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1. Matilda: The Musical (II) (2022)
PG | 117 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
An adaptation of the Tony and Olivier award-winning musical. Matilda tells the story of an extraordinary girl who, armed with a sharp mind and a vivid imagination, dares to take a stand to change her story with miraculous results.
Director: Matthew Warchus | Stars: Alisha Weir, Emma Thompson, Lashana Lynch, Stephen Graham
Votes: 28,346
2. The Terror (2018–2025)
TV-14 | 60 min | Adventure, Drama, Horror
Supernatural, semihistorical, horror anthology series, where each season is inspired by a different infamous or mysterious real life historical tragedy.
Stars: Jared Harris, Derek Mio, Tobias Menzies, Kiki Sukezane
Votes: 51,473
3.
The Terror (2018–2025)
Episode:
Go for Broke
(2018)
TV-14 | 46 min | Adventure, Drama, Horror
Two ships, brave captains and their crews, royal marines, all battle the elements and unknown adventure while remembering home and mission beginnings.
Director: Edward Berger | Stars: Jared Harris, Tobias Menzies, Paul Ready, Adam Nagaitis
Votes: 3,701
4.
The Terror (2018–2025)
Episode:
Punished, as a Boy
(2018)
TV-14 | 47 min | Adventure, Drama, Horror
A series of cunning attacks on the ships proves to the men they are not battling an ordinary bear.
Director: Edward Berger | Stars: Jared Harris, Tobias Menzies, Paul Ready, Adam Nagaitis
Votes: 2,693
5. Quacks (2017–2018)
30 min | Comedy
In Victorian London four pioneers, friends, and rivals fighting to make a mark on the world and save lives.
Stars: Rory Kinnear, Tom Basden, Mathew Baynton, Lydia Leonard
Votes: 1,439
6.
Endeavour (2012–2023)
Episode:
Game
(2017)
TV-14 | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
As Endeavour and Thursday deal with the heartbreak of Joan's departure, a death at East Cowley Slipper Baths hurls the pair into another dark adventure.
Director: Ashley Pearce | Stars: Shaun Evans, Sara Vickers, Roger Allam, Daniel Attwell
Votes: 1,154
7.
Father Brown (2013– )
Episode:
The Alchemist's Secret
(2017)
TV-PG | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Father Brown must investigate a 300 year old secret hidden in a University in order to save an old friend.
Director: Simon Gibney | Stars: Michael Vivian, Darren Strange, James Laurenson, Mark Williams
Votes: 355
8.
The Crown (2016–2023)
Episode:
Matrimonium
(2017)
TV-MA | 60 min | Biography, Drama, History
A letter from Peter Townsend spurs Margaret to make a bold proposal. Elizabeth has good news that causes complications for Margaret.
Director: Benjamin Caron | Stars: Claire Foy, Matt Smith, Vanessa Kirby, Victoria Hamilton
Votes: 4,336
9.
The Crown (2016–2023)
Episode:
Mystery Man
(2017)
TV-MA | 59 min | Biography, Drama, History
A salacious government scandal hits close to home for Elizabeth and Philip. Elizabeth retreats to Scotland for the rest of a difficult pregnancy.
Director: Benjamin Caron | Stars: Claire Foy, Matt Smith, Vanessa Kirby, Victoria Hamilton
Votes: 4,252
10.
Quacks (2017–2018)
Episode:
The Bishop's Appendix
(2017)
29 min | Comedy
His stone removed, William is visited by childhood sweetheart Mina, who has marriage in mind whilst his progressive therapy is questioned and the asylum in danger of closing. His colleagues... See full summary »
Director: Andy De Emmony | Stars: Roger Ashton-Griffiths, David Bamber, Tom Basden, Mathew Baynton
Votes: 40
11. The Crown (2016–2023)
TV-MA | 60 min | Biography, Drama, History
Follows the political rivalries and romances of Queen Elizabeth II's reign and the events that shaped Britain for the second half of the 20th century.
Stars: Claire Foy, Olivia Colman, Imelda Staunton, Matt Smith
Votes: 257,067
12.
The Crown (2016–2023)
Episode:
Hyde Park Corner
(2016)
TV-MA | 61 min | Biography, Drama, History
With King George too ill to travel, Elizabeth and Phillip embark on a four-continent Commonwealth tour. Party leaders attempt to undermine Churchill.
Director: Stephen Daldry | Stars: Claire Foy, Matt Smith, Victoria Hamilton, Jared Harris
Votes: 7,211
13.
The Crown (2016–2023)
Episode:
Act of God
(2016)
TV-MA | 57 min | Biography, Drama, History
When dense fog cripples London for days and creates a serious health hazard, Churchill's inaction leaves him vulnerable to his political enemies.
Director: Julian Jarrold | Stars: Claire Foy, Matt Smith, Vanessa Kirby, Eileen Atkins
Votes: 5,849
14.
The Crown (2016–2023)
Episode:
Wolferton Splash
(2016)
TV-MA | 56 min | Biography, Drama, History
A young Princess Elizabeth marries Prince Philip. As King George VI's health worsens, Winston Churchill becomes Prime Minister for the second time.
Director: Stephen Daldry | Stars: Claire Foy, Matt Smith, Victoria Hamilton, Jared Harris
Votes: 7,129
15. Wolf Hall (2015)
TV-14 | 60 min | Biography, Drama, History
After the downfall of Cardinal Wolsey, his secretary, Thomas Cromwell, finds himself amongst the treachery and intrigue of King Henry VIII's court and soon becomes a close advisor to the King, a role fraught with danger.
Stars: Mark Rylance, Damian Lewis, Claire Foy, Thomas Brodie-Sangster
Votes: 13,110
16. Shakespeare's Globe Theatre: The Comedy of Errors (2015)
140 min | Comedy
Basing his plot on a farce by Plautus, Shakespeare caps the mayhem of his Roman original to build up a hectic tale of violent cross-purposes, furious slapstick and social nightmare.
Director: Blanche McIntyre | Stars: Simon Harrison, Matthew Needham, Brodie Ross, Jamie Wilkes
Votes: 39
17. Mr Duncan (2015)
17 min | Short
About the developing friendship between the old Mr Duncan and his six-year-old neighbour Lester.
Director: Faye Landborn | Stars: James Laurenson, Rhys Mulligan, Ellie Piercy
Votes: 7
18.
Wolf Hall (2015)
Episode:
Three Card Trick
(2015)
TV-14 | 64 min | Biography, Drama, History
In 1529, as Cardinal Wolsey receives news of his dismissal as Lord Chancellor, his lawyer, Thomas Cromwell, reminisces about how he and Wolsey met and the events leading up to the Cardinal's downfall.
Director: Peter Kosminsky | Stars: Mark Rylance, Bernard Hill, Richard Dillane, Jonathan Pryce
Votes: 641
19. The Riot Club (2014)
R | 107 min | Drama, Thriller
Two first-year students at Oxford University join the infamous Riot Club, where reputations can be made or destroyed over the course of a single evening.
Director: Lone Scherfig | Stars: Sam Claflin, Max Irons, Douglas Booth, Jessica Brown Findlay
Votes: 24,140
20. The Widower (2014)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A three-part drama based on the crimes of convicted murderer Malcolm Webster.
Stars: Reece Shearsmith, Kate Fleetwood, James Laurenson, Federay Holmes
Votes: 2,470
21.
Father Brown (2013– )
Episode:
The Mysteries of the Rosary
(2014)
TV-PG | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Professor Ambrose is abducted after sending his friend Father Brown an ancient prayer book which supposedly can locate the long disappeared Lannington rosary, said to hold healing powers. ... See full summary »
Director: Ian Barber | Stars: James Laurenson, Malcolm Storry, Anton Lesser, Nancy Carroll
Votes: 416
22.
The Widower (2014)
Episode:
Episode #1.3
(2014)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Webster continues to evade capture and plans to bigamously marry Simone, while DI Henry is being thwarted at every step of his investigation.
Director: Paul Whittington | Stars: Claire Morris, Reece Shearsmith, Roy Sampson, Archie Panjabi
Votes: 101
23.
The Widower (2014)
Episode:
Episode #1.1
(2014)
TV-14 | 46 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Malcolm Webster, a nurse at an Aberdeen hospital, has a lifestyle he cannot afford, and when his wife Claire shows her displeasure at his debts, he drugs her with drugs stolen from the ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Whittington | Stars: Sheridan Smith, Fiona O'Carroll, Frances Grey, Reece Shearsmith
Votes: 103
24.
The Widower (2014)
Episode:
Episode #1.2
(2014)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Felicity's father Brian grows suspicious of Webster after a fire at their home and, helped by his other daughter Jane, forces open his son-in-law's briefcase to discover that he is planning... See full summary »
Director: Paul Whittington | Stars: Reece Shearsmith, Kate Fleetwood, James Laurenson, Federay Holmes
Votes: 96
25. Father Brown (2013– )
TV-PG | 52 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In the early 1950s, Father Brown, a Roman Catholic priest based in the fictional Cotswold village of Kembleford, uses his distinctive skills to solve various crimes.
Stars: Mark Williams, John Burton, Sorcha Cusack, Jack Deam
Votes: 15,065
26. Endeavour (2012–2023)
TV-14 | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Set from 1965 into the 1970s, the show follows Endeavour Morse in his early years as a police constable. Working alongside his senior partner DI Fred Thursday, Morse engages in a number of investigations around Oxford.
Stars: Shaun Evans, Roger Allam, James Bradshaw, Sean Rigby
Votes: 33,498
27. The Hollow Crown (2012–2016)
TV-14 | 150 min | Drama, History, War
A mini-series of adaptations of Shakespeare's history plays: Richard II, Henry IV: Parts 1 and 2, and Henry V.
Stars: Anton Lesser, Simon Russell Beale, Tom Georgeson, John Mackay
Votes: 7,323
28. Private Peaceful (2012)
Not Rated | 102 min | Drama, War
Set in the fields of Devon and the WW1 battlefields of Flanders, two brothers fall for the same girl while contending with the pressures of their feudal family life, the war, and the price of courage and cowardice.
Director: Pat O'Connor | Stars: Hero Fiennes Tiffin, Jack O'Connell, George MacKay, John Lynch
Votes: 1,720
29.
The Hollow Crown (2012–2016)
Episode:
Henry IV, Part 1
(2012)
Not Rated | 115 min | Drama, History, War
1403: Henry IV finds himself facing uprisings from the Welsh chieftain Owen Glendower and impetuous young Harry "Hotspur" Percy, son of Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland, angry with the ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Eyre | Stars: Alun Armstrong, Joe Armstrong, John Ashton, Will Attenborough
Votes: 1,501
30.
The Hollow Crown (2012–2016)
Episode:
Henry IV, Part 2
(2012)
Not Rated | 121 min | Drama, History, War
Northumberland swears revenge for his son's death and gathers his allies to fight the ailing king. Meanwhile, the Lord Chief Justice having rebuked Falstaff for being a bad influence on Hal... See full summary »
Director: Richard Eyre | Stars: Alun Armstrong, Will Attenborough, Conrad Asquith, David Bamber
Votes: 1,130
31.
The Hollow Crown (2012–2016)
Episode:
Henry V
(2012)
Not Rated | 132 min | Drama, History, War
Hal is now a responsible monarch as Henry V, his rejection of Falstaff hastening the latter's death. Told by courtiers that,through Edward III, he has a claim to the French throne he makes ... See full summary »
Director: Thea Sharrock | Stars: Edward Akrout, Tom Brooke, Geraldine Chaplin, Richard Clothier
Votes: 1,267
32. One Day (2011)
PG-13 | 107 min | Drama, Romance
After spending the night together on the eve of their college graduation, Dexter and Emma are shown each year on the same date to see where they are in their lives. They are sometimes together, and sometimes not.
Director: Lone Scherfig | Stars: Anne Hathaway, Jim Sturgess, Patricia Clarkson, Tom Mison
Votes: 168,234 | Gross: $13.84M
33. Holy Flying Circus (2011 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 89 min | Comedy, Drama
Tells the story of the outraged, and sometimes violent, response to 'The Life of Brian' the Monty Python movie that satirized the life of Jesus.
Director: Owen Harris | Stars: Ben Crispin, Steve Punt, Charles Edwards, Rufus Jones
Votes: 1,636
34. National Theatre Live: The Cherry Orchard (2011)
185 min | Drama
Madame Ranevskaya is a spoiled, aging aristocratic lady who returns from a trip to Paris to face the loss of her magnificent Cherry Orchard estate after a default on the mortgage.
Directors: Howard Davies, Ross MacGibbon | Stars: Claudie Blakley, Mark Bonnar, Pip Carter, Kenneth Cranham
Votes: 57
35. National Theatre Live: Hamlet (2010)
210 min | Drama
Hamlet suspects his uncle has murdered his father to claim the throne of Denmark and the hand of Hamlet's mother, but the prince cannot decide whether or not he should take vengeance.
Director: Nicholas Hytner | Stars: Michael Peavoy, Matthew Barker, David Calder, Marcus Cunningham
Votes: 70
36. A Summer in Genoa (2008)
R | 93 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
A man moves his two daughters to Italy after their mother dies in a car accident, in order to revitalize their lives. Genova changes all three of them as the youngest daughter starts to see the ghost of her mother, while the older one discovers her sexuality.
Director: Michael Winterbottom | Stars: Colin Firth, Perla Haney-Jardine, Willa Holland, Catherine Keener
Votes: 6,785
37. Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley (2008 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 84 min | Biography, Drama
In the 1950s, Margaret Thatcher works as a research chemist, begins her attempts to be selected for Parliament and meets her future husband Denis Thatcher.
Director: Niall MacCormick | Stars: Andrea Riseborough, Philip Jackson, Michael Gould, Jonathan Aris
Votes: 452
38.
MI-5 (2002–2011)
Episode:
The Kidnap
(2007)
TV-14 | 59 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The team investigates a suspicious plane crash near an American airbase in the UK and uncover a link to the mysterious "Copenhagen". Ros's captors subject her to mental torture and reveal some disturbing news about Zaf.
Director: Charles Beeson | Stars: Rupert Penry-Jones, Peter Firth, Hermione Norris, Miranda Raison
Votes: 209
39.
MI-5 (2002–2011)
Episode:
The Deal
(2007)
TV-14 | 59 min | Action, Crime, Drama
On his way to intercept a Russian arms dealer planning to sell nuclear weapons blueprints to Iran, Adam, in self defense, kills a mugger who later turns out to be a journalist. Adam has a last fateful encounter with Ana.
Director: Brendan Maher | Stars: Alex Dee, Peter Firth, Gemma Jones, Yuri Klimov
Votes: 194
40.
MI-5 (2002–2011)
Episode:
The Courier
(2007)
TV-14 | 57 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Adam and Ros board an airplane to identify a courier carrying nuclear weapons technology to Iran. Jo and Malcolm race to prevent the poisoning of London's water supply which Iran has ... See full summary »
Director: Brendan Maher | Stars: Hermione Norris, Rupert Penry-Jones, Peter Firth, Matthew Marsh
Votes: 199
41.
MI-5 (2002–2011)
Episode:
Infiltration
(2007)
TV-14 | 59 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Ros's relationship with Yalta is revealed. With limited options, she turns herself in, but convinces Harry that his best option is to send her back out as a double agent.
Director: Stefan Schwartz | Stars: Rupert Penry-Jones, Hermione Norris, Gemma Jones, Miranda Raison
Votes: 203
42. Ghostboat (2006 TV Movie)
180 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A British Sub goes missing at the end of WWII, leaving only one survivor. Everyone believes it lost to the bottom of the Baltic Sea, then 40 years later it reappears without a crew. The ... See full summary »
Director: Stuart Orme | Stars: David Jason, Ian Puleston-Davies, Tony Haygarth, Julian Wadham
Votes: 486
43. Hustle (2004–2012)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A motley group of London con artists pulls off a series of daring and intricate stings.
Stars: Robert Glenister, Robert Vaughn, Rob Jarvis, Adrian Lester
Votes: 23,564
44.
Dalziel and Pascoe (1996–2007)
Episode:
Soft Touch
(2004)
TV-PG | 90 min | Crime, Mystery, Drama
Andy Dalziel is not a happy man. He's been told that he's on his last operational case and will soon be moved to a desk job. He's feeling his age and is worried about his future to the ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Marcus | Stars: Warren Clarke, Colin Buchanan, Alison Steadman, James Laurenson
Votes: 115
45.
Born and Bred (2002–2005)
Episode:
More Than You Know
(2004)
Drama
Mr. Ffotherington comes to Ormston and explains that the new road could be avoided. At an emergency meeting everybody decides to be as nice as possible to him and impress him with lavish ... See full summary »
Stars: Michael French, John Henshaw, Donald Gee, Clive Swift
Votes: 9
46.
Hustle (2004–2012)
Episode:
The Con Is On
(2004)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In London, two teams are formed and prepare their operations, destined as adversaries. Michael 'Mickey Bricks' Stone is out of jail after two years for an unrelated offense; everybody knows... See full summary »
Director: Bharat Nalluri | Stars: Adrian Lester, Marc Warren, Robert Glenister, Jaime Murray
Votes: 446
47.
MI-5 (2002–2011)
Episode:
Persephone
(2004)
TV-14 | 52 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Zoe is put on trial for using sex to entrap a suspect.
Director: Justin Chadwick | Stars: Keeley Hawes, Peter Firth, Dominic Mafham, Kayvan Novak
Votes: 280
48. State of Play (2003)
TV-14 | 52 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Journalists uncover a government conspiracy when a young politician's assistant and mistress is killed.
Stars: John Simm, David Morrissey, Kelly Macdonald, Bill Nighy
Votes: 10,534
49. 3 Blind Mice (2003)
R | 93 min | Crime, Thriller
Thomas snoops on people using their web cams, but when he witnesses a murder he calls the police who discover several women have been murdered in the last years in a similar way.
Director: Mathias Ledoux | Stars: Edward Furlong, Emilia Fox, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Sara Stewart
Votes: 1,211
50. AfterLife (2003)
100 min | Drama
An ambitious Scottish journalist is torn between a high-profile career and caring for his younger sister who has Downs Syndrome.
Director: Alison Peebles | Stars: Lindsay Duncan, Kevin McKidd, Paula Sage, James Laurenson
Votes: 197