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Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
IMDb: 7.7
86

In 2001 Jack Cardiff (1914-2009) became the first director of photography in the history of the Academy Awards to win an Honorary Oscar. But the first time he clasped the…

Genre: Documentary
The Quatermass Conclusion

The Quatermass Conclusion

The Quatermass Conclusion
IMDb: 5.7
102

Influenced by the social and geopolitical situation of the early nineteen-seventies and the hippie youth movement of the late nineteen-sixties, Quatermass is set in a near future in which large…

Cats

Cats

Cats
IMDb: 7.3
116

“Jellicle” cats join for a Jellicle ball where they rejoice with their leader, Old Deuteronomy. One cat will be chosen to go to the “Heavyside Layer” and be reborn.

Genre: Music
Night of the Fox

Night of the Fox

Night of the Fox
IMDb: 6.1
200

An American officer on a Landing Craft carrying plans for the Allied invasion of Europe in Normandy takes part on landing maneuvers, his craft was attacked and sunk by German…

Who’s That Girl

Who’s That Girl

Who’s That Girl
IMDb: 4.8
92

An uptight New York tax lawyer gets his life turned upside down, all in a single day, when he’s asked to escort a feisty and free-spirited female ex-convict whom asks…

Genre: Comedy, Romance
When the Wind Blows

When the Wind Blows

When the Wind Blows
IMDb: 7.7
81

With the help of government-issued pamphlets, an elderly British couple build a shelter and prepare for an impending nuclear attack, unaware that times and the nature of war have changed…

Murder with Mirrors

Murder with Mirrors

Murder with Mirrors
IMDb: 6.3
94

When Miss Jane Marple arrives at palatial Stonygates, one thing is certain. Before there’s time to lather a warm scone with marmalade and place a tea cozy, murder most foul…

Sahara

Sahara

Sahara
IMDb: 4.9
111

After her father dies, young Dale takes his place in a trans-African auto race, but ends up being abducted by a desert sheik.

Gandhi

Gandhi

Gandhi
IMDb: 8
191

In the early years of the 20th century, Mohandas K. Gandhi, a British-trained lawyer, forsakes all worldly possessions to take up the cause of Indian independence. Faced with armed resistance…

Genre: Drama, History
The Thirty Nine Steps

The Thirty Nine Steps

The Thirty Nine Steps
IMDb: 6.6
102

The year is 1914 and Richard Hannay, Mining Engineer who is visiting Britain for a short time before returning to South Africa, is shocked when one of his neighbours, Colonel…

Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Dr. Strange

Dr. Strange

Dr. Strange
IMDb: 5.1
93

A psychiatrist becomes the new Sorcerer Supreme of the Earth in order to battle an evil Sorceress from the past.

The Big Sleep

The Big Sleep

The Big Sleep
IMDb: 5.7
100

Private eye Philip Marlowe investigates a case of blackmail involving the two wild daughters of a rich general, a pornographer and a gangster.

Genre: Crime, Mystery
The Human Factor

The Human Factor

The Human Factor
IMDb: 5.6
95

After his family is brutally murdered for an unknown reason, a computer engineer sets out to find those responsible.

Genre: Thriller
Oklahoma Crude

Oklahoma Crude

Oklahoma Crude
IMDb: 6.3
108

In 1913, in Oklahoma, oil derrick owner Lena Doyle, aided by her father and a hobo, is stubbornly drilling for oil despite the pressure from major oil companies to sell…

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Western
Young Winston

Young Winston

Young Winston
IMDb: 6.7
149

This historical drama is an account of the early life of British politician Winston Churchill, including his childhood years, his time as a war correspondent in Africa, and culminating with…

Genre: Adventure, Drama, War
Dulcima

Dulcima

Dulcima
IMDb: 6.4
98

Dulcima, treated as a drudge by her family, becomes a housekeeper to Parker, a curmudgeonly widower living in drunken disarray on a neighbouring farm. When she sees the amount of…

Genre: Drama
Ryan’s Daughter

Ryan’s Daughter

Ryan’s Daughter
IMDb: 7.4
206

The wife of an Irish school teacher is branded a traitor when she falls for a British officer who is part of an occupying force in 1917 Ireland.

Run Wild, Run Free

Run Wild, Run Free

Run Wild, Run Free
IMDb: 6.3
100

Directed by Richard C. Sarafian, this 1969 British children’s film stars Mark Lester as a young boy, unable to speak, who befriends both a wild colt with blue eyes and…

Genre: Drama, Family
A Black Veil for Lisa

A Black Veil for Lisa

A Black Veil for Lisa
IMDb: 5.9
95

Franz Bulon is a police inspector intent on bringing down a major drug ring operating in Hamburg. Thwarted at every turn by an assassin who is systematically killing informants, jealous…

Genre: Crime, Thriller
Chuka

Chuka

Chuka
IMDb: 6.3
105

A group under siege at an Army fort grapple with painful memories.

Genre: Drama, Western
The Wrong Box

The Wrong Box

The Wrong Box
IMDb: 6.7
105

In Victorian England, a fortune now depends on which of two brothers outlives the other—or can be made to have seemed to do so.

Genre: Comedy
The Family Way

The Family Way

The Family Way
IMDb: 7.3
115

Young newlyweds Arthur and Jenny Fitton want nothing more than to get their marriage started on the right foot. But before they can depart for their honeymoon in Spain, they…

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Operation Crossbow

Operation Crossbow

Operation Crossbow
IMDb: 6.6
115

Allied agents infiltrate the Nazi rocket complex at Peenemunde in order to obtain their secrets and sabotage the plant.The film alternates between German developments of the V-1 missile and V-2…

Genre: Drama, War
King Rat

King Rat

King Rat
IMDb: 7.5
134

When Singapore surrendered to the Japanese in 1942, the Allied POWs, mostly British but including a few Americans, were incarcerated in Changi prison. Among the American prisoners is Cpl. King,…

Genre: Drama, War
The Truth About Spring

The Truth About Spring

The Truth About Spring
IMDb: 6.4
102

Tommy Tyler, a lazy Caribbean sailor, and his tom-boy daughter, Spring, are out to search for a buried treasure. Tommy brings aboard William Ashton, a young lawyer, to help with…

The Chalk Garden

The Chalk Garden

The Chalk Garden
IMDb: 7.2
105

The peculiar antics of Laurel, an emotionally troubled young girl, are the focus of The Chalk Garden – a stately household drama set on the cliffs of the English south…

Genre: Drama, Mystery
Flame in the Streets

Flame in the Streets

Flame in the Streets
IMDb: 6.6
93

Flame in the Streets is a 1961 British drama film directed by Roy Ward Baker. Racial tensions manifest themselves at home, work and on the streets during Bonfire Night in…

Genre: Drama
The Singer Not the Song

The Singer Not the Song

The Singer Not the Song
IMDb: 6.2
132

A Roman Catholic priest defies a Mexican bandit whose gang kills villagers in alphabetical order.

Genre: Drama, Western
Tunes of Glory

Tunes of Glory

Tunes of Glory
IMDb: 7.5
106

Following World War II in peacetime Scotland, brigade headquarters replaces commanding officer Major Jock Sinclair, a boisterous battalion leader, with the strict, temperamental Lieutenant Colonel Basil Barrow. Resentful toward his…

Genre: Drama
Swiss Family Robinson

Swiss Family Robinson

Swiss Family Robinson
IMDb: 7.1
126

After being shipwrecked, the Robinson family is marooned on an island inhabited only by an impressive array of wildlife. In true pioneer spirit, they quickly make themselves at home but…

Genre: Adventure, Family
Ice Cold in Alex

Ice Cold in Alex

Ice Cold in Alex
IMDb: 7.7
125

A group of army personnel and nurses attempt a dangerous and arduous trek across the deserts of North Africa during the second world war. The leader of the team dreams…

Genre: Adventure, Drama, War
Tiger Bay

Tiger Bay

Tiger Bay
IMDb: 7.5
105

In Tiger Bay, the docklands of Cardiff, rough-and-tumble street urchin Gillie witnesses the brutal killing of a young woman at the hands of visiting Polish sailor Korchinsky. Instead of reporting…

Genre: Crime, Thriller
The Vicious Circle

The Vicious Circle

The Vicious Circle
IMDb: 6.6
84

When Dr. Howard Latimer finds the German actress whom he had just met at the London Airport murdered in his flat, he is led into a world of murder, blackmail,…

I Was Monty’s Double

I Was Monty’s Double

I Was Monty’s Double
IMDb: 6.9
101

The incredible but true story of how an impersonator was recruited to impersonate General Montgomery to mislead the German’s about his intentions before the North Africa campaign.

Genre: Drama, War
Dunkirk

Dunkirk

Dunkirk
IMDb: 7.1
134

A British Corporal in France finds himself responsible for the lives of his men when their officer is killed. He has to get them back to Britain somehow. Meanwhile, British…

Genre: Drama, War
Town on Trial

Town on Trial

Town on Trial
IMDb: 6.5
95

When an attractive young girl is murdered, suspicion falls on several members of the local tennis club. It falls to Police Inspector Halloran to sort out all the red herrings,…

Genre: Crime, Mystery
It’s Great to be Young!

It’s Great to be Young!

It’s Great to be Young!
IMDb: 6.3
94

IT’S GREAT TO A YOUNG stars John Mills as Dingle an easygoing high school teacher. When autocratic new headmaster Frome (Cecil Parker) begins imposing all sorts of repressive rules, Dingle…

Genre: Comedy, Music
The Baby and the Battleship

The Baby and the Battleship

The Baby and the Battleship
IMDb: 5.3
96

After a quayside mix-up with the Italian family of his fiancée, Able Seaman Knocker White finds himself literally left holding the baby. Unable to return it before his ship sails…

Genre: Comedy
The End of the Affair

The End of the Affair

The End of the Affair
IMDb: 6.6
105

During the 1940s, Maurice Bendrix, a writer recently discharged from the armed service, falls in love with Sarah Miles, whom he interviews for a book. Sarah is married, but she…

Genre: Drama, Romance
The Colditz Story

The Colditz Story

The Colditz Story
IMDb: 6.9
94

Allied prisoners of various nationalities pool their resources to plan numerous escapes from an “escape-proof” German P.O.W. camp housed in a Medieval castle.

Genre: Drama, War