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1. Inspector Morse (1987–2000)

TV-14 | 3,431 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Chief Inspector Morse has an ear for Western classical music, a taste for beer, and a nose for crime. He and Detective Sergeant Robert Lewis solve intriguing cases in and around the Oxford area.

Stars: John Thaw, Kevin Whately, James Grout, Peter Woodthorpe

Votes: 14,425

2. Top Secret! (1984)

PG | 90 min | Comedy, Crime, Music

An American rock and roll singer is invited to a cultural festival in East Germany in order to distract from a plot to destroy NATO submarines, but he accidentally becomes involved in a resistance plot to rescue an imprisoned scientist.

Directors: Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker | Stars: Val Kilmer, Omar Sharif, Jeremy Kemp, Warren Clarke

Votes: 73,275 | Gross: $20.50M

3. Angel Has Fallen (2019)

R | 121 min | Action, Thriller

Mike Banning is framed for the attempted assassination of the President and must evade his own agency and the FBI as he tries to uncover the real threat.

Director: Ric Roman Waugh | Stars: Gerard Butler, Frederick Schmidt, Danny Huston, Rocci Boy Williams

Votes: 111,040 | Gross: $69.03M

4. A Bridge Too Far (1977)

PG | 175 min | Drama, History, War

Operation Market Garden, September 1944: The Allies attempt to capture several strategically important bridges in the Netherlands in the hope of breaking the German lines.

Director: Richard Attenborough | Stars: Sean Connery, Ryan O'Neal, Michael Caine, Laurence Olivier

Votes: 61,723 | Gross: $50.80M

5. Fiddler on the Roof (1971)

G | 181 min | Drama, Family, Musical

In pre-revolutionary Russia, a Jewish peasant with traditional values contends with marrying off three of his daughters with modern romantic ideals while growing anti-Semitic sentiment threatens his village.

Director: Norman Jewison | Stars: Topol, Norma Crane, Leonard Frey, Molly Picon

Votes: 47,985 | Gross: $80.50M

6. Superman II (1980)

PG | 127 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Superman agrees to sacrifice his powers to start a relationship with Lois Lane, unaware that three Kryptonian criminals he inadvertently released are conquering Earth.

Director: Richard Lester | Stars: Gene Hackman, Christopher Reeve, Margot Kidder, Ned Beatty

Votes: 114,827 | Gross: $108.19M

7. Woman in Gold (2015)

PG-13 | 109 min | Biography, Drama, History

Maria Altmann, an octogenarian Jewish refugee, takes on the Austrian government to recover artwork she believes rightfully belongs to her family.

Director: Simon Curtis | Stars: Helen Mirren, Ryan Reynolds, Daniel Brühl, Katie Holmes

Votes: 63,309 | Gross: $33.31M

8. The Legend of 1900 (1998)

R | 169 min | Drama, Music, Romance

A baby boy discovered on an ocean liner in 1900 grows into a musical prodigy, never setting foot on land.

Director: Giuseppe Tornatore | Stars: Tim Roth, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Mélanie Thierry, Bill Nunn

Votes: 69,253 | Gross: $0.26M

9. Alan Wake II (2023 Video Game)

M | Action, Crime, Horror

13 years after bestselling writer Alan Wake went missing, a string of ritualistic murders occur in the town of Bright Falls, Washington. Saga Anderson, an FBI agent, is sent to Bright Falls to investigate the murders.

Directors: Sam Lake, Kyle Rowley | Stars: Ilkka Villi, Matthew Porretta, Melanie Liburd, Sam Lake

Votes: 3,075

10. 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: 31,195 | Gross: $13.73M

11. Jeeves and Wooster (1990–1993)

TV-PG | 55 min | Comedy

Bertram Wooster, a well-intentioned, wealthy layabout, has a habit of getting himself into trouble and it's up to his brilliant valet, Jeeves, to get him out.

Stars: Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, Richard Dixon, Robert Daws

Votes: 13,166

12. Ragtime (1981)

PG | 155 min | Drama

A young black pianist becomes embroiled in the lives of an upper-class white family set among the racial tensions, infidelity, violence and other nostalgic events in early 1900s New York City.

Director: Milos Forman | Stars: James Cagney, Elizabeth McGovern, Howard E. Rollins Jr., Brad Dourif

Votes: 10,577 | Gross: $21.02M

13. Reds (1981)

PG | 195 min | Biography, Drama, History

A radical American journalist becomes involved with the Communist revolution in Russia, and hopes to bring its spirit and idealism to the United States.

Director: Warren Beatty | Stars: Warren Beatty, Diane Keaton, Edward Herrmann, Jerzy Kosinski

Votes: 24,756 | Gross: $40.38M

14. Play for Today (1970–1984)

75 min | Comedy, Drama

A British television anthology drama series that aired on BBC1 between 1970 and 1984.

Stars: Alison Steadman, Nigel Hawthorne, Tony Caunter, David Daker

Votes: 399

15. Cold Comfort Farm (1995 TV Movie)

PG | 105 min | Comedy, Romance

A recently orphaned young woman goes to live with eccentric relatives in Sussex, where she sets about improving their gloomy lives.

Director: John Schlesinger | Stars: Eileen Atkins, Kate Beckinsale, Sheila Burrell, Stephen Fry

Votes: 7,553 | Gross: $5.60M

16. De-Lovely (2004)

PG-13 | 125 min | Biography, Drama, Music

Inspecting a magical biographical stage musical, composer Cole Porter reviews his life and career with his wife, Linda.

Director: Irwin Winkler | Stars: Kevin Kline, Ashley Judd, Jonathan Pryce, Kevin McNally

Votes: 11,855 | Gross: $13.34M

17. Archangel (2005 TV Movie)

R | 133 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A British college professor, working in Russia, investigates certain mysteries surrounding the life and death of Joseph Stalin.

Director: Jon Jones | Stars: Daniel Craig, Yekaterina Rednikova, Gabriel Macht, Lev Prygunov

Votes: 6,177

18. Revolution (1985)

PG | 126 min | Adventure, Drama, History

A trapper and his young son get pulled into the American revolution early as unwilling participants and remain involved through to the end.

Director: Hugh Hudson | Stars: Al Pacino, Donald Sutherland, Nastassja Kinski, Joan Plowright

Votes: 7,567 | Gross: $0.36M

19. 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: 140

20. The Incubus (1981)

R | 93 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A small town's doctor takes matters into his own hands after a series of gruesome and bizarre rape crimes perplex the clueless authorities.

Director: John Hough | Stars: John Cassavetes, John Ireland, Kerrie Keane, Helen Hughes

Votes: 2,975

21. Boon (1986–1992)

TV-PG | 60 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Ken Boon and Harry Crawford are two middle-aged ex-firemen. Harry retires and opens a hotel (The Grand Hotel), with Ken as a temporary odd-job man.

Stars: Michael Elphick, David Daker, Neil Morrissey, Elizabeth Carling

Votes: 1,011

22. Demon City Shinjuku (1988 Video)

TV-MA | 82 min | Animation, Action, Fantasy

A young swordsman and the daughter of a political Messiah enter a ravaged Shinjuku, Tokyo, to stop the man who killed the former's father from opening a portal to a world of demons.

Director: Yoshiaki Kawajiri | Stars: Hideyuki Hori, Hiromi Tsuru, Kiyoshi Kobayashi, Kyôko Tongû

Votes: 3,698

23. American Playhouse (1980–1994)

61 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Anthology series which ran on PBS throughout the 1980s.

Stars: Jeffrey DeMunn, Elizabeth Franz, Edward Herrmann, Sada Thompson

Votes: 419

24. Yanks (1979)

R | 138 min | Drama, War

Joining WWII, USA ships soldiers to UK. Matt and John arrive in 1942. Each see a local woman - married or to be engaged with soldiers serving faraway.

Director: John Schlesinger | Stars: Richard Gere, Lisa Eichhorn, Vanessa Redgrave, William Devane

Votes: 3,727 | Gross: $3.93M

25. Street Legal (1987–1994)

50 min | Drama

The professional and private lives of a group of young, aggressive attorneys in partnership together in Toronto.

Stars: C. David Johnson, Eric Peterson, Cynthia Dale, Julie Khaner

Votes: 263

26. Violence Jack (1986–1990)

Unrated | 155 min | Animation, Action, Drama

In a hell-torn Japan, where motorcycle gangs and violence overrun the country; one man named Violence Jack stands up to it all. He fights violence with violence.

Stars: Issei Futamata, Bob Sessions, William Roberts, Kiyoshi Kobayashi

Votes: 549

27. Harry Enfield and Chums (1994–1999)

40 min | Comedy

The BBC sketch show that while continuing to show the misadventures of a series of popular characters now introduces a slew of new oddballs and misfits, including Tory Boy and The Lovely Wobbly Randy Old Ladies.

Stars: Harry Enfield, Kathy Burke, Paul Whitehouse, Louisa Rix

Votes: 3,458

28. Water (1985)

PG-13 | 115 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

A British diplomat to a West Indian island nation finds his idyllic existence thrown into chaos when a large American drilling company finds a huge source of natural mineral water there.

Director: Dick Clement | Stars: Michael Caine, Valerie Perrine, Brenda Vaccaro, Leonard Rossiter

Votes: 2,667 | Gross: $1.26M

29. Shooting Fish (1997)

PG | 103 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance

Two con artists' plan to steal enough for a house are twisted when a pretty girl enters the picture.

Director: Stefan Schwartz | Stars: Dan Futterman, Stuart Townsend, Kate Beckinsale, Rowena Cooper

Votes: 7,857 | Gross: $0.30M

30. The Sender (1982)

R | 91 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi

A disturbed telepathic man is unable to fully control his ability to transmit his dreams and visions into the minds of the people around him, or even influence reality. A female therapist tries to help him, but his mother gets in the way.

Director: Roger Christian | Stars: Kathryn Harrold, Zeljko Ivanek, Shirley Knight, Paul Freeman

Votes: 2,219 | Gross: $1.05M

31. It's All About Love (2003)

R | 106 min | Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi

Two lovers attempt to save their relationship in a near-future world on the brink of cosmic collapse.

Director: Thomas Vinterberg | Stars: Joaquin Phoenix, Claire Danes, Sean Penn, Douglas Henshall

Votes: 9,885 | Gross: $0.01M

32. Unit - the New Series (2015 Podcast Series)

Sci-Fi

Following Kate Stewart, Osgood and the UNIT team as they defend planet Earth from alien threats.

Stars: Ingrid Oliver, Jemma Redgrave, James Joyce, Ramon Tikaram

33. Alien III (2019 Podcast Series)

136 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

On board the Sulaco, are the cryogenically frozen skeleton crew of that film's survivors: Ripley, Hicks, Newt and Bishop. We travel aboard and hear an alarm blare. Our heroes are no longer alone.

Stars: Tom Alexander, Barbara Barnes, Michael Biehn, Cliff Chapman

Votes: 95

34. Birth of the Beatles (1979)

104 min | Biography, Drama, Music

An account of The Beatles during the Hamburg years, their signing with Brian Epstein and their inevitable rise during the early sixties.

Director: Richard Marquand | Stars: Stephen MacKenna, Rod Culbertson, John Altman, Ray Ashcroft

Votes: 705

35. Mo (2010 TV Movie)

TV-MA | 101 min | Biography, Drama

A revealing biopic about politician Dr. Marjorie "Mo" Mowlam (Dame Julie Walters).

Director: Philip Martin | Stars: Julie Walters, Emma Cambridge, David Haig, Lucy Boynton

Votes: 387

36. E.N.G. (1989–1994)

60 min | Drama

The show was based in Toronto, they are a news station that go out filming news worthy stories all the while a romance brewing with the news show director & camera man, Jake.

Stars: Sara Botsford, Mark Humphrey, Art Hindle, Jonathan Welsh

Votes: 206

37. Nasty Habits (1977)

PG | 96 min | Comedy

In a Philadelphia convent, two nuns battle it out to be elected to the position of head abbess, and neither is about to let anything stand in the way of getting what she wants.

Director: Michael Lindsay-Hogg | Stars: Glenda Jackson, Melina Mercouri, Geraldine Page, Sandy Dennis

Votes: 408

38. Cold Lazarus (1996)

300 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Writer Daniel Feeld, first seen in Dennis Potter's "Karaoke," returns three centuries later as a disembodied head.

Stars: Albert Finney, Ciarán Hinds, Frances de la Tour, Grant Masters

Votes: 772

39. Back in the U.S.S.R. (1992)

R | 87 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

During Gorbatchov's perestroika, Archer Sloan, a Chicago student, visits Moscow while the Soviet Union is changing from Communist to Wild West capitalist society. Purely by bad luck, he ... See full summary »

Director: Deran Sarafian | Stars: Frank Whaley, Natalya Negoda, Roman Polanski, Andrew Divoff

Votes: 490 | Gross: $0.50M

40. Murrow (1986 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 114 min | Biography, Drama

Follow legendary news reporter/commentator from his radio broadcasts from the rooftops of London during the Blitz to his TV documentary series "See It Now" and his confrontations with the ... See full summary »

Director: Jack Gold | Stars: Daniel J. Travanti, Stephen Churchett, David Suchet, Robert Vaughn

Votes: 143

41. Don't Leave Me This Way (1993 TV Movie)

Mystery

British academics Loretta and Bridget run into Sandra, an old school friend at a book launch. Although Sandra appears to be gay and carefree, Loretta notices an undercurrent of tension ... See full summary »

Director: Stuart Orme | Stars: Janet McTeer, Imelda Staunton, John Fortune, Ian McNeice

Votes: 147

42. Hostages (1992 TV Movie)

R | 96 min | Drama

This is the story of Peggy Say and her battle to free the hostages in Beirut. Witness the cruel abduction of innocent citizens thrown into the dark, insect infested cells and abandoned by their homelands.

Director: David Wheatley | Stars: Kathy Bates, Colin Firth, Ciarán Hinds, Natasha Richardson

Votes: 295

43. Executive Stress (1986–1988)

30 min | Comedy

Caroline Fairchild returns to work as an Editorial Director for Oasis Publishing after spending the last 25 years raising her five children. Her husband, Donald Fairchild works for ... See full summary »

Stars: Penelope Keith, Harry Ditson, Elizabeth Counsell, Mark Caven

Votes: 160

44. 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: 120

45. The Supergal (1986 Video)

48 min | Animation, Comedy

Maris is freelance bounty hunter/soldier whose sole aim in life is to become rich enough to never have to work again. This goal, unfortunately, proves elusive. Maris is from a world of ... See full summary »

Directors: Kazuyoshi Katayama, Motosuke Takahashi | Stars: Mami Koyama, Sharon Holm, Sumi Shimamoto, Stacey Gregg

Votes: 152

46. Saturday Live (1985–1988)

Comedy

Saturday Live brought the late 1980s UK alternative comedy circuit to Channel 4. Some of comedy's most iconic characters made their debut such as Ben Elton, Harry Enfield, Rik Mayall, Adrian Edmondson, Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie.

Stars: Ben Elton, Harry Enfield, Hugh Laurie, Stephen Fry

Votes: 119

47. Ultimate Teacher (1988 Video)

Unrated | 60 min | Animation, Comedy

A powerful school girl battles an odious teacher who plans to reform the worst school in the district.

Director: Toyoo Ashida | Stars: Naoto Takenaka, Marc Smith, Scott McNeil, Hiroko Kasahara

Votes: 224

48. Improper Channels (1981)

PG | 92 min | Comedy, Drama

A couple fights for justice to get their injured daughter out of a foster care center.

Director: Eric Till | Stars: Alan Arkin, Mariette Hartley, Monica Parker, Harry Ditson

Votes: 182

49. Dickens (2002)

164 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

A docudrama biopic of the 19th-century author Charles Dickens

Stars: Peter Ackroyd, Miriam Margolyes, Kenneth Cranham, Geoffrey Palmer

Votes: 80

50. Perfectly Normal (1990)

R | 107 min | Comedy, Musical

A shy young man with a passion for opera has his world turned upside down by a con artist who really does have a heart of gold.

Director: Yves Simoneau | Stars: Robbie Coltrane, Michael Riley, Deborah Duchene, Eugene Lipinski

Votes: 320