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1. Wake in Fright (1971)
R | 109 min | Drama, Thriller
After a bad gambling bet, a schoolteacher is marooned in a town full of crazy, drunk, violent men who threaten to make him just as crazy, drunk, and violent.
Director: Ted Kotcheff | Stars: Donald Pleasence, Gary Bond, Chips Rafferty, Sylvia Kay
Votes: 14,024 | Gross: $0.05M
2. Victory (1981)
PG | 116 min | Drama, Sport, War
As allied P.O.W.s prepare for a soccer game against the German National Team to be played in Nazi-occupied Paris, the French Resistance and British officers are making plans for the team's escape.
Director: John Huston | Stars: Michael Caine, Sylvester Stallone, Pelé, Bobby Moore
Votes: 33,295 | Gross: $10.85M
3. Modesty Blaise (1966)
119 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Stylish ex-con Modesty Blaise and her partner Willie Garvin are tasked by the British Secret Service with preventing her rival Gabriel from stealing diamonds that are to be delivered to her adoptive father, a Sheikh.
Director: Joseph Losey | Stars: Monica Vitti, Terence Stamp, Dirk Bogarde, Harry Andrews
Votes: 3,185
4. Funeral in Berlin (1966)
Not Rated | 102 min | Thriller
Sent to East Berlin to retrieve a Communist defector, British spy Harry Palmer suspects the situation is not what his superiors believe it to be.
Director: Guy Hamilton | Stars: Michael Caine, Oscar Homolka, Paul Hubschmid, Eva Renzi
Votes: 7,791
5. Night Watch (1973)
PG | 99 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Elizabeth Taylor plays a woman who is a witness to murder...but whose?
Director: Brian G. Hutton | Stars: Elizabeth Taylor, Laurence Harvey, Billie Whitelaw, Robert Lang
Votes: 2,170 | Gross: $1.26M
6. The Damned (1962)
Approved | 87 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
An American tourist, a youth gang leader, and his troubled sister find themselves trapped in a top secret government facility experimenting on children.
Director: Joseph Losey | Stars: Macdonald Carey, Shirley Anne Field, Viveca Lindfors, Alexander Knox
Votes: 4,019
7. Eva (1962)
Not Rated | 107 min | Drama, Romance
A raw Welsh novelist in Venice is humiliated by a money-loving Frenchwoman who erotically ensnares him.
Director: Joseph Losey | Stars: Jeanne Moreau, Stanley Baker, Virna Lisi, James Villiers
Votes: 2,063
8. Armchair Theatre (1956–1974)
60 min | Drama
This show was a British television drama anthology series of single plays that ran on the ITV network from 1956 to 1974. It was originally produced by Associated British Corporation, and from mid-1968 by Thames Television.
Stars: Harry H. Corbett, Paul Whitsun-Jones, Billie Whitelaw, Neil McCallum
Votes: 246
9. Chillers (1990)
53 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
"Chillers" was a 1990 series based on Patricia Highsmith's short stories: displaying a sinister atmosphere, delving in to the darkest depths of human nature.
Stars: Anthony Perkins, Doug Rollins, Assumpta Serna, Stéphane Freiss
Votes: 145
10. BBC2 Playhouse (1973–1983)
60 min | Drama
BBC2 Playhouse was a British one-hour episode anthology television series produced by the British Broadcasting Corporation.
Stars: Ralph G. Morse, Gawn Grainger, John Bluthal, Trevor Laird
Votes: 139
11. Shadow of the Wolf (1992)
PG-13 | 112 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller
In Canada's North during the 1930s, a young Inuit kills a White trader and is pursued by the police but his father is determined to protect his fugitive son at any cost.
Directors: Jacques Dorfmann, Pierre Magny | Stars: Lou Diamond Phillips, Toshirô Mifune, Jennifer Tilly, Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu
Votes: 1,056 | Gross: $1.45M
12. King & Country (1964)
Not Rated | 86 min | Drama, War
During World War I, Army Private Arthur James Hamp is accused of desertion during battle. The officer assigned to defend him at his court-martial, Captain Hargreaves, finds out there is more to the case than meets the eye.
Director: Joseph Losey | Stars: Dirk Bogarde, Tom Courtenay, Leo McKern, Barry Foster
Votes: 2,494
13. Champions (1984)
PG | 106 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
A British steeple chase jockey who, in the late 1970s, was diagnosed with cancer. Rather than succumb to the disease, however, Bob stages a miraculous recovery and goes on to win the 1981 Grand National steeplechase on the horse Aldaniti.
Director: John Irvin | Stars: John Hurt, Gregory Jones, Mick Dillon, Ann Bell
Votes: 753 | Gross: $0.17M
14. Ghost in the Noonday Sun (1974)
90 min | Adventure, Comedy
In the 17th century, a pirate captain is murdered by his cook after he buries his treasure and marks it on a map but the poor-memory cook must rely on the captain's ghost to re-track the loot, since the map was drawn in disappearing ink.
Directors: Peter Medak, Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers | Stars: Peter Sellers, Anthony Franciosa, Spike Milligan, Clive Revill
Votes: 351
15. A Show of Force (1990)
R | 95 min | Drama, Thriller
An American journalist in Puerto Rico in 1978 investigates the death of nationalists who may have been murdered by the police.
Director: Bruno Barreto | Stars: Amy Irving, Robert Duvall, Andy Garcia, Lou Diamond Phillips
Votes: 855 | Gross: $0.15M
16. 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: 131
17. The Dick Francis Thriller: The Racing Game (1979–1980)
309 min | Mystery
The cases of a disabled jockey turned private detective specializing in investigations involving horse racing.
Stars: Mike Gwilym, Mick Ford, James Maxwell, Susan Wooldridge
Votes: 67
18. Two Gentlemen Sharing (1969)
R | 112 min | Drama, Romance
An insecure Briton and a Briton of Jamaican descent share a London apartment together.
Director: Ted Kotcheff | Stars: Robin Phillips, Judy Geeson, Ester Anderson, Hal Frederick
Votes: 98
19. Thirty-Minute Theatre (1965–1973)
30 min | Crime, Drama
Anthology drama series of short plays shown on BBC Television.
Stars: Robin Chadwick, Donald Sinden, Helen Lindsay, Paul Moriarty
Votes: 57
20. Kangaroo (1986)
R | 108 min | Drama
A mild-mannered English conscientious objector moves to what he feels will be the relative calm of Australia after World War I, but gets caught in the middle of violent battles between the rising trade unions and fascist groups.
Director: Tim Burstall | Stars: Colin Friels, Judy Davis, John Walton, Julie Nihill
Votes: 279 | Gross: $0.43M
21. The Killing of Angel Street (1981)
PG-13 | 96 min | Thriller
Jessica Simmonds returns from overseas to find her retired professor father in a bitter public fight to save the historic Sydney waterfront houses on Angel Street. After her father's ... See full summary »
Director: Donald Crombie | Stars: Elizabeth Alexander, John Hargreaves, Reg Lye, David Downer
Votes: 111
22. Full House (1972–1973)
Documentary
Stars: Joe Melia, John Bird, Henry Woolf, Jack Shepherd
Votes: 21
23. Centre Play (1973–1977)
Drama
Anthology series of half hour plays produced in BBC's Television Centre's studios.
Stars: John Barrett, Will Knightley, David Daker, Michael Gough
Votes: 15
24. Away from It All (1973– )
50 min | Drama
Anthology series of plays about people's experiences when they are away from home for various reasons.
Stars: Geraldine McEwan, Gayle Hunnicutt, George Cole, Constance Cummings
25. Jezebel ex UK (1963)
Comedy, Drama
Stars: Alan Browning, Emrys Jones, Cavan Kendall, Patrick Bedford
26. The Fight Against Slavery (1975)
60 min | Drama, History
The story of the abolition of the slave trade in the British Empire.
Stars: Evan Jones, David Collings, John Castle, Ronald Pickup
Votes: 26
27. Joseph Losey: The Man with Four Names (1998)
83 min | Documentary, Biography
Director: Hideo Nakata | Stars: William Alexander, Julie Christie, Nell Dunn, Gerry Fisher
Votes: 13
28. Television Playwright (1958–1959)
Drama
Stars: Brian Peck, Peter Copley, Jack Allen, Helen Shingler
Votes: 14
29. The Widows of Jaffa (1957 TV Movie)
75 min | Drama
Stars: Patrick Allen, Wilfrid Brambell, Harold Kasket, Marne Maitland
30. Something Out of Nothing (2019 Video)
7 min | Documentary, Short
Screenwriter Evan Jones reflects on writing his first feature-film, Joseph Losey's 'The Damned'.
Star: Evan Jones
31.
Centre Play (1973–1977)
Episode:
Rehearsal
(1977)
Drama
Director: Brian Tufano | Stars: John Carson, Jack Chissick, Lindsay Ingram, Mary Larkin
32.
BBC Sunday-Night Play (1960–1963)
Episode:
The Madhouse on Castle Street
(1963)
60 min | Drama
A man mysteriously locks himself in a room in a boarding house leaving only a note saying he has decided to "retire from the world". His worried sister and the other boarders then try to discover why.
Director: Philip Saville | Stars: David Warner, Bob Dylan, Maureen Pryor, Ursula Howells
Votes: 22
33.
BBC2 Playhouse (1973–1983)
Episode:
The Mind Beyond: The Man with the Power
(1976)
60 min | Drama
An ordinary man suddenly finds that he has psychic powers.
Director: John Gorrie | Stars: Willie Jonah, Vikki Richards, Geoffrey Bayldon, Johnny Briggs
Votes: 12
34.
Thirty-Minute Theatre (1965–1973)
Episode:
Go Tell It on Table Mountain
(1967)
Crime, Drama
Director: Toby Robertson | Stars: Sylvia Coleridge, Judy Cornwell, Paul Daneman, Calvin Lockhart
35.
The Dick Francis Thriller: The Racing Game (1979–1980)
Episode:
Gambling Lady
(1979)
53 min | Mystery
When a valuable horse dies in a suspicious road accident, Sid and Chico are hired to investigate a possible insurance scam. They unearth an international swindle, meet a beautiful woman who... See full summary »
Director: Peter Duffell | Stars: Mike Gwilym, Mick Ford, Caroline Blakiston, Anthony Steel
Votes: 9
36.
Chillers (1990)
Episode:
A Curious Suicide
(1990)
53 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
An American doctor in England for a conference with his spendthrift wife visits an old friend who stole the love of his life from him.
Director: Robert Bierman | Stars: Anthony Perkins, Richard Atkin, Ralph Brown, David Charles
Votes: 33
37.
Armchair Theatre (1956–1974)
Episode:
Old Man's Fancy
(1965)
60 min | Drama
An aging businessman's squabbling children object to his proposed marriage to his much younger assistant, and each for his or her own selfish reasons manoeuvres against it.
Director: Toby Robertson | Stars: Clifford Evans, Robert Hardy, Peter Jeffrey, William Mervyn
Votes: 11
38.
Jezebel ex UK (1963)
Episode:
Return to Look Behind
(1963)
Comedy, Drama
Director: Guy Verney | Stars: Ernest Hare, Alan Browning, Emrys Jones, Cavan Kendall
39.
Television Playwright (1958–1959)
Episode:
In a Backward Country
(1958)
Drama
Stars: Wilfrid Lawson, William Russell, Walter Hudd, Dorothy Bromiley
40.
Away from It All (1973– )
Episode:
A Work of Genius
(1973)
Drama
Director: James Cellan Jones | Stars: Michael Bryant, Ted Ray, Suzanne Neve, Ernest Clark
41.
Full House (1972–1973)
Episode:
Episode #1.13
(1973)
Documentary
A special edition that featured the work of West Indian writers, artists, actors, musicians and film-makers.
Directors: Tony Laryea, Vernon Lawrence, Horace Ové, Paddy Russell | Stars: Joe Melia, Yemi Goodman Ajibade, Jamal Ali, Neville Aurelius
42.
The Fight Against Slavery (1975)
Episode:
The Old African Blasphemer
(1975)
Drama, History
Director: Christopher Ralling | Stars: John Castle, Dinsdale Landen, Ricardo Montez, John Gill
43.
The Fight Against Slavery (1975)
Episode:
A Grateful Peasantry
(1975)
Drama, History
Director: Christopher Ralling | Stars: David Collings, Ronald Pickup, Ronald Lacey, Dinsdale Landen
44.
The Fight Against Slavery (1975)
Episode:
A Matter of Insurance
(1975)
Drama, History
Director: Christopher Ralling | Stars: David Collings, Ronald Pickup, John Castle, Ronald Lacey
45.
The Fight Against Slavery (1975)
Episode:
Free Paper Come
(1975)
Drama, History
Director: Christopher Ralling | Stars: David Collings, Bryan Marshall, Patrick Barr, Stanley Irons
46.
The Fight Against Slavery (1975)
Episode:
One Man's Property
(1975)
Drama, History
Director: Christopher Ralling | Stars: Dinsdale Landen, John Castle, Willie Jonah, Terry Scully
47.
The Fight Against Slavery (1975)
Episode:
Tight Packers and Loose Packers
(1975)
60 min | Drama, History
Director: Christopher Ralling | Stars: David Collings, Gareth Thomas, Ronald Pickup, Ronald Lacey