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1. Barry Lyndon (1975)
PG | 185 min | Adventure, Drama, War
An Irish rogue wins the heart of a rich widow and assumes her dead husband's aristocratic position in 18th-century England.
Director: Stanley Kubrick | Stars: Ryan O'Neal, Marisa Berenson, Patrick Magee, Hardy Krüger
Votes: 182,982
2. History of the World: Part I (1981)
R | 92 min | Comedy, History, Musical
Mel Brooks brings his one-of-a-kind comic touch to the history of mankind covering events from the Old Testament to the French Revolution in a series of episodic comedy vignettes.
Director: Mel Brooks | Stars: Mel Brooks, Gregory Hines, Dom DeLuise, Madeline Kahn
Votes: 55,210 | Gross: $31.67M
3. Midsomer Murders (1997– )
TV-14 | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A veteran Detective Chief Inspector and his young Sergeant investigate murders around the regional community of Midsomer County.
Stars: John Nettles, Jane Wymark, Barry Jackson, Neil Dudgeon
Votes: 39,397
4. Van Wilder: The Rise of Taj (2006)
R | 97 min | Comedy, Romance
Taj Mahal Badalandabad leaves Coolidge College behind for the halls of Camford University in England, where he looks to continue his education, and teach an uptight student how to make the most out of her academic career.
Director: Mort Nathan | Stars: Kal Penn, Lauren Cohan, Daniel Percival, Glen Barry
Votes: 23,990 | Gross: $4.26M
5. Are You Being Served? (1972–1985)
TV-PG | 28 min | Comedy
The misadventures of the staff of a retail floor of a major department store.
Stars: Mollie Sugden, John Inman, Frank Thornton, Wendy Richard
Votes: 9,224
6. One Foot in the Grave (1990–2001)
TV-PG | 90 min | Comedy, Drama
Victor Meldrew is a retiree who attracts bad luck. If he's not driving his long suffering wife Margaret crazy with his constant moaning, he's fighting with neighbours.
Stars: Richard Wilson, Annette Crosbie, Doreen Mantle, Owen Brenman
Votes: 7,317
7. Dad's Army (1968–1977)
30 min | Comedy, War
A ragtag group of Home Guard volunteers prepare for an imminent German invasion during World War II.
Stars: Arthur Lowe, John Le Mesurier, Clive Dunn, John Laurie
Votes: 7,226
8. The Ship Sails On (1983)
PG | 128 min | Drama, History, Music
In 1914, a luxury ship leaves Italy in order to scatter the ashes of a famous opera singer. A lovable bumbling journalist chronicles the voyage and meets the singer's many eccentric friends and admirers.
Director: Federico Fellini | Stars: Freddie Jones, Barbara Jefford, Victor Poletti, Peter Cellier
Votes: 6,720
9. The Yellow Rolls-Royce (1964)
Approved | 122 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Anthology movie about three owners of a yellow Rolls-Royce. A British diplomat buys the car for his French wife. A mobster's girlfriend has an affair in Italy. An American woman drives a Yugoslavian partisan
Director: Anthony Asquith | Stars: Ingrid Bergman, Rex Harrison, Shirley MacLaine, Jeanne Moreau
Votes: 4,007
10. Lust for a Vampire (1971)
R | 91 min | Horror
In 1830, forty years to the day since the last manifestation of their dreaded vampirism, the Karnstein heirs use the blood of an innocent to bring forth the evil that is the beautiful Mircalla - or as she was in 1710, Carmilla.
Director: Jimmy Sangster | Stars: Barbara Jefford, Ralph Bates, Suzanna Leigh, Yutte Stensgaard
Votes: 3,558
11. Fable II (2008 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
A peasant child finds out about the heroic past of the child's family. Once old enough, the hero decides to reclaim his or hers heritage.
Stars: Ron Glass, Julia Sawalha, Oliver Cotton, Stephen Fry
Votes: 2,940
12. Thirteen at Dinner (1985 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 87 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
An American movie actress, best known for playing dumb blondes, is Scotland Yard's prime suspect when her husband, Lord Edgware, is murdered. The great detective, Hercule Poirot, digs deeper into the case.
Director: Lou Antonio | Stars: Peter Ustinov, Faye Dunaway, David Suchet, Jonathan Cecil
Votes: 2,672
13. Murder in Three Acts (1986 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 94 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Hercule Poirot attends a dinner party in which one of the guests clutches his throat and suddenly dies. The cause seems to be natural until another party with most of the same guests produces another corpse.
Director: Gary Nelson | Stars: Peter Ustinov, Tony Curtis, Emma Samms, Jonathan Cecil
Votes: 2,268
14. Dead Man's Folly (1986 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
During a murder hunt game at a country house, to which Hercule Poirot is invited as an "expert", a real murder occurs.
Director: Clive Donner | Stars: Peter Ustinov, Jean Stapleton, Constance Cummings, Tim Pigott-Smith
Votes: 2,258
15. The Worst Week of My Life (2004–2006)
29 min | Comedy
Mel and Howard's wedding is one week away. Howard experiences a series of humiliating disasters in the week leading up to the ceremony.
Stars: Ben Miller, Sarah Alexander, Alison Steadman, Geoffrey Whitehead
Votes: 1,971
16. The Goodies (1970–1982)
30 min | Comedy
The adventures of a crazy trio whose motto is "we do anything, anytime, anywhere."
Stars: Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden, Bill Oddie, Corbet Woodall
Votes: 1,885
17. It Ain't Half Hot Mum (1974–1981)
30 min | Comedy, War
The comic adventures of a group of misfits who form an extremely bad concert party touring the hot and steamy jungles of Burma entertaining the troops during World War II.
Stars: Windsor Davies, Melvyn Hayes, Donald Hewlett, Don Estelle
Votes: 1,789
18. The Wind in the Willows (I) (1983 TV Movie)
TV-G | 79 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
Toad, Rat, Mole, and Badger follow animal etiquette in this version of Kenneth Grahame's classic, in stop-motion model animation.
Director: Mark Hall | Stars: Richard Pearson, Ian Carmichael, David Jason, Michael Hordern
Votes: 1,702
19. Little Dorrit (1987)
G | 357 min | Drama, Romance
Arthur returns to London after working abroad for many years with his now deceased father. Almost at once he becomes involved in the problems of his mother's seamstress Amy and of her father residing in the Marshalsea debtors' prison.
Director: Christine Edzard | Stars: Derek Jacobi, Alec Guinness, Joan Greenwood, Max Wall
Votes: 1,238 | Gross: $1.03M
20. Rising Damp (1980)
98 min | Comedy, Romance
Based on the British situation comedy Rising Damp, which aired on ITV from 1974 to 1978. Stingy landlord Rigsby (Leonard Rossiter) manages to scam his lodgers, arts student John Cooper(... See full summary »
Director: Joseph McGrath | Stars: Leonard Rossiter, Frances de la Tour, Don Warrington, Christopher Strauli
Votes: 1,168
21. The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery (1966)
Not Rated | 93 min | Comedy, Crime, Family
The all-girl school foil an attempt by train robbers to recover two and a half million pounds hidden in their school.
Directors: Sidney Gilliat, Frank Launder | Stars: Frankie Howerd, Dora Bryan, George Cole, Reg Varney
Votes: 1,154
22. Worzel Gummidge (1979–1981)
60 min | Family, Comedy, Drama
Children's series about the adventures of Worzel Gummidge (Jon Pertwee), a scarecrow who comes to life.
Stars: Jon Pertwee, Jeremy Austin, Charlotte Coleman, Norman Bird
Votes: 1,105
23. Victoria & Albert (2001)
200 min | Biography, Drama, History
The marriage of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, a longtime royal love story.
Stars: Victoria Hamilton, Jonathan Firth, James Callis, Diana Rigg
Votes: 1,037
24. The Kenny Everett Television Show (1981–1988)
30 min | Comedy, Music
Zany antics and sketches by the anarchic camp comic.
Stars: Kenny Everett, Cleo Rocos, Sheila Steafel, Andrie Reid
Votes: 1,037
25. The Wind in the Willows (1984–1988)
22 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
Based on the characters created by Kenneth Grahame, this award winning animated series follows the adventures of Mole (Richard Pearson) as he leaves home to discover the world. Mole finds ... See full summary »
Stars: Richard Pearson, Peter Sallis, Michael Hordern, David Jason
Votes: 984
26. RPM (1997)
R | 91 min | Comedy
A professional car thief pulls off the heist of a lifetime when a steals a prototype supercar.
Director: Ian Sharp | Stars: David Arquette, Emmanuelle Seigner, Famke Janssen, Steve John Shepherd
Votes: 889
27.
Midsomer Murders (1997– )
Episode:
The Glitch
(2009)
TV-14 | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An air traffic computer system, based on theories from an eccentric college professor, is denounced by the scientist creating a financial crisis for its backers.
Director: Richard Holthouse | Stars: John Nettles, Jason Hughes, Jane Wymark, Laura Howard
Votes: 718
28. The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer (1970)
R | 100 min | Comedy
Fresh-faced young Michael Rimmer worms his way into an opinion poll company and is soon running the place. He uses this as a springboard to get into politics, and in the mini-skirted, ... See full summary »
Director: Kevin Billington | Stars: Ann Beach, Desmond Walter-Ellis, Peter Cook, Arthur Lowe
Votes: 715
29. Murder Most Horrid (1991–1999)
30 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Dawn French stars in this dark and twisted comedy series, in which she plays a different character embroiled in murder, in each hilarious episode.
Stars: Dawn French, Paul Mark Elliott, Soo Drouet, Henry Naylor
Votes: 690
30. Joseph Andrews (1977)
R | 99 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Lady Booby alias "Belle" (Ann-Margret), the lively wife of the fat landed squire Sir Thomas Booby (Peter Bull), has a lusty eye on the attractive, intelligent villager Joseph Andrews (Peter... See full summary »
Director: Tony Richardson | Stars: Ann-Margret, Peter Firth, Michael Hordern, Beryl Reid
Votes: 681 | Gross: $0.84M
31. Fakers (2004)
R | 85 min | Comedy, Crime
FAKERS is a sharp, fast moving tale of blackmail and forgery set in the upper echelons of the international art society. Set in present day London and 1911 Italy.
Director: Richard Janes | Stars: Matthew Rhys, Kate Ashfield, Tom Chambers, Tony Haygarth
Votes: 599 | Gross: $0.05M
32. Otley (1969)
M | 92 min | Comedy
Gerald Otley, wannabe antiques dealer, is kicked out of his flat for failing to pay rent, sleeps at a friend's house for the night, wakes up two days later in an airport field, and finds himself entangled in international espionage.
Director: Dick Clement | Stars: Tom Courtenay, Romy Schneider, Alan Badel, James Villiers
Votes: 574
33. Catch Me a Spy (1971)
R | 94 min | Comedy
Andrej (Kirk Douglas), a smuggler of microfilmed Russian manuscripts, uses the luggage of unsuspecting travellers to transport the contraband out of the country.
Director: Dick Clement | Stars: Kirk Douglas, Marlène Jobert, Trevor Howard, Tom Courtenay
Votes: 439
34. Nothing But the Best (1964)
99 min | Comedy
A young and ambitious businessman hires an unemployed upper-class man to tutor him in the life skills which he thinks are necessary to succeed. When he succeeds, disaster threatens.
Director: Clive Donner | Stars: Alan Bates, Denholm Elliott, Harry Andrews, Millicent Martin
Votes: 432
35. Doctor in the House (1969–1970)
30 min | Comedy
Medical students' antics and flirtations with nurses exasperate their professor, despite their good intentions
Stars: Barry Evans, Robin Nedwell, Geoffrey Davies, George Layton
Votes: 425
36. The Taming of the Shrew (1980 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 127 min | Comedy, Romance
The swaggering Petruchio agrees to marry the spitting hellcat, Katherine.
Director: Jonathan Miller | Stars: Simon Chandler, Anthony Pedley, John Franklyn-Robbins, Frank Thornton
Votes: 397
37. A Fine Romance (1991)
PG-13 | 97 min | Comedy, Romance
An Italian gentleman and a doctor's wife plot to break up their spouses' tryst in Paris.
Director: Gene Saks | Stars: Julie Andrews, Marcello Mastroianni, Jonathan Cecil, Ian Fitzgibbon
Votes: 369
38. Up the Front (1972)
Unrated | 89 min | Comedy
Frankie Howerd stars in this comedy as a lowly boot-boy who is a terrible coward. He only goes to war in 1914 after he has been hypnotised to 'save England'. With the German master plan ... See full summary »
Director: Bob Kellett | Stars: Frankie Howerd, Bill Fraser, William Mervyn, Linda Gray
Votes: 349
39. 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: 323
40. Arena (1975– )
60 min | Documentary
Wide-ranging arts program.
Stars: Gavin Millar, Kenneth Tynan, John Walters, Jonathan Miller
Votes: 319
41.
Are You Being Served? (1972–1985)
Episode:
Shoulder to Shoulder
(1975)
TV-G | 28 min | Comedy
The women's department is forced to share space with the reluctant men's department while their counter gets redecorated.
Director: Ray Butt | Stars: Trevor Bannister, Mollie Sugden, Frank Thornton, John Inman
Votes: 218
42.
One Foot in the Grave (1990–2001)
Episode:
Things Aren't Simple Any More
(2000)
TV-PG | 40 min | Comedy, Drama
Margeret finds it hard to cope after the death of Victor, but what will she do when she is face to face with his killer?
Director: Christine Gernon | Stars: Richard Wilson, Annette Crosbie, Jonathan Cecil, Hannah Gordon
Votes: 218
43. The Dick Emery Show (1963–1981)
30 min | Comedy
Comedy skits featuring the talents of Mr Dick Emery.
Stars: Dick Emery, Pat Coombs, Victor Maddern, Helen Fraser
Votes: 212
44. BBC Play of the Month (1965–1983)
120 min | Drama
Monthly anthology series featuring televised versions of plays.
Stars: Charles Gray, Eric Porter, Jeremy Brett, Lally Bowers
Votes: 178
45. A Picture of Katherine Mansfield (1973– )
50 min | Drama
The life of Katherine Mansfield (Vanessa Redgrave), a prominent writer of the early twentieth century, interwoven with adaptations of some of her best-known short stories.
Stars: Vanessa Redgrave, Jeremy Brett, Phyllida Law, Annette Crosbie
Votes: 158
46. Under the Doctor (1976)
84 min | Comedy
A British sex comedy about a doctor, a bevy of beautiful women and their sexual problems. Can the overworked and over-titillated doctor help his patients while resisting the urge to help himself?
Director: Gerry Poulson | Stars: Barry Evans, Liz Fraser, Hilary Pritchard, Penny Spencer
Votes: 148
47. Wodehouse Playhouse (1974–1978)
30 min | Comedy, Romance
A series of dramatisations of some of P. G. Wodehouse's comic short stories - in which P. G. Wodehouse, himself, introduced some of the early episodes.
Stars: John Alderton, Pauline Collins, P.G. Wodehouse, Paul McDowell
Votes: 147
48.
Dad's Army (1968–1977)
Episode:
Things That Go Bump in the Night
(1973)
TV-PG | 29 min | Comedy, War
Dad's Army goes Hammer Horror when the Jones's lorry runs low on fuel outside a spooky house on a stormy night.
Director: David Croft | Stars: Arthur Lowe, John Le Mesurier, Clive Dunn, John Laurie
Votes: 145
49. Whodunnit? (1972–1978)
45 min | Family, Game-Show, Mystery
British game show in which celebrity panelists were shown a dramatised murder and had to guess the identity of the killer or killers from the clues presented.
Stars: Jon Pertwee, Patrick Mower, Anouska Hempel, Liza Goddard
Votes: 138
50. The Rector's Wife (1994– )
203 min | Drama
Anna Bouverie (Lindsay Duncan, Rome) chafes at her limited life as a vicar's wife in a small English town. When her husband Peter (Jonathan Coy, from the Horatio Hornblower series) is ... See full synopsis »
Stars: Lindsay Duncan, Jonathan Coy, Miles Anderson, Lucy Dawson
Votes: 135