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1. A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
R | 108 min | Comedy, Crime
In London, four very different people team up on a jewel heist, then try to double-cross one another for the loot, complicated by their efforts to fool a very proper barrister.
Directors: Charles Crichton, John Cleese | Stars: John Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline, Michael Palin
Votes: 153,971 | Gross: $63.49M
2. Maurice (1987)
R | 140 min | Drama, Romance
Two English school chums find themselves falling in love at Cambridge. To regain his place in society, Clive gives up Maurice and marries. While staying with Clive and his wife, Maurice discovers romance in the arms of the gamekeeper Alec.
Director: James Ivory | Stars: James Wilby, Rupert Graves, Hugh Grant, Denholm Elliott
Votes: 23,596 | Gross: $3.13M
3. Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman (2005)
R | 95 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
The life and times of Albert Pierrepoint - Britain's most prolific hangman.
Director: Adrian Shergold | Stars: Timothy Spall, Juliet Stevenson, Eddie Marsan, Simon Armstrong
Votes: 5,692 | Gross: $0.02M
4. Monty Python's and Now for Something Completely Different (1971)
PG | 88 min | Comedy
An anthology of the best sketches from the first and second seasons of Monty Python's Flying Circus (1969).
Director: Ian MacNaughton | Stars: John Cleese, Michael Palin, Graham Chapman, Terry Gilliam
Votes: 31,511
5. Eye Witness (1950)
Not Rated | 94 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
In 1949, when his former British war buddy is charged with murder, American lawyer Adam Hayward goes to England to see if he can help.
Director: Robert Montgomery | Stars: Ruth Lee, Robert Montgomery, Hal Osmond, Wylie Watson
Votes: 371
6. The Power of Nightmares (2004)
60 min | Documentary, History
A series of three documentaries about the use of fear for political gain.
Stars: Gilles Kepel, William Kristol, Melvin Goodman, Richard Perle
Votes: 4,545
7. Murder Maps (2015– )
Crime, History
This drama-documentary series takes us back in time to the some of the most shocking and surprising murder cases in history.
Stars: Nicholas Day, Alan Moss, Donald Rumbelow, Judith Rowbotham
Votes: 624
8. The Ruth Ellis Files: A Very British Crime Story (2018)
60 min | Documentary, Crime, Drama
In 1955 Ruth Ellis was the last woman hanged in Britain for the murder of her lover. In this investigative three-part series film-maker Gillian Pachter re-examines the case.
Stars: Gillian Pachter, Scooter Crick, Emma Miranda Moore, David Emmings
Votes: 57
9. Ruth Ellis: A Life for a Life (1999 TV Movie)
60 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime
Documentary on Ruth Ellis, a Welsh-born model and actress, who was the last woman to be hanged in the United Kingdom. She went to the gallows of London's Holloway prison on July 13, 1955, ... See full summary »
Stars: Kirsty Wark, Fiona Ormiston, John Light, Peter Forbes
10. Paedophiles in Parliament (2018)
96 min | Documentary
Explores the history of paedophile allegations in British Politics and the issue of child rapers in power is an epidemic.
Director: Sonia Poulton | Stars: Sonia Poulton, Andrea Davison, Chris Fay, Lowell Goddard
Votes: 16
11. Ruth (IX)
Biography, Crime, History | Announced
"Ruth" is a noir musical about the heart breaking story of Ruth Ellis, who murdered her tempestuous lover David Blakey and became the last woman in England to ever be hanged.
Director: Andrew Morahan
12. The Death Penalty (1961 TV Movie)
60 min | Documentary
Stars: Gerald Gardiner, John Heenan, Ludovic Kennedy, Thomas Moore
13.
A Timewatch Guide (2015– )
Episode:
Crime and Punishment
(2016)
Documentary, History
Gabriel Weston explores BBC film archive to show how both the public views and the laws on divisive subjects like the death penalty or homosexuality had evolved during the course of the 20th and the 21st century.
Director: Andy Webb | Stars: Gabriel Weston, Gemma Birkett, Marianne Colbran, Jeremy Corbyn
14.
Murder Maps (2015– )
Episode:
Ruth Ellis
(2017)
Crime, History
In 1955, London nightclub manager Ruth Ellis confesses to the murder of her abusive lover, then becomes the last woman to be executed in Britain.
Director: Daniel Kontur | Stars: Nicholas Day, Sophia Del Pizzo, Jessica Dennis, Kiki Kendrick
Votes: 54