Film Index
British cinema: 1960s
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Stanley Kubrick
Millions of years ago, a tribe of herbivorous apelike hominids discover a mysterious black monolith which immediately exerts a strange influence over them...
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Stanley Kubrick
A Countess from Hong Kong (1967)
Charles Chaplin
Ogden Mears is a wealthy American diplomat who is soon to be made ambassador to Saudi Arabia. During a stopover in Hong Kong, he meets Natasha, a Russian countess who scrapes a dubious living as a dancer and prostitute...
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Charles Chaplin
A Dandy in Aspic (1968)
Anthony Mann
Eberlin, a British intelligence operative, is surprised when his superiors assign him to find and assassinate a troublesome KGB agent named Krasnevin...
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Anthony Mann
A Kind of Loving (1962)
John Schlesinger
Vic Brown is a draftsman at an engineering factory in a Lancashire town in the northwest of England. In his early twenties, he still lives with his parents in their terraced house but has hopes of moving away and making his fortune elsewhere...
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John Schlesinger
A Man for All Seasons (1966)
Fred Zinnemann
England, 1527. King Henry VIII needs to divorce his barren wife Catherine of Aragon so that he can marry Anne Boleyn and ensure the Tudor succession...
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Fred Zinnemann
A Stitch in Time (1963)
Robert Asher
Norman Pitkin is an enthusiastic but hopelessly incompetent butcher's assistant. During a hold up, his boss, Mr Grimsdale, accidentally swallows his valuable gold watch in a careless attempt to conceal it, and has to be taken into hospital... [More...]
Robert Asher
Norman Pitkin is an enthusiastic but hopelessly incompetent butcher's assistant. During a hold up, his boss, Mr Grimsdale, accidentally swallows his valuable gold watch in a careless attempt to conceal it, and has to be taken into hospital... [More...]
A Study in Terror (1965)
James Hill
In late Victorian England, terror stalks the streets of Whitechapel in the East End of London. Several young women, all prostitutes, have been mercilessly slain, stabbed to death, by an unknown killer who has become known as Jack the Ripper... [More...]
James Hill
In late Victorian England, terror stalks the streets of Whitechapel in the East End of London. Several young women, all prostitutes, have been mercilessly slain, stabbed to death, by an unknown killer who has become known as Jack the Ripper... [More...]
A Taste of Honey (1961)
Tony Richardson
Jo is a 17-year-old schoolgirl who lives with her alcoholic mother, Helen, in the industrial northwest English town of Salford... [More...]
Tony Richardson
Jo is a 17-year-old schoolgirl who lives with her alcoholic mother, Helen, in the industrial northwest English town of Salford... [More...]
Alfie (1966)
Lewis Gilbert
Alfie likes women, he likes them a lot. In fact, you could say that women are his main interest in life, his raison d'être so to speak... [More...]
Lewis Gilbert
Alfie likes women, he likes them a lot. In fact, you could say that women are his main interest in life, his raison d'être so to speak... [More...]
The Alphabet Murders (1965)
Frank Tashlin
Pursued across London by a British secret service agent who is tasked with deporting him back to his own country, the famous Belgian detective Hercule Poirot begins to investigate the mysterious killing of a high-diving clown with the initials A.A... [More...]
Frank Tashlin
Pursued across London by a British secret service agent who is tasked with deporting him back to his own country, the famous Belgian detective Hercule Poirot begins to investigate the mysterious killing of a high-diving clown with the initials A.A... [More...]
And the Same to You (1960)
George Pollock
The Reverend Sydney Mullett loans out the village hall to Wally Burton for what he believes to be philanthropic purposes, only to discover that Burton has converted it into a boxing ring for his own financial gain... [More...]
George Pollock
The Reverend Sydney Mullett loans out the village hall to Wally Burton for what he believes to be philanthropic purposes, only to discover that Burton has converted it into a boxing ring for his own financial gain... [More...]
Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)
Charles Jarrott
England, 1525. King Henry VIII is anxious to produce a male heir to secure the Tudor lineage but his queen, Katherine of Aragon, has passed child-bearing age and has borne him only a daughter and dead sons... [More...]
Charles Jarrott
England, 1525. King Henry VIII is anxious to produce a male heir to secure the Tudor lineage but his queen, Katherine of Aragon, has passed child-bearing age and has borne him only a daughter and dead sons... [More...]
The Anniversary (1968)
Roy Ward Baker
Mrs Taggart runs her late husband's house building business with an iron hand and an implacable ruthlessness, and she manages her three grown-up sons in much the same way... [More...]
Roy Ward Baker
Mrs Taggart runs her late husband's house building business with an iron hand and an implacable ruthlessness, and she manages her three grown-up sons in much the same way... [More...]
Battle of Britain (1969)
Guy Hamilton
In the spring of 1940, British fighter pilots are waging a losing battle against the Nazis in continental Europe. Seeing that the fall of France to Germany is inevitable, Air Chief Marshal Dowding advises the British Prime Minister Winston Churchill to withdraw all RAF fighters and prepare for a German attack on mainland Britain... [More...]
Guy Hamilton
In the spring of 1940, British fighter pilots are waging a losing battle against the Nazis in continental Europe. Seeing that the fall of France to Germany is inevitable, Air Chief Marshal Dowding advises the British Prime Minister Winston Churchill to withdraw all RAF fighters and prepare for a German attack on mainland Britain... [More...]
Becket (1964)
Peter Glenville
In 12th Century England, the young King Henry II is more preoccupied with the hedonistic pursuits of youth than with matters of state, and in this he is aided and abetted by his good friend Thomas Becket... [More...]
Peter Glenville
In 12th Century England, the young King Henry II is more preoccupied with the hedonistic pursuits of youth than with matters of state, and in this he is aided and abetted by his good friend Thomas Becket... [More...]
Billy Liar (1963)
John Schlesinger
Billy Fisher is 19, lives with his parents in a glum north English town and works as a desk clerk for a firm of undertakers... [More...]
John Schlesinger
Billy Fisher is 19, lives with his parents in a glum north English town and works as a desk clerk for a firm of undertakers... [More...]
The Brain (1962)
Freddie Francis
By experimenting on primates, Dr Peter Corrie has found not only a way to preserve the brain of an animal after death, but also a means of monitoring brain activity in its new, artificial environment... [More...]
Freddie Francis
By experimenting on primates, Dr Peter Corrie has found not only a way to preserve the brain of an animal after death, but also a means of monitoring brain activity in its new, artificial environment... [More...]
The Brides of Dracula (1960)
Terence Fisher
Count Dracula may have been destroyed but his legacy of vampiric evil endures, lingering like a poisonous cloud of death over the bleak Transylvanian landscape... [More...]
Terence Fisher
Count Dracula may have been destroyed but his legacy of vampiric evil endures, lingering like a poisonous cloud of death over the bleak Transylvanian landscape... [More...]
The Brides of Fu Manchu (1966)
Don Sharp
In 1924, the Chinese criminal mastermind Fu Manchu sets up his headquarters in North Africa and organises a series of kidnappings... [More...]
Don Sharp
In 1924, the Chinese criminal mastermind Fu Manchu sets up his headquarters in North Africa and organises a series of kidnappings... [More...]
Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965)
Otto Preminger
A few days after arriving in London, American Ann Lake leaves her four-year old daughter Bunny at a school for toddlers before rushing off to meet the removal men at her new apartment... [More...]
Otto Preminger
A few days after arriving in London, American Ann Lake leaves her four-year old daughter Bunny at a school for toddlers before rushing off to meet the removal men at her new apartment... [More...]
Captain Clegg (1962)
Peter Graham Scott
In 1792, Captain Collier arrives in an English coastal town to investigate a possible smuggling operation. He soon begins to suspect that the local vicar, Dr Blyss, may be implicated, although his attempts to uncover any evidence of smuggling are thwarted... [More...]
Peter Graham Scott
In 1792, Captain Collier arrives in an English coastal town to investigate a possible smuggling operation. He soon begins to suspect that the local vicar, Dr Blyss, may be implicated, although his attempts to uncover any evidence of smuggling are thwarted... [More...]
Carry on Again Doctor (1969)
Gerald Thomas
Dr Carver's ambition is to run his own private clinic, but without a huge capital outlay how can he realise this dream? The wealthy widow Mrs Moore, one of his private patients, could be the answer... [More...]
Gerald Thomas
Dr Carver's ambition is to run his own private clinic, but without a huge capital outlay how can he realise this dream? The wealthy widow Mrs Moore, one of his private patients, could be the answer... [More...]
Carry on Cabby (1963)
Gerald Thomas
Charlie Hawkins is the owner of a successful taxi firm, Speedee Cabs. His job has become the main passion in his life and, understandably, his wife Peggy feels neglected... [More...]
Gerald Thomas
Charlie Hawkins is the owner of a successful taxi firm, Speedee Cabs. His job has become the main passion in his life and, understandably, his wife Peggy feels neglected... [More...]
Carry on Camping (1969)
Gerald Thomas
One year, Sid and Bernie decide to take their girlfriends, Joan and Anthea, on a camping holiday. They had intended to spend a week of wild abandonment in a nudist camp but instead find themselves at an ordinary campsite run by the aptly named Mr Fiddler... [More...]
Gerald Thomas
One year, Sid and Bernie decide to take their girlfriends, Joan and Anthea, on a camping holiday. They had intended to spend a week of wild abandonment in a nudist camp but instead find themselves at an ordinary campsite run by the aptly named Mr Fiddler... [More...]
Carry on Cleo (1964)
Gerald Thomas
Hengist Pod and Horsa are two Ancient Britons who enjoy a peaceful life between hunting the odd Brontosaurus and knocking out the occasional labour-saving invention, such as the square wheel... [More...]
Gerald Thomas
Hengist Pod and Horsa are two Ancient Britons who enjoy a peaceful life between hunting the odd Brontosaurus and knocking out the occasional labour-saving invention, such as the square wheel... [More...]
Carry on Constable (1960)
Gerald Thomas
In the midst of a national flu epidemic, Sergeant Frank Wilkins wonders how his police station will cope with so many of his staff off on sick leave... [More...]
Gerald Thomas
In the midst of a national flu epidemic, Sergeant Frank Wilkins wonders how his police station will cope with so many of his staff off on sick leave... [More...]
Carry on Cowboy (1966)
Gerald Thomas
Stodge City is a peaceful, law-abiding Midwest town, or at least it was until the Rumpo Kid showed up and began raising Hell... [More...]
Gerald Thomas
Stodge City is a peaceful, law-abiding Midwest town, or at least it was until the Rumpo Kid showed up and began raising Hell... [More...]
Carry on Cruising (1962)
Gerald Thomas
Wellington Crowther is the captain of a Mediterranean cruise ship, the SS Happy Wanderer. If his next cruise goes well, he expects to get a transfer to a brand new transatlantic liner, which for him would be a dream promotion... [More...]
Gerald Thomas
Wellington Crowther is the captain of a Mediterranean cruise ship, the SS Happy Wanderer. If his next cruise goes well, he expects to get a transfer to a brand new transatlantic liner, which for him would be a dream promotion... [More...]
Carry on Doctor (1967)
Gerald Thomas
Immediately after giving a lecture in which he argues that medical treatment would be unnecessary if everyone thought positively, Francis Bigger falls off the stage and breaks his coccyx... [More...]
Gerald Thomas
Immediately after giving a lecture in which he argues that medical treatment would be unnecessary if everyone thought positively, Francis Bigger falls off the stage and breaks his coccyx... [More...]
Carry on Jack (1963)
Gerald Thomas
After eight years, Albert Poop-Decker finally achieves his dream, to serve as midshipman in the British navy. The year is 1805 and the navy needs men like Albert, to protect Britain from the French and Spanish... [More...]
Gerald Thomas
After eight years, Albert Poop-Decker finally achieves his dream, to serve as midshipman in the British navy. The year is 1805 and the navy needs men like Albert, to protect Britain from the French and Spanish... [More...]