Top 10 Best Twilight Zone Episodes
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Frightening, intense, mysterious and exciting all at once, The Twilight Zone is one of televisions best and most iconic anthology series. With so many great episodes to pick from, which Twilight Zone episodes are the best of all time? Episodes like "To Serve Man" and "Eye of the Beholder" are haunting and memorable, while "Living Doll" and "Hitch-Hiker" serve as some of the scariest moments in television. Join WatchMojo as we count down our picks for the top 10 Twilight Zone Episodes.
List Rank and Entries
00:40 #10. “Living Doll”
01:33 #9. “Five Characters in Search of an Exit”
02:29 #8. “It’s a Good Life”
03:37 #7. “The HitchHiker”
04:34 #6. “The Masks”
05:47 #5. “To Serve Man”
06:55 #4. “Eye of the Beholder”
07:55 #3, #2 & #1: ???
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The thing I loved about the show was it had the cheapest special affects but was so well written and performed that it didn't matter.
You're thinking of the rip-off "Outer Limits" on that other network.
Pretty much all shows back then had "cheap" special effects. They were practical effects, which were pretty much necessarily cheap.
That's back when talent had total COMMAND over visual distraction and slight of hand to disguise LACK OF INTEGRITY FOR SUBSTANCE AND INTELLIGENCE. 😁
Don't forget well-shot.
Sounds like something Zappa would say. He wrote a song called Chepnis. Based on Japanese horror films. A great song.
poor henry bevis. i always feel so sorry for that man. he didn't bother anybody, he just wanted to read
Time enough at last.
What I want to know, how did he survive the fallout radiation right after the big one? I mean if he was close to ground zero there is no way he's going to enjoy reading as he'll be quite dead soon after exposure. But I get the episode, one of the best.
Samantha Nickson Yes - wasn't that a real tragedy??!
Chris L. It's the TWILIGHT ZONE Chris! Logic has nothing to do with it!
It just isn’t fair
"The Shelter" was not on the list, but is one of my favorites. In short, it depicted a Cold War Era alert, where only one family in the neighborhood had a fallout shelter. The neighbors panicked, turned on the fellow who built the shelter, and turned on each other. A good essay in how fear can turn even neighbors into enemies.
I know this episode. It was classic 📺. A smartly written episode with some excellent actors. Twilight Zone was the best show of all at moments like this.
I also like the episode with Peter Falk as revolutionary who, thanks to special mirror, senses treachery everywhere and kills all his allies until in the end he is the only one left and hits it too.
The Twilight Zone is a simple parable about the life itself. With all its surprises, secrets and one or the other door 🚪 that opens sooner or later. 😏
You are 👍
I love tz
"The Monsters are Due on Maple Street" did this theme even better, IMO. A truly chilling episode and all too realistic. If America ever falls, it will not be from a foreign enemy, it will be from within ourselves.
I love the Tz
The Hitchhiker was my grandpa. He was also a KAOS agent twice on Get Smart. But he was a really sweet and kind-hearted villain. 😁👍
True?
If this is true that’s fucking awesome
"Were not gonna spoil it" 30 seconds later.. "it's a cook book!"
😂😂😂😂
You didn't see this episode? Only 60 years old.
@@vincepurpura8905 would of been fine if they didnt say they wouldn't give away the ending right before giving away the ending. But I do hope new eyes start watching the original show. It's a timeless masterpiece. If all the shitty reboots did anything good it would at least introduce new viewers.
@@JohnnyPaisan I doubt if some of today's audiences would have the patience to watch the first five minutes before they turn to their cell phones and begin texting their friends. So sad.
@Short For A Hoe Dear Short. Why are you so self-defensive? I never mentioned anybody's age group in my comment. You made the assumption that I was referring to Millenials but I did not. In fact, the cell phone craze is a phenomenon of people of all ages. Why the self-guilt? Hum. No further diatribe.
"We won't give away the ending here..."
*gives away ending*
c4nnske right?!
+c4nnske IKR! (I almost gave a spoiler alert for #2 'The Five Characters....' then realized how much I despise it when my husband does it to me lol) Mojo does a fair job of promising not to tell us then telling us anyway so I don't feel so bad...
ikr like wtf
Couldn't be bothered to bleep that little detail...?
Lmao!
The “Howling Man” is one of my favorites in the series along with the huntsman and his dog that we’re trying to get into heaven
Oh The Hunt I love that episode one of the few feel good episodes
Mine as well
Yes, the hunt was a very good one. Possibly one of the most underrated.
Lord beerus deffo ...howling man is great
Me too: Deathshead Revisited, The Hunt, The Howling Man are my favs
Travesty that “Obsolete Man” was an honorable mention.
You took the words out of my mouth.
Also... It's eerily similar to cancel culture.
You can only choose 10. :/
@@kenzopoe7050 purposely similar to McCarthyism and Fascism.
Not only that but Dead heads Revised wasn’t even mentioned!!
@@kenzopoe7050 No.
You're thinking Capitalism
Cancel is for being dangerous to your fellows.
Obsolete is death for being unprofitable.
“We won’t give away the ending”
*gives away the ending
I t s a cook b o o k
Withle 🤣🤣🤣
I know right? Who edited this? Lol.
watch mojo BS and incompetene again
watchmojo being dumbasses as usual
"Don't worry, we won't spoil the ending."
*"I t ' s a c o o k b o o k"*
OFF with ya head!
Ha!! Lol. Yup.
honestly that one never came as a surprise to me, but that may be because my dad was all about teaching me english and its many, _many_ double meanings
Lol 😂
it wasn't the ending
I came here just to say this show was ahead of its time
It most certainly was.
I saw “Talking Tina” when I was about 7 yrs old or so, and from then on was always worried that if I mistreated any of my dolls, they would take revenge on me.
Hello 👋🏻
Same with me with Trilogy of Terror. I got rid of all my dolls and my fear of dolls lasted over a decade after that
One of the greatest shows in television history.
It is a show they got right the first time.
👏👏👏
Adam Langfelder yeah, second time...bit of a miss
It was a show head and shoulders above most of what was being shown at the time... but Mojo's list sucks. "Mirror Image" with Vera Miles and Martin Milner was dark, creepy, and should have been included in the top ten. Almost as creepy was, "And When The Sky Was Opened" with Rod Taylor and Jim Hutton. I mean, COME ON, what were the people at watchmojo thinking?
The Twilight zone kicked ass , the remake in the 80's was great also but nothing can beat the classics from the 60's
Night Gallery was the best.
Laura, NG was good but TZ was waaay better because the stories were more interesting.
NG had its moments, especially the episode where the earwig traveled through the man's brain causing him EXCRUCIATING agony only to learn at the end that it was a female.......and it HAD LAID EGGS IN HIS BRAIN!!!!!
My friend, NOTHING beats the original TZ which is a CLASSIC in every sense of the word.
Easily one of, if not THE FINEST program to ever air on tv.
It resonates even today 50 plus years later.
A classic
I agree the first serie, wrote by the best, is the best (not a soggettive opinion)
@@mercedyzmarieguion292 I agree, I wouldn’t tell it in a better way
"Walking Distance" has always been my favourite. The full circle of the story, the meeting of the adult and himself as a child and with his long-passed father gets me every time. The lesson is timeless.
On numerous occasions Serling said the same and I would agree.
that is my favorite too. never get tired of watching that one.
@@luisd7636 You know, I loved it when I saw it when it first aired. I was only a kid, but something about it got to me even though with my few life experiences at that time I couldn't fathom what it really meant.
As the years went by, it became more and more meaningful to me (of course). Now, I think I may see it in its entirety. It really is a profound, beautiful story, and so heartbreakingly poignant.
That is what true art does for us.
@@Glicksman1 agree. this ep ages great as we age and can relate more with the main character. amazing work.
That's one of my Favorites, too. The Nostalgia............
Time Enough at Last was my first episode, viewed when I was maybe 8 years old. I was utterly devastated by the ending. The Twilight Zone was full of amazing tales, and holds up remarkably well, even to this day. How did "Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up" not make this list?
Ever since I saw Time Enough At Last I've always had 2 pairs of glasses...just in case.
I genuinely cannot watch Time Enough at Last without crying,, much less think about it, really. On some level I found myself relating to Burgess Meredith’s character, especially in the 5th grade, and seeing and hearing him break down was enough to end my world. I broke down sobbing. Hard.
@@sweetnothingacnh A tremendous tale, for sure.
It really did stick with me too. I just remember being so sad for him...never forgot that episodemyself!
A good question. The episode was really cool. The story revolves a alien from Mars who thinks he's won and realizes he hasn't. One of the best episodes ever. 🖖
"You're traveling through another dimension, a dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind; a journey into a wondrous land whose boundaries are that of imagination. Your next stop, the Twilight Zone." - Rod Serling
Alden R. Davis check out the Jordan Peele upcoming Twilight Zone
@@Lufigueroaa why because he's black? Smh...
Sapa Inti this ain’t got nun to do with race
@@sapointi well that's just an ignorant response.
BEST. SHOW. OF. ALL. TIME.
John Talks. Definitley!
as a teenager, I knew a girl who would get freaked out by the theme.
John Talks What about the office
Jordan peele
Facts
My favourite is the first episode “Where Is Everybody?”
The reason I like it is because it is the most realistic episode in the series and one of the most terrifying. The reason is because it could very well happen
Imagine right now you suddenly just feel like you exist, you don’t remember a thing, you start walking and walking until you find yourself in a town but there’s no one in sight, not even a dog, cat or bird, there’s nothing. You shout for somebody, anyone, but there a no answer, you hear nothing. You walk around the town and then you start running, sweating, your heart beats faster and faster and faster. You start to question your existence and then find yourself a panic button and press it over and over as hard as you can until eventually you find yourself in a box banishing your bleeding hand against a glass monitor. Your actually in an Army Base surrounded by Military Personnel and Scientists and then remember everything who you are and where your from, everything becomes clear. Everything was all for a test and you were the lab rat.
Mee too!
Rod Serling was a genius. Loved this series.
Johnny Nails : i have the whole collection of Twilight Zone! The creativity is really amazing! The Eye of the Beholder is one of my favorites, but i hav so many!
Nikita Hedarini We're thrilled for you Nikita - are you inviting us all over to watch?!
Yes, and he was so smooth. I loved the way they would zoom the camera over to him just standing there, smoking a cigarette. 😄😄😄😄
It is a terrible shame he died at age 50.
Definitely. I also get the sense he was very hard working.
"without giving too much away here"
**tells you the ending**
Rachel M. I said the same damm thing
A Stop at Willoughby will always be my dear favorite. I’m a nostalgic person and this episode always rocked me.
I love that episode!! Upon my first watch I was hoping so much for him that he was able to return to Willoughby. Sad ending
Certainly one of my faves too. Their list is competent, including excellent classics like: Five Characters, It's a Good Life, Eye of the Beholder, The Masks, Maple Street, Nick of Time, Nightmare at..., but I wanted to include other 'can't miss' episodes which should absolutely 'not' be neglected for new viewers of the show. Five Characters, It's a Good Life, Nick of Time, and Nightmare are all incredible, but there are sooo many others that are 'as' good or surpass them such as the first twelve here and some of those following them: Where is Everybody?, And When the Sky was Opened, A World of Difference, Nightmare As a Child, A Stop at Willoughby, Mirror Image, The After Hours, A Thing About Machines, Nothing in the Dark, Miniature, The New Exhibit, Sounds and Silences. I only listed them according to the order in which they aired--well roughly anyway. My notable mentions would be: The Lonely, Perchance to Dream, Mr. Bevis , The Mighty Casey, The Shelter, A Most Unusual Camera, The Fugitive, Long Live Walter Jameson, A World of His Own, Caesar and Me, People are Alike All Over, Valley of the Shadow. Note: I have not seen Third from the Sun, nor Season 5 almost entirely; also for Inger Stevens fans I think that ‘The Lateness of the Hour’ is slightly superior to ‘The Hitch Hiker’. Cheers, Enjoy,,,
Also, "The Night of the Meek" with Art Carney...a beautiful Christmas story.
I love that one too.
That Maple Street episode fucked me up. Those people went from Leave it to Beaver to bloodthirsty mob a little too quickly and easily for my comfort.
we had to watch that episode in class last week
Back in junior high school, I had to read the script of that episode for a reading assignment. I got nightmares.
Preston Dixon I watched the episode and read the script in language arts class in my seventh grade.
Sarah R Well it didn't help when that kid started fueling their paranoia with stories about aliens and stuff
t0mmyb0y75 That's exactly what I was saying as I was watching and or reading the story.
"We won't give away what happens hear"
*Inserts Simpsons moment, and then literally gives it away*
It's a lot like Homer Simpson who spoiled the movie twice. In I Married Marge Homer exclaims out loud in front of the waiting theatre goers that Darth Vader is Luke Skywalker's father. Another time in Colonel Homer he blurts out the ending right in the middle of the movie he was watching!
Here*
a few tree house of horror episodes had segments based on some of these twilight zone episodes.
Deaths Head Rivisted....😮😮
I think they meant here as in right at that moment
"Little Girl Lost" was my favorite episode. It was the one where the little girl fell out of bed and ended up crawling through a portal into another dimension.
Yeah, that's one of my favorites, I recorded it on Sci-Fi recently
With a young Ann Jillian
I saw that one when I was little and was then afraid that I'D go into the wall
BTW, this episode might have been the inspiration for "Poltergeist"
@@nancyomalley9959 The similarities between the two are pretty stark. And it was around the time Steven Spielberg was working on _Poltergeist_ that he was also working on the _Twilight Zone_ movie. So maybe there's some spillover there.
It wasn't a happy ending what if it happens again?
I've seen every episode of the Twilight Zone. Rod Serling was a genius!
I love how they keep the ending to “Five Characters in Search of an Exit” a secret but have no problem spoiling other episodes.
They were donated toys for orphan kids.
@@Yumichan-mn5yk My (imagined) sequel is that they all get donated to an orphanage or foster home, and help the kids to deal with their sense of loss, and help them get adopted.
Plot of toy story 5
@@Yumichan-mn5yk it stinks
It’s kind of annoying. Especially when they keep saying “we’re not going to spoil the ending”. I watched this video so I could get a good idea of where to start when I watched the show. Now I know the ending of most of their “best” episodes
That Jack in the Box later went on to open a successful fast food restaurant chain.
It's an ok restaurant chain. I do love their 2 for $1 tacos
VideoGameDunkey
This is the best comment nicely done
That Jack in the box Slinky body with the head on top gave me nightmares. I still freak out when I hear that Slinky sound.
What fast food chain?
I think one of the most underrated episodes has to be, "A Most Unusual Camera." It tells the story of a camera which, when you take a picture of something, shows what it will look like in the future.
I won't spoil the episode, but it is the one episode which made me go "OH, MAN!!!" harder than anything else I have ever seen, except for ending of the original "Night of the Living Dead" with Duane Jones.
Excellent! Mentioned it in my comment. I still enjoy that one. I LOVE to hear the husband chastise the wife about her phony heart palpitations 😂 -Most Unusual Camera
That's a top favorite of mine for sure... Over the top campy! 📷
"The Trouble with Templeton" is an underrated episode that I've always loved. That's the one with the old actor who is depressed about life and goes back in time to meet his deceased wife and best friend, acting entirely different in how he remembers them, and when he comes back to the real world, he realizes that his wife and best friend were "acting" to get him back to living in the present. Oh and ALL the ones that Jack Klugman was in. And, finally, I won't say the final episode I love because Twilight Zone fans will know, but the final line is "This IS the other place!"
Watched "The trouble with Templeton" last night, here in San Diego. Really enjoyed the other episode you mentioned with Sebastian Cabot as the "guide" of deceased burglar, Mr. Valentine. Both great episodes!
@caitlyncarvalho7637 Caitlyn, that's a very good question. Do consider that the original Twilight Zone was only in production from 1959 to 1964. It was certainly a different time in history than what we have seen in the modern world here in the last 20 or 30 years. Topics like child trafficking simply weren't in the headlines like it is today. There was no internet or social media. Many topics were hush-hush. In addition, let's not forget CBS and the "then-current" state of TV censorship during that time. Even simple topics like racism...had to be addressed with caution. And lastly...I'm not absolutely certain that there ISN'T a Twilight Zone episode that is an allegory for child trafficking. The specifics of your question cause me to wonder. If you know something...I'd be interested to hear about it.
"You've just crossed over into.....the Twilight Zone". I think that every morning when I go in to work.
Well, it's better than thinking that when you get home....
don't we all my friend.
It's my alarm tone
It always bugs me that the episode *Changing of the Guard* rarely ever gets any attention in these kinds of lists. For me, that was one of the most heartwarming episodes of the entire show.
For those that don't know, it's about an old college professor who is suddenly forced into retirement so that some new blood can come in to teach at the school. Dejected, the professor ruminates on his life's work, and decides that he has wasted it, and that he's inspired no one to do anything great, and has been overall worthless as an educator. He sneaks off to the campus at night, contemplating suicide, when suddenly the school bell starts ringing. Confused, he enters his classroom, and suddenly, the ghosts of many of his past pupils from over the years appear in front of him. Each one tells him about the many different ways they inspired them, and how they kept his lessons close to heart all the way through to their untimely deaths (from war and other causes). They tell him they have to go, and he breaks down in tears. He then returns home and tells his maid that even if he himself hasn't accomplished much, he finds contentment in knowing that he did inspire others to make great achievements, and that that's good enough for him, and he feels comfortable in retiring now.
Even now when I watch it, it still moves me emotionally, seeing his plight and how he overcomes it when the spirits reassure him that his work did have an impact on him.
That's literally It's Wonderful Life's plot
I don't remember this episode, but it sounds great.
This is the first long comment that I’ve ever read and I don’t regret it
This episode really touches my heart.
That was a great episode. 👍
My all time favorite TZ episode in my opinion, was "A Game of Pool" with both Jack Klugman and Jonathan Winters. Very superbly written.
Was that the conman ep sending out a letter?or am I thinking Alfred Hitchcock ep with klugman?
'A hundred yards over the rim'
Classic episode where the leader of a wagon train from the year 1847 comes across a modern highway and a diner into the year 1961.
One of my Twilight Zone favorites.
I really hope this video makes someone who has never watch this show binge it.
As do I.
I hope they have netflix because the complete series is expensive as shit on dvd/bluray
Your God Wilfred I'm considering it
Damn, it is just the best program ever. There are so many episodes that will have you trying to figure out the mystery for yourself, then the ending just smashes you over the head with a horrifying realization that makes you pity the poor bastards in the story.
It made me want to binge watch it again.
What about the episode with the neighbors and the nuclear bomb shelter dilemma? That one was legit GOLD, especially how they all tried to play it off at the end like they’re friends again.
Is that anything like the Simpsons episode where Ned Flanders gets a fallout shelter & an asteroid is headed towards Springfield so everyone piles into his shelter & then votes him out, even though it was his to begin with, but it burns up in the atmosphere & Bart picks it up & puts it in his pocket(the small piece that didn't burn up)?
@@masonlewis8462 Never seen the episode. But the writer must’ve took inspiration from the twilight episode I mentioned.
Yessssssss💯
It showed how people will truly act like during such a crisis
The Obsolete Man was absolutely ingenious writing. Absolutely loved the ending.
The Martian in the diner and the howling man is two of my favorites ❤
I loved the Twilight Zone. That empty horrifying feeling... nothing can top it's magic at the time. They were truly scary.
"Heaven? Whatever gave you the idea that you were in heaven, Mr. Valentine? This is the other place!!"
That episode, "A Nice Place to Visit", would have at least made my Honorable Mentions.
Thanks, Pip!
Preston Dixon Man oh man! Pip's maniacal laughter will forever haunt my nightmares. Valentine's look of shock and horror is just the icing on the cake!
def my favorite episode!
Sweet episode indeed.
"Nightmare on 20,000 Feet" is perhaps the most memorable. Everyone remembers it, and it is a classic. But that doesn't make it the "Best".
I actually liked the remake of that episode for the Twilight Zone movie better.
Theonetruewonderfly everyone I have ever met recalls eye of the beholder and most had never even seen 20 thousand feet
I remember an interview with Richard Matheson the original author of 'Nightmare at 20,000 Feet' from my Twilight Zone Season 5 Blu-Ray set, Matheson liked everything about that TZ adaptation of his story except the Gremlin creature, because he felt it looked like a huge walking teddy bear. 11:07
Matheson had envisioned a dark creature that was transparent that had something like diamonds
reflecting it's skin.
He actually preferred the Alien type of Gremlin creature from the 1980's TZ movie,
but he didn't like John Lithgow's performance which he felt was way overdone
in comparison to William Shatner's performance from the original TZ episode.
Honestly its not even top 5
I didn't think it was that good. I liked the jukebox one with Cap't Kirk better.
My top 2, The Howling Man and The Changing of the Guard. Both touched my soul.
Rod Serling was a genius. And he had some of the best writers work for him.
As a lifelong fan who also saw the TZ when it first aired, I can appreciate these choices. Even so, my list would have given a high position to "Walking Distance," an episode that was as poignant, thoughtful, moving and well-scored as any ever on television. While I definitely enjoyed the "creepy" side of the series, I also valued the sentiment and moral reflection of many episodes.
"I shot an arrow into the air' and "the midnight sun" are two of my favorite.
"Midnight Sun" I love how they pulled off the melting paintings without any CGI to fall back on- it was all done on the set.
Question. What kind of bear is best?
You are faster than most snakes
I even liked how they got the thermometer to burst when it got to the breaking point!
Good ones!
Two episodes that I enjoy:
"What You Need" - Ernest Truex is a street peddler with an ability to give people items that they will soon need.
"A Nice Place To Visit" - A thief dies and goes to s place where his every wish is granted, courtesy of of a pre-"Family Affair" Sebastian Cabot.
I like how this show is beyond it's time.
Watch Mojo: "We won't give away the ending."
Watch Mojo: " I T ' S A C O O K B O O K ! "
One of my personal favorites is the one where the man and the dog die while on a hunting trip and he almost gets tricked into going to hell but states he wouldn't go anywhere without his dog even in the afterlife. I'm not particularly religious but for some reason I really love that one
The hunt.
This is my favorite one also! 😄
Me too. Love that one. I am religious, and I still have issues with religious people that say dogs don't have souls and don't go to heaven with us
:D me too!
I love that one ! Smart dog!
One of my favorites is "Nothing in the Dark," about Death (a young Robert Redford) and an old woman who's scared of dying.
No freaking way.!!. Mine too.!!.😻😍
A classic. Redford was great
Me too
yes! that one is very good! but my favorite of all time is the obsolete man
RobertTC009 i just watched that episode yesterday 😂
Such a fantastic old television series. Absolutely some of the greatest TV to ever exist.
Best way to spend my New Year: Watching the Twilight Zone marathon
Yeah I did that
Oh hell yeah!! They never get old!! It's a family tradition but we usually do it on Thanksgiving.
When I was younger the Sci Fi network had a marathon on July 4th, when I got older I kept the tradition going!
Yup. Every year
Yep. It’s tradition in our house. I play that all day for a couple days while cooking a ton of appetizers. That’s all we eat that night is a ton of finger foods, homemade potato skins being the top show runner.
"The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street" is my favorite episode ever
Definitely
i read that and then finally got to watch it
McCarthyism
It is super scary to me
It seems pretty dumb to me
Rod serling was a genius
My favorite episode is "A World of His Own." It's the one about the husband who has a special typewriter and can make his fictional characters come alive when he describes them. It is so creative in execution, I can't help but love it. My other favorite episodes are "The Obsolete Man," Mr. Bevis," "A Penny For Your Thoughts," "The Arrival," and "A Kind of A Stopwatch".
I think Steven King has one of those 😉
The episode with James Whitmore as the head of a colony that had crash landed on another planet, and when they come to rescue them, Whitmore insists everyone stay, obviously because he enjoys his new life as their leader. When they all leave after telling him they could never return because the journey was too difficult, he is left regretting his decision in an isolated and lonely existence. Very creepy.
"We won't give the ending [of To Serve Man] away"
*Immediately proceeds to show the last 2 scenes from the episode *
I would put The Obsolete Man over Nightmare at 20,000 Feet.
To serve man, wins the silver.
Alex FRD Yes, The Obsolete Man is my personal fave too. RIP Fritz Weaver and Burgess Meredith.
Nothing in the dark wins first place.
Alex FRD
Obsolete man is my favorite
Compare "The Obsolete Man" with "Time Enough at Last."
You said you wouldn't spoil the to serve man episode and you proceeded to clearly spoil it
Lol! This is CLASSIC 'ISH for real! This came out before I was born, and it's one of my favorite T.V. series. If you grown, and you haven't seen this episode by now that's your fault. No disrespect. PEEECE! ;)
R/gatekeeping
WMICx
But to be fair, is there anyone over the age of six who doesn't know it? Under what rock would they have to have been sleeping?
Do read the original short story by Damon Knight.
I watched that episode for tv script class this semester; I was one of the few who was suspicious of them and got it right before the end.
My favorite episode is “The Passerby”, where the soldiers were passing by a civil war widow’s home, including her own husband; only to find out she is dead too. She realizes this when a “dead” Abraham Lincoln passes by her house
That too is my favorite episode. It's message takes me to the shores a vast ocean of material upon which to reflect - very profound material, in fact. My favorite episode by far. I also like the one where Andy Devine plays a blowhard who's unsurpassed as telling humungous lies. These two episodes are at the top of my personal list of favorites. Rod Serling was indeed a writer extraordinaire.
Walking Distance is the best Twilight Zone episode.
It is one of my faves as well. Do you remember a the other Civil War related episodes? The one where the Confederate soldiers must swear allegiance to Satan and disavow God to gain advantage over the Union soldiers is a really good one too.
@@audiophileman7047 I don’t remember that one. Do you remember what the title of the episode was????
It's Ep. 76, "Still Valley", 11-24-1961 from Season #3. If you like Civil War TZ settings, you may also like the episode called, "An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge". It wasn't written by the usual TZ writers. It was originally written by the 19th Century Civil War veteran and writer known as Ambrose Bierce, but it definitely has the TZ feel and is a great episode. Hope you enjoy them as much as I do.
Anyone who chooses 'Walking Distance' as their favorite episode earns my respect
Was nnnnnot ready for whatever the fuck that face was outside the plane window
After being scared the 1st time I saw it, my sister and I would die laughing at how ridiculous it was when we saw again later :)
I remember watching that episode when I was a kid, when the episode first aired. When the curtain was pulled, I must have jumped three feet.
Just imagine- the poor production assistant made to put that ridiculous costume on!
You think that guy in the gremlin costume was ridiculous? Re-watch the episode again... William shatner's facial expression from seeing the gremlin up-close is HILARIOUS. It looks as if he shit his pants and doesn't know whether to laugh or be scared shitless of not bringing another pair of underwear.
William Shatner at his William Shatneriest.
Rod Serling was brilliant. Many episodes were politically nuanced. He wrote most of the series. Night of the Meek is my favorite. "Best of" lists are subjective. My fave doesn't seem to ever be on one. Love the whole series, through.
Elise H what is your favorite twilight zone episode.
My favorite part of the show is that they always had a creative plot and it makes you want to find out the truth about life.
i feel like midnight sun is super underrated, definitely my favorite episode
That was very good too. When the painting melts on the canvass and the thermometer bursts you can almost feel 100 degrees Fahrenheit in dead of winter. I’m always so happy in the end to find out it’s really cold and a snow storm outside 😂
Not including "Midnight Sun" even as an honorable mentions makes this video illigitimate.
The one about the mannequins is one of my favorites
After hours, I own it.
It's called AFTER HOURS with Anne Francis
Pierre Black Marsha!
awesome episode, creepy actually ,very well written.
Marsha!
The Midnight Sun was another great episode by this great tv show . The ending twist was clever but very , very sad .
Yes, the situation was actually swapped and the woman had gotten sick from it being so cold. Crazy.
I think that was the best twist ending of any episode.
Def a good one
"Time, Enough At Last" is an episode that I love. It reflects the internet, smart phone & digitally focused world perfectly. Hell I bet you could remake the episode and just change the glasses with a VR set, tv show, game or a smart phone & it would still work perfectly.
As enjoyable and timeless as nightmare is, I feel like Obsolete man is so so so overlooked and underrated. The story it tells and the meaning behind it is wonderful.
IMO "Where is everybody" should be at least an honorable mention. The twist at the end is really good
aapje1988 You certainly don't see it coming.
is that that the episode where that guy is in a desolate town and then he wakes up and realizes it was a simulation?
Yes.
i haven't watched the show in 6+ years and I still remember most of them haha. yay me.
Oh man that one slayed me!
There was an episode called "Disappearance of Flight 347" where a aircraft accident investigator dealing with his own Moby Dick, strange on so many levels.
Dean Christensen Great ep! Mind bending.
Shades of Malaysia Airlines 370
When I saw the reports on the news of Malaysia flight, this episode popped into my mind.
Dean Christensen- That's funny, because what came to my mind was the more recent series, "Lost." If any recent series had a modern grasp on the whole Twilight Zone concept, it was definitely that show.
I think you mean Odyssey of flight 33.
The Masks is a great episode- and that it’s directed by Ida Lupino just makes it that much more special!
Hello Kathleen, how are you doing?
Rodman Serling catapulted to fame with his screenplay " Patterns " in 1955, a live TV drama. He conceived The Twilight Zone to combat advertising agencies editing his scripts. His stories invariably would have an ironical twist ending. My favorite of his writing was " And When the Sky was Opened. " Superb direction, music score and acting made this episode the most chilling. When the last survivor, played by Hutton, realizes the horror he is in and moans, " Oh, my God! " I get the goosebumps. The seminal series that fathered imitators but no equals.
Nightmare at 20000ft had me so spooked when he opened the curtain and the gremlin was right there
Scared me big time the first time I saw it.
Yea but man...that was such a cheesy costume even for then
@@jamesmack3314 It definitely was. Thankfully I saw the Lithgow version first, basically making it spoiler free and scary as hell.
I literally jumped 20 feet into the air😂😂😂
Yes...Much better Gremlin
Watchmojo: We won't give away the endings here
Watchmojo: *gives away the ending to every episode*
One of my favorites was "He's Alive!" But "The Monsters are Due On Mapplestreet." is my overall fav.
Rod Serling himself couldn't envision the twilight zone we are currently living in
Mr. Serling must have envisioned the things that are shaping up in today's world, and wrote his stories accordingly. The episode "The Obsolete Man" is a perfect example of his foresight.
I think "The Old Man in the Cave" envisions it perfectly!
Plot twist: He did
Exactly what I said last year. This is well beyond a serling mind and a Lovecrafian fever dream!
You would be surprised by the number of people to remember differences in this reality the Monopoly man never had a monocle
If someone else has seen really weird stuff we should talk on here I once asked no one out loud to hold some papers against the wall and they're held against the wall
the thing with the Monopoly man it's called the Mandela effect there are many of them but it is the most well known I remember most of them the other way though if not all of them
“Kick The Can” didn’t even get an honorable mention? But, like others pointed out, whittling this brilliant show down to ten is an impossible task. Thank you Rod. We remain eternally grateful for your genius.
That is another one of my favorites, too.😃
That is one of mine as well.
Very good episode. It’s literally impossible to cover all the goodies. SO MANY
wtf i came here to get some suggestions and they spoiled all the episodes
“Were not gonna spoil the ending here” - continues to spoil the episode
Watch the whole episodes and all the other ones, some of each person's favorite are not on this list.
yea that was fucked up
They didn't show the ending of the airplane monster episode. It's interesting.
Show has only been on for dozens of years. That’s all on you.
My favorite is the one where a man tries to cheat death with the pitch of a lifetime and ends up almost killing a young girl. Their friendship was so genuine and something like that can't be made today. There wasn't anything at all creepy about it, and the acting was amazing
Episode #2, "One for the Angels"
The best episode for me was the after hours. The concept, story line, and creepiness always intrigued me.
Excellent as well! That actress did a hell of a job… the mannequin… even the female saleswoman mannequin was good. Their eyes!!
"My name is Talking Tina and I don't think I like you."
yes...ole Telly Savalas with his famous line..."who loves ya"?
My name is Talking Tina, and you'd better be nice to me
Into the wood chipper you go
Before Chucky...
'" I'm talking tina and i'm going to get rid of you! " Another gem of this series.
' Time Enough at Last' , The episode that scares me to this day.
I read more than I eat, and I wear thick glasses.
Until the day they came out with polymer lenses, I lived in fear of hearing that CRUNCH.
I find it more really sad. Like that seriously sucks. Poor guy.
the original "fml"
ahabtheplant you should invest in a lot of extras or some very tough ones
I was thinking...just go to the town's optlolist
ahabtheplant Just put a chain on your glasses so they won't fall off
How is "The Howling Man" not in the top 10????! It's definitely in my top 10!
This list is awesome.. There are just SOOO many amazing episodes to choose from. I'm sure everyone's Top 10 would be slightly different, but you guys did a great job.
Living Doll is the reason I got rid of all my dolls when I was 10.
I wouldn’t change a damn thing. I love this series. Currently watching the marathon. Happy New Years to me!
DramaticChick who loves yer baby
DramaticChick - Living Doll convinced me Furbies were evil (long story).. lol
The monsters are due on maple street was the first ever twilight zone episode i ever saw.
Shawn Marcy Same
Shawn Marcy that episode is actually taught in some universities_ there's many subjects in psychology and sociology that episode covers.
Sitizen Kane Geez.. they're still teaching that episode? They used to shove it down our throats in 8th and 11th grades. "This Story Is Actually About The Dangers Of Prejudice..." Gee, teach, ya think??? Lol!
Bill Anthony Mass hysteria is one subject that the episode covers. But yeah, my friend said they analyzed that episode in his sociology class. Then I met more people who studied it in their college.
Shawn Marcy same
The one with the ventriloquist doll and the wax figures are also masterpieces.
Interesting choices. I've watched the TZ for decades and my favorites have always been "The Hitch Hiker," "And When the Sky was Opened" and "A Passage for Trumpet", :Judgment Night", "The Purple Testament" and "The Grave" (with Lee Marvin as his usual badass self!).
"Deaths-Head Revisited" and "He's Alive" are among the series' most powerful episodes.
The greatest of Hollywood stars got their start on Twilight Zone!!!
the most unusual camera 📷 should have been on this list too cause that one freaked me out.
The twilight zone will forever remain as one of the most watched series ever! I watched it as a little girl and the episodes were chilling! My all time favorite episode was “talking Tina.” It scared me to death. When i visited my grandparents for the summer, my aunts & uncles would threaten me with “Tina” to get me to do my chores! You can’t help but watch these shows......they never get old! They are always entertaining!
Yes, a very good episode! Recently, I discovered that the official name of that episode is "Living Doll".
I loved the fact that the writing was SO good that “The Monsters on Maple Street” was actually a required reading short story when I was in Jr. High in the 70s!
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Watched every ep of this & Hitchcock during covid have to admit liked Hitchcock better specifically 1/2 hour format TZ just ripped off hitchcock.
I was about to watch the Twilight episode THE INVADERS, when my 14 year old nephew came into the living room and said, "I can't believe you watch those old black and white shows." My response was "Yeah, they had terrible special effects, but the acting was 10 betters than the current movies. Why not watch this episode, and you'll see some really terrible special effect, where they use dolls as space men." Well, he sat down and watch it, and got interested in what was happening. In the final scene, the woman smashes up the little flying saucer, and as the camera zooms in on the space ship, you see the insignia on the ship. My nephew was taken completely by surprise, stands up and says, "US AIR FORCE? I never expected that." He was hooked from then on.
Cool story man. My brother is mad about it for sure.
jazzmaan707 I’ll take that never happened for 100 points
@@chikipichi5280 Ah, you never saw the episode or have a 14 year old nephew who thinks TRANSFORMERS is the greatest movies ever made. "for 100 points"? What is that from?
jazzmaan707 It’s a Jeopardy reference lol
@@systemk9488, Ah, I think it was a game show from the 60's or 70's. Never watched it.
You're telling me that's the #1 pick just because William Shatner was in it? What the hell. I thought "A Stop at Willoughby" would be the #1 pick. It's such a good episode.
and a creepy one too
The reality is, TZ deserves a much larger list. Easily 10-20 more on top of the ones they mentioned, all of them absolute gold.
The #1 pick is easily the most well-known and parodied episode, maybe tied with the one where the last man on earth breaks his glasses. The selection was probably just as much a matter of relevance as it was quality.
***** Their list sucked. Sure, it's a subjective call, but they left out too many episodes that blew away the ones they included. Bizarre. Their list is totally bizarre!
+CyberShwartz Another episode along those lines, was the one where the guy with the heart condition was afraid to go to sleep because a dark haired woman kept trying to kill him in his dreams. I can't remember the name of the episode, but it had that "creep" factor about it.
This Corona virus makes me feel like I'm in The Twilight Zone.
I'm thinking that the Coronovirus Pandemic reminds me of The Twilight Zone episode The Midnight Sun.
If someone were to make a fan made episode of the show with the Covid-19 pandemic in mind. It would be a great episode.
@@ajshim Oh, there should be a writing contest or challenge - write a Coronavirus story in the style of the Twilight Zone. I've been wondering how this weird time is going to be filtered into writing, music, movies etc.
@@parisgreen4600 Hey that's not a bad idea.
@@ajshim plot twist: it was a government plot for control
I love how in “To Serve Man” the human taking tickets or whatever at the spaceship dips out when the twist is revealed. He wasn’t dumb enough to stand around while they captured the main character.
This is in my opinion the greatest tv show I have ever seen
What about the episode with the mannequins? That one was really freakin scary!!
After hours.
Scripturegirl1990 oh I forgot what it was called thank you
Welcome very much.😄
Sarah Rue
That was the first one I ever watched.
Anne Francis who played Altera on the great sci fi "Forbidden Planet".
Not only were the individual episodes written as good as any T.V. show but also I don't think there's another program that had so many top performances by big stars before they became famous.
Great point. The only one that comes to mind for early stars in "Tales from the Crypt on HBO." The greatest episode is the one with DEMI MOORE. The full ep. is available here on RUclips. Worth a View.
Rod Serling also did Night gallery I would like to see a top 10 on that show
Yeah, my sisters and I would secretly watch it after our mom went to bed and it scared the crap out of us but we would keep doing it anyways!