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1. 'Allo 'Allo! (1982–1992)

45 min | Comedy, History, War

In France during World War II, René Artois runs a small café where Resistance fighters, Gestapo men, German Army officers and escaped Allied POWs interact daily, ignorant of one another's true identity or presence, exasperating René.

Stars: Gorden Kaye, Carmen Silvera, Vicki Michelle, Richard Marner

Votes: 27,028

2. Flash Gordon (1936)

Passed | 245 min | Action, Adventure, Family

Flash Gordon, Dale Arden and Dr. Alexis Zarkov visit the planet Mongo to thwart the evil schemes of Emperor Ming the Merciless, who has set his planet on a collision course with Earth.

Directors: Frederick Stephani, Ray Taylor | Stars: Buster Crabbe, Jean Rogers, Charles Middleton, Priscilla Lawson

Votes: 2,658

3. You Rang, M'Lord? (1988–1993)

50 min | Comedy

Adventures and misadventures of Lord Meldrum, his family and their servants in the 1920s.

Stars: Paul Shane, Jeffrey Holland, Su Pollard, Donald Hewlett

Votes: 3,603

4. The Singing Detective (1986)

70 min | Drama, Musical, Mystery

Tormented and bedridden by a debilitating disease, a mystery writer relives his detective stories through his imagination and hallucinations.

Stars: Michael Gambon, Patrick Malahide, Joanne Whalley, David Ryall

Votes: 4,804

5. Batman (1943)

Approved | 260 min | Action, Crime, Family

The very first serial to adapt the comic book character of the Batman. In it, the Batman is a secret U.S. government agent, attempting to defeat the schemes of Japanese agent Dr. Daka operating in Los Angeles at the height of World War II.

Director: Lambert Hillyer | Stars: Lewis Wilson, Douglas Croft, J. Carrol Naish, Shirley Patterson

Votes: 2,471

6. The Bullwinkle Show (1959–1963)

TV-G | 30 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Rocky, a plucky flying squirrel and Bullwinkle, a bumbling but lovable moose, have a series of ongoing adventures.

Stars: Bill Scott, June Foray, Paul Frees, Edward Everett Horton

Votes: 4,582

7. Algea: God of Pain (2023)

Horror

There comes a time when you will have to face your inner demons, and Algea is no exception. We will take you through the minds of different characters battling their demons within. A gateway to the underworld will unlock more than secrets.

Director: Jd Allen | Stars: Jason K. Wixom, Musa Aden, Layla Ajeel, Hani Ali

Votes: 181

8. Black Ops (2023– )

Comedy, Thriller

Follows the story of Dom and Kay, who join the Met Police in the hope of cleaning up their community but are unwittingly thrust into the murky world of deep cover infiltration as they become part of a powerful criminal enterprise.

Stars: Felicity Montagu, Hammed Animashaun, Gbemisola Ikumelo, Akemnji Ndifornyen

Votes: 681

9. Batman and Robin (1949)

Approved | 263 min | Action, Adventure, Family

Second serial featuring the comic book character Batman. In it, Batman, together with his sidekick Robin, face off against the Wizard, a hooded villain with an electronic device that remotely controls vehicles.

Director: Spencer Gordon Bennet | Stars: Robert Lowery, Johnny Duncan, Jane Adams, Lyle Talbot

Votes: 2,105

10. Funland (2005)

60 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery

Carter Krantz arrives in Blackpool to investigate who killed his mother. He gets a job in the local strip club. He soon realizes that the town has many dark secrets and that the killer may even be his boss - the club's owner.

Stars: Daniel Mays, Ian Puleston-Davies, Sarah Smart, Kris Marshall

Votes: 641

11. Quatermass and the Pit (1958–1959)

30 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Horror

A team of scientists search for the origin and purpose of a mysterious capsule found on a building site.

Stars: André Morell, Cec Linder, Anthony Bushell, John Stratton

Votes: 1,203

12. Superman (1948)

Approved | 244 min | Sci-Fi

Superman comes to Earth as a child and grows up to be his home's first superhero with his first major challenge being to oppose The Spider Lady.

Directors: Spencer Gordon Bennet, Thomas Carr | Stars: Kirk Alyn, Noel Neill, Tommy Bond, Carol Forman

Votes: 1,217

13. Adventures of Captain Marvel (1941)

Passed | 216 min | Action, Adventure, Family

To protect a magic talisman from being used for evil, a teenage boy named Billy Batson is given the power to become an adult superhero, Captain Marvel, with a single magic word: "Shazam!"

Directors: John English, William Witney | Stars: Tom Tyler, Frank Coghlan Jr., William 'Billy' Benedict, Louise Currie

Votes: 1,522

14. The Green Hornet (1940)

Approved | 258 min | Adventure, Crime, Family

A newspaper publisher and his Korean servant fight crime as vigilantes who pose as a notorious masked gangster and his aide.

Directors: Ford Beebe, Ray Taylor | Stars: Gordon Jones, Wade Boteler, Keye Luke, Anne Nagel

Votes: 712

15. Captain America (1944)

Passed | 244 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Superhero Captain America battles the evil forces of the archvillain called The Scarab, who poisons his enemies and steals a secret device capable of destroying buildings by sound vibrations.

Directors: Elmer Clifton, John English | Stars: Dick Purcell, Lorna Gray, Lionel Atwill, Charles Trowbridge

Votes: 1,102

16. Ogo Bodhu Sundari (2009–2011)

Romance

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Stars: Rajdeep Gupta, Tulika Basu, Ritabhari Chakraborty, Shankar Chakraborty

Votes: 108

17. Buck Rogers (1939)

Approved | 237 min | Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi

A 20th Century pilot named Buck Rogers and his young friend Buddy Wade awake from 500 years in suspended animation to find that the world has been taken over by the outlaw army of Killer Kane.

Directors: Ford Beebe, Saul A. Goodkind | Stars: Buster Crabbe, Constance Moore, Jackie Moran, Jack Mulhall

Votes: 996

18. Whoops Apocalypse (1982)

138 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi

During an election week, the U.S. president deals with the Russians, a deposed Shah and a stolen quark bomb while a terrorist plots an attack.

Stars: Barry Morse, John Barron, Ed Bishop, Bruce Montague

Votes: 332

19. Les vampires (1915)

Not Rated | 421 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

An intrepid reporter and his loyal friend battle a bizarre secret society of criminals known as The Vampires.

Director: Louis Feuillade | Stars: Musidora, Édouard Mathé, Marcel Lévesque, Jean Aymé

Votes: 5,426

20. Flash Gordon

Animation, Action, Adventure | Announced

American football player Flash Gordon and his beautiful girlfriend Dale Arden become unwilling passengers on-board Dr. Hans Zarkov's rocketship, where they arrive on the planet Mongo, ruled by the evil Emperor Ming the Merciless.

21. Jungle Girl (1941)

Passed | 267 min | Adventure, Family

Dr. Meredith has been driven from civilization by the criminal activities of his twin brother Bradley. With his infant daughter, he settles in the African jungle. But the Masamba tribes possess vast diamond mines coveted by crooks.

Directors: John English, William Witney | Stars: Frances Gifford, Tom Neal, Trevor Bardette, Gerald Mohr

Votes: 231

22. The Phantom Empire (1935)

Approved | 245 min | Drama, Family, Romance

When the ancient continent of Mu sank beneath the ocean, some of its inhabitant survived in caverns beneath the sea. Cowboy singer Gene Autry stumbles upon the civilization, now buried ... See full summary »

Directors: Otto Brower, B. Reeves Eason | Stars: Gene Autry, Frankie Darro, Betsy King Ross, Dorothy Christy

Votes: 539

23. Atom Man vs. Superman (1950)

Approved | 252 min | Family, Sci-Fi

Superman battles Lex Luthor who is using a teleportation device and a new identity as Atom Man in his criminal plans.

Director: Spencer Gordon Bennet | Stars: Kirk Alyn, Noel Neill, Lyle Talbot, Tommy Bond

Votes: 830

24. King of the Rocket Men (1949)

Passed | 167 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

Jeff King in his experimental rocket suit battles the evil Dr. Vulcan.

Director: Fred C. Brannon | Stars: Tristram Coffin, Mae Clarke, Don Haggerty, House Peters Jr.

Votes: 965

25. The Perils of Pauline (1947)

Passed | 96 min | Drama, Romance

The real life story of actress Pearl White during her rise to fame in silent serials.

Director: George Marshall | Stars: Betty Hutton, John Lund, Billy De Wolfe, William Demarest

Votes: 1,251

26. The Mark of a Killer (2019– )

Documentary, Crime

The macabre rituals of serial killers are examined.

Stars: Joni E. Johnston, Mark E. Safarik, Larry Lemanski, Mary Ellen O'Toole

Votes: 170

27. The Iron Claw (1941)

Approved | 289 min | Crime

Miserly old Anton Benson once recovered a treasure in gold from a sunken Spanish galleon, and in his greed murdered anyone who got in his way of keeping it. Now his family is gathered at ... See full summary »

Director: James W. Horne | Stars: Charles Quigley, Joyce Bryant, Forrest Taylor, Walter Sande

Votes: 65

28. Brenda Starr, Reporter (1945)

Approved | 243 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

Chapter 1 finds Daily Flash newspaper reporter Brenda Starr (Joan Woodbury), and her photographer, Chuck Allen (Syd Saylor), assigned to cover a fire in an old house where they discover the... See full summary »

Director: Wallace Fox | Stars: Joan Woodbury, Kane Richmond, Ernie Adams, William 'Billy' Benedict

Votes: 91

29. Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars (1938)

Approved | 299 min | Action, Adventure, Family

When a deadly Nitron ray strikes Earth, Flash Gordon and his friends travel to Mars to battle Ming the Merciless and his new ally Queen Azura.

Directors: Ford Beebe, Robert F. Hill, Frederick Stephani | Stars: Buster Crabbe, Jean Rogers, Charles Middleton, Frank Shannon

Votes: 1,051

30. Dick Tracy (1937)

Approved | 70 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

A master criminal called The Spider puts the famous detective's brother under a hypnotic spell and turns him against Dick.

Directors: Alan James, Ray Taylor | Stars: Ralph Byrd, Kay Hughes, Smiley Burnette, Lee Van Atta

Votes: 652

31. Kumanthong (2019)

100 min | Horror, Thriller

The story about Vietnam's first serial killer.

Directors: Le Binh Giang, Phan Gia Nhat Linh, Huu-Tuan Nguyen, Ham Tran, Le Binh Giang | Stars: Hoang Yen Chibi, Thanh Hien, Le Huynh, Nsut Le Thien

Votes: 225

32. The Secret Code (1942)

Approved | 275 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A police detective goes undercover and joins a gang of Nazi agents using explosive gases and artificial lightning to sabotage the war effort, whom he battles in disguise as The Black Commando.

Director: Spencer Gordon Bennet | Stars: Paul Kelly, Anne Nagel, Trevor Bardette, Rudolph Anders

Votes: 74

33. Rahasya Romancha Series (2019– )

Thriller

Kalo Nekre appoints a private investigator - Mora to find Amrita. But Trilok Chakra Samiti is throwing sinister challenges. Can they crack this mysterious puzzle?

Stars: Rudranil Ghosh, Saayoni Ghosh, Kanchan Mullick, Sourav Saha

Votes: 591

34. Read All About It! (1979– )

15 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy

A group of kids investigate and oppose an extra-terrestrial conspiracy against their town as a community newspaper staff.

Stars: Lydia Zajc, David Collard, Stacey Arnold, Angela Fusco

Votes: 164

35. Bizarre Murders (2018– )

Crime

Bizarre Murders reveals a true and surprisingly strange crime story. These are not serial murderers evading the FBI, but Fargo-like capers with shocking twists and unusual characters.

Stars: Steve Moore, Mark La Pointe, Aaron Befus, Simon Fothergill

Votes: 197

36. Les Misérables (1934)

Not Rated | 281 min | Drama

The lives of numerous people over the course of 20 years in 19th century France, weaved together by the story of an ex-convict named Jean Valjean on the run from an obsessive police inspector, who pursues him for only a minor offense.

Director: Raymond Bernard | Stars: Harry Baur, Charles Vanel, Paul Azaïs, Max Dearly

Votes: 1,968

37. Adventures of Red Ryder (1940)

Approved | 205 min | Western

Chapter One MURDER ON THE SANTA FE TRAIL - Mesquite banker Calvin Drake (Harry Worth) plans to profit from the Santa Fe Railroad's acquisition of right-of-way by gaining control of the land... See full summary »

Directors: John English, William Witney | Stars: Don 'Red' Barry, Noah Beery, Tommy Cook, Maude Allen

Votes: 161

38. The Phantom Creeps (1939)

Approved | 265 min | Action, Family, Horror

A military intelligence officer and a pretty reporter try to find a scientist whose inventions can destroy the world.

Directors: Ford Beebe, Saul A. Goodkind | Stars: Bela Lugosi, Robert Kent, Dorothy Arnold, Edwin Stanley

Votes: 1,116

39. Zorro's Fighting Legion (1939)

Passed | 114 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

The masked hero leads a fighting force to fight a villian who plots the conquest of The Republic of Mexico.

Directors: John English, William Witney | Stars: Reed Hadley, Sheila Darcy, William Corson, Leander De Cordova

Votes: 463

40. The Phantom of the Air (1933)

Passed | 240 min | Action, Adventure

After inventing an anti-gravity device, scientist Thomas Edmonds and his daughter Mary attend the National Air Races in Cleveland, Ohio in search of a pilot to demonstrate the device and Bob Raymond, from the U.S. Border Patrol, is chosen.

Director: Ray Taylor | Stars: Tom Tyler, Gloria Shea, LeRoy Mason, William Desmond

Votes: 78

41. Shadow of Chinatown (I) (1936)

Passed | 281 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

A madman sets out to destroy a group of Chinatown merchants.

Director: Robert F. Hill | Stars: Bela Lugosi, Bruce Bennett, Joan Barclay, Luana Walters

Votes: 295

42. Terry and the Pirates (1940)

Passed | 300 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Dr. Herbert Lee (John Paul Jones), an archaeologist seeking to decipher ancient Mara inscriptions, is aided by his son, Terry (William Tracy), and Terry's pal, Pat Ryan (Jeff York), and ... See full summary »

Director: James W. Horne | Stars: William Tracy, Jeff York, Joyce Bryant, Allen Jung

Votes: 167

43. The Hurricane Express (1932)

Passed | 227 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

When his father is killed in a train wreck, Larry Baker vows to unmask a mysterious criminal called "The Wrecker," who has targeted the L&M Railroad for deadly" accidents."

Directors: J.P. McGowan, Armand Schaefer | Stars: John Wayne, Shirley Grey, Conway Tearle, Tully Marshall

Votes: 683

44. Undersea Kingdom (1936)

Approved | 226 min | Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi

Crash Corrigan, a recent graduate of Annapolis, and Diana, a go-getting reporter, join Professor Norton for a search for the source of a string of earthquakes, Atlantis. They ride Prof. ... See full summary »

Directors: B. Reeves Eason, Joseph Kane | Stars: Ray Corrigan, Lois Wilde, Monte Blue, William Farnum

Votes: 634

45. Zorro's Black Whip (1944)

Approved | 211 min | Western

Hammond, a leading citizen who owns the town's stagecoach line, is opposed to Idaho becoming a state, and kills Randolph Meredith, owner of the town's newspaper, for endorsing it. ... See full summary »

Directors: Spencer Gordon Bennet, Wallace Grissell | Stars: George J. Lewis, Linda Stirling, Lucien Littlefield, Francis McDonald

Votes: 280

46. Mysterious Island (1951)

Approved | 252 min | Action, Family, Sci-Fi

Union prisoners use a balloon to escape a Southern prison camp near the end of the Civil War and end up marooned on a mysterious volcanic island with very unusual inhabitants.

Director: Spencer Gordon Bennet | Stars: Richard Crane, Marshall Reed, Karen Randle, Ralph Hodges

Votes: 234

47. The Lone Ranger (1938)

Approved | 264 min | Western

Heroic's of Lone Ranger & Tonto, matter!

Directors: John English, William Witney | Stars: Silver Chief, Chief Thundercloud, Lynne Roberts, Stanley Andrews

Votes: 246

48. The Shadow (1940)

Passed | 285 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

The Shadow battles a villain known as The Black Tiger, who has the power to make himself invisible and is trying to take over the world with his death ray.

Director: James W. Horne | Stars: Victor Jory, Veda Ann Borg, Roger Moore, Robert Fiske

Votes: 376

49. The Green Hornet Strikes Again! (1940)

Approved | 293 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

A wealthy publisher uses a disguise and calls himself the Green Hornet to fight crime in his city.

Directors: Ford Beebe, John Rawlins | Stars: Warren Hull, Wade Boteler, Anne Nagel, Keye Luke

Votes: 426

50. Secret Agent X-9 (1945)

Approved | 246 min | Action, Adventure

American, Chinese and Australian agents join forces to stop the Nazis from obtaining the formula for synthetic fuel.

Directors: Lewis D. Collins, Ray Taylor | Stars: Lloyd Bridges, Keye Luke, Jan Wiley, Victoria Horne

Votes: 150