Steven Spielberg's Two-Season 'Amazing Stories' Is a Sci-Fi Fantasy Masterpiece

Throughout the golden age of television, Steven Spielberg moved between film and TV, showing how his producer’s touch translated to the small screen. His TV credits go back before his animated hits, and in 1985—the same year he helped produce Back to the Future—NBC released the first episode of Amazing Stories, an anthology that showcased his visual storytelling and included several stories he originated.

Spielberg directed the pilot, "Ghost Train," a heartfelt fantasy ghost story, and Season 1 featured standout segments such as "Fine Tuning" (which may have influenced Galaxy Quest), "The Doll" starring John Lithgow, Martin Scorsese’s "Mirror, Mirror," and Spielberg’s cinematic war fantasy "The Mission," starring Kevin Costner and Kiefer Sutherland.

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