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1. The F.B.I. (1965–1974)
60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The cases of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Stars: Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Philip Abbott, William Reynolds, Stephen Brooks
Votes: 1,380
2. The Mickey Mouse Club (1955–1958)
TV-G | 60 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Mickey Mouse hosts a youth-oriented variety show featuring 'The Mouseketeers'.
Stars: Jimmie Dodd, Darlene Gillespie, Sharon Baird, Bobby Burgess
Votes: 869
3. Dillinger (1973)
R | 107 min | Action, Biography, Crime
John Dillinger and his gang go on a bank robbing spree across the midwest, but one G-Man is determined to bring him down.
Director: John Milius | Stars: Warren Oates, Ben Johnson, Michelle Phillips, Cloris Leachman
Votes: 5,860 | Gross: $2.00M
4. The FBI Story (1959)
Approved | 149 min | Crime, Drama, History
A dedicated FBI agent recalls the agency's battles against the Klan, organized crime and Communist spies.
Director: Mervyn LeRoy | Stars: James Stewart, Vera Miles, Murray Hamilton, Larry Pennell
Votes: 3,884
5. 'G' Men (1935)
Approved | 85 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
James Cagney helped jump-start the gangster genre as The Public Enemy. Outcries against movies that glorified underworld criminals put Cagney on the side of the law in 'G' Men.
Director: William Keighley | Stars: James Cagney, Margaret Lindsay, Ann Dvorak, Robert Armstrong
Votes: 4,379
6. This Is Your Life (1950–1993)
30 min | Biography, Family, Reality-TV
Each week, an unsuspecting celebrity would be lured by some ruse to a location near the studio. The celebrity would then be surprised with the news that they are to be the featured guest. ... See full summary »
Stars: Ralph Edwards, Bob Warren, Eddie Cantor, Bob Hope
Votes: 315
7. Walk East on Beacon! (1952)
Approved | 98 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller
A G-man searches for a communist sleeper-cell in Boston.
Director: Alfred L. Werker | Stars: George Murphy, Finlay Currie, Virginia Gilmore, Karel Stepanek
Votes: 565
8. TV Reader's Digest (1955–1956)
30 min | Drama
Family-oriented stories from the pages of "Reader's Digest" were dramatized on film.
Stars: Hugh Reilly, Gene Raymond, Richard Reeves, Helen Mowery
Votes: 60
9. UFO's Are Real (1979)
G | 89 min | Documentary
One of several 1970s documentaries on the subject of unidentified flying objects (UFO), supporting the view that Earth is visited regularly by extra-terrestrial engines and aliens.
Director: Ed Hunt | Stars: Brandon Chase, Wendelle Stevens, Bruce Maccabee, Lawrence Coyne
Votes: 234
10. Queen of the Mob (1940)
Approved | 61 min | Crime, Drama
Mobster Ma Webster rules her clan with an iron hand, taking charge of all their robberies despite the protests of George Frost, the only member of her gang who is not her son. On Christmas ... See full summary »
Director: James P. Hogan | Stars: Ralph Bellamy, Blanche Yurka, J. Carrol Naish, Jeanne Cagney
Votes: 95
11. The Next of Kin (1942)
Approved | 102 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Wartime propaganda piece giving the warning "Be like Dad, Keep Mum". A gossipy housewife is overheard talking about what her son is doing by a Nazi spy.
Director: Thorold Dickinson | Stars: Mervyn Johns, John Chandos, Nova Pilbeam, Reginald Tate
Votes: 304
12. FBI Code 98 (1963 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 104 min | Crime, Drama
Three executives of an electronics firm discover a bomb aboard their airliner in this taut crime thriller--and the FBI's investigation puts everyone under a magnifying glass of suspicion.
Director: Leslie H. Martinson | Stars: Jack Kelly, Ray Danton, Andrew Duggan, Philip Carey
Votes: 52
13. Persons in Hiding (1939)
Approved | 70 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A beautiful but greedy woman teams up with a small-time hoodlum to become two of the most wanted criminals in the country.
Director: Louis King | Stars: Lynne Overman, Patricia Morison, J. Carrol Naish, William Henry
Votes: 61
14. Parole Fixer (1940)
Approved | 68 min | Action, Crime, Drama
This expose of the U.S. parole system, as seen through the eyes of FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, takes dead aim on lawyers who manipulate the justice system in order to get undeserving ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Florey | Stars: William Henry, Virginia Dale, Robert Paige, Gertrude Michael
Votes: 59
15. Undercover Doctor (1939)
Approved | 67 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
Dr. Bartley Morgan covers up his profitable illegalities with the respectable veneer of a posh, highly profitable private practice, he runs with his nurse Margaret Hopkins. The FBI agent ... See full summary »
Director: Louis King | Stars: Lloyd Nolan, Janice Logan, J. Carrol Naish, Heather Angel
Votes: 41
16. Gillette Cavalcade of Sports (1944– )
Sport
Weekly televised boxing bouts.
Stars: Jimmy Powers, Joe Louis, Don Dunphy, Jersey Joe Walcott
Votes: 26
17. MLK: The Conspiracies (2021)
Documentary, Crime, Drama
April 4 1968 was a day that changed the landscape forever. The life of the most influential voice of social justice was ended. No person has transformed a race's social standing as Martin ... See full summary »
Director: Piers Garland | Stars: Martin Luther King, Walter Fauntroy, J. Edgar Hoover, Jesse Jackson
Votes: 8
18. Operation Abolition (1962)
45 min | Documentary, History
A short film produced by the House Committee on Un-American Activities documenting demonstration and rioting during the San Francisco hearings.
Director: Fulton Lewis III | Star: Fulton Lewis III
Votes: 68
19. Revolution Underway (1968)
36 min | Documentary, Short
Anti-communist film intended to warn Americans about revolutionary groups such as the Black Panthers.
Stars: Muhammad Ali, H. Rap Brown, Stokely Carmichael, James Eastman
20. Youth in Crisis (1943)
19 min | Documentary, Drama, Short
Youth crime doubled after the US entered World War II. Children left at home after school, free to get into trouble. Young men and women, some working and making an adult wage, now feel that they have the right to act and do as adults.
Stars: Lewis B. Hershey, J. Edgar Hoover, Lawson Lowrey
Votes: 45
21. A Day with the F.B.I. (1951)
Approved | 19 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Louis De Rochemont | Star: J. Edgar Hoover
22. You Can't Get Away with It (1936)
Approved | 30 min | Crime, Short, Documentary
A documentary-style short showing the inner-workings of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Presented with The Permission of the Hon. Homer S. Cummings, Attorney General of the U. S., and ... See full summary »
Director: Charles E. Ford | Stars: Lowell Thomas, J. Edgar Hoover, John Dillinger, George Kelly
Votes: 7
23.
The F.B.I. (1965–1974)
Episode:
Deadfall
(1970)
60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Four kidnappers by mistake abduct the sister of their intended victim. Erskine and Colby try to make sense of the botched crime. Erskine will risk his own life, taking the place of the ... See full summary »
Director: Don Medford | Stars: Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Philip Abbott, William Reynolds, Robert Drivas
Votes: 20
24.
The F.B.I. (1965–1974)
Episode:
Return to Power
(1970)
60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Two half-brothers fight for control of a Cosa Nostra family. The conflict is coming to a head as the Cosa Nostra Commission has scheduled a meeting in Chicago. A woman in love with one of ... See full summary »
Director: Don Medford | Stars: Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Philip Abbott, William Reynolds, Christopher George
Votes: 23
25.
The F.B.I. (1965–1974)
Episode:
The Dealer
(1970)
60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A successful fence wants to leave his criminal life behind but is pressured after a major heist. Tom Colby is sent undercover but his life is in jeopardy when the gang suspect he's a lawman... See full summary »
Director: Jesse Hibbs | Stars: Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Philip Abbott, William Reynolds, Nina Foch
Votes: 17
26.
The F.B.I. (1965–1974)
Episode:
The Price of Death
(1966)
60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A gang of kidnappers preys on middle-class families. Based in Reno, they identify men who have won money gambling, then kidnap their children. Junior, one of the kidnappers, convinces his ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Wendkos | Stars: Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Philip Abbott, Stephen Brooks, John Larch
Votes: 35
27.
The F.B.I. (1965–1974)
Episode:
The Quest
(1970)
60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Walker Graham Carr escapes from a mental hospital. He has been convicted of the murder of his wife but he is convinced she's still alive. Erskine and Colby lead the FBI's manhunt for Carr. ... See full summary »
Director: Philip Abbott | Stars: Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Philip Abbott, William Reynolds, Earl Holliman
Votes: 16
28.
TV Reader's Digest (1955–1956)
Episode:
The Trigger Finger Clue
(1956)
30 min | Drama
Four criminals rob a bank, commit murder and take two clerks with them as hostages.
Director: Gilbert Kay | Stars: Elisha Cook Jr., Paul Dubov, Dabbs Greer, Louis Jean Heydt
29.
This Is Your Life (1950–1993)
Episode:
Mervyn LeRoy
(1960)
30 min | Biography, Family, Reality-TV
Stars: Buddy Adler, Jack Benny, Stephen Boyd, Dave Chasen
30.
Gillette Cavalcade of Sports (1944– )
Episode:
Episode dated 27 October 1951
(1951)
Sport
Stars: Bob Christenberry, Allie Colombo, Bill Corum, Don Dunphy
31.
The Mickey Mouse Club (1955–1958)
Episode:
Talent Round Up: The Thompson Brothers - Inside Report on Washington
(1958)
TV-G | Comedy, Drama, Family
In 1957, the Mickey Mouse Club was televised weekly over ABC and aired 5:30 pm Pacific Standard Time and was highly popular. One of the segments was a short documentary like newsreel ... See full summary »
Stars: Walt Disney, Jimmie Dodd, Sharon Baird, Bobby Burgess