Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows With Flora Robson

1. Clash of the Titans (1981)

PG | 118 min | Action, Adventure, Family

Perseus must battle Medusa and the Kraken to save the Princess Andromeda.

Director: Desmond Davis | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Harry Hamlin, Claire Bloom, Maggie Smith

Votes: 47,721 | Gross: $41.09M

2. Black Narcissus (1947)

Not Rated | 101 min | Drama

A group of nuns struggle to establish a convent in the Himalayas, while isolation, extreme weather, altitude, and culture clashes all conspire to drive the well-intentioned missionaries mad.

Directors: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger | Stars: Deborah Kerr, David Farrar, Flora Robson, Jenny Laird

Votes: 27,646

3. The Sea Hawk (1940)

Approved | 127 min | Action, Adventure, History

Geoffrey Thorpe, a buccaneer, is hired by Queen Elizabeth I to nag the Spanish Armada. The Armada is waiting for the attack on England and Thorpe surprises them with attacks on their galleons where he shows his skills on the sword.

Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: Errol Flynn, Brenda Marshall, Claude Rains, Donald Crisp

Votes: 10,731

4. Wuthering Heights (1939)

Passed | 104 min | Drama, Romance

A servant in the house of Wuthering Heights tells a traveler the unfortunate tale of lovers Cathy and Heathcliff.

Director: William Wyler | Stars: Merle Oberon, Laurence Olivier, David Niven, Flora Robson

Votes: 19,764 | Gross: $0.76M

5. Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes (1965)

G | 138 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family

Hoping to push Britain to the forefront of aviation, a London publisher organizes an international air race across the English Channel, but must contend with two entrants vying for his daughter, as well as national rivalries and cheating.

Director: Ken Annakin | Stars: Stuart Whitman, Sarah Miles, James Fox, Alberto Sordi

Votes: 9,231 | Gross: $31.11M

6. 55 Days at Peking (1963)

Unrated | 154 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

During the 1900 Boxer Rebellion, U.S. marine, Maj. Matt Lewis, along with British consul, Sir Arthur Robertson, develop a plan to keep the rebels at bay until an international military relief force can arrive.

Directors: Nicholas Ray, Guy Green, Andrew Marton | Stars: Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner, David Niven, Flora Robson

Votes: 7,416

7. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1972)

G | 95 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy

Alice (Fiona Fullerton) falls down a rabbit hole and into a magical dream world populated by surreal characters and bewildering adventures. It's a journey of self-discovery for Alice as she... See full summary »

Director: William Sterling | Stars: Fiona Fullerton, Michael Jayston, Hywel Bennett, Michael Crawford

Votes: 1,827

8. Caesar and Cleopatra (1945)

Approved | 123 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

At the height of the Roman Civil War, a young Cleopatra (Vivien Leigh) meets a middle-aged Julius Caesar (Claude Rains), who teaches her how to rule Egypt.

Director: Gabriel Pascal | Stars: Claude Rains, Vivien Leigh, Stewart Granger, Flora Robson

Votes: 3,138

9. Les Miserables (1978 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 150 min | Drama, History

Jean Valjean (Richard Jordan), convicted of stealing bread, is hounded for several decades by the relentless and cruel Policeman Javert (Anthony Perkins).

Director: Glenn Jordan | Stars: Richard Jordan, Anthony Perkins, Cyril Cusack, Claude Dauphin

Votes: 1,928

10. A Tale of Two Cities (1980 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 162 min | Drama, History, Romance

An ex-aristocrat from France and an alcoholic English lawyer find themselves crossing paths and in love with the same woman during the French Revolution.

Director: Jim Goddard | Stars: Chris Sarandon, Peter Cushing, Kenneth More, Barry Morse

Votes: 1,015

11. Murder at the Gallop (1963)

Approved | 81 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

When a wealthy old man appears to have been "frightened to death" by a cat, Miss Jane Marple suspects one of his four relatives, all heirs to his estate, of his murder.

Director: George Pollock | Stars: Margaret Rutherford, Stringer Davis, Robert Morley, Flora Robson

Votes: 6,799

12. Eye of the Devil (1966)

Not Rated | 96 min | Horror, Mystery

Workers employed at a French vineyard quietly follow old pagan rituals that call for the life of the marquis owner to save his crops during dry seasons.

Director: J. Lee Thompson | Stars: David Niven, Sharon Tate, Deborah Kerr, Donald Pleasence

Votes: 3,216

13. Poison Pen (1939)

66 min | Drama

A small, sedate British village is shocked when its residents begin receiving hate-filled diatribes, known as "poison pen letters".

Director: Paul L. Stein | Stars: Flora Robson, Robert Newton, Ann Todd, Belle Chrystall

Votes: 244

14. The Ed Sullivan Show (1948–1971)

TV-G | 60 min | Music, Talk-Show

The classic prime time variety show most famous for its vaudeville acts and rock music performances.

Stars: Ed Sullivan, The Ray Bloch Orchestra, Ray Bloch, Johnny Wayne

Votes: 1,561

15. Play School (1964–1988)

20 min | Family

Stories, fun, and things to make and do for pre-school children.

Stars: Carol Chell, Brian Cant, Julie Stevens, Johnny Ball

Votes: 111

16. Young Cassidy (1965)

Approved | 110 min | Biography, Drama

The misadventures of a young idealist man in Dublin, Ireland in the early twentieth century.

Directors: Jack Cardiff, John Ford | Stars: Rod Taylor, Julie Christie, Maggie Smith, Michael Redgrave

Votes: 1,325

17. The Beast in the Cellar (1971)

R | 88 min | Horror, Thriller

Soldiers in a rural English town are being brutally murdered by an unknown creature. Two sisters living nearby realize they might understand what's happening.

Director: James Kelley | Stars: Beryl Reid, Flora Robson, John Hamill, Tessa Wyatt

Votes: 1,101

18. BBC Play of the Month (1965–1983)

120 min | Drama

Monthly anthology series featuring televised versions of plays.

Stars: Charles Gray, Eric Porter, Jeremy Brett, Lally Bowers

Votes: 178

19. This Is Your Life (1955–2003)

30 min | Documentary, Biography

The UK version of the popular US show. Eamonn Andrews (later Michael Aspel) surprises celebrities by presenting them with the Big Red Book before taking them into the studio to tell viewers... See full summary »

Stars: Eamonn Andrews, Michael Aspel, Elizabeth Dawn, June Whitfield

Votes: 323

20. 7 Women (1965)

Passed | 87 min | Drama

In 1935 China, seven dedicated missionary women try to protect themselves from the advances of a barbaric Mongolian warlord and his cut-throat gang of warriors.

Director: John Ford | Stars: Anne Bancroft, Sue Lyon, Margaret Leighton, Flora Robson

Votes: 2,664

21. The Shuttered Room (1967)

Unrated | 99 min | Horror

A series of horrific murders is traced to a creature that inhabits a very strange house.

Director: David Greene | Stars: Oliver Reed, Gig Young, Carol Lynley, Flora Robson

Votes: 1,883

22. Dominique (1979)

PG | 100 min | Horror, Thriller

A millionaire, who drove his wife to commit suicide, starts believing that he is being haunted by her spirit.

Director: Michael Anderson | Stars: Cliff Robertson, Jean Simmons, Jenny Agutter, Simon Ward

Votes: 1,177

23. Armchair Theatre (1956–1974)

60 min | Drama

This show was a British television drama anthology series of single plays that ran on the ITV network from 1956 to 1974. It was originally produced by Associated British Corporation, and from mid-1968 by Thames Television.

Stars: Harry H. Corbett, Paul Whitsun-Jones, Billie Whitelaw, Neil McCallum

Votes: 245

24. Guns at Batasi (1964)

Approved | 103 min | Drama, History, War

Anachronistic strict Regimental Sergeant Major Lauderdale (Sir Richard Attenborough), on a remote colonial African army caught in a local coup d'etat, must use his experience to defend those in his care.

Director: John Guillermin | Stars: Richard Attenborough, Jack Hawkins, Flora Robson, John Leyton

Votes: 1,957

25. Malta Story (1953)

97 min | Drama, History, War

1942 and the island of Malta is battling for survival. The threat of invasion by Axis forces is increasing as air raids wear down its defence. Entering this maelstrom is Flight Lieutenant Peter Ross, an RAF photo-reconnaissance pilot.

Director: Brian Desmond Hurst | Stars: Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Anthony Steel, Muriel Pavlow

Votes: 1,961

26. Romeo and Juliet (1954)

Not Rated | 138 min | Drama, Romance

In Shakespeare's classic play, the Montagues and Capulets, two families of Renaissance Italy, have hated each other for years, but the son of one family and the daughter of the other fall desperately in love and secretly marry.

Director: Renato Castellani | Stars: Laurence Harvey, Susan Shentall, Flora Robson, Norman Wooland

Votes: 634

27. Gauguin the Savage (1980 TV Movie)

125 min | Biography, Drama

Based on the turbulent life of the temperamental French painter, Paul Gauguin, and his compulsive search for creative freedom which caused him to abandon his wife and five children in Paris for a life of contentement in Tahiti.

Director: Fielder Cook | Stars: David Carradine, Lynn Redgrave, Barrie Houghton, Flora Robson

Votes: 104

28. BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950–1959)

Drama

Series of television plays performed live.

Stars: Richard Caldicot, George Woodbridge, Robert Brown, Michael Brennan

Votes: 179

29. Omnibus (1967–2003)

Not Rated | 43 min | Documentary, Biography, Music

Arts documentary series with concerts and experimental dramatizations.

Stars: Humphrey Burton, Kirsty Wark, David Collings, Michael Hordern

Votes: 293

30. Fire Over England (1937)

92 min | Adventure, History, Romance

During the reign of Elizabeth I, a young man's fervent devotion to the crown and to his sweetheart, a lady-in-waiting, lead him to battle for England's victory over the Spanish Armada in 1588.

Director: William K. Howard | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Flora Robson, Vivien Leigh, Raymond Massey

Votes: 1,981

31. Saratoga Trunk (1945)

Passed | 135 min | Drama, Romance, Western

An opportunistic Texas gambler and the exiled Creole daughter of an aristocratic family join forces to achieve justice from the society that has ostracized them.

Director: Sam Wood | Stars: Gary Cooper, Ingrid Bergman, Flora Robson, Jerry Austin

Votes: 1,576

32. Heidi (1974)

30 min | Drama, Family

Left in the care of her gruff grandfather in the Swiss mountains, young Heidi wants to make the best of things.

Stars: Emma Blake, Hans Meyer, Flora Robson, Nicholas Lyndhurst

Votes: 97

33. I, Claudius (1937)

Drama

The life and times of the Roman Emperor Claudius (10 B.C. to 54 A.D.).

Director: Josef von Sternberg | Stars: Charles Laughton, Merle Oberon, Emlyn Williams, Flora Robson

34. Saraband (1948)

Approved | 96 min | Biography, Drama, History

Young Sophie Dorothea marries Prince George Louis but it's far from a love match. Then she falls for Swedish Count Philip Christoph von Königsmark.

Director: Basil Dearden | Stars: Stewart Granger, Joan Greenwood, Flora Robson, Françoise Rosay

Votes: 623

35. Fragment of Fear (1970)

GP | 94 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

Reformed drug addict Tim Brett (David Hemmings) is vacationing in Italy with his aunt. When she is murdered, he tries to investigate. Soon his whole life spins out of control.

Director: Richard C. Sarafian | Stars: David Hemmings, Gayle Hunnicutt, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Flora Robson

Votes: 950

36. Invisible Stripes (1939)

Passed | 81 min | Action, Crime, Drama

An ex-con who wants to go straight has difficulties trying to reintegrate into society while on parole.

Director: Lloyd Bacon | Stars: George Raft, Jane Bryan, William Holden, Humphrey Bogart

Votes: 1,921 | Gross: $0.11M

37. The Morecambe & Wise Show (1968–1977)

Comedy

The Morecambe & Wise Show was a long running and massively popular sketch series starring British comedy duo Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise, plus a string of top-name international celebrity guests (of a bygone age), like André Prévin.

Stars: Eric Morecambe, Ernie Wise, Ann Hamilton, Kenny Ball and His Jazzmen

Votes: 1,057

38. The Canterville Ghost (1974 TV Movie)

60 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy

The poor ghost of Sir Simon de Canterville (David Niven) has been roaming his castle searching in vain for a brave descendant who will release him from the Canterville curse by performing a... See full summary »

Director: Robin Miller | Stars: Isla Blair, Maurice Evans, James Whitmore, Audra Lindley

Votes: 160

39. ITV Play of the Week (1955–1974)

90 min | Comedy, Drama

An anthology series from the U.K., from 1955 to 1974, producing about five hundred ninety-minute episodes from Granada Television.

Stars: Derek Francis, Alfred Burke, Arthur Hewlett, Esther Lawrence

Votes: 93

40. Sin (1971)

R | 75 min | Drama

Yanni (Renato Romano) returns to his homeland on a Greek island after several years in London. Soon he is searching for his teenage passion, Elena (Raquel Welch). She is a married woman now, and adultery leads to violence and crime.

Director: George P. Cosmatos | Stars: Raquel Welch, Richard Johnson, Jack Hawkins, Flora Robson

Votes: 242

41. The Human Jungle (1963–1964)

60 min | Drama

Dr. Roger Corder, a gifted and compassionate psychologist, treats the mental disorders of his patients through a mix of Freudian and Laingian techniques.

Stars: Herbert Lom, Michael Johnson, Sally Smith, Mary Yeomans

Votes: 179

42. David Copperfield (1966)

25 min | Drama

A gentle orphan discovers life and love in an indifferent adult world.

Stars: Ian McKellen, Flora Robson, Tina Packer, Hannah Gordon

Votes: 76

43. A Man Called Intrepid (1979)

360 min | Adventure, Drama, War

During World War II, a wealthy Canadian uses his own money to help the Allies form an espionage network.

Stars: David Niven, Michael York, Barbara Hershey, Paul Harding

Votes: 193

44. Frieda (1947)

Passed | 98 min | Drama, War

A Royal Air Force pilot who was shot down during World War II returns home to his English village with his new bride. The trouble is that she is the German lady who helped him escape. Then her brother arrives.

Director: Basil Dearden | Stars: David Farrar, Glynis Johns, Mai Zetterling, Flora Robson

Votes: 537

45. Thirty-Minute Theatre (1965–1973)

30 min | Crime, Drama

Anthology drama series of short plays shown on BBC Television.

Stars: Robin Chadwick, Donald Sinden, Helen Lindsay, Paul Moriarty

Votes: 58

46. The Rise of Catherine the Great (1934)

Not Rated | 95 min | Biography, Drama, History

Straightforward biography of the Russian Empress, up to her assumption of the throne.

Directors: Paul Czinner, Alexander Korda | Stars: Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Elisabeth Bergner, Flora Robson, Gerald du Maurier

Votes: 739

47. Film '72 (1971–2018)

30 min | Talk-Show

The BBC's flagship cinema review television programme featuring reviews of new releases, news items and interviews. The title of the programme changes each year to incorporate the year of broadcast.

Stars: Barry Norman, Danny Leigh, Claudia Winkleman, Jonathan Ross

Votes: 535

48. ITV Television Playhouse (1955–1967)

60 min | Drama

Richard O. Sullivan as a child genius in the play "Honour Bright".

Stars: Campbell Singer, Thomas Heathcote, Richard Caldicot, June Brown

Votes: 66

49. The Gypsy and the Gentleman (1958)

TV-PG | 103 min | Drama, History, Romance

Belle (Melina Mercouri) is a tempestuous Gypsy girl who is after Sir Paul Deverill (Keith Michell). Her plan is to marry him and take him for every cent he has before moving on to other lovers.

Director: Joseph Losey | Stars: Melina Mercouri, Keith Michell, Flora Robson, Patrick McGoohan

Votes: 315

50. Oresteia (1979)

255 min | Drama

Adaptation of the Aeschylus trilogy by Frederic Raphael and Kenneth McLeish, broadcast under the title of The Serpent Son.

Stars: Diana Rigg, Anton Lesser, John Nolan, Natasha Parry

Votes: 33