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1. Frantz (2016)
PG-13 | 113 min | Drama, History, Romance
In the aftermath of WWI, a young German who grieves the death of her fiancé in France meets a mysterious Frenchman who visits the fiancé's grave to lay flowers.
Director: François Ozon | Stars: Pierre Niney, Paula Beer, Ernst Stötzner, Marie Gruber
Votes: 17,467 | Gross: $0.88M
2.
American Playhouse (1980–1994)
Episode:
Suspicion
(1987)
Not Rated | 96 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A remake of Hitchcock's 1941 suspenser about a wealthy young woman who comes to suspect that her new husband is plotting to murder her.
Director: Andrew Grieve | Stars: Anthony Andrews, Jane Curtin, Ron Pember, Martin Clunes
Votes: 104
3. Creativity with Bill Moyers (1982– )
30 min | Documentary
Journalist Bill Moyers examines various forms of creative expression by interviewing noted artists and performers regarding their influences and inspiration, and looking at unusual outlets for the creative impulse.
Stars: Carroll O'Connor, Norman Lear, Bonnie Franklin, Bill Moyers
Votes: 25
4.
Creativity with Bill Moyers (1982– )
Episode:
Samson Raphaelson
(1982)
Documentary
Star: Samson Raphaelson
Votes: 8
5. The Jazz Singer (1980)
PG | 115 min | Drama, Music, Romance
The son of a Jewish Cantor must defy the traditions of his religious father in order to pursue his dream of being a popular singer.
Directors: Richard Fleischer, Sidney J. Furie | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Neil Diamond, Lucie Arnaz, Catlin Adams
Votes: 5,017 | Gross: $27.12M
6. American Playhouse (1980–1994)
61 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Anthology series which ran on PBS throughout the 1980s.
Stars: Jeffrey DeMunn, Elizabeth Franz, Edward Herrmann, Sada Thompson
Votes: 416
7. Wolken am Himmel (1965 TV Movie)
99 min | Comedy
Directors: Erik Ode, Heribert Wenk | Stars: Harald Juhnke, Eva Pflug, Horst Naumann, Thomas Reiner
Votes: 9
8. Bus Stop (1961–1962)
60 min | Drama
Grace owns the Sunrise, Colorado bus stop. She, waitress Elma, Sheriff Will, and D.A. Glenn watch life through the stories which unfold as passengers enter and leave the small town.
Stars: Rhodes Reason, Richard Anderson, Joan Freeman, Marilyn Maxwell
Votes: 105
9. Zauber der Jugend (1961 TV Movie)
Comedy
Director: Carl-Heinz Schroth | Stars: Karin Jacobsen, Carl-Heinz Schroth, Carola Höhn, Franz Schafheitlin
10.
Bus Stop (1961–1962)
Episode:
Call Back Yesterday
(1961)
60 min | Drama
Former resident Katherine Barnes returns to Sunrise following two marriages and seven years in New York. She finds herself headed for matrimony a third time, but cannot choose between two ... See full summary »
Director: Lamont Johnson | Stars: Marilyn Maxwell, Richard Anderson, Geraldine Brooks, Joan Freeman
11. Startime (I) (1959–1961)
60 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
The Ford Motor Company sponsored this hour-long program which rotated between variety shows, dramatic productions, and musical comedies. One of the offerings was turned into a regular series, Sing Along with Mitch (1961).
Stars: Ethel Merman, Dean Martin, William Hickey, Alice Backes
Votes: 230
12. But Not for Me (1959)
Approved | 111 min | Comedy, Romance
Without a new play and money, a 55 y.o. Broadway theater producer retires. But when fired, his 22 y.o. secretary says, she loves him. He decides to make that a scene in a new play and her to write it and play the role.
Director: Walter Lang | Stars: Clark Gable, Carroll Baker, Lilli Palmer, Lee J. Cobb
Votes: 586
13.
Startime (1959–1961)
Episode:
The Jazz Singer
(1959)
Comedy, Drama, Musical
The conflict between the Rabbi father and the son who disappoints him by seeking a secular career instead of a religious touches a Jewish cord, although it has a universal aspect.
Director: Ralph Nelson | Stars: Jerry Lewis, Anna Maria Alberghetti, Eduard Franz, Molly Picon
Votes: 48
14.
ITV Play of the Week (1955–1974)
Episode:
Skyline for Two
(1959)
Comedy, Drama
A middle-aged playwright finds that his romance with his young secretary parallels his latest dramatic work, but complicates his personal life.
Director: Cyril Coke | Stars: Peter Boretski, Wendy Craig, Jonathan Hansen, Charles Lloyd Pack
15.
Matinee Theatre (1955–1958)
Episode:
Stopover
(1957)
Drama, Horror, Mystery
A motion picture producer calls to mind a lost love when he stops off in Chicago on the spur of the moment.
Star: John Conte
16.
Matinee Theatre (1955–1958)
Episode:
The Middle-Aged Freshman
(1957)
Drama, Horror, Mystery
A druggist's dream of being able to afford to go back to school comes true, but falls short of its imagined perfection.
Stars: John Conte, Will Rogers Jr.
17.
Matinee Theatre (1955–1958)
Episode:
Accent on Youth
(1957)
Drama, Horror, Mystery
A middle-aged playwright finds that his romance with his young secretary parallels his latest dramatic work, but complicates his personal life.
Star: John Conte
18. Hilda Crane (1956)
Approved | 87 min | Drama
Twice divorced Hilda Crane, feeling she's run out of chances, returns to her mother's house in her small hometown and tries to decide what to do next while still hoping to hold onto her independence. That proves to be a challenge.
Director: Philip Dunne | Stars: Jean Simmons, Guy Madison, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Judith Evelyn
Votes: 358
19. H.M. Tennent Globe Theatre (1956– )
90 min | Drama
Stars: Dorothy Tutin, Patrick Barr, Mary Kerridge, Wilfrid Brambell
20.
Matinee Theatre (1955–1958)
Episode:
Skylark
(1956)
60 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
As her fifth wedding anniversary approaches, a woman realizes that she is fed up with always coming in second to her husband's advertising business. Just at the moment when she is trying to... See full summary »
Director: Arthur Hiller | Stars: Sheila Bromley, Sarah Churchill, John Conte, Gene Raymond
21.
ITV Play of the Week (1955–1974)
Episode:
Skylark
(1956)
Comedy, Drama
As her fifth wedding anniversary approaches, a woman realizes that she is fed up with always coming in second to her husband's advertising business. Just at the moment when she is trying to... See full summary »
Stars: Bernard Braden, Barbara Kelly, Jill Melford
22.
H.M. Tennent Globe Theatre (1956– )
Episode:
Skylark
(1956)
Drama
As her fifth wedding anniversary approaches, a woman realizes that she is fed up with always coming in second to her husband's advertising business. Just at the moment when she is trying to... See full summary »
Director: Leonard Brett | Stars: Harold Ayer, Bernard Braden, Oliver Johnston, Barbara Kelly
23. ITV Play of the Week (1955–1974)
90 min | Comedy, Drama
An anthology series from the U.K., from 1955 to 1974, producing about five hundred ninety-minute episodes from Granada Television.
Stars: Derek Francis, Alfred Burke, Arthur Hewlett, Esther Lawrence
Votes: 94
24. 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
25.
Lux Video Theatre (1950–1959)
Episode:
Suspicion
(1955)
60 min | Comedy, Drama
A shy young English woman marries a charming gentleman, then begins to suspect him of trying to kill her.
Director: Richard Goode | Stars: David Butler, Ken Carpenter, Melville Cooper, Terence de Marney
26.
Matinee Theatre (1955–1958)
Episode:
Jason
(1955)
Drama, Horror, Mystery
An intellectual New York drama critic takes a personal interest in a young playwright. Then he discovers the younger man has more than a casual interest in the critic's wife.
Stars: John Conte, John Hoyt, Helen Westcott
27.
Encounter (1952–1961)
Episode:
Jason
(1954)
Drama
An intellectual New York drama critic takes a personal interest in a young playwright. Then he discovers the younger man has more than a casual interest in the critic's wife.
Director: Robert Allen | Stars: Elizabeth Cole, Harry Geldard, Barbara Hamilton, Charmion King
28. Main Street to Broadway (1953)
Approved | 103 min | Music, Romance
In New York City, a surly, down-on-his-heels playwright meets a country girl who's giving up trying to act and returning home. He goes with her for inspiration when his agent convinces a ... See full summary »
Director: Tay Garnett | Stars: Tommy Morton, Mary Murphy, Agnes Moorehead, Herb Shriner
Votes: 116
29. The Jazz Singer (1952)
Approved | 107 min | Drama, Music, Romance
Jerry dreams of becoming a famous jazz singer, but to accomplish that, he must defy his father, a Jewish Cantor who opposes such a dream as a future for a son of his.
Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: Danny Thomas, Peggy Lee, Eduard Franz, Mildred Dunnock
Votes: 412
30. 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
31. Broadway Television Theatre (1952–1954)
60 min | Comedy, Drama
This syndicated show presented adaptations of Broadway shows.
Stars: Sylvia Sidney, Edward Everett Horton, Melville Cooper, Ernest Truex
Votes: 37
32.
Broadway Television Theatre (1952–1954)
Episode:
The Jazz Singer
(1952)
Comedy, Drama
A man dreams to become a famous jazz singer. But in order to accomplish that, he must defy his father, a Jewish Cantor, who is opposed to such dream as a future for his son.
Stars: Celia Adler, Lionel Ames
33. Bannerline (1951)
Passed | 87 min | Drama, Romance
A cub reporter finagled a fake front page showing a dying professor's plan for civic reform.
Director: Don Weis | Stars: Keefe Brasselle, Sally Forrest, Lionel Barrymore, Lewis Stone
Votes: 170
34.
The Prudential Family Playhouse (1950–1951)
Episode:
Skylark
(1951)
Drama
As her fifth wedding anniversary approaches, a woman realizes that she is fed up with always coming in second to her husband's advertising business. Just at the moment when she is trying to... See full summary »
Stars: Donald Cook, Donald Curtis, Gertrude Lawrence, Don McLelland
35. 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
36. Mr. Music (1950)
Approved | 110 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
A golf-crazy songwriter tries to avoid the long, solitary hours of concentration needed to produce a hit musical. His producer and his secretary conspire to get him back on track.
Director: Richard Haydn | Stars: Bing Crosby, Nancy Olson, Charles Coburn, Ruth Hussey
Votes: 261
37. The Prudential Family Playhouse (1950–1951)
60 min | Drama
Live dramatic series featuring top rated actors in adaptations of Broadway plays or top rated novels.
Stars: Walter Abel, Cliff Hall, Eva Marie Saint, Kevin McCarthy
Votes: 39
38.
Kraft Theatre (1947–1958)
Episode:
Accent on Youth
(1950)
60 min | Drama
Problems arise when a young secretary sets her sights on her successful, middle-aged playwright boss. By the time that he comes around to her advances, she's moved on to a man closer her age.
Stars: Robert Chisholm, Verne Collett, Pat Englund, Marilyn Erskine
39. In the Good Old Summertime (1949)
Approved | 102 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
In turn-of-the century America, Andrew and Veronica are co-workers in a music shop who dislike one another during business hours but unwittingly carry on an anonymous romance through the mail.
Director: Robert Z. Leonard | Stars: Judy Garland, Van Johnson, S.Z. Sakall, Spring Byington
Votes: 4,309 | Gross: $6.30M
40.
The Ford Theatre Hour (1948–1953)
Episode:
Skylark
(1949)
Drama
As her fifth wedding anniversary approaches, a woman realizes that she is fed up with always coming in second to her husband's advertising business. Just at the moment when she is trying to... See full summary »
Star: Faye Emerson
41. That Lady in Ermine (1948)
Approved | 89 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Musical
That Lady in Ermine tells two parallel stories, both taking place in the small Mittel-European duchy of Bergamo, with one set in the 19th century and the other in the 16th.
Directors: Ernst Lubitsch, Otto Preminger | Stars: Betty Grable, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Cesar Romero, Walter Abel
Votes: 923 | Gross: $1.41M
42. 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
43. Green Dolphin Street (1947)
Approved | 141 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
A young man loved by two sisters becomes a naval officer and sails to New Zealand, where he drunkenly writes a marriage proposal to the wrong sister, profoundly affecting the life of the other.
Director: Victor Saville | Stars: Van Heflin, Lana Turner, Donna Reed, Richard Hart
Votes: 1,810
44. 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
45. The Harvey Girls (1946)
Passed | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, History
On a train trip West to become a mail-order bride, Susan Bradley (Judy Garland) meets a cheery crew of young women travelling out to open a "Harvey House" restaurant at a remote whistle-stop.
Director: George Sidney | Stars: Judy Garland, Ray Bolger, John Hodiak, Angela Lansbury
Votes: 4,866
46. The Perfect Marriage (1946)
Passed | 88 min | Comedy
Maggie and Dale Williams have been married ten years have a 9-year-old daughter, Cookie. They live well, have separate careers, are surrounded by sophisticated friends, and are afflicted ... See full summary »
Director: Lewis Allen | Stars: Loretta Young, David Niven, Eddie Albert, Charles Ruggles
Votes: 143
47. Ziegfeld Follies (1945)
Approved | 110 min | Comedy, Musical
The late, great impresario Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. looks down from Heaven and ordains a new revue in his grand old style.
Directors: Lemuel Ayers, Roy Del Ruth, Robert Lewis, Vincente Minnelli, George Sidney, Merrill Pye, Charles Walters | Stars: William Powell, Judy Garland, Lucille Ball, Fred Astaire
Votes: 3,636 | Gross: $7.93M
48. Heaven Can Wait (1943)
Passed | 112 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
An old roué arrives in Hades to review his life with Satan, who will rule on his eligibility to enter the Underworld.
Director: Ernst Lubitsch | Stars: Gene Tierney, Don Ameche, Charles Coburn, Marjorie Main
Votes: 12,381
49. Suspicion (1941)
Approved | 99 min | Film-Noir, Mystery, Thriller
A shy young heiress marries a charming gentleman, and soon begins to suspect he is planning to murder her.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Cary Grant, Joan Fontaine, Cedric Hardwicke, Nigel Bruce
Votes: 42,476 | Gross: $4.50M
50. Skylark (1941)
Passed | 92 min | Comedy, Romance
As her fifth wedding anniversary approaches, a woman realizes that she is fed up with always coming in second to her husband's advertising business. Just at the moment when she is trying to... See full summary »
Director: Mark Sandrich | Stars: Claudette Colbert, Ray Milland, Brian Aherne, Binnie Barnes
Votes: 626