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British cinema: Drama
La Mort en direct (1980)
Bertrand Tavernier
Mindful of the need to drive up his network's viewing figures, television producer Vincent Ferriman has devised a new reality TV show named Death Watch in which he will beam into people's homes the last days of a terminally ill person...
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Bertrand Tavernier
Murder at the Gallop (1963)
George Pollock
Whilst collecting money for a charity, Miss Marple and her friend Mr Stringer pay a call on the reclusive Mr Enderby. They are amazed when the old man suddenly appears at the top of his staircase and drops dead at their feet...
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George Pollock
Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
Sidney Lumet
1935. After a stay in Istanbul, the renowned Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot makes his return to England on the Orient Express...
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Sidney Lumet
Murder! (1930)
Alfred Hitchcock
Norah Baring, a member of a provincial theatre company, is arrested and tried for the murder of a fellow actress. The jury finds her guilty and she is condemned to death...
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Alfred Hitchcock
The Nanny (1965)
Seth Holt
Joey Fane is the ten-year old son of a wealthy middle class couple living in an affluent part of London. For the past two years, he has been confined to an institution for children with mental disorders...
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Seth Holt
Never Let Go (1960)
John Guillermin
John Cummings is an unsuccessful cosmetics salesman who barely earns enough money to keep his wife and two children. He can just about afford the repayments on the new car he has recently purchased but is unable to pay for the insurance... [More...]
John Guillermin
John Cummings is an unsuccessful cosmetics salesman who barely earns enough money to keep his wife and two children. He can just about afford the repayments on the new car he has recently purchased but is unable to pay for the insurance... [More...]
Night and the City (1950)
Jules Dassin
An American living in London, Harry Fabian is a small-time con artist with big-time ambitions. So far his dreams of getting rich quick have led him nowhere and without his ex-girlfriend Mary to bail him out when things go wrong he would have ended up as food for river rats long ago... [More...]
Jules Dassin
An American living in London, Harry Fabian is a small-time con artist with big-time ambitions. So far his dreams of getting rich quick have led him nowhere and without his ex-girlfriend Mary to bail him out when things go wrong he would have ended up as food for river rats long ago... [More...]
Odd Man Out (1947)
Carol Reed
Johnny McQueen hides out in an anonymous Belfast house, having recently broken out of prison where he was serving a stretch for involvement with a terrorist organisation... [More...]
Carol Reed
Johnny McQueen hides out in an anonymous Belfast house, having recently broken out of prison where he was serving a stretch for involvement with a terrorist organisation... [More...]
The Odessa File (1974)
Ronald Neame
Munich, November 1963. Whilst the world is still reeling from the news of President Kennedy's assassination, journalist Peter Miller allows himself to be distracted by the suicide of an elderly Jewish man, Solomon Tauber... [More...]
Ronald Neame
Munich, November 1963. Whilst the world is still reeling from the news of President Kennedy's assassination, journalist Peter Miller allows himself to be distracted by the suicide of an elderly Jewish man, Solomon Tauber... [More...]
Odette (1950)
Herbert Wilcox
In the early years of WWII, Odette Sansom, an ordinary French woman living in England, is recruited by the Special Operations department of the War Office to work as an agent in Nazi-occupied France... [More...]
Herbert Wilcox
In the early years of WWII, Odette Sansom, an ordinary French woman living in England, is recruited by the Special Operations department of the War Office to work as an agent in Nazi-occupied France... [More...]
Oliver Twist (1948)
David Lean
An unknown young woman dies whilst giving birth in a provincial workhouse. Her son, Oliver Twist, grows up under the tyranny of the workhouse supervisor, Mr Bumble... [More...]
David Lean
An unknown young woman dies whilst giving birth in a provincial workhouse. Her son, Oliver Twist, grows up under the tyranny of the workhouse supervisor, Mr Bumble... [More...]
Oliver! (1968)
Carol Reed
England, in the 19th century. Oliver Twist is one of numerous abandoned orphan boys who live a wretched life in a provincial workhouse... [More...]
Carol Reed
England, in the 19th century. Oliver Twist is one of numerous abandoned orphan boys who live a wretched life in a provincial workhouse... [More...]
On Golden Pond (1981)
Mark Rydell
Norman Thayer is a retired college professor who been happily married to Ethel for almost five decades. As they have done for the past 48 years, the couple return to their summer cottage on Golden Pond, this time to celebrate Norman's eightieth birthday... [More...]
Mark Rydell
Norman Thayer is a retired college professor who been happily married to Ethel for almost five decades. As they have done for the past 48 years, the couple return to their summer cottage on Golden Pond, this time to celebrate Norman's eightieth birthday... [More...]
One of Our Aircraft Is Missing (1942)
Michael Powell
1941. In a raid over Nazi Germany, the crew of an RAF Wellington bomber are forced to bail out when their aeroplane is damaged by enemy fire... [More...]
Michael Powell
1941. In a raid over Nazi Germany, the crew of an RAF Wellington bomber are forced to bail out when their aeroplane is damaged by enemy fire... [More...]
Othello [TV] (1981)
Jonathan Miller
Othello, a Moorish general in the Venetian army, has won the admiration and gratitude of all but one man. That man is Iago, a lowly ensign who bitterly resents Othello's decision to promote a less worthy soldier, Michael Cassio, in his place... [More...]
Jonathan Miller
Othello, a Moorish general in the Venetian army, has won the admiration and gratitude of all but one man. That man is Iago, a lowly ensign who bitterly resents Othello's decision to promote a less worthy soldier, Michael Cassio, in his place... [More...]
Painted Boats (1945)
Charles Crichton
For generations, the Smith and Stoner families have lived and worked on the canals of England, transporting valuable cargoes between the great industrial heartlands of the country... [More...]
Charles Crichton
For generations, the Smith and Stoner families have lived and worked on the canals of England, transporting valuable cargoes between the great industrial heartlands of the country... [More...]
Paranoiac (1963)
Freddie Francis
Since the tragic death of their parents in a plane crash, Simon and Eleanor Ashby have lived under the care of their kindly Aunt Harriet at their large country house... [More...]
Freddie Francis
Since the tragic death of their parents in a plane crash, Simon and Eleanor Ashby have lived under the care of their kindly Aunt Harriet at their large country house... [More...]
Peeping Tom (1960)
Michael Powell
Mark Lewis is a shy young man who works as a focus puller at a film studio but has aspirations of becoming a film director... [More...]
Michael Powell
Mark Lewis is a shy young man who works as a focus puller at a film studio but has aspirations of becoming a film director... [More...]
The Pianist (2002)
Roman Polanski
Warsaw, September 1939. Wladyslaw Szpilman is making a comfortable living as a virtuoso pianist in Poland when the Nazis invade his country and begin their systematic persecution of its Jewish population... [More...]
Roman Polanski
Warsaw, September 1939. Wladyslaw Szpilman is making a comfortable living as a virtuoso pianist in Poland when the Nazis invade his country and begin their systematic persecution of its Jewish population... [More...]
The Pumpkin Eater (1964)
Jack Clayton
As middle-age steals over her, Jo Armitage finds herself trapped in a stale marriage and, in a state of profound melancholia, she looks back on her life... [More...]
Jack Clayton
As middle-age steals over her, Jo Armitage finds herself trapped in a stale marriage and, in a state of profound melancholia, she looks back on her life... [More...]
Quatermass and the Pit (1967)
Roy Ward Baker
Whilst workmen are building an extension to the London Underground, a prehistoric human skull is discovered. Palaeontologist Matthew Roney is called in and he concludes that the skull is over five million years old... [More...]
Roy Ward Baker
Whilst workmen are building an extension to the London Underground, a prehistoric human skull is discovered. Palaeontologist Matthew Roney is called in and he concludes that the skull is over five million years old... [More...]
Reach for the Sky (1956)
Lewis Gilbert
In 1931, a few years after enrolling as an officer cadet in the Royal Air Force, 21-year-old Douglas Bader has his dreams shattered when he crashes an aeroplane in a foolish show of bravado... [More...]
Lewis Gilbert
In 1931, a few years after enrolling as an officer cadet in the Royal Air Force, 21-year-old Douglas Bader has his dreams shattered when he crashes an aeroplane in a foolish show of bravado... [More...]
The Red Shoes (1948)
Michael Powell
Boris Lermontov, the manager of a world famous ballet company, expects nothing less than total commitment from those he employs... [More...]
Michael Powell
Boris Lermontov, the manager of a world famous ballet company, expects nothing less than total commitment from those he employs... [More...]
The Remains of the Day (1993)
James Ivory
Mr James Stevens is the butler at Darlington Hall, one of England's grander stately homes. Recently the Hall has changed hands and Stevens now serves Mr Lewis, a retired American congressman... [More...]
James Ivory
Mr James Stevens is the butler at Darlington Hall, one of England's grander stately homes. Recently the Hall has changed hands and Stevens now serves Mr Lewis, a retired American congressman... [More...]
Repulsion (1965)
Roman Polanski
Carol and Helen Ledoux are two Belgian sisters who live in London and share a mansion apartment near to the South Kensington beauty parlour where Carol works as a manicurist... [More...]
Roman Polanski
Carol and Helen Ledoux are two Belgian sisters who live in London and share a mansion apartment near to the South Kensington beauty parlour where Carol works as a manicurist... [More...]
The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958)
Terence Fisher
Sentenced to death for his diabolical experiments, Baron Frankenstein narrowly escapes his execution and sets up a medical practice in another town, working under an assumed name, Dr Stein... [More...]
Terence Fisher
Sentenced to death for his diabolical experiments, Baron Frankenstein narrowly escapes his execution and sets up a medical practice in another town, working under an assumed name, Dr Stein... [More...]
Rich and Strange (1931)
Alfred Hitchcock
Office clerk Fred Hill is tired of his humdrum life, tired of never having enough money to enjoy the luxuries than others can afford... [More...]
Alfred Hitchcock
Office clerk Fred Hill is tired of his humdrum life, tired of never having enough money to enjoy the luxuries than others can afford... [More...]
Richard III (1955)
Laurence Olivier
England, 1461. The rivalry between the royal houses of York and Lancaster that has resulted in bloody civil wars appears to be at an end when Edward IV is crowned king of England... [More...]
Laurence Olivier
England, 1461. The rivalry between the royal houses of York and Lancaster that has resulted in bloody civil wars appears to be at an end when Edward IV is crowned king of England... [More...]
The Riddle of the Sands (1979)
Tony Maylam
In 1901, Charles Carruthers occupies a minor post in the British Foreign Office. Towards the end of an uneventful summer, Carruthers is slowly dying from boredom when he receives an unexpected invitation from a former Oxford chum, Arthur Davies, to join him on a yachting holiday in the Baltic... [More...]
Tony Maylam
In 1901, Charles Carruthers occupies a minor post in the British Foreign Office. Towards the end of an uneventful summer, Carruthers is slowly dying from boredom when he receives an unexpected invitation from a former Oxford chum, Arthur Davies, to join him on a yachting holiday in the Baltic... [More...]
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... [More...]
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... [More...]