Film Index
British cinema: Thriller
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...
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Fred Zinnemann
The Day of the Triffids (1962)
Steve Sekely
One night, the sky is lit up by the dazzling spectacle of meteorites burning up in the atmosphere. The following morning, Bill Masen, an American naval officer, wakes up in hospital after an eye operation to find that everyone around him has lost his sight...
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Steve Sekely
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...
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Val Guest
Dead of Night (1945)
Alberto Cavalcanti
Wanting to make some changes to his farmhouse, Eliot Foley invites the architect Walter Craig to spend the weekend with him and his family...
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Alberto Cavalcanti
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...
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Freddie Francis
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...]
Demons of the Mind (1972)
Peter Sykes
Convinced that his son Emil and daughter Elizabeth have inherited his insanity, Baron Zorn imprisons them in his castle and prevents them from ever seeing one another... [More...]
Peter Sykes
Convinced that his son Emil and daughter Elizabeth have inherited his insanity, Baron Zorn imprisons them in his castle and prevents them from ever seeing one another... [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...]
Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
Guy Hamilton
International criminal mastermind Ernst Stavro Blofeld finally gets his just desserts when James Bond tracks him to his lair where he has been attempting to create doubles of himself... [More...]
Guy Hamilton
International criminal mastermind Ernst Stavro Blofeld finally gets his just desserts when James Bond tracks him to his lair where he has been attempting to create doubles of himself... [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...]
Dr Jekyll & Sister Hyde (1971)
Roy Ward Baker
In East London of the 1880s, the young Dr Henry Jekyll is diligently engaged on finding vaccines for man's most feared diseases... [More...]
Roy Ward Baker
In East London of the 1880s, the young Dr Henry Jekyll is diligently engaged on finding vaccines for man's most feared diseases... [More...]
Dr Who and the Daleks (1965)
Gordon Flemyng
With the help of his granddaughters Susan and Barbara, Dr Who, an elderly science professor, has invented a fantastic machine named Tardis that can travel through time and space... [More...]
Gordon Flemyng
With the help of his granddaughters Susan and Barbara, Dr Who, an elderly science professor, has invented a fantastic machine named Tardis that can travel through time and space... [More...]
Dr. No (1962)
Terence Young
When John Strangways, a British intelligence operative, goes missing in Jamaica, MI6 agent James Bond is sent to investigate... [More...]
Terence Young
When John Strangways, a British intelligence operative, goes missing in Jamaica, MI6 agent James Bond is sent to investigate... [More...]
Dr. Strangelove (1964)
Stanley Kubrick
Convinced that the Communists are infiltrating his country, General Jack D. Ripper, the commander of a US military airbase, gives the order for a bomber wing to launch a first strike nuclear attack on the USSR... [More...]
Stanley Kubrick
Convinced that the Communists are infiltrating his country, General Jack D. Ripper, the commander of a US military airbase, gives the order for a bomber wing to launch a first strike nuclear attack on the USSR... [More...]
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (1965)
Freddie Francis
During a rail journey, five men who have never met before share a railway compartment with a strange mystic who introduces himself as Dr Schreck (which, as luck would have it, is the German word for Terror)... [More...]
Freddie Francis
During a rail journey, five men who have never met before share a railway compartment with a strange mystic who introduces himself as Dr Schreck (which, as luck would have it, is the German word for Terror)... [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...]
Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972)
Alan Gibson
England, 1872. Lawrence Van Helsing and Count Dracula are locked in a life-and-death struggle atop a runaway coach. When the coach crashes, Dracula and Van Helsing are flung to the ground, and the latter just manages to impale the vampire on a coach wheel before he dies from his injuries... [More...]
Alan Gibson
England, 1872. Lawrence Van Helsing and Count Dracula are locked in a life-and-death struggle atop a runaway coach. When the coach crashes, Dracula and Van Helsing are flung to the ground, and the latter just manages to impale the vampire on a coach wheel before he dies from his injuries... [More...]
Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (1968)
Freddie Francis
One year after Dracula was destroyed, Monsignor Ernst Müller returns to the village of Klausenberg to see how the locals are faring now that they have been freed from the vampire scourge... [More...]
Freddie Francis
One year after Dracula was destroyed, Monsignor Ernst Müller returns to the village of Klausenberg to see how the locals are faring now that they have been freed from the vampire scourge... [More...]
Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966)
Terence Fisher
Englishman Charles Kent persuades his brother Alan and their two wives, Helen and Diana, to make a tour of the Carpathian mountains... [More...]
Terence Fisher
Englishman Charles Kent persuades his brother Alan and their two wives, Helen and Diana, to make a tour of the Carpathian mountains... [More...]
The Earth Dies Screaming (1965)
Terence Fisher
When his aircraft lands in the south of England, American test pilot Jeff Nolan finds the entire population dead, apparently the victims of a mass gas attack... [More...]
Terence Fisher
When his aircraft lands in the south of England, American test pilot Jeff Nolan finds the entire population dead, apparently the victims of a mass gas attack... [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...]
The Evil of Frankenstein (1964)
Freddie Francis
Baron Frankenstein is on the verge of making another scientific breakthrough when a bunch of irate locals turn on him and drive him from his laboratory... [More...]
Freddie Francis
Baron Frankenstein is on the verge of making another scientific breakthrough when a bunch of irate locals turn on him and drive him from his laboratory... [More...]
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... [More...]
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... [More...]
Eye of the Devil (1966)
J. Lee Thompson
After a third disastrous harvest in a row at his vineyard in France, the Marquis Phillippe de Montfaucon has no option but to return to his medieval château, Bellenac... [More...]
J. Lee Thompson
After a third disastrous harvest in a row at his vineyard in France, the Marquis Phillippe de Montfaucon has no option but to return to his medieval château, Bellenac... [More...]
The Face of Fu Manchu (1965)
Don Sharp
In the early 1900s, Sir Dennis Nayland Smith, a senior British police commissioner, attends the formal execution of arch-criminal Fu Manchu in China... [More...]
Don Sharp
In the early 1900s, Sir Dennis Nayland Smith, a senior British police commissioner, attends the formal execution of arch-criminal Fu Manchu in China... [More...]
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... [More...]
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... [More...]
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... [More...]
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... [More...]
Fargo (1996)
Joel Coen
Minneapolis car dealer Jerry Lundegaard needs money, badly. In a desperate attempt to save his ailing business he tries to persuade his wealthy father-in-law Wade Gustafson to lend him a large sum of money to secure a real estate deal, but Gustafson is too smart for his son-in-law and refuses to stump up the money... [More...]
Joel Coen
Minneapolis car dealer Jerry Lundegaard needs money, badly. In a desperate attempt to save his ailing business he tries to persuade his wealthy father-in-law Wade Gustafson to lend him a large sum of money to secure a real estate deal, but Gustafson is too smart for his son-in-law and refuses to stump up the money... [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...]
Fiend Without a Face (1958)
Arthur Crabtree
A U.S. airbase in Canada is resented by the inhabitants of the nearby town of Winthorp, who insist that noise from jet aircraft is adversely affecting livestock and milk yields... [More...]
Arthur Crabtree
A U.S. airbase in Canada is resented by the inhabitants of the nearby town of Winthorp, who insist that noise from jet aircraft is adversely affecting livestock and milk yields... [More...]