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1. Fail Safe (1964)

Approved | 112 min | Drama, Thriller

A technical malfunction sends American planes to Moscow to deliver a nuclear attack. Can all-out war be averted?

Director: Sidney Lumet | Stars: Henry Fonda, Walter Matthau, Fritz Weaver, Dan O'Herlihy

Votes: 24,415

2. Cape Fear (1962)

Passed | 106 min | Drama, Thriller

A lawyer's family is stalked by a man he once helped put in jail.

Director: J. Lee Thompson | Stars: Gregory Peck, Robert Mitchum, Polly Bergen, Lori Martin

Votes: 31,899

3. The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968)
Episode: The Merchant of Mayberry (1962)

TV-G | 26 min | Comedy, Family

Andy helps a struggling salesman stay in town.

Director: Bob Sweeney | Stars: Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, Don Knotts, Frances Bavier

Votes: 381

4. Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode: The Mountain Girl (1962)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

Joe is entrusted to see that Grandpa Coomb's deathbed wish is carried out. That his granddaughter is returned to the people she never knew -- the high society Harkers. Joe must teach her to... See full summary »

Director: Don McDougall | Stars: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon

Votes: 132

5. The Jack Benny Program (1950–1965)
Episode: Ghost Town Western Sketch (1962)

Not Rated | 30 min | Comedy

Jack and Gisele are returning from a show in Phoenix and get lost. They stumble into a café in what appears to be a Western ghost town and ask directions. While they sup on peanut butter ... See full summary »

Director: Frederick De Cordova | Stars: Jack Benny, Gisele MacKenzie, Gerald Mohr, Will Wright

Votes: 48

6. Laramie (1959–1963)
Episode: A Grave for Cully Brown (1962)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

Jess returning from a cattle sale helps a stranger caught in a gun battle who later trades identities with Jess when he is nearly killed in a saloon. Jess recovers but is mistaken for the stranger who is an outlaw but no one believes him.

Director: Joseph Kane | Stars: John Smith, Robert Fuller, Spring Byington, Dennis Holmes

Votes: 81

7. Laramie (1959–1963)
Episode: The Runaway (1962)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

Illiterate teenager Billy is caught between two drifters who want him to aid them in crime and Daisy along with Slim and reluctant Jess who try to teach and reform him. His only relative is a crusty uncle who wants nothing to do with him.

Director: Lesley Selander | Stars: John Smith, Robert Fuller, Spring Byington, Dennis Holmes

Votes: 68

8. Maverick (1957–1962)
Episode: The Troubled Heir (1962)

TV-G | 60 min | Western

After Pearly Gates and Marla steal the money from a poker game to invest in a worthless mine, Bart unwittingly leads a wanted outlaw to them. Because they no longer have the money, the ... See full summary »

Director: Sidney Salkow | Stars: Jack Kelly, James Garner, Kathleen Crowley, Mike Road

Votes: 51

9. Thriller (1960–1962)
Episode: An Attractive Family (1962)

TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

Family that kills together seeks to stay together in style, by icing the heir of one of their victims, before she comes into her inheritance. If the heiress audits the books, she'll ... See full summary »

Director: John Brahm | Stars: Boris Karloff, Richard Long, Leo G. Carroll, Otto Kruger

Votes: 158

10. Outlaws (1960–1962)
Episode: A Bit of Glory (1962)

60 min | Western

Foreman and Chalk team with sheriff Ned Danvers in the hunt for an outlaw. For Danvers, it's especially important, as his upcoming reelection depends on him capturing the outlaw, and his ... See full summary »

Director: Jesse Hibbs | Stars: Don Collier, Bruce Yarnell, Eli Wallach, Judy Lewis

11. Pete and Gladys (1960–1962)
Episode: Garden Wedding (1962)

30 min | Comedy

Pete and Gladys find they are not legally married. Gladys sees this as the perfect opportunity for a big garden wedding.

Director: Leslie Goodwins | Stars: Harry Morgan, Cara Williams, Bob Hastings, Christine Nelson

12. The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961–1966)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family

The misadventures of a TV writer both at work and at home.

Stars: Dick Van Dyke, Mary Tyler Moore, Rose Marie, Morey Amsterdam

Votes: 11,893

13. Mister Ed (1961–1966)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy

The misadventures of a wisecracking talking horse and his human owner.

Stars: Allan Lane, Alan Young, Connie Hines, Mister Ed

Votes: 4,667

14. The Deadly Companions (1961)

Approved | 93 min | Adventure, Western

An ex-army officer accidentally kills a woman's son and tries to make up for it by escorting the funeral procession through dangerous Indian territory.

Director: Sam Peckinpah | Stars: Maureen O'Hara, Brian Keith, Steve Cochran, Chill Wills

Votes: 2,803

15. Ichabod and Me (1961–1962)

30 min | Comedy

Life in a small New England town, as seen through the eyes of the current and formers editors of the local newspaper.

Stars: George Chandler, Robert Sterling, Christine White, Jimmy Hawkins

Votes: 28

16. Twenty Plus Two (1961)

Passed | 102 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

A famous movie star's fan-club secretary has been brutally murdered. She has in her office old newspaper clippings regarding a missing heiress. Did the secretary know something about the mystery of the heiress? David Janssen investigates.

Director: Joseph M. Newman | Stars: David Janssen, Jeanne Crain, Dina Merrill, Jacques Aubuchon

Votes: 554

17. 77 Sunset Strip (1958–1964)
Episode: Mr. Goldilocks (1961)

TV-PG | 47 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Jeff trails a jewel thief into the desert, only to have the thief and his girlfriend turn the tables on him.

Director: Andrew McCullough | Stars: Roger Smith, Edd Byrnes, Louis Quinn, Jacqueline Beer

Votes: 35

18. The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968)
Episode: Andy Forecloses (1961)

TV-G | 26 min | Comedy, Family

When the Scobey family misses a mortgage payment, Ben Weaver insists Andy serve them a foreclosure notice immediately, but Andy aims to save the Scobeys their home.

Director: Bob Sweeney | Stars: Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, Don Knotts, Frances Bavier

Votes: 394

19. Bat Masterson (1958–1961)
Episode: Bullwhacker's Bounty (1961)

TV-14 | 30 min | Western

Bat's plan to journey to Cheyenne for a big poker game are disrupted when the cavalry escort for a vital load of gunpowder is wiped out and the only men available to drive the wagons to the supply starved Fort Stewart appear unreliable.

Director: Eddie Davis | Stars: Gene Barry, Jack Lambert, Will Wright, Jan Shepard

Votes: 28

20. Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode: The Fugitive (1961)

TV-G | 60 min | Western

Adam goes to Mexico to investigate the death of a friend, only to face hostile townspeople and the dead man's wife.

Director: Lewis Allen | Stars: Pernell Roberts, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, Lorne Greene

Votes: 125

21. Dennis the Menace (1959–1963)
Episode: Dennis and the Miracle Plant Food (1961)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family

Mr Wilson has been trying to improve the growth of a plant in his garden without success. Dennis accidentally steps on the plant and does not tell Mr Wilson. Dennis replaces the plant with the same plant, but a larger one.

Director: William D. Russell | Stars: Jay North, Herbert Anderson, Gloria Henry, Joseph Kearns

Votes: 36

22. Dennis the Menace (1959–1963)
Episode: Mr. Wilson's Safe (1961)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family

Thanks to Dennis, Mr. Wilson forgets the combination to his new safe.

Director: Charles Barton | Stars: Jay North, Herbert Anderson, Gloria Henry, Billy Booth

Votes: 37

23. The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961–1966)
Episode: Empress Carlotta's Necklace (1961)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family

Rob buys Laura a hideous necklace but Laura can't bring herself to tell Rob how she really feels about it. When Rob invites his parents to see the necklace, his mother has a surprising reaction.

Director: James Komack | Stars: Dick Van Dyke, Rose Marie, Morey Amsterdam, Mary Tyler Moore

Votes: 299

24. The Donna Reed Show (1958–1966)
Episode: Aunt Belle's Earrings (1961)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family

Donna wants to go to the Founders Ball but Alex does not. Alex is struggling with Mr Greevy for financing of a new clinic. Greevy wants more money. Donna's Aunt Bell visits. Turns out, Bell and Greevy know each other from years past.

Director: Robert Ellis Miller | Stars: Donna Reed, Carl Betz, Shelley Fabares, Paul Petersen

Votes: 26

25. General Electric Theater (1953–1962)
Episode: The Wish Book (1961)

TV-G | 30 min | Drama

A young mountain girl plans on buying fine dresses with the prize money she hopes to win for her woodcarving at the county fair.

Director: Ozzie Nelson | Stars: Richard Gittings, Karen Green, Ricky Nelson, Jason Robards Sr.

26. Laramie (1959–1963)
Episode: The Jailbreakers (1961)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

Gil Martin is accused of murder in Cheyenne, but he's innocent. He was released from prison on parole. His girlfriend is killed by a controlling marshal. He comes to see Slim who had offered a job, but Slim wants him to turn himself in.

Director: Joseph Kane | Stars: John Smith, Robert Fuller, Spring Byington, Dennis Holmes

Votes: 71

27. The Law and Mr. Jones (1960–1962)
Episode: Indian War (1961)

30 min | Drama

Abraham and Marsha are looking forward to a three day fishing trip giving them a chance to relax. They ate joined by Thomas, Abraham's father.

Director: David Alexander | Stars: James Whitmore, Janet De Gore, Conlan Carter, Russ Brown

28. Lawman (1958–1962)
Episode: The Inheritance (1961)

30 min | Western

Dan and Johnny are forced to deal with Owlie, who feels his impoverished father has been hiding a large sum of money at The Birdcage. To top it off, Lily may have known the truth behind this all along.

Director: Marc Lawrence | Stars: John Russell, Peter Brown, Peggie Castle, Will Wright

Votes: 40

29. Mister Ed (1961–1966)
Episode: Pine Lake Lodge (1961)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy

Wilbur and Carol head out to Pine Lake Lodge for a little rest and relaxation, leaving Ed at home.

Director: John Rich | Stars: Alan Young, Connie Hines, Larry Keating, William Bendix

Votes: 51

30. Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode: The Case of the Brazen Bequest (1961)

TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Dr. Charles Cromwell is preparing to accept a large gift for Euclid College when a woman from his past makes a drunken appearance. He learns the donor's aide is behind her appearance. When the aide is found dead, Cromwell is charged.

Director: Arthur Marks | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, Ray Collins

Votes: 262

31. Rawhide (1959–1965)
Episode: The Black Sheep (1961)

Not Rated | 51 min | Western

Rowdy escorts an injured sheepman and his flock to a nearby town. However, when the town's residents think he is one of the sheepmen, Rowdy finds himself on the receiving end of the same kind of treatment he used to dish out to sheepmen.

Director: Anton Leader | Stars: Eric Fleming, Clint Eastwood, Sheb Wooley, Paul Brinegar

Votes: 103

32. The Tall Man (1960–1962)
Episode: Death or Taxes (1961)

30 min | Western

Garrett rides into a boomtown that a railroad considers their personal fiefdom. Not only does the company run crooked gambling houses to keep their workers broke, but they refuse to pay ... See full summary »

Director: Frank Arrigo | Stars: Barry Sullivan, Clu Gulager, Alan Baxter, Will Wright

Votes: 10

33. Shotgun Slade (1959–1961)
Episode: Valley of the Shadow (1961)

30 min | Western

Ethan Kellogg is receiving death threats to reverse his decision to close his mine. He asks Slade to find who is behind the threats. Before Slade decides whether or not to accept the job, Ethan is killed. Now, Slade wants the killer.

Stars: Scott Brady, Dennis Patrick, Will Wright, Jean Gillespie

34. Ichabod and Me (1961–1962)
Episode: Benjie's Spots (1961)

30 min | Comedy

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Director: Norman Abbott | Stars: Merry Anders, George Chandler, Jimmy Hawkins, Forrest Lewis

35. The Real McCoys (1957–1963)
Episode: The Diamond Ring (1961)

TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy, Family

Luke gets caught up in the Christmas spirit and wants to buy Kate a diamond ring that he can't afford. After he buys it, he tries to sell it to pay for Kate's hospital bill. Luke and Grandpa find out what Kate has for them on layaway.

Director: David Alexander | Stars: Walter Brennan, Richard Crenna, Kathleen Nolan, Tony Martinez

Votes: 23

36. 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: 17,000

37. Inherit the Wind (1960)

Passed | 128 min | Biography, Drama, History

Based on a real-life case in 1925; two great lawyers argue the case for, and against, a Tennessee science teacher accused of the crime of teaching Darwin's theory of evolution.

Director: Stanley Kramer | Stars: Spencer Tracy, Fredric March, Gene Kelly, Dick York

Votes: 32,792

38. Thriller (1960–1962)

TV-PG | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

Experience the complete series of the show that was hailed as the most frightening ever created for television--now available for the first time.

Stars: Boris Karloff, Richard Peel, Henry Daniell, Lillian O'Malley

Votes: 1,661

39. The Tall Man (1960–1962)

30 min | Western

Fictionalized stories about Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid set in New Mexico in the 1870s.

Stars: Barry Sullivan, Clu Gulager, Walter Lawrence, Mark Tapscott

Votes: 200

40. Pete and Gladys (1960–1962)

30 min | Comedy

Pete Porter is an insurance salesman and the somewhat-dour straight man to his perky and beautiful but scatterbrained wife Gladys.

Stars: Harry Morgan, Cara Williams, Verna Felton, Shirley Mitchell

Votes: 163

41. Outlaws (1960–1962)

60 min | Western

The adventures of a Marshal and his young Deputies in a section of Oklahoma infested with bandit gangs, gunmen, and robbers.

Stars: Don Collier, Barton MacLane, Bruce Yarnell, Slim Pickens

Votes: 94

42. The Law and Mr. Jones (1960–1962)

30 min | Drama

Abraham Lincoln Jones is a lawyer assisted by his law clerk, young C. E. Carruthers, and his secretary Marsha Spear. His cases usually did not involve violence but rather "white collar" crime.

Stars: James Whitmore, Janet De Gore, Conlan Carter, Russ Brown

Votes: 72

43. The Blue Angels (1960–1961)

30 min | Adventure

The on- and off-duty adventures of four US Navy pilots who make up The Blue Angels, the Navy's precision flying unit.

Stars: Dennis Cross, Morgan Jones, Warner Jones, Michael Galloway

Votes: 41

44. 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

45. Bat Masterson (1958–1961)
Episode: Incident at Fort Bowie (1960)

TV-14 | 30 min | Western

The U.S. Cavalry at Fort Bowie contracts with Bat for a herd of 55 horses. When his herd is stolen and his men all killed or wounded, Bat determines to recapture his herd and bring the killers to justice but it requires some trickery.

Director: Franklin Adreon | Stars: Gene Barry, Will Wright, Cathy Downs, Robert Stevenson

Votes: 31

46. The Blue Angels (1960–1961)
Episode: Don't Scream at a Jet (1960)

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Stars: Dennis Cross, Morgan Jones, Warner Jones, Michael Galloway

47. Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode: Desert Justice (1960)

TV-G | 49 min | Western

As is often the case on Bonanza, things are not always as they first seem. Hoss and Adam eventually learn who is the good guy and who is not.

Director: Lewis Allen | Stars: Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts

Votes: 234

48. Death Valley Days (1952–1970)
Episode: Queen of the High Graders (1960)

TV-PG | 25 min | Western

Mine owner Jim Barker sends for detective Romer Maxwell suspecting high grade ore is being smuggled out. Romer tests several theories then focuses on Kate Hanson but complicates matters by falling in love with her daughter Sarah.

Director: Jesse Hibbs | Stars: Larry Pennell, Virginia Christine, Lane Bradford, Wanda Shannon

Votes: 24

49. Dennis the Menace (1959–1963)
Episode: Dennis and the Bees (1960)

TV-G | 25 min | Comedy, Family

To help the bees find honey Dennis sprays a fragrant smell on Mr. Wilson's camellias, Mr. Wilson of course gets carried away thinking he has developed a rare flower that will make him a ... See full summary »

Director: Charles Barton | Stars: Jay North, Herbert Anderson, Gloria Henry, Joseph Kearns

Votes: 44

50. General Electric Theater (1953–1962)
Episode: The Money Driver (1960)

TV-G | 30 min | Drama

Harness racing driver, Al Roberts, fights viciously to bring in the big money. And at home he has no patience with his son Joey and pushes the boy around.

Director: Virgil W. Vogel | Stars: Ronald Reagan, Jocelyn Brando, Stanley Clements, John Litel