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The Best Episodes of Amazing Stories Season 1

Every episode of Amazing Stories Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Amazing Stories Season 1!

The Best Episodes of Amazing Stories Season 1

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...
  1. 7.7/10(1.3k votes)

    #1 - The Mission

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    S1:E5

    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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  2. 7.6/10(927 votes)

    #2 - Mummy Daddy

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    S1:E4

    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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  3. 7.2/10(383 votes)

    #3 - Dorothy and Ben

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    S1:E18

    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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  4. 7.2/10(411 votes)

    #4 - The Doll

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    S1:E22

    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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  5. 7.1/10(551 votes)

    #5 - The Amazing Falsworth

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    S1:E6

    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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    Director:Peter Hyams
  6. 6.9/10(651 votes)

    #6 - Mirror, Mirror

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    S1:E19

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

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  8. 6.7/10(376 votes)

    #7 - No Day at the Beach

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    S1:E14

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

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  9. 6.7/10(403 votes)

    #8 - Gather Ye Acorns

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    S1:E16

    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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  10. 6.6/10(409 votes)

    #9 - The Sitter

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    S1:E13

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

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    Director:Joan Darling
  11. 6.6/10(338 votes)

    #10 - One For the Road

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    S1:E15

    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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  12. 6.5/10(924 votes)

    #11 - Ghost Train

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    S1:E1

    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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  13. 6.4/10(502 votes)

    #12 - Vanessa in the Garden

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    S1:E12

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

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  14. 6.4/10(287 votes)

    #13 - One For the Books

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    S1:E23

    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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  15. 6.3/10(409 votes)

    #14 - Mr. Magic

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    S1:E8

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

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  16. 6.3/10(480 votes)

    #15 - Remote Control Man

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    S1:E10

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

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    Director:Bob Clark
    Writer:N/A
  17. 6.3/10(437 votes)

    #16 - Santa '85

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    S1:E11

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

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  18. 6.3/10(304 votes)

    #17 - Grandpa's Ghost

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    S1:E24

    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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  19. 6.2/10(621 votes)

    #18 - The Main Attraction

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    S1:E2

    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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  20. 6.0/10(355 votes)

    #19 - Boo!

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    S1:E17

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

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  21. 5.7/10(561 votes)

    #20 - Alamo Jobe

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    S1:E3

    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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  22. 5.6/10(419 votes)

    #21 - Guilt Trip

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    S1:E9

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

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  23. 5.6/10(334 votes)

    #22 - Hell Toupee

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    S1:E21

    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.

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  24. 5.5/10(338 votes)

    #23 - Secret Cinema

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    S1:E20

    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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    Director:Paul Bartel
  25. 4.7/10(465 votes)

    #24 - Fine Tuning

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    S1:E7

    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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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"The Mission" is the best rated episode of "Amazing Stories" season 1. It scored 7.7/10 based on 1322 votes. Directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Menno Meyjes, it aired on 11/3/1985. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Mummy Daddy".