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51. 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
52. Performance (1991–1998)
180 min | Drama
An anthology series of various plays and dramatic performances.
Stars: Ian Holm, Elizabeth McGovern, Ronald Pickup, Jane Horrocks
Votes: 92
53. The White Countess (2005)
PG-13 | 135 min | Drama, History, Romance
In 1930s Shanghai, a blind American diplomat develops a curious relationship with a young Russian refugee who works odd--and sometimes illicit--jobs to support members of her dead husband's aristocratic family.
Director: James Ivory | Stars: Ralph Fiennes, Natasha Richardson, Vanessa Redgrave, Lynn Redgrave
Votes: 6,969 | Gross: $1.67M
54. Forbidden Territory: Stanley's Search for Livingstone (1997 TV Movie)
96 min | Adventure, Drama, History
One mans quest for a lost missionary in the African jungle becomes a journey of his own self discovery
Director: Simon Langton | Stars: Aidan Quinn, Nigel Hawthorne, Kabir Bedi, Edward Fox
Votes: 271
55. The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story (1990 TV Movie)
PG | 86 min | Documentary, Drama
Examination of the events that led to the 1988 bombing of Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland.
Director: Leslie Woodhead | Stars: Ned Beatty, Peter Boyle, Harry Ditson, Vincent Gardenia
Votes: 119
56. M.I.High (2007–2014)
28 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Three teenage schoolchildren work as undercover agents for MI9 and fight against the criminal agency Skul.
Stars: Chris Stanton, Jonny Freeman, Rachel Petladwala, Channelle Owen
Votes: 1,364
57. 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: 244
58.
Screen One (1985–2002)
Episode:
Hostile Waters
(1997)
PG | 94 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
In October 1986, a Soviet submarine carrying nuclear missles collides with an American nuclear submarine off the coast of Bermuda.
Director: David Drury | Stars: Rutger Hauer, Martin Sheen, Max von Sydow, Colm Feore
Votes: 2,177
59. Get Duked! (2019)
R | 87 min | Comedy, Horror, Music
An anarchic, hip-hop inspired comedy that follows four city boys on a wilderness trek as they try to escape a mysterious huntsman.
Director: Ninian Doff | Stars: Lewis Gribben, Rian Gordon, Viraj Juneja, Jonathan Aris
Votes: 8,593
60. The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax (1999 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 90 min | Drama, Mystery
When her doctor recommends that a widow pursue her unfulfilled life ambitions, he doesn't realize that she has always wanted to be a spy. Sending a letter to her Representative gets her an ... See full summary »
Director: Anthony Pullen Shaw | Stars: Angela Lansbury, Thomas Ian Griffith, Ed Bishop, Paul Birchard
Votes: 417
61. The Last Contract (1998)
R | 114 min | Crime, Thriller
Young police officer Roger is on the trail of the international master assassin, while the assassin follows his plan to murder Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme.
Director: Kjell Sundvall | Stars: Mikael Persbrandt, Michael Kitchen, Pernilla August, Reine Brynolfsson
Votes: 1,379
62. Assault on Waco (2006 TV Movie)
History
In February 1993, American law enforcement agents mounted a raid on a religious community in Waco, Texas that went disastrously wrong. It would turn into the longest and bloodiest siege in ... See full summary »
Director: Neil Rawles | Stars: Kal Weber, Stewart Alexander, Tim Beckmann, Paul Birchard
Votes: 19
63. The Tailor of Panama (2001)
R | 109 min | Drama, Thriller
A tailor living in Panama reluctantly becomes a spy for a British Agent.
Director: John Boorman | Stars: Pierce Brosnan, Geoffrey Rush, Jamie Lee Curtis, Leonor Varela
Votes: 31,099 | Gross: $13.73M
64. The Fantastic Journey of Margot & Marguerite (2020)
89 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Marguerite and Margot are both 12 years old, each with their family, friends, problems, and era. Because one lives in 1942 and the other in 2020. But then a mysterious magic trunk transports them each to the time of the other
Director: Pierre Coré | Stars: Lila Gueneau Lefas, Alice Pol, Clovis Cornillac, Nils Othenin-Girard
Votes: 320
65. Fall from Grace (1994 TV Movie)
182 min | Drama
During the Second World War, an entire battle front developed in the field of espionage. "Fall from Grace" is the story of one young woman and how, after joining the British Secret Service,... See full summary »
Director: Waris Hussein | Stars: James Fox, Michael York, Patsy Kensit, Richard Anconina
Votes: 124
66.
McCallum (1995–1998)
Episode:
Beyond Good and Evil
(1998)
TV-MA | 100 min | Drama
Dr. Gallagher goes on the hunt for the murderers of two women who have kidnapped his girlfriend. Will he get to her in time, or will she become their latest victim?
Director: Richard Holthouse | Stars: Nathaniel Parker, Eva Pope, Gerard Murphy, James Saxon
Votes: 40
67. Alien Autopsy (2006)
PG-13 | 95 min | Biography, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Humoristic reconstruction of the 1995 scandal related to the fake documentary The Alien Autopsy (1995) about the Roswell incident.
Director: Jonny Campbell | Stars: Declan Donnelly, Anthony McPartlin, Bill Pullman, Götz Otto
Votes: 7,695
68.
Ruth Rendell Mysteries (1987–2000)
Episode:
Going Wrong: Part 3
(1998)
TV-14 | 52 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Invited to Leonora and William's for dinner, Guy goes mad when he learns that they will be moving to Manchester and attacks William. He's subsequently surprised when Leonora asks him to ... See full summary »
Director: Matthew Evans | Stars: James Callis, Rick Warden, Josephine Butler, Gary Moynihan
Votes: 42
69. Dark Realm (2000– )
48 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
"Dark Realm" was a hosted horror anthology series, with each tale featuring an eerie and terrifying story from the darkest realm.
Stars: Eric Roberts, Margot Steinberg, Lysette Anthony, Gary Hudson
Votes: 89
70. A Line in the Sand (2004 TV Movie)
R | 100 min | Action, Drama, War
Gavin Hughes, an illegal arms dealer turned government informant, must travel to Iran in a terrorist sting that will earn him immunity from his checkered past, but nothing will go as planned.
Director: James Hawes | Stars: Ross Kemp, Saskia Reeves, Mark Bazeley, Brana Bajic
Votes: 123
71. The Fourth Angel (2001)
R | 96 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A man seeks justice after his wife and two daughters are gunned down in a terrorist attack.
Director: John Irvin | Stars: Jeremy Irons, Forest Whitaker, Jason Priestley, Briony Glassco
Votes: 3,326
72. King Solomon's Mines (1985)
PG-13 | 100 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Fortune hunter Allan Quatermain teams up with a resourceful woman to help her find her missing father lost in the wilds of 1900s Africa while being pursued by hostile tribes and a rival German explorer.
Director: J. Lee Thompson | Stars: Richard Chamberlain, Sharon Stone, Herbert Lom, John Rhys-Davies
Votes: 14,912 | Gross: $15.06M
73. Quicksand (2003)
R | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
After a workaholic banker journeys to Monaco to investigate the suspicious activities of a company, he finds himself framed for murder and running for his life.
Director: John Mackenzie | Stars: Michael Keaton, Michael Caine, Judith Godrèche, Rade Serbedzija
Votes: 2,756
74. Annie's Bar (1996– )
30 min | Drama
The misadventures of a newly elected Conservative MP at Westminster.
Stars: Dominic Taylor, Larry Lamb, Paul Brooke, Geoffrey McGivern
Votes: 11
75. Gregory's Two Girls (1999)
116 min | Comedy
Bill Forsyth returns to the romantic comedy of 'Gregory's Girl.' 20 years after his teenage crush on a football-mad schoolgirl, Gregory is back at his old school, teaching English. When two... See full summary »
Director: Bill Forsyth | Stars: Carly McKinnon, John Gordon Sinclair, John Murtagh, Hugh McCue
Votes: 649
76.
Air Force One Is Down (2013)
Episode:
Episode #1.2
(2013)
TV-PG | 90 min | Action
Captain Fergus Markej (Jeremy Sisto) has reason to celebrate - he managed to catch the Serbian criminal, General Dragutin (Rupert Graves). He was sentenced to life in prison for war crimes,... See full summary »
Director: Cilla Ware | Stars: Jeremy Sisto, Jamie Thomas King, Emilie de Ravin, Rupert Graves
Votes: 30
77. Backdraft 2 (2019 Video)
R | 101 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The sequel to the 1991 hit, follows an investigator with the Chicago F.D., who has to track down an arms dealer who use deadly fires as a distraction.
Director: Gonzalo López-Gallego | Stars: Joe Anderson, William Baldwin, Donald Sutherland, Alisha Bailey
Votes: 2,465
78. Outpost: Black Sun (2012)
Not Rated | 101 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
The year is 1945, the closing stages of WW2, and a German scientist by the name of Klausener is working on a frightening new technology that has the power to create an immortal Nazi army. ... See full summary »
Director: Steve Barker | Stars: Catherine Steadman, Richard Coyle, Ali Craig, Nick Nevern
Votes: 5,693
79. Revelation (2001)
R | 111 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Dating back to the time of Jesus Christ, an ancient relic known as the Loculus has been fought over by the forces of light and darkness down the centuries. Created in 50 A.D., the wood ... See full summary »
Director: Stuart Urban | Stars: Natasha Wightman, Udo Kier, Diran Meghreblian, David Urban
Votes: 1,666
80.
Air Force One Is Down (2013)
Episode:
Episode #1.1
(2013)
TV-PG | 91 min | Action
A general stages an elaborate plot to kidnap the US president. Now a rogue soldier and crack team of experts must rescue her and stop an attack on home soil.
Director: Cilla Ware | Stars: Jeremy Sisto, Jamie Thomas King, Emilie de Ravin, Rupert Graves
Votes: 35
81. Love Bite (2012)
91 min | Comedy, Horror, Romance
School is over and summer has begun in the dead-end seaside town of Rainmouth. While Jamie's friends seem to be happy working in the local pie factory by day and looking for sex by night, ... See full summary »
Director: Andy De Emmony | Stars: Jessica Szohr, Ed Speleers, Timothy Spall, Luke Pasqualino
Votes: 1,630
82. Air Force One Is Down (2013)
TV-PG | 180 min | Action
Alistair Maclean's highly charged novel is brought to life for a contemporary audience in this tense, international thriller.
Stars: Jeremy Sisto, Jamie Thomas King, Emilie de Ravin, Rupert Graves
Votes: 602
83. La mansión de los Cthulhu (1992)
R | 92 min | Horror
A group of drug dealing petty criminals fleeing from the police take a magician and his daughter hostage; but once they reach his mansion, all hell breaks loose.
Director: Juan Piquer Simón | Stars: Frank Finlay, Marcia Layton, Luis Fernando Alvés, Brad Fisher
Votes: 956
84. Solid Air (2003)
115 min | Drama, Thriller
Seeking refuge, compulsive gambler Robert Houston Junior comes home to his estranged father, Robert Senior. Discovering a lapsed compensation claim for asbestosis, Junior resolves to pursue... See full summary »
Director: May Miles Thomas | Stars: Maurice Roëves, Brian McCardie, Kathy Kiera Clarke, Gary Lewis
Votes: 94
85. F: The Movie - An Homage to Student Films Everywhere (2010 Video)
11 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
What two high voltage New York women say to each other when they don't know the camera is looking (at least as far as student filmmakers are concerned). Also a tribute to creeping credit bloat.
Directors: Lynwood Shiva Sawyer, Shiva Sawyer | Stars: Monica Blaze Leavitt, Gianna Burke, Austap Wolfgang
86. Battlestar Galactica: By Your Command (2008 Video)
Short, Sci-Fi
Three engineers and a marine are caught in a blackout doing routine maintenance after a Cylon attack. Little do they know the blackout was caused by more sinister deeds than ship damage...fan film made for the Sci-Fi Channel Competition.
Director: Colin Ross Smith | Stars: Paul Birchard, Jennifer Byrne, Lisa Gardner, Jeremiah Reynolds
87. U & Me & Tennessee: An American Romance... (2007)
93 min | Documentary
Portrait of the 1950's romance between playwright Tennessee Williams and Konrad Hopkins.
Director: Paul Birchard | Stars: Paul Birchard, Konrad Hopkins
88. Alabama (1990)
35 min | Short, Comedy
Nurse Julie Applegate's father left home when Julie was a young girl, singing 'I'm Alabama Bound' as he left. Years later, an injured stranger in a cowboy shirt is admitted to Julie's ... See full summary »
Director: Jim Shields | Stars: Louise Beattie, Paul Birchard, Jake D'Arcy, Jimmy Logan
90. A Very British Deterrent (2016 TV Movie)
59 min | Documentary
The story of the remarkable events, power relationships and secret deals done half a century ago to secure Britain's very first submarine-launched nuclear missiles.
Director: Colin Murray | Stars: Paul Birchard, Matt Rippy, Colin Stinton, Timothy Wallers
91. Darkness' Seed (2009 Video)
27 min | Animation, Short, Sci-Fi
Darkness' Seed themes are biological enclosure, securitization, and deregulation. The story involves Roy and Meena, a pair of bio-engineered newts, Genitron, the corporation who owns them, and the mysterious Regulans.
Director: John Butler | Star: Paul Birchard
92. Surf's Up! (1998)
10 min | Short
Eddie, a champion couch potato has a extremely rude awakening at the end of a marathon-long, inane television watching session.
Director: Adam Jeal | Stars: Marios Hajipanayi, Adam Jeal, Samantha Jeal, Sharon McQuarrie
93. Unmanned (2008 Video)
5 min | Animation, Short, Sci-Fi
A motion captured tale of commercial conflict in the homeland security state.
Director: John Butler | Stars: Paul Birchard, Mike Watson
94. Blink (III) (2013)
3 min | Short, Drama, Mystery
A man is visited by a mysterious figure after awakening from an intensive surgical procedure
Director: Colin Ross Smith | Stars: Paul Birchard, John Gaffney, Andrew McCusker
95.
Annie's Bar (1996– )
Episode:
Episode #1.3
(1996)
Drama
Director: Sarah Harding | Stars: Eamon Boland, Gavin Richards, Geoffrey McGivern, Larry Lamb
96.
Uncle Jack and Operation Green (1990– )
Episode:
All Tied Up
(1990)
Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Stars: Paul Jones, Fenella Fielding, Vivian Pickles, Helen Lambert
97.
Uncle Jack and Operation Green (1990– )
Episode:
Carrying the Can
(1990)
Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Stars: Paul Jones, Fenella Fielding, Vivian Pickles, Helen Lambert
98.
Uncle Jack and Operation Green (1990– )
Episode:
How It All Began
(1990)
Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Stars: Paul Jones, Helen Lambert, Giuseppe Peluso, Christine Lohr
99.
Uncle Jack and Operation Green (1990– )
Episode:
Kidnapped
(1990)
Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Stars: Paul Jones, Fenella Fielding, Vivian Pickles, Helen Lambert
100.
Uncle Jack and Operation Green (1990– )
Episode:
The Plot Thickens
(1990)
Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Stars: Paul Jones, Helen Lambert, Giuseppe Peluso, Christine Lohr