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1. Rheingold Theatre (1953–1957)
23 min | Drama
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. narrated, produced, and frequently starred in this anthology series, which presented everything from drama to mystery to farce.
Stars: Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Christopher Lee, Ron Randell, Barbara Mullen
Votes: 74
2. Der Rosenkavalier (1961 TV Movie)
192 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
An opera about jealousy and duplicity among the elite classes of the Austro-Hungarian empire.
Director: Paul Czinner | Stars: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Otto Edelmann, Sena Jurinac, Erich Kunz
Votes: 110
3. A Christmas Carol (1951)
TV-PG | 86 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy
Ebenezer Scrooge, a curmudgeonly, miserly businessman, has no time for sentimentality and largely views Christmas as a waste of time. However, this Christmas Eve, he will be visited by three spirits who will show him the error of his ways.
Director: Brian Desmond Hurst | Stars: Alastair Sim, Jack Warner, Kathleen Harrison, Mervyn Johns
Votes: 25,732
4.
Minder (1979–1994)
Episode:
Whose Wife Is It Anyway?
(1980)
TV-14 | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Arthur goes to the hospital to visit his friend Alex, who has been the victim of a hit-and-run incident. Whether or not it was an accident is a moot point as Terry discovers when he agrees ... See full summary »
Director: Roy Ward Baker | Stars: George Cole, Dennis Waterman, Janet Key, David Daker
Votes: 86
5. 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: 3,661
6.
Minder (1979–1994)
Episode:
Aces High and Sometimes Very Low
(1979)
TV-14 | 60 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Professional gambler Maurice Michaelson is barred from the casino where he has broken the bank and he is later robbed of his winnings. He sells Arthur his car for stake money and, minded by... See full summary »
Director: Roy Ward Baker | Stars: Dennis Waterman, George Cole, Anthony Valentine, Dimitri Andreas
Votes: 98
7.
The Professionals (1977–1983)
Episode:
Close Quarters
(1978)
TV-MA | 47 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
On leave with a hand injury, Bodie is in the country with his girlfriend Julia when they run across the Meyer-Helmut terrorist group. Bodie captures a gang member but he and Julia are ... See full summary »
Director: William Brayne | Stars: Gordon Jackson, Martin Shaw, Lewis Collins, Hildegard Neil
Votes: 166
8. Minder (1979–1994)
TV-14 | 60 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Roguish comedy drama following the misadventures of small-time crook Arthur Daley. Can his ex-boxer bodyguard Terry stay level-headed whilst working for the King of Dodgy Deals?
Stars: George Cole, Glynn Edwards, Dennis Waterman, Gary Webster
Votes: 2,835
9. The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre (1959–1965)
Crime, Drama, Mystery
Mystery crime stories with sometimes different cops and many now-famous faces.
Stars: John Wilder, George Hilsdon, Bernard Lee, Stanley Morgan
Votes: 199
10.
The Professionals (1977–1983)
Episode:
When the Heat Cools Off
(1978)
TV-MA | 47 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Six years previously Doyle was a policeman at London's Docklands and he was involved in a shoot-out in which there were fatalities. Bill Haydon was arrested and charged and sent to prison. ... See full summary »
Director: Ray Austin | Stars: Gordon Jackson, Martin Shaw, Lewis Collins, Peter Hughes
Votes: 154
11.
The Professionals (1977–1983)
Episode:
Everest Was Also Conquered
(1978)
TV-MA | 47 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
The death bed confession of a former MI6 head reveals that Suzie Carter, key witness in a major corruption trial a couple of decades earlier, did not commit suicide by jumping out of a ... See full summary »
Director: Francis Megahy | Stars: Gordon Jackson, Martin Shaw, Lewis Collins, Michael Denison
Votes: 161
12.
The Professionals (1977–1983)
Episode:
The Female Factor
(1978)
TV-MA | 47 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
The Professionals get involved after Terkoff, a Russian K.G.B. agent, introduces young Sara Seaford "accidentally" to Sir Charles Milvain, a man tipped to be the next Prime Minister, with a... See full summary »
Director: David Wickes | Stars: Gordon Jackson, Martin Shaw, Lewis Collins, Anthony Steel
Votes: 178
13. I Know Where I'm Going! (1945)
Not Rated | 92 min | Drama, Romance
A young Englishwoman goes to the Hebrides to marry her older, wealthier fiancé. When the weather keeps them separated on different islands, she begins to have second thoughts.
Directors: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger | Stars: Wendy Hiller, Roger Livesey, Pamela Brown, Finlay Currie
Votes: 9,788
14. A Canterbury Tale (1944)
Not Rated | 124 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Three modern-day pilgrims investigate a bizarre crime in a small town while on their way to Canterbury.
Directors: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger | Stars: Eric Portman, Sheila Sim, Dennis Price, John Sweet
Votes: 6,490
15. Colonel March of Scotland Yard (1954–1956)
30 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Colonel March of The Department of Queer Complaints investigates unusual cases, locked-room murders, and mysteries concerning the supernatural.
Stars: Boris Karloff, Ewan Roberts, Eric Pohlmann, Doris Nolan
Votes: 309
16. Pastor Hall (1940)
95 min | Drama
This film is based on the story of Pastor Martin Neimuller, who was sent to Dachau concentration camp for criticizing the Nazi party. The small German village of Altdorf in the 1930s has to... See full summary »
Director: Roy Boulting | Stars: Wilfrid Lawson, Nova Pilbeam, Seymour Hicks, Marius Goring
Votes: 160
17.
The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre (1959–1965)
Episode:
Playback
(1962)
62 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A German immigrant girl seduces a young P.C. and talks him into an elaborate scheme.
Director: Quentin Lawrence | Stars: Margit Saad, Barry Foster, Victor Platt, Dinsdale Landen
Votes: 46
18. Passport to Pimlico (1949)
Approved | 84 min | Comedy
Residents of a part of London declare independence after they discover an old treaty, which leads to the need for a "Passport to Pimlico".
Director: Henry Cornelius | Stars: Stanley Holloway, Betty Warren, Barbara Murray, Paul Dupuis
Votes: 5,291
19. Tell It to the Marines (1926)
Passed | 103 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A gruff Marine sergeant and a handsome new recruit compete for the affection of a nurse.
Director: George W. Hill | Stars: Lon Chaney, William Haines, Eleanor Boardman, Eddie Gribbon
Votes: 1,621 | Gross: $0.74M
20. Othello (1965)
Unrated | 165 min | Drama
General Othello's marriage is destroyed when vengeful Ensign Iago convinces him that his new wife has been unfaithful.
Director: Stuart Burge | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Frank Finlay, Robert Lang, Anthony Nicholls
Votes: 1,644
21. What Price Hollywood? (1932)
Passed | 88 min | Drama, Romance
The career of a waitress takes off when she meets an amiable drunken Hollywood director.
Director: George Cukor | Stars: Constance Bennett, Lowell Sherman, Neil Hamilton, Gregory Ratoff
Votes: 2,588
22. Orders to Kill (1958)
93 min | Drama, Thriller, War
American agent faces an engrossing moral dilemma when he is parachuted into France to eliminate a suspected traitor in the French Resistance.
Director: Anthony Asquith | Stars: Eddie Albert, Paul Massie, Lillian Gish, James Robertson Justice
Votes: 737
23.
The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre (1959–1965)
Episode:
Time to Remember
(1962)
58 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Burglars rob a townhouse and most of them are caught at the scene, but valuable jewels seem to have vanished. An estate agent realises they are still on site, and tries to purchase the building before anyone finds them.
Director: Charles Jarrott | Stars: Yvonne Monlaur, Harry H. Corbett, Robert Rietty, Ernest Clark
Votes: 48
24.
Colonel March of Scotland Yard (1954–1956)
Episode:
Present Tense
(1955)
26 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
March's niece witnesses her husband die in a plane crash. Soon after she begins to complain she can hear his voice in the night and others in the house become convinced her husband has returned as a ghost.
Director: Bernard Knowles | Stars: Boris Karloff, Ewan Roberts, Mary Parker, Phil Brown
Votes: 91
25.
Colonel March of Scotland Yard (1954–1956)
Episode:
The Deadly Gift
(1956)
27 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A pretty barmaid receives an unusual Christmas gift, a music box from a thief dead for ten years.
Director: Bernard Knowles | Stars: Boris Karloff, Ewan Roberts, Sandra Dorne, George Coulouris
Votes: 55
26.
Colonel March of Scotland Yard (1954–1956)
Episode:
The Strange Event at Roman Fall
(1956)
27 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A woman is accused of killing her reclusive mystery writer husband.
Director: Bernard Knowles | Stars: Boris Karloff, Ewan Roberts, Philip Friend, Rachel Kempson
Votes: 62
27. The World of Suzie Wong (1960)
Approved | 126 min | Drama, Romance
A businessman moves to Hong Kong to pursue a career as an artist and falls in love with a prostitute he hires as a model.
Director: Richard Quine | Stars: William Holden, Nancy Kwan, Sylvia Syms, Michael Wilding
Votes: 2,759 | Gross: $7.30M
28. The Pickwick Papers (1952)
Approved | 109 min | Comedy, Drama
The Pickwick Club sends Mr. Pickwick and a group of friends to travel across England and to report back on the interesting things they find. In the course of their travels, they repeatedly ... See full summary »
Director: Noel Langley | Stars: James Hayter, James Donald, Nigel Patrick, Joyce Grenfell
Votes: 623
29. So Evil My Love (1948)
Approved | 112 min | Crime, Drama
Olivia Harwood, missionary's widow, meets charming Mark Bellis, artist and rogue, on the ship taking them both back to 1890s London. After Olivia opens a lodging house, Mark becomes her ... See full summary »
Director: Lewis Allen | Stars: Ray Milland, Ann Todd, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Leo G. Carroll
Votes: 957
30. The Silver Cord (1933)
Passed | 74 min | Drama, Romance
A domineering matriarch is less than happy when her son brings home his new bride. She immediately sets to work at sabotaging their marriage as well as the engagement of her younger and weaker son.
Director: John Cromwell | Stars: Irene Dunne, Joel McCrea, Laura Hope Crews, Eric Linden
Votes: 630
31. Somewhere in France (1942)
Approved | 87 min | Adventure, Drama, War
In 1940, a British engineer goes to France to retrieve specialized armaments machinery, loaned to the French, before the invading Nazi armies can capture it.
Director: Charles Frend | Stars: Tommy Trinder, Constance Cummings, Clifford Evans, Robert Morley
Votes: 400
32. Playback (1962)
62 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A young policeman becomes involved with a glamorous German woman in London, to his cost.
Director: Quentin Lawrence | Stars: Margit Saad, Barry Foster, Victor Platt, Dinsdale Landen
Votes: 87
33.
Colonel March of Scotland Yard (1954–1956)
Episode:
The Silent Vow
(1956)
27 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Colonel March and Inspector Goron are present in a café when a customer dies from poisoned wine.
Director: Bernard Knowles | Stars: Boris Karloff, Eric Pohlmann, Zena Marshall, Anton Diffring
Votes: 58
34.
The Professionals (1977–1983)
Episode:
Look After Annie
(1978)
TV-MA | 47 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Annie Irvine, charismatic evangelist and founder of the left-wing Workers-Christian Alliance, arrives back in England having survived an assassination attempt in Chicago and Cowley, an old ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Crichton | Stars: Gordon Jackson, Martin Shaw, Lewis Collins, Diana Fairfax
Votes: 145
35. The Silver Fleet (1943)
88 min | Drama, War
Jaap van Leyden (Sir Ralph Richardson) is in charge of a shipyard in newly occupied Holland. At first he collaborates with the Germans because it is the easiest course to follow. Later, a ... See full summary »
Directors: Vernon Sewell, Gordon Wellesley | Stars: Ralph Richardson, Googie Withers, Esmond Knight, Beresford Egan
Votes: 542
36. The Luck of Ginger Coffey (1964)
100 min | Drama
An out-of-work Irish immigrant in Montreal remains hopeful that his luck is about to change but his disillusioned family grow tired of his pigheadedness and instability.
Director: Irvin Kershner | Stars: Robert Shaw, Mary Ure, Liam Redmond, Tom Harvey
Votes: 314
37. Stolen Life (1939)
Approved | 90 min | Drama, Romance
Mild sibling rivalry between identical twin sisters Sylvina and Martina intensifies after one of the girls tricks the other's sweetheart into proposing to the wrong twin.
Director: Paul Czinner | Stars: Elisabeth Bergner, Michael Redgrave, Wilfrid Lawson, Mabel Terry-Lewis
Votes: 37
38. The Bridge at Remagen (1969)
R | 115 min | Action, Drama, War
As the Allied armies close in, the Germans decide to blow up the last Rhine bridge, trapping their own men on the wrong side. But will it happen?
Director: John Guillermin | Stars: George Segal, Robert Vaughn, Ben Gazzara, Bradford Dillman
Votes: 10,557
39. Far into the Night (1943)
TV-G | 90 min | Drama, War
Comedian Tommy Trinder plays it straight in this tribute to the wartime AFS (Auxiliary Fire Service), the dedicated band who kept the fires of London under control during the blitz and fire bombings of WWII.
Director: Basil Dearden | Stars: Tommy Trinder, James Mason, Philip Friend, Mervyn Johns
Votes: 264
40. Black Sheep of Whitehall (1942)
80 min | Comedy
Professor Davis, who teaches at a correspondence school, discovers that a Nazi Agent is trying to prevent a trade treaty being signed between England and South America. The agent is posing ... See full summary »
Directors: Basil Dearden, Will Hay | Stars: Will Hay, John Mills, Basil Sydney, Henry Hewitt
Votes: 357
41. The Past of Mary Holmes (1933)
Passed | 70 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
An alcoholic former opera singer (Helen MacKellar) resents the promising career of her son (Eric Linden) and his recent engagement to an actress (Jean Arthur).
Directors: Harlan Thompson, Slavko Vorkapich | Stars: Helen MacKellar, Eric Linden, Jean Arthur, Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher
Votes: 27
42.
Colonel March of Scotland Yard (1954–1956)
Episode:
The Case of the Misguided Missal
(1955)
27 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A 15th century prayer volume disappears from a sealed casket inside the locked safe belonging to an Oxford Don.
Director: Bernard Knowles | Stars: Boris Karloff, Ewan Roberts, Jane Griffiths, John Arnatt
Votes: 51
43.
Colonel March of Scotland Yard (1954–1956)
Episode:
The Devil Sells His Soul
(1956)
30 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Colonel March uses hypnosis to crack the case of a stabbing murder.
Director: Arthur Crabtree | Stars: Boris Karloff, Ewan Roberts, Patrick Barr, Ann Hanslip
Votes: 63
44.
Colonel March of Scotland Yard (1954–1956)
Episode:
The Stolen Crime
(1956)
27 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A man demands to be arrested for murdering his wealthy wife, whose death is attributed to natural causes.
Director: Arthur Crabtree | Stars: Boris Karloff, Ewan Roberts, Glyn Houston, Josephine Douglas
Votes: 58
45. Spare the Rod (1961)
Not Rated | 93 min | Drama
It is London in the year 1960 and John Saunders enthusiastically begins his new teaching career at a tough slum-area school. His class are bored pupils in their last term before leaving. Will he handle the grave problems that lie ahead?
Director: Leslie Norman | Stars: Max Bygraves, Donald Pleasence, Geoffrey Keen, Betty McDowall
Votes: 253
46. Mogambo (1953)
Passed | 116 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
On a Kenyan safari, white hunter Victor Marswell has a love triangle with seductive American socialite Eloise Kelly and anthropologist Donald Nordley's cheating wife Linda.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Clark Gable, Grace Kelly, Ava Gardner, Donald Sinden
Votes: 9,178
47. Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966)
Unrated | 90 min | Horror
Ten years after his demise, Count Dracula is resurrected by his servant and preys on four unsuspecting English tourists who have taken shelter in his castle.
Director: Terence Fisher | Stars: Christopher Lee, Barbara Shelley, Andrew Keir, Francis Matthews
Votes: 10,879 | Gross: $0.80M
48. The Hireling (1973)
PG | 95 min | Drama
A young British woman suffering from depression over the loss of her husband develops an unusual relationship with her chauffeur.
Director: Alan Bridges | Stars: Robert Shaw, Sarah Miles, Peter Egan, Caroline Mortimer
Votes: 865
49. Circle of Deception (1960)
Approved | 100 min | Drama, Romance, War
Unbeknownst to him, a soldier is sent on a doomed mission because of the high likelihood of him divulging secrets if captured and tortured.
Director: Jack Lee | Stars: Suzy Parker, Bradford Dillman, Harry Andrews, Robert Stephens
Votes: 332
50.
Colonel March of Scotland Yard (1954–1956)
Episode:
The Case of the Kidnapped Poodle
(1955)
27 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Colonel March is called in to investigate the theft of a valuable diamond as well as a poodle. As he continues his investigation he begins to think both incidents may be connected.
Director: Bernard Knowles | Stars: Boris Karloff, Ewan Roberts, Doris Nolan, Michael Shepley
Votes: 69