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1. Sleeping Beauty (1959)
G | 75 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
After being snubbed by the royal family, a malevolent fairy places a curse on a princess which only a prince can break, along with the help of three good fairies.
Directors: Les Clark, Clyde Geronimi, Eric Larson, Wolfgang Reitherman, Hamilton Luske | Stars: Mary Costa, Bill Shirley, Eleanor Audley, Verna Felton
Votes: 160,987 | Gross: $51.60M
2. The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
G | 92 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
An alien lands in Washington, D.C. and tells the people of Earth that they must live peacefully or be destroyed as a danger to other planets.
Director: Robert Wise | Stars: Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal, Hugh Marlowe, Sam Jaffe
Votes: 85,807
3. 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: 19,338
4. The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family
Widower Sheriff Andy Taylor, and his son Opie, live with Andy's Aunt Bee in Mayberry, North Carolina. With virtually no crimes to solve, most of Andy's time is spent philosophizing and calming down his cousin Deputy Barney Fife.
Stars: Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, Don Knotts, Frances Bavier
Votes: 17,011
5. The Bad Seed (1956)
Approved | 129 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
Rhoda Penmark seems like your average, sweet eight-year-old girl. After her rival at school dies in mysterious circumstances at the school picnic, her mother starts to suspect that Rhoda was responsible.
Director: Mervyn LeRoy | Stars: Nancy Kelly, Patty McCormack, Gage Clarke, Jesse White
Votes: 15,787
6. 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: 11,857
7. Bend of the River (1952)
Approved | 91 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
When a town boss confiscates homesteaders' supplies after gold is discovered nearby, a tough cowboy risks his life to try and get it to them.
Director: Anthony Mann | Stars: James Stewart, Rock Hudson, Arthur Kennedy, Julie Adams
Votes: 9,907
8. Benji (1974)
G | 86 min | Adventure, Family, Romance
A stray dog saves two kidnapped children.
Director: Joe Camp | Stars: Peter Breck, Deborah Walley, Patsy Garrett, Allen Fiuzat
Votes: 5,202 | Gross: $39.55M
9. Rawhide (1959–1965)
TV-PG | 50 min | Western
Gil Favor is trail boss of a continuous cattle drive. He is assisted by Rowdy Yates. The crew runs into characters and adventures along the way.
Stars: Clint Eastwood, Paul Brinegar, Steve Raines, Eric Fleming
Votes: 4,616
10. Gomer Pyle: USMC (1964–1969)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, War
The misadventures of a bumbling U.S. Marine named Gomer Pyle.
Stars: Jim Nabors, Frank Sutton, Ronnie Schell, Roy Stuart
Votes: 4,174
11. 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
12. The Lone Ranger (1949–1957)
TV-G | 30 min | Western
The adventures of the masked hero and his Native American partner.
Stars: Jay Silverheels, Clayton Moore, John Hart, Bill Ward
Votes: 2,879
13.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962)
Episode:
Revenge
(1955)
TV-14 | 26 min | Drama, Mystery
When Carl Spann's wife Elsa is assaulted by an unknown attacker, he drives his still-incoherent wife around town, hoping she can point him out, so he can kill him.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Ralph Meeker, Vera Miles, Frances Bavier
Votes: 2,399
14. Dragnet (1951–1959)
TV-14 | 30 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Sgt. Joe Friday and his partners methodically investigate crimes in Los Angeles.
Stars: Jack Webb, Ben Alexander, Olan Soule, Vic Perrin
Votes: 2,366
15. Man in the Attic (1953)
Approved | 82 min | Mystery, Thriller
After an enigmatic, self-described pathologist rents the attic room of a Victorian house, his landlady begins to suspect her lodger is Jack the Ripper.
Director: Hugo Fregonese | Stars: Jack Palance, Constance Smith, Byron Palmer, Frances Bavier
Votes: 1,977
16. The Stooge (1951)
Passed | 100 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Egotistical vaudevillian Bill Miller basks in the limelight with his successful musical-comedy act, but his success is due to his unheralded second banana.
Director: Norman Taurog | Stars: Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Polly Bergen, Marion Marshall
Votes: 1,656
17. 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
18. The Danny Thomas Show (1953–1965)
TV-Y7 | 30 min | Comedy, Family
Danny is a New York entertainer. Between his co-stars at the nightclub where he performs and his wife and kids, he has dilemmas galore, which he somehow manages to resolve and still laugh.
Stars: Danny Thomas, Rusty Hamer, Marjorie Lord, Angela Cartwright
Votes: 1,247
19. Horizons West (1952)
Approved | 81 min | Western
Two brothers end up on opposite sides of the law in post-Civil War Texas.
Director: Budd Boetticher | Stars: Robert Ryan, Julie Adams, Rock Hudson, Judith Braun
Votes: 1,169
20. It Started with a Kiss (1959)
Unrated | 104 min | Comedy, Romance
A U.S. sergeant serving in Spain creates envy among his Air Force superiors and the Spanish locals when his brand new futuristic sports car and pretty wife arrive at the base.
Director: George Marshall | Stars: Glenn Ford, Debbie Reynolds, Eva Gabor, Gustavo Rojo
Votes: 1,075
21. Mayberry R.F.D. (1968–1971)
30 min | Comedy, Family
The further misadventures of the citizens of Mayberry.
Stars: Ken Berry, George Lindsey, Jack Dodson, Paul Hartman
Votes: 837
22.
The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968)
Episode:
Christmas Story
(1960)
TV-G | 26 min | Comedy, Family
Crotchety old businessman Ben Weaver wants moonshiner Sam Muggins locked up for Christmas but, after seeing the holiday spirit in Andy's jail, he tries to be arrested himself.
Director: Bob Sweeney | Stars: Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, Don Knotts, Frances Bavier
Votes: 774
23. Girls About Town (1931)
80 min | Comedy, Romance
Two gold-diggers prey on rich old men, but one of them falls in love with a rich young man.
Director: George Cukor | Stars: Kay Francis, Joel McCrea, Lilyan Tashman, Eugene Pallette
Votes: 705
24.
The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968)
Episode:
The New Housekeeper
(1960)
TV-G | 26 min | Comedy, Family
Sheriff Andy Taylor invites Aunt Bee to stay and help raise his 6-year-old son Opie when his housekeeper, Rose, leaves to get married. Opie objects to the change.
Director: Sheldon Leonard | Stars: Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, Don Knotts, Frances Bavier
Votes: 685
25.
The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968)
Episode:
The Manhunt
(1960)
TV-G | 26 min | Comedy, Family
A state police captain errs in not utilizing Sheriff Taylor's intimate knowledge of the area and its people when issuing a dragnet for an escaped criminal.
Director: Don Weis | Stars: Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, Don Knotts, Frances Bavier
Votes: 626
26.
The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968)
Episode:
The Pickle Story
(1961)
TV-G | 26 min | Comedy, Family
No one will admit to Aunt Bee's homemade pickles being the worst they've ever tasted. Andy switches them with store-bought ones to avoid eating hers, but her decision to enter them in the county fair presents a dilemma.
Director: Bob Sweeney | Stars: Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, Don Knotts, Frances Bavier
Votes: 623
27.
The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968)
Episode:
The Guitar Player
(1960)
TV-G | 26 min | Comedy, Family
Sheriff Taylor twists the law to help a musically gifted citizen leave the community nest by arresting a traveling band on trumped up charges.
Director: Don Weis | Stars: Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, Don Knotts, Frances Bavier
Votes: 588
28.
The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968)
Episode:
Man in a Hurry
(1963)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family
Car trouble strands a busy businessman in Mayberry on a Sunday, where the slow pace registers more as an infuriating dead stop.
Director: Bob Sweeney | Stars: Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, Don Knotts, Frances Bavier
Votes: 586
29.
The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968)
Episode:
Barney's First Car
(1963)
TV-G | 26 min | Comedy, Family
It's a red-letter day in Mayberry when Barney decides to join the motoring world, but things go sour when his cream-puff turns out to be a lemon.
Director: Bob Sweeney | Stars: Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, Don Knotts, Frances Bavier
Votes: 552
30.
The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968)
Episode:
Mr. McBeevee
(1962)
TV-G | 26 min | Comedy, Family
Opie starts talking about his new friend Mr. McBeevee, but his description is hard to believe.
Director: Bob Sweeney | Stars: Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, Don Knotts, Frances Bavier
Votes: 528
31.
The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968)
Episode:
Opie the Birdman
(1963)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family
After Opie accidentally kills a mother bird with his new slingshot, he takes on the job of raising her babies himself. He grows very attached to them, but then has to set them free when they get big.
Director: Richard Crenna | Stars: Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, Don Knotts, Frances Bavier
Votes: 525
32.
The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968)
Episode:
Opie's Charity
(1960)
TV-G | 26 min | Comedy, Family
Pride in what other people think presents itself to Andy two-fold when he hears that Opie gave only a measly three cents to a school charity fund, and when a two-years-dead husband walks up to say hello.
Director: Don Weis | Stars: Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, Don Knotts, Stuart Erwin
Votes: 514
33.
The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968)
Episode:
Ellie Comes to Town
(1960)
TV-G | 26 min | Comedy, Family
A problem with ethics soon puts a lovely new lady pharmacist on the town's black list over withholding pills from a senior citizen simply because she has no prescription for her regular medication.
Director: Don Weis | Stars: Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, Elinor Donahue, Don Knotts
Votes: 503
34.
The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968)
Episode:
Barney and the Choir
(1962)
TV-G | 26 min | Comedy, Family
The choir director invites Barney to join the choir before he realizes Barney can't sing.
Director: Bob Sweeney | Stars: Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, Don Knotts, Frances Bavier
Votes: 496
35.
Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode:
The Case of the Crimson Kiss
(1957)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Fay Allison and her roommate Anita are found unconscious by Fay's aunt, Louise Marlow, who calls her attorney Perry Mason in desperation. In the girls' apartment Perry and Della discover a key that leads them to the body of Carver Clement.
Director: Christian Nyby | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman
Votes: 496
36.
The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968)
Episode:
A Feud Is a Feud
(1960)
TV-G | 25 min | Comedy, Family
For the sake of a determined young couple, Andy aims to end an 87-year-old bloodless feud betwixt their daddies.
Director: Don Weis | Stars: Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, Frances Bavier, Arthur Hunnicutt
Votes: 487
37.
The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968)
Episode:
Irresistible Andy
(1960)
TV-G | 26 min | Comedy, Family
Andy overthinks his asking Ellie to the church dance (prompted by her uncle Fred) into believing they've tricked him aboard the fast track to matrimony, for which he takes steps to derail.
Director: Don Weis | Stars: Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, Don Knotts, Frances Bavier
Votes: 462
38.
The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968)
Episode:
Citizen's Arrest
(1963)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family
Gomer makes a citizen's arrest of Barney for committing the same traffic violation that Barney just ticketed him for. This causes Barney to overreact, resigning as deputy and demanding a ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Crenna | Stars: Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, Don Knotts, Frances Bavier
Votes: 458
39. Sugarfoot (1957–1961)
60 min | Western
Correspondence-school law graduate Tom Brewster travels west to seek his fortune. Unfortunately, his "cowboy" abilities leave a lot to be desired and earn him the nickname "Sugarfoot", which is one step lower than a "Tenderfoot".
Stars: Will Hutchins, Charles Fredericks, Gil Perkins, Don 'Red' Barry
Votes: 457
40. The Lady Says No (1951)
Not Rated | 80 min | Comedy, Romance
A woman writes a best-selling book for women warning them about the "dangers" of men. A handsome photographer for a national magazine arrives in her town to do a feature story on her. Complications ensue.
Director: Frank Ross | Stars: Joan Caulfield, David Niven, James Robertson Justice, Lenore Lonergan
Votes: 454
41.
The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968)
Episode:
Ellie for Council
(1960)
TV-G | 26 min | Comedy, Family
Ellie's run for city council divides Mayberry into a battle of the sexes.
Director: Bob Sweeney | Stars: Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, Don Knotts, Frances Bavier
Votes: 447
42.
The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968)
Episode:
Runaway Kid
(1960)
TV-G | 26 min | Comedy, Family
Andy lectures Opie on the value of keeping one's promise then later asks him to break it to reveal the identity of the runaway kid he just met and befriended, leaving Opie confused.
Director: Don Weis | Stars: Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, Don Knotts, Frances Bavier
Votes: 446
43.
The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968)
Episode:
Those Gossipin' Men
(1961)
TV-G | 26 min | Comedy, Family
When a shoe salesman comes to town, riled Aunt Bee uses him to teach Andy a lesson in men being just as big a bunch of gossips as women.
Director: Bob Sweeney | Stars: Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, Don Knotts, Frances Bavier
Votes: 444
44.
The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968)
Episode:
Barney Gets His Man
(1961)
TV-G | 26 min | Comedy, Family
The accidental capture of a wanted man makes Barney the toast of Mayberry. It goes to his head 'til the felon escapes and returns to pay Barney back.
Director: Bob Sweeney | Stars: Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, Don Knotts, Betty Lynn
Votes: 437
45.
The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968)
Episode:
The Darlings Are Coming
(1963)
TV-G | 23 min | Comedy, Family
The Darlings, a musical mountain family, descend upon Mayberry.
Director: Bob Sweeney | Stars: Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, Don Knotts, Frances Bavier
Votes: 437
46.
The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968)
Episode:
Fun Girls
(1964)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family
Two fun-loving girls from Mount Pilot interrupt Andy and Barney's late-night office work. When Helen and Thelma Lou see them together, they get upset and cancel their dates to the big dance... See full summary »
Director: Coby Ruskin | Stars: Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, Don Knotts, Frances Bavier
Votes: 436
47. 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: 432
48.
The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968)
Episode:
Mayberry Goes Hollywood
(1961)
TV-G | 26 min | Comedy, Family
Mayberry gussies up for a Hollywood film crew - exactly what the visiting Hollywood producer and Andy don't want.
Director: Bob Sweeney | Stars: Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, Don Knotts, Frances Bavier
Votes: 431
49.
The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968)
Episode:
Aunt Bee the Warden
(1962)
TV-G | 25 min | Comedy, Family
With the jail full of angry moonshiners, Otis serves his latest public intoxication sentence at the Taylor residence under the stern and watchful eye of Aunt Bee.
Director: Bob Sweeney | Stars: Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, Don Knotts, Frances Bavier
Votes: 420
50.
The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968)
Episode:
Barney's Sidecar
(1964)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family
Barney buys an old surplus army motorcycle and sidecar to use on patrol, then becomes a menace to the whole town.
Director: Coby Ruskin | Stars: Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, Don Knotts, Frances Bavier
Votes: 420