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1. How to Date Billy Walsh (2024)
98 min | Comedy, Romance
Follows a pair of childhood friends: Amelia and Archie. Archie has always kept his love for her a secret, but just as he builds up the courage to declare his feelings, Amelia falls for Billy Walsh, the new transfer student.
Director: Alex Pillai | Stars: Charithra Chandran, Sebastian Croft, Tanner Buchanan, Maisie Peters
Votes: 2,829
2. The Office (2001–2003)
TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy, Drama
The story of an office that faces closure when the company decides to downsize its branches. A documentary film crew follow staff and the manager David Brent as they continue their daily lives.
Stars: Ricky Gervais, Martin Freeman, Mackenzie Crook, Lucy Davis
Votes: 123,318
3. The Inbetweeners (2008–2010)
TV-14 | 25 min | Comedy
Follows four friends and their antics during their final years of school.
Stars: Simon Bird, James Buckley, Blake Harrison, Joe Thomas
Votes: 94,507
4. Keeping Up Appearances (1990–1995)
TV-PG | 60 min | Comedy
A snobbish housewife is determined to climb the social ladder, in spite of her family's working class connections and the constant chagrin of her long suffering husband.
Stars: Patricia Routledge, Clive Swift, Geoffrey Hughes, Judy Cornwell
Votes: 17,918
5. The Avengers (1961–1969)
TV-14 | 50 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A quirky spy show of the adventures of eccentrically suave British Agent John Steed and his predominantly female partners.
Stars: Patrick Macnee, Diana Rigg, Honor Blackman, Linda Thorson
Votes: 8,902
6. Last Christmas (2019)
PG-13 | 103 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Kate is a young woman subscribed to bad decisions. Working as an elf in a year-round Christmas store is not good for the wannabe singer. However, she meets Tom there. Her life takes a new turn--that seems too good to be true.
Director: Paul Feig | Stars: Madison Ingoldsby, Emma Thompson, Boris Isakovic, Lucy Miller
Votes: 90,561 | Gross: $35.15M
7. Bottom (1991–1995)
TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy
Two perpetually bored and broke flatmates waste their days in a futile struggle to get laid, earn cash, and not kill one another.
Stars: Adrian Edmondson, Rik Mayall, Steven O'Donnell, Christopher Ryan
Votes: 14,230
8. Blackadder (1982–1983)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy
In the Middle Ages, Prince Edmund the Black Adder constantly schemes and endeavors to seize the crown from his father and brother.
Stars: Rowan Atkinson, Brian Blessed, Elspet Gray, Tim McInnerny
Votes: 41,122
9. Dad's Army (1968–1977)
30 min | Comedy, War
A ragtag group of Home Guard volunteers prepare for an imminent German invasion during World War II.
Stars: Arthur Lowe, John Le Mesurier, Clive Dunn, John Laurie
Votes: 7,252
10. Black Books (2000–2004)
TV-PG | 25 min | Comedy
Bernard Black runs a book shop, though his customer service skills leave something to be desired. He hires Manny as an employee. Fran runs the shop next door. Between the three of them many adventures ensue.
Stars: Dylan Moran, Bill Bailey, Tamsin Greig, Paul Beech
Votes: 61,993
11. Teachers (2001–2004)
TV-MA | 50 min | Comedy, Drama
Comedy drama that follows the exploits of school staff both inside and out of the classroom.
Stars: Ursula Holden Gill, Lloyd McGuire, Gillian Bevan, Ellen Thomas
Votes: 3,895
12. The Young Ones (1982–1984)
TV-14 | 35 min | Comedy
The crazy and sometimes surreal comedic adventures of four very different students in Thatcher's Britain.
Stars: Rik Mayall, Adrian Edmondson, Nigel Planer, Christopher Ryan
Votes: 16,484
13. British Men Behaving Badly (1992–2014)
TV-14 | 45 min | Comedy
Two early thirties best friends live together while having completely different personalities. While their girlfriends try to help them take on more responsibilities the boys seldom respond well and usually end up drinking together.
Stars: Martin Clunes, Caroline Quentin, Leslie Ash, Neil Morrissey
Votes: 8,666
14. One Foot in the Grave (1990–2001)
TV-PG | 90 min | Comedy, Drama
Victor Meldrew is a retiree who attracts bad luck. If he's not driving his long suffering wife Margaret crazy with his constant moaning, he's fighting with neighbours.
Stars: Richard Wilson, Annette Crosbie, Doreen Mantle, Owen Brenman
Votes: 7,340
15. The Phantom of the Open (2021)
PG-13 | 106 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport
Maurice Flitcroft, a dreamer and unrelenting optimist, manages to gain entry to the 1976 British Open Golf Championship qualification round despite being a complete novice.
Director: Craig Roberts | Stars: Mark Rylance, Ian Porter, Tommy Fallon, David Mara
Votes: 7,238
16. The Watch (2020–2021)
TV-14 | 381 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A group of misfit cops rise up from decades of helplessness to save their corrupt city from catastrophe.
Stars: Richard Dormer, Lara Rossi, Adam Hugill, Marama Corlett
Votes: 6,524
17. Goodnight Sweetheart (1993–2016)
Not Rated | 30 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
British sitcom in which an unhappily married man discovers he can time travel back to 1940s war-torn London where he masquerades as an MI5 agent and part-time songwriter whilst courting the local barmaid.
Stars: Nicholas Lyndhurst, Victor McGuire, Christopher Ettridge, Elizabeth Carling
Votes: 3,342
18. Carry on Cabby (1963)
91 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance
A taxi company is threatened when an all-female firm sets itself up in business and starts to steal their customers.
Director: Gerald Thomas | Stars: Sidney James, Hattie Jacques, Kenneth Connor, Charles Hawtrey
Votes: 3,023
19. 8 Out of 10 Cats (2005– )
TV-PG | 24 min | Comedy, Game-Show
8 Out Of 10 Cats is a cheeky and articulate comedy panel show hosted by English comedian Jimmy Carr that uses statistics and a series of opinion polls as a basis for discussion.
Stars: Jimmy Carr, John Pohlhammer, Sean Lock, Jon Richardson
Votes: 6,156
20. Whites (2010)
178 min | Comedy
The story of the executive chef at a country house hotel.
Stars: Alan Davies, Darren Boyd, Katherine Parkinson, Stephen Wight
Votes: 2,441
21. 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: 2,607
22. Gimme Gimme Gimme (1999–2001)
TV-14 | 34 min | Comedy
Raucous 90s sitcom starring Kathy Burke and James Dreyfus as awful flatmates. Tom is an out-of-work actor with a sharp tongue, and Linda La Hughes is his dysfunctional friend.
Stars: Kathy Burke, James Dreyfus, Beth Goddard, Rosalind Knight
Votes: 3,178
23. Hi-de-Hi! (1980–1988)
60 min | Comedy
Comic goings-on in this series. Ted's the camp comic but is always on the lookout for a way to make money. Gladys has her eye on the boss, and Peggy wants to swap her mop and cleaner's outfit for a 'yellow coat.'
Stars: Paul Shane, Ruth Madoc, Jeffrey Holland, Felix Bowness
Votes: 1,878
24. The Upper Hand (1990–1996)
25 min | Comedy
An affluent divorced woman named Caroline Weatley, raising her son Tom with help from her mother Laura West, seeks a housekeeper, and a man named Charlie Burrows applies for the job.
Stars: Diana Weston, Honor Blackman, Joe McGann, Kellie Bright
Votes: 609
25. Bill (I) (2015)
Not Rated | 94 min | Comedy, Family, History
What really happened during Shakespeare's 'Lost Years'? Hopeless lute-player Bill Shakespeare leaves his home to follow his dream.
Director: Richard Bracewell | Stars: Mathew Baynton, Simon Farnaby, Martha Howe-Douglas, Jim Howick
Votes: 3,265
26. Carry on Cleo (1964)
Not Rated | 92 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance
Two Britons, Hengist and Horsa, are captured and enslaved by invading Romans and taken to Rome. One of their first encounters in Rome leaves Hengist being mistaken for a fighter, and gets drafted into the Royal Guard to protect Caesar.
Director: Gerald Thomas | Stars: Kenneth Williams, Sidney James, Kenneth Connor, Charles Hawtrey
Votes: 5,009
27. 2point4 Children (1991–1999)
40 min | Comedy
Follows the lives of the Porters; a seemingly average family whose world is frequently turned upside-down, due to bad luck and bizarre occurrence.
Stars: Belinda Lang, Gary Olsen, Julia Hills, John Pickard
Votes: 1,707
28. Tormented (I) (2009)
R | 91 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery
A bullied teenager comes back from the dead to take revenge on his classmates.
Director: Jon Wright | Stars: Alex Pettyfer, April Pearson, Dimitri Leonidas, Calvin Dean
Votes: 6,544
29. Dad's Army (2016)
Not Rated | 100 min | Comedy, War
The Walmington-on-Sea Home Guard platoon deal with a visiting female journalist and a German spy as World War II draws to its conclusion.
Director: Oliver Parker | Stars: Mark Tandy, Russell Balogh, Andrew Havill, Heinz
Votes: 8,526
30. A Fine Romance (1981–1984)
30 min | Comedy, Romance
Perplexed and unmarried Laura and sweet but inept Mike form an unlikely union after meeting. Despite differences and lack of chemistry, an undefinable connection keeps the stubborn Laura and grinning Mike together.
Stars: Judi Dench, Michael Williams, Susan Penhaligon, Richard Warwick
Votes: 744
31. First Dates (2013– )
60 min | Reality-TV, Romance
Initially an experiment in which real dates are filmed, and then viewers get the chance to apply to date the unsuccessful participants the following week. Later this aspect was removed and replaced with a cast of regular restaurant staff.
Stars: Brian Protheroe, Fred Sirieix, CiCi Coleman, Merlin Griffiths
Votes: 1,251
32. Carry on Behind (1975)
Not Rated | 90 min | Comedy
Professors Vooshka and Crump decide to visit an archaeological site to study the artifacts there. Lo and behold, it's right next to a caravan site where all manner of people are staying. ... See full summary »
Director: Gerald Thomas | Stars: Elke Sommer, Kenneth Williams, Bernard Bresslaw, Kenneth Connor
Votes: 2,967
33. Time Gentlemen Please (2000–2002)
26 min | Comedy
The Pub Landlord runs an unpopular pub after his wife and son leave. Despite prejudices and vulnerabilities, his few remaining loyal regulars stay. His authority is limited to the pub, holding little significance outside its confines.
Stars: Al Murray, Phil Daniels, Jason Freeman, Roy Heather
Votes: 616
34. Carry on Girls (1973)
Not Rated | 88 min | Comedy, Romance
Local councillor Sidney Fiddler persuades the Mayor to help improve the image of their rundown seaside town by holding a beauty contest. But formidable Councillor Prodworthy, head of the ... See full summary »
Director: Gerald Thomas | Stars: Sidney James, Barbara Windsor, Joan Sims, Kenneth Connor
Votes: 3,187
35. Max & Paddy's Road to Nowhere (2004)
25 min | Comedy
Hopeless doormen Max and Paddy leave clubland and embark on a series of wild and exciting adventures in their prized motorhome, "Easy Rider" style.
Stars: Peter Kay, Paddy McGuinness, Lisa Hammond, Tony Mooney
Votes: 3,650
36. The Festival (2018)
R | 98 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
After Nick's girlfriend dumps him, his best mate Shane has the perfect antidote to his break-up blues: three days at an epic music festival.
Director: Iain Morris | Stars: Joe Thomas, Hannah Tointon, Hammed Animashaun, Hugh Coles
Votes: 7,675
37. Citizen Smith (1977–1980)
30 min | Comedy
Wolfie Smith is an unemployed dreamer from Tooting. He leads a small group called the Tooting Popular Front with aspirations to create a communist Britain. However, as a result of being disorganised, his chances range from slim to none.
Stars: Robert Lindsay, Mike Grady, Hilda Braid, Tony Millan
Votes: 1,058
38. Maid Marian and Her Merry Men (1989–1994)
25 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
Robin was a cowardly tailor from Kensington, and Marian was the brains behind the Merry Men. With her ruthless band of freedom fighters, Marian seeks to save the villagers of Worksop from the tyrany of King John and his cunning henchman.
Stars: Kate Lonergan, Adam Morris, Danny John-Jules, Howard Lew Lewis
Votes: 1,608
39. Blankety Blank (1978–2023)
35 min | Game-Show
Comedy game show with celebrity guests and cheap prizes.
Stars: Les Dawson, Terry Wogan, Paul O'Grady, Bradley Walsh
Votes: 280
40. Attack of the Adult Babies (2017)
84 min | Horror
Three family members break into a remote country house to recover secret documents, but discover a cult of wealthy adults dressed as babies inside with sexy "nurses" as their caretakers.
Director: Dominic Brunt | Stars: Kurtis Lowe, Andrew Dunn, Andy Abrahams, Dominic Brunt
Votes: 670
41. Carry on Nurse (1959)
Not Rated | 86 min | Comedy, Romance
An idiosyncratic group of patients wreak havoc in the men's surgical ward of Haven Hospital. They decide to take their revenge on the frosty Matron, and there is even a spot of DIY surgery!
Director: Gerald Thomas | Stars: Kenneth Williams, Hattie Jacques, Kenneth Connor, Shirley Eaton
Votes: 3,198
42. Antiques Road Trip (2010– )
45 min | Reality-TV
Two antiques experts compete against each other over five days buying antiques and selling them in five auctions. The programme is done in a light hearted fashion with all profits going to charity.
Stars: Tim Wonnacott, James Braxton, Izzie Balmer, Catherine Southon
Votes: 298
43. Save the Cinema (2022)
109 min | Comedy, Drama
The story of Liz Evans from Carmarthen, Wales, who campaigned to save the Lyric Cinema in 1993.
Director: Sara Sugarman | Stars: Louisa Cliffe, Krrish Patel, Jonathan Pryce, Beatie Edney
Votes: 1,574
44. Carry on Matron (1972)
Not Rated | 87 min | Comedy, Crime
A gang of thieves plans to make their fortune by stealing a shipment of contraceptive pills from Finisham maternity hospital. They assume disguises and infiltrate the hospital, but everything doesn't go according to plan.
Director: Gerald Thomas | Stars: Sidney James, Kenneth Williams, Charles Hawtrey, Joan Sims
Votes: 3,332
45. Creation Stories (2021)
105 min | Biography, Drama, Music
Creation Stories tells the unforgettable tale of infamous Creation Records label head Alan McGee; and of how one written-off young Glaswegian upstart rose to irrevocably change the face of British culture.
Director: Nick Moran | Stars: Ewen Bremner, Leo Flanagan, Richard Jobson, Rori Hawthorn
Votes: 1,547
46. Sarah and Duck (2013–2017)
TV-G | 7 min | Animation, Short, Family
Sarah, a polite and curious 7-year-old English girl, embarks on lots of little adventures with her best friend - a lovable duck named Duck.
Stars: Tasha Lawrence, Roger Allam, Andy Nyman, Tim O'Sullivan
Votes: 856
47. Big Break (II) (1990–2002)
30 min | Game-Show, Sport
General knowledge game show where contestants team up with snooker stars testing their skill against the clock.
Stars: Jim Davidson, John Virgo, Colin Ward-Lewis, Charles Nove
Votes: 207
48. Blackadder's Christmas Carol (1988 TV Movie)
43 min | Comedy, History
After a genial spirit shows the benevolent Ebenezer Blackadder visions of his unscrupulous ancestors, he resolves to mend his generous ways.
Director: Richard Boden | Stars: Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Miranda Richardson, Stephen Fry
Votes: 13,970
49. Ethel & Ernest (2016)
Not Rated | 94 min | Animation, Drama, History
The life and times of the parents of the hailed British graphic novelist Raymond Briggs.
Director: Roger Mainwood | Stars: Jim Broadbent, Brenda Blethyn, Luke Treadaway, Macready Massey
Votes: 3,937
50. Carry on Dick (1974)
91 min | Adventure, Comedy
Dick Turpin is terrorising the countryside around Upper Dencher. Captain Fancey and Sergeant Jock Strapp plan to put an end to his escapades, and enlist the help of the Reverend Flasher. ... See full summary »
Director: Gerald Thomas | Stars: Sidney James, Kenneth Williams, Barbara Windsor, Hattie Jacques
Votes: 2,974