Amazing Stories

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Amazing Stories

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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About Amazing Stories

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.

Quick Facts

Streaming Snapshot

Release Year

1985

TMDB Rating

7.5

Available Sources

25

Watch Path

/tv/amazing-stories-1026

Seasons & Episodes

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2 seasons available

Season 1

24 episodes | 1985-09-29

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

Season 1 Ghost TrainE1

Ghost Train

Episode 1
25 min1985-09-29TMDB 6.7

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 his destiny to die in those cornfields, to board a train he inadvertently caused to crash 75 years ago! He tells his nine-year old grandson he still has his ticket for the old "Highball Express", and that arriving train will careen through their house!

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The Main Attraction

Episode 2
25 min1985-10-06TMDB 6.1

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 attracting the wrong people... and things.

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Alamo Jobe

Episode 3
25 min1985-10-20TMDB 6.6

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 prove to be too much for Jobe to handle.

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Mummy Daddy

Episode 4
25 min1985-10-27TMDB 7.1

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.

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The Mission

Episode 5
47 min1985-11-03TMDB 7.0

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 landing.

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The Amazing Falsworth

Episode 6
25 min1985-11-05TMDB 7.5

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.

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Fine Tuning

Episode 7
25 min1985-11-10TMDB 6.4

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 meet some of their favorite Earth stars.

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Mr. Magic

Episode 8
25 min1985-11-17TMDB 6.9

A fading illusionist has a last shot at greatness thanks to a deck of magic playing cards.

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Guilt Trip

Episode 9
25 min1985-12-01TMDB 6.4

The emotion Guilt feels overworked. He takes a vacation cruise and falls for the emotion Love.

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Remote Control Man

Episode 10
25 min1985-12-08TMDB 6.7

A henpecked man finds comfort in a unique television set that bring lifelike images to him.

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Santa '85

Episode 11
25 min1985-12-15TMDB 6.9

A little boy helps Santa when the legendary man is thrown in jail while delivering presents.

Season 1 Vanessa in the GardenE12

Vanessa in the Garden

Episode 12
25 min1985-12-29TMDB 7.2

When an artist is devastated by the death of his wife, he finds a way for her to live on in his painting.

Season 1 The SitterE13

The Sitter

Episode 13
25 min1986-01-05TMDB 6.4

Two young boys get the best of every sitter in town, until they meet one who uses voodoo to settle them down.

Season 1 No Day at the BeachE14

No Day at the Beach

Episode 14
25 min1986-01-12TMDB 7.4

A GI tries to be a hero during an amphibious assault in Italy during World War II.

Season 1 One For the RoadE15

One For the Road

Episode 15
25 min1986-01-19TMDB 7.0

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.

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Gather Ye Acorns

Episode 16
25 min1986-02-02TMDB 6.6

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.

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Boo!

Episode 17
25 min1986-02-16TMDB 6.7

Ghosts in an attic try to get rid of a couple who move into their house.

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Dorothy and Ben

Episode 18
25 min1986-03-02TMDB 7.7

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.

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Mirror, Mirror

Episode 19
25 min1986-03-09TMDB 6.6

A popular horror novelist is terrorized by a strange figure in his bathroom mirror.

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Secret Cinema

Episode 20
25 min1986-04-06TMDB 5.9

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.

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Hell Toupee

Episode 21
25 min1986-04-13TMDB 6.2

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 compelled to murder the first lawyer he saw. Harry goes after it.

Season 1 The DollE22

The Doll

Episode 22
25 min1986-05-04TMDB 7.8

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 the woman who modeled for it.

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One For the Books

Episode 23
25 min1986-05-11TMDB 7.3

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 subject taught at the school - until a shocking event changes everything.

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Grandpa's Ghost

Episode 24
25 min1986-05-25TMDB 7.0

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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