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1. The Omen (1976)
R | 111 min | Horror, Mystery
Mysterious deaths surround an American ambassador. Could the child that he is raising actually be the Antichrist? The Devil's own son?
Director: Richard Donner | Stars: Gregory Peck, Lee Remick, Harvey Stephens, David Warner
Votes: 132,822 | Gross: $4.27M
2. A Bridge Too Far (1977)
PG | 175 min | Drama, History, War
Operation Market Garden, September 1944: The Allies attempt to capture several strategically important bridges in the Netherlands in the hope of breaking the German lines.
Director: Richard Attenborough | Stars: Sean Connery, Ryan O'Neal, Michael Caine, Laurence Olivier
Votes: 61,621 | Gross: $50.80M
3. Poirot (1989–2013)
TV-14 | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Hercule Poirot, a famous Belgian detective, who has an impeccable knack for getting embroiled in a mystery, solves crimes along with Captain Hastings and Scotland Yard Chief Inspector James Japp.
Stars: David Suchet, Hugh Fraser, Philip Jackson, Pauline Moran
Votes: 52,192
4. Macbeth (1971)
R | 140 min | Drama, History
A ruthlessly ambitious Scottish lord seizes the throne with the help of his scheming wife and a trio of witches.
Director: Roman Polanski | Stars: Jon Finch, Francesca Annis, Martin Shaw, Terence Bayler
Votes: 14,987
5. Sink the Bismarck! (1960)
Approved | 97 min | Action, Drama, History
The World War II story of the Royal Navy's effort to defeat Nazi Germany's most powerful warship.
Director: Lewis Gilbert | Stars: Kenneth More, Dana Wynter, Carl Möhner, Laurence Naismith
Votes: 8,319 | Gross: $6.54M
6. Brannigan (1975)
PG | 111 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Chicago Police Lieutenant Jim Brannigan is sent to the U.K. to escort organized crime boss Ben Larkin back to the U.S., but Larkin's hitmen prepare an ambush for Brannigan.
Director: Douglas Hickox | Stars: John Wayne, Richard Attenborough, Judy Geeson, Mel Ferrer
Votes: 6,408
7. Juggernaut (1974)
PG | 109 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A blackmailer demands a huge ransom in exchange for information on how to disarm the seven bombs he placed aboard the transatlantic liner Britannic.
Director: Richard Lester | Stars: Richard Harris, Omar Sharif, David Hemmings, Anthony Hopkins
Votes: 6,328 | Gross: $1.56M
8. Oh Heavenly Dog (1980)
PG | 103 min | Comedy, Crime, Fantasy
A murdered detective must avenge his murder after he is reincarnated as a dog.
Director: Joe Camp | Stars: Chevy Chase, Jane Seymour, Benjean, Omar Sharif
Votes: 2,762 | Gross: $6.22M
9. 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: 2,679
10.
Poirot (1989–2013)
Episode:
The Incredible Theft
(1989)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A wealthy industrialist's plan to snare a Nazi sympathizer goes awry when the secret plans for a new fighter plane inexplicably disappear.
Director: Edward Bennett | Stars: David Suchet, Hugh Fraser, Philip Jackson, Pauline Moran
Votes: 1,668
11. Alleyn Mysteries (1990–1994)
TV-14 | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Drawing on her love of theatre and art, New Zealand author Ngaio Marsh created elegant crime-puzzlers full of quirky characters with hidden agendas, all brought meticulously to life in this BBC series.
Stars: William Simons, Patrick Malahide, Belinda Lang, Tim Dutton
Votes: 759
12. The Ice House (1978 TV Movie)
35 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Paul, recently divorced, seeks sanctuary at a country retreat run by a sinister brother and sister.
Director: Derek Lister | Stars: John Stride, Elizabeth Romilly, Geoffrey Burridge, David Beames
Votes: 487
13. Hanna's War (1988)
PG-13 | 148 min | Biography, Drama, War
During WW2 Hanna Szenes, a Hungarian Jew living in British Palestine, volunteers to go behind enemy lines to rescue Jews from deportation to death camps.
Director: Menahem Golan | Stars: Ellen Burstyn, Maruschka Detmers, Anthony Andrews, Donald Pleasence
Votes: 483 | Gross: $0.14M
14. Jackanory (1965–1996)
15 min | Family, Fantasy
A celebrity reads a story, enhancing it in ways that will entice the most restless of children.
Stars: Bernard Cribbins, Kenneth Williams, Martin Jarvis, John Grant
Votes: 423
15. Play for Today (1970–1984)
75 min | Comedy, Drama
A British television anthology drama series that aired on BBC1 between 1970 and 1984.
Stars: Alison Steadman, Nigel Hawthorne, Tony Caunter, David Daker
Votes: 394
16. Bitter Harvest (1963)
91 min | Drama
A pretty young woman will do anything to escape her deadly dull existence in the backlots of Wales. But when she reaches the bright lights of London is the price too high?
Director: Peter Graham Scott | Stars: Janet Munro, John Stride, Alan Badel, Anne Cunningham
Votes: 326
17. 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
18. 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
19. Something to Hide (1972)
99 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A man having marital problems with his shrewish wife picks up a young, pretty and pregnant hitchhiker. Before he knows it, he's in over his head and mixed up in violence and murder.
Director: Alastair Reid | Stars: Peter Finch, Shelley Winters, Colin Blakely, John Stride
Votes: 233
20. 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
21.
Alleyn Mysteries (1990–1994)
Episode:
The Nursing Home Murder
(1993)
TV-14 | 99 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A member of Parliament who has taken controversial stands on Palestine and A-bomb development is murdered during a routine appendectomy.
Director: Silvio Narizzano | Stars: David Sibley, John Bennett, Ian Abeysekera, Peter Florence
Votes: 142
22.
The BBC Television Shakespeare (1978–1985)
Episode:
Henry VIII
(1979)
Not Rated | 166 min
Henry VIII is a proud and wilful monarch who defies Rome's ban on divorce to marry his mistress Anne Boleyn. Cardinal Wolsey, the Powerful Lord Chancellor of England, attempts to bend Rome ... See full summary »
Director: Kevin Billington | Stars: John Stride, Julian Glover, Ronald Pickup, Barbara Kellerman
Votes: 141
23. 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
24. The Main Chance (1969–1975)
60 min | Drama
Maverick lawyer David Main commutes between his twin bases in London and Leeds. His seemingly devil-may-care attitude is contrasted with the steady and cautious approach of his crusty Leeds partner Henry Castleton.
Stars: John Stride, Margaret Ashcroft, John Wentworth, Anna Palk
Votes: 135
25. ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1969–1974)
78 min | Drama
Anthology series of dramatic works.
Stars: Michael Balfour, Madoline Thomas, Diane Cilento, Jim Dale
Votes: 98
26. Screenplay (1986–1993)
Drama
An anthology drama series.
Stars: John Kavanagh, Tony Doyle, Michael Liebmann, Benjamin Whitrow
Votes: 95
27. 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
28. ITV Playhouse (1967–1982)
Comedy, Drama
Anthology series of dramatic works.
Stars: Michael Bryant, William Simons, Katherine Barker, Geoffrey Palmer
Votes: 88
29.
Play for Today (1970–1984)
Episode:
A Photograph
(1977)
72 min | Comedy, Drama
A couple receives a photograph in the mail of two girls sitting in front of a caravan and neither can identify the people or the place.
Director: John Glenister | Stars: John Stride, Stephanie Turner, Freda Bamford, Eric Deacon
Votes: 87
30. Lytton's Diary (1985–1986)
60 min | Drama
As portrayed by Peter Bowles (The Irish R.M., To the Manor Born), London gossip columnist Neville Lytton exudes a sophisticated charm that masks a tenacious commitment to his job. Whether ... See full summary »
Stars: Peter Bowles, Holly de Jong, Adam Norton, Harriet Keevil
Votes: 60
31. Thirty-Minute Theatre (1965–1973)
30 min | Crime, Drama
Anthology drama series of short plays shown on BBC Television.
Stars: Robin Chadwick, Donald Sinden, Helen Lindsay, Paul Moriarty
Votes: 57
32. The Old Devils (1992– )
158 min | Comedy
Three part BBC series regarding four Welsh wife/husband couples, old university friends now tumultuosly reunited in (mostly) retirement. A dark comedy about aging, Welsh nationalism, & memory & friendship.
Stars: John Stride, Sheila Allen, Ray Smith, Elizabeth Morgan
Votes: 55
33. The BBC Television Shakespeare (1978–1985)
BBC adaptations of all 37 plays wholly and authoritatively credited to William Shakespeare.
Stars: Brenda Bruce, Jon Finch, David Gwillim, Rob Edwards
Votes: 53
34. Number 10 (1983)
52 min | Biography, Drama, History
The private lives of seven British prime ministers who resided at 10 Downing Street between the 1780s-1920s, including Pitt the Younger, Wellesley, Disraeli, Gladstone, Lloyd George, Asquith and MacDonald.
Stars: Neville Barber, Bernard Archard, Jeremy Brett, Denis Quilley
Votes: 53
35. A Flea in Her Ear (1967 TV Movie)
94 min | Comedy
The close resemblance of the elegant, wealthy M. Chandebisse to the drunken porter Poche leads to embarrassing complications.
Director: Michael Hayes | Stars: Petronella Barker, Peter Cellier, Margo Cunningham, Anne Godley
Votes: 43
36. The Mixer (1992–1993)
52 min | Crime, Thriller
Sir Anthony Rose, a penniless nobleman, steals back stolen property with the help of his valet, Paul.
Stars: Simon Williams, Jeremy Clyde, Catherine Alric, Peter Jones
Votes: 37
37. 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
38. TECX (1990– )
50 min | Action, Drama
Three ambitious young people set up a new kind of detective agency to outmanoeuvre criminals across Europe, with support from two Brussels-based lawyers.
Stars: Rob Spendlove, Urbano Barberini, Ulrike Schwarz, Stéphane Audran
Votes: 34
39. Rendezvous (1957– )
30 min | Drama
An anthology series of short stories told to acquaintances by a man named John Burden.
Stars: Charles Drake, Gordon Tanner, Gaylord Cavallaro, Paul Massie
Votes: 33
40. Growing Rich (1992 TV Movie)
Drama, Fantasy
The devil turns up in a nice car and gives the girls everything they dream of, their perfect lives. All for one little thing, when it's refused it's all taken away.
Director: Brian Farnham | Stars: Rosalind Bennett, Caitlin Bossley, Brenda Bruce, Jamie Fowlds
Votes: 29
41. Detective (1964–1969)
50 min | Crime, Drama
Anthology series featuring adaptations of detective stories.
Stars: Rupert Davies, Ralph Michael, Barbara Couper, Esmond Knight
Votes: 27
42. Growing Rich (1992)
60 min | Drama, Fantasy
For school leavers Laura, Annie and Carmen, life in East Anglia is as dull as it gets. The only options are marriage to the boy next door...or work in the local poultry factory. How are they going to find love and riches...?
Stars: Martin Kemp, John Stride, Rosalind Bennett, Claire Hackett
Votes: 24
43. Tempo (1961–1968)
Documentary
Arts programme.
Stars: David Mahlowe, Alan Dell, Antony Hopkins, Derek Hart
Votes: 22
44.
The Main Chance (1969–1975)
Episode:
The Professional
(1969)
51 min | Drama
A local firm is planning a merger - but a professional agitator seems determined to put a spanner in the works by blaming an employee's illness on the factory's production line.
Director: John Frankau | Stars: John Stride, Anna Palk, John Wentworth, John Arnatt
Votes: 22
45.
The Main Chance (1969–1975)
Episode:
What About Justice?
(1969)
51 min | Drama
A case involving the son of a Leeds industrialist brings David Main into partnership with fellow solicitor Henry Castleton.
Director: John Frankau | Stars: John Stride, Kate O'Mara, Anna Palk, George Innes
Votes: 21
46.
The Main Chance (1969–1975)
Episode:
The Privilege of Justice
(1969)
52 min | Drama
As Margaret tries to understand the problems of a woman incapable of coping with life and a bullying husband, Main flies to Cuba to buy the release of a former Castro minister who is now a ... See full summary »
Director: Christopher Hodson | Stars: John Stride, Philip Bond, Margaret Ashcroft, John Bennett
Votes: 21
47.
The Main Chance (1969–1975)
Episode:
Process
(1975)
51 min | Drama
David Main receives devastating news. In the aftermath, he and Walter Clegg's efforts see them straying onto the wrong side of the law in their attempts to see that justice is done. The future is a major worry for both of them.
Director: Derek Bennett | Stars: John Stride, Margaret Ashcroft, John Wentworth, Glynn Edwards
Votes: 20
48.
The Main Chance (1969–1975)
Episode:
It Couldn't Happen Here
(1975)
51 min | Drama
David has to take on a man whose stock-in-trade is violence and intimidation.
Director: Tony Wharmby | Stars: John Stride, Glynn Edwards, Sharon Maughan, Ray Smith
Votes: 20
49. W. Somerset Maugham (1969–1970)
50 min | Drama
An anthology series based on the varied stories by W. Somerset Maugham divided into three categories: "Rule Britannia" about colonial life, "Women of the World" which focus on female characters, and "Victims of Fate".
Stars: Kim Kee Lim, Ken Nazarin, Ahmad Jamal, Eileen Atkins
Votes: 19
50.
The Main Chance (1969–1975)
Episode:
One for the House
(1972)
51 min | Drama
David joins the take-over game but finds it hard to keep his head above water.
Director: John Frankau | Stars: John Stride, John Wentworth, Margaret Ashcroft, Glynn Edwards
Votes: 19