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1. The Innocents (1961)
Not Rated | 100 min | Horror
A young governess for two children becomes convinced that the house and grounds are haunted.
Director: Jack Clayton | Stars: Deborah Kerr, Peter Wyngarde, Megs Jenkins, Michael Redgrave
Votes: 33,057 | Gross: $2.62M
2. Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962)
TV-14 | 25 min | Drama, Mystery
Series of unrelated short stories covering elements of crime, horror, drama, and comedy about people of different backgrounds committing murders, suicides, thefts, and other sorts of crime caused by certain motivations, perceived or not.
Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Harry Tyler, John Williams, Patricia Hitchcock
Votes: 19,321
3. Tea with Mussolini (1999)
PG | 117 min | Comedy, Drama, War
An orphaned Italian boy is raised amongst a circle of British and American women living in Mussolini's Italy before and during World War II.
Director: Franco Zeffirelli | Stars: Maggie Smith, Judi Dench, Joan Plowright, Cher
Votes: 14,191 | Gross: $14.35M
4. Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965)
Not Rated | 107 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A woman reports that her young daughter is missing, but there seems to be no evidence that she ever existed.
Director: Otto Preminger | Stars: Keir Dullea, Carol Lynley, Laurence Olivier, Martita Hunt
Votes: 10,222
5. Brideshead Revisited (1981)
TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, Romance
The life, friendships and romances of the protagonist Charles Ryder-including his friendship with the Flytes, a family of wealthy English Catholics who live in a palatial mansion called Brideshead Castle.
Stars: Jeremy Irons, Diana Quick, Roger Milner, Phoebe Nicholls
Votes: 8,036
6. 60 Minutes (1968– )
TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary, News
The classic long-running prime time TV investigative news magazine.
Stars: Andrew Rooney, Lesley Stahl, Steve Kroft, Morley Safer
Votes: 4,338
7. John and Mary (1969)
R | 92 min | Drama, Romance
John and Mary meet in a singles bar, sleep together, and spend the next day getting to know each other.
Director: Peter Yates | Stars: Dustin Hoffman, Mia Farrow, Michael Tolan, Sunny Griffin
Votes: 2,442 | Gross: $8.00M
8. The Running Man (1963)
Approved | 103 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
An Englishman with a grudge against an insurance company for a disallowed claim fakes his own death, but is soon pursued by an insurance investigator.
Director: Carol Reed | Stars: Laurence Harvey, Lee Remick, Alan Bates, Felix Aylmer
Votes: 1,859
9. Don Quixote (2000 TV Movie)
120 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance
Adapted from the work of Miguel de Cervantes, this is the story of a hidalgo, fanatic for chivalry novels, who loses his sanity and believing to be a knight named Don Quixote de La Mancha, ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Yates | Stars: John Lithgow, Bob Hoskins, Isabella Rossellini, Vanessa Williams
Votes: 1,770
10. Rumpole of the Bailey (1978–1992)
Not Rated | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The cases of a portly and eccentric criminal law barrister.
Stars: Leo McKern, Jonathan Coy, Julian Curry, Marion Mathie
Votes: 1,720
11. The Life and Loves of a She-Devil (1986)
229 min | Drama
A woman who loses her husband to a romance novelist goes to extreme lengths to make their lives a misery.
Stars: Dennis Waterman, Patricia Hodge, Julie T. Wallace, Paul Herzberg
Votes: 690
12. Trial and Error (1962)
76 min | Comedy, Drama, Thriller
An incompetent barrister is assigned to defend an accused wife murderer.
Director: James Hill | Stars: Peter Sellers, Richard Attenborough, Beryl Reid, David Lodge
Votes: 605
13. Panorama (I) (1953– )
40 min | Documentary, News
Long-running factual programme reporting on all aspects of life in Britain.
Stars: Fred Emery, David Dimbleby, Richard Lindley, Richard Dimbleby
Votes: 598
14. Ferry to Hong Kong (1959)
Approved | 112 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Mark Conrad, a habitual drunk and troublemaker with a shady past, is expelled by Hong Kong police after one too many bar fights. He's sent to Macao on the Fa Tsan, a ferry owned by Captain ... See full summary »
Director: Lewis Gilbert | Stars: Curd Jürgens, Orson Welles, Sylvia Syms, Jeremy Spenser
Votes: 513
15. In Love and War (2001 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 90 min | Drama, History, Romance
Based on a true story, a British soldier stranded in enemy territory during WWII falls in love with a local Italian girl. But with the Germans advancing, the war that brought them together could now separate them forever.
Director: John Kent Harrison | Stars: Callum Blue, Barbora Bobulova, Peter Bowles, Nick Reding
Votes: 448
16.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962)
Episode:
I Spy
(1961)
TV-14 | 30 min | Drama, Mystery
A London private detective trying to find evidence that a sweet, gentle, older woman is cheating on her separated husband, falls in love with her.
Director: Norman Lloyd | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Kay Walsh, Eric Barker, Cecil Parker
Votes: 439
17. Guns of Darkness (1962)
102 min | Drama, Thriller
An English couple and a deposed ruler head for the border during a South American revolution.
Director: Anthony Asquith | Stars: Leslie Caron, David Niven, James Robertson Justice, David Opatoshu
Votes: 420
18. Question Time (1979– )
60 min | News, Talk-Show
Politicians, public office-holders and celebrities face questions on topical issues from a studio audience.
Stars: David Dimbleby, Robin Day, Peter Sissons, Fiona Bruce
Votes: 412
19. Summer's Lease (1989– )
220 min | Drama, Mystery
While on a family holiday in Tuscany, Molly Pargeter becomes preoccupied with the disappearance of their villa's owner and his connections to the local waterboard mafia much to the chagrin of her staid husband and swinger father.
Stars: Susan Fleetwood, John Gielgud, Michael Pennington, Rosemary Leach
Votes: 403
20. Play for Today (1970–1984)
75 min | Comedy, Drama
A British television anthology drama series that aired on BBC1 between 1970 and 1984.
Stars: Alison Steadman, Nigel Hawthorne, Tony Caunter, David Daker
Votes: 392
21. The Secret Life of Brian (2007 TV Movie)
48 min | Documentary
A documentary about the making of the controversial Life of Brian (1979) and the surrounding accusations of blasphemy.
Director: Will Yapp | Stars: Richard Dillane, Jonathan Benson, John Beyer, Inayat Bunglawala
Votes: 392
22. Arena (1975– )
60 min | Documentary
Wide-ranging arts program.
Stars: Gavin Millar, Kenneth Tynan, John Walters, Jonathan Miller
Votes: 320
23. Wogan (1982–1992)
35 min | Talk-Show
Terry Wogan hosts his own long-running chat show, where he interviews a variety of guests, from public life to celebrities. Also featured are regular musical guests performing their latest songs.
Stars: Terry Wogan, Sue Lawley, Joanna Lumley, Gloria Hunniford
Votes: 313
24. Omnibus (1967–2003)
Not Rated | 43 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
Arts documentary series with concerts and experimental dramatizations.
Stars: Humphrey Burton, Kirsty Wark, David Collings, Michael Hordern
Votes: 294
25. Lunch Hour (1963)
64 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The relationship and possible affair between a young designer and a married executive plays out over a series of lunch hours.
Director: James Hill | Stars: Shirley Anne Field, Robert Stephens, Kay Walsh, Hazel Hughes
Votes: 257
26. A Flea in Her Ear (1968)
M/PG | 94 min | Comedy
A Frenchwoman, suspecting her lawyer husband of having an affair, plots to catch him in the act.
Director: Jacques Charon | Stars: Rex Harrison, Rosemary Harris, Louis Jourdan, Rachel Roberts
Votes: 255
27.
Brideshead Revisited (1981)
Episode:
Et in Arcadia Ego
(1981)
TV-14 | 101 min | Drama, Romance
In the spring of 1944, Capt. Charles Ryder finds that he and his men are relocated to the grounds of Brideshead Castle. Charles knows the place well and he recalls a time 20 years before ... See full summary »
Directors: Michael Lindsay-Hogg, Charles Sturridge | Stars: Jeremy Irons, Kenneth Cranham, Richard Hope, John Nettleton
Votes: 253
28. Armchair Theatre (1956–1974)
60 min | Drama
This show was a British television drama anthology series of single plays that ran on the ITV network from 1956 to 1974. It was originally produced by Associated British Corporation, and from mid-1968 by Thames Television.
Stars: Harry H. Corbett, Paul Whitsun-Jones, Billie Whitelaw, Neil McCallum
Votes: 245
29. A Voyage Round My Father (1982 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 80 min | Drama
Before creating the beloved courtroom drama Rumpole of the Bailey (1978), writer John Mortimer found inspiration in his own life for this portrait of a difficult but enduring love between ... See full summary »
Director: Alvin Rakoff | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Alan Bates, Jane Asher, Elizabeth Sellars
Votes: 232
30. The Ebony Tower (1984 TV Movie)
80 min | Drama
A young artist goes to interview an older painter who lives in the south of France with two young women. He gets caught up in the painter's Bohemian lifestyle and begins to examine his own attitudes towards life and art.
Director: Robert Knights | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Roger Rees, Greta Scacchi, Toyah Willcox
Votes: 221
31. The South Bank Show (1978– )
53 min | Documentary
ITV's long-running arts series presented by Melvyn Bragg.
Stars: Melvyn Bragg, Ian McKellen, David Hockney, Victoria Wood
Votes: 216
32. Cider with Rosie (1998 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 100 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
A semi-autobiographical coming-of-age story set in the Cotswolds during and immediately after the First World War.
Director: Charles Beeson | Stars: Juliet Stevenson, Amanda Brewster, Fay Thomas, Dashiell Reece
Votes: 214
33.
Brideshead Revisited (1981)
Episode:
Home and Abroad
(1981)
TV-14 | 52 min | Drama, Romance
The aristocratic Sebastian invites his middle-class university friend Charles to spend a glorious summer at the amazing family home, Brideshead.
Director: Charles Sturridge | Stars: Diana Quick, Jeremy Irons, Anthony Andrews, Roger Milner
Votes: 201
34.
Brideshead Revisited (1981)
Episode:
Brideshead Revisited
(1981)
TV-14 | 90 min | Drama, Romance
In the winter of 1939, Lord Marchmain decides to return to Brideshead from Venice in view of the deteriorating international situation. It soon becomes apparent that he is in declining ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Sturridge | Stars: Jeremy Irons, Diana Quick, Phoebe Nicholls, Laurence Olivier
Votes: 184
35.
Brideshead Revisited (1981)
Episode:
The Bleak Light of Day
(1981)
TV-14 | 52 min | Drama, Romance
Charles and Sebastian return to Oxford but feel old and out of place. Sebastian feels that his mother is constantly watching him through her friends. In particular, both young men have to ... See full summary »
Directors: Michael Lindsay-Hogg, Charles Sturridge | Stars: Jeremy Irons, Anthony Andrews, John Grillo, Brian Hayes
Votes: 183
36.
Rumpole of the Bailey (1978–1992)
Episode:
Rumpole's Return
(1980)
Not Rated | 109 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A bored Rumpole living in Florida retirement uses an inquiry from Phyllida as a pretext to re-establish himself back in chambers
Director: John Glenister | Stars: Leo McKern, Peggy Thorpe-Bates, Albert Welling, Robin Halstead
Votes: 179
37.
Rumpole of the Bailey (1978–1992)
Episode:
Rumpole and the Younger Generation
(1978)
Not Rated | 53 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Rumpole is defending a young member of the Timson clan, an extended family of light-fingered but otherwise moral South London villains. To his distress, his own son appears to be acquiring some of the Timson traits.
Director: Herbert Wise | Stars: Leo McKern, Peggy Thorpe-Bates, David Yelland, John Welsh
Votes: 176
38. This Week (2003–2019)
45 min | News, Talk-Show
Political journalist and comic Andrew Neil is joined by guests to take a light-hearted look back at the week in politics.
Stars: Andrew Neil, Michael Portillo, Diane Abbott, Miranda Green
Votes: 173
39.
Brideshead Revisited (1981)
Episode:
Sebastian Against the World
(1981)
TV-14 | 52 min | Drama, Romance
Sebastian's decline continues and there is little anyone seems able to do about it. He is terribly unhappy about his family situation and seems bent on destroying any relationships he may ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Sturridge | Stars: Jeremy Irons, Phoebe Nicholls, Anthony Andrews, Diana Quick
Votes: 173
40.
Brideshead Revisited (1981)
Episode:
A Blow Upon a Bruise
(1981)
TV-14 | 52 min | Drama, Romance
Charles is invited to Brideshead for Christmas and learns that Mr. Samgrass and Sebastian will be there as well. Sebastian is as morose as he was before he left, if not more so. The ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Sturridge | Stars: John Grillo, Anthony Andrews, Jeremy Irons, Al Gillyon
Votes: 172
41.
Brideshead Revisited (1981)
Episode:
The Unseen Hook
(1981)
TV-14 | 52 min | Drama, Romance
Charles returns to London in the Spring of 1926 during the General Strike and joins the Defense Corps which ensures the delivery of essential supplies. He meets up with Boy Mulcaster and ... See full summary »
Directors: Michael Lindsay-Hogg, Charles Sturridge | Stars: Jeremy Irons, John Gielgud, Raymond Mason, Jeremy Sinden
Votes: 172
42.
Brideshead Revisited (1981)
Episode:
Julia
(1981)
TV-14 | 52 min | Drama, Romance
Charles returns to Paris to continue his art studies and is surprised with a visit from Rex Mottram. It would seem that he and Sebastian had stopped in Paris enroute to a sanatorium in ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Sturridge | Stars: Jeremy Irons, Susan Field, Charles Keating, Diana Quick
Votes: 169
43.
Brideshead Revisited (1981)
Episode:
Brideshead Deserted
(1981)
TV-14 | 52 min | Drama, Romance
Charles returns to London, leaving Sebastian in Morocco. Bridey gives Charles a commission to paint a number of small oils of Marchmain House, the family's London townhouse which is about ... See full summary »
Directors: Michael Lindsay-Hogg, Charles Sturridge | Stars: Jeremy Irons, Simon Jones, Phoebe Nicholls, Vincent Marzello
Votes: 168
44.
Brideshead Revisited (1981)
Episode:
Orphans of the Storm
(1981)
TV-14 | 52 min | Drama, Romance
With Celia seasick, Julia and Charles spend all of their free time together and soon begin an affair. He also learns from her that Sebastian has vanished completely. In London, Charles' new... See full summary »
Directors: Michael Lindsay-Hogg, Charles Sturridge | Stars: Jeremy Irons, Diana Quick, Ronald Fraser, Michael Haughey
Votes: 165
45.
Brideshead Revisited (1981)
Episode:
A Twitch Upon the Thread
(1981)
TV-14 | 52 min | Drama, Romance
Two years have passed and Charles and Julia are still in love, spending as much time together as possible. They are astounded to learn from Bridey that he is engaged to be married. Bridey's... See full summary »
Director: Charles Sturridge | Stars: Jeremy Irons, Diana Quick, Roger Milner, Simon Jones
Votes: 163
46. Sunday AM (2005– )
60 min | News, Talk-Show
Presenter Andrew Marr talks to invited guests from politics, broadcasting and the arts to review the week's events making the news, and discuss the headlines in the Sunday newspapers.
Stars: Andrew Marr, Susanna Reid, Matt Taylor, Sophie Raworth
Votes: 162
47.
Play for Today (1970–1984)
Episode:
Rumpole of the Bailey
(1975)
61 min | Comedy, Drama
An irreverent barrister chooses to defend a young Jamaican boy accused of stabbing on the same day his only son leaves for college in America.
Director: John Gorrie | Stars: Leo McKern, Joyce Heron, Noel Willman, David Yelland
Votes: 154
48.
Rumpole of the Bailey (1978–1992)
Episode:
Rumpole and the Alternative Society
(1978)
Not Rated | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Rumpole defends a hippie-type schoolteacher on a narcotics charge and finds himself attracted to her and her lifestyle.
Director: Herbert Wise | Stars: Leo McKern, Jane Asher, Nigel Gregory, Peter Jeffrey
Votes: 153
49. Imagine (2003– )
TV-14 | 60 min | Biography, History
Wide-ranging BBC arts programme.
Stars: Alan Yentob, Tracey Emin, Chuck Close, Richard Rogers
Votes: 146
50. Paradise Postponed (1986)
569 min | Drama
A clergyman, famous for his support of left-wing causes, dies, and surprises his family by leaving a great deal of money to a Conservative Member of Parliament. Why?
Stars: Annette Crosbie, Paul Shelley, Peter Egan, David Threlfall
Votes: 141