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Women In Love
(1969) [M]

D.H. Lawrence's 1920 novel about two love affairs is here well-adapted for the big screen. Jackson's galvanizing performance is nearly overshadowed by a lurid nude wrestling scene between Bates and Reed. Academy Award Nominations: 4, including Best Director, Best (Adapted) Screenplay. Academy...  More

If....
(1968) [M]

This Palme D'Or winning film takes an allegorical look at the British Public School system. 'If'... is an amazing blend of fact and fantasy which features a young Malcolm McDowell, successfully launching his film career in his debut. The students at College House are kept in line by tradition,...  More

Whiskey Galore
(1949) [PG]

Based on a true story. The name of the real ship, that sunk Feb 5 1941 - during WWII - was S/S Politician. Having left Liverpool two days earlier, heading for Jamaica, it sank outside Eriskay, The Outer Hebrides, Scotland, in bad weather, containing 250,000 bottles of whisky. The locals gathered...  More

Passport To Pimlico
(1949) [G]

A whimsical and charming British film, Passport to Pimlico is one of the finest examples of the classic Ealing comedies. An archaic document found in a bombsite reveals that the London district of Pimlico has for centuries technically been part of France. The local residents embrace their...  More

Oliver!
(1968) [G]

Experience the high-spirited adventures of Oliver Twist in the Oscar-winning musical adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic tale. Young Oliver (Mark Lester) is an orphan who escapes the cheerless life of the workhouse and takes to the streets of 19th Century London. He's immediately taken in by a...  More

39 Steps, The (1959)
(1959) [PG]

Richard Hannay (Kenneth More) meets up with a young nanny (Faith Brook) he'd come across earlier during the day. At the theatre that evening they attend a vaudeville performance by Mr. Memory (James Hayter), and afterwards Hannay takes her back to his London flat. There he discovers that she is...  More

The Cockleshell Heroes
(1954) [G]

In World War II, Royal Marine Major Stringer (Jose Ferrer) and Captain Thompson (Trevor Howard) chose volunteers for an unknown job. They trained the volunteers intensively in top secrecy for more than a year and then embarked with them on the most dangerous mission of the war - the canoe...  More

The Spy Who Came In From The Cold
(1965) [M]

Alec Leamas, a British spy is sent to East Germany supposedly to defect, but in fact to sow disinformation. As more plot turns appear, Leamas becomes more convinced that his own people see him as just a cog. His struggle back from dehumanization becomes the final focus of the story. Based on the...  More

Animal Farm
(1954) [G]

Britain's first animated feature, which, despite the title and Disney-esque animal animation, is in fact a no-holds-barred adaptation of George Orwell's classic satire on Stalinism, with the animals taking over their farm by means of a revolutionary coup, but then discovering that although all...  More

Sea Wife
(1957) [PG]

In 1942, a cargo ship jammed with British evacuees from Singapore is sunk by a Japanese sub. A small lifeboat carries a beautiful woman, an army officer, a bigoted administrator, and a black seaman. Only the seaman knows the woman is a nun. The men reveal their true selves under the hardships of...  More