Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows With Ed Stoppard

1. The Crown (2016–2023)

TV-MA | 60 min | Biography, Drama, History

Follows the political rivalries and romances of Queen Elizabeth II's reign and the events that shaped Britain for the second half of the 20th century.

Stars: Claire Foy, Olivia Colman, Imelda Staunton, Matt Smith

Votes: 256,619

2. 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: 12,711

3. The Great (2020–2023)

TV-MA | 1,594 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

A royal woman living in rural Russia during the 18th century is forced to choose between her own personal happiness and the future of Russia, when she marries an Emperor.

Stars: Elle Fanning, Phoebe Fox, Gwilym Lee, Adam Godley

Votes: 54,382

4. The Pianist (2002)

R | 150 min | Biography, Drama, Music

During WWII, acclaimed Polish musician Wladyslaw faces various struggles as he loses contact with his family. As the situation worsens, he hides in the ruins of Warsaw in order to survive.

Director: Roman Polanski | Stars: Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann, Frank Finlay, Emilia Fox

Votes: 911,877 | Gross: $32.57M

5. Marple (2004–2013)

TV-14 | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

An elderly spinster living in the village of St. Mary Mead helps her friends and relatives solve mysterious murders.

Stars: Geraldine McEwan, Julia McKenzie, Stephen Churchett, Isabella Parriss

Votes: 10,666

6. The Inspector Lynley Mysteries (2001–2007)

TV-14 | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

British crime investigation series based around aristocratic, Oxford-educated Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley and his working-class assistant Sergeant Barbara Havers.

Stars: Nathaniel Parker, Sharon Small, Lesley Vickerage, Paul Hickey

Votes: 5,745

7. Youth (I) (2015)

R | 124 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

A retired orchestra conductor is on vacation with his daughter and his film director best friend in the Alps when he receives an invitation from Queen Elizabeth II to perform for Prince Philip's birthday.

Director: Paolo Sorrentino | Stars: Michael Caine, Harvey Keitel, Rachel Weisz, Jane Fonda

Votes: 83,058 | Gross: $2.70M

8. Genius (2017– )

TV-14 | 50 min | Biography, Drama, History

The life stories of history's greatest minds, from their days as young adults to their final years: their discoveries, loves, relationships, causes, flaws, and genius.

Stars: Samantha Colley, Seth Gabel, Antonio Banderas, Clémence Poésy

Votes: 20,113

9. Golda (2023)

PG-13 | 100 min | Biography, Drama, History

Focuses on the intensely dramatic and high-stakes responsibilities and decisions that Golda Meir, also known as the 'Iron Lady of Israel,' faced during the Yom Kippur War.

Director: Guy Nattiv | Stars: Helen Mirren, Zed Josef, Henry Goodman, Olivia Brody

Votes: 11,796

10. The Musketeers (2014–2016)

TV-14 | 55 min | Adventure, Drama

Set on the streets of 17th-century Paris, "The Musketeers" gives a contemporary take on the classic story about a group of highly trained soldiers and bodyguards assigned to protect King and country.

Stars: Luke Pasqualino, Tom Burke, Santiago Cabrera, Howard Charles

Votes: 23,848

11. Brave New World (2020)

TV-MA | 418 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller

In a utopia whose perfection hinges upon control of monogamy and privacy, members of the collective begin to question the rules, putting their regimented society on a collision course with forbidden love and revolution.

Stars: Alden Ehrenreich, Jessica Brown Findlay, Harry Lloyd, Nina Sosanya

Votes: 17,036

12. Judy (II) (2019)

PG-13 | 118 min | Biography, Drama, Music

Legendary performer Judy Garland arrives in London in the winter of 1968 to perform a series of sold-out concerts.

Director: Rupert Goold | Stars: Renée Zellweger, Jessie Buckley, Finn Wittrock, Rufus Sewell

Votes: 54,834

13. Knightfall (2017–2019)

TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A look at the final days of the Knights Templar during the 14th century.

Stars: Tom Cullen, Pádraic Delaney, Simon Merrells, Julian Ovenden

Votes: 22,116

14. Upstairs Downstairs (2010–2012)

TV-PG | 60 min | Drama

A new family and their servants live at the London townhouse at 165 Eaton Place in 1936.

Stars: Keeley Hawes, Ed Stoppard, Adrian Scarborough, Neil Jackson

Votes: 6,817

15. The Princess (I) (2022)

R | 94 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy

When a strong-willed princess refuses to wed the cruel sociopath, she is kidnapped and locked in a remote tower of her father’s castle. With her vindictive suitor intent on taking her father’s throne, the princess must save the kingdom.

Director: Le-Van Kiet | Stars: Joey King, Olga Kurylenko, Antoni Davidov, Radoslav Parvanov

Votes: 15,579

16. Relic Hunter (1999–2002)

TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Sydney Fox is a university professor and black belt who globe-trots after lost, stolen and rumored to exist artifacts and antiquities.

Stars: Tia Carrere, Christien Anholt, Lindy Booth, Tanja Reichert

Votes: 7,717

17. Home Fires (2015–2016)

TV-PG | 45 min | Drama, War

A drama following a group of inspirational women in a rural Cheshire community during World War II.

Stars: Clare Calbraith, Brian Fletcher, Samantha Bond, Ruth Gemmell

Votes: 4,355

18. Surprised by Oxford (2023)

Not Rated | 107 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

Brilliant but emotionally-guarded Caro Drake arrives in Oxford with the singular goal of attaining her PhD, but through a turbulent friendship with a charming young man she starts to open herself up to mystery, vulnerability, and love.

Director: Ryan Whitaker | Stars: Rose Reid, Ruairi O'Connor, Phyllis Logan, Mark Williams

Votes: 300

19. Nanny McPhee Returns (2010)

PG | 109 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy

Nanny McPhee arrives to help a harried young mother who is trying to run the family farm while her husband is away at war, though she uses her magic to teach the woman's children and their two spoiled cousins five new lessons.

Director: Susanna White | Stars: Emma Thompson, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Ralph Fiennes, Oscar Steer

Votes: 37,015 | Gross: $29.20M

20. Brideshead Revisited (2008)

PG-13 | 133 min | Drama, Romance

A poignant story of forbidden love and the loss of innocence set in England prior to World War II.

Director: Julian Jarrold | Stars: Matthew Goode, Patrick Malahide, Hayley Atwell, Thomas Morrison

Votes: 13,666 | Gross: $6.41M

21. The Little Vampire (2000)

PG | 95 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family

A lonely American boy living in Scotland makes a new best friend, a fellow nine year-old who happens to be a vampire.

Director: Uli Edel | Stars: Jonathan Lipnicki, Rollo Weeks, Richard E. Grant, Jim Carter

Votes: 11,507 | Gross: $13.57M

22. The Undeclared War (2022)

TV-MA | 47 min | Drama, Thriller

In 2024, a leading team of analysts buried in the heart of GCHQ secretly works to ward off a foreign cyber-attack on the country's electoral system.

Stars: Hannah Khalique-Brown, Simon Pegg, Maisie Richardson-Sellers, Edward Holcroft

Votes: 4,990

23. Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag (2013 Video Game)

M | Action, Adventure, History

A video game where you play as sailor, privateer and assassin Edward Kenway exploring on and around the islands in the Caribbean Sea during the early 17th century.

Director: Ashraf Ismail | Stars: Stuart Martin, Ralph Ineson, Kate Fleetwood, Sarah Greene

Votes: 19,688

24. Hapless (2020– )

Comedy

Misadventures of Paul Green, an investigative journalist working for a small Jewish publication in the UK, The Jewish Enquirer.

Stars: Tim Downie, Josh Howie, Jeany Spark, Lucy Montgomery

Votes: 217

25. The Frankenstein Chronicles (2015–2017)

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

Inspector John Marlott investigates a series of crimes in 19th Century London, which may have been committed by a scientist intent on re-animating the dead.

Stars: Sean Bean, Richie Campbell, Tom Ward, Ryan Sampson

Votes: 12,295

26. Trackers (2019)

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

Action series featuring various stories of organized crime, diamond smuggling, Black Rhinos, the CIA and terrorism in Cape Town, South Africa.

Stars: James Gracie, Sandi Schultz, Rolanda Marais, Thapelo Mokoena

Votes: 1,363

27. Any Human Heart (2010)

Drama, Romance

A novelist's life ricochets from 1920s Paris to '50s New York and '80s London. Along the way he meets Ernest Hemingway, Ian Fleming and the Duke and Duchess of Windsor - the exiled British king and his mistress Wallis Simpson.

Stars: Jim Broadbent, Matthew Macfadyen, Conor Nealon, Hayley Atwell

Votes: 2,348

28. Angelica (2015)

95 min | Drama, Thriller

A couple living in Victorian London endures an unusual series of psychological and supernatural happenings following the birth of their child.

Director: Mitchell Lichtenstein | Stars: Jena Malone, Janet McTeer, Ed Stoppard, Tovah Feldshuh

Votes: 876

29. Queen of Swords (2000–2001)

44 min | Action, Adventure, Western

After her father's mysterious death, a young woman returns to her home in California, where she becomes a symbol, the Queen of Swords, fighting for justice and trying to right the wrongs the colonel has done.

Stars: Tessie Santiago, Anthony Lemke, Paulina Gálvez, Elsa Pataky

Votes: 501

30. Murder in Mind (2001–2003)

60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Each episode of this anthology drama has a murderous theme with twist being that the action is followed from the point of view of the killer.

Stars: Tim Healy, Jackie Fielding, Keeley Hawes, David Suchet

Votes: 350

31. Masterpiece Mystery (1980– )

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

An anthology series featuring various predominately British mystery stories.

Stars: Vincent Price, Alan Cumming, Gene Shalit, Diana Rigg

Votes: 904

32. Cilla (2014)

138 min | Biography, Drama, Music

The life and career of British singer and entertainer Cilla Black.

Stars: Sheridan Smith, Aneurin Barnard, John Henshaw, Kent Riley

Votes: 1,515

33. Zen (2011)

90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Detective Aurelio Zen brings justice to modern-day Italy.

Stars: Rufus Sewell, Caterina Murino, Stanley Townsend, Nathalie Rapti Gomez

Votes: 3,768

34. Empire (2005)

TV-14 | 360 min | Action, Drama, History

Epic four-hour series about the rise of Octavius who succeeds Julius Caesar and tangles with Marc Anthony for control of the Roman empire and finally went on to become the emperor Augustus.

Stars: Santiago Cabrera, Vincent Regan, Emily Blunt, James Frain

Votes: 1,763

35. Ferrari (2003 TV Movie)

215 min | Drama

When he is only ten years old, Enzo Ferrari runs to the next village only to watch a car race. Now the direction for his life is set. He starts immediately working on vehicles and as soon ... See full summary »

Director: Carlo Carlei | Stars: Sergio Castellitto, Ed Stoppard, Cristina Moglia, Jessica Brooks

Votes: 893

36. Fugitive Pieces (2007)

R | 104 min | Drama

A child escapes from Poland during World War II and first heads to Greece before coming of age in Canada.

Director: Jeremy Podeswa | Stars: Stephen Dillane, Rade Serbedzija, Rosamund Pike, Ayelet Zurer

Votes: 2,700 | Gross: $0.63M

37. Branded (2012)

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

In future Moscow, where corporate brands have created a disillusioned population, one man's effort to unlock the truth behind the conspiracy will lead to an epic battle with hidden forces that control the world.

Directors: Jamie Bradshaw, Aleksandr Dulerayn | Stars: Ed Stoppard, Leelee Sobieski, Jeffrey Tambor, Ingeborga Dapkunaite

Votes: 9,338 | Gross: $0.35M

38. Papadopoulos & Sons (2012)

Not Rated | 105 min | Comedy, Drama

Following his ruin in the latest banking crisis, a self-made millionaire reluctantly re-unites with his estranged freewheeling brother to re-open the abandoned fish and chip shop they shared in their youth.

Director: Marcus Markou | Stars: Carl Rice, Stephen Dillane, Selina Cadell, Frank Dillane

Votes: 4,191

39. Doctor Who: The Fourth Doctor Adventures (2012 Podcast Series)

Sci-Fi

Tom Baker returns as The Fourth Doctor for the first time in 31 years in all new adventures. Encountering new and old foes and reuniting with old friends such as Harry, Leela, K9, Romana ... See full summary »

Stars: Tom Baker, Louise Jameson, John Leeson, Jane Slavin

40. Sea of Thieves (2018 Video Game)

T | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Four-player session open-world MMO based on a sea pirates theme, that let's players and their crew go on a journey to find treasure.

Director: Gregg Mayles | Stars: Alastair Parker, Alex Norton, Amelia Tyler, Anthony Howell

Votes: 1,113

41. Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire (2006)

Not Rated | 59 min | Documentary, Drama, History

A docu-drama covering the rise and the fall of the Roman world, including the establishment of strong individual rule by Julius Caesar and the rebuilding of Rome under Nero.

Stars: Lyall B. Watson, Michael Sheen, James D'Arcy, Pip Torrens

Votes: 1,970

42. Imagine (2003– )

TV-14 | 60 min | Biography, History

Wide-ranging BBC arts programme.

Stars: Alan Yentob, Tracey Emin, Chuck Close, Richard Rogers

Votes: 146

43. Joy Division (2006)

105 min | Drama, War

A teen orphan fights against the Red Army and in the aftermath of World War II is "adopted" by a Soviet commissar. Years later, during the Cold War, he is a KGB agent and is sent to London, where he ends up questioning his life.

Director: Reg Traviss | Stars: Ed Stoppard, Tom Schilling, Bernadette Heerwagen, Bernard Hill

Votes: 999

44. GoldenEye 007 (2010 Video Game)

T | Action, Adventure, Thriller

The GoldenEye story comes to life once again with an updated single player storyline featuring Daniel Craig as James Bond.

Director: Kate Saxon | Stars: Daniel Craig, Judi Dench, Rory Kinnear, Elliot Cowan

Votes: 1,454

45. Hunt vs Lauda: F1's Greatest Racing Rivals (2013 TV Movie)

59 min | Documentary

Told through unseen footage and exclusive interviews with the people who were at the 1976 Formula One Championship, this riveting documentary chronicles the duel between drivers Niki Lauda and James Hunt.

Director: Matthew Whiteman | Stars: Ed Stoppard, Daniel Audetto, Alastair Caldwell, Enzo Ferrari

Votes: 991

46. Grey Wolf: Hitler's Escape to Argentina (2012)

Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary, Drama, History

Adolf Hitler the biggest criminal in history escaped from the ruins of Berlin and fled with his pregnant girlfriend Eva Braun to a life in the depths of Patagonia, Argentina where he died in 1962.

Director: Gerrard Williams | Stars: Dante Venesio, Maria Heller, Martin Gianola, Pietro Gian

Votes: 340

47. The Politician's Husband (2013)

180 min | Drama

Political drama series about a marriage between two politicians, and what happens when the wife's career starts to overshadow her husband's.

Stars: David Tennant, Emily Watson, Jack Shepherd, Roger Allam

Votes: 1,831

48. Codebreaker (2011 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 62 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama

The highs and lows of Alan Turing's life, tracking his extraordinary accomplishments, his government persecution through to his tragic death in 1954. In the last 18 months of his short life... See full summary »

Directors: Clare Beavan, Nic Stacey | Stars: Ed Stoppard, Henry Goodman, Paul McGann, Asa Briggs

Votes: 1,132

49. Summer Things (2002)

103 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Two couple of friends, one very rich the other almost homeless, decides to go on Holiday. Julie, a single mother, joins them too. Once at seaside, it starts a complicate love cross among ... See full summary »

Director: Michel Blanc | Stars: Charlotte Rampling, Jacques Dutronc, Carole Bouquet, Michel Blanc

Votes: 2,578

50. Doctor Who: The Novel Adaptations (2012 Podcast Series)

Sci-Fi

For some they were the Dark Times, a period with no Doctor Who on television, and little hope of there ever being any more. But creativity often will out, and through the efforts of Virgin ... See full summary »

Stars: Sylvester McCoy, Lisa Bowerman, Sophie Aldred, Yasmin Bannerman