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1. The Dark Knight (2008)
PG-13 | 152 min | Action, Crime, Drama
When the menace known as the Joker wreaks havoc and chaos on the people of Gotham, Batman must accept one of the greatest psychological and physical tests of his ability to fight injustice.
Director: Christopher Nolan | Stars: Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart, Michael Caine
Votes: 2,869,577 | Gross: $534.86M
2. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)
PG-13 | 132 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
In 1926, magizoologist Newt Scamander arrives in New York during his worldwide tour to research and rescue magical creatures as something mysterious leaves trails of destruction in the city, threatening to expose the wizarding world.
Director: David Yates | Stars: Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Alison Sudol, Dan Fogler
Votes: 507,595 | Gross: $234.04M
3. Batman (1989)
PG-13 | 126 min | Action, Adventure
The Dark Knight of Gotham City begins his war on crime with his first major enemy being Jack Napier, a criminal who becomes the clownishly homicidal Joker.
Director: Tim Burton | Stars: Michael Keaton, Jack Nicholson, Kim Basinger, Robert Wuhl
Votes: 404,121 | Gross: $251.19M
4. 1408 (2007)
PG-13 | 104 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
A man who specialises in debunking paranormal occurrences checks into the fabled room 1408 in the Dolphin Hotel. Soon after settling in, he confronts genuine terror.
Director: Mikael Håfström | Stars: John Cusack, Samuel L. Jackson, Mary McCormack, Tony Shalhoub
Votes: 294,038 | Gross: $71.99M
5. Hanna (2011)
PG-13 | 111 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A sixteen-year-old girl who was raised by her father to be the perfect assassin is dispatched on a mission across Europe, tracked by a ruthless intelligence agent and her operatives.
Director: Joe Wright | Stars: Saoirse Ronan, Cate Blanchett, Eric Bana, Vicky Krieps
Votes: 206,826 | Gross: $40.26M
6. The Jacket (2005)
R | 103 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
A Gulf war veteran is wrongly sent to a mental institution for insane criminals, where he becomes the object of a doctor's experiments, and his life is completely affected by them.
Director: John Maybury | Stars: Adrien Brody, Keira Knightley, Daniel Craig, Kris Kristofferson
Votes: 119,252 | Gross: $6.30M
7. Poirot (1989–2013)
TV-14 | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Hercule Poirot, a famous Belgian detective, who has an impeccable knack for getting embroiled in a mystery, solves crimes along with Captain Hastings and Scotland Yard Chief Inspector James Japp.
Stars: David Suchet, Hugh Fraser, Philip Jackson, Pauline Moran
Votes: 52,047
8. 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: 31,102 | Gross: $13.73M
9. Memphis Belle (1990)
PG-13 | 107 min | Action, Drama, War
In 1943, the crew of a B-17 based in the UK prepares for its 25th and final bombing mission over Germany before returning home to the USA.
Director: Michael Caton-Jones | Stars: Matthew Modine, Eric Stoltz, Tate Donovan, D.B. Sweeney
Votes: 30,518 | Gross: $27.44M
10. The Angels' Share (2012)
R | 101 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Narrowly avoiding jail, new dad Robbie vows to turn over a new leaf. A visit to a whisky distillery inspires him and his mates to seek a way out of their hopeless lives.
Director: Ken Loach | Stars: Paul Brannigan, John Henshaw, Roger Allam, Gary Maitland
Votes: 26,999 | Gross: $0.30M
11. MI-5 (2002–2011)
TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The missions of MI-5, the UK's domestic intelligence organization.
Stars: Peter Firth, Hugh Simon, Nicola Walker, Rupert Penry-Jones
Votes: 18,370
12. 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
13. The Bureau (2015–2020)
TV-MA | 50 min | Drama, Thriller
A very unique and captivating series about the "bureau des légendes", the mythical powerhouse within the French Secret Service and its dare devil ghost agents.
Stars: Mathieu Kassovitz, Florence Loiret Caille, Jonathan Zaccaï, Sara Giraudeau
Votes: 14,179
14. Berlin Station (2016–2019)
TV-MA | 60 min | Action, Drama, Mystery
Follows a CIA team in Berlin and their clandestine activities.
Stars: Leland Orser, Michelle Forbes, Mina Tander, Rhys Ifans
Votes: 10,463
15. The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (1992–1993)
TV-G | 45 min | Action, Adventure, Family
The adventures of the archaeological treasure hunter in his youth as related by an elderly Indiana Jones.
Stars: Sean Patrick Flanery, George Hall, Corey Carrier, Ronny Coutteure
Votes: 8,677
16. 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
17. 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
18. 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
19. Deep State (2018–2019)
TV-MA | 45 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
What happens when a man who believes he has retired from MI6 is called back to do one more job to regain his life, only to discover that this job may mean he has no life to go back to.
Stars: Joe Dempsie, Karima McAdams, Anastasia Griffith, Alistair Petrie
Votes: 6,871
20. RKO 281 (1999 TV Movie)
R | 86 min | Biography, Drama
Orson Welles produces his greatest film, Citizen Kane (1941), despite the opposition of the film's de facto subject, William Randolph Hearst.
Director: Benjamin Ross | Stars: Liev Schreiber, James Cromwell, Melanie Griffith, John Malkovich
Votes: 6,498
21. 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
22. Black Earth Rising (2018)
TV-MA | 60 min | Thriller
Kate is a survivor of the Rwandan genocide whose adoptive mother, an international lawyer, faces a case that will shake their lives.
Stars: John Goodman, Michaela Coel, Noma Dumezweni, Lucian Msamati
Votes: 5,658
23. Crysis 2 (2011 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Set 3 years after the original game. Fight the aliens, following the protagonist in a new type of jungle; New York, the urban jungle.
Directors: Cevat Yerli, Steven Bender | Stars: Janis Ahern, Joey Ansah, Paul Birchard, Peter Brooke
Votes: 5,363
24. Waterloo Road (2006– )
TV-14 | 53 min | Drama, Romance
Contemporary drama series set in a challenging, diverse British secondary school.
Stars: Philip Martin Brown, Jason Done, Chelsee Healey, Denise Welch
Votes: 3,917
25. 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
26. Look Around You (2002–2005)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy
A parody of educational programs. Just don't believe anything in the show is true.
Stars: Peter Serafinowicz, Nigel Lambert, Robert Popper, James Serafinowicz
Votes: 2,951
27. The New Statesman (1987–1994)
TV-14 | 70 min | Comedy
The ultra right-wing Alan B'Stard, the most selfish, greedy, dishonest, sadistic and sociopathic Conservative MP of them all, plots to achieve his meglomaniacal ambitions.
Stars: Rik Mayall, Michael Troughton, Marsha Fitzalan, Terence Alexander
Votes: 2,805
28. 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
29. 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
30. Two Doors Down (2016– )
28 min | Comedy
Comedy centered around a couple and their insufferable neighbors.
Stars: Arabella Weir, Elaine C. Smith, Alex Norton, Jonathan Watson
Votes: 2,212
31.
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
32. 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
33. 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
34. Rab C. Nesbitt (1988–2014)
50 min | Comedy
Rab C. Nesbitt is lowlife scum (and proud of it) in Glasgow, Scotland who spends his time drinking in his local and speaking to the camera about the state of society as he sees it.
Stars: Gregor Fisher, Tony Roper, Elaine C. Smith, Barbara Rafferty
Votes: 1,618
35.
Poirot (1989–2013)
Episode:
The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb
(1993)
TV-14 | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Shortly after opening an ancient Egyptian tomb, members of an English-American museum expedition start dropping off like flies. Can it truly be the Pharaoh's curse? Poirot travels to Egypt to unravel the mystery.
Director: Peter Barber-Fleming | Stars: David Suchet, Hugh Fraser, Pauline Moran, Rolf Saxon
Votes: 1,504
36. 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
37. 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
38. 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
39. Ruth Rendell Mysteries (1987–2000)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
From cold, rock-strewn moors to comfortable suburban estates, award-winning writer Ruth Rendell explores the dark fissures between friends and family members that motivate murder.
Stars: George Baker, Christopher Ravenscroft, Louie Ramsay, Ken Kitson
Votes: 693
40. 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
41. McCallum (1995–1998)
TV-MA | 120 min | Drama
From deep within the morgue at St. Patrick's Hospital in London's East End, Dr. Iain McCallum and Dr. Angela Moloney along with a team of brilliant pathologists and detectives help the dead tell their stories.
Stars: Gerard Murphy, James Saxon, Richard O'Callaghan, Alex Walkinshaw
Votes: 602
42. 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
43. 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
44. 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
45.
Berlin Station (2016–2019)
Episode:
Oratorio Berlin
(2016)
TV-MA | 53 min | Action, Drama, Mystery
Berlin Station's staff pieces together evidence illuminating Langley¹s role in Iosava's rendition. The truth comes into focus, and the Shaw mantle is passed. Richard Armitage, Richard Jenkins, Michelle Forbes, Rhys Ifans, Leland Orser.
Director: Joshua Marston | Stars: Richard Armitage, Rhys Ifans, Leland Orser, Tamlyn Tomita
Votes: 308
46. 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
47. 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
48.
MI-5 (2002–2011)
Episode:
Episode #8.1
(2009)
TV-14 | 59 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Harry is still missing and there is one question on everyone's mind: is he dead, or alive?
Director: Alrick Riley | Stars: Richard Armitage, Ace Bhatti, Paul Birchard, Peter Firth
Votes: 240
49.
Deep State (2018–2019)
Episode:
Merger
(2018)
Not Rated | 60 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Max faces a new threat, Leyla reveals another piece of the puzzle, while White and Jones play dirty.
Director: Matthew Parkhill | Stars: Mark Strong, Joe Dempsie, Karima McAdams, Kingsley Ben-Adir
Votes: 228
50.
The Bureau (2015–2020)
Episode:
Episode #4.1
(2018)
TV-MA | 50 min | Drama, Thriller
Chased by the DGSE and the CIA all the way to Moscow, Malotru tries to negotiate his return to France.
Directors: Pascale Ferran, Antoine Chevrollier, Eric Rochant | Stars: Mathieu Kassovitz, Sara Giraudeau, Florence Loiret Caille, Jonathan Zaccaï
Votes: 226