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1. Room at the Top (1958)
Not Rated | 115 min | Drama, Romance
An ambitious young accountant plots to wed a wealthy factory owner's daughter despite falling in love with a married older woman.
Director: Jack Clayton | Stars: Laurence Harvey, Simone Signoret, Heather Sears, Donald Wolfit
Votes: 7,337
2. Pursuit of the Graf Spee (1956)
Not Rated | 119 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
In the first major naval battle of World War II, the British Navy must find and destroy a powerful German warship.
Directors: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger | Stars: John Gregson, Anthony Quayle, Peter Finch, Ian Hunter
Votes: 4,868
3. Carry on Cabby (1963)
91 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance
A taxi company is threatened when an all-female firm sets itself up in business and starts to steal their customers.
Director: Gerald Thomas | Stars: Sidney James, Hattie Jacques, Kenneth Connor, Charles Hawtrey
Votes: 3,021
4. Berserk (1967)
Approved | 96 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A scheming circus owner finds her authority challenged when a vicious killer targets the show.
Director: Jim O'Connolly | Stars: Joan Crawford, Ty Hardin, Diana Dors, Michael Gough
Votes: 2,658
5. Carry on Regardless (1961)
Not Rated | 90 min | Comedy
The Helping Hands agency employs some very strange people to perform some very strange jobs. Even the simplest of tasks get bungled by the incompetent but lovable staff.
Directors: Gerald Thomas, Ralph Thomas | Stars: Sidney James, Kenneth Connor, Charles Hawtrey, Joan Sims
Votes: 2,500
6. 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: 2,292
7. One Step Beyond (1959–1961)
Approved | 25 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
"One Step Beyond" was a collection of tales about paranormal events, horrifying folklore, and the world of the unknown.
Stars: John Newland, Robert Douglas, Olan Soule, Will J. White
Votes: 1,879
8. The Reluctant Debutante (1958)
Approved | 94 min | Comedy, Romance
While visiting her father, an American teenage girl is thrown into London society during its "Debutante Season."
Director: Vincente Minnelli | Stars: Rex Harrison, Kay Kendall, John Saxon, Sandra Dee
Votes: 1,837
9. The Captain's Paradise (1953)
Approved | 94 min | Comedy, Romance
The captain of a ferry boat between the restricted British colony in Gibraltar and Spanish Morocco has a woman of differing appeal and temperament in each port.
Director: Anthony Kimmins | Stars: Alec Guinness, Peter Bull, Charles Goldner, Miles Malleson
Votes: 1,814
10. Benny Hill (1962–1963)
25 min | Comedy
This timeless modern slapstick-format doesn't really have a plot, but is an irresistible rapid succession of independent short, comical scenes, mostly without any text, often using ... See full summary »
Stars: Benny Hill, Graham Stark, Patricia Hayes, Ronnie Brody
Votes: 1,373
11. Angels One Five (1952)
TV-G | 98 min | Drama, War
The story of an RAF fighter squadron at the height of the Battle of Britain.
Director: George More O'Ferrall | Stars: Jack Hawkins, Michael Denison, Andrew Osborn, Cyril Raymond
Votes: 1,277
12. Quentin Durward (1955)
Approved | 103 min | Action, Adventure, History
A Scottish knight in France to facilitate a marriage between a rich and beautiful countess and his aging uncle becomes involved in court intrigue.
Director: Richard Thorpe | Stars: Robert Taylor, Kay Kendall, Robert Morley, George Cole
Votes: 1,147
13. Thriller (1973–1976)
TV-14 | 65 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy
"Thriller" was an anthology series of self-contained episodes, with genres ranging from murder mystery to suspense to psychological and supernatural horror.
Stars: Donna Mills, Gary Collins, Derek Francis, Michael Jayston
Votes: 979
14. Happy Go Lovely (1951)
Approved | 97 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
A chorus girl gets a ride from millionaire Bruno's driver. The cash-strapped theater director thinks, she's Bruno's girlfriend and makes her the lead. She meets Bruno, thinking he's a reporter. More confusion follows.
Director: H. Bruce Humberstone | Stars: David Niven, Vera-Ellen, Cesar Romero, Bobby Howes
Votes: 877
15. The Public Eye (1972)
G | 95 min | Comedy, Drama
When a strait-laced British accountant marries a free-spirited American, he starts trying to change her. His wife doesn't keep regular hours, so he suspects an affair and hires a detective ... See full summary »
Director: Carol Reed | Stars: Mia Farrow, Topol, Michael Jayston, Margaret Rawlings
Votes: 863
16. Stolen Face (1952)
Approved | 72 min | Crime, Drama
A doctor repairs a female inmate's disfigured face to match the lovely woman who left him, and marries her, only to find out how abusive she is.
Director: Terence Fisher | Stars: Paul Henreid, Lizabeth Scott, André Morell, Mary Mackenzie
Votes: 836
17. 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
18. Life at the Top (1965)
117 min | Drama
In this sequel to Room at the Top (1958), Joe Lampton (Laurence Harvey) thinks he has really made it by marrying the boss's daughter in his northern mill town. But he finds he is being sidelined at work and his private life manipulated by his father-in-law.
Director: Ted Kotcheff | Stars: Laurence Harvey, Jean Simmons, Honor Blackman, Michael Craig
Votes: 704
19. Mr. Denning Drives North (1951)
Approved | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A British aircraft engineer accidentally kills his daughter's nasty foreign boyfriend, then tries to cover up his deed.
Director: Anthony Kimmins | Stars: John Mills, Phyllis Calvert, Eileen Moore, Sam Wanamaker
Votes: 584
20. Expresso Bongo (1959)
Not Rated | 111 min | Drama, Music
Sleazy talent agent Johnny Jackson discovers teenager Bert Rudge singing in a coffee house. Despite Bert's protestation that he really is only interested in playing bongos, Johnny starts ... See full summary »
Director: Val Guest | Stars: Laurence Harvey, Sylvia Syms, Yolande Donlan, Cliff Richard
Votes: 579
21. Get Charlie Tully (1972)
PG | 97 min | Comedy, Crime
Charlie Tully and womanizing Reggie Peek con two rich Italians out of £500,000, but during their flight out Charlie is arrested for conning an American and a dog. Reggie puts the money in a... See full summary »
Director: Cliff Owen | Stars: Dick Emery, Derren Nesbitt, Ronald Fraser, Pat Coombs
Votes: 492
22. Doctor in Love (1960)
93 min | Comedy
Doctors Burke and Hare leave the confines of St. Swithin's for the world of general practice, stopping off on the way as patients at the Foulness anti-cold Unit. Hare then takes up a ... See full summary »
Director: Ralph Thomas | Stars: Michael Craig, Virginia Maskell, Leslie Phillips, James Robertson Justice
Votes: 437
23. The Franchise Affair (1951)
88 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Michael Denison plays a lawyer investigating kidnapping charges against Dulcie Gray. Based on a novel of Josephine Tey.
Director: Lawrence Huntington | Stars: Michael Denison, Dulcie Gray, Anthony Nicholls, Marjorie Fielding
Votes: 392
24. Roommates (1961)
Not Rated | 91 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
In order to cut costs and conduct practice sessions, a group of students studying at an elite music school decide to stay together. Soon, one of them finds himself in trouble.
Director: Gerald Thomas | Stars: James Robertson Justice, Leslie Phillips, Paul Massie, Kenneth Williams
Votes: 381
25. 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
26. 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
27. Aunt Clara (1954)
84 min | Comedy, Family
A wealthy old man dies and leaves his holdings--including a brothel, a gambling den, racing greyhounds, and a sleazy bar--to his eccentric niece Clara Hilton (Dame Margaret Rutherford). ... See full summary »
Director: Anthony Kimmins | Stars: Ronald Shiner, Margaret Rutherford, A.E. Matthews, Fay Compton
Votes: 281
28. The Wildcats of St. Trinian's (1980)
91 min | Comedy
The girls of St. Trinian's decide they are being asked to do too much work so they go on strike.
Director: Frank Launder | Stars: Sheila Hancock, Michael Hordern, Joe Melia, Thorley Walters
Votes: 278
29. 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
30. The Truth About Women (1957)
Unrated | 107 min | Comedy, Drama
A man recalls his relationships with the women he loved as he tries to help another man try to understand them as well.
Director: Muriel Box | Stars: Laurence Harvey, Julie Harris, Diane Cilento, Mai Zetterling
Votes: 244
31.
Thriller (1973–1976)
Episode:
Screamer
(1974)
TV-14 | 73 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy
A young American girl on her way to visit friends in rural England is brutally attacked and raped. After spending the next few months in a mental institution trying to recover from her ... See full summary »
Director: Shaun O'Riordan | Stars: Pamela Franklin, Donal McCann, Frances White, Jim Norton
Votes: 206
32. Operation Bullshine (1959)
Not Rated | 84 min | Comedy, Romance, War
The fun starts when a group of A.T.S. girls are posted to a light ack-ack command post on a remote part of the English coast.
Director: Gilbert Gunn | Stars: Donald Sinden, Barbara Murray, Carole Lesley, Ronald Shiner
Votes: 201
33. Follyfoot (1971–1973)
30 min | Family, Drama
Young Dora stays with her uncle on his farm while parents travel. Uncle suggests she visit Follyfoot Farm, part of estate caring for unwanted horses. Dora finds happiness there but faces uncertainty when parents return.
Stars: Gillian Blake, Steve Hodson, Arthur English, Christian Rodska
Votes: 186
34. Doctor in Charge (1972–1973)
30 min | Comedy
The continuing misadventures of Duncan Waring (Robin Nedwell), Dick Stuart-Clark (Geoffrey Davies), and Paul Collier (George Layton) see them move further up the promotion ladder, but ... See full summary »
Stars: Robin Nedwell, George Layton, Geoffrey Davies, Ernest Clark
Votes: 168
35. Love Story (1963–1974)
60 min | Drama
British anthology series of short plays on the theme of romance.
Stars: T.P. McKenna, Frances Cuka, Keith Barron, Patrick Macnee
Votes: 137
36. 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
37. Father's Doing Fine (1952)
83 min | Comedy, Romance
A domestic comedy based on the play "Little Lambs Eat Ivy", dealing with the adventures of an impoverished upper-class family consisting of a widowed mother and her four daughters.
Director: Henry Cass | Stars: Heather Thatcher, Diane Hart, Virginia McKenna, Mary Germaine
Votes: 126
38. The Amazing Mr. Beecham (1949)
Not Rated | 84 min | Comedy, Romance
Young Viscount Tony Pym manages to get an army leave on the pretence of running for the Conservatives in the next local election. His only aim in fact is to marry June, a rich American ... See full summary »
Director: John Paddy Carstairs | Stars: Cecil Parker, A.E. Matthews, David Tomlinson, Lana Morris
Votes: 122
39. The Duke Wore Jeans (1958)
90 min | Comedy, Musical
A Cockney lad who pretends to be a Lord in order to woo a South American princess.
Director: Gerald Thomas | Stars: Tommy Steele, June Laverick, Michael Medwin, Alan Wheatley
Votes: 112
40. ITV Play of the Week (1955–1974)
90 min | Comedy, Drama
An anthology series from the U.K., from 1955 to 1974, producing about five hundred ninety-minute episodes from Granada Television.
Stars: Derek Francis, Alfred Burke, Arthur Hewlett, Esther Lawrence
Votes: 94
41. Two and Two Make Six (1962)
89 min | Comedy, Romance
A US airman stationed in the UK strikes down his commanding officer. Believing he killed him, the airman goes on the run with a woman. They run into a couple that looks like them and a mix up happens.
Director: Freddie Francis | Stars: George Chakiris, Janette Scott, Alfred Lynch, Jocelyn Lane
Votes: 93
42. Call My Bluff (II) (1965–1988)
30 min | Family, Game-Show
Two teams of three alternate between giving and guessing the meanings of obscure English words.
Stars: Robert Robinson, Frank Muir, Patrick Campbell, Arthur Marshall
Votes: 86
43. Hadleigh (1969–1976)
60 min | Drama
James Hadleigh is the squire of the village in this series created by Robert Barr.
Stars: Gerald Harper, Peter Dennis, Ambrosine Phillpotts, Alastair Hunter
Votes: 84
44. Diamonds on Wheels (1973 TV Movie)
84 min | Comedy, Family
Three kids get mixed up with jewel thieves and stolen diamonds in a 24-hour road rally.
Director: Jerome Courtland | Stars: Patrick Allen, George Sewell, Derek Newark, Dudley Sutton
Votes: 81
45. Emergency-Ward 10 (1957–1967)
30 min | Drama
Set in Oxbridge General Hospital, this soap opera focused equally on the lives and loves of its medical staff and the pressure of their work.
Stars: Jill Browne, Charles 'Bud' Tingwell, Frederick Bartman, Desmond Carrington
Votes: 70
46. Vacation Playhouse (1963–1967)
30 min | Drama, Comedy, Crime
Summer replacement show featuring pilot programs that had not been sold.
Stars: Darryl Hickman, Dwayne Hickman, Pat Crowley, Soupy Sales
Votes: 64
47.
One Step Beyond (1959–1961)
Episode:
Nightmare
(1961)
Approved | 30 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A troubled painter is obsessed with painting a young lady he's never met before. He determines to find her in real life before the obsession drives him crazy.
Director: John Newland | Stars: Peter Wyngarde, Mary Peach, Ambrosine Phillpotts, Jean Cadell
Votes: 52
48. This Man Is Mine (1946)
103 min | Comedy
One wartime Christmas the well-to-do Ferguson family extends a festive welcome to various strays, with comic results.
Director: Marcel Varnel | Stars: Tom Walls, Glynis Johns, Jeanne De Casalis, Hugh McDermott
Votes: 47
49. Fredric March Presents Tales from Dickens (1959– )
30 min | Drama
Fredric March presents tales from Charles Dickens.
Stars: Fredric March, Robert Arditti, Martin Stephens, John Salew
Votes: 41
50. Wilde Alliance (1978)
60 min | Drama
Amy, an artist, and Rupert, a writer, are a middle-aged British couple who double as amateur detectives.
Stars: Julia Foster, John Stride, John Lee, Patrick Newell
Votes: 37