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1. The Godfather: A Novel for Television (1977)
434 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
The Godfather (1972) and The Godfather Part II (1974) were re-edited together in chronological order with additional footage added.
Stars: Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, Robert Duvall, James Caan
Votes: 6,361
2.
The Godfather: A Novel for Television (1977)
Episode:
Episode #1.1
(1977)
93 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A young Vito Corlenone rises up the mafia hierarchy.
Director: Francis Ford Coppola | Stars: Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, Robert Duvall, James Caan
Votes: 205
3.
The Godfather: A Novel for Television (1977)
Episode:
Episode #1.3
(1977)
93 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Michael Corleone adapts to a life of solitude, Sonny grapples with his sister's abuse, and Vito seeks council.
Director: Francis Ford Coppola | Stars: Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, Robert Duvall, James Caan
Votes: 184
4.
The Godfather: A Novel for Television (1977)
Episode:
Episode #1.2
(1977)
93 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Hitman Virgil "The Turk" Sollozzo is hired by the Tattaglia and Barzini families to kill off Don Vito Corleone, the most powerful mafia Don in New York. Vito survives the assassination, and... See full summary »
Director: Francis Ford Coppola | Stars: Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, Robert Duvall, James Caan
Votes: 186
5. The Godfather (1972)
R | 175 min | Crime, Drama
The aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant son.
Director: Francis Ford Coppola | Stars: Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Diane Keaton
Votes: 2,009,047 | Gross: $134.97M
6.
Playhouse 90 (1956–1961)
Episode:
Old Man
(1958)
90 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
In the South, convicts get a temporary release to help during a flood.
Director: John Frankenheimer | Stars: Sterling Hayden, Geraldine Page, Milton Selzer, James Westerfield
Votes: 15
7.
The Godfather: A Novel for Television (1977)
Episode:
Episode #1.4
(1977)
140 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Michael manages the responsibilities of being a mafia don. Kay grows complacent with her husband's tightening of the crime syndicate, and danger looms due to a mysterious traitor.
Director: Francis Ford Coppola | Stars: Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, Robert Duvall, James Caan
Votes: 196
8. The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962–1992)
TV-14 | 105 min | Comedy, Talk-Show
Host Johnny Carson performs comedy routines and chats with various celebrities.
Stars: Johnny Carson, Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Skitch Henderson
Votes: 4,234
9. Front Page Challenge (1957–1995)
Game-Show
A game show where noted Canadian journalists guess the news story associated with the mystery guests and then conduct interviews with them.
Stars: Pierre Berton, Fred Davis, Gordon Sinclair, Betty Kennedy
Votes: 38
10. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
PG | 95 min | Comedy, War
An unhinged American general orders a bombing attack on the Soviet Union, triggering a path to nuclear holocaust that a war room full of politicians and generals frantically tries to stop.
Director: Stanley Kubrick | Stars: Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, Sterling Hayden, Keenan Wynn
Votes: 517,492 | Gross: $0.28M
11. Playhouse 90 (1956–1961)
90 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Of the many anthology series, this is considered the most ambitious with outstanding talent in front of the camera. Attracting top ranked directors and scripts, it was often filmed live including the entire first season.
Stars: Richard Joy, Paul Lambert, Helen Kleeb, Charles Bickford
Votes: 419
12.
Goodyear Theatre (1957–1960)
Episode:
Points Beyond
(1958)
30 min | Drama
An adaptation of the science fiction short story "Of Missing Persons" by Jack Finney (author of INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS) about a travel agency that sells tickets to a halcyon, unspoilt planet to customers who are weary of life.
Director: Robert Ellis Miller | Stars: Sterling Hayden, Julie Adams, Raymond Greenleaf, Joseph Holland
Votes: 9
13.
The Blue and the Gray (1982)
Episode:
Part 3
(1982)
TV-PG | 131 min | Drama, History, War
Beginning at Gettysberg, including a dangerous mission by Jonas, through to the end of The Civil War, where the Geyser and Hales have changed forever.
Director: Andrew V. McLaglen | Stars: Stacy Keach, John Hammond, Julia Duffy, Robin Gammell
Votes: 46
14. The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1957–1962)
105 min | Comedy, Family, Talk-Show
Originally airing during late-night, Tonight Starring Jack Paar was an American talk show hosted by Jack Paar under the Tonight Show franchise from 1957 to 1962. After 1959, it was officially known as The Jack Paar Show.
Stars: Hugh Downs, Jose Melis, Jack Paar, Cliff Arquette
Votes: 324
15.
Wagon Train (1957–1965)
Episode:
The Les Rand Story
(1957)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
Les Rand, just released from prison for murder, goes back home to kill the man he held responsible; his father, the doctor. Meanwhile, Flint is there to fetch the doctor to help someone injured. Les vows that no one will stand in his way.
Director: Robert Florey | Stars: Ward Bond, Robert Horton, Sterling Hayden, Sallie Brophy
Votes: 129
16. National Geographic Explorer (1985– )
120 min | Documentary, History
A weekly series of short documentary segments funded by the National Geographic Society and done in the style of the National Geographic Specials. In 2003, the show was re-branded National ... See full summary »
Stars: Salvatore Vecchio, Peter Coyote, Lisa Ling, Ryan Duffy
Votes: 313
17. The Killing (1956)
Approved | 84 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Crook Johnny Clay assembles a five-man team to plan and execute a daring racetrack robbery.
Director: Stanley Kubrick | Stars: Sterling Hayden, Coleen Gray, Vince Edwards, Jay C. Flippen
Votes: 97,363
18. The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
Passed | 112 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A major heist goes off as planned, but then double crosses, bad luck and solid police work cause everything to unravel.
Director: John Huston | Stars: Sterling Hayden, Louis Calhern, Jean Hagen, James Whitmore
Votes: 29,889
19.
Playhouse 90 (1956–1961)
Episode:
Days of Wine and Roses
(1958)
90 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
An alcoholic falls in love with and gets married to a young woman, whom he systematically addicts to booze so they can share his "passion" together.
Director: John Frankenheimer | Stars: Cliff Robertson, Piper Laurie, Charles Bickford, Malcolm Atterbury
Votes: 177
20.
Banacek (1972–1974)
Episode:
Fly Me- If You Can Find Me
(1974)
TV-PG | 75 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A jetliner blows its tires as it emergency lands in a middle-of-nowhere kind of small Nevada town. Through crippled, by dawn it's completely gone, and the pilot on guard duty dead. Banacek flies out to find the missing plane.
Director: Bernard L. Kowalski | Stars: George Peppard, Sterling Hayden, Victoria Principal, Jack Kelly
Votes: 168
21.
The Blue and the Gray (1982)
Episode:
Part 2
(1982)
TV-PG | 90 min | Drama, History, War
May 1862 the War between the States continues with the Peninsula Campaign. The Hales and the Geysers attend a barn dance. Luke Hale joins the Confederate Balloon Corps. Lincoln signs the Emancipation Proclamation.
Director: Andrew V. McLaglen | Stars: Stacy Keach, John Hammond, Julia Duffy, Robin Gammell
Votes: 49
22. Banacek (1972–1974)
TV-PG | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The adventures of proud Polish-American freelance insurance investigator Thomas Banacek.
Stars: George Peppard, Ralph Manza, Murray Matheson, Christine Belford
Votes: 2,220
23. Tomorrow Coast to Coast (1973–1981)
60 min | Talk-Show
The Tomorrow Show was an American late-night television talk show hosted by Tom Snyder.
Stars: Tom Snyder, Kelly Lange, Clare Boothe Luce, William C. Rader
Votes: 146
24. Johnny Guitar (1954)
Not Rated | 110 min | Drama, Western
After helping a wounded gang member, a strong-willed female saloon owner is wrongly suspected of murder and bank robbery by a lynch mob.
Director: Nicholas Ray | Stars: Joan Crawford, Sterling Hayden, Mercedes McCambridge, Scott Brady
Votes: 19,718
25. 1900 (1976)
Unrated | 317 min | Drama, History
The epic tale of a class struggle in twentieth-century Italy as seen through the eyes of two childhood friends on opposing sides.
Director: Bernardo Bertolucci | Stars: Robert De Niro, Gérard Depardieu, Dominique Sanda, Francesca Bertini
Votes: 27,265
26. 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
27.
The Blue and the Gray (1982)
Episode:
Part 1
(1982)
TV-PG | 137 min | Drama, History, War
The drama begins in 1859 when John leaves the Geyser family farm for Pennsylvania, where he gets a job as an artist correspondent for the paper owned by his uncle, Jacob Hale, Sr.
Director: Andrew V. McLaglen | Stars: Stacy Keach, John Hammond, Julia Duffy, Robin Gammell
Votes: 54
28. Wagon Train (1957–1965)
TV-PG | 75 min | Western
Stories of the journeys of a wagon train as it leaves post-Civil War Missouri on its way to California through the plains, deserts, and Rocky Mountains.
Stars: Frank McGrath, Terry Wilson, Robert Horton, John McIntire
Votes: 3,746
29. 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: 37,109 | Gross: $0.96M
30. Zane Grey Theatre (1956–1961)
TV-PG | 25 min | Western
An anthology based (earlier more so than later) on the novels and stories of Zane Grey. Dick Powell was often the star, as well as the host.
Stars: Dick Powell, Walter Sande, Denver Pyle, Bill Erwin
Votes: 581
31. The Blue and the Gray (1982)
TV-PG | 381 min | Drama, History, War
America just before and during the Civil War, as seen through the eyes of an artist correspondent.
Stars: Stacy Keach, John Hammond, Julia Duffy, Robin Gammell
Votes: 1,863
32. Celebrity Playhouse (1955–1956)
30 min | Drama
Stars: Angela Lansbury, Scott Brady, Howard Duff, Sylvia Sidney
Votes: 41
33. Crime Wave (1953)
Approved | 73 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Reformed parolee Steve Lacey is caught in the middle when a wounded former cellmate seeks him out for shelter.
Director: André De Toth | Stars: Gene Nelson, Sterling Hayden, Phyllis Kirk, Ted de Corsia
Votes: 4,532
34. The Philip Morris Playhouse (1953–1954)
30 min | Drama
Stars: Everett Sloane, John Beal, Donald Cook, Kent Smith
Votes: 32
35. The Mike Douglas Show (1961–1982)
Comedy, Music, Talk-Show
Mike Douglas, aided by a different celebrity co-host every week, interviews a variety of figures from the world of entertainment.
Stars: Mike Douglas, Ellie Frankel, Ellie Frankel Sextet, Stan Kann
Votes: 579
36. Goodyear Theatre (1957–1960)
30 min | Drama
Goodyear Theatre is a 30-minute dramatic television anthology series telecast on NBC.
Stars: David Niven, Robert Ryan, Jane Powell, Peter Leeds
Votes: 69
37. Pharos of Chaos (1983)
PG-13 | 119 min | Documentary, Biography
Documentary profile of actor Sterling Hayden .
Directors: Manfred Blank, Wolf-Eckart Bühler | Stars: Sterling Hayden, Charles Brauer, Wolf-Eckart Bühler
Votes: 364
38.
Zane Grey Theatre (1956–1961)
Episode:
The Necessary Breed
(1957)
TV-PG | 30 min | Western
A bounty hunter tracks a man to his home town. After he kills the man, he stops in to visit his wife. His wife tells him she can't live that type of life anymore and is leaving him. He says he can't change.
Director: Christian Nyby | Stars: Sterling Hayden, Jean Willes, James Griffith, Carlyle Mitchell
Votes: 32
39. The Star (1952)
Passed | 89 min | Drama, Romance
A washed-up movie queen finds romance, but still desires a comeback.
Director: Stuart Heisler | Stars: Bette Davis, Sterling Hayden, Natalie Wood, Warner Anderson
Votes: 4,138
40. The DuPont Show of the Month (1957–1961)
90 min | Comedy, Drama, History
The award winning bing play of Mary Chase came to television in 1958. It tells the story of Elwood P. Dowd (Art Carney), a personable chap who drinks a little, and befriends a "pookah", a ... See full summary »
Stars: Tim O'Connor, James Valentine, Hurd Hatfield, John Colicos
Votes: 103
41. Cinéma cinémas (1982–1991)
Documentary
A ten episode Tv series on cinephilia, in which contributors to both American and French films are interviewed.
Stars: Michel Boujut, Jean-Claude Dauphin, Jean-François Stévenin, Jean-Luc Godard
Votes: 65
42. Bertolucci Shoots '1900' (1976 TV Movie)
Unrated | 62 min | Documentary
Director: Gianni Amelio | Stars: Gianni Amelio, Bernardo Bertolucci, Giuseppe Bertolucci, Robert De Niro
Votes: 83
43. Nine to Five (1980)
PG | 109 min | Comedy
Three female employees of a sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot find a way to turn the tables on him.
Director: Colin Higgins | Stars: Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Dolly Parton, Dabney Coleman
Votes: 39,358 | Gross: $103.29M
44. The Outsider (1979)
R | 122 min | Drama, History, Thriller
A young American man joins the IRA in Ireland but soon finds out that he is being used for political purposes and propaganda.
Director: Tony Luraschi | Stars: Craig Wasson, Sterling Hayden, Patricia Quinn, Niall O'Brien
Votes: 323
45. Suddenly (1954)
Unrated | 77 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
In the city of Suddenly, three gangsters trap the Benson family in their own house, on the top of a hill nearby the railroad station, with the intention of killing the president of the USA.
Director: Lewis Allen | Stars: Frank Sinatra, Sterling Hayden, James Gleason, Nancy Gates
Votes: 7,360 | Gross: $1.40M
46. General Electric Theater (1953–1962)
TV-G | 30 min | Drama
An American anthology series, with a new episode and different actors and actresses each week. Hosted by Ronald Reagan, the series was sponsored by General Electric's Department of Public Relations.
Stars: Ronald Reagan, Don Herbert, Nancy Reagan, Lee Marvin
Votes: 431
47. Terror in a Texas Town (1958)
Not Rated | 80 min | Western
A Swedish whaler is out for revenge when he finds out that a greedy oil man murdered his father for their land.
Director: Joseph H. Lewis | Stars: Sterling Hayden, Sebastian Cabot, Carol Kelly, Eugene Mazzola
Votes: 2,410
48. Ternos Caçadores (1969)
115 min | Drama
A family of four people (parents and two children, one of them still a kid) live by the sea. The father studies the migratory flights of birds. One day, there appears an escaped prisoner on... See full summary »
Director: Ruy Guerra | Stars: Sterling Hayden, Maureen McNally, Susan Strasberg, Stuart Whitman
Votes: 62
49. The Merv Griffin Show (1962–1986)
TV-PG | 60 min | Comedy, Family, Music
Merv Griffin invites a series of actors, actresses, writers, and directors to discuss the progressive work they have done and current culture, arts, and entertainment surrounding the numerous projects.
Stars: Merv Griffin, Mort Lindsey, Mort Lindsey Orchestra, Arthur Treacher
Votes: 607
50. So Big (1953)
Approved | 101 min | Drama, Romance, Western
In the late 1890s, a young widow becomes a successful farmer and can send her son, nicknamed 'So Big', to college. After graduating, he finds a job as an architect, but forgoes his dream in favor of an immediate financial success.
Director: Robert Wise | Stars: Jane Wyman, Sterling Hayden, Nancy Olson, Steve Forrest
Votes: 817