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Penda’s Fen (1974) Alan Clarke, Spencer Banks, John Atkinson, Georgine Anderson
Through a series of real and imagined encounters with angels, demons Read More »
The Riddle of the Sands (1979) Tony Maylam, Michael York, Jenny Agutter, Simon MacCorkindale
In the early years of the 20th Century, two British yachtsmen (Michael York and Simon MacCorkindale) Read More »
The American Way (1986) Maurice Phillips, Dennis Hopper, Michael J. Pollard, Eugene Lipinski
A group of Vietnam vets disturbs television programs from a B-29 airplane. Read More »
The Children (1990) Tony Palmer, Ben Kingsley, Kim Novak, Siri Neal
Rose Sellars (Kim Novak) is a middle-aged woman who falls in love with a widower (Sir Ben Kingsley). Read More »
Smiley’s People (1982) Simon Langton, Alec Guinness, Eileen Atkins, Bill Paterson
Called out of retirement to settle the affairs of a friend, George Smiley (Sir Alec Guinness) finds his old organization Read More »
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1979) John Irvin, Alec Guinness, Michael Jayston, Anthony Bate
George Smiley has been retired for about a year when he finds a friend from the Circus Read More »
Threads (1984) Mick Jackson, Karen Meagher, Reece Dinsdale, David Brierly
Documentary style account of a nuclear holocaust and its effect on the working class city of Sheffield, England Read More »
The Firm (1989) Alan Clarke, Gary Oldman, Lesley Manville, Philip Davis
This is the story of rival “Firms” of football supporters Read More »
Inadmissible Evidence (1968) Anthony Page, Nicol Williamson, Eleanor Fazan, Jill Bennett
A lawyer’s agonizing journey to the breaking point of his private Read More »
Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) Robert Hamer, Dennis Price, Alec Guinness, Valerie Hobson
Louis Mazzini’s mother belongs to the aristocratic family D’Ascoyne, but she ran away with an opera singer. Read More »
The Cruel Sea (1953) Charles Frend, Jack Hawkins, Donald Sinden, John Stratton
At the start of World War II, Cmdr. Ericson is assigned to convoy escort HMS Compass Rose Read More »
Mary (1931) Alfred Hitchcock, Alfred Abel, Olga Tschechowa, Paul Graetz
A juror in a murder trial, after voting to convict, has second thoughts and begins to investigate on his own before the execution. Read More »
Truly Madly Deeply (1990) Anthony Minghella, Juliet Stevenson, Alan Rickman, Jenny Howe
Once upon a time there were two people in love, their names were Nina and Jamie. Read More »
Radio On (1979) Christopher Petit, David Beames, Lisa Kreuzer, Sandy Ratcliff
In 1970s Britain, a man drives from London to Bristol to investigate his brother’s death Read More »