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1. A Very Open Prison (1995 TV Movie)
60 min | Comedy
The Home Secretary has his eye on the Prime Minister's job. But an experiment in the way the prisons are run leads to embarrassment - and escaped murderers!
Stars: Andrew Castell, Lucy Cohu, Julian Fellowes, Neil Rogers
Votes: 23
2.
John Adams (2008)
Episode:
Independence
(2008)
TV-MA | 92 min | Biography, Drama, History
After the Battles of Lexington and Concord, John Adams becomes the voice for independence at the Continental Congress in Philadelphia.
Director: Tom Hooper | Stars: Paul Giamatti, Laura Linney, Stephen Dillane, David Morse
Votes: 1,051
3.
Screen Two (1985–1998)
Episode:
Crossing the Floor
(1996)
TV-14 | 70 min | Drama
Political satire closely mirroring real-life British politics of the time - a self-serving Conservative minister "crosses the floor" to join the opposition Labour Party, at a time when the ... See full summary »
Director: Guy Jenkin | Stars: Tom Wilkinson, Neil Pearson, Clive Russell, James Fleet
Votes: 78
4. John Adams (2008)
TV-14 | 71 min | Biography, Drama, History
The life of one of the USA's Founding Fathers, its second President, and his role in the nation's first 50 years.
Stars: Paul Giamatti, Laura Linney, John Dossett, Stephen Dillane
Votes: 36,604
5. First Among Equals (1986)
60 min | Drama
Political drama about the parallel careers of four MPs who all join Parliament in the mid-1960s.
Stars: Tom Wilkinson, James Faulkner, David Robb, Jeremy Child
Votes: 102
6.
Film '72 (1971–2018)
Episode:
Episode dated 21 November 2005
(2005)
Talk-Show
Director: Bex Palmer | Stars: Jonathan Ross, Alice Braga, Judi Dench, Jodie Foster
Votes: 13
7.
Spyship (1983)
Episode:
Episode #1.1
(1983)
49 min | Drama
A fishing vessel sets out and contact is lost. A search ensues, nothing is found and is called off. A relative of the crew thinks the search should go on and starts to organize an expedition to find the ship causing disquiet in London.
Director: Michael Custance | Stars: Jimmy Nail, Mandy Pickard, Christine Hargreaves, Joe Belcher
Votes: 6
8. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
R | 108 min | Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
When their relationship turns sour, a couple undergoes a medical procedure to have each other erased from their memories forever.
Director: Michel Gondry | Stars: Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, Tom Wilkinson, Gerry Robert Byrne
Votes: 1,077,649 | Gross: $34.40M
9. Prime Suspect (1991)
TV-14 | 104 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A female police detective investigates a series of serial murders while dealing with sexist hostility from her male comrades.
Stars: Helen Mirren, John Benfield, Tom Bell, Craig Fairbrass
Votes: 9,218
10. Sleeping Dogs (2012 Video Game)
M | Action, Crime, Drama
Asian-American cop Wei Shen goes undercover in Hong Kong to infiltrate a Triad organization. However, he is soon torn between his duty as a police officer and the organization he helped rise through the ranks.
Directors: Justin Bullard, Sean Horne, Blade Zavier | Stars: Will Yun Lee, Edison Chen, Kelly Hu, Robin Shou
Votes: 7,750
11.
Miss Marple: A Pocketful of Rye (1985)
Episode:
Part Two
(1985)
Not Rated | Crime, Drama, Mystery
To Miss Marple the connection with the nursery rhyme is all too clear, as is who the next victim will be. She sets off at once for Yew Tree Lodge.
Director: Guy Slater | Stars: Joan Hickson, Fabia Drake, Stacy Dorning, Martyn Stanbridge
Votes: 31
12. Batman Begins (2005)
PG-13 | 140 min | Action, Crime, Drama
After witnessing his parents' death, Bruce learns the art of fighting to confront injustice. When he returns to Gotham as Batman, he must stop a secret society that intends to destroy the city.
Director: Christopher Nolan | Stars: Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Ken Watanabe, Liam Neeson
Votes: 1,578,000 | Gross: $206.85M
13. 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: 14,348
14. Batman Begins (2005 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Crime
You play as Batman and unleash your terror into the hearts of criminals, battling against foes such as Dr. Jonathan Crane/The Scarecrow, Ra's al Ghul, and Carmine "The Roman" Falcone.
Stars: Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Liam Neeson, Katie Holmes
Votes: 14,976
15. First and Last (1989 TV Movie)
Comedy, Drama
A retired man decides to fulfill his life-time ambition and walk the length of Britain from Land's End to John O'Groats. The film centres around the "discovery" of himself, the relationship... See full summary »
Director: Alan Dossor | Stars: Joss Ackland, Pat Heywood, Patricia Routledge, Lionel Jeffries
Votes: 83
16.
Lovejoy (1986–1994)
Episode:
One Born Every Minute
(1991)
TV-14 | 50 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Lovejoy is intrigued by a painter using the name Ashley Wilkes, squandering his talent on kitschy paintings of cottages and seducing the lady of the house.
Director: Don Leaver | Stars: Ian McShane, Dudley Sutton, Tom Wilkinson, Jeremy Child
Votes: 79
17.
Prime Suspect (1991)
Episode:
Price to Pay: Part 2
(1991)
TV-14 | 103 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In the opening series, D.C.I. Tennison seizes the opportunity to head a murder investigation--something she should have done long ago, had she not been passed over by her male superiors ... See full summary »
Director: Christopher Menaul | Stars: Helen Mirren, Tom Bell, John Benfield, Gary Whelan
Votes: 414
18.
David Copperfield (1999–2000)
Episode:
Episode #1.2
(1999)
TV-PG | 92 min | Drama
Romance is in the air as David secretly gets engaged to his employer's daughter, the beautiful but dizzy Dora Spenlow, despite Mr. Spenlow's outrage. Spenlow's death soon after, however, ... See full summary »
Director: Simon Curtis | Stars: Ciarán McMenamin, Dawn French, Clare Wilkie, James Grout
Votes: 69
19. The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
R | 99 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
A writer encounters the owner of an aging high-class hotel, who tells him of his early years serving as a lobby boy in the hotel's glorious years under an exceptional concierge.
Director: Wes Anderson | Stars: Ralph Fiennes, F. Murray Abraham, Mathieu Amalric, Adrien Brody
Votes: 886,250 | Gross: $59.10M
20. In the Name of the Father (1993)
R | 133 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
An Irish man's coerced confession to an I.R.A. bombing he did not commit results in the imprisonment of his father as well. Meanwhile, a British lawyer fights to clear their names and free them.
Director: Jim Sheridan | Stars: Daniel Day-Lewis, Pete Postlethwaite, Alison Crosbie, Philip King
Votes: 187,059 | Gross: $25.01M
21. Martin Chuzzlewit (1994)
385 min | Drama
Old Martin Chuzzlewit is nearing his death. Who will inherit his riches? With such a prize to play for, the Chuzzlewit family bring forth all of their cunning, greed and selfishness. Adapted from the novel by Charles Dickens.
Stars: Emma Chambers, Julia Sawalha, Keith Allen, Philip Franks
Votes: 977
22. The Day I Died (2002 TV Movie)
50 min | Documentary
Director: Kate Broome | Stars: Ben Tinniswood, Tom Wilkinson
Votes: 50
23.
John Adams (2008)
Episode:
Reunion
(2008)
TV-MA | 66 min | Biography, Drama, History
Adams is able to secure a loan from the Dutch for his fledgling country as Abigail joins him in France as he helps negotiate the peace treaty.
Director: Tom Hooper | Stars: Paul Giamatti, Laura Linney, Stephen Dillane, David Morse
Votes: 790
24.
Prime Suspect (1991)
Episode:
Price to Pay: Part 1
(1991)
TV-14 | 104 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
DCI Jane Tennison has paid her dues; she has risen through the ranks of the various branches of London's Metropolitan Police, attaining the heretofore unheard rank (for women) of Detective ... See full summary »
Director: Christopher Menaul | Stars: Helen Mirren, Tom Bell, John Benfield, John Bowe
Votes: 496
25.
The Full Monty (2023– )
Episode:
It's Not the Waking, It's the Rising
(2023)
TV-MA | 48 min | Comedy, Drama
The Monty gang pull together, breaking the law to honor a friend.
Director: Catherine Morshead | Stars: Robert Carlyle, Mark Addy, Lesley Sharp, Paul Barber
Votes: 125
26.
David Copperfield (1999–2000)
Episode:
Episode #1.1
(1999)
TV-PG | 46 min | Drama
David's happy childhood days in the village of Blunderstone with his mother, Clara (Emilia Fox), and at Great Yarmouth with their servant, Peggotty (Pauline Quirke) and her family, are ... See full summary »
Director: Simon Curtis | Stars: Emilia Fox, Pauline Quirke, Maggie Smith, John Normington
Votes: 79
27.
Belgravia (2020)
Episode:
Episode #1.6
(2020)
TV-14 | 47 min | Drama, Romance
Charles receives a mysterious olive branch, but the offer of reconciliation places him in grave danger. James must find a way to defend Charles' honor before Lady Maria is lost to him forever.
Director: John Alexander | Stars: Philip Glenister, Ian Attard, Stephen Chapman, Paul Bown
Votes: 314
28. Travelling Man (1984– )
60 min | Crime, Drama
After completing a 2 year prison sentence for a bribe he didn't take, Ex-Detective Inspector Alan Lomax wants answers. Lomax has at least one luxury left - a narrowboat, and it's on the ... See full summary »
Stars: Leigh Lawson, Terry Taplin, Tony Doyle, Sue Robinson
Votes: 97
29.
Ruth Rendell Mysteries (1987–2000)
Episode:
Shake Hands Forever: Part One
(1988)
TV-14 | 142 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Robert Hathall brings his mother home for a visit, and she finds her daughter-in-law murdered. Inspector Wexford ]is puzzled and annoyed by the attitude of both Hathall and his mother and some oddities in the physical evidence.
Director: Don Leaver | Stars: George Baker, Christopher Ravenscroft, Tom Wilkinson, Margery Mason
Votes: 67
30.
Screen Two (1985–1998)
Episode:
Sometime in August
(1990)
TV-14 | Drama
'Nobody's going to force you to swim.' Neil's beach holiday with the Middleton family turns sour over his refusal to bathe. The situation is resolved by an old woman and a cat.
Director: John Glenister | Stars: Alison Calder, Jo Cameron Brown, Elspeth Charlton, Craig Lorimer
Votes: 13
31.
Martin Chuzzlewit (1994)
Episode:
Episode Six
(1994)
TV-PG | 53 min | Drama
Jonas murders Montague and is exposed, so takes his own life. Old Martin's senility is seen to be a sham and at a family conference young Martin's inheritance is restored and a blessing given to wed Mary, while Pecksniff is punished.
Director: Pedr James | Stars: Philip Franks, Cornelia Hayes O'Herlihy, Emma Chambers, John Padden
Votes: 31
32.
Miss Marple: A Pocketful of Rye (1985)
Episode:
Part One
(1985)
Not Rated | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When the poison which killed Rex is identified as deriving from yew, it is on the household and staff at Yew Tree Lodge that suspicion falls.
Director: Guy Slater | Stars: Joan Hickson, Timothy West, Fabia Drake, Stacy Dorning
Votes: 34
33. Shakespeare: The Animated Tales (1992–1994)
TV-Y7 | 26 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Condensed animated adaptations of plays by William Shakespeare.
Stars: Alec McCowen, Michael Kitchen, Suzanne Burden, John Warner
Votes: 359
34.
The Full Monty (2023– )
Episode:
Welcome to the Job of Your Dreams
(2023)
TV-MA | 38 min | Comedy, Drama
When all hope is lost, Horse takes a stand.
Director: Catherine Morshead | Stars: Robert Carlyle, Mark Addy, Paul Barber, Steve Huison
Votes: 112
35.
Watership Down (2018)
Episode:
The Siege
(2018)
TV-PG | 50 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
After Hazel's company successfully carries out their friendly extraction of defectors from Efrafa, General Woundwart lays siege on Watership Down to carry out his deadly revenge.
Director: Noam Murro | Stars: James McAvoy, Nicholas Hoult, John Boyega, Ben Kingsley
Votes: 271
36.
Belgravia (2020)
Episode:
Episode #1.5
(2020)
TV-14 | 46 min | Drama, Romance
A jealous Oliver threatens to ruin the lives of many as he makes a shocking discovery about Charles. John's plans are jeopardized, making him dangerous; he enlists the help of the Trenchard staff to stoop to new lows.
Director: John Alexander | Stars: Paul Ritter, Philip Glenister, Richard Goulding, Alice Eve
Votes: 314
37. Lovejoy (1986–1994)
TV-14 | 50 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Lovejoy is an irresistible rogue with a keen eye for antiques. The part-time detective scours the murky salerooms, auction halls and stately homes of Britain, always on the lookout for a find.
Stars: Ian McShane, Dudley Sutton, Chris Jury, Phyllis Logan
Votes: 3,894
38.
Inspector Morse (1987–2000)
Episode:
The Infernal Serpent
(1990)
TV-14 | 105 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An environmentalist professor is mugged and later dies of a heart attack after an attack on campus just prior to a controversial debate.
Director: John Madden | Stars: John Thaw, Kevin Whately, Geoffrey Palmer, David Neal
Votes: 902
39.
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales (1992–1994)
Episode:
King Richard III
(1994)
TV-Y7 | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Embittered by his deformed appearance, Richard of Gloucester schemes, seduces and murders his way to the throne of England.
Director: Natalya Orlova | Stars: Antony Sher, Alec McCowen, Eleanor Bron, Tom Wilkinson
Votes: 53
40.
Martin Chuzzlewit (1994)
Episode:
Episode Four
(1994)
TV-PG | 53 min | Drama
Jonas seeks to insure Mercy's life, Pecksniff offers Mary a permanent position in his home and Charity plans to leave her father and live in London. Tom Pinch finally recognizes his devotion to Pecksniff is misplaced.
Director: Pedr James | Stars: Paul Francis, Pete Postlethwaite, David Bradley, Julian Fellowes
Votes: 33
41.
Ruth Rendell Mysteries (1987–2000)
Episode:
Shake Hands Forever: Part Three
(1988)
TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Wexford's murder suspect is about to slip away. For Wexford and his team a race against time begins and the DCI has to pull all stops to solve a murder case that left him with only one ... See full summary »
Director: Don Leaver | Stars: George Baker, Christopher Ravenscroft, Tom Wilkinson, Patrick Drury
Votes: 35
42. Sense and Sensibility (1995)
PG | 136 min | Drama, Romance
Rich Mr. Dashwood dies, leaving his second wife and her three daughters poor by the rules of inheritance. The two eldest daughters are the title opposites.
Director: Ang Lee | Stars: Emma Thompson, Kate Winslet, James Fleet, Tom Wilkinson
Votes: 125,681 | Gross: $43.18M
43. David Copperfield (1999–2000)
Unrated | 93 min | Drama
A gentle orphan discovers life and love in an indifferent adult world.
Stars: Daniel Radcliffe, Trevor Eve, Pauline Quirke, Laura Harling
Votes: 5,034
44. Stay Lucky (1989–1993)
60 min | Drama
When Londoner Thomas Gynn escapes from his dodgy associations in the capital for a new life up north, he literally runs in to feisty Yorkshire lass (and damsel-in-distress) Sally Hardcastle... See full summary »
Stars: Dennis Waterman, Emma Wray, Niall Toibin, Jan Francis
Votes: 111
45. Spyship (1983)
330 min | Drama
Suspicions are aroused when a British trawler goes missing... Tom Wilkinson leads the astonishing BBC Cold War drama inspired by real events. Enter a nightmarish world of political ... See full summary »
Stars: Tom Wilkinson, Peter Eyre, Lesley Nightingale, Michael Aldridge
Votes: 86
46. Squaring the Circle (1984 TV Movie)
Drama
An account of how Lech Walesa and the "Solidarity" trade union confronted the might of Communist dictatorship in Poland.
Director: Mike Hodges | Stars: Jonathan Adams, John Antrobus, Peter Bayliss, John Bluthal
Votes: 39
47.
John Adams (2008)
Episode:
Don't Tread on Me
(2008)
TV-14 | 69 min | Biography, Drama, History
John and John Quincy sail to France to join Benjamin Franklin as part of the American mission but Adams' blunt style is ill-suited to diplomacy.
Director: Tom Hooper | Stars: Paul Giamatti, Laura Linney, Danny Huston, John Dossett
Votes: 821
48.
Martin Chuzzlewit (1994)
Episode:
Episode Two
(1994)
TV-PG | 52 min | Drama
Pecksniff returns to Wiltshire to carry out Old Martin's orders. After a tender parting from Mrs. Lupin, Mark Tapley helps Young Martin to a secret rendezvous with Mary Graham, before seeking his fortune in America.
Director: Pedr James | Stars: Emma Chambers, Keith Allen, Julia Sawalha, Paul Scofield
Votes: 36
49.
Martin Chuzzlewit (1994)
Episode:
Episode Five
(1994)
TV-PG | 53 min | Drama
Tom Pinch finds Mercy has suffered at her husband's hands. Montague attempts to blackmail Jonas. Young Martin and Mark Tapley return home from America. Young Martin hopes to gain forgiveness from his grandfather.
Director: Pedr James | Stars: Philip Franks, Emma Chambers, Julia Sawalha, Maggie Steed
Votes: 31
50.
Ruth Rendell Mysteries (1987–2000)
Episode:
Shake Hands Forever: Part Two
(1988)
TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Reg Wexford becomes obsessed with Angela Hathall's murder case. He is sure he has his killer but he can't prove anything. All he has to go by is a hunch. And his suspect takes steps to get ... See full summary »
Director: Don Leaver | Stars: George Baker, Christopher Ravenscroft, Tom Wilkinson, Patrick Drury
Votes: 34