Best of TV, 1949-ongoing
by dusky-1 | created - 7 months ago | updated - 7 months ago | PublicAn attempt to list my highest-ranked TV outings for each year, starting in 1949. Eligible are TV episodes, TV movies, TV specials and/or TV mini-series based on their original air dates on IMDB.
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1.
Suspense (1949–1954)
Episode:
Dead Ernest
(1949)
30 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Ernest Bowers suffers an attack of catalepsy while crossing the street, lapsing into a coma that resembles death. Believing he was killed by a passing car, his body is sent to the city ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Stevens | Stars: Margaret Phillips, Tod Andrews, Barry Macollum, Joshua Shelley
Votes: 58
2.
Suspense (1949–1954)
Episode:
The Suicide Club
(1950)
30 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Prince Florizel and his cohort, Gerard, masquerade under false identities and hit the city in search of adventure. One night in a bar, they encounter a young man who says he does not wish ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Stevens | Stars: Ralph Bell, Ralph Clanton, Donald Buka, Richard Fraser
Votes: 51
3.
Lights Out (1946–1952)
Episode:
The Martian Eyes
(1951)
30 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
An odd professor claims he can spot Martians, who masquerade as humans, using a pair of infrared glasses he wears. Only then can you see the third eyeball in the middle of their forehead. ... See full summary »
Director: Laurence Schwab Jr. | Stars: Burgess Meredith, John Baragrey, David Lewis, J. Pat O'Malley
Votes: 37
4.
Dragnet (1951–1959)
Episode:
The Big Cast
(1952)
Not Rated | 30 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Friday begins to question Henry Ross, a suspect in a man's disappearance, which Friday believes is actually a murder. Ross coolly and calmly denies any involvement in the disappearance, but... See full summary »
Director: Jack Webb | Stars: Jack Webb, Barney Phillips, Lee Marvin, George Fenneman
Votes: 154
5.
Dragnet (1951–1959)
Episode:
The Big Grandma
(1953)
Not Rated | 30 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Friday and Jacobs look for an elderly woman who has been passing bad checks just three different months a year for nearly 10 years.
Director: Jack Webb | Stars: Jack Webb, Ben Alexander, Gwen Delano, Bert Holland
Votes: 69
6.
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1953–1955)
Episode:
Playmates
(1954)
30 min | Drama
Monica is a lonely young girl who is schooled at home by her Uncle Stephen and his housekeeper. When Monica talks about her new playmates Mary and Elsie, her Uncle believes she is just ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Irving | Stars: Alan Napier, Natalie Wood, Moyna MacGill, Nelson Welch
Votes: 15
7.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962)
Episode:
Breakdown
(1955)
TV-14 | 26 min | Drama, Mystery
William Callew is involved in a bad traffic accident on a rural road, that leaves him so paralyzed he appears lifeless, and when help arrives they think he's really dead.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Joseph Cotten, Raymond Bailey, Forrest Stanley
Votes: 1,985
8.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962)
Episode:
The Belfry
(1956)
TV-14 | 30 min | Drama, Mystery
When Clint Ringle learns that Ellie Marsh, the schoolteacher whom he loves, is engaged to Walt Norton, Clint kills Walt and then hides in the schoolhouse's bell tower, waiting for his chance to exact further revenge.
Director: Herschel Daugherty | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Jack Mullaney, Patricia Hitchcock, Dabbs Greer
Votes: 855
9.
Suspicion (1957–1958)
Episode:
Four O'Clock
(1957)
60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Paul Steppe, a watch repairman, suspects his wife is cheating on him while he tends to his store every afternoon. Consumed with jealousy, he devises a time bomb set to go off at four o' ... See full summary »
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Nancy Kelly, E.G. Marshall, Richard Long, Tom Pittman
Votes: 239
10.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962)
Episode:
Lamb to the Slaughter
(1958)
TV-14 | 30 min | Drama, Mystery
After Mary Maloney's police chief husband is murdered, the police investigate but have a hard time figuring out the murder weapon.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Barbara Bel Geddes, Harold J. Stone, Allan Lane
Votes: 1,269
11.
The Twilight Zone (1959–1964)
Episode:
Walking Distance
(1959)
TV-PG | 25 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A man, fed up with where he's at in life, finds himself not only in his old hometown, but back to the time when he was a boy.
Director: Robert Stevens | Stars: Rod Serling, Gig Young, Frank Overton, Irene Tedrow
Votes: 6,070
12.
The Twilight Zone (1959–1964)
Episode:
The Howling Man
(1960)
TV-PG | 25 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Seeking refuge from a storm, a traveler comes upon a bizarre abbey of monks, who have imprisoned a man who begs for his help. When he confronts the head monk, he is told that the man is the Devil, and he must decide whom to believe.
Director: Douglas Heyes | Stars: John Carradine, H.M. Wynant, Robin Hughes, Friedrich von Ledebur
Votes: 4,083
13.
The Twilight Zone (1959–1964)
Episode:
A Game of Pool
(1961)
TV-PG | 25 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A frustrated pool champion has beaten everyone. Everyone except one man - the legendary Fats Brown. Brown is dead and the champ can only curse his name. But guess who just walked in.
Director: Buzz Kulik | Stars: Jack Klugman, Jonathan Winters, Dee Sharon, Margie Liszt
Votes: 3,038
14.
Combat! (1962–1967)
Episode:
Cat and Mouse
(1962)
Action, Drama, War
Saunders is ordered to join a reconnaissance patrol whose Sergeant doesn't like him or want him along.
Director: Robert Altman | Stars: Vic Morrow, Rick Jason, Steven Rogers, Pierre Jalbert
Votes: 141
15.
Combat! (1962–1967)
Episode:
The Medal
(1963)
60 min | Action, Drama, War
A GI private is killed after taking over an enemy machine gun and killing dozens of Nazis, but his best friend falsely claims he did the shooting.
Director: Paul Stanley | Stars: Vic Morrow, Rick Jason, Steven Rogers, Pierre Jalbert
Votes: 120
16.
The Outer Limits (1963–1965)
Episode:
Demon with a Glass Hand
(1964)
TV-14 | 51 min | Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Continuance of the human race against alien invaders depends on a man with an incomplete glass computer hand and no memory of his past.
Director: Byron Haskin | Stars: Robert Culp, Arlene Martel, Abraham Sofaer, Rex Holman
Votes: 1,096
17.
Combat! (1962–1967)
Episode:
The Enemy
(1965)
Action, Drama, War
Lt. Hanley comes across three German soldiers in a deserted French town. Two are killed and he captures the third...a demolition expert. He tells Hanley that the entire town is mined and ... See full summary »
Director: John Peyser | Stars: Rick Jason, Vic Morrow, Robert Duvall, Michael Corhan
Votes: 96
18.
Combat! (1962–1967)
Episode:
Hills Are for Heroes: Part 2
(1966)
Action, Drama, War
Lt. Hanley has the support of a tank to help his platoon to take the hill. However, the tank is destroyed by a German bazooka. Now Hanley plans to use the shield of the tank to attack the German bunker also with a bazooka.
Director: Vic Morrow | Stars: Rick Jason, Vic Morrow, Jack Hogan, Pierre Jalbert
Votes: 124
19.
Star Trek (1966–1969)
Episode:
Amok Time
(1967)
TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
In the throes of his Pon Farr mating period, Spock must return to Vulcan to meet his intended future wife, betrothed from childhood.
Director: Joseph Pevney | Stars: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, Celia Lovsky
Votes: 4,748
20.
Star Trek (1966–1969)
Episode:
A Piece of the Action
(1968)
TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
The crew of the Enterprise struggles to cope with a planet of imitative people who have modeled their society on 1920s gangsters.
Director: James Komack | Stars: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, Anthony Caruso
Votes: 3,821
21.
Monty Python's Flying Circus (1969–1974)
Episode:
Whither Canada?
(1969)
TV-14 | 32 min | Comedy
'It's Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart', Famous Deaths, Italian Lesson, Whizzo Butter, 'It's the Arts', Arthur "Two-Sheds" Jackson, Cycling Race, and The Funniest Joke in the World.
Directors: Ian MacNaughton, John Howard Davies | Stars: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Jones
Votes: 1,664
22.
Monty Python's Flying Circus (1969–1974)
Episode:
The Naked Ant
(1970)
TV-14 | 32 min | Comedy
The 127th annual Twit of the Year Show. Also: Hitler and Himmler are guests for tea in a boarding house; a BBC broadcast is interrupted when a British minister falls into a fissure.
Director: Ian MacNaughton | Stars: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Jones
Votes: 1,066
23. Duel (1971 TV Movie)
PG | 90 min | Action, Thriller
A business commuter is pursued and terrorized by the malevolent driver of a massive tractor-trailer.
Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Dennis Weaver, Jacqueline Scott, Eddie Firestone, Lou Frizzell
Votes: 78,402
24.
Monty Python's Flying Circus (1969–1974)
Episode:
The Money Programme
(1972)
TV-14 | 29 min | Comedy
"The Money Program" features a Swiss banker, a city accountant and a song of praise.
Director: Ian MacNaughton | Stars: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Jones
Votes: 839
25.
Monty Python's Flying Circus (1969–1974)
Episode:
Dennis Moore
(1973)
TV-MA | 32 min | Comedy
A highwayman steals "lupins" from the rich and tries to give them to the poor. Also: the first episode in a tatty, tedious 18th-century serial is brought to a screeching halt; peasants clamor for Titian paintings and Venetian glass.
Director: Ian MacNaughton | Stars: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Jones
Votes: 810
26.
M*A*S*H (1972–1983)
Episode:
O.R.
(1974)
TV-PG | 25 min | Comedy, Drama, War
Drama, pathos and humor combine when heavy casualties result in a long session in the O.R.
Director: Gene Reynolds | Stars: Alan Alda, Wayne Rogers, McLean Stevenson, Loretta Swit
Votes: 662
27.
M*A*S*H (1972–1983)
Episode:
Abyssinia, Henry
(1975)
TV-PG | 25 min | Comedy, Drama, War
Henry finds out he's been discharged from the army and everyone at the 4077th prepares to say goodbye to him as he heads home.
Director: Larry Gelbart | Stars: Alan Alda, Wayne Rogers, McLean Stevenson, Loretta Swit
Votes: 1,489
28.
M*A*S*H (1972–1983)
Episode:
Mulcahy's War
(1976)
TV-PG | 25 min | Comedy, Drama, War
Father Mulcahy, troubled by his lack of experience at the front, insists on accompanying Radar for an errand there.
Director: George Tyne | Stars: Alan Alda, Mike Farrell, Harry Morgan, Loretta Swit
Votes: 560
29. Jesus of Nazareth (1977)
TV-G | 96 min | Biography, Drama, History
Beginning before the Nativity and extending through the Crucifixion and Resurrection, this mini-series brings to life all of the sweeping drama in the life of Jesus, as told by the Gospels.
Stars: Robert Powell, Olivia Hussey, Laurence Olivier, James Mason
Votes: 24,862
30.
M*A*S*H (1972–1983)
Episode:
Point of View
(1978)
TV-PG | 25 min | Comedy, Drama, War
A wounded soldier being treated at the 4077th provides a narrative through his eyes.
Director: Charles S. Dubin | Stars: Alan Alda, Mike Farrell, Harry Morgan, Loretta Swit
Votes: 726
31.
M*A*S*H (1972–1983)
Episode:
Period of Adjustment
(1979)
TV-PG | 25 min | Comedy, Drama, War
B.J. and Klinger get drunk in despair at being envious of the now departed Radar.
Director: Charles S. Dubin | Stars: Alan Alda, Mike Farrell, Harry Morgan, Loretta Swit
Votes: 530
32. Hollywood (1980)
676 min | Documentary, Biography, History
The history of the American film industry in Hollywood during the Silent era.
Stars: James Mason, Colleen Moore, Byron Haskin, Viola Dana
Votes: 855
33.
Blake's 7 (1978–1981)
Episode:
Blake
(1981)
Not Rated | 60 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Orac has pinpointed Blake's location and reveals to Avon and the crew of Scorpio that he is on the lawless planet Gauda Prime, where Blake has given up fighting against the Federation and ... See full summary »
Director: Mary Ridge | Stars: Paul Darrow, Michael Keating, Steven Pacey, Josette Simon
Votes: 271
34.
Police Squad! (1982)
Episode:
Ring of Fear (A Dangerous Assignment)
(1982)
TV-PG | 24 min | Comedy, Crime
In order to infiltrate a criminal gang that bribes boxers Frank makes a contract with one of them, Buddy. This leads to a kidnapping of his girlfriend and Frank has to find her before Buddy forfeits.
Director: Joe Dante | Stars: Leslie Nielsen, Alan North, Rex Hamilton, Georg Stanford Brown
Votes: 997
35.
M*A*S*H (1972–1983)
Episode:
Goodbye, Farewell and Amen
(1983)
TV-PG | 119 min | Comedy, Drama, War
In the closing days of the Korean War, the staff of the 4077 M*A*S*H Unit find themselves facing irrevocable changes in their lives.
Director: Alan Alda | Stars: Alan Alda, Mike Farrell, Harry Morgan, Loretta Swit
Votes: 3,896
36.
Yes Minister (1980–1984)
Episode:
Party Games
(1984)
TV-Y | 61 min | Comedy
Sir Humphrey Appleby receives his just reward when he's told by Sir Arnold Robinson that he is to be his successor as Cabinet Secretary. Jim Hacker has mixed feelings about the whole thing ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Whitmore | Stars: Paul Eddington, Nigel Hawthorne, Derek Fowlds, John Nettleton
Votes: 433
37.
The Ray Bradbury Theater (1985–1992)
Episode:
Marionettes, Inc.
(1985)
TV-14 | 30 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Mysterious Fantoccini offers an unhappy overworked suburbanite husband the services of his high tech company. He'll be replaced by a robot duplicate both at home and work. However, the man becomes jealous of his perfect double.
Director: Paul Lynch | Stars: Ray Bradbury, James Coco, Leslie Nielsen, Jayne Eastwood
Votes: 339
38. The Boys from Syracuse (1986 TV Special)
Comedy, Musical, Romance
A taping of the Rogers & Hart musical comedy, as performed at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival.
Directors: Norman Campbell, Douglas Campbell | Stars: Colm Feore, Geraint Wyn Davies, Keith Thomas, Benedict Campbell
Votes: 26
39.
Yes, Prime Minister (1986–1987)
Episode:
A Diplomatic Incident
(1987)
TV-PG | 29 min | Comedy
When the French hold out for primacy over a sub-Channel tunnel, P.M. Hacker uses the info that they planted a bomb in their own embassy to obtain more favourable terms.
Director: Sydney Lotterby | Stars: Paul Eddington, Nigel Hawthorne, Derek Fowlds, Diana Hoddinott
Votes: 303
40.
The Ray Bradbury Theater (1985–1992)
Episode:
Skeleton
(1988)
TV-14 | 25 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A hypochondriac feels there is something wrong with his bones so he consults a creepy "bone specialist" who promises to help him; sometimes the cure really is worse than the disease.
Director: Steve DiMarco | Stars: Eugene Levy, Diane D'Aquila, Peter Blais, Sean Hewitt
Votes: 185
41.
Blackadder Goes Forth (1989)
Episode:
Goodbyeee
(1989)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, War
Blackadder pretends that he's insane to avoid certain death carrying out the General's order for the "big push".
Director: Richard Boden | Stars: Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie
Votes: 1,821
42.
Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987–1994)
Episode:
The Best of Both Worlds: Part 1
(1990)
TV-PG | 45 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Responding to a distress call on one of the Federation's outer-most colonies, the Enterprise arrives...only to find a big hole in the ground where the town used to be, and discovers the Borg are behind the attack.
Director: Cliff Bole | Stars: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn
Votes: 5,795
43.
Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1988–1999)
Episode:
Godzilla vs. Megalon
(1991)
TV-14 | 96 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
The Mads force Joel and the 'bots to watch Godzilla vs. Megalon (1973), the cheesy Japanese monster mash featuring Godzilla's infamous flying kick.
Director: Jim Mallon | Stars: Trace Beaulieu, Joel Hodgson, Jim Mallon, Kevin Murphy
Votes: 537
44.
Batman: The Animated Series (1992–1995)
Episode:
Almost Got 'im
(1992)
Unrated | 22 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
While hiding from the police, Batman's deadliest enemies exchange stories about their mutual nemesis: Batman.
Director: Eric Radomski | Stars: Kevin Conroy, Mark Hamill, Arleen Sorkin, Richard Moll
Votes: 2,908
45.
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993–1999)
Episode:
Duet
(1993)
TV-PG | 46 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A Cardassian suffering from Kalla-Nohra, a disease that indicates he served in a labor camp, visits DS9. Kira is determined to convict him as a war criminal.
Director: James L. Conway | Stars: Avery Brooks, Rene Auberjonois, Alexander Siddig, Terry Farrell
Votes: 3,715
46.
Batman: The Animated Series (1992–1995)
Episode:
House & Garden
(1994)
Unrated | 22 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Poison Ivy has apparently settled for a normal life. Batman and Robin are suspicious because semi-sentient plant-like creatures are committing mayhem all over Gotham.
Director: Boyd Kirkland | Stars: Kevin Conroy, Loren Lester, Bob Hastings, Efrem Zimbalist Jr.
Votes: 1,577
47.
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993–1999)
Episode:
The Visitor
(1995)
TV-PG | 45 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Melanie, an aspiring writer, wants to know why Jake Sisko stopped writing at 40. Jake tells how his father died in an accident and then suddenly reappeared.
Director: David Livingston | Stars: Avery Brooks, Rene Auberjonois, Michael Dorn, Terry Farrell
Votes: 4,307
48.
Space: Above and Beyond (1995–1996)
Episode:
The Angriest Angel
(1996)
45 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
As a new, "unbeatable" Chig fighter emerges that's equipped with a new source of energy, it could possibly be the prototype of a deadly weapon that could change the course of the war against Earth. McQueen eventually realizes that he's the only pilot able to confront the new threat.
Director: Henri Safran | Stars: Morgan Weisser, Kristen Cloke, Rodney Rowland, Joel de la Fuente
Votes: 173
49.
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993–1999)
Episode:
Call to Arms
(1997)
TV-PG | 46 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
With Dominion warships continuing to enter the Alpha Quadrant, Deep Space Nine prepares for a confrontation with the Dominion and Cardassia.
Director: Allan Kroeker | Stars: Avery Brooks, Rene Auberjonois, Michael Dorn, Terry Farrell
Votes: 2,337
50.
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993–1999)
Episode:
In the Pale Moonlight
(1998)
TV-PG | 46 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
To save the Federation in a critical scheme, Sisko comes to realize that he must violate its fundamental principles to do so.
Director: Victor Lobl | Stars: Avery Brooks, Rene Auberjonois, Michael Dorn, Terry Farrell
Votes: 4,324
51.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997–2003)
Episode:
Earshot
(1999)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy
A mouthless demon infects Buffy with the ability to hear everyone's thoughts, but what starts out as a useful power soon turns into a curse.
Director: Regis Kimble | Stars: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Nicholas Brendon, Alyson Hannigan, Charisma Carpenter
Votes: 3,837
52.
Angel (1999–2004)
Episode:
To Shanshu in L.A.
(2000)
Unrated | 42 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy
A scythe-wielding demon targets Angel's allies as Wolfram and Hart lawyers attempt to summon a powerful force from beyond.
Director: David Greenwalt | Stars: David Boreanaz, Charisma Carpenter, Alexis Denisof, Elisabeth Röhm
Votes: 2,218
53.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997–2003)
Episode:
Once More, with Feeling
(2001)
TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy
In this musical extravaganza, Sunnydale residents find themselves bursting into song, and flame, when a demon attempts to make Dawn his bride.
Director: Joss Whedon | Stars: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Nicholas Brendon, Emma Caulfield Ford, Michelle Trachtenberg
Votes: 11,122
54.
Firefly (2002–2003)
Episode:
Out of Gas
(2002)
TV-14 | 44 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
When Serenity's life support system fails, Mal orders the crew off the ship - but he stays behind.
Director: David Solomon | Stars: Nathan Fillion, Gina Torres, Alan Tudyk, Morena Baccarin
Votes: 6,361
55.
Angel (1999–2004)
Episode:
Lineage
(2003)
Unrated | 43 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy
Wesley's father comes for a visit. With his father overseeing and critiquing everything he does, his old feelings of insecurity arise. Also, Wolfram and Hart is besieged by robot ninjas.
Director: Jefferson Kibbee | Stars: David Boreanaz, James Marsters, J. August Richards, Amy Acker
Votes: 1,502
56.
Angel (1999–2004)
Episode:
You're Welcome
(2004)
Unrated | 44 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy
Cordelia awakens from her magically induced coma and returns to help Angel fight an old enemy who has reappeared even more powerful than ever.
Directors: David Fury, John Blush | Stars: David Boreanaz, James Marsters, J. August Richards, Amy Acker
Votes: 2,898
57.
Justice League Unlimited (2004–2006)
Episode:
Question Authority
(2005)
TV-Y7-FV | 25 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
The Question, fearing disaster, decides to kill Lex Luthor to avert it.
Director: Dan Riba | Stars: George Newbern, Jeffrey Combs, Amy Acker, Chris Cox
Votes: 793
58.
Justice League Unlimited (2004–2006)
Episode:
Patriot Act
(2006)
TV-Y7-FV | 23 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
The paranoid General Eiling turns himself into a superstrong brute to kill Superman and only seven non-powered soldiers of the JL can deny him victory.
Director: Joaquim Dos Santos | Stars: J.K. Simmons, Chris Cox, Kin Shriner, Phil LaMarr
Votes: 624
59.
Corner Gas (2004–2009)
Episode:
The Good Old Table Hockey Game
(2007)
TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy
When Davis buys a table hockey game for the police station Brent and Karen show down to see who is the ultimate champion. Hank, in seeing how Brent is preparing for the big game decides ... See full summary »
Director: Robert de Lint | Stars: Brent Butt, Gabrielle Miller, Fred Ewanuick, Eric Peterson
Votes: 158
60.
The IT Crowd (2006–2013)
Episode:
The Speech
(2008)
TV-14 | 24 min | Comedy
Annoyed by the fact that Jen has inexplicably been declared the Employee of the Month, Moss and Roy play a prank on her to expose her ignorance about the Internet; Douglas and a hot newswoman with a secret past fall madly in love.
Director: Graham Linehan | Stars: Chris O'Dowd, Richard Ayoade, Katherine Parkinson, Matt Berry
Votes: 3,075
61.
Scrubs (2001–2010)
Episode:
My Finale: Part 2
(2009)
TV-PG | 22 min | Comedy, Drama
J.D. continues his last day at Sacred Heart, and tries to hold out hope for a great sendoff.
Director: Bill Lawrence | Stars: Zach Braff, Sarah Chalke, Donald Faison, Neil Flynn
Votes: 4,957
62. The Pacific (2010)
TV-MA | 53 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
The Pacific Theatre of World War II, as seen through the eyes of several young Marines.
Stars: James Badge Dale, Joseph Mazzello, Jon Seda, Ashton Holmes
Votes: 130,059
63. Prohibition (2011)
60 min | Documentary, History
The story of the American activist struggle against the influence of alcohol, climaxing in the failed early 20th century nationwide era when it was banned.
Stars: Peter Coyote, Pete Hamill, Catherine Gilbert Murdock, Michael Lerner
Votes: 3,424
64. Game Change (2012 TV Movie)
TV-MA | 118 min | Biography, Drama, History
Governor Sarah Palin of Alaska becomes Senator John McCain's running mate in the 2008 Presidential election.
Director: Jay Roach | Stars: Ed Harris, Julianne Moore, Woody Harrelson, Peter MacNicol
Votes: 23,210
65.
American Experience (1987– )
Episode:
War of the Worlds
(2013)
TV-PG | 53 min | Documentary, Biography, History
An account of Orson Welles' 1938 radio drama broadcast that inadvertently started a mass panic.
Director: Cathleen O'Connell | Stars: Charissa Allen, Julian Arahanga, Edgar Bergen, Peter Bogdanovich
Votes: 323
66.
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013–2020)
Episode:
Beginning of the End
(2014)
TV-PG | 44 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Dark secrets are revealed as Coulson and his team put everything on the line to stop Garrett and the forces of HYDRA.
Director: David Straiton | Stars: Clark Gregg, Ming-Na Wen, Brett Dalton, Chloe Bennet
Votes: 4,841
67. The Book of Negroes (2015)
265 min | Drama, History, War
Kidnapped in Africa and subsequently enslaved in South Carolina, Aminata must navigate a revolution in New York, isolation in Nova Scotia, and the treacherous jungles of Sierra Leone, in an attempt to secure her freedom in the eighteenth century.
Stars: Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Lyriq Bent, Ben Chaplin, Allan Hawco
Votes: 2,268
68. Jackie Robinson (2016)
TV-PG | 240 min | Documentary, Biography
Documentary chronicles the personal and professional life of Jackie Robinson from his birth in 1919 to his death in 1972. Robinson's rise from humble beginnings to became an American hero and pivotal figure in American history are detailed.
Stars: Keith David, Jamie Foxx
Votes: 534
69. Five Came Back (2017)
TV-14 | 60 min | Documentary, Biography, History
The wartime contributions of five prominent Hollywood film directors during World War II are profiled.
Stars: Francis Ford Coppola, Steven Spielberg, Meryl Streep, Guillermo del Toro
Votes: 5,279
70.
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013–2020)
Episode:
The End
(2018)
TV-14 | 43 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
The team must choose between Coulson's life or death; the wrong decision will cause the destruction of Earth.
Director: Jed Whedon | Stars: Clark Gregg, Ming-Na Wen, Chloe Bennet, Iain De Caestecker
Votes: 3,253
71. Chernobyl (2019)
TV-MA | 41 min | Drama, History, Thriller
In April 1986, the city of Chernobyl in the Soviet Union suffers one of the worst nuclear disasters in the history of mankind. Consequently, many heroes put their lives on the line in the following days, weeks and months.
Stars: Jessie Buckley, Jared Harris, Stellan Skarsgård, Adam Nagaitis
Votes: 865,528
72.
Ted Lasso (2020–2023)
Episode:
For the Children
(2020)
TV-MA | 34 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport
Rebecca hosts the team's annual charity benefit, where Ted stages a reconciliation between Roy and Jamie.
Director: Tom Marshall | Stars: Jason Sudeikis, Hannah Waddingham, Jeremy Swift, Phil Dunster
Votes: 7,591
73.
Ted Lasso (2020–2023)
Episode:
Inverting the Pyramid of Success
(2021)
TV-MA | 49 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport
Richmond gets their final chance to win promotion as Ted deals with the fallout of Trent Crimm's painfully honest exposé.
Director: Declan Lowney | Stars: Jason Sudeikis, Hannah Waddingham, Jeremy Swift, Phil Dunster
Votes: 7,051
74.
Andor (2022– )
Episode:
Rix Road
(2022)
TV-14 | 57 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Cassian returns home to Ferrix, a tinderbox that is experiencing a spark of rebellion.
Director: Benjamin Caron | Stars: Muhannad Bhaier, Denise Gough, Adria Arjona, Noof Ousellam
Votes: 13,312
75. The 1619 Project (2023)
Approved | 61 min | Documentary, History
Connects the centrality of slavery in history with an unflinching account of brutal racism that endures in so many aspects of American life today.
Star: Nikole Hannah-Jones
Votes: 1,711
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