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1.
Kavanagh QC (1995–2001)
Episode:
The End of Law
(2001)
TV-MA | 99 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Kavanagh is considering being a justice, but government pressure tries to persuade him not to pursue an appeals case.
Director: Jack Gold | Stars: John Thaw, David Allister, Daisy Bates, Samantha Bond
Votes: 72
2.
Inspector Morse (1987–2000)
Episode:
The Remorseful Day
(2000)
TV-14 | 99 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An ailing Morse involves himself in a year-old cold-case of a murdered nymphomaniac, when persons of interest connected to it turn up dead.
Director: Jack Gold | Stars: John Thaw, Kevin Whately, Meg Davies, Eddie Webber
Votes: 983
3. Poirot (1989–2013)
TV-14 | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Hercule Poirot, a famous Belgian detective, who has an impeccable knack for getting embroiled in a mystery, solves crimes along with Captain Hastings and Scotland Yard Chief Inspector James Japp.
Stars: David Suchet, Hugh Fraser, Philip Jackson, Pauline Moran
Votes: 52,206
4. Masterpiece (1971– )
Drama, History, Mystery
An anthology drama series featuring primarily British productions.
Stars: Alistair Cooke, Laura Linney, David Bamber, Russell Baker
Votes: 578
5.
Poirot (1989–2013)
Episode:
The ABC Murders
(1992)
Not Rated | 103 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Poirot receives taunting letters from a serial killer who appears to choose his victims and crime scenes alphabetically.
Director: Andrew Grieve | Stars: David Suchet, Hugh Fraser, Philip Jackson, Donald Sumpter
Votes: 2,785
6.
Inspector Lewis (2006–2015)
Episode:
And the Moonbeams Kiss the Sea
(2008)
TV-PG | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The murder of a maintenance worker at the Bodleian Library and the death of a popular Art student seem to be linked.
Director: Dan Reed | Stars: Darren Clarke, Haydn Gwynne, Sam Alexander, Emily Beecham
Votes: 883
7.
Inspector Lewis (2006–2015)
Episode:
What Lies Tangled: Part 2
(2015)
TV-PG | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
With his six-month trip to New Zealand with Hobson on the horizon, Lewis is in a race against time to save both his career and relationship.
Director: David Drury | Stars: Zoë Tapper, Mali Harries, David Warner, Tosin Cole
Votes: 441
8. Inspector Lewis (2006–2015)
TV-PG | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
DI Robert Lewis and DS James Hathaway solve the tough cases that the learned inhabitants of Oxford throw at them.
Stars: Kevin Whately, Laurence Fox, Clare Holman, Rebecca Front
Votes: 15,924
9. Inspector Morse (1987–2000)
TV-14 | 3,431 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Chief Inspector Morse has an ear for Western classical music, a taste for beer, and a nose for crime. He and Detective Sergeant Robert Lewis solve intriguing cases in and around the Oxford area.
Stars: John Thaw, Kevin Whately, James Grout, Peter Woodthorpe
Votes: 14,390
10.
Inspector Morse (1987–2000)
Episode:
Death Is Now My Neighbour
(1997)
TV-14 | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When the next-door neighbor of a murdered woman is also killed, Morse suspects the first shooting may have been an error.
Director: Charles Beeson | Stars: John Thaw, Kevin Whately, Mark McGann, Julia Dalkin
Votes: 796
11.
Poirot (1989–2013)
Episode:
The Chocolate Box
(1993)
TV-14 | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
While in Belgium, Poirot relates to Chief Inspector Japp a case from his early days in the Belgian police force that nearly eluded the brilliance of his 'little grey cells.'
Director: Ken Grieve | Stars: David Suchet, Philip Jackson, Rosalie Crutchley, Anna Chancellor
Votes: 1,717
12.
Inspector Lewis (2006–2015)
Episode:
Reputation
(2006)
TV-PG | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
DI Robert Lewis teams up with DS James Hathaway to look into the murder of an Oxford mathematics student.
Director: Bill Anderson | Stars: Charlie Cox, Sophie Winkleman, Colin Starkey, Jack Ellis
Votes: 2,815
13.
Inspector Morse (1987–2000)
Episode:
The Wench Is Dead
(1998)
TV-14 | 101 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
While Morse is in hospital for a bleeding ulcer, he takes an interest in an 1859 murder and becomes convinced its resolution was a miscarriage of justice.
Director: Robert Knights | Stars: John Thaw, Lisa Eichhorn, James Grout, Louisa Lawrenson
Votes: 831
14.
Inspector Lewis (2006–2015)
Episode:
Intelligent Design: Part 1
(2013)
TV-PG | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The day after an alcoholic college professor who killed a young girl in a drunken accident is released from prison and returns home, he is run over by his own car.
Director: Tim Fywell | Stars: Stephen Churchett, Alison Steadman, Crystal Leaity, Ariyon Bakare
Votes: 545
15.
Inspector Lewis (2006–2015)
Episode:
Intelligent Design: Part 2
(2013)
TV-PG | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
While Benison College is being renovated, the desiccated body of a student who disappeared 15 years earlier is found in an attic and linked to Seager's murder.
Director: Tim Fywell | Stars: Edward Fox, Alison Steadman, Miranda Raison, Ariyon Bakare
Votes: 487
16.
Inspector Lewis (2006–2015)
Episode:
Beyond Good and Evil: Part 1
(2014)
TV-PG | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Lewis' reputation is jeopardized when the very first case that he solved as a DI is reopened for appeal and new murders are committed with the original weapon.
Director: David Drury | Stars: Susan Wooldridge, Priyanga Burford, Alec Newman, Richie Campbell
Votes: 498
17.
Rosemary & Thyme (2003–2006)
Episode:
Three Legs Good
(2006)
TV-14 | 47 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Rosemary and Laura work on re-planting the historic Regent's Park garden, filled with its colorful flowers and an array of permanent visitors. But hidden amongst these frequenters of the ... See full summary »
Director: Simon Langton | Stars: Felicity Kendal, Pam Ferris, Daisy Dunlop, Tim Woodward
Votes: 186
18.
Inspector Lewis (2006–2015)
Episode:
Generation of Vipers
(2012)
TV-PG | 91 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When it becomes widely known that a best-selling feminist author and lecturer has joined an Internet dating site, she apparently commits suicide.
Director: David O'Neill | Stars: Kevin Whately, Laurence Fox, Jason Durr, Julie Cox
Votes: 677
19.
Inspector Lewis (2006–2015)
Episode:
The Soul of Genius
(2012)
TV-PG | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A scholar obsessed with Lewis Carroll's poem "The Hunting of the Snark" is found buried in the botanical gardens frequented by the author during his life.
Director: Brian Kelly | Stars: Daisy May, Oliver Johnstone, Annabel Mullion, James Fleet
Votes: 648
20.
Inspector Lewis (2006–2015)
Episode:
The Ramblin' Boy: Part 2
(2013)
TV-PG | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The suspected identity of the cremated corpse keeps changing as attempts are made on the lives of two of the students involved in the case are made.
Director: Dan Reed | Stars: Taron Egerton, Babou Ceesay, Kevin Whately, Harriet Ballard
Votes: 480
21.
Inspector Lewis (2006–2015)
Episode:
Beyond Good and Evil: Part 2
(2014)
TV-PG | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Several suspects are caught in lies and an unexpected death leads the detectives to the solution.
Director: David Drury | Stars: Kevin Whately, Angela Griffin, Joe Dixon, Clare Holman
Votes: 420
22.
Inspector Lewis (2006–2015)
Episode:
What Lies Tangled: Part 1
(2015)
TV-PG | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When an idyllic Oxford summer's day is torn asunder by a gruesome parcel bomb, Lewis and Hathaway are called in to investigate.
Director: David Drury | Stars: Mali Harries, David Warner, Oliver Lansley, Peter De Jersey
Votes: 430
23. A Touch of Frost (1992–2010)
TV-MA | 105 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
DI Jack Frost is an unconventional policeman with sympathy for the underdog and an instinct for moral justice. Sloppy, disorganized, and disrespectful, he attracts trouble like a magnet.
Stars: David Jason, Bruce Alexander, John Lyons, Arthur White
Votes: 8,768
24.
Poirot (1989–2013)
Episode:
The Mysterious Affair at Styles
(1990)
TV-14 | 103 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Hastings renews his friendship with Poirot and involves him in the mysterious poisoning of the mistress of a manor house married to a man twenty years her junior.
Director: Ross Devenish | Stars: David Suchet, Hugh Fraser, Philip Jackson, Beatie Edney
Votes: 2,317
25.
Dalziel and Pascoe (1996–2007)
Episode:
Truth and Consequences
(2001)
TV-14 | 88 min | Crime, Mystery, Drama
When the excavation at a construction site unearths a skeleton, Det. Supt. Dalziel and DI Pascoe have a murder to solve. The construction is at an abandoned coal mine that was the site of a... See full summary »
Director: David Wheatley | Stars: Warren Clarke, Colin Buchanan, David Royle, Jo-Anne Stockham
Votes: 126
26.
Inspector Morse (1987–2000)
Episode:
The Daughters of Cain
(1996)
TV-14 | 101 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An Oxford professor and fund raiser is stabbed to death at home with a weapon that is yet to be stolen from a university museum.
Director: Herbert Wise | Stars: John Thaw, Kevin Whately, Gabrielle Lloyd, Phyllis Logan
Votes: 769
27.
A Touch of Frost (1992–2010)
Episode:
Line of Fire: Part 2
(2000)
TV-14 | 75 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A crime squad detective is murdered and the evidence points to police corruption. Frost takes the lead in the investigation and clashes with the dead detective's abrasive boss.
Director: Robert Knights | Stars: David Jason, Bruce Alexander, Paul Jesson, Nicky Henson
Votes: 257
28.
Inspector Lewis (2006–2015)
Episode:
Allegory of Love
(2009)
TV-PG | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The fabulously successful Oxford-based fantasy novelist seems to Lewis to be the key to solving the bizarre murder of a beautiful woman with a mirror.
Director: Bill Anderson | Stars: Katia Winter, Tom Mison, Louise Dylan, Olly Alexander
Votes: 755
29.
Inspector Lewis (2006–2015)
Episode:
The Quality of Mercy
(2009)
TV-PG | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Lewis investigates the murder of student Richard Scott. He was killed just before premiering The Merchant of Venice. During the investigation Lewis gets personally involved.
Director: Bille Eltringham | Stars: Jo Herbert, Bryan Dick, Ronan Vibert, Shaughan Seymour
Votes: 737
30.
Inspector Lewis (2006–2015)
Episode:
The Dead of Winter
(2010)
TV-PG | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Murders occur in Crevecoeur Hall, a lavish Oxford estate where Hathaway's father was in service and he spent his boyhood.
Director: Bill Anderson | Stars: Richard Johnson, Nathaniel Parker, Jonty Stephens, Georgia Groome
Votes: 733
31.
Porterhouse Blue (1987)
Episode:
Episode #1.4
(1987)
TV-14 | 49 min | Comedy
Cornelius Carrington comes to Porterhouse to make his film but it is an act of revenge for unhappy student days and he distorts the result to make the college seem like a salacious hotbed ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Knights | Stars: David Jason, Ian Richardson, Charles Gray, Griff Rhys Jones
Votes: 22
32.
Inspector Lewis (2006–2015)
Episode:
The Mind Has Mountains
(2011)
TV-PG | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The ethics of a questionable drug on the Oxford campus of anti-depressants calls into account the questionable judgment of a psychiatry professor.
Director: Charlie Palmer | Stars: Douglas Henshall, Jack Roth, Nichola Burley, Florence Brudenell-Bruce
Votes: 634
33.
Inspector Lewis (2006–2015)
Episode:
The Lions of Nemea: Part 1
(2014)
TV-PG | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
After Lewis returns to his old job, he, Hathaway and DS Maddox are swept up in another murder investigation when an American classics student is killed.
Director: Nicholas Laughland | Stars: John Light, Sian Brooke, Wesley Smith, Clive Merrison
Votes: 506
34. The Comic Strip Presents (1982– )
Comedy
A series of self contained television movies starring performers from London's "Comic Strip" comedy club and their friends. Noted for a high sense of parody of previous movies, literature, and generally everyone in sight.
Stars: Peter Richardson, Adrian Edmondson, Jennifer Saunders, Nigel Planer
Votes: 1,636
35. Goodnight Mr Tom (1998 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 101 min | Drama, Family, War
A shy and quiet World War II evacuee is housed by a disgruntled old man, and they soon develop a close bond.
Director: Jack Gold | Stars: John Thaw, Nick Robinson, Annabelle Apsion, Thomas Orange
Votes: 4,922
36.
A Touch of Frost (1992–2010)
Episode:
Line of Fire: Part 1
(1999)
TV-14 | 75 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
DI Frost investigates the murder of a policeman murdered during a sting of a ring of international; car thieves and someone murdering local pets.
Director: Robert Knights | Stars: David Jason, Bruce Alexander, Paul Jesson, Nicky Henson
Votes: 267
37.
Poirot (1989–2013)
Episode:
The Yellow Iris
(1993)
TV-14 | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A man celebrates the two-year anniversary of his wife's sudden death by cyanide while in Argentina - a death which Poirot himself had witnessed, but could not solve at the time.
Director: Peter Barber-Fleming | Stars: David Suchet, Hugh Fraser, Pauline Moran, David Troughton
Votes: 1,519
38.
Inspector Lewis (2006–2015)
Episode:
Expiation
(2007)
TV-PG | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When an Oxford housewife is found hanged in her home, Lewis and Hathaway unearth a far darker murder case than the initial suicide verdict suggests.
Director: Dan Reed | Stars: Emma Croft, Eva Sayer, James Wilby, Julia Joyce
Votes: 804
39.
Inspector Lewis (2006–2015)
Episode:
Music to Die For
(2008)
TV-PG | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Lewis investigates the garroting of an aging Oxford don planning an Wagnerian festival and discovers a tenuous connection to his former boss, Inspector Morse.
Director: Bill Anderson | Stars: Tom Goodman-Hill, Niall Buggy, Ben Batt, Bradley James
Votes: 732
40.
Inspector Lewis (2006–2015)
Episode:
Life Born of Fire
(2008)
TV-PG | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The suicide of Hathaway's old friend tests his relationship with Lewis as he must come to terms with ambivalence about his own sexual past.
Director: Richard Spence | Stars: Philip Battley, Matthew Marsh, Ian McNeice, Rachael Stirling
Votes: 873
41.
Inspector Lewis (2006–2015)
Episode:
The Point of Vanishing
(2009)
TV-PG | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A former religious fanatic who deliberately tried to kill an outspoken atheist in a car crash but only succeeded in disabling his daughter is murdered.
Director: Maurice Phillips | Stars: Ophelia Lovibond, Danny Midwinter, Dougal Irvine, Julian Wadham
Votes: 673
42.
Inspector Lewis (2006–2015)
Episode:
Falling Darkness
(2010)
TV-PG | 80 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
During a Halloween, one of Dr Hobson's college roommates is found dead with a stake through her heart and a garlic bulb in her mouth.
Director: Nicholas Renton | Stars: Kevin Whately, Clare Holman, Niamh Cusack, Lucy Griffiths
Votes: 694
43.
Inspector Lewis (2006–2015)
Episode:
Your Sudden Death Question
(2010)
TV-PG | 80 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A group of people gather at an Oxford college to compete in a quiz contest for a large prize. One of them, an annoying, know-it-all womaniser is murdered. Due to his personality quite a few people would loathe him, but murder him?
Director: Dan Reed | Stars: Adam James, Susannah Doyle, Ruth Gemmell, Sally Bretton
Votes: 671
44.
Inspector Lewis (2006–2015)
Episode:
Old, Unhappy, Far Off Things
(2011)
TV-PG | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
At the reunion of former students of an all-female college, one of the attendees is murdered. Lewis suspects the murder may be linked to an attack at the college he investigated nine years earlier.
Director: Nicholas Renton | Stars: Laurence Fox, Zoe Telford, Melanie Kilburn, Kathryn O'Reilly
Votes: 662
45.
Inspector Lewis (2006–2015)
Episode:
The Ramblin' Boy: Part 1
(2013)
TV-PG | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When a body discovered in a wooded area is found already embalmed, the logical conclusion is that a murder victim must have been cremated in his place.
Director: Dan Reed | Stars: Simon Wilson, Lia Williams, Mark Powley, Tom Brooke
Votes: 557
46.
Inspector Lewis (2006–2015)
Episode:
The Lions of Nemea: Part 2
(2014)
TV-PG | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The investigation of American classics student Rose Anderson's brutal murder yields only secrets and murky motives.
Director: Nicholas Laughland | Stars: John Light, Clare Holman, Kevin Whately, Rebecca Front
Votes: 421
47.
Inspector Lewis (2006–2015)
Episode:
One for Sorrow: Part 2
(2015)
TV-PG | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Lewis' team must delve into the worlds of social media, drugs, taxidermy, alternative art and the homeless East European community.
Director: Nicholas Laughland | Stars: Finn Cole, Ralf Little, Nicholas Jones, Laurence Fox
Votes: 427
48. Kavanagh QC (1995–2001)
TV-MA | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A crusty barrister oversees difficult criminal cases while dealing with the demands of his family life.
Stars: John Thaw, Oliver Ford Davies, Nicholas Jones, Cliff Parisi
Votes: 1,095
49. Oliver Twist (1999)
386 min | Crime, Drama
An orphan named Oliver Twist (Sam Smith) meets a pickpocket on the streets of London. From there, he joins a household of boys who are trained to steal for their master.
Stars: Sam Smith, David Ross, Julie Walters, Annette Crosbie
Votes: 841
50. Chandler & Co (1994–1995)
50 min | Crime, Mystery
Elly and Dee team up to form a detective agency.
Stars: Catherine Russell, Barbara Flynn, Susan Fleetwood, Peter Capaldi
Votes: 59