Film Index
British cinema: Drama
The Battle of the River Plate (1956)
Michael Powell
November 1939. When his freighter, The Africa Shell, is sunk by the German pocket battleship Graf Spee, Captain Dove finds himself a prisoner of Captain Langsdorff...
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Michael Powell
The Beast in the Cellar (1970)
James Kelley
Somewhere in rural Lancashire, a soldier from an army base is savagely murdered, although it is unclear whether he was killed by a man or a wild animal...
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James Kelley
Becket (1964)
Peter Glenville
In 12th Century England, the young King Henry II is more preoccupied with the hedonistic pursuits of youth than with matters of state, and in this he is aided and abetted by his good friend Thomas Becket...
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Peter Glenville
Black Narcissus (1947)
Michael Powell
At the invitation of General Toda Rai, Sister Clodagh leads a group of Anglican nuns to a remote part of India to start a convent...
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Michael Powell
Blackmail (1929)
Alfred Hitchcock
Alice is unimpressed when her boyfriend Frank, a Scotland Yard detective, fails to keep their appointment one evening. After a slight quarrel, they decide not to go to the pictures together...
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Alfred Hitchcock
Blackout (1954)
Terence Fisher
Casey Morrow is an American ex-serviceman who is trying, unsuccessfully, to find work in London. Down to his last few shillings, he gets himself blind drunk at an expensive nightclub and is just about to pass out when an attractive young woman, Phyllis Brunner, makes him an offer he is too insensible to comprehend... [More...]
Terence Fisher
Casey Morrow is an American ex-serviceman who is trying, unsuccessfully, to find work in London. Down to his last few shillings, he gets himself blind drunk at an expensive nightclub and is just about to pass out when an attractive young woman, Phyllis Brunner, makes him an offer he is too insensible to comprehend... [More...]
Blind Terror (1971)
Richard Fleischer
Having lost her sight in a horse riding accident, a young woman named Sarah decides to spend a period of convalescence with her uncle, George Rexton, at his large country house... [More...]
Richard Fleischer
Having lost her sight in a horse riding accident, a young woman named Sarah decides to spend a period of convalescence with her uncle, George Rexton, at his large country house... [More...]
The Blue Lamp (1950)
Basil Dearden
With only a few weeks to go before he is due to retire from the Metropolitan Police, P.C. George Dixon wonders whether he should stay on for a few more years... [More...]
Basil Dearden
With only a few weeks to go before he is due to retire from the Metropolitan Police, P.C. George Dixon wonders whether he should stay on for a few more years... [More...]
The Brain (1962)
Freddie Francis
By experimenting on primates, Dr Peter Corrie has found not only a way to preserve the brain of an animal after death, but also a means of monitoring brain activity in its new, artificial environment... [More...]
Freddie Francis
By experimenting on primates, Dr Peter Corrie has found not only a way to preserve the brain of an animal after death, but also a means of monitoring brain activity in its new, artificial environment... [More...]
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
David Lean
During WWII, a contingent of British prisoners march into a Japanese camp run by the ruthless Colonel Saito, who intends using them to construct a railway bridge across the River Kwai... [More...]
David Lean
During WWII, a contingent of British prisoners march into a Japanese camp run by the ruthless Colonel Saito, who intends using them to construct a railway bridge across the River Kwai... [More...]
Brief Encounter (1945)
David Lean
Each Thursday, housewife Laura Jesson treats herself to a day in the nearby town of Milford, to do some shopping and watch a film at the cinema... [More...]
David Lean
Each Thursday, housewife Laura Jesson treats herself to a day in the nearby town of Milford, to do some shopping and watch a film at the cinema... [More...]
Brighton Rock (1947)
John Boulting
Beneath its quaint, tourist-friendly surface impression, Brighton of the 1930s is a squalid town where gangland crime is rampant... [More...]
John Boulting
Beneath its quaint, tourist-friendly surface impression, Brighton of the 1930s is a squalid town where gangland crime is rampant... [More...]
The Browning Version (1951)
Anthony Asquith
For almost twenty years, Andrew Crocker-Harris has worked diligently as a classics master at an English boys' public school... [More...]
Anthony Asquith
For almost twenty years, Andrew Crocker-Harris has worked diligently as a classics master at an English boys' public school... [More...]
Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965)
Otto Preminger
A few days after arriving in London, American Ann Lake leaves her four-year old daughter Bunny at a school for toddlers before rushing off to meet the removal men at her new apartment... [More...]
Otto Preminger
A few days after arriving in London, American Ann Lake leaves her four-year old daughter Bunny at a school for toddlers before rushing off to meet the removal men at her new apartment... [More...]
Caesar and Cleopatra (1945)
Gabriel Pascal
During his conquest of Egypt, Julius Caesar takes time off to soliloquise beside the great Sphinx. As he does so, he is beguiled by a young woman of extraordinary beauty... [More...]
Gabriel Pascal
During his conquest of Egypt, Julius Caesar takes time off to soliloquise beside the great Sphinx. As he does so, he is beguiled by a young woman of extraordinary beauty... [More...]
Captain Clegg (1962)
Peter Graham Scott
In 1792, Captain Collier arrives in an English coastal town to investigate a possible smuggling operation. He soon begins to suspect that the local vicar, Dr Blyss, may be implicated, although his attempts to uncover any evidence of smuggling are thwarted... [More...]
Peter Graham Scott
In 1792, Captain Collier arrives in an English coastal town to investigate a possible smuggling operation. He soon begins to suspect that the local vicar, Dr Blyss, may be implicated, although his attempts to uncover any evidence of smuggling are thwarted... [More...]
The Captive Heart (1946)
Basil Dearden
In August 1940, a German prisoner-of-war camp receives a fresh intake of captured British soldiers. These include Captain Hasek, a Czech soldier who, after escaping from a Nazi concentration camp, stole the uniform and papers from a dead British soldier named Captain Mitchell... [More...]
Basil Dearden
In August 1940, a German prisoner-of-war camp receives a fresh intake of captured British soldiers. These include Captain Hasek, a Czech soldier who, after escaping from a Nazi concentration camp, stole the uniform and papers from a dead British soldier named Captain Mitchell... [More...]
Carve Her Name with Pride (1958)
Lewis Gilbert
London, 1940. On the pretext of celebrating Bastille Day with a Frenchman, Violet Bushell accosts Etienne Szabo, an officer in the French Foreign Legion, and invites him back to her home for dinner... [More...]
Lewis Gilbert
London, 1940. On the pretext of celebrating Bastille Day with a Frenchman, Violet Bushell accosts Etienne Szabo, an officer in the French Foreign Legion, and invites him back to her home for dinner... [More...]
Chariots of Fire (1981)
Hugh Hudson
Harold Abrahams, the son of a successful Jewish financier, encounters anti-Semitic prejudice when he arrives at Cambridge University in 1919 but he soon impresses his peers and the college staff with his athletic prowess... [More...]
Hugh Hudson
Harold Abrahams, the son of a successful Jewish financier, encounters anti-Semitic prejudice when he arrives at Cambridge University in 1919 but he soon impresses his peers and the college staff with his athletic prowess... [More...]
Children of the Stones [TV] (1977)
Peter Graham Scott
Adam Brake, an astrophysicist whose wife has recently died, arrives in the small English village of Milbury with his teenage son Matthew... [More...]
Peter Graham Scott
Adam Brake, an astrophysicist whose wife has recently died, arrives in the small English village of Milbury with his teenage son Matthew... [More...]
The Chronicle History of King Henry the Fift (1944)
Laurence Olivier
London, 1600. At the Globe Theatre, players are performing Shakespeare's Henry V to a packed house. The play opens in 1415... [More...]
Laurence Olivier
London, 1600. At the Globe Theatre, players are performing Shakespeare's Henry V to a packed house. The play opens in 1415... [More...]
Clean (2004)
Olivier Assayas
Emily Wang and Lee Hauser have been in a relationship for many years. He is a 40-something rock singer who is past his prime; she is his promoter, and is finding it increasingly difficult to find him work... [More...]
Olivier Assayas
Emily Wang and Lee Hauser have been in a relationship for many years. He is a 40-something rock singer who is past his prime; she is his promoter, and is finding it increasingly difficult to find him work... [More...]
Cleopatra (1963)
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
In 48 BC, Julius Caesar pursues his enemy Pompey to Egypt, where he hopes to forge an alliance with the Pharaoh Ptolemy XIII and his sister Cleopatra... [More...]
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
In 48 BC, Julius Caesar pursues his enemy Pompey to Egypt, where he hopes to forge an alliance with the Pharaoh Ptolemy XIII and his sister Cleopatra... [More...]
Cloudburst (1951)
Francis Searle
London, 1946. A former resistance operative during the war, John Graham now runs a code-breaking department that deciphers coded messages which may result in the prosecution of war criminals... [More...]
Francis Searle
London, 1946. A former resistance operative during the war, John Graham now runs a code-breaking department that deciphers coded messages which may result in the prosecution of war criminals... [More...]
The Colditz Story (1955)
Guy Hamilton
1942, Saxony. After an unsuccessful escape from a German prisoner-of-war camp, captured British army officers Pat Reid and Mac McGill are sent to Oflag IV-C, a castle prison that is reputedly escape-proof... [More...]
Guy Hamilton
1942, Saxony. After an unsuccessful escape from a German prisoner-of-war camp, captured British army officers Pat Reid and Mac McGill are sent to Oflag IV-C, a castle prison that is reputedly escape-proof... [More...]
The Collector (1965)
William Wyler
Having won a fortune on the football pools, Freddie Clegg, a modest bank clerk, decides to buy a solitary house in the middle of the English countryside... [More...]
William Wyler
Having won a fortune on the football pools, Freddie Clegg, a modest bank clerk, decides to buy a solitary house in the middle of the English countryside... [More...]
Confession d'un enfant du siècle (2012)
Sylvie Verheyde
Paris, 1830. Octave is an idealistic young man who has yet to become disenchanted with the treachery of others. The revelation, when it comes, has a devastating effect on him... [More...]
Sylvie Verheyde
Paris, 1830. Octave is an idealistic young man who has yet to become disenchanted with the treachery of others. The revelation, when it comes, has a devastating effect on him... [More...]
Convoy (1940)
Pen Tennyson
In 1940, Royal Navy cruiser HMS Apollo returns to base only to be immediately reassigned for a special mission: to escort a convey of merchant ships across the North Sea... [More...]
Pen Tennyson
In 1940, Royal Navy cruiser HMS Apollo returns to base only to be immediately reassigned for a special mission: to escort a convey of merchant ships across the North Sea... [More...]
Corridors of Blood (1958)
Robert Day
London, 1840. 'Pain and the knife are inseparable' is the prevailing view in the medical profession, but one man who disputes this is Dr Thomas Bolton, a philanthropic surgeon who devotes his spare time to developing a safe anaesthetic that will make surgery completely painless... [More...]
Robert Day
London, 1840. 'Pain and the knife are inseparable' is the prevailing view in the medical profession, but one man who disputes this is Dr Thomas Bolton, a philanthropic surgeon who devotes his spare time to developing a safe anaesthetic that will make surgery completely painless... [More...]
Countess Dracula (1971)
Peter Sasdy
The setting is a small European principality in the early 1600s. The aged Countess Elisabeth Nodosheen is amused when her husband bequeaths the bulk of his estate to her and a young soldier named Imre Toth, whilst leaving nothing to his loyal steward, Captain Dobi... [More...]
Peter Sasdy
The setting is a small European principality in the early 1600s. The aged Countess Elisabeth Nodosheen is amused when her husband bequeaths the bulk of his estate to her and a young soldier named Imre Toth, whilst leaving nothing to his loyal steward, Captain Dobi... [More...]