The Twilight Zone (1959)

Drama · Fantasy · Horror

An anthology series containing drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science fiction, suspense, and/or horror, often concluding with a macabre or unexpected twist.

IMDb rating: 9.0 (110,710 votes)
Episode average: 7.4 -1.6 vs IMDb
Seasons: 5
Streaming (US): Paramount+
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 5 seasons indexed

Cast

Rod Serling Self - Host

Seasons

Season 1 (1959)

7.63 avg 36 episodes 7.9 → 8.1 25 min avg

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Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Where Is Everybody?	7.9	8,928
2	One for the Angels	7.7	7,547
3	Mr. Denton on Doomsday	7.1	6,367
4	The Sixteen-Millimeter Shrine	6.8	6,176
5	Walking Distance	8.2	7,439
6	Escape Clause	7.2	5,682
7	The Lonely	8.1	6,598
8	Time Enough at Last	8.9	9,439
9	Perchance to Dream	7.4	5,535
10	Judgment Night	7.3	5,045
11	And When the Sky Was Opened	8.3	6,134
12	What You Need	8.0	5,306
13	The Four of Us Are Dying	7.1	4,668
14	Third from the Sun	8.1	5,472
15	I Shot an Arrow into the Air	7.6	4,857
16	The Hitch-Hiker	8.2	6,350
17	The Fever	6.6	4,586
18	The Last Flight	8.0	4,992
19	The Purple Testament	7.3	4,185
20	Elegy	7.5	4,428
21	Mirror Image	7.9	5,194
22	The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street	8.9	7,513
23	A World of Difference	7.6	4,409
24	Long Live Walter Jameson	8.1	4,631
25	People Are Alike All Over	8.1	4,800
26	Execution	7.2	3,923
27	The Big Tall Wish	6.6	3,908
28	A Nice Place to Visit	7.8	4,630
29	Nightmare as a Child	7.3	4,129
30	A Stop at Willoughby	8.5	5,678
31	The Chaser	6.9	3,734
32	A Passage for Trumpet	7.2	3,726
33	Mr. Bevis	6.7	3,619
34	The After Hours	8.4	5,529
35	The Mighty Casey	6.1	3,608
36	A World of His Own	8.1	4,367

Season 2 (1960)

7.52 avg 29 episodes 6.5 → 8.6 25 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	King Nine Will Not Return	6.5	3,564
2	The Man in the Bottle	7.4	3,771
3	Nervous Man in a Four Dollar Room	6.6	3,367
4	A Thing About Machines	6.4	3,338
5	The Howling Man	8.2	4,889
6	Eye of the Beholder	9.1	7,508
7	Nick of Time	8.3	4,953
8	The Lateness of the Hour	7.1	3,392
9	The Trouble with Templeton	7.1	3,245
10	A Most Unusual Camera	7.5	3,755
11	The Night of the Meek	7.9	4,291
12	Dust	6.9	3,188
13	Back There	7.5	3,412
14	The Whole Truth	6.4	3,047
15	The Invaders	8.1	4,786
16	A Penny for Your Thoughts	8.0	3,841
17	Twenty Two	7.7	3,787
18	The Odyssey of Flight 33	7.8	3,968
19	Mr. Dingle, the Strong	6.5	3,188
20	Static	6.7	2,999
21	The Prime Mover	7.0	2,950
22	Long Distance Call	7.5	3,505
23	A Hundred Yards Over the Rim	8.1	3,883
24	The Rip Van Winkle Caper	7.6	3,287
25	The Silence	8.3	4,008
26	Shadow Play	8.1	3,611
27	The Mind and the Matter	6.4	2,812
28	Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up?	8.7	5,304
29	The Obsolete Man	8.6	4,913

Season 3 (1961)

7.46 avg 37 episodes 7.5 → 8.2 25 min avg

Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Two	7.5	3,922
2	The Arrival	7.2	3,170
3	The Shelter	8.6	4,316
4	The Passersby	7.5	3,214
5	A Game of Pool	7.8	3,639
6	The Mirror	6.5	2,919
7	The Grave	7.3	3,271
8	It's a Good Life	8.6	5,357
9	Deaths-Head Revisited	8.1	3,771
10	The Midnight Sun	8.4	4,628
11	Still Valley	6.5	2,622
12	The Jungle	6.7	2,795
13	Once Upon a Time	7.2	3,124
14	Five Characters in Search of an Exit	8.4	4,620
15	A Quality of Mercy	7.2	2,853
16	Nothing in the Dark	8.3	4,161
17	One More Pallbearer	7.3	2,805
18	Dead Man's Shoes	7.3	2,754
19	The Hunt	7.9	3,487
20	Showdown with Rance McGrew	6.2	2,606
21	Kick the Can	7.5	3,183
22	A Piano in the House	7.5	2,915
23	The Last Rites of Jeff Myrtlebank	7.1	2,820
24	To Serve Man	9.0	6,186
25	The Fugitive	7.5	2,941
26	Little Girl Lost	8.0	3,536
27	Person or Persons Unknown	7.8	2,948
28	The Little People	7.8	3,182
29	Four O'Clock	6.4	2,575
30	Hocus-Pocus and Frisby	7.3	2,829
31	The Trade-Ins	7.6	2,833
32	The Gift	6.6	2,462
33	The Dummy	7.7	3,151
34	Young Man's Fancy	6.4	2,353
35	I Sing the Body Electric	7.1	2,922
36	Cavender Is Coming	5.9	2,607
37	The Changing of the Guard	8.2	3,380

Season 4 (1963)

7.22 avg 18 episodes 7.4 → 5.6 51 min avg

Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	In His Image	7.4	2,242
2	The Thirty-Fathom Grave	7.2	2,371
3	Valley of the Shadow	7.8	2,575
4	He's Alive	7.6	2,718
5	Mute	6.5	2,101
6	Death Ship	7.6	2,388
7	Jess-Belle	6.9	2,321
8	Miniature	7.6	2,464
9	Printer's Devil	8.0	2,568
10	No Time Like the Past	7.3	2,150
11	The Parallel	7.6	2,233
12	I Dream of Genie	6.2	1,918
13	The New Exhibit	7.9	2,414
14	Of Late I Think of Cliffordville	7.2	2,131
15	The Incredible World of Horace Ford	6.1	1,969
16	On Thursday We Leave for Home	8.1	2,594
17	Passage on the Lady Anne	7.3	2,115
18	The Bard	5.6	1,924

Season 5 (1963)

7.26 avg 36 episodes 7.4 → 6.5 25 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 5 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	In Praise of Pip	7.4	2,655
2	Steel	6.9	2,472
3	Nightmare at 20,000 Feet	9.0	6,444
4	A Kind of a Stopwatch	7.4	2,689
5	The Last Night of a Jockey	6.3	2,203
6	Living Doll	8.7	4,397
7	The Old Man in the Cave	7.6	2,699
8	Uncle Simon	6.8	2,295
9	Probe 7, Over and Out	7.2	2,457
10	The 7th Is Made Up of Phantoms	7.0	2,374
11	A Short Drink from a Certain Fountain	7.0	2,115
12	Ninety Years Without Slumbering	6.9	2,191
13	Ring-A-Ding Girl	7.7	2,606
14	You Drive	7.5	2,429
15	The Long Morrow	7.5	2,490
16	The Self-Improvement of Salvadore Ross	7.4	2,250
17	Number 12 Looks Just Like You	8.1	3,216
18	Black Leather Jackets	6.4	2,336
19	Night Call	8.1	2,996
20	From Agnes - with Love	6.3	2,186
21	Spur of the Moment	6.9	2,210
22	An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge	8.2	3,208
23	Queen of the Nile	7.5	2,396
24	What's in the Box	7.1	2,289
25	The Masks	8.6	3,887
26	I Am the Night - Color Me Black	7.4	2,445
27	Sounds and Silences	5.6	1,968
28	Caesar and Me	6.5	2,164
29	The Jeopardy Room	7.4	2,200
30	Stopover in a Quiet Town	8.1	3,056
31	The Encounter	7.1	2,197
32	Mr. Garrity and the Graves	7.5	2,171
33	The Brain Center at Whipple's	6.6	2,017
34	Come Wander with Me	6.2	2,162
35	The Fear	7.1	2,231
36	The Bewitchin' Pool	6.5	2,715