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1. Television Playwright (1958–1959)
Drama
Stars: Brian Peck, Peter Copley, Jack Allen, Helen Shingler
Votes: 14
2. BBC Sunday-Night Play (1960–1963)
60 min | Drama
BBC Sunday-Night Play is the anthology drama series which replaced Sunday Night Theatre in 1960.
Stars: Brian Rix, Joby Blanshard, Cyril Luckham, John Bennett
Votes: 131
3. 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
4. Boyd Q.C. (1956–1964)
30 min | Drama
A barrister named Richard Boyd Q.C. is involved in a variety of cases in London.
Stars: Michael Denison, Charles Leno, Owen Berry, Weyman Mackay
Votes: 23
5. ITV Television Playhouse (1955–1967)
60 min | Drama
Richard O. Sullivan as a child genius in the play "Honour Bright".
Stars: Campbell Singer, Thomas Heathcote, Richard Caldicot, June Brown
Votes: 67
6. Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939)
Unrated | 114 min | Drama, Romance
An aged teacher and former headmaster of a boarding school recalls his career and his personal life over the decades.
Directors: Sam Wood, Sidney Franklin | Stars: Robert Donat, Greer Garson, Terry Kilburn, John Mills
Votes: 11,603
7. BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950–1959)
Drama
Series of television plays performed live.
Stars: Richard Caldicot, George Woodbridge, Robert Brown, Michael Brennan
Votes: 179
8. No Hiding Place (1959–1967)
60 min | Crime, Drama
Tales of Scotland Yard centering on a detective team. A sort of halfway house between "Dixon of Dock Green" and "'Z' Cars." The detectives are still 1950s-style with good elocution and ... See full summary »
Stars: Raymond Francis, Eric Lander, Johnny Briggs, Michael McStay
Votes: 97
9. Doomsday for Dyson (1958 TV Movie)
45 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
Dyson has a dream about a nuclear war and having to shoot his horrifically injured wife and daughter.
Director: Silvio Narizzano | Stars: Ian Hunter, Fanny Rowe, Ann Firbank, Anna Bryce
Votes: 7
10. Dick and the Duchess (1957–1958)
30 min | Comedy
Dick Starrett is insurance investigator in London and married to the upper class Jane. Her family disapproves of his being an American or background. Dick's co-worker is Peter Jamison and he collaborates with Inspector Starke on his cases.
Stars: Patrick O'Neal, Hazel Court, Richard Wattis, Roddy Hughes
Votes: 14
11. The Dreyfus Case (1931)
90 min | Biography, Drama
The story of the infamous case against Captain Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish officer, who was accused of high treason and sentenced to life imprisonment on Devil's Island.
Directors: F.W. Kraemer, Milton Rosmer | Stars: Cedric Hardwicke, Charles Carson, George Merritt, Sam Livesey
Votes: 14
12. The Dam Busters (1955)
Approved | 105 min | Drama, History, War
Drama based on the attempt by the RAF to destroy six dams in Germany during World War II.
Director: Michael Anderson | Stars: Richard Todd, Michael Redgrave, Ursula Jeans, Basil Sydney
Votes: 11,384
13. Quartet (1948)
Approved | 120 min | Drama, Romance
Four of W. Somerset Maugham's short stories are brought to the screen with each introduced by the author. In "The Facts of Life", a young man with great potential on the tennis courts goes ... See full summary »
Directors: Ken Annakin, Arthur Crabtree, Harold French, Ralph Smart | Stars: Basil Radford, Naunton Wayne, Ian Fleming, Jack Raine
Votes: 987
14. The Vise (1954–1961)
30 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
This British production featured lesser-known actors in filmed plays showing people caught in "the vise" of fate created by their own deeds.
Stars: Donald Gray, Colin Tapley, Ron Randell, Robert Arden
Votes: 75
15. Interpol Calling (1959– )
30 min | Crime, Drama
Follows inspector Paul Duval as he tracks his targets and risks his life in a global race against time.
Stars: Charles Korvin, Edwin Richfield, Roland Bartrop, George Pastell
Votes: 125
16. Prescription for Murder (1958)
Approved | 85 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In "Rx for Murder" and "Rx Murder" in the USA (and not "RX" in either country), American doctor Jethro Jones comes into a quiet English seaside resort to investigate the activities of its ... See full summary »
Director: Derek N. Twist | Stars: Rick Jason, Lisa Gastoni, Marius Goring, Sandu Scott
Votes: 30
17. 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: 310
18. Down River (1931)
73 min | Crime, Drama
A customs investigator and his fiancee track down a gang of smugglers whose leader may be a murderer.
Director: Peter Godfrey | Stars: Charles Laughton, Jane Baxter, Harold Huth, Kenneth Kove
Votes: 19
19.
Interpol Calling (1959– )
Episode:
Private View
(1959)
Crime, Drama
Interpol are called in when a series of jewelry thefts seem to be linked to the movements of European royalty. The investigating officers must discover how the criminals are getting the information.
Director: C.M. Pennington-Richards | Stars: Charles Korvin, Edwin Richfield, Michael Goodliffe, Moira Redmond
Votes: 17
20. The Crimson Pirate (1952)
Not Rated | 105 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
During the 1700s, pirate Captain Vallo seizes a British warship and gets involved in various money-making schemes involving Caribbean rebels led by El Libre, British envoy Baron Jose Gruda, and a beautiful courtesan named Consuelo.
Director: Robert Siodmak | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Nick Cravat, Eva Bartok, Torin Thatcher
Votes: 6,994
21. 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: 94
22. Footsteps in the Fog (1955)
Approved | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
In early-1900s England, a maid tries to blackmail her master into romancing her when she discovers that he murdered his wife.
Director: Arthur Lubin | Stars: Stewart Granger, Jean Simmons, Bill Travers, Belinda Lee
Votes: 2,208
23. The Captive Heart (1946)
Approved | 86 min | Drama, War
In 1940, a concentration camp escapee assumes the identity of a dead British officer, only to become a prisoner of war.
Director: Basil Dearden | Stars: Michael Redgrave, Rachel Kempson, Frederick Leister, Mervyn Johns
Votes: 1,177
24. So Well Remembered (1947)
Passed | 114 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
Mayor George Boswell recalls events of the previous 25 years in his home town of Browdley. As councilman and newspaper editor George has fought hard to better working and living conditions in the bleak Lancashire mill town.
Director: Edward Dmytryk | Stars: John Mills, Martha Scott, Patricia Roc, Trevor Howard
Votes: 585
25. Madeleine (1950)
Approved | 101 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Madeleine's middle-class family cannot understand why she puts off marrying a respectable young man; they know nothing about her long-term affair with a Frenchman.
Director: David Lean | Stars: Ann Todd, Norman Wooland, Ivan Desny, Leslie Banks
Votes: 2,035
26. Souls in Conflict (1954)
75 min | Drama
An actress, a factory worker, and a jet pilot all face up to their personal problems after attending a rally by Dr. Billy Graham.
Directors: Leonard Reeve, Dick Ross | Stars: Joan Winmill Brown, Eric Micklewood, Charles Leno, Hilda Fenemore
Votes: 24
27.
Colonel March of Scotland Yard (1954–1956)
Episode:
The Second Mona Lisa
(1955)
27 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
'The Second Mona Lisa,' painted six months after the first, is targeted by rival collectors.
Director: Arthur Crabtree | Stars: Boris Karloff, Alan Wheatley, Eric Pohlmann, Robert Ayres
Votes: 63
28. The Young Mr. Pitt (1942)
Approved | 118 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
This biopic tells the story of the life of Pitt The Younger, who became Prime Minister of Great Britain at the age of twenty-four.
Director: Carol Reed | Stars: Robert Donat, Geoffrey Atkins, Jean Cadell, Robert Morley
Votes: 445
29. The Next of Kin (1942)
Approved | 102 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Wartime propaganda piece giving the warning "Be like Dad, Keep Mum". A gossipy housewife is overheard talking about what her son is doing by a Nazi spy.
Director: Thorold Dickinson | Stars: Mervyn Johns, John Chandos, Nova Pilbeam, Reginald Tate
Votes: 304
30. Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
G | 175 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
A Victorian Englishman bets that with the new steamships and railways he can circumnavigate the globe in eighty days.
Directors: Michael Anderson, John Farrow | Stars: David Niven, Cantinflas, Finlay Currie, Robert Morley
Votes: 29,745 | Gross: $42.00M
31. The Glorious Adventure (1922)
70 min | Adventure, History
An Earl's cousin survives drowning and saves a lady from the Great Fire of London.
Director: J. Stuart Blackton | Stars: Diana Manners, Gerald Lawrence, Cecil Humphreys, Victor McLaglen
Votes: 44
32. Bleak House (1959)
30 min | Drama, Crime
A suspenseful tale about the injustices of the 19th Century English legal system.
Stars: Diana Fairfax, Colin Jeavons, Andrew Cruickshank, Elizabeth Shepherd
Votes: 21
33. The Naked Edge (1961)
Approved | 97 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Five years after George Radcliffe was the chief witness in a high profile murder case, his wife receives a blackmailing letter accusing him of the crime.
Director: Michael Anderson | Stars: Gary Cooper, Deborah Kerr, Eric Portman, Diane Cilento
Votes: 1,481
34. The End of the Affair (1955)
Not Rated | 105 min | Drama, Romance
In WW2 London, a writer falls in love with the wife of a British civil servant but both men suspect her of infidelity with yet another man.
Director: Edward Dmytryk | Stars: Deborah Kerr, Van Johnson, John Mills, Peter Cushing
Votes: 1,469
35. Landfall (1949)
86 min | Drama, War
During WW2, an RAF pilot from coastal command is accused of sinking a British submarine that he mistook for a German one.
Director: Ken Annakin | Stars: Michael Denison, Patricia Plunkett, Edith Sharpe, Margaret Barton
Votes: 241
36. Escape (1948)
Approved | 78 min | Thriller
A convict sentenced to three years for killing a detective escapes from a prison and goes on the run aided by a local girl.
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz | Stars: Rex Harrison, Peggy Cummins, William Hartnell, Norman Wooland
Votes: 427
37. All Over the Town (1949)
Approved | 83 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
On the south west coast of England, two crusading reporters revive a failing newspaper and expose local corruption.
Director: Derek N. Twist | Stars: Norman Wooland, Sarah Churchill, Cyril Cusack, Ronald Adam
Votes: 214
38. For Them That Trespass (1949)
Approved | 95 min | Crime, Drama
Christy Drew, an aspiring young writer trying to broaden his experience, gets involved with Frankie Ketchen and her two suitors, Herb Logan and Jim Heal. One night, Jim finds Frankie has ... See full summary »
Director: Alberto Cavalcanti | Stars: Stephen Murray, Richard Todd, Patricia Plunkett, Rosalyn Boulter
Votes: 140
39. Trouble in the Sky (1960)
92 min | Drama, Thriller
In Britain, at the dawn of jet-powered commercial aviation, an aircraft manufacturer tries to shift the blame from mechanical failure to pilot error when its newest jet airliner has a series of accidents.
Director: Charles Frend | Stars: Michael Craig, Peter Cushing, Bernard Lee, Elizabeth Seal
Votes: 414
40. The Fugitive (1939)
76 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller
A barber commits a petty theft, which leads to his becoming involved in blackmail and murder.
Director: Brian Desmond Hurst | Stars: Ralph Richardson, Diana Wynyard, Romney Brent, Mary Clare
Votes: 314
41. Forbidden (1949)
Not Rated | 87 min | Drama, Thriller
An ex-serviceman plans to escape his faithless wife.
Director: George King | Stars: Douglass Montgomery, Hazel Court, Patricia Burke, Garry Marsh
Votes: 216
42. Shadow of Fear (1955)
76 min | Mystery
A college student returns home to attend her father's funeral and begins to suspect her stepmother of foul play.
Director: Albert S. Rogell | Stars: Mona Freeman, Jean Kent, Maxwell Reed, Hugh Miller
Votes: 210
43. 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
44. Queen of Destiny (1938)
Not Rated | 95 min | Biography, Drama
Picking up where Victoria the Great (1937) left off, this sequel to the 1937 film has Anna Neagle return to the role of Queen Victoria in another colorful account of the revered British ... See full summary »
Director: Herbert Wilcox | Stars: Anna Neagle, Anton Walbrook, C. Aubrey Smith, Walter Rilla
Votes: 114
45. Evensong (1934)
87 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
A movie loosely based on the story of singer Nellie Melba.
Director: Victor Saville | Stars: Evelyn Laye, Fritz Kortner, Emlyn Williams, Carl Esmond
Votes: 90
46. King Solomon's Mines (1937)
Not Rated | 77 min | Action, Adventure, Family
White hunter Allan Quartermain and his enigmatic guide help a young Irish woman locate her missing father in unexplored Darkest Africa.
Directors: Robert Stevenson, Geoffrey Barkas | Stars: Paul Robeson, Cedric Hardwicke, Roland Young, John Loder
Votes: 1,450
47. Mr. Potts Goes to Moscow (1952)
93 min | Comedy
A British sanitary engineer accidentally takes plans for a secret weapon on vacation thinking they're plumbing designs. Russians recruit him for the plans. He falls for a Russian agent, unaware the plans are for a dangerous weapon.
Director: Mario Zampi | Stars: George Cole, Oscar Homolka, Nadia Gray, Frederick Valk
Votes: 184
48. Lonely Road (1936)
61 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Commander Stevenson, suffering from unrequited love, drives to the coast while drunk and interrupts some smugglers.
Director: James Flood | Stars: Clive Brook, Victoria Hopper, Nora Swinburne, Malcolm Keen
Votes: 77
49. The Agitator (1945)
85 min | Drama
A socialist inherits the ownership of a major firm and begins wrestling with his beliefs.
Director: John Harlow | Stars: William Hartnell, Mary Morris, John Laurie, Moore Marriott
Votes: 104
50. The Gentle Sex (1943)
Not Rated | 92 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
This film tells the stories of seven 'gentle' British girls who decide to "do their bit" and help out during World War II.
Directors: Leslie Howard, Maurice Elvey | Stars: Joan Gates, Jean Gillie, Joan Greenwood, Joyce Howard
Votes: 511