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1. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy | Pre-production
Based on Douglas Adams' series of novels following the intergalactic adventures of Arthur Dent, a hapless Englishman, following the destruction of Earth by the Vogons, a race of unpleasant and bureaucratic aliens.
3. Here After (2020)
121 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
A dark fantasy-comedy about the meaning of love in the afterlife.
Director: Harry Greenberger | Stars: Andy Karl, Nora Arnezeder, Christina Ricci, Jeannie Berlin
Votes: 1,257
4. The Cookie Conundrum (2018)
3 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
Loosely based on the Douglas Adams short story "Cookies", The Cookie Conundrum is about a simple misunderstanding between two strangers that quickly escalates into an all out war over biscuits.
Director: Philip James | Stars: Rose Austin, Lauren Judd, Leila Tasher, Philip James
5. Doctor Who: Shada (2017 Video)
TV-PG | 138 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
The story revolves around the planet Shada, on which the Time Lords have constructed a high security prison for some of the Universe's most dangerous criminals. Skagra, a flawed genius from... See full summary »
Director: Charles Norton | Stars: Tom Baker, Lalla Ward, Christopher Neame, Daniel Hill
Votes: 819
6.
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (2016–2017)
Episode:
Space Rabbit
(2017)
TV-14 | 41 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Todd and Farah are searching for Dirk while still being on the run. Bart's searches for Ken in Montana, where unusual events are taking place.
Director: Douglas Mackinnon | Stars: Samuel Barnett, Elijah Wood, Hannah Marks, Fiona Dourif
Votes: 1,126
7.
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (2016–2017)
Episode:
Nice Jacket
(2017)
TV-14 | 41 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
The prophecy is fulfilled and Dirk restores order once he returns to Blackwing. Todd and Amanda battle Suzie Boreton.
Director: Alrick Riley | Stars: Samuel Barnett, Elijah Wood, Hannah Marks, Fiona Dourif
Votes: 991
8.
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (2016–2017)
Episode:
Fans of Wet Circles
(2017)
TV-14 | 41 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Dirk, Todd and Farah are back together and investigating a new case. They discover a body that is linked to a cold case.
Director: Douglas Mackinnon | Stars: Samuel Barnett, Elijah Wood, Hannah Marks, Jade Eshete
Votes: 1,003
9.
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (2016–2017)
Episode:
Two Broken Fingers
(2017)
TV-14 | 41 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
While investigating a cold case, Dirk and team are joined by Bart, whose alleged assault spins the case in a new direction.
Director: Michael Patrick Jann | Stars: Samuel Barnett, Elijah Wood, Hannah Marks, Fiona Dourif
Votes: 932
10.
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (2016–2017)
Episode:
The House Within a House
(2017)
TV-14 | 41 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
As the team's investigation leads to a discovery in the long-abandoned Cardenas homestead, Bart and Panto forge an unlikely and unusual relationship. In Wendimoor, Amanda takes steps ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Patrick Jann | Stars: Samuel Barnett, Elijah Wood, Hannah Marks, Fiona Dourif
Votes: 928
11.
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (2016–2017)
Episode:
Girl Power
(2017)
TV-14 | 41 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
The identity of The Boy grows clearer but the villains converge to stop Dirk's team.
Director: Richard Laxton | Stars: Samuel Barnett, Elijah Wood, Hannah Marks, Fiona Dourif
Votes: 866
12.
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (2016–2017)
Episode:
Shapes and Colors
(2017)
TV-14 | 41 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
The case seems to take a major turn when Arnold, the adult son of the dead Cardenas couple, shows up. Amanda is led to a mystical coven in the woods of Wendimoor, where she begins to master... See full summary »
Director: Richard Laxton | Stars: Samuel Barnett, Elijah Wood, Hannah Marks, Fiona Dourif
Votes: 936
13.
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (2016–2017)
Episode:
That Is Not Miami
(2017)
TV-14 | 40 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Todd looks for Amanda in Wendimore while Dirk wallows in self pity. Amanda tries to avoid the impending bloodshed that she has foreseen between the Wendimore clans and Suzie Boreton arrives to take over for The Mage.
Director: Wayne Yip | Stars: Samuel Barnett, Elijah Wood, Hannah Marks, Amanda Walsh
Votes: 869
14.
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (2016–2017)
Episode:
Little Guy, Black Hair
(2017)
TV-14 | 41 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Dirk must take charge to rescue the feuding Brotzman siblings; Panto offers Bart a better life; Farah and the police must contend with the disappearance of Dirk and Todd.
Director: Wayne Yip | Stars: Samuel Barnett, Elijah Wood, Hannah Marks, Jade Eshete
Votes: 837
15.
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (2016–2017)
Episode:
Trouble Is Bad
(2017)
TV-14 | 40 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Wendimoor is in case. The Mage casts his final solution putting both worlds in jeopardy. Todd and Amanda must put aside their differences and work together.
Director: Alrick Riley | Stars: Samuel Barnett, Elijah Wood, Hannah Marks, Fiona Dourif
Votes: 870
16. Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (2016–2017)
TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Holistic detective Dirk Gently investigates cases involving the supernatural.
Stars: Samuel Barnett, Elijah Wood, Hannah Marks, Jade Eshete
Votes: 57,277
17. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Radio Show Live (2016)
Comedy
The classic radio show (which also inspired a novel, a TV special, and a film) is performed in front of a live audience.
Director: Dirk Maggs | Stars: Samantha Béart, Simon Jones, John Lloyd, Geoffrey McGivern
Votes: 18
18.
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (2016–2017)
Episode:
Horizons
(2016)
TV-14 | 53 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
After Todd Brotzman happens upon a murder scene, he meets self-proclaimed detective, Dirk Gently; and is drawn into a case involving the death of reclusive millionaire, Patrick Spring, and the kidnapping of his daughter Lydia.
Director: Dean Parisot | Stars: Samuel Barnett, Elijah Wood, Hannah Marks, Fiona Dourif
Votes: 2,004
19.
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (2016–2017)
Episode:
Weaponized Soul
(2016)
TV-14 | 41 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Flung backwards through time, Dirk and Todd make a horrifying discovery about the nature of their case, and find themselves with a unique opportunity: solve their case before it even starts.
Director: Paco Cabezas | Stars: Samuel Barnett, Elijah Wood, Hannah Marks, Fiona Dourif
Votes: 1,317
20.
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (2016–2017)
Episode:
Two Sane Guys Doing Normal Things
(2016)
TV-14 | 41 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
As dark forces converge, Dirk, Todd, Farah, and Detective Estevez are forced into a final battle: save Lydia Spring, face certain death, or both.
Director: Paco Cabezas | Stars: Samuel Barnett, Elijah Wood, Hannah Marks, Fiona Dourif
Votes: 1,420
21.
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (2016–2017)
Episode:
Lost & Found
(2016)
TV-14 | 45 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Todd is drawn further into the case as they learn more about the fiends who captured Patrick Spring's daughter, Lydia. Mysterious characters take a step closer to a collision.
Director: Dean Parisot | Stars: Samuel Barnett, Elijah Wood, Hannah Marks, Fiona Dourif
Votes: 1,527
22.
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (2016–2017)
Episode:
Rogue Wall Enthusiasts
(2016)
TV-14 | 41 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Digging into Patrick Spring's past, Farah and Dirk discover the first really big clue into his murder. Todd goes to the police only to learn he has no safe harbor left.
Director: Michael Patrick Jann | Stars: Samuel Barnett, Elijah Wood, Hannah Marks, Fiona Dourif
Votes: 1,397
23.
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (2016–2017)
Episode:
Watkin
(2016)
TV-14 | 41 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Dirk and Todd find themselves in a complicated and dangerous situation left behind by Patrick Spring. As the police begin putting together the pieces of their imponderable case, an FBI ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Patrick Jann | Stars: Samuel Barnett, Elijah Wood, Hannah Marks, Fiona Dourif
Votes: 1,317
24.
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (2016–2017)
Episode:
Very Erectus
(2016)
TV-14 | 41 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
As Dirk and Todd embark on a hunt for Patrick Spring's dark enigmas, Todd reveals a secret of his own. Detectives Estevez and Zimmerfield take big risks as they inch closer to the truth of their missing person's investigation.
Director: Tamra Davis | Stars: Samuel Barnett, Elijah Wood, Hannah Marks, Fiona Dourif
Votes: 1,242
25.
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (2016–2017)
Episode:
Fix Everything
(2016)
TV-14 | 41 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Everything connects. Cops, cult, assassins, detectives, Pararibulitis, vampires, lottery ticket, a corgi and Ken, all come to a head.
Director: Tamra Davis | Stars: Samuel Barnett, Elijah Wood, Hannah Marks, Fiona Dourif
Votes: 1,269
26. Absolutely Anything (2015)
R | 85 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
A group of eccentric aliens confers a human being with the power to do absolutely anything, as an experiment.
Director: Terry Jones | Stars: Simon Pegg, Kate Beckinsale, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Rob Riggle
Votes: 48,204
27. The Greater Evil (2015)
Not Rated | 8 min | Short, Drama, Horror
A jaded political campaign operative gradually realizes the horrific true nature of the popular yet brash candidate she is working for.
Director: William R. Coughlan | Stars: Jennifer Massey, Michael Gabel, Nick DePinto, Nello DeBlasio
Votes: 12
28. Closed Lines (2014)
Short, Sci-Fi
Following the Destruction at Veda, travel between parallel worlds became impossible. For the Humans who traveled between worlds, the withdrawal brought madness.
Director: Sven Granlund | Stars: Brandy Altmeyer, Dave Barrett, Jessica Bay, Russ Croley
29. Doctor Who and the Shada Man (2013 Video)
Animation, Sci-Fi
Evil Time Lord Skagra seeks out the location of Shada, a lost planet which was once home to a Time Lord prison. This unofficial special fan cut version of the unfinished story reunites some of the original cast and animates the unfilmed scenes.
Director: Ian Levine | Stars: Paul Jones, Lalla Ward, John Leeson, David Brierly
Votes: 26
30. McCatherine (2013)
50 min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Directors: Summer Elisabeth Leppanen, Eliza Lambert, Brian Watko | Stars: Brian Watko, Summer Elisabeth Leppanen, Andy Anzora, Alysha Alling
31.
Dirk Gently (2010–2012)
Episode:
Episode #1.1
(2012)
60 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Dirk's client David Edwards is found dead after claiming that the Pentagon are out to kill him. His widow hires Dirk to catch the murderer, telling him that her husband was working on top ... See full summary »
Director: Tom Shankland | Stars: Stephen Mangan, Darren Boyd, Jason Watkins, Lisa Jackson
Votes: 194
32.
Dirk Gently (2010–2012)
Episode:
Episode #1.2
(2012)
60 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Accompanied by MacDuff, Dirk returns to St Cedd's Institute of Science and Technology, Cambridge, from which he had been expelled for cheating, as his former mentor Professor Jericho has ... See full summary »
Director: Tom Shankland | Stars: Stephen Mangan, Darren Boyd, Helen Baxendale, Lisa Jackson
Votes: 181
33.
Dirk Gently (2010–2012)
Episode:
Episode #1.3
(2012)
60 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Dirk is in the frame when two of his former clients are killed and plans to skip the country though he is waylaid when Melinda Fulstone asks him to identify her stalker - actually Dirk ... See full summary »
Director: Tom Shankland | Stars: Stephen Mangan, Darren Boyd, Jason Watkins, Lisa Jackson
Votes: 150
34. Breakfast Impossible: Series One (2011)
Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Directors: Billy T. Boyd, Steve Guynn, Claude Miles | Stars: Claude Miles, Billy T. Boyd, Steve Guynn, Stacey T. Gillespie
Votes: 22
35. Dirk Gently (2010–2012)
58 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Holistic detective Gently relies on the universe to unravel mysteries based on the 'interconnectedness of all things'.
Stars: Stephen Mangan, Darren Boyd, Lisa Jackson, Jason Watkins
Votes: 3,504
36.
Dirk Gently (2010–2012)
Episode:
Pilot
(2010)
58 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Eccentric private eye Dirk Gently uses 'holistic' methods, believing everything in the universe to be connected. When hired to trace elderly Ruth's missing cat, Dirk, with down-trodden ... See full summary »
Director: Damon Thomas | Stars: Stephen Mangan, Helen Baxendale, Darren Boyd, Doreen Mantle
Votes: 694
37. Parrot Fashion (2007 Video)
30 min | Documentary, Short
The writing and production of the Doctor Who story "The Pirate Planet", featuring interviews with Douglas Adams, John Leeson, Pennant Roberts and Mary Tamm.
Director: Kevin Davies | Stars: Douglas Adams, Tom Baker, Clive Bennett, Martin Benson
38. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005)
PG | 109 min | Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Mere seconds before the Earth is to be demolished by an alien construction crew, journeyman Arthur Dent is swept off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, a researcher penning a new edition of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy."
Director: Garth Jennings | Stars: Martin Freeman, Yasiin Bey, Sam Rockwell, Zooey Deschanel
Votes: 208,318 | Gross: $51.09M
39. Life, the Universe and Douglas Adams (2005 Video)
77 min | Documentary
Director: Rick Mueller | Stars: Douglas Adams, Neil Gaiman, Leo Kelly, Mary Allen
Votes: 92
40. Doctor Who: Shada (2003)
TV-PG | 147 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
Would-be universe conqueror Skagra seeks out the location of the lost planet Shada, home to a Time Lord prison, from a Time Lord who's a professor at Cambridge and is old friends with the Doctor.
Stars: Paul McGann, Lalla Ward, John Leeson, James Fox
Votes: 153
41.
Doctor Who: Shada (2003)
Episode:
Episode #1.2
(2003)
TV-PG | 23 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
Director: Nicholas Pegg | Stars: Paul McGann, Lalla Ward, John Leeson, James Fox
Votes: 17
42.
Doctor Who: Shada (2003)
Episode:
Episode #1.3
(2003)
TV-PG | 21 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
Director: Nicholas Pegg | Stars: Paul McGann, Lalla Ward, John Leeson, James Fox
Votes: 16
43.
Doctor Who: Shada (2003)
Episode:
Episode #1.1
(2003)
TV-PG | 23 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
Director: Nicholas Pegg | Stars: Paul McGann, Lalla Ward, John Leeson, James Fox
Votes: 19
44.
Doctor Who: Shada (2003)
Episode:
Episode #1.4
(2003)
TV-PG | 27 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
Director: Nicholas Pegg | Stars: Paul McGann, Lalla Ward, John Leeson, James Fox
Votes: 16
45.
Doctor Who: Shada (2003)
Episode:
Episode #1.5
(2003)
TV-PG | 30 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
Director: Nicholas Pegg | Stars: Paul McGann, Lalla Ward, John Leeson, James Fox
Votes: 16
46.
Doctor Who: Shada (2003)
Episode:
Episode #1.6
(2003)
TV-PG | 23 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
Director: Nicholas Pegg | Stars: Paul McGann, Lalla Ward, John Leeson, James Fox
Votes: 16
47.
Top Ten (1998– )
Episode:
TV Sci-Fi
(2001)
Music, Documentary
The longest-serving occupant of the TARDIS, Tom Baker, presents a countdown of the top television science-fiction series.
Stars: Tom Baker, Nick Frost, Douglas Adams, Gerry Anderson
Votes: 11
48.
Omnibus (1967–2003)
Episode:
Douglas Adams: The Man Who Blew Up the World
(2001)
Not Rated | 44 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
Douglas Adams: The Man Who Blew Up the World.
Director: John Bush | Stars: Douglas Adams, Clive Anderson, Linda Duffin, Sue Freestone
Votes: 9
49. Rockstar (2000 Music Video)
4 min | Music
Douglas Adams own words: "In November (1999) Apple brought together a bunch of people under its AppleMaster program and taught us to use their new digital video editing stuff - the new iMac... See full summary »
Director: Douglas Adams | Stars: Douglas Adams, Polly Jane Rocket Adams, John Cleese
Votes: 229
50.
What a Performance! (1997–2000)
Episode:
Madcap
(2000)
Comedy
Director: Charles Boyd | Stars: Bob Monkhouse, Douglas Adams, David Baddiel, Danny Baker