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1.
Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008–2020)
Episode:
Shattered
(2020)
TV-PG | 26 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
After capturing Maul on Mandalore, Ahsoka's journey to the Jedi Council is disrupted when Order 66 is declared, turning her world upside down.
Directors: Dave Filoni, Saul Ruiz | Stars: Ashley Eckstein, Katee Sackhoff, Dave Filoni, Dee Bradley Baker
Votes: 15,123
2. Star Wars Celebration LIVE! - Anaheim (2022)
Stars: Kristin Baver, Dave Filoni, Ellie Bamber, Katee Sackhoff
Votes: 9
3.
Star Wars: Rebels (2014–2018)
Episode:
Family Reunion - and Farewell
(2018)
TV-Y7 | 47 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Ezra's team takes drastic action to free Lothal, entering Imperial HQ, and Thrawn returns to stop them.
Directors: Dave Filoni, Bosco Ng, Sergio Páez | Stars: Taylor Gray, Vanessa Marshall, Freddie Prinze Jr., Tiya Sircar
Votes: 3,564
4.
Star Wars: Rebels (2014–2018)
Episode:
A World Between Worlds
(2018)
TV-Y7 | 23 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
While the other rebels engage the Imperial forces outside the Jedi Temple, Ezra gains access inside and experiences a stunning revelation.
Directors: Dave Filoni, Steward Lee | Stars: Taylor Gray, Vanessa Marshall, Freddie Prinze Jr., Tiya Sircar
Votes: 3,524
5.
Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi (2022)
Episode:
The Sith Lord
(2022)
TV-PG | 15 min | Animation, Short, Action
A Jedi master makes a troubling discovery.
Director: Saul Ruiz | Stars: Ian McDiarmid, Corey Burton, Meg Marchand, Flo Di Re
Votes: 5,757
6.
Star Wars: The Bad Batch (2021–2024)
Episode:
Truth and Consequences
(2023)
TV-PG | 30 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Brought into a risky mission, the Batch must use stealth to survive.
Directors: Brad Rau, Steward Lee | Stars: Dee Bradley Baker, Michelle Ang, Phil LaMarr, Jennifer Hale
Votes: 3,751
7.
Star Wars: The Bad Batch (2021–2024)
Episode:
Aftermath
(2021)
TV-PG | 70 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
The clones of The Bad Batch find themselves in a changing galaxy after The Clone Wars.
Directors: Steward Lee, Saul Ruiz, Nathaniel Villanueva | Stars: Dee Bradley Baker, Archie Panjabi, Michelle Ang, Ben Diskin
Votes: 7,312
8.
Ten Great Writers of the Modern World (1988)
Episode:
Fyodor Dostoyevsky's 'Crime and Punishment'
(1988)
Documentary, Biography
Director: David Hinton | Stars: Katy Behean, Vas Blackwood, John Challis, Mair Coleman
Votes: 9
9. Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
PG | 124 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
After the Rebel Alliance are overpowered by the Empire, Luke Skywalker begins his Jedi training with Yoda, while his friends are pursued across the galaxy by Darth Vader and bounty hunter Boba Fett.
Director: Irvin Kershner | Stars: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams
Votes: 1,379,130 | Gross: $290.48M
10. Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga (2007 Video Game)
E10+ | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Collect Gold Bricks while successfully progressing through the entire story, from the Trade Federation negotiations above Naboo in Star Wars Episode I, to the attack on the second Death Star above Endor in Return of the Jedi.
Director: Jon Burton | Stars: Bill Fagerbakke, John Wayne, Ahmed Best, Peter Cushing
Votes: 4,950
11. Ten Great Writers of the Modern World (1988)
Documentary, Biography
This documentary series uses drama and commentary to shed light on the lives and works of Joseph Conrad, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, T. S. Eliot, Henrik Ibsen, James Joyce, Franz Kafka, Thomas Mann... See full summary »
Stars: Eileen Atkins, Douglas Hodge, Anthony Burgess, George Steiner
Votes: 46
12. Star Wars: A Musical Journey (2005 Video)
71 min | Music
Actor Ian McDiarmid introduces several music videos featuring the famous Star Wars scores composed by John Williams. There are sixteen chapters in all, and are all perfectly created to show us the great music from the six films.
Director: Tippy Bushkin | Star: Ian McDiarmid
Votes: 445
13. Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999 Video)
Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Stars: Peter Francis James, Jake Lloyd, Ian McDiarmid, Ewan McGregor
Votes: 5
14. The Making of 'Charles II' (2003 TV Movie)
29 min | Documentary
A documentary charting the making of BBC TV mini-series, Charles II: The Passion and the Power, including cast interviews.
Director: Sven Arnstein | Stars: Christian Coulson, Rupert Graves, Shirley Henderson, Helen McCrory
Votes: 20
15.
Star Wars: The Bad Batch (2021–2024)
Episode:
Shadows of Tantiss
(2024)
TV-PG | 25 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Omega and Crosshair hatch a daring plan.
Directors: Brad Rau, Steward Lee | Stars: Dee Bradley Baker, Michelle Ang, Jimmi Simpson, Keisha Castle-Hughes
Votes: 2,216
16.
Star Wars Celebration 2017 (2017)
Episode:
Day 1
(2017)
Reality-TV, Sci-Fi
Stars: Rick Bolher, Lynwen Brennan, Anthony Carboni, Stefan Cembolista
Votes: 11
17.
Utopia (2013–2014)
Episode:
Episode #2.2
(2014)
TV-MA | 51 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
3 months after the destruction of the manuscript, things have been quiet for Ian, Becky and Grant. Believing the Network to be finished, they each try to resume some semblance of normality, but the Network's plan is only just beginning.
Director: Marc Munden | Stars: Adeel Akhtar, Paul Higgins, Neil Maskell, Fiona O'Shaughnessy
Votes: 937
18.
Utopia (2013–2014)
Episode:
Episode #2.3
(2014)
TV-MA | 50 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
The gang are on the run and find a precocious young hacker, who uncovers the key to The Network's new plan: a real global outbreak of weaponised Russian flu that will prompt the entire world to take up their vaccine on V Day.
Director: Marc Munden | Stars: Adeel Akhtar, Paul Higgins, Geraldine James, Neil Maskell
Votes: 859
19.
Utopia (2013–2014)
Episode:
Episode #2.4
(2014)
TV-MA | 50 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A shocked Dugdale reluctantly agrees to harbour Jessica. Jessica is searching for Ian, as is Milner who is convinced he will lead her to Carvel.
Director: Samuel Donovan | Stars: Adeel Akhtar, Paul Higgins, Geraldine James, Neil Maskell
Votes: 835
20.
Utopia (2013–2014)
Episode:
Episode #2.5
(2014)
TV-MA | 50 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
With the revelation that her father is alive, Jessica and Milner set off to find him. Arby takes Grant and Anton to a place from his past, a remote mountainside where he came as a child.
Director: Samuel Donovan | Stars: Adeel Akhtar, Paul Higgins, Geraldine James, Neil Maskell
Votes: 868
21.
Star Wars: Rebels (2014–2018)
Episode:
Wolves and a Door
(2018)
TV-Y7 | 22 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Ezra leads the Ghost crew back to the Jedi temple on Lothal where they discover that the Empire has diabolical plans for the powerful secrets it holds.
Directors: Dave Filoni, Bosco Ng | Stars: Taylor Gray, Vanessa Marshall, Tiya Sircar, Steve Blum
Votes: 2,372
22. Utopia (I) (2013–2014)
TV-MA | 50 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
After a group of people, who meet online, discover a bizarre graphic novel which seems to hold mysterious answers, they find themselves being tracked down by a merciless organization known merely as 'The Network'.
Stars: Adeel Akhtar, Paul Higgins, Neil Maskell, Fiona O'Shaughnessy
Votes: 51,103
23.
Obi-Wan Kenobi (2022)
Episode:
Part VI
(2022)
TV-14 | 48 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Obi-Wan is drawn into a confrontation with Vader, as Luke's fate hangs in the balance.
Director: Deborah Chow | Stars: Ewan McGregor, Moses Ingram, Vivien Lyra Blair, Kumail Nanjiani
Votes: 23,770
24. MI-5 (2002–2011)
TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The missions of MI-5, the UK's domestic intelligence organization.
Stars: Peter Firth, Hugh Simon, Nicola Walker, Rupert Penry-Jones
Votes: 18,368
25. Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
PG | 131 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
After rescuing Han Solo from Jabba the Hutt, the Rebel Alliance attempt to destroy the second Death Star, while Luke struggles to help Darth Vader back from the dark side.
Director: Richard Marquand | Stars: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams
Votes: 1,120,978 | Gross: $309.13M
26. Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy (2006 Video Game)
E10+ | Action, Adventure, Family
Play the original trilogy of Star Wars: A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back, and Return of the Jedi, all in Lego.
Directors: Jon Burton, Mo Davoudian | Stars: Tom Kane, John Wayne, Ahmed Best, David W. Collins
Votes: 2,917
27.
Inspector Morse (1987–2000)
Episode:
Masonic Mysteries
(1990)
TV-14 | 104 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Morse finds himself framed for murder by an unknown mastermind and suspended as Lewis is seconded to DCI Bottomley, who is in charge of the case.
Director: Danny Boyle | Stars: John Thaw, Kevin Whately, Madelaine Newton, Ian McDiarmid
Votes: 1,040
28.
Cold Lazarus (1996)
Episode:
Episode #1.3
(1996)
Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Director: Renny Rye | Stars: Albert Finney, Leon Greene, Henry Goodman, Frances de la Tour
Votes: 17
29.
Utopia (2013–2014)
Episode:
Episode #2.6
(2014)
TV-MA | 53 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
The gang face a race against time to work out who is going to release the flu, and stop them in order to prevent global disaster.
Director: Samuel Donovan | Stars: Adeel Akhtar, Paul Higgins, Neil Maskell, Fiona O'Shaughnessy
Votes: 901
30. Inspector Morse (1987–2000)
TV-14 | 3,431 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Chief Inspector Morse has an ear for Western classical music, a taste for beer, and a nose for crime. He and Detective Sergeant Robert Lewis solve intriguing cases in and around the Oxford area.
Stars: John Thaw, Kevin Whately, James Grout, Peter Woodthorpe
Votes: 14,344
31. Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi (2022)
TV-PG | 15 min | Animation, Short, Action
Animated shorts that feature Jedi from the prequel era.
Stars: Corey Burton, Ashley Eckstein, Dee Bradley Baker, Ian McDiarmid
Votes: 34,272
32. Star Wars Celebration 2017 (2017)
Reality-TV, Sci-Fi
Stars: Warwick Davis, Anthony Daniels, Andi Gutierrez, Anthony Carboni
Votes: 65
33.
MI-5 (2002–2011)
Episode:
The Sleeper
(2004)
TV-14 | 52 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Sleeper agent Fred Roberts is activated in order to infiltrate a terrorist group.
Director: Jonny Campbell | Stars: Hannah Bridges, Rebecca Bridges, Peter Firth, Richard Harrington
Votes: 301
34.
Star Wars Celebration 2015 (2015– )
Episode:
Day 1
(2015)
Reality-TV, Sci-Fi
Stars: Anthony Carboni, Corey Vidal, Andi Gutierrez, J.J. Abrams
Votes: 8
35. Star Wars: Rebels (2014–2018)
TV-Y7-FV | 22 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
The crew of the spaceship Ghost defends those who cannot fight for themselves against the Empire, providing the spark for a rebellion.
Stars: Dave Filoni, Taylor Gray, Freddie Prinze Jr., Vanessa Marshall
Votes: 58,156
36. Karaoke (1996)
63 min | Drama
Daniel Feeld is a screenwriter with pains in his gut and a new screenplay called "Karaoke", about a girl named Sandra who works in a seedy Karaoke bar and is murdered by a lowlife named ... See full summary »
Stars: Albert Finney, Roy Hudd, Richard E. Grant, Keeley Hawes
Votes: 620
37. 37 Days (2014)
60 min | History
A TV mini-series that unveils the behind-closed-doors story of the final weeks before the outbreak of World War I.
Stars: Ian McDiarmid, Nicholas Farrell, Tim Pigott-Smith, Sinéad Cusack
Votes: 1,562
38.
Summer Season (1985)
Episode:
Pity in History
(1985)
Drama
Director: Sarah Pia Anderson | Stars: Norman Rodway, Anna Massey, Alan Rickman, Patrick Malahide
Votes: 10
39.
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman (1997–1999)
Episode:
Sacrifice
(1997)
Crime, Drama, Mystery
Cordelia Gray inherits Pryde's Detective Agency when her mentor and partner commits suicide. Her first solo assignment is to determine why a young man committed suicide.
Director: Ben Bolt | Stars: Helen Baxendale, Jeff Nuttall, Ken Bones, Nadio Fortune
Votes: 63
40. The Professionals (1977–1983)
TV-MA | 60 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Bodie and Doyle, senior agents of the British intelligence service CI5 (Criminal Intelligence 5), and their handler George Cowley fight terrorism and similar high-level crimes.
Stars: Gordon Jackson, Martin Shaw, Lewis Collins, Bridget Brice
Votes: 3,655
41. Hillsborough (1996 TV Movie)
100 min | Drama, History, Sport
A number of grieving families in the UK struggle to come to terms with the unexpected and tragic 1989 Hillsborough Disaster, in which 95 football fans were crushed to death.
Director: Charles McDougall | Stars: Tracey Wilkinson, Kevin Knapman, Mark Womack, Sarah Graham
Votes: 924
42. Star Wars Celebration 2015 (2015– )
Reality-TV, Sci-Fi
Stars: Anthony Carboni, Corey Vidal, Andi Gutierrez, Mike Rosa
Votes: 33
43.
Icons Unearthed (2022– )
Episode:
Icons Unearthed: Star Wars - The Empire Strikes Back
(2022)
TV-PG | 45 min | Documentary
Attempting to break away from the studio system, George Lucas risked it all by self-funding Empire Strikes Back. With Lucas focused on the business, a new director took the reins.
Director: Brian Volk-Weiss | Stars: Michael Pennington, Ray Morton, Harrison Ellenshaw, Dale Pollock
Votes: 58
44.
37 Days (2014)
Episode:
One Month in Summer
(2014)
52 min | History
June 28, 1914:- Young Foreign Office clerk Alec recounts his delivering a telegram to his German-born boss, assistant under secretary Eyre Crowe, informing that the Austrian archduke Franz ... See full summary »
Director: Justin Hardy | Stars: Ian McDiarmid, Nicholas Farrell, Tim Pigott-Smith, Sinéad Cusack
Votes: 89
45.
37 Days (2014)
Episode:
One Long Weekend
(2014)
52 min | History
Learning that Grey had advised Germany of French neutrality without the knowledge of France George V informs Wilhelm that there has been a 'misunderstanding', a statement that fuels the ... See full summary »
Director: Justin Hardy | Stars: Ian McDiarmid, Nicholas Farrell, Tim Pigott-Smith, Sinéad Cusack
Votes: 72
46. Elizabeth I (2005)
TV-MA | 112 min | Biography, Drama, History
Mini-series about the the public and private lives of the later years of Queen Elizabeth I.
Stars: Helen Mirren, Toby Jones, Hugh Dancy, Patrick Malahide
Votes: 7,031
47.
City of Vice (2008)
Episode:
Episode #1.3
(2008)
45 min | Crime, Drama, History
A break-in at a sugar merchant's Mayfair home brings the Bow Street Runners into conflict with their patron, Lord Newcastle. He reminds the Fielding brothers that their prime duty is to ... See full summary »
Director: Dan Reed | Stars: Nigel Harman, Ian McDiarmid, Sean Francis, Francis Magee
Votes: 40
48.
Elizabeth I (2005)
Episode:
Episode #1.2
(2005)
TV-MA | 106 min | Biography, Drama, History
Now well into middle age, there is no longer any concern about Queen Elizabeth producing an heir and the focus now shifts to deciding who will ascend to the throne when she dies. The Queen ... See full summary »
Director: Tom Hooper | Stars: Helen Mirren, Hugh Dancy, Toby Jones, Patrick Malahide
Votes: 177
49. Star Wars: The Bad Batch (2021–2024)
TV-PG | 30 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
The "Bad Batch" of elite and experimental clones make their way through an ever-changing galaxy.
Stars: Ming-Na Wen, Dee Bradley Baker, Michelle Ang, Noshir Dalal
Votes: 52,342
50. Touching Evil (1997–1999)
TV-14 | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A police drama following the exploits of a crack squad within the Organized and Serial Crime Unit, a rapid-response police force serving the entire county.
Stars: Robson Green, Nicola Walker, Shaun Dingwall, Michael Feast
Votes: 2,184