Film Index
British cinema: Romance
The Gorgon (1964)
Terence Fisher
The mist-shrouded village of Vandorf harbours an ancient evil of which no one dares speak, even when a series of mysterious deaths begins, reviving memories of an old and terrifying legend...
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Terence Fisher
The Grass Is Greener (1960)
Stanley Donen
Unable to keep themselves in the manner to which their noble ancestors had grown accustomed, Victor and Hilary Rhyall are forced to open the doors of their stately home to the fee-paying general public, whilst running a mushroom business on the side...
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Stanley Donen
Gregory's Girl (1981)
Bill Forsyth
Gregory is a typical teenage boy at a Scottish comprehensive school. His main interest in life is football and so he is understandably perturbed when his coach, Phil Menzies, tells him that he intends to make some radical changes to the school team...
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Bill Forsyth
Hell Below Zero (1954)
Mark Robson
On a trip to Cape Town to settle a few scores with a business partner, Duncan Craig meets and is bewitched by a young woman named Judie Nordhal...
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Mark Robson
The Hellfire Club (1961)
Robert S. Baker
England, 1752. Lord Netherden is a member of the infamous Hellfire Club, an exclusive gentleman's club which is notorious for its depravity, debauchery and devil worship...
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Robert S. Baker
Hobson's Choice (1954)
David Lean
In the 1880s, Henry Horatio Hobson manages both his Salford boot shop and his three daughters with an iron hand. One day, he declares it is high time he found husbands for his two younger daughters, Alice and Vicky... [More...]
David Lean
In the 1880s, Henry Horatio Hobson manages both his Salford boot shop and his three daughters with an iron hand. One day, he declares it is high time he found husbands for his two younger daughters, Alice and Vicky... [More...]
Howards End (1992)
James Ivory
England, circa 1910. When Helen Schlegel and Paul Wilcox break off their engagement, it is to the relief of both of their families... [More...]
James Ivory
England, circa 1910. When Helen Schlegel and Paul Wilcox break off their engagement, it is to the relief of both of their families... [More...]
I Know Where I'm Going! (1945)
Michael Powell
For her entire life, Joan Webster has always known where she is going. Now aged 25, she intends to make her fortune by marrying Sir Robert Bellinger, one of the richest men in England... [More...]
Michael Powell
For her entire life, Joan Webster has always known where she is going. Now aged 25, she intends to make her fortune by marrying Sir Robert Bellinger, one of the richest men in England... [More...]
The Importance of Being Earnest (1952)
Anthony Asquith
Algernon Moncrieff is surprised when he discovers that his dear friend, Mr Worthing, is apparently leading a double life... [More...]
Anthony Asquith
Algernon Moncrieff is surprised when he discovers that his dear friend, Mr Worthing, is apparently leading a double life... [More...]
Indiscreet (1958)
Stanley Donen
On her return to London, the world-renowned actress Anna Kalman appears disillusioned with love, certain that she will never find a man who will engage both her heart and her intellect... [More...]
Stanley Donen
On her return to London, the world-renowned actress Anna Kalman appears disillusioned with love, certain that she will never find a man who will engage both her heart and her intellect... [More...]
The Key (1958)
Carol Reed
In 1941, David Ross, an American sergeant serving in the Canadian army, is reassigned to command a Royal Navy tugboat, whose purpose is to drag stricken cargo vessels to shore... [More...]
Carol Reed
In 1941, David Ross, an American sergeant serving in the Canadian army, is reassigned to command a Royal Navy tugboat, whose purpose is to drag stricken cargo vessels to shore... [More...]
Knight Without Armour (1937)
Jacques Feyder
1913. Fothergill, a British journalist facing expulsion from Russia, accepts the offer of a friend to work as a spy. Under the name Peter Ouranoff, he infiltrates a group of revolutionaries, but is arrested after an attempt to blow up the government minister Vladinoff... [More...]
Jacques Feyder
1913. Fothergill, a British journalist facing expulsion from Russia, accepts the offer of a friend to work as a spy. Under the name Peter Ouranoff, he infiltrates a group of revolutionaries, but is arrested after an attempt to blow up the government minister Vladinoff... [More...]
Koenigsmark (1935)
Maurice Tourneur
In 1912, the princess Aurore accompanies her father to the European principality of Lautenburg, where the king, her uncle, tells her she is to marry his heir, the Grand Duke Rodolphe... [More...]
Maurice Tourneur
In 1912, the princess Aurore accompanies her father to the European principality of Lautenburg, where the king, her uncle, tells her she is to marry his heir, the Grand Duke Rodolphe... [More...]
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)
Michael Powell
London, 1943. Humiliated in a Home Guard training exercise by an impulsive young army officer, General Clive Wynne-Candy casts his mind back forty years to the time when he too was a dashing man of action... [More...]
Michael Powell
London, 1943. Humiliated in a Home Guard training exercise by an impulsive young army officer, General Clive Wynne-Candy casts his mind back forty years to the time when he too was a dashing man of action... [More...]
The Lodger (1927)
Alfred Hitchcock
A killer stalks the foggy streets of London. The victims are all young women with fair hair, on whose bodies there is a card signed: The Avenger... [More...]
Alfred Hitchcock
A killer stalks the foggy streets of London. The victims are all young women with fair hair, on whose bodies there is a card signed: The Avenger... [More...]
Lust for a Vampire (1971)
Jimmy Sangster
For forty years, the country of Styria has been rid of the scourge of vampirism. But then it returns, suddenly and unexpectedly, when Carmilla Karnstein is resurrected in a blood sacrifice... [More...]
Jimmy Sangster
For forty years, the country of Styria has been rid of the scourge of vampirism. But then it returns, suddenly and unexpectedly, when Carmilla Karnstein is resurrected in a blood sacrifice... [More...]
The Man in Grey (1943)
Leslie Arliss
In Regency England, Hesther Shaw is welcomed by Miss Patchett to her school for young ladies in Bath. Hesther's straitened circumstances makes her resentful of the kindnesses shown to her by Miss Patchett and her pupils but she soon buries her grievances and makes friends with the universally popular Clarissa Marr... [More...]
Leslie Arliss
In Regency England, Hesther Shaw is welcomed by Miss Patchett to her school for young ladies in Bath. Hesther's straitened circumstances makes her resentful of the kindnesses shown to her by Miss Patchett and her pupils but she soon buries her grievances and makes friends with the universally popular Clarissa Marr... [More...]
The Manxman (1929)
Alfred Hitchcock
Pete Quilliam and Philip Christian have been the closest of friends since childhood, growing up together on the Isle of Man... [More...]
Alfred Hitchcock
Pete Quilliam and Philip Christian have been the closest of friends since childhood, growing up together on the Isle of Man... [More...]
Maurice (1987)
James Ivory
Shortly after going up to Cambridge in 1909, Maurice Hall makes the acquaintance of Clive Durham, the handsome young heir to a large country estate... [More...]
James Ivory
Shortly after going up to Cambridge in 1909, Maurice Hall makes the acquaintance of Clive Durham, the handsome young heir to a large country estate... [More...]
Mayerling (1968)
Terence Young
Austria in the 1880s. The crown prince Rudolph is a constant thorn in the side of his father, the Emperor Franz Joseph. He allies himself with political agitators in the hope of reforming his country and spends more time with his mistresses than he does with his wife Stephanie... [More...]
Terence Young
Austria in the 1880s. The crown prince Rudolph is a constant thorn in the side of his father, the Emperor Franz Joseph. He allies himself with political agitators in the hope of reforming his country and spends more time with his mistresses than he does with his wife Stephanie... [More...]
The Million Pound Note (1953)
Ronald Neame
1903, London. Stranded in England and without a penny to his name, American Henry Adams is surprised when two wealthy brothers invite him into their house and give him an envelope containing some money... [More...]
Ronald Neame
1903, London. Stranded in England and without a penny to his name, American Henry Adams is surprised when two wealthy brothers invite him into their house and give him an envelope containing some money... [More...]
The Millionairess (1960)
Anthony Asquith
Under the terms of her father's will, heiress Epifania Parerga can only marry a man who manages to turn £500 into £15,000 within three months... [More...]
Anthony Asquith
Under the terms of her father's will, heiress Epifania Parerga can only marry a man who manages to turn £500 into £15,000 within three months... [More...]
Monsieur Ripois (1954)
René Clément
André Ripois is a young Frenchman who cannot help seducing attractive English women. He is drawn to them like a moth to the flame, the victim of a fatal attraction that will doubtless be his downfall one day... [More...]
René Clément
André Ripois is a young Frenchman who cannot help seducing attractive English women. He is drawn to them like a moth to the flame, the victim of a fatal attraction that will doubtless be his downfall one day... [More...]
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... [More...]
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... [More...]
Much Ado About Nothing (1993)
Kenneth Branagh
In Sicily, the nobleman Don Pedro receives a hero's welcome from Leonardo, the Governor of Messina, having thwarted an uprising led by Don John, his bastard half-brother... [More...]
Kenneth Branagh
In Sicily, the nobleman Don Pedro receives a hero's welcome from Leonardo, the Governor of Messina, having thwarted an uprising led by Don John, his bastard half-brother... [More...]
My Beautiful Laundrette (1985)
Stephen Frears
London in the mid-1980s. Omar is a young British Pakistani, the son of disillusioned journalist Hussein who has become a bedridden alcoholic after his wife's suicide... [More...]
Stephen Frears
London in the mid-1980s. Omar is a young British Pakistani, the son of disillusioned journalist Hussein who has become a bedridden alcoholic after his wife's suicide... [More...]
On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)
Peter R. Hunt
James Bond is in Europe, pursuing Ernst Blofeld, the infamous head of the crime syndicate SPECTRE, when he becomes distracted by another kind of prey, the beautiful Contessa Teresa di Vicenzo, known as Tracy to her friends... [More...]
Peter R. Hunt
James Bond is in Europe, pursuing Ernst Blofeld, the infamous head of the crime syndicate SPECTRE, when he becomes distracted by another kind of prey, the beautiful Contessa Teresa di Vicenzo, known as Tracy to her friends... [More...]
The Pallisers [TV] (1974)
Ronald Wilson
In the 1860s, Plantagenet Palliser is the heir to a fabulously wealthy dukedom and the most eligible bachelor in England, but he is more preoccupied with his duties as a member of parliament than the inescapable prospect of wedlock... [More...]
Ronald Wilson
In the 1860s, Plantagenet Palliser is the heir to a fabulously wealthy dukedom and the most eligible bachelor in England, but he is more preoccupied with his duties as a member of parliament than the inescapable prospect of wedlock... [More...]
The Passionate Friends (1949)
David Lean
Through her marriage to a wealthy financier, Mary Justin has the freedom and comfort she has always yearned for, but her life is one that lacks emotional fulfilment... [More...]
David Lean
Through her marriage to a wealthy financier, Mary Justin has the freedom and comfort she has always yearned for, but her life is one that lacks emotional fulfilment... [More...]
Peter's Friends (1992)
Kenneth Branagh
In 1982, six university friends go their separate ways after a final disastrous performance of their comedy revue. Ten years later, following the death of his father, one of the six, Peter, decides to hold a reunion, inviting his old friends to his large ancestral home to welcome in the New Year... [More...]
Kenneth Branagh
In 1982, six university friends go their separate ways after a final disastrous performance of their comedy revue. Ten years later, following the death of his father, one of the six, Peter, decides to hold a reunion, inviting his old friends to his large ancestral home to welcome in the New Year... [More...]