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51.
Walking with Prehistoric Beasts (2001)
Episode:
New Dawn
(2001)
TV-Y | 30 min | Animation, Documentary
Germany, 49 million years B.C. A day in the life of a small forest mammal called Leptictidium who is trying to raise young, a giant predatory bird called Gastornis trying to hatch an egg ... See full summary »
Directors: Jasper James, Nigel Paterson | Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Stockard Channing, Larry Agenbroad, Frank Fish
Votes: 162
52.
Walking with Dinosaurs (1999)
Episode:
New Blood
(1999)
TV-14 | 30 min | Documentary, Animation, History
Arizona, USA- 220 million years B.C. In the blazing Pangaean deserts of the Late Triassic, the first dinosaurs appear. The episode chronicles the fate of a predatory Postosuchus driven from... See full summary »
Directors: Tim Haines, Jasper James, Mary Clare Bacquet | Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Avery Brooks, Nikolay Drozdov, André Dussollier
Votes: 317
53.
Walking with Prehistoric Beasts (2001)
Episode:
Triumph of the Beasts
(2001)
TV-G | 49 min | Animation, Documentary
Follow chronologically the story of evolution of mammals from the moment the dinosaurs died off to the end of the Ice age. The discovery of their fossils throughout history is also covered.
Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Stockard Channing
Votes: 65
54.
Cold War (1998)
Episode:
China
(1998)
47 min | Documentary, History
Chinese Communists are victorious in the longest civil war in 20th century history. Mao Zedong's reforms are popular, but in 1958, he embarks on a series of catastrophic changes. A famine that kills 30 million people follows.
Director: Tessa Coombs | Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Ivan Arkhipov, Liu Binyan, Tim Boggan
Votes: 24
55.
Cold War (1998)
Episode:
Detente
(1998)
47 min | Documentary, History
The North Vietnamese overwhelm U.S.-backed forces in the South and the United States steps up its bombing campaign. Nixon goes to the Kremlin to meet Brezhnev and signs the Strategic Arms ... See full summary »
Director: Tessa Coombs | Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Georgi Arbatov, Egon Bahr, Anatoli Dobrynin
Votes: 26
56.
Cold War (1998)
Episode:
Soldiers of God
(1998)
47 min | Documentary, History
Afghanistan is a brutal war that costs the lives of almost 15,000 Soviet conscripts and an estimated one million Afghans. "It wasthe Soviet Union's Vietnam syndrome," says Soviet aide Anatoly Chernyaev.
Director: Tessa Coombs | Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Frank Anderson, Artyom Borovik, Karen Brutents
Votes: 22
57.
Cold War (1998)
Episode:
Sputnik
(1998)
47 min | Documentary, History
In the mid-1950s, the Soviet Union seems to be forging ahead. In October 1957, the Soviet satellite Sputnik orbits the earth-to the dismay of the United States, which is frustrated with its own unsuccessful space program.
Director: Tessa Coombs | Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Harold Agnew, Jean Asam, Arkadi Brish
Votes: 29
58.
Walking with Monsters (2005)
Episode:
Water Dwellers
(2005)
TV-G | 29 min | Documentary
As the first creatures evolve in the seas, the never ending fight between the hunter and the hunted begins. Follow the evolution of life from its small beginning to the first animals to conquer dry land.
Director: Chloe Leland | Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Edward Gero
Votes: 126
59.
Cinema Europe: The Other Hollywood (1995)
Episode:
Where It All Began
(1995)
58 min | Documentary, History
The early filmmaking years in European countries such as Britain, France, Germany, and Italy leading up to World War I.
Directors: Kevin Brownlow, David Gill | Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Ulrich Tukur, Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Votes: 43
60. Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet (2016)
165 min | Romance
Two teenagers fall in love, but their feuding families and fate itself cause the relationship to end in tragedy.
Directors: Rob Ashford, Kenneth Branagh, Benjamin Caron | Stars: Richard Madden, Lily James, Derek Jacobi, Marisa Berenson
Votes: 429
61. Anne Frank Remembered (1995)
PG | 117 min | Documentary, Biography, War
Tells the story of the Frank family and paints a portrait of their brash and free-spirited daughter Anne, perhaps the world's most famous victim of the Holocaust.
Director: Jon Blair | Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Glenn Close, Isa Baschwitz, Mary Bos
Votes: 1,348 | Gross: $1.31M
62. Allosaurus: A Walking with Dinosaurs Special (2000)
29 min | Documentary, Animation, Adventure
The first half of this special is a recreation of Al's life, from birth through his death in adolescence.
Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Avery Brooks
Votes: 1,662
63. World War I in Colour (2003)
372 min | Documentary, History, War
Documentary using computer colorized footage from World War I to give the audience the feel of how it really looked back during the war.
Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Harry Patch, Hubert Williams, Arthur Barraclough
Votes: 916
64. Spinning Candyfloss (2000)
70 min | Crime, Drama
Director: Anna Pernicci | Stars: Daz Crawford, Tiff Stevenson, Shaka Bunsie, Judith Shekoni
Votes: 17
65. Richard Attenborough: A Life (2014 TV Movie)
60 min | Biography
Channel 4 tribute focusing on Richard the man as well as the filmmaker. Not to be confused with the BBC's similarly-titled Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film (2014).
Director: David Batty | Stars: Hermione Norris, Richard Attenborough, David Attenborough, Melvyn Bragg
Votes: 15
66. Triumph of the Beasts (2001 TV Movie)
50 min | Animation, Documentary
Triumph of the Beasts explains just how mammals replaced the dinosaurs as the largest, fastest and fiercest creatures in the world. 65 million years ago a giant meteorite struck the earth, ... See full summary »
Director: Kate Bartlett | Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Lawrence Witmer
Votes: 59
67.
Walking with Prehistoric Beasts (2001)
Episode:
Land of Giants
(2001)
TV-14 | 30 min | Animation, Documentary
Mongolia, 25 million years B.C. This episode follows a young Indricotherium. After a dramatic birth, he must survive in a world of rhino-sized predators like Hyaenodon and pig-like monsters such as Entelodon.
Directors: Jasper James, Nigel Paterson | Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Stockard Channing, Larry Agenbroad, Frank Fish
Votes: 159
68.
Walking with Prehistoric Beasts (2001)
Episode:
Sabre Tooth
(2001)
TV-14 | 30 min | Animation, Documentary
Paraguay, 1 million years B.C. A powerful Smilodon called Halftooth must survive on his own after being driven from his clan. South America is a bizarre world of giant sloths, car-sized ... See full summary »
Director: Nigel Paterson | Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Stockard Channing
Votes: 154
69.
Walking with Prehistoric Beasts (2001)
Episode:
Whale Killer
(2001)
TV-14 | 30 min | Animation, Documentary
36 million years B.C., a pregnant Basilosaurus whale resorts to desperate measures to find food for herself and her unborn infant. On land, mammals are growing into enormous creatures.
Director: Nigel Paterson | Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Stockard Channing, Larry Agenbroad, Frank Fish
Votes: 162
70.
10 Days to War (2008)
Episode:
Our Business Is North
(2008)
Drama, War
Colonel Tim Collins preparing his men for war.
Director: Bruce Goodison | Stars: Philip Barantini, Kenneth Branagh, Leigh Edmonson, Stuart Graham
Votes: 14
71.
Cold War (1998)
Episode:
M.A.D.
(1998)
47 min | Documentary, History
The USA and the USSR confront each other, each armed with nuclear weapons. Each side must deter the other. Bombing the enemy could mean provoking retaliation and self-destruction.
Director: Tessa Coombs | Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Doris Bootman, Harold Brown, Tom Denchy
Votes: 28
72.
Cold War (1998)
Episode:
Marshall Plan
(1998)
47 min | Documentary, History
The United States adopts the Truman Doctrine--it will defend freedom, worldwide. Secretary of State George Marshall plans to bolster economic recovery in Europe. Stalin sees this as a ... See full summary »
Director: Tessa Coombs | Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Theodore Geiger, George Elsey, Marianne Debouzy
Votes: 35
73.
Cold War (1998)
Episode:
Spies
(1998)
47 min | Documentary, History
Even before the end of World War II, spies prepare for post-war world order. Beginning in 1944, KGB spies infiltrate Los Alamos,stealing information about the atomic bomb.
Director: Tessa Coombs | Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Aldrich Ames, George Blake, Joe Bulik
Votes: 24
74.
Cold War (1998)
Episode:
Star Wars
(1998)
47 min | Documentary, History
Ronald Reagan pledges to defeat the "evil empire," but abhors the idea of nuclear war. He is prepared to increase arms expendituresignificantly to protect the United States.
Director: Tessa Coombs | Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Nina Andreyeva, Anatoly Cherniayev, Anatoli Dobrynin
Votes: 22
75.
Cold War (1998)
Episode:
The Wall
(1998)
47 min | Documentary, History
Stalin's death has brought about détente, but the fate of Germany is unresolved. West Germany is admitted to NATO. Thousands of East Germans escape to the West through Berlin. At the Vienna... See full summary »
Director: Tessa Coombs | Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Jim Atwood, Egon Bahr, Willi Bickel
Votes: 29
76.
Masterpiece Mystery (1980– )
Episode:
Wallander, Series II: Faceless Killers
(2010)
TV-PG | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Stars: Alan Cumming, Kenneth Branagh, David Warner, Karin Bertling
Votes: 25
77.
Blue Eye Samurai (2023)
Episode:
The Great Fire of 1657
(2023)
TV-MA | 49 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
As an army approaches, Akemi must choose her path. While Taigen risks his life for the royal family, Mizu remains hell-bent on her mission.
Director: Jane Wu | Stars: Maya Erskine, George Takei, Masi Oka, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
Votes: 2,513
78. Very Important Pennis: Uncut (1996 Video)
64 min | Comedy
Home video release of a compilation of Dennis Pennis' celebrity interviews from the TV series, including material not previously broadcast.
Stars: Paul Kaye, Kriss Akabusi, Anais, Giorgio Armani
Votes: 31
79. Creating the World of Harry Potter, Part 2: Characters (2009 Video)
80 min | Documentary
Dive deeper into the World of Harry Potter by focusing on the characters in the film and going behind the scenes with filmmakers.
Stars: David Heyman, Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint
Votes: 199
80. The Making of Dunkirk (2017 Video)
PG-13 | 106 min | Documentary
"Dunkirk" opens as hundreds of thousands of British and Allied troops are surrounded by enemy forces. Trapped on the beach with their backs to the sea they face an impossible situation as the enemy closes in.
Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Nathan Crowley, James D'Arcy, Tom Hardy
Votes: 112
81.
Performance (1991–1998)
Episode:
Shadow of a Gunman
(1995)
75 min | Drama
The first part of Sean O'Casey's Dublin Trilogy. Set in 1920, as the Irish War of Independence rages, "Shadow of a Gunman" is the story of two young men, Donald Davoren and Seamus Shields, who share a flat in Dublin.
Director: Nye Heron | Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Stephen Rea, Paul Ronan, Bronagh Gallagher
Votes: 33
82.
Walking with Prehistoric Beasts (2001)
Episode:
Mammoth Journey
(2001)
TV-14 | 30 min | Animation, Documentary
30,000 years B.C. In the middle of the Ice Ages, a mammoth herd migrates to escape the chilling winter. On their way, they encounter dangers like snow-covered bogs, cave lions, and the most dangerous predators yet- humans.
Directors: Jasper James, Nigel Paterson | Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Stockard Channing, Karyn Drane, Lorne Duquette
Votes: 148
83.
Cold War (1998)
Episode:
Comrades
(1998)
47 min | Documentary, History
Though ideological enemies, the Soviet Union and the United States are allies against Hitler during World War II. At the end of theWar, Europe is divided and the one-time allies now ... See full summary »
Director: Tessa Coombs | Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Al Aronson, Sergo Beria, George Elsey
Votes: 45
84.
Cold War (1998)
Episode:
Iron Curtain
(1998)
47 min | Documentary, History
The Soviet Union dominates Eastern Europe. Churchill warns about the consequences. Stalin insists that the governments of the Soviet Union's client states be pro-Communist. Impoverished ... See full summary »
Director: Tessa Coombs | Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Noel Annan, Al Aronson, Clark Clifford
Votes: 37
85.
Cold War (1998)
Episode:
Korea
(1998)
47 min | Documentary, History
Mao Zedong proclaims the People's Republic of China--the country is now lost to the West. In June 1950, North Korea invades the South, with Stalin's blessing. The United States, backed by ... See full summary »
Director: Tessa Coombs | Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Hong An, Clement Attlee, Lucius Battle
Votes: 27
86.
Cinema Europe: The Other Hollywood (1995)
Episode:
Art's Promised Land
(1995)
58 min | Documentary, History
The title comes from a comment that Danish director Carl Dreyer made about Swedish director Victor Sjostrom, and the focus here is on the Svensk studio and the role played by adaptations of contemporary novels by the author Selma Lagerlof.
Directors: Dan Carter, Michael Winterbottom | Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Claude Autant-Lara, Ingmar Bergman
Votes: 36
87.
Cinema Europe: The Other Hollywood (1995)
Episode:
The Music of Light
(1995)
58 min | Documentary, History
An overview of the French silent film industry during the twenties, covering technical and artistic innovations and achievements, and looking at the work of Abel Gance and Carl Dreyer, among others.
Directors: Kevin Brownlow, David Gill | Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Claude Autant-Lara, Albert Dieudonné
Votes: 32
88.
Walking with Dinosaurs (1999)
Episode:
The Making of Walking with Dinosaurs
(1999)
TV-14 | 49 min | Documentary, Animation, History
A behind-the-scenes look at the making of 'Walking with Dinosaurs'.
Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Nikolay Drozdov, Peter L. Larson
Votes: 50
89. CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (1979– )
TV-PG | 90 min | News, Talk-Show
The news show that does personal interest pieces. Anything from interviews with actors, political figures, athletes, musicians, costume designers, fashion designers, restaurant owners, charity heads, kids with special talents
Stars: Jane Pauley, Charles Osgood, Mo Rocca, Lee Cowan
Votes: 1,066
90. Macbeth (2013)
140 min | Drama
As Macbeth rides home from battle, three witches prophecise that he will soon rise in power to become King of Scotland. Aided by his wife, the pair will stop at nothing to seal their fate.
Directors: Rob Ashford, Tim Van Someren | Stars: David Annen, Andy Apollo, Elliot Balchin, Nari Blair-Mangat
Votes: 425
91. Secrets of the Dead (2000– )
TV-PG | 56 min | Documentary, History, War
Mysteries involving notable historical events, people and locations are scientifically examined.
Stars: Liev Schreiber, Jay O. Sanders, Salima Ikram, Andrew Lambert
Votes: 650
92. The Lady's Not for Burning (1987 TV Movie)
82 min | Comedy, Romance
A war and world weary soldier tries to talk a witch-hunting cleric into hanging him. He is shaken from his quest for death when the beautiful Jennet is also committed for hanging as a witch.
Director: Julian Amyes | Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Cherie Lunghi, Angela Thorne, Tom Mannion
Votes: 78
93. Looking at the World in a New Way: The Making of Tenet (2020 Video)
76 min | Documentary
An hour-long exploration of the development and production of the film as told by the cast and crew.
Stars: Christopher Nolan, Emma Thomas, Nathan Crowley, Kip Thorne
Votes: 55
94. Who Is Kurt Wallander? (2008 TV Movie)
Documentary
A documentary about writer Henning Mankell, Sweden's most popular author and the creator of the Kurt Wallander detective series.
Director: Elaine Donnelly Pieper | Stars: John Harvey, Kenneth Branagh, Ann Cleeves, Henning Mankell
Votes: 13
95. SAG Foundation Conversations (1979– )
Talk-Show
Career retrospectives with preeminent actors who explore the process and profession with an audience of fellow artists.
Stars: Jenelle Riley, Richard Ridge, Stacey Wilson Hunt, Mara Webster
Votes: 39
96.
Play for Today (1970–1984)
Episode:
Too Late to Talk to Billy
(1982)
85 min | Comedy, Drama
This play, set in 1977, is about rank, responsibilities and relationships within a Belfast family.
Director: Paul Seed | Stars: James Ellis, Kenneth Branagh, Brid Brennan, Maggie Shevlin
Votes: 92
97.
Walking with Prehistoric Beasts (2001)
Episode:
Next of Kin
(2001)
TV-14 | 30 min | Animation, Documentary
Ethiopia, 3,2 million years B.C. A clan of Australopithecus struggle to survive after being driven from their territory. Grey, the leader, is challenged by the younger Hercules, and Blue ... See full summary »
Directors: Jasper James, Nigel Paterson | Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Stockard Channing
Votes: 144
98.
Secrets of the Dead (2000– )
Episode:
Battle for the Bible
(2007)
TV-PG | 55 min | Documentary, History, War
Three men of the Middle Ages dare to circulate English-language translations of the Bible and pay dearly for their heresy.
Director: David Wilson | Stars: Liev Schreiber, John Higgins, Simon Williams, Graham Turner
Votes: 30
99.
Cold War (1998)
Episode:
Berlin
(1998)
47 min | Documentary, History
Berlin is a Western enclave in Eastern Europe. The Soviets blockade the city, but the allies airlift in supplies. NATO is formed.In August 1949, Soviet scientists explode an atom bomb, ... See full summary »
Director: Tessa Coombs | Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Ella Barowsky, Ernest Bevin, Lucius D. Clay
Votes: 32
100.
The Graham Norton Show (2007– )
Episode:
Kenneth Branagh/Vicky McClure/Rachel Zegler/Rose Matafeo/Emile Sandé
(2022)
TV-14 | Comedy, Music, Talk-Show
Joining Graham tonight: actor and director Kenneth Branagh, talking about his highly acclaimed biographical movie Belfast (2021); Line of Duty (2012) star Vicky McClure, in new drama ... See full summary »
Director: Toby Baker | Stars: Graham Norton, Kenneth Branagh, Vicky McClure, Rachel Zegler
Votes: 43