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1. Intimacy (2001)
R | 119 min | Drama, Romance
A failed London musician meets once a week with a woman for a series of intense sexual encounters to get away from the realities of life. But when he begins inquiring about her, it puts their relationship at risk.
Director: Patrice Chéreau | Stars: Mark Rylance, Kerry Fox, Susannah Harker, Alastair Galbraith
Votes: 13,185 | Gross: $0.10M
2. The Mother (2003)
R | 112 min | Drama, Romance
A woman has a passionate affair with a man half her age, who is also sleeping with her daughter.
Director: Roger Michell | Stars: Anne Reid, Daniel Craig, Anna Wilson-Jones, Peter Vaughan
Votes: 4,670 | Gross: $1.06M
3. My Beautiful Laundrette (1985)
R | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
An ambitious Pakistani Briton and his white boyfriend strive for success and hope when they open a glamorous laundromat.
Director: Stephen Frears | Stars: Saeed Jaffrey, Roshan Seth, Daniel Day-Lewis, Richard Graham
Votes: 17,331 | Gross: $2.45M
4. Venus (I) (2006)
R | 95 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Life for a pair of veteran actors gets turned upside down after they meet a brash teenager.
Director: Roger Michell | Stars: Peter O'Toole, Jodie Whittaker, Leslie Phillips, Beatrice Savoretti
Votes: 13,427 | Gross: $3.34M
5. Pointless Celebrities (2010– )
Game-Show
Celebrities try to find the most obscure answers to win money for their chosen charities.
Stars: Alexander Armstrong, Richard Osman, Antony Costa, Jayne Torvill
Votes: 906
6. The Buddha of Suburbia (1993)
222 min | Comedy, Drama
Karim's mother is English and his father is Indian. Therefore Karim has some problems with life in British society which is becoming more and more racist and intolerant; he experiences this especially when he pursues acting.
Stars: Naveen Andrews, Brenda Blethyn, Roshan Seth, David Bamber
Votes: 527
7. The Escort (1999)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama
A London gigolo persuades an impoverished French writer to join his profession.
Director: Michel Blanc | Stars: Daniel Auteuil, Julie Wilson Nimmo, Luisa Bradshaw-White, Michelle Gomez
Votes: 1,335
8. Sammy and Rosie Get Laid (1987)
101 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Sammy and Rosie are an unconventional couple. They live amid chaos, surround themselves with intellectual street people, and sleep with everybody except each other. Things become interesting when Sammy's father visits.
Director: Stephen Frears | Stars: Shashi Kapoor, Claire Bloom, Frances Barber, Ayub Khan-Din
Votes: 1,539 | Gross: $1.20M
9. Le Week-End (2013)
R | 93 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A British couple return to Paris many years after their honeymoon there in an attempt to rejuvenate their marriage.
Director: Roger Michell | Stars: Lindsay Duncan, Jim Broadbent, Jeff Goldblum, Igor Gotesman
Votes: 8,694 | Gross: $2.22M
10. Cannes Film Festival (1952– )
News
A festival for international movies, which give each year the Palme d'Or.
Stars: Bjorn Jiskoot Jr., Isabelle Huppert, Pedro Almodóvar, Kristin Scott Thomas
Votes: 120
11. The South Bank Show (1978– )
53 min | Documentary
ITV's long-running arts series presented by Melvyn Bragg.
Stars: Melvyn Bragg, Ian McKellen, David Hockney, Victoria Wood
Votes: 218
12. London Kills Me (1991)
R | 107 min | Comedy, Drama
For want of a nail a shoe was lost, for want of a shoe... a young man's life is almost lost, which is exactly what this film is all about: a man barely twenty who wants desperately to pull ... See full summary »
Director: Hanif Kureishi | Stars: Justin Chadwick, Steven Mackintosh, Fiona Shaw, Brad Dourif
Votes: 651 | Gross: $0.17M
13. My Son the Fanatic (1997)
R | 87 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Pakistani taxi-driver Parvez and prostitute Bettina find themselves trapped in the middle when Islamic fundamentalists decide to clean up their local town.
Director: Udayan Prasad | Stars: Om Puri, Rachel Griffiths, Akbar Kurtha, Stellan Skarsgård
Votes: 1,664 | Gross: $0.41M
14. Channel 4 News (I) (1982– )
55 min | News
Britain's most in-depth and probing national evening news bulletin, with political reports, interviews with prominent public figures and arts features.
Stars: Krishnan Guru-Murthy, Liam Dutton, Matt Frei, Cathy Newman
Votes: 237
15. Días de cine (1991– )
60 min | News
Antonio Gasset hosts this show in which recently released movies and DVDs are thoughtfully discussed in a documentary-like way.
Stars: Gerardo Sánchez, Elena S. Sánchez, Antonio Gasset, Cayetana Guillén Cuervo
Votes: 334
16. Rear Window (1990–1993)
Documentary
Stars: Tariq Ali, Nasser David Khalili, Gillian Barge, Hanif Kureishi
17. Cinema 3 (1984–2016)
News
Stars: Jaume Figueras, Crisol Tuà, Monts Llussà, Àlex Gorina
Votes: 230
18. 28' (2012– )
28 min | News
Stars: Elisabeth Quin, Renaud Dély, Jean-Mathieu Pernin, Pascal Blanchard
Votes: 13
19. The Culture Show (2004–2015)
57 min | Documentary, News, Talk-Show
The best of the week's arts and culture news, covering books, art, film, architecture and more
Stars: Mark Kermode, Lauren Laverne, Andrew Graham-Dixon, Alastair Sooke
Votes: 103
20. Treasures of the British Library (2016–2018)
Documentary
Stars: Michelle Gomez, Laura Fraser, Meera Syal, Benjamin Zephaniah
Votes: 8
21. The 100 Greatest Films (2001 TV Movie)
Documentary
A countdown of the 100 greatest films, as voted by the British public via the Channel 4 website.
Directors: Matthew Cole, Simon Toyne | Stars: Graham Norton, Alessandro Alessandroni, Richard Attenborough, John Badham
Votes: 26
22. Un siècle d'écrivains (1995– )
Documentary
From 1995 through 2001,France 3 Tv presented a series of 257 hour long documentaries on authors of the 2oth century.
Stars: Bernard Rapp, Philippe Sollers, Jean-Claude Dauphin, François Marthouret
Votes: 29
23. Peter Sellers: A State of Comic Ecstasy (2020 TV Movie)
76 min | Documentary, Biography
To mark the 40th anniversary of his death, friends, family, colleagues and critics provide an insight into the life of one of the greatest comedians of all time.
Director: John O'Rourke | Stars: Peter Sellers, Steve Coogan, Britt Ekland, Janette Scott
Votes: 92
24. The Book Show (2006–2013)
Talk-Show
Stars: Mariella Frostrup, Alexander McCall Smith, Jenny Colgan, Anthony Horowitz
Votes: 18
25. I Love 1980's (2001)
90 min | Documentary
A nostalgic look at the pop culture and fads of the 1980s.
Stars: Wayne Hemingway, Iain Lee, Lisa Rogers, Michelle Gayle
Votes: 76
26. Fry's Planet Word (2011– )
60 min | Documentary
Fry's Planet Word sees Stephen Fry finding out more about linguistic achievements and how our skills for the spoken word have changed. He dissects language in many of its guises.
Stars: Stephen Fry, Brian Blessed, Steven Pinker, Robert McCrum
Votes: 331
27. David Bowie Is (2013)
99 min | Documentary
Directors: Hamish Hamilton, Katy Mullan | Stars: Vicky Broackes, Geoffrey Marsh, Kansai Yamamoto, Jonathan Barnbrook
Votes: 124
28. Moving Pictures (1990–1996)
40 min | Documentary
Award winning in-depth arts journalism series reporting on cinema around the globe.
Stars: Howard Schuman, Kate Leys, Roman Polanski, Joe Eszterhas
Votes: 29
29. Sex on TV (2002)
60 min | Documentary
Stars: David Aaronovitch, Graham Norton, Hanif Kureishi, Germaine Greer
30. X-Rated (2004)
60 min | Documentary
A history of movies which have been certified with adult ratings by the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) from 1951 when the 'X' Certificate was invented, right up until the present day of '18' and 'R18'.
Stars: Neil Pearson, Ken Penry, Tom Dewe Mathews, John Waters
Votes: 45
31. Best of Bowie (2002 Video)
Unrated | 252 min | Documentary, Music
A career-spanning collection of 47 music videos and live performances by David Bowie.
Directors: Steve Barron, Samuel Bayer, David Bowie, Rudi Dolezal, Stanley Dorfman, Nick Goffey, Dominic Hawley, David Mallet, Roger Michell, Jean-Baptiste Mondino, D.A. Pennebaker, Tim Pope, Mick Rock, Matthew Rolston, Mark Romanek, Hannes Rossacher, Floria Sigismondi, Walter A. Stern, Julien Temple, Gus Van Sant, James Yukich | Stars: David Bowie, Carlos Alomar, Naveen Andrews, Steven Berkoff
Votes: 478
32. Back to the... (2020)
Documentary
Stars: Charlie Higson, Stephen K. Amos, Vanessa Feltz, Dom Joly
Votes: 19
33. King of Kings (II)
Biography, History, War | Announced
After his father passes away, Samudragupta assumes the throne and becomes one of the most beloved and feared emperors in Ancient India.
34. The Media Show (1987–1991)
60 min | Documentary
Stars: Emma Freud, Muriel Gray, John Hegarty, Judith Williamson
Votes: 31
35. The Attendant (1993)
8 min | Short
Memory mixes with desire as a museum attendant is caught up in sado-masochistic fantasies inspired by a 19th century painting of slaves in chains called Scene on the coast of Africa. The ... See full summary »
Director: Isaac Julien | Stars: Thomas Baptiste, Cleo Sylvestre, John Wilson, Paul Bernstock
Votes: 88
36. Bestseller (1999–2004)
Weekly book and literature review programme, hosted by Isabella Miehe-Renard, featuring interviews with Danish and international authors, and the latest news from the world of litterature. ... See full summary »
Stars: Lis Arendt Petersen, Kerstin Ekman, Morten Sabroe, Klaus Rifbjerg
Votes: 8
37. Weddings and Beheadings (2007)
15 min | Short, Drama
Describes the work of a cameraman who has been forced to take on work filming executions of kidnapped Westeners in the Middle East.
Director: Amir Jamal | Star: Mimoun Oaïssa
Votes: 13
38. How Far Would You Go for Love? (2010)
Short
Director: Neil LaBute | Stars: Jean-Marc Barr, Peter Bogdanovich, David Cage, Ben Chaplin
39. Les Carnets de route de François Busnel (2011– )
60 min | Documentary
Stars: François Busnel, Laurent Lederer, Colum McCann, Philip Roth
40. Cries (2011 Video)
20 min | Short, Drama
A young woman who forms an obsession for her neighbor is forced to sleep with another man by her father.
Director: Verity Healey | Stars: Kelly Dawn Burchmore, Thomas Coombes, Matthew Field, Laura Mulholland
41. Andrew and Jeremy Get Married (2004)
75 min | Documentary
An intimate portrait of two Englishmen from vastly different social backgrounds which shows them dealing with the 'ups and downs' of their eccentric relationship and culminates in a moving ... See full summary »
Director: Don Boyd | Stars: Hanif Kureishi, Ernesto Sarezale, Warwick Stanley, Andrew Thomas
Votes: 84
42. A Meeting at Last (2008)
12 min | Short, Drama
'Meeting at Last' in which we see a very brief but extremely important moment in three people's lives. The husband and his wife's lover meet and some very important decisions have to be made that will change their lives.
Director: Konstantinos Frangopoulos | Stars: Lysette Anthony, Owen Teale, Adam M. Watts, Danny Webb
43. The Revue (2000– )
75 min | Documentary
A monthly program devoted to contemporary arts, La Revue freely associates a prestigious guest with several creators and thinkers, to make different original artistic universes resonate with each other.
Stars: Vanessa Beecroft, Christian Lacroix, Enki Bilal, John Malkovich
44. Talking Books (2010– )
Talk-Show
Stars: George Alagiah, Rebecca Jones, Salman Rushdie, Ian McEwan
46. Tears, Laughter, Fears and Rage (1987)
30 min | Family
Stars: Irene Handl, Michael Powell, Paul Boateng, Hanif Kureishi
47. Close-Up (1995–1998)
5 min | Documentary, Short
People select their favorite movie moment to celebrate the centenary of the cinema.
Stars: Joe Dante, Richard Attenborough, Mike Leigh, Monte Hellman
48. Millennium (II) (1996–2014)
Talk-Show
Stars: Ramon Colom, Vicenç Villatoro, Victòria Combalia, Emili Teixidor
Votes: 15
49. The Mother: Cast & Crew Interviews (2003 Video)
22 min | Documentary, Short
Stars: Kevin Loader, Hanif Kureishi, Roger Michell, Anne Reid
50. Notte senza fine (2004)
90 min | Drama
An oriental woman loved by a European troubadour. A married man haunted by his wife's betrayal that one day led by overthrowing all odds. A father and daughter wrapped in the shadow of incest.
Director: Elisabetta Sgarbi | Stars: Galatea Ranzi, Toni Servillo, Laura Morante, Anna Bonaiuto
Votes: 24