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Amazing Stories

7.5 / 10 · 229 votes

TV-PG

1985

2 seasons

45 episodes

Sci-Fi & FantasyComedyFamily

A truly amazing, fantastical, science fiction, funny and odd, and sometimes scary, sad and endearing anthology series presented by Steven Spielberg with guest appearances by many famous actors, actresses, and directors.

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Trailer

1985 NBC Steven Spielberg's Amazing Stories Promo

Cast

Tom Willett

Douglas Seale

Gary Riley

Charles Durning

J.J. Cohen

Brad Bird

Joshua Rudoy

Larry Spinak

Dana Gladstone

Royal Dano

Taliesin Jaffe

Jeff Cohen

Seasons

The first season of this anthology series sets the tone with tales of light humor and even heavy drama with a twist of magic!

1.Ghost Train
6.7
29-09-198525 min
Ohpa Globe is happy to see his son's new house, but when he sees that the home is built on ghost train tracks, he changes his focus. To his family's chagrin, he is convinced it is...
2.The Main Attraction
6.1
06-10-198525 min
Big Man on Campus Brad Bender has no problem attracting people to his charms. But when a meteorite crashes in his neighborhood, his magnetism gets even stronger, sometimes attracti...
3.Alamo Jobe
6.6
20-10-198525 min
During the Battle of the Alamo on March 6, 1836, 15-year-old messenger Jobe H. Farnum is about to be killed. He is transported forward in time to San Antonio in 1985. The 1980s pro...
4.Mummy Daddy
7.1
27-10-198525 min
An actor who's playing a mummy in a horror film learns that his wife has gone into labor and rushes to be with her – without removing his costume.
5.The Mission
7.0
03-11-198547 min
During World War II, men in an air force bomber are caught in a no win scenario when their belly gunner (an amateur artist) is trapped in his seat and the plane has no wheels for l...
6.The Amazing Falsworth
7.5
05-11-198525 min
A psychic showman realizes that during a performance that someone in the audience wants to commit murder. Frightened, he calls the police, and the detective shows up to investigate...
7.Fine Tuning
6.4
10-11-198525 min
Three high-school kids build an antenna that can catch signals from outer space. They learn that the aliens are big fans of 1950s American television and are coming to Hollywood to...
8.Mr. Magic
6.9
17-11-198525 min
A fading illusionist has a last shot at greatness thanks to a deck of magic playing cards.
9.Guilt Trip
6.4
01-12-198525 min
The emotion Guilt feels overworked. He takes a vacation cruise and falls for the emotion Love.
10.Remote Control Man
6.7
08-12-198525 min
A henpecked man finds comfort in a unique television set that bring lifelike images to him.
11.Santa '85
6.9
15-12-198525 min
A little boy helps Santa when the legendary man is thrown in jail while delivering presents.
12.Vanessa in the Garden
7.2
29-12-198525 min
When an artist is devastated by the death of his wife, he finds a way for her to live on in his painting.
13.The Sitter
6.4
05-01-198625 min
Two young boys get the best of every sitter in town, until they meet one who uses voodoo to settle them down.
14.No Day at the Beach
7.4
12-01-198625 min
A GI tries to be a hero during an amphibious assault in Italy during World War II.
15.One For the Road
7.0
19-01-198625 min
During the Depression, several bar patrons hope to get insurance money by tricking a man into signing a policy with the hope that he will drink himself to death.
16.Gather Ye Acorns
6.6
02-02-198625 min
On the advice from a mysterious little man, an 18-year-old boy begins to collect rare comics and toys. When he sells them as an old man, he gains wealth and happiness.
17.Boo!
6.7
16-02-198625 min
Ghosts in an attic try to get rid of a couple who move into their house.
18.Dorothy and Ben
7.7
02-03-198625 min
After 40 years in a coma, Ben Dumpfy awakens and discovers that he can communicate with a seven-year-old girl who is in a coma after a bike accident.
19.Mirror, Mirror
6.6
09-03-198625 min
A popular horror novelist is terrorized by a strange figure in his bathroom mirror.
20.Secret Cinema
5.9
06-04-198625 min
Young everyday woman Jane becomes convinced that someone is recording and influencing her everyday life and that she's become the unwilling star of a secret cinema.
21.Hell Toupee
6.2
13-04-198625 min
Defense attorney Harry Ballentine is understandably nervous when his client is mild-mannered accountant Murray Bernstein - who after investing in a strange toupee had felt compelle...
22.The Doll
7.8
04-05-198625 min
The lonely, loveless life of a shy bachelor takes an astounding turn when he buys a special doll, exquisitely hand-crafted by a mysterious German toymaker. He tries to track down t...
23.One For the Books
7.3
11-05-198625 min
An elderly college janitor amazes himself, his wife and the scientific community when his brain turns into a sponge that soaks up more and more incredible knowledge of every subjec...
24.Grandpa's Ghost
7.0
25-05-198625 min
Edwin's grandpa died in his sleep last night. So why is the old man still hanging around the apartment, playing the piano and swapping stories with Edwin's grandma?

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