Best Films - British films

British cinema: Romance/Comedy

A Fish Called Wanda (1988)

Charles Crichton

London gangster George Thomason has masterminded the perfect jewel robbery, which he is about to put into action with his henchman Ken Pile, an animal-lover with a crippling stutter, and a pair of Americans - Wanda Gerschwitz and Otto West. The latter pretend to be brother and sister but are in fact lovers who intend to double-cross George and Ken after the robbery... [More...]

An American Werewolf in London (1981)

John Landis

David Kessler and Jack Goodman are two American college backpackers who decide to make a tour of Europe. Where better to begin than the bleak, soggy Yorkshire moors? As night falls, they enter an inn named The Slaughtered Lamb, hoping for rest and refreshment. Instead, they receive a deathly cold reception from a sinister collection of locals who, not liking foreign folk, drive them away with a warning not to stray on the moors... [More...]

Carry on Nurse (1959)

Gerald Thomas

Ted York and Bernie Bishop are the latest admissions to a men’s ward in a busy London hospital, the former a reporter with appendicitis, the latter a boxer with a fractured hand. Their ward brothers include Oliver Reckitt, an aspiring nuclear physicist, Percy Hickson, who fell off a scaffold, and Jack Bell, a man whose bunion is ruining his love life... [More...]

The Ghost Goes West (1935)

René Clair

In 18th Century Scotland, there is only one thing that the McLaggan and Glourie clans hate more than the English, and that is each other. On his deathbed, Old Glourie gets his only son, Murdoch, to swear that he will prove himself worthy of the Glourie name. Before he gets his chance to do this, Mudroch is killed in battle, dying a coward’s death... [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. Then she meets Philip Adams, a financial guru who has just been recruited by her brother-in-law as an adviser to NATO... [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. Don Pedro’s closest ally Claudio reveals his love for Leonardo’s youngest daughter Hero and a marriage is swiftly arranged... [More...]

Rich and Strange (1931)

Alfred Hitchcock

Office clerk Fred Hill is tired of his humdrum life, tired of never having enough money to enjoy the luxuries than others can afford. His wife Emily has no such complaint and appears happy to fill her day with tedious chores, such as making her own dresses. One evening, Fred is surprised to receive a letter from his wealthy uncle offering him a large sum of money so that he can travel the world... [More...]

The Thief of Bagdad (1940)

Ludwig Berger

Anxious to find out how his subjects live, Ahmad, the rightful King of Bagdad, explores the city disguised as a poor man, allowing his Grand Vizier, Jaffar, to usurp his position. Arrested by Jaffar, Ahmad soon finds himself in a prison cell with a street urchin named Abu, with whom he strikes up an immediate rapport... [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. Tisdall was seen running away from the beach on which the body of the dead woman was discovered, and the belt with which she was strangled is believed to belong to his raincoat... [More...]

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