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1. Last of the Summer Wine (1973–2010)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy
Three old men from Yorkshire who have never grown up face the trials of their fellow town citizens and everyday life and stay young by reminiscing about the days of their youth and attempting feats not common to the elderly.
Stars: Peter Sallis, Jane Freeman, Kathy Staff, Robert Fyfe
Votes: 3,669
2. Dixon of Dock Green (1955–1976)
Crime, Drama
Constable George Dixon and his colleagues at the Dock Green police station in the East End of London deal with petty crime, successfully controlling it through common sense and human understanding.
Stars: Jack Warner, Peter Byrne, Geoffrey Adams, Arthur Rigby
Votes: 320
3. The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (1947)
Approved | 108 min | Drama
A young, compassionate man struggles to save his family and friends from the abusive exploitation of his cold-hearted, grasping uncle.
Director: Alberto Cavalcanti | Stars: Derek Bond, Cedric Hardwicke, Mary Merrall, Sally Ann Howes
Votes: 996
4. My Brother Jonathan (1948)
Approved | 108 min | Drama, Romance, War
Doctor Jonathan Dakers in flashback tells his son Tony - a World War II veteran - about his life, dating from the 1900s. Whilst a medical student, he meets and falls for Edie. Before they ... See full summary »
Director: Harold French | Stars: Michael Denison, Dulcie Gray, Ronald Howard, Stephen Murray
Votes: 196
5. This Is Your Life (1955–2003)
30 min | Documentary, Biography
The UK version of the popular US show. Eamonn Andrews (later Michael Aspel) surprises celebrities by presenting them with the Big Red Book before taking them into the studio to tell viewers... See full summary »
Stars: Eamonn Andrews, Michael Aspel, Elizabeth Dawn, June Whitfield
Votes: 325
6. Jack Frost (1997 Video)
R | 89 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
After an accident that left murderer Jack Frost dead in genetic material the vengeful killer returns as a murderous snowman to exact his revenge on the man who sent him to be executed
Director: Michael Cooney | Stars: Scott MacDonald, Christopher Allport, Stephen Mendel, F. William Parker
Votes: 10,799
7. 10 Rules for Sleeping Around (2013)
R | 94 min | Comedy, Romance
A screwball sex comedy following two couples and their 10 rules to a happy, healthy, open relationship.
Director: Leslie Greif | Stars: Tammin Sursok, Christopher Rodriguez Marquette, Virginia Williams, Jesse Bradford
Votes: 3,033
8. Run for Your Wife (2012)
94 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
John leads a double life, married to Michelle and Stephanie in separate parts of London. His taxi job aids concealment. Police in both areas discover suspicious documents, risking exposure of his bigamous arrangement.
Directors: Ray Cooney, John Luton | Stars: Danny Dyer, Denise Van Outen, Sarah Harding, Neil Morrissey
Votes: 881
9. Whose Life Is It Anyway? (1981)
R | 119 min | Comedy, Drama
Ken Harrison is an artist who makes sculptures. One day he is involved in a car accident, and is paralyzed from his neck down. All he can do is talk, and he wants to die. In hospital he ... See full summary »
Director: John Badham | Stars: Richard Dreyfuss, John Cassavetes, Christine Lahti, Bob Balaban
Votes: 3,555 | Gross: $8.21M
10. Funny Money (2006)
R | 98 min | Comedy
When Henry Perkins accidentally trades his briefcase with a man, he finds five million dollars inside. However, the cash draws in Mr. Big, who wants to reclaim his money.
Director: Leslie Greif | Stars: Chevy Chase, Penelope Ann Miller, Armand Assante, Christopher McDonald
Votes: 3,257 | Gross: $0.00M
11. BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950–1959)
Drama
Series of television plays performed live.
Stars: Richard Caldicot, George Woodbridge, Robert Brown, Michael Brennan
Votes: 180
12. Wogan (1982–1992)
35 min | Talk-Show
Terry Wogan hosts his own long-running chat show, where he interviews a variety of guests, from public life to celebrities. Also featured are regular musical guests performing their latest songs.
Stars: Terry Wogan, Sue Lawley, Joanna Lumley, Gloria Hunniford
Votes: 314
13. Not Now Darling (1973)
R | 97 min | Comedy
A mad cap British farce about mistresses and minks in the London fur salon of Bodley, Bodley, and Crouch. Gilbert Bodley plans to sell an expensive mink to a mobster dirt cheap for his wife... See full summary »
Directors: Ray Cooney, David Croft | Stars: Geraldine Gardner, Leslie Phillips, Julie Ege, Joan Sims
Votes: 256
14. Jack Frost 2: Revenge of the Mutant Killer Snowman (2000 Video)
R | 93 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
The mutant killer snowman Jack Frost returns to kill more people during Christmas.
Director: Michael Cooney | Stars: Christopher Allport, Eileen Seeley, Chip Heller, Marsha Clark
Votes: 3,682
15. Au théâtre ce soir (1966–1990)
Comedy
Stars: Edward Sanderson, Bernard Durand, Robert Manuel, Jacques Ardouin
Votes: 72
16. Hue and Cry (1947)
82 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
A gang of street boys foil a master crook who sends commands for robberies by cunningly altering a comic strip's wording each week, unknown to writer and printer. The first of the Ealing comedies.
Director: Charles Crichton | Stars: Alastair Sim, Frederick Piper, Harry Fowler, Vida Hope
Votes: 1,804
17. Not Now, Comrade (1976)
Not Rated | 89 min | Comedy
Russian ballet dancer decides to defect to Britain. After he leads the authorities a merry dance, he changes his mind.
Directors: Ray Cooney, Harold Snoad | Stars: Lewis Fiander, Richard Marner, Michael Sharvell-Martin, Carol Hawkins
Votes: 216
18. To theatro tis Defteras (1970–2004)
Comedy, Drama
Writer is being blackmailed and decides on murder, only it isn't as easy as he thinks.
Stars: Spyros Konstadopoulos, Nikitas Tsakiroglou, Trifon Karatzas, Iakovos Psarras
Votes: 68
19. No Place Like Homicide! (1961)
87 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery
Ernie's uncle has just died, but to claim his inheritance he must spend the night in the ancestral home with the rest of his relatives. Before long, the guests begin to drop dead.
Director: Pat Jackson | Stars: Sidney James, Kenneth Connor, Shirley Eaton, Dennis Price
Votes: 1,015
20. A miniszter félrelép (1997)
105 min | Comedy
A Minister and the Secretary of the Opposition party go to a 5 star hotel to conduct a secret affair. Their plans are ruined when they discover a corpse lodged in the window of their room.
Directors: András Kern, Róbert Koltai | Stars: András Kern, Róbert Koltai, Sándor Gáspár, Judit Hernádi
Votes: 2,735
21. 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
22. The Outsider (1948)
97 min | Drama
Jack Read, a working-class boy, wins a scholarship to a public school as part of a post-World War II experiment in bringing boys of different social classes together. He meets much snobbery... See full summary »
Director: Roy Boulting | Stars: Richard Attenborough, Sheila Sim, Bernard Miles, Cecil Trouncer
Votes: 448
23. Dial 999 (1958–1959)
30 min | Crime
Robert Beatty stars as Detective Inspector Mike Maguire, a Royal Canadian Mounted Policeman posted to New Scotland Yard, in this popular 1950s series depicting London's fight against crime.
Stars: Robert Beatty, John Howlett, Richard Bebb, Hugh Moxey
Votes: 109
24. Christopher Columbus (1949)
Not Rated | 99 min | Action, Adventure, Biography
Christopher Columbus overcomes intrigue at the Spanish court and convinces Queen Isabella that his plan to reach the East by sailing west is practical.
Director: David MacDonald | Stars: Fredric March, Florence Eldridge, Francis L. Sullivan, Kathleen Ryan
Votes: 614
25. Kölcsönlakás (2019)
95 min | Comedy, Romance
In this comedy of sexy errors no one wants what he/she should want, no one does what he/she should want: everybody lies, cheats, blunders and fakes something. Love is just the beginning. ... See full summary »
Directors: Kata Dobó, Buda Gulyás | Stars: Eszter Balla, Máté Haumann, Dorina Martinovics, Viktor Klem
Votes: 1,125
26. Mayday (I) (2020)
114 min | Comedy, Romance
Janek, who has two wives, skillfully maneuvers between them. The risk that one of his loved ones will learn about a double relationship increases dramatically and every lie will have colossal effects.
Director: Sam Akina | Stars: Piotr Adamczyk, Diana Baczkowska, Alicja Baran, Mariusz Bindula
Votes: 559
27. The Hand (1960)
Not Rated | 61 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A Police Inspector follows the trail and circumstances of the murder of a one-handed man back to a prisoner-of-war camp in Burma in 1946.
Director: Henry Cass | Stars: Derek Bond, Reed De Rouen, Bryan Coleman, Walter Randall
Votes: 325
28. Natale a 5 stelle (2018)
TV-14 | 92 min | Comedy
When the Italian Premier and his companion find a dead body in his hotel suite, while on a trip to Hungary, they find themselves embroiled in a series of comedic situations as they try to avoid a scandal.
Director: Marco Risi | Stars: Massimo Ghini, Ricky Memphis, Martina Stella, Paola Minaccioni
Votes: 885
29. Out of Order (1992)
110 min | Comedy
A minister plans a secret rendez vous with a woman from the far right opposition, when a dead body turns up in his hotel room.
Director: Knut Bohwim | Stars: Rolv Wesenlund, Nils Vogt, Kari Simonsen, Solfrid Heier
Votes: 240
30. Not Waving (2018)
Short, Drama
A typically British Summer's day in a post-Brexit Britain seaside town; a woman heads to the beach. She feels alone but is she really? Is she drowning when all she needs to do is wave to be seen?
Director: Kate Sawyer | Stars: Susie Amy, Raphael Bar, Arthur Bostrom, Jules Brown
31. Sé infiel y no mires con quién (1985)
94 min | Comedy, Romance
Pablo and Fernando, owners of a children's book publishing company about to go bankrupt, have managed through unorthodox means to contract the country's best-selling author, Adela Mora. The... See full summary »
Director: Fernando Trueba | Stars: Ana Belén, Carmen Maura, Antonio Resines, Santiago Ramos
Votes: 433
32. Make Mine a Double (1959)
Approved | 86 min | Comedy, Thriller, War
A WWII British secret agent has a desperate mission in occupied France. An airman who is his double is enlisted in the scheme with the intention of confusing the enemy, but everyone gets confused.
Director: Darcy Conyers | Stars: Brian Rix, Cecil Parker, William Hartnell, Leslie Phillips
Votes: 177
33. There Goes the Bride (1980)
PG | 88 min | Comedy
A nervous ad executive (Tom Smothers) creates havoc on his daughter's wedding day and becomes obsessed with a dream girl (Twiggy) he keeps seeing everywhere but whom he can't catch.
Director: Terry Marcel | Stars: Tom Smothers, Twiggy, Martin Balsam, Sylvia Syms
Votes: 153
34. Pappie, hier ben ik (1993 TV Movie)
102 min | Comedy
A doctor in a hospital is unaware he has a son. But that's going to change very soon.
Directors: Nico Knapper, Robin Pera, Erik Van Reijendam, Luc van Reijendam | Stars: Piet Bambergen, Rudi Falkenhagen, Bruni Heinke, Jaap Stobbe
Votes: 23
35. Theatre Night (1957–1961)
45 min | Drama
A BBC television series of forty-five-minute excerpts from stage plays running in London.
Stars: Cicely Courtneidge, Evelyn Laye, Dora Bryan, Hugh Williams
Votes: 70
36. Kuta och kör (1992 TV Movie)
107 min | Comedy
Comedy about a cab driver who is a bigamist.
Stars: Björn Gustafson, Mona Seilitz, Ulf Brunnberg, Suzanne Ernrup
Votes: 25
37. Heroes of Comedy (1995–2003)
60 min | Documentary, Comedy
An affectionate look at the life and work of some of Britain's best-loved comedians.
Stars: Eric Sykes, Spike Milligan, Bob Monkhouse, Barry Cryer
Votes: 45
38. Bonehead (1957–1962)
30 min | Comedy, Family
In each weekly episode the boss masterminds a new criminal escapade, but the inept trio (comprising the obese Boss, the stupid Bonehead, and the melancholy Happy) fail in their attempts.
Stars: Colin Douglas, Paul Whitsun-Jones, Douglas Blackwell, Hope Jackman
Votes: 11
39. Brian Rix Presents ... (1960–1971)
Comedy, Drama
Stars: Brian Rix, Leo Franklyn, Sheila Mercier, Derek Royle
40. See How They Run (1984 TV Movie)
90 min | Comedy
Directors: Les Chatfield, Ray Cooney | Stars: Michael Denison, Liza Goddard, Maureen Lipman, Derek Nimmo
Votes: 12
41. Daddy Cool (2015 TV Movie)
Comedy
Director: Markos Seferlis | Stars: Markos Seferlis, Jenny Zaharopoulou, Giannis Kapetanios, Elena Tsavalia
Votes: 32
42. Se devi dire una bugia dilla grossa (1986 TV Movie)
Comedy
Palace Hotel, Rome. The couple De Mitri is in conjugal crisis. The wife wants her husband to stay with her, but he refuses to say that he is engaged in the Interior Ministry.
Directors: Eros Macchi, Pietro Garinei | Stars: Johnny Dorelli, Paola Quattrini, Gloria Guida, Riccardo Garrone
Votes: 15
43. The Night We Got the Bird (1961)
83 min | Comedy
Cecil's family is unaware that he and his cabinet-maker employee are making and selling false antique furniture. It is only when he dies and his salesman Bernie marries his widow Julie that... See full summary »
Director: Darcy Conyers | Stars: Brian Rix, Dora Bryan, Ronald Shiner, Leo Franklyn
Votes: 113
44. My Sister and I (1948)
97 min | Drama
An actor and a lawyer both fall for the new young lady who is designing the sets at a provincial theater.Then the elderly proprietress is found dead.
Director: Harold Huth | Stars: Sally Ann Howes, Dermot Walsh, Martita Hunt, Barbara Mullen
Votes: 14
45. Bam-Bam! (2018 TV Movie)
Comedy
Director: Giorgos Valaris | Stars: Sotiris Kalivatsis, Sofia Pavlidou, Vassilis Koukouras, Hristina Pappa
46. The John Thaw Story (2002 TV Movie)
90 min | Documentary, Biography
Tribute to the much-missed actor John Thaw, featuring reminiscences from his family, friends and colleagues about both his private life and his public work.
Director: Jack Gold | Stars: Sally Alexander, Richard Attenborough, Richard Bates, Richard Briers
Votes: 55
47. For the Children (1946–1952)
20 min
Programme for children of school age.
Stars: Cameron Miller, Kenneth More, Robert Dickens, Patrick Troughton
48. Hotelliggaren (2005 TV Movie)
126 min | Comedy
Ragnar has a fully booked afternoon at the Ministry, but instead intend to engage in sexual intercourse with a secretary while his wife is at the Royal Dramatic Theatre. George will make it all work, it's not his fault that things go wrong
Director: Bo Hermansson | Stars: Robert Gustafsson, Peter Haber, Suzanne Reuter, Johan Rheborg
Votes: 152
49. Call My Bluff (1996–2011)
Game-Show
Stars: Alan Coren, Sandi Toksvig, Bob Holness, Fiona Bruce
Votes: 40
50. Ojdå - En till...!? (1993 TV Movie)
118 min | Comedy
Ailing millionaire Jonathan Hardcastle wants to give £10,000 to the only son of his late best friend. Unfortunately it turns out his friend had four identical sons.
Director: Chris Johnston | Stars: Björn Gustafson, Ulf Brunnberg, Stig Grybe, Kent Andersson
Votes: 23