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1. Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
PG-13 | 119 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
James Bond sets out to stop a media mogul's plan to induce war between China and the UK in order to obtain exclusive global media coverage.
Director: Roger Spottiswoode | Stars: Pierce Brosnan, Jonathan Pryce, Michelle Yeoh, Teri Hatcher
Votes: 204,751 | Gross: $125.33M
2. The Last King of Scotland (2006)
R | 123 min | Biography, Drama, History
Based on the events of the brutal Ugandan dictator Idi Amin's regime as seen by his personal physician during the 1970s.
Director: Kevin Macdonald | Stars: James McAvoy, Forest Whitaker, Gillian Anderson, Kerry Washington
Votes: 196,105 | Gross: $17.61M
3. Doctor Who (1963–1989)
TV-PG | 25 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The adventures in time and space of the Doctor, a Time Lord who changes appearance and personality by regenerating when near death, and is joined by companions in battles against aliens and other megalomaniacs.
Stars: William Hartnell, Patrick Troughton, Jon Pertwee, Tom Baker
Votes: 39,545
4. Eye of the Needle (1981)
R | 112 min | Romance, Thriller, War
A ruthless German spy, trying to get out of Britain with vital information about D-Day, must spend time with a young woman and her crippled husband.
Director: Richard Marquand | Stars: Donald Sutherland, Kate Nelligan, Stephen MacKenna, Philip Martin Brown
Votes: 11,863 | Gross: $17.58M
5. New Tricks (2003–2015)
TV-14 | 60 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Three retired police officers are drafted in to solve cold cases, with a touch of comedy and drama
Stars: Dennis Waterman, Amanda Redman, Alun Armstrong, James Bolam
Votes: 8,792
6. The House of Mirth (2000)
PG | 135 min | Romance, Drama
A woman risks losing her chance of happiness with the only man she has ever loved.
Director: Terence Davies | Stars: Gillian Anderson, Dan Aykroyd, Eleanor Bron, Terry Kinney
Votes: 8,087 | Gross: $3.04M
7. Waking the Dead (2000–2011)
TV-14 | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Drama series following a team of detectives who investigate unsolved murders using modern technology.
Stars: Trevor Eve, Sue Johnston, Wil Johnson, Tara Fitzgerald
Votes: 6,440
8. Coronation Street (1960– )
TV-PG | 30 min | Drama, Romance
The world's longest-running television soap, Coronation Street focuses on the everyday lives of working-class people in Manchester, England.
Stars: William Roache, Helen Worth, Barbara Knox, Sally Dynevor
Votes: 6,021
9. All Creatures Great and Small (1978–1990)
TV-PG | 50 min | Comedy, Drama
The trials and misadventures of the staff of a country veterinary office in Yorkshire from the 1930s to the 1950s.
Stars: Christopher Timothy, Robert Hardy, Peter Davison, Lynda Bellingham
Votes: 4,403
10. 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
11. Monarch of the Glen (2000–2005)
TV-14 | 60 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Archie MacDonald, a young restaurateur is called back to his childhood home of Glenbogle where he is told he is the new Laird of Glenbogle.
Stars: Alexander Morton, Susan Hampshire, Hamish Clark, Dawn Steele
Votes: 3,785
12. Casualty (1986– )
TV-PG | 50 min | Drama
The everyday lives of the people frequenting the frenetic Accident and Emergency department of Holby City Hospital.
Stars: Derek Thompson, Tony Marshall, Suzanne Packer, Ian Bleasdale
Votes: 3,694
13. Carry on Cowboy (1965)
Not Rated | 93 min | Comedy, Western
Stodge City is in the grip of the Rumpo Kid and his gang. Mistaken identity again takes a hand as a "sanitary engineer" (plumber) by the name of Marshal P. Knutt is mistaken for a law marshal! Being the conscientious sort, Marshal tries to help the town get rid of Rumpo, and a showdown is inevitable. Marshal has two aids - revenge-seeking Annie Oakley and his sanitary expertise...
Director: Gerald Thomas | Stars: Sidney James, Kenneth Williams, Jim Dale, Charles Hawtrey
Votes: 3,390
14.
Sharpe (1993–2008)
Episode:
Sharpe's Eagle
(1993)
TV-14 | 100 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
General Wellesley sends Major Hogan, Sharpe, the chosen men and the South Essex Regiment to destroy a bridge. Sharpe is immediately in conflict with two junior officers of the South Essex and their incompetent commander.
Director: Tom Clegg | Stars: Sean Bean, Assumpta Serna, Brian Cox, Daragh O'Malley
Votes: 3,374
15. Dalziel and Pascoe (1996–2007)
TV-14 | 120 min | Crime, Mystery, Drama
Superintendent Dalziel and partner DI Pascoe investigate murder, and find a bond forming between them despite their blatantly different personalities.
Stars: Warren Clarke, Colin Buchanan, David Royle, Jennifer James
Votes: 3,310
16. Hamish Macbeth (1995–1997)
TV-14 | 60 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Hamish Macbeth is a police constable in the small Scottish town of Lochdubh, who occasionally bends the rules when it suits him or when it can help some of his fellow eccentric townsfolk.
Stars: Robert Carlyle, Ralph Riach, Brian Pettifer, Stuart Davids
Votes: 2,425
17. Sharpe (1993–2008)
TV-14 | 1,673 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A series of stories starring Sean Bean as Richard Sharpe, a fictional British soldier in the Napoleonic Wars as he fights both Napoleon's forces and the strong prejudice of British aristocracy.
Stars: Sean Bean, Daragh O'Malley, John Tams, Jason Salkey
Votes: 2,355
18. The Etruscan Smile (2018)
R | 107 min | Comedy, Drama
Rory MacNeil, a rugged old Scotsman, travels to San Francisco to seek medical treatment. He moves in with his estranged son Ian, as he sees his life getting transformed through a newfound bond with his baby grandson.
Directors: Oded Binnun, Mihal Brezis | Stars: Brian Cox, JJ Feild, Thora Birch, Rosanna Arquette
Votes: 2,192
19. Doctors (2000–2024)
30 min | Drama
The daily lives of staff at a Birmingham medical practice, including their often-dramatic involvements with their patients.
Stars: Adrian Lewis Morgan, Jan Pearson, Matthew Chambers, Diane Keen
Votes: 1,702
20. Ever Decreasing Circles (1984–1989)
30 min | Comedy, Drama
Martin Bryce lives in a quiet suburban close with his wife Anne. He does his best to "organise" the leisure time of all of the other inhabitants of the close, running umpteen societies and doing "good works".
Stars: Richard Briers, Penelope Wilton, Peter Egan, Stanley Lebor
Votes: 1,343
21. Murder in Greenwich (2002 TV Movie)
R | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The story of Martha Moxley, 15 year old girl murdered in Greenwich in the 1970's, her murder going unsolved for 25 years.
Director: Tom McLoughlin | Stars: Christopher Meloni, Robert Forster, Maggie Grace, Toby Moore
Votes: 1,335
22. 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
23. Boon (1986–1992)
TV-PG | 60 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Ken Boon and Harry Crawford are two middle-aged ex-firemen. Harry retires and opens a hotel (The Grand Hotel), with Ken as a temporary odd-job man.
Stars: Michael Elphick, David Daker, Neil Morrissey, Elizabeth Carling
Votes: 1,009
24. Alive and Kicking (1996)
R | 98 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A passionately committed young dancer is forced to re-examine his career and life when faced with death, finding hope through an older man who becomes his lover, mentor and companion.
Director: Nancy Meckler | Stars: Jason Flemyng, Antony Sher, Dorothy Tutin, Anthony Higgins
Votes: 874 | Gross: $0.20M
25. Freddie as F.R.O.7. (1992)
Not Rated | 90 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A French prince who was turned into a frog becomes a secret agent and goes to England to stop an evil plot that begins when famous buildings there start disappearing.
Director: Jon Acevski | Stars: Ben Kingsley, Jenny Agutter, David Ashton, Brian Blessed
Votes: 810 | Gross: $1.12M
26. Crossbow (1987–1989)
26 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
In Switzerland in the 14th Century, William Tell and his son Matthew are imprisoned by the tyrannical Gessler. Having split the apple on his son's head with his crossbow, much to Gessler's ... See full summary »
Stars: Will Lyman, Jeremy Clyde, Nick Brimble, David Barry Gray
Votes: 515
27.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
Timelash: Part One
(1985)
TV-PG | 45 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
A time corridor, called Timelash, has been set up to punish dissidents on the planet Karfel, dumping them alive but permanently into Earth's early history. The TARDIS runs right into it, ... See full summary »
Director: Pennant Roberts | Stars: Colin Baker, Nicola Bryant, Paul Darrow, Eric Deacon
Votes: 493
28. Sea of Souls (2004–2007)
120 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
A group of faculty and staff at a Glasgow university studies the paranormal.
Stars: Bill Paterson, Dawn Steele, Iain Robertson, Louise Irwin
Votes: 477
29.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
Timelash: Part Two
(1985)
TV-PG | 45 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
For his impending confrontation with the mysterious and cloistered Borad, dictator of Karfel, the Doctor takes kontrom crystals from the Timelash to build a 10-second time break device, not... See full summary »
Director: Pennant Roberts | Stars: Colin Baker, Nicola Bryant, Jeananne Crowley, Eric Deacon
Votes: 457
30. Shoestring (1979–1980)
50 min | Drama
Lighthearted detective series set in the West Country, about radio-phone-in detective Eddie Shoestring.
Stars: Trevor Eve, Michael Medwin, Doran Godwin, Liz Crowther
Votes: 447
31. Z Cars (1962–1978)
TV-14 | Crime, Drama
A gritty drama which follows the work of the police force in the fictional town of Newtown in the North of England.
Stars: James Ellis, John Slater, Douglas Fielding, Bernard Holley
Votes: 382
32. Juliet Bravo (1980–1985)
50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Inspector Jean Darblay is assigned to Hartley, Lancashire. Initially facing scepticism from sergeants Joe Beck and George Parrish, she gradually earns their respect and admiration as their new female boss at the police station.
Stars: David Ellison, Noel Collins, Stephanie Turner, Anna Carteret
Votes: 283
33. The Shadow of the Tower (1972)
Biography, Drama, History
A series recording the key events in the reign of Henry Tudor and his founding of the Tudor Dynasty
Stars: James Maxwell, Bruce Hodgkins, Norma West, Hugh Sullivan
Votes: 229
34.
New Tricks (2003–2015)
Episode:
Spare Parts
(2008)
TV-14 | 59 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
The trial of Ricky Hanson starts, and the members of UCOS are scheduled to appear as witnesses. Hanson is the man who killed Jack Halford's wife, but he's on trial for attempting to murder ... See full summary »
Director: Martyn Friend | Stars: Alun Armstrong, James Bolam, Amanda Redman, Dennis Waterman
Votes: 220
35.
Dalziel and Pascoe (1996–2007)
Episode:
Time to Go
(1999)
TV-14 | 95 min | Crime, Mystery, Drama
The drugs-related death of young man who lapsed into a coma at a rave club attracts the interest of Dalziel (Warren Clarke) and Pascoe (Colin Buchanan). As the detectives investigate deeper... See full summary »
Director: Suri Krishnamma | Stars: Andrew Lee Potts, Sarah-Jane Potts, Graham Bryan, Neil Newbon
Votes: 214
36. Hannay (1988–1989)
52 min | Adventure, Crime, Mystery
Richard Hannay is a man of his times: an Edwardian gentleman and adventurer, a mining engineer from South Africa of Scottish origin, who lives by his own standards and wits, upholding a ... See full summary »
Stars: Robert Powell, Christopher Scoular, Gavin Richards, Jill Meager
Votes: 208
37.
Hamish Macbeth (1995–1997)
Episode:
The Great Lochdubh Salt Robbery
(1995)
Not Rated | 50 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Hamish investigates a salt theft from the grocery store, and a missing wife abuser.
Director: Nicholas Renton | Stars: Robert Carlyle, Ralph Riach, Jon Croft, Barbara Rafferty
Votes: 192
38. Brass (1983–1990)
30 min | Comedy
This spoof of soap-operas was set around two feuding families, the wealthy Hardacres headed by the ruthless capitalist Bradley Hardacre and the poor, working-class Fairchilds headed by the stern socialist Jack Fairchild.
Stars: Timothy West, Caroline Blakiston, James Saxon, Gail Harrison
Votes: 186
39.
Waking the Dead (2000–2011)
Episode:
Deathwatch: Part 1
(2002)
TV-14 | 58 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A deathbed confession appears to link the hanging of an East End gangster and the assassination of the jury that found him guilty.
Director: Maurice Phillips | Stars: Trevor Eve, Sue Johnston, Holly Aird, Claire Goose
Votes: 167
40.
Hamish Macbeth (1995–1997)
Episode:
Wee Jock's Lament
(1995)
Not Rated | 50 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Distraught over his dog's death, Hamish charges after the two men responsible. Sure that he means murder, the men of Lochdubh try to reach him first.
Director: Nicholas Renton | Stars: Patricia Ross, Billy McColl, Ken Hutchison, Robert Carlyle
Votes: 166
41. Thomas and Sarah (1979)
60 min | Drama
This spin-off of Upstairs, Downstairs (1971) follows Sarah (parlour-maid) and Thomas (chauffeur) some time after leaving service with the Bellamys.
Stars: Pauline Collins, John Alderton, Graham Cull, Maria Charles
Votes: 161
42.
Waking the Dead (2000–2011)
Episode:
Deathwatch: Part 2
(2002)
TV-14 | 58 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Expatriate gangster Frank Sutton returns to Britain and recruits reporter Graham Barker to gather enough evidence and publish the truth about his brother Charles, who was framed and hung for murder.
Director: Maurice Phillips | Stars: Trevor Eve, Sue Johnston, Holly Aird, Claire Goose
Votes: 156
43. The Voyage of Charles Darwin (1978)
Biography, History
The series encompasses Darwin's university days to the 1859 publication of his book "On the Origin of Species" and his death and is based on Darwin's own letters, diaries, and journals, ... See full summary »
Stars: Malcolm Stoddard, Andrew Burt, Peter Settelen, David Ashton
Votes: 153
44.
Hamish Macbeth (1995–1997)
Episode:
The Big Freeze
(1995)
Not Rated | 49 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Maj. Maclean fakes a burglary for the insurance money, but DI Bruce is determined to catch the gang he thinks is responsible. Hamish and TV John both resist learning to use their new computer.
Director: Patrick Lau | Stars: Brian Pettifer, Ralph Riach, Anne Lacey, Alan Tall
Votes: 149
45.
Hamish Macbeth (1995–1997)
Episode:
A Bit of an Epic
(1995)
Not Rated | 47 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A famous guide leads a company retreat up the steep Scottish hillsides, and Hamish comes along, suspecting trouble. Alex returns to Lochdubh but finds tragedy may have ended her chances with Hamish.
Director: Sid Roberson | Stars: James Faulkner, Robert Carlyle, Ralph Riach, Stuart McGugan
Votes: 138
46.
Hamish Macbeth (1995–1997)
Episode:
No Man Is an Island
(1996)
Not Rated | 50 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Hamish is in deep mourning during a leave of absence on a nearby island where he must come to the aid of an elderly woman in a world of trouble; while back in Lochdubh a temporary replacement Constable rubs the residents the wrong way.
Director: Nicholas Renton | Stars: Robert Carlyle, Valerie Gogan, Edith MacArthur, Ralph Riach
Votes: 137
47.
Hamish Macbeth (1995–1997)
Episode:
A Perfectly Simple Explanation
(1996)
Not Rated | 51 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A religious group declares that Hamish is the devil, leading Hamish to investigate. What he discovers is more complex than he imagined. On the personal front, Alex and Hamish begin cohabitating.
Director: Nicholas Renton | Stars: Philip Jackson, Brian Alexander, Juliet Cadzow, Ron Donachie
Votes: 133
48.
Hamish Macbeth (1995–1997)
Episode:
The Honourable Policeman
(1997)
Not Rated | 50 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Local laird Roddy MacLean returns to the village with his glamorous intended Serena St Claire,and asks Hamish to be the best man at their wedding. Hamish has his doubts as to whether the ... See full summary »
Director: Jonas Grimås | Stars: David Ashton, Sally Dexter, Robert Carlyle, Ralph Riach
Votes: 128
49.
Hamish Macbeth (1995–1997)
Episode:
Radio Lochdubh
(1996)
Not Rated | 50 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Hamish is ordered by authorities to shut down a popular pirate radio station, causing a conflict of interests for the officer. On the personal front, Hamish and Isobel share a moment.
Director: Nicholas Renton | Stars: Brian Alexander, Stuart Davids, The Incredible Fling Band, Shirley Henderson
Votes: 126
50.
Hamish Macbeth (1995–1997)
Episode:
Deferred Sentence
(1997)
Not Rated | 50 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
When Hamish takes a trip to the island of Lagga Laggas to stay with Father McPhail he has to pretend to be Jewish so as not to get caught up in the religious animosity between the father ... See full summary »
Director: Nicholas Renton | Stars: Robert Carlyle, Caroline Paterson, Colette O'Neil, Amanda Walker
Votes: 123