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1. Chariots of Fire (1981)
PG | 125 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
Two British track athletes, one a determined Jew and the other a devout Christian, are driven to win in the 1924 Olympics as they wrestle with issues of pride and conscience.
Director: Hugh Hudson | Stars: Ben Cross, Ian Charleson, Nicholas Farrell, Nigel Havers
Votes: 65,973 | Gross: $58.97M
2. The Pirate Movie (1982)
PG | 98 min | Adventure, Comedy, Musical
A 1980s take-off of The Pirates of Penzance which centers on a noble pirate who leaves his profession and falls in love with a fiery young maiden.
Directors: Ken Annakin, Richard Franklin | Stars: Kristy McNichol, Christopher Atkins, Ted Hamilton, Bill Kerr
Votes: 4,805
3. Starter for 10 (2006)
PG-13 | 92 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Set in 1985, working-class student Brian Jackson (McAvoy) navigates his first year at Bristol University.
Director: Tom Vaughan | Stars: James McAvoy, Alice Eve, Rebecca Hall, Joseph Friend
Votes: 25,108 | Gross: $0.21M
4. The Pirates of Penzance (1983)
G | 112 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
After a young man leaves a band of pirates, hilarity ensues.
Director: Wilford Leach | Stars: Kevin Kline, Angela Lansbury, Linda Ronstadt, George Rose
Votes: 3,912 | Gross: $0.69M
5. Making Love (1982)
R | 113 min | Drama
A successful young L.A. doctor and his equally successful television-producer wife find their happily-ever-after life torn assunder when he suddenly confronts his long-repressed attraction ... See full summary »
Director: Arthur Hiller | Stars: Michael Ontkean, Kate Jackson, Harry Hamlin, Wendy Hiller
Votes: 2,964 | Gross: $11.90M
6. Permanent Record (1988)
PG-13 | 91 min | Drama, Music, Romance
A man who seemingly has it all together, being smart, talented, funny, and popular, is secretly overwhelmed by expectations of himself and those of his parents, and suffers what is assumed to be a horrible accident.
Director: Marisa Silver | Stars: Alan Boyce, Keanu Reeves, Pamela Gidley, Michael Elgart
Votes: 2,293 | Gross: $1.89M
7. From Hare to Eternity (1997)
TV-PG | 7 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
When pirate Yosemite Sam discovers Bugs Bunny's treasure chest, the rabbit, unwilling to part with his riches, pursues Sam aboard his ship and proceeds to pester the pirate until he pleads for mercy.
Director: Chuck Jones | Stars: Frank Gorshin, Greg Burson, Jeff McCarthy
Votes: 320
8. The Mikado (1939)
Not Rated | 90 min | Comedy, Musical
The son of the Mikado of Japan, a wandering minstrel, falls for a girl who is engaged to her guardian.
Director: Victor Schertzinger | Stars: Kenny Baker, John Barclay, Martyn Green, Sydney Granville
Votes: 828
9. La virgen de la lujuria (2002)
151 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
In Vera Cruz in the 1940s, Nacho, an Indian, waits tables at Don Lázaro's café at Hotel Ofélia. He falls for Lola, an opium-addicted, alcoholic whore who's hopelessly in love with Gardenia ... See full summary »
Director: Arturo Ripstein | Stars: Luis Felipe Tovar, Ariadna Gil, Patricia Reyes Spíndola, Juan Diego
Votes: 402
10. The Pirates of Penzance (1994 TV Movie)
115 min | Musical, Comedy
Frederic was sent in the care of his nursemaid, Ruth, to be apprenticed to a pilot. But she misunderstood her instructions, being hard of hearing, and apprenticed him instead to the Pirate King.
Directors: Peter Butler, Craig Schaefer | Stars: Jon English, Helen Donaldson, Toni Lamond, Derek Metzger
Votes: 165
11. The Mikado (1967)
122 min | Musical
In a mythical Japan, Ko-Ko, a cheap tailor, has been appointed Lord High Executioner and must find someone to execute before the arrival of the ruling Mikado. He lights upon Nanki-Poo, a ... See full summary »
Director: Stuart Burge | Stars: Donald Adams, Philip Potter, John Reed, Kenneth Sandford
Votes: 102
12. Lillian Russell (1940)
Passed | 127 min | Biography, Drama, History
The life story of the musical star from her discovery in 1890 by bandleader Tony Pastor until her retirement in 1912, when she married newspaperman Alexander Moore.
Director: Irving Cummings | Stars: Alice Faye, Don Ameche, Henry Fonda, Edward Arnold
Votes: 582
13. The Pirates of Penzance (1982 TV Movie)
98 min | Comedy, Musical
As a young child, Frederic had been apprenticed to a pirate by mistake when he should have been apprenticed to a pilot. Now, having reached his 21st year, Frederic's indentures are at last ... See full summary »
Director: Rodney Greenberg | Stars: Keith Michell, Alexander Oliver, Janis Kelly, Peter Allen
Votes: 90
14. H.M.S. Pinafore (1982 TV Movie)
95 min | Musical, Comedy
A sailor falls for the daughter of his captain, while being unaware of the love a young country girl holds for him.
Director: Rodney Greenberg | Stars: Peter Marshall, Frankie Howerd, Meryl Drower, Michael Bulman
Votes: 89
15. The Mikado (I) (1983 TV Movie)
116 min | Comedy, Musical
Escaping from a distasteful marriage, Nanki-Poo, the son of the Mikado, arrives in the town of Titipu - disguised as a musician. He has chosen Titipu because a beautiful girl, Yum-Yum, with... See full summary »
Director: Rodney Greenberg | Stars: William Conrad, Clive Revill, Kate Flowers, John Stewart
Votes: 104
16. The Mikado (II) (1983 TV Movie)
150 min | Comedy, Musical
In a mythical Japan, Ko-Ko, a cheap tailor, has been appointed Lord High Executioner and must find someone to execute before the arrival of the ruling Mikado. He lights upon Nanki-Poo, a ... See full summary »
Directors: Norman Campbell, Brian Macdonald | Stars: Gidon Saks, Henry Ingram, Eric Donkin, Richard McMillan
Votes: 133
17. H.M.S. Pinafore (1973 TV Movie)
Musical, Comedy
The classic operetta of The Lass that Loved a Sailor by Gilbert and Sullivan.
Directors: Michael Heyland, Peter Riley, John Sichel | Stars: John Reed, Pamela Field, Michael Rayner, Malcolm Williams
Votes: 31
18. Ruddigore (1983 TV Movie)
115 min | Comedy, Musical
The Baronets of Ruddigore have been cursed by a witch. Each Baronet, in his turn, must commit a crime a day - or die in torture. To escape his dreadful fate, the latest Baronet, Sir Ruthven... See full summary »
Director: Barrie Gavin | Stars: Vincent Price, Keith Michell, John Treleaven, Donald Adams
Votes: 83
19. The Yeomen of the Guard (1982 TV Movie)
Musical
Colonel Fairfax has been falsely accused of sorcery by a jealous relative who covets his estates and money. The Colonel is condemned to death for his 'crime' and waits in the Tower of ... See full summary »
Director: Dave Heather | Stars: Alfred Marks, Joel Grey, Elizabeth Gale, Claire Powell
Votes: 31
20. H.M.S. Pinafore (1997 TV Movie)
Musical, Comedy
A sailor falls for the daughter of his captain, while being unaware of the love a young country girl holds for him.
Directors: Peter Butler, Craig Schaefer | Stars: Jon English, Amanda Muggleton, Simon Gallaher, Rima Te Wiata
Votes: 80
21. The Cool Mikado (1963)
81 min | Musical
Hank, the son of American judge Herbert Mikado, refuses to marry Katie Shaw, whom his father wishes him to marry, and so joins the army. He is stationed in Japan where he falls in love with a Tokyo art student, Yum-Yum.
Director: Michael Winner | Stars: Frankie Howerd, Stubby Kaye, Mike Winters, Bernie Winters
Votes: 77
22. Imperial Japanese Dance (1894)
Not Rated | 1 min | Short
A charming representation of the Mikado dance by three beautiful Japanese ladies in full costume. Very effective when colored. (from the Edison Catalog)
Directors: William K.L. Dickson, William Heise | Star: The Sarashe Sisters
Votes: 669
23. The Mikado or the Town of Titipu (1987 TV Movie)
130 min | Comedy, Musical
A staging of "The Mikado" set in an English country hotel during the 1920s.
Director: John Michael Phillips | Stars: Eric Idle, Lesley Garrett, Bonaventura Bottone, Richard Van Allan
Votes: 159
24. 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
25. Princess Ida (1982 TV Movie)
114 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Princess Ida and Prince Hilarion were betrothed when the Prince was two years old and the Princess just one year old. Twenty years have now passed, and the time has come for Hilarion to ... See full summary »
Director: Dave Heather | Stars: Frank Gorshin, Neil Howlett, Laurence Dale, Bernard Dickerson
Votes: 39
26. The Yeomen of the Guard (1978 TV Movie)
105 min | Musical
Sergeant Meryll and his daughter connive to help free Colonel Fairfax, wrongly condemned to death for sorcerey, by helping him to escape and pretending that he is Leonard Meryll, the Sergeant's son.
Director: Stanley Dorfman | Stars: Tommy Steele, Laureen Livingstone, Della Jones, Terry Jenkins
27. The Gondoliers (1984 TV Movie)
147 min | Musical, Comedy
Marco and Giuseppe Palmieri, the most favored of all the gondoliers, choose Gianetta and Tessa to be their brides. While celebrating their marriages, Marco and Giuseppe are informed that ... See full summary »
Directors: Norman Campbell, Brian Macdonald | Stars: Marie Baron, John Keane, Karen Skidmore, Paul Massel
Votes: 38
28. Dick Deadeye, or Duty Done (1975)
G | 81 min | Animation, Comedy, Musical
Able Seaman Dick Deadeye is charged by Queen Victoria to find the stolen Ultimate Secret. His ugliness means that his life has always been lonely but a buxom barmaid takes a shine to him. ... See full summary »
Director: Bill Melendez | Stars: Victor Spinetti, Peter Reeves, George A. Cooper, Miriam Karlin
Votes: 92
29. The Pirates of Penzance (1985 TV Movie)
124 min | Comedy, Musical
Young Frederick leaves the zany band of pirates he was raised by to find true love and respectability, but when the Pirate King turns up to call on an old debt, Frederick must choose between the girl he loves and his sense of duty.
Directors: Norman Campbell, Brian Macdonald | Stars: Brent Carver, Jeff Hyslop, Caralyn Tomlin, Douglas Chamberlain
Votes: 72
30. The Mikado (1996 TV Movie)
Musical, Comedy
In a mythical Japan, Ko-Ko, a cheap tailor, has been appointed Lord High Executioner and must find someone to execute before the arrival of the ruling Mikado. He lights upon Nanki-Poo, a ... See full summary »
Directors: Peter Butler, Craig Schaefer | Stars: Jon English, Derek Metzger, Terri Crouch, Bev Shean
Votes: 58
31. The Mikado (1992 TV Movie)
Musical, Comedy
In a mythical Japan, Ko-Ko, a cheap tailor, has been appointed Lord High Executioner and must find someone to execute before the arrival of the ruling Mikado. He lights upon Nanki-Poo, a ... See full summary »
Directors: John Michael Phillips, Andrew Wickes | Stars: Fenton Gray, Julian Jensen, Jill Pert, Gary Montaine
Votes: 24
32. The Gondoliers (1982 TV Movie)
Comedy, Musical
Marco and Giuseppe marry their sweethearts Gianetta and Tessa, but neither couple is allowed to leave for their honeymoon, because there is a problem. They are informed that one of the ... See full summary »
Director: Dave Heather | Stars: Eric Shilling, Anne Collins, Francis Egerton, Tom McDonnell
Votes: 41
33. The Gondoliers (1990 TV Movie)
Comedy, Music
After gondoliers, Marco and Giuseppe, marry their sweethearts Gianetta and Tessa, they are informed that one of them is really the King of Barataria. However, there is a problem - nobody ... See full summary »
Director: Martin Coombes | Stars: Robert Gard, Graeme Ewer, David Hobson, Roger Lemke
Votes: 25
34. Patience (1982 TV Movie)
Comedy, Musical
Reginald Bunthorne is a poet, adored by all the ladies - except one. Patience, a dairymaid, cannot understand what all the other ladies see in him and wonders what love is. However, despite... See full summary »
Director: Dave Heather | Stars: Donald Adams, Derek Hammond-Stroud, John Fryatt, Sandra Dugdale
Votes: 39
35. Iolanthe (1982 TV Movie)
Comedy, Musical
Strephon, a shepherd (the son of a Fairy, Iolanthe, and a mortal), is in love with Phyllis, a shepherdess. He wants to marry her, but, although Phyllis also loves Strephon, she has a ... See full summary »
Director: Dave Heather | Stars: Derek Hammond-Stroud, Beverley Mills, Anne Collins, Alexander Oliver
Votes: 29
36. Trial by Jury (2005 TV Movie)
Musical
Director: Andrew Lord | Stars: Anthony Warlow, Ali McGregor, David Hobson, John Bolton-Wood
Votes: 45
37. Girl on the Spot (1946)
Approved | 75 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Eleven Gilbert & Sullivan numbers are melded within the murder-mystery plot of "Girl on the Spot", with a result that either G&S and/or the plot are always seemingly on stage-wait or in the... See full summary »
Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Lois Collier, Jess Barker, George Dolenz, Fuzzy Knight
Votes: 33
38. Iolanthe (1984 TV Movie)
137 min | Comedy, Music
25 years previous to the action of the movie, Iolanthe, a fairy, falls in love with the Lord Chancellor. Fairy law states that Iolanthe must die because of it but the Queen of the Faries ... See full summary »
Director: Brian Macdonald | Stars: Maureen Forrester, Eric Donkin, Marie Baron, Paul Massel
Votes: 30
39. The Yeomen of the Guard (1972 TV Movie)
Musical
Director: John Seabourne Jr. | Stars: John Cartier, Valerie Masterson, Donald Adams, Helen Landis
40. The Sorcerer (1982 TV Movie)
Comedy, Musical
The villagers of Ploverleigh are celebrating the marriage of Alexis, son of Sir Marmaduke Poindextre, to Aline, daughter of Lady Sangazure, who just happens to be Sir Marmaduke's old flame.... See full summary »
Director: Dave Heather | Stars: Clive Revill, David Kernan, Donald Adams, Nuala Willis
Votes: 32
41. Trial by Jury (1984 TV Short)
50 min | Short, Comedy, Musical
Director: Derek Bailey | Stars: Frankie Howerd, Ryland Davies, Anne Dawson, Kate Flowers
Votes: 19
42. Together Again: A Tribute to Kenneth Sandford, John Reed, and Thomas Round (2000 Video)
Musical, Music
Stars: John Reed, Thomas Round, Kenneth Sandford, Valerie Masterson
43. Patience (1995 TV Movie)
130 min | Comedy, Music
Reginald Bunthorne is a poet, adored by all the ladies, except one - Patience. She cannot understand why all the other ladies feel the way they do, and wonders what love is. Despite her ... See full summary »
Director: Cameron Kirkpatrick | Stars: Christine Douglas, Dennis Olsen, Anthony Warlow, Heather Begg
Votes: 28
44. The Mikado (1987 TV Movie)
Comedy, Musical
Nanki-Poo, the son of the Mikado, leaves home and disguises himself as a musician to escape a distasteful marriage - and meets a beautiful girl, Yum-Yum, with whom he falls in love. He ... See full summary »
Director: Virginia Lumsden | Stars: Graeme Ewer, Gregory Yurisich, Heather Begg, Anne Maree McDonald
Votes: 32
45. The Gondoliers (1997 TV Movie)
Comedy, Musical
Directors: David Edwards, Jonathan Haswell | Stars: Richard Suart, Felicity Palmer, Mary Hegarty, Jamie MacDougall
46. Musical Magic: Gilbert and Sullivan in Stratford (1984)
58 min | Documentary
Director: Malca Gillson | Stars: Elizabeth Adams, Marie Baron, Stephen Beamish, Aggie Cekuta
Votes: 11
47. Trial by Jury at the Proms (1982 TV Movie)
Comedy, Musical
Stars: Gordon Sandison, Marilyn Hill Smith, John Brecknock, Alan Watt
49. Trial by Jury (2000 TV Movie)
Comedy, Musical
Stars: Thomas Round, Anne Sessions, Patricia Leonard, Michael Rayner
50. Trial by Jury (1974 TV Movie)
32 min
Angelina takes Edwin to court for Breach of Promise of marriage.
Director: Peter Potter | Stars: Norma Burrowes, Eric Shilling, John Brecknock, Dennis Dowling