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British Films, 1930-

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  • Celia Johnson, John Mills, and Robert Newton in This Happy Breed (1944)

    1. This Happy Breed

    19441h 55mNot Rated
    7.3 (4.4K)
    A chronicle of the lives of the Gibbons family, from shortly after the end of World War I to the beginning of World War II.
    DirectorDavid LeanStarsRobert NewtonCelia JohnsonJohn Mills
  • Gasbags (1941)

    2. Gasbags

    19411h 17mNot Rated
    5.4 (184)
    The Crazy gang invade Nazi Germany !! They accidentally pilot a balloon over enemy territory.
    DirectorMarcel VarnelStarsBud FlanaganChesney AllenJimmy Nervo
  • Peter Sellers, Virginia McKenna, Bernard Miles, Margaret Rutherford, and Bill Travers in Big Time Operators (1957)

    3. Big Time Operators

    19571h 20mApproved
    7.0 (2.4K)
    A young couple inherits a debt-ridden old movie theater, appropriately nicknamed "The Flea Pit", and the three eccentric senior citizens who work there.
    DirectorBasil DeardenStarsVirginia McKennaBill TraversMargaret Rutherford
  • Wendy Hiller and Roger Livesey in I Know Where I'm Going! (1945)

    4. I Know Where I'm Going!

    19451h 32mApproved86Metascore
    7.4 (11K)
    A young Englishwoman goes to the Hebrides to marry her older, wealthier fiancé. When the weather keeps them separated on different islands, she begins to have second thoughts.
    DirectorsMichael PowellEmeric PressburgerStarsWendy HillerRoger LiveseyPamela Brown
  • Derek Farr, Dulcie Gray, and Eric Portman in Wanted for Murder (1946)

    5. Wanted for Murder

    19461h 43mApproved
    6.8 (972)
    A woman becomes the target of a man who is gradually becoming insane, unable to resist his urge to strangle women to death, but who appears to be purposely leaving pieces of evidence behind.
    DirectorLawrence HuntingtonStarsEric PortmanDulcie GrayDerek Farr
  • Crash of Silence (1952)

    6. Crash of Silence

    19521h 33mApproved
    7.4 (1.2K)
    Mandy Garland was born deaf and has been mute for all of her life. Her parents believe she is able to speak if she can only be taught, and they enroll her with a special teacher.
    DirectorAlexander MackendrickStarsPhyllis CalvertJack HawkinsTerence Morgan
  • Tower of Terror (1941)

    7. Tower of Terror

    19411h 2m
    5.9 (227)
    A British secret agent in Germany takes a job as the assistant to an elderly lighthouse keeper, planning to make his escape with some valuable documents when a British boat arrives to pick them up.
    DirectorLawrence HuntingtonStarsWilfrid LawsonMovitaMichael Rennie
  • Leslie Banks, Anthony Bushell, Greta Gynt, Liane Linden, and Ian McLean in The Arsenal Stadium Mystery (1939)

    8. The Arsenal Stadium Mystery

    19391h 25m
    6.2 (774)
    When a star player drops dead during a charity football match between Arsenal and amateur side the Trojans, Inspector Slade of Scotland Yard is called in to solve the crime.
    DirectorThorold DickinsonStarsLeslie BanksGreta GyntIan McLean
  • A Christmas Carol (1951)

    9. A Christmas Carol

    19511h 26mApproved
    8.1 (28K)
    Ebenezer Scrooge, a curmudgeonly, miserly businessman, has no time for sentimentality and largely views Christmas as a waste of time. However, this Christmas Eve, he will be visited by three spirits who will show him the error of his ways.
    DirectorBrian Desmond HurstStarsAlastair SimJack WarnerKathleen Harrison
  • Denholm Elliott, Celia Johnson, Margaret Leighton, and Ralph Richardson in The Holly and the Ivy (1952)

    10. The Holly and the Ivy

    19521h 20mApproved
    7.2 (2.2K)
    An English clergyman's neglect of his grown children, in his zeal to tend to his parishioners, comes to the surface at a Christmas family gathering.
    DirectorGeorge More O'FerrallStarsRalph RichardsonCelia JohnsonMargaret Leighton
  • Gumshoe (1971)

    11. Gumshoe

    19711h 26mGP
    6.4 (1.9K)
    Inspired by his love for Dashiell Hammett novels, nightclub comedian Eddie Ginley puts an ad in the paper as a private eye. The case he gets turns out to be a strange setup and as he digs to the bottom of it his life starts falling apart.
    DirectorStephen FrearsStarsAlbert FinneyBillie WhitelawFrank Finlay
  • Seven Days to Noon (1950)

    12. Seven Days to Noon

    19501h 34mNot Rated
    7.0 (2.3K)
    When a scientist threatens to detonate a powerful bomb in the heart of London, Scotland Yard has just seven days to find him before it is too late.
    DirectorsJohn BoultingRoy BoultingStarsBarry JonesAndré MorellOlive Sloane
  • Paul McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr in Help! (1965)

    13. Help!

    19651h 32mG58Metascore
    7.1 (22K)
    When a member of a murderous cult sends Ringo Starr their sacrificial ring and it gets stuck on his hand, his fellow Beatles must protect him from the cult and an obsessed scientist.
    DirectorRichard LesterStarsJohn LennonPaul McCartneyGeorge Harrison
  • The Thief of Bagdad (1940)

    14. The Thief of Bagdad

    19401h 46mApproved
    7.4 (15K)
    After being tricked and cast out of Bagdad by the evil Jaffar, King Ahmad joins forces with a thief named Abu to reclaim his throne, the city, and the Princess he loves.
    DirectorsLudwig BergerMichael PowellTim WhelanStarsConrad VeidtSabuJune Duprez
  • I Believe in You (1952)

    15. I Believe in You

    19521h 35mApproved
    6.8 (308)
    When a retired colonial serviceman takes a job as a probation officer he finds it a challenge. He and his colleague attempt to reform a hardened criminal and a juvenile delinquent from the London slums.
    DirectorsBasil DeardenMichael RelphStarsCecil ParkerCelia JohnsonHarry Fowler
  • Rex Harrison, Dean Jagger, and Anna Neagle in A Yank in London (1945)

    16. A Yank in London

    19451h 46mApproved
    6.1 (266)
    In 1943 England, an American Army Air Force gunner falls in love with a corporal in the Women's Auxiliary Air Force who has long been expected to marry a British paratrooper Major, prompting him to go back to combat duty.
    DirectorHerbert WilcoxStarsAnna NeagleRex HarrisonDean Jagger
  • Your Past Is Showing (1957)

    17. Your Past Is Showing

    19571h 31mNot Rated
    6.8 (2.1K)
    A very British comedy about a blackmailer and his victims.
    DirectorMario ZampiStarsTerry-ThomasPeter SellersPeggy Mount
  • The Stars Look Down (1940)

    18. The Stars Look Down

    19401h 50mApproved
    7.0 (1.2K)
    In a small coal-mining village, Bob Fenwick leads a strike over safety standards at the local colliery. Meanwhile, his son David goes off to university with the hope one day to return to help the miners with their working conditions.
    DirectorCarol ReedStarsMichael RedgraveMargaret LockwoodEdward Rigby
  • Headline (1943)

    19. Headline

    19431h 15m
    6.6 (98)
    A crime reporter begins to investigate the disappearance of his bosses wife who had witnessed a murder.
    DirectorJohn HarlowStarsDavid FarrarAnne CrawfordJohn Stuart
  • Walk in the Shadow (1962)

    20. Walk in the Shadow

    19621h 33m
    7.1 (322)
    When John Harris's daughter is badly injured in an boating accident, the hospital tells him that she will need an urgent blood transfusion. Due to his religious beliefs Harris refuses permission, and the child dies. When the inquest clears Harris of all blame, the doctor in charge of the case tries to get the police to press manslaughter charges against Harris.
    DirectorBasil DeardenStarsMichael CraigPatrick McGoohanJanet Munro
  • Jean Simmons and David Farrar in Cage of Gold (1950)

    21. Cage of Gold

    19501h 23mApproved
    6.4 (636)
    In post-WW2 Britain, a young woman marries an old flame but after he disappears, and is later declared dead, she re-marries, only to be blackmailed by the supposedly-dead first husband who suddenly re-appears in her life, in need of money.
    DirectorBasil DeardenStarsJean SimmonsDavid FarrarJames Donald
  • Stewart Granger and Jean Simmons in Footsteps in the Fog (1955)

    22. Footsteps in the Fog

    19551h 30mApproved
    7.0 (2.4K)
    In early-1900s England, a maid tries to blackmail her master into romancing her when she discovers that he murdered his wife.
    DirectorArthur LubinStarsStewart GrangerJean SimmonsBill Travers
  • The Great Manhunt (1950)

    23. The Great Manhunt

    19501h 37mApproved
    7.0 (907)
    In post-WW2 Europe, when the dictator of a small police state dies during surgery, the operating surgeon, who's a visiting American doctor, is held captive in order to preserve the terrible state secret.
    DirectorSidney GilliatStarsDouglas Fairbanks Jr.Glynis JohnsJack Hawkins
  • The Night My Number Came Up (1955)

    24. The Night My Number Came Up

    19551h 34mNot Rated
    7.0 (1.7K)
    On a routine flight from Hong Kong to Japan, a British military transport aircraft's fate may or may not depend on a prophetic nightmare.
    DirectorLeslie NormanStarsMichael RedgraveSheila SimAlexander Knox
  • This Sporting Life (1963)

    25. This Sporting Life

    19632h 14mNot Rated
    7.5 (7.4K)
    Despite success on the field, a rising rugby star senses the emerging emptiness of his life as his inner angst begins to materialize through aggression and brutality, so he attempts to woo his landlady in hopes of finding reason to live.
    DirectorLindsay AndersonStarsRichard HarrisRachel RobertsAlan Badel

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