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 (109,874 votes)
Seasons: 5
Streaming (US): Paramount+ · Tubi TV
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Aug 19, 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	8,819
2	One for the Angels	7.7	7,457
3	Mr. Denton on Doomsday	7.1	6,296
4	The Sixteen-Millimeter Shrine	6.8	6,104
5	Walking Distance	8.2	7,357
6	Escape Clause	7.2	5,617
7	The Lonely	8.1	6,519
8	Time Enough at Last	8.9	9,333
9	Perchance to Dream	7.4	5,469
10	Judgment Night	7.3	4,981
11	And When the Sky Was Opened	8.3	6,058
12	What You Need	8.0	5,243
13	The Four of Us Are Dying	7.1	4,614
14	Third from the Sun	8.1	5,411
15	I Shot an Arrow into the Air	7.6	4,803
16	The Hitch-Hiker	8.2	6,279
17	The Fever	6.6	4,542
18	The Last Flight	8.0	4,934
19	The Purple Testament	7.3	4,137
20	Elegy	7.5	4,375
21	Mirror Image	7.9	5,138
22	The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street	8.9	7,430
23	A World of Difference	7.6	4,357
24	Long Live Walter Jameson	8.1	4,575
25	People Are Alike All Over	8.1	4,741
26	Execution	7.2	3,880
27	The Big Tall Wish	6.6	3,864
28	A Nice Place to Visit	7.8	4,570
29	Nightmare as a Child	7.3	4,077
30	A Stop at Willoughby	8.5	5,614
31	The Chaser	6.9	3,690
32	A Passage for Trumpet	7.2	3,684
33	Mr. Bevis	6.7	3,582
34	The After Hours	8.4	5,456
35	The Mighty Casey	6.1	3,565
36	A World of His Own	8.1	4,316

Season 2 (1960)

7.52 avg 29 episodes 6.5 → 8.6 25 min avg

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Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	King Nine Will Not Return	6.5	3,528
2	The Man in the Bottle	7.4	3,729
3	Nervous Man in a Four Dollar Room	6.6	3,326
4	A Thing About Machines	6.4	3,297
5	The Howling Man	8.2	4,838
6	Eye of the Beholder	9.1	7,424
7	Nick of Time	8.3	4,895
8	The Lateness of the Hour	7.1	3,354
9	The Trouble with Templeton	7.1	3,212
10	A Most Unusual Camera	7.5	3,707
11	The Night of the Meek	7.9	4,252
12	Dust	6.9	3,152
13	Back There	7.5	3,378
14	The Whole Truth	6.4	3,013
15	The Invaders	8.1	4,733
16	A Penny for Your Thoughts	8.0	3,794
17	Twenty Two	7.7	3,741
18	The Odyssey of Flight 33	7.8	3,934
19	Mr. Dingle, the Strong	6.5	3,153
20	Static	6.7	2,967
21	The Prime Mover	7.0	2,915
22	Long Distance Call	7.5	3,460
23	A Hundred Yards Over the Rim	8.1	3,832
24	The Rip Van Winkle Caper	7.6	3,247
25	The Silence	8.3	3,958
26	Shadow Play	8.1	3,567
27	The Mind and the Matter	6.4	2,777
28	Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up?	8.7	5,233
29	The Obsolete Man	8.6	4,857

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	3,882
2	The Arrival	7.2	3,140
3	The Shelter	8.6	4,264
4	The Passersby	7.5	3,175
5	A Game of Pool	7.8	3,603
6	The Mirror	6.5	2,885
7	The Grave	7.4	3,233
8	It's a Good Life	8.6	5,312
9	Deaths-Head Revisited	8.1	3,729
10	The Midnight Sun	8.4	4,580
11	Still Valley	6.5	2,592
12	The Jungle	6.7	2,764
13	Once Upon a Time	7.2	3,096
14	Five Characters in Search of an Exit	8.4	4,570
15	A Quality of Mercy	7.2	2,813
16	Nothing in the Dark	8.3	4,111
17	One More Pallbearer	7.3	2,769
18	Dead Man's Shoes	7.3	2,718
19	The Hunt	7.9	3,450
20	Showdown with Rance McGrew	6.2	2,571
21	Kick the Can	7.5	3,150
22	A Piano in the House	7.5	2,881
23	The Last Rites of Jeff Myrtlebank	7.1	2,782
24	To Serve Man	9.0	6,122
25	The Fugitive	7.5	2,902
26	Little Girl Lost	8.0	3,491
27	Person or Persons Unknown	7.8	2,911
28	The Little People	7.8	3,143
29	Four O'Clock	6.4	2,543
30	Hocus-Pocus and Frisby	7.3	2,794
31	The Trade-Ins	7.6	2,795
32	The Gift	6.6	2,430
33	The Dummy	7.7	3,104
34	Young Man's Fancy	6.4	2,325
35	I Sing the Body Electric	7.1	2,885
36	Cavender Is Coming	5.9	2,574
37	The Changing of the Guard	8.2	3,337

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	2,214
2	The Thirty-Fathom Grave	7.2	2,343
3	Valley of the Shadow	7.8	2,552
4	He's Alive	7.6	2,682
5	Mute	6.5	2,080
6	Death Ship	7.6	2,366
7	Jess-Belle	6.9	2,294
8	Miniature	7.6	2,443
9	Printer's Devil	8.0	2,535
10	No Time Like the Past	7.3	2,131
11	The Parallel	7.6	2,211
12	I Dream of Genie	6.2	1,896
13	The New Exhibit	7.9	2,390
14	Of Late I Think of Cliffordville	7.2	2,108
15	The Incredible World of Horace Ford	6.1	1,952
16	On Thursday We Leave for Home	8.1	2,567
17	Passage on the Lady Anne	7.3	2,093
18	The Bard	5.6	1,903

Season 5 (1963)

7.26 avg 36 episodes 7.4 → 6.5 25 min avg

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Season 5 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	In Praise of Pip	7.4	2,625
2	Steel	6.9	2,440
3	Nightmare at 20,000 Feet	9.0	6,373
4	A Kind of a Stopwatch	7.4	2,658
5	The Last Night of a Jockey	6.3	2,176
6	Living Doll	8.7	4,346
7	The Old Man in the Cave	7.6	2,661
8	Uncle Simon	6.8	2,259
9	Probe 7, Over and Out	7.2	2,423
10	The 7th Is Made Up of Phantoms	7.0	2,337
11	A Short Drink from a Certain Fountain	7.0	2,084
12	Ninety Years Without Slumbering	6.9	2,159
13	Ring-A-Ding Girl	7.7	2,569
14	You Drive	7.5	2,388
15	The Long Morrow	7.5	2,453
16	The Self-Improvement of Salvadore Ross	7.4	2,218
17	Number 12 Looks Just Like You	8.1	3,165
18	Black Leather Jackets	6.4	2,301
19	Night Call	8.1	2,957
20	From Agnes - with Love	6.3	2,154
21	Spur of the Moment	6.9	2,179
22	An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge	8.2	3,170
23	Queen of the Nile	7.5	2,361
24	What's in the Box	7.1	2,258
25	The Masks	8.5	3,839
26	I Am the Night - Color Me Black	7.4	2,412
27	Sounds and Silences	5.6	1,946
28	Caesar and Me	6.5	2,134
29	The Jeopardy Room	7.4	2,167
30	Stopover in a Quiet Town	8.1	3,011
31	The Encounter	7.1	2,167
32	Mr. Garrity and the Graves	7.5	2,137
33	The Brain Center at Whipple's	6.6	1,988
34	Come Wander with Me	6.2	2,138
35	The Fear	7.1	2,203
36	The Bewitchin' Pool	6.5	2,683