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1.
Death Valley Days (1952–1970)
Episode:
The Unshakable Man
(1962)
TV-PG | 25 min | Western
The story of Amadeo Gianni and his creating of the Bank of America from a small institution to the largest financial savings in the world. A major focus is surviving the ruin of San Francisco during the 1906 earthquake.
Director: Tay Garnett | Stars: Tony Martin, Parley Baer, Robert Carricart, Charlotte Fletcher
Votes: 24
2.
Mission: Impossible (1966–1973)
Episode:
The Town
(1968)
TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Jim Phelps is kidnapped by townspeople after learning they are part of an assassination network. The clock is ticking as a pair of assassins are en route to a perform a hit. The 'Force' ... See full summary »
Director: Michael O'Herlihy | Stars: Peter Graves, Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Greg Morris
Votes: 396
3.
Mission: Impossible (1966–1973)
Episode:
The Photographer
(1967)
TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
The team's latest mission has them trying to root out a network of spies, who were brought in by an American photographer. The problem is the code that he and his handlers communicate with ... See full summary »
Director: Lee H. Katzin | Stars: Peter Graves, Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Greg Morris
Votes: 317
4. Columbo (1971–2003)
TV-PG | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Los Angeles homicide detective Lieutenant Columbo uses his humble ways and ingenuous demeanor to winkle out even the most well-concealed of crimes.
Stars: Peter Falk, Mike Lally, John Finnegan, Bruce Kirby
Votes: 42,082
5.
Mission: Impossible (1966–1973)
Episode:
The Cardinal
(1968)
TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Behind the Iron Curtain, an ambitious general has imprisoned a Cardinal who is his nation's spiritual leader. The general has replaced the Cardinal with a double. All the monks and nuns at ... See full summary »
Director: Sutton Roley | Stars: Peter Graves, Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Greg Morris
Votes: 235
6.
Sea Hunt (1958–1961)
Episode:
The Alcatraz Story
(1959)
30 min | Action, Adventure
Mike is hired by three brothers who want him to teach them how to Scuba dive.
Director: Herman Hoffman | Stars: Lloyd Bridges, Christopher Dark, Leonard Nimoy, Bill Catching
Votes: 28
7.
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964–1968)
Episode:
Doomsday
(1965)
TV-G | 52 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi
The Seaview is on exercises when a series of signals are received indicating the USA is at war and they are to prepare for launch of all missiles.
Director: James Goldstone | Stars: Richard Basehart, David Hedison, Donald Harron, Paul Carr
Votes: 102
8.
Mission: Impossible (1966–1973)
Episode:
The Bank
(1967)
TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Belzig, head of a bank in East Berlin, tricks unwary people anxious to escape to the West that he can help them. Instead, he steals their money and kills them. He's amassing a fortune to ... See full summary »
Director: Alf Kjellin | Stars: Peter Graves, Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Greg Morris
Votes: 322
9.
Mission: Impossible (1966–1973)
Episode:
The Execution
(1968)
TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
A local mobster has taken over control of the food distribution throughout the U.S. In order to nail him, the IMF must get to his contract killer. So, an elaborate scheme is put into place ... See full summary »
Director: Alexander Singer | Stars: Peter Graves, Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Greg Morris
Votes: 247
10.
Mission: Impossible (1966–1973)
Episode:
The Mercenaries
(1968)
TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
A mercenary army in Central Africa led by Krim is destabilizing the region, and stockpiling stolen gold. Phelps and the IMF capitalize on Krim's greed, and manipulate him into arranging the... See full summary »
Director: Paul Krasny | Stars: Peter Graves, Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Greg Morris
Votes: 245
11.
Mission: Impossible (1966–1973)
Episode:
The Seal
(1967)
TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Taggert, a U.S. industrialist, has acquired a jade figure, which has great religious significance to Kuala Rokat. That nation is a small but strategically located nation which borders China... See full summary »
Director: Alexander Singer | Stars: Peter Graves, Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Greg Morris
Votes: 324
12.
Mission: Impossible (1966–1973)
Episode:
The Train
(1967)
TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
The dying leader of a European nation has a protégé ready to assume power. What the leader doesn't know is his protégé plans to crack down on liberty and become absolute dictator. The IMF ... See full summary »
Director: Ralph Senensky | Stars: Steven Hill, Barbara Bain, Greg Morris, Peter Lupus
Votes: 346
13. Everglades! (1961–1962)
30 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
In this syndicated series, Lincoln Vail was a local law enforcement official patrolling the wilderness area in his airboat. He had frequent dealings with the local Seminoles and worked diligently to protect the wildlife.
Stars: Ron Hayes, Gordon Casell, Steve Brodie, Mala Powers
Votes: 92
14.
Mission: Impossible (1966–1973)
Episode:
Recovery
(1968)
TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
A U.S. bomber crashes behind the Iron Curtain. Its Fail-Safe device, however, failed to self destruct. A brilliant U.S. scientist who defected to the unnamed country is supervising efforts ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Totten | Stars: Peter Graves, Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Greg Morris
Votes: 239
15.
Mission: Impossible (1966–1973)
Episode:
The Carriers
(1966)
TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
The inhabitants of a replica American town are being used, themselves, as the unknowing carriers of a deadly plague. The IM force must stop this from happening, and bring the party responsible forward.
Director: Sherman Marks | Stars: Steven Hill, Barbara Bain, Greg Morris, Peter Lupus
Votes: 409
16.
Mission: Impossible (1966–1973)
Episode:
The Council: Part 2
(1967)
TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
IMF agent Rollin Hand, impersonating mobster Frank Wayne, has a counter-proposal for the other mob bosses. He says he'll undergo plastic surgery to look like a different man. In comes ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Stanley | Stars: Peter Graves, Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Greg Morris
Votes: 266
17.
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964–1968)
Episode:
The Condemned
(1965)
TV-G | 52 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi
This episode involves the testing of a new air mixture that will allow a submarine to go to the "bottom of the sea" literally! A brash, news hogging, admiral and his aide, along with his ... See full summary »
Director: Leonard J. Horn | Stars: Richard Basehart, David Hedison, J.D. Cannon, Arthur Franz
Votes: 72
18. Mission: Impossible (1966–1973)
TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
An elite covert operations unit carries out highly sensitive missions subject to official denial in the event of failure, death or capture.
Stars: Peter Graves, Barbara Bain, Greg Morris, Peter Lupus
Votes: 11,516
19. Spartacus (1960)
PG-13 | 197 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
The slave Spartacus survives brutal training as a gladiator and leads a violent revolt against the decadent Roman Republic, as the ambitious Crassus seeks to gain power by crushing the uprising.
Directors: Stanley Kubrick, Anthony Mann | Stars: Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons, Charles Laughton
Votes: 143,309 | Gross: $30.00M
20. The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
PG-13 | 126 min | Drama, Thriller
An American POW in the Korean War is brainwashed as an unwitting assassin for an international Communist conspiracy.
Director: John Frankenheimer | Stars: Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey, Janet Leigh, Angela Lansbury
Votes: 79,881
21.
Mission: Impossible (1966–1973)
Episode:
The Council: Part 1
(1967)
TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
A top mob leader, Frank Wayne, is endangering the U.S. economy. Phelps's plan attacks Wayne on various fronts. First the IMF watches as Jimmy Bibo, one of Wayne's associates is forced to ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Stanley | Stars: Peter Graves, Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Greg Morris
Votes: 279
22.
Mission: Impossible (1966–1973)
Episode:
The Emerald
(1968)
TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
An emerald, with vital U.S. security information attached and hidden on it, has fallen into the hands of an arms dealer. What's more, a Soviet Bloc agent is determined to secure the emerald... See full summary »
Director: Michael O'Herlihy | Stars: Peter Graves, Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Greg Morris
Votes: 250
23.
Mission: Impossible (1966–1973)
Episode:
The Legacy
(1967)
TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
The IMF must thwart four young Nazis from claiming Hitler's fortune, which they plan to use to finance a Fourth Reich.
Director: Michael O'Herlihy | Stars: Steven Hill, Barbara Bain, Greg Morris, Peter Lupus
Votes: 353
24.
Mission: Impossible (1966–1973)
Episode:
The Survivors
(1967)
TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
An enemy agent's kidnapped 2 scientists and their wives and is holding them in San Francisco. He wants a third scientist, who can help develop an ultimate weapon. Phelps devises a plan ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Stanley | Stars: Peter Graves, Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Greg Morris
Votes: 325
25.
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964–1968)
Episode:
The Saboteur
(1965)
TV-G | 52 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi
Crane is brainwashed to sabotage an important national defense mission which is being monitored by the national intelligence agency.
Director: Felix E. Feist | Stars: Richard Basehart, David Hedison, Warren Stevens, Bert Freed
Votes: 86
26.
Columbo (1971–2003)
Episode:
Columbo Cries Wolf
(1990)
TV-PG | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When Dian Hunter, the publisher of the men's magazine "Bachelor's World", wants to sell her stock to a media tycoon, her adulterous partner Sean Brantley objects. Soon afterwards, Miss Hunter apparently disappears on a London-bound flight.
Director: Daryl Duke | Stars: Peter Falk, Ian Buchanan, Rebecca Staab, Alan Scarfe
Votes: 2,318
27.
Mission: Impossible (1966–1973)
Episode:
The Condemned
(1968)
TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
A childhood friend of Phelps' is on death row in a Latin American country. He asks the "Impossible Mission Force" to help him spring him. Even though this is a personal mission, the "Force" agrees.
Director: Alf Kjellin | Stars: Peter Graves, Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Greg Morris
Votes: 236
28.
Mission: Impossible (1966–1973)
Episode:
The Traitor
(1967)
TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
A U.S. intelligence operative has defected to an Eastern Bloc country and is currently housed at that nation's embassy in Washington. Briggs devises a plan in which a contortionist is ... See full summary »
Director: Lee H. Katzin | Stars: Steven Hill, Barbara Bain, Greg Morris, Peter Lupus
Votes: 294
29.
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964–1968)
Episode:
The Cyborg
(1965)
TV-G | 52 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi
Nelson visits a scientist that's created cyborgs who hold him prisoner. Then a Nelson cyborg is sent to the Seaview to start a war.
Director: Leo Penn | Stars: Richard Basehart, David Hedison, Victor Buono, Brooke Bundy
Votes: 111
30. Sea Hunt (1958–1961)
30 min | Action, Adventure
Mike Nelson is a scuba diver in the days when it was still very new. He works alone, it was mostly carried through his voice-over narrations. These gave the show a flavor of a radio program.
Stars: Lloyd Bridges, Ken Drake, Courtney Brown, Jan Harrison
Votes: 1,411
31. Convoy (1965)
60 min | Drama, War
Civilian Captain Foster (the freighter "Flagship") and Commander Talbot (US Navy destroyer Escort "DD 181") are responsible for convoying ships across the Atlantic during World War II.
Stars: John Gavin, John Larch, Linden Chiles, Horst Ebersberg
Votes: 57
32.
Columbo (1971–2003)
Episode:
Rest in Peace, Mrs. Columbo
(1990)
TV-PG | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A woman who blames Columbo for the loss of her husband sets out to get back at him.
Director: Vincent McEveety | Stars: Peter Falk, Helen Shaver, Ian McShane, Edward Winter
Votes: 2,208
33.
Columbo (1971–2003)
Episode:
Columbo Goes to College
(1990)
TV-PG | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Two college students decide to murder their professor during a class that Columbo is teaching.
Director: E.W. Swackhamer | Stars: Peter Falk, Stephen Caffrey, Gary Hershberger, James Sutorius
Votes: 2,227
34.
Barbary Coast (1975–1976)
Episode:
Sauce for the Goose
(1975)
60 min | Western
Cable disguises as a gypsy with a gift for prophecy to goad crooked gambler Austin Benedict into a poker game with Cash, Benedict's diary wagered against the Golden Gate, winner take all.
Director: Don McDougall | Stars: William Shatner, Doug McClure, Joseph Campanella, Burr DeBenning
Votes: 24
35.
Mission: Impossible (1966–1973)
Episode:
Odds on Evil
(1966)
TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
A prince, the absolute ruler of a principality, has $1.5 million which he plans to use for arms to wage war on a neighboring, oil-rich country. Briggs devises a scheme that involves ... See full summary »
Director: Charles R. Rondeau | Stars: Steven Hill, Barbara Bain, Greg Morris, Peter Lupus
Votes: 404
36.
Mission: Impossible (1966–1973)
Episode:
The Astrologer
(1967)
TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
An opposition leader of an Eastern Bloc nation has been captured by the chief of the country's secret police. Also seized was microfilm with a list of people who secretly support the ... See full summary »
Director: Lee H. Katzin | Stars: Peter Graves, Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Greg Morris
Votes: 260
37.
Mission: Impossible (1966–1973)
Episode:
The Frame
(1967)
TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
The Impossible Missions Force mixes dinner and danger at a crime czar's private party. Jack Wellman has arranged the deaths of four Government officials so he can fill the vacancies with men he controls.
Director: Allen H. Miner | Stars: Steven Hill, Barbara Bain, Greg Morris, Peter Lupus
Votes: 339
38.
Mission: Impossible (1966–1973)
Episode:
The Heir Apparent
(1968)
TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Cinnamon plays a long lost princess to prevent a regent from taking over in 'a small Baltic monarchy.' Of course, IMF's mission is to prevent a dictator from taking over a 'free' monarchy!
Director: Alexander Singer | Stars: Peter Graves, Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Greg Morris
Votes: 254
39.
Mission: Impossible (1966–1973)
Episode:
The Money Machine
(1967)
TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
The economy of the small African country of Ghalea is threatened by a mass counterfeiting scheme directed by Walter DuBruis, one of the country's richest financier.
Director: Paul Stanley | Stars: Peter Graves, Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Greg Morris
Votes: 273
40.
Mission: Impossible (1966–1973)
Episode:
The Slave: Part 2
(1967)
TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Phelps & Co. continue their plan to smash the renegade slavery operation of the absolute ruler of a Middle Eastern nation. Phelps, posing as a slave trader, works his way into the ... See full summary »
Director: Lee H. Katzin | Stars: Peter Graves, Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Greg Morris
Votes: 264
41.
Sea Hunt (1958–1961)
Episode:
Dead Man's Cove
(1958)
30 min | Action, Adventure
Mike tries to prove that a woman's drowning was not accidental.
Director: John Florea | Stars: Lloyd Bridges, Peter Hansen, Leonard Nimoy, Zale Parry
Votes: 31
42.
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964–1968)
Episode:
The Invaders
(1965)
TV-G | 52 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi
An undersea earthquake exhumes hundreds of strange metallic capsules, and a powerful humanoid creature who could destroy mankind is restored to life after millions of years in suspended animation.
Director: Sobey Martin | Stars: Richard Basehart, David Hedison, Robert Duvall, Henry Kulky
Votes: 110
43.
Mission: Impossible (1966–1973)
Episode:
A Game of Chess
(1968)
TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
The IMF's target is an international chess grandmaster who also is planning to steal gold seized from the opposition movement of an unnamed Soviet Bloc country. Rollin poses as an amateur ... See full summary »
Director: Alf Kjellin | Stars: Peter Graves, Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Greg Morris
Votes: 245
44.
Mission: Impossible (1966–1973)
Episode:
Shock
(1967)
TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Wilson, a U.S. ambassador stationed in a neutral country, has been abducted by an intelligence operative of an Eastern Bloc nation. An impostor has been put in Wilson's place. Briggs & Co. ... See full summary »
Director: Lee H. Katzin | Stars: Steven Hill, Barbara Bain, Greg Morris, Peter Lupus
Votes: 287
45.
Mission: Impossible (1966–1973)
Episode:
The Contender: Part 2
(1968)
TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Phelps narrowly avoids discovery by hoods (thanks to Rollin) and is able to complete installing special devices that will enable Barney to win his demonstration fight. Barney now becomes a ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Stanley | Stars: Peter Graves, Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Greg Morris
Votes: 201
46.
Mission: Impossible (1966–1973)
Episode:
The Counterfeiter
(1968)
TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Halder, who runs respectable medical clinics, is really a counterfeiter of drugs responsible for many deaths. The Impossible Missions Force aims to prove Halder's involvement in the ... See full summary »
Director: Lee H. Katzin | Stars: Peter Graves, Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Greg Morris
Votes: 240
47.
Mission: Impossible (1966–1973)
Episode:
The Diplomat
(1968)
TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Information vital to the defense of the U.S. has fallen into the hands of an enemy power. With no hope of retrieving it, the IMF stages an elaborate plot to try to make the foreign ... See full summary »
Director: Don Richardson | Stars: Peter Graves, Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Greg Morris
Votes: 199
48.
Mission: Impossible (1966–1973)
Episode:
The Ransom
(1966)
TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
In a rare episode of the series in which the IM Force isn't sent on a government-sanctioned mission, they're forced by a criminal named Egan, who's kidnapped the daughter of a friend of ... See full summary »
Director: Harry Harris | Stars: Steven Hill, Barbara Bain, Greg Morris, Peter Lupus
Votes: 391
49.
Mission: Impossible (1966–1973)
Episode:
The Slave: Part 1
(1967)
TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
The Impossible Missions Force takes on the absolute ruler of a Middle East nation who is running a secret slave market. Barney poses as a slave, part of an effort to construct a replica of ... See full summary »
Director: Lee H. Katzin | Stars: Peter Graves, Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Greg Morris
Votes: 283
50.
Mission: Impossible (1966–1973)
Episode:
The Widow
(1967)
TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Jim Phelps is the new leader of the Impossible Missions Force, with no explanation, or even reference made, about the departure of predecessor Dan Briggs. First up for Phelps is a mission ... See full summary »
Director: Lee H. Katzin | Stars: Peter Graves, Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Greg Morris
Votes: 322