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British cinema: Drama
Evil Under the Sun (1982)
Guy Hamilton
Alerted by an insurance scam, the world-famous Belgian detective Hercule Poirot travels to a small island in the Adriatic to try to recover a valuable diamond belonging to the self-made millionaire Sir Horace Blatt...
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Guy Hamilton
The Fallen Idol (1948)
Carol Reed
Eight-year old Philippe is the only child of a London-based ambassador. With his parents away from home, Philippe is looked after by the kindly butler Baines, whom he comes to idolise...
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Carol Reed
Far from the Madding Crowd (1967)
John Schlesinger
Rural England, in the early 1800s. Gabriel Oak, a humble sheep farmer in the county of Wessex, is in love with Bathsheba Everdene, a proud, independently minded young woman who lives with her aunt...
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John Schlesinger
Father Brown (1954)
Robert Hamer
Undeterred by a tip-off from the police that a French master-criminal, Gustave Flambeau, intends stealing a cross belonging to Saint Augustine, Father Ignatius Brown decides to carry the holy relic to Rome on his person...
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Robert Hamer
The Flesh and the Fiends (1960)
John Gilling
Edinburgh, 1828. Dr Robert Knox is an eminent anatomist who needs a regular supply of human cadavers for his anatomy lectures...
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John Gilling
Footsteps in the Fog (1955)
Arthur Lubin
London, in the early 1900s. When she discovers that her employer, Stephen Lowry, poisoned his wife, housemaid Lily Watkins soon turns the situation to her advantage... [More...]
Arthur Lubin
London, in the early 1900s. When she discovers that her employer, Stephen Lowry, poisoned his wife, housemaid Lily Watkins soon turns the situation to her advantage... [More...]
The Foreman Went to France (1942)
Charles Frend
June 1940. With the German armies poised to sweep into France, Fred Carrick, the foreman at a British munitions factory, takes it upon himself to recover three special purpose machines that have been loaned to the French... [More...]
Charles Frend
June 1940. With the German armies poised to sweep into France, Fred Carrick, the foreman at a British munitions factory, takes it upon himself to recover three special purpose machines that have been loaned to the French... [More...]
The Forsyte Saga [TV] (1967)
David Giles
The Forsytes are a proud Victorian middle-class family, comfortably situated, thanks to their ample investments, and keen to avoid scandal at all costs... [More...]
David Giles
The Forsytes are a proud Victorian middle-class family, comfortably situated, thanks to their ample investments, and keen to avoid scandal at all costs... [More...]
The Four Feathers (1939)
Zoltan Korda
In 1895, the British army is about to launch an attack against the Sudanese, ten years after General Gordon's humiliating defeat... [More...]
Zoltan Korda
In 1895, the British army is about to launch an attack against the Sudanese, ten years after General Gordon's humiliating defeat... [More...]
Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)
Mike Newell
Charles is a repressed but attractive 30-something Englishman who appears to be incapable of committing himself to any girl he has a relationship with... [More...]
Mike Newell
Charles is a repressed but attractive 30-something Englishman who appears to be incapable of committing himself to any girl he has a relationship with... [More...]
The Fourth Protocol (1987)
John Mackenzie
During the Cold War, the head of the KGB, General Govershin, devises a plan that will strike a potentially fatal blow to NATO, by breaching the Fourth Protocol of the recent nuclear weapons treaty... [More...]
John Mackenzie
During the Cold War, the head of the KGB, General Govershin, devises a plan that will strike a potentially fatal blow to NATO, by breaching the Fourth Protocol of the recent nuclear weapons treaty... [More...]
Frankenstein Created Woman (1967)
Terence Fisher
Baron Frankenstein believes he has perfected a means of extracting the soul of a human being from a corpse and transferring it into another body... [More...]
Terence Fisher
Baron Frankenstein believes he has perfected a means of extracting the soul of a human being from a corpse and transferring it into another body... [More...]
Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969)
Terence Fisher
Dr Frankenstein's experiments in brain transplant surgery are temporarily suspended when the scientist's cellar laboratory is discovered by an enterprising burglar... [More...]
Terence Fisher
Dr Frankenstein's experiments in brain transplant surgery are temporarily suspended when the scientist's cellar laboratory is discovered by an enterprising burglar... [More...]
Frenzy (1972)
Alfred Hitchcock
In London a serial killer is at large. The victims are all young women who have been raped and strangled with a necktie. Meanwhile, former RAF man Richard Blaney is having difficulty fitting back into civilian life... [More...]
Alfred Hitchcock
In London a serial killer is at large. The victims are all young women who have been raped and strangled with a necktie. Meanwhile, former RAF man Richard Blaney is having difficulty fitting back into civilian life... [More...]
Gandhi (1982)
Richard Attenborough
After being subjected to racial intimidation in South Africa, Indian lawyer Mohandas Gandhi organises a non-violent campaign of opposition to the country's discriminatory laws... [More...]
Richard Attenborough
After being subjected to racial intimidation in South Africa, Indian lawyer Mohandas Gandhi organises a non-violent campaign of opposition to the country's discriminatory laws... [More...]
Gaslight (1940)
Thorold Dickinson
Not long after moving into her new home, a grand London mansion, Bella Mallen becomes convinced that she is starting to lose her mind... [More...]
Thorold Dickinson
Not long after moving into her new home, a grand London mansion, Bella Mallen becomes convinced that she is starting to lose her mind... [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...]
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... [More...]
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... [More...]
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... [More...]
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... [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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]