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1. 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: 2,011,027 | Gross: $134.97M

2. The Way We Were (1973)

PG | 118 min | Drama, Romance

During post-WWII McCarthyism, a diametrically opposed couple come together only to find out that genuine friendship and physical attraction is not enough to overcome fundamental societal beliefs.

Director: Sydney Pollack | Stars: Barbra Streisand, Robert Redford, Bradford Dillman, Lois Chiles

Votes: 27,456

3. The Lady Eve (1941)

Passed | 94 min | Comedy, Romance

A trio of classy card sharks targets a socially awkward brewery heir, until one of them falls in love with him.

Director: Preston Sturges | Stars: Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, Charles Coburn, Eugene Pallette

Votes: 23,370

4. Flower Drum Song (1961)

Approved | 133 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

A young woman arrives in San Francisco's Chinatown from Hong Kong with the intention of marrying a rakish nightclub owner, unaware he is involved with one of his singers.

Director: Henry Koster | Stars: Nancy Kwan, James Shigeta, Benson Fong, Jack Soo

Votes: 3,707 | Gross: $10.90M

5. Billy Bathgate (1991)

R | 106 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

In the year 1935, a teen named Billy Bathgate finds first love while becoming the protégé of fledgling gangster Dutch Schultz.

Director: Robert Benton | Stars: Dustin Hoffman, Nicole Kidman, Loren Dean, Bruce Willis

Votes: 12,738 | Gross: $15.97M

6. The Man Who Came to Dinner (1941)

Not Rated | 112 min | Comedy, Romance

An acerbic critic wreaks havoc when a hip injury forces him to move in with a Midwestern family.

Director: William Keighley | Stars: Bette Davis, Ann Sheridan, Monty Woolley, Richard Travis

Votes: 8,972

7. State of the Union (1948)

Approved | 124 min | Comedy, Drama

An industrialist is urged to run for President, but this requires uncomfortable compromises on both political and marital levels.

Director: Frank Capra | Stars: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Van Johnson, Angela Lansbury

Votes: 4,168

8. Give 'em Hell, Harry! (1975)

PG | 104 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

One-man show about the presidency of Harry S. Truman.

Directors: Steve Binder, Peter H. Hunt | Star: James Whitmore

Votes: 573 | Gross: $11.00M

9. Why We Fight (1942)

Not Rated | 52 min | Documentary, War

The official World War II US Government film statement defining the various enemies of the Allies and why they must be fought.

Directors: Frank Capra, Anatole Litvak | Stars: Walter Huston, Victor Bulwer-Lytton, Kai-Shek Chiang, Walter Darré

Votes: 2,406

10. Biography (1987– )
Episode: Bugsy Siegel: Gambling on the Mob (1997)

TV-14 | Documentary, Biography, History

Starting as a mob hit man, Bugsy Siegel quickly becomes a Manhatten mob boss through his relationships with fellow crime entrepreneurs and his assassination of the Mafia old guard. Through ... See full summary »

Stars: Ed Becker, Danny Bonaduce, Virginia Hill, Robert Lacey

Votes: 86

11. The Addams Family (1964–1966)
Episode: Gomez, the Politician (1964)

TV-G | 25 min | Comedy, Family, Horror

Election day is nearing, and Gomez is getting very excited. He puts up all his old campaign posters; notably, all of Gomez's favorite candidates were losers. Sam Hilliard is running for ... See full summary »

Director: Jerry Hopper | Stars: Carolyn Jones, John Astin, Allyn Joslyn, Jackie Coogan

Votes: 406

12. The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968)
Episode: Howard and Millie (1967)

TV-Y | 30 min | Comedy, Family

Howard and Millie decide to get married. On a train trip to Millie's hometown, they discover they might not be as compatible as they had thought.

Director: Peter Baldwin | Stars: Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, Jack Dodson, George Lindsey

Votes: 193

13. The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961–1966)
Episode: The Great Petrie Fortune (1965)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family

Rob inherits an old roll-top desk from his late great-uncle Hezekiah that contains "wealth" of some sort hinted at in a song.

Director: Jerry Paris | Stars: Dick Van Dyke, Rose Marie, Morey Amsterdam, Larry Mathews

Votes: 291

14. Law & Order (1990– )
Episode: Turnaround (1997)

TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Briscoe and Curtis serve an arrest warrant on a Hollywood director in the film-executive murder case. Opposing counsel--Jamie's ex husband--challenges the warrant. Jack and Jamie now must go to L.A. to defend it.

Director: Edwin Sherin | Stars: Jerry Orbach, Benjamin Bratt, S. Epatha Merkerson, Sam Waterston

Votes: 321

15. The Lawless Years (1959–1961)
Episode: The Dutch Schultz Story (1959)

30 min | Crime, Drama

When New York Special Prosecutor Thomas E. Dewey declares war on Dutch Schultz, describing the gangster as an "evil force that has to be destroyed," the Dutchman plots a hit on Dewey.

Director: Allen H. Miner | Stars: James Gregory, John Dennis, Ken Lynch, Jack Kruschen

Votes: 22

16. Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969–1976)
Episode: To Father a Child (1974)

TV-PG | 60 min | Drama

Dr. Welby meets with a young couple, the Brechts, who are dealing with infertility issues. The physician suggests several alternatives including artificial insemination but meet resistance from the husband.

Director: Randal Kleiser | Stars: Robert Young, James Brolin, Elena Verdugo, Ron Ely

Votes: 15

17. America in Color (2017– )
Episode: Organized Crime (2018)

TV-PG | 48 min | Documentary, Biography, History

It's the 1920s. America is on the rise, and so is a dark underworld run by a new kind of criminal, one that is organized, sophisticated, and ruthless. For the next 40 years, legendary ... See full summary »

Stars: Eric Meyers, Tony Accardo, Max Beesley, Al Capone

Votes: 17

18. Secrets of the Dead (2000– )
Episode: Gangster's Gold (2020)

TV-PG | Documentary, History, War

Three groups of treasure hunters search for the gold fortune buried somewhere in New York by gangster Dutch Schultz in 1935.

Stars: Frank Lopergolo, Steve Zazulyk

Votes: 33

19. Stories from the Vaults (2007– )
Episode: Random? (2007)

TV-G | 27 min | History

Tom starts today's tour with the Smithsonian's photograph collection and learns the story behind some of Ansel Adams' classic pictures. Then he visits the National Zoo to see how the ... See full summary »

Star: Tom Cavanagh

20. Pawn Stars (2009– )
Episode: Ah, Shoot! (2011)

TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy, Reality-TV

An Ansel Adams print has an unexpected past. A Jaguar gets some special treatment. A customer has some big money and wants to sell.

Director: Jairus Cobb | Stars: Corey Harrison, Richard Harrison, Rick Harrison, Danny Koker

Votes: 53

21. The Bullwinkle Show (1959–1963)
Episode: Last Angry Moose/A Punch in the Snoot or The Nose Tattoo (1961)

TV-G | 23 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Rocky and Bullwinkle "Last Angry Moose" Part 1, Aesop and Son "The Fox and the Winking Horse", Peabody's Improbable History "William Shakespeare", Rocky and Bullwinkle "Last Angry Moose" Part 2.

Directors: Gerard Baldwin, Pete Burness, William T. Hurtz, Ted Parmelee, Gerald Ray, Dun Roman, George Singer, Ernest Terrazas | Stars: Edward Everett Horton, June Foray, Paul Frees, William Conrad

Votes: 32

22. American Restoration (2010–2016)
Episode: King of Signs (2012)

TV-14 | 22 min | Reality-TV

Rick puts his work on display when a weather worn 1950's casino billboard comes into the shop. Can he preserve this aging desert advertisement, or will this shabby sign be better left to ... See full summary »

Directors: Rennik Soholt, Rowan Wheeler | Stars: Rick Dale, Tyler Dale, Ron Dale, Brettly Otterman

Votes: 14

23. Scary Tales of New York (2023– )
Episode: Haircut for a Mob Boss (2023)

Crime

Umberto "Albert" Anastasia, once the chief of the notorious "Murder Incorporated" crime firm, winds up the target of a mob hit in a barber shop chair.

Director: Steve Maher | Stars: Frank DiMatteo, Michael Cannell, Colm Meaney, Shane Serrano

24. Mafia's Greatest Hits (2012– )
Episode: Charles 'Lucky' Luciano (2012)

TV-PG | 49 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime

Charles "Lucky" Luciano was the number one gangster of all time. He put the "Organised" into organised crime and invented the modern Mafia.

Director: Gerry Pomeroy | Stars: Selwyn Raab, Joseph Coffey, Douglas Valentine, Thomas Reppetto

Votes: 20

25. Gangster Empire: Rise of the Mob (2013– )
Episode: J. Edgar Hoover, the FBI and 'Public Enemies' (2013)

TV-14 | 46 min | Documentary, Action, Crime

Prohibition had been repealed but J. Edgar Hoover and the FBI have a new 'Public Enemies' list to gun down and collar criminals with Chicago's leading gangsters fast becoming America's most wanted.

Director: Kevin R. Hershberger | Stars: Coby Batty, Matt K. Baker, Todd Barsness, James Christopher Cooke

26. Mafia's Greatest Hits (2012– )
Episode: Joe Gallo (2017)

TV-14 | 43 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime

The iconoclastic career of Joesph "Crazy Joe"" Gallo and his brothers Albert and Larry is followed from his murder of Albert Anastasia in 1957 until his own assassination in 1972.

Director: Max Jourdan | Stars: Colin Tierney, Diana Blass, Joseph Colombo, Tom Folsom

Votes: 12

27. The Bullwinkle Show (1959–1963)
Episode: Missouri Mish Mash: Parts 19-20 (1962)

TV-G | Animation, Action, Adventure

Rocky and Bullwinkle "Missouri Mish Mash" Part 19, Fractured Fairy Tales "John's Ogre Wife", Dudley Do-Right of the Mounties "Niagara Falls", Rocky and Bullwinkle "Missouri Mish Mash" Part 20.

Directors: Gerard Baldwin, Pete Burness, Sal Faillace, William T. Hurtz, Lew Keller, Ted Parmelee, George Singer | Stars: June Foray, Paul Frees, Edward Everett Horton, Hans Conried

Votes: 15

28. Your Welcome (2017– )
Teddy Roosevelt's Last War - David Pietrusza (2018 Podcast Episode)

News, Talk-Show

Author David Pietrusza discusses his latest book, "TR's Last War: Theodore Roosevelt, the Great War, and a Journey of Triumph and Tragedy," with host Michael Malice.

Stars: Michael Malice, David Pietrusza