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Kanopy
85
8.2
/275435/
80
/4897/
79
/2750/
4.2
/141466/
94
/53/
95
/4760/
86
/16/
cc age 8+

The Great Escape (1963)
The Nazis, exasperated at the number of escapes from their prison camps by a relatively small number of Allied prisoners, relocate them to a high-security 'escape-proof' camp to sit out the remainder of the war. Undaunted, the prisoners plan one of the most ambitious escape attempts of World War II. Based on a true story.
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Criterion Channel
84
7.7
/7984/
74
/166/
74
/155/
4.0
/11677/
100
/31/
87
/108/
85
/10/

Victim (1961)
A web of blackmail and murder attracts the attention of a barrister with a seemingly idyllic life, threatening to derail his career on the path of success.
poster
Kanopy
83
7.8
/36473/
74
/494/
73
/390/
4.0
/20708/
91
/45/
90
/891/

The Lion in Winter (1968)
Henry II and his estranged queen, Eleanor of Aquitaine, battle over the choice of an heir.
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Kanopy
79
78
7.4
/12164/
78
/363/
69
/152/
3.6
/4954/
100
/11/
85
/201/
cc age 10+

The Dam Busters (1955)
The story of the conception of a new British weapon for smashing the German dams in the Ruhr industrial complex and the execution of the raid by 617 Squadron 'The Dam Busters'.
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Kanopy
77
70
7.3
/7536/
70
/130/
68
/129/
3.7
/7826/
95
/22/
85
/163/
cc age 13+

Brighton Rock (1948)
Centring on the activities of a gang of assorted criminals and, in particular, their leader – a vicious young hoodlum known as "Pinkie" – the film's main thematic concern is the criminal underbelly evident in inter-war Brighton.
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Hoopla
68
6.8
/24826/
71
/1082/
67
/682/
3.3
/17069/
71
/21/
63
/410/
65
/15/
cc age 11+

Young Sherlock Holmes (1985)
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson meet as boys in an English Boarding school. Holmes is known for his deductive ability even as a youth, amazing his classmates with his abilities. When they discover a plot to murder a series of British business men by an Egyptian cult, they move to stop it.
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69
62
6.6
/5411/
70
/166/
63
/64/
3.3
/2014/
82
/11/
69
/62/

The Battle of the River Plate (1956)
In the early years of the World War II, the Royal Navy is fighting a desperate battle to keep the Atlantic convoy routes open to supply the British Isles, facing the great danger posed by the many German warships, such as the Admiral Graf Spee, which are scouring the ocean for cargo ships to sink.
poster
61
7.0
/7851/
71
/159/
65
/96/
3.5
/5900/
33
/6/
70
/137/

Cromwell (1970)
Disgusted with the policies of King Charles I, Oliver Cromwell plans to take his family to the New World. But on the eve of their departure, Cromwell is drawn into the tangled web of religion and politics that will result in the English Civil War.
poster
65
61
7.2
/9508/
69
/223/
68
/171/
3.5
/3265/
43
/7/
71
/90/

The Night of the Generals (1967)
A German intelligence officer investigates a prostitute's killing in Warsaw during World War II. He lands on three major Nazi generals as suspects, two of whom are also involved in a plot to kill Adolf Hitler.
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Plex
57
56
6.2
/10984/
67
/325/
60
/230/
3.0
/9205/
62
/21/
46
/69/
47
/10/

The Mirror Crack'd (1980)
Jane Marple solves the mystery when a local woman is poisoned and a visiting movie star seems to have been the intended victim.
poster
73
56
7.1
/3348/
70
/61/
65
/57/
3.5
/1250/
100
/6/
62
/33/

H.M.S. Defiant (1962)
Defiant's crew is part of a fleet-wide movement to present a petition of grievances to the Admiralty. Violence must be no part of it. The continual sadism of Defiant's first officer makes this difficult, and when the captain is disabled, the chance for violence increases.
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Kanopy
72
54
7.1
/2677/
70
/64/
65
/69/
3.5
/3641/
90
/20/
67
/19/

It Always Rains on Sunday (1947)
During a rainy Sunday afternoon, an escaped prisoner tries to hide out at the home of his ex-fiance.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
49
5.9
/9204/
65
/276/
56
/152/
2.8
/3666/
22
/9/
63
/280/
39
/8/

Yellowbeard (1983)
For years Yellowbeard had looted the Spanish Main, making men eat their lips and swallow their hearts. Caught and convicted for tax evasion, he's sentenced to 20 years in St. Victim's Prison for the Extremely Naughty. In a scheme to confiscate his fabulous treasure, the Royal Navy allows him to escape and follows him, where saucy tarts, lisping demigods and some awful puns and punishments await.
poster
68
43
6.9
/2225/
70
/47/
69
/149/
3.6
/1540/
62
/22/

Weekend at Dunkirk (1964)
In June 1940, during the Dunkirk evacuation of Allied troops to England, French sergeant Julien Maillat and his men debate whether to evacuate to Britain or stay and fight the German troops that are closing-in from all directions.
poster
71
40
7.0
/2568/
73
/46/
69
/47/
3.4
/648/
77
/20/

Operation: Daybreak (1975)
Czechoslovakia, 1942. Three brave Czech patriots risk everything to rid their country of its brutal Nazi leader, SS-General Reinhard Heydrich.
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67
37
7.1
/1825/
65
/22/
65
/31/
3.5
/1332/

Never Let Go (1960)
John Cummings, an unsuccessful cosmetics salesman, has his unpaid-for car stolen by one of the hoods in the employ of Lionel Meadows, the sadistic organizer of a London car conversion racket. The car was not insured, and since the police appear indifferent to his plight, Cummings decides to find it himself -- and gets himself involved in an underworld battle.
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48
35
5.5
/2475/
55
/83/
55
/52/
2.9
/1218/
40
/5/
30
/35/

The Lost Continent (1968)
An eclectic group of characters set sail on Captain Lansen’s leaky cargo ship in an attempt to escape their various troubles. When a violent storm strikes, the ship is swept into the Sargasso Sea and the passengers find themselves trapped on an island populated by man-eating seaweed, giant crabs and Spanish conquistadors who believe it’s still the 16th century.
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Kanopy
68
32
7.0
/1790/
66
/19/
68
/31/
3.5
/809/

The Night My Number Came Up (1955)
British Air Marshal Hardie is attending a party in Hong Kong when he hears of a dream, told by a pilot, in which Hardie's flight to Tokyo on a small Dakota propeller plane crashes on a Japanese beach. Hardie dismisses the dream as pure fantasy, but while he is flying to Tokyo the next day, circumstances start changing to align with the pilot's vivid vision, and it looks like the dream disaster may become a reality.
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MGM Plus
63
32
6.5
/2177/
66
/38/
59
/18/
3.3
/506/
61
/232/

Malta Story (1953)
Malta, 1942, during World War II. While the German air force is relentlessly bombing the island, a British pilot falls in love with a young Maltese girl.
poster
66
31
6.8
/1661/
70
/22/
63
/23/
3.4
/342/
61
/437/

The Password Is Courage (1962)
Sergeant-Major Charles Coward, a brave British soldier is captured by German forces during World War II. When he's thrown into a prisoner of war camp, he immediately plans his escape. Masquerading as a wounded German soldier, he makes it as far as the medical tent, where the deceived enemy forces award him the Iron Cross. Though he is ultimately discovered, he goes on to courageously pursue his freedom with a whimsical and undying audacity.
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MGM+ Amazon Channel
64
13
6.6
/954/
69
/22/
57
/17/
3.4
/234/
62
/2/

The Silent Enemy (1958)
The Mediterranean, 1941/42 - Axis forces are using frogmen and manned torpedoes to attack previously impregnable harbours. The Allied forces need to come up with something to answer this threat, which they find in the form of Lt. Lionel "Buster" Crabb.
poster
61
11
6.5
/593/
55
/6/
58
/10/
3.4
/355/

Nothing But the Best (1964)
Success has James Brewster's name written all over it, and he also has his heart set on his boss's daughter. A con artist hires him to help out on a bank scheme, but then again, James will do anything to get rich and be the most successful businessman in Britain-even if it means murder!!!
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?
6.2
/12/

Lancashire Luck (1938)
N/A
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?
10
/1/

Who Pays the Piper? (1960)
A dramatised documentary about the lives and work of the performers and administrators of a local orchestra. With the BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra.
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?
10
/1/

The Life of Galileo (1964)
BBC version of Brecht's epic account of Galileo's persecution for his 'heretical' idea that the earth moved around the sun.
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?
10
/1/

When I'm Rich (1977)
A man fantasises and has a power trip over what he would do if he became rich.
poster
54
?
6.5
/316/
45
/4/
52
/5/

Aunt Clara (1954)
A wealthy old man dies and leaves his holdings--including a brothel and a gambling den, racing greyhounds and a sleazy bar--to his eccentric Aunt Clara. Clara vows to "clean up" her new establishments, but complications ensue when she visits the crooked gambling den--just as it's being raided by the police.
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?
5.7
/46/
60
/1/

Luck of the Navy (1938)
With Britain on the brink of war, an enemy spy plans to steal secret documents and lay the blame on Clive Stanton.
poster
?
5.8
/9/
10
/1/
70
/1/

Where the Difference Begins (1961)
A family gather together as their mother lies dying. Death brings conflicts into sharp focus - not least between brothers Edgar and Richard…
poster
51
?
6.2
/116/
32
/4/
50
/2/

To Have and to Hold (1963)
A young woman is harassed by a man and seeks help from the police. The officer who visits her falls in love with her, but shortly after she is murdered.
poster
?
10
/1/

Ladies' Night (1986)
A tradition-bound gentlemen's club is thrown into chaos when women are allowed in during "ladies' night." One member resents the intrusion of women so much, he resorts to murder.
poster
51
?
5.9
/355/
42
/7/
54
/10/

The High Bright Sun (1964)
This story of love and espionage focuses on political turmoil as a small nation struggles to free itself from colonial rule, and one man tries to serve both justice and his own heart.
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?
7.5
/45/
60
/1/

Rope (1947)
Two young men strangle their "inferior" classmate, hide his body in their apartment, and invite his friends and family to a dinner party as a means to challenge the "perfection" of their crime.
poster
?
8.1
/49/
10
/1/

The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1982)
Jane Lapotaire and Joss Ackland star in this adaptation of Rudolph Besier's play. Elizabeth Barrett is kept a virtual prisoner by her father. Then the poet Robert Browning bursts into her life.
poster
59
?
6.4
/249/
50
/3/
65
/4/

Derby Day (1952)
Entertaining ensemble piece dealing with several characters who are on the way to the races on Derby day. It cleverly blends dramatic, romantic and comic elements, including the woman and lover who have murdered her husband, and the working class couple who are excited about their chance to go to the races, but end up listening to it on the radio in the car-park because they've got such a bad view.
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Amazon Prime Video
45
?
6.1
/368/
25
/2/
50
/10/

Red Monarch (1983)
British comedy satirising Stalin's inner circle as an absolute monarchs court. In the face of rampant abuse of power and poisonous distrust some still manage to keep faith with the Bolshevist creed until the very end. In front of the firing squad a stalwart bolshevist of the first hour exclaims: "Even in the best democracy errors are being made!"
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Amazon Prime Video
59
?
6.3
/390/
48
/5/
67
/7/

Eyewitness (1956)
After a fight with her husband, Lucy runs out of the house, and into a night of terror. She heads for the local cinema, and in doing so, becomes the only eyewitness to a couple of crooks, who are robbing the cinema's safe. In her haste to escape the thieves, she is knocked down by a passing bus, and is taken to the local hospital. The two crooks follow, and wait for a chance to finish her off, and thus eliminate the only person who can tie them to the robbery.
poster
60
?
6.4
/259/
57
/8/
61
/6/

The Lady with a Lamp (1951)
Based on the Reginald Berkeley stage play, this compelling historical drama offers a depiction of the life story of Florence Nightingale, the young 19th-century Englishwoman famously drawn to a career in nursing. Traveling to Turkey during the Crimean War, Florence gains a reputation for being devoted to the care of wounded soldiers and for pioneering higher standards for sanitary hospital conditions.
poster
?
28
/8/
53
/3/

Doctor Who: Time-Flight (1982)
While investigating a vanishing Concorde at Heathrow Airport, the Doctor and his companions are thrown millions of years back in time, when a mysterious alien called Kalid is trying to control the ancient powers of the Xeraphin.
poster
62
?
5.6
/174/
60
/1/
68
/4/

Sons of the Sea (1939)
The head of Dartmouth Training College has been murdered, and his successor, Captain Hyde, suspects that he himself may have been the intended target. He enlists the help of his own son Philip, a reluctant cadet at the college, to help him confirm his suspicions about planned enemy action... but meanwhile, there is a Secret Service agent staying at the college observatory, the foreign-born professor of astronomy is behaving strangely, and Naval Intelligence disclaim any knowledge of what is going on...
poster
The Roku Channel
56
?
5.7
/546/
60
/4/
48
/8/
3.1
/338/

Russian Roulette (1975)
An RCMP officer is ordered to discreetly take a Russian immigrant into custody in advance of a state visit by the Soviet premier. When the prisoner is kidnapped, the officer is drawn into a complicated assassination scheme.
poster
55
?
6.4
/293/
53
/6/
57
/3/

Bequest to the Nation (1973)
Set before the Battle of Trafalgar, this is the story of relationship between Admiral Lord Nelson and Lady Hamilton during the Napoleonic Wars.
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?

Six Characters in Search of an Author (1977)
An acting company prepares to rehearse the play The Rules of the Game by Luigi Pirandello. As the rehearsal is about to begin, they are interrupted by the arrival of six strange people. The Director, furious at the interruption, demands an explanation. The Father explains that they are unfinished characters in search of an author to finish their story...
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?

Vice Versa (1937)
The second adaptation, also British, was released in 1937.
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Dear Brutus (1981)
"They say that in the wood you get what nearly everybody here is longing for – a second chance." J. M. Barrie's fantasy play, depicting alternative realities for its characters and their eventual return to real life.


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