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British cinema: All genres
Riff-Raff (1991)
Ken Loach
After completing a short stretch in prison for theft, young Glaswegian Stevie heads South and finds work on a construction site in London...
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Ken Loach
Romeo and Juliet (1968)
Franco Zeffirelli
The peace of 15th century Verona is disturbed by the on-going feud between the houses of Montague and Capulet. At a lavish banquet, Romeo, Montague's young son, is captivated by 14-year-old Juliet and, not knowing that she is Capulet's daughter, he proceeds to court her...
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Franco Zeffirelli
Room at the Top (1959)
Jack Clayton
An ambitious young man Joe Lampton arrives in a bleak industrial Yorkshire town, taking a job as a low paid accountant. He sets his sights on a young heiress, Susan Brown, the daughter of a wealthy industrialist, and sees her as the means to realise his ambition...
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Jack Clayton
Ryan's Daughter (1970)
David Lean
At the time of the First World War, Rosy Ryan lives a bored, unfilled life in an isolated little village on the Dingle Peninsula on the southwest coast of Ireland...
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David Lean
Sabotage (1936)
Alfred Hitchcock
London is the target of terrorist attacks by an unknown foreign power. One of the foot soldiers in this campaign of terror is Karl Verloc, the owner of a small cinema...
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Alfred Hitchcock
The Sacrifice (1986)
Andrey Tarkovskiy
Alexander is a man in his early sixties who leads a tranquil existence with his wife Adelaide, stepdaughter Marta and young son in a large house by the sea on a remote island... [More...]
Andrey Tarkovskiy
Alexander is a man in his early sixties who leads a tranquil existence with his wife Adelaide, stepdaughter Marta and young son in a large house by the sea on a remote island... [More...]
Sailors Three (1940)
Walter Forde
During WWII, a British destroyer, H.M.S. Ferocious, patrols the South Atlantic, her mission: to locate and destroy the German pocket battleship Ludendorf... [More...]
Walter Forde
During WWII, a British destroyer, H.M.S. Ferocious, patrols the South Atlantic, her mission: to locate and destroy the German pocket battleship Ludendorf... [More...]
San Demetrio London (1943)
Charles Frend
In the autumn of 1940, the oil tanker San Demetrio London arrives in Galveston Texas to pick up a load of petroleum that is desperately needed by a besieged Britain... [More...]
Charles Frend
In the autumn of 1940, the oil tanker San Demetrio London arrives in Galveston Texas to pick up a load of petroleum that is desperately needed by a besieged Britain... [More...]
Sapphire & Steel - Assignment Four [TV] (1981)
David Foster
Sapphire and Steel arrive at a seemingly deserted old building, the ground floor of which functions as a shop that buys and sells lost property... [More...]
David Foster
Sapphire and Steel arrive at a seemingly deserted old building, the ground floor of which functions as a shop that buys and sells lost property... [More...]
Sapphire & Steel - Assignment One [TV] (1979)
Shaun O'Riordan
In an old house that dates back to the 1700s, schoolboy Rob Jardine is doing his homework whilst his parents read nursery rhymes to his younger sister Helen... [More...]
Shaun O'Riordan
In an old house that dates back to the 1700s, schoolboy Rob Jardine is doing his homework whilst his parents read nursery rhymes to his younger sister Helen... [More...]
Sapphire & Steel - Assignment Two [TV] (1979)
Shaun O'Riordan
Sapphire and Steel arrive at a disused English railway station which is completely deserted apart from the presence of one George Tully, a 50-something investigator into the paranormal... [More...]
Shaun O'Riordan
Sapphire and Steel arrive at a disused English railway station which is completely deserted apart from the presence of one George Tully, a 50-something investigator into the paranormal... [More...]
Sapphire & Steel: Assignment Five [TV] (1981)
Shaun O'Riordan
Successful businessman Lord Mulrine has organised a party at his house to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of his company... [More...]
Shaun O'Riordan
Successful businessman Lord Mulrine has organised a party at his house to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of his company... [More...]
Sapphire & Steel: Assignment Six [TV] (1982)
David Foster
Sapphire and Steel arrive at a seemingly deserted service station in the early 1980s, a place where time appears to be standing still... [More...]
David Foster
Sapphire and Steel arrive at a seemingly deserted service station in the early 1980s, a place where time appears to be standing still... [More...]
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960)
Karel Reisz
Contemptuous of his working class milieu, hostile to all forms of authority, Arthur Seaton is doing his damnedest not to be ground down by life... [More...]
Karel Reisz
Contemptuous of his working class milieu, hostile to all forms of authority, Arthur Seaton is doing his damnedest not to be ground down by life... [More...]
The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934)
Harold Young
France, 1792. The lofty ideals of the French Revolution are all but forgotten as a reign of terror sweeps the country. Aristocrats, monarchists and anyone who so much as sniffs at the Revolution are rounded up and dispatched with ruthless efficiency, courtesy of Madame Guillotine... [More...]
Harold Young
France, 1792. The lofty ideals of the French Revolution are all but forgotten as a reign of terror sweeps the country. Aristocrats, monarchists and anyone who so much as sniffs at the Revolution are rounded up and dispatched with ruthless efficiency, courtesy of Madame Guillotine... [More...]
School for Scoundrels (1960)
Robert Hamer
Tired of being put down by others, mild-mannered and thoroughly decent Henry Palfrey decides to enrol at Mr Potter's School for Lifemanship... [More...]
Robert Hamer
Tired of being put down by others, mild-mannered and thoroughly decent Henry Palfrey decides to enrol at Mr Potter's School for Lifemanship... [More...]
Scott of the Antarctic (1948)
Charles Frend
In 1904, Captain Robert Falcon Scott returns to England after a survey expedition of Antarctica, frustrated that so much has yet to be discovered about the unknown continent... [More...]
Charles Frend
In 1904, Captain Robert Falcon Scott returns to England after a survey expedition of Antarctica, frustrated that so much has yet to be discovered about the unknown continent... [More...]
Scrooge (1951)
Brian Desmond Hurst
Mr Ebenezer Scrooge loathes Christmas. To this, the most miserly of all money-lenders, the season of goodwill signifies nothing but humbug... [More...]
Brian Desmond Hurst
Mr Ebenezer Scrooge loathes Christmas. To this, the most miserly of all money-lenders, the season of goodwill signifies nothing but humbug... [More...]
Seance on a Wet Afternoon (1964)
Bryan Forbes
Myra Savage is a professional medium who holds regular seances at her dank Victorian home in London. Her submissive husband, Billy, is unable to find work owing to his asthma, so the couple are dependent on Myra's meagre earnings from her seances... [More...]
Bryan Forbes
Myra Savage is a professional medium who holds regular seances at her dank Victorian home in London. Her submissive husband, Billy, is unable to find work owing to his asthma, so the couple are dependent on Myra's meagre earnings from her seances... [More...]
Secret Agent (1936)
Alfred Hitchcock
1916. At the behest of British Intelligence, the writer-turned-war hero Edgar Brodie is sent to Switzerland to track down and kill an enemy agent... [More...]
Alfred Hitchcock
1916. At the behest of British Intelligence, the writer-turned-war hero Edgar Brodie is sent to Switzerland to track down and kill an enemy agent... [More...]
Seven Days to Noon (1950)
John Boulting
The Prime Minister of Great Britain receives a letter from a government scientist, Professor Willingdon, setting out the terms of an ultimatum... [More...]
John Boulting
The Prime Minister of Great Britain receives a letter from a government scientist, Professor Willingdon, setting out the terms of an ultimatum... [More...]
The Seventh Veil (1945)
Compton Bennett
After Francesca Cunningham, a world class pianist, has attempted suicide, an eminent psychiatrist, Dr Larsen, subjects her to a form of hypnotic treatment to uncover the reasons for her self-destructive tendencies... [More...]
Compton Bennett
After Francesca Cunningham, a world class pianist, has attempted suicide, an eminent psychiatrist, Dr Larsen, subjects her to a form of hypnotic treatment to uncover the reasons for her self-destructive tendencies... [More...]
The Shadow of the Cat (1961)
John Gilling
Anxious to get his hands on his wife Ella's fortune, Walter Venable murders her in cold blood with the help of his servants Clara and Andrew... [More...]
John Gilling
Anxious to get his hands on his wife Ella's fortune, Walter Venable murders her in cold blood with the help of his servants Clara and Andrew... [More...]
Shallow Grave (1994)
Danny Boyle
Alex, David and Juliet are three friends who share a roomy flat in a trendy part of Edinburgh. Even though they are all professionals (respectively a journalist, accountant and doctor), they need a fourth flatmate if they are to pay their exorbitant rent... [More...]
Danny Boyle
Alex, David and Juliet are three friends who share a roomy flat in a trendy part of Edinburgh. Even though they are all professionals (respectively a journalist, accountant and doctor), they need a fourth flatmate if they are to pay their exorbitant rent... [More...]
She (1965)
Robert Day
1918. Immediately after WWI, three ex-servicemen - Leo, Holly and Job - are enjoying a brief holiday in the Middle East before resuming their lives in England... [More...]
Robert Day
1918. Immediately after WWI, three ex-servicemen - Leo, Holly and Job - are enjoying a brief holiday in the Middle East before resuming their lives in England... [More...]
The Shining (1980)
Stanley Kubrick
Jack Torrance is delighted when he is offered the job of winter caretaker at the Overlook, a sprawling luxury hotel set in a remote mountain location in Colorado... [More...]
Stanley Kubrick
Jack Torrance is delighted when he is offered the job of winter caretaker at the Overlook, a sprawling luxury hotel set in a remote mountain location in Colorado... [More...]
The Silver Fleet (1943)
Vernon Sewell
During WWII, with Holland under German occupation, naval engineer Jaap van Leyden cooperates with the Nazis by helping to build U-boats in his shipyard... [More...]
Vernon Sewell
During WWII, with Holland under German occupation, naval engineer Jaap van Leyden cooperates with the Nazis by helping to build U-boats in his shipyard... [More...]
The Small Back Room (1949)
Michael Powell
In the spring of 1943, Great Britain is losing the war against Nazi Germany. Sammy Rice, a leading bomb disposal expert, is called in to investigate a new kind of bomb that the Germans have begun dropping over England... [More...]
Michael Powell
In the spring of 1943, Great Britain is losing the war against Nazi Germany. Sammy Rice, a leading bomb disposal expert, is called in to investigate a new kind of bomb that the Germans have begun dropping over England... [More...]
The Sound Barrier (1952)
David Lean
During WWII, fighter pilot Tony Garthwaite meets and falls in love with Susan, the daughter of the oil magnate John Ridgefield... [More...]
David Lean
During WWII, fighter pilot Tony Garthwaite meets and falls in love with Susan, the daughter of the oil magnate John Ridgefield... [More...]
The Spy in Black (1939)
Michael Powell
In 1917, German U-boat commander Captain Hardt is sent to the northeastern coast of Scotland to make preparations for an attack on the British naval fleet... [More...]
Michael Powell
In 1917, German U-boat commander Captain Hardt is sent to the northeastern coast of Scotland to make preparations for an attack on the British naval fleet... [More...]