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British cinema: Romance
84 Charing Cross Road (1987)
David Hugh Jones
In 1949, Helene Hanff is an aspiring writer who scrapes by as a script reader in New York City. Her main passion in life is old books, preferably out of print volumes of obscure work by English writers...
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David Hugh Jones
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
A Kind of Loving (1962)
John Schlesinger
Vic Brown is a draftsman at an engineering factory in a Lancashire town in the northwest of England. In his early twenties, he still lives with his parents in their terraced house but has hopes of moving away and making his fortune elsewhere...
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John Schlesinger
A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
Michael Powell
During WWII, an RAF fighter pilot Peter Carter is returning to England after a raid over Germany when his plane is hit. Realising his has no parachute, he sends one last radio message, which is received by a young American radio operator, June, before bailing out to certain death...
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Michael Powell
A Tale of Two Cities (1958)
Ralph Thomas
In 1775, the banker Jarvis Lorry travels to Paris to be reunited with his old friend, Dr Alexandre Manette, who has been held prisoner in the Bastille for the last eighteen years...
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Ralph Thomas
A Touch of Class (1973)
Melvin Frank
Vicky Allessio is an English dress designer, a happily divorced mother of two. Steve Blackburn is an American insurance broker, happily married with two children... [More...]
Melvin Frank
Vicky Allessio is an English dress designer, a happily divorced mother of two. Steve Blackburn is an American insurance broker, happily married with two children... [More...]
A Town Like Alice (1956)
Jack Lee
In 1942, Jean Paget is working in Malaya when the Japanese army begins to attack the country. In no time, she ends up with a party of women and children who are instructed to walk fifty miles to Kuala Lumpur, where they will be allowed to leave the country for Singapore... [More...]
Jack Lee
In 1942, Jean Paget is working in Malaya when the Japanese army begins to attack the country. In no time, she ends up with a party of women and children who are instructed to walk fifty miles to Kuala Lumpur, where they will be allowed to leave the country for Singapore... [More...]
The African Queen (1951)
John Huston
In 1914, Rose Sayer assists her brother, the Reverend Samuel Sayer, in leading a missionary village in German East Africa... [More...]
John Huston
In 1914, Rose Sayer assists her brother, the Reverend Samuel Sayer, in leading a missionary village in German East Africa... [More...]
Alfie (1966)
Lewis Gilbert
Alfie likes women, he likes them a lot. In fact, you could say that women are his main interest in life, his raison d'être so to speak... [More...]
Lewis Gilbert
Alfie likes women, he likes them a lot. In fact, you could say that women are his main interest in life, his raison d'être so to speak... [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... [More...]
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... [More...]
Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)
Charles Jarrott
England, 1525. King Henry VIII is anxious to produce a male heir to secure the Tudor lineage but his queen, Katherine of Aragon, has passed child-bearing age and has borne him only a daughter and dead sons... [More...]
Charles Jarrott
England, 1525. King Henry VIII is anxious to produce a male heir to secure the Tudor lineage but his queen, Katherine of Aragon, has passed child-bearing age and has borne him only a daughter and dead sons... [More...]
Atonement (2007)
Joe Wright
England, in the summer of 1935. Briony Tallis is a 13-year-old girl with an overactive imagination who lives in a large country house with her older sister Cecilia... [More...]
Joe Wright
England, in the summer of 1935. Briony Tallis is a 13-year-old girl with an overactive imagination who lives in a large country house with her older sister Cecilia... [More...]
Les Bien-aimés (2011)
Christophe Honoré
In the early 1960s, Madeleine makes a living in Paris as a prostitute. She cannot help falling in love with one of her clients, a young Czechoslovakian doctor named Jaromil, and within no time they are married and beginning a new life together in Prague... [More...]
Christophe Honoré
In the early 1960s, Madeleine makes a living in Paris as a prostitute. She cannot help falling in love with one of her clients, a young Czechoslovakian doctor named Jaromil, and within no time they are married and beginning a new life together in Prague... [More...]
Billy Liar (1963)
John Schlesinger
Billy Fisher is 19, lives with his parents in a glum north English town and works as a desk clerk for a firm of undertakers... [More...]
John Schlesinger
Billy Fisher is 19, lives with his parents in a glum north English town and works as a desk clerk for a firm of undertakers... [More...]
Brief Encounter (1945)
David Lean
Each Thursday, housewife Laura Jesson treats herself to a day in the nearby town of Milford, to do some shopping and watch a film at the cinema... [More...]
David Lean
Each Thursday, housewife Laura Jesson treats herself to a day in the nearby town of Milford, to do some shopping and watch a film at the cinema... [More...]
The Captive Heart (1946)
Basil Dearden
In August 1940, a German prisoner-of-war camp receives a fresh intake of captured British soldiers. These include Captain Hasek, a Czech soldier who, after escaping from a Nazi concentration camp, stole the uniform and papers from a dead British soldier named Captain Mitchell... [More...]
Basil Dearden
In August 1940, a German prisoner-of-war camp receives a fresh intake of captured British soldiers. These include Captain Hasek, a Czech soldier who, after escaping from a Nazi concentration camp, stole the uniform and papers from a dead British soldier named Captain Mitchell... [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... [More...]
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... [More...]
Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
Stephen Frears
France, circa 1760. Behind a façade of scrupulous respectability, the Marquise de Merteuil delights in inflicting cruelty on those who do her wrong through her meticulously calculated romantic intrigues... [More...]
Stephen Frears
France, circa 1760. Behind a façade of scrupulous respectability, the Marquise de Merteuil delights in inflicting cruelty on those who do her wrong through her meticulously calculated romantic intrigues... [More...]
Dark Journey (1937)
Victor Saville
Towards the end of the First World War, Madeleine Goddard makes frequent trips between Paris and Stockholm, ostensibly to supply expensive dresses to her wealthy Swedish clientele... [More...]
Victor Saville
Towards the end of the First World War, Madeleine Goddard makes frequent trips between Paris and Stockholm, ostensibly to supply expensive dresses to her wealthy Swedish clientele... [More...]
Darling (1965)
John Schlesinger
In swinging sixties London, Diana Scott is a beautiful young model who appears to be on a perpetual quest to find meaning in her life... [More...]
John Schlesinger
In swinging sixties London, Diana Scott is a beautiful young model who appears to be on a perpetual quest to find meaning in her life... [More...]
The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961)
Val Guest
In a deserted London bathed in a scorching heat, journalist Peter Stenning returns to his desk at the vacated offices of the newspaper the Daily Express to compose what may well be his final report... [More...]
Val Guest
In a deserted London bathed in a scorching heat, journalist Peter Stenning returns to his desk at the vacated offices of the newspaper the Daily Express to compose what may well be his final report... [More...]
The Edge of the World (1937)
Michael Powell
Two tourists holidaying in the Hebrides land on the deserted island of Hirta. Their guide Andrew Gray explains that until a decade ago there was a thriving community on the island... [More...]
Michael Powell
Two tourists holidaying in the Hebrides land on the deserted island of Hirta. Their guide Andrew Gray explains that until a decade ago there was a thriving community on the island... [More...]
Embrassez qui vous voudrez (2002)
Michel Blanc
After a stressful year, Elizabeth Lannier is looking forward to her holiday in Le Touquet. When she learns that her best friend Véro will be staying in the same town, she suggests they spend their holiday together... [More...]
Michel Blanc
After a stressful year, Elizabeth Lannier is looking forward to her holiday in Le Touquet. When she learns that her best friend Véro will be staying in the same town, she suggests they spend their holiday together... [More...]
The English Patient (1996)
Anthony Minghella
In Italy towards the end of the World War Two, a Canadian nurse Hana is tending to a disfigured pilot whose aircraft was shot down in North Africa... [More...]
Anthony Minghella
In Italy towards the end of the World War Two, a Canadian nurse Hana is tending to a disfigured pilot whose aircraft was shot down in North Africa... [More...]
Espion(s) (2009)
Nicolas Saada
With his qualifications, Vincent could easily get himself a well-paid job with a respectable firm, but instead he prefers to work as an airport baggage handler... [More...]
Nicolas Saada
With his qualifications, Vincent could easily get himself a well-paid job with a respectable firm, but instead he prefers to work as an airport baggage handler... [More...]
Far from the Madding Crowd (1967)
John Schlesinger
Rural England, in the early 1800s. Gabriel Oak, a humble sheep farmer in the county of Wessex, is in love with Bathsheba Everdene, a proud, independently minded young woman who lives with her aunt... [More...]
John Schlesinger
Rural England, in the early 1800s. Gabriel Oak, a humble sheep farmer in the county of Wessex, is in love with Bathsheba Everdene, a proud, independently minded young woman who lives with her aunt... [More...]
The Farmer's Wife (1928)
Alfred Hitchcock
For some time, farmer Samuel Sweetland has been without a wife. On the day of his daughter's wedding, he decides it is time that he re-married... [More...]
Alfred Hitchcock
For some time, farmer Samuel Sweetland has been without a wife. On the day of his daughter's wedding, he decides it is time that he re-married... [More...]
Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)
Mike Newell
Charles is a repressed but attractive 30-something Englishman who appears to be incapable of committing himself to any girl he has a relationship with... [More...]
Mike Newell
Charles is a repressed but attractive 30-something Englishman who appears to be incapable of committing himself to any girl he has a relationship with... [More...]
From Russia with Love (1963)
Terence Young
Working for the international crime syndicate SPECTRE, chess grandmaster Kronsteen has devised a foolproof plan to steal the Lektor decoding machine from the Russians... [More...]
Terence Young
Working for the international crime syndicate SPECTRE, chess grandmaster Kronsteen has devised a foolproof plan to steal the Lektor decoding machine from the Russians... [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... [More...]
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... [More...]