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The House That Dripped Blood (1971)
Peter Duffell

Investigating the mysterious disappearance of a temperamental film star named Paul Henderson, a Scotland Yard detective arrives at a house which, according to the records at the local police station, has had a troubled past...   [More...]

Howards End (1992)
James Ivory

England, circa 1910. When Helen Schlegel and Paul Wilcox break off their engagement, it is to the relief of both of their families...   [More...]

Hue and Cry (1947)
Charles Crichton

Joe Kirby, a 15 year-old lad living in London's East End, has a passion for adventure stories. When he notices the similarity between a car parked in the street with one he has and seen in his favourite comic, he suspects foul play is afoot...   [More...]

I Know Where I'm Going! (1945)
Michael Powell

For her entire life, Joan Webster has always known where she is going. Now aged 25, she intends to make her fortune by marrying Sir Robert Bellinger, one of the richest men in England...   [More...]

I Was Monty's Double (1958)
John Guillermin

England, 1944. The German High Command are apprised of the Allies' intention to launch a full-scale invasion of France but remain in the dark as to where the attack will commence...   [More...]

I'm All Right Jack (1959)
John Boulting

Stanley Windrush is an enthusiastic upper crust Englishman who, having completed his stint in the army and at Oxford, is eager to make his mark on the world...   [More...]

Ice Cold in Alex (1958)
J. Lee Thompson

Tobruk, 1942. With German forces encroaching further into North Africa, a battle-weary English officer, Captain Anson, is ordered to escort two nurses, Diana Murdoch and Denise Norton, to the British lines in Alexandria...   [More...]

If.... (1968)
Lindsay Anderson

The summer holidays over, the boys at an old public school return for the start a new term, which for most will consist of abject misery and abuse meted out to them by their seniors...   [More...]

L'Illusionniste (2010)
Sylvain Chomet

By the end of the 1950s, the music hall is all but dead. Once the most popular of public entertainments, it has now been overtaken by modern distractions - cinema, rock music and that new phenomenon: television...   [More...]

The Importance of Being Earnest (1952)
Anthony Asquith

Algernon Moncrieff is surprised when he discovers that his dear friend, Mr Worthing, is apparently leading a double life...   [More...]

In Which We Serve (1942)
Noel Coward

Captain Kinros is the commander of HMS Torrin, a Royal Navy destroyer whose launch coincides with the outbreak of World War II...   [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...   [More...]

The Innocents (1961)
Jack Clayton

England in the late 1800s. Miss Giddens, an independently minded woman in her early thirties, accepts the position of governess to two young children living on a large country estate...   [More...]

The Ipcress File (1965)
Sidney J. Furie

When a renowned physicist named Radcliffe mysteriously disappears, security operative Harry Palmer is taken off routine surveillance and assigned to a counterintelligence department headed by Major Dalby...   [More...]

It Always Rains on Sunday (1947)
Robert Hamer

England, 1947. Rose Sandigate is an ordinary working class housewife living in the East End of London. She is married to a man 15 years her senior, who has two teenage daughters from a previous marriage...   [More...]

The Italian Job (1969)
Peter Collinson

Within hours of being released from prison, small-time mobster Charlie Croker is visited by the wife of a former associate, Roger Beckermann, who has recently been murdered by the Italian Mafia...   [More...]

Jason and the Argonauts (1963)
Don Chaffey

In ancient Greece, Aristo, the benevolent King of Thessaly, is overthrown by his rival, Pelias, but a prophesy foretells that one day Aristo's son Jason will return to reclaim the throne...   [More...]

Joyeux Noël (2005)
Christian Carion

24th December 1914. Five months into World War I, regiments of French and Scottish troops face off their German opponents in the muddy, snow-covered wastes of No Man's Land...   [More...]

Juggernaut (1974)
Richard Lester

A few days after the luxury ocean liner SS Britannic has left port, heavily laden with passengers, its owner, Nicholas Porter, receives a phone call making a chilling ransom demand...   [More...]

Kes (1969)
Ken Loach

Billy Casper is a solitary teenager living in a glum Yorkshire mining town. Bullied at school and abused at home by his older brother Jud, he rebels through small acts of juvenile delinquency that strain his relationship with his mother...   [More...]

The Key (1958)
Carol Reed

In 1941, David Ross, an American sergeant serving in the Canadian army, is reassigned to command a Royal Navy tugboat, whose purpose is to drag stricken cargo vessels to shore...   [More...]

Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
Robert Hamer

In the early 1900s, Louis Mazzini, tenth Duke of Chalfont, finds himself in prison, condemned for murder. On the eve of his execution, he begins to write an account of how he came to arrive at such a sorry end...   [More...]

King Lear (1971)
Peter Brook

In his ninth decade, a weary King Lear decides to surrender his power and distribute his estates amongst his three daughters, according to how much love they have for him...   [More...]

The Krays (1990)
Peter Medak

In the 1950s and '60s, Ronnie and Reggie Kray were the most notorious gangland leaders in London. The twins' reign of terror ended in 1968 when they were arrested and convicted of murder...   [More...]

The Lady Vanishes (1938)
Alfred Hitchcock

A group of British travellers are stranded in a hotel in a remote European country. After holidaying with some friends, Iris Henderson is on her way back home to get married...   [More...]

The Ladykillers (1955)
Alexander Mackendrick

Old Mrs Wilberforce is delighted when she finds a respectable-looking gentleman to rent one of the rooms in her dilapidated London guesthouse...   [More...]

Laughter in Paradise (1951)
Mario Zampi

When Henry Russell, a renowned practical joker, dies, he leaves his entire estate to his four surviving relatives. They will each inherit £50,000, providing they fulfil the terms specified in the dead man's will...   [More...]

The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)
Charles Crichton

For twenty years, Henry Holland has been an unassuming bank employee overseeing the delivery of gold bullion. Although he has a reputation for scrupulous honesty, he has been secretly concocting a plan to steal the gold so he can enjoy a comfortable retirement...   [More...]

Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
David Lean

In the early years of the First World War, Oxford-educated archaeologist T.E. Lawrence finds himself in Cairo, a deskbound lieutenant in the British Army...   [More...]

The League of Gentlemen (1960)
Basil Dearden

Seven men, from very different walks of life, are surprised when they receive a book containing half of a five pound note and an invitation to a luncheon...   [More...]



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