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British cinema: Comedy/Thriller
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...
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Charles Crichton
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...
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John Landis
Beat the Devil (1953)
John Huston
Billy Dannreuther and his wife Maria are on their way to make their fortune in Africa, but are held up in an Italian port whilst their steamboat undergoes some repair work...
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John Huston
Brazil (1985)
Terry Gilliam
Somewhere in the 20th century, Sam Lowry dutifully carries out his duties as a low-ranking government employee in the Department of Records at the Ministry of Information...
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Terry Gilliam
Carry On Screaming (1966)
Gerald Thomas
Something sinister is afoot in Edwardian England. One misty evening, a young couple, Albert and Doris, are disturbed whilst courting in Hocombe Woods...
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Gerald Thomas
Carry on Spying (1964)
Gerald Thomas
When a top secret formula is stolen from a government laboratory, the British secret services hastily set about recovering it... [More...]
Gerald Thomas
When a top secret formula is stolen from a government laboratory, the British secret services hastily set about recovering it... [More...]
Dead of Night (1945)
Alberto Cavalcanti
Wanting to make some changes to his farmhouse, Eliot Foley invites the architect Walter Craig to spend the weekend with him and his family... [More...]
Alberto Cavalcanti
Wanting to make some changes to his farmhouse, Eliot Foley invites the architect Walter Craig to spend the weekend with him and his family... [More...]
Dr Jekyll & Sister Hyde (1971)
Roy Ward Baker
In East London of the 1880s, the young Dr Henry Jekyll is diligently engaged on finding vaccines for man's most feared diseases... [More...]
Roy Ward Baker
In East London of the 1880s, the young Dr Henry Jekyll is diligently engaged on finding vaccines for man's most feared diseases... [More...]
Dr. Strangelove (1964)
Stanley Kubrick
Convinced that the Communists are infiltrating his country, General Jack D. Ripper, the commander of a US military airbase, gives the order for a bomber wing to launch a first strike nuclear attack on the USSR... [More...]
Stanley Kubrick
Convinced that the Communists are infiltrating his country, General Jack D. Ripper, the commander of a US military airbase, gives the order for a bomber wing to launch a first strike nuclear attack on the USSR... [More...]
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (1965)
Freddie Francis
During a rail journey, five men who have never met before share a railway compartment with a strange mystic who introduces himself as Dr Schreck (which, as luck would have it, is the German word for Terror)... [More...]
Freddie Francis
During a rail journey, five men who have never met before share a railway compartment with a strange mystic who introduces himself as Dr Schreck (which, as luck would have it, is the German word for Terror)... [More...]
Entertaining Mr Sloane (1970)
Douglas Hickox
As she passes through the graveyard that adjoins her house in the suburbs, Kath, a middle-aged single woman, encounters a devilishly handsome young man named Sloane... [More...]
Douglas Hickox
As she passes through the graveyard that adjoins her house in the suburbs, Kath, a middle-aged single woman, encounters a devilishly handsome young man named Sloane... [More...]
Green for Danger (1946)
Sidney Gilliat
August 1944. A postman injured in a V1 bombardment of southern England dies during an operation at a country hospital. No one takes seriously the suggestion that foul play is involved until a second murder is committed... [More...]
Sidney Gilliat
August 1944. A postman injured in a V1 bombardment of southern England dies during an operation at a country hospital. No one takes seriously the suggestion that foul play is involved until a second murder is committed... [More...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
Murder at the Gallop (1963)
George Pollock
Whilst collecting money for a charity, Miss Marple and her friend Mr Stringer pay a call on the reclusive Mr Enderby. They are amazed when the old man suddenly appears at the top of his staircase and drops dead at their feet... [More...]
George Pollock
Whilst collecting money for a charity, Miss Marple and her friend Mr Stringer pay a call on the reclusive Mr Enderby. They are amazed when the old man suddenly appears at the top of his staircase and drops dead at their feet... [More...]
The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
Blake Edwards
Charles Dreyfus, formerly Chief Inspector Dreyfus of the French National Police, is a changed man. He no longer harbours any homicidal feelings for Inspector Jacques Clouseau, the man who drove him insane and robbed him of his position... [More...]
Blake Edwards
Charles Dreyfus, formerly Chief Inspector Dreyfus of the French National Police, is a changed man. He no longer harbours any homicidal feelings for Inspector Jacques Clouseau, the man who drove him insane and robbed him of his position... [More...]
Stage Fright (1950)
Alfred Hitchcock
Jonathan Cooper is on the run from the police, suspected of murdering the husband of the renowned singer-actress Charlotte Inwood... [More...]
Alfred Hitchcock
Jonathan Cooper is on the run from the police, suspected of murdering the husband of the renowned singer-actress Charlotte Inwood... [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...]