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1. Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
G | 175 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
A Victorian Englishman bets that with the new steamships and railways he can circumnavigate the globe in eighty days.
Directors: Michael Anderson, John Farrow | Stars: David Niven, Cantinflas, Finlay Currie, Robert Morley
Votes: 29,764 | Gross: $42.00M
2. The Dam Busters (1955)
Approved | 105 min | Drama, History, War
Drama based on the attempt by the RAF to destroy six dams in Germany during World War II.
Director: Michael Anderson | Stars: Richard Todd, Michael Redgrave, Ursula Jeans, Basil Sydney
Votes: 11,400
3. Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939)
Unrated | 114 min | Drama, Romance
An aged teacher and former headmaster of a boarding school recalls his career and his personal life over the decades.
Directors: Sam Wood, Sidney Franklin | Stars: Robert Donat, Greer Garson, Terry Kilburn, John Mills
Votes: 11,619
4. The Crimson Pirate (1952)
Not Rated | 105 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
During the 1700s, pirate Captain Vallo seizes a British warship and gets involved in various money-making schemes involving Caribbean rebels led by El Libre, British envoy Baron Jose Gruda, and a beautiful courtesan named Consuelo.
Director: Robert Siodmak | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Nick Cravat, Eva Bartok, Torin Thatcher
Votes: 7,000
5. The Naked Edge (1961)
Approved | 97 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Five years after George Radcliffe was the chief witness in a high profile murder case, his wife receives a blackmailing letter accusing him of the crime.
Director: Michael Anderson | Stars: Gary Cooper, Deborah Kerr, Eric Portman, Diane Cilento
Votes: 1,485
6. Colonel March of Scotland Yard (1954–1956)
30 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Colonel March of The Department of Queer Complaints investigates unusual cases, locked-room murders, and mysteries concerning the supernatural.
Stars: Boris Karloff, Ewan Roberts, Eric Pohlmann, Doris Nolan
Votes: 312
7. Shadow of Fear (1955)
76 min | Mystery
A college student returns home to attend her father's funeral and begins to suspect her stepmother of foul play.
Director: Albert S. Rogell | Stars: Mona Freeman, Jean Kent, Maxwell Reed, Hugh Miller
Votes: 211
8. No Hiding Place (1959–1967)
60 min | Crime, Drama
Tales of Scotland Yard centering on a detective team. A sort of halfway house between "Dixon of Dock Green" and "'Z' Cars." The detectives are still 1950s-style with good elocution and ... See full summary »
Stars: Raymond Francis, Eric Lander, Johnny Briggs, Michael McStay
Votes: 98
9. The End of the Affair (1955)
Not Rated | 105 min | Drama, Romance
In WW2 London, a writer falls in love with the wife of a British civil servant but both men suspect her of infidelity with yet another man.
Director: Edward Dmytryk | Stars: Deborah Kerr, Van Johnson, John Mills, Peter Cushing
Votes: 1,475
10. ITV Play of the Week (1955–1974)
90 min | Comedy, Drama
An anthology series from the U.K., from 1955 to 1974, producing about five hundred ninety-minute episodes from Granada Television.
Stars: Derek Francis, Alfred Burke, Arthur Hewlett, Esther Lawrence
Votes: 95
11. Madeleine (1950)
Approved | 101 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Madeleine's middle-class family cannot understand why she puts off marrying a respectable young man; they know nothing about her long-term affair with a Frenchman.
Director: David Lean | Stars: Ann Todd, Norman Wooland, Ivan Desny, Leslie Banks
Votes: 2,040
12. The Gentle Sex (1943)
Not Rated | 92 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
This film tells the stories of seven 'gentle' British girls who decide to "do their bit" and help out during World War II.
Directors: Leslie Howard, Maurice Elvey | Stars: Joan Gates, Jean Gillie, Joan Greenwood, Joyce Howard
Votes: 517
13. Footsteps in the Fog (1955)
Approved | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
In early-1900s England, a maid tries to blackmail her master into romancing her when she discovers that he murdered his wife.
Director: Arthur Lubin | Stars: Stewart Granger, Jean Simmons, Bill Travers, Belinda Lee
Votes: 2,216
14. BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950–1959)
Drama
Series of television plays performed live.
Stars: Richard Caldicot, George Woodbridge, Robert Brown, Michael Brennan
Votes: 180
15. King Solomon's Mines (1937)
Not Rated | 77 min | Action, Adventure, Family
White hunter Allan Quartermain and his enigmatic guide help a young Irish woman locate her missing father in unexplored Darkest Africa.
Directors: Robert Stevenson, Geoffrey Barkas | Stars: Paul Robeson, Cedric Hardwicke, Roland Young, John Loder
Votes: 1,450
16. Emergency-Ward 10 (1957–1967)
30 min | Drama
Set in Oxbridge General Hospital, this soap opera focused equally on the lives and loves of its medical staff and the pressure of their work.
Stars: Jill Browne, Charles 'Bud' Tingwell, Frederick Bartman, Desmond Carrington
Votes: 71
17. BBC Sunday-Night Play (1960–1963)
60 min | Drama
BBC Sunday-Night Play is the anthology drama series which replaced Sunday Night Theatre in 1960.
Stars: Brian Rix, Joby Blanshard, Cyril Luckham, John Bennett
Votes: 133
18. The Vise (1954–1961)
30 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
This British production featured lesser-known actors in filmed plays showing people caught in "the vise" of fate created by their own deeds.
Stars: Donald Gray, Colin Tapley, Ron Randell, Robert Arden
Votes: 76
19. Trouble in the Sky (1960)
92 min | Drama, Thriller
In Britain, at the dawn of jet-powered commercial aviation, an aircraft manufacturer tries to shift the blame from mechanical failure to pilot error when its newest jet airliner has a series of accidents.
Director: Charles Frend | Stars: Michael Craig, Peter Cushing, Bernard Lee, Elizabeth Seal
Votes: 417
20. The Captive Heart (1946)
Approved | 86 min | Drama, War
In 1940, a concentration camp escapee assumes the identity of a dead British officer, only to become a prisoner of war.
Director: Basil Dearden | Stars: Michael Redgrave, Rachel Kempson, Frederick Leister, Mervyn Johns
Votes: 1,180
21. So Well Remembered (1947)
Passed | 114 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
Mayor George Boswell recalls events of the previous 25 years in his home town of Browdley. As councilman and newspaper editor George has fought hard to better working and living conditions in the bleak Lancashire mill town.
Director: Edward Dmytryk | Stars: John Mills, Martha Scott, Patricia Roc, Trevor Howard
Votes: 585
22. Rheingold Theatre (1953–1957)
23 min | Drama
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. narrated, produced, and frequently starred in this anthology series, which presented everything from drama to mystery to farce.
Stars: Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Christopher Lee, Ron Randell, Barbara Mullen
Votes: 74
23. ITV Television Playhouse (1955–1967)
60 min | Drama
Richard O. Sullivan as a child genius in the play "Honour Bright".
Stars: Campbell Singer, Thomas Heathcote, Richard Caldicot, June Brown
Votes: 67
24. Interpol Calling (1959– )
30 min | Crime, Drama
Follows inspector Paul Duval as he tracks his targets and risks his life in a global race against time.
Stars: Charles Korvin, Edwin Richfield, Roland Bartrop, George Pastell
Votes: 126
25. Quartet (1948)
Approved | 120 min | Drama, Romance
Four of W. Somerset Maugham's short stories are brought to the screen with each introduced by the author. In "The Facts of Life", a young man with great potential on the tennis courts goes ... See full summary »
Directors: Ken Annakin, Arthur Crabtree, Harold French, Ralph Smart | Stars: Basil Radford, Naunton Wayne, Ian Fleming, Jack Raine
Votes: 987
26. Escape (1948)
Approved | 78 min | Thriller
A convict sentenced to three years for killing a detective escapes from a prison and goes on the run aided by a local girl.
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz | Stars: Rex Harrison, Peggy Cummins, William Hartnell, Norman Wooland
Votes: 428
27. The Young Mr. Pitt (1942)
Approved | 118 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
This biopic tells the story of the life of Pitt The Younger, who became Prime Minister of Great Britain at the age of twenty-four.
Director: Carol Reed | Stars: Robert Donat, Geoffrey Atkins, Jean Cadell, Robert Morley
Votes: 445
28. Surprise Package (1960)
Approved | 100 min | Comedy
An American gangster is exiled from the United States for criminal activity and is sent back to the Greek island where he was born. Once on the island, he is watched by a corrupt local ... See full summary »
Director: Stanley Donen | Stars: Yul Brynner, Mitzi Gaynor, Noël Coward, Eric Pohlmann
Votes: 343
29. The Next of Kin (1942)
Approved | 102 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Wartime propaganda piece giving the warning "Be like Dad, Keep Mum". A gossipy housewife is overheard talking about what her son is doing by a Nazi spy.
Director: Thorold Dickinson | Stars: Mervyn Johns, John Chandos, Nova Pilbeam, Reginald Tate
Votes: 306
30. For Them That Trespass (1949)
Approved | 95 min | Crime, Drama
Christy Drew, an aspiring young writer trying to broaden his experience, gets involved with Frankie Ketchen and her two suitors, Herb Logan and Jim Heal. One night, Jim finds Frankie has ... See full summary »
Director: Alberto Cavalcanti | Stars: Stephen Murray, Richard Todd, Patricia Plunkett, Rosalyn Boulter
Votes: 140
31. The Spell of Amy Nugent (1941)
Approved | 82 min | Drama, Horror
A young man's fiancée dies after contracting a terminal illness and, in his efforts to contact her, he gets involved with a group of spiritualists.
Director: John Harlow | Stars: Derek Farr, Vera Lindsay, Hay Petrie, Felix Aylmer
Votes: 199
32. Dinner at the Ritz (1937)
Approved | 77 min | Crime, Mystery, Romance
The daughter of a murdered financier is working as a jewelry salesperson while she tracks those among her father's colleagues who plotted against him.
Director: Harold D. Schuster | Stars: Annabella, David Niven, Paul Lukas, Romney Brent
Votes: 310
33. Landfall (1949)
86 min | Drama, War
During WW2, an RAF pilot from coastal command is accused of sinking a British submarine that he mistook for a German one.
Director: Ken Annakin | Stars: Michael Denison, Patricia Plunkett, Edith Sharpe, Margaret Barton
Votes: 241
34. Boys in Brown (1949)
Approved | 85 min | Crime, Drama
A slice of life in a British Borstal reform institution for young criminals.
Director: Montgomery Tully | Stars: Jack Warner, Richard Attenborough, Dirk Bogarde, Jimmy Hanley
Votes: 304
35. Green Grow the Rushes (1951)
77 min | Comedy, Thriller
After their vessel runs aground during a storm and is impounded by the British authorities, local smugglers must find a way of disposing of their contraband brandy cargo before it's discovered by the Customs Officers.
Director: Derek N. Twist | Stars: Roger Livesey, Honor Blackman, Richard Burton, Frederick Leister
Votes: 253
36. The Astonished Heart (1950)
Approved | 85 min | Drama, Romance
This movie begins with a scene in which Barbara (Celia Johnson) rings Leonora (Margaret Leighton) to tell her that something has happened to Chris (Noël Coward). At this point, we don't ... See full summary »
Directors: Antony Darnborough, Terence Fisher | Stars: Celia Johnson, Noël Coward, Margaret Leighton, Joyce Carey
Votes: 451
37. Dick and the Duchess (1957–1958)
30 min | Comedy
Dick Starrett is insurance investigator in London and married to the upper class Jane. Her family disapproves of his being an American or background. Dick's co-worker is Peter Jamison and he collaborates with Inspector Starke on his cases.
Stars: Patrick O'Neal, Hazel Court, Richard Wattis, Roddy Hughes
Votes: 14
38. We'll Meet Again (1943)
84 min | Musical
A young dancer trying to make it in London during World War II discovers that people like her singing voice too. Although she's at first reluctant to sing, she finally does and becomes a ... See full summary »
Director: Philip Brandon | Stars: Vera Lynn, Geraldo, Patricia Roc, Ronald Ward
Votes: 169
39. Queen of Destiny (1938)
Not Rated | 95 min | Biography, Drama
Picking up where Victoria the Great (1937) left off, this sequel to the 1937 film has Anna Neagle return to the role of Queen Victoria in another colorful account of the revered British ... See full summary »
Director: Herbert Wilcox | Stars: Anna Neagle, Anton Walbrook, C. Aubrey Smith, Walter Rilla
Votes: 114
40. Dangerous Exile (1957)
Not Rated | 88 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
During the French Revolution, a French nobleman saves the 10-year-old son of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette from the guillotine with the help of an English woman.
Director: Brian Desmond Hurst | Stars: Louis Jourdan, Belinda Lee, Keith Michell, Richard O'Sullivan
Votes: 272
41. The Fugitive (1939)
76 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller
A barber commits a petty theft, which leads to his becoming involved in blackmail and murder.
Director: Brian Desmond Hurst | Stars: Ralph Richardson, Diana Wynyard, Romney Brent, Mary Clare
Votes: 314
42. Mr. Potts Goes to Moscow (1952)
93 min | Comedy
A British sanitary engineer accidentally takes plans for a secret weapon on vacation thinking they're plumbing designs. Russians recruit him for the plans. He falls for a Russian agent, unaware the plans are for a dangerous weapon.
Director: Mario Zampi | Stars: George Cole, Oscar Homolka, Nadia Gray, Frederick Valk
Votes: 184
43. Paper Orchid (1949)
86 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A murder mystery set in the newspaper industry.
Director: Roy Ward Baker | Stars: Hugh Williams, Hy Hazell, Sidney James, Garry Marsh
Votes: 67
44. Prescription for Murder (1958)
Approved | 85 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In "Rx for Murder" and "Rx Murder" in the USA (and not "RX" in either country), American doctor Jethro Jones comes into a quiet English seaside resort to investigate the activities of its ... See full summary »
Director: Derek N. Twist | Stars: Rick Jason, Lisa Gastoni, Marius Goring, Sandu Scott
Votes: 30
45. The Outsider (1939)
90 min | Drama, Romance
A controversial osteopath sets out to cure the daughter of a famous surgeon - and falls in love with her in the process.
Director: Paul L. Stein | Stars: Mary Maguire, George Sanders, Barbara Blair, Peter Murray-Hill
Votes: 51
46. Bleak House (1959)
30 min | Drama, Crime
A suspenseful tale about the injustices of the 19th Century English legal system.
Stars: Diana Fairfax, Colin Jeavons, Andrew Cruickshank, Elizabeth Shepherd
Votes: 21
47. Dear Octopus (1943)
86 min | Comedy, Drama
Members of a well-to-do family reunite for Golden Wedding celebrations.
Director: Harold French | Stars: Margaret Lockwood, Michael Wilding, Celia Johnson, Roland Culver
Votes: 25
48. Nightbeat (1947)
91 min | Drama
After World War II is over, two Army pals take opposite paths in civilian life. One becomes a petty criminal, the other becomes a policeman.
Director: Harold Huth | Stars: Anne Crawford, Ronald Howard, Fred Groves, Hector Ross
Votes: 130
49. Left Right and Centre (1959)
95 min | Comedy, Romance
At the Earndale by-election natural history expert and TV personality Bob Wilcot for the Conservatives finds himself up against Billingsgate girl Stella Stoker for the socialists. Amateur ... See full summary »
Director: Sidney Gilliat | Stars: Patricia Bredin, Eric Barker, Jack Hedley, Leslie Dwyer
Votes: 383
50. Lonely Road (1936)
61 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Commander Stevenson, suffering from unrequited love, drives to the coast while drunk and interrupts some smugglers.
Director: James Flood | Stars: Clive Brook, Victoria Hopper, Nora Swinburne, Malcolm Keen
Votes: 77