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1. Holocaust: A Music Memorial Film (2005 TV Special)
Music, War
Director: James Kent | Stars: Emanuel Ax, John Axelrod, Isabel Bayrakdarian, Iva Bittová
Votes: 37
2.
Fellow Travelers (2023)
Episode:
Promise You Won't Write
(2023)
TV-MA | 57 min | Drama, Romance
Roy Cohn's obsession with David Schine leads to the televised Army-McCarthy hearings; Hawk tries to protect Sen. Smith while hiding his secret life from Lucy; Tim makes a life-changing decision.
Director: James Kent | Stars: Matt Bomer, Jonathan Bailey, Jelani Alladin, Linus Roache
Votes: 616
3.
The Capture (2019– )
Episode:
Charlie Foxtrot
(2022)
TV-MA | 59 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
In the aftermath of a television hack, a major suspect makes a getaway. Time is against DCI Carey as she tries to act before the invisible assassins strike again.
Director: James Kent | Stars: Paapa Essiedu, Holliday Grainger, Lia Williams, Indira Varma
Votes: 549
4. 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: 52,237
6.
Fellow Travelers (2023)
Episode:
Your Nuts Roasting on an Open Fire
(2023)
TV-MA | 57 min | Drama, Romance
Facing a polygraph test about his sex life, Hawk courts Lucy; Marcus makes peace with his attraction to Frankie; Roy threatens to destroy the Army when David is drafted; Tim recruits Hawk to help his AIDS activist group.
Director: James Kent | Stars: Matt Bomer, Jonathan Bailey, Jelani Alladin, Linus Roache
Votes: 616
7.
The Capture (2019– )
Episode:
Made in China
(2022)
TV-MA | 59 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
In the wake of a shocking hack during an interview with Isaac Turner, DCI Carey must work out who is responsible and whom she can trust.
Director: James Kent | Stars: Cavan Clerkin, Tessa Wong, Indira Varma, Paapa Essiedu
Votes: 504
8. Fellow Travelers (2023)
TV-MA | 59 min | Drama, Romance
Follows the lives and volatile romance of two different men, through purges, wars, protests, and plagues, overcoming obstacles in the world.
Stars: Matt Bomer, Jonathan Bailey, Jelani Alladin, Linus Roache
Votes: 10,864
9. The Genius of Mozart (2004)
Documentary, Drama, History
The story begins with the composer's father Leopold, with whom he conducted a passionate, tortured correspondence; it is Leopold who knows Mozart's secrets. There is another voice: that of ... See full summary »
Stars: Charles Hazlewood, Jack Tarlton, Kenneth Cranham, Claire Skinner
Votes: 105
10. Witchcraze (2003 TV Movie)
60 min | Drama
Director: James Kent | Stars: Cathleen McCarron, Iain Agnew, Nicola Jo Cully, Cas Harkins
Votes: 6
11.
American Crime (2015–2017)
Episode:
Season Two: Episode Nine
(2016)
TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama
Following the on-campus murder of a Leyland student, the community re-examines the choices they have made in the wake of the sexual encounter between Eric and Taylor; leaked personal ... See full summary »
Director: James Kent | Stars: Felicity Huffman, Timothy Hutton, Lili Taylor, Elvis Nolasco
Votes: 562
12. 11.22.63 (2016)
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
Jake Epping, a teacher, gets a chance to travel back in time to avert the death of John F. Kennedy. However, history's aversion to alteration and his love for the era and a woman endanger him.
Stars: James Franco, Sarah Gadon, George MacKay, Chris Cooper
Votes: 99,627
13.
The Capture (2019– )
Episode:
Invisible Men
(2022)
TV-MA | 57 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Invisible assassins stalk London, and DCI Rachel Carey is drawn into a case involving a rising politician that brings greater risks than she first imagines.
Director: James Kent | Stars: Joshua Jo, Holliday Grainger, Jack Loy, Indira Varma
Votes: 591
14.
Marchlands (2011)
Episode:
Episode #1.2
(2011)
51 min | Drama, Mystery
Evelyn persuades Paul and a reluctant Ruth to seek help from a priest,Father Boyle,but his main argument,that the couple should try for another child,does not comfort Ruth. Seeing Alice's ... See full summary »
Director: James Kent | Stars: Alex Kingston, Dean Andrews, Ethan Griffin, Sydney Wade
Votes: 44
15.
Marchlands (2011)
Episode:
Episode #1.3
(2011)
45 min | Drama, Mystery
In 1968 Ruth and Paul are told that his low sperm count makes it unlikely they will have other children. Upset,Ruth leaves the village and meets some students,with whom she gets stoned at a... See full summary »
Director: James Kent | Stars: Anne Reid, Shelley Conn, Elliot Cowan, Jodie Whittaker
Votes: 43
16. The Capture (2019– )
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
When a British soldier is charged with a crime, the tenacious young detective handling his case begins to uncover a conspiracy.
Stars: Holliday Grainger, Ben Miles, Lia Williams, Cavan Clerkin
Votes: 22,933
17.
Poirot (1989–2013)
Episode:
Cat Among the Pigeons
(2008)
TV-14 | 83 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A foreign revolution, a kidnapped princess, and a trove of priceless rubies are linked to a prestigious girls' school, where staff members are brutally murdered.
Director: James Kent | Stars: David Suchet, Harriet Walter, Raji James, Adam De Ville
Votes: 2,235
18.
Bookmark (1983–1999)
Episode:
Albert Camus: The Madness of Sincerity
(1997)
TV-PG | 85 min | Biography
The grand themes of Albert Camus' work and life are documented in three chapters: the Absurd, Revolt, and Happiness. His novels The Stranger, The Plague, The Rebel, The Fall and The First ... See full summary »
Director: James Kent | Stars: Blanche Balain, Farid Bendoumi, Carl-Gustav Bjurgstrom, Patricia Blake
Votes: 29
19. American Visions (1997– )
Documentary
Time magazine and his greatly acclaimed study of modern art, The Shock of the New, Robert Hughes now addresses his largest subject: the history of art in America.
Star: Robert Hughes
Votes: 35
20.
Marchlands (2011)
Episode:
Episode #1.1
(2011)
46 min | Drama, Mystery
In 1968 Ruth and Paul Bowen mourn the death by drowning of their eight year old daughter Alice in the Marchlands area around their rural house. Ruth believes Paul blames her and is distant ... See full summary »
Director: James Kent | Stars: Jodie Whittaker, Denis Lawson, Tessa Peake-Jones, Jamie Thomas King
Votes: 59
21.
Marchlands (2011)
Episode:
Episode #1.4
(2011)
46 min | Drama, Mystery
In 1968 Paul and Ruth reconcile though,after Brian has boasted of sleeping with Ruth,Paul punches him. Robert tells his son he thinks he should take Ruth out of the area to make a fresh ... See full summary »
Director: James Kent | Stars: Denis Lawson, Tessa Peake-Jones, Jodie Whittaker, Jamie Thomas King
Votes: 37
22.
11.22.63 (2016)
Episode:
Soldier Boy
(2016)
TV-MA | 43 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
Unable to recall his mission, Jake turns to Bill for help, with unexpected results, while Sadie attempts to refresh Jake's memory.
Director: James Kent | Stars: James Franco, Sarah Gadon, Cherry Jones, Lucy Fry
Votes: 2,977
23. The White Queen (2013)
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, History, Romance
Three different, yet equally relentless women vie for the throne in 15th-century England.
Stars: Aneurin Barnard, Rebecca Ferguson, Amanda Hale, Faye Marsay
Votes: 31,466
24. American Crime (2015–2017)
TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama
Seasonal anthology series. Season 1: The lives of the participants in a trial with significant racial motives are forever changed during the legal process.
Stars: Felicity Huffman, Regina King, Timothy Hutton, Richard Cabral
Votes: 10,160
25. La Voix Humaine (2022)
53 min | Music
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House presents this new production of Poulenc's short opera La Voix Humaine, featuring soprano Danielle de Niese and shot on location in Paris and London.
Director: James Kent | Star: Danielle de Niese
Votes: 14
26.
Inside Men (2012)
Episode:
Episode #1.1
(2012)
TV-14 | 55 min | Crime, Drama
John's the manager of a cash counting depot who faces his worst nightmare: an armed robbery. His family are hostages and he's forced to open the safe at gunpoint. He has been trained for this but nothing can prepare him for the real thing.
Director: James Kent | Stars: Steven Mackintosh, Paul Popplewell, Nicola Walker, Hannah Merry
Votes: 86
27.
The White Queen (2013)
Episode:
The Storm
(2013)
TV-MA | 61 min | Drama, History, Romance
Margaret Beaufort is pleased to learn that Warwick, whose daughter Isabel is George's reluctant bride, is holding a parliament in York to have George declared the rightful monarch. However ... See full summary »
Director: James Kent | Stars: Juliet Aubrey, Aneurin Barnard, Rebecca Ferguson, James Frain
Votes: 546
28. 9/11: Phone Calls from the Towers (2009 TV Movie)
90 min | Documentary
Trapped in The Twin Towers on September 11th, thousands of ordinary people struggled to make contact with the outside world. Many knew that time was ticking away. These recorded messages ... See full summary »
Director: James Kent | Stars: Steven Mackintosh, The Biegeleisen Family, Miriam Biegeleisen, Shimmy Biegeleisen
Votes: 390
29.
Marchlands (2011)
Episode:
Episode #1.5
(2011)
45 min | Drama, Mystery
Paul and Ruth leave Marchlands, Ruth vowing to return. After they have gone Evelyn tells Robert she knows all about his affair with Liz Runcie,Olive's mother and makes him reveal the true ... See full summary »
Director: James Kent | Stars: Shelley Conn, Anne Reid, Elliot Cowan, Alex Kingston
Votes: 41
30.
The White Queen (2013)
Episode:
The Price of Power
(2013)
TV-MA | 59 min | Drama, History, Romance
The pregnant Elizabeth is crowned queen and welcomed by Edward's brothers Richard and George though Warwick and his daughters do not disguise their disapproval and Cecily refuses to attend ... See full summary »
Director: James Kent | Stars: Juliet Aubrey, Aneurin Barnard, Rebecca Ferguson, James Frain
Votes: 597
31.
Inside Men (2012)
Episode:
Episode #1.2
(2012)
TV-14 | 54 min | Crime, Drama
John, Chris and Marcus struggle to talk without arousing suspicion. Their first challenge is to employ the muscle to do the heist. Marcus knows a businessman who can provide guns and men, but he wants to see cash to prove they are serious.
Director: James Kent | Stars: Warren Brown, Kierston Wareing, Steven Mackintosh, Tom Mannion
Votes: 73
32.
Inside Men (2012)
Episode:
Episode #1.3
(2012)
TV-14 | 55 min | Crime, Drama
Planning for the heist is coming together but the men's lives aren't getting any easier. Chris's mum is getting worse. Marcus is under pressure from Gina to assert himself more. John tests the guns and enjoys his new found confidence.
Director: James Kent | Stars: Steven Mackintosh, Warren Brown, Ashley Walters, Leila Mimmack
Votes: 62
33. Marchlands (2011)
60 min | Drama, Mystery
A supernatural drama telling the story of three different families living in the same house in 1968, 1987 and the present day, linked by the spirit of the young daughter of the 1960s family, who drowned in mysterious circumstances.
Stars: Alex Kingston, Dean Andrews, Shelley Conn, Jodie Whittaker
Votes: 1,745
34. Chopin Saved My Life (2012 TV Movie)
60 min | Documentary
Chopin's Ballade Number One is an extraordinary piece of piano music. This moving film tells the story of how the Ballade has transformed the lives of two young pianists.
Director: James Kent | Star: Láng Lang
Votes: 37
35.
The White Queen (2013)
Episode:
In Love with the King
(2013)
TV-MA | 59 min | Drama, History, Romance
In 1463, the lust between a Lancastrian commoner and Yorkist King turns into a secret wedding and a new Queen of England. But two women not so smitten with the arrangement vow to take her down.
Director: James Kent | Stars: Juliet Aubrey, Aneurin Barnard, Rebecca Ferguson, James Frain
Votes: 802
36.
MotherFatherSon (2019)
Episode:
Episode #1.2
(2019)
TV-MA | 59 min | Drama, Thriller
While they watch over Caden during his recovery from the stroke, flashbacks show key aspects of Max and Kathryn's relationship in the latter stages of their marriage. With Caden, they learn... See full summary »
Director: James Kent | Stars: Helen McCrory, Richard Gere, Orton O'Brien, Billy Howle
Votes: 194
37.
MotherFatherSon (2019)
Episode:
Episode #1.7
(2019)
TV-MA | 56 min | Drama, Thriller
Caden wants to be pride of himself. Sofía asks Max to let their common future son to choose his own life. Caden tries to help Orla be rid of her guilt. Maggie declares her love officially. Max makes a job offer unexpectedly.
Director: James Kent | Stars: Danny Sapani, Idris Debrand, Ginny Holder, Paul Ready
Votes: 140
38. Testament of Youth (2014)
PG-13 | 129 min | Biography, Drama, History
A British woman recalls coming of age during World War I - a story of young love, the futility of war, and how to make sense of the darkest times.
Director: James Kent | Stars: Alicia Vikander, Kit Harington, Taron Egerton, Dominic West
Votes: 30,536 | Gross: $1.82M
39. Inside Men (2012)
60 min | Crime, Drama
The story of three employees of a security depot who plan and execute a multi-million pound cash heist.
Stars: Steven Mackintosh, Warren Brown, Nicola Walker, Ashley Walters
Votes: 2,774
40. Margaret (2009 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 113 min | Drama, History
Margaret Thatcher's final days as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
Director: James Kent | Stars: Roger Allam, Roger Ashton-Griffiths, Charlotte Asprey, Elizabeth Bennett
Votes: 468
41. Film '72 (1971–2018)
30 min | Talk-Show
The BBC's flagship cinema review television programme featuring reviews of new releases, news items and interviews. The title of the programme changes each year to incorporate the year of broadcast.
Stars: Barry Norman, Danny Leigh, Claudia Winkleman, Jonathan Ross
Votes: 535
42. Inside Story (1974– )
60 min | Documentary
A BBC documentary film strand, with the focus on investigative journalism.
Stars: Roger Mills, Tom Bower, Christopher Olgiati, Peter Taylor
Votes: 31
43.
MotherFatherSon (2019)
Episode:
Episode #1.1
(2019)
TV-MA | 59 min | Drama, Thriller
Max owns a media empire at the heart of British politics and power. Ex-wife Kathryn has been frozen out of the family and works at a homeless shelter. Their son Caden is out of his depth editing a newspaper and the strain is showing.
Director: James Kent | Stars: Richard Gere, Pippa Bennett-Warner, Billy Howle, Sinéad Cusack
Votes: 255
44. The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister (2010 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 92 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
A look at the life of 19th-century Yorkshire landowner Anne Lister (1791-1840), who lived openly as a lesbian and kept diaries chronicling the details of her daily life.
Director: James Kent | Stars: Maxine Peake, Anna Madeley, Susan Lynch, Christine Bottomley
Votes: 2,249
45. Días de cine (1991– )
60 min | News
Antonio Gasset hosts this show in which recently released movies and DVDs are thoughtfully discussed in a documentary-like way.
Stars: Gerardo Sánchez, Elena S. Sánchez, Antonio Gasset, Cayetana Guillén Cuervo
Votes: 334
46. Roots Remembered (2007 TV Movie)
90 min | Documentary
Feature-length British documentary catching up with the cast of _"Roots" (1977) (mini)_ 30 years on and exploring its place in history.
Director: Marina Warsama | Stars: Hugh Quarshie, Esther Armah, Edward Asner, John Barnes
Votes: 12
47.
Inside Men (2012)
Episode:
Episode #1.4
(2012)
TV-14 | 54 min | Crime, Drama
A new person in charge rubs John up the wrong way and he worries that she may put everything at risk. Everyone tries to remain calm as the day gets closer; savouring their old lives for the last time before things change forever.
Director: James Kent | Stars: Steven Mackintosh, Hannah Merry, Nicola Walker, Ashley Walters
Votes: 62
48.
Cutting Edge (1990–2017)
Episode:
The Kidnapping of Elizabeth Smart
(2005)
70 min | Documentary
In June 2002, Salt Lake City was the setting for a chilling kidnapping. An angelic young girl was stolen from her bedroom in the middle of the night. The daughter of a wealthy Mormon family... See full summary »
Director: James Kent | Stars: Juliet Stevenson, Dan Barnes, Wanda Barzee, Lee Benson
Votes: 33
49.
MotherFatherSon (2019)
Episode:
Episode #1.8
(2019)
TV-14 | 52 min | Drama, Thriller
Despite giving him an emphatic no as a response, Kathryn is still contemplating accepting Max's offer, as those around her can see. She has to weigh the pros and cons of accepting the offer... See full summary »
Director: James Kent | Stars: Billy Howle, Niamh Algar, Richard Gere, Pippa Bennett-Warner
Votes: 157
50. MotherFatherSon (2019)
TV-MA | 57 min | Drama, Thriller
A fractured family at the heart of politics and power is pulled together under catastrophic circumstances.
Stars: Richard Gere, Billy Howle, Helen McCrory, Paul Ready
Votes: 4,058