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51. Koko Trains 'Em (1925)

10 min | Animation, Comedy, Short

Max is inspired by a cute puppy, and gives Ko-Ko a trained dog to show off in a circus ring. The dog performs a variety of tricks, but things get out of hand once Ko-Ko's trained fleas are let loose into the crowd.

Director: Dave Fleischer | Star: Max Fleischer

Votes: 71

52. Are You Afraid of the Dark? (1990–2000)
Episode: The Tale of Station 109.1 (1995)

Not Rated | 22 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

A youth obsessed with death discovers a radio station which takes its listeners to the afterlife.

Director: Ron Oliver | Stars: Gilbert Gottfried, Zachary Carlin, Ryan Gosling, David Francis

Votes: 917

53. Derrick (1974–1998)
Episode: Gregs Trompete (1985)

57 min | Crime, Drama

Joachim Lutze stops at an accident scene. He is asked to transport a wounded lady to the hospital. The lady is anxious about having her luggage taken to a certain person. Joachim agrees to help, and a hell of an adventure begins.

Director: Jürgen Goslar | Stars: Horst Tappert, Fritz Wepper, Willy Schäfer, Ekkehardt Belle

Votes: 66

54. The Flintstones (1960–1966)
Episode: Dino Goes Hollyrock (1962)

Not Rated | 25 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

A crush on a lady dinosaurus who's the star of her own television show may lead to TV stardom for Dino--and to the loss of their pet for the Flintstones.

Directors: Joseph Barbera, William Hanna | Stars: Alan Reed, Jean Vander Pyl, Mel Blanc, Bea Benaderet

Votes: 205

55. Laramie (1959–1963)
Episode: The General Must Die (1959)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

Slim's civil war friend, Whit Malone, arrives on the stage. He offers Slim and Andy a chance to go fishing on his Montana ranch during their night of drinking. A sober Slim turns it down not realizing Whit's plan to kill General Sherman.

Director: Francis D. Lyon | Stars: John Smith, Hoagy Carmichael, Robert Crawford Jr., Robert Fuller

Votes: 100

56. Little House on the Prairie (1974–1983)
Episode: For the Love of Blanche (1983)

TV-PG | 50 min | Drama, Family, Romance

Mr. Edwards is left in care of a baby orangutan named Blanche, whom Mrs. Olesen wants destroyed after it attacks Nancy at school.

Director: Michael Landon | Stars: Melissa Gilbert, Dean Butler, Katherine MacGregor, Richard Bull

Votes: 257

57. Manimal (1983)
Episode: Illusion (1983)

TV-PG | Adventure, Crime, Fantasy

Jonathan is helping the police apprehend the man behind a smuggling ring. But they discover that the man is a diplomat with diplomatic immunity. Jonathan follow him and sees him talking to ... See full summary »

Director: Daniel Haller | Stars: Simon MacCorkindale, Melody Anderson, Michael D. Roberts, Reni Santoni

Votes: 72

58. The Master (1984)
Episode: State of the Union (1984)

TV-14 | Action, Adventure, Drama

McAllister and Keller find themselves caught up in business politics when a union organizer's light is threatened by her sadistic boss.

Director: Alan Myerson | Stars: Lee Van Cleef, Timothy Van Patten, Shô Kosugi, Cotter Smith

Votes: 83

59. Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode: Lend Me an Ear (1987)

TV-14 | 47 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Crockett and Tubbs' investigation of a paranoid dealer is complicated by a surveillance expert who decides to play both sides against one another.

Director: James Quinn | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott

Votes: 421

60. Murphy Brown (1988–2018)
Episode: Trick or Retreat (1996)

TV-PG | Comedy

Elizabeth Taylor visits FYI. Miles takes the staff to an outdoors team building exercise.

Director: Joe Regalbuto | Stars: Candice Bergen, Grant Shaud, Faith Ford, Charles Kimbrough

Votes: 64

61. My Name Is Earl (2005–2009)
Episode: Barn Burner (2006)

TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy

Earl has to make up for burning down a barn at a boys' camp when he was a kid. But he later finds out that he's not the one who burned the barn down.

Director: Ken Whittingham | Stars: Jason Lee, Ethan Suplee, Jaime Pressly, Nadine Velazquez

Votes: 779

62. Leipzig Homicide (2001– )
Episode: Dickes Blut (2002)

43 min | Crime

Two persons with balaclava arrive at a gas station: one enters and menaces the gas station attendant who gives him the money and goes out. But the gas station attendant takes a rifle, goes out also and wants to arrest him.

Director: Oren Schmuckler | Stars: Andreas Schmidt-Schaller, Marco Girnth, Gabriel Merz, Melanie Marschke

Votes: 8

63. Leipzig Homicide (2001– )
Episode: Irrwege (2002)

43 min | Crime

Werner Pankutz, a former policeman and murderer of his wife Erika, escaped from prison. The commissioner Trautzschke had arrested him and knows that Werner will take revenge on him.

Director: Patrick Winczewski | Stars: Andreas Schmidt-Schaller, Marco Girnth, Gabriel Merz, Melanie Marschke

Votes: 8

64. Silk Stalkings (1991–1999)
Episode: Meat Market (1993)

TV-14 | 47 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Rita goes undercover for the FBI to break up an international white slavery ring.

Director: James R. Bagdonas | Stars: Mitzi Kapture, Rob Estes, Michael Harris, Krista Tesreau

Votes: 25

65. Star Trek (1966–1969)
Episode: Balance of Terror (1966)

TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

The Enterprise must decide on its response when a Romulan ship makes a destructively hostile armed probe of Federation territory.

Director: Vincent McEveety | Stars: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Mark Lenard, Paul Comi

Votes: 5,739

66. Star Trek (1966–1969)
Episode: I, Mudd (1967)

TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Harry Mudd returns with a plot to take over the Enterprise by stranding the crew on a planet populated by androids under his command.

Director: Marc Daniels | Stars: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, Roger C. Carmel

Votes: 3,769

67. P.J. (1997–2009)
Episode: Parole malheureuse (2006)

Crime, Thriller

Chloé Mathieu was observing Cora, the wife of Bernard Léonetti who is volunteer in an association for helping prostitutes, when she saw Bruno Rosso, a pimp, attacking Cora.Chloé runs to ... See full summary »

Director: Claire de la Rochefoucauld | Stars: Jalil Naciri, Driss El Haddaoui, Grégoire Bonnet, Camille Cottin

68. The Red Green Show (1991–2006)
Episode: The Wind-Powered Boat (1991)

TV-G | 24 min | Comedy

The men build a boat that is powered by wind. But instead of using a sail, they use a windmill.

Directors: Rick Green, Steve Smith | Stars: Rick Green, Patrick McKenna, Gordon Pinsent, Steve Smith

Votes: 21

69. Killer Instinct with Rob Bredl (2001–2004)
Episode: Lizards

Documentary, Action

There are more than 3,000 species of lizards. For most of these unique creatures that live among us, but we rarely see, it is a daily battle between their instinct to hunt and feed, and their competing instinct to avoid becoming prey.

Directors: Garry Gibson, Michael 'Gibbo' Gibson | Stars: Rob Bredl, Neil Charles, Bryan Grieg Fry, Michael 'Gibbo' Gibson

70. Silver Spoons (1982–1987)
Episode: I'm Just Wild About Harry (1982)

TV-G | 25 min | Comedy, Family

While out with Derek on a late-night expedition to look for Bigfoot, Ricky captures and brings home an escaped orangutan that he wants to keep as a pet.

Director: Jack Shea | Stars: Ricky Schroder, Erin Gray, Leonard Lightfoot, Joel Higgins

Votes: 77

71. Forensic Files II (2020– )
Episode: Portrait of a Serial Killer (2020)

Documentary, Crime

A serial killer terrorizes a small Texas town.

Stars: Bill Camp, Daniel Lee Corwin, Mary Risinger, Debra Ewing

Votes: 44

72. The Great North (2021– )
Episode: Feast of Not People Adventure (2021)

TV-14 | 21 min | Animation, Comedy

Judy learns that Ham's been keeping a secret from her, while the rest of the family participates in a town festival.

Directors: Joel Moser, Tony Gennaro | Stars: Nick Offerman, Jenny Slate, Will Forte, Dulcé Sloan

Votes: 347

73. Outer Range (2022– )
Episode: The Family (2022)

TV-MA | 42 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

With family ties beginning to fray, Royal takes violent measures to get rid of Autumn, but is foiled when he discovers she has manipulated someone close to him.

Director: Amy Seimetz | Stars: Josh Brolin, Imogen Poots, Lili Taylor, Tom Pelphrey

Votes: 1,224

74. Greatest Tank Battles (2010– )
Episode: The Battle of the Bulge: Race to Bastogne (2010)

TV-PG | 45 min | Documentary, History, War

In December 1944, German forces launch a surprise attack through the Ardennes Forest in Belgium.This is the story of the American tankers who helped defend the American line against Hitler's final gamble on the western front.

Director: Paul Kilback | Stars: Roland J. Gaul, Lester Groft, Hans Herbst, Al Irzyk

Votes: 21

75. Dog Psychology 101 (2017– )
Episode: How to Stop a Charging Dog (Must Watch) (2019)

5 min | Documentary

If you've ever been approached by an unfriendly dog you know how scary it can be. But pet dog is rarely a dangerous. Here's what Angie recommends to analyze and deal with the situation.

Star: Angie Woods

76. Brain Games (2011–2020)
Episode: Liar, Liar (2013)

TV-PG | 22 min | Documentary, Comedy, Game-Show

Host Jason Silva and deception specialist Apollo Robbins break down why we lie and what happens in the brain, even though science tells us that the truth is physiologically and neurologically easier.

Stars: Jason Silva, Daniel Ribacoff, Barry McManus, Apollo Robbins

Votes: 57

77. The Vietnam War (2017)
Episode: The River Styx (January 1964-December 1965) (2017)

TV-MA | 114 min | Documentary, History, War

Fearing Saigon's collapse, President Lyndon B. Johnson authorizes the bombing of North Vietnam, and sends U.S. ground troops to the south.

Directors: Ken Burns, Lynn Novick | Stars: Peter Coyote, Jean-Marie Crocker, Carol Crocker, Lyndon B. Johnson

Votes: 842

78. Jack Ryan (2018–2023)
Episode: Pilot (2018)

TV-MA | 64 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

In the series premiere, CIA analyst Jack Ryan uncovers a series of suspicious transactions that take him and his boss James Greer out from behind their desks into the field to hunt down a ... See full summary »

Director: Morten Tyldum | Stars: John Krasinski, Wendell Pierce, Abbie Cornish, Ali Suliman

Votes: 5,647

79. The Walking Dead (2010–2022)
Episode: Still Gotta Mean Something (2018)

TV-MA | 51 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

A Heaps prisoner makes a discovery; Carol searches for someone in the nearby forest; Rick and Morgan find themselves in the company of strangers.

Director: Michael E. Satrazemis | Stars: Andrew Lincoln, Norman Reedus, Lauren Cohan, Danai Gurira

Votes: 8,492