Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "british-drama"

1. Bodies (2023)

TV-MA | 57 min | Crime, Drama, History

Four detectives, living in different eras -1890, 1941, 2023 and 2053 - find the body of the same murder victim in Whitechapel. They soon come to realize their investigations have them central to a conspiracy spanning over 150 years.

Stars: Amaka Okafor, Kyle Soller, Shira Haas, Jacob Fortune-Lloyd

Votes: 54,474

2. The Stranger (I) (2020)

TV-MA | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The secrets and lies of suburban families are made public by the appearance of a stranger.

Stars: Richard Armitage, Hannah John-Kamen, Siobhan Finneran, Jacob Dudman

Votes: 61,240

3. Only Fools and Horses (1981–2003)

TV-PG | 95 min | Comedy

Comedy that follows two brothers from London's rough Peckham estate as they wheel and deal through a number of dodgy deals and search for the big score that'll make them millionaires.

Stars: David Jason, Nicholas Lyndhurst, Roger Lloyd Pack, Buster Merryfield

Votes: 56,814

4. Downton Abbey: A New Era (2022)

PG | 124 min | Drama, Romance

The Crawley family goes on a grand journey to the South of France to uncover the mystery of the dowager countess's newly inherited villa.

Director: Simon Curtis | Stars: Hugh Bonneville, Jim Carter, Michelle Dockery, Elizabeth McGovern

Votes: 31,252 | Gross: $44.14M

5. River (2015)

TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

John River is a brilliant police inspector whose genius lies side-by-side with the fragility of his mind. He is a man haunted by the murder victims whose cases he must lay to rest.

Stars: Stellan Skarsgård, Nicola Walker, Adeel Akhtar, Lesley Manville

Votes: 27,320

6. Queer as Folk (1999–2000)

TV-MA | 48 min | Comedy, Drama

A groundbreaking gay adult drama which chronicles the lives of Stuart and Vince, as well as 15-year-old Nathan, who is in love with Stuart.

Stars: Aidan Gillen, Craig Kelly, Charlie Hunnam, Denise Black

Votes: 7,626

7. Great Expectations (2023)

TV-MA | Drama, History

Follows orphan Pip, who spent his childhood as a blacksmith's apprentice and suddenly receives a windfall from an unknown benefactor that allows him to travel to London and enter high society.

Stars: Fionn Whitehead, Owen McDonnell, Rudi Dharmalingam, Olivia Colman

Votes: 3,244

8. In the Flesh (2013–2014)

TV-14 | 56 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror

Four years after the Rising, the government starts to rehabilitate the Undead for reentry into society, including teenager Kieren Walker, who returns to his small Lancashire village to face a hostile reception, as well as his own demons.

Stars: Luke Newberry, Harriet Cains, Marie Critchley, Steve Cooper

Votes: 13,937

9. Cromwell (1970)

G | 139 min | Biography, Drama, History

Puritan statesman Oliver Cromwell leads England in a civil war against the absolutist and Catholic-sympathetic King Charles I.

Director: Ken Hughes | Stars: Richard Harris, Alec Guinness, Robert Morley, Dorothy Tutin

Votes: 6,972 | Gross: $1.37M

10. Man in an Orange Shirt (2017)

TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, Romance

Tales of love across two films highlighting the very different challenges that face the couples, With Michael and Thomas just after WWII, and Adam and Steve in the present day.

Stars: Julian Morris, Vanessa Redgrave, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Charlie Wernham

Votes: 4,610

11. To Play the King (1993)

55 min | Drama

Francis Urquhart, the unscrupulous but cunning Conservative Prime Minister, has his survival threatened by a liberal monarch and an upcoming General Election.

Stars: Ian Richardson, Michael Kitchen, Kitty Aldridge, Colin Jeavons

Votes: 4,456

12. The Final Cut (1995)

TV-14 | 52 min | Drama

Francis Urquhart, a seasoned politician, tries to establish his legacy before retirement by negotiating an end to the Cyprus , but the island hides secrets from his past that could destroy him.

Stars: Ian Richardson, Diane Fletcher, Paul Freeman, Isla Blair

Votes: 3,811

13. NY-LON (2004)

65 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Filmed in London and on location in New York's Lower East Side, NY-LON follows the troubled romance between a bohemian New York record store clerk, Edie, and London stock broker Michael, after their chance meeting in his city.

Stars: Stephen Moyer, Rashida Jones, Navin Chowdhry, Rachel Miner

Votes: 523

14. Code of Silence (2021)

97 min | Crime

The story of A deaf caterer, who becomes embroiled in a thrilling investigation, after a detective asks her to lip-read the conversations of some dangerous criminals.

Director: Ben Mole | Stars: Stephen Moyer, Alec Newman, Andrew Tiernan, Michael Higgs

Votes: 187

15. Wait for Me (2023)

95 min | Drama

A young woman makes an unlikely ally in a damaged stranger, who convinces her to escape her life of vice and find the child she gave away.

Director: Keith Farrell | Stars: Karen Hassan, Aaron Cobham, Sean McGinley, Neil Bell

Votes: 33

16. Life and Death in the Warehouse (2022 TV Movie)

59 min | Drama

In a desperate attempt to keep her new job at a Welsh warehouse, Megan presses a pregnant colleague to get her "pick rate" up, putting her and her fetus at risk.

Directors: Aysha Rafaele, Joseph Bullman | Stars: Aimee-Ffion Edwards, Poppy Lee Friar, Craig Parkinson, Aled ap Steffan

Votes: 563

17. Trust (2020–2023)

25 min | Short, Drama

Fate plays its part in an unforgiving ultimatum as criminal mastermind and father-to-be must escape the fatal position his girlfriend has put him in with a ruthless drug lord.

Stars: Cush Berlyn, Bobby Gordon, Andrea Martinez Barrios, Laura Nicole

Votes: 94

18. Picture Perfect (II) (2020)

16 min | Short, Drama

Robert and Jasmin endure in a heated argument that causes a disastrous injury that leaves Robert bed bound. As his relationship is crumbling apart, he turns to a new hobby that may just save their relationship.

Director: Jacob Crossley | Stars: Alicia Dillon, Kieran Stokes

19. Fragments of Him (2016 Video Game)

Drama, Romance

A story about love, memories, and hope. When Will's life is suddenly cut short, only piecing together the stories left behind can bring a sense of meaning for him and those he loved.

Director: Mata Haggis | Stars: James Alper, Joan Blackham, Jay Britton, Katie Lyons

Votes: 23

20. The Brief (2004–2005)
Episode: A Sort of Love (2004)

71 min | Crime, Drama

Henry works on the appeal for a man convicted of killing his partner in a twisted sexual triangle, while his own love triangle takes on a few new twists of its own. A missing Ferrari, ... See full summary »

Director: Sandy Johnson | Stars: William Armstrong, Vicki Hopps, Shane Attwooll, John Woodvine

Votes: 32

21. The Brief (2004–2005)
Episode: Blame (2005)

69 min | Crime, Drama

Defense attorney Henry Farmer knows all about train wrecks: his love life has derailed, and his financial situation has crashed, leaving him temporarily homeless. Now he must deal with his ... See full summary »

Director: Minkie Spiro | Stars: Melanie Hill, Alan Davies, Robert Whitelock, Michael Cochrane

Votes: 42

22. The Brief (2004–2005)
Episode: Forever on the Mind (2005)

68 min | Crime, Drama

Henry defends a nurse accused of murdering an elderly patient who added her to his will two day before his death. Unfortunately, she's determined to speak out and clear her name no matter what Henry says.

Director: David Drury | Stars: Jennifer Ellison, Emma Pierson, Mark Dexter, Tim Berrington

Votes: 30

23. The Brief (2004–2005)
Episode: Lack of Affect (2005)

70 min | Crime, Drama

Henry's newest client, a sufferer Asperger's syndrome accused of murdering his mother, may be the only habitually honest person involved in the case. Revelations of adultery and a ... See full summary »

Director: John Deery | Stars: Melissa Lloyd, Tom Burke, Virginia Denham, Alan Davies

Votes: 57

24. The Brief (2004–2005)
Episode: The Architect's Wife (2005)

70 min | Crime, Drama

Henry is pitted against Cleo in a civil suit brought by wife who claims she was raped 18 months after her alleged attacker was acquitted in a criminal court.

Director: Ian Knox | Stars: Kirsty Mitchell, Hermione Gulliford, Jacqueline Defferary, Alastair Mackenzie

Votes: 28

25. Hetty Wainthropp Investigates (1996–1998)
Episode: Fisticuffs (1997)

TV-14 | 49 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

A woman distracted by her cell phone inadvertently causes a fender bender, but the other driver is so overcome by road rage she assaults her.

Director: Don Leaver | Stars: Patricia Routledge, Derek Benfield, Dominic Monaghan, John Graham-Davies

Votes: 95

26. Thomas and Sarah (1979)
Episode: Return to Gethyn (1979)

51 min | Drama

Thomas becomes suddenly homesick for his native Wales and with Sarah travels back to his village home for the first time in ten years with dire consequences.

Director: Christopher Hodson | Stars: John Alderton, Pauline Collins, Gary Raymond, Shirley Cain

Votes: 12

27. Thomas and Sarah (1979)
Episode: The New Rich (1979)

60 min | Drama

Nouveau riche Sarah and Thomas have the use of the Andover townhouse, but their egalitarian attitude towards their servants is frowned upon by their butler Wilson.

Director: John Davies | Stars: Pauline Collins, John Alderton, Nigel Hawthorne, Barbara Hicks

Votes: 12

28. Thomas and Sarah (1979)
Episode: Alma Mater (1979)

49 min | Drama

Sara is working at a private boys' school when Thomas arrives and brazens himself into becoming a teacher.

Director: David Askey | Stars: Pauline Collins, John Alderton, Derek Godfrey, John Welsh

Votes: 10

29. Poldark (1975–1977)
Episode: Episode #2.10 (1977)

TV-MA | 52 min | Drama, History, Romance

Caroline goes to London after her child's death, Whitworth reestablishes relations with money, and Ross secretly visits Elizabeth during a Warleggan party.

Director: Philip Dudley | Stars: Robin Ellis, Angharad Rees, Christopher Biggins, Michael Cadman

Votes: 23

30. Poldark (1975–1977)
Episode: Episode #2.13 (1977)

TV-MA | 56 min | Drama, History, Romance

Warleggan tries to have Ross arrested after the duel and Elizabeth consults with a doctor to have her baby prematurely to allay George's suspicions.

Director: Philip Dudley | Stars: Robin Ellis, Angharad Rees, Jill Townsend, Ralph Bates

Votes: 23

31. Upstairs Downstairs (2010–2012)
Episode: The Fledgling (2010)

TV-PG | 61 min | Drama

Sir Hallam Holland and his wife, Lady Agnes, reopen 165 Eaton Place, where they are joined by his controlling mother, Lady Holland, returned from India after 30 years.

Director: Euros Lyn | Stars: Keeley Hawes, Ed Stoppard, Jean Marsh, Eileen Atkins

Votes: 217