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British cinema: Drama
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...
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Lindsay Anderson
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...
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J. Lee Thompson
Town on Trial (1957)
John Guillermin
Oakley Park is a small English town, a town that is like so many others - until the fateful day when a young woman is strangled on her way home one evening...
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John Guillermin
The Tragedy of Macbeth (1971)
Roman Polanski
Victorious in battle, the warriors Macbeth and Banquo are returning to their home in Scotland when they are met by three strange hags who greet them with fantastic prophesies...
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Roman Polanski
Tsotsi (2005)
Gavin Hood
Barely into adulthood, Tsotsi is a hardened criminal who lives in a shanty district of post-Apartheid South Africa. He scrapes a living by brutal thievery with his mates Butcher, Boston and App...
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Gavin Hood
Twins of Evil (1971)
John Hough
In the 17th Century, an insane fear of witchcraft has taken hold of the people of Karnstein and driven them to hunt down and burn any young woman who is suspected of consorting with the Devil... [More...]
John Hough
In the 17th Century, an insane fear of witchcraft has taken hold of the people of Karnstein and driven them to hunt down and burn any young woman who is suspected of consorting with the Devil... [More...]
The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll (1960)
Terence Fisher
London, 1874. Dr Henry Jekyll is so absorbed in his scientific research that he neglects his beautiful socialite wife Kitty... [More...]
Terence Fisher
London, 1874. Dr Henry Jekyll is so absorbed in his scientific research that he neglects his beautiful socialite wife Kitty... [More...]
Under Capricorn (1949)
Alfred Hitchcock
In 1831, aristocratic Irishman Charles Adare travels to Sydney, Australia where he hopes to make his fortune, with a little help from his uncle, the present governor of the colony... [More...]
Alfred Hitchcock
In 1831, aristocratic Irishman Charles Adare travels to Sydney, Australia where he hopes to make his fortune, with a little help from his uncle, the present governor of the colony... [More...]
The Upturned Glass (1947)
Lawrence Huntington
A criminologist presents the case history of a supposedly sane criminal, a man who executed a well-planned murder for entirely rational reasons... [More...]
Lawrence Huntington
A criminologist presents the case history of a supposedly sane criminal, a man who executed a well-planned murder for entirely rational reasons... [More...]
Victim (1961)
Basil Dearden
A successful middle-aged lawyer, Melvin Farr, does his best to avoid a series of phone calls from a desperate young man named Barrett... [More...]
Basil Dearden
A successful middle-aged lawyer, Melvin Farr, does his best to avoid a series of phone calls from a desperate young man named Barrett... [More...]
Waterloo Road (1945)
Sidney Gilliat
In 1940, towards the start of the Second World War, Jim Colter is away doing his bit in the fight against Hitler whilst his wife Tillie stays at home in London with his mother and sisters, Ruby and Vera... [More...]
Sidney Gilliat
In 1940, towards the start of the Second World War, Jim Colter is away doing his bit in the fight against Hitler whilst his wife Tillie stays at home in London with his mother and sisters, Ruby and Vera... [More...]
The Way Ahead (1944)
Carol Reed
England, 1941. A disparate group of conscripts, new recruits into the Duke of Glendon's Light Infantry, grudgingly begin their training at Hacklefield army camp... [More...]
Carol Reed
England, 1941. A disparate group of conscripts, new recruits into the Duke of Glendon's Light Infantry, grudgingly begin their training at Hacklefield army camp... [More...]
We Dive at Dawn (1943)
Anthony Asquith
When the Royal Navy submarine Sea Tiger returns to base after a long period at sea, her crew, led by Lieutenant Taylor, is looking forward to some well-earned leave... [More...]
Anthony Asquith
When the Royal Navy submarine Sea Tiger returns to base after a long period at sea, her crew, led by Lieutenant Taylor, is looking forward to some well-earned leave... [More...]
Went the Day Well? (1942)
Alberto Cavalcanti
One day in May 1942 a British Army convoy rolls into the sleepy English village of Bramley End. The commander, Major Hammond, explains to the startled villagers that his platoon is making a review of local defences in readiness for a possible Nazi invasion... [More...]
Alberto Cavalcanti
One day in May 1942 a British Army convoy rolls into the sleepy English village of Bramley End. The commander, Major Hammond, explains to the startled villagers that his platoon is making a review of local defences in readiness for a possible Nazi invasion... [More...]
Whistle Down the Wind (1961)
Bryan Forbes
Kathy, Nan and Charlie are three young children who live with their father on a remote Lancashire farm. Their mother having recently died, they are cared for by their aunt and they live an austere life... [More...]
Bryan Forbes
Kathy, Nan and Charlie are three young children who live with their father on a remote Lancashire farm. Their mother having recently died, they are cared for by their aunt and they live an austere life... [More...]
The Wicker Man (1973)
Robin Hardy
Police sergeant Neil Howie arrives on the remote Scottish island of Summerisle, having received an anonymous letter claiming that a young girl has mysteriously disappeared... [More...]
Robin Hardy
Police sergeant Neil Howie arrives on the remote Scottish island of Summerisle, having received an anonymous letter claiming that a young girl has mysteriously disappeared... [More...]
Witchfinder General (1968)
Michael Reeves
1645. Amid the turmoil of the English Civil War, there are those who turn the breakdown in law and order to their advantage... [More...]
Michael Reeves
1645. Amid the turmoil of the English Civil War, there are those who turn the breakdown in law and order to their advantage... [More...]
Women in Love (1969)
Ken Russell
England in the early 1920s. Ursula and Gudrun Brangwen are two sisters who live in a Midlands mining town, the former a schoolteacher, the latter an aspiring sculptor... [More...]
Ken Russell
England in the early 1920s. Ursula and Gudrun Brangwen are two sisters who live in a Midlands mining town, the former a schoolteacher, the latter an aspiring sculptor... [More...]
Zulu (1964)
Cy Endfield
In 1879, missionary Otto Witt and his daughter Margareta are attending a mass Zulu marriage ceremony in Natal when they learn that a British force of 1400 men has just been wiped out by an army of Zulu warriors... [More...]
Cy Endfield
In 1879, missionary Otto Witt and his daughter Margareta are attending a mass Zulu marriage ceremony in Natal when they learn that a British force of 1400 men has just been wiped out by an army of Zulu warriors... [More...]