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1. The Actor (VI)

Crime, Drama, Mystery | Post-production

When New York actor Paul Cole is beaten and left for dead in 1950s Ohio, he loses his memory and finds himself stranded in a mysterious small town where he struggles to get back home and reclaim what he's lost.

Director: Duke Johnson | Stars: Gemma Chan, Toby Jones, Joe Cole, Tracey Ullman

2. Gardening

Animation, Short | Completed

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Director: Sarah Beeby | Stars: Simon McBurney, Ellen Thomas, Chetna Pandya, Speech Debelle

3. The Encounter (I)

Drama | Announced

Photographer Lorne McIntyre journeys to a remote part of Brazil in the late 1960s and encounters the 'cat people' of the Amazon's Javari Valley.

Director: Kevin Macdonald

4. Nosferatu (2024)

Fantasy, Horror, Mystery | Post-production

A gothic tale of obsession between a haunted young woman and the terrifying vampire infatuated with her, causing untold horror in its wake.

Director: Robert Eggers | Stars: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Bill Skarsgård, Willem Dafoe, Nicholas Hoult

5. Hijack (2023)

TV-MA | 47 min | Drama, Thriller

A plane from Dubai to London is hijacked over a 7-hour flight, while authorities on the ground scramble for answers.

Stars: Idris Elba, Neil Maskell, Max Beesley, Ben Miles

Votes: 70,237

6. My Extinction (2023)

80 min | Documentary

What does it take for us to act on the climate crisis - especially if we're the kind of person who should already be acting? In this funny, relatable portrait, a concerned yet ineffectual ... See full summary »

Director: Josh Appignanesi | Stars: Josh Appignanesi, Devorah Baum, A.L. Kennedy, Simon McBurney

Votes: 14

7. Carnival Row (2019–2023)
Episode: Fight or Flight (2023)

TV-MA | 59 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy

Lovers Philo and Vignette risk their lives to help the oppressed Faefolk of Carnival Row.

Director: Thor Freudenthal | Stars: Orlando Bloom, Cara Delevingne, Simon McBurney, Tamzin Merchant

Votes: 1,235

8. Carnival Row (2019–2023)
Episode: New Dawn (2023)

TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy

When Philo plots to challenge Jonah's hereditary claim to the Chancellorship, Vignette intervenes.

Director: Thor Freudenthal | Stars: Orlando Bloom, Cara Delevingne, Simon McBurney, Tamzin Merchant

Votes: 1,108

9. Carnival Row (2019–2023)
Episode: The Martyr's Hand (2023)

TV-MA | 48 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy

While Philo investigates the murders of the Black Raven's leaders, Vignette plots revenge.

Director: Wendey Stanzler | Stars: Orlando Bloom, Cara Delevingne, Simon McBurney, Tamzin Merchant

Votes: 962

10. Carnival Row (2019–2023)
Episode: An Unkindness of Ravens (2023)

TV-MA | 52 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy

Philo races to stop Vignette's revenge before the Black Raven spark even worse violence.

Director: Wendey Stanzler | Stars: Orlando Bloom, Cara Delevingne, Simon McBurney, Tamzin Merchant

Votes: 962

11. Carnival Row (2019–2023)
Episode: Reckoning (2023)

TV-MA | Crime, Drama, Fantasy

Philo plots Vignette's rescue with an unlikely ally. Jonah discovers Sophie's treachery. The murderer strikes again.

Director: Julian Holmes | Stars: Orlando Bloom, Cara Delevingne, Simon McBurney, Tamzin Merchant

Votes: 1,054

12. Carnival Row (2019–2023)
Episode: Original Sins (2023)

TV-MA | 59 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy

A painful truth haunts Philo as Carnival Row faces reprisals for the horrific events at Bleakness Keep.

Director: Julian Holmes | Stars: Orlando Bloom, Cara Delevingne, Simon McBurney, Tamzin Merchant

Votes: 927

13. Carnival Row (2019–2023)
Episode: Kindred (2023)

TV-MA | 51 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy

Torn between his Human and Fae sides, Philo makes a choice.

Director: Andy Goddard | Stars: Orlando Bloom, Cara Delevingne, Simon McBurney, Tamzin Merchant

Votes: 868

14. Carnival Row (2019–2023)
Episode: Facta Non Verba (2023)

TV-MA | 48 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy

Philo discovers the truth about Fae transport ships, meanwhile The New Dawn sends new emissaries.

Director: Andy Goddard | Stars: Orlando Bloom, Cara Delevingne, Simon McBurney, Tamzin Merchant

Votes: 866

15. Hijack (2023)
Episode: Comply Slowly (2023)

TV-MA | 50 min | Drama, Thriller

Faced with an impossible decision, the passengers ready themselves for a fight.

Director: Jim Field Smith | Stars: Idris Elba, Neil Maskell, Eve Myles, Max Beesley

Votes: 2,230

16. Hijack (2023)
Episode: Brace Brace Brace (2023)

TV-MA | 52 min | Drama, Thriller

A new threat emerges onboard as Sam struggles to control the chaos unfolding around him.

Director: Jim Field Smith | Stars: Idris Elba, Neil Maskell, Eve Myles, Christine Adams

Votes: 2,121

17. Carnival Row (2019–2023)
Episode: Battle Lines (2023)

TV-MA | 51 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy

Justice later through peace, or now through blood?

Director: Julian Holmes | Stars: Orlando Bloom, Cara Delevingne, Simon McBurney, Tamzin Merchant

Votes: 843

18. Carnival Row (2019–2023)
Episode: Carnival Row (2023)

TV-MA | 55 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy

The Carnival Row turns into a terrifying battleground. Vignette ditches the New Dawn for Tourmaline. Philo gives death a slip on several occasions, but he might soon run out of fortune.

Director: Andy Goddard | Stars: Orlando Bloom, Cara Delevingne, Simon McBurney, Tamzin Merchant

Votes: 1,285

19. The Pale Blue Eye (2022)

R | 128 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery

A world-weary detective is hired to investigate the murder of a West Point cadet. Stymied by the cadets' code of silence, he enlists one of their own to help unravel the case - a young man the world would come to know as Edgar Allan Poe.

Director: Scott Cooper | Stars: Christian Bale, Harry Melling, Simon McBurney, Timothy Spall

Votes: 124,578

20. Comedy Classic: The Vicar of Dibley (2022 TV Movie)

67 min | Documentary

Channel 5 celebrates one of Britain's most loved comedies of all time: The Vicar Of Dibley. Packed with the funniest clips, along with insight and analysis from its writers, cast, crew and ... See full summary »

Stars: Shazia Mirza, Michael Hogan, Paul Mayhew-Archer, Kate Bottley

21. Can I Live? (2021)

60 min | Music

As a part of the Global Majority, actor Fehinti Balogun's path has been forever changed by what he's learnt about our planet.

Directors: Daniel Bailey, Simon McBurney | Stars: Fehinti Balogun, Kwami Odoom

22. Wolfwalkers (2020)

PG | 103 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

A young apprentice hunter and her father journey to Ireland to help wipe out the last wolf pack. But everything changes when she befriends a free-spirited girl from a mysterious tribe rumored to transform into wolves by night.

Directors: Tomm Moore, Ross Stewart | Stars: Honor Kneafsey, Eva Whittaker, Sean Bean, Simon McBurney

Votes: 38,638

23. Siberia (2020)

R | 92 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

An exploration into the language of dreams.

Director: Abel Ferrara | Stars: Willem Dafoe, Dounia Sichov, Simon McBurney, Cristina Chiriac

Votes: 2,485

24. Complicité: The Encounter (2020 Video)

135 min | Drama

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Director: Will Hanke | Stars: Simon McBurney, Romeo Corisepa Dreve, Claudia Hammond, David Farmer

Votes: 8

25. Carnival Row (2019–2023)

TV-MA | 56 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy

A human detective and a fairy rekindle a dangerous affair in a Victorian fantasy world, where the city's uneasy peace collapses when a string of murders reveals an unimaginable monster.

Stars: Orlando Bloom, Cara Delevingne, Simon McBurney, Tamzin Merchant

Votes: 82,325

26. The Loudest Voice (2019)

TV-MA | 50 min | Biography, Drama

The past decade on the life of Roger Ailes, the founder of Fox News, in which Ailes arguably became the Republican party's de facto leader and was accused of sexual harassment, which brought his Fox News reign to an end.

Stars: Russell Crowe, Sienna Miller, Seth MacFarlane, Annabelle Wallis

Votes: 14,516

27. Carnival Row (2019–2023)
Episode: Some Dark God Wakes (2019)

TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy

Philo investigates a mysterious assailant with a grudge against the fae; Vignette arrives in The Burgue looking for a fresh start; Imogen meets her new neighbor; In Parliament, the fight over the critch heats up.

Director: Thor Freudenthal | Stars: Orlando Bloom, Cara Delevingne, Simon McBurney, Tamzin Merchant

Votes: 3,195

28. Carnival Row (2019–2023)
Episode: Aisling (2019)

TV-MA | 51 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy

Philo investigates the murder of a mysterious fae. Tourmaline introduces Vignette to a new group of faeries. Imogen tries to have Agreus removed from the neighborhood. Jonah disappears.

Director: Thor Freudenthal | Stars: Orlando Bloom, Cara Delevingne, Simon McBurney, Tamzin Merchant

Votes: 2,682

29. Carnival Row (2019–2023)
Episode: The Joining of Unlike Things (2019)

TV-MA | 56 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy

Philo investigates the murder of his childhood headmaster. Vignette ingratiates herself into the Black Raven. Imogen hatches a plan to help her brother. Breakspear goes on the offensive with Longerbane.

Directors: Anna Foerster, Thor Freudenthal | Stars: Orlando Bloom, Cara Delevingne, Simon McBurney, Tamzin Merchant

Votes: 2,358

30. Carnival Row (2019–2023)
Episode: Kingdoms of the Moon (2019)

TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy

Once, as a Burguish soldier, Philo was tasked with protecting a faerish mimasery. While The Pact bears down on them, Philo meets Vignette and finds love in the most unlikely of places.

Director: Anna Foerster | Stars: Orlando Bloom, Cara Delevingne, Simon McBurney, Tamzin Merchant

Votes: 2,785

31. Carnival Row (2019–2023)
Episode: Grieve No More (2019)

TV-MA | 54 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy

Philo consults a Haruspex in an effort to find clues about the killer; Vignette grows closer with her newfound family; A new player makes a splash in Parliament; Imogen brings Agreus into her circle.

Director: Andy Goddard | Stars: Orlando Bloom, Cara Delevingne, Simon McBurney, Tamzin Merchant

Votes: 2,352

32. Carnival Row (2019–2023)
Episode: Unaccompanied Fae (2019)

TV-MA | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy

The pieces of the puzzle start to come together for Philo. Vignette finds home in a place she never expected. Jonah sneaks off to see someone he shouldn't. Imogen takes a costly risk.

Director: Andy Goddard | Stars: Orlando Bloom, Cara Delevingne, Simon McBurney, Tamzin Merchant

Votes: 2,214

33. Carnival Row (2019–2023)
Episode: The World to Come (2019)

TV-MA | 49 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy

Philo is thrown in jail. There, he finds some unexpected help from Vignette. Elsewhere, Ezra disapproves of Imogen's new lifestyle. Sophie offers Jonah a deal.

Director: Jon Amiel | Stars: Orlando Bloom, Cara Delevingne, Simon McBurney, Tamzin Merchant

Votes: 2,253

34. Carnival Row (2019–2023)
Episode: The Gloaming (2019)

TV-MA | 67 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy

As tensions rise on Carnival Row, Philo must confront both darkness incarnate and the evil that controls it. Vignette gleans the true nature of The Burgue. Imogen makes a choice she can't take back. Breakspear's secrets catch up to him.

Director: Jon Amiel | Stars: Orlando Bloom, Cara Delevingne, Simon McBurney, Tamzin Merchant

Votes: 2,568

35. The Loudest Voice (2019)
Episode: 1995 (2019)

TV-MA | 54 min | Biography, Drama

Roger Ailes joins forces with media magnate Rupert Murdoch to form Fox News Channel. Working feverishly to get ahead of the competition, Roger must do the unthinkable - put an entire network on the air in the space of six months.

Director: Kari Skogland | Stars: Russell Crowe, Sienna Miller, Seth MacFarlane, Annabelle Wallis

Votes: 749

36. The Loudest Voice (2019)
Episode: 2001 (2019)

TV-MA | 47 min | Biography, Drama

Fox News Channel is on the cusp of passing CNN to become the #1 rated news network. Then 9/11 changes everything. Roger begins pushing the news with an agenda, and finally puts Fox on top of the ratings race.

Director: Kari Skogland | Stars: Russell Crowe, Sienna Miller, Seth MacFarlane, Annabelle Wallis

Votes: 605

37. The Loudest Voice (2019)
Episode: 2009 (2019)

TV-MA | 48 min | Biography, Drama

Roger finds his legacy in Joe Lindsley, a 25-year-old acolyte he hires as editor of a newspaper he bought in upstate New York. Turning this paper into a conservative news source, Roger achieves his revenge against the Obama White House.

Director: Jeremy Podeswa | Stars: Russell Crowe, Sienna Miller, Seth MacFarlane, Annabelle Wallis

Votes: 530

38. The Loudest Voice (2019)
Episode: 2008 (2019)

TV-MA | 47 min | Biography, Drama

With the election of "Barack Hussein Obama," Roger and Fox News Channel have found the ultimate enemy-one that will drive Fox's coverage as well as cement ratings at #1. What no one suspects are the hidden depths of Roger's secret world.

Director: Jeremy Podeswa | Stars: Russell Crowe, Sienna Miller, Seth MacFarlane, Annabelle Wallis

Votes: 566

39. The Loudest Voice (2019)
Episode: 2012 (2019)

TV-MA | 53 min | Biography, Drama

Fox News Channel is now the dominant news outlet and Roger is working the levers of his power. But he doesn't see the danger posed by Gretchen Carlson. After years of harassment by Roger, she's finally had enough.

Director: Kari Skogland | Stars: Russell Crowe, Sienna Miller, Seth MacFarlane, Annabelle Wallis

Votes: 518

40. The Loudest Voice (2019)
Episode: 2015 (2019)

TV-MA | 47 min | Biography, Drama

Gretchen Carlson secretly tapes Roger's harassment for over a year and works with a lawyer specializing in sexual harassment. Roger goes all in to achieve his goal of electing a president, and finds the perfect candidate in Donald Trump.

Director: Stephen Frears | Stars: Russell Crowe, Sienna Miller, Seth MacFarlane, Annabelle Wallis

Votes: 494

41. The Loudest Voice (2019)
Episode: 2016 (2019)

TV-MA | 52 min | Biography, Drama

Once Gretchen Carlson's lawsuit becomes public, Roger moves into crisis mode, doing everything he can to save his career and legacy. But even as he loses everything, his greatest achievement eclipses him-Donald Trump wins the presidency.

Director: Scott Z. Burns | Stars: Russell Crowe, Sienna Miller, Seth MacFarlane, Annabelle Wallis

Votes: 481

42. The Mercy (2018)

Not Rated | 112 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama

The incredible story of amateur sailor Donald Crowhurst and his solo attempt to circumnavigate the globe. The struggles he confronted on the journey while his family awaited his return is one of the most enduring mysteries of recent times.

Director: James Marsh | Stars: Colin Firth, Eleanor Stagg, Rachel Weisz, Zara Prassinot

Votes: 9,685

43. Working in the Theatre (1976– )
Episode: Solo Performance (2017)

Documentary, Talk-Show

"Solo Performance is nothing new. This has been happening since the dawn of man, and it will continue to happen..." - Nilaja Sun. The world of a solo performance can often be challenging ... See full summary »

Director: Margarita Jimeno | Stars: Judith Light, Simon McBurney, Nilaja Sun

44. The Conjuring 2 (2016)

R | 134 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Ed and Lorraine Warren travel to North London to help a single mother raising four children alone in a house plagued by a supernatural spirit.

Director: James Wan | Stars: Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Madison Wolfe, Frances O'Connor

Votes: 300,341 | Gross: $102.47M

45. Allied (2016)

R | 124 min | Action, Drama, Romance

In 1942, a Canadian intelligence officer in North Africa encounters a female French Resistance fighter on a deadly mission behind enemy lines. When they reunite in London, their relationship is tested by the pressures of war.

Director: Robert Zemeckis | Stars: Brad Pitt, Marion Cotillard, Jared Harris, Vincent Ebrahim

Votes: 169,683 | Gross: $40.10M

46. The New Man (2016)

Not Rated | 75 min | Documentary, Comedy, Drama

A creative documentary about becoming a parent... and how to reconceive yourself. Fiction director Josh Appignanesi turns the camera on himself and his wife as they undergo the ordeal of ... See full summary »

Directors: Josh Appignanesi, Devorah Baum | Stars: Adam Andrusier, Lisa Appignanesi, Richard Appignanesi, Chloe Aridjis

Votes: 14

47. John Berger or the Art of Looking (2016 TV Movie)

54 min | Documentary

Art, politics and motorcycles: on the occasion of his 90th birthday John Berger or The Art of Looking is an intimate portrait of the writer and art-critic whose ground-breaking work on seeing has shaped our understanding for over five decades. How paintings become narratives and stories turn into images, rarely does anybody demonstrate this as poignantly as Berger. The seeing is his life subject,... See full summary »

Director: Cordelia Dvorak | Stars: John Berger, Selçuk Demirel, Katya Berger Andreadakis, Michael Dibb

Votes: 62

48. Theater Talk (1996– )
Episode: "The Encounter"'s Simon McBurney, and Christopher Hampton (2016)

Talk-Show

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Directors: Elvin A. Badger, Catalin Zidaru | Stars: Christopher Hampton, Susan Haskins, Simon McBurney, Michael Riedel

49. Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015)

PG-13 | 131 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

Ethan and his team take on their most impossible mission yet when they have to eradicate an international rogue organization as highly skilled as they are and committed to destroying the IMF.

Director: Christopher McQuarrie | Stars: Tom Cruise, Rebecca Ferguson, Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg

Votes: 410,855 | Gross: $195.04M

50. The Casual Vacancy (2015)

60 min | Drama

The citizens of the small British town of Pagford fight for the spot on the parish council after Barry Fairbrother dies.

Stars: Silas Carson, Joe Hurst, Michael Gambon, Rory Kinnear

Votes: 3,239