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British cinema: All genres
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965)
Martin Ritt
Having failed to get one of his key operatives out of East Berlin, spy administrator Alec Leamas is recalled to London and is immediately demoted to a desk job...
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Martin Ritt
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...
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Lewis Gilbert
The Square Peg (1959)
John Paddy Carstairs
During WWII, Norman Pitkin believes that he, a humble council employee, is making an invaluable contribution to the war effort, by digging up roads...
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John Paddy Carstairs
Stage Fright (1950)
Alfred Hitchcock
Jonathan Cooper is on the run from the police, suspected of murdering the husband of the renowned singer-actress Charlotte Inwood...
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Alfred Hitchcock
The Stars Look Down (1940)
Carol Reed
Miners at Neptune Colliery in Sleescale, a small town in the northeast of England, refuse to work on a seam which threatens to flood the mine...
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Carol Reed
Steptoe and Son Ride Again (1973)
Peter Sykes
When the Steptoes put their faithful horse out to grass, they must buy a replacement if they are to stay in business as rag-and-bone men... [More...]
Peter Sykes
When the Steptoes put their faithful horse out to grass, they must buy a replacement if they are to stay in business as rag-and-bone men... [More...]
The Stone Tape [TV] (1972)
Peter Sasdy
A research team of a British electronics company intent on developing a revolutionary new recording medium moves into a Victorian mansion that has been deserted since the end of the Second World War... [More...]
Peter Sasdy
A research team of a British electronics company intent on developing a revolutionary new recording medium moves into a Victorian mansion that has been deserted since the end of the Second World War... [More...]
Straight on Till Morning (1972)
Peter Collinson
Tired of her humdrum life in Liverpool, twenty-year-old Brenda Thompson says goodbye to her mother and heads down south to start a new life in swinging London... [More...]
Peter Collinson
Tired of her humdrum life in Liverpool, twenty-year-old Brenda Thompson says goodbye to her mother and heads down south to start a new life in swinging London... [More...]
Summertime (1955)
David Lean
Jane Hudson, a middle-aged spinster from Ohio, finally gets to realise her lifelong dream, a holiday in Venice, where she hopes to find love and romance amidst the golden waterways and ancient monuments... [More...]
David Lean
Jane Hudson, a middle-aged spinster from Ohio, finally gets to realise her lifelong dream, a holiday in Venice, where she hopes to find love and romance amidst the golden waterways and ancient monuments... [More...]
Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971)
John Schlesinger
Daniel Hirsh is a cultured Jewish doctor in his fifties who would appear to have nothing in common with Alex Greville, a sharp-tongued thirty-something divorcee who has grown tired of her routine office job... [More...]
John Schlesinger
Daniel Hirsh is a cultured Jewish doctor in his fifties who would appear to have nothing in common with Alex Greville, a sharp-tongued thirty-something divorcee who has grown tired of her routine office job... [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...]
Swimming Pool (2003)
François Ozon
Sarah Morton is a successful writer of crime fiction. Feeling the time has come for her to attempt a more serious novel, she accepts an offer from her publisher, John Bosland, to work at his holiday home in the South of France... [More...]
François Ozon
Sarah Morton is a successful writer of crime fiction. Feeling the time has come for her to attempt a more serious novel, she accepts an offer from her publisher, John Bosland, to work at his holiday home in the South of France... [More...]
Tales from the Crypt (1972)
Freddie Francis
Visiting some ancient catacombs, five strangers are taken to the Crypt Keeper, a hooded old man who recounts a story in which each of them meets a gruesome demise... [More...]
Freddie Francis
Visiting some ancient catacombs, five strangers are taken to the Crypt Keeper, a hooded old man who recounts a story in which each of them meets a gruesome demise... [More...]
The Tales of Hoffmann (1951)
Michael Powell
In Nuremberg, the poet Hoffmann becomes enchanted by the beautiful prima donna, Stella. Whilst awaiting her reply to a letter he sent her, he recounts three tales of his former lost loves... [More...]
Michael Powell
In Nuremberg, the poet Hoffmann becomes enchanted by the beautiful prima donna, Stella. Whilst awaiting her reply to a letter he sent her, he recounts three tales of his former lost loves... [More...]
Taste of Fear (1961)
Seth Holt
Not long after the dead body of a young woman is fished out of a lake in Switzerland, Penny Appleby arrives at her father's house in the south of France, hoping to make a reconciliation with her estranged father Penny is surprised to learn that her father is away, but her stepmother, Jane, gives her a friendly welcome... [More...]
Seth Holt
Not long after the dead body of a young woman is fished out of a lake in Switzerland, Penny Appleby arrives at her father's house in the south of France, hoping to make a reconciliation with her estranged father Penny is surprised to learn that her father is away, but her stepmother, Jane, gives her a friendly welcome... [More...]
Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970)
Peter Sasdy
Three seemingly upright Victorian gentlemen - William Hargood, Samuel Paxton and Anthony Higgins - have formed a secret society, ostensibly for the good of their fellow man... [More...]
Peter Sasdy
Three seemingly upright Victorian gentlemen - William Hargood, Samuel Paxton and Anthony Higgins - have formed a secret society, ostensibly for the good of their fellow man... [More...]
Tea with Mussolini (1999)
Franco Zeffirelli
Florence, Italy, 1935. A group of harmless old English ladies, known by the locals as the Scorpioni, live in happy exile, meeting up to take tea together every afternoon... [More...]
Franco Zeffirelli
Florence, Italy, 1935. A group of harmless old English ladies, known by the locals as the Scorpioni, live in happy exile, meeting up to take tea together every afternoon... [More...]
Tess (1979)
Roman Polanski
The Durbeyfields are a family of peasant farmworkers living in the county of Wessex in the late 1880s. They are surprised to learn that they are related to a neighbouring wealthy family and Tess, the eldest daughter, pays a visit on her supposed cousin, Alec d'Urberville... [More...]
Roman Polanski
The Durbeyfields are a family of peasant farmworkers living in the county of Wessex in the late 1880s. They are surprised to learn that they are related to a neighbouring wealthy family and Tess, the eldest daughter, pays a visit on her supposed cousin, Alec d'Urberville... [More...]
Theatre of Blood (1973)
Douglas Hickox
Edward Lionheart is convinced he was the greatest Shakespearean actor of his day but instead of glory his final season of performances ended in humiliation when a group of critics bestowed on a newcomer an award which was his by right... [More...]
Douglas Hickox
Edward Lionheart is convinced he was the greatest Shakespearean actor of his day but instead of glory his final season of performances ended in humiliation when a group of critics bestowed on a newcomer an award which was his by right... [More...]
The Thief of Bagdad (1940)
Ludwig Berger
Anxious to find out how his subjects live, Ahmad, the rightful King of Bagdad, explores the city disguised as a poor man, allowing his Grand Vizier, Jaffar, to usurp his position... [More...]
Ludwig Berger
Anxious to find out how his subjects live, Ahmad, the rightful King of Bagdad, explores the city disguised as a poor man, allowing his Grand Vizier, Jaffar, to usurp his position... [More...]
Things to Come (1936)
William Cameron Menzies
During Christmas 1940, the world is engulfed by a devastating global conflict. The war lasts three decades and reduces human civilisation to rubble... [More...]
William Cameron Menzies
During Christmas 1940, the world is engulfed by a devastating global conflict. The war lasts three decades and reduces human civilisation to rubble... [More...]
The Third Man (1949)
Carol Reed
An unemployed American writer, Holly Martins, arrives in Vienna after World War II at the invitation of a college friend, Harry Lime... [More...]
Carol Reed
An unemployed American writer, Holly Martins, arrives in Vienna after World War II at the invitation of a college friend, Harry Lime... [More...]
This Happy Breed (1944)
David Lean
1919. In the aftermath of WWI, Number 17 Sycamore Road, Clapham, London acquires a new set of residents. The recently demobbed Frank Gibbons moves in with his wife Ethel, his three children, his sister Sylvia and his mother-in-law Mrs Flint... [More...]
David Lean
1919. In the aftermath of WWI, Number 17 Sycamore Road, Clapham, London acquires a new set of residents. The recently demobbed Frank Gibbons moves in with his wife Ethel, his three children, his sister Sylvia and his mother-in-law Mrs Flint... [More...]
This Sporting Life (1963)
Lindsay Anderson
Frank Machin is a young coal miner in the Yorkshire town of Wakefield, but he has big ambitions. With the help of an elderly football scout, he makes such an impression on the owners of the local rugby league club that they cannot resist signing him up for the season... [More...]
Lindsay Anderson
Frank Machin is a young coal miner in the Yorkshire town of Wakefield, but he has big ambitions. With the help of an elderly football scout, he makes such an impression on the owners of the local rugby league club that they cannot resist signing him up for the season... [More...]
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines (1965)
Ken Annakin
In 1910, newspaper magnate Lord Rawnsley organises an aeroplane race between London and Paris in the hope of allowing Great Britain to claim supremacy of the skies... [More...]
Ken Annakin
In 1910, newspaper magnate Lord Rawnsley organises an aeroplane race between London and Paris in the hope of allowing Great Britain to claim supremacy of the skies... [More...]
Tiger Bay (1959)
J. Lee Thompson
On his return to Cardiff after a stint at sea, a young Polish sailor named Bronislav Korchinsky learns that his girlfriend Anya has moved out of his lodgings and is having a relationship with another man... [More...]
J. Lee Thompson
On his return to Cardiff after a stint at sea, a young Polish sailor named Bronislav Korchinsky learns that his girlfriend Anya has moved out of his lodgings and is having a relationship with another man... [More...]
The Titfield Thunderbolt (1953)
Charles Crichton
It is a black day when British Rail announces the closure of an unprofitable branch line connecting the village of Titfield with the town of Mallingford... [More...]
Charles Crichton
It is a black day when British Rail announces the closure of an unprofitable branch line connecting the village of Titfield with the town of Mallingford... [More...]
Too Many Crooks (1959)
Mario Zampi
A gang of small-time crooks are having a hard time making a dishonest living, thanks to the ineptitude of their leader, Fingers... [More...]
Mario Zampi
A gang of small-time crooks are having a hard time making a dishonest living, thanks to the ineptitude of their leader, Fingers... [More...]
Topsy-Turvy (1999)
Mike Leigh
In the long hot summer of 1884, the latest Gilbert and Sullivan operetta Princess Ida is proving to be a monumental flop... [More...]
Mike Leigh
In the long hot summer of 1884, the latest Gilbert and Sullivan operetta Princess Ida is proving to be a monumental flop... [More...]