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1. Gangs of New York (2002)
R | 167 min | Crime, Drama
In 1862, Amsterdam Vallon returns to the Five Points area of New York City seeking revenge against Bill the Butcher, his father's killer.
Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Cameron Diaz, Daniel Day-Lewis, Jim Broadbent
Votes: 473,373 | Gross: $77.81M
2. Shakespeare in Love (1998)
R | 123 min | Comedy, Drama, History
The world's greatest ever playwright, William Shakespeare, is young, out of ideas and short of cash, but meets his ideal woman and is inspired to write one of his most famous plays.
Director: John Madden | Stars: Gwyneth Paltrow, Joseph Fiennes, Geoffrey Rush, Tom Wilkinson
Votes: 234,478 | Gross: $100.32M
3. The Father (I) (2020)
PG-13 | 97 min | Drama, Mystery
A man refuses all assistance from his daughter as he ages. As he tries to make sense of his changing circumstances, he begins to doubt his loved ones, his own mind and even the fabric of his reality.
Director: Florian Zeller | Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Olivia Colman, Mark Gatiss, Olivia Williams
Votes: 193,644
4. 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: 89,622 | Gross: $14.60M
5. Loving Vincent (2017)
PG-13 | 94 min | Animation, Drama, Mystery
In a story depicted in oil painted animation, a young man comes to the last hometown of painter Vincent van Gogh to deliver the troubled artist's final letter and ends up investigating his final days there.
Directors: DK Welchman, Hugh Welchman | Stars: Douglas Booth, Jerome Flynn, Robert Gulaczyk, Helen McCrory
Votes: 63,728 | Gross: $6.74M
6. Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994)
R | 123 min | Drama, Horror, Romance
When the brilliant but unorthodox scientist Dr. Victor Frankenstein rejects the artificial man that he has created, the Creature escapes and later swears revenge.
Director: Kenneth Branagh | Stars: Robert De Niro, Kenneth Branagh, Helena Bonham Carter, Tom Hulce
Votes: 59,381 | Gross: $22.01M
7. Much Ado About Nothing (1993)
PG-13 | 111 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Young lovers, and soon to wed, Hero and Claudio conspire to get verbal sparring partners and confirmed singles, Benedick and Beatrice, to wed as well.
Director: Kenneth Branagh | Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Emma Thompson, Keanu Reeves, Kate Beckinsale
Votes: 52,045 | Gross: $22.55M
8. Chasing Liberty (2004)
PG-13 | 111 min | Comedy, Romance
Anna wants to be like other girls her age (18): date a guy etc. but she's the US president's daughter and always guarded. In Prague he breaks his promise of only 2 agents following her to a concert and she runs away with Ben to see Europe.
Director: Andy Cadiff | Stars: Mandy Moore, Matthew Goode, Mark Harmon, Stark Sands
Votes: 41,080 | Gross: $12.19M
9. Henry V (1989)
PG-13 | 137 min | Biography, Drama, History
In the midst of the Hundred Years War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France in 1415.
Director: Kenneth Branagh | Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Derek Jacobi, Simon Shepherd, James Larkin
Votes: 31,683 | Gross: $10.16M
10. The Madness of King George (1994)
PG-13 | 110 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
When King George III goes mad, his Lieutenants try to adjust the rules to run the country without his participation.
Director: Nicholas Hytner | Stars: Nigel Hawthorne, Helen Mirren, Rupert Graves, Amanda Donohoe
Votes: 18,421 | Gross: $15.24M
11. Red Joan (2018)
R | 101 min | Biography, Drama, History
The story of Joan Stanley, who was exposed as the K.G.B.'s longest-serving British spy.
Director: Trevor Nunn | Stars: Judi Dench, Sophie Cookson, Stephen Campbell Moore, Tom Hughes
Votes: 14,435 | Gross: $1.58M
12. The Wings of the Dove (1997)
R | 102 min | Drama, Romance
An impoverished woman who has been forced to choose between a privileged life with her wealthy aunt and her journalist lover, befriends an American heiress. When she discovers the heiress is attracted to her own lover and is dying, she sees a chance to have both the privileged life she cannot give up and the lover she cannot live without.
Director: Iain Softley | Stars: Helena Bonham Carter, Linus Roache, Alex Jennings, Charlotte Rampling
Votes: 13,062 | Gross: $13.72M
13. Peter's Friends (1992)
R | 101 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Six former college friends, with two new friends, gather for a New Year's Eve weekend reunion at a large English countryside manor after ten years to reminisce about the good times now long gone.
Director: Kenneth Branagh | Stars: Hugh Laurie, Stephen Fry, Emma Thompson, Kenneth Branagh
Votes: 12,152 | Gross: $4.06M
14. Parade's End (2012)
TV-MA | 57 min | Action, Drama, Romance
Revolves around a love triangle between a conservative English aristocrat, his mean socialite wife and a young suffragette.
Stars: Benedict Cumberbatch, Rebecca Hall, Roger Allam, Adelaide Clemens
Votes: 10,750
15. I Capture the Castle (2003)
R | 113 min | Drama, Romance
A love story set in 1930s England that follows 17-year-old Cassandra Mortmain and the fortunes of her eccentric family struggling to survive in a decaying English castle.
Director: Tim Fywell | Stars: Romola Garai, Rose Byrne, Bill Nighy, Sophie Stuckey
Votes: 7,985 | Gross: $1.17M
16. Twelfth Night (1996)
PG | 134 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Shakespeare's comedy of gender confusion, in which a girl disguises herself as a man to be near the count she adores, only to be pursued by the woman he loves.
Director: Trevor Nunn | Stars: Helena Bonham Carter, Richard E. Grant, Imogen Stubbs, Steven Mackintosh
Votes: 6,409 | Gross: $0.59M
17. Dean Spanley (2008)
PG | 100 min | Comedy, Drama
Set in Edwardian England where upper lips are always stiff and men from the Colonies are not entirely to be trusted, Fisk Senior has little time or affection for his son, but when the pair visit an eccentric Indian, they start a strange journey that eventually allows the old man to find his heart.
Director: Toa Fraser | Stars: Jeremy Northam, Sam Neill, Bryan Brown, Peter O'Toole
Votes: 3,825
18. Elizabeth R (1971)
520 min | Biography, Drama, History
When Elizabeth Tudor comes to the throne, her (male) advisers know she has to marry. Doesn't she? Thus starts a decades-long political/matrimonial game, during an age of high passions and high achievement.
Stars: Glenda Jackson, Ronald Hines, Robert Hardy, Stephen Murray
Votes: 1,939
19. The Wipers Times (2013 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 92 min | War
Based on the remarkable true story of a satirical newspaper published on the front lines of World War One, this poignant yet comedic drama revels in the extraordinary resilience of the human spirit in the face of overwhelming adversity.
Director: Andy De Emmony | Stars: Ben Chaplin, Patrick FitzSymons, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Steve Oram
Votes: 1,449
20. The Doctor and the Devils (1985)
R | 93 min | Crime, Drama, History
In Victorian England, two grave robbers supply a wealthy doctor with bodies to research anatomy on, but greed causes them to look for a more simple way to get the job done. Based on the horrifying Burke and Hare case.
Director: Freddie Francis | Stars: Timothy Dalton, Jonathan Pryce, Twiggy, Julian Sands
Votes: 1,397 | Gross: $0.15M
21. A Bunch of Amateurs (2008)
96 min | Comedy
A sleazy Hollywood agent tricks one of his clients, a faded action star, into playing King Lear in an amateur charity production in England.
Director: Andy Cadiff | Stars: Burt Reynolds, Alexandra Weaver, Elesia Marie, Sarah Goldberg
Votes: 1,154
22. The 71st Annual Academy Awards (1999 TV Special)
Family
Award of the American academy of cinematographic arts and sciences, from 1940 known as "Oscar", - American film award created in 1929 and traditionally handed to the figures of ... See full summary »
Director: Louis J. Horvitz | Stars: Whoopi Goldberg, Ben Affleck, Debbie Allen, Gene Autry
Votes: 661
23. The Republic of Love (2003)
95 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A thrice-divorced radio host and a commitment-shy art curator fall in love, but their relationship is affected by the experiences of their friends and families.
Director: Deepa Mehta | Stars: Kate Lynch, Kate Kelton, Sunday Muse, Brooke D'Orsay
Votes: 551
24.
Parade's End (2012)
Episode:
Episode #1.1
(2012)
TV-MA | 58 min | Action, Drama, Romance
In 1908 civil servant Christopher Tietjens marries the pregnant Sylvia Satterthwaite though the father is probably her married lover Gerald Drake,as Christopher's brother Mark points out. ... See full summary »
Director: Susanna White | Stars: Lucinda Raikes, Rebecca Hall, Benedict Cumberbatch, Stephen Graham
Votes: 422
25. Look Back in Anger (1989 TV Movie)
115 min | Drama
A love triangle develops between smart disaffected working-class husband Jimmy Porter (Sir Kenneth Branagh), his reserved upper-middle-class wife Alison (Dame Emma Thompson) and her arrogant best friend Helena Charles (Siobhan Redmond).
Director: Judi Dench | Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Emma Thompson, Gerard Horan, Siobhan Redmond
Votes: 375
26.
Parade's End (2012)
Episode:
Episode #1.2
(2012)
TV-MA | 61 min | Action, Drama, Romance
Sylvia returns to Christopher,largely for the financial security and attends his mother's funeral,where her showy appearance shocks the mourners. Realising she is reviled she goes to a ... See full summary »
Director: Susanna White | Stars: Rebecca Hall, Benedict Cumberbatch, Janet McTeer, Ned Dennehy
Votes: 363
27.
Parade's End (2012)
Episode:
Episode #1.3
(2012)
TV-MA | 60 min | Action, Drama, Romance
Despite receiving a white feather for cowardice Vincent becomes a very influential author and marries Edith after Duchemin kills himself. They are the subject of gossip and scandal which ... See full summary »
Director: Susanna White | Stars: Benedict Cumberbatch, Rebecca Hall, Adelaide Clemens, Dominic Coleman
Votes: 337
28.
Parade's End (2012)
Episode:
Episode #1.5
(2012)
TV-MA | 60 min | Action, Drama, Romance
1917;- Christopher,McKechnie and Perowne have all been sent to fight in the trenches,surrounded by carnage and madness. When Bill,the commanding officer,suffers a breakdown from stress ... See full summary »
Director: Susanna White | Stars: Roger Allam, Elliot Levey, Benedict Cumberbatch, Patrick Kennedy
Votes: 331
29.
Parade's End (2012)
Episode:
Episode #1.4
(2012)
TV-MA | 58 min | Action, Drama, Romance
Christopher is in Rouen with his godfather General Campion and the unbalanced McKechnie,his job being to kit out fresh troops for the front. His desire to see that the men are humanely ... See full summary »
Director: Susanna White | Stars: Anna Skellern, Rebecca Hall, Ronald Pickup, Leslie de Gruyter
Votes: 315
30. To the Lighthouse (1983 TV Movie)
115 min | Drama
A family spends their last summer at the seashore, before personal tragedy and the outbreak of World War I destroy their world.
Director: Colin Gregg | Stars: Rosemary Harris, Michael Gough, Suzanne Bertish, Lynsey Baxter
Votes: 230
31. Raffles (1975–1977)
60 min | Comedy, Crime
Most people know A.J. Raffles only as a gentleman of leisure and a top-rated cricketer, but he is also "the amateur Cracksman", an expert jewel thief. Alternately aided and hindered by his ... See full summary »
Stars: Anthony Valentine, Christopher Strauli, Victor Brooks, Victor Carin
Votes: 210
32. Swan Song (1992)
23 min | Short
An aging actor remembers his past stage triumphs and contemplates a dim future on the stage of an empty theatre.
Director: Kenneth Branagh | Stars: John Gielgud, Richard Briers
Votes: 200
33. Love in a Cold Climate (1980)
420 min | Drama
Two cousins come of age in the early twentieth century, but fate leads them down very different paths.
Stars: Judi Dench, Michael Aldridge, Michael Williams, Lucy Gutteridge
Votes: 188
34. My Week with Marilyn: The Untold Story of an American Icon (2011 Video)
18 min | Documentary, Short
The memories of cast and crew members who knew or had some understanding of Marilyn and some of the difficulties that absorbed her daily life. Talked about also was what is considered the ... See full summary »
Stars: Michelle Williams, Eddie Redmayne, Emma Watson, Judi Dench
Votes: 169
35. A Picture of Katherine Mansfield (1973– )
50 min | Drama
The life of Katherine Mansfield (Vanessa Redgrave), a prominent writer of the early twentieth century, interwoven with adaptations of some of her best-known short stories.
Stars: Vanessa Redgrave, Jeremy Brett, Phyllida Law, Annette Crosbie
Votes: 158
36. The Lost Boys (1978)
274 min | Biography, Drama
The story of J.M. Barrie and his relationship with the Llewelyn-Davies family. Barrie writes PETER PAN for the five boys, and later adopts George, Jack, Peter, Michael, and Nicholas.
Stars: Ian Holm, Anna Cropper, William Hootkins, Maureen O'Brien
Votes: 125
37.
A Picture of Katherine Mansfield (1973– )
Episode:
Episode #1.4
(1973)
51 min | Drama
The life of Katherine Mansfield plus two adaptations of her short stories: "The Aloe", "The Man without a Temperament".
Director: Alan Cooke | Stars: Vanessa Redgrave, Jeremy Brett, Annette Crosbie, Michael Williams
Votes: 122
38.
A Picture of Katherine Mansfield (1973– )
Episode:
Episode #1.6
(1973)
50 min | Drama
The life and death of Katherine Mansfield plus two adaptations of her short stories: "at the bay", "prelude"
Director: Alan Cooke | Stars: Vanessa Redgrave, Jeremy Brett, Stanley Lebor, Joolia Cappleman
Votes: 119
39. Mister Corbett's Ghost (1987 TV Movie)
60 min | Fantasy, Drama
Mr Corbett is a cruel employer to Ben Partridge. One night on New Years Eve Ben is sent out to deliver some medicine. Along the way he wishes his master was dead, little knowing that the man he is delivering to is the Collector of Souls.
Director: Danny Huston | Stars: Paul Scofield, John Huston, Mark Farmer, Burgess Meredith
Votes: 87
40.
Elizabeth R (1971)
Episode:
The Enterprise of England
(1971)
TV-14 | 90 min | Biography, Drama, History
The infirm King Philip II of Spain is eager to avenge the death of Mary, Queen of Scots and incidentally, make good on his inheritance from Mary as the Catholic claimant to the English ... See full summary »
Director: Donald McWhinnie | Stars: Glenda Jackson, Robert Hardy, Ronald Hines, Stephen Murray
Votes: 85
41. Discovering Hamlet (1990 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 53 min | Drama, Documentary
A unique, behind-the-scenes look at Shakespeare's great play. In 1988, rising star Kenneth Branagh played the Prince of Denmark for the first time. His guide through four weeks of ... See full summary »
Director: Mark Olshaker | Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Richard Clifford, Richard Easton, Derek Jacobi
Votes: 74
42. ...And Mother Makes Three (1971–1973)
30 min | Comedy
Sally Harrison is a harassed, well-meaning but scatterbrained young widow doing her best to bring up two boisterous sons.
Stars: Wendy Craig, Valerie Lush, Robin Davies, David Parfitt
Votes: 69
43. ...And Mother Makes Five (1974–1976)
30 min | Comedy
Newly remarried Sally Redway (formerly Harrison) finds that her children, now augmented by the daughter of her new husband, may be a little older, but are just as troublesome as before.
Stars: Wendy Craig, Richard Coleman, Robin Davies, David Parfitt
Votes: 59
44. Black Dog (II) (2023)
96 min | Drama
Two teenage boys from very different London backgrounds embark on a road trip North together. As they start to open up about their pasts, the boys learn they have far more in common than they first thought.
Director: George Jaques | Stars: Paul Kaye, Jason Flemyng, Ruby Stokes, Hattie Morahan
Votes: 55
45. Shakespeare in Love and on Film (1999 TV Movie)
22 min | Documentary
Stars: Beau Weaver, John Madden, Gwyneth Paltrow, Geoffrey Rush
Votes: 45
46. Working with Weinstein (2018 TV Movie)
49 min | Documentary
Documentary exploring the harassment charges against Harvey Weinstein and his relationship with the UK film business.
Director: Alice Perman | Stars: Gaia Elkington, Michelle Franklin, Jill Greenfield, Laura Madden
Votes: 42
47. Stalky & Co. (1982– )
300 min | Drama
Stars: Robert Addie, David Parfitt, Robert Burbage, John Woodnutt
Votes: 32
48. Moonfleet (1984)
30 min | Adventure, Family
15-year-old John Trenchard meets the innkeeper Elzevir Block in the town of Moonfleet. You hear about a mysterious legend of Blackbeard and a treasure. The two decide to get to the bottom of the matter. A dangerous journey begins.
Stars: David Daker, Adam Godley, Victoria Blake, Bernard Gallagher
Votes: 27
49. The Kids from 47A (1973–1975)
30 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
After Mum has being taken into hospital,and Dad far away, the young Gathercoles are left parent less. Jess realizes that this could result in the family being split up, so taking the role ... See full summary »
Stars: Christine McKenna, Gaynor Hodgson, Russell Lewis, Nigel Greaves
Votes: 26
50. The Time Tree (2018)
18 min | Short, Drama, Family
1596. Anne, a deaf girl, bullied by the maids and mistresses who look after her, finds solace when she comes across a magical tree: a portal to the present, where she meets Jo and Rachel, ... See full summary »
Director: Celine Cotran | Stars: Miranda Beinart-Smith, Jillian Bradley, Cleopatra Dickens, Paul Fuller
Votes: 26