Top 100 UK Movies/TV Shows

100 titles that travel well across time — a personal watchlist for top 100 uk movies/tv shows.

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1 Alien(1979)
Movie | Horror, Sci-Fi | UK, USA | English
2 Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb(1964)
Movie | Comedy, War | UK, USA | English, Russian
3 2001: A Space Odyssey(1968)
Movie | Adventure, Sci-Fi | UK, USA | English, Russian
4 Band of Brothers(2001)
TV | Action, Drama | UK, USA | English, German
5 Fargo(1996)
Movie | Crime, Drama | UK, USA | English
6 The Terminator(1984)
Movie | Action, Adventure | UK, USA | English, Spanish
7 Lawrence of Arabia(1962)
Movie | Adventure, Biography | UK, USA | English, Arabic
8 Monty Python and the Holy Grail(1975)
Movie | Adventure, Comedy | UK | English, French
9 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2(2011)
Movie | Adventure, Family | UK, USA | English, Latin
10 12 Years a Slave(2013)
Movie | Biography, Drama | UK, USA | English
11 Aliens(1986)
Movie | Action, Adventure | UK, USA | English, Spanish
12 The Bridge on the River Kwai(1957)
Movie | Adventure, Drama | UK, USA | English, Japanese
13 The Third Man(1949)
Movie | Drama, Film-Noir | UK | English, German
14 Fawlty Towers(1975)
TV | Comedy | UK | English, Spanish
15 Monty Python's Flying Circus(1969)
TV | Comedy | UK | English, Arabic
16 Slumdog Millionaire(2008)
Movie | Crime, Drama | UK, France | English, Hindi
17 Sherlock(2010)
TV | Crime, Drama | UK, USA | English
18 The Shining(1980)
Movie | Drama, Horror | UK, USA | English
19 Gravity(2013)
Movie | Drama, Sci-Fi | UK, USA | English, Greenlandic
20 Full Metal Jacket(1987)
Movie | Drama, War | UK, USA | English, Vietnamese
21 Peaky Blinders(2013)
TV | Crime, Drama | UK | English, Romanian
22 A Clockwork Orange(1971)
Movie | Crime, Sci-Fi | UK, USA | English
23 Planet Earth(2006)
TV | Documentary, Family | UK, Canada | English
24 Gandhi(1982)
Movie | Biography, Drama | UK, India | English, Hindi
25 Only Fools and Horses(1981)
TV | Comedy | UK | English
26 Blackadder Goes Forth(1989)
TV | Comedy, War | UK | English
27 Doctor Who(1963)
TV | Adventure, Drama | UK | English
28 Trainspotting(1996)
Movie | Crime, Drama | UK, USA | English
29 The Prestige(2006)
Movie | Drama, Mystery | UK, USA | English
30 1917(2019)
Movie | Action, Drama | UK, USA | English, French
31 Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri(2017)
Movie | Comedy, Crime | UK, USA | English
32 Skyfall(2012)
Movie | Action, Adventure | UK, USA | English, Turkish
33 Barry Lyndon(1975)
Movie | Adventure, Drama | UK, USA | English, German
34 Life of Brianaka Monty Python's Life of Brian(1979)
Movie | Comedy | UK | English, Latin
35 Goldfinger(1964)
Movie | Action, Adventure | UK, USA | English, Chinese
36 The Lady Vanishes(1938)
Movie | Crime, Drama | UK | English, German
37 Brief Encounter(1945)
Movie | Drama, Romance | UK | English, French
38 Poirot(1989)
TV | Crime, Drama | UK | English, French
39 The Red Shoes(1948)
Movie | Drama, Music | UK | English, French
40 Kind Hearts and Coronets(1949)
Movie | Comedy, Crime | UK | English, Italian
41 The World at War(1973)
TV | Documentary, History | UK | English, German
42 Planet Earth II(2016)
TV | Documentary | UK, Germany | English, French
43 Dunkirk(2017)
Movie | Action, Drama | UK, Netherlands | English, French
44 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban(2004)
Movie | Adventure, Family | UK, USA | English, Latin
45 Rush(2013)
Movie | Biography, Drama | UK, USA | English, German
46 Argo(2012)
Movie | Biography, Drama | UK, USA | English, Persian
47 The Father(2020)
Movie | Drama, Mystery | UK, France | English
48 The Big Lebowski(1998)
Movie | Comedy, Crime | UK, USA | English, German
49 Shaun of the Dead(2004)
Movie | Comedy, Horror | UK, France | English
50 Brazil(1985)
Movie | Drama, Sci-Fi | UK, USA | English
51 Diarios de motocicletaaka The Motorcycle Diaries(2004)
Movie | Adventure, Biography | UK, USA | Spanish, Quechua
52 A Fish Called Wanda(1988)
Movie | Comedy, Crime | UK, USA | English, Italian
53 The African Queen(1951)
Movie | Adventure, Drama | UK, USA | English, German
54 Lolita(1962)
Movie | Crime, Drama | UK, USA | English, French
55 Blackadder II(1986)
TV | Comedy | UK | English
56 The 39 Steps(1935)
Movie | Crime, Mystery | UK | English
57 Blackadder the Third(1987)
TV | Comedy | UK | English
58 Great Expectations(1946)
Movie | Adventure, Drama | UK | English
59 The Prisoner(1967)
TV | Drama, Mystery | UK | English
60 Downton Abbey(2010)
TV | Drama, Romance | UK | English
61 X-Men: Days of Future Past(2014)
Movie | Action, Adventure | UK, USA | English, Vietnamese
62 Snatch(2000)
Movie | Comedy, Crime | UK, USA | English, Russian
63 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire(2005)
Movie | Adventure, Family | UK, USA | English, French
64 Hot Fuzz(2007)
Movie | Action, Comedy | UK, France | English
65 Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels(1998)
Movie | Comedy, Crime | UK, USA | English
66 Mr. Bean(1990)
TV | Comedy, Family | UK | English
67 Superman(1978)
Movie | Action, Adventure | UK, USA | English
68 From Russia with Love(1963)
Movie | Action, Adventure | UK, USA | English, Russian
69 The Dirty Dozen(1967)
Movie | Action, Adventure | UK, USA | English, German
70 Dr. No(1962)
Movie | Action, Adventure | UK, USA | English, French
71 Blow-Up(1966)
Movie | Drama, Mystery | UK, Italy | English
72 Repulsion(1965)
Movie | Drama, Horror | UK | English
73 Red Dwarf(1988)
TV | Comedy, Sci-Fi | UK | English, Esperanto
74 A Matter of Life and Death(1946)
Movie | Drama, Fantasy | UK | English, French
75 Black Narcissus(1947)
Movie | Drama | UK | English, French
76 Jesus of Nazareth(1977)
TV | Biography, Drama | UK, Italy | English, Syriac
77 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes(1984)
TV | Crime, Drama | UK | English
78 The Crown(2016)
TV | Biography, Drama | UK, USA | English
79 Fleabag(2016)
TV | Comedy, Drama | UK | English
80 Bohemian Rhapsody(2018)
Movie | Biography, Drama | UK, USA | English, British Sign
81 Atonement(2007)
Movie | Drama, Mystery | UK, France | English, French
82 Sense and Sensibility(1995)
Movie | Drama, Romance | UK, USA | English, French
83 In Bruges(2008)
Movie | Comedy, Crime | UK, USA | English
84 Pride & Prejudice(2005)
Movie | Drama, Romance | UK, France | English
85 Rome(2005)
TV | Action, Drama | UK, USA | English
86 Doctor Who(2005)
TV | Adventure, Drama | UK | English
87 Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory(1971)
Movie | Adventure, Comedy | UK, USA | English, French
88 The Lion in Winter(1968)
Movie | Biography, Drama | UK, USA | English, French
89 A Hard Day's Night(1964)
Movie | Comedy, Musical | UK, USA | English, German
90 A Man for All Seasons(1966)
Movie | Biography, Drama | UK | English, Latin
91 Zulu(1964)
Movie | Drama, History | UK | English, Zulu
92 I, Claudius(1976)
TV | Biography, Drama | UK | English, German
93 The Muppet Show(1976)
TV | Comedy, Family | UK, USA | English
94 127 Hours(2010)
Movie | Biography, Drama | UK, USA | English, Italian
95 American Gangster(2007)
Movie | Biography, Crime | UK, USA | English, Thai
96 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stoneaka Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone(2001)
Movie | Adventure, Family | UK, USA | English, Latin
97 Pride and Prejudice(1995)
TV | Drama, Romance | UK | English
98 Moon(2009)
Movie | Drama, Mystery | UK, USA | English, Spanish
99 Hachi: A Dog's Tale(2009)
Movie | Biography, Drama | UK, USA | English, Japanese
100 The Killing Fields(1984)
Movie | Biography, Drama | UK | English, French

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Updated November 29, 2025 · FlickRatings