Film Index
British cinema: Drama
10 Rillington Place (1971)
Richard Fleischer
In 1948, Tim and Beryl Evans, a young married couple, move into a top floor flat at 10, Rillington Place, Ladbroke Grove, London...
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Richard Fleischer
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
49th Parallel (1941)
Michael Powell
Early in WWII, a German U-boat surfaces off the east coast of Canada. Only six members if its crew survive when RCAF bombers destroy the submarine in a fierce raid...
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Michael Powell
84 Charing Cross Road (1987)
David Hugh Jones
In 1949, Helene Hanff is an aspiring writer who scrapes by as a script reader in New York City. Her main passion in life is old books, preferably out of print volumes of obscure work by English writers...
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David Hugh Jones
A Bridge Too Far (1977)
Richard Attenborough
September, 1944. D-Day has come and gone but the allied advance has slowed to a crawl owing to over-extended supply lines...
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Richard Attenborough
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Stanley Kubrick
Alex DeLarge is a Beethoven-loving juvenile delinquent who spends his evenings indulging in orgies of violence with his droogies... [More...]
Stanley Kubrick
Alex DeLarge is a Beethoven-loving juvenile delinquent who spends his evenings indulging in orgies of violence with his droogies... [More...]
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... [More...]
Anthony Mann
Eberlin, a British intelligence operative, is surprised when his superiors assign him to find and assassinate a troublesome KGB agent named Krasnevin... [More...]
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... [More...]
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... [More...]
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... [More...]
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... [More...]
A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
Michael Powell
During WWII, an RAF fighter pilot Peter Carter is returning to England after a raid over Germany when his plane is hit. Realising his has no parachute, he sends one last radio message, which is received by a young American radio operator, June, before bailing out to certain death... [More...]
Michael Powell
During WWII, an RAF fighter pilot Peter Carter is returning to England after a raid over Germany when his plane is hit. Realising his has no parachute, he sends one last radio message, which is received by a young American radio operator, June, before bailing out to certain death... [More...]
A Night to Remember (1958)
Roy Ward Baker
On 10th April 1912, RMS Titanic leaves the port of Southampton, England on her maiden voyage. At 883 feet in length, she is the largest ship ever to have been built, and is reputed to be unsinkable... [More...]
Roy Ward Baker
On 10th April 1912, RMS Titanic leaves the port of Southampton, England on her maiden voyage. At 883 feet in length, she is the largest ship ever to have been built, and is reputed to be unsinkable... [More...]
A Passage to India (1984)
David Lean
In the 1920s, Adela Quested makes the journey from England to India, where she intends to marry her fiancé, Ronny Heaslop, the magistrate of a provincial town named Chandrapore... [More...]
David Lean
In the 1920s, Adela Quested makes the journey from England to India, where she intends to marry her fiancé, Ronny Heaslop, the magistrate of a provincial town named Chandrapore... [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 Tale of Two Cities (1958)
Ralph Thomas
In 1775, the banker Jarvis Lorry travels to Paris to be reunited with his old friend, Dr Alexandre Manette, who has been held prisoner in the Bastille for the last eighteen years... [More...]
Ralph Thomas
In 1775, the banker Jarvis Lorry travels to Paris to be reunited with his old friend, Dr Alexandre Manette, who has been held prisoner in the Bastille for the last eighteen years... [More...]
A Town Like Alice (1956)
Jack Lee
In 1942, Jean Paget is working in Malaya when the Japanese army begins to attack the country. In no time, she ends up with a party of women and children who are instructed to walk fifty miles to Kuala Lumpur, where they will be allowed to leave the country for Singapore... [More...]
Jack Lee
In 1942, Jean Paget is working in Malaya when the Japanese army begins to attack the country. In no time, she ends up with a party of women and children who are instructed to walk fifty miles to Kuala Lumpur, where they will be allowed to leave the country for Singapore... [More...]
The Abominable Snowman (1957)
Val Guest
Dr John Rollason leads a botanical expedition to the Himalayas, accompanied by his wife Helen and colleague Peter Fox. Staying at a Tibetan monastery, Rollason becomes excited when he learns that another expedition, led by the American Tom Friend, will soon arrive, on a mission to find the Yeti, a prehistoric near-relation of modern man that has so far eluded discovery... [More...]
Val Guest
Dr John Rollason leads a botanical expedition to the Himalayas, accompanied by his wife Helen and colleague Peter Fox. Staying at a Tibetan monastery, Rollason becomes excited when he learns that another expedition, led by the American Tom Friend, will soon arrive, on a mission to find the Yeti, a prehistoric near-relation of modern man that has so far eluded discovery... [More...]
The African Queen (1951)
John Huston
In 1914, Rose Sayer assists her brother, the Reverend Samuel Sayer, in leading a missionary village in German East Africa... [More...]
John Huston
In 1914, Rose Sayer assists her brother, the Reverend Samuel Sayer, in leading a missionary village in German East Africa... [More...]
Aime ton père (2002)
Jacob Berger
Léo Sheperd is a prominent writer who, it has just been announced, is to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature. A reclusive man, Sheperd presently lives on a remote farm with his partner and daughter... [More...]
Jacob Berger
Léo Sheperd is a prominent writer who, it has just been announced, is to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature. A reclusive man, Sheperd presently lives on a remote farm with his partner and daughter... [More...]
All Is by My Side (2013)
John Ridley
Before he became a rock mega-legend Jimi Hendrix was just another young musician struggling to earn his keep in a highly competitive industry... [More...]
John Ridley
Before he became a rock mega-legend Jimi Hendrix was just another young musician struggling to earn his keep in a highly competitive industry... [More...]
L'Amant (1992)
Jean-Jacques Annaud
In Indochina, towards the end of the 1920s, a 15-year-old French girl bids her adieux to her impoverished mother and her two brothers and boards the coach that will take her back to her boarding school in Saigon where she will complete her studies... [More...]
Jean-Jacques Annaud
In Indochina, towards the end of the 1920s, a 15-year-old French girl bids her adieux to her impoverished mother and her two brothers and boards the coach that will take her back to her boarding school in Saigon where she will complete her studies... [More...]
The Amazing Quest of Ernest Bliss (1936)
Alfred Zeisler
The life of the idle playboy millionaire does not agree with Ernest Bliss. Worried about his deteriorating health, he is persuaded to see a Harley Street consultant who advises him to give up his extravagant life style for one year and try to get by on less than five pounds a week... [More...]
Alfred Zeisler
The life of the idle playboy millionaire does not agree with Ernest Bliss. Worried about his deteriorating health, he is persuaded to see a Harley Street consultant who advises him to give up his extravagant life style for one year and try to get by on less than five pounds a week... [More...]
An Inspector Calls (1954)
Guy Hamilton
England, 1912. At his North Midlands home, Arthur Birling, a rich mill owner, is hosting a dinner party to mark the engagement of his daughter Sheila to Gerald Croft... [More...]
Guy Hamilton
England, 1912. At his North Midlands home, Arthur Birling, a rich mill owner, is hosting a dinner party to mark the engagement of his daughter Sheila to Gerald Croft... [More...]
And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen... (2002)
Claude Lelouch
Valentin is a gentleman thief who models himself on Arsène Lupin. Pursued by the police and weary of his criminal existence, he hires a yacht and puts out to sea... [More...]
Claude Lelouch
Valentin is a gentleman thief who models himself on Arsène Lupin. Pursued by the police and weary of his criminal existence, he hires a yacht and puts out to sea... [More...]
The Angry Hills (1959)
Robert Aldrich
An American journalist Mike Morrison arrives in Athens just as the Allies are about to pull out on the eve of a full-scale Nazi invasion of Greece... [More...]
Robert Aldrich
An American journalist Mike Morrison arrives in Athens just as the Allies are about to pull out on the eve of a full-scale Nazi invasion of Greece... [More...]
Anna Karenina (1948)
Julien Duvivier
Whilst visiting her brother Oblonsky in Moscow, Anna Karenina, wife of a career politician, meets and falls in love with a young solider, Vronsky... [More...]
Julien Duvivier
Whilst visiting her brother Oblonsky in Moscow, Anna Karenina, wife of a career politician, meets and falls in love with a young solider, Vronsky... [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...]
Another Man's Poison (1951)
Irving Rapper
Janet Frobisher is a successful crime writer who lives in a remote manor house on the Yorkshire moors. When her estranged husband shows up unexpectedly having robbed a bank Janet poisons him with medicine intended for her horse... [More...]
Irving Rapper
Janet Frobisher is a successful crime writer who lives in a remote manor house on the Yorkshire moors. When her estranged husband shows up unexpectedly having robbed a bank Janet poisons him with medicine intended for her horse... [More...]
The Assassination of Trotsky (1972)
Joseph Losey
Leon Trotsky, one of the principal architects of the Soviet Revolution, has been forced into exile. It is 1940 and the present Soviet leader, Joseph Stalin has come to regard Trotsky as a dangerous threat to his authority, one that must be eliminated at any cost... [More...]
Joseph Losey
Leon Trotsky, one of the principal architects of the Soviet Revolution, has been forced into exile. It is 1940 and the present Soviet leader, Joseph Stalin has come to regard Trotsky as a dangerous threat to his authority, one that must be eliminated at any cost... [More...]
Atonement (2007)
Joe Wright
England, in the summer of 1935. Briony Tallis is a 13-year-old girl with an overactive imagination who lives in a large country house with her older sister Cecilia... [More...]
Joe Wright
England, in the summer of 1935. Briony Tallis is a 13-year-old girl with an overactive imagination who lives in a large country house with her older sister Cecilia... [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...]