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1. Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939)
Unrated | 114 min | Drama, Romance
An aged teacher and former headmaster of a boarding school recalls his career and his personal life over the decades.
Directors: Sam Wood, Sidney Franklin | Stars: Robert Donat, Greer Garson, Terry Kilburn, John Mills
Votes: 11,576
2. The 39 Steps (1935)
Approved | 86 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
A man in London tries to help a counter-espionage agent, but when the agent is killed and the man stands accused, he must go on the run to save himself and stop a spy ring that is trying to steal top-secret information.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Robert Donat, Madeleine Carroll, Lucie Mannheim, Godfrey Tearle
Votes: 61,478
3. The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (1958)
Approved | 158 min | Biography, Drama, War
A tenacious British woman becomes a missionary and runs an inn for travelling merchants in China during the Japanese invasion and the tumultuous years leading up to the Second World War.
Director: Mark Robson | Stars: Ingrid Bergman, Robert Donat, Curd Jürgens, Michael David
Votes: 5,416
4. The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933)
Passed | 97 min | Biography, Drama
King Henry VIII marries five more times after his divorce from his first wife Catherine of Aragon.
Director: Alexander Korda | Stars: Charles Laughton, Robert Donat, Franklin Dyall, Miles Mander
Votes: 4,857
5. The Count of Monte Cristo (1934)
Passed | 113 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
After greedy men have Edmond Dantes unjustly imprisoned for 20 years for innocently delivering a letter entrusted to him, he escapes to get his revenge on them.
Director: Rowland V. Lee | Stars: Robert Donat, Elissa Landi, Louis Calhern, Sidney Blackmer
Votes: 3,238
6. The Ghost Goes West (1935)
Approved | 95 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
A haunted Scottish castle is dismantled and transported to Florida, bringing the family ghost along with it.
Director: René Clair | Stars: Robert Donat, Jean Parker, Eugene Pallette, Elsa Lanchester
Votes: 2,114
7. Kraft Theatre (1947–1958)
60 min | Drama
A well-received anthology series presenting live television dramas.
Stars: Ed Herlihy, Vaughn Taylor, Valerie Cossart, Dan Morgan
Votes: 221
8. The Winslow Boy (1948)
Not Rated | 117 min | Drama
In pre-WWI England, a youngster is expelled from a naval academy over a petty theft, and his parents raise a political furor by demanding a trial.
Director: Anthony Asquith | Stars: Robert Donat, Cedric Hardwicke, Basil Radford, Margaret Leighton
Votes: 1,811
9. Knight Without Armor (1937)
Approved | 107 min | Adventure, Drama, History
After two years as a Czarist British agent posing as a Russian Commissar, he rescues a Russian countess from her Bolshevik captors.
Director: Jacques Feyder | Stars: Marlene Dietrich, Robert Donat, Irene Vanbrugh, Herbert Lomas
Votes: 1,459
10. The Citadel (1938)
Passed | 110 min | Drama
An enthusiastic young doctor happily embarks on his career, but it isn't long before he finds out what being a doctor really entails.
Director: King Vidor | Stars: Robert Donat, Rosalind Russell, Ralph Richardson, Rex Harrison
Votes: 2,371
11. Vacation from Marriage (1945)
Passed | 102 min | Drama, Romance
A dull married couple, separated by their enlistment during World War II, reunite after three years to find that they have become very different people.
Director: Alexander Korda | Stars: Robert Donat, Deborah Kerr, Glynis Johns, Ann Todd
Votes: 1,507
12. The Adventures of Tartu (1943)
Passed | 103 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
In 1940. Captain Terence Stevenson is with the British Army in the bomb disposal unit in London, his primary job is to defuse them. Despite having no experience as a spy, he is asked by his... See full summary »
Director: Harold S. Bucquet | Stars: Robert Donat, Valerie Hobson, Walter Rilla, Glynis Johns
Votes: 1,126
13. The Magic Box (1951)
Approved | 118 min | Biography, Drama, History
A chronicle of the life of William Friese-Greene, a British inventor and early pioneer in cinema.
Director: John Boulting | Stars: Robert Donat, Maria Schell, Renée Asherson, Richard Attenborough
Votes: 1,417
14. The First Film (2015)
Not Rated | 111 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Leeds born filmmaker David Nicholas Wilkinson's thirty three year quest to prove that the worlds film industry started in Leeds, Yorkshire, England in 1888.
Director: David Wilkinson | Stars: David Wilkinson, Bernard Atha, Tom Courtenay, Nigel Cross
Votes: 200
15. Captain Boycott (1947)
Approved | 92 min | Drama, History
In 1880 Ireland, poor farmers rebel against the abuses of their British landlords.
Director: Frank Launder | Stars: Stewart Granger, Kathleen Ryan, Cecil Parker, Alastair Sim
Votes: 430
16. For Love or Money (1933)
73 min | Comedy
A schemer and his daughter have lived the high life, but they are out of cash. A last-ditch plan to lure investors goes awry when the electric company shows up to turn off the lights. But the new employee brings hope and something more.
Director: Zoltan Korda | Stars: Edmund Gwenn, Wendy Barrie, Robert Donat, Morris Harvey
Votes: 100
17. The Young Mr. Pitt (1942)
Approved | 118 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
This biopic tells the story of the life of Pitt The Younger, who became Prime Minister of Great Britain at the age of twenty-four.
Director: Carol Reed | Stars: Robert Donat, Geoffrey Atkins, Jean Cadell, Robert Morley
Votes: 445
18. Lease of Life (1954)
Approved | 94 min | Drama
The parson of a small rural community knows he is dying and this makes him reconsider his life so far and what he can still do to help the community.
Director: Charles Frend | Stars: Robert Donat, Kay Walsh, Adrienne Corri, Denholm Elliott
Votes: 325
19. Men of Tomorrow (1932)
88 min | Drama
Allan Shepherd is 'sent down' after writing an indictment of his university. He marries his sweetheart Jane, but they separate when she becomes the breadwinner.
Directors: Leontine Sagan, Zoltan Korda | Stars: Maurice Braddell, Joan Gardner, Emlyn Williams, Robert Donat
Votes: 28
20. The Cure for Love (1949)
98 min | Comedy
Sergeant Jack Hardacre returns from the war to his contemptible fiancée Janey Jenkins intending to reconcile with her against all odds. But he falls in love with a charming new lodger Milly Southern instead.
Directors: Robert Donat, Alexander Shaw | Stars: Robert Donat, Renée Asherson, Marjorie Rhodes, Charles Victor
Votes: 34
21. The New Lot (1943)
43 min | Short, Drama, War
During World War II, five civilians from different backgrounds become reluctant conscripts in the British Army.
Director: Carol Reed | Stars: Eric Ambler, Ivor Barnard, Robert Donat, Ian Fleming
Votes: 139
22. Over Night (1932)
Passed | 78 min | Crime, Drama
A young bank clerk steals £500 and plans to go on a spree before shooting himself but a bad girl turned good tries to convince him to return the money and stay alive.
Director: Rowland V. Lee | Stars: Robert Donat, Pearl Argyle, Miles Mander, Roy Emerton
Votes: 15
23. The Stained Glass at Fairford (1956)
26 min | Documentary, Short
A study of the medieval stained glass (1497) in the church of St Mary the Virgin, Fairford, Gloucestershire, explaining its design and use as an aid for Bible instruction.
Director: Basil Wright | Stars: John Betjeman, Robert Donat
24. Royal Heritage (1952)
Approved | 28 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
A preview of the (then) upcoming coronation ceremony for Queen Elizabeth II. It explains how the young queen is carrying on a tradition unbroken in 250 years by the British sovereignty, ... See full summary »
Director: Diana Pine | Stars: Robert Donat, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Queen Elizabeth II
25. Korda Interviews (1956 TV Movie)
Documentary
Director: Alan Sleath | Stars: Robert Donat, David Lean, Vivien Leigh, Muir Mathieson
26. Alexander Korda, Kt (1956 TV Movie)
Documentary
Documentary about Alexander Korda, made just after his death.
Stars: Robert Donat, Charles Laughton, David Lean, Vivien Leigh
27.
Kraft Theatre (1947–1958)
Episode:
The Magic Box
(1956)
Drama
A chronicle of the life of William Friese-Greene, a British inventor and early pioneer in cinema.
Directors: John Boulting, Roy Boulting | Stars: Robert Donat, Margaret Johnston, Maria Schell