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1. The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011)

PG-13 | 124 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

British retirees travel to India to take up residence in what they believe is a newly restored hotel. Less luxurious than advertised, the Marigold Hotel nevertheless slowly begins to charm in unexpected ways.

Director: John Madden | Stars: Judi Dench, Bill Nighy, Maggie Smith, Tom Wilkinson

Votes: 99,407 | Gross: $46.41M

2. The Lady Vanishes (1938)

Not Rated | 96 min | Mystery, Thriller

While travelling in continental Europe, a rich young playgirl realizes that an elderly lady seems to have disappeared from the train.

Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Margaret Lockwood, Michael Redgrave, Paul Lukas, May Whitty

Votes: 57,101

3. The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)

Approved | 75 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

An ordinary British couple vacationing in Switzerland suddenly find themselves embroiled in a case of international intrigue when their daughter is kidnapped by spies plotting a political assassination.

Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Leslie Banks, Edna Best, Peter Lorre, Frank Vosper

Votes: 21,141

4. Glorious 39 (2009)

R | 129 min | Drama, History, Mystery

The adopted daughter of a privileged British politician uncovers a family secret in the weeks leading up to World War II.

Director: Stephen Poliakoff | Stars: Romola Garai, Eddie Redmayne, Juno Temple, Toby Regbo

Votes: 5,699

5. The Human Factor (1979)

R | 115 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller

When a leak of information in the African section of British Intelligence is discovered, security man Daintry is brought in to investigate.

Director: Otto Preminger | Stars: Richard Attenborough, Nicol Williamson, Derek Jacobi, Joop Doderer

Votes: 1,574

6. Above Suspicion (1943)

Passed | 90 min | Drama, Thriller, War

Oxford Professor Richard Myles and his new bride Frances are off on a European honeymoon. It isn't the typical honeymoon: they are on a spying mission for British Intelligence on the eve of World War II.

Director: Richard Thorpe | Stars: Joan Crawford, Fred MacMurray, Conrad Veidt, Basil Rathbone

Votes: 2,443

7. Man in a Cocked Hat (1959)

TV-PG | 88 min | Comedy

A former British colony in dire need of economic aid tries to play the British against the Soviets in an attempt to secure economic aid from either side in return for political loyalty.

Directors: Roy Boulting, Jeffrey Dell | Stars: Terry-Thomas, Peter Sellers, Luciana Paluzzi, Ian Bannen

Votes: 868

8. Pysäyttäkää Nyqvist (2022)

43 min | Comedy, Thriller

Aleksis Nyqvist, an intern at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is thrust into Finland's new secret service. Nyqvist accidentally provokes a political security crisis. Soon Helsinki will be swarming with secret agents.

Stars: Antti Tuomas Heikkinen, Marc Gassot, Sonja Kuittinen, Jarkko Pajunen

Votes: 278

9. Her Man Gilbey (1944)

Approved | 77 min | Comedy, Romance, War

While bird-fancier Lady Christabel Beauclark (Dame Margaret Rutherford) scurries around demanding certain territorial rights for British birds from other countries, Her Ladyship's niece is ... See full summary »

Director: Harold French | Stars: Michael Wilding, Margaret Rutherford, Penelope Dudley-Ward, Lilli Palmer

Votes: 345

10. Natalia (1979)

102 min | Comedy, Drama

When Soviet cow Natalia jumps west, it must of course be returned to the USSR as soon as possible. Does the grass look greener behind the border? Whatever the reason for the jumping cow's ... See full summary »

Director: Matti Kassila | Stars: Ola Johansson, Matti Mäntylä, Marjukka Arasola, Martti Järvinen

Votes: 128

11. The Onedin Line (1971–1980)
Episode: A Very Important Passenger (1971)

TV-PG | Adventure, Drama, Romance

Callon proposes Robert buy another shop from him but Albert points out this would put Robert in Callon's behest and finances another premises. James is charged to take a mysterious ... See full summary »

Director: Peter Cregeen | Stars: Peter Gilmore, Anne Stallybrass, Edward Chapman, Brian Rawlinson

Votes: 27

12. The ComicWeb: Old Time Radio Programs (2014– )
Sherlock Holmes: The Notorious Canaries (2020 Podcast Episode)

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Stars: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce

13. Affairs of the Heart (1974–1975)
Episode: Adela (1974)

Comedy, Drama, Romance

Adela, who has taken on the role of running the family since her mother's death, must work to 'save' her father from re-marrying and her brother from a scheming music hall artiste.

Director: Michael Lindsay-Hogg | Stars: Anna Calder-Marshall, Vivian Pickles, Richard Vernon, Georgina Hale

Votes: 10

14. Traitor/Patriot (2022)
Episode: The Gentleman Spy: George Blake (2022)

Documentary, History, War

While a prisoner in North Korea, George Blake was recruited by the Soviets to spy on the British. He was caught and sentenced to prison but escaped to the Soviet Union.

Directors: Maria Berry, Marek Bures | Stars: Roger Hermiston, Mark Stout, David Major, Mark Kelton

15. 37 Days (2014)
Episode: One Month in Summer (2014)

52 min | History

June 28, 1914:- Young Foreign Office clerk Alec recounts his delivering a telegram to his German-born boss, assistant under secretary Eyre Crowe, informing that the Austrian archduke Franz ... See full summary »

Director: Justin Hardy | Stars: Ian McDiarmid, Nicholas Farrell, Tim Pigott-Smith, Sinéad Cusack

Votes: 89

16. Forbidden History (2013– )
Episode: The Real James Bond (2018)

60 min | Documentary, History

Jamie uncovers the truth behind the world famous fictional spy, revealing those elements of the character that were drawn from creator Ian Fleming's own experiences.

Director: Bruce Burgess | Stars: Jamie Theakston, Jon Baker, Honor Blackman, Ajay Chowdhury

Votes: 16

17. Politics Live (2018– )
Episode: Episode #1.56 (2018)

44 min | News, Talk-Show

Jo Coburn and her guests discuss - the latest Brexit developments, how to help young people get on the housing ladder and look at the new BBC documentary about the Foreign Office.

Stars: Jo Coburn, Margaret Beckett, Justine Greening, Richard Tice