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poster
Amazon Prime Video
88
8.1
/193952/
78
/3083/
79
/2033/
4.2
/180023/
99
/97/
93
/3387/
97
/30/
cc age 13+

The Third Man (1949)
In postwar Vienna, Austria, Holly Martins, a writer of pulp Westerns, arrives penniless as a guest of his childhood chum Harry Lime, only to learn he has died. Martins develops a conspiracy theory after learning of a "third man" present at the time of Harry's death, running into interference from British officer Major Calloway, and falling head-over-heels for Harry's grief-stricken lover, Anna.
poster
Kanopy
82
7.4
/15659/
74
/338/
71
/288/
3.7
/13824/
100
/29/
81
/250/
cc age 8+

The Thief of Bagdad (1940)
When Prince Ahmad is blinded and cast out of Bagdad by the nefarious Jaffar, he joins forces with the scrappy thief Abu to win back his royal place, as well as the heart of a beautiful princess.
poster
Kanopy
81
77
7.6
/10629/
73
/191/
72
/187/
3.8
/8585/
100
/35/
88
/153/
88
/12/

The Fallen Idol (1948)
Phillipe, the son of an ambassador in London, hero-worships his father's butler Baines. His perception of the man changes when he accidentally discovers the secret that Baines keeps and witnesses the consequences that adults' lies can cause.
poster
Criterion Channel
80
75
7.7
/9841/
75
/209/
74
/156/
3.9
/8427/
91
/23/
91
/146/

Hobson's Choice (1954)
A widower refuses to let his three daughters marry in order to avoid paying settlements, so they'll just have to outsmart him.
poster
Kanopy
75
70
7.1
/11188/
67
/198/
67
/163/
3.7
/22303/
92
/25/
79
/166/

Summertime (1955)
Middle-aged Ohio secretary Jane Hudson has never found love and has nearly resigned herself to spending the rest of her life alone. But before she does, she uses her savings to finance a summer in romantic Venice, where she finally meets the man of her dreams, the elegant Renato Di Rossi.
poster
Criterion Channel
77
70
7.4
/7020/
73
/133/
70
/101/
3.5
/3018/
91
/11/
85
/90/

The Four Feathers (1939)
A disgraced officer risks his life to help his childhood friends in battle.
poster
Kanopy
76
69
7.3
/5801/
70
/104/
72
/96/
3.7
/5824/
81
/21/
79
/113/
88
/11/
cc age 10+

Richard III (1955)
Having helped his brother King Edward IV take the throne of England, the jealous hunchback Richard, Duke of Gloucester, plots to seize power for himself. Masterfully deceiving and plotting against nearly everyone in the royal court, including his eventual wife, Lady Anne, and his brother George, Duke of Clarence, Richard orchestrates a bloody rise to power before finding all his gains jeopardized by those he betrayed.
poster
Criterion Channel
77
69
7.2
/5487/
69
/97/
71
/87/
3.5
/3715/
100
/11/
83
/102/

That Hamilton Woman (1941)
The story of courtesan and dance-hall girl Emma Hamilton, including her relationships with Sir William Hamilton and Admiral Horatio Nelson and her rise and fall, set during the Napoleonic Wars.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
68
66
6.6
/9998/
66
/360/
65
/210/
3.3
/9358/
91
/33/
55
/159/

Things to Come (1936)
The story of a century: a decades-long second World War leaves plague and anarchy, then a rational state rebuilds civilization and attempts space travel.
poster
Criterion Channel
74
65
7.3
/5158/
70
/88/
69
/69/
3.4
/2741/
90
/10/
75
/129/

The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934)
18th century English aristocrat Sir Percy Blakeney leads a double life. He appears to be merely the effete aristocrat, but in reality is part of an underground effort to free French nobles from Robespierre's Reign of Terror.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
72
64
7.0
/5327/
67
/81/
64
/88/
3.4
/4431/
94
/18/
74
/67/

The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933)
Renowned for his excess, King Henry VIII goes through a series of wives during his rule. With Anne Boleyn, his second wife, executed on charges of treason, King Henry weds maid Jane Seymour, but that marriage also ends in tragedy. Not one to be single for long, the king picks German-born Anne of Cleves as his bride, but their union lasts only months before an annulment is granted, and King Henry continues his string of spouses.
poster
Criterion Channel
73
61
7.1
/3683/
67
/64/
66
/73/
3.7
/5819/
92
/12/
72
/29/

The Small Back Room (1949)
As the Germans drop explosive booby-traps on 1943 Britain, the embittered expert who'll have to disarm them fights a private battle with alcohol.
poster
fuboTV
73
58
6.9
/2872/
70
/56/
63
/62/
3.5
/2819/
100
/13/
71
/26/

The Spy in Black (1939)
A German submarine is sent to the Orkney Isles in 1917 to sink the British fleet.
poster
66
54
6.7
/3124/
68
/81/
63
/60/
3.3
/1603/
67
/6/
68
/60/

The Belles of St. Trinian's (1954)
The unruly schoolgirls of St Trinian's are more interested in men and mischief than homework and hockey. But greater trouble than ever beckons when the arrival at the school of Princess Fatima of Makyad coincides with the return of recently expelled Arabella Fritton, who has the kidnap of a prize racehorse on her mind. The first film in the classic comedy series.
poster
Kanopy
74
51
7.0
/2391/
67
/42/
67
/41/
3.4
/1066/
100
/5/
72
/22/

Seven Days to Noon (1950)
When Professor Willingdon becomes wary of the nuclear weapons he is helping build, he steals a warhead and threatens to detonate it in London in seven days unless the government begins nuclear disarmament. As Willingdon goes into hiding, Detective Folland of Scotland Yard sets out to find him. Willingdon's daughter Ann also joins the cause, hoping she can talk sense into her father before he causes a catastrophe.
poster
Criterion Channel
71
49
7.0
/2190/
68
/36/
68
/37/
3.5
/1348/
75
/8/
76
/29/

Rembrandt (1936)
A character study depicting the life of Rembrandt Van Rijn at the height of his fame in the mid 1600s. Beginning with the death of his wife, Rembrandt's work takes a dark turn, which offends many of his patrons.
poster
The Roku Channel
63
48
6.6
/3156/
62
/48/
60
/61/
3.4
/2048/
59
/2438/

Anna Karenina (1948)
In Imperial Russia, Anna, wife of the officer Karenin, goes to Moscow to visit her brother. On the way, she meets charming cavalry officer Vronsky, to whom she's immediately attracted. But in St. Petersburg’s high society, a relationship like this could destroy a woman’s reputation.
poster
Kanopy
67
48
6.7
/2622/
66
/61/
65
/57/
3.3
/1627/
80
/15/
60
/17/
cc age 8+

The Sound Barrier (1952)
A young RAF pilot tests his father-in-law’s prototype supersonic aircraft to the limit, at a time of intense development in the field of aviation, just as commercial jet airliners are about to enter service.
poster
Kanopy
69
47
7.3
/2316/
65
/30/
64
/30/
3.5
/2209/
73
/234/

The Holly and the Ivy (1952)
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.
poster
70
45
7.2
/2089/
62
/37/
66
/41/
3.5
/878/
84
/572/

The Happiest Days of Your Life (1950)
Nutbourne College, an old established, all-boys, boarding school is told that another school is to be billeted with due to wartime restrictions. The shock is that it's an all-girls school that has been sent. The two head teachers are soon battling for the upper hand with each other and the Ministry. But a crisis (or two) forces them to work together.
poster
Kanopy
71
45
7.0
/2865/
65
/52/
71
/64/
3.6
/1972/
77
/11/

The Man Between (1953)
A British woman on a visit to post-war Berlin is caught up in an espionage ring smuggling secrets into and out of the Eastern Bloc.
poster
Criterion Channel
67
45
6.7
/2350/
63
/41/
65
/36/
3.2
/1331/
100
/8/
47
/10/

The Ghost Goes West (1935)
Donald Glourie shares his crumbling ancestral home with the ghost of his Highland ancestor, Murdoch, who has been condemned to haunt the castle until he avenges a 200-year-old insult from a rival clan. To clear his mounting debts, Donald sells the dilapidated pile to an American businessman, Mr Martin, who has the castle complete with the Glourie ghost transported and rebuilt in Florida. While old-world gentility rubs up comically against 20th-century materialism, Martin's daughter takes a liking to both Donald and Murdoch, convinced they are one and the same man...
poster
67
42
6.9
/1701/
64
/29/
62
/34/
3.7
/2522/
78
/11/
60
/6/

Gone to Earth (1950)
Hazel Woods, a beautiful and young Welsh girl, lives a wild, rustic life and loves animals — in particular, her pet fox. She is hotly desired by Jack Reddin, a fox hunting squire who vies for her affection and pursues her, despite the purer amorous intentions of the local pastor.
poster
71
39
6.9
/1740/
70
/25/
68
/27/
3.4
/663/
80
/335/

The Wooden Horse (1950)
True story of three British POWs and their attempt to escape from Nazi Germany
poster
Kanopy
59
36
6.5
/2130/
59
/26/
62
/37/
3.1
/1012/
49
/33/

Fire Over England (1937)
The film is a historical drama set during the reign of Elizabeth I (Flora Robson), focusing on the English defeat of the Spanish Armada, whence the title. In 1588, relations between Spain and England are at the breaking point. With the support of Queen Elizabeth I, British sea raiders such as Sir Francis Drake regularly capture Spanish merchantmen bringing gold from the New World.
poster
Criterion Channel
66
36
6.4
/1292/
67
/27/
66
/27/
3.3
/817/
67
/9/
69
/22/
cc age 8+

A Kid for Two Farthings (1955)
Joe is a young boy who lives with his mother, Joanna, in working-class London. The two reside above the tailor shop of Mr. Kandinsky, who likes to tell Joe stories. When Kandinsky informs Joe that a unicorn can grant wishes, the hopeful lad ends up buying a baby goat with one tiny horn, believing it to be a real unicorn. Undaunted by his rough surroundings, Joe sets about to prove that wishes can come true.
poster
67
35
6.8
/1904/
66
/24/
54
/22/
3.3
/622/
80
/5/
70
/13/

The Captain's Paradise (1953)
Mediterranean ferryboat captain Henry St James has things well organized - a loving and very English wife Maud in Gibraltar, and the loving if rather more hot-blooded Mistress, Nita in Tangiers. A perfect life. As long as neither woman decides to follow him to the other port.
poster
Fandor
66
35
6.9
/1751/
71
/24/
58
/30/
3.4
/579/
63
/8/
73
/18/

The Man Who Could Work Miracles (1936)
An ordinary man, while vigorously asserting the impossibility of miracles, suddenly discovers that he can perform them.
poster
62
33
6.9
/1427/
62
/18/
58
/32/
3.4
/743/
56
/392/

Outcast of the Islands (1951)
After financial improprieties are discovered at the Eastern trading company where he works, Peter Willems flees the resulting disgrace and criminal charges. He persuades the man who gave him his start in life, the merchant ship captain Lingard, to bring him to a trading post on a remote Indonesian island where he can hide out.
poster
70
32
7.0
/1095/
66
/12/
61
/16/
3.5
/675/
92
/13/
65
/9/

Cry, the Beloved Country (1951)
In the back country of South Africa, black minister Stephen Kumalo journeys to the city to search for his missing son, only to find his people living in squalor and his son a criminal. Reverend Misimangu is a young South African clergyman who helps find his missing son-turned-thief and sister-turned-prostitute in the slums of Johannesburg.
poster
The Roku Channel
61
32
6.6
/1809/
62
/27/
59
/22/
3.4
/2347/
53
/12/

The Divorce of Lady X (1938)
A London barrister believes the woman who spent the night in his hotel suite is the erring wife of his newest client.
poster
Criterion Channel
67
32
6.4
/914/
67
/19/
66
/19/
3.2
/533/
100
/9/
42
/11/

Elephant Boy (1937)
In India, Toomai, a young mahout, helps lead the British on a large expedition to round up wild elephants.
poster
Plex
71
30
7.6
/2059/
67
/21/
69
/27/
3.6
/753/
74
/8/

The Winslow Boy (1948)
In pre-WW1 England, a youngster is expelled from a naval academy over a petty theft, but his parents raise a political furor by demanding a trial.
poster
Criterion Channel
64
29
6.3
/1027/
62
/17/
59
/24/
3.2
/445/
83
/6/
56
/7/

The Drum (1938)
Set in the India of the British Raj, the evil and untrustworthy Prince Guhl (Raymond Massey) plans to wipe out the British troops as they enjoy the hospitality of Guhl's spacious palace. It's up to the loyal young Prince Azim (Sabu) to warn the troops of Guhl's treachery by tapping out a message on his drum.
poster
Criterion Channel
57
29
6.1
/1382/
63
/20/
61
/26/
3.0
/1017/
41
/569/

21 Days Together (1940)
After Larry Darrent accidentally kills his lover's blackmailing husband, someone else is arrested for the crime. When he is found guilty, Larry and Wanda have just three weeks together before he must give himself up or let an innocent man go to the gallows.
poster
Kanopy
57
28
6.2
/1610/
57
/18/
64
/30/
3.1
/890/
41
/20/

Dark Journey (1937)
Madeline Goddard, is a British double agent who meets and falls in love with a German spy Baron Karl Von Marwitz during World War I. This tale of espionage blends high adventure and romance making perfect order from wartime chaos and growing in faith from despair.
poster
Criterion Channel
63
28
6.8
/1583/
70
/9/
56
/17/
3.4
/727/
51
/203/

Knight Without Armour (1937)
British agent working in Russia is forced to remain longer than planned once the revolution begins. After being released from prison in Siberia he poses as a Russian Commissar. Because of his position among the revolutionaries, he is able to rescue a Russian countess from the Bolsheviks.
poster
68
26
7.1
/1715/
70
/15/
66
/24/
3.5
/921/
63
/6/

Perfect Strangers (1945)
After World War II service changes them, a married couple dread their postwar reunion.
poster
Kanopy
62
24
6.6
/1279/
60
/12/
74
/29/
3.2
/571/
48
/10/

Storm in a Teacup (1937)
A local politician in Scotland tries to break the reporter who wrote a negative story about him, and who is also in love with his daughter.
poster
62
23
6.4
/504/
51
/5/
47
/13/
3.3
/314/
79
/1263/

The Deep Blue Sea (1955)
A woman is unhappy in her marriage to a boring, stiff judge, so she takes up with a wild-living RAF pilot, who ends up being more than she can handle.
poster
Criterion Channel
65
23
6.5
/1264/
61
/26/
59
/26/
3.4
/924/
76
/4/

Three Cases of Murder (1955)
Three stories of murder and the supernatural: A museum worker is introduced to a world behind the pictures he sees every day. When two lifelong friends fall in love with the same woman and she is killed, they are obvious suspects. Is their friendship strong enough for them to alibi each other? When a young politician is hurt by the arrogant Secretary for Foreign Affairs Lord Mountdrago, he uses Mountdrago's dreams to get revenge.
poster
Hoopla
57
22
6.3
/843/
58
/18/
56
/20/
3.3
/506/
57
/7/
48
/4/

The Rise of Catherine the Great (1934)
The woman who will become Catherine the Great marries into the Russian royal family when she weds Grand Duke Peter, the nephew of Empress Elizabeth. Although the couple has moments of contentment, Peter's cruel and erratic behavior causes a rift between him and Catherine. Mere months after Peter succeeds his aunt as the ruler of Russia, a revolt is brewing, and Catherine is poised to ascend to the throne as the country's new empress.
poster
Criterion Channel
53
22
5.4
/796/
46
/24/
57
/10/
2.8
/501/
80
/5/
25
/2/

Sanders of the River (1935)
A British District Officer in Nigeria in the 1930s rules his area strictly but justly. He struggles with gun-runners and slavers with the aid of a loyal native chief.
poster
67
18
7.0
/943/
61
/17/
67
/17/
3.5
/365/

State Secret (1950)
While working in England, an American surgeon Dr. John Marlowe is invited to Vosnia (a fictitious East-European country) to receive an award and demonstrate his life-saving surgery. Unwittingly caught in the middle of a dangerous and corrupt series of political events, Marlowe then becomes the object of a shoot-to-kill, vicious pursuit. Fleeing, he seeks help from an English-speaking actress, Lisa Robinson, and the two attempt to escape across the treacherous mountains of Vosnia.
poster
51
18
5.1
/1353/
64
/29/
58
/20/
2.9
/519/
25
/19/

The Iron Petticoat (1956)
Captain Vinka Kovalenko defects from Russia, but not for political reasons. She defects because she feels discriminated against as a woman. Captain Chuck Lockwood gets the order to show her the bright side of capitalism, while she tries to convince him of the superiority of communism. Naturally, they fall in love, but there's still the KGB, which doesn't like the idea of having a defected Russian officer running around in London.
poster
Criterion Channel
63
16
6.3
/871/
63
/19/
59
/20/
3.4
/496/
65
/3/

The Private Life of Don Juan (1934)
What do women want? Don Juan is aging. He's arrived secretly in Seville after a 20 year absence. His wife Dolores, whom he hasn't lived with in five years, still loves him. He refuses to see her; he fears the life of a husband. She has bought his debts and will remand him to jail for two years if he won't come to her. Meanwhile, an impostor is climbing the balconies of Seville claiming to be Don Juan.
poster
Criterion Channel
64
15
6.5
/906/
64
/11/
63
/14/
3.3
/359/

An Ideal Husband (1947)
A prominent politician is preparing to expose a financial scandal. But then a woman who has invested heavily in the shady venture threatens to uncover a damaging secret in the politician's past if he exposes the speculation as a fraud. His problem is compounded by his wife's intolerance of the slightest character flaws.
poster
48
11
6.2
/725/
49
/11/
61
/7/
18
/54/

Storm Over the Nile (1955)
In 1885, while his regiment is sent to the Sudan to battle the rebellious Dervish tribes, British Lieutenant Harry Faversham resigns his officer's commission in order to remain with his fiancée Mary Burroughs in England. His friends and fellow officers John Durrance, Peter Burroughs and Tom Willoughby brand him a coward and present him with the white feathers of cowardice. His fiancée, Mary, adds a fourth feather and breaks off their engagement. However, former Lieutenant Faversham decides to regain his honor by fighting in the Sudan incognito.


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