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9.2 - IMDb
4486 votes
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Baseball (1994)

Summary: A documentary on the history of the sport with major topics including Afro-American players, player/team owner relations and the resilience of the game.
Release Date: September 18, 1994
Genres: Documentary, Sport, History
Runtime: 1 h 44 min
MPAA: TV-PG
Production: Florentine Films, The Baseball Film Project, WETA
Country: United States
Language: English
8.6 - IMDb
2064 votes
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American Experience (1987)

Summary: A series showcasing documentaries on American history.
Release Date: October 04, 1988
Genres: Documentary, Biography, History
Runtime: 2 h 00 min
MPAA: TV-PG
Production: GBH, Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), Robert Stone Productions, WGBH
Country: United States
Language: English
8.5 - IMDb
4075 votes
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962)

Summary: Host Johnny Carson performs comedy routines and chats with various celebrities.
Release Date: October 01, 1962
Genres: Comedy, Talk-Show
Runtime: 1 h 45 min
MPAA: TV-14
Production: Carson Productions, NBC Entertainment, NBC Television
Country: United States
Language: English
8.4 - IMDb
4906 votes
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Reading Rainbow (1983)

Summary: Levar Burton introduces young viewers to illustrated readings of children's literature and explores their related subjects.
Release Date: June 06, 1983
Genre: Family
Runtime: 0 h 30 min
MPAA: TV-Y
Production: WNED-TV Buffalo, Lancit Media Entertainment
Country: United States
Language: English
8.4 - IMDb
395 votes
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Playhouse 90 (1956)

Summary: 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.
Release Date: October 04, 1956
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Crime
Runtime: 1 h 30 min
Production: CBS, Filmaster Productions, Screen Gems Television
Country: United States
Language: English
8.2 - IMDb
1091 votes
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American Masters (1985)

Summary: Documentary series focusing on great American artists and personalities.
Release Date: June 22, 1986
Genres: Documentary, Biography
Runtime: 1 h 30 min
MPAA: TV-14
Production: Thirteen / WNET, 1515 Productions Limited, American Masters Pictures
Country: United States
Language: English
TV Series budget: $ 104,850
8.2 - IMDb
608 votes
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Independent Lens (1999)

Summary: Different celebrity hosts present new independent documentaries..
Release Date: August 09, 1999
Genre: Documentary
MPAA: TV-14
Production: ITVS International
Country: United States
Language: English
8.1 - IMDb
14600 votes
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Sesame Street (1969)

Summary: On a special inner city street, the inhabitants, human and muppet, teach preschool subjects with comedy, cartoons, games, and songs.
Release Date: July 21, 1969
Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Animation
Runtime: 0 h 55 min
MPAA: TV-Y
Production: Children's Television Workshop (CTW), Curious Pictures, Sesame Workshop
Country: United States
Language: English
8.1 - IMDb
4395 votes
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The Fugitive (1963)

Summary: A doctor, wrongly convicted for a murder he didn't commit, escapes custody and must stay ahead of the police to find the real killer.
Release Date: September 17, 1963
Genres: Adventure, Drama, Crime
Runtime: 0 h 51 min
MPAA: TV-PG
Production: Quinn Martin Productions (QM), United Artists Television
Country: United States
Language: English
8.1 - IMDb
1334 votes
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12 O'Clock High (1964)

Summary: A WWII bomb group commander must fill the shoes of his predecessor and get the performance rating up to snuff. He struggles with his own men, until he is able to develop pride in the group and win the men over, but at a cost to him.
Release Date: September 18, 1964
Genres: Drama, War
Runtime: 1 h 00 min
Production: 20th Century Fox Television, Quinn Martin Productions (QM)
Country: United States
Language: English
8.1 - IMDb
467 votes
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The Defenders (1961)

Summary: A father and son lawyer duo take a variety of cases that often deal with the important issues of the day.
Release Date: September 16, 1961
Genres: Drama, Crime
Runtime: 1 h 00 min
MPAA: TV-14
Production: Defender Productions, CBS Television Network
Country: United States
Language: English
8 - IMDb
10825 votes
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Third Watch (1999)

Summary: The exploits of a group of men and women who serve New York City as police officers, firefighters, and paramedics in the fictional 55th Precinct.
Release Date: September 23, 1999
Genres: Action, Drama, Crime
Runtime: 0 h 44 min
MPAA: TV-14
Production: John Wells Productions, Warner Bros. Television
Country: United States
Language: English
7.9 - IMDb
100796 votes
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Do the Right Thing (1989)

Summary: On the hottest day of the year on a street in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, everyone's hate and bigotry smolders and builds until it explodes into violence.
Release Date: July 21, 1989
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Director: Spike Lee
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Mixed / Other Male
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Writer: Spike Lee
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Mixed / Other Male
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Runtime: 2 h 00 min
MPAA: R
Production: 40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks
Distributor: Universal Pictures, MCA Home Video, CBS, The Criterion Collection, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE), Peacock, The Criterion Channel
Country: United States
Language: English
Movie budget: $ 6,500,000
Domestic: $ 27,545,445
International: $ 9,750,000
7.9 - IMDb
13905 votes
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The Hill (1965)

Summary: In a North African military prison during World War II, five new prisoners struggle to survive in the face of brutal punishment and sadistic guards.
Release Date: June 27, 1965
Genres: Drama, War
Director: Sidney Lumet
Sidney LumetDirector
Sidney Lumet ethnicity
Jewish Male
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Writers: Ray Rigby
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White Male
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, R.S. Allen
R.S. AllenWriter
R.S. Allen ethnicity
White Male
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Runtime: 2 h 03 min
MPAA: Approved
Production: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), Seven Art Productions
Distributor: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), CBS, MGM/UA Home Entertainment, Warner Home Video
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
Movie budget: $ 2,500,000
7.9 - IMDb
5856 votes
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Night Gallery (1969)

Summary: Rod Serling presents tales of horror illustrated in various paintings.
Release Date: November 08, 1969
Genres: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Runtime: 0 h 50 min
MPAA: TV-PG
Production: Universal Television
Country: United States
Language: English
7.8 - IMDb
3296 votes
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4 Little Girls (1997)

Summary: A documentary of the notorious racial terrorist bombing of an African American church during the Civil Rights Movement.
Release Date: July 09, 1997
Genres: Documentary, History
Director: Spike Lee
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Mixed / Other Male
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Runtime: 1 h 42 min
MPAA: TV-14
Production: 40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks, Home Box Office (HBO)
Country: United States
Language: English
Domestic: $ 130,146
7.8 - IMDb
2694 votes
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Roots: The Next Generations (1979)

Summary: The dramatization of Alex Haley's family line from post Civil War America to the writer's search for his roots.
Release Date: February 18, 1979
Genres: Drama, Biography, History
Runtime: 2 h 00 min
Production: David L. Wolper Productions, Warner Bros. Television
Country: United States
Language: English
7.7 - IMDb
27838 votes
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The L Word (2004)

Summary: Follows the lives and loves of a small, close-knit group of lesbian women living in Los Angeles as well as the friends and family members that either support or loathe them.
Release Date: January 18, 2004
Genres: Drama, Romance
Runtime: 0 h 50 min
MPAA: TV-MA
Production: Anonymous Content, Dufferin Gate Productions, Showtime Networks
Countries: United States, Canada
Language: English
7.7 - IMDb
1766 votes
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Car 54, Where Are You? (1961)

Summary: Sitcom featuring the zany hijinks of New York's finest.
Release Date: September 17, 1961
Genre: Comedy
Runtime: 0 h 30 min
MPAA: TV-PG
Production: Eupolis Productions, National Broadcasting Company (NBC)
Country: United States
Language: English
7.6 - IMDb
1661 votes
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Queen (1993)

Summary: A plantation owner's son falls in love with a slave named Easter and together they have a Biracial daughter named Queen. As Queen grows up, she faces the struggle of trying to fit into the troubled world around her. She tries pass...
Release Date: February 14, 1993
Genres: Drama, Romance, Biography
Runtime: 4 h 42 min
MPAA: TV-14
Production: Elliot Friedgen & Company, The Wolper Organization, Warner Bros. Television
Country: United States
Language: English