seems that Arthur left the family business to his secretary, who seems bound and determined to run it into the ground.
Director: Everett Sloane | Stars: Anthony Eisley, Robert Conrad, Connie Stevens, Poncie Ponce
Votes: 21
46. King Kong (2005)
PG-13 | 187 min | Action, Adventure, Romance
A greedy film producer assembles a team of moviemakers and sets out for the infamous Skull Island, where they find more than just cannibalistic natives.
Director: Peter Jackson | Stars: Naomi Watts, Jack Black, Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann
Votes: 447,208 | Gross: $218.08M
47. Telephone Time (1956–1958)
30 min | Drama
Anthology series originally featured plays by host, John Nesbitt for season one. Beginning in September 1957, works from other authors were presented as well until series ended in April ... See full summary »
Stars: John Nesbitt, Frank Baxter, Maurice Marsac, Florenz Ames
Votes: 249
48. The 20th Century-Fox Hour (1955–1957)
60 min | Drama
An anthology of mini-features, new productions largely consisting of hasty retreads of successful 20th Century Fox movies.
Stars: Joseph Cotten, Jesse White, Carl Benton Reid, Grandon Rhodes
Votes: 235
49. The Countess of Monte Cristo (1934)
Passed | 78 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance
A light-hearted comedy when a bit player in a musical tries to convince her friends that she is a countess.
Director: Karl Freund | Stars: Fay Wray, Paul Lukas, Reginald Owen, Patsy Kelly
Votes: 35
50. No Father to Guide Him (1925)
19 min | Comedy, Short
Charley's battle-axe mother-in-law breaks up his marriage and tries to separate him from his son. Charlie abducts the boy for a father-son outing to the beach. The mother-in-law pursues and comedy ensues.
Director: Leo McCarey | Stars: Charley Chase, Katherine Grant, Mickey Bennett, Josephine Crowell
Votes: 62