Film Index
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
Fahrenheit 451 (1966)
François Truffaut
In the near future, the printed word has become outlawed. With every home equipped with video screens, there is no need for written communication...
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François Truffaut
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
Fanny by Gaslight (1944)
Anthony Asquith
In the 1880s, Fanny Hopwood returns to her home in London after spending ten years at a boarding school. Her reunion with her parents and sister is shortlived, however...
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Anthony Asquith
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... [More...]
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... [More...]
Fear in the Night (1972)
Jimmy Sangster
Not long after suffering a nervous breakdown, Peggy finds herself married to Robert Heller, a teacher at a public school... [More...]
Jimmy Sangster
Not long after suffering a nervous breakdown, Peggy finds herself married to Robert Heller, a teacher at a public school... [More...]
The Final Conflict (1981)
Graham Baker
The world is in the grip of recession and tensions in the Middle East are rising amidst a diplomatic crisis. One man can lead the way forwards, guiding mankind to a better future... [More...]
Graham Baker
The world is in the grip of recession and tensions in the Middle East are rising amidst a diplomatic crisis. One man can lead the way forwards, guiding mankind to a better future... [More...]
Fire Down Below (1957)
Robert Parrish
After the Korean War, Tony and Felix earn a crust by smuggling tobacco and alcohol around the Caribbean on their tramp boat... [More...]
Robert Parrish
After the Korean War, Tony and Felix earn a crust by smuggling tobacco and alcohol around the Caribbean on their tramp boat... [More...]
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... [More...]
John Gilling
Edinburgh, 1828. Dr Robert Knox is an eminent anatomist who needs a regular supply of human cadavers for his anatomy lectures... [More...]
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 Sided Triangle (1953)
Terence Fisher
In a typical English village, Bill and Robin are two inseparable boys whose friendship is threatened by their rivalry for an attractive girl of their own age, Lena... [More...]
Terence Fisher
In a typical English village, Bill and Robin are two inseparable boys whose friendship is threatened by their rivalry for an attractive girl of their own age, Lena... [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 Glass Tomb (1955)
Montgomery Tully
Pel Pelham is an American impresario who dreams up the carnival attraction of the century. Henri Sapolio, a.k.a. the Starving Man, will go without food for seventy days, imprisoned in a glass tomb which will allow paying onlookers to witness every day of his ordeal... [More...]
Montgomery Tully
Pel Pelham is an American impresario who dreams up the carnival attraction of the century. Henri Sapolio, a.k.a. the Starving Man, will go without food for seventy days, imprisoned in a glass tomb which will allow paying onlookers to witness every day of his ordeal... [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...]