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1. Clash of the Titans (1981)

PG | 118 min | Action, Adventure, Family

Perseus must battle Medusa and the Kraken to save the Princess Andromeda.

Director: Desmond Davis | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Harry Hamlin, Claire Bloom, Maggie Smith

Votes: 47,884 | Gross: $41.09M

2. The African Queen (1951)

PG | 105 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance

In WWI East Africa, a gin-swilling Canadian riverboat captain is persuaded by a strait-laced English missionary to undertake a trip up a treacherous river and use his boat to attack a German gunship.

Director: John Huston | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Katharine Hepburn, Robert Morley, Peter Bull

Votes: 84,458 | Gross: $0.54M

3. Play for Today (1970–1984)

75 min | Comedy, Drama

A British television anthology drama series that aired on BBC1 between 1970 and 1984.

Stars: Alison Steadman, Nigel Hawthorne, Tony Caunter, David Daker

Votes: 401

4. The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962)

Not Rated | 104 min | Drama, Sport

A young thief takes up long-distance running when he is sent to a borstal.

Director: Tony Richardson | Stars: Michael Redgrave, Tom Courtenay, Avis Bunnage, Alec McCowen

Votes: 9,406

5. Tom Jones (1963)

Not Rated | 129 min | Adventure, Comedy, History

The romantic and chivalrous adventures of adopted bastard Tom Jones in 18th-century England.

Director: Tony Richardson | Stars: Albert Finney, Susannah York, George Devine, Rachel Kempson

Votes: 14,299 | Gross: $37.60M

6. The New Avengers (1976–1977)

60 min | Action, Mystery, Thriller

Secret agent Steed, working for an unnamed branch of British intelligence, is teamed up with two partners to fight evil plots for world domination, dealing with suspended animation, biological warfare, robotics, and other threats.

Stars: Patrick Macnee, Gareth Hunt, Joanna Lumley, Maurice Marsac

Votes: 2,609

7. A Taste of Honey (1961)

Not Rated | 101 min | Drama

A pregnant teenage girl must fend for herself when her mother remarries, leaving the girl with only a new male friend for support.

Director: Tony Richardson | Stars: Rita Tushingham, Dora Bryan, Robert Stephens, Murray Melvin

Votes: 6,386

8. Screen One (1985–2002)

120 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Anthology of unconnected movies of different genres.

Stars: Mark Chapman, Alfred Molina, Julie Walters, Geraldine James

Votes: 140

9. The Crawling Eye (1958)

Not Rated | 84 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

A series of decapitations on a Swiss mountainside appear to be connected to a mysterious radioactive cloud.

Director: Quentin Lawrence | Stars: Forrest Tucker, Laurence Payne, Jennifer Jayne, Janet Munro

Votes: 4,835

10. This Is Your Life (1955–2003)

30 min | Documentary, Biography

The UK version of the popular US show. Eamonn Andrews (later Michael Aspel) surprises celebrities by presenting them with the Big Red Book before taking them into the studio to tell viewers... See full summary »

Stars: Eamonn Andrews, Michael Aspel, Elizabeth Dawn, June Whitfield

Votes: 325

11. Follyfoot (1971–1973)

30 min | Family, Drama

Young Dora stays with her uncle on his farm while parents travel. Uncle suggests she visit Follyfoot Farm, part of estate caring for unwanted horses. Dora finds happiness there but faces uncertainty when parents return.

Stars: Gillian Blake, Steve Hodson, Arthur English, Christian Rodska

Votes: 187

12. Freud (1962)

Passed | 140 min | Biography, Drama

An examination of Czech-Austrian psychologist Sigmund Freud's career when he began to treat patients diagnosed with hysteria, using the radical technique of hypnosis.

Director: John Huston | Stars: Montgomery Clift, Susannah York, Larry Parks, Susan Kohner

Votes: 3,333

13. Scream of Fear (1961)

Approved | 81 min | Horror, Thriller

A wheelchair-bound young woman returns to her father's estate after 10 years, and although she's told he's away, she keeps seeing his dead body on the estate.

Director: Seth Holt | Stars: Susan Strasberg, Ann Todd, Ronald Lewis, Christopher Lee

Votes: 5,520

14. Ordeal by Innocence (1984)

PG-13 | 90 min | Mystery, Thriller

Dr Calgary returns home from an expedition and goes looking for a hitchhiker whom he gave a lift to two years previously in order to return the man's address book. He discovers the man has been executed for his mother's murder.

Directors: Desmond Davis, Alan Birkinshaw | Stars: Donald Sutherland, Faye Dunaway, Christopher Plummer, Sarah Miles

Votes: 1,111

15. The Agatha Christie Hour (1982)

519 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A collection of ten hour-long dramas based on short stories by Agatha Christie.

Stars: Maurice Denham, Angela Easterling, Christopher Wren, Cy Town

Votes: 408

16. The Giant Behemoth (1959)

Not Rated | 80 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

Marine atomic tests cause changes in the ocean's ecosystem resulting in dangerous blobs of radiation and the resurrection of a dormant dinosaur that threatens London.

Director: Eugène Lourié | Stars: Gene Evans, André Morell, John Turner, Leigh Madison

Votes: 2,917

17. The BBC Television Shakespeare (1978–1985)

BBC adaptations of all 37 plays wholly and authoritatively credited to William Shakespeare.

Stars: Brenda Bruce, Jon Finch, David Gwillim, Rob Edwards

Votes: 54

18. The Chief (1990–1995)

50 min | Drama

Focussing on the politics at the top of a typical English police force in its continual battle to solve the problems the times, in this case the fictional Eastland of East Anglia.

Stars: Gillian Martell, Martin Shaw, Karen Archer, Dean Lepley

Votes: 107

19. Camille (1984 TV Movie)

100 min | Drama, Romance

Camille is a courtesan in Paris. She falls deeply in love with a young man of promise, Armand Duval. When Armand's father begs her not to ruin his hope of a career and position by marrying ... See full summary »

Director: Desmond Davis | Stars: Greta Scacchi, Colin Firth, John Gielgud, Billie Whitelaw

Votes: 594

20. Girl with Green Eyes (1964)

Not Rated | 91 min | Drama, Romance

In 1960s Dublin a young girl becomes involved with an older man, a much-travelled and still married land-owner.

Director: Desmond Davis | Stars: Peter Finch, Rita Tushingham, Lynn Redgrave, Marie Kean

Votes: 1,487

21. The Sign of Four (1983 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 97 min | Crime, Mystery

Hired by a young lady, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson investigate the strange recent deaths of her missing father's friends from the army, as well as the whereabouts of the Great Mogul, the second-largest diamond in the world.

Director: Desmond Davis | Stars: Ian Richardson, David Healy, Thorley Walters, Cherie Lunghi

Votes: 844

22. BBC2 Playhouse (1973–1983)

60 min | Drama

BBC2 Playhouse was a British one-hour episode anthology television series produced by the British Broadcasting Corporation.

Stars: Ralph G. Morse, Gawn Grainger, John Bluthal, Trevor Laird

Votes: 140

23. The Adventures of Sir Lancelot (1956–1957)

30 min | Adventure, Family

In all of Arthurian legend, the most famous of the Knights of the Round Table is undoubtedly Sir Lancelot. This series, painstakingly researched by the History and Literature Departments of... See full summary »

Stars: William Russell, Cyril Smith, Ronald Leigh-Hunt, Robert Scroggins

Votes: 190

24. The Happiest Days of Your Life (1950)

Not Rated | 81 min | Comedy

Chaos ensues for staff and students alike after an all-boys and an all-girls school are amalgamated into one.

Director: Frank Launder | Stars: Alastair Sim, Margaret Rutherford, John Turnbull, Richard Wattis

Votes: 1,890

25. Murder on Approval (1955)

Approved | 70 min | Adventure, Crime, Mystery

J. D. Everleigh, a wealthy American, purchases a rare stamp in London from Geoffrey Blake, who says he represents Robert Coburn, a stamp agent. Everleigh begins to suspect the stamp is a ... See full summary »

Director: Bernard Knowles | Stars: Tom Conway, Delphi Lawrence, Brian Worth, Michael Balfour

Votes: 197

26. Smashing Time (1967)

Not Rated | 96 min | Comedy, Musical

Two young women arrive in London to make it big in show business, and become corrupted by money and fame in the process.

Director: Desmond Davis | Stars: Rita Tushingham, Lynn Redgrave, Michael York, Anna Quayle

Votes: 624 | Gross: $0.63M

27. Wings (1977–1978)

50 min | Drama, War

A young Englishman born into a blacksmith's family wants to be a flier in one of the new fangled flying machines. He struggles to show a man of his class deserves a chance to be a pilot and... See full summary »

Stars: Michael Cochrane, Tim Woodward, Nicholas Jones, David Troughton

Votes: 162

28. Murder Will Out (1952)

83 min | Crime, Mystery, Romance

The story of four people directly and indirectly involved in the murder of a female blackmailer. The three male suspects are the girl's employer (publisher Henry Kendall); an up-and-coming ... See full summary »

Director: John Gilling | Stars: Valerie Hobson, Edward Underdown, James Robertson Justice, Henry Kendall

Votes: 295

29. The Uncle (1966)

87 min | Drama

Seven-year-old Gus struggles with the responsibility placed upon him when nephew Tom arrives to spend summer holidays with his family.

Director: Desmond Davis | Stars: Rupert Davies, Brenda Bruce, Robert Duncan, Ann Lynn

Votes: 137

30. The Man Who Lived at the Ritz (1988 TV Movie)

200 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller

During WWII penniless American painter Philip Weber decides to collaborate with the Nazi leaders and help them steal priceless French artwork to keep his room in the chic Ritz Hotel and indulge in the pleasures of Nazi-occupied Paris.

Director: Desmond Davis | Stars: Perry King, Leslie Caron, Cherie Lunghi, David McCallum

Votes: 155

31. The Interrupted Journey (1949)

Not Rated | 80 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A writer eloping with his mistress by train has second thoughts, pulls the emergency brake, bails out and witnesses the train's collision with another train, events eventually leading to murder and a police manhunt.

Director: Daniel Birt | Stars: Valerie Hobson, Richard Todd, Christine Norden, Tom Walls

Votes: 634

32. White Fire (1953)

Approved | 81 min | Crime, Drama

In London, American Gregor Stevens searches for his convicted murderer brother facing execution. He allies with smuggler Yvonne Durante to prove his brother's innocence, putting her at risk from her criminal associates.

Director: John Gilling | Stars: Scott Brady, Mary Castle, John Blythe, Gabrielle Brune

Votes: 416

33. Tread Softly Stranger (1958)

Not Rated | 90 min | Crime, Drama

An irresistible temptress causes trouble between two brothers when the more handsome charismatic ones turns up, leading to robbery and death.

Director: Gordon Parry | Stars: Diana Dors, George Baker, Terence Morgan, Patrick Allen

Votes: 554

34. Love with a Perfect Stranger (1986 TV Movie)

98 min | Drama, Romance

Beautiful wealthy American businesswoman meets eccentric Irishman on an Italian train, who sets out to woo her. What ensues is something neither imagined happening.

Director: Desmond Davis | Stars: Marilu Henner, Daniel Massey, Sky du Mont, Stephen Greif

Votes: 159

35. Breakaway (1956)

Not Rated | 72 min | Crime, Drama

Suave veteran private eye Duke Martin is on the trail of a secret formula and a kidnapped girl.

Director: Henry Cass | Stars: Tom Conway, Michael Balfour, Honor Blackman, Brian Worth

Votes: 161

36. A Nice Girl Like Me (1969)

M/PG | 90 min | Comedy

Candy is a fetching unwed young lady with a penchant for pregnancy. Her adventures begin when she leaves her sheltered boarding school background for Paris. The result is the birth of Valentine nine months later.

Director: Desmond Davis | Stars: Barbara Ferris, Sarah Golding, Christine Dingle, Sorrel Breunig

Votes: 88

37. The Country Girls (1983 TV Movie)

108 min | Drama, Romance

Friendship of two girls, childhood friends, is put on the test when they grow up and leave for the big city, each with different life goals in mind.

Director: Desmond Davis | Stars: Sam Neill, Maeve Germaine, Jill Doyle, John Olohan

Votes: 64

38. Cross-Up (1954)

80 min | Crime, Drama

News reporter John Desmond acquires operative Anna Ray's contact list after her shooting. Her criminal organization pursues him, entangling him in their illegal activities and a perilous chase.

Director: John Gilling | Stars: Larry Parks, Constance Smith, Lisa Daniely, Cyril Chamberlain

Votes: 149

39. Faces in the Dark (1960)

84 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Inventor Richard Hammond goes blind and mentally unstable after lab accident. His family brings him to countryside home. Hammond suspects something suspicious about their motives and circumstances, building tension and mystery.

Director: David Eady | Stars: John Gregson, Mai Zetterling, John Ireland, Michael Denison

Votes: 373

40. Shoot First (1953)

Approved | 88 min | Adventure, Thriller

A retired U.S. Army Colonel living in England stumbles upon a spy ring when he shoots buckshot at a poacher during a hunt.

Director: Robert Parrish | Stars: Joel McCrea, Laurence Naismith, Denis Lehrer, Marius Goring

Votes: 357

41. Wessex Tales (1973– )

Drama

BBC drama series based on short stories written by Thomas Hardy.

Stars: John Hurt, Billie Whitelaw, Nick Brimble, Ben Kingsley

Votes: 38

42. Recoil (1953)

Not Rated | 79 min | Crime, Drama

Jean Talbot poses as a crook to infiltrate the gang of thieves who killed her jeweler father, Michael.

Director: John Gilling | Stars: Kieron Moore, Elizabeth Sellars, Edward Underdown, John Horsley

Votes: 220

43. Colonel March Investigates (1953)

70 min | Mystery

Three episodes of "Colonel March of Scotland Yard" edited together for theatrical release.

Director: Cy Endfield | Stars: Boris Karloff, Ewan Roberts, Richard Wattis, Sheila Burrell

Votes: 172

44. Freedom Fighter (1988 TV Movie)

PG | 102 min | Drama, Romance, War

A U.S. soldier sees the Berlin Wall go up in 1961 and helps a group of East Germans escape to the West.

Director: Desmond Davis | Stars: Tony Danza, Neil Dickson, Geraldine James, David McCallum

Votes: 78

45. The Steel Key (1953)

69 min | Drama, Thriller

An adventurer investigates the theft of a formula for hardened steel, assisted by his girlfriend.

Director: Robert S. Baker | Stars: Terence Morgan, Joan Rice, Raymond Lovell, Dianne Foster

Votes: 154

46. The Embezzler (1954)

61 min | Crime, Drama

Bank robber's plans for a wealthy lifestyle gradually turn to more noble aims.

Director: John Gilling | Stars: Charles Victor, Zena Marshall, Cyril Chamberlain, Avice Landone

Votes: 216

47. The Frightened Man (1952)

Not Rated | 69 min | Crime, Drama

The hidden life of a second-hand dealer inadvertently ensnares his son. Julius Rosselli (Dermot Walsh), whose expulsion from Oxford and subsequent participation with jewel thieves breaks ... See full summary »

Director: John Gilling | Stars: Dermot Walsh, Barbara Murray, Charles Victor, John Blythe

Votes: 197

48. Centre Play (1973–1977)

Drama

Anthology series of half hour plays produced in BBC's Television Centre's studios.

Stars: John Barrett, Will Knightley, David Daker, Michael Gough

Votes: 16

49. The Adventures of Little Lord Fauntleroy (1982 TV Movie)

60 min | Drama

An American boy turns out to be the long-lost heir of a British fortune. He is sent to live with the cold and unsentimental lord who oversees the trust.

Director: Desmond Davis | Stars: Kate Binchy, Avis Bunnage, David Cook, Gary Cowper

Votes: 10

50. Curtain Up (1952)

Approved | 81 min | Comedy

In a small town in the 1950s, a repertory company meets on Monday morning to start rehearsing the following week's play. This is a ghastly thing written by the aunt of one of the theatre's ... See full summary »

Director: Ralph Smart | Stars: Robert Morley, Margaret Rutherford, Kay Kendall, Michael Medwin

Votes: 297