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1. The Day of the Triffids (1963)
Approved | 93 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
After an unusual meteor shower leaves most of the human population blind, a merchant navy officer must find a way to conquer tall, aggressive plants which are feeding on people and animals.
Directors: Steve Sekely, Freddie Francis | Stars: Howard Keel, Nicole Maurey, Janette Scott, Kieron Moore
Votes: 8,938
2. The Saint (1962–1969)
TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Simon "The Saint" Templar, a wealthy adventurer and 20th-century Robin Hood, travels the world in his white Volvo P1800S, solving unsolvable problems and righting wrongs.
Stars: Roger Moore, Ivor Dean, Leslie Crawford, Justine Lord
Votes: 6,223
3. Carry on Doctor (1967)
PG | 94 min | Comedy
Dr Kilmore is sacked after being discovered in a compromising position on the roof of the nurses' home. The patients are determined not to lose him, and so take on the might of the "cutting" Dr Tinkle and the overpowering Matron.
Director: Gerald Thomas | Stars: Frankie Howerd, Sidney James, Charles Hawtrey, Kenneth Williams
Votes: 4,157
4. Another Man's Poison (1951)
TV-G | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A mystery writer becomes involved in a tangled web of murderous deception not unlike the plots of her novels.
Director: Irving Rapper | Stars: Bette Davis, Gary Merrill, Emlyn Williams, Anthony Steel
Votes: 3,374
5. So Long at the Fair (1950)
Approved | 86 min | Drama, Mystery
Vicky Barton visits Paris with her brother Johnny, only to discover the following morning he has gone missing and the hotel staff have no recollection of his presence.
Directors: Antony Darnborough, Terence Fisher | Stars: Jean Simmons, Dirk Bogarde, David Tomlinson, Honor Blackman
Votes: 2,343
6. Across the Bridge (1957)
103 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A wealthy businessman attempts to run to Mexico to escape capture for embezzlement. On the way, he switches identities for a visa but that only complicates matters.
Director: Ken Annakin | Stars: Rod Steiger, David Knight, Bernard Lee, Noel Willman
Votes: 995
7. Quartet (1948)
Approved | 120 min | Drama, Romance
Four of W. Somerset Maugham's short stories are brought to the screen with each introduced by the author. In "The Facts of Life", a young man with great potential on the tennis courts goes ... See full summary »
Directors: Ken Annakin, Arthur Crabtree, Harold French, Ralph Smart | Stars: Basil Radford, Naunton Wayne, Ian Fleming, Jack Raine
Votes: 986
8. Up in the World (1956)
87 min | Comedy
A friendly window cleaner works at an English country estate where he saves the owner's son from kidnappers.
Director: John Paddy Carstairs | Stars: Norman Wisdom, Maureen Swanson, Jerry Desmonde, Michael Caridia
Votes: 754
9. The Limping Man (1953)
Approved | 76 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
An American WWII veteran goes back to England after the war only to discover that his wartime sweetheart has got mixed up with a dangerous spy ring.
Director: Cy Endfield | Stars: Lloyd Bridges, Moira Lister, Alan Wheatley, Leslie Phillips
Votes: 720
10. Hell in Korea (1956)
Not Rated | 80 min | Drama, History, War
During the Korean War retreat in 1951, a small British recon group is surrounded by Chinese troops and holds out in a lonely temple atop a hill.
Director: Julian Amyes | Stars: Stephen Boyd, Ronald Lewis, George Baker, Harry Andrews
Votes: 619
11. Personal Affair (1953)
Approved | 82 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In a 1950s British village, a teenager, who is in love with her Latin language teacher, disappears, prompting the police to investigate the teacher, amidst public rumors of rape and murder.
Director: Anthony Pelissier | Stars: Gene Tierney, Leo Genn, Pamela Brown, Walter Fitzgerald
Votes: 616
12. Department S (1969–1970)
60 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
An elite department within Interpol, Department S inherits those cases which the other member groups have failed to solve.
Stars: Peter Wyngarde, Joel Fabiani, Rosemary Nicols, Dennis Alaba Peters
Votes: 585
13. Man of the Moment (1955)
85 min | Comedy
Civil Servant Norman becomes the favourite of the rulers of a South Seas island that the British have an interest in.
Director: John Paddy Carstairs | Stars: Norman Wisdom, Lana Morris, Belinda Lee, Jerry Desmonde
Votes: 580
14. Tears for Simon (1956)
89 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
When an 18 month old baby disappears in London, a police investigation ensues, though there are few leads.
Director: Guy Green | Stars: David Farrar, David Knight, Julia Arnall, Anthony Oliver
Votes: 353
15. Colonel March of Scotland Yard (1954–1956)
30 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Colonel March of The Department of Queer Complaints investigates unusual cases, locked-room murders, and mysteries concerning the supernatural.
Stars: Boris Karloff, Ewan Roberts, Eric Pohlmann, Doris Nolan
Votes: 310
16. Home to Danger (1951)
Not Rated | 66 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A drug dealer tries to kill his partner's daughter after she inherits an old house.
Director: Terence Fisher | Stars: Guy Rolfe, Rona Anderson, Francis Lister, Alan Wheatley
Votes: 304
17. Floods of Fear (1958)
82 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Two inmates working to shore up a dike during a severe flood are swept away in the current along with their guard. The three of them wind up in an isolated house whose flooded interior contains a frightened woman.
Director: Charles Crichton | Stars: Howard Keel, Anne Heywood, Cyril Cusack, Harry H. Corbett
Votes: 295
18. The Terror (1938)
64 min | Crime, Mystery
A criminal mastermind robs gold, frames his gang, keeps loot. Freed gang searches for ex-boss for revenge and their share.
Director: Richard Bird | Stars: Wilfrid Lawson, Bernard Lee, Arthur Wontner, Linden Travers
Votes: 281
19. Innocent Sinners (1958)
95 min | Drama
A young girl in a bombed-out part of London wants to make something beautiful, so she plants a garden in a ruined church with help from her friend. None of the adults in her life understand why she wants to do this.
Director: Philip Leacock | Stars: June Archer, Christopher Hey, Brian Hammond, Flora Robson
Votes: 281
20. Both Sides of the Law (1953)
94 min | Crime, Drama
A pseudo-documentary in style with an emphasis on the daily work and routine of women police built around three different story lines. The first involves eighteen-year-old Bridget Foster (... See full summary »
Director: Muriel Box | Stars: Anne Crawford, Peggy Cummins, Rosamund John, Terence Morgan
Votes: 248
21. Poison Pen (1939)
66 min | Drama
A small, sedate British village is shocked when its residents begin receiving hate-filled diatribes, known as "poison pen letters".
Director: Paul L. Stein | Stars: Flora Robson, Robert Newton, Ann Todd, Belle Chrystall
Votes: 245
22. The Big Money (1956)
86 min | Comedy
Petty thief Willie Frith steals a suitcase full of bank notes, only to find out that they have all been given the same serial number. But this is only the start of his troubles: now he must... See full summary »
Director: John Paddy Carstairs | Stars: Ian Carmichael, Belinda Lee, Kathleen Harrison, Robert Helpmann
Votes: 242
23. The Third Man (1959–1965)
30 min | Crime, Drama
Harry Lime makes money dealing art and solves crime to save his life.
Stars: Michael Rennie, Jonathan Harris, Naomi Chance, Rupert Davies
Votes: 218
24. Easy Money (1948)
Approved | 94 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
An anthology of four short stories centered around the topic of honestly--or dishonestly--winning the pools in postwar Britain.
Director: Bernard Knowles | Stars: Jack Warner, Marjorie Fielding, Yvonne Owen, Jack Watling
Votes: 217
25. Temptation Harbor (1947)
91 min | Crime, Drama
A signalman on a quay sees a fight between two men. One of the men is deliberately pushed into the water and the signalman cannot save him, but decides to keep his suitcase which he later finds is full of banknotes with a value of £5000.
Director: Lance Comfort | Stars: Robert Newton, Simone Simon, William Hartnell, Marcel Dalio
Votes: 206
26. Where's Jack? (1969)
G | 120 min | Adventure, Biography, Crime
The adventures and the exploits of notorious English thief and prison-breaker Jack Sheppard in 1720s London.
Director: James Clavell | Stars: Tommy Steele, Stanley Baker, Alan Badel, Dudley Foster
Votes: 197
27. Star of India (1954)
Approved | 92 min | Adventure, Romance
Squire Pierre St. Laurent returns from wars in India to 17th-century provincial France to find his estate confiscated by governor Narbonne, for back taxes, and resold to Katrina, a Dutch ... See full summary »
Director: Arthur Lubin | Stars: Cornel Wilde, Jean Wallace, Herbert Lom, Yvonne Sanson
Votes: 187
28.
The Saint (1962–1969)
Episode:
Invitation to Danger
(1968)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Simon's captured by someone who uses his identity to rob a casino.
Director: Roger Moore | Stars: Roger Moore, Shirley Eaton, Robert Hutton, Julian Glover
Votes: 165
29.
The Saint (1962–1969)
Episode:
Simon and Delilah
(1967)
TV-PG | 49 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Temperamental Italian film star, Serena Harris's kidnapped from the set of a film she's starring in. Though the Saint manages to locate her, given her unpopularity, there's a large number ... See full summary »
Director: Roy Ward Baker | Stars: Roger Moore, Ronald Radd, Lois Maxwell, Suzanne Lloyd
Votes: 161
30. Contraband Spain (1955)
Not Rated | 82 min | Crime, Drama
A government agent is sent to the French-Spanish border to round up smugglers and counterfeiters after his brother is murdered. He is helped by singer Anouk Aimee, who he falls in love with.
Directors: Lawrence Huntington, Julio Salvador | Stars: Richard Greene, Anouk Aimée, Michael Denison, José Nieto
Votes: 158
31.
The Saint (1962–1969)
Episode:
The Gadget Lovers
(1967)
TV-PG | 49 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Simon's assigned to protect Russian colonel Smolenko following the deaths of several Soviet agents.
Director: Jim O'Connolly | Stars: Roger Moore, Mary Peach, Campbell Singer, Glynn Edwards
Votes: 154
32.
The Saint (1962–1969)
Episode:
A Double in Diamonds
(1967)
TV-PG | 49 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A highly valuable necklace is stolen from Lord Gillingham by his secretary Kate, who kills the jeweler in the process.
Director: John Gilling | Stars: Roger Moore, Cecil Parker, Anton Rodgers, Yolande Turner
Votes: 148
33.
The Saint (1962–1969)
Episode:
Island of Chance
(1967)
TV-PG | 49 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Simon arrives in the Caribbean at the request of a friend who's killed before he can explain why he sent for him.
Director: Leslie Norman | Stars: Roger Moore, Sue Lloyd, David Bauer, Patricia Donahue
Votes: 147
34.
The Saint (1962–1969)
Episode:
To Kill a Saint
(1967)
TV-PG | 49 min | Action, Crime, Drama
It's the most unusual assignment he's ever undertaken - Simon is hired to disguise himself as a gangster and kill... the Saint.
Director: Robert Asher | Stars: Roger Moore, Peter Dyneley, Annette Andre, Derek Bond
Votes: 145
35.
The Saint (1962–1969)
Episode:
The Best Laid Schemes
(1967)
TV-PG | 49 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Several weeks after the body of her husband was pulled from the sea, Arlene Fleming receives calls allegedly from him. The Saint discovers the main beneficiary to Fleming's will is his ... See full summary »
Director: John Llewellyn Moxey | Stars: Roger Moore, Sylvia Syms, Paul Daneman, Gabrielle Drake
Votes: 144
36.
The Saint (1962–1969)
Episode:
The Counterfeit Countess
(1967)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A plane crash sets the Saint on the trail of a counterfeiting gang, which takes him from London to Switzerland.
Director: Leslie Norman | Stars: Roger Moore, Kate O'Mara, Alexandra Bastedo, Philip Madoc
Votes: 142
37. The Gay Dog (1954)
Not Rated | 87 min | Comedy
Jim Gay loves his racing greyhound but, out of town, he finds a dog with a better chance to win. His friends bet on his dog while he bets against.
Director: Maurice Elvey | Stars: Wilfred Pickles, Petula Clark, Megs Jenkins, John Blythe
Votes: 141
38.
The Saint (1962–1969)
Episode:
The Power Artists
(1967)
TV-PG | 49 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Simon is framed for the murder of a young sculptor named Loudon.
Director: Leslie Norman | Stars: Roger Moore, Pauline Munro, George Murcell, Ivor Dean
Votes: 134
39.
The Saint (1962–1969)
Episode:
The Gadic Collection
(1967)
TV-PG | 49 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The Gadic collection is the priceless centrepiece of an art exhibition at the Museum in Turkey, and several groups of people want it. Most notably, the wealthy art collector, Turin, who's ... See full summary »
Director: Freddie Francis | Stars: Roger Moore, Peter Wyngarde, Georgia Brown, Michael Ripper
Votes: 132
40.
The Saint (1962–1969)
Episode:
When Spring Is Sprung
(1967)
TV-PG | 49 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The combination of the French Riviera and an attractive girl lands the Saint in the unexpected position of being asked to rescue her father, a Russian spy who is being held against his will.
Director: Jim O'Connolly | Stars: Roger Moore, Toby Robins, Ann Lynn, Allan Cuthbertson
Votes: 132
41. Mr. Lord Says No (1952)
86 min | Comedy
After the Government decides to build a Festival of Britain exhibition site, everything goes to plan, all except the fact that the main road and the pedestrian subway into the site, are ... See full summary »
Director: Muriel Box | Stars: Stanley Holloway, Kathleen Harrison, Naunton Wayne, Dandy Nichols
Votes: 130
42. Mimi (1935)
Approved | 98 min | Drama, Romance
The story of a struggling playwright in 1850s Paris and his mate whose love furnishes him with the inspiration he has long sought.
Director: Paul L. Stein | Stars: Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Gertrude Lawrence, Diana Napier, Harold Warrender
Votes: 118
43.
Colonel March of Scotland Yard (1954–1956)
Episode:
The Sorcerer
(1955)
26 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A psychologist is found dead in a seemingly sealed room. Inspector March needs to decide who had the most reason to kill him, and how did they accomplish the task.
Director: Bernard Knowles | Stars: Boris Karloff, Ewan Roberts, Phil Brown, Gerard Heinz
Votes: 115
44. The Old Curiosity Shop (1934)
Approved | 90 min | Drama
A kindly shop owner whose overwhelming gambling debts allow a greedy landlord to seize his shop of dusty treasures. Evicted and with no way to pay his debts, he and his granddaughter flee.
Director: Thomas Bentley | Stars: Ben Webster, Elaine Benson, Hay Petrie, Beatrix Thomson
Votes: 113
45. Traveller's Joy (1950)
78 min | Comedy
A group of impecunious Brits are stranded in a Stockholm hotel.
Director: Ralph Thomas | Stars: Googie Withers, John McCallum, Yolande Donlan, Maurice Denham
Votes: 112
46. Once Upon a Dream (1949)
87 min | Comedy, Romance
Chaos ensues when a woman wakes up believing that a romantic dream about her new servant is reality.
Director: Ralph Thomas | Stars: Googie Withers, Griffith Jones, Guy Middleton, Betty Lynne
Votes: 104
47.
Colonel March of Scotland Yard (1954–1956)
Episode:
At Night All Cats Are Gray
(1954)
27 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A French model asks for Colonel March's help just hours before she's found murdered.
Director: Phil Brown | Stars: Boris Karloff, Ewan Roberts, Christopher Lee, Fanny Rowe
Votes: 94
48.
Colonel March of Scotland Yard (1954–1956)
Episode:
Present Tense
(1955)
26 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
March's niece witnesses her husband die in a plane crash. Soon after she begins to complain she can hear his voice in the night and others in the house become convinced her husband has returned as a ghost.
Director: Bernard Knowles | Stars: Boris Karloff, Ewan Roberts, Mary Parker, Phil Brown
Votes: 91
49.
Colonel March of Scotland Yard (1954–1956)
Episode:
The Abominable Snowman
(1955)
26 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Members of a Britsh mountain climbing club are seemingly terrorized by an abominable snow man after film of tracks belonging to the creature are released. March struggles to accept the ... See full summary »
Director: Bernard Knowles | Stars: Boris Karloff, Ewan Roberts, Doris Nolan, Ivan Craig
Votes: 91
50. The Amazing Mr. Forrest (1939)
71 min | Comedy
John Forrest (Jack Buchanan) ace investigator for an insurance company retires, only to be promptly recalled following the theft of a priceless collection of jewels belonging to Prince Homouska (Walter Rilla).
Director: Thornton Freeland | Stars: Jack Buchanan, Googie Withers, Edward Everett Horton, Syd Walker
Votes: 80