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1. Empire of the Sun (1987)
PG | 153 min | Drama, War
A young English boy struggles to survive under Japanese occupation of China during World War II.
Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Christian Bale, John Malkovich, Miranda Richardson, Nigel Havers
Votes: 134,257 | Gross: $22.24M
2. Firefox (1982)
PG | 136 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
A pilot is sent into the Soviet Union on a mission to steal a prototype jet fighter that can be partially controlled by a neuralink.
Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Freddie Jones, David Huffman, Warren Clarke
Votes: 29,250 | Gross: $46.71M
3. The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 142 min | Action, Drama, Romance
Paris, 1792: After France becomes a republic, aristocrats are guillotined. The English Sir Percy tries to save as many as he can as The Scarlet Pimpernel in disguises.
Director: Clive Donner | Stars: Anthony Andrews, Jane Seymour, Ian McKellen, James Villiers
Votes: 5,152
4. Inseminoid (1981)
R | 93 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A crew of interplanetary archaeologists is threatened when an alien creature impregnates one of their members, causing her to turn homicidal and murder them one by one.
Director: Norman J. Warren | Stars: Robin Clarke, Jennifer Ashley, Stephanie Beacham, Steven Grives
Votes: 4,310
5. See No Evil (1971)
GP | 89 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A young blind woman is pursued by a maniac while staying with family in their country manor.
Director: Richard Fleischer | Stars: Mia Farrow, Dorothy Alison, Robin Bailey, Diane Grayson
Votes: 4,093 | Gross: $1.32M
6. Lovejoy (1986–1994)
TV-14 | 50 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Lovejoy is an irresistible rogue with a keen eye for antiques. The part-time detective scours the murky salerooms, auction halls and stately homes of Britain, always on the lookout for a find.
Stars: Ian McShane, Dudley Sutton, Chris Jury, Phyllis Logan
Votes: 3,893
7. Wish You Were Here (1987)
R | 88 min | Comedy, Drama
In a staid English seaside town after the Second World War, young Lynda grows up with her widowed father and younger sister. She eventually becomes pregnant by an acquaintance of her father.
Director: David Leland | Stars: Emily Lloyd, Trudi Cavanagh, Clare Clifford, Barbara Durkin
Votes: 3,334 | Gross: $3.28M
8. War and Remembrance (1988–1989)
Not Rated | 135 min | Drama, War
The trials of the Henry and the Jastrow families amidst the events after the U.S.'s entry into World War II.
Stars: Robert Mitchum, Jane Seymour, Hart Bochner, Victoria Tennant
Votes: 3,125
9. Lassiter (1984)
R | 100 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A handsome jewel thief is arrested and in order to avoid prison, must break into the heavily guarded German Embassy to steal millions in gems.
Director: Roger Young | Stars: Tom Selleck, Jane Seymour, Lauren Hutton, Bob Hoskins
Votes: 2,727 | Gross: $17.50M
10. Bergerac (1981–1991)
TV-14 | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Recovering alcoholic and divorced father of a young daughter, DS Jim Bergerac is a true maverick who prefers doing things his own way, and consequently doesn't always carry out his investigations the way his boss would like.
Stars: John Nettles, Terence Alexander, Sean Arnold, Mela White
Votes: 2,224
11. Dempsey and Makepeace (1985–1986)
60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Dempsey, a tough NYPD cop, is sent to a London undercover police unit teamed up with the sophisticated, sexy, blonde Makepeace. They hunt down the top of London's underworld - when not quarreling.
Stars: Michael Brandon, Glynis Barber, Ray Smith, Tony Osoba
Votes: 2,051
12. Wycliffe (1993–1998)
TV-14 | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Set in Cornwall, Detective Superintendent Charles Wycliffe, who works along with his colleagues DI Doug Kersey and DI Lucy Lane, investigates murder cases with his trademark determination and clinical accuracy.
Stars: Jack Shepherd, Helen Masters, Jimmy Yuill, Tim Wylton
Votes: 1,093
13. Gulag (1985 TV Movie)
130 min | Drama
Mickey Almon is a sports star turned reporter covering the athletics in Moscow. Framed by the KGB and forced to confess that he was spying for America, he is sentenced to detention in a ... See full summary »
Director: Roger Young | Stars: David Keith, Malcolm McDowell, David Suchet, Warren Clarke
Votes: 787
14. Slade in Flame (1975)
91 min | Drama, Music, Musical
Light the Rock n' Roll spark with a Flame in the guise of Dave, Noddy, Jim and Don and their showcase of the rise and demise of rock band Flame.
Director: Richard Loncraine | Stars: Don Powell, Jim Lea, Noddy Holder, Dave Hill
Votes: 662
15. The Protectors (1972–1974)
TV-14 | 30 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Challenges abound for worldwide crime-fighting team The Protectors. Organised into a global secret society, their mission is to protect the innocent and apprehend the guilty. Starring Emmy winner Robert Vaughn "The Man From U.N.C.L.E.".
Stars: Robert Vaughn, Nyree Dawn Porter, Tony Anholt, Yasuko Nagazumi
Votes: 572
16. Harem (1986 TV Movie)
Unrated | 190 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
Jessica, a young British girl, goes off to Arabia with her father to be with her fiancé when he's called there suddenly on diplomatic duty. On a tourist journey she's kidnapped by what ... See full summary »
Director: William Hale | Stars: Nancy Travis, Art Malik, Sarah Miles, Yaphet Kotto
Votes: 549
17. Van der Valk (1972–1992)
120 min | Crime, Drama
Cynical Dutch Detective Commissaris and his colleagues investigate murders, kidnappings, and political corruption.
Stars: Barry Foster, Michael Latimer, Joanna Dunham, Susan Travers
Votes: 538
18. A.D. (1985)
600 min | Drama, History
Set just after the death of Jesus Christ, this mini-series chronicles the life & adventures of Jesus's disciples, and events in Rome during the reigns of the Emperors Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius and Nero.
Stars: Anthony Andrews, Colleen Dewhurst, Ava Gardner, David Hedison
Votes: 533
19. Chiller (1995– )
Not Rated | 60 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A British horror/fantasy anthology series where each story involves, to some extent, the supernatural and features lead actors from UK television.
Stars: Nigel Havers, Phyllis Logan, Kevin McNally, John Simm
Votes: 328
20. 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: 245
21. Screen Two (1985–1998)
TV-14 | 120 min | Drama
In 1984 Kenith Trodd joined BBC team responding to Channel 4 releases, leading to transition from BBC studio plays to Screen One/Two anthology series. Trodd oversaw first group of titles in these series in 1985.
Stars: Jude North, Roger Brierley, Geoffrey Chater, Norman Jones
Votes: 244
22. By the Sword Divided (1983–1985)
50 min | Drama, History, War
Story of the English Civil War as seen through the eyes of two families; the Laceys, loyal to King Charles I, and the Fletchers, loyal to Oliver Cromwell.
Stars: Sharon Maughan, Andrew MacLachlan, Rob Edwards, Lucy Aston
Votes: 235
23. Hazell (1978–1979)
60 min | Crime, Drama
A British television series about a fictional private detective named James Hazell and his adventures.
Stars: Nicholas Ball, Roddy McMillan, Desmond McNamara, Peter Bourke
Votes: 214
24. Q.E.D. (I) (1982)
60 min | Adventure, Comedy, Mystery
In 1912, Quentin E. Deverill, an eccentric expatriate American professor, uses his unique skills to solve mysteries in London.
Stars: Sam Waterston, A.C. Weary, George Innes, Caroline Langrishe
Votes: 169
25. The Man Who Lived at the Ritz (1988 TV Movie)
200 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller
During WWII penniless American painter Philip Weber decides to collaborate with the Nazi leaders and help them steal priceless French artwork to keep his room in the chic Ritz Hotel and indulge in the pleasures of Nazi-occupied Paris.
Director: Desmond Davis | Stars: Perry King, Leslie Caron, Cherie Lunghi, David McCallum
Votes: 151
26. The Nativity (1978 TV Movie)
98 min | Biography, Drama, Family
The story of the courtship of Joseph and Mary, and of the events leading up to the first Christmas.
Directors: Ken Cameron, Bernard L. Kowalski | Stars: Madeleine Stowe, John Shea, Jane Wyatt, Paul Stewart
Votes: 139
27. The Day Christ Died (1980 TV Movie)
142 min | Drama
The Crucifixion of Christ seen more from a political and historical point of view than a spiritual one.
Director: James Cellan Jones | Stars: Chris Sarandon, Colin Blakely, Keith Michell, Jonathan Pryce
Votes: 128
28. Strangers (1978–1982)
60 min | Crime, Thriller
The eccentric police detective George Kitchener Bulman is reluctantly transferred to a station in the North of England.
Stars: Don Henderson, Dennis Blanch, Fiona Mollison, John Ronane
Votes: 111
29. Gauguin the Savage (1980 TV Movie)
125 min | Biography, Drama
Based on the turbulent life of the temperamental French painter, Paul Gauguin, and his compulsive search for creative freedom which caused him to abandon his wife and five children in Paris for a life of contentement in Tahiti.
Director: Fielder Cook | Stars: David Carradine, Lynn Redgrave, Barrie Houghton, Flora Robson
Votes: 104
30. Dead Head (1986)
190 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
4-part drama series. A dark tale about a small-time crook, Eddie Cass, who finds himself threatened by the state's shadowy security agencies.
Stars: Denis Lawson, Lindsay Duncan, George Baker, Simon Callow
Votes: 103
31.
War and Remembrance (1988–1989)
Episode:
Part IX
(1989)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama, War
It's 1944 and the Allies are preparing for D-day. Pug Henry is now a Rear Admiral and he again meets Pamela Tudsbury at her fiancé's residence, but their meeting is brief as he must return ... See full summary »
Director: Dan Curtis | Stars: Robert Mitchum, Jane Seymour, Hart Bochner, Victoria Tennant
Votes: 96
32. Johnny and the Dead (1995)
30 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
After the dead hear their cemetery is going to be sold as a building site, they ask Johnny to stop it.
Stars: Brian Blessed, George Baker, Jane Lapotaire, Harry Landis
Votes: 77
33.
Chiller (1995– )
Episode:
Number Six
(1995)
TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Jack Taylor is the homicide detective investigating the murders of five children. Aware that the serial killer is likely to strike for the sixth time, he discovers a connection to an ... See full summary »
Director: Rob Walker | Stars: Kevin McNally, Maggie O'Neill, Barbara Ewing, John McEnery
Votes: 77
34.
Wycliffe (1993–1998)
Episode:
Happy Families
(1995)
TV-14 | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Schoolgirl Ruth Penrose's body is found locked in a cupboard in a science lab by the caretaker, whose son Danny was seemingly her only friend. He goes missing after Ruth's twin Sheena has ... See full summary »
Director: Steve Goldie | Stars: Jo Stafford, Dominic Guard, Carole Gill, Zoe Hembrough
Votes: 72
35. New Scotland Yard (1972–1974)
60 min | Crime, Drama
Detectives at New Scotland Yard solve extraordinary, mysterious crimes.
Stars: John Woodvine, John Carlisle, Michael Turner, Clive Francis
Votes: 70
36. Die Kinder (1990– )
60 min | Drama
A woman searches for her children, who have been abducted by her ex-husband, a member of the German 'Red Liberation Front'.
Stars: Miranda Richardson, Frederic Forrest, Hans Kremer, Derek Fowlds
Votes: 67
37. Jemima Shore Investigates (1983– )
60 min | Crime, Drama
Jemima Shore is a TV presenter and journalist but also an amateur sleuth solving crimes beyond the TV studio.
Stars: Patricia Hodge, Sally Watts, Ian Hendry, Norman Jones
Votes: 64
38.
Bergerac (1981–1991)
Episode:
Retirement Plan
(1988)
TV-14 | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Jim is summoned from Jersey to spend Christmas on the Costa Del Sol where a pair of small-time British crooks have tried to muscle in on Charlie's latest business venture. When Jim gets ... See full summary »
Director: Edward Bennett | Stars: John Nettles, Terence Alexander, Louise Jameson, Nicholas Ball
Votes: 62
39. Fords on Water (1983)
83 min | Comedy
Influential, cult classic, UK buddy road movie about two friends, one white and one black, who bond over their desire to escape from boredom and unemployment in Thatcher's Britain.
Director: Barry Bliss | Stars: Elvis Payne, Mark Wingett, Kathryn Apanowicz, Jason Rose
Votes: 49
40.
Lovejoy (1986–1994)
Episode:
Judgement of Solomon
(1993)
TV-14 | 54 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Retired RAF officer Connaught asks Lovejoy to sell a collection of Jewish religious artefacts, allegedly purchased by his late wife and with no provenance. However, whilst Lovejoy asks ... See full summary »
Director: Rob Walker | Stars: Ian McShane, Phyllis Logan, Dudley Sutton, Chris Jury
Votes: 49
41.
Dempsey and Makepeace (1985–1986)
Episode:
The Burning: Part 2
(1986)
49 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Dempsey is losing himself in the part of Johnny Lupino as he gets ready for a gold heist organized by Mara Giardino. Unknown to him, his arch enemy and former boss Coltrane is closing in on... See full summary »
Director: Baz Taylor | Stars: Michael Brandon, Glynis Barber, Jill St. John, Ray Smith
Votes: 47
42. Saracen (1989)
60 min | Action, Drama
A team of professional mercenaries tackle dangerous and delicate situations at home and abroad.
Stars: Christian Burgess, Patrick James Clarke, Michael Byrne, John Bennett
Votes: 40
43. Butcher's Hook (1995)
6 min | Animation, Short
A short film exploring the imagery of medical and scientific experimentation.
Director: Simon Pummell | Star: Barrie Houghton
Votes: 35
44.
The Protectors (1972–1974)
Episode:
A Matter of Life and Death
(1973)
TV-14 | 25 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Investigating a suspicious death in North Africa Harry is mistaken for a drug smuggler and asked to take a consignment to Malta. Here he learns that the operation is organized by Australian... See full summary »
Director: Don Chaffey | Stars: Robert Vaughn, Nyree Dawn Porter, Tony Anholt, Barrie Houghton
Votes: 35
45. Summer Season (1985)
55 min | Drama
Stars: Tim Wylton, Marion Bailey, Charles Dale, Nicholas Gecks
Votes: 34
46.
Van der Valk (1972–1992)
Episode:
A Dangerous Point of View
(1973)
52 min | Crime, Drama
While working on a case, a private detective is stabbed to death in a seedy apartment. Who was he watching for two weeks in the building opposite? And how did it lead to his death?
Director: Jim Goddard | Stars: Barry Foster, Michael Latimer, Susan Travers, Lois Baxter
Votes: 30
47.
Screen Two (1985–1998)
Episode:
Small Zones
(1990)
PG | Drama
Intertwined story of the lives of two women; an Englishwoman suffering abuse from her violent husband, and a Russian poet serving hard labour because of her subversive work.
Director: Michael Whyte | Stars: Catherine Neilson, Sean Bean, Barrie Houghton, Angela Walsh
Votes: 23
48. Blind Justice (1988)
90 min | Drama
Frank Cartwright sets up is own democratic Chambers, putting together a group lawyers who are considered radicals by their previous employers.
Stars: Jack Shepherd, Julian Wadham, Caroline Hutchison, Eamonn Walker
Votes: 21
49.
Hazell (1978–1979)
Episode:
Hazell and the Public Enemy
(1979)
Crime, Drama
It's a close call for Hazell when he finds himself caught between a bank robber and a gangster and a female reporter.
Director: Marek Kanievska | Stars: Nicholas Ball, Roddy McMillan, John Bindon, Larry Lamb
Votes: 21
50. Collision Course (1979 TV Movie)
120 min | Drama
Dramatisation of the events leading to the Zagreb air disaster and the subsequent trial of the air-traffic controllers.
Director: Leslie Woodhead | Stars: Antony Sher, David de Keyser, Nick Brimble, David Beames
Votes: 19