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British cinema: All genres
The Ghost Writer (2010)
Roman Polanski
The former British Prime Minister Adam Lang is about to publish his autobiography, which is of course to be written by an unnamed professional writer...
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Roman Polanski
The Ghoul (1933)
T. Hayes Hunter
Professor Morlant is an eccentric Englishman who has acquired a morbid fascination with the powers of the ancient Egyptian gods...
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T. Hayes Hunter
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...
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John Ford
The Go-Between (1970)
Joseph Losey
In the long hot summer of 1900, 12-year-old Leo Colston spends his holiday as a guest of his school friend Marcus Maudsley at the latter's sprawling Norfolk estate...
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Joseph Losey
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...
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Martin Campbell
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 Good Die Young (1954)
Lewis Gilbert
Four men, all law abiding citizens, decide to rob a mail van. Mike is a retired boxer who is unable to find work after having had his hand amputated... [More...]
Lewis Gilbert
Four men, all law abiding citizens, decide to rob a mail van. Mike is a retired boxer who is unable to find work after having had his hand amputated... [More...]
Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939)
Sam Wood
England, 1933. Although officially retired, Mr Chipping still maintains a visible presence at Brookfield School For Boys, a private school to which he has devoted 63 years of his adult life... [More...]
Sam Wood
England, 1933. Although officially retired, Mr Chipping still maintains a visible presence at Brookfield School For Boys, a private school to which he has devoted 63 years of his adult life... [More...]
The Gorgon (1964)
Terence Fisher
The mist-shrouded village of Vandorf harbours an ancient evil of which no one dares speak, even when a series of mysterious deaths begins, reviving memories of an old and terrifying legend... [More...]
Terence Fisher
The mist-shrouded village of Vandorf harbours an ancient evil of which no one dares speak, even when a series of mysterious deaths begins, reviving memories of an old and terrifying legend... [More...]
Gosford Park (2001)
Robert Altman
England, 1932. Sir William McCordle, a wealthy industrialist, welcomes an assorted gathering at his stately country mansion, Gosford Park, for a hunting party... [More...]
Robert Altman
England, 1932. Sir William McCordle, a wealthy industrialist, welcomes an assorted gathering at his stately country mansion, Gosford Park, for a hunting party... [More...]
La Grande vadrouille (1966)
Gérard Oury
In 1941, World War II has hardly begun when an English aeroplane is shot down whilst flying over Nazi occupied France. Fortunately, the three airmen who bail out manage to parachute to safety in the heart of Paris... [More...]
Gérard Oury
In 1941, World War II has hardly begun when an English aeroplane is shot down whilst flying over Nazi occupied France. Fortunately, the three airmen who bail out manage to parachute to safety in the heart of Paris... [More...]
Great Expectations (1946)
David Lean
Orphan boy Pip lives with his bullying sister and her kindly blacksmith husband, Joe, in a small house on the coast of Kent... [More...]
David Lean
Orphan boy Pip lives with his bullying sister and her kindly blacksmith husband, Joe, in a small house on the coast of Kent... [More...]
Green for Danger (1946)
Sidney Gilliat
August 1944. A postman injured in a V1 bombardment of southern England dies during an operation at a country hospital. No one takes seriously the suggestion that foul play is involved until a second murder is committed... [More...]
Sidney Gilliat
August 1944. A postman injured in a V1 bombardment of southern England dies during an operation at a country hospital. No one takes seriously the suggestion that foul play is involved until a second murder is committed... [More...]
Gregory's Girl (1981)
Bill Forsyth
Gregory is a typical teenage boy at a Scottish comprehensive school. His main interest in life is football and so he is understandably perturbed when his coach, Phil Menzies, tells him that he intends to make some radical changes to the school team... [More...]
Bill Forsyth
Gregory is a typical teenage boy at a Scottish comprehensive school. His main interest in life is football and so he is understandably perturbed when his coach, Phil Menzies, tells him that he intends to make some radical changes to the school team... [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...]
The Halfway House (1944)
Basil Dearden
June 1943. Ten disparate individuals badly in need of a rest arrive at a small hotel, The Halfway House, lost in the Welsh valleys... [More...]
Basil Dearden
June 1943. Ten disparate individuals badly in need of a rest arrive at a small hotel, The Halfway House, lost in the Welsh valleys... [More...]
Hamlet (1948)
Laurence Olivier
One night, atop the ramparts of Elsinore Castle, the ghostly apparition of the recently deceased King of Denmark appears to his son Hamlet to reveal that he was murdered by his brother, Claudius, so he could usurp his throne and his wife, Gertrude... [More...]
Laurence Olivier
One night, atop the ramparts of Elsinore Castle, the ghostly apparition of the recently deceased King of Denmark appears to his son Hamlet to reveal that he was murdered by his brother, Claudius, so he could usurp his throne and his wife, Gertrude... [More...]
Hamlet (1996)
Kenneth Branagh
Something is rotten in the state of Denmark. Amid the festivities of a royal wedding and coronation, the Prince Hamlet mourns the death of his father, the former king... [More...]
Kenneth Branagh
Something is rotten in the state of Denmark. Amid the festivities of a royal wedding and coronation, the Prince Hamlet mourns the death of his father, the former king... [More...]
Hands of the Ripper (1971)
Peter Sasdy
Anna is no more than a toddler when she witnesses her mother's savage death at the hands of her father, who is none other than the notorious serial killer Jack the Ripper... [More...]
Peter Sasdy
Anna is no more than a toddler when she witnesses her mother's savage death at the hands of her father, who is none other than the notorious serial killer Jack the Ripper... [More...]
The Happiest Days of Your Life (1950)
Frank Launder
On his return to civilian life after the war, Richard Tassell arrives to take up his new post as English master at Nutbourne College, a small private school for boys... [More...]
Frank Launder
On his return to civilian life after the war, Richard Tassell arrives to take up his new post as English master at Nutbourne College, a small private school for boys... [More...]
The Haunting (1963)
Robert Wise
Dr John Markway is a professor of anthropology with a keen interest in the paranormal. For years he has been looking for proof that will convince a sceptical scientific community of the existence of supernatural phenomena... [More...]
Robert Wise
Dr John Markway is a professor of anthropology with a keen interest in the paranormal. For years he has been looking for proof that will convince a sceptical scientific community of the existence of supernatural phenomena... [More...]
The Heart of the Matter (1953)
George More O'Ferrall
During WWII, Major Harry Scobie is an assistant police commissioner based in Sierra Leone. He carries out his duties diligently and isn't greatly upset when he is passed over for promotion... [More...]
George More O'Ferrall
During WWII, Major Harry Scobie is an assistant police commissioner based in Sierra Leone. He carries out his duties diligently and isn't greatly upset when he is passed over for promotion... [More...]
Heat and Dust (1983)
James Ivory
In 1982, a reporter named Anne travels to the town of Satipur in India to find out more about her great aunt Olivia, who caused a scandal sixty years previously... [More...]
James Ivory
In 1982, a reporter named Anne travels to the town of Satipur in India to find out more about her great aunt Olivia, who caused a scandal sixty years previously... [More...]
Heavens Above! (1963)
John Boulting
It is thanks to a minor clerical error that the Reverend John Smallwood, a naive prison chaplain, is appointed vicar of Orbiston Parva... [More...]
John Boulting
It is thanks to a minor clerical error that the Reverend John Smallwood, a naive prison chaplain, is appointed vicar of Orbiston Parva... [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...]
Hobson's Choice (1954)
David Lean
In the 1880s, Henry Horatio Hobson manages both his Salford boot shop and his three daughters with an iron hand. One day, he declares it is high time he found husbands for his two younger daughters, Alice and Vicky... [More...]
David Lean
In the 1880s, Henry Horatio Hobson manages both his Salford boot shop and his three daughters with an iron hand. One day, he declares it is high time he found husbands for his two younger daughters, Alice and Vicky... [More...]
Hotel Rwanda (2004)
Terry George
Early in the spring of 1994, the African country Rwanda descends into tribal anarchy as the Hutu controlled government attempts to put down an uprising by Tutsi rebels... [More...]
Terry George
Early in the spring of 1994, the African country Rwanda descends into tribal anarchy as the Hutu controlled government attempts to put down an uprising by Tutsi rebels... [More...]
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)
Terence Fisher
When Sir Charles Baskerville dies in mysterious circumstances one evening, his friend Dr Mortimer is convinced that he is the latest victim of an old family curse... [More...]
Terence Fisher
When Sir Charles Baskerville dies in mysterious circumstances one evening, his friend Dr Mortimer is convinced that he is the latest victim of an old family curse... [More...]
The House That Dripped Blood (1971)
Peter Duffell
Investigating the mysterious disappearance of a temperamental film star named Paul Henderson, a Scotland Yard detective arrives at a house which, according to the records at the local police station, has had a troubled past... [More...]
Peter Duffell
Investigating the mysterious disappearance of a temperamental film star named Paul Henderson, a Scotland Yard detective arrives at a house which, according to the records at the local police station, has had a troubled past... [More...]
Howards End (1992)
James Ivory
England, circa 1910. When Helen Schlegel and Paul Wilcox break off their engagement, it is to the relief of both of their families... [More...]
James Ivory
England, circa 1910. When Helen Schlegel and Paul Wilcox break off their engagement, it is to the relief of both of their families... [More...]