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An anthology series containing drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science fiction, suspense, and/or horror, often concluding with a macabre or unexpected twist.
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Checked Jul 22, 2026
The Twilight Zone is available to stream on Paramount+, Paramount+ (Via Amazon Prime), Paramount+ (Via Apple TV), Pluto TV, and Tubi in United States. You can also rent or buy it from Google Play, Amazon, Apple TV, and Fandango at Home. Use the direct links below to open the provider.
An anthology series containing drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science fiction, suspense, and/or horror, often concluding with a macabre or unexpected twist.
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Episode 1
A WWII captain finds himself in the desert, next to his crashed plane, and desperately tries to find out what happened to the rest of his crew.
Directed by Buzz KulikWritten by Rod SerlingGuest stars Robert Cummings, Paul Lambert, Gene Lyons, Jenna McMahon
Episode 2
A discontented curio shop owner thinks he's finally found happiness when a genie he discovers in an old bottle grants him four wishes.
Directed by Don MedfordWritten by Rod SerlingGuest stars Olan Soule, Luther Adler, Joseph Ruskin, Vivi Janiss, Lisa Golm
Episode 3
Ordered to commit a murder he doesn't want to perform, a smalltime hood nervously looks in the mirror and sees the man he could have been--confident, strong...and determined to get out.
Directed by Douglas HeyesWritten by Rod SerlingGuest stars William D. Gordon, Joe Mantell
Episode 4
A writer feels that the machines in his house are conspiring against him.
Directed by David Orrick McDearmonWritten by Rod SerlingGuest stars Margarita Cordova, Richard Haydn, Barbara Stuart, Barney Phillips, Henry Beckman, Jay Overholts
Episode 5
A man on a walking trip of post-World War I Europe gets caught in a storm. He comes across a remote monastery with a mysterious prisoner.
Directed by Douglas HeyesWritten by Charles BeaumontGuest stars John Carradine, H.M. Wynant, Robin Hughes, Friedrich von Ledebur, Ezelle Poule
Episode 6
A young woman lying in a hospital bed awaits the outcome of an experimental treatment in an attempt to make her look normal.
Directed by Douglas HeyesWritten by Rod SerlingGuest stars Donna Douglas, Edson Stroll, Maxine Stuart, George Keymas, William D. Gordon, Joanna Heyes
Episode 7
A superstitious newlywed becomes obsessed by a penny fortune-telling machine when he and his new wife are stranded with car trouble.
Directed by Richard L. BareWritten by Richard MathesonGuest stars Patricia Breslin, Stafford Repp, Walter Reed, Guy Wilkerson, Dee Carroll, William Shatner, Robert McCord
Episode 8
Jana, the daughter of inventor Dr. Loren, struggles with her parents' reliance on lifelike robot servants, urging her father to dismantle them despite his attachment to his creations.
Directed by Jack SmightWritten by Rod SerlingGuest stars John Hoyt, Irene Tedrow, Tom Palmer, Mary Gregory, Valley Keene, Doris Karnes, Jason Johnson, Inger Stevens
Episode 9
Booth Templeton is an aging actor who longs for the old days when his wife was alive. Miraculously, he is given a sobering glimpse of the past he holds so dear.
Directed by Buzz KulikWritten by E. Jack NeumanGuest stars Brian Aherne, Sydney Pollack, Dave Willock, Pippa Scott, King Calder, Larry J. Blake, David Thursby, Charles S. Carlson
Episode 10
Chester Diedrich and his wife Paula, after burglarizing a curio shop, end up with a camera that takes pictures of events five minutes into the future.
Directed by John RichWritten by Rod SerlingGuest stars Jean Carson, Fred Clark, Adam Williams, Marcel Hillaire
Episode 11
A down-on-his-luck department store Santa Claus discovers a bottomless sack of toys.
Directed by Jack SmightWritten by Rod SerlingGuest stars John Fiedler, Art Carney, Meg Wyllie, Burt Mustin, Val Avery, Robert P. Lieb, Kay Cousins Johnson, Steve Carruthers
Episode 12
After selling the rope for a hanging, a greedy peddler, tries to sell the condemned man's father a bag of "magic dust."
Directed by Douglas HeyesWritten by Rod SerlingGuest stars Jon Lormer, John Larch, Thomas Gomez, Dorothy Adams, John A. Alonzo, Vladimir Sokoloff, Paul Genge, Duane Grey
Episode 13
It's April 14, 1961. Peter Corrigan and friends are discussing time travel at their men's club. Corrigan suddenly becomes dizzy. When his head clears, he has moved back to April 14, 1865 - the date of Lincoln's assassination.
Directed by David Orrick McDearmonWritten by Rod SerlingGuest stars John Eldredge, Pat O'Malley, Russell Johnson, Paul Hartman, John Lasell, Jimmy Lydon, Raymond Bailey, Carol Eve Rossen
Episode 14
A peculiar Model A automobile compels a used car dealer to tell only the truth.
Directed by James SheldonWritten by Rod SerlingGuest stars Jack Carson, Loring Smith, George Chandler, Jack Ging, Arte Johnson
Episode 15
An old woman in an isolated farmhouse encounters tiny, hostile aliens.
Directed by Douglas HeyesWritten by Richard MathesonGuest stars Agnes Moorehead, Douglas Heyes
Episode 16
The lucky flip of a coin seems to give a mild-mannered bank clerk the power to read minds. But he soon learns that you can't believe everything you read.
Directed by James SheldonWritten by George Clayton JohnsonGuest stars Hayden Rorke, Dan Tobin, June Dayton, James Nolan, Anthony Ray, Frank London, Patrick Waltz, Dick York
Episode 17
Miss Powell has a recurring nightmare about room 22 – a morgue.
Directed by Jack SmightWritten by Rod SerlingGuest stars Barbara Nichols, Joseph Sargent, Arlene Martel, Jonathan Harris, Mary Adams, Fredd Wayne, Wesley Lau, Angus Duncan
Episode 18
A commercial aircraft mysteriously travels back through time.
Directed by Jus AddissWritten by Rod SerlingGuest stars Betty Garde, Paul Comi, John Anderson, Sandy Kenyon, Wayne Heffley, Harp McGuire, Lester Fletcher, Beverly Brown
Episode 19
Martians give Luther Dingle the strength of 300 men.
Directed by John BrahmWritten by Rod SerlingGuest stars Don Rickles, Douglas Spencer, James Westerfield, Eddie Ryder, Phil Arnold, Burgess Meredith, Michael Fox, Gregory Irvin
Episode 20
Ed Lindsay hates television, so he gets his old radio out of the basement of the boardinghouse where he lives. He soon finds he can receive programs from the past when he's alone.
Directed by Buzz KulikWritten by Charles BeaumontGuest stars Bob Crane, Alice Pearce, Pat O'Malley, Stephen Talbot, Dean Jagger, Robert Emhardt, Carmen Mathews, Arch Johnson
Episode 21
Ace Larsen discovers his business partner has the ability to control objects with his mind. The pair head to Vegas to win big.
Directed by Richard L. BareWritten by George Clayton Johnson, Charles BeaumontGuest stars Buddy Ebsen, Dane Clark, Clancy Cooper, Christine White, William Keene, Nesdon Booth, Jane Burgess, Robert Riordan
Episode 22
A young boy find he can communicate with his dead grandmother through a toy phone.
Directed by James SheldonWritten by Charles Beaumont, Bill IdelsonGuest stars Jenny Maxwell, Patricia Smith, Bill Mumy, Lili Darvas, Philip Abbott, Reid Hammond, Henry Hunter, Lew Brown
Episode 23
In 1847 a western settler sets out to find medicine for his dying son - and stumbles into modern-day New Mexico.
Directed by Buzz KulikWritten by Rod SerlingGuest stars John Astin, Edward Platt, John Crawford, Evans Evans, Cliff Robertson, Robert McCord, Ken Drake, Jennifer Bunker
Episode 24
Thieves put themselves into suspended animation for 100 years after hiding a million dollars worth of gold bars.
Directed by Jus AddissWritten by Rod SerlingGuest stars Simon Oakland, Oscar Beregi Jr., John Mitchum, Wallace Rooney, Shirley O'Hara
Episode 25
A talkative man takes an offer to keep silent for a year for $500,000.
Directed by Boris SagalWritten by Rod SerlingGuest stars Liam Sullivan, Franchot Tone, Cyril Delevanti, Jonathan Harris, James Turley, John Holland, Everett Glass, Felix Locher
Episode 26
Trapped in a recurring nightmare, a man tries to persuade those who are sentencing him to death that the whole scenario is not real.
Directed by John BrahmWritten by Charles BeaumontGuest stars Dennis Weaver, Bernie Hamilton, Wright King, Harry Townes
Episode 27
A book on the power of thought enables an irritable worker to re-create the world exactly as he wants it. But what he wants and what he gets are two different things!
Directed by Buzz KulikWritten by Rod SerlingGuest stars Shelley Berman, Chet Stratton, Jack Grinnage, Robert McCord, Jeane Wood
Episode 28
State Troopers follow the tracks from a frozen pond, into a diner. Inside they find a soda jerk, a bus driver and his seven passengers. The bus driver is certain only six people boarded his bus…
Directed by Montgomery PittmanWritten by Rod SerlingGuest stars Bill Erwin, John Archer, Jean Willes, Jack Elam, Morgan Jones, Barney Phillips, John Hoyt, Ron Kipling
Episode 29
In a future state where religion and books have been banned, a librarian is judged obsolete and sentenced to death.
Directed by Elliot SilversteinWritten by Rod SerlingGuest stars Harold Innocent, Fritz Weaver, Burgess Meredith, Josip Elic, Jane Romeyn, Barry Brooks, Harry Fleer
Episode information updated Jul 24, 2026
Rod SerlingSelf - Host
Jon LormerMinister
James BestBilly-Ben Turner
Bill ErwinWilcox (uncredited)
Pat O'MalleyAttendant
Hank PattersonMr. Gentry
Paul MazurskyFrank
Ben WrightDoctor
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