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British cinema: Action/Adventure
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 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
Aliens (1986)
James Cameron
57 years after her encounter with an alien being which wiped out her crew aboard the space freighter Nostromo, Ellen Ripley is picked up and taken back to Earth...
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James Cameron
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...
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Guy Hamilton
The Battle of the River Plate (1956)
Michael Powell
November 1939. When his freighter, The Africa Shell, is sunk by the German pocket battleship Graf Spee, Captain Dove finds himself a prisoner of Captain Langsdorff...
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Michael Powell
Blade Runner (1982)
Ridley Scott
Los Angeles, 2019. Android technology has now become so sophisticated that robotic humans have become almost indistinguishable from real humans... [More...]
Ridley Scott
Los Angeles, 2019. Android technology has now become so sophisticated that robotic humans have become almost indistinguishable from real humans... [More...]
The Cockleshell Heroes (1955)
José Ferrer
During WWII, Major Stringer, an American officer recently assigned to the Royal Marines, devises a daring plan that will help to break Germany's blockade of Britain's sea lanes... [More...]
José Ferrer
During WWII, Major Stringer, an American officer recently assigned to the Royal Marines, devises a daring plan that will help to break Germany's blockade of Britain's sea lanes... [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...]
The Dirty Dozen (1967)
Robert Aldrich
England, 1944. On the eve of the Allied invasion of Normandy in WWII, Major John Reisman is offered a most unusual assignment... [More...]
Robert Aldrich
England, 1944. On the eve of the Allied invasion of Normandy in WWII, Major John Reisman is offered a most unusual assignment... [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...]
Dr. No (1962)
Terence Young
When John Strangways, a British intelligence operative, goes missing in Jamaica, MI6 agent James Bond is sent to investigate... [More...]
Terence Young
When John Strangways, a British intelligence operative, goes missing in Jamaica, MI6 agent James Bond is sent to investigate... [More...]
The Face of Fu Manchu (1965)
Don Sharp
In the early 1900s, Sir Dennis Nayland Smith, a senior British police commissioner, attends the formal execution of arch-criminal Fu Manchu in China... [More...]
Don Sharp
In the early 1900s, Sir Dennis Nayland Smith, a senior British police commissioner, attends the formal execution of arch-criminal Fu Manchu in China... [More...]
From Russia with Love (1963)
Terence Young
Working for the international crime syndicate SPECTRE, chess grandmaster Kronsteen has devised a foolproof plan to steal the Lektor decoding machine from the Russians... [More...]
Terence Young
Working for the international crime syndicate SPECTRE, chess grandmaster Kronsteen has devised a foolproof plan to steal the Lektor decoding machine from the Russians... [More...]
Get Carter (1971)
Mike Hodges
London-based gangster Jack Carter returns to his home in Newcastle to attend the funeral of his brother, Frank. The official story is that Frank Carter died in a car accident whilst heavily intoxicated, but Jack soon begins to suspect that he was murdered... [More...]
Mike Hodges
London-based gangster Jack Carter returns to his home in Newcastle to attend the funeral of his brother, Frank. The official story is that Frank Carter died in a car accident whilst heavily intoxicated, but Jack soon begins to suspect that he was murdered... [More...]
Gideon's Day (1958)
John Ford
A day in the life of George Gideon, a family man and redoubtable chief inspector at Scotland Yard. The day starts badly, with Gideon collecting a summons for a minor parking offence from an over-enthusiastic bobby, P.C... [More...]
John Ford
A day in the life of George Gideon, a family man and redoubtable chief inspector at Scotland Yard. The day starts badly, with Gideon collecting a summons for a minor parking offence from an over-enthusiastic bobby, P.C... [More...]
GoldenEye (1995)
Martin Campbell
British agent James Bond is sent to Monte Carlo to tail Xenia Onatopp, a member of the mysterious Janus crime syndicate. Bond fails to prevent Onatopp and her associate General Ourumov from stealing a revolutionary new helicopter which is capable of withstanding an electromagnetic pulse... [More...]
Martin Campbell
British agent James Bond is sent to Monte Carlo to tail Xenia Onatopp, a member of the mysterious Janus crime syndicate. Bond fails to prevent Onatopp and her associate General Ourumov from stealing a revolutionary new helicopter which is capable of withstanding an electromagnetic pulse... [More...]
Goldfinger (1964)
Guy Hamilton
James Bond is enjoying a well-deserved break in Miama when he is requested by his superiors in MI6 to look into the activities of a wealthy businessman named Auric Goldfinger... [More...]
Guy Hamilton
James Bond is enjoying a well-deserved break in Miama when he is requested by his superiors in MI6 to look into the activities of a wealthy businessman named Auric Goldfinger... [More...]
The Guns of Navarone (1961)
J. Lee Thompson
It is 1943. Two thousand British soldiers are stranded on the island of Keros in the Aegean Sea and face certain death when the Germans launch an all-out assault on the region in a bid to draw neutral Turkey into the war... [More...]
J. Lee Thompson
It is 1943. Two thousand British soldiers are stranded on the island of Keros in the Aegean Sea and face certain death when the Germans launch an all-out assault on the region in a bid to draw neutral Turkey into the war... [More...]
Henry V (1989)
Kenneth Branagh
Early in 15th century England, representatives of the Church urge the recently crowned King Henry V to invade France, since he has a legitimate claim to the country's throne... [More...]
Kenneth Branagh
Early in 15th century England, representatives of the Church urge the recently crowned King Henry V to invade France, since he has a legitimate claim to the country's throne... [More...]
The Ipcress File (1965)
Sidney J. Furie
When a renowned physicist named Radcliffe mysteriously disappears, security operative Harry Palmer is taken off routine surveillance and assigned to a counterintelligence department headed by Major Dalby... [More...]
Sidney J. Furie
When a renowned physicist named Radcliffe mysteriously disappears, security operative Harry Palmer is taken off routine surveillance and assigned to a counterintelligence department headed by Major Dalby... [More...]
The Italian Job (1969)
Peter Collinson
Within hours of being released from prison, small-time mobster Charlie Croker is visited by the wife of a former associate, Roger Beckermann, who has recently been murdered by the Italian Mafia... [More...]
Peter Collinson
Within hours of being released from prison, small-time mobster Charlie Croker is visited by the wife of a former associate, Roger Beckermann, who has recently been murdered by the Italian Mafia... [More...]
Jason and the Argonauts (1963)
Don Chaffey
In ancient Greece, Aristo, the benevolent King of Thessaly, is overthrown by his rival, Pelias, but a prophesy foretells that one day Aristo's son Jason will return to reclaim the throne... [More...]
Don Chaffey
In ancient Greece, Aristo, the benevolent King of Thessaly, is overthrown by his rival, Pelias, but a prophesy foretells that one day Aristo's son Jason will return to reclaim the throne... [More...]
Juggernaut (1974)
Richard Lester
A few days after the luxury ocean liner SS Britannic has left port, heavily laden with passengers, its owner, Nicholas Porter, receives a phone call making a chilling ransom demand... [More...]
Richard Lester
A few days after the luxury ocean liner SS Britannic has left port, heavily laden with passengers, its owner, Nicholas Porter, receives a phone call making a chilling ransom demand... [More...]
Licence to Kill (1989)
John Glen
On his wedding day, CIA agent Felix Leiter assists British agent James Bond in capturing the notorious drugs baron Franz Sanchez... [More...]
John Glen
On his wedding day, CIA agent Felix Leiter assists British agent James Bond in capturing the notorious drugs baron Franz Sanchez... [More...]
The Man Who Would Be King (1975)
John Huston
Rudyard Kipling is working in his office in Lahore, where he is employed as a newspaper correspondent, when he is visited by a dishevelled wreck of a man... [More...]
John Huston
Rudyard Kipling is working in his office in Lahore, where he is employed as a newspaper correspondent, when he is visited by a dishevelled wreck of a man... [More...]
No Limit (1935)
Monty Banks
George Shuttleworth is a chimney sweep's assistant from Wigan who has just one dream: to win the TT motorcycle race on the Isle of Man... [More...]
Monty Banks
George Shuttleworth is a chimney sweep's assistant from Wigan who has just one dream: to win the TT motorcycle race on the Isle of Man... [More...]
On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)
Peter R. Hunt
James Bond is in Europe, pursuing Ernst Blofeld, the infamous head of the crime syndicate SPECTRE, when he becomes distracted by another kind of prey, the beautiful Contessa Teresa di Vicenzo, known as Tracy to her friends... [More...]
Peter R. Hunt
James Bond is in Europe, pursuing Ernst Blofeld, the infamous head of the crime syndicate SPECTRE, when he becomes distracted by another kind of prey, the beautiful Contessa Teresa di Vicenzo, known as Tracy to her friends... [More...]
The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
Lewis Gilbert
When British and Soviet submarines armed with ballistic missiles go missing, the two countries assign their best agent to investigate... [More...]
Lewis Gilbert
When British and Soviet submarines armed with ballistic missiles go missing, the two countries assign their best agent to investigate... [More...]
Superman (1978)
Richard Donner
Unable to convince the Ruling Council of the planet Krypton that their world faces imminent destruction, the scientist Jor-El launches a spacecraft that will transport his infant son Kal-El to the planet Earth in a distant galaxy... [More...]
Richard Donner
Unable to convince the Ruling Council of the planet Krypton that their world faces imminent destruction, the scientist Jor-El launches a spacecraft that will transport his infant son Kal-El to the planet Earth in a distant galaxy... [More...]
Superman II (1980)
Richard Lester
In the nick of time, Superman manages to thwart a plot by terrorists to blow up Paris from the top of the Eiffel Tower with a hydrogen bomb, but when the bomb detonates in deep space it releases three criminals from the planet Krypton from their two-dimensional prison... [More...]
Richard Lester
In the nick of time, Superman manages to thwart a plot by terrorists to blow up Paris from the top of the Eiffel Tower with a hydrogen bomb, but when the bomb detonates in deep space it releases three criminals from the planet Krypton from their two-dimensional prison... [More...]