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British cinema: Romance
The Go-Between (1970)
Joseph Losey
In the long hot summer of 1900, 12-year-old Leo Colston spends his holiday as a guest of his school friend Marcus Maudsley at the latter's sprawling Norfolk estate...
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Joseph Losey
Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939)
Sam Wood
England, 1933. Although officially retired, Mr Chipping still maintains a visible presence at Brookfield School For Boys, a private school to which he has devoted 63 years of his adult life...
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Sam Wood
The Gorgon (1964)
Terence Fisher
The mist-shrouded village of Vandorf harbours an ancient evil of which no one dares speak, even when a series of mysterious deaths begins, reviving memories of an old and terrifying legend...
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Terence Fisher
Gregory's Girl (1981)
Bill Forsyth
Gregory is a typical teenage boy at a Scottish comprehensive school. His main interest in life is football and so he is understandably perturbed when his coach, Phil Menzies, tells him that he intends to make some radical changes to the school team...
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Bill Forsyth
Hobson's Choice (1954)
David Lean
In the 1880s, Henry Horatio Hobson manages both his Salford boot shop and his three daughters with an iron hand. One day, he declares it is high time he found husbands for his two younger daughters, Alice and Vicky...
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David Lean
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
Anthony Asquith
Algernon Moncrieff is surprised when he discovers that his dear friend, Mr Worthing, is apparently leading a double life... [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...]
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 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...]
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...]
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)
Michael Powell
London, 1943. Humiliated in a Home Guard training exercise by an impulsive young army officer, General Clive Wynne-Candy casts his mind back forty years to the time when he too was a dashing man of action... [More...]
Michael Powell
London, 1943. Humiliated in a Home Guard training exercise by an impulsive young army officer, General Clive Wynne-Candy casts his mind back forty years to the time when he too was a dashing man of action... [More...]
The Lodger (1927)
Alfred Hitchcock
A killer stalks the foggy streets of London. The victims are all young women with fair hair, on whose bodies there is a card signed: The Avenger... [More...]
Alfred Hitchcock
A killer stalks the foggy streets of London. The victims are all young women with fair hair, on whose bodies there is a card signed: The Avenger... [More...]
The Man in Grey (1943)
Leslie Arliss
In Regency England, Hesther Shaw is welcomed by Miss Patchett to her school for young ladies in Bath. Hesther's straitened circumstances makes her resentful of the kindnesses shown to her by Miss Patchett and her pupils but she soon buries her grievances and makes friends with the universally popular Clarissa Marr... [More...]
Leslie Arliss
In Regency England, Hesther Shaw is welcomed by Miss Patchett to her school for young ladies in Bath. Hesther's straitened circumstances makes her resentful of the kindnesses shown to her by Miss Patchett and her pupils but she soon buries her grievances and makes friends with the universally popular Clarissa Marr... [More...]
The Manxman (1929)
Alfred Hitchcock
Pete Quilliam and Philip Christian have been the closest of friends since childhood, growing up together on the Isle of Man... [More...]
Alfred Hitchcock
Pete Quilliam and Philip Christian have been the closest of friends since childhood, growing up together on the Isle of Man... [More...]
Maurice (1987)
James Ivory
Shortly after going up to Cambridge in 1909, Maurice Hall makes the acquaintance of Clive Durham, the handsome young heir to a large country estate... [More...]
James Ivory
Shortly after going up to Cambridge in 1909, Maurice Hall makes the acquaintance of Clive Durham, the handsome young heir to a large country estate... [More...]
Monsieur Ripois (1954)
René Clément
André Ripois is a young Frenchman who cannot help seducing attractive English women. He is drawn to them like a moth to the flame, the victim of a fatal attraction that will doubtless be his downfall one day... [More...]
René Clément
André Ripois is a young Frenchman who cannot help seducing attractive English women. He is drawn to them like a moth to the flame, the victim of a fatal attraction that will doubtless be his downfall one day... [More...]
La Mort en direct (1980)
Bertrand Tavernier
Mindful of the need to drive up his network's viewing figures, television producer Vincent Ferriman has devised a new reality TV show named Death Watch in which he will beam into people's homes the last days of a terminally ill person... [More...]
Bertrand Tavernier
Mindful of the need to drive up his network's viewing figures, television producer Vincent Ferriman has devised a new reality TV show named Death Watch in which he will beam into people's homes the last days of a terminally ill person... [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... [More...]
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... [More...]
My Beautiful Laundrette (1985)
Stephen Frears
London in the mid-1980s. Omar is a young British Pakistani, the son of disillusioned journalist Hussein who has become a bedridden alcoholic after his wife's suicide... [More...]
Stephen Frears
London in the mid-1980s. Omar is a young British Pakistani, the son of disillusioned journalist Hussein who has become a bedridden alcoholic after his wife's suicide... [More...]
On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)
Peter R. Hunt
James Bond is in Europe, pursuing Ernst Blofeld, the infamous head of the crime syndicate SPECTRE, when he becomes distracted by another kind of prey, the beautiful Contessa Teresa di Vicenzo, known as Tracy to her friends... [More...]
Peter R. Hunt
James Bond is in Europe, pursuing Ernst Blofeld, the infamous head of the crime syndicate SPECTRE, when he becomes distracted by another kind of prey, the beautiful Contessa Teresa di Vicenzo, known as Tracy to her friends... [More...]
The Pallisers [TV] (1974)
Ronald Wilson
In the 1860s, Plantagenet Palliser is the heir to a fabulously wealthy dukedom and the most eligible bachelor in England, but he is more preoccupied with his duties as a member of parliament than the inescapable prospect of wedlock... [More...]
Ronald Wilson
In the 1860s, Plantagenet Palliser is the heir to a fabulously wealthy dukedom and the most eligible bachelor in England, but he is more preoccupied with his duties as a member of parliament than the inescapable prospect of wedlock... [More...]
Pygmalion (1938)
Anthony Asquith
Henry Higgins is a professor of phonetics for whom the rich variety of London accents holds a particular fascination. Whilst navigating Covent Garden one evening, he encounters a flower girl, Eliza Doolittle, and is amused by her strong Cockney accent... [More...]
Anthony Asquith
Henry Higgins is a professor of phonetics for whom the rich variety of London accents holds a particular fascination. Whilst navigating Covent Garden one evening, he encounters a flower girl, Eliza Doolittle, and is amused by her strong Cockney accent... [More...]
The Red Shoes (1948)
Michael Powell
Boris Lermontov, the manager of a world famous ballet company, expects nothing less than total commitment from those he employs... [More...]
Michael Powell
Boris Lermontov, the manager of a world famous ballet company, expects nothing less than total commitment from those he employs... [More...]
The Remains of the Day (1993)
James Ivory
Mr James Stevens is the butler at Darlington Hall, one of England's grander stately homes. Recently the Hall has changed hands and Stevens now serves Mr Lewis, a retired American congressman... [More...]
James Ivory
Mr James Stevens is the butler at Darlington Hall, one of England's grander stately homes. Recently the Hall has changed hands and Stevens now serves Mr Lewis, a retired American congressman... [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... [More...]
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... [More...]
Romeo and Juliet (1968)
Franco Zeffirelli
The peace of 15th century Verona is disturbed by the on-going feud between the houses of Montague and Capulet. At a lavish banquet, Romeo, Montague's young son, is captivated by 14-year-old Juliet and, not knowing that she is Capulet's daughter, he proceeds to court her... [More...]
Franco Zeffirelli
The peace of 15th century Verona is disturbed by the on-going feud between the houses of Montague and Capulet. At a lavish banquet, Romeo, Montague's young son, is captivated by 14-year-old Juliet and, not knowing that she is Capulet's daughter, he proceeds to court her... [More...]
Room at the Top (1959)
Jack Clayton
An ambitious young man Joe Lampton arrives in a bleak industrial Yorkshire town, taking a job as a low paid accountant. He sets his sights on a young heiress, Susan Brown, the daughter of a wealthy industrialist, and sees her as the means to realise his ambition... [More...]
Jack Clayton
An ambitious young man Joe Lampton arrives in a bleak industrial Yorkshire town, taking a job as a low paid accountant. He sets his sights on a young heiress, Susan Brown, the daughter of a wealthy industrialist, and sees her as the means to realise his ambition... [More...]
Ryan's Daughter (1970)
David Lean
At the time of the First World War, Rosy Ryan lives a bored, unfilled life in an isolated little village on the Dingle Peninsula on the southwest coast of Ireland... [More...]
David Lean
At the time of the First World War, Rosy Ryan lives a bored, unfilled life in an isolated little village on the Dingle Peninsula on the southwest coast of Ireland... [More...]
Secret Agent (1936)
Alfred Hitchcock
1916. At the behest of British Intelligence, the writer-turned-war hero Edgar Brodie is sent to Switzerland to track down and kill an enemy agent... [More...]
Alfred Hitchcock
1916. At the behest of British Intelligence, the writer-turned-war hero Edgar Brodie is sent to Switzerland to track down and kill an enemy agent... [More...]
The Seventh Veil (1945)
Compton Bennett
After Francesca Cunningham, a world class pianist, has attempted suicide, an eminent psychiatrist, Dr Larsen, subjects her to a form of hypnotic treatment to uncover the reasons for her self-destructive tendencies... [More...]
Compton Bennett
After Francesca Cunningham, a world class pianist, has attempted suicide, an eminent psychiatrist, Dr Larsen, subjects her to a form of hypnotic treatment to uncover the reasons for her self-destructive tendencies... [More...]