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1. Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries (2012–2015)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, History
A female sleuth sashays through the back lanes and jazz clubs of Melbourne in the late 1920s, fighting injustice with her pearl-handled pistol and her dagger-sharp wit.
Stars: Essie Davis, Nathan Page, Hugo Johnstone-Burt, Ashleigh Cummings
Votes: 17,691
2. Sarah, Plain and Tall (1991 TV Movie)
G | 98 min | Drama, Family, Romance
A single New England woman responds to an advertisement by a Midwestern widower in which he asks for a bride to help him raise his two children.
Director: Glenn Jordan | Stars: Glenn Close, Christopher Walken, Lexi Randall, Malgorzata Zajaczkowska
Votes: 2,372
3. Mary White (1977 TV Movie)
TV-G | 102 min | Drama
The true story of the relationship between famed author William Allen White and his teenaged daughter Mary, who died in a horseback-riding accident at age 16, and the powerful effect the tragedy had on the life of her father.
Director: Jud Taylor | Stars: Ed Flanders, Fionnula Flanagan, Tim Matheson, Donald Moffat
Votes: 140
4. The Screaming Woman (1972 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 73 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A wealthy former mental patient goes home to her estate to rest and recuperate. While walking the grounds one day she hears the screams of a woman coming from underneath the ground who has ... See full summary »
Director: Jack Smight | Stars: Olivia de Havilland, Ed Nelson, Laraine Stephens, Joseph Cotten
Votes: 917
5. The Student Body (1976)
R | 83 min | Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Three female inmates are offered early parole if they become test subjects for a college class. The class professor, Dr. Blalock, is secretly testing an experimental drug on the girls on behalf of a pharmaceutical company.
Director: Gus Trikonis | Stars: Warren Stevens, Jillian Kesner, Janice Heiden, June Fairchild
Votes: 206
6. True Grit: A Further Adventure (1978 TV Movie)
100 min | Western
The further adventures of 'True Grit' Rooster Cogburn which has him battling injustice in his own unorthodox way while contending with a teenage girl bent on reforming him.
Director: Richard T. Heffron | Stars: Warren Oates, Lisa Pelikan, Lee Meriwether, James Stephens
Votes: 215
7. Mail Order Wife (2004)
R | 92 min | Comedy
A documentarian funds an N.Y.C. doorman's East Asian mail-order bride in exchange for the right to film the experience.
Directors: Huck Botko, Andrew Gurland | Stars: Adrian Martinez, Roland Uruci, Andrew Gurland, Eugenia Yuan
Votes: 1,383 | Gross: $0.06M
8. Gracie! (2009 TV Movie)
77 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
In 1939 Gracie Fields, the 'Queen of Hearts', is at the height of her success as a singer and actress and the whole nation seems to wish her a speedy recovery from cervical cancer. When ... See full summary »
Director: Brian Percival | Stars: Jane Horrocks, Tom Hollander, Ellie Haddington, Tony Haygarth
Votes: 205
9. The Craving (2011)
Not Rated | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror
Leading a double life, Chef Ronnie spends her days as a charming celebrity chef who thrives and shines as owner of a trendy Spanish tapas restaurant in San Francisco, and spends her nights ... See full summary »
Director: Valerie R. Castro | Stars: Mariel Ala Mode, Velocity Chyaldd, Anna Curtis, Natasha Estrada
Votes: 74
10. Women of Niskavuori (1938)
78 min | Drama, Romance
The first Finnish talking picture (with English subtitles) to be released in the United States is a story of the conflict between the old and new orders of living. Tauno Palo marries Irja ... See full summary »
Director: Valentin Vaala | Stars: Olga Tainio, Tauno Palo, Irja Elstelä, Lea Joutseno
Votes: 145
11. La bête à l'affût (1959)
95 min | Drama, Thriller
A cop's widow is through with love and she spends her time collecting money for the orphans of the Police,abetted by a bunch of snobs and false friends.Unfortunately the person who was in ... See full summary »
Director: Pierre Chenal | Stars: Françoise Arnoul, Henri Vidal, Gaby Sylvia, Agnès Laury
Votes: 65
12. Niskavuoren naiset (1958)
80 min | Drama, Romance
Director: Valentin Vaala | Stars: Emma Väänänen, Teija Sopanen, Hilkka Helinä, Erkki Viljos
Votes: 94
13. Niskavuori taistelee (1957)
96 min | Drama, War
Director: Edvin Laine | Stars: Elsa Turakainen, Mirjam Novero, Tauno Palo, Martti Katajisto
Votes: 117
14. Rusty Dreams (2015)
7 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
Rupert is a middle-aged single man. His life's dream was to go with an old and very stubborn girlfriend, Anna, a single lady like him, in a romantic vacation to a tropical island. Now, the ... See full summary »
Director: Shinade Sutherland | Stars: Rodrig Andrisan, Liam Fitzpatrick, Pippa Grundey, Jan Rook
15. Niskavuoren Heta (1952)
95 min | Drama
Director: Edvin Laine | Stars: Rauni Luoma, Kaarlo Halttunen, Mirjam Novero, Eino Kaipainen
Votes: 205
16. Impossible Catherine (1919)
50 min | Comedy, Drama
The head of the Kimberly household rules it with an iron fist. Unfortunately the head of the Kimberly household isn't Grant (J.H. Gilmore), the father and wealthy Wall Street magnate -- ... See full summary »
Director: John B. O'Brien | Stars: Virginia Pearson, William B. Davidson, J.H. Gilmour, Edward Roseman
17.
The Scarlet Pimpernel (1999–2000)
Episode:
A Good Name
(2000)
TV-14 | 90 min | Adventure, Drama
The poet laureate is mistaken for the Pimpernel and sent to the guillotine.
Director: Simon Langton | Stars: Richard E. Grant, Caroline Carver, Ronan Vibert, Danny Webb
Votes: 58
18.
The Scarlet Pimpernel (1999–2000)
Episode:
Friends & Enemies
(2000)
TV-14 | 94 min | Adventure, Drama
Percy's disinterest in science and chemistry takes a sudden turn when he learns that a French scientist is being imprisoned in France under threat of the guillotine until he can develop a ... See full summary »
Director: Simon Langton | Stars: Richard E. Grant, John McEnery, Joanna Roth, Anton Lesser
Votes: 26
19.
Mystery!: Cadfael (1994–1998)
Episode:
A Morbid Taste for Bones
(1996)
TV-14 | 76 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Cadfael and a deputation of monks from Shrewsbury are dispatched to Wales to recover the remains of martyred St. Winifred over the objections of the local lord and residents.
Director: Richard Stroud | Stars: Derek Jacobi, Michael Culver, Julian Firth, Terrence Hardiman
Votes: 262
20.
The Pallisers (1974–1975)
Episode:
Part One
(1974)
TV-PG | Drama, Romance
Headstrong, beautiful, and rich Glencora is in love with a dashing wastrel but her family pressures her to marry dignified but dull MP, Plantagenet Palliser.
Director: Hugh David | Stars: Susan Hampshire, Philip Latham, Roland Culver, Fabia Drake
Votes: 23
21.
The Scarlet Pimpernel (1999–2000)
Episode:
Ennui
(2000)
TV-14 | 91 min | Adventure, Drama
After Marguerite's death, Percy's mourning makes him reluctant to take up as the Scarlet Pimpernel again. But a woman whom he recently rescued from the guillotine is determined to save her ... See full summary »
Director: Graham Theakston | Stars: Gillian Cally, Harry Meacher, Emily Bruni, Nicholas Gecks
Votes: 30
22.
Kitchen Nightmares (2007–2023)
Episode:
Amy's Baking Company
(2013)
TV-14 | 44 min | Reality-TV
A couple finds it hard to listen to Chef Ramsay's advice.
Director: Jay Hunter | Stars: Gordon Ramsay, Arthur Smith, Amy Bouzaglo, Samy Bouzaglo
Votes: 729