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1. The Crown (2016–2023)

TV-MA | 60 min | Biography, Drama, History

Follows the political rivalries and romances of Queen Elizabeth II's reign and the events that shaped Britain for the second half of the 20th century.

Stars: Claire Foy, Olivia Colman, Imelda Staunton, Matt Smith

Votes: 256,943

2. Death in Paradise (2011– )

TV-PG | 60 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Cultures collide when British Detective Inspector is transferred from England to the Caribbean island of Saint Marie to head the island's police department.

Stars: Elizabeth Bourgine, Don Warrington, Danny John-Jules, Joséphine Jobert

Votes: 28,068

3. Father Brown (2013– )

TV-PG | 52 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

In the early 1950s, Father Brown, a Roman Catholic priest based in the fictional Cotswold village of Kembleford, uses his distinctive skills to solve various crimes.

Stars: Mark Williams, John Burton, Sorcha Cusack, Jack Deam

Votes: 15,046

4. Endeavour (2012–2023)

TV-14 | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Set from 1965 into the 1970s, the show follows Endeavour Morse in his early years as a police constable. Working alongside his senior partner DI Fred Thursday, Morse engages in a number of investigations around Oxford.

Stars: Shaun Evans, Roger Allam, James Bradshaw, Sean Rigby

Votes: 33,473

5. 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: 4,076

6. Grantchester (2014–2025)

TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A Cambridgeshire clergyman finds himself investigating a series of mysterious wrongdoings in his small village of Grantchester.

Stars: Robson Green, Tessa Peake-Jones, Al Weaver, Kacey Ainsworth

Votes: 17,204

7. Belgravia (2020)

TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, Romance

Follows events when the emerging nouveau riche, including the Trenchard family, rub shoulders with London's established upper classes and when secrets from the past threaten to emerge.

Stars: Philip Glenister, Tamsin Greig, Harriet Walter, Saskia Reeves

Votes: 8,875

8. The King's Speech (2010)

R | 118 min | Biography, Drama, History

The story of King George VI, his unexpected ascension to the throne of the British Empire in 1936, and the speech therapist who helped the unsure monarch overcome his stammer.

Director: Tom Hooper | Stars: Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush, Helena Bonham Carter, Derek Jacobi

Votes: 708,194 | Gross: $138.80M

9. 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

10. The Huntsman: Winter's War (2016)

PG-13 | 114 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Eric and fellow warrior Sara, raised as members of ice Queen Freya's army, try to conceal their forbidden love as they fight to survive the wicked intentions of both Freya and her sister Ravenna.

Director: Cedric Nicolas-Troyan | Stars: Chris Hemsworth, Jessica Chastain, Charlize Theron, Emily Blunt

Votes: 119,466 | Gross: $48.39M

11. 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: 11,086

12. The Thick of It (2005–2012)

TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy

The Minister for Social Affairs is continually harassed by Number 10's policy enforcer and dependent on his not-so-reliable team of civil servants.

Stars: Chris Addison, James Smith, Peter Capaldi, Joanna Scanlan

Votes: 26,155

13. Collateral (2018)

TV-MA | 58 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Investigating the murder of a pizza delivery man, a London detective uncovers a tangled conspiracy involving drug dealers, smugglers and spies.

Stars: Carey Mulligan, Nathaniel Martello-White, Hayley Squires, Vineeta Rishi

Votes: 21,471

14. Funny Woman (2023– )

TV-MA | 47 min | Comedy

A young woman from Blackpool finds her voice in the male-dominated world of the 1960s comedy and takes London by storm.

Stars: Gemma Arterton, Tom Bateman, Arsher Ali, Rupert Everett

Votes: 2,766

15. Rosemary & Thyme (2003–2006)

TV-PG | 48 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Set amongst the stunning gardens of Europe, Rosemary Boxer and Laura Thyme, two professional gardeners, find themselves drawn into solving mysterious crimes.

Stars: Felicity Kendal, Pam Ferris, Ryan Philpott, Daisy Dunlop

Votes: 5,337

16. Goodbye Christopher Robin (2017)

PG | 107 min | Biography, Drama, Family

The relationship between writer AA Milne and his son, Christopher Robin, and how this became the inspiration for Winnie the Pooh.

Director: Simon Curtis | Stars: Domhnall Gleeson, Margot Robbie, Kelly Macdonald, Vicki Pepperdine

Votes: 29,868 | Gross: $1.74M

17. Ruth Rendell Mysteries (1987–2000)

TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

From cold, rock-strewn moors to comfortable suburban estates, award-winning writer Ruth Rendell explores the dark fissures between friends and family members that motivate murder.

Stars: George Baker, Christopher Ravenscroft, Louie Ramsay, Ken Kitson

Votes: 693

18. Clocking Off (2000–2003)

55 min | Drama

Interconnected dramas about the lives of a group of workers at a Manchester textile factory, with each episode focusing on the home life of a different character.

Stars: Jack Deam, Tony Mooney, Joan Kempson, Siobhan Finneran

Votes: 593

19. My Week with Marilyn (2011)

R | 99 min | Biography, Drama

Colin Clark, an employee of Sir Laurence Olivier, documents the tense interactions between Olivier and Marilyn Monroe during the production of The Prince and the Showgirl (1957).

Director: Simon Curtis | Stars: Michelle Williams, Eddie Redmayne, Kenneth Branagh, Julia Ormond

Votes: 89,615 | Gross: $14.60M

20. 6 Days (I) (2017)

R | 94 min | Action, Drama, History

Based on the Iranian Embassy siege of 1980, this action-thriller dramatizes a six-day standoff between armed Iranian Arabs and SAS soldiers ready for a counterattack.

Director: Toa Fraser | Stars: Jamie Bell, Mark Strong, Abbie Cornish, Martin Shaw

Votes: 24,677

21. The Iron Lady (2011)

PG-13 | 105 min | Biography, Drama

An elderly Margaret Thatcher talks to the imagined presence of her recently deceased husband as she struggles to come to terms with his death while scenes from her past life, from girlhood to British prime minister, intervene.

Director: Phyllida Lloyd | Stars: Meryl Streep, Jim Broadbent, Richard E. Grant, Susan Brown

Votes: 113,643 | Gross: $30.02M

22. Soldier Soldier (1991–1997)

TV-14 | 50 min | Drama

Drama following the life of the officers and men of the King's Own Fusiliers regiment, during their home lives, training exercises and battles.

Stars: Ben Nealon, Robson Green, Jerome Flynn, Rosie Rowell

Votes: 947

23. An American in Austen (2024 TV Movie)

84 min | Comedy, Romance

Harriet, who thinks that no real man compares to Mr. Darcy, is transported into Pride and Prejudice and gets an unexpected chance to find out. Starring Eliza Bennett and Nicholas Bishop.

Director: Clare Niederpruem | Stars: Eliza Bennett, Nicholas Bishop, Nell Barlow, Catherine Hannay

Votes: 792

24. You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (2010)

R | 98 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Sally's parents' marriage breaks up when her father undergoes a mid-life crisis and impulsively weds a prostitute. Meanwhile, Sally's own marriage also begins to disintegrate.

Director: Woody Allen | Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Naomi Watts, Josh Brolin, Gemma Jones

Votes: 47,548 | Gross: $3.25M

25. Birds of a Feather (1989–2020)

Not Rated | 75 min | Comedy

Comedy series following the lives of sisters Tracey and Sharon who are left to fend for themselves after their husbands are arrested for armed robbery.

Stars: Linda Robson, Lesley Joseph, Pauline Quirke, Alun Lewis

Votes: 2,481

26. Mr. Turner (2014)

R | 150 min | Biography, Drama, History

An exploration of the last quarter century of the great, if eccentric, British painter J.M.W. Turner's life.

Director: Mike Leigh | Stars: Timothy Spall, Paul Jesson, Dorothy Atkinson, Marion Bailey

Votes: 27,188 | Gross: $3.96M

27. Mrs Dalloway (1997)

PG-13 | 97 min | Drama, Romance

In 1923 London, socialite Clarissa Dalloway's (Vanessa Redgrave's) well-planned party is overshadowed by the return of an old suitor she had known thirty-three years earlier.

Director: Marleen Gorris | Stars: Vanessa Redgrave, Natascha McElhone, Michael Kitchen, Alan Cox

Votes: 4,193 | Gross: $3.26M

28. Psychoville (2009–2011)

TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery

A group of seemingly unrelated strangers all receive a mysterious note stating "I know what you did", which sends their lives into a downward spiral.

Stars: Reece Shearsmith, Steve Pemberton, Daniel Kaluuya, Daisy Haggard

Votes: 7,392

29. 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

30. Hogfather (2006 TV Movie)

189 min | Comedy, Fantasy

It's Hogswatch (equivalent to Christmas) on the Discworld and the Hogfather has gone missing, requiring Death to take his place while his granddaughter Susan endeavors to find out what has happened.

Director: Vadim Jean | Stars: David Jason, Marc Warren, Michelle Dockery, David Warner

Votes: 11,041

31. Mission of Honor (II) (2018)

Not Rated | 107 min | Action, Drama, War

The exploits of 303 Squadron RAF during the Battle of Britain. The squadron consisted of Polish pilots, many of whom were veterans of the air battles involved in Germany's invasion of Poland.

Director: David Blair | Stars: Iwan Rheon, Milo Gibson, Stefanie Martini, Krystof Hádek

Votes: 5,516

32. Eat Locals (2017)

TV-MA | 94 min | Action, Comedy, Horror

Facing difficult times and with their glory days long gone, the eight undisputed British vampire overlords gather up for their semi-centennial meeting. However, before the break of dawn, there will be blood. And corpses. Lots of them.

Director: Jason Flemyng | Stars: Freema Agyeman, Adrian Bower, Roman Clark, Billy Cook

Votes: 3,199

33. Doctor Who: The Monthly Adventures (1999 Podcast Series)

Sci-Fi

Full-cast audio drama series based on "Doctor Who (1963)" chronicling the further adventures of the Fifth, Sixth, Seventh and Eighth Doctors.

Stars: Peter Davison, Colin Baker, Sylvester McCoy, Sarah Sutton

Votes: 45

34. Doctor Who: The Fourth Doctor Adventures (2012 Podcast Series)

Sci-Fi

Tom Baker returns as The Fourth Doctor for the first time in 31 years in all new adventures. Encountering new and old foes and reuniting with old friends such as Harry, Leela, K9, Romana ... See full summary »

Stars: Tom Baker, Louise Jameson, John Leeson, Jane Slavin

35. Kids in Love (2016)

Not Rated | 87 min | Drama, Romance

Jack's thinking of a gap-year traveling with a friend before college, when he meets a cute French girl and her friends in London.

Director: Chris Foggin | Stars: Will Poulter, Jamie Blackley, Geraldine Somerville, Pip Torrens

Votes: 1,969

36. Tell Me a Creepy Story (2023)

90 min | Horror

Collection of horror stories features some bone-chilling tales dealing with serial murderers, home invasions, insatiable hunger, and more.

Directors: Samuel Dawe, Félix Dobaire, Stuart Graham, Paul Holbrook | Stars: Laura Bayston, Conleth Hill, Una Kavanagh, Paul Kennedy

Votes: 322

37. Love Hurts (1992–1994)

50 min | Comedy, Romance

Two forty-somethings with differing outlooks on life fall in love.

Stars: Adam Faith, Zoë Wanamaker, Tony Selby, Jane Lapotaire

Votes: 193

38. Henry IX (2017)

40 min | Comedy

A middle-aged man experiences a mid-life crisis. Unfortunately, this man is King of Great Britain and the Commonwealth.

Stars: Colin Salmon, Sally Phillips, Gina Bellman, Don Warrington

Votes: 203

39. Drømmeren (2022)

43 min | Biography, Drama

The author's return to Denmark after many years in East Africa. Penniless, sick and divorced, depicts her journey from this point to becoming a renowned writer.

Stars: Connie Nielsen, Hanne Uldal, Joachim Fjelstrup, Lene Maria Christensen

Votes: 226

40. Porters (2017–2019)

30 min | Comedy

Enthusiastic hospital porter Simon Porter (Edward Easton) shows up for his first day convinced that this is the first step on the ladder to becoming a doctor - but he's in for a rude awakening from his new porter mentors Frankie (Susan Wokoma) and Tillman (Rutger Hauer).

Stars: Edward Easton, Susan Wokoma, Claudia Jessie, Rutger Hauer

Votes: 368

41. Tales from the Lodge (2019)

93 min | Comedy, Horror

Friends gather at a lodge to commemorate a friend, who drowned in a lake nearby 3 years ago. They tell each other scary stories and suddenly find themselves in one.

Director: Abigail Blackmore | Stars: Mackenzie Crook, Dustin Demri-Burns, Laura Fraser, Sophie Thompson

Votes: 1,200

42. Doctor Who: Stranded (2020 Podcast Series)

Sci-Fi

Stranded in 2020 London, the Doctor, Liv and Helen seek refuge in Baker Street. But the house has changed: They now have neighbors - not all of them welcoming. And someone has a dire warning for the future.

Stars: Paul McGann, Hattie Morahan, Nicola Walker, Rebecca Root

Votes: 7

43. The Amazing Mrs Pritchard (2006)

60 min | Comedy, Drama

The story follows Mrs Ros Pritchard, a successful manager of a supermarket. When a couple of politicians make a spectacle of themselves outside her shop, Ros decides to stand for election herself.

Stars: Jane Horrocks, Steven Mackintosh, Jodhi May, Jemma McKenzie-Brown

Votes: 521

44. Stiff Upper Lips (1997)

R | 94 min | Comedy

Spoofs Merchant-Ivory films: Aunt Agnes (Prunella Scales) tries to force Emily (Georgina Cates) to marry boring Cedric Trilling (Robert Portal) by taking her to Italy and India in hopes will forget about handsome George (Sean Pertwee).

Director: Gary Sinyor | Stars: David Artus, Kevin Furlong, Nicholas Selby, John Boswall

Votes: 1,155 | Gross: $0.07M

45. The Queen's Sister (2005 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 96 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

Following the death of her father George VI princess Margaret hopes to marry the war hero Peter Townsend but is told that if she does she will be cut out of the Civil List and receive no ... See full summary »

Director: Simon Cellan Jones | Stars: Lucy Cohu, Meredith MacNeill, Al Barclay, Edward Tudor-Pole

Votes: 296

46. Egypt (2005)

Not Rated | 60 min | Documentary, Drama, History

Dramatization of the great discoveries of ancient Egypt, from the exploration of tombs in the early 1800s, to the unraveling of the Rosetta Stone to translate the ancient language on the tombs, to the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb.

Stars: Andrew Sachs, Neji Nejah, Elliot Cowan, Stuart Graham

Votes: 836

47. The Ghost Writer (2022)

93 min | Thriller

A struggling author plagiarises his deceased father's undiscovered last novel, unleashing the demons of his dad's past that he must overcome or be haunted by for the rest of his life.

Director: Paul Wilkins | Stars: Luke Mably, Andrea Deck, Robert Portal, Matthew Jure

Votes: 91

48. Painted Lady (1997 TV Movie)

204 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

From the Irish countryside to London to New York City and back again, Maggie Sheridan (Dame Helen Mirren) reenters the world as a countess and shady art dealer. With her panache and ... See full summary »

Director: Julian Jarrold | Stars: Helen Mirren, Iain Glen, Franco Nero, Michael Maloney

Votes: 566

49. The Paternoster Gang (2019 Podcast Series)

Sci-Fi

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Stars: Neve McIntosh, Catrin Stewart, Dan Starkey, Daisy Ashford

50. The Armando Iannucci Shows (2001)

26 min | Comedy

Observations of society and life by Armando Iannucci in comedy sketches and narration.

Stars: Armando Iannucci, Hugh Cecil, Karen Ascoe, Melanie Hudson

Votes: 1,025