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51. Leo (2002)
R | 104 min | Drama
A recently-released prisoner and a troubled young boy share a pen-pal relationship, both connected by their past.
Director: Mehdi Norowzian | Stars: Joseph Fiennes, Elisabeth Shue, Sam Shepard, Justin Chambers
Votes: 1,061
52. Au Pair Girls (1972)
R | 86 min | Comedy, Romance
Four sexy foreign girls come to England as au pairs, and quickly become quite intimate with their employers, host families, and everyone else they encounter.
Director: Val Guest | Stars: Astrid Frank, Johnny Briggs, Gabrielle Drake, Me Me Lai
Votes: 910
53. Great Performances (1971– )
TV-G | 180 min | Music, Musical
Filmed and televised versions of theater productions, such as plays, musicals, operas, ballets, and concerts from around the world.
Stars: Scott Yoo, Julie Andrews, Renée Fleming, Plácido Domingo
Votes: 903
54. Fortunes of War (1987)
407 min | Drama, War
A British couple living in Romania try to survive as Europe is engulfed in World War II.
Stars: Emma Thompson, Kenneth Branagh, Charles Kay, Mark Drewry
Votes: 879
55. Doctor Who: Shada (2017 Video)
TV-PG | 138 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
The story revolves around the planet Shada, on which the Time Lords have constructed a high security prison for some of the Universe's most dangerous criminals. Skagra, a flawed genius from... See full summary »
Director: Charles Norton | Stars: Tom Baker, Lalla Ward, Christopher Neame, Daniel Hill
Votes: 826
56. Natural World (1983– )
60 min | Documentary
Strand of documentaries on wildlife and the environment.
Stars: David Attenborough, Barry Paine, John Shrapnel, Andrew Sachs
Votes: 777
57. Oppenheimer (1980)
Not Rated | 420 min | Biography, Drama, History
Biography of the American physicist who led the U.S. effort to develop the atomic bomb during World War II, only to find himself suspected as a security risk in the 1950s.
Stars: Sam Waterston, John Carson, Christopher Muncke, Jana Shelden
Votes: 722
58. Gentlemen Don't Eat Poets (1995)
R | 99 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror
Sir Hugo (Sir Alan Bates) is more interested in reconstructing dinosaur bones than in paying attention to his wife, Lady Harriet (Theresa Russell). He's not thrilled when daughter Cleo (... See full summary »
Director: John-Paul Davidson | Stars: Alan Bates, Theresa Russell, Sting, Lena Headey
Votes: 681
59. Crucible of Terror (1971)
Not Rated | 91 min | Drama, Horror
An obsessed sculptor kills a young woman to make a perfect bronze sculpture of her. Years later at his secluded home a number of people become trapped in a web of revenge, murder and horror.
Director: Ted Hooker | Stars: Mike Raven, James Bolam, Mary Maude, Ronald Lacey
Votes: 678
60. Beware My Brethren (1972)
R | 92 min | Horror
A religious sect called the Brethren has taken control of widow Birdy, sending her unstable son, Kenny, into a spiraling descent into madness. No woman is safe when Kenny's religious mania overpowers him and leads to murder and chaos.
Director: Robert Hartford-Davis | Stars: Ann Todd, Patrick Magee, Tony Beckley, Madeleine Hinde
Votes: 660
61. The Misadventures of Margaret (1998)
105 min | Comedy, Romance
A married author (Parker Posey) tries to stimulate her imagination for an erotic novel with hands-on research.
Director: Brian Skeet | Stars: Parker Posey, Jeremy Northam, Craig Chester, Elizabeth McGovern
Votes: 659
62. Doctor Who: Shada (1992 Video)
110 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
A compilation of footage from this then unfinished story (from the television series Doctor Who (1963)) was released on BBC Video, introduced by and with to camera linking material from Tom... See full summary »
Director: Pennant Roberts | Stars: Tom Baker, Lalla Ward, Christopher Neame, Denis Carey
Votes: 531
63.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
The Face of Evil: Part Two
(1977)
TV-PG | 25 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Despite protestations against being the Evil One, mounting evidence points to the Doctor's prior involvement with Leela's people, and an error in judgment he once made in their distant past that puts them all in immediate jeopardy.
Director: Pennant Roberts | Stars: Tom Baker, Louise Jameson, David Garfield, Victor Lucas
Votes: 509
64.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
The Sun Makers: Part One
(1977)
TV-PG | 25 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The Doctor and Leela land on Pluto in the far future and discover that it's inhabited by humans. Leaving K9 in the Tardis, the pair meet a man contemplating suicide after he's unable to pay his father's "death tax".
Director: Pennant Roberts | Stars: Tom Baker, Louise Jameson, Richard Leech, Jonina Scott
Votes: 501
65. Awakened (2013)
Not Rated | 111 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
"Awakened" is a psychological drama/mystery thriller about a young woman who returns home to unravel the mysteries behind her mother's untimely death 14 years before.
Directors: Joycelyn Engle, Arno Malarone | Stars: Julianne Michelle, Steven Bauer, John Savage, Edward Furlong
Votes: 488
66.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
The Sun Makers: Part Four
(1977)
TV-PG | 25 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Attempting to start a successful revolution, the Doctor uses Pluto's Public Address System to announce successful revolution, all the while trying to determine the Collector's true species ... See full summary »
Director: Pennant Roberts | Stars: Tom Baker, Louise Jameson, Richard Leech, Henry Woolf
Votes: 450
67. Shoestring (1979–1980)
50 min | Drama
Lighthearted detective series set in the West Country, about radio-phone-in detective Eddie Shoestring.
Stars: Trevor Eve, Michael Medwin, Doran Godwin, Liz Crowther
Votes: 449
68.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
The Sun Makers: Part Two
(1977)
TV-PG | 25 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Captured by the authorities, the Doctor finds himself restrained in a Correction Centre where he's to be prepped for painful shock treatments, making him unable to return within a given ... See full summary »
Director: Pennant Roberts | Stars: Tom Baker, Louise Jameson, Richard Leech, Henry Woolf
Votes: 440
69.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
The Sun Makers: Part Three
(1977)
TV-G | 25 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The merciless Collector, who runs The Company, issues a bounty on the Doctor for his capture, while an already captured Leela is sentenced to public execution, via a steamer, for crimes against the company.
Director: Pennant Roberts | Stars: Tom Baker, Louise Jameson, Richard Leech, Henry Woolf
Votes: 431
70. Summer's Lease (1989– )
220 min | Drama, Mystery
While on a family holiday in Tuscany, Molly Pargeter becomes preoccupied with the disappearance of their villa's owner and his connections to the local waterboard mafia much to the chagrin of her staid husband and swinger father.
Stars: Susan Fleetwood, John Gielgud, Michael Pennington, Rosemary Leach
Votes: 405
71. Play for Today (1970–1984)
75 min | Comedy, Drama
A British television anthology drama series that aired on BBC1 between 1970 and 1984.
Stars: Alison Steadman, Nigel Hawthorne, Tony Caunter, David Daker
Votes: 395
72.
BBC2 Playhouse (1973–1983)
Episode:
Caught on a Train
(1980)
80 min | Drama
Peter boards a train to attend an important business meeting across Europe. His train trip is made more complicated by two women also assigned to his train compartment. One is an ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Duffell | Stars: Peggy Ashcroft, Michael Kitchen, Wendy Raebeck, Michael Sheard
Votes: 371
73. Alpha Male (I) (2006)
R | 100 min | Drama
Alpha Male is the story of family life. It is a film about the force of personality, family politics, repressed emotions, great love and devastating loss.
Director: Dan Wilde | Stars: Jennifer Ehle, Patrick Baladi, Amelia Warner, Arthur Duncan
Votes: 349
74. Covington Cross (1992)
60 min | Adventure, History
In 14th-century England, the Grey family--widower Thomas Grey and his children--deal with romance, political intrigue, and war.
Stars: Nigel Terry, Cherie Lunghi, James Faulkner, Jonathan Firth
Votes: 324
75. Sexology (2016)
Unrated | 92 min | Documentary
Two famous actresses embark on a taboo-breaking quest to discover the secrets of the female orgasm.
Director: Gabrielle Anwar | Stars: Gabrielle Anwar, Catherine Oxenberg, Devi Ward, Michael Mirdad
Votes: 306
76.
Screenplay (1986–1993)
Episode:
Christine
(1987)
52 min | Drama
Depiction of the everyday life of a teenage heroin addict.
Director: Alan Clarke | Stars: Vicky Murdock, Kelly George, Joanne Mapp, Mark Harvey
Votes: 276
77. Hostage (1992)
R | 98 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
UK black-ops agent is sent to Argentina to find a kidnapped special-ops analyst and take out the terrorists who took him. When a pretty girl who might somehow be involved catches his eye, things get very complicated very quickly.
Director: Robert Young | Stars: Sam Neill, Talisa Soto, James Fox, Michael Kitchen
Votes: 263
78. Screen Two (1985–1998)
TV-14 | 120 min | Drama
In 1984 Kenith Trodd joined BBC team responding to Channel 4 releases, leading to transition from BBC studio plays to Screen One/Two anthology series. Trodd oversaw first group of titles in these series in 1985.
Stars: Jude North, Roger Brierley, Geoffrey Chater, Norman Jones
Votes: 247
79. Alien Love Triangle (2008)
30 min | Short, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Physics lecturer Steven Chesterman finally realizes his long cherished dream of perfecting a teleportation device and rushes home to tell his wife, Alice. But she has news of her own - ... See full summary »
Director: Danny Boyle | Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Alice Connor, Courteney Cox, Heather Graham
Votes: 203
80. Bodywork (2001)
R | 92 min | Crime
The luckless Virgil Guppy has been framed for murder and is now a fugitive. Aided by a dysfunctional family of thieves, unorthodox police procedure and some clever body work of his own, he sets out to clear his name.
Director: Gareth Rhys Jones | Stars: Hans Matheson, Charlotte Coleman, Wendy Cooper, Beth Winslet
Votes: 191
81. Harnessing Peacocks (1993 TV Movie)
105 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The beautiful Hebe Rutter has been cast out by her family after a teenage pregnancy to a masked stranger during a fiesta in Italy. She makes ends meet and pays for her son's school fees by ... See full summary »
Director: James Cellan Jones | Stars: Serena Scott Thomas, Peter Davison, John Mills, Nicholas Le Prevost
Votes: 191
82. Tender Is the Night (1985)
180 min | Drama
F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel about how the rich languoring on the Riviera in the 1920's are slowly drawn into the coming depression is once again filmed with Peter Strauss, Mary Steenburgen,... See full summary »
Stars: Peter Strauss, Mary Steenburgen, Sean Young, John Heard
Votes: 190
83. All or Nothing at All (1993– )
180 min | Drama
A charming conman's gambling addiction and reckless behavior threaten his life. Seduced by his secretary and pressured by a corrupt boss, he must regain control before losing everything.
Stars: Hugh Laurie, Jessica Turner, Pippa Guard, Caroline Quentin
Votes: 171
84. Wings (1977–1978)
50 min | Drama, War
A young Englishman born into a blacksmith's family wants to be a flier in one of the new fangled flying machines. He struggles to show a man of his class deserves a chance to be a pilot and... See full summary »
Stars: Michael Cochrane, Tim Woodward, Nicholas Jones, David Troughton
Votes: 162
85. The March (1990)
100 min | Drama
A group of several thousand Africans migrate westward across northern Africa and sail across the Strait of Gibraltar to Europe. Their message is: "We are poor because you are rich."
Director: David Wheatley | Stars: Malick Bowens, Juliet Stevenson, Joseph Mydell, Dermot Crowley
Votes: 154
86.
Play for Today (1970–1984)
Episode:
Another Flip for Dominick
(1982)
83 min | Comedy, Drama
Now a respected teacher of temporal observers, Dominick has not visited the past for several years. He is content with his lot, resigned to the idea that he will never again see Jane, the ... See full summary »
Director: Alan Gibson | Stars: Peter Firth, Caroline Langrishe, Pippa Guard, Patrick Magee
Votes: 149
87.
Last of the Summer Wine (1973–2010)
Episode:
Getting Sam Home
(1983)
TV-PG | 87 min | Comedy
Three old chums agree to take the ailing Sam on one last trip to see his flousy girl-friend, Lily Bless Her, in the middle of the night. While enjoying the delights of Lilly, Sam departs for another world with a very happy smile on his face. The problem for his pals is how to get Sam back home before morning without his wife awakening.
Director: Alan J.W. Bell | Stars: Lynda Baron, Olive Pendleton, Peter Russell, Muriel Rogers
Votes: 142
88. Screen One (1985–2002)
120 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Anthology of unconnected movies of different genres.
Stars: Mark Chapman, Alfred Molina, Julie Walters, Geraldine James
Votes: 139
89. BBC2 Playhouse (1973–1983)
60 min | Drama
BBC2 Playhouse was a British one-hour episode anthology television series produced by the British Broadcasting Corporation.
Stars: Ralph G. Morse, Gawn Grainger, John Bluthal, Trevor Laird
Votes: 139
90. Q5 (1969–1980)
30 min | Comedy
Spike Milligan's groundbreaking yet largely unknown surreal comedy sketch series that inspired Monty Python's Flying Circus.
Stars: Spike Milligan, John Bluthal, Alan Clare, David Lodge
Votes: 137
91. Passion Potion (1971)
R | 96 min | Comedy
By chance the perfume creators Mike and Al produce a scent that makes women go wild for sex. While they desperately try to find the recipe for their product of chance, they use it on random... See full summary »
Director: David C. Rea | Stars: Keith Barron, Kenneth Cope, Hilary Pritchard, Philippa Gail
Votes: 132
92. With/in: Volume 2 (2021)
Drama
A man and a woman navigate the aftermath of a one night stand.
Directors: Griffin Dunne, Jonathan Cake, Bill Camp, Chris Cooper, Gina Gershon, Sebastian Gutierrez, Elizabeth Marvel, Sam Nivola, Mickey Sumner | Stars: Adrianne Palicki, Carla Gugino, Gina Gershon, Bill Camp
Votes: 130
93. The Chinese Detective (1981–1982)
50 min | Crime, Drama
Detective Sergeant John Ho, a maverick British Chinese police officer, solves crimes in and around London's docklands while dealing with occasional prejudice and distrust within the police force.
Stars: David Yip, Derek Martin, Arthur Kelly, Larrington Walker
Votes: 130
94. With/in: Volume 1 (2021)
73 min | Biography, Drama
An anthology film set during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Directors: Bart Freundlich, Sebastian Gutierrez, Sanaa Lathan, Julianne Nicholson, Sam Nivola, Rosie Perez, Maya Singer, Morgan Spector | Stars: Talia Balsam, Don Cheadle, Rebecca Hall, Sanaa Lathan
Votes: 122
95. The Aphrodite Inheritance (1979)
50 min | Drama, Adventure, Crime
When British Engineer Barry Collier is injured in an accident in Cyprus his brother David flies out only to find he has died. It soon becomes apparent that Barry Collier was involved with ... See full summary »
Stars: Peter McEnery, Alexandra Bastedo, Stefan Gryff, Paul Maxwell
Votes: 110
96. With/In (2022)
196 min | Comedy
A darkly comical piece w short stories of people dealing with the lockdown during the pandemic..
Directors: Jonathan Cake, Bill Camp, Silas Camp, Chris Cooper, Griffin Dunne, Bart Freundlich, Sebastian Gutierrez, Arliss Howard, Sanaa Lathan, Elizabeth Marvel, Julianne Nicholson, Sam Nivola, Rosie Perez, Maya Singer, Mickey Sumner | Stars: Iggy Cake, Jonathan Cake, Phoebe Cake, Silas Camp
Votes: 99
97. Screenplay (1986–1993)
Drama
An anthology drama series.
Stars: John Kavanagh, Tony Doyle, Michael Liebmann, Benjamin Whitrow
Votes: 95
98.
Bergerac (1981–1991)
Episode:
See You in Moscow
(1981)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Civil servant Margaret Semple, in fact a Soviet spy, gets a call telling her that MI6 are onto her and she must leave London for Jersey, where a boat will take her to France on her way to ... See full summary »
Director: Don Leaver | Stars: John Nettles, Cécile Paoli, Terence Alexander, Sara Kestelman
Votes: 95
99.
Play for Today (1970–1984)
Episode:
Psy-Warriors
(1981)
73 min | Comedy, Drama
Soldiers are captured and interrogated by terrorists: but is it real or only a sadistic form of psychological training exercise?
Director: Alan Clarke | Stars: Rosalind Ayres, Anthony Bate, Colin Blakely, Warren Clarke
Votes: 94
100.
Bergerac (1981–1991)
Episode:
Campaign for Silence
(1981)
TV-14 | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Hard-up former military man Furneaux is working on a book about his experiences as a prisoner in the Korean war, when his young ghost writer is killed and the manuscript stolen, after which... See full summary »
Director: Martyn Friend | Stars: John Nettles, Cécile Paoli, Terence Alexander, Ian Hendry
Votes: 93