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1. In Defence (2000– )
Drama
A sharp barrister teams up with a strong-minded solicitor - and former lover - to take on shocking and controversial battles with the British legal system.
Stars: Ross Kemp, Sophie Okonedo, Jeff Nuttall, Brigid Zengeni
Votes: 102
2. The Way We Live Now (2001)
TV-14 | 75 min | Drama, Romance
Augustus Melmotte is a European-born city financier whose background is as mysterious as his business. Only weeks after his arrival in London, he announced a new venture and promises instant fortune.
Stars: David Suchet, Matthew Macfadyen, Cillian Murphy, Paloma Baeza
Votes: 3,321
3. The Tower (2021–2023)
TV-14 | 138 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
After a long-serving cop and a teenage girl fall to their deaths from a London tower block, Detective Sarah Collins investigates the dark heart of policing.
Stars: Gemma Whelan, Emmett J Scanlan, Tahirah Sharif, Jimmy Akingbola
Votes: 6,081
4. Crime (2021– )
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When an Edinburgh schoolgirl is abducted, DI Ray Lennox investigates her disappearance whilst confronting his own past trauma.
Stars: Dougray Scott, Joanna Vanderham, Ken Stott, Sarah McCardie
Votes: 6,159
5.
Performance (1991–1998)
Episode:
After Miss Julie
(1995)
77 min | Drama
After Miss Julie is an adaptation of the 1888 play Miss Julie by August Strindberg. The narrative takes place on the night of July 26 1945, after the British Labour Party's landslide defeat... See full synopsis »
Director: Patrick Marber | Stars: Kathy Burke, Phil Daniels, Geraldine Somerville
Votes: 35
6. The Tractate Middoth (2013 TV Movie)
35 min | Mystery, Thriller
On his deathbed vicar Rant makes a secret confession to his niece Mary Simpson. Some twenty years later young librarian William Garrett is asked by elderly John Eldred to locate a book ... See full summary »
Director: Mark Gatiss | Stars: Louise Jameson, John Castle, Eleanor Bron, David Ryall
Votes: 649
7. The Dead Room (2018 TV Movie)
30 min | Horror
Long-running radio horror series and its veteran presenter Aubrey Judd discovers that all is not quiet in the eerie radio studio and that elements of his own past are not as dead and buried as he perhaps hoped.
Director: Mark Gatiss | Stars: Simon Callow, Anjli Mohindra, Susan Penhaligon, Joshua Oakes-Rogers
Votes: 494
8. The Blue Boy (1994 TV Movie)
52 min | Thriller
Marie Bonnar (Dame Emma Thompson) is an insecure housewife whose husband, Joe (Adrian Dunbar), is having an affair. The two of them take a vacation to rural Scotland, but by sheer bad luck,... See full summary »
Director: Paul Murton | Stars: Emma Thompson, Adrian Dunbar, Eleanor Bron, David Horovitch
Votes: 177
9. Small Claims (2004 TV Movie)
Mystery, Drama
This movie is about an ex drug dealer on the run. Melinda Fehlers is on the run from her old life. Being known as Leanne in her past this all becoming déjà Vu the people from the past reappear and are here to get her.
Director: Cherie Nowlan | Stars: Claudia Karvan, Rebecca Gibney, Robert Mammone, Freya Stafford
Votes: 173
10. Small Claims: White Wedding (2005 TV Movie)
Crime, Drama, Mystery
The film is part one of a mystery series about two overworked young mums, de-skilled beyond their worst nightmares, who become a formidable pair of sleuths.
Director: Cherie Nowlan | Stars: Claudia Karvan, Rebecca Gibney, Alyssa McClelland, Deborah Kennedy
Votes: 70
11. Small Claims: The Reunion (2006 TV Movie)
Crime, Drama, Mystery
Two stay-at-home mums, one a part-time cop and the other a solicitor, investigate when the husband of a former classmate dies after a school reunion.
Director: Tony Tilse | Stars: Claudia Karvan, Rebecca Gibney, Lisa Chappell, Simon Burke
Votes: 71
12. The Larkins (2021–2022)
Not Rated | Comedy, Drama
A new adaptation of the classic novel "The Darling Buds of May" by H.E. Bates, following the warm-hearted, wheeler-dealing adventures of the iconic Larkin family in the idyllic Kent countryside.
Stars: Bradley Walsh, Joanna Scanlan, Lydia Page, Amelia Bullmore
Votes: 2,068
13. The Stalker's Apprentice (1998 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 76 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Marcus Walwyn develops a fatal obsession for a young girl he meets on a train. Corrupted by a book he reads by the convicted serial killer Helmut Kranze he embarks on a murderous mission.
Director: Marcus D.F. White | Stars: Peter Davison, James Bolam, Paula Wilcox, Gideon Turner
Votes: 119
14. Kidnap and Ransom (2011–2012)
47 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
From the first phone call with kidnappers to risky excursions into exotic and dangerous locales, negotiator Dominic King places himself in the line of fire to bring the victims home.
Stars: Trevor Eve, Helen Baxendale, Natasha Little, Scott Sparrow
Votes: 834
15. Pie in the Sky (1994–1997)
TV-14 | 50 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
DI Crabbe retires from the police force after being shot and sets up his own restaurant. However, his ex-boss, Assistant Chief Constable Fisher constantly calls Crabbe back on duty.
Stars: Richard Griffiths, Maggie Steed, Malcolm Sinclair, Nick Raggett
Votes: 2,066
16. My Life Is Murder (2019– )
TV-14 | 60 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
My Life is Murder follows the adventures of fearless private investigator Alexa Crowe, who solves the most baffling crimes as well as coping with the frustrations of everyday life.
Stars: Lucy Lawless, Ebony Vagulans, Rawiri Jobe, Joseph Naufahu
Votes: 5,137
17. Dalgliesh (2021– )
TV-MA | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Follows Dalgliesh's crime-fighting career from 1970s England to the present day.
Stars: Bertie Carvel, Carlyss Peer, Jeremy Irvine, David Pearse
Votes: 5,515
18.
Screen Two (1985–1998)
Episode:
Loving
(1996)
TV-14 | 95 min | Drama
An upper class English family owns a villa in the Irish countryside. When the man of the house leaves to fight in WW2, his mother, wife, dying butler, maid and other staff's life becomes a bit hectic and some love affairs start to bloom.
Director: Diarmuid Lawrence | Stars: Mark Rylance, Georgina Cates, Lucy Cohu, Sara Stephens
Votes: 40
19. I Am Not a Serial Killer (2016)
Not Rated | 104 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
In a small Midwestern town, a troubled teen with homicidal tendencies must hunt down and destroy a supernatural killer while keeping his own inner demons at bay.
Director: Billy O'Brien | Stars: Max Records, Christopher Lloyd, Laura Fraser, Christina Baldwin
Votes: 15,909
20. Florence Nightingale (2008 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 60 min | Drama
Starring Laura Fraser, this film brings to life the story of Florence Nightingale's spiritual and emotional breakdown after the Crimean War: a moment of crisis, doubt, and failure that ... See full summary »
Director: Norman Stone | Stars: Laura Fraser, Michael Pennington, Andrew Harrison, Barbara Marten
Votes: 158
21. The Madame Blanc Mysteries (2021– )
TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, Mystery
Antiques expert moves to France suspicious of how her husband died and uses her skills to become a PI aiding the local police and simultaneously bonding with the town's popular taxi driver.
Stars: Steve Edge, Alex Gaumond, Sally Lindsay, Sue Vincent
Votes: 3,254
22. Martin's Close (2019 TV Movie)
30 min | Horror
John Martin is on trial for his life. Facing him, the infamous 'hanging judge', George Jeffreys. But this is not a cut-and-dried murder case, because the innocent young girl Martin is accused of killing has been seen after her death.
Director: Mark Gatiss | Stars: Peter Capaldi, Elliot Levey, Wilf Scolding, Sara Crowe
Votes: 463
23. The Mezzotint (2021 TV Movie)
29 min | Horror
A museum curator receives a very disturbing engraving that changes each time he and his colleagues look at it.
Director: Mark Gatiss | Stars: Rory Kinnear, Robert Bathurst, Frances Barber, John Hopkins
Votes: 878
24. The Stalls of Barchester (1971 TV Movie)
45 min | Horror
While cataloging the library of Barchester Cathedral, a scholar finds a diary detailing the events surrounding the mysterious death of an Archdeacon some 50 years earlier. The first of the BBC's famed 'A Ghost Story for Christmas'.
Director: Lawrence Gordon Clark | Stars: Robert Hardy, Clive Swift, Thelma Barlow, Will Leighton
Votes: 914
25. The Treasure of Abbot Thomas (1974 TV Movie)
37 min | Horror, Mystery
The Reverend Justin Somerton, a scholar of Medieval history, and his protégé Lord Peter Dattering are visiting an Abbey library. Studying a stained glass window they uncover clues leading to a treasure hidden by a disgraced Abbot.
Director: Lawrence Gordon Clark | Stars: Sheila Dunn, Anne Blake, Frank Mills, Virginia Balfour
Votes: 717
26. Lost Hearts (1973 TV Movie)
35 min | Horror, Mystery
A young orphan, Stephen, is sent to go and live with his strange, much older cousin at his remote country house. Once there, Stephen experiences terrible dreams in which he sees a young girl and boy who are missing their hearts.
Director: Lawrence Gordon Clark | Stars: Simon Gipps-Kent, Joseph O'Conor, James Mellor, Susan Richards
Votes: 961
27. The Signalman (1976 TV Movie)
38 min | Drama, Horror
A lonely Signalman is visited by a stranger.
Director: Lawrence Gordon Clark | Stars: Denholm Elliott, Bernard Lloyd, Reginald Jessup, Carina Wyeth
Votes: 1,755
28. A Warning to the Curious (1972 TV Movie)
50 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
An archaeologist goes treasure hunting along the English coast in search of a lost, fabled crown that supposedly helps protect Great Britain against invasion, but uncovers something much more sinister.
Director: Lawrence Gordon Clark | Stars: Peter Vaughan, Clive Swift, Julian Herington, John Kearney
Votes: 1,640
29. C.B. Strike (2017– )
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
War veteran turned private detective Cormoran Strike solves brutal murders with the help of his trusted partner Robin Ellacott.
Stars: Tom Burke, Holliday Grainger, Kerr Logan, Jack Greenlees
Votes: 24,686
30. The Brief (2004–2005)
90 min | Crime, Drama
Henry Farmer is a clever criminal law barrister whose every day is a juggling act between surviving his messy personal life and pleading cases that only he can win.
Stars: Alan Davies, Cherie Lunghi, Christopher Fulford, Linda Bassett
Votes: 482
31. Mystery!: Cadfael (1994–1998)
TV-14 | 983 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The medieval era cases of a Crusader-turned-Monk who investigates mysteries in the Norman English town of Shrewsbury.
Stars: Derek Jacobi, Michael Culver, Julian Firth, Terrence Hardiman
Votes: 3,115
32. The Beautiful Lie (2015)
60 min | Drama
Anna is happily married. She has the perfect family. But one man will change it all.
Stars: Sarah Snook, Rodger Corser, Sophie Lowe, Celia Pacquola
Votes: 1,465
33. Help (2021 TV Movie)
98 min | Drama
Sarah seems to have found her calling working in a Liverpool care home where she has a special talent for connecting with the residents. Then, in March 2020, the Coronavirus pandemic hits.
Director: Marc Munden | Stars: Jodie Comer, Lesley Sharp, Stephen Graham, Ian Hart
Votes: 12,085
34. The Danish Girl (2015)
R | 119 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
A fictitious love story loosely inspired by the lives of Danish artists Lili Elbe and Gerda Wegener. Lili and Gerda's marriage and work evolve as they navigate Lili's groundbreaking journey as a transgender pioneer.
Director: Tom Hooper | Stars: Eddie Redmayne, Alicia Vikander, Amber Heard, Ben Whishaw
Votes: 199,286 | Gross: $11.11M
35. Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1990)
PG | 117 min | Comedy, Drama
Two minor characters from the play 'Hamlet' stumble around unaware of their scripted lives and unable to deviate from them.
Director: Tom Stoppard | Stars: Gary Oldman, Tim Roth, Richard Dreyfuss, Livio Badurina
Votes: 23,856 | Gross: $0.74M
36. Aftertaste (2021–2022)
30 min | Comedy, Drama
The story of Easton West, an internationally-renowned yet volatile celebrity chef who has a spectacular fall from grace and returns to his hometown in the Adelaide Hills, Australia.
Stars: Erik Thomson, Natalie Abbott, Wayne Blair, Susan Prior
Votes: 963
37. The Private Life of Samuel Pepys (2003 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 60 min | Drama
Samuel Pepys was a high ranking and brilliant Admiralty official, but in private he was a cheat, a philanderer and an adulterer. In 1679 Pepys was put on trial for embezzling Navy funds. ... See full summary »
Director: Oliver Parker | Stars: Steve Coogan, Lou Doillon, Andrew Harrison, Alex Hassell
Votes: 158
38. Henry IX (2017)
40 min | Comedy
A middle-aged man experiences a mid-life crisis. Unfortunately, this man is King of Great Britain and the Commonwealth.
Stars: Colin Salmon, Sally Phillips, Gina Bellman, Don Warrington
Votes: 203
39.
Play for Today (1970–1984)
Episode:
Country
(1981)
82 min | Comedy, Drama
In 1945, the Carlions assemble at an English country house for a family gathering. During the event, they must determine who is to take over the family brewing empire, since the present ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Eyre | Stars: Leo McKern, James Fox, Wendy Hiller, Penelope Wilton
Votes: 76
40. Agatha Raisin (2014– )
TV-14 | 60 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
The Cotswolds-based PR guru turned amateur sleuth returns for a series of comedic murder-mysteries based on the books by M.C. Beaton.
Stars: Ashley Jensen, Matt McCooey, Lucy Liemann, Mathew Horne
Votes: 6,147
41. Around the World in 80 Days (2021– )
PG | 60 min | Adventure, Comedy, History
Gentleman adventurer Phileas Fogg sets out on a quest to travel around the world and back home in a period of 80 days.
Stars: David Tennant, Ibrahim Koma, Leonie Benesch, Jason Watkins
Votes: 12,146
42. The Last King (2003)
TV-14 | 188 min | Biography, Drama, History
The chronicle of Charles II's time on the throne, his ten-year exile from Oliver Cromwell's England, and his triumphant return.
Stars: Rufus Sewell, Rupert Graves, Charlie Creed-Miles, Christian Coulson
Votes: 1,814
43.
Anything Goes with James English (2018– )
The Stephen Lawrence Murder Case - Stephen's Brother Stuart Tells His Story.
(2021 Podcast Episode)
80 min | Talk-Show
44. Ackley Bridge (2017–2022)
Not Rated | 60 min | Drama, Romance
Ackley Bridge College, formed by the merger of two schools in Yorkshire, faces challenges as British and Asian students navigate social divisions, segregation on sports teams and friendships strained by cultural differences.
Stars: Sunetra Sarker, Fern Deacon, Lorraine Cheshire, Cody Ryan
Votes: 2,162
45. Ashes to Ashes (2008–2010)
TV-MA | 1,320 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy
After being shot in 2008 while investigating DCI Sam Tyler, DI Alex Drake wakes up in 1981.
Stars: Philip Glenister, Keeley Hawes, Dean Andrews, Marshall Lancaster
Votes: 11,077
46. The Halcyon (2017)
60 min | Drama, War
The story of a bustling and glamorous five star hotel at the center of London society and a world at war.
Stars: Annabelle Apsion, Mark Benton, Jamie Blackley, Edward Bluemel
Votes: 3,104
47. Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (2015)
60 min | Fantasy, War
In an alternate history, during the time of real life Napoleonic Wars, two men of destiny, the gifted recluse Mr. Norrell and daring spellcasting novice Jonathan Strange, use magic to help England.
Stars: Bertie Carvel, Eddie Marsan, Marc Warren, Charlotte Riley
Votes: 13,774
48. Restless (2012 TV Movie)
180 min | Drama, Romance
A young woman finds out that her mother worked as a spy for the British Secret Service during World War II and has been on the run ever since.
Director: Edward Hall | Stars: Michelle Dockery, Michael Peter Willis, Charlotte Rampling, Hayley Atwell
Votes: 3,654
49. Les Misérables (2012)
PG-13 | 158 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
In 19th-century France, Jean Valjean, who for decades has been hunted by the ruthless policeman Javert after breaking parole, agrees to care for a factory worker's daughter. The decision changes their lives forever.
Director: Tom Hooper | Stars: Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway, Amanda Seyfried
Votes: 346,080 | Gross: $148.81M
50. Hidden (2011)
57 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
When lawyer Gina Hawkes hires Harry to find a witness, he unexpectedly revisits his brother's decades-old death, embroiling him in a political conspiracy at the highest levels of British government.
Stars: Philip Glenister, Thekla Reuten, Anna Chancellor, Matthew Marsh
Votes: 1,052
51. Waking the Dead (2000–2011)
TV-14 | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Drama series following a team of detectives who investigate unsolved murders using modern technology.
Stars: Trevor Eve, Sue Johnston, Wil Johnson, Tara Fitzgerald
Votes: 6,435
52. Wisting (2019– )
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama
Homicide detective William Wisting struggles with the two toughest cases of his career. His serial killer investigation crosses paths with his journalist daughter's news story, putting her in grave danger.
Stars: Sven Nordin, Thea Green Lundberg, Mads Ousdal, Lars Berge
Votes: 8,138
53. Murder in Provence (2022– )
TV-PG | 88 min | Crime, Mystery
Antoine Verlaque, Investigating Judge in Aix-en-Provence with his romantic partner Marine Bonnet, investigates the murders, mysteries and dark underbelly of their idyllic home in the south of France.
Stars: Nancy Carroll, Roger Allam, Keala Settle, Patricia Hodge
Votes: 4,210
54. Under the Vines (2021– )
60 min | Comedy
Rebecca Gibney and Charles Edwards star as two city slickers who inherit a failing vineyard in rural New Zealand.. the only problems are that neither of them has ever done a hard days' work- and they despise one another.
Stars: Rebecca Gibney, Charles Edwards, Trae Te Wiki, Simon Mead
Votes: 1,240
55. Coming Home (1998)
199 min | Drama, Romance, War
Drama miniseries about the friendship between Judith Dunbar and Loveday Carey-Lewis, before, during and after WW2.
Stars: Joanna Lumley, Peter O'Toole, Grace Simon, Paul Bettany
Votes: 823
56. Just William (2010)
TV-PG | 28 min | Comedy, Family
The classic stories of a trouble making little boy.
Stars: Rebecca Front, Daniel Ryan, Daniel Roche, Lily James
Votes: 235
57. Why Didn't They Ask Evans? (2022)
TV-MA | 58 min | Mystery, Thriller
A dying man's enigmatic last words send vicar's son, Bobby Jones, and his socialite friend, Lady Frankie Derwent, on a crime-solving adventure.
Stars: Will Poulter, Lucy Boynton, Daniel Ings, Jonathan Jules
Votes: 7,925
58. The Royal Today (2008)
30 min | Drama
Drama serial which follows the lives of the staff of St Aidan's Royal Free Hospital. Unlike its predecessor, The Royal, which was set in the 1960s, this is set in the present day.
Stars: Ben Hull, Andrew Scarborough, Steve Huison, Lucie Trickett
Votes: 92
59. Yr Amgueddfa (2021– )
48 min | Drama
Welsh-language drama series based around a married museum director who has an affair with a mysterious young man.
Stars: Nia Roberts, Steffan Cennydd, Sharon Morgan, Delyth Wyn
Votes: 104
60. New Worlds (2014)
222 min | Drama, History, War
The 1680s bring a new King, Restoration, and more tyranny. In Massachusetts, a robber's son falls for an anti-monarchist. In England, a young lady falls for an outlaw.
Stars: Jamie Dornan, Jeremy Northam, Joe Dempsie, Holli Dempsey
Votes: 1,379
61. The Tunnel (2013–2018)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A prominent French politician is found dead on the border between the U.K. and France, and two agents must work together on behalf of their respective countries to find the murderer.
Stars: Stephen Dillane, Clémence Poésy, Cédric Vieira, Angel Coulby
Votes: 10,664
62. McCallum (1995–1998)
TV-MA | 120 min | Drama
From deep within the morgue at St. Patrick's Hospital in London's East End, Dr. Iain McCallum and Dr. Angela Moloney along with a team of brilliant pathologists and detectives help the dead tell their stories.
Stars: Gerard Murphy, James Saxon, Richard O'Callaghan, Alex Walkinshaw
Votes: 603
63. The Eagle (2011)
PG-13 | 114 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
In Roman-ruled Britain, a young Roman soldier endeavors to honor his father's memory by finding his lost legion's golden emblem.
Director: Kevin Macdonald | Stars: Channing Tatum, Jamie Bell, Donald Sutherland, István Göz
Votes: 74,070 | Gross: $19.49M
64. The Coroner (2015–2016)
TV-14 | 45 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A solicitor returns to the seaside town she left as a teenager to take up the post of coroner, becoming an advocate for the dead as she investigates sudden, violent or unexplained deaths.
Stars: Claire Goose, Matt Bardock, Beatie Edney, Oliver Gomm
Votes: 2,458
65. Jamaica Inn (2014–2015)
TV-14 | 177 min | Drama, History, Mystery
A young woman moves in with her aunt and uncle and soon discovers unsavory happenings in her new home.
Stars: Jessica Brown Findlay, Matthew McNulty, Sean Harris, Joanne Whalley
Votes: 1,960
66. The Delivery Man (2015)
TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy
Former police officer Matthew starts work as a newly-qualified midwife. As expected, his first day is full of drama, sarcastic comments, and snide remarks about his gender.
Stars: Darren Boyd, Fay Ripley, Paddy McGuinness, Llewella Gideon
Votes: 807
67. Aristocrats (1999– )
TV-14 | 300 min | Drama, History
18th-century England and Ireland viewed through the eyes of four beautiful high-born sisters - Caroline, Emily, Louisa, and Sarah Lennox, great-granddaughters of a king, daughters of a cabinet minister, and wives of politicians and peers.
Stars: Siân Phillips, Alun Armstrong, Ben Daniels, Serena Gordon
Votes: 1,772
68. Blood (I) (2012)
Not Rated | 92 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Thriller charting the moral collapse of a police family. Two cop brothers, smothered by the shadow of their former police chief father, must investigate a crime they themselves have committed.
Director: Nick Murphy | Stars: Paul Bettany, Stephen Graham, Brian Cox, Mark Strong
Votes: 4,630
69. Stephen (2021)
60 min | Crime, Drama, History
Follows the Lawrences and their quest for justice 18 years after the death of Stephen Lawrence.
Stars: Sharlene Whyte, Steve Coogan, Hugh Quarshie, Jonjo O'Neill
Votes: 1,537
70. Before We Die (2021– )
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Thriller
Detective Hannah Laing becomes deeply conflicted when she discovers that her son is playing a crucial role as an undercover informant in the investigation of a brutal murder.
Stars: Lesley Sharp, Vincent Regan, Issy Knopfler, Kazia Pelka
Votes: 2,506
71. Tipping the Velvet (2002)
59 min | Drama, Romance
The story of Nan Astley who falls in love with three different women on her journey to stardom and happiness in 1887 Victorian England.
Stars: Rachael Stirling, Keeley Hawes, Jodhi May, Alexei Sayle
Votes: 8,607
72. Signora Volpe (2022– )
TV-14 | 270 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Sylvia, a disillusioned British spy turned detective starts a new life in the beautiful heart of Italy. She soon finds out trouble follows her wherever she goes.
Stars: Emilia Fox, Tara Fitzgerald, Giovanni Cirfiera, Matteo Carlomagno
Votes: 2,966
73. Hidden Assets (2021– )
TV-14 | Crime, Drama
A year on there is a new boss and old enemies. Criminal Asset Bureau's Claire Wallace finds herself at odds with CTU's Christian De Jong when CAB is drawn back to the Antwerp investigation. A familiar face returns but can she be trusted?
Stars: Simone Kirby, Wouter Hendrickx, Cathy Belton, Aaron Monaghan
Votes: 3,481
74. Single-Handed (2007–2010)
TV-14 | 841 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Jack Driscoll moves back to the town on the west coast of Ireland where he was born. He takes over his retired father's Garda post, and solves different cases.
Stars: Owen McDonnell, David Herlihy, Ruth McCabe, Brian Gleeson
Votes: 1,459
75. The Responder (2022– )
TV-MA | 57 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A crisis-stricken, morally-compromised first-responder tackles a series of night shifts on the beat in Liverpool.
Stars: Martin Freeman, Adelayo Adedayo, Warren Brown, Faye McKeever
Votes: 12,988
76. Cold Call (2019)
210 min | Drama
A single mother gets caught up in a cold call scam that turns her world upside down.
Stars: Sally Lindsay, Daniel Ryan, Paul Higgins, Taj Atwal
Votes: 769
77. How to Murder Your Wife (2015 TV Movie)
97 min | Comedy, Drama
A melodramatic black comedy presenting the true story of Alfred Benning's murder of his wife, Betty, in 1970s Wellington. The film follows a passive-aggressive man (Simon O'Conner) ... See full summary »
Director: Riccardo Pellizzeri | Stars: Simon O'Connor, Todd Lasance, Geraldine Brophy, Mike Minogue
Votes: 257
78. Case Sensitive (2011–2012)
60 min | Crime, Thriller
When Geraldine Bretherick and her five-year-old daughter Lucy are found dead in the bathroom of their luxury home, the case divides new DS Charlie Zailer and her DC Simon Waterhouse.
Stars: Olivia Williams, Darren Boyd, Peter Wight, Ralph Ineson
Votes: 1,019
79. Blood (II) (2018–2020)
Not Rated | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Cat Hogan returns to West Meath upon her mother's sudden death--she had an accident at home and died (or was it an accident?). Blood is about old secrets, older betrayals, mind games, and the lies family tell each other.
Stars: Adrian Dunbar, Grainne Keenan, Seán Duggan, Diarmuid Noyes
Votes: 2,897
80. The Silence (2010)
60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An eighteen-year-old struggling to integrate into a hearing world following cochlear implantation witnesses the murder of a police officer. The subsequent investigation unravels a net of police corruption.
Stars: Genevieve Barr, Douglas Henshall, Dervla Kirwan, Harry Ferrier
Votes: 1,329
81. Flesh and Blood (2020)
TV-14 | 46 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Lives of three siblings are disrupted when their recently widowed mother declares she's in love with a new man. Tangled web of secrets, lies, rivalries and betrayals eventually leads to a murder.
Stars: Imelda Staunton, Francesca Annis, Claudie Blakley, Russell Tovey
Votes: 2,961
82. In Deep (2001–2003)
TV-14 | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Liam Ketman (Nick Berry) and Garth O'Hanlon (Stephen Tompkinson) are two undercover detectives who do whatever it takes to gather evidence against various criminal targets.
Stars: Nick Berry, Stephen Tompkinson, Karianne Henderson, Buster Reece
Votes: 202
83. A Suitable Boy (2020)
TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, Romance
A vast, panoramic tale charting the fortunes of four large families and exploring India and its rich and varied culture at a crucial point in its history.
Stars: Tanya Maniktala, Ishaan Khattar, Mahira Kakkar, Danesh Razvi
Votes: 5,688
84. Absolution (1978)
R | 95 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Two boys try to drive a strict priest mad with their confessed sins at a boarding school in England.
Director: Anthony Page | Stars: Richard Burton, Dominic Guard, David Bradley, Billy Connolly
Votes: 1,898
85. Redemption (I) (2022)
TV-14 | 58 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
DI Colette Cunningham's no nonsense approach to policing has earned her the respect of her Merseyside Police colleagues. She seems unflappable, until she gets a call from the Garda in Dublin after the body of a young woman is discovered.
Stars: Paula Malcomson, Abby Fitz, Evan O'Connor, Moe Dunford
Votes: 4,711
86. Hidden (2018–2022)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Police investigate when the body of a girl is found in a lake.
Stars: Sian Reese-Williams, Sion Alun Davies, Victoria Pugh, Sarah Tempest
Votes: 5,580
87. Upstairs Downstairs (2010–2012)
TV-PG | 60 min | Drama
A new family and their servants live at the London townhouse at 165 Eaton Place in 1936.
Stars: Keeley Hawes, Ed Stoppard, Adrian Scarborough, Neil Jackson
Votes: 6,819
88. Murder in Suburbia (2004–2005)
TV-14 | 580 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The series focused on various murders in the fictional suburban English town of Middleford. The crimes are solved by two female police detectives, Inspector Kate Ashurst and Sergeant Emma Scribbins, aka "Ash and Scribbs".
Stars: Caroline Catz, Lisa Faulkner, Jeremy Sheffield, Glen Davies
Votes: 1,727
89. Catching a Killer (2017– )
Documentary, Crime
Catching a Killer is a British true crime documentary television series. Each episode documents detectives with the Thames Valley Police as they investigate a murder.
Stars: Mike Lynch, Andy Shearwood, Alibile Mohammed, Kevin Brown
Votes: 92
90.
Screen Two (1985–1998)
Episode:
Priest
(1995)
TV-14 | Drama
Father Greg Pilkington (Linus Roache) is torn between his call as a conservative Catholic priest and his secret life as a homosexual with a gay lover, frowned upon by the Church. Upon ... See full summary »
Votes: 8
91. Love in a Cold Climate (2001)
150 min | Drama
In 1930s Britain, three young aristocratic women find love as the world around them slowly descends into war.
Stars: Alan Bates, Anna Popplewell, Jemima Rooper, Rosamund Pike
Votes: 930
92. Murder Case - The Disappearance of Julie Reilly (2019–2020)
60 min | Documentary, Crime
In March 2018, Julie Reilly was reported missing. The skilled investigators of Police Scotland's Major Investigations team take up the case.
Stars: Hayley Quigg, Chris Gaughan, Mark Bell
Votes: 90
93. Made in Belfast (2013)
Not Rated | 85 min | Drama
After his best-selling novel exposes the private lives of his closest friends, Jack Kelly returns home to put right some of the wrongs which included breaking up his best friend's marriage.... See full summary »
Director: Paul Kennedy | Stars: Kevin Keenan, Ciarán McMenamin, Shauna Macdonald, Shaun Blaney
Votes: 287
94.
The Brokenwood Mysteries (2014– )
Episode:
Good as Gold
(2022)
Not Rated | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Family feud involving gold, line dancing, cowboy hats, guns and forbidden love.
Director: Caroline Bell Booth | Stars: Neill Rea, Fern Sutherland, Jarod Rawiri, Cristina Serban Ionda
Votes: 232
95. Moving On (2009– )
TV-PG | 45 min | Drama
Series of daytime plays set in contemporary Britain, all sharing the theme of someone going through some kind of life change.
Stars: Neil Bell, Alicia Brockenbrow, John Draycott, Olivia Fenton
Votes: 512
96. A Mother's Son (2012)
92 min | Drama, Thriller
A mother suspects that her son could be the killer of a recently found dead girl, and becomes caught in a torturous dilemma of whether to denounce him, or protect him and hide the act.
Stars: Hermione Norris, Martin Clunes, Paul McGann, Alexander Arnold
Votes: 1,475
97. Tutankhamun (2016)
TV-14 | 180 min | Drama, History, Romance
The remarkable story of the chance meeting that transformed penniless, ostracised archaeologist Howard Carter into a household name following his discovery of the tomb of the boy-king, Tutankhamun.
Stars: Max Irons, Jonathan Aris, Sam Neill, Amy Wren
Votes: 2,467
98. Pili Pala (2019)
Drama
Three women contend with the weighty repercussions of a fraught medical decision, in this heart-rending Welsh drama. Sara is a fetal consultant who takes on her best friend, Elin, as a ... See full summary »
Stars: Sian Reese-Williams, Rhys ap Trefor, Fflur Medi Owen, Owen Arwyn
Votes: 12
99. The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe (2022)
TV-14 | 46 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Four-part drama based on the extraordinary story of how prison officer John Darwin faked his own death to claim life insurance and avoid bankruptcy - unbeknownst to his two sons.
Stars: Monica Dolan, Eddie Marsan, Mark Stanley, Dominic Applewhite
Votes: 4,856
100. Anne (2022)
47 min | Drama, History
The story of Anne Williams' fight for the truth of her son's death.
Stars: Maxine Peake, Bobby Schofield, Rob Jarvis, Stephen Walters
Votes: 2,166
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