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1. Doctor Finlay (1993–1996)
TV-14 | 60 min | Drama
Following his service in World War II, Dr. Finlay returns to the practice at Arden House, at a time when the National Health Service is about to be instituted.
Stars: David Rintoul, Annette Crosbie, Ian Bannen, Gordon Reid
Votes: 542
2. Climax! (1954–1958)
Unrated | 60 min | Drama
This was an anthology series that presented a different story and different set of characters on each episode. It ran from 1954 to 1958 and featured Casino Royale of James Bond fame, which led to two theatrical movies of the same name.
Stars: William Lundigan, Art Gilmore, Mary Costa, Michael Rennie
Votes: 261
3. The Keys of the Kingdom (1944)
Passed | 137 min | Drama, War
A young priest is sent to China to establish a Catholic parish.
Director: John M. Stahl | Stars: Gregory Peck, Thomas Mitchell, Vincent Price, Rose Stradner
Votes: 3,103
4. The DuPont Show of the Month (1957–1961)
90 min | Comedy, Drama, History
The award winning bing play of Mary Chase came to television in 1958. It tells the story of Elwood P. Dowd (Art Carney), a personable chap who drinks a little, and befriends a "pookah", a ... See full summary »
Stars: Tim O'Connor, James Valentine, Hurd Hatfield, John Colicos
Votes: 105
5. Robert Montgomery Presents (1950–1957)
60 min | Drama
Actor, Producer, and Director Robert Montgomery introduced each telecast, sometimes interviewing one of the stars, and sometimes appearing in the play.
Stars: Robert Montgomery, John Newland, Vaughn Taylor, Elizabeth Montgomery
Votes: 136
6. Dr. Finlay's Casebook (1962–1971)
50 min | Drama
Dr. Finlay is a member of a medical practice in the Scottish town of Tannochbrae during the late 1920s.
Stars: Bill Simpson, Andrew Cruickshank, Barbara Mullen, Eric Woodburn
Votes: 142
7. The Citadel (1938)
Passed | 110 min | Drama
An enthusiastic young doctor happily embarks on his career, but it isn't long before he finds out what being a doctor really entails.
Director: King Vidor | Stars: Robert Donat, Rosalind Russell, Ralph Richardson, Rex Harrison
Votes: 2,382
8. The Stars Look Down (1940)
Approved | 110 min | Drama
In a small coal-mining village, Bob Fenwick leads a strike over safety standards at the local colliery. Meanwhile, his son David goes off to university with the hope one day to return to help the miners with their working conditions.
Director: Carol Reed | Stars: Michael Redgrave, Margaret Lockwood, Edward Rigby, Emlyn Williams
Votes: 1,182
9. Tere Mere Sapne (1971)
175 min | Drama, Romance
Dr. Anand Kumar attains his degree in medicine and re-locates to a small village to assist the local doctors there. Upon arrival, he is met by the ailing Dr. Prasad and his wife, and hired ... See full summary »
Director: Vijay Anand | Stars: Dev Anand, Mumtaz Askari, Mahesh Kaul, Vijay Anand
Votes: 277
10. The Citadel (1983)
500 min | Drama
A young idealistic doctor, Andrew Mason, tries to improve the abysmal health conditions in a small Welsh mining town in the 1930s, but his ambitions sidetrack him.
Stars: Ben Cross, Clare Higgins, Gareth Thomas, John Welsh
Votes: 238
11. The Spanish Gardener (1956)
Not Rated | 91 min | Drama
Rather undiplomatic British diplomat Harrington Brande (Sir Michael Hordern) takes up his new post in Spain accompanied by his son Nicholas (Jon Whiteley). The posting is something of a ... See full summary »
Director: Philip Leacock | Stars: Dirk Bogarde, Jon Whiteley, Michael Hordern, Cyril Cusack
Votes: 1,033
12. The Green Years (1946)
Passed | 127 min | Drama
An orphaned young boy is guided by his great-grandfather and strives to go to university to become a doctor. However, the boy's harsh grandfather stands in his way.
Director: Victor Saville | Stars: Charles Coburn, Tom Drake, Beverly Tyler, Hume Cronyn
Votes: 1,080
13. Kala Pani (1958)
164 min | Crime, Musical, Romance
Based on A.J.Cronin's 'Beyond This Place', this movie narrates the story of an untiring crusade for justice. A young man, learning about his father's wrongful implication in a ... See full summary »
Director: Raj Khosla | Stars: Dev Anand, Madhubala, Nalini Jaywant, Agha
Votes: 357
14. ITV Television Playhouse (1955–1967)
60 min | Drama
Richard O. Sullivan as a child genius in the play "Honour Bright".
Stars: Campbell Singer, Thomas Heathcote, Richard Caldicot, June Brown
Votes: 67
15. The DuPont Show of the Week (1961–1964)
60 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
An anthology weekly drama series.
Stars: Walter Matthau, Frank McGee, Art Carney, Gene Wilder
Votes: 185
16. Alta comedia (1965– )
120 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
Stars: Ignacio Quirós, Eduardo Rudy, Víctor Laplace, Alicia Bruzzo
Votes: 24
17. A.J. Cronin's Hatter's Castle (1942)
102 min | Drama
James Brodie (Robert Newton) is the only hatter in a small area in Scotland. Ruthless in business as well as at home, he is a tyrant to his family and intimidating to everyone he knows. But... See full summary »
Director: Lance Comfort | Stars: Robert Newton, James Mason, Deborah Kerr, Emlyn Williams
Votes: 394
18. Vigil in the Night (1940)
Passed | 96 min | Drama, Romance
A nurse loses her job after selflessly taking the blame for a fatal mistake her sister and co-worker made. She is subsequently employed at a poorly-equipped hospital, where she finds romance and tragedy.
Director: George Stevens | Stars: Carole Lombard, Anne Shirley, Brian Aherne, Julien Mitchell
Votes: 1,043
19. Novela (1963–1978)
30 min | Drama
Stars: Nélida Quiroga, Luisa Sala, Pablo Sanz, Víctor Valverde
Votes: 33
20. Grand Canary (1934)
Passed | 78 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
In the Canary Islands, a missionary girl tries to reform a derelict doctor, who finds true love elsewhere.
Director: Irving Cummings | Stars: Warner Baxter, Madge Evans, Marjorie Rambeau, Zita Johann
Votes: 120
21. Web of Evidence (1959)
Approved | 90 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
A British-American returns to Britain after 20 years to discover that his father has been jailed since WW2 for a murder that took place in murky circumstances.
Director: Jack Cardiff | Stars: Van Johnson, Vera Miles, Emlyn Williams, Bernard Lee
Votes: 325
22. The Stars Look Down (1974– )
60 min | Drama
Mini series about a Northumberland mining village - the daily lives of the inhabitants and the tragedies and disasters that befell them. It's a lovely story-line and very well portrayed in this series.
Stars: Ian Hastings, Basil Dignam, Alun Armstrong, Avril Elgar
Votes: 34
23. Once to Every Woman (1934)
Passed | 70 min | Drama
During a number of bizarre cases, a dedicated nurse finds love with one doctor while she resents another new doctor who is extremely talented.
Director: Lambert Hillyer | Stars: Ralph Bellamy, Fay Wray, Walter Connolly, Walter Byron
Votes: 202
24. Shining Victory (1941)
Approved | 80 min | Drama
In a Scottish sanitarium, a brilliant research psychiatrist works on a treatment for dementia precox. He falls for his altruistic female lab assistant and they begin a passionate, tragic relationship.
Director: Irving Rapper | Stars: James Stephenson, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Donald Crisp, Barbara O'Neil
Votes: 817
25. Hinter diesen Mauern (1966 TV Movie)
96 min | Crime
Student Paul Burgess has been living with the belief that his father was dead for 15 years. But by chance he learns that he is still alive.
Director: Karl-Heinz Bieber | Stars: Fritz Wepper, Barbara Schneider-Manzell, Karl John, Karin Kernke
26. The Citadel (1960 TV Movie)
Drama
The good doctor is on trial before the British Medical Association Council, if he is found guilty, he will no longer be allowed to practice medicine. The story unfolds through flashbacks which depict his career and his subsequent downfall.
Director: Paul Bogart | Stars: Ann Blyth, Lloyd Bochner, James Donald, Larry Gates
Votes: 29
27. Sabar Uparey (1955)
150 min | Mystery, Romance
A poor lawyer get to know that his father was jailed for a women's murder he didn't commit. To prove his father's innocence protagonist left his home to conduct his own investigation and ... See full summary »
Director: Agradoot | Stars: Uttam Kumar, Suchitra Sen, Kamal Mitra, Shobha Sen
Votes: 109
28. The Citadel (2003– )
100 min | Drama
Stars: Massimo Ghini, Barbora Bobulova, Franco Castellano, Juraj Rasla
Votes: 79
29. The Citadel (1960–1961)
30 min | Drama
The story of an idealistic doctor, his struggles, his successes, his compromises and his stand on a matter of principle.
Stars: Eric Lander, Zena Walker, Jack May, Barry Keegan
Votes: 28
30. ...e le stelle stanno a guardare (1971– )
Drama
Stars: Enzo Tarascio, Giancarlo Giannini, Anna Miserocchi, Adalberto Maria Merli
Votes: 38
31. Memorandum van een dokter (1963–1965)
Drama
Stars: Bram van der Vlugt, Rob Geraerds, Fien Berghegge, Wim Poncia
32. Ich suche dich (1956)
95 min | Drama
The young, religious Dr. Francoise Maurer comes from Alsace in "Good Hope" Sanatorium and plans after a short time to leave the sanatorium and go to Indochina to help out in a hospital for the poorest ones.
Director: O.W. Fischer | Stars: O.W. Fischer, Anouk Aimée, Nadja Tiller, Otto Brüggemann
Votes: 102
33. Les années d'illusion (1977– )
52 min | Drama
Anna Geissler sends a cable to Pierre informing him that he has been hired to undertake surgical research. On the other hand, the committee offers him a chair of pathology. Pierre, although... See full summary »
Stars: Michèle Amoudruz, Gérald Battiaz, Manuel Bonnet, Yves Brainville
Votes: 11
34. Teledrama (1955– )
Drama
Stars: Percival Ferreira, Cacilda Lanuza, Waldir Guedes, Eloísa Mafalda
36. Madhura Swapnam (1982)
Not Rated | 88 min
Director: K. Raghavendra Rao | Stars: Jayasudha, Krishnamraju, Jaya Prada
37. La cittadella (1964– )
Drama
Stars: Alberto Lupo, Gabriele Antonini, Gianni Solaro, Anna Maria Guarnieri
Votes: 42
38. Slecna Meg a talír Ming (1976 TV Movie)
Comedy
Director: Pavel Hása | Stars: Marie Rosulková, Eva Svobodová, Petr Kostka, Svatopluk Benes
39. Country Doctor (1954 TV Movie)
27 min
The story of a young man in 1911, just out of medical school and anxious to start his own practice. Unfortunately he's stuck as an assistant at a pharmacy. An opportunity arises that he ... See full summary »
Director: William Spier | Stars: Charles Coburn, Suzanne Dalbert, Arthur Franz, Joseph Kearns
40. Svetlo severu (1975 TV Movie)
124 min | Drama
Director: Daniel Michaelli | Stars: Ivan Mistrík, Ladislav Chudík, Mária Královicová, Magda Vásáryová
41. O Jardineiro Espanhol (1967– )
Stars: Ednei Giovenazzi, Ana Rosa, Paulo Villaça, João José Pompeo
42. Poola Rangadu (1967)
TV-Y7 | 165 min | Drama
Ranga Rao (Akkineni Nageswara Rao) a breezy & jovial guy well-known as Poola Rangadu whose livelihood is pulling a horse cart and loves his associate Venkatalakshmi (Jamuna). In the ... See full summary »
Director: Adurthi Subba Rao | Stars: Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Jamuna, Vijaya Nirmala, Chittor V. Nagaiah
Votes: 8
43. Tooi ashita (1979)
95 min | Drama
Director: Tatsumi Kumashiro | Stars: Tomokazu Miura, Ayumi Ishida, Junko Miyashita, Tomisaburô Wakayama
Votes: 32
44. Novi asistent (1964 TV Movie)
Comedy
Director: Mirjana Samardzic | Stars: Dejan Dubajic, Ljiljana Jovanovic, Nikola Simic, Milan Srdoc
45.
The DuPont Show of the Month (1957–1961)
Episode:
Beyond This Place
(1957)
90 min | Comedy, Drama, History
A young man returns to his birthplace for the first time since childhood and learns that the father he had believed dead is still alive - and in prison for murder.
Director: Sidney Lumet | Stars: Max Adrian, Russell Collins, Brian Donlevy, Eduard Franz
Votes: 11
46.
Climax! (1954–1958)
Episode:
Escape from Fear
(1955)
Unrated | Drama
An American engineer in Germany crosses over into the Soviet Zone on business and becomes entangled with the secret police.
Director: Allen Reisner | Stars: William Lundigan, Mari Blanchard, Tristram Coffin, Howard Duff
47.
Doctor Finlay (1993–1996)
Episode:
Home Truths
(1996)
Not Rated | 50 min | Drama
An ex-colonial couple just back from India give Dr Napier cause for concern - who is their daughter and why is the husband against any contact with her?
Director: Rodney Bennett | Stars: David Rintoul, Annette Crosbie, Ian Bannen, Jessica Turner
Votes: 28
48.
Doctor Finlay (1993–1996)
Episode:
Mercury
(1996)
Not Rated | 50 min | Drama
A young wife believes she has contracted syphilis from her husband, but he has never been unfaithful.
Director: Sarah Hellings | Stars: David Rintoul, Annette Crosbie, Ian Bannen, Jessica Turner
Votes: 32
49.
Doctor Finlay (1993–1996)
Episode:
Still Waters
(1996)
Not Rated | 51 min | Drama
Dr. Finlay investigates the strange medical symptoms suffered by a group of nuns, but clashes with their obstructive mother superior.
Director: Sarah Hellings | Stars: David Rintoul, Annette Crosbie, Ian Bannen, Jessica Turner
Votes: 28
50.
Doctor Finlay (1993–1996)
Episode:
The Life of Men
(1996)
Not Rated | 50 min | Drama
A deathbed confession forces Finlay to choose between duty and justice.
Director: Sarah Hellings | Stars: David Rintoul, Annette Crosbie, Ian Bannen, Jessica Turner
Votes: 27