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1. The Mummy (2017)
PG-13 | 110 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
An ancient Egyptian princess is awakened from her crypt beneath the desert, bringing with her malevolence grown over millennia and terrors that defy human comprehension.
Director: Alex Kurtzman | Stars: Tom Cruise, Sofia Boutella, Annabelle Wallis, Russell Crowe
Votes: 206,392 | Gross: $80.10M
2. Once Upon a Time in Wonderland (2013–2014)
TV-PG | 42 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
In Victorian England, the young and beautiful Alice tells a tale of a strange new land that exists on the other side of a rabbit hole.
Stars: Sophie Lowe, Michael Socha, Peter Gadiot, Emma Rigby
Votes: 12,969
3. Jake Speed (1986)
PG | 105 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
In a world where, unbeknownst to the public, all famous pulp fiction heroes are real, one of them, Jake Speed, agrees to help desperate Margaret Winston save her sister from sadistic white slaver Sid, who's operating in Africa.
Director: Andrew Lane | Stars: Wayne Crawford, Dennis Christopher, Karen Kopins, John Hurt
Votes: 1,116 | Gross: $1.94M
4. The Lost Moment (1947)
Not Rated | 89 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Romance
A publisher insinuates himself into the mouldering mansion of the centenarian lover of a renowned but long-dead poet to find his lost love letters.
Director: Martin Gabel | Stars: Robert Cummings, Susan Hayward, Agnes Moorehead, Joan Lorring
Votes: 1,334
5. Slayground (1983)
R | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Thieves run over a child while escaping after a robbery. A deadly hitman who likes to taunt his targets is hired to track them down. Stone moves to England, but the assassin follows. Loosely based on Donald Westlake's cult crime novel.
Director: Terry Bedford | Stars: Peter Coyote, Mel Smith, Billie Whitelaw, Philip Sayer
Votes: 479 | Gross: $0.15M
7. Maigret (1988 TV Movie)
PG | 94 min | Drama, Thriller
Jules Maigret, a meticulous Parisian police detective, is a famous literary character. In this film adaptation of his stories, he's trying to solve a murder of a friend, a P.I. who was looking into an industrialist and his family.
Director: Paul Lynch | Stars: Richard Harris, Patrick O'Neal, Victoria Tennant, Ian Ogilvy
Votes: 84
8. Book Revue (1946)
Approved | 7 min | Family, Animation, Short
As the literary characters come to life in a bookstore at night, Daffy Duck sings and dances before being chased by the Big Bad Wolf.
Director: Robert Clampett | Stars: Mel Blanc, Bea Benaderet, Sara Berner, Richard Bickenbach
Votes: 1,538
9. Walter Melon (1997–1999)
TV-Y | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Hero for hire, Walter Melon, is the one to call when heroes from movies, TV, literature or mythology need someone to replace them in their stories. Likewise, Melon's archenemy, Sneero, gets to play most of the villains.
Stars: Richard Bell, Michael McConnohie, Francine Elcar, Jeremiah Nagle
Votes: 490
10. Little Boy Blue (I) (1936)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
The Big Bad Wolf stalks Little Bo Peep and steals one of her sheep. She enlists Little Boy Blue and a dancing scarecrow to assist her and her mischievous black sheep in rescuing it. Singing, dancing, hilarity and impalement ensue.
Director: Ub Iwerks | Stars: Sara Berner, Billy Bletcher, Jack Mercer
Votes: 174
11. Code Name: S.T.E.A.M. (2015 Video Game)
T | Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
A Nintendo 3DS game that combines turn-based strategy game and third person shooter. A comic book steampunk version of London gets attacked by an alien force. President Abraham Lincoln leads historic and literary characters against them.
Directors: Paul Patrashcu, Yoshihisa Isa | Stars: Wil Wheaton, Adam Baldwin, Michael Dorn, Fred Tatasciore
Votes: 34
12. Sniffles and the Bookworm (1939)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Family, Short
Literary characters come to life late at night in a bookshop, serenading Sniffles the mouse with swing music until the Frankenstein monster intrudes.
Director: Chuck Jones | Stars: Johnnie Davis, Bill Days, Mel Blanc, Margaret Hill-Talbot
Votes: 294
13. The Blubburbs (2018)
10 min | Comedy
The adventures of the town inside the belly of a whale.
Stars: Brock Baker, Zoran Gvojic, Nicole Hodges, Kelsey Gunn
Votes: 36
14. One for the Book (1940)
Approved | 18 min | Short, Comedy, Fantasy
On a desktop with many books, familiar characters in literature (such as Captain Kidd, Huckleberry Finn, Robinson Crusoe, and Rip Van Winkle) come out of their books after dark. When the ... See full summary »
Director: Roy Mack | Stars: Betty Hutton, Hal Sherman, Miriam Grahame, Beaus & Belles
Votes: 142
15. Babes in Toyland (1954 TV Special)
90 min | Musical
A special, live, television adaptation of Victor Herbert's operetta.
Director: Max Liebman | Stars: Rod Alexander, The Baird Puppets, Bil Baird, Cora Baird
Votes: 34
16. Unheard Cries of Mercy (2003)
Unrated | 13 min | Drama, Short
A young woman faces the recurring horror of a past rape experience when she must write an English paper about the sexual abuse of a literary character.
Director: Carl Obremski | Stars: Cayce Arnett, Adam Cashler, Pam Grohman, Abbie Knigga
17. The Novel Image (1995 TV Special)
60 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Director: Paul Joyce | Star: William Boyd
18.
Frasier (1993–2004)
Episode:
Halloween
(1997)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy
At Niles' costume party for the Library Association, surrounded by guests dressed as literary characters, Roz confesses to Frasier that she thinks she's pregnant.
Director: Pamela Fryman | Stars: Kelsey Grammer, Jane Leeves, David Hyde Pierce, Peri Gilpin
Votes: 1,364
19.
Timeshift (2002–2017)
Episode:
A Study in Sherlock
(2005)
40 min | Documentary
The history of Sherlock Holmes.
Director: Geoff Dunlop | Stars: Michael Maloney, Minette Walters, Kim Newman, Allan Cubitt
Votes: 7
20.
Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? (2019–2021)
Episode:
Elementary, My Dear Shaggy!
(2019)
TV-PG | 22 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
The Mystery Inc gang teams up with the legendary literary detective Sherlock Holmes, who may or may not be just a delusional impersonator, to solve the case of The Screaming Skulls of London.
Director: Mike Milo | Stars: Frank Welker, Grey Griffin, Matthew Lillard, Kate Micucci
Votes: 171
21.
Head Hunters (2019– )
Episode:
Episode #1.13
(2019)
44 min | Game-Show
Today's players answer questions on subjects including - historical figures, motor racing, artworks, noughties music, writers, human body and film stars.
Director: Chris Power | Star: Rob Beckett
22.
Head Hunters (2019– )
Episode:
Episode #1.14
(2019)
44 min | Game-Show
Today facilities manager Victoria, actor and business events manager Callum and customer advisor Dubem tackle questions on tourist attractions, 70s music, war films and American sport.
Director: Chris Power | Star: Rob Beckett
23.
Head Hunters (2019– )
Episode:
Episode #1.16
(2019)
44 min | Game-Show
Question categories facing today's contestants include - cricket, chart music, international cuisine, human anatomy, fashion, technology and royalty.
Director: Chris Power | Star: Rob Beckett
24.
Head Hunters (2019– )
Episode:
Episode #1.21
(2019)
44 min | Game-Show
Today's players face questions from the categories - children's books, drinks, American politics, human body, tennis, 70s music, mythology, war films and UK geography.
Director: Chris Power | Star: Rob Beckett
25.
Head Hunters (2019– )
Episode:
Episode #1.30
(2019)
44 min | Game-Show
Literary characters, 21st-century music, nature, sport, U.S. politics, musicals, UK geography, celebrities and fruit and vegetables are the question categories facing the contestants as the first series of the game show concludes.
Director: Chris Power | Star: Rob Beckett
26.
Impossible (2017–2021)
Episode:
Episode #8.10
(2021)
44 min | Game-Show
The eight remaining players have one final opportunity to win the ten thousand pound prize - but only if they can avoid giving the impossible answers.
Director: Richard van't Riet | Star: Rick Edwards
27.
Once Upon a Time (2011–2018)
Episode:
Rocky Road
(2014)
TV-PG | 44 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Romance
When an icy spell is cast on Marian, the residents of Storybrooke place the blame on Elsa, unaware the mysterious woman who runs the town's ice cream parlor has the same powers as Elsa and is trying to frame her.
Director: Morgan Beggs | Stars: Ginnifer Goodwin, Jennifer Morrison, Lana Parrilla, Josh Dallas
Votes: 1,594