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1.
77 Sunset Strip (1958–1964)
Episode:
One False Step
(1958)
TV-PG | 47 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Stranger on a plane proposes exchanging murders to crime-busting Fed whose wife won't grant him a divorce. A gossip column tips the stranger, a novelist, to the prosecutor's dilemma, so he ... See full summary »
Director: James V. Kern | Stars: Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Roger Smith, Edd Byrnes, Richard Long
Votes: 82
2. Double Indemnity (1944)
Passed | 107 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A Los Angeles insurance representative lets an alluring housewife seduce him into a scheme of insurance fraud and murder that arouses the suspicion of his colleague, an insurance investigator.
Director: Billy Wilder | Stars: Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson, Byron Barr
Votes: 167,503 | Gross: $5.72M
3.
The Long Goodbye (2014– )
Episode:
Episode #1.1
(2014)
58 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Director: Kentaro Horikirizono | Stars: Tadanobu Asano, Rina Ohta, Gô Ayano, Akira Emoto
Votes: 6
4.
Philip Marlowe, Private Eye (1983–1986)
Episode:
The King in Yellow
(1983)
Action, Crime, Mystery
King Leopardi was a big celebrity and an even bigger ladykiller, but when he winds up dead in a singer's boudoir all the evidence points to her. Marlowe is hired to find the real killers ... See full summary »
Director: Bryan Forbes | Stars: Powers Boothe, Billy Kearns, Kathryn Leigh Scott, Lise Hilboldt
Votes: 43
5. Strangers on a Train (1951)
PG | 101 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A psychopathic man tries to forcibly persuade a tennis star to agree to his theory that two strangers can get away with murder by submitting to his plan to kill the other's most-hated person.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Farley Granger, Robert Walker, Ruth Roman, Leo G. Carroll
Votes: 141,044 | Gross: $7.63M
6. The Big Sleep (1946)
Passed | 114 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery
Private detective Philip Marlowe is hired by a wealthy family. Before the complex case is over, he's seen murder, blackmail and what might be love.
Director: Howard Hawks | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, John Ridgely, Martha Vickers
Votes: 90,534 | Gross: $6.54M
7. Robert Montgomery Presents (1950–1957)
60 min | Drama
Actor, Producer, and Director Robert Montgomery introduced each telecast, sometimes interviewing one of the stars, and sometimes appearing in the play.
Stars: Robert Montgomery, John Newland, Vaughn Taylor, Elizabeth Montgomery
Votes: 136
8. 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: 483
9.
Philip Marlowe, Private Eye (1983–1986)
Episode:
The Pencil
(1983)
Action, Crime, Mystery
Philip Marlow, a one time cop and with an unfortunate habit of being too honest and too broke for his own good, takes the job of protecting a former mob accountant on the run. When two hit ... See full summary »
Director: Peter R. Hunt | Stars: Powers Boothe, Kathryn Leigh Scott, Billy Kearns, David Healy
Votes: 48
10. 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
11. 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
12.
Philip Marlowe, Private Eye (1983–1986)
Episode:
Red Wind
(1986)
Action, Crime, Mystery
Marlowe is investigating the possible theft of a pearl necklace, which leads him to the deadly discovery of a scandalous affair.
Director: Martin Lavut | Stars: Powers Boothe, Linda Griffiths, Maury Chaykin, Frank Pellegrino
Votes: 38
13.
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
14. Studio One (1948–1958)
60 min | Drama
A pinnacle of the Golden Age of Television, "Studio One" presented a wide range of memorable dramas and received eighteen Emmy nominations and five wins during its prestigious nine-year run on CBS.
Stars: Betty Furness, Paul Branson, Charlton Heston, Mary Sinclair
Votes: 328
15. 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
16. The Philco Television Playhouse (1948–1956)
60 min | Drama
This live dramatic series featured original stories and adaptations of novels, plays, etc., during its eight-year run. During the first year, the show was sponsored by the Actor's Equity ... See full summary »
Stars: Bert Lytell, Jay Jackson, Bob Stanton, E.G. Marshall
Votes: 137
17. The Long Goodbye (1973)
R | 112 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Private investigator Philip Marlowe helps a friend out of a jam, but in doing so gets implicated in his wife's murder.
Director: Robert Altman | Stars: Elliott Gould, Nina van Pallandt, Sterling Hayden, Mark Rydell
Votes: 37,297 | Gross: $0.96M
18. Murder, My Sweet (1944)
Approved | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
After being hired to find an ex-con's former girlfriend, Philip Marlowe is drawn into a deeply complex web of mystery and deceit.
Director: Edward Dmytryk | Stars: Dick Powell, Claire Trevor, Anne Shirley, Otto Kruger
Votes: 14,703
19. Danger (1950–1955)
30 min | Drama
Live psychological and murder mystery dramas, and one of the first U.S. television dramas to make effective use of background music.
Stars: Dick Stark, Edward Binns, Richard Kiley, Joseph Anthony
Votes: 102
20.
Philip Marlowe, Private Eye (1983–1986)
Episode:
Guns at Cyrano's
(1986)
60 min | Action, Crime, Mystery
Marlowe is hired to protect a young boxer who's being pressured to take a dive.
Director: Robert Iscove | Stars: Powers Boothe, Roxanne Hart, Cec Linder, Mark Humphrey
Votes: 42
21.
Philip Marlowe, Private Eye (1983–1986)
Episode:
Pickup on Noon Street
(1986)
Action, Crime, Mystery
Marlow is investigating the murder of a young girl. A night club cigarette girl called Token Ware might know more. The club's owner and a shady actor stand in his way. He also gets framed for extortion.
Director: Robert Iscove | Stars: Powers Boothe, Robin Givens, Kate Trotter, Christopher Newton
Votes: 45
22.
Philip Marlowe, Private Eye (1983–1986)
Episode:
Nevada Gas
(1983)
Action, Crime, Mystery
Mops Parisi is out of the joint and out for revenge. First on the list is his crooked lawyer, Hugo Candless, then the ex-cop who arrested him, one Philip Marlowe. It comes as a surprise ... See full summary »
Director: David Wickes | Stars: Powers Boothe, Kathryn Leigh Scott, John Terry, Billy Kearns
Votes: 40
23.
Philip Marlowe, Private Eye (1983–1986)
Episode:
Smart Aleck Kill
(1983)
Action, Crime, Mystery
Marlowe finds himself in grave danger when he discovers that a popular young Hollywood actor he was hired to protect has been murdered and the movie studio that the guy worked for wants to cover it up.
Director: Peter R. Hunt | Stars: Powers Boothe, Michael Shannon, Liza Ross, Vickery Turner
Votes: 39
24. Philip Marlowe (1959–1960)
30 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A short-lived crime series, featuring the cases of the fictional detective Philip Marlowe. The series was based on the detective novels of Raymond Chandler,, but failed to find an audience.
Stars: Philip Carey, William Schallert, Ed Kemmer, Virginia Gregg
Votes: 72
25.
Philip Marlowe, Private Eye (1983–1986)
Episode:
Blackmailers Don't Shoot
(1986)
PG | Action, Crime, Mystery
The woman Marlowe was hired to protect and who happens to be the girlfriend of a notorious mobster has been kidnapped.
Director: Allan King | Stars: Powers Boothe, Melody Anderson, Allan Royal, Peter Dvorsky
Votes: 69
26.
Philip Marlowe, Private Eye (1983–1986)
Episode:
Spanish Blood
(1986)
Action, Crime, Mystery
Marlowe's friend called Spanish has been murdered and Marlowe suspects that the district attorney the man was running against might be behind the hit.
Director: Robert Iscove | Stars: Powers Boothe, Helen Shaver, Mavor Moore, Dixie Seatle
Votes: 42
27. The Long Goodbye (2014– )
58 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In this unauthorized adaptation of the novel "The Long Goodbye" by Raymond Chandler set in Tokyo during the 1950', Tamotsu is suspected of murdering his actress wife Shizuka Harada. He ... See full summary »
Stars: Tadanobu Asano, Rina Ohta, Gô Ayano, Akira Emoto
Votes: 65
28. The Blue Dahlia (1946)
Passed | 96 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery
An ex-bomber pilot is suspected of murdering his unfaithful wife.
Director: George Marshall | Stars: Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, William Bendix, Howard Da Silva
Votes: 9,667 | Gross: $2.70M
29. Morning Patrol (1987)
108 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
Going alone into an abandoned, living city, a woman tries to cross a forbidden zone swarming with the Morning Patrol and traps. Meeting one of the last city guards, they attempt recall the past and penetrate the zone together.
Director: Nikos Nikolaidis | Stars: Michele Valley, Takis Spyridakis, Panos Thanassoulis, Takis Loukatos
Votes: 1,072
30.
Philip Marlowe, Private Eye (1983–1986)
Episode:
Finger Man
(1983)
60 min | Action, Crime, Mystery
Marlowe is subpoenaed to testify before a grand jury investigating the mob murder of a district attorney he was hired to bodyguard. Throw in a femme fatale and Marlowe has his hands full ... See full summary »
Director: Sidney Hayers | Stars: Powers Boothe, Billy Kearns, Gayle Hunnicutt, Ed Bishop
Votes: 41
31. Farewell, My Lovely (1975)
R | 95 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Los Angeles private eye Philip Marlowe is hired by paroled convict Moose Malloy to find his girlfriend Velma, former seedy nightclub dancer.
Director: Dick Richards | Stars: Robert Mitchum, Charlotte Rampling, John Ireland, Sylvia Miles
Votes: 9,609 | Gross: $4.36M
32. Marlowe (2007 TV Movie)
43 min | Crime, Drama
Legendary private eye Philip Marlowe takes on new cases.
Director: Rob Bowman | Stars: Ara Anton, Sherman Augustus, Michael Patrick Breen, Jessica A. Caesar
Votes: 79
33.
Philip Marlowe (1959–1960)
Episode:
The Ugly Duckling
(1959)
26 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Donna Raymond is a vixen who has her claws in David Jordan, a married man. He is a lawyer who looks after his wealthy wife's interests. Donna arranges to have a friend, Frank Rossi, run Mrs... See full synopsis »
Director: Robert Ellis Miller | Stars: Philip Carey, Virginia Gregg, Rhys Williams, James Griffith
Votes: 23
34. And Now Tomorrow (1944)
Approved | 86 min | Drama, Romance
A wealthy woman who lost her hearing to meningitis meets a doctor who is concocting a serum that will cure deafness.
Director: Irving Pichel | Stars: Alan Ladd, Loretta Young, Susan Hayward, Barry Sullivan
Votes: 469
35.
Fallen Angels (1993–1996)
Episode:
I'll Be Waiting
(1993)
30 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Eve Cressy hides in a fancy hotel awaiting the return of her vengeful gangster ex-lover from prison. She meets Tony Reseck, the hotel dick, whose attempt to protect her ends in violence.
Director: Tom Hanks | Stars: Bruno Kirby, Marg Helgenberger, Jon Polito, Dan Hedaya
Votes: 49
36. Climax! (1954–1958)
Unrated | 60 min | Drama
This was an anthology series that presented a different story and different set of characters on each episode. It ran from 1954 to 1958 and featured Casino Royale of James Bond fame, which led to two theatrical movies of the same name.
Stars: William Lundigan, Art Gilmore, Mary Costa, Michael Rennie
Votes: 260
37.
Philip Marlowe (1959–1960)
Episode:
Murder Is a Grave Affair
(1960)
26 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A star struck young woman is involved with a famous Hollywood director. She then dies under mysterious circumstances. That's only the beginning before Marlowe cracks the case there is ... See full synopsis »
Director: Paul Stewart | Stars: Philip Carey, Gene Nelson, Connie Hines, Malcolm Atterbury
Votes: 24
38. Lady in the Lake (1946)
Passed | 105 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery
The lady editor of a crime magazine hires Phillip Marlowe to find the wife of her boss. The private detective soon finds himself involved in murder.
Director: Robert Montgomery | Stars: Robert Montgomery, Audrey Totter, Lloyd Nolan, Tom Tully
Votes: 6,372
39. The Brasher Doubloon (1947)
Passed | 72 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Detective Philip Marlowe encounters a variety of characters while checking on why Leslie Murdock stole a rare doubloon from his mother.
Director: John Brahm | Stars: George Montgomery, Nancy Guild, Conrad Janis, Roy Roberts
Votes: 1,386
40. Marlowe (1969)
PG | 96 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A young woman from Kansas hires LA private detective Philip Marlowe to find her missing brother.
Director: Paul Bogart | Stars: James Garner, Gayle Hunnicutt, Carroll O'Connor, Rita Moreno
Votes: 4,017
41. Fallen Angels (1993–1996)
30 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Fallen Angels is an American neo-noir anthology television series that ran in 1993 and 1995 on Showtime, and was produced by Propaganda Films. No first-run episodes were shown in 1994.
Stars: Miguel Ferrer, Lynette Walden, Dan Hedaya, Bernard Hocke
Votes: 549
42. The Falcon Takes Over (1942)
Approved | 65 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
The Falcon and reporter Ann Riordan try to solve a string of murders after an ex-wrestler, released from jail, goes looking for his girl friend.
Director: Irving Reis | Stars: George Sanders, Lynn Bari, James Gleason, Allen Jenkins
Votes: 1,172
43. Time to Kill (1942)
Approved | 61 min | Comedy, Crime, Film-Noir
A private detective is hired to retrieve a valuable antique coin that was stolen from an old dowager to pay off a blackmailer. The private eye soon finds himself up to his ears in cover-ups... See full summary »
Director: Herbert I. Leeds | Stars: Lloyd Nolan, Heather Angel, Doris Merrick, Ralph Byrd
Votes: 338
44. Nash Airflyte Theatre (1950–1951)
30 min | Drama
Live anthology series featuring a wide format of stories (western, musical comedy, dramatic, et cetera).
Stars: William Gaxton, Frank Sutton, Ralph Riggs, Dane Clark
Votes: 36
45. Poodle Springs (1998 TV Movie)
95 min | Crime, Drama
An aging Phillip Marlowe gets mixed up with blackmail and murder amongst the elite social set in 1963.
Director: Bob Rafelson | Stars: James Caan, Dina Meyer, David Keith, Tom Bower
Votes: 994
46. The Unseen (1945)
Approved | 80 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Horror
A secretive widower hires a governess for his children, a willful boy and impressionable girl. Strange occurrences and the governess's curiosity lead her to unlock the secrets of the mysterious and uninhabited brownstone next door.
Director: Lewis Allen | Stars: Joel McCrea, Gail Russell, Herbert Marshall, Phyllis Brooks
Votes: 611
47.
Fallen Angels (1993–1996)
Episode:
Red Wind
(1995)
60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In 1940s, sympathetic African American L.A. shamus Philip Marlowe helps a dame in trouble whose lovers are offing each other over a possibly fake pearl necklace. He must also deal with a racist cop that's investigating the murders.
Director: Agnieszka Holland | Stars: Danny Glover, Kelly Lynch, Dan Hedaya, Ron Rifkin
Votes: 46
48. The Big Sleep (1978)
R | 99 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Grizzled American private detective in England investigates a complicated case of blackmail turned murder involving a rich but honest elderly general, his two loose socialite daughters, a pornographer and a gangster.
Director: Michael Winner | Stars: Robert Mitchum, Sarah Miles, Richard Boone, Candy Clark
Votes: 5,436
49. Smart Philip (2003)
95 min | Comedy, Crime
Inspired by the stories of the American writer Raymond Chandler, the classical hero is private detective Phil Marlowe, a romantic cowboy, who takes the law into his own hands in the rough ... See full summary »
Director: Václav Marhoul | Stars: Tomás Hanák, Vilma Cibulková, Pavel Liska, Bohumil Klepl
Votes: 517
50.
Climax! (1954–1958)
Episode:
The Long Goodbye
(1954)
Unrated | Drama
Detective Philip Marlowe tries to help a friend who is accused of murdering his wife.
Director: William H. Brown Jr. | Stars: Dick Powell, Tristram Coffin, Tom Drake, William Lundigan
Votes: 10