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21. Ben 10
(4/10 stars)The story of Ben, a typical kid who becomes very atypical after he discovers the Omnitrix, a mysterious alien weapon with the power to transform the wearer into ten different alien species. more
Top 40 Older Cult TV Shows 2026
Here you can find older cult TV shows that are still worth watching today. Great for discovering TV history, classics and earlier genre highlights.
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(4/10 stars)22. Kampfstern Galactica (1980)
(2/10 stars)Set 30 years after Battlestar Galactica, the Galactica is guided by the mysterious teenage genius prodigy Dr. Zee. Adama, sporting a hideously fake beard, remains in command of the fleet, with Col. Boomer his second in command. Upon realizing Earth of 1980 cannot face the Cylons, and hearing Zee's w... more
23. Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)
(10/10 stars)Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) is a late 1960s British private detective television series starring Mike Pratt and Kenneth Cope as the private detectives Jeff Randall and Marty Hopkirk, respectively. The series was created by Dennis Spooner and produced by Monty Berman. In the initial episode Hop... more
24. Extra 3
(10/10 stars)extra 3 is a weekly political satire show on German television established in 1976. more
25. Matador
(10/10 stars)The series follows life in a Danish provincial town from 1929 to 1947. Mads Skjern arrives in Korsbæk in 1929 and opens a modern clothing store, which creates conflict with the town's old upper-class families, especially the Varnæs family. When the bank director Hans Christian Varnæs refuses to supp... more
26. Monty Pythons Flying Circus
(10/10 stars)Genres: Comedy
And now for something completely different: Monty Python's Flying Circus was simply the most influential comedy program television has ever seen. Five Englishmen, all working under the constraints of conventional TV shows such as The Frost Report (for which the five Englishmen wrote), gathered toget... more
27. Der rosarote Panther
(10/10 stars)The Pink Panther is a heroic, moral cartoon cat with pink fur and the manners of an English aristocrat. He only becomes flustered or angry at obtuse or offensive humans who try to disrupt his existence, or at troublesome gadgets, rodents, or insects. In most of his cartoons, he stumbles into a diffi... more
29. Golgo 13
(10/10 stars)Duke Togo is a professional assassin. His age and birthplace are unknown and there is no consensus in the worldwide intelligence community as to his true identity. Most of his jobs are completed through the use of a customized, scoped M16 rifle. more
30. Mobile Suit Gundam
(10/10 stars)September through December in the year Universal Century 0079 the Principality of Zeon invents a gigantic human-shaped weapon called the Mobile Suit and begins its war for independence against the Earth Federation. Amuro Ray becomes the pilot of Gundam, a prototype developed by Federation Force. Thr... more
31. The Dick Van Dyke Show
(10/10 stars)Considered to be one of television's classics, "The Dick Van Dyke Show" centers on the personal and professional lives of Rob Petrie, a writer for the fictional "Alan Brady Show". The non-stop laughs revolved around Rob's relationships with with fellow writers Buddy Sorrell and Sally Rogers, and pro... more
32. Polizeiruf 110
(9/10 stars)Polizeiruf 110 (police call 110) is a German-language crime series that has been produced since 1971 in the DFF (1972-1990: East German television) and has been continued by various ARD institutions since the DFF was dissolved in 1993. The series is one of the most popular crime series and series. T... more
33. Ein Herz und eine Seele
(9/10 stars)Genres: Comedy
Extremly popular 1970s sitcom referring to many political and social issues through the eyes of an average German family. Alfred Tetzlaff is a narrow-minded, reactionary patriarch living together with his naive wife Else, their daughter Rita and her husband Michael, who emigrated from communist East... more
34. Gunsmoke
(9/10 stars)Marshal Matt Dillon keeps the peace in the rough and tumble Dodge City. more
35. Schoolhouse Rock!
(9/10 stars)Schoolhouse Rock! is an American series of animated musical educational short films that aired during the Saturday morning children's programming on the U.S. television network ABC. The topics covered included grammar, science, economics, history, mathematics, and civics. The series produced origina... more
37. Tom und Jerry
(9/10 stars)This is all the Tom and Jerry shorts, from 1940 to 1967. The first 114 are from the Hanna-Barbera era (1940 – 1958), the next 13 are from the Gene Deitch era (1960 – 1962), and the last 34 are from the Chuck Jones era (1963 – 1967). more
38. The Honeymooners
(9/10 stars)The Honeymooners, one of the most influential situation comedy television series in American history, depicts the sincere attempts of two men attempting to better their lives, and the ensuing frustrations when their schemes to strike it rich inevitably backfire. more
39. Are You Being Served?
(9/10 stars)Genres: Comedy
This comedy series, which follows the exploits of employees at London's fictional "Grace Brothers" department store, is full of sexual innuendo, slapstick, visual gags, and double entendres. Much of the show's humor parodies Britain's class system, and many of the show's characters are based on ster... more
40. Leave it to Beaver
(9/10 stars)Leave It to Beaver is a 1950s and 1960s family-oriented American television situation comedy about an inquisitive but often naive boy named Theodore "Beaver" Cleaver and his adventures at home, in school, and around his suburban neighborhood. The show has attained an iconic status in the United Stat... more
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