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51. The Longest Day (1962)
G | 178 min | Action, Drama, History
The events of D-Day, told on a grand scale from both the Allied and German points of view.
Directors: Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton, Gerd Oswald, Bernhard Wicki, Darryl F. Zanuck | Stars: John Wayne, Robert Ryan, Richard Burton, Henry Fonda
Votes: 59,085 | Gross: $39.10M
52. The Colgate Comedy Hour (1950–1955)
60 min | Comedy, Romance
This was a Colgate-sponsored comedy hour that featured many notable comedians and entertainers of the era as guest stars.
Stars: Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Al Goodman, Eddie Cantor
Votes: 589
53. Directed by John Ford (1971)
Unrated | 99 min | Documentary, Biography
A documentary on the life and films of director John Ford.
Director: Peter Bogdanovich | Stars: John Ford, Peter Bogdanovich, Orson Welles, Clint Eastwood
Votes: 1,330
54. A Home-Made Man (1928)
15 min | Short, Comedy
The burly proprietor of the Business Man's Gymnasium and Cafe is in a hole. Among all his strong-arm pupils there isn't a soda mixer in the lot and the patronage of the soda fountain is ... See full summary »
Director: Norman Taurog | Stars: Lloyd Hamilton, Lucille Hutton, Kewpie Morgan, John Wayne
Votes: 22
55. Backstage in Hollywood (1979–1980)
Talk-Show
A look behind the scenes at the movies.
Stars: Clint Eastwood, John Wayne, Charles Bronson, Kirk Douglas
Votes: 13
56.
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour (1969–1972)
Episode:
Jeannie C. Riley & The Monkees
(1969)
Not Rated | 51 min | Comedy
Glens guests are Jeanie C.Riley, Mike Nesmith, Davy Jones and Micky Dolenz from The Monkees and John Wayne in a cameo appearance
Director: Marty Pasetta | Stars: Glen Campbell, Joey Bishop, Jack Burns, Roger Carroll
Votes: 12
57. The Shootist (1976)
PG | 100 min | Drama, Romance, Western
A dying gunfighter spends his last days looking for a way to die with a minimum of pain and a maximum of dignity.
Director: Don Siegel | Stars: John Wayne, Lauren Bacall, Ron Howard, James Stewart
Votes: 26,836
58. The Milton Berle Show (1948–1956)
60 min | Comedy, Family
The Texaco Star Theatre was one of the most popular shows in the history of television. In the first year, Milton Berle was not the permanent emcee, but once he replaced the rotation, the ... See full summary »
Stars: Milton Berle, Sid Stone, Jimmy Nelson, Arnold Stang
Votes: 164
59.
Hondo (1967)
Episode:
Hondo and the Eagle Claw
(1967)
60 min | Western
In post Civil War Arizona territory, a former Confederate officer, Hondo Lane, becomes a scout attached to Fort Lowell. Apache are attacking soldiers and settlers. He also meets a pretty young widow and her son.
Director: Lee H. Katzin | Stars: Ralph Taeger, Kathie Browne, Michael Rennie, Noah Beery Jr.
Votes: 36
60.
Maude (1972–1978)
Episode:
Maude Meets the Duke
(1974)
TV-PG | 26 min | Comedy
Arthur has been sending fan letters to John Wayne for years. When John Wayne visits the town to film a movie, for publicity he has a scheduled stop at Arthur's home. But the ceiling caves in, and the event is held instead at Maude's place.
Director: Hal Cooper | Stars: Bea Arthur, Bill Macy, Adrienne Barbeau, Conrad Bain
Votes: 96
61.
Laugh-In (1967–1973)
Episode:
Flip Wilson, Hugh Downs, James Garner, John Wayne
(1968)
TV-PG | 52 min | Comedy, Music
Sketches include Cocktail Party, Telephone Player David Lipp is the new talent, Lucky Pierre and the Dying Dummy, USO dancers under attack, First Astronaut comes back and a salute to the ... See full summary »
Director: Gordon Wiles | Stars: Dan Rowan, Dick Martin, Pamela Austin, Flip Wilson
Votes: 42
62.
Arena (1975– )
Episode:
The Everly Brothers: Songs of Innocence and Experience
(1984)
95 min | Documentary
Director: Anthony Wall | Stars: The Everly Brothers, Ike Everly, Ted Everly, Darrel Everly
Votes: 20
63. 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: 3,754
64. El Dorado (1966)
Passed | 126 min | Drama, Romance, Western
Cole Thornton, a gunfighter for hire, joins forces with old friend, Sheriff J.P. Hara. Together with an old Indian fighter and a gambler, they help a rancher and his family fight a rival rancher who's trying to steal their water.
Director: Howard Hawks | Stars: John Wayne, Robert Mitchum, James Caan, Charlene Holt
Votes: 30,446
65. Baby Face (1933)
Approved | 71 min | Drama, Romance
A young woman, sexually exploited all her life, decides to turn the tables and exploit the hapless men at a big city bank by gleefully seducing her way to the top.
Director: Alfred E. Green | Stars: Barbara Stanwyck, George Brent, Donald Cook, Alphonse Ethier
Votes: 8,169
66. Backlot USA (1976 TV Movie)
Music
Director: Dwight Hemion | Stars: Dick Cavett, Gene Kelly, Mickey Rooney, John Wayne
Votes: 21
67.
Hondo (1967)
Episode:
Hondo and the Apache Trail
(1967)
60 min | Western
Hondo is escorting the vicious killer Apache Kid to an army post for trial when he escapes. Tracking him, Hondo sees more destruction caused by the murderer and swears to Chief Vittoro that justice will come in the Indian fashion.
Director: Michael Caffey | Stars: Ralph Taeger, Kathie Browne, Noah Beery Jr., Gary Clarke
Votes: 27
68.
Hondo (1967)
Episode:
Hondo and the Superstition Massacre
(1967)
60 min | Western
When Hondo meets the surveyor who has come to check for gold at Superstition Mountain, he viciously attacks him---the man led the raid in which Hondo's wife was killed.
Director: Lee H. Katzin | Stars: Ralph Taeger, Kathie Browne, Noah Beery Jr., Gary Clarke
Votes: 26
69.
Hondo (1967)
Episode:
Hondo and the War Cry
(1967)
60 min | Western
An Army captain blames Vittoro's people for an attack on a mine committed by renegade Indians.
Director: Lee H. Katzin | Stars: Ralph Taeger, Kathie Browne, Noah Beery Jr., William Bryant
Votes: 29
70.
Laugh-In (1967–1973)
Episode:
Kaye Ballard, Harry Belafonte, Shelley Berman, James Garner, John Wayne, Flip Wilson
(1968)
TV-PG | 52 min | Comedy, Music
Mod, Mod World looks at law and justice.
Director: Gordon Wiles | Stars: Dan Rowan, Dick Martin, Kaye Ballard, John Byner
Votes: 39
71.
Laugh-In (1967–1973)
Episode:
Sally Field, Terry-Thomas, Joby Baker, Godfrey Cambridge, Jerry Lewis, John Wayne
(1968)
TV-PG | 52 min | Comedy, Music
Terry-Thomas impersonates Moses in the news of the past while Sally Field performs the news song with the other girls, all dressed as French maids. John Wayne finally appears in person, to ... See full summary »
Director: Gordon Wiles | Stars: Dan Rowan, Dick Martin, Sally Field, Terry-Thomas
Votes: 60
72. True Grit (1969)
G | 128 min | Adventure, Drama, Western
A drunken, hard-nosed U.S. Marshal and a Texas Ranger help a stubborn teenager track down her father's murderer in Indian Territory.
Director: Henry Hathaway | Stars: John Wayne, Kim Darby, Glen Campbell, Jeremy Slate
Votes: 51,448 | Gross: $31.13M
73. The Cowboys (1972)
GP | 134 min | Adventure, Drama, Western
Rancher Wil Andersen is forced to hire inexperienced boys as cowhands in order to get his herd to market on time but the rough drive is full of dangers and a gang of cattle rustlers is trailing them.
Director: Mark Rydell | Stars: John Wayne, Roscoe Lee Browne, Bruce Dern, Colleen Dewhurst
Votes: 15,863 | Gross: $16.35M
74. Fort Apache (1948)
Passed | 128 min | Drama, Western
At Fort Apache, an honorable and veteran war captain finds conflict when his regime is placed under the command of a young, glory hungry lieutenant colonel with no respect for the local Indian tribe.
Director: John Ford | Stars: John Wayne, Henry Fonda, Shirley Temple, Pedro Armendáriz
Votes: 19,699
75. 7 Men from Now (1956)
Approved | 78 min | Western
A former sheriff blames himself for his wife's death during a Wells Fargo robbery and vows to track down and kill the seven men responsible.
Director: Budd Boetticher | Stars: Randolph Scott, Gail Russell, Lee Marvin, Walter Reed
Votes: 5,998
76. The Dick Powell Theatre (1961–1963)
60 min | Comedy, Drama
Powell served as host and, in early shows at least, occasional star in this dramatic anthology. It was his last television series and contained his last filmed acting (episode: 'The Court-Martial of Captain Wycliff').
Stars: Dick Powell, David Niven, June Allyson, Oscar Beregi Jr.
Votes: 210
77. Swing Out, Sweet Land (1970 TV Movie)
73 min | Comedy, Family, History
John Wayne and an all-star cast tell the story of America.
Director: Stan Harris | Stars: John Wayne, Ann-Margret, Lucille Ball, Jack Benny
Votes: 233
78. The Bob Hope Show (1950– )
60 min | Comedy, Family, Talk-Show
The Bob Hope Show hosted by Bob Hope.
Stars: Bob Hope, Les Brown, Les Brown and His Band of Renown, Peter Leeds
Votes: 263
79. Happy Birthday, Bob (1978 TV Special)
180 min | Comedy
A 75th birthday salute to Bob Hope at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C.
Director: Bob Wynn | Stars: Bob Hope, Lynn Anderson, Ann-Margret, Pearl Bailey
Votes: 40
80. Perry Como's Early American Christmas (1978 TV Special)
60 min | Family, Music
Perry Como celebrates an early American Christmas in Williamsburg VA, with John Wayne and Diana Canova.
Stars: Perry Como, Kylene Barker, Diana Canova, Eugene Fodor
Votes: 60
81.
Hondo (1967)
Episode:
Hondo and the Judas
(1967)
60 min | Western
A rebel Colonel, thought to be dead, surprises his comrades by bringing them back together for a final crime. Hondo rejoins the group, unaware of the Colonel's plan to get revenge on whoever ambushed him.
Director: Lee H. Katzin | Stars: Ralph Taeger, Kathie Browne, Noah Beery Jr., Gary Clarke
Votes: 32
82.
Laugh-In (1967–1973)
Episode:
Guest Starring Eve Arden
(1968)
TV-PG | 52 min | Comedy, Music
Sketches include Stranger than truth, Laugh-In Girls appear as fairies, Big Al gives ball scores, Salute to the telephone company, Laugh-In Girls school song, and Arte as Rosemenko ... See full summary »
Director: Gordon Wiles | Stars: Dan Rowan, Dick Martin, Eve Arden, Judy Carne
Votes: 45
83.
The Barbara Walters Summer Special (1976–2015)
Episode:
Episode dated 10 January 1979
(1979)
Drama, News, Talk-Show
Stars: Jane Fonda, Carroll O'Connor, John Wayne
Votes: 15
84. The Beverly Hillbillies (1962–1971)
TV-G | 25 min | Comedy, Family
A nouveau-riche hillbilly family moves to Beverly Hills and shakes up the privileged society with their hayseed ways.
Stars: Buddy Ebsen, Donna Douglas, Irene Ryan, Max Baer Jr.
Votes: 11,032
85. Maude (1972–1978)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy
"All In The Family" spin-off centered around Edith's cousin, Maude Findlay, a liberal, independent woman living in Tuckahoe, New York.
Stars: Bea Arthur, Bill Macy, Conrad Bain, Adrienne Barbeau
Votes: 4,703
86. In Harm's Way (1965)
Approved | 165 min | Drama, Romance, War
A Naval officer, reprimanded after Pearl Harbor, is later promoted to Rear Admiral and gets a second chance to prove himself against the Japanese.
Director: Otto Preminger | Stars: John Wayne, Kirk Douglas, Patricia Neal, Tom Tryon
Votes: 10,325 | Gross: $4.20M
87. Parkinson (1971–2007)
50 min | Comedy, Music, Talk-Show
Journalist Michael Parkinson interviews a broad range of the most famous people in the world.
Stars: Michael Parkinson, Marian Montgomery, Billy Connolly, Barry Humphries
Votes: 803
88. Producers' Showcase (1954–1957)
90 min | Drama, Musical, Comedy
This program aired once every fourth week, and was one of the most costly live shows of the 1950s. Many stars appeared on this show.
Stars: Cyril Ritchard, Claire Bloom, Mary Martin, David Wayne
Votes: 186
89. The David Frost Show (1969–1972)
90 min | Talk-Show
American show featuring the popular British talk show host.
Stars: David Frost, Gerri Granger, Tiny Tim, Dana Valery
Votes: 248
90. Seeing Stars (1927)
20 min | Short, Comedy
Garrett and Ryan are on an adventure to see stars in America but they find a gay bar that slows their journey
Director: Stephen Roberts | Stars: George Davis, Molly Malone, Jack Lloyd, Phil Dunham
Votes: 14
91. America Salutes Richard Rodgers: The Sound of His Music (1976 TV Special)
120 min | Music
Gene Kelly and Henry Winkler host this musical special celebrating the career of composer Richard Rodgers through clips and live performances.
Director: Dwight Hemion | Stars: Diahann Carroll, Don Correia, Vic Damone, Sammy Davis Jr.
Votes: 34
92.
The Beverly Hillbillies (1962–1971)
Episode:
The Indians Are Coming
(1967)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family
When Crowfoot Indians come to Beverly Hills to discuss a boundary dispute at the Clampett oil field, Granny prepares for war.
Director: Joseph Depew | Stars: Buddy Ebsen, Irene Ryan, Donna Douglas, Max Baer Jr.
Votes: 120
93.
Hondo (1967)
Episode:
Hondo and the Sudden Town
(1967)
60 min | Western
An aging mayor is convinced by his scheming advisor to participate in a scheme in the founding a never-heard-of town by finding silver in an abandoned silver mine. Unbeknownst to everyone (... See full summary »
Director: Harry Harris | Stars: Ralph Taeger, Kathie Browne, Noah Beery Jr., Gary Clarke
Votes: 18
94.
Laugh-In (1967–1973)
Episode:
Guest Starring Barbara Feldon
(1968)
TV-PG | 52 min | Comedy, Music
Sketches including Here comes the Judge, Fickle Finger of Fate, Salute to Higher Education, and John Wayne visits the Joke Wall. Featuring Richard Nixon, John Wayne, Hugh Hefner, Goldie Hawn and Zsa Zsa Gabor.
Director: Gordon Wiles | Stars: Dan Rowan, Dick Martin, Barbara Feldon, Judy Carne
Votes: 51
95. She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949)
Passed | 104 min | Western
Captain Nathan Brittles, on the eve of retirement, takes out a last patrol to stop an impending massive Indian attack. Encumbered by women who must be evacuated, Brittles finds his mission imperiled.
Director: John Ford | Stars: John Wayne, Joanne Dru, John Agar, Ben Johnson
Votes: 19,329
96. The Lucy Show (1962–1968)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy
The wacky misadventures of a forever-scheming woman, her reluctant best friend, and her cantankerous boss.
Stars: Lucille Ball, Gale Gordon, Vivian Vance, Jimmy Garrett
Votes: 3,149
97. They Were Expendable (1945)
Approved | 135 min | Drama, War
A Navy commander fights to prove the battle-worthiness of the PT boat at the start of World War II.
Directors: John Ford, Robert Montgomery | Stars: Robert Montgomery, John Wayne, Donna Reed, Jack Holt
Votes: 9,262
98. Hondo (1967)
60 min | Western
Hondo, an embittered former rebel officer, travels to Arizona Territory in the 1870s with his dog Sam. Often clashing with the local cavalry, which he holds responsible for the death of his Indian wife.
Stars: Ralph Taeger, Kathie Browne, Noah Beery Jr., Gary Clarke
Votes: 273
99. Good-bye, My Lady (1956)
G | 94 min | Drama
An old man and a young boy who live in the southeastern Mississippi swamps are brought together by the love of a dog.
Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Walter Brennan, Phil Harris, Brandon De Wilde, Sidney Poitier
Votes: 1,066
100. Four Sons (1928)
Passed | 100 min | Drama, War
A family saga in which three sons of a Bavarian widow go to war for Germany and the fourth goes to America, Germany's eventual opponent.
Director: John Ford | Stars: James Hall, Margaret Mann, Charles Morton, Francis X. Bushman Jr.
Votes: 920