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1. Doctor Who (1963–1989)
TV-PG | 25 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The adventures in time and space of the Doctor, a Time Lord who changes appearance and personality by regenerating when near death, and is joined by companions in battles against aliens and other megalomaniacs.
Stars: William Hartnell, Patrick Troughton, Jon Pertwee, Tom Baker
Votes: 39,584
2. The Ruling Class (1972)
PG | 154 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
A member of the House of Lords dies, leaving his estate to his son. Unfortunately, his son thinks he is Jesus Christ. Their other, somewhat more respectable family members plot to steal the estate from him; murder and mayhem ensue.
Director: Peter Medak | Stars: Peter O'Toole, Alastair Sim, Arthur Lowe, Hugh Owens
Votes: 6,822
3. The Persuaders! (1971–1972)
60 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Two worlds collide when Lord Brett Sinclair, a titled British man, and Danny Wilde, a Bronx-raised, self-made American, reluctantly join forces to right wrongs and protect the innocent.
Stars: Tony Curtis, Roger Moore, Laurence Naismith, Juliet Harmer
Votes: 5,908
4. Murder Ahoy (1964)
Unrated | 93 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
After Miss Jane Marple is made a trustee of a merchant marine training vessel, a fellow trustee is poisoned, and ship's officers are later murdered after she comes on board.
Director: George Pollock | Stars: Margaret Rutherford, Lionel Jeffries, Charles 'Bud' Tingwell, William Mervyn
Votes: 5,819
5. The Railway Children (1970)
G | 109 min | Drama, Family
After the enforced absence of their father, three children move with their mother to Yorkshire, where during their adventures they attempt to discover the reason for his disappearance.
Director: Lionel Jeffries | Stars: Dinah Sheridan, Bernard Cribbins, William Mervyn, Iain Cuthbertson
Votes: 5,702 | Gross: $0.32M
6. Operation Crossbow (1965)
PG-13 | 115 min | Action, Drama, War
Allied agents attempt to infiltrate a German rocket research site.
Director: Michael Anderson | Stars: Sophia Loren, George Peppard, Trevor Howard, John Mills
Votes: 5,509
7. Carry on Henry VIII (1971)
GP | 89 min | Comedy, Romance
After having just wed Marie of Normandy, Henry VIII's eager to consummate their marriage. Unfortunately, she's always eating garlic, and refuses to stop. Deciding to get rid of her - in his... See full summary »
Director: Gerald Thomas | Stars: Sidney James, Kenneth Williams, Charles Hawtrey, Joan Sims
Votes: 3,059
8. Carry on Again Doctor (1969)
Not Rated | 89 min | Comedy
Dr Nookey, disgraced, is sent to remote island hospital. Staff member Gladstone Screwer gives him secret slimming potion. Nookey flies to England for fame and fortune. Others try to cash in or bring him down.
Director: Gerald Thomas | Stars: Sidney James, Kenneth Williams, Charles Hawtrey, Jim Dale
Votes: 3,029
9. Carry on Follow That Camel (1967)
Not Rated | 95 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance
A bogus legionnaire proves his mettle during an Arab attack.
Director: Gerald Thomas | Stars: Phil Silvers, Kenneth Williams, Jim Dale, Charles Hawtrey
Votes: 2,685
10. The Blue Lamp (1950)
Approved | 84 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
The daily routine of two London Policemen is interrupted by a killer.
Director: Basil Dearden | Stars: Jack Warner, Dirk Bogarde, Jimmy Hanley, Robert Flemyng
Votes: 2,545
11. Circus of Horrors (1960)
Approved | 88 min | Drama, Horror
Dr. Rossiter, a plastic surgeon wanted by the police, flees to France and under an assumed name acquires, by murder, a run-down circus. His first recruit is a woman criminal. He transforms her face by surgery and trains her.
Director: Sidney Hayers | Stars: Anton Diffring, Erika Remberg, Yvonne Monlaur, Donald Pleasence
Votes: 2,401
12. The 39 Steps (1959)
Approved | 93 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
In London, a diplomat accidentally becomes involved in the death of a British agent who's after a spy ring that covets British military secrets.
Director: Ralph Thomas | Stars: Kenneth More, Taina Elg, Brenda de Banzie, Barry Jones
Votes: 2,338
13. The Magical World of Disney (1954–1997)
TV-G | 120 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
A Disney-produced anthology covering many different genres.
Stars: Walt Disney, Paul Frees, Clarence Nash, Slim Pickens
Votes: 2,293
14. Hot Millions (1968)
G | 106 min | Comedy, Crime
Paroled London fraudster Marcus Pendleton poses as a computer specialist in order to work for an insurance company that entirely relies on its corporate server.
Director: Eric Till | Stars: Peter Ustinov, Maggie Smith, Karl Malden, Bob Newhart
Votes: 2,277
15. Star! (1968)
G | 176 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
A musical biography of Gertrude Lawrence, who led a hustling and bustling life on the stage.
Director: Robert Wise | Stars: Julie Andrews, Richard Crenna, Michael Craig, Daniel Massey
Votes: 2,272 | Gross: $9.16M
16. Deadlier Than the Male (1967)
Approved | 98 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
British agent Bulldog Drummond is assigned to stop a master criminal who uses beautiful women to do his killings.
Director: Ralph Thomas | Stars: Richard Johnson, Elke Sommer, Sylva Koscina, Nigel Green
Votes: 2,011
17. Paradise Lagoon (1957)
Approved | 94 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance
In 1905, Lord Henry Loam and his family and servants are shipwrecked on a deserted island where the survival of the fittest renders the rigid class system irrelevant.
Director: Lewis Gilbert | Stars: Kenneth More, Diane Cilento, Cecil Parker, Sally Ann Howes
Votes: 1,994
18. Carve Her Name with Pride (1958)
Not Rated | 119 min | Biography, Drama, War
During World War II, a recently widowed young woman is recruited to work as a spy in France.
Director: Lewis Gilbert | Stars: Virginia McKenna, Paul Scofield, Jack Warner, Denise Grey
Votes: 1,861
19. The Battle of the Sexes (1960)
84 min | Comedy
Angela Barrows, an accomplished business analyst from the US, attempts to contemporise the late MacPherson's tweed factory, shaking the very foundation of a men-only company.
Director: Charles Crichton | Stars: Peter Sellers, Robert Morley, Constance Cummings, Jameson Clark
Votes: 1,741
20. My Partner the Ghost (1969–1971)
Not Rated | 60 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
When Hopkirk gets killed, he reappears as a ghost - pretty handy to have around in this line of work.
Stars: Mike Pratt, Kenneth Cope, Annette Andre, Ivor Dean
Votes: 1,512
21. The Third Key (1956)
Not Rated | 96 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The sleuths of Scotland Yard try to solve a series of burglaries.
Director: Charles Frend | Stars: Jack Hawkins, John Stratton, Dorothy Alison, Michael Brooke
Votes: 1,377
22. All at Sea (1957)
Unrated | 87 min | Comedy
A seasick sea Captain commands an amusement pier despite local opposition.
Director: Charles Frend | Stars: Alec Guinness, Harry Locke, Frederick Piper, Fred Griffiths
Votes: 1,209
23. Agent 8 3/4 (1964)
98 min | Comedy
Czech-speaking, out-of-work Briton Nicholas Whistler (Dirk Bogarde) is unwittingly sent on a secret mission to Prague by British Intelligence.
Director: Ralph Thomas | Stars: Dirk Bogarde, Sylva Koscina, Robert Morley, Leo McKern
Votes: 936
24. The Jokers (1967)
94 min | Comedy, Crime
Michael Tremayne (Michael Crawford) and David Tremayne (Oliver Reed) decide to steal the Crown Jewels from the Tower of London, not for criminal purposes, but to make themselves famous.
Director: Michael Winner | Stars: Michael Crawford, Oliver Reed, Harry Andrews, James Donald
Votes: 924
25. The Adventures of Robin Hood (1955–1960)
Approved | 30 min | Action, Adventure, Family
Robin of Loxley, otherwise known as Robin Hood, and his band of Merry Men protect England from the evil machinations of Prince John while King Richard the Lionheart is away fighting in the Crusades.
Stars: Richard Greene, Victor Woolf, Archie Duncan, Alexander Gauge
Votes: 880
26. Le mur de l'Atlantique (1970)
107 min | Comedy, War
A gentle restaurant owner inadvertently got involved in World War II after delivering a confidential document to an English pilot.
Director: Marcel Camus | Stars: Bourvil, Peter McEnery, Sophie Desmarets, Jean Poiret
Votes: 861
27. Salt and Pepper (1968)
G | 102 min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller
After discovering the body of a murdered female agent in their trendy Soho, London nightclub, groovy owners Charles Salt and Christopher Pepper partake in a fumbling investigation and ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Donner | Stars: Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford, Michael Bates, Ilona Rodgers
Votes: 764
28. Blood Suckers (1971)
R | 82 min | Horror
A group of friends search for a young English Oxford student who has disappeared whilst researching in Greece. They are shocked to find that, wherever he has been, certain unsolved murders ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Hartford-Davis | Stars: Patrick Macnee, Peter Cushing, Alexander Davion, Johnny Sekka
Votes: 728
29. A Touch of Larceny (1960)
Not Rated | 93 min | Comedy
Royal Navy Commander Max Easton fakes his defection to the Soviets in order to sue the slandering newspapers for the money he needs to woo a fancy American woman.
Director: Guy Hamilton | Stars: James Mason, George Sanders, Vera Miles, Oliver Johnston
Votes: 660
30. No Love for Johnnie (1961)
110 min | Drama
After winning re-election, British Labour Party M.P. Johnnie Byrne faces a series of setbacks in his political career, as well as in his marriage, and must act wisely in order to save both.
Director: Ralph Thomas | Stars: Peter Finch, Stanley Holloway, Mary Peach, Donald Pleasence
Votes: 655
31.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
The War Machines: Episode 1
(1966)
TV-G | 24 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The Doctor and Dodo return to London in the present day where the Doctor becomes concerned about WOTAN, a new super-computer installed in the Post Officer Tower.
Director: Michael Ferguson | Stars: William Hartnell, Jackie Lane, Alan Curtis, John Harvey
Votes: 636
32. Hancock's Half Hour (1956–1960)
30 min | Comedy
TV version of the popular BBC radio show of the same name, with Tony Hancock as the modern man of the world (in his own eyes). Sid James is there to bring him back to earth.
Stars: Tony Hancock, Sidney James, Johnny Vyvyan, Alec Bregonzi
Votes: 592
33.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
The War Machines: Episode 2
(1966)
TV-G | 24 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Dodo is under the control of WOTAN and attempts to lure the Doctor into a trap, while the rest of WOTAN's slaves begin construction on its robotic War Machines.
Director: Michael Ferguson | Stars: William Hartnell, Jackie Lane, John Harvey, John Cater
Votes: 576
34.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
The War Machines: Episode 3
(1966)
TV-G | 24 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Ben tries to escape from the warehouse but is captured by Polly, who is now also under WOTAN's control, and forced to work on construction the War Machine.
Director: Michael Ferguson | Stars: William Hartnell, Alan Curtis, Michael Craze, Anneke Wills
Votes: 571
35.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
The War Machines: Episode 4
(1966)
TV-G | 23 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The first War Machine is defeated but the Doctor only has a matter of hours to destroy WOTAN before the rest of its army is activated.
Director: Michael Ferguson | Stars: William Hartnell, Gerald Taylor, John Boyd-Brent, John Rolfe
Votes: 567
36. Hammerhead (1968)
Approved | 100 min | Drama, Thriller
An American agent has tracked down the stronghold of an evil criminal mastermind, determined to take over the world.
Director: David Miller | Stars: Vince Edwards, Judy Geeson, Peter Vaughan, Diana Dors
Votes: 562
37. Upstairs and Downstairs (1959)
Not Rated | 101 min | Comedy
When a young man marries the bosses daughter, the young couple must now do the company entertaining. But it isn't easy getting good help, as they go through a procession of strange and stranger servants.
Director: Ralph Thomas | Stars: Michael Craig, Anne Heywood, Mylène Demongeot, James Robertson Justice
Votes: 521
38. The Safecracker (1958)
Approved | 96 min | Crime, Drama, War
A British safe cracker goes to prison but when World War II starts he's recruited by army intelligence and is sent to German-occupied Belgium to crack the safe of a German Abwehr unit located in a chateau.
Director: Ray Milland | Stars: Ray Milland, Barry Jones, Jeanette Sterke, Victor Maddern
Votes: 451
39. The Best House in London (1969)
X | 97 min | Comedy
In Victorian London, the British Government attempts a solution to the problem of prostitution by establishing the world's most fabulous brothel.
Director: Philip Saville | Stars: David Hemmings, Joanna Pettet, George Sanders, Dany Robin
Votes: 392
40. Maigret (1959–1963)
50 min | Crime, Drama
Televisations of the Maigret novels by Georges Simenon.
Stars: Rupert Davies, Ewen Solon, Helen Shingler, Neville Jason
Votes: 377
41. 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: 351
42. Crown Court (1972–2007)
TV-14 | 25 min | Drama
A courtroom drama in which each case is usually presented in three episodes. At the end of the third episode, a jury of "ordinary people" comes to a verdict on the evidence presented.
Stars: Peter Wheeler, Joseph Berry, Richard Colson, Derek Hockridge
Votes: 348
43. The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (1971–1973)
13+ | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Adaptations of mystery stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's contemporary rivals in the genre.
Stars: Peter Vaughan, Peter Barkworth, Douglas Wilmer, Ronald Hines
Votes: 345
44. Dixon of Dock Green (1955–1976)
Crime, Drama
Constable George Dixon and his colleagues at the Dock Green police station in the East End of London deal with petty crime, successfully controlling it through common sense and human understanding.
Stars: Jack Warner, Peter Byrne, Geoffrey Adams, Arthur Rigby
Votes: 314
45. Gideon C.I.D. (1964–1966)
60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Follows Commander George Gideon of Scotland Yard and his family life.
Stars: John Gregson, Alexander Davion, Daphne Anderson, Richard James
Votes: 314
46. 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
47.
The Persuaders! (1971–1972)
Episode:
Read and Destroy
(1972)
52 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
The Persuaders and every spy in the business are after a British Agent for his highly confidential memoirs, nevertheless, before retrieving the manuscripts, they must first find them.
Director: Roy Ward Baker | Stars: Tony Curtis, Roger Moore, Joss Ackland, Nigel Green
Votes: 238
48. Invasion Quartet (1961)
87 min | Comedy, War
Spike Milligan and his friends decide to go to occupied France to silence a large German gun that is firing across the channel. They bumble though encounters with Germans and the French ... See full summary »
Director: Jay Lewis | Stars: Bill Travers, Spike Milligan, Grégoire Aslan, John Le Mesurier
Votes: 217
49. The Loves of Joanna Godden (1947)
89 min | Drama, Romance
On Romney Marsh at the turn of the century, a woman farmer has three suitors.
Directors: Charles Frend, Robert Hamer | Stars: Googie Withers, Jean Kent, John McCallum, Derek Bond
Votes: 211
50. Raffles (1975–1977)
60 min | Comedy, Crime
Most people know A.J. Raffles only as a gentleman of leisure and a top-rated cricketer, but he is also "the amateur Cracksman", an expert jewel thief. Alternately aided and hindered by his ... See full summary »
Stars: Anthony Valentine, Christopher Strauli, Victor Brooks, Victor Carin
Votes: 210