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1. Law & Order (1990– )
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
New York's finest police detectives and prosecutors fight to make the city a safer place. With integrity as the guiding force from investigation to verdict, the teams weigh every perspective in their commitment to finding justice.
Stars: Jerry Orbach, Jesse L. Martin, Dennis Farina, Sam Waterston
Votes: 44,729
2. The Town That Dreaded Sundown (1976)
Approved | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
The story of a hooded, berserk killer who terrorized the border town of Texarkana, Arkansas in 1946--leaving no fewer than five murder victims in his wake. He was never caught. Based on one of America's most baffling murder cases.
Director: Charles B. Pierce | Stars: Ben Johnson, Andrew Prine, Dawn Wells, Jimmy Clem
Votes: 9,804
3. Kojak (1973–1978)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A bald, lollipop sucking police detective with a fiery righteous attitude battles crime in his city.
Stars: Telly Savalas, Dan Frazer, Kevin Dobson, George Savalas
Votes: 8,899
4. The Equalizer (1985–1989)
TV-PG | 48 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A retired Intelligence Agent turned private detective helps various threatened clients to equalize the odds.
Stars: Edward Woodward, Keith Szarabajka, Robert Lansing, Mark Margolis
Votes: 5,937
5. Ironside (1967–1975)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Wheelchair-using, crime-fighting detective Robert T. Ironside battles the bad guys on the streets of San Francisco.
Stars: Raymond Burr, Don Galloway, Don Mitchell, Barbara Anderson
Votes: 4,103
6. The Virginian (1962–1971)
TV-PG | 75 min | Western
Personable Western series based in Wyoming from the 1890s onward.
Stars: Doug McClure, James Drury, Lee J. Cobb, Sara Lane
Votes: 3,172
7. M.A.N.T.I.S. (1994–1995)
TV-G | 60 min | Action, Sci-Fi
A paralyzed African-American scientist builds a powerful exo-skeleton in order to walk again, and uses his new abilities to fight crime.
Stars: Carl Lumbly, Roger Rees, Chris Gartin, Galyn Görg
Votes: 826
8. Mrs. Columbo (1979–1980)
60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Mrs. Kate Columbo, wife of the famous lieutenant, solves crimes as a reporter, while raising her little daughter.
Stars: Kate Mulgrew, Henry Jones, Lili Haydn, Don Stroud
Votes: 542
9.
Law & Order (1990– )
Episode:
Everybody's Favorite Bagman
(1990)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The assault of a city councilman uncovers a scandal involving organized crime, elected city officials, and a deputy police commissioner.
Director: John Patterson | Stars: George Dzundza, Chris Noth, Dann Florek, Michael Moriarty
Votes: 495
10. Switch (1975–1978)
90 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Ex-cop Frank McBride and ex-con Pete Ryan start their own detective agency.
Stars: Robert Wagner, Eddie Albert, Charlie Callas, Sharon Gless
Votes: 482
11.
Kojak (1973–1978)
Episode:
Siege of Terror
(1973)
TV-PG | 51 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A robbery of armored car guards morphs into a deadly hostage standoff, with bulldog Lt. Theo Kojak as the negotiator. Half the Talaba Brothers gang escapes with the cash, but when the other... See full summary »
Director: William Hale | Stars: Telly Savalas, Harvey Keitel, Dan Frazer, Kevin Dobson
Votes: 363
12. The Bull of the West (1972 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 90 min | Western
Two episodes of the TV series "The Virginian" edited together: "Duel at Shiloh" (2 Jan. 1963) and "Nobility of Kings" (10 Nov. 1965).
Directors: Jerry Hopper, Paul Stanley | Stars: Lee J. Cobb, Charles Bronson, Brian Keith, Lois Nettleton
Votes: 349
13. Kojak: The Belarus File (1985 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 95 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Lieutenant Theo Kojak teams up with Dana Sutton, a comely federal agent, to uncover a conspiracy reaching back to the Nazi occupation of the Soviet Union.
Director: Robert Markowitz | Stars: Telly Savalas, Suzanne Pleshette, Max von Sydow, Herbert Berghof
Votes: 309
14. Kraft Suspense Theatre (1963–1965)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Kraft Suspense Theater was an anthology series which featured a new cast and stories each week.
Stars: David Lewis, Francis De Sales, Harry Townes, Jack Kelly
Votes: 289
15.
Kojak (1973–1978)
Episode:
Web of Death
(1973)
TV-PG | 51 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A police detective kills a Manhattan lawyer, after setting up an elaborate alibi for himself. First, Nick Ferro lets Pinky, who he just busted on the street, inject some horse the junkie ... See full summary »
Director: William Hale | Stars: Telly Savalas, Hector Elizondo, Dan Frazer, Kevin Dobson
Votes: 287
16.
Kojak (1973–1978)
Episode:
Death Is Not a Passing Grade
(1974)
TV-PG | 51 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Kojak is a guest instructor at a police science class. One of his students is committing burglaries with his brother-in-law and likes to leave false clues at the crime scene. These include ... See full summary »
Director: Allen Reisner | Stars: Telly Savalas, Dan Frazer, Kevin Dobson, Mariclare Costello
Votes: 245
17.
Kojak (1973–1978)
Episode:
Knockover
(1973)
TV-PG | 51 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A newbie from Baltimore is gunned down at a Manhattan bus stop by a thug she knows, who wants only her huge, expensive ring, but can't pry it off before he has to flee. Lt. Kojak discovers ... See full summary »
Director: Charles S. Dubin | Stars: Telly Savalas, Alex Rocco, Joseph Hindy, Dan Frazer
Votes: 241
18.
Kojak (1973–1978)
Episode:
One for the Morgue
(1973)
TV-PG | 51 min | Action, Crime, Drama
When mobster Michael X. Tomasso is shot during a speech all clues lead to a Harlem based rival. But Kojak suspects something fishy is going on and decides to dig deeper.
Director: Richard Donner | Stars: Telly Savalas, Roger Robinson, Art Metrano, Dan Frazer
Votes: 240
19.
Kojak (1973–1978)
Episode:
Requiem for a Cop
(1973)
TV-PG | 51 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The entire precinct is shocked when one of their most trusted officers, Tom Donnoly is shot dead carrying $10.000 in his pocket. Kojak has just 48 hours to clear Donnoly's name and make sure he gets buried with honors.
Director: Gary Nelson | Stars: Telly Savalas, Louise Latham, Michael Margotta, James Luisi
Votes: 240
20.
Kojak (1973–1978)
Episode:
Dark Sunday
(1973)
TV-PG | 51 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Kojak begins sucking lollipops, after a wheel-man brags he's in on a caper which will make the NYPD more laughable than the Keystone Kops. Soon, a fellow gang member ices Artie the driver ... See full summary »
Director: Charles R. Rondeau | Stars: Telly Savalas, Richard Jordan, Dan Frazer, Kevin Dobson
Votes: 239
21.
Kojak (1973–1978)
Episode:
Girl in the River
(1973)
TV-PG | 51 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The elusive 'Excalibur' killer has returned to New York after an absence of two years and Kojak is determined to catch him this time. All of the victims are single women strangled with a ... See full summary »
Director: William Hale | Stars: Telly Savalas, James Keach, Dan Frazer, Kevin Dobson
Votes: 239
22.
Kojak (1973–1978)
Episode:
Die Before They Wake
(1974)
TV-PG | 51 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The deaths of a junkie and a television commentator put Kojak onto the trail of a drug/prostitution ring.
Director: Leo Penn | Stars: Telly Savalas, Harris Yulin, Jess Walton, Colby Chester
Votes: 233
23. Gangster Wars (1981)
121 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Three poor ghetto kids in turn-of-the-century New York City grow up to become feared gangsters.
Director: Richard C. Sarafian | Stars: Michael Nouri, Brian Benben, Joe Penny, Richard S. Castellano
Votes: 232
24. The Burning Zone (1996–1997)
55 min | Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Dr Daniel Cassian is appointed by White House to lead a small top secret federal biological task force of leading scientists to investigate.
Stars: Michael Harris, James Black, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Tamlyn Tomita
Votes: 225
25. Kojak: The Price of Justice (1987 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama, Thriller
The bald detective in a fedora finds himself attracted to a foxy, enigmatic woman who is suspected in the murders of her two small sons.
Director: Alan Metzger | Stars: Telly Savalas, Kate Nelligan, Pat Hingle, Jack Thompson
Votes: 225
26.
Kojak (1973–1978)
Episode:
Cop in a Cage
(1974)
TV-PG | 51 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Kojak receives threats against his life just as his niece is about to get married.
Director: Charles S. Dubin | Stars: Telly Savalas, John P. Ryan, Dan Frazer, Kevin Dobson
Votes: 225
27.
Kojak (1973–1978)
Episode:
The Corrupter
(1973)
TV-PG | 51 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Manhattan is awash with re-cut stolen gems after a legit jeweler is killed, but Kojak ties the honest gem-smith's silent partner to Lawrence, a shady power broker. The partner was "The ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Stanley | Stars: Telly Savalas, Lola Albright, Robert Webber, Dan Frazer
Votes: 220
28. The Return of Ironside (1993 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 89 min | Crime, Drama
Chief Ironside has just retired and is looking forward to running his vineyard with his wife. But his retirement is interrupted when his old friend and colleague Ed Brown, who is now ... See full summary »
Director: Gary Nelson | Stars: Raymond Burr, Don Galloway, Barbara Anderson, Elizabeth Baur
Votes: 214
29.
Kojak (1973–1978)
Episode:
Conspiracy of Fear
(1973)
TV-PG | 51 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Kojak's operative, an undercover lawyer, is killed investigating endless opportunities for graft provided by an elaborate makeover for an inner city neighborhood. The hoods make the murder ... See full summary »
Director: Jeannot Szwarc | Stars: Telly Savalas, Larry Kert, Michael McGuire, Nicholas Colasanto
Votes: 211
30.
Kojak (1973–1978)
Episode:
Before the Devil Knows
(1974)
TV-PG | 51 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Cat burglar David plunges to his death when a banker cuts his cord for burgling $1 million in bonds the financier embezzled. David's partner Le Jeune gets away with the bonds, but must use ... See full summary »
Director: Charles S. Dubin | Stars: Telly Savalas, Henry Darrow, Louise Sorel, Don Knight
Votes: 209
31.
Kojak (1973–1978)
Episode:
Dead on His Feet
(1974)
TV-PG | 51 min | Action, Crime, Drama
On the trail of a ring counterfeiting lottery tickets, a detective's partner is killed. Det. Fiore feels guilty for giving in to his partner's quest for front page heroism, plus being ... See full summary »
Director: Jeannot Szwarc | Stars: Telly Savalas, Harry Guardino, Malachi Throne, Joanne Linville
Votes: 208
32.
Kojak (1973–1978)
Episode:
Marker to a Dead Bookie
(1974)
TV-PG | 51 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Lt. Kojak fails to bring down a wily heroin kingpin, so he ups the ante by putting himself up for sale, pretending he's got no shot at Captain's bars, so he's going for dirty money instead.... See full summary »
Director: Alex March | Stars: Telly Savalas, Roger Robinson, Val Avery, Lorraine Gary
Votes: 207
33.
Kojak (1973–1978)
Episode:
Last Rites for a Dead Priest
(1974)
TV-PG | 51 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Kojak and his men are after a gang of a jewel thieves. The bag-man was shot and identified but is still on the run. So Kojak figures his accomplices will try to get to the man before the cops find him.
Director: Joel Oliansky | Stars: Telly Savalas, Jackie Cooper, Dan Frazer, Kevin Dobson
Votes: 202
34.
Kojak (1973–1978)
Episode:
My Brother, My Enemy
(1975)
TV-PG | 48 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Rick Daly is a young, trigger-happy cop with good intentions to help people. In response to a knife-killing, he is too quick on the trigger and winds up killing a preteen boy. Kojak ... See full summary »
Director: Russ Mayberry | Stars: Telly Savalas, Dan Frazer, Kevin Dobson, George Savalas
Votes: 201
35.
Kojak (1973–1978)
Episode:
Deliver Us Some Evil
(1974)
TV-PG | 51 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Kenny Soames, a friendly young delivery man for a local pharmacy, sets up a residence for a big heist and uses his delivery van for the getaway. He then plans to leave the country with his girlfriend and $100,000 from his confederates.
Director: Charles S. Dubin | Stars: Telly Savalas, John Ritter, Ruth McDevitt, Dan Frazer
Votes: 200
36.
Kojak (1973–1978)
Episode:
Queen of the Gypsies
(1975)
TV-PG | 48 min | Action, Crime, Drama
When a bank gets robbed by men arriving in an ambulance, one of their masks slips. A young woman who apparently passed a counterfeit bill sees him but fails to pick out his mug shot. She is... See full summary »
Director: Jeannot Szwarc | Stars: Telly Savalas, Zohra Lampert, Dan Frazer, Kevin Dobson
Votes: 200
37.
Kojak (1973–1978)
Episode:
Therapy in Dynamite
(1974)
TV-PG | 51 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A nebbish helps his therapy group by bombing the nemeses they whine about. Kojak can't find a pattern in the serial murders, especially after an innocent secretary who just moved to ... See full summary »
Director: Leo Penn | Stars: Telly Savalas, Steven Keats, Elizabeth Allen, Jane Elliot
Votes: 200
38. Kojak: Fatal Flaw (1989 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 90 min | Crime, Drama
Investigating the murder of a writer responsible for a Mob exposé, Kojak discovers that the dead man's wife is an old flame.
Director: Richard Compton | Stars: Telly Savalas, Andre Braugher, Angie Dickinson, Steven Weber
Votes: 195
39. Kojak: Ariana (1989 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 120 min | Crime, Drama
One of Kojak's old enemies uses Ariana, a young Greek girl, as bait to trap the legendary New York detective. Meanwhile, Kojak finds himself a brash young associate.
Director: Paul Krasny | Stars: Telly Savalas, Andre Braugher, Shari Headley, Joe Grifasi
Votes: 193
40.
Kojak (1973–1978)
Episode:
How Cruel the Frost, How Bright the Stars
(1975)
TV-PG | 48 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Christmas Eve is anything but peaceful for Kojak and his men. A woman is convinced her boyfriend is going to commit some kind of crime-but she doesn't know what; and a jealous husband is looking to kill his cheating wife.
Director: David Friedkin | Stars: Telly Savalas, Dan Frazer, Kevin Dobson, George Savalas
Votes: 192
41.
Kojak (1973–1978)
Episode:
Down a Long and Lonely River
(1974)
TV-PG | 51 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Ex-con Lou is determined to settle old scores with his ex-wife and her mobster boyfriend who set him up to serve hard time. Lou's fiancée, a wide-eyed prison sociologist, enlists Kojak's help to keep Lou from killing and/or being killed.
Director: Leo Penn | Stars: Telly Savalas, Paul Michael Glaser, Sian Barbara Allen, Dan Frazer
Votes: 189
42. Time Bomb (1984 TV Movie)
95 min | Action, Drama
A gang of terrorists tries to hijack a truck carrying plutonium.
Director: Paul Krasny | Stars: Morgan Fairchild, Billy Dee Williams, Joseph Bottoms, Merlin Olsen
Votes: 188
43.
Kojak (1973–1978)
Episode:
The Only Way Out
(1974)
TV-PG | 51 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A boy asks Kojak to find his father who's gone missing. What they don't know is that he is being held captive.
Director: Joel Oliansky | Stars: Telly Savalas, Lee Montgomery, John Hillerman, Dan Frazer
Votes: 187
44.
Kojak (1973–1978)
Episode:
Eighteen Hours of Fear
(1974)
TV-PG | 51 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A young girl smuggles a stolen Canadian blank plate to New York in a leg cast. Her accomplice, an artist, is killed by a mob hit man but the girl manages to slip away from him at a hotel ... See full summary »
Director: Charles R. Rondeau | Stars: Telly Savalas, Lynne Marta, Chuck McCann, Dan Frazer
Votes: 186
45.
Kojak (1973–1978)
Episode:
Mojo
(1974)
TV-PG | 51 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Kojak investigates the theft of powdered morphine from a pharmaceutical company.
Director: Jeannot Szwarc | Stars: Telly Savalas, Ed Lauter, Dennis Patrick, Russell Wiggins
Votes: 186
46. Kojak: None So Blind (1990 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 91 min | Drama
After a flighty young woman accidentally witnesses a Mob hit in an Italian restaurant, New York Police Inspector Theo Kojak must both protect her from an unscrupulous Dutch hitman, and bring Mob kingpin Tony Salducci to justice.
Director: Alan Metzger | Stars: Telly Savalas, Andre Braugher, Margaret Whitton, Jerry Orbach
Votes: 178
47.
Kojak (1973–1978)
Episode:
Cross Your Heart and Hope to Die
(1974)
TV-PG | 48 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An obsessed neighbor murders anyone he thinks is a threat to his relationship with a mentally fragile young woman.
Director: David Friedkin | Stars: Telly Savalas, Andrea Marcovicci, Dan Frazer, Kevin Dobson
Votes: 169
48.
Kojak (1973–1978)
Episode:
Hush Now, Don't You Die
(1974)
TV-PG | 48 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A college girl hurries home after being raped by two men, one of whom kills the other at the scene and flees. Kojak suspects a rape by two men, and sets out to identify the woman as well as... See full summary »
Director: Charles S. Dubin | Stars: Telly Savalas, Kathleen Quinlan, Todd Susman, Mike Kellin
Votes: 169
49. The Intruders (1970 TV Movie)
100 min | Western
The James and Younger outlaw gangs ride into town, and it is up to the local marshal, who has lost both his nerve and his gun skills, to stop them.
Director: William A. Graham | Stars: Don Murray, Anne Francis, Edmond O'Brien, John Saxon
Votes: 168
50.
Kojak (1973–1978)
Episode:
A Question of Answers
(1975)
TV-PG | 97 min | Action, Crime, Drama
When local and federal officers want to catch a loan shark, Kojak persuades a boyhood friend to go undercover as part of a deal to dismiss a case pending against him. Pressure mounts as the... See full summary »
Director: Jerry London | Stars: Telly Savalas, Dan Frazer, Kevin Dobson, George Savalas
Votes: 168