Cinema - British films - Romance/Comedy

British cinema: Romance/Comedy (Page 1 of 2)

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...]

The Amazing Quest of Ernest Bliss (1936)

Alfred Zeisler

The life of the idle playboy millionaire does not agree with Ernest Bliss. Worried about his deteriorating health, he is persuaded to see a Harley Street consultant who advises him to give up his extravagant life style for one year and try to get by on less than five pounds a week. Ernest rises to the challenge and wagers £50,000 that he can give up his old life for one full year... [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 Cruising (1962)

Gerald Thomas

Wellington Crowther is the captain of a Mediterranean cruise ship, the SS Happy Wanderer. If his next cruise goes well, he expects to get a transfer to a brand new transatlantic liner, which for him would be a dream promotion. Unfortunately, it looks as if this dream might be scuppered, since five of his crew have been replaced by what, at first sight, look like category one imbeciles... [More...]

Carry on Emmannuelle (1978)

Gerald Thomas

The French ambassador, Emile Prevert, is taken by surprise when his sexy young wife Emmannuelle suddenly turns up on the doorstep of his London residence. Realising that he can no longer satisfy his wife’s insatiable sexual appetite, owing to a close encounter with a church steeple, Emile encourages Emmannuelle to look elsewhere, and she does just that... [More...]

Carry on Girls (1973)

Gerald Thomas

Fircombe is a dreary English seaside resort which is having difficulty attracting tourists. In the hope of reviving the glum little town, district councillor Sid Fiddler suggests that a beauty contest be held on the pier. The mayor Frederick Bumble endorses the proposal but Augusta Prodworthy, the leader of a militant women’s lib group, is vehemently opposed to it... [More...]

Carry on Henry (1971)

Gerald Thomas

King Henry VIII is having a bad heir day. When his present queen fails to provide him with a male offspring, he has her beheaded and takes Marie of Normandy as his new bride. The King’s loyal advisers, Thomas Cromwell and Cardinal Wolsey, are hopeful that the union will improve relations with France and are therefore understandably miffed when Henry immediately asks for the marriage to be dissolved... [More...]

Carry on Jack (1963)

Gerald Thomas

After eight years, Albert Poop-Decker finally achieves his dream, to serve as midshipman in the British navy. The year is 1805 and the navy needs men like Albert, to protect Britain from the French and Spanish. But before he can join his ship, the Venus, he is waylaid by a tavern serving maid, Sally, who knocks him out, steals his clothes and disappears... [More...]

Carry on Loving (1970)

Gerald Thomas

Sidney Bliss and his long-term girlfriend Sophie Plummett run a marriage agency that prides itself on bringing together lonely hearts and setting them on the path to matrimonial success. Ironically, Sid seems strangely reluctant to tie the knot with Sophie and is more interested in vetting one of his clients, Esme Crowfoot... [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...]

Champagne (1928)

Alfred Hitchcock

A wealthy businessman is infuriated when his daughter Betty takes his private aeroplane so that she can join her boyfriend on an ocean liner heading for France. Betty had intended to elope with her boyfriend but not long after their reunion she receives a telegram from her father warning her that he is only after her money... [More...]

Contraband (1940)

Michael Powell

November, 1939. Captain Andersen is on his way back to Denmark when his cargo ship is impounded by British Contraband Control. When landing passes are stolen by two of his passengers – Mrs Sorensen and Mr Pidgeon – he sets off in pursuit. His journey takes him to London where he learns that Mrs Sorensen is a secret agent working for British military intelligence... [More...]

Follow That Camel (1967)

Gerald Thomas

Having disgraced himself during a game of cricket, Bertram Oliphant West (known to his friends as Bo) bids farewell to his sweetheart, Lady Jane Ponsonby, and enlists in the French Foreign Legion. Accompanied by Simpson, his faithful manservant, Bo arrives at the garrison at Sidi Bel Abbes, which is ruled with an iron fist by Commandant Burger and his adjutant Capitaine Le Pice... [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...]

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. One day, a brash American named Charles Delacro strays from the guided tour and talks his way into Hilary’s living room... [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...]

Late Bloomers (2011)

Julie Gavras

This is the story of Adam and Mary, a man and a woman who are deeply in love whilst everything conspires to drive them apart. In spite of their feelings for one another, they are compelled to separate so that they can later come back together and form a harmonious couple. Contrary to what you might think, Adam and Mary are not your usual twenty or thirty somethings... [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. When he opens the letter at an agreed time, Adams can hardly believe what he sees: a bank note for one million pounds... [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...]

The Prince and the Showgirl (1957)

Laurence Olivier

London, 1911. Among the many heads of state who have assembled in the capital to attend the coronation of King George V, the ones who are most cosseted by the British government are the young king Nicholas of Carpathia and his father, the regent Prince Charles. Realising that the Carpathia is crucial to maintaining peace in Europe, the staff at the foreign office do all they can to win the favour of the country’s leaders... [More...]

1 2 Next

A-Z