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British cinema: All genres
Town on Trial (1957)
John Guillermin
Oakley Park is a small English town, a town that is like so many others - until the fateful day when a young woman is strangled on her way home one evening...
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John Guillermin
The Tragedy of Macbeth (1971)
Roman Polanski
Victorious in battle, the warriors Macbeth and Banquo are returning to their home in Scotland when they are met by three strange hags who greet them with fantastic prophesies...
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Roman Polanski
Trainspotting (1996)
Danny Boyle
Mark Renton is a streetwise Edinburgh lad who chooses drug addiction over an ordinary humdrum life. Not for him the spirit-sapping routine afforded by a job and a normal family life...
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Danny Boyle
Tsotsi (2005)
Gavin Hood
Barely into adulthood, Tsotsi is a hardened criminal who lives in a shanty district of post-Apartheid South Africa. He scrapes a living by brutal thievery with his mates Butcher, Boston and App...
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Gavin Hood
Twins of Evil (1971)
John Hough
In the 17th Century, an insane fear of witchcraft has taken hold of the people of Karnstein and driven them to hunt down and burn any young woman who is suspected of consorting with the Devil...
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John Hough
The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll (1960)
Terence Fisher
London, 1874. Dr Henry Jekyll is so absorbed in his scientific research that he neglects his beautiful socialite wife Kitty... [More...]
Terence Fisher
London, 1874. Dr Henry Jekyll is so absorbed in his scientific research that he neglects his beautiful socialite wife Kitty... [More...]
Two Way Stretch (1960)
Robert Day
Dodger Lane, Lennie Price and Jelly Knight are doing time at Her Majesty's pleasure, but thanks to their benign Prisoner Governor, Horatio Bennett, they have not had to sacrifice their creature comforts... [More...]
Robert Day
Dodger Lane, Lennie Price and Jelly Knight are doing time at Her Majesty's pleasure, but thanks to their benign Prisoner Governor, Horatio Bennett, they have not had to sacrifice their creature comforts... [More...]
Under Capricorn (1949)
Alfred Hitchcock
In 1831, aristocratic Irishman Charles Adare travels to Sydney, Australia where he hopes to make his fortune, with a little help from his uncle, the present governor of the colony... [More...]
Alfred Hitchcock
In 1831, aristocratic Irishman Charles Adare travels to Sydney, Australia where he hopes to make his fortune, with a little help from his uncle, the present governor of the colony... [More...]
The Upturned Glass (1947)
Lawrence Huntington
A criminologist presents the case history of a supposedly sane criminal, a man who executed a well-planned murder for entirely rational reasons... [More...]
Lawrence Huntington
A criminologist presents the case history of a supposedly sane criminal, a man who executed a well-planned murder for entirely rational reasons... [More...]
Vampire Circus (1972)
Robert Young
For too long the inhabitants of the village of Schtettel have suffered at the hands of the vampiric Count Mitterhaus. They take their revenge by storming his castle and driving a stake through his heart... [More...]
Robert Young
For too long the inhabitants of the village of Schtettel have suffered at the hands of the vampiric Count Mitterhaus. They take their revenge by storming his castle and driving a stake through his heart... [More...]
The Vampire Lovers (1970)
Roy Ward Baker
In the mid-1800s, General von Spielsdorf is hosting a ball at his mansion in the small European country of Styria. When one of his guests, an unnamed countess, is called away, the General gladly agrees to take care of her daughter Marcilla... [More...]
Roy Ward Baker
In the mid-1800s, General von Spielsdorf is hosting a ball at his mansion in the small European country of Styria. When one of his guests, an unnamed countess, is called away, the General gladly agrees to take care of her daughter Marcilla... [More...]
The Vicious Circle (1957)
Gerald Thomas
One evening, Harley Street doctor Howard Latimer is visited by a journalist, Geoffrey Windsor, who is keen to write an article about his work... [More...]
Gerald Thomas
One evening, Harley Street doctor Howard Latimer is visited by a journalist, Geoffrey Windsor, who is keen to write an article about his work... [More...]
Victim (1961)
Basil Dearden
A successful middle-aged lawyer, Melvin Farr, does his best to avoid a series of phone calls from a desperate young man named Barrett... [More...]
Basil Dearden
A successful middle-aged lawyer, Melvin Farr, does his best to avoid a series of phone calls from a desperate young man named Barrett... [More...]
Village of the Damned (1960)
Wolf Rilla
One day, Midwich, a small village in southern England, finds itself mysteriously cut off, its entire population rendered unconscious for two hours... [More...]
Wolf Rilla
One day, Midwich, a small village in southern England, finds itself mysteriously cut off, its entire population rendered unconscious for two hours... [More...]
Waterloo Road (1945)
Sidney Gilliat
In 1940, towards the start of the Second World War, Jim Colter is away doing his bit in the fight against Hitler whilst his wife Tillie stays at home in London with his mother and sisters, Ruby and Vera... [More...]
Sidney Gilliat
In 1940, towards the start of the Second World War, Jim Colter is away doing his bit in the fight against Hitler whilst his wife Tillie stays at home in London with his mother and sisters, Ruby and Vera... [More...]
The Way Ahead (1944)
Carol Reed
England, 1941. A disparate group of conscripts, new recruits into the Duke of Glendon's Light Infantry, grudgingly begin their training at Hacklefield army camp... [More...]
Carol Reed
England, 1941. A disparate group of conscripts, new recruits into the Duke of Glendon's Light Infantry, grudgingly begin their training at Hacklefield army camp... [More...]
We Dive at Dawn (1943)
Anthony Asquith
When the Royal Navy submarine Sea Tiger returns to base after a long period at sea, her crew, led by Lieutenant Taylor, is looking forward to some well-earned leave... [More...]
Anthony Asquith
When the Royal Navy submarine Sea Tiger returns to base after a long period at sea, her crew, led by Lieutenant Taylor, is looking forward to some well-earned leave... [More...]
Went the Day Well? (1942)
Alberto Cavalcanti
One day in May 1942 a British Army convoy rolls into the sleepy English village of Bramley End. The commander, Major Hammond, explains to the startled villagers that his platoon is making a review of local defences in readiness for a possible Nazi invasion... [More...]
Alberto Cavalcanti
One day in May 1942 a British Army convoy rolls into the sleepy English village of Bramley End. The commander, Major Hammond, explains to the startled villagers that his platoon is making a review of local defences in readiness for a possible Nazi invasion... [More...]
What a Carve Up! (1961)
Pat Jackson
Ernest Broughton is a proof reader for pulp fiction publisher. One evening, whilst absorbed in his latest penny dreadful, he is visited by a solicitor who informs him that he must attend the reading of the will of his Uncle Gabriel, who has just past away... [More...]
Pat Jackson
Ernest Broughton is a proof reader for pulp fiction publisher. One evening, whilst absorbed in his latest penny dreadful, he is visited by a solicitor who informs him that he must attend the reading of the will of his Uncle Gabriel, who has just past away... [More...]
What the Butler Saw (1950)
Godfrey Grayson
In the dim and distant days when Great Britain still had an empire and knew how to run it, a member of the British aristocracy - an earl no less - was happily ensconced as the proud governor of the most paradisiacal South Sea island... [More...]
Godfrey Grayson
In the dim and distant days when Great Britain still had an empire and knew how to run it, a member of the British aristocracy - an earl no less - was happily ensconced as the proud governor of the most paradisiacal South Sea island... [More...]
Whisky Galore! (1949)
Alexander Mackendrick
In 1943, calamity befalls the small Scottish island of Todday. The last reserves of whisky - the water of life to the locals - run dry... [More...]
Alexander Mackendrick
In 1943, calamity befalls the small Scottish island of Todday. The last reserves of whisky - the water of life to the locals - run dry... [More...]
Whistle Down the Wind (1961)
Bryan Forbes
Kathy, Nan and Charlie are three young children who live with their father on a remote Lancashire farm. Their mother having recently died, they are cared for by their aunt and they live an austere life... [More...]
Bryan Forbes
Kathy, Nan and Charlie are three young children who live with their father on a remote Lancashire farm. Their mother having recently died, they are cared for by their aunt and they live an austere life... [More...]
The Wicker Man (1973)
Robin Hardy
Police sergeant Neil Howie arrives on the remote Scottish island of Summerisle, having received an anonymous letter claiming that a young girl has mysteriously disappeared... [More...]
Robin Hardy
Police sergeant Neil Howie arrives on the remote Scottish island of Summerisle, having received an anonymous letter claiming that a young girl has mysteriously disappeared... [More...]
The Winter's Tale [TV] (1981)
Jane Howell
Polixenes, the King of Bohemia, has enjoyed visiting his old friend Leontes, King of Sicilia, but decides he must return to his own country... [More...]
Jane Howell
Polixenes, the King of Bohemia, has enjoyed visiting his old friend Leontes, King of Sicilia, but decides he must return to his own country... [More...]
Witchfinder General (1968)
Michael Reeves
1645. Amid the turmoil of the English Civil War, there are those who turn the breakdown in law and order to their advantage... [More...]
Michael Reeves
1645. Amid the turmoil of the English Civil War, there are those who turn the breakdown in law and order to their advantage... [More...]
Withnail & I (1987)
Bruce Robinson
Marwood and Withnail are two unemployed young actors who eke out a squalid existence in London in the late 1960s. Unable to find work, their most pressing concern is to avoid starvation and freezing to death in their grimy, rat-infested Camden Town flat... [More...]
Bruce Robinson
Marwood and Withnail are two unemployed young actors who eke out a squalid existence in London in the late 1960s. Unable to find work, their most pressing concern is to avoid starvation and freezing to death in their grimy, rat-infested Camden Town flat... [More...]
Women in Love (1969)
Ken Russell
England in the early 1920s. Ursula and Gudrun Brangwen are two sisters who live in a Midlands mining town, the former a schoolteacher, the latter an aspiring sculptor... [More...]
Ken Russell
England in the early 1920s. Ursula and Gudrun Brangwen are two sisters who live in a Midlands mining town, the former a schoolteacher, the latter an aspiring sculptor... [More...]
The Wrong Arm of the Law (1963)
Cliff Owen
London gang leader Pearly Gates is none too pleased when a rival gang, disguised as police officers, thwart his brilliantly contrived robberies and run off with the ill-gotten gains... [More...]
Cliff Owen
London gang leader Pearly Gates is none too pleased when a rival gang, disguised as police officers, thwart his brilliantly contrived robberies and run off with the ill-gotten gains... [More...]
Young and Innocent (1937)
Alfred Hitchcock
When movie star Christine Clay is murdered, suspicion immediately falls on a young man named Robert Tisdall with whom she had a brief acquaintance... [More...]
Alfred Hitchcock
When movie star Christine Clay is murdered, suspicion immediately falls on a young man named Robert Tisdall with whom she had a brief acquaintance... [More...]
Zulu (1964)
Cy Endfield
In 1879, missionary Otto Witt and his daughter Margareta are attending a mass Zulu marriage ceremony in Natal when they learn that a British force of 1400 men has just been wiped out by an army of Zulu warriors... [More...]
Cy Endfield
In 1879, missionary Otto Witt and his daughter Margareta are attending a mass Zulu marriage ceremony in Natal when they learn that a British force of 1400 men has just been wiped out by an army of Zulu warriors... [More...]