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1. On the Beach (1959)
Approved | 134 min | Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
After a global nuclear war, the residents of Australia must come to terms with the fact that all life will be destroyed in a matter of months.
Director: Stanley Kramer | Stars: Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Fred Astaire, Anthony Perkins
Votes: 14,425 | Gross: $11.00M
2. Quatermass and the Pit (1967)
Approved | 97 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A mysterious artifact is unearthed in London, and famous scientist Bernard Quatermass is called in to divine its origins and explain its strange effects on people.
Director: Roy Ward Baker | Stars: James Donald, Andrew Keir, Barbara Shelley, Julian Glover
Votes: 11,521
3. The Avengers (1961–1969)
TV-14 | 50 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A quirky spy show of the adventures of eccentrically suave British Agent John Steed and his predominantly female partners.
Stars: Patrick Macnee, Diana Rigg, Honor Blackman, Linda Thorson
Votes: 8,895
4. 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: 6,221
5. UFO (1970–1971)
TV-PG | 45 min | Action, Sci-Fi
The missions of the Supreme Headquarters Alien Defence Organization (SHADO), which defends Earth from extra-terrestrial threats.
Stars: Ed Bishop, Dolores Mantez, Michael Billington, Ayshea Brough
Votes: 4,139
6. His Majesty O'Keefe (1954)
Approved | 91 min | Action, Adventure, Biography
A Yankee sea captain has adventures in paradise trying to become an entrepreneur in Micronesia.
Directors: Byron Haskin, Burt Lancaster | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Joan Rice, André Morell, Abraham Sofaer
Votes: 1,428
7. The Champions (1968–1969)
60 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
After a plane carrying three UN Agents crashes in the Himalayas, they are rescued by an advanced civilisation secretly living in Tibet who grant them enhanced versions of the ordinary five senses, and intellectual and physical abilities.
Stars: Stuart Damon, Alexandra Bastedo, William Gaunt, Anthony Nicholls
Votes: 1,425
8. Long John Silver's Return to Treasure Island (1954)
Not Rated | 106 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
In this sequel to Treasure Island, Long John hopes to rescue his friend Jim from a rival pirate and return for more treasure.
Director: Byron Haskin | Stars: Robert Newton, Connie Gilchrist, Lloyd Berrell, Grant Taylor
Votes: 873 | Gross: $0.14M
9. Sherlock Holmes (1964–1968)
50 min | Crime, Drama, History
A series of Sherlock Holmes adaptations, based on the stories of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
Stars: Nigel Stock, Peter Cushing, Douglas Wilmer, Peter Madden
Votes: 590
10. Four Desperate Men (1959)
100 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Three men attempt a prison break, but their plan derails when their boat falters near an island, where the caretaker recognizes the convict. A hostage situation erupts, leading to a tense standoff with authorities.
Director: Harry Watt | Stars: Aldo Ray, Heather Sears, Neil McCallum, Victor Maddern
Votes: 327
11.
UFO (1970–1971)
Episode:
Identified
(1970)
TV-PG | 49 min | Action, Sci-Fi
SHADO - an acronym for Supreme Headquarters Alien Defence Organization - is located beneath a supposed film studio in the English countryside and run by Commander Straker, who poses as a ... See full summary »
Director: Gerry Anderson | Stars: Peter Gordeno, Ed Bishop, Grant Taylor, Basil Dignam
Votes: 311
12. The Rats of Tobruk (1944)
68 min | Action, Drama, War
Tells the story of three men--Bluey, a tough two fisted drover (Taylor), Milo, a laconic dingo trapper (Rafferty), and Pete, an intellectual English "new chum" (Finch). Together they serve ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Chauvel | Stars: Grant Taylor, Peter Finch, Chips Rafferty, Pauline Garrick
Votes: 305
13. 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
14. 40,000 Horsemen (1940)
Approved | 100 min | Drama, History, War
Three young Australians join the army at the beginning of World War I and are assigned to the Australian Light Horse cavalry, which is serving in Palestine. The three eventually take part ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Chauvel | Stars: Grant Taylor, Betty Bryant, Chips Rafferty, Pat Twohill
Votes: 240
15.
The Avengers (1961–1969)
Episode:
Killer
(1968)
TV-14 | 52 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A succession of British agents have been killed in different ways but each one has been carefully wrapped in polythene before being dumped in a graveyard. With Miss King on her holidays ... See full summary »
Director: Cliff Owen | Stars: Patrick Macnee, Linda Thorson, Jennifer Croxton, Grant Taylor
Votes: 215
16. Eureka Stockade (1949)
Approved | 103 min | Drama, History, Western
In 1854, Australian gold rush miners struggle for their rights against an oppressive government.
Director: Harry Watt | Stars: Chips Rafferty, Jane Barrett, Jack Lambert, Peter Illing
Votes: 210
17. Doomwatch (1970–1972)
50 min | Sci-Fi, Drama
Doomwatch is the nickname for the Department of Measurement of Scientific Work. Under the leadership of Nobel Prize-winning physicist Dr. Spencer Quist, the Doomwatch team struggled, for ... See full summary »
Stars: John Paul, Joby Blanshard, Simon Oates, Vivien Sherrard
Votes: 197
18.
UFO (1970–1971)
Episode:
Timelash
(1971)
TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Sci-Fi
Cmdr Ed Straker and Col Virginia Lake disappear and are discovered unconscious near the dead body of a Shado operative (Turner). Col Foster and co. try to understand what has happened. ... See full summary »
Director: Cyril Frankel | Stars: Douglas Nottage, Ayshea Brough, Dolores Mantez, Michael Billington
Votes: 193
19. The Adventures of Long John Silver (1956–1957)
30 min | Adventure, Family
Swashbuckling made for TVs episodes staring 'Legend' Robert newton as Long John Silver and argh 'Jim Larrd' as they face many new adventures......
Stars: Robert Newton, Connie Gilchrist, Kit Taylor, Eric Reiman
Votes: 184
20.
UFO (1970–1971)
Episode:
Mindbender
(1971)
TV-PG | 47 min | Action, Sci-Fi
Lieutenant Andy Conroy is investigating a crash involving an alien craft on the Moon when he suddenly gets caught up in a Wild west type shoot-out with Mexican brigands. Back at the SHADO's... See full summary »
Director: Ken Turner | Stars: Ed Bishop, Dolores Mantez, Al Mancini, Steven Berkoff
Votes: 184
21.
UFO (1970–1971)
Episode:
Conflict
(1970)
TV-PG | 47 min | Action, Sci-Fi
Lunar Module 32 is destroyed when a limpet craft operated by the aliens attaches itself to its side and causes it to enter Earth orbit at too steep an angle, by which it burns up in the ... See full summary »
Director: Ken Turner | Stars: Gerald Norman, Alan Tucker, Ed Bishop, Grant Taylor
Votes: 182
22. 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
23.
UFO (1970–1971)
Episode:
Close Up
(1970)
TV-PG | 49 min | Action, Sci-Fi
Straker and the SHADO team are invited to sit in on the test for an immensely powerful new telescope as it takes the first known photographs of alien homeland. The photos are indeed taken ... See full summary »
Director: Alan Perry | Stars: Jeremy Wilkin, Gary Myers, Georgina Moon, Keith Alexander
Votes: 165
24.
UFO (1970–1971)
Episode:
Destruction
(1970)
TV-PG | 48 min | Action, Sci-Fi
Aliens attempt to destroy a naval ship dumping toxic waste into the ocean but their craft is shot down. Straker is surprised to read the news of the incident as it was not a SHADO operation... See full summary »
Director: Ken Turner | Stars: Philip Madoc, Peter Blythe, Jimmy Winston, Michael Ferrand
Votes: 165
25.
UFO (1970–1971)
Episode:
Kill Straker!
(1970)
TV-PG | 48 min | Action, Sci-Fi
Paul Foster and his co-pilot Frank Craig are attacked by a UFO which infiltrates their minds and hypnotises them into wanting to kill Straker. Straker actually saves their lives when their ... See full summary »
Director: Alan Perry | Stars: Ed Bishop, Keith Alexander, David Sumner, Michael Billington
Votes: 161
26.
UFO (1970–1971)
Episode:
Confetti Check A-O.K.
(1970)
TV-PG | 47 min | Action, Sci-Fi
When the wife of a SHADO officer, Lieutenant Grey, gives birth, Straker's put in mind of events from a decade earlier, when he was still with his wife Mary. Having recently established ... See full summary »
Director: David Lane | Stars: Keith Alexander, Ayshea Brough, George Sewell, Ed Bishop
Votes: 155
27. UFO... annientare S.H.A.D.O. stop. Uccidete Straker... (1974)
86 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
In the 20th century the Earth is threatened by an alien race who kidnap and kill humans and even animals and use them for their body parts. In the year 1980 S.H.A.D.O. (Supreme Headquarters... See full summary »
Directors: David Lane, Alan Perry | Stars: Ed Bishop, George Sewell, Michael Billington, Peter Gordeno
Votes: 154
28.
UFO (1970–1971)
Episode:
Court Martial
(1970)
TV-PG | 48 min | Action, Sci-Fi
When Straker complains to Henderson that his phone has been tapped he is told that it is to trap a spy within SHADO, who has recently leaked information to the press. When a second leak ... See full summary »
Director: Ron Appleton | Stars: Grant Taylor, Michael Billington, Ed Bishop, Keith Alexander
Votes: 153
29.
The Saint (1962–1969)
Episode:
The Loving Brothers
(1964)
TV-PG | 49 min | Action, Crime, Drama
In the Australian outback, the Saint tricks 2 greedy, self-centred, quarrelsome brothers into repaying their father the money they've long owed him, when he tempts them with the offer of shares in a silver mine.
Director: Leslie Norman | Stars: Roger Moore, Reg Lye, Ray Barrett, Ed Devereaux
Votes: 141
30. The Wednesday Play (1964–1970)
75 min | Drama
Series of one-off plays made by BBC television, which gave breaks to a wide range of writers and directors in the late 1960s, such as Dennis Potter, Ken Loach, David Mercer, and John ... See full summary »
Stars: Edwin Brown, Neville Smith, Tony Selby, Ken Jones
Votes: 132
31. Smiley Gets a Gun (1958)
90 min | Comedy, Drama
A sequel to the movie Smiley (1956). Young Smiley gets into more strife as he attempts to prove himself a responsible citizen by helping others, so that he can earn a new gun from Sergeant Flaxman.
Director: Anthony Kimmins | Stars: Sybil Thorndike, Chips Rafferty, Keith Calvert, Bruce Archer
Votes: 126
32. 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: 93
33. Mogul (1965–1972)
50 min | Drama
Adventure drama series based around the fictitious Mogul Oil Company and the exploits of its chief "troubleshooter", Peter Thornton (Ray Barrett).
Stars: Geoffrey Keen, Philip Latham, Ray Barrett, Robert Hardy
Votes: 92
34. Whiplash (1960–1961)
30 min | Western
The story of American Christopher Cobb and his foundation of Australia's first coach-line, which he established in the colony of New South Wales, Australia.
Stars: Peter Graves, Tony Wickert, Robert Tudawali, Phillip Ross
Votes: 89
35. ITV Playhouse (1967–1982)
Comedy, Drama
Anthology series of dramatic works.
Stars: Michael Bryant, William Simons, Katherine Barker, Geoffrey Palmer
Votes: 88
36. UFO: Distruggete Base Luna (1971)
90 min | Action, Sci-Fi
In a mix of clips from TV episodes, SHADO is facing terribile threats, and Straker's life could be incompatible with these.
Directors: David Lane, Ken Turner, Laxie Turner | Stars: Ed Bishop, Dolores Mantez, Michael Billington, George Sewell
Votes: 86
37.
The Champions (1968–1969)
Episode:
Happening
(1968)
49 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
The Champions are Down Under and Richard has infiltrated a terrorist group who have planted a radioactive device in the Simpson Desert. He attempts to arrest them whilst in a helicopter but... See full summary »
Director: Cyril Frankel | Stars: Stuart Damon, Alexandra Bastedo, William Gaunt, Anthony Nicholls
Votes: 85
38. 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
39. Court Martial (1965–1966)
60 min | Crime, Drama
During World War II, this crack team from the Judge Advocate General's office investigates crime all over Europe and then proceeds to the court-martial.
Stars: Bradford Dillman, Peter Graves, Kenneth J. Warren, Angela Browne
Votes: 69
40. The Kangaroo Kid (1950)
Approved | 72 min | Adventure, Drama, Western
Tex Kinnane (Jock Mahoney as Jock O'Mahoney), posing as a stage driver, goes to Australia to investigate a series of robberies at Goldstar. He makes friends at the saloon with Baldy Muldoon... See full summary »
Director: Lesley Selander | Stars: Jock Mahoney, Veda Ann Borg, Guy Doleman, Martha Hyer
Votes: 68
41. UFO: Prendeteli vivi. (1974)
98 min | Sci-Fi
A mix of TV episodes takes SHADO's adventures back to theaters.
Director: Bob Bell | Stars: Ed Bishop, Dolores Mantez, Michael Billington, George Sewell
Votes: 61
42. Calamity the Cow (1967)
55 min | Comedy, Family
Farmer Grant's children get him to buy a cow from another farmer. The children work hard to make the cow fit and healthy enough for the show ring. But at the last minute the other farmer, Kincaid, steals Calamity.
Director: David Eastman | Stars: John Moulder-Brown, Elizabeth Dear, Stephen Brown, Phil Collins
Votes: 58
43.
The Adventures of Long John Silver (1956–1957)
Episode:
The Orphans' Christmas
(1957)
Adventure, Family
It's Christmas time, but Jim Hawkins, an orphan himself, is too depressed to participate in the holiday festivities. He's just met the children living in Miss Willoughby's orphanage, where ... See full summary »
Stars: Robert Newton, Connie Gilchrist, Kit Taylor, Billy Kay
Votes: 55
44. Fraud Squad (1969–1970)
60 min | Crime, Drama
A well-remembered police procedural drama from the late 1960s, this show showcases the exploits of Detective Inspector Gamble (Patrick O'Connell) and his aide, Detective Sergeant Vicky ... See full summary »
Stars: Patrick O'Connell, Joanna Van Gyseghem, Ralph Nossek, Elizabeth Weaver
Votes: 43
45. The Stranger (1964–1965)
30 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
A mysterious stranger comes among a group of people.
Stars: Ron Haddrick, Janice Dinnen, Bill Levis, Michael Thomas
Votes: 43
46. The Borderers (1968–1970)
50 min | Adventure, Drama
Drama series dealing with life for a family living on the frontier between Scotland and England during the sixteenth century.
Stars: Michael Gambon, Iain Cuthbertson, Edith MacArthur, Russell Waters
Votes: 33
47. Dad Rudd, M.P. (1940)
83 min | Comedy
The story of local man Dad Rudd (played by Bert Bailey) who see the need to increase the capacity of the dam, but faces opposition.
Director: Ken G. Hall | Stars: Bert Bailey, Connie Martyn, Yvonne East, Fred MacDonald
Votes: 33
48. Drama 61-67 (1961–1967)
60 min | Drama
Stars: Brian Haines, Robert Cartland, Alister Williamson, Joe Ritchie
Votes: 30
49. 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
50.
Doomwatch (1970–1972)
Episode:
Re-Entry Forbidden
(1970)
Sci-Fi, Drama
The first nuclear-powered rocket, Sunfire One, is sent into space with the first British astronaut, Dick Larch, on board. After the rocket enters Earth orbit, Larch enters an incorrect ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Ciappessoni | Stars: John Paul, Simon Oates, Robert Powell, Wendy Hall
Votes: 22