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1. CBS Children's Film Festival (1967–1978)
Family
Kukla, Fran and Ollie hosted this film program. They would introduce children's films from around the world. In between, the three would act in short skits.
Stars: Perry Benson, Anoop Singh, Brett Way, Raymond Boal
Votes: 86
2. 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: 2,291
3. The Elephant Man (1980)
PG | 124 min | Biography, Drama
A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man who is mistreated while scraping a living as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous façade, there is revealed a person of kindness, intelligence and sophistication.
Director: David Lynch | Stars: Anthony Hopkins, John Hurt, Anne Bancroft, John Gielgud
Votes: 258,384
4.
Sodankylä Forever (2010)
Episode:
Ikuinen aika
(2010)
56 min | Documentary
Director: Peter von Bagh | Stars: Peter von Bagh, Jerzy Kawalerowicz, Robert Parrish, Luc Dardenne
Votes: 9
5. The Straight Story (1999)
G | 112 min | Biography, Drama
An old man makes a long journey by lawnmower to mend his relationship with an ill brother.
Director: David Lynch | Stars: Richard Farnsworth, Sissy Spacek, Jane Galloway Heitz, Joseph A. Carpenter
Votes: 97,426 | Gross: $6.20M
6. Tales from the Crypt (1989–1996)
TV-MA | 25 min | Comedy, Crime, Fantasy
"Tales from the Crypt" was a 1989 horror story anthology series based on the gruesome E.C. comic books of the 1950s presented by the legendary "Crypt Keeper", a sinister ghoul obsessed with gallows humor and horrific puns.
Stars: John Kassir, Roy Brocksmith, Miguel Ferrer, Cam Clarke
Votes: 27,062
7. Peter Cushing: A One-Way Ticket to Hollywood (1989 TV Movie)
90 min | Documentary, Biography
An interview with Legendary Actor Peter Cushing and clips from some of his best films.
Director: Alan J.W. Bell | Stars: Peter Cushing, Dick Vosburgh, Francis De Wolff, Edward Evans
Votes: 52
8. Greasepaint and Gore, Part 2: The Hammer Monsters of Roy Ashton (2004)
1 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Russell Wall | Stars: Roy Ashton, Elizabeth Ashton, Philip Leakey, Christopher Lee
Votes: 14
9.
Sodankylä Forever (2010)
Episode:
Elokuvan vuosisata
(2010)
90 min | Documentary
Director: Peter von Bagh | Stars: Peter von Bagh, Milos Forman, Marlen Khutsiev, Robert Parrish
Votes: 19
10. Glory (1989)
R | 122 min | Biography, Drama, History
Robert Gould Shaw leads the U.S. Civil War's first all-black volunteer company, fighting prejudices from both his own Union Army, and the Confederates.
Director: Edward Zwick | Stars: Matthew Broderick, Denzel Washington, Cary Elwes, Morgan Freeman
Votes: 144,392 | Gross: $26.83M
11. The Innocents (1961)
Not Rated | 100 min | Horror
A young governess for two children becomes convinced that the house and grounds are haunted.
Director: Jack Clayton | Stars: Deborah Kerr, Peter Wyngarde, Megs Jenkins, Michael Redgrave
Votes: 33,055 | Gross: $2.62M
12.
Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson (1980)
Episode:
The Case of Harry Crocker
(1979)
Mystery
Illusionist Harry Crocker is accused of the murder of a young dancer Sally King. However, insists he is innocent. Arrested, escapes from prison carriage, what comes to him, the easier it is... See full summary »
Director: Freddie Francis | Stars: Geoffrey Whitehead, Donald Pickering, Patrick Newell, Stacy Dorning
Votes: 17
13. Man in a Suitcase (1967–1968)
60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
McGill (known as "Mac") is a former U.S. intelligence agent based in London. After being thrown out of the agency for something he did not do, he finds his infamous reputation has preceded ... See full summary »
Stars: Richard Bradford, Ricardo Montez, Warren Stanhope, Frank Forsyth
Votes: 460
14. Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff (2010)
Not Rated | 86 min | Documentary, Biography
In 2001 Jack Cardiff (1914-2009) became the first director of photography in the history of the Academy Awards to win an Honorary Oscar. But the first time he clasped the famous statuette ... See full summary »
Director: Craig McCall | Stars: Jack Cardiff, Martin Scorsese, Kirk Douglas, Lauren Bacall
Votes: 1,346 | Gross: $0.02M
15. Cinemaker (2006 Video)
300 min | Documentary
Four one-hour DVD documentaries giving practical details of pre-production and planning, production, post-production and marketing, narrated by Charles Band, whose companies have produced ... See full summary »
Director: Ted Newsom | Stars: David Allen, Charles Band, Richard Band, Brian Benison
Votes: 36
16. Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror (1994 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 100 min | Documentary, Horror
The history of Hammer Films and their legacy, narrated by the studio's most beloved stars, Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee.
Director: Ted Newsom | Stars: Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Roy Ward Baker, James Bernard
Votes: 497
17. Sodankylä Forever (2010)
270 min | Documentary
Sodankyla film festival started at 1986 and was created by Finnish directors Anssi Manttari, Aki and Mika Kaurismaki, along with Peter Von Bagh.
Sodankyla Forever is a great documentary ... See full synopsis »
Stars: Peter von Bagh, Robert Parrish, Roy Ward Baker, Víctor Erice
Votes: 73
18. Inside the Fear Factory (2003 Video)
20 min | Documentary, Short
An overview of the history of Great Britain's Amicus Films, which was a rival of Hammer Studios in the horror field. Included are interviews with company co-founder Max Rosenberg, cameraman... See full summary »
Stars: Roy Ward Baker, Peter Cushing, Freddie Francis, Barbara Parkins
Votes: 26
19.
Man in a Suitcase (1967–1968)
Episode:
Essay in Evil
(1967)
52 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In Scotland McGill is engaged as a bodyguard by George Masters whose life has been threatened by three other businessmen,De Burgh,Harris and Peters,whom Masters is blackmailing,though he ... See full summary »
Director: Freddie Francis | Stars: Richard Bradford, Donald Houston, Peter Vaughan, John Cairney
Votes: 40
20.
Man in a Suitcase (1967–1968)
Episode:
Which Way Did He Go, McGill?
(1968)
52 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
5 years prior to the beginning of this episode, a gang of robbers pulled off a gold bullion heist but only one of the, Keith Earle,was caught and sent to prison. Now he's out, and is on the... See full summary »
Director: Freddie Francis | Stars: Richard Bradford, Jennifer Jayne, Donald Sutherland, Hugh McDermott
Votes: 40
21. 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: 6,214
22. 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: 1,424
23. 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: 7,315
24. Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960)
Approved | 89 min | Drama, Romance
A rebellious, hard-living factory worker juggles relationships with two women, one of whom is married to another man but pregnant with his child.
Director: Karel Reisz | Stars: Albert Finney, Shirley Anne Field, Rachel Roberts, Hylda Baker
Votes: 9,285
25. Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson (1980)
25 min | Mystery
Shot in Polish-British co-production series of short stories based on themes of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - "father" of the world's most famous detective: Sherlock Holmes. Each episode is a ... See full summary »
Stars: Geoffrey Whitehead, Donald Pickering, Patrick Newell, Tommy Godfrey
Votes: 184
26. Cast & Crew (2002– )
40 min | Documentary
Members of the cast & crew of old movies are reunited to discuss the film retrospectively, and also revisit some original locations.
Stars: Kirsty Wark, Alan Sillitoe, Stephen Frears, Shirley Anne Field
Votes: 11
27.
Man in a Suitcase (1967–1968)
Episode:
Night Flight to Andorra
(1968)
60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
McGill has assembled a gang of burglars,supposedly to steal an art collection from a fairly inaccessible fortress in the Pyrenees mountains. Whilst they are in an old farm-house testing the... See full summary »
Director: Freddie Francis | Stars: Richard Bradford, Peter Woodthorpe, Zia Mohyeddin, Luanshya Greer
Votes: 40
28.
Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson (1980)
Episode:
A Motive for Murder
(1979)
Mystery
Sherlock Holmes receives notice of the commission of the crime; murder of a rich businessman George Markham. The perpetrator is likely to be among his heirs. The game consists of two people... See full summary »
Director: Freddie Francis | Stars: Geoffrey Whitehead, Donald Pickering, Patrick Newell, Bernard Bresslaw
Votes: 28
29.
Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson (1980)
Episode:
The Case of the Deadly Prophecy
(1979)
Mystery
In a small French town tragedy strikes. In turn killed three people, whose names were found previously written in chalk on the steps of a local funeral chapel. Young school teacher for boys... See full summary »
Director: Freddie Francis | Stars: Geoffrey Whitehead, Donald Pickering, Juliusz Berger, Stanislaw Brejdygant
Votes: 16
30.
British Film Forever (2007)
Episode:
Magic, Murder and Monsters: The Story of British Horror and Fantasy
(2007)
88 min | Documentary, History
Director: Angus Cameron | Stars: Jessica Hynes, Simon Pegg, Danny Boyle, Anne Billson
Votes: 30
31. Never Take Candy from A Stranger (1960)
Approved | 81 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
In Canada, a British schoolmaster meets official resistance when he learns that his 9-year-old daughter has been the victim of the pedophile patriarch of the town's most powerful family.
Director: Cyril Frankel | Stars: Gwen Watford, Patrick Allen, Felix Aylmer, Niall MacGinnis
Votes: 1,982
32.
Man in a Suitcase (1967–1968)
Episode:
Who's Mad Now?
(1968)
52 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Joan Heinemann,an old flame of McGill,fears that she is being stalked by a mysterious woman though her husband Jason,who is having an affair,tells her that she is imagining things. When her... See full summary »
Director: Freddie Francis | Stars: Richard Bradford, Robert Hutton, Audine Leith, Philip Madoc
Votes: 33
33. Cape Fear (1991)
R | 128 min | Crime, Thriller
A convicted rapist, released from prison after serving a fourteen-year sentence, stalks the family of the lawyer who originally defended him.
Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Robert De Niro, Nick Nolte, Jessica Lange, Juliette Lewis
Votes: 216,565 | Gross: $79.10M
34. The Man in the Moon (1991)
PG-13 | 99 min | Drama, Romance
A coming of age story set in the south of the U.S. when Elvis was King.
Director: Robert Mulligan | Stars: Sam Waterston, Tess Harper, Gail Strickland, Reese Witherspoon
Votes: 18,440 | Gross: $2.85M
35. Moby Dick (1956)
Not Rated | 116 min | Adventure, Drama
The sole survivor of a lost whaling ship relates the tale of his captain's self-destructive obsession to hunt the white whale, Moby Dick.
Director: John Huston | Stars: Gregory Peck, Richard Basehart, Leo Genn, James Robertson Justice
Votes: 21,885 | Gross: $10.40M
36.
100 Years of Horror (1996)
Episode:
Baron Frankenstein
(1996)
Unrated | 24 min | Documentary, Horror
100 Years of Horror looks at the Frankenstein franchise after 1950 and focuses on different interpretations of the Baron and his creation.
Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Veronica Carlson, Hazel Court, Richard E. Cunha
Votes: 48
37. Midnight Madness: The History of Horror, Sci-Fi & Fantasy Films (2010– )
210 min | Documentary
A Documentary Film Series that covers the making and evolution of Fantastic Films.
Stars: Forrest J. Ackerman, Samuel Z. Arkoff, Veronica Carlson, Aaron Christensen
Votes: 12
38.
The Champions (1968–1969)
Episode:
Shadow of the Panther
(1969)
49 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Having contacted Tremayne from Haiti to report disturbing behaviour scientist Ralph Charters dies, apparently of fright, with his hair turned white. Sharron is sent to his hotel the ... See full summary »
Director: Freddie Francis | Stars: Stuart Damon, Alexandra Bastedo, William Gaunt, Anthony Nicholls
Votes: 75
39. Hour of Glory (1949)
Approved | 106 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
As the Germans drop explosive booby-traps on Britain in 1943, the embittered expert who'll have to disarm them fights a private battle with alcohol.
Directors: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger | Stars: David Farrar, Jack Hawkins, Michael Gough, Henry Caine
Votes: 3,102
40. The Tales of Hoffmann (1951)
Not Rated | 128 min | Fantasy, Music, Musical
A melancholy poet reflects on three women he loved and lost in the past: a mechanical performing doll, a Venetian courtesan, and the consumptive daughter of a celebrated composer.
Directors: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger | Stars: Moira Shearer, Robert Rounseville, Ludmilla Tchérina, Ann Ayars
Votes: 3,943 | Gross: $0.09M
41. Sons and Lovers (1960)
Approved | 103 min | Drama
A young man with artistic talent lives in a close-knit coal-mining town and finds himself inhibited by his emotionally manipulative mother.
Director: Jack Cardiff | Stars: Trevor Howard, Dean Stockwell, Wendy Hiller, Mary Ure
Votes: 1,772
42. Special Collector's Edition (2010–2015)
9 min | Comedy, History
A Special Collector's Edition.
Stars: David Díaz, Luis Rodrigo, Gabriel Fernández-Gil, Daniel Retuerta
Votes: 106
43. The New Lot (1943)
43 min | Short, Drama, War
During World War II, five civilians from different backgrounds become reluctant conscripts in the British Army.
Director: Carol Reed | Stars: Eric Ambler, Ivor Barnard, Robert Donat, Ian Fleming
Votes: 139
44. Ghosthunter (2000)
20 min | Drama, Short
Two lonely figures are drawn together, Charlie (the ghosthunter) and Sarah (the researcher), to uncover the mysterious ghostly disturbances in an abandoned church in a quiet English village.
Director: Simon Corris | Stars: Frank Finlay, Alison Reddihough, June Watson, Jacqueline Phillips
Votes: 39
45.
The Magical World of Disney (1954–1997)
Episode:
The Horsemasters: Follow Your Heart
(1961)
Unrated | 90 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
A 16-week course in horsemanship has a group of students learning the finer points of sportsmanship, jumping, horsecare, dressage and riding to hounds under stern and exacting teachers.
Director: William Fairchild | Stars: Annette Funicello, Tommy Kirk, Janet Munro, Tony Britton
Votes: 101
46. Moulin Rouge (1952)
Not Rated | 119 min | Biography, Drama, Music
Fictional account of French artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.
Director: John Huston | Stars: José Ferrer, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Suzanne Flon, Claude Nollier
Votes: 6,518 | Gross: $11.81M
47. The Executioner's Song (1982 TV Movie)
Unrated | 135 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
The story of Gary Gilmore, a convicted murderer who lobbied for his own execution.
Director: Lawrence Schiller | Stars: Tommy Lee Jones, Christine Lahti, Rosanna Arquette, Eli Wallach
Votes: 2,078
48. Look Back in Anger (1959)
Approved | 98 min | Drama
A disillusioned, angry university graduate comes to terms with his grudge against middle-class life and values.
Director: Tony Richardson | Stars: Richard Burton, Claire Bloom, Mary Ure, Edith Evans
Votes: 4,365
49. 100 Years of Horror (1996)
Unrated | 343 min | Documentary, Horror
Clips from Horror Films.
Stars: Christopher Lee, Roger Corman, Hugh Hefner, Fred Olen Ray
Votes: 472
50.
Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson (1980)
Episode:
The Case of the Speckled Band
(1979)
Mystery
Sherlock Holmes reported to be a lady, Dora Langley, asking famous detective, to accompany her on a trip to the continent. Mrs. Langley going to Bavaria, where he lived her niece, Helen, ... See full summary »
Directors: Freddie Francis, Sheldon Reynolds | Stars: Geoffrey Whitehead, Donald Pickering, Patrick Newell, Wladyslaw Baranski
Votes: 23