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THE LION IN WINTER (1968) stars Katharine Hepburn in her Academy Award-winning role as Eleanor of Aquitaine and Peter O'Toole in a powerhouse performance as King Henry II. Anthony Hopkins makes his feature film debut as Richard the Lion Heart and Timothy...

A small-time smuggler finds himself in over his head in this gritty crime drama directed by Basil Dearden. Wisecracking merchant seaman Dan MacDonald (Bonar Colleano) makes ends meet by dabbling in a spot of petty smuggling in post WWII London. But his...

Nicolas Roeg's 70s sci-fi classic stars the inimitable David Bowie in one of his finest rolesrole. Thomas Jerome Newton (David Bowie) is a humanoid alien who comes to Earth from a distant planet on a mission to take water back to his home planet in the...

British crime drama written and directed by Ken Hughes. The film follows Sammy Lee (Anthony Newley), the master of ceremonies at a sleazy London strip club, as he tries to come up with enough money to clear his debt with local bookie Fred (Kenneth J...

Classic British crime drama directed by Basil Dearden. After being called to the scene of an armed robbery, veteran PC George Dixon (Jack Warner) is shot and killed by young criminal Tom Riley (Dirk Bogarde) while new recruit Andy Mitchell (Jimmy Hanley)...

Classic British drama directed by Carol Reed. Set during the Cold War, James Mason stars as sardonic double agent Ivo Kern who finds himself falling in love with beautiful British schoolteacher Susanne Mallison (Claire Bloom) after meeting her in Berlin...

Pen Tennyson directs this early Ealing Studios drama set in a Welsh coal mining valley. Paul Robeson stars as David Goliath, a charismatic African-American seaman who washes up in a small mining village in Wales. There, he finds work alongside the miners...

Waris Hussein directs this British drama starring Mark Lester and Tracy Hyde. After falling in love with his classmate Melody (Hyde), ten-year-old schoolboy Daniel (Lester) announces his intention to marry her as soon as possible. His plans are met with...

Will Hay co-directs and stars in this classic British comedy. The film follows inept schoolmaster William Potts (Hay) as he is parachuted into Nazi Germany after British intelligence discover that he is the spitting image of an enemy master spy...

Alexander MacKendrick directs this British drama adapted from Hilda Lewis's novel. The film follows Mandy Garland (Mandy Miller), a young deaf girl who has also been mute for most of her childhood. Believing she can speak if given the proper education,...

Classic Italian drama co-written and directed by Federico Fellini. The film follows Gelsomina (Giulietta Masina), a young girl who is sold by her impoverished mother to a travelling performer named Zampano (Anthony Quinn) in exchange for some food. With...

German drama co-written and directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder. Set in the 1950s, in a period of German economic expansion, it follows the double life of Lola (Barbara Sukowa), a steamy cabaret singer and single mother from the town of Coburg. When...

Jacques Becker co-writes and directs this French crime drama adapted from José Giovanni's novel. Wrongly convicted of the murder of his wife, Gaspard Claude (Marc Michel) is sent to Paris's notorious Sante Prison, sharing a cell with four hardened...

French comedy co-written and directed by Jacques Becker. The film follows husband and wife Edouard and Caroline (Daniel Gelin and Anne Vernon) as they prepare to head to a party hosted by Caroline's rich uncle Claude (Jean Galland). With pianist Edouard...

Jacques Beckers co-writes and directs this classic film noir based on the novel by Albert Siminon. The film follows ageing underworld figure Max (Jean Gabin), who, with his colleague Riton (Rene Dary), has stolen 50 million francs in gold bars. When...