Film Index
British cinema: History
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 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 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...
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Roy Ward Baker
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...
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David Lean
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...
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Ralph Thomas
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 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...]
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...]
Caesar and Cleopatra (1945)
Gabriel Pascal
During his conquest of Egypt, Julius Caesar takes time off to soliloquise beside the great Sphinx. As he does so, he is beguiled by a young woman of extraordinary beauty... [More...]
Gabriel Pascal
During his conquest of Egypt, Julius Caesar takes time off to soliloquise beside the great Sphinx. As he does so, he is beguiled by a young woman of extraordinary beauty... [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 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 Columbus (1992)
Gerald Thomas
The year is 1492. When he learns that a young adventurer named Chrisopher Columbus intends sailing to the Indies, Abdul the Benevolent, the Sultan of Turkey, is sent into a panic... [More...]
Gerald Thomas
The year is 1492. When he learns that a young adventurer named Chrisopher Columbus intends sailing to the Indies, Abdul the Benevolent, the Sultan of Turkey, is sent into a panic... [More...]
Carry on Dick (1974)
Gerald Thomas
In 1750, England is succumbing to a crime-wave against which the forces of law and order are apparently impotent. Most notorious of all the malefactors is the highwayman Richard Turpin, better known as Big Dick (on account of the size of his weapon)... [More...]
Gerald Thomas
In 1750, England is succumbing to a crime-wave against which the forces of law and order are apparently impotent. Most notorious of all the malefactors is the highwayman Richard Turpin, better known as Big Dick (on account of the size of his weapon)... [More...]
Carry on Henry (1971)
Gerald Thomas
King Henry VIII is having a bad heir day. When his present queen fails to provide him with a male offspring, he has her beheaded and takes Marie of Normandy as his new bride... [More...]
Gerald Thomas
King Henry VIII is having a bad heir day. When his present queen fails to provide him with a male offspring, he has her beheaded and takes Marie of Normandy as his new bride... [More...]
Carry On Up the Khyber (1968)
Gerald Thomas
1895, the height of the British Raj in India. The Khyber Pass, gateway to the East, is guarded by the 3rd Foot and Mouth Regiment of her Majesty Queen Victoria, who has been on the throne longer than anyone can remember (thanks to the kebabs)... [More...]
Gerald Thomas
1895, the height of the British Raj in India. The Khyber Pass, gateway to the East, is guarded by the 3rd Foot and Mouth Regiment of her Majesty Queen Victoria, who has been on the throne longer than anyone can remember (thanks to the kebabs)... [More...]
Chariots of Fire (1981)
Hugh Hudson
Harold Abrahams, the son of a successful Jewish financier, encounters anti-Semitic prejudice when he arrives at Cambridge University in 1919 but he soon impresses his peers and the college staff with his athletic prowess... [More...]
Hugh Hudson
Harold Abrahams, the son of a successful Jewish financier, encounters anti-Semitic prejudice when he arrives at Cambridge University in 1919 but he soon impresses his peers and the college staff with his athletic prowess... [More...]
The Chronicle History of King Henry the Fift (1944)
Laurence Olivier
London, 1600. At the Globe Theatre, players are performing Shakespeare's Henry V to a packed house. The play opens in 1415... [More...]
Laurence Olivier
London, 1600. At the Globe Theatre, players are performing Shakespeare's Henry V to a packed house. The play opens in 1415... [More...]
Cleopatra (1963)
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
In 48 BC, Julius Caesar pursues his enemy Pompey to Egypt, where he hopes to forge an alliance with the Pharaoh Ptolemy XIII and his sister Cleopatra... [More...]
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
In 48 BC, Julius Caesar pursues his enemy Pompey to Egypt, where he hopes to forge an alliance with the Pharaoh Ptolemy XIII and his sister Cleopatra... [More...]
The Colditz Story (1955)
Guy Hamilton
1942, Saxony. After an unsuccessful escape from a German prisoner-of-war camp, captured British army officers Pat Reid and Mac McGill are sent to Oflag IV-C, a castle prison that is reputedly escape-proof... [More...]
Guy Hamilton
1942, Saxony. After an unsuccessful escape from a German prisoner-of-war camp, captured British army officers Pat Reid and Mac McGill are sent to Oflag IV-C, a castle prison that is reputedly escape-proof... [More...]
Cromwell (1970)
Ken Hughes
England, 1640. King Charles I needs to raise money so that he can re-equip his army and see off a possible invasion from the Scots... [More...]
Ken Hughes
England, 1640. King Charles I needs to raise money so that he can re-equip his army and see off a possible invasion from the Scots... [More...]
The Dam Busters (1955)
Michael Anderson
In 1942, at the height of WWII, aircraft engineer Barnes Wallis has become obsessed with the idea of flooding the Ruhr valley by a single bombing raid on its dams... [More...]
Michael Anderson
In 1942, at the height of WWII, aircraft engineer Barnes Wallis has become obsessed with the idea of flooding the Ruhr valley by a single bombing raid on its dams... [More...]
Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
Stephen Frears
France, circa 1760. Behind a façade of scrupulous respectability, the Marquise de Merteuil delights in inflicting cruelty on those who do her wrong through her meticulously calculated romantic intrigues... [More...]
Stephen Frears
France, circa 1760. Behind a façade of scrupulous respectability, the Marquise de Merteuil delights in inflicting cruelty on those who do her wrong through her meticulously calculated romantic intrigues... [More...]
The Devils (1971)
Ken Russell
In 17th Century France, Catholics and Protestants live together in peace in the town of Loudun, under the benign governorship of the much-loved but slightly over-sexed priest Urbain Grandier... [More...]
Ken Russell
In 17th Century France, Catholics and Protestants live together in peace in the town of Loudun, under the benign governorship of the much-loved but slightly over-sexed priest Urbain Grandier... [More...]
Don't Lose Your Head (1966)
Gerald Thomas
In the early 1790s, a bloody tide of revolution sweeps across France. Supporters of the old order, the châteauneuf-swigging aristocrats, are losing their heads by the cartload, thanks to a new nifty little device called the guillotine (the world's first disposable razor)... [More...]
Gerald Thomas
In the early 1790s, a bloody tide of revolution sweeps across France. Supporters of the old order, the châteauneuf-swigging aristocrats, are losing their heads by the cartload, thanks to a new nifty little device called the guillotine (the world's first disposable razor)... [More...]
The Drum (1938)
Zoltan Korda
At the height of the British Raj, trouble is brewing on the Northwest Frontier in India. In an attempt to avoid a full-scale rebellion, the British governor signs a peace treaty with the ruler of Tokot, an area of great significance in the region... [More...]
Zoltan Korda
At the height of the British Raj, trouble is brewing on the Northwest Frontier in India. In an attempt to avoid a full-scale rebellion, the British governor signs a peace treaty with the ruler of Tokot, an area of great significance in the region... [More...]
The Flesh and the Fiends (1960)
John Gilling
Edinburgh, 1828. Dr Robert Knox is an eminent anatomist who needs a regular supply of human cadavers for his anatomy lectures... [More...]
John Gilling
Edinburgh, 1828. Dr Robert Knox is an eminent anatomist who needs a regular supply of human cadavers for his anatomy lectures... [More...]
Follow That Camel (1967)
Gerald Thomas
Having disgraced himself during a game of cricket, Bertram Oliphant West (known to his friends as Bo) bids farewell to his sweetheart, Lady Jane Ponsonby, and enlists in the French Foreign Legion... [More...]
Gerald Thomas
Having disgraced himself during a game of cricket, Bertram Oliphant West (known to his friends as Bo) bids farewell to his sweetheart, Lady Jane Ponsonby, and enlists in the French Foreign Legion... [More...]
Gandhi (1982)
Richard Attenborough
After being subjected to racial intimidation in South Africa, Indian lawyer Mohandas Gandhi organises a non-violent campaign of opposition to the country's discriminatory laws... [More...]
Richard Attenborough
After being subjected to racial intimidation in South Africa, Indian lawyer Mohandas Gandhi organises a non-violent campaign of opposition to the country's discriminatory laws... [More...]
The Hellfire Club (1961)
Robert S. Baker
England, 1752. Lord Netherden is a member of the infamous Hellfire Club, an exclusive gentleman's club which is notorious for its depravity, debauchery and devil worship... [More...]
Robert S. Baker
England, 1752. Lord Netherden is a member of the infamous Hellfire Club, an exclusive gentleman's club which is notorious for its depravity, debauchery and devil worship... [More...]