Film Index
British cinema: Romance
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 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 Fish Called Wanda (1988)
Charles Crichton
London gangster George Thomason has masterminded the perfect jewel robbery, which he is about to put into action with his henchman Ken Pile, an animal-lover with a crippling stutter, and a pair of Americans - Wanda Gerschwitz and Otto West...
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Charles Crichton
A Handful of Dust (1988)
Charles Sturridge
England in the 1930s. Wealthy landowner Tony Last is more concerned over the upkeep of his sprawling neo-Gothic mansion than preserving his marriage to Brenda...
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Charles Sturridge
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 Life Less Ordinary (1997)
Danny Boyle
Robert Lewis is a lowly Scottish janitor who scrapes a meagre living by cleaning the offices of multimillionaire American businessman Elliott Naville... [More...]
Danny Boyle
Robert Lewis is a lowly Scottish janitor who scrapes a meagre living by cleaning the offices of multimillionaire American businessman Elliott Naville... [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 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 Touch of Class (1973)
Melvin Frank
Vicky Allessio is an English dress designer, a happily divorced mother of two. Steve Blackburn is an American insurance broker, happily married with two children... [More...]
Melvin Frank
Vicky Allessio is an English dress designer, a happily divorced mother of two. Steve Blackburn is an American insurance broker, happily married with two children... [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 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...]
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...]
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 American Werewolf in London (1981)
John Landis
David Kessler and Jack Goodman are two American college backpackers who decide to make a tour of Europe. Where better to begin than the bleak, soggy Yorkshire moors... [More...]
John Landis
David Kessler and Jack Goodman are two American college backpackers who decide to make a tour of Europe. Where better to begin than the bleak, soggy Yorkshire moors... [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...]
Angel (2007)
François Ozon
England, 1905. The daughter of a poor shopkeeper, Angel Deverell refuses to accept her humble place in society. Determined to rise to better things, she embarks on a literary career and starts to churn out shallow melodramatic romances which she considers to be masterpieces of literary art... [More...]
François Ozon
England, 1905. The daughter of a poor shopkeeper, Angel Deverell refuses to accept her humble place in society. Determined to rise to better things, she embarks on a literary career and starts to churn out shallow melodramatic romances which she considers to be masterpieces of literary art... [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...]
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...]
Les Bien-aimés (2011)
Christophe Honoré
In the early 1960s, Madeleine makes a living in Paris as a prostitute. She cannot help falling in love with one of her clients, a young Czechoslovakian doctor named Jaromil, and within no time they are married and beginning a new life together in Prague... [More...]
Christophe Honoré
In the early 1960s, Madeleine makes a living in Paris as a prostitute. She cannot help falling in love with one of her clients, a young Czechoslovakian doctor named Jaromil, and within no time they are married and beginning a new life together in Prague... [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...]
Brief Encounter (1945)
David Lean
Each Thursday, housewife Laura Jesson treats herself to a day in the nearby town of Milford, to do some shopping and watch a film at the cinema... [More...]
David Lean
Each Thursday, housewife Laura Jesson treats herself to a day in the nearby town of Milford, to do some shopping and watch a film at the cinema... [More...]
Britannia Mews (1949)
Jean Negulesco
As a child, Adelaide Culver would gaze in fascination from her bedroom window at the slum alley Britannia Mews which ran behind her family's house in London... [More...]
Jean Negulesco
As a child, Adelaide Culver would gaze in fascination from her bedroom window at the slum alley Britannia Mews which ran behind her family's house in London... [More...]
The Captive Heart (1946)
Basil Dearden
In August 1940, a German prisoner-of-war camp receives a fresh intake of captured British soldiers. These include Captain Hasek, a Czech soldier who, after escaping from a Nazi concentration camp, stole the uniform and papers from a dead British soldier named Captain Mitchell... [More...]
Basil Dearden
In August 1940, a German prisoner-of-war camp receives a fresh intake of captured British soldiers. These include Captain Hasek, a Czech soldier who, after escaping from a Nazi concentration camp, stole the uniform and papers from a dead British soldier named Captain Mitchell... [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 Emmannuelle (1978)
Gerald Thomas
The French ambassador, Emile Prevert, is taken by surprise when his sexy young wife Emmannuelle suddenly turns up on the doorstep of his London residence... [More...]
Gerald Thomas
The French ambassador, Emile Prevert, is taken by surprise when his sexy young wife Emmannuelle suddenly turns up on the doorstep of his London residence... [More...]
Carry on Girls (1973)
Gerald Thomas
Fircombe is a dreary English seaside resort which is having difficulty attracting tourists. In the hope of reviving the glum little town, district councillor Sid Fiddler suggests that a beauty contest be held on the pier... [More...]
Gerald Thomas
Fircombe is a dreary English seaside resort which is having difficulty attracting tourists. In the hope of reviving the glum little town, district councillor Sid Fiddler suggests that a beauty contest be held on the pier... [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 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...]