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1. Chernobyl (2019)
TV-MA | 41 min | Drama, History, Thriller
In April 1986, the city of Chernobyl in the Soviet Union suffers one of the worst nuclear disasters in the history of mankind. Consequently, many heroes put their lives on the line in the following days, weeks and months.
Stars: Jessie Buckley, Jared Harris, Stellan Skarsgård, Adam Nagaitis
Votes: 866,691
2. Black Mirror (2011– )
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Featuring stand-alone dramas -- sharp, suspenseful, satirical tales that explore techno-paranoia -- "Black Mirror" is a contemporary reworking of "The Twilight Zone" with stories that tap into the collective unease about the modern world.
Stars: Wunmi Mosaku, Monica Dolan, Daniel Lapaine, Hannah John-Kamen
Votes: 640,692
3. Rush (I) (2013)
R | 123 min | Action, Biography, Drama
The merciless 1970s rivalry between Formula One rivals James Hunt and Niki Lauda.
Director: Ron Howard | Stars: Daniel Brühl, Chris Hemsworth, Olivia Wilde, Alexandra Maria Lara
Votes: 514,050 | Gross: $26.95M
4. Pride & Prejudice (2005)
PG | 129 min | Drama, Romance
Sparks fly when spirited Elizabeth Bennet meets single, rich, and proud Mr. Darcy. But Mr. Darcy reluctantly finds himself falling in love with a woman beneath his class. Can each overcome their own pride and prejudice?
Director: Joe Wright | Stars: Keira Knightley, Matthew Macfadyen, Brenda Blethyn, Donald Sutherland
Votes: 331,049 | Gross: $38.41M
5. The Holiday (2006)
PG-13 | 136 min | Comedy, Romance
Two women troubled with guy-problems swap homes in each other's countries, where they each meet a local guy and fall in love.
Director: Nancy Meyers | Stars: Kate Winslet, Cameron Diaz, Jude Law, Jack Black
Votes: 323,184 | Gross: $63.22M
6. Enola Holmes (2020)
PG-13 | 123 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
When Enola Holmes (Sherlock's teen sister) discovers her mother is missing, she endeavours to find her, becoming a super-sleuth in her own right as she outwits her famous brother and unravels a dangerous conspiracy.
Director: Harry Bradbeer | Stars: Millie Bobby Brown, Henry Cavill, Sam Claflin, Helena Bonham Carter
Votes: 219,769
7. Rome (2005–2007)
TV-MA | 60 min | Action, Drama, Romance
A down-to-earth account of the lives of both illustrious and ordinary Romans set in the last days of the Roman Republic.
Stars: Kevin McKidd, Ray Stevenson, Polly Walker, Kerry Condon
Votes: 185,521
8. Peep Show (2003–2015)
TV-MA | 25 min | Comedy
Mark and Jez are a couple of twenty-something roommates who have nothing in common - except for the fact that their lives are anything but normal. Mayhem ensues as the pair strive to cope with day-to-day life.
Stars: David Mitchell, Robert Webb, Matt King, Olivia Colman
Votes: 66,656
9.
Chernobyl (2019)
Episode:
Vichnaya Pamyat
(2019)
TV-MA | 72 min | Drama, History, Thriller
Valery, Boris and Ulana risk their lives and reputations to expose the truth about Chernobyl.
Director: Johan Renck | Stars: Douggie McMeekin, Jamie Sives, Michael Socha, Adam Nagaitis
Votes: 62,861
10.
Black Mirror (2011– )
Episode:
The National Anthem
(2011)
TV-MA | 44 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Prime Minister Michael Callow faces a shocking dilemma when Princess Susannah, a much-loved member of the Royal Family, is kidnapped.
Director: Otto Bathurst | Stars: Rory Kinnear, Lindsay Duncan, Donald Sumpter, Tom Goodman-Hill
Votes: 62,719
11.
Chernobyl (2019)
Episode:
1:23:45
(2019)
TV-MA | 58 min | Drama, History, Thriller
Plant workers and firefighters put their lives on the line to control a catastrophic April 1986 explosion at a Soviet nuclear power plant.
Director: Johan Renck | Stars: Jared Harris, Michael Shaeffer, Jessie Buckley, Adam Nagaitis
Votes: 55,363
12. Utopia (I) (2013–2014)
TV-MA | 50 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
After a group of people, who meet online, discover a bizarre graphic novel which seems to hold mysterious answers, they find themselves being tracked down by a merciless organization known merely as 'The Network'.
Stars: Adeel Akhtar, Paul Higgins, Neil Maskell, Fiona O'Shaughnessy
Votes: 51,189
13. Welcome to the Punch (2013)
R | 99 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
When a notorious criminal is forced to return to London, it gives a detective one last chance to take down the man he's always been after.
Director: Eran Creevy | Stars: James McAvoy, Mark Strong, Andrea Riseborough, Peter Mullan
Votes: 34,765 | Gross: $0.01M
14. Call the Midwife (2012– )
TV-PG | 60 min | Drama, History
Chronicles the lives of a group of midwives living in East London in the late 1950s to late 1960s.
Stars: Vanessa Redgrave, Laura Main, Jenny Agutter, Stephen McGann
Votes: 31,539
15. The Nevers (2021–2023)
TV-MA | 58 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy
An epic tale following a gang of Victorian women who find themselves with unusual abilities, relentless enemies, and a mission that might change the world.
Stars: Laura Donnelly, Ann Skelly, Olivia Williams, James Norton
Votes: 27,753
16. Terminal (I) (2018)
Not Rated | 95 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A film noir taking place in a train terminal at night. Add two male assassins, a female assassin, a waitress, a teacher, a janitor, and a crime boss. Add revenge. Who says mystery is a lost art?
Director: Vaughn Stein | Stars: Margot Robbie, Simon Pegg, Dexter Fletcher, Mike Myers
Votes: 25,393
17. Frontier (2016–2018)
TV-MA | 60 min | Adventure, Drama, History
Follows Declan Harp, a half-Irish/half Cree Native-Canadian outlaw who is campaigning to breach the Hudson's Bay Company's monopoly on the fur trade in Canada.
Stars: Jason Momoa, Landon Liboiron, Zoe Boyle, Greg Bryk
Votes: 24,183
18. Their Finest (2016)
R | 117 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A former secretary, newly appointed as a scriptwriter for propaganda films, joins the cast and crew of a major production while the Blitz rages around them.
Director: Lone Scherfig | Stars: Gemma Arterton, Sam Claflin, Bill Nighy, Richard E. Grant
Votes: 21,309 | Gross: $3.60M
19. Des (2020)
Not Rated | 48 min | Crime, Drama, History
In 1983, Scottish serial killer Dennis Nilsen was arrested after the discovery of human remains which had blocked a drain near his London home.
Stars: David Tennant, Daniel Mays, Jason Watkins, Ron Cook
Votes: 20,791
20. Foyle's War (2002–2015)
TV-14 | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
As WWII rages, DCS Foyle fights his own war on the home-front; investigating crime on the south coast of England. Later series, see the retired detective working as an MI5 agent in the aftermath of the war.
Stars: Michael Kitchen, Honeysuckle Weeks, Anthony Howell, Ellie Haddington
Votes: 18,294
21. Brexit (2019 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 98 min | Biography, Drama, History
Political strategist Dominic Cummings leads a popular but controversial campaign to convince British voters to leave the European Union from 2015 up until the present day.
Director: Toby Haynes | Stars: Benedict Cumberbatch, Sarah Belcher, Malcolm Freeman, Lucy Russell
Votes: 17,753
22. Primeval (2007–2011)
TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
When strange anomalies start to appear all over England, Professor Cutter and his team must track down and capture all sorts of dangerous prehistoric creatures from Earth's distant past and near future.
Stars: Andrew Lee Potts, Hannah Spearritt, Ben Miller, Juliet Aubrey
Votes: 15,449
23. Wild Bill (2011)
Not Rated | 98 min | Drama
A street-toughened parolee finds his two boys abandoned by their mum and fending for themselves. Time to step up, or not.
Director: Dexter Fletcher | Stars: Charlie Creed-Miles, Will Poulter, Sammy Williams, Iwan Rheon
Votes: 14,622
24. Erik the Viking (1989)
PG-13 | 107 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Erik the Viking and his men travel across the sea to find Valhalla to ask the gods to end the Age of Ragnarok.
Director: Terry Jones | Stars: Tim Robbins, John Cleese, Mickey Rooney, Eartha Kitt
Votes: 14,482 | Gross: $1.93M
25. Secret Diary of a Call Girl (2007–2011)
TV-MA | 30 min | Drama
Based on the popular diary of the anonymous sex worker known only as Belle de Jour.
Stars: Billie Piper, Iddo Goldberg, Cherie Lunghi, Ashley Madekwe
Votes: 14,276
26. Silent Witness (1996– )
TV-14 | 120 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A team of exceptional forensic pathologists and scientists investigate heinous crimes and use their skills to catch the people responsible.
Stars: Emilia Fox, David Caves, William Gaminara, Tom Ward
Votes: 12,745
27. The I Inside (2004)
R | 90 min | Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
An amnesiac discovers himself leaping through time between 2000 and 2002 as his past returns to him.
Director: Roland Suso Richter | Stars: Ryan Phillippe, Sarah Polley, Piper Perabo, Robert Sean Leonard
Votes: 11,389
28. 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: 11,087
29. Age of Heroes (2011)
Not Rated | 90 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
The true story of the formation of Ian Fleming's 30 Commando unit, a precursor for the elite forces in the U.K.
Director: Adrian Vitoria | Stars: Sean Bean, Danny Dyer, Aksel Hennie, Izabella Miko
Votes: 10,217
30. New Tricks (2003–2015)
TV-14 | 60 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Three retired police officers are drafted in to solve cold cases, with a touch of comedy and drama
Stars: Dennis Waterman, Amanda Redman, Alun Armstrong, James Bolam
Votes: 8,792
31. A Touch of Frost (1992–2010)
TV-MA | 105 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
DI Jack Frost is an unconventional policeman with sympathy for the underdog and an instinct for moral justice. Sloppy, disorganized, and disrespectful, he attracts trouble like a magnet.
Stars: David Jason, Bruce Alexander, John Lyons, Arthur White
Votes: 8,762
32. Pistol (2022)
TV-MA | Biography, Drama, Music
Based on the memoir of Steve Jones, the legendary Sex Pistols guitarist who helped usher in a punk revolution in Britain.
Stars: Toby Wallace, Anson Boon, Sydney Chandler, Jacob Slater
Votes: 8,563
33. Bull (2021)
R | 88 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller
Bull mysteriously returns home after a 10 year absence to seek revenge on those who double crossed him all those years ago.
Director: Paul Andrew Williams | Stars: David Nellist, Kevin Harvey, Mark Springer, Neil Maskell
Votes: 8,298
34. The Thin Blue Line (1995–1996)
30 min | Comedy, Crime
Various mishaps at a police station in an English town. The main character is the anachronistic, yet charming and funny Inspector Fowler. CID foil to Fowler, Inspector Grim is a bumbling, seething idiot.
Stars: Rowan Atkinson, Mina Anwar, James Dreyfus, Serena Evans
Votes: 7,956
35. Not Going Out (2006– )
TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy
The mishaps of slacker Lee and the love of his life, Lucy along with their friends & family.
Stars: Lee Mack, Sally Bretton, Katy Wix, Hugh Dennis
Votes: 7,914
36. Free Jimmy (2006)
Not Rated | 86 min | Animation, Comedy
Four stoners, five vegans, three mobsters, four hunters, and a million reasons to free one junkie elephant.
Director: Christopher Nielsen | Stars: Woody Harrelson, Simon Pegg, Phil Daniels, Jay Simpson
Votes: 6,946
37. The Sarah Jane Adventures (2007–2011)
TV-PG | 30 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Investigative journalist Sarah Jane Smith, with the help of her adopted son, his friends, and an intelligent supercomputer, combats evil alien forces here on Earth.
Stars: Elisabeth Sladen, Daniel Anthony, Alexander Armstrong, Tommy Knight
Votes: 6,753
38. The 101-Year-Old Man Who Skipped Out on the Bill and Disappeared (2016)
108 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
The 101 year old man Allan Karlsson goes through Europe in search for a Russian soda recipe he lost during the early 70s. Unfortunately, he is not the only one who is looking for it.
Directors: Felix Herngren, Felix Herngren Måns Herngren, Måns Herngren | Stars: Robert Gustafsson, Iwar Wiklander, David Wiberg, Shima Niavarani
Votes: 6,585
39. A Spy Among Friends (2022)
TV-MA | 55 min | Drama, Thriller
In England in 1963, Nicholas Elliott works for MI6 but is left in turmoil when he learns his close friend and colleague Kim Philby had been secretly working as a double agent for the KGB and has defected to the Soviet Union.
Stars: Guy Pearce, Damian Lewis, Anna Maxwell Martin, Adrian Edmondson
Votes: 6,235
40.
Small Axe (2020)
Episode:
Mangrove
(2020)
TV-MA | 127 min | Drama, History
Mangrove tells this true story of The Mangrove Nine, who clashed with London police in 1970. The trial that followed was the first judicial acknowledgment of behavior motivated by racial hatred within the Metropolitan Police.
Director: Steve McQueen | Stars: Gary Beadle, Darren Braithwaite, Richie Campbell, Ben Caplan
Votes: 5,894
41. Silk (2011–2014)
TV-14 | 1,056 min | Drama
Drama series about life at the Bar, the dilemmas and problems that modern day barristers have to face, and what it means to become a silk.
Stars: Maxine Peake, Rupert Penry-Jones, Neil Stuke, Theo Barklem-Biggs
Votes: 5,583
42. Small Axe (2020)
TV-MA | 81 min | Drama, History
Small Axe is based on the real-life experiences of London's West Indian community between 1969 and 1982.
Stars: Naomi Ackie, Gary Beadle, Khali Best, Neal Barry
Votes: 5,214
43. Law & Order: UK (2009–2014)
TV-14 | 46 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
UK version of the long-running U.S. TV drama that tells the stories of two separate yet equally important groups: the police, who investigate crime; and the attorneys, who prosecute the offenders.
Stars: Bradley Walsh, Robert Glenister, Harriet Walter, Freema Agyeman
Votes: 4,855
44. Him & Her (2010–2013)
28 min | Comedy
An acutely observed, forensically honest, warts-and-all look at a working-class couple in their mid-20s.
Stars: Russell Tovey, Sarah Solemani, Joe Wilkinson, Kerry Howard
Votes: 4,791
45. Hotel Babylon (2006–2009)
TV-MA | 60 min | Comedy, Drama
At a posh urban hotel, the love lives and whims of its wealthy guests are attended to by hard-working staff who have their own troubles with love.
Stars: Dexter Fletcher, Martin Marquez, Michael Obiora, Raymond Coulthard
Votes: 4,684
46. The Bill (1984–2010)
TV-14 | Crime, Drama
Police drama series following officers and detectives from Sun Hill Police Station in East London.
Stars: Graham Cole, Jeff Stewart, Trudie Goodwin, Simon Rouse
Votes: 4,110
47. Temple (2019–2021)
TV-MA | 665 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
UK version of the Norwegian show about a surgeon who is determined to save his dying wife to the point of agreeing to treat criminals and others for cash in his highly illegal secret underground clinic.
Stars: Mark Strong, Carice van Houten, Daniel Mays, Catherine McCormack
Votes: 4,081
48. Heartbeat (1992–2010)
TV-PG | 50 min | Drama, Comedy, Crime
The 1960s lives and adventures of the police constabulary, medical staff, and residents of Ashfordly and Aidensfield.
Stars: William Simons, Derek Fowlds, Tricia Penrose, Mark Jordon
Votes: 4,077
49. MotherFatherSon (2019)
TV-MA | 57 min | Drama, Thriller
A fractured family at the heart of politics and power is pulled together under catastrophic circumstances.
Stars: Richard Gere, Billy Howle, Helen McCrory, Paul Ready
Votes: 4,051
50. Casualty (1986– )
TV-PG | 50 min | Drama
The everyday lives of the people frequenting the frenetic Accident and Emergency department of Holby City Hospital.
Stars: Derek Thompson, Tony Marshall, Suzanne Packer, Ian Bleasdale
Votes: 3,694