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1. Game of Thrones (2011–2019)
TV-MA | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Nine noble families fight for control over the lands of Westeros, while an ancient enemy returns after being dormant for millennia.
Stars: Emilia Clarke, Peter Dinklage, Kit Harington, Lena Headey
Votes: 2,287,830
2. Black Mirror (2011– )
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Featuring stand-alone dramas -- sharp, suspenseful, satirical tales that explore techno-paranoia -- "Black Mirror" is a contemporary reworking of "The Twilight Zone" with stories that tap into the collective unease about the modern world.
Stars: Wunmi Mosaku, Monica Dolan, Daniel Lapaine, Hannah John-Kamen
Votes: 640,946
3. Kingdom of Heaven (2005)
R | 144 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Balian of Ibelin travels to Jerusalem during the Crusades of the 12th century, and there he finds himself as the defender of the city and its people.
Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Orlando Bloom, Eva Green, Liam Neeson, Martin Hancock
Votes: 315,741 | Gross: $47.40M
4. Chernobyl (2019)
TV-MA | 41 min | Drama, History, Thriller
In April 1986, the city of Chernobyl in the Soviet Union suffers one of the worst nuclear disasters in the history of mankind. Consequently, many heroes put their lives on the line in the following days, weeks and months.
Stars: Jessie Buckley, Jared Harris, Stellan Skarsgård, Adam Nagaitis
Votes: 867,144
5. Vera (2011–2025)
TV-PG | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
With her caustic wit and singular charm, DCI Vera Stanhope leads her team as they face a series of captivating murder mysteries set against the breathtaking Northumberland landscape.
Stars: Brenda Blethyn, Jon Morrison, Riley Jones, Kenny Doughty
Votes: 20,147
6. Silent Witness (1996– )
TV-14 | 120 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A team of exceptional forensic pathologists and scientists investigate heinous crimes and use their skills to catch the people responsible.
Stars: Emilia Fox, David Caves, William Gaminara, Tom Ward
Votes: 12,750
7. Bodies (2023)
TV-MA | 57 min | Crime, Drama, History
Four detectives, living in different eras -1890, 1941, 2023 and 2053 - find the body of the same murder victim in Whitechapel. They soon come to realize their investigations have them central to a conspiracy spanning over 150 years.
Stars: Amaka Okafor, Kyle Soller, Shira Haas, Jacob Fortune-Lloyd
Votes: 54,071
8. Luther (2010–2019)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
John Luther is a brilliant homicide detective with a knack for getting inside the minds of murderers. Unfortunately, his unconventional methods and personal demons put him at odds with his team.
Stars: Idris Elba, Dermot Crowley, Michael Smiley, Warren Brown
Votes: 154,475
9. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
PG-13 | 133 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
In a time of conflict, a group of unlikely heroes band together on a mission to steal the plans to the Death Star, the Empire's ultimate weapon of destruction.
Director: Gareth Edwards | Stars: Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Alan Tudyk, Donnie Yen
Votes: 687,260 | Gross: $532.18M
10. Taboo (2017)
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Adventurer James Keziah Delaney returns to London during the War of 1812 to rebuild his late father's shipping empire. However, both the government and his biggest competitor want his inheritance at any cost--even murder.
Stars: Tom Hardy, David Hayman, Jonathan Pryce, Oona Chaplin
Votes: 149,179
11. Rogue Heroes (2022–2024)
TV-MA | 52 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
SAS: Rogue Heroes charts the creation of the famed Special Forces unit. Based on the book by Ben Macintyre.
Stars: Connor Swindells, Jack O'Connell, Alfie Allen, Jacob Ifan
Votes: 21,399
12. Bodyguard (2018)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Troubled war veteran turned Police Officer David Budd is assigned to the Metropolitan Police's Specialist Protection Branch.
Stars: Richard Madden, Sophie Rundle, Vincent Franklin, Ash Tandon
Votes: 148,136
13. Grantchester (2014–2025)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A Cambridgeshire clergyman finds himself investigating a series of mysterious wrongdoings in his small village of Grantchester.
Stars: Robson Green, Tessa Peake-Jones, Al Weaver, Kacey Ainsworth
Votes: 17,214
14. New Tricks (2003–2015)
TV-14 | 60 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Three retired police officers are drafted in to solve cold cases, with a touch of comedy and drama
Stars: Dennis Waterman, Amanda Redman, Alun Armstrong, James Bolam
Votes: 8,792
15. Foyle's War (2002–2015)
TV-14 | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
As WWII rages, DCS Foyle fights his own war on the home-front; investigating crime on the south coast of England. Later series, see the retired detective working as an MI5 agent in the aftermath of the war.
Stars: Michael Kitchen, Honeysuckle Weeks, Anthony Howell, Ellie Haddington
Votes: 18,305
16. EastEnders (1985– )
TV-PG | 30 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
The everyday lives of working-class inhabitants of Albert Square, a traditional Victorian square of terrace houses surrounding a park in the East End of London's Walford borough. The square includes the Queen Vic pub and a street market.
Stars: Adam Woodyatt, Steve McFadden, Letitia Dean, June Brown
Votes: 9,236
17. Anna Karenina (I) (2012)
R | 129 min | Drama, Romance
In late-19th-century Russian high society, St. Petersburg aristocrat Anna Karenina enters into a life-changing affair with the dashing Count Alexei Vronsky.
Director: Joe Wright | Stars: Keira Knightley, Jude Law, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Matthew Macfadyen
Votes: 106,610 | Gross: $12.82M
18. Gulliver's Travels (2010)
PG | 85 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
Travel writer Lemuel Gulliver takes an assignment in Bermuda but ends up on the island of Lilliput, where he towers over its tiny citizens.
Director: Rob Letterman | Stars: Jack Black, Emily Blunt, Jason Segel, Amanda Peet
Votes: 73,662 | Gross: $42.78M
19. London Fields (2018)
R | 118 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Clairvoyant femme fatale Nicola Six has been living with a dark premonition of her impending death by murder. She begins a tangled love affair with three uniquely different men: one of whom she knows will be her murderer.
Director: Mathew Cullen | Stars: Theo James, Amber Heard, Cara Delevingne, Gemma Chan
Votes: 12,234 | Gross: $0.25M
20. Karen Pirie (2022– )
TV-14 | 120 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
After the promotion to Police Scotland's Historic Cases Unit, Karen Pirie reopens the cold case of a murdered barmaid. Her investigation unearths flaws in the original 1995 inquiry.
Stars: Lauren Lyle, Barrie Hunter, Ariyon Bakare, Chris Jenks
Votes: 9,464
21. The Sixth Commandment (2023)
TV-MA | 58 min | Crime, Drama, History
Follows the deaths of Peter Farquhar and Ann Moore-Martin in the village of Maids Moreton, Buckinghamshire, and the extraordinary events that unfolded in the following years.
Stars: Conor MacNeill, Éanna Hardwicke, Adrian Rawlins, Amanda Root
Votes: 6,452
22. Trance (I) (2013)
R | 101 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An art auctioneer becomes mixed up with a group of criminals partners with a hypnotherapist in order to recover a lost painting.
Director: Danny Boyle | Stars: James McAvoy, Rosario Dawson, Vincent Cassel, Danny Sapani
Votes: 117,779 | Gross: $2.32M
23. All the Old Knives (2022)
R | 101 min | Mystery, Thriller
Veteran CIA agent Henry is reunited in Vienna with his former colleague and lover Celia.
Director: Janus Metz | Stars: Goksin Erdemli, Kasia Madera, Chris Pine, Thandiwe Newton
Votes: 28,656
24. The ABC Murders (2018)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In 1933, retired detective Hercule Poirot is targeted by a taunting killer who sends letters signed "ABC", which Poirot must decode in order to discover the identity of the murderer.
Stars: John Malkovich, Eamon Farren, Michael Shaeffer, Rupert Grint
Votes: 11,700
25. Broken (IV) (2012)
Not Rated | 91 min | Drama, Romance
Three suburban English families' lives intertwine with tragic consequences.
Director: Rufus Norris | Stars: Charlie Booty, Lily James, Tim Roth, Eloise Laurence
Votes: 15,014
26. Great Performances (1971– )
TV-G | 180 min | Music, Musical
Filmed and televised versions of theater productions, such as plays, musicals, operas, ballets, and concerts from around the world.
Stars: Scott Yoo, Julie Andrews, Renée Fleming, Plácido Domingo
Votes: 897
27. Parade's End (2012)
TV-MA | 57 min | Action, Drama, Romance
Revolves around a love triangle between a conservative English aristocrat, his mean socialite wife and a young suffragette.
Stars: Benedict Cumberbatch, Rebecca Hall, Roger Allam, Adelaide Clemens
Votes: 10,749
28. 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: 1,367
29. The Salisbury Poisonings (2020)
TV-14 | 58 min | Drama, History, Thriller
Three episode, fact based drama from the BBC, about the 2018 Novichok poisoning crisis in the city of Salisbury.
Stars: Rafe Spall, Anne-Marie Duff, Annabel Scholey, Judah Cousin
Votes: 7,302
30. Breaking and Entering (2006)
R | 120 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A landscape architect's dealings with a young thief cause him to re-evaluate his life.
Director: Anthony Minghella | Stars: Jude Law, Robin Wright, Vera Farmiga, Martin Freeman
Votes: 23,240 | Gross: $0.93M
31. The Liberator (2020)
TV-MA | 49 min | Animation, Action, Drama
The true story of one of the bloodiest battles of World War II.
Stars: Bradley James, Martin Sensmeier, Jose Miguel Vasquez, Forrest Goodluck
Votes: 7,071
32. La Fortuna (2021)
60 min | Adventure, Thriller
Alex Ventura, a young and inexperienced diplomat, has inadvertently become the leader of a mission that will test all of his convictions: to recover the undersea treasure stolen by adventurer Frank Wild.
Stars: Álvaro Mel, Ana Polvorosa, Clarke Peters, Stanley Tucci
Votes: 1,681
33. SS-GB (2017)
TV-MA | 60 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
A British homicide detective investigates a murder in a German-occupied England in a parallel universe where the Nazis won World War II.
Stars: Sam Riley, James Cosmo, Rainer Bock, Kate Bosworth
Votes: 3,652
34. Mrs Biggs (2012)
TV-MA | 258 min | Crime, Drama, History
The true story of Charmian Brent (née Powell), the rebellious product of a strict 1950s upbringing, and her whirlwind romance with Ronald Biggs leading to a descent into crime, most infamously 1963's Great Train Robbery.
Stars: Sheridan Smith, Daniel Mays, Caroline Goodall, Adrian Scarborough
Votes: 924
35. Oasis (2017 TV Movie)
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
A Scottish chaplain embarks on an epic journey through space.
Director: Kevin Macdonald | Stars: Richard Madden, Anil Kapoor, Antje Traue, Mark Addy
Votes: 5,513
36. London Road (2015)
TV-14 | 91 min | Crime, Drama, Musical
When five prostitutes are found dead in their community, residents of London Road in Ipswich, Suffolk come together to process the events and revitalize the community.
Director: Rufus Norris | Stars: Olivia Colman, Clare Burt, Rosalie Craig, Anita Dobson
Votes: 2,205
37. Rellik (2017)
60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Told in reverse, the show follows DCI Gabriel Markham and his team as they try to hunt down a serial killer.
Stars: Richard Dormer, Jodi Balfour, Kieran Bew, Lærke Winther
Votes: 2,659
38. The Last Panthers (2015–2016)
48 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Independent Claims Specialist Naomi (Samantha Morton) is given the job by her boss, Tom (Sir John Hurt), of recovering stolen diamonds, no matter what it takes. Also on the trail of the ... See full summary »
Stars: Samantha Morton, Tahar Rahim, Goran Bogdan, John Hurt
Votes: 2,465
39. The South Bank Show (1978– )
53 min | Documentary
ITV's long-running arts series presented by Melvyn Bragg.
Stars: Melvyn Bragg, Ian McKellen, David Hockney, Victoria Wood
Votes: 216
40. Trauma (2018)
TV-14 | 46 min | Drama, Thriller
A three-part drama set in the trauma unit of a London hospital, a grieving father blames a high-achieving trauma consultant for the death of his teenage son.
Stars: Adrian Lester, John Simm, Lyndsey Marshal, Jemima Rooper
Votes: 1,767
41. Bluebird (I) (2017)
Short, Drama
Director: Meg Campbell | Stars: Freya Allan, Elizabeth Conboy, Phoebe Lloyd, Fiona O'Shaughnessy
42. We Happy Few (2018 Video Game)
M | Sci-Fi, Thriller
We happy few is about a drug called joy that rules over the city of Wellington in a retrofuturistic 1960s England. You have to blend in with it's inhabitants who won't be too happy if they ... See full summary »
Director: Guillaume Provost | Stars: Alex Wyndham, Charlotte Hope, Allan James Cooke, Katherine Kingsley
Votes: 467
43. The Vote (2015 TV Movie)
87 min | Comedy, Drama
In this live recording of a stage comedy, a U.K. polling station during the 2015 general election goes through the last hour of voting.
Directors: Josie Rourke, Tony Grech-Smith | Stars: Bhasker Patel, Llewella Gideon, Mark Gatiss, Catherine Tate
Votes: 99
44. Valkyrie Elysium (2022 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Long ago, Ragnarok - the End Times - loomed upon the realms. The All-Father Odin, with the last of his strength, created an emissary of redemption, Valkyrie; her sole task being the salvation of a doomed world.
Directors: Motohide Eshiro, Takahiro Kondo | Stars: Akari Kitô, Natsuki Hanae, Tetsu Inada, Akira Ishida
Votes: 55
45. Fire (2015)
14 min | Short, Drama, Fantasy
An encounter in an unfamiliar environment challenges the identity of a volatile young man.
Director: Chris Andrews | Stars: Ewan Mitchell, Michael Shaeffer, Rupert Procter, Jayden King
Votes: 65
46. Saint Vassily
Short, Drama | Post-production
USSR, 1982. Preparing for Orthodox priesthood, a self-righteous theological student's integrity is tested by a KGB agent.
Director: Masha Egieva | Stars: Hugh Ross, Michael Shaeffer, Jake Neads, Billy Gunnion
47. Enemy Front (2014 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Crime
Enemy Front is the game which is a story of resistance in Occupied Europe against Nazi Germany, from the French resistance fighters to Warsaw Uprising.
Director: Mark Lambert Bristol | Stars: Christian Contreras, Gideon Emery, Aleksy Komorowski, Dave B. Mitchell
Votes: 147
48. The Girl in the Dress (2015)
PG | 15 min | Short, Comedy, Romance
Just hours before her wedding, Emily happens upon a living statue of Henry VIII. Is it a bad sign?
Director: Natalie Malla | Stars: Olivia Poulet, Nick Helm, Claire Keelan, Michael Shaeffer
Votes: 30
49. We Happy Few: Roger & James in They Came from Below (2019 Video Game)
M | Sci-Fi
James and Roger return in an all-new We Happy Few story. Wellington Wells stands besieged by a robot uprising, but the mechanized menace isn't the only thing threatening to tear our pair ... See full summary »
Director: Guillaume Provost | Stars: Samantha Lee, Michael Shaeffer, Joe Sims, Amelia Tyler
Votes: 18
50. Waiting for God (2020)
Short
Raymond and Keith are both homeless, variously living on the streets or bunking in Keith's occasional temporary accommodation. Raymond is determined to climb out of the hole they are in and obtain some permanent accommodation.
Director: Alecky Blythe | Stars: Elliot Levey, Michael Shaeffer, Nick Holder