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1. Heavy Metal (1981)
R | 86 min | Animation, Adventure, Fantasy
A glowing green orb that embodies ultimate evil terrorizes a young girl with an anthology of bizarre and fantastic stories.
Directors: Gerald Potterton, John Bruno, John Halas, Julian Harris, Jimmy T. Murakami, Barrie Nelson, Paul Sabella, Jack Stokes, Pino Van Lamsweerde, Harold Whitaker | Stars: Richard Romanus, John Candy, Joe Flaherty, Don Francks
Votes: 38,217
2. Animal Farm (1954)
Approved | 72 min | Animation, Drama
A successful farmyard revolution by the resident animals vs. the farmer goes horribly wrong when the victors create a new tyranny among themselves.
Directors: Joy Batchelor, John Halas | Stars: Gordon Heath, Maurice Denham
Votes: 19,037
3. Popeye the Sailor (1960–1962)
TV-G | 30 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
The continuing animated adventures of Olive Oyl, Wimpy, Swee'pea and Popeye.
Stars: Jack Mercer, Mae Questel, Jackson Beck
Votes: 13,938
4. The Twelve Tasks of Asterix (1976)
82 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Asterix and Obelix are tasked by Julius Caesar with accomplishing twelve impossible labors to determine the fate of their indomitable Gaulish village.
Directors: René Goscinny, Henri Gruel, Albert Uderzo, Pierre Watrin, Matt McCarthy | Stars: Roger Carel, Jacques Morel, Pierre Tornade, Henri Labussière
Votes: 19,121
5. Omnibus (1952–1961)
55 min | Drama, History, Music
Omnibus was a television program that sought to provide the best of what television could provide as the highest common denominator of intellectual curiosity and interest. This level of programing excellence has not been achieved again.
Stars: Alistair Cooke, Leonard Bernstein, Joseph N. Welch, Helen Hayes
Votes: 218
6. The Lone Ranger (1966–1969)
30 min | Animation, Family, Western
An ex-Texas Ranger fights injustice in the Old West.
Stars: Michael Rye, Shepard Menken, Agnes Moorehead, Dick Beals
Votes: 147
7. Les trois mousquetaires (1974)
68 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
D'Artagnan and his musketeer comrades must thwart the plans of Cardinal Richelieu to usurp King Louis XIII's power.
Directors: John Halas, Franco Cristofani | Stars: Francis Perrin, Michel Duchaussoy, Claude Bertrand, Michel Elias
Votes: 82
8. Cinerama Holiday (1955)
Not Rated | 119 min | Documentary
Travelogue featuring an American couple traveling in Europe and a European couple traveling in the U.S, with the emphasis on the cinematography which was viewed on a special curved screen with three projectors.
Directors: Robert L. Bendick, Philippe De Lacy | Stars: John Marsh, Betty Marsh, Fred Troller, Beatrice Troller
Votes: 147 | Gross: $26.16M
9. Clapper Board (1972–1982)
25 min | Family
Children's television programme about cinema, hosted by Chris Kelly.
Stars: Chris Kelly, John Huntley, Derek Ware, Peter Ustinov
Votes: 58
10. The Owl and the Pussycat (1952)
6 min | Animation, Short
Musical story of the Owl that falls in love, proposes, buys a ring and marries the Pussy-cat, animated to the tune of the nonsense words of Edward Lear's poem.
Directors: Brian Borthwick, John Halas
Votes: 32
11. Dodo, the Kid from Outer Space (1965)
5 min | Animation, Family, Sci-Fi
A series about the adventures of DoDo, a humanoid alien from the planet Hena Hydro who settled on Earth. He was described in the narration as pixie-like. He was "short and slender, with ... See full summary »
Votes: 38
12. Ruddigore (1966)
54 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
For centuries, the Murgatroyd family, the Baronets of Ruddigore, have been under a witch's curse -- commit a crime every day, or die in agony. Sir Ruthven Murgatroyd, the rightful heir, has... See full summary »
Director: Joy Batchelor | Stars: John Reed, David Palmer, Kenneth Sandford, Ann Hood
Votes: 52
13. The Candlemaker (1957)
13 min | Animation, Short
A candlemaker entrusts his young son with the task of making candles for their church on Christmas Eve.
Directors: Joy Batchelor, John Halas
Votes: 139
14. Dream Doll (1979)
12 min | Animation, Short
A lonely old man finds his true love, a blowup doll, in a sex shop, only to lose her. But for lovers, there are sometimes happy endings.
Directors: Bob Godfrey, Zlatko Grgic
Votes: 155
16. Tomfoolery (1970– )
24 min | Animation
Tomfoolery was an animated cartoon series based on the nonsense poetry of Edward Lear and Lewis Carroll. There were several recurring characters, including the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bo from the Lear poem "The Courtship of the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bo."
Stars: Peter Hawkins, Bernard Spear
Votes: 48
17. Automania 2000 (1963)
9 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
An animated, dark satire of America's automobile-obsessed, consumerist culture. An anonymous, brilliant scientist toils tirelessly in his ivory tower satisfying the public's ever-increasing... See full summary »
Director: John Halas | Star: Ed Bishop
Votes: 234
18. The Monster of Highgate Ponds (1961)
59 min | Animation, Family, Fantasy
A group of children befriend a monster.
Director: Alberto Cavalcanti | Stars: Rachel Clay, Michael Wade, Terry Raven, Ronald Howard
Votes: 137
19. Robinson Charley (1948)
9 min | Animation, Short
No man is an island, but Charley represents his nation in this economical cartoon tale of Britain's economics. Meet Charley, the portrait of a nation. At the end of the 1940s the Central ... See full summary »
Directors: Joy Batchelor, John Halas | Stars: Max Adrian, Harold Berens, Dorothy Summers, Geoffrey Sumner
Votes: 8
20. Review (1969–1972)
40 min | Documentary
Weekly arts magazine.
Stars: James Mossman, David Hugh Jones, Keith Dewhurst, Jim Douglas Henry
21. Charley's Black Magic (1949)
10 min | Animation, Short
This cartoon propaganda short by Halas and Batchelor sweetens the pill of post-war coal prices by promising jam tomorrow.
Directors: Joy Batchelor, John Halas | Star: Harold Berens
Votes: 6
22. We've Come a Long Way (1951)
10 min | Documentary, Animation, Short
Directors: Allan Crick, Bob Privett
24. Water for Firefighting (1948)
60 min | Animation
Feature-length instructional cartoon made for the Home Office and the Fire Brigade.
Directors: Allan Crick, John Halas
25. Bio Woman (1980)
11 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A henpecked husband gets a welcomed surprise when he adds too much detergent to the laundry and out pops a beautiful woman made of soap suds.
Director: Bob Godfrey | Star: Irene Handl
Votes: 18
26. Charley's March of Time (1948)
9 min | Animation, Short
Popular animated character Charley explains the National Insurance Act, which was legislation that made health insurance available to all British citizens.
Directors: Joy Batchelor, John Halas | Stars: Harold Berens, Geoffrey Sumner
Votes: 26
28. The Figurehead (1952)
7 min | Animation, Short
Director: Allan Crick | Stars: Robert Beatty, Allan Crick, Digby Turpin
Votes: 16
30. The Christmas Visitor (1959)
7 min | Short, Animation, Family
T'was the night before Christmas and all through the house not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.
Director: John Halas
Votes: 132
31. Farmer Charley (1949)
10 min | Animation, Short
In the sixth in the series, Charley is excited when he inherits a half share in a farm, but does not realize what hard work this is going to be.
Directors: Joy Batchelor, John Halas | Stars: Harold Berens, Stephen Jack
32. Snip and Snap (1960– )
6 min | Animation, Family
Animated stop-motion shorts featuring Snip, a magical pair of scissors, and Snap, an origami styled paper cut dog with his paper dog friends. Designed and animated by Thok Søndergaard who went on to develop Danish children TV animation.
Votes: 12
33. Dustbin Parade (1942)
9 min | Animation, Short
The film is designed to encourage recycling - which was a key part of the war effort.
Directors: Joy Batchelor, John Halas
Votes: 28
34. Wilhelm Busch - Die Trickfilm-Parade: Max und Moritz und andere Streiche (1978)
82 min | Animation
Director: Hermann Leitner | Stars: Theo Lingen, Heinz Rühmann
Votes: 23
35. Hans en die Rooinek (1961)
87 min | Comedy
In order to prove who is more superior, an Afrikaans-speaker and English-speaker undertake a 300-mile race on foot from Durban to Johannesburg.
Director: Jamie Uys | Stars: Bob Courtney, Jamie Uys, Wynona Cheyney, Emsie Botha
Votes: 9
36. The Magic Canvas (1948)
10 min | Animation, Short
The Magic Canvas is an abstract cartoon done to alternative Jazz that tells the story of human's duality.
Director: John Halas
Votes: 27
38. Filling the Gap (1942)
6 min | Animation, Short
This World War II propaganda short encourages British people to "dig for victory," by planting vegetable gardens.
Directors: Joy Batchelor, John Halas
Votes: 9
39. Autobahn (1979)
12 min | Animation, Short, Music
A part alien, part human character floats, flies, sails and swims through psychedelic landscapes.
Director: John Halas
Votes: 115
40. Heinz Rühmann erzählt Max und Moritz von Wilhelm Busch (1978 TV Movie)
60 min | Animation
Director: Hermann Leitner | Stars: Cyril Fletcher, Heinz Rühmann
Votes: 18
41. The History of the Cinema (1956)
8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A humorously semi-factual account of the history of cinema.
Director: John Halas | Star: Maurice Denham
Votes: 36
44. Train Trouble (1943)
8 min | Animation, Short
A short animated commercial for Kellog's Corn Flakes, as being a good way for the British to start their day.
Directors: Joy Batchelor, John Halas
45. Players (1982)
7 min | Animation, Short, Sport
Cartoon tennis match, with players based on Bjorn Borg and John McEnroe.
Director: John Halas
Votes: 10
47. Charley Junior's Schooldays (1949)
9 min | Animation, Short
A soon-to-be born baby learns about the kinds of schools he will attending in the years following his birth.
Directors: Joy Batchelor, John Halas | Star: Max Adrian
Votes: 19