Film Index
British cinema: Drama
Cromwell (1970)
Ken Hughes
England, 1640. King Charles I needs to raise money so that he can re-equip his army and see off a possible invasion from the Scots...
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Ken Hughes
Cross of Iron (1977)
Sam Peckinpah
It is 1943 and Germany is losing the war on the Eastern Front. After a humiliating defeat at Stalingrad, German troops are in retreat, repelled by a determined Soviet fighting machine...
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Sam Peckinpah
The Cruel Sea (1953)
Charles Frend
At the beginning of WWII, Captain Ericson takes charge of a recently commissioned Royal Navy corvette, the Compass Rose, and immediately begins a series of trials with his inexperienced crew of raw recruits...
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Charles Frend
The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)
Terence Fisher
Whilst in prison, awaiting his execution for murder, Baron Victor Frankenstein relates his tragic life story to a priest...
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Terence Fisher
The Curse of the Werewolf (1961)
Terence Fisher
In 18th century Spain, a beggar is thrown into a dungeon cell when he offends the cruel Marques Siniestro at his wedding feast...
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Terence Fisher
Cymbeline [TV] (1982)
Elijah Moshinsky
In Ancient Britain, King Cymbeline reigns at a time of fragile peace with the Roman Empire. Since his two sons were stolen from him in childhood, Cymbeline has but one surviving heir, his daughter Imogen... [More...]
Elijah Moshinsky
In Ancient Britain, King Cymbeline reigns at a time of fragile peace with the Roman Empire. Since his two sons were stolen from him in childhood, Cymbeline has but one surviving heir, his daughter Imogen... [More...]
The Dam Busters (1955)
Michael Anderson
In 1942, at the height of WWII, aircraft engineer Barnes Wallis has become obsessed with the idea of flooding the Ruhr valley by a single bombing raid on its dams... [More...]
Michael Anderson
In 1942, at the height of WWII, aircraft engineer Barnes Wallis has become obsessed with the idea of flooding the Ruhr valley by a single bombing raid on its dams... [More...]
Damage (1992)
Louis Malle
At a social engagement, a rising member of Parliament, Stephen Fleming, meets a mysterious but stunningly attractive art expert, Anna Barton... [More...]
Louis Malle
At a social engagement, a rising member of Parliament, Stephen Fleming, meets a mysterious but stunningly attractive art expert, Anna Barton... [More...]
The Damned (1963)
Joseph Losey
A retired American, Simon Wells, is enjoying a yachting holiday in a small English seaside town when he is set upon by a group of teddy boys, led by an aggressive young man named King... [More...]
Joseph Losey
A retired American, Simon Wells, is enjoying a yachting holiday in a small English seaside town when he is set upon by a group of teddy boys, led by an aggressive young man named King... [More...]
Dancer in the Dark (2000)
Lars von Trier
1964. A Czech émigré, Selma Jezkova, works all the hours she can to earn the money so that her twelve year old son can have an operation to save his eyesight... [More...]
Lars von Trier
1964. A Czech émigré, Selma Jezkova, works all the hours she can to earn the money so that her twelve year old son can have an operation to save his eyesight... [More...]
Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
Stephen Frears
France, circa 1760. Behind a façade of scrupulous respectability, the Marquise de Merteuil delights in inflicting cruelty on those who do her wrong through her meticulously calculated romantic intrigues... [More...]
Stephen Frears
France, circa 1760. Behind a façade of scrupulous respectability, the Marquise de Merteuil delights in inflicting cruelty on those who do her wrong through her meticulously calculated romantic intrigues... [More...]
Dark Journey (1937)
Victor Saville
Towards the end of the First World War, Madeleine Goddard makes frequent trips between Paris and Stockholm, ostensibly to supply expensive dresses to her wealthy Swedish clientele... [More...]
Victor Saville
Towards the end of the First World War, Madeleine Goddard makes frequent trips between Paris and Stockholm, ostensibly to supply expensive dresses to her wealthy Swedish clientele... [More...]
The Day of the Jackal (1973)
Fred Zinnemann
Dissatisfied with President De Gaulle's decision to grant independence to Algeria, a number of men in the French military form an underground organisation, the OAS, with the sole aim of assassinating the president... [More...]
Fred Zinnemann
Dissatisfied with President De Gaulle's decision to grant independence to Algeria, a number of men in the French military form an underground organisation, the OAS, with the sole aim of assassinating the president... [More...]
The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961)
Val Guest
In a deserted London bathed in a scorching heat, journalist Peter Stenning returns to his desk at the vacated offices of the newspaper the Daily Express to compose what may well be his final report... [More...]
Val Guest
In a deserted London bathed in a scorching heat, journalist Peter Stenning returns to his desk at the vacated offices of the newspaper the Daily Express to compose what may well be his final report... [More...]
The Deadly Bees (1967)
Freddie Francis
Vicki Robbins, a pop singer suffering from nervous exhaustion, is sent by her doctor to a remote island to recuperate in the care of beekeeper Ralph Hargrove... [More...]
Freddie Francis
Vicki Robbins, a pop singer suffering from nervous exhaustion, is sent by her doctor to a remote island to recuperate in the care of beekeeper Ralph Hargrove... [More...]
Death on the Nile (1978)
John Guillermin
Jacqueline de Bellefort persuades her friend, the wealthy heiress Linnet Ridgeway, to employ her fiancé Simon Doyle as her estate manager... [More...]
John Guillermin
Jacqueline de Bellefort persuades her friend, the wealthy heiress Linnet Ridgeway, to employ her fiancé Simon Doyle as her estate manager... [More...]
The Deer Hunter (1978)
Michael Cimino
A small working class town in Western Pennsylvania in the late 1960s. Michael, Nick and Steven are three close friends, in their late twenties, early thirties, who work at a steel mill... [More...]
Michael Cimino
A small working class town in Western Pennsylvania in the late 1960s. Michael, Nick and Steven are three close friends, in their late twenties, early thirties, who work at a steel mill... [More...]
The Devil Rides Out (1968)
Terence Fisher
When his protégé, Simon Aron, fails to turn up for a reunion, the wealthy Duc de Richleau decides to visit him at his home... [More...]
Terence Fisher
When his protégé, Simon Aron, fails to turn up for a reunion, the wealthy Duc de Richleau decides to visit him at his home... [More...]
The Devils (1971)
Ken Russell
In 17th Century France, Catholics and Protestants live together in peace in the town of Loudun, under the benign governorship of the much-loved but slightly over-sexed priest Urbain Grandier... [More...]
Ken Russell
In 17th Century France, Catholics and Protestants live together in peace in the town of Loudun, under the benign governorship of the much-loved but slightly over-sexed priest Urbain Grandier... [More...]
Don't Look Now (1973)
Nicolas Roeg
John and Laura Baxter are a young couple who are both profoundly traumatised when their five-year-old daughter Christine drowns accidentally at their home... [More...]
Nicolas Roeg
John and Laura Baxter are a young couple who are both profoundly traumatised when their five-year-old daughter Christine drowns accidentally at their home... [More...]
Dracula (1958)
Terence Fisher
Jonathan Harker makes the journey to Klausenberg to take up the post of librarian at Castle Dracula. The real motive for his expedition is to kill his employer, Count Dracula, but before he can do this he is attacked by a mysterious woman in white... [More...]
Terence Fisher
Jonathan Harker makes the journey to Klausenberg to take up the post of librarian at Castle Dracula. The real motive for his expedition is to kill his employer, Count Dracula, but before he can do this he is attacked by a mysterious woman in white... [More...]
The Drum (1938)
Zoltan Korda
At the height of the British Raj, trouble is brewing on the Northwest Frontier in India. In an attempt to avoid a full-scale rebellion, the British governor signs a peace treaty with the ruler of Tokot, an area of great significance in the region... [More...]
Zoltan Korda
At the height of the British Raj, trouble is brewing on the Northwest Frontier in India. In an attempt to avoid a full-scale rebellion, the British governor signs a peace treaty with the ruler of Tokot, an area of great significance in the region... [More...]
The Eagle Has Landed (1976)
John Sturges
Following an attempt to kidnap Mussolini, Hitler hits upon the idea of abducting the British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and thereby changing the course of the war in Europe... [More...]
John Sturges
Following an attempt to kidnap Mussolini, Hitler hits upon the idea of abducting the British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and thereby changing the course of the war in Europe... [More...]
Easy Virtue (1928)
Alfred Hitchcock
Believing that his wife Larita has been having an affair with a young artist, Aubrey Filton sues her for divorce. The jury refuses to accept Larita's version of events, that she is entirely innocent of the charges brought against her, and decides in her husband's favour... [More...]
Alfred Hitchcock
Believing that his wife Larita has been having an affair with a young artist, Aubrey Filton sues her for divorce. The jury refuses to accept Larita's version of events, that she is entirely innocent of the charges brought against her, and decides in her husband's favour... [More...]
The Edge of the World (1937)
Michael Powell
Two tourists holidaying in the Hebrides land on the deserted island of Hirta. Their guide Andrew Gray explains that until a decade ago there was a thriving community on the island... [More...]
Michael Powell
Two tourists holidaying in the Hebrides land on the deserted island of Hirta. Their guide Andrew Gray explains that until a decade ago there was a thriving community on the island... [More...]
The End of the Affair (1955)
Edward Dmytryk
During the darkest days of WWII, writer Maurice Bendrix is gathering material for a book on Britain's civil servants. One of his subjects is Henry Miles, a senior government official whose wife Sarah holds an immediate fascination for Bendrix... [More...]
Edward Dmytryk
During the darkest days of WWII, writer Maurice Bendrix is gathering material for a book on Britain's civil servants. One of his subjects is Henry Miles, a senior government official whose wife Sarah holds an immediate fascination for Bendrix... [More...]
The English Patient (1996)
Anthony Minghella
In Italy towards the end of the World War Two, a Canadian nurse Hana is tending to a disfigured pilot whose aircraft was shot down in North Africa... [More...]
Anthony Minghella
In Italy towards the end of the World War Two, a Canadian nurse Hana is tending to a disfigured pilot whose aircraft was shot down in North Africa... [More...]
Equus (1977)
Sidney Lumet
Martin Dysart is a middle-aged psychiatrist who reluctantly takes on the case of Alan Strang, a withdrawn 17-year old who has recently blinded six horses for no apparent reason... [More...]
Sidney Lumet
Martin Dysart is a middle-aged psychiatrist who reluctantly takes on the case of Alan Strang, a withdrawn 17-year old who has recently blinded six horses for no apparent reason... [More...]
Espion(s) (2009)
Nicolas Saada
With his qualifications, Vincent could easily get himself a well-paid job with a respectable firm, but instead he prefers to work as an airport baggage handler... [More...]
Nicolas Saada
With his qualifications, Vincent could easily get himself a well-paid job with a respectable firm, but instead he prefers to work as an airport baggage handler... [More...]
Esther Kahn (2000)
Arnaud Desplechin
Towards the end of the 19th century, Esther Kahn lives with her immigrant Jewish family in the East End of London. With the rest of her family busily occupied with their thriving tailoring business Esther feels increasingly isolated, dreaming of a better life for herself... [More...]
Arnaud Desplechin
Towards the end of the 19th century, Esther Kahn lives with her immigrant Jewish family in the East End of London. With the rest of her family busily occupied with their thriving tailoring business Esther feels increasingly isolated, dreaming of a better life for herself... [More...]