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The October Man (1947)
Roy Ward Baker
Jim Ackland, a research chemist, ends up in hospital with a serious brain injury after a bus crash that left the young girl in his care dead...
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Roy Ward Baker
Odd Man Out (1947)
Carol Reed
Johnny McQueen hides out in an anonymous Belfast house, having recently broken out of prison where he was serving a stretch for involvement with a terrorist organisation...
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Carol Reed
The Odessa File (1974)
Ronald Neame
Munich, November 1963. Whilst the world is still reeling from the news of President Kennedy's assassination, journalist Peter Miller allows himself to be distracted by the suicide of an elderly Jewish man, Solomon Tauber...
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Ronald Neame
The Omen (1976)
Richard Donner
When his son dies in childbirth, the wealthy American politician Robert Thorn agrees to adopt another child in its place, to spare his wife Katherine grief...
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Richard Donner
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...
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Peter R. Hunt
Our Man in Havana (1959)
Carol Reed
Jim Wormold is a modest vacuum cleaner salesman in Cuba, just a few years before the revolution. He attracts the attention of fellow Englishman Hawthorne, who invites him to work for the British secret service... [More...]
Carol Reed
Jim Wormold is a modest vacuum cleaner salesman in Cuba, just a few years before the revolution. He attracts the attention of fellow Englishman Hawthorne, who invites him to work for the British secret service... [More...]
Paranoiac (1963)
Freddie Francis
Since the tragic death of their parents in a plane crash, Simon and Eleanor Ashby have lived under the care of their kindly Aunt Harriet at their large country house... [More...]
Freddie Francis
Since the tragic death of their parents in a plane crash, Simon and Eleanor Ashby have lived under the care of their kindly Aunt Harriet at their large country house... [More...]
Peeping Tom (1960)
Michael Powell
Mark Lewis is a shy young man who works as a focus puller at a film studio but has aspirations of becoming a film director... [More...]
Michael Powell
Mark Lewis is a shy young man who works as a focus puller at a film studio but has aspirations of becoming a film director... [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...]
The Plague of the Zombies (1966)
John Gilling
Sir James Forbes, a distinguished professor of medicine, is surprised when he receives a letter from a former pupil, Dr Peter Thompson, inviting him to look into a spate of mysterious deaths in a small Cornish village... [More...]
John Gilling
Sir James Forbes, a distinguished professor of medicine, is surprised when he receives a letter from a former pupil, Dr Peter Thompson, inviting him to look into a spate of mysterious deaths in a small Cornish village... [More...]
Quatermass 2 (1957)
Val Guest
Professor Bernard Quatermass's ambition to build a colony on the Moon appears to be thwarted as government funds are diverted to other projects... [More...]
Val Guest
Professor Bernard Quatermass's ambition to build a colony on the Moon appears to be thwarted as government funds are diverted to other projects... [More...]
Quatermass and the Pit (1967)
Roy Ward Baker
Whilst workmen are building an extension to the London Underground, a prehistoric human skull is discovered. Palaeontologist Matthew Roney is called in and he concludes that the skull is over five million years old... [More...]
Roy Ward Baker
Whilst workmen are building an extension to the London Underground, a prehistoric human skull is discovered. Palaeontologist Matthew Roney is called in and he concludes that the skull is over five million years old... [More...]
The Quatermass Xperiment (1955)
Val Guest
Professor Bernard Quatermass is both excited and concerned when a rocket that he designed and launched crash-lands in the south of England... [More...]
Val Guest
Professor Bernard Quatermass is both excited and concerned when a rocket that he designed and launched crash-lands in the south of England... [More...]
The Reptile (1966)
John Gilling
On the death of his brother, Harry Spalding and his wife Valerie elect to move into his cottage, in a remote Cornish village... [More...]
John Gilling
On the death of his brother, Harry Spalding and his wife Valerie elect to move into his cottage, in a remote Cornish village... [More...]
Repulsion (1965)
Roman Polanski
Carol and Helen Ledoux are two Belgian sisters who live in London and share a mansion apartment near to the South Kensington beauty parlour where Carol works as a manicurist... [More...]
Roman Polanski
Carol and Helen Ledoux are two Belgian sisters who live in London and share a mansion apartment near to the South Kensington beauty parlour where Carol works as a manicurist... [More...]
The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958)
Terence Fisher
Sentenced to death for his diabolical experiments, Baron Frankenstein narrowly escapes his execution and sets up a medical practice in another town, working under an assumed name, Dr Stein... [More...]
Terence Fisher
Sentenced to death for his diabolical experiments, Baron Frankenstein narrowly escapes his execution and sets up a medical practice in another town, working under an assumed name, Dr Stein... [More...]
The Riddle of the Sands (1979)
Tony Maylam
In 1901, Charles Carruthers occupies a minor post in the British Foreign Office. Towards the end of an uneventful summer, Carruthers is slowly dying from boredom when he receives an unexpected invitation from a former Oxford chum, Arthur Davies, to join him on a yachting holiday in the Baltic... [More...]
Tony Maylam
In 1901, Charles Carruthers occupies a minor post in the British Foreign Office. Towards the end of an uneventful summer, Carruthers is slowly dying from boredom when he receives an unexpected invitation from a former Oxford chum, Arthur Davies, to join him on a yachting holiday in the Baltic... [More...]
Sabotage (1936)
Alfred Hitchcock
London is the target of terrorist attacks by an unknown foreign power. One of the foot soldiers in this campaign of terror is Karl Verloc, the owner of a small cinema... [More...]
Alfred Hitchcock
London is the target of terrorist attacks by an unknown foreign power. One of the foot soldiers in this campaign of terror is Karl Verloc, the owner of a small cinema... [More...]
Sapphire & Steel - Assignment Four [TV] (1981)
David Foster
Sapphire and Steel arrive at a seemingly deserted old building, the ground floor of which functions as a shop that buys and sells lost property... [More...]
David Foster
Sapphire and Steel arrive at a seemingly deserted old building, the ground floor of which functions as a shop that buys and sells lost property... [More...]
Sapphire & Steel - Assignment One [TV] (1979)
Shaun O'Riordan
In an old house that dates back to the 1700s, schoolboy Rob Jardine is doing his homework whilst his parents read nursery rhymes to his younger sister Helen... [More...]
Shaun O'Riordan
In an old house that dates back to the 1700s, schoolboy Rob Jardine is doing his homework whilst his parents read nursery rhymes to his younger sister Helen... [More...]
Sapphire & Steel - Assignment Two [TV] (1979)
Shaun O'Riordan
Sapphire and Steel arrive at a disused English railway station which is completely deserted apart from the presence of one George Tully, a 50-something investigator into the paranormal... [More...]
Shaun O'Riordan
Sapphire and Steel arrive at a disused English railway station which is completely deserted apart from the presence of one George Tully, a 50-something investigator into the paranormal... [More...]
Sapphire & Steel: Assignment Five [TV] (1981)
Shaun O'Riordan
Successful businessman Lord Mulrine has organised a party at his house to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of his company... [More...]
Shaun O'Riordan
Successful businessman Lord Mulrine has organised a party at his house to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of his company... [More...]
Sapphire & Steel: Assignment Six [TV] (1982)
David Foster
Sapphire and Steel arrive at a seemingly deserted service station in the early 1980s, a place where time appears to be standing still... [More...]
David Foster
Sapphire and Steel arrive at a seemingly deserted service station in the early 1980s, a place where time appears to be standing still... [More...]
Seance on a Wet Afternoon (1964)
Bryan Forbes
Myra Savage is a professional medium who holds regular seances at her dank Victorian home in London. Her submissive husband, Billy, is unable to find work owing to his asthma, so the couple are dependent on Myra's meagre earnings from her seances... [More...]
Bryan Forbes
Myra Savage is a professional medium who holds regular seances at her dank Victorian home in London. Her submissive husband, Billy, is unable to find work owing to his asthma, so the couple are dependent on Myra's meagre earnings from her seances... [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...]
Seven Days to Noon (1950)
John Boulting
The Prime Minister of Great Britain receives a letter from a government scientist, Professor Willingdon, setting out the terms of an ultimatum... [More...]
John Boulting
The Prime Minister of Great Britain receives a letter from a government scientist, Professor Willingdon, setting out the terms of an ultimatum... [More...]
The Shadow of the Cat (1961)
John Gilling
Anxious to get his hands on his wife Ella's fortune, Walter Venable murders her in cold blood with the help of his servants Clara and Andrew... [More...]
John Gilling
Anxious to get his hands on his wife Ella's fortune, Walter Venable murders her in cold blood with the help of his servants Clara and Andrew... [More...]
Shallow Grave (1994)
Danny Boyle
Alex, David and Juliet are three friends who share a roomy flat in a trendy part of Edinburgh. Even though they are all professionals (respectively a journalist, accountant and doctor), they need a fourth flatmate if they are to pay their exorbitant rent... [More...]
Danny Boyle
Alex, David and Juliet are three friends who share a roomy flat in a trendy part of Edinburgh. Even though they are all professionals (respectively a journalist, accountant and doctor), they need a fourth flatmate if they are to pay their exorbitant rent... [More...]
The Shining (1980)
Stanley Kubrick
Jack Torrance is delighted when he is offered the job of winter caretaker at the Overlook, a sprawling luxury hotel set in a remote mountain location in Colorado... [More...]
Stanley Kubrick
Jack Torrance is delighted when he is offered the job of winter caretaker at the Overlook, a sprawling luxury hotel set in a remote mountain location in Colorado... [More...]
The Small Back Room (1949)
Michael Powell
In the spring of 1943, Great Britain is losing the war against Nazi Germany. Sammy Rice, a leading bomb disposal expert, is called in to investigate a new kind of bomb that the Germans have begun dropping over England... [More...]
Michael Powell
In the spring of 1943, Great Britain is losing the war against Nazi Germany. Sammy Rice, a leading bomb disposal expert, is called in to investigate a new kind of bomb that the Germans have begun dropping over England... [More...]