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1. Pelléas et Mélisande (I) (1999 TV Movie)
164 min | Family, Drama, Music
Director: Humphrey Burton | Stars: Christiane Oelze, Richard Croft, John Tomlinson, Gwynne Howell
Votes: 18
2. Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (2011 TV Movie)
300 min | Music
Walther von Stolzing is in love with Eva Pogner but she is set to be given as the prize for the winner of the upcoming master singer's contest.
Director: François Roussillon | Stars: Mats Almgren, Graeme Broadbent, Alasdair Elliott, Gerald Finley
Votes: 9
3. Ermione (1995 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 138 min | Drama, Music
The process of writing the verses for Ermione was entrusted to the prolific librettist Andrea Leone Tottola, known also for the work he did with Donizetti, Bellini, Pacini and Mercadante. ... See full summary »
Director: Humphrey Burton | Stars: Anna Caterina Antonacci, Diana Montague, Jorge Lopez-Yanez, Bruce Ford
Votes: 12
4. Idomeneo (1983 TV Movie)
181 min | Drama, Music
Director: Christopher Swann | Stars: Philip Langridge, Jerry Hadley, Yvonne Kenny, Carol Vaness
Votes: 11
5. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
PG-13 | 179 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
While Frodo and Sam edge closer to Mordor with the help of the shifty Gollum, the divided fellowship makes a stand against Sauron's new ally, Saruman, and his hordes of Isengard.
Director: Peter Jackson | Stars: Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen, Orlando Bloom
Votes: 1,784,959 | Gross: $342.55M
6. The Marriage of Figaro (1974 TV Movie)
180 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Director: Dave Heather | Stars: Knut Skram, Ileana Cotrubas, Benjamin Luxon, Kiri Te Kanawa
Votes: 33
7. BBC Show of the Week (1965–1975)
60 min | Music
Stars: The Irving Davies Dancers, The Mike Sammes Singers, The George Mitchell Singers, Keith Michell
Votes: 18
8. Star Wars: The Old Republic (2011 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Set long before the Star Wars films, the Sith Empire returns to the galaxy to begin a war with the Galactic Republic.
Directors: James Ohlen, Hez Chorba | Stars: Tom Spackman, Grey Griffin, Bertie Carvel, Jo Wyatt
Votes: 3,336
9. The Miserly Knight/Gianni Schicchi (2005– )
74 min | Music, Musical
An impoverished knight is at odds with his rich but miserly father.
Stars: Maxim Mikhailov, Vyacheslav Voynarovsky, Matilda Leyser, Felicity Palmer
Votes: 8
10. La Cenerentola (1983 TV Movie)
155 min | Fantasy, Music, Romance
When Prince Ramiro and Cenerentola meet, it is love at first sight.
Director: John Vernon | Stars: Kathleen Kuhlmann, Marta Taddei, Laura Zannini, Claudio Desderi
Votes: 18
11. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Approved | 218 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
The story of T.E. Lawrence, the English officer who successfully united and led the diverse, often warring, Arab tribes during World War I in order to fight the Turks.
Director: David Lean | Stars: Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn, Jack Hawkins
Votes: 314,535 | Gross: $44.82M
12. Simon Boccanegra (1998 TV Movie)
Drama, Music, Romance
Director: Robin Lough | Stars: Elena Prokina, Giancarlo Pasquetto, David Rendall, Alastair Miles
Votes: 7
13. Later... With Jools Holland (1992– )
60 min | Music, Talk-Show
Late-night music and chat show with celebrity guests.
Stars: Jools Holland, Paul Weller, PJ Harvey, Robert Plant
Votes: 570
14. Falstaff (2009 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 136 min | Comedy, Musical
The inspirational Vladimir Jurowski conducts Verdi's last opera, his only true comic opera.
Director: François Roussillon | Stars: Vladimir Jurowski, Christopher Purves, Paolo Battaglia, Alasdair Elliott
Votes: 7
15. The Rake's Progress, a Fable (1979 TV Movie)
142 min | Music
Director: Dave Heather | Stars: Thomas Lawlor, Nuala Willis, John Fryatt, Richard Van Allan
Votes: 26
16. Mozart's Così fan tutte, ossia La scuola degli amanti (1975 TV Movie)
149 min | Music, Comedy
Director: Dave Heather | Stars: Anson Austin, Thomas Allen, Helena Döse, Sylvia Lindenstrand
Votes: 8
17. Tristan und Isolde (2007 TV Movie)
358 min | Music
Director: Thomas Grimm | Stars: Jirí Belohlávek, Stephen Gadd, Robert Gambill, The Glyndebourne Chorus
Votes: 5
18. In the Name of the Father (1993)
R | 133 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
An Irish man's coerced confession to an I.R.A. bombing he did not commit results in the imprisonment of his father as well. Meanwhile, a British lawyer fights to clear their names and free them.
Director: Jim Sheridan | Stars: Daniel Day-Lewis, Pete Postlethwaite, Alison Crosbie, Philip King
Votes: 187,199 | Gross: $25.01M
19. Albert Herring (1985 TV Movie)
140 min | Comedy, Music
When Lady Billows realizes no girls in town are worthy of the May Queen title, she crowns virtuous Albert Herring, the greengrocer's son, as the village's May King.
Director: Peter Hall | Stars: John Graham-Hall, Patricia Johnson, Felicity Palmer, Elizabeth Gale
Votes: 18
20. Le comte Ory (1997 TV Movie)
Comedy, Music
Director: Brian Large | Stars: Marc Laho, Annick Massis, Diana Montague, Ludovic Tézier
Votes: 10
21. Men of Rochdale (1944)
42 min | Short, Drama, History
Drama-documentary celebrating 100 years of Co-operative shops
Director: Compton Bennett | Stars: Brefni O'Rorke, Julian Somers, Margaret Withers, Scott Harrold
Votes: 9
22. Yevgeny Onyegin (1994 TV Movie)
145 min | Drama, Music
First performed in Moscow in 1879, Eugene Onegin is an opera in three acts drawing its inspiration from Alexander Pushkin's novel. Considered by many as the "archetypal work of Russian ... See full summary »
Director: Humphrey Burton | Stars: Wojtek Drabowicz, Elena Prokina, Louise Winter, Yvonne Minton
Votes: 9
23.
American Playhouse (1980–1994)
Episode:
The Gershwins', Porgy & Bess
(1993)
184 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The story of a disabled beggar in Charleston, S.C. who falls in love with a prostitute, this is the first filmed version of Gershwin's opera which uses Gershwin's own orchestrations and ... See full summary »
Director: Trevor Nunn | Stars: Willard White, Cynthia Haymon, Gregg Baker, Cynthia Clarey
Votes: 168
24. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)
PG-13 | 169 min | Adventure, Fantasy
A reluctant Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins, sets out to the Lonely Mountain with a spirited group of dwarves to reclaim their mountain home, and the gold within it from the dragon Smaug.
Director: Peter Jackson | Stars: Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen, Richard Armitage, Andy Serkis
Votes: 873,426 | Gross: $303.00M
25. The Barber of Seville (1981 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 155 min | Comedy, Music
In a time when operas are often set to different contexts from the ones they were intended for, a philological production has its merits, representing both a rediscovery and a provocation. ... See full summary »
Director: Dave Heather | Stars: Maria Ewing, John Rawnsley, Max René Cossotti, Claudio Desderi
Votes: 31
26. Arabella (1984 TV Movie)
160 min | Romance, Music
Director: John Vernon | Stars: Ashley Putnam, John Bröcheler, Gianna Rolandi, Keith Lewis
Votes: 17
27. Die Fledermaus (2003 TV Movie)
156 min | Music, Comedy
Director: Francesca Kemp | Stars: Thomas Allen, Pamela Armstrong, Lyubov Petrova, Renée Schüttengruber
Votes: 31
28. Carmen (2002 TV Movie)
170 min | Drama, Romance, Music
Director: Sue Judd | Stars: Anne Sofie von Otter, Marcus Haddock, Lisa Milne, Laurent Naouri
Votes: 37
29. Orfeo ed Euridice (1982 TV Movie)
130 min | Drama, Fantasy, Music
Director: Rodney Greenberg | Stars: Janet Baker, Elisabeth Speiser, Elizabeth Gale
Votes: 23
31. Carmen (1985 TV Movie)
164 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Live stage performance of the opera 'Carmen', with minute set decors, realistic acting, intense and rich voices.
Director: Robin Lough | Stars: Maria Ewing, Barry McCauley, Marie McLaughlin, David Holloway
Votes: 16
32. The Fly (1986)
R | 96 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
A brilliant but eccentric scientist begins to transform into a giant man/fly hybrid after one of his experiments goes horribly wrong.
Director: David Cronenberg | Stars: Jeff Goldblum, Geena Davis, John Getz, Joy Boushel
Votes: 202,038 | Gross: $40.46M
33. Manon Lescaut (1997 TV Movie)
170 min | Drama, Music, Musical
Director: Humphrey Burton | Stars: Adina Nitescu, Patrick Denniston, Roberto De Candia, Paolo Montarsolo
Votes: 8
34. Don Giovanni (1978 TV Movie)
175 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Director: Dave Heather | Stars: Benjamin Luxon, Stafford Dean, Leo Goeke, Rachel Yakar
Votes: 9
35. Dead of Night (1945)
Approved | 77 min | Drama, Horror
Guests invited to a weekend in the country share their supernatural stories, beginning with Walter Craig, who senses impending doom as his half-remembered recurring dream turns into reality.
Directors: Alberto Cavalcanti, Charles Crichton, Basil Dearden, Robert Hamer | Stars: Mervyn Johns, Michael Redgrave, Roland Culver, Mary Merrall
Votes: 14,224
36. BBC Proms (2012– )
Music, Musical
Stars: Katie Derham, West Eastern Divan Orchestra, Michael Barenboim, Daniel Barenboim
Votes: 28
37. Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
PG-13 | 141 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
When Tony Stark and Bruce Banner try to jump-start a dormant peacekeeping program called Ultron, things go horribly wrong and it's up to Earth's mightiest heroes to stop the villainous Ultron from enacting his terrible plan.
Director: Joss Whedon | Stars: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth
Votes: 922,285 | Gross: $459.01M
38. American Playhouse (1980–1994)
61 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Anthology series which ran on PBS throughout the 1980s.
Stars: Jeffrey DeMunn, Elizabeth Franz, Edward Herrmann, Sada Thompson
Votes: 415
39. Looking for Richard (1996)
PG-13 | 111 min | Documentary, Drama
Al Pacino's deeply-felt rumination on Shakespeare's significance and relevance to the modern world through interviews and an in-depth analysis of "Richard III."
Director: Al Pacino | Stars: Al Pacino, Alec Baldwin, Kevin Spacey, Frederic Kimball
Votes: 8,572 | Gross: $1.36M
40. Lady Macbeth von Mzensk (1992)
100 min | Drama, Music, Musical
Telling the story of a lonely woman in 19th-century Russia who falls in love with one of her husband's workers and is driven to murder.
Director: Petr Weigl | Stars: Markéta Hrubesová, Galina Vishnevskaya, Michal Dlouhý, Nicolai Gedda
Votes: 94
41. Ruddigore (1966)
54 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
For centuries, the Murgatroyd family, the Baronets of Ruddigore, have been under a witch's curse -- commit a crime every day, or die in agony. Sir Ruthven Murgatroyd, the rightful heir, has... See full summary »
Director: Joy Batchelor | Stars: John Reed, David Palmer, Kenneth Sandford, Ann Hood
Votes: 52
42. Now You See Me (I) (2013)
PG-13 | 115 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
An FBI agent and an Interpol detective track a team of illusionists who pull off bank heists during their performances, and reward their audiences with the money.
Director: Louis Leterrier | Stars: Jesse Eisenberg, Common, Mark Ruffalo, Woody Harrelson
Votes: 708,716 | Gross: $117.72M
43. Dead Ringers (1988)
R | 116 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
Twin gynecologists take full advantage of the fact that nobody can tell them apart, until their relationship begins to deteriorate over a woman.
Director: David Cronenberg | Stars: Jeremy Irons, Geneviève Bujold, Heidi von Palleske, Barbara Gordon
Votes: 53,614 | Gross: $9.13M
44. A Midsummer Night's Dream (II) (1981 TV Movie)
156 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Music
Mistaken identity, unrequited love, and the supernatural are combined in Shakespeare's classic set in the woods of Greece on a moonlit night.
Director: Dave Heather | Stars: Ileana Cotrubas, James Bowman, Ryland Davies, Dale Duesing
Votes: 34
45. Iron Man Three (2013)
PG-13 | 130 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
When Tony Stark's world is torn apart by a formidable terrorist called the Mandarin, he starts an odyssey of rebuilding and retribution.
Director: Shane Black | Stars: Robert Downey Jr., Guy Pearce, Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle
Votes: 899,659 | Gross: $409.01M
46. Nodame Cantabile: The Movie I (2009)
122 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Aspiring conductor Chiaki Shinichi and talented but undisciplined pianist Noda Megumi (nicknamed "Nodame") travel to Paris to pursue careers as classical musicians. Chiaki finds himself at ... See full summary »
Director: Hideki Takeuchi | Stars: Juri Ueno, Hiroshi Tamaki, Eita Nagayama, Asami Mizukawa
Votes: 1,152
47. Semana Santa (II) (1992)
41 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón
Votes: 14
48. Testimony (1987)
Not Rated | 157 min | Biography, Drama, History
The story of the great Soviet composer Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) and his life and career during the rule of Stalin.
Director: Tony Palmer | Stars: Ben Kingsley, Sherry Baines, Magdalen Asquith, Mark Asquith
Votes: 287
49. Battle for Music (1943)
Approved | 74 min | Drama, War
A docu-drama about the troubles of the London Philharmonic Orchestra during World War II.
Director: Donald Taylor | Stars: Joss Ambler, Adrian Boult, Warwick Braithwaite, Clifford Buckton
Votes: 18
50. La clemenza di Tito (1993 TV Movie)
140 min | Drama, Music
Titus Vespasian, Emperor of Rome, has succeeded to the throne that his father, Vespasian, usurped from the Emperor Vitellius. Vitellia, daughter of Vitellius, urges her boyfriend Sextus to ... See full summary »
Director: Robin Lough | Stars: Philip Langridge, Diana Montague, Elzbieta Szmytka, Ashley Putnam
Votes: 21