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1. Animal Farm (1954)
Approved | 72 min | Animation, Drama
A successful farmyard revolution by the resident animals vs. the farmer goes horribly wrong when the victors create a new tyranny among themselves.
Directors: Joy Batchelor, John Halas | Stars: Gordon Heath, Maurice Denham
Votes: 18,993
2. Alias John Preston (1955)
Approved | 71 min | Horror, Mystery, Romance
John Preston meets Sally who agrees to marry him. Then, Preston begins to have dreams about Sylvia, a woman from his past, who comes to Deanbridge to blackmail him. In his dream, Preston strangles. He seeks help from Doctor Walton.
Director: David MacDonald | Stars: Betta St. John, Alexander Knox, Christopher Lee, Sandra Dorne
Votes: 275
3. X the Unknown (1956)
Approved | 81 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A radioactive, mud-like creature terrorizes a Scottish village.
Directors: Leslie Norman, Joseph Losey | Stars: Dean Jagger, Edward Chapman, Leo McKern, Anthony Newley
Votes: 3,261
4. The Abominable Snowman (1957)
85 min | Adventure, Horror
A kindly English botanist and a gruff American scientist lead an expedition to the Himalayas in search of the legendary Yeti.
Director: Val Guest | Stars: Forrest Tucker, Peter Cushing, Maureen Connell, Richard Wattis
Votes: 4,959
5. The Strange World of Planet X (1958)
Approved | 75 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Horror
A friendly visitor from outer space warns against conducting experiments with the Earth's magnetic field, that could mutate insects into giant monsters.
Director: Gilbert Gunn | Stars: Forrest Tucker, Gaby André, Martin Benson, Alec Mango
Votes: 1,359
6. The Crawling Eye (1958)
Not Rated | 84 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A series of decapitations on a Swiss mountainside appear to be connected to a mysterious radioactive cloud.
Director: Quentin Lawrence | Stars: Forrest Tucker, Laurence Payne, Jennifer Jayne, Janet Munro
Votes: 4,822
7. Tread Softly Stranger (1958)
Not Rated | 90 min | Crime, Drama
An irresistible temptress causes trouble between two brothers when the more handsome charismatic ones turns up, leading to robbery and death.
Director: Gordon Parry | Stars: Diana Dors, George Baker, Terence Morgan, Patrick Allen
Votes: 552
8. Horrors of the Black Museum (1959)
Unrated | 93 min | Horror
A frustrated thriller writer wants accurate crimes for his next book so he hypnotizes his assistant to make him commit the required crimes.
Director: Arthur Crabtree | Stars: Michael Gough, June Cunningham, Graham Curnow, Shirley Anne Field
Votes: 1,672
9. Please Turn Over (1959)
Approved | 87 min | Comedy
The orderly suburban life of a 1950s English town is turned on its head when the teenage daughter of one of the residents writes a steamy bestseller featuring characters obviously based on ... See full summary »
Director: Gerald Thomas | Stars: Ted Ray, Jean Kent, Leslie Phillips, Joan Sims
Votes: 517
10. Tarzan's Greatest Adventure (1959)
Approved | 88 min | Action, Adventure, Family
Four British villains raid a settlement to obtain explosives for use in a diamond mine. In doing so they nearly destroy the settlement, so and Tarzan pursues them to their mine.
Director: John Guillermin | Stars: Gordon Scott, Anthony Quayle, Sara Shane, Niall MacGinnis
Votes: 1,437 | Gross: $2.18M
11. Never Take Candy from A Stranger (1960)
Approved | 81 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
In Canada, a British schoolmaster meets official resistance when he learns that his 9-year-old daughter has been the victim of the pedophile patriarch of the town's most powerful family.
Director: Cyril Frankel | Stars: Gwen Watford, Patrick Allen, Felix Aylmer, Niall MacGinnis
Votes: 1,981
12. The Shakedown (1960)
92 min | Crime, Drama
After being released from prison, Augie Cortona sets up a blackmail operation, fronted by a model agency. When the authorities get wind of his activities, they send in an undercover police ... See full summary »
Director: John Lemont | Stars: Terence Morgan, Hazel Court, Donald Pleasence, Bill Owen
Votes: 341
13. The Singer Not the Song (1961)
Not Rated | 132 min | Drama, Romance, Western
In a small Mexican town, a Catholic priest (Sir John Mills) and a local bandit (Sir Dirk Bogarde) clash, but the brave priest ultimately wins the outlaw's respect.
Director: Roy Ward Baker | Stars: Dirk Bogarde, John Mills, Mylène Demongeot, Laurence Naismith
Votes: 699
14. Cash on Demand (1961)
Not Rated | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A charming but ruthless criminal holds the family of a bank manager hostage as part of a cold-blooded plan to steal 97,000 pounds.
Director: Quentin Lawrence | Stars: Peter Cushing, André Morell, Richard Vernon, Norman Bird
Votes: 2,882
15. The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961)
Unrated | 99 min | Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
When the U.S. and Russia unwittingly test atomic bombs at the same time, it alters the nutation (axis of rotation) of the Earth.
Director: Val Guest | Stars: Edward Judd, Janet Munro, Leo McKern, Michael Goodliffe
Votes: 6,202
16. The Impersonator (1961)
64 min | Mystery
In a small English town a schoolmistress meets a sergeant from the nearby U.S. airforce base and they decide on a date. When they miss each other at a cafe as arranged, a train of events is... See full summary »
Director: Alfred Shaughnessy | Stars: John Crawford, Jane Griffiths, Patricia Burke, John Salew
Votes: 166
17. The Mark (1961)
Approved | 127 min | Drama
A man who served prison time for intent to molest a child tries to build a new life with the help of a sympathetic psychiatrist.
Director: Guy Green | Stars: Maria Schell, Stuart Whitman, Rod Steiger, Brenda de Banzie
Votes: 993
18. The Devil Inside (1961)
71 min | Crime
When Scotland Yard finds themselves up against a brick wall in tracking down a vicious gang of thieves and bank robbers, they call in Layton, a loner from MI5 to work his way into the gang and help bring them down.
Director: Cliff Owen | Stars: William Sylvester, Mai Zetterling, John Meillon, Anthony Dawson
Votes: 271
19. I Promised to Pay (1961)
94 min | Crime, Drama
A gang plans to steal a factory's wages, but an armored van foils them. They rob anyway, killing the driver. His vengeful wife and encroaching police make the gang betray each other.
Director: Sidney Hayers | Stars: Michael Craig, Françoise Prévost, Billie Whitelaw, William Lucas
Votes: 891
20. Seven Keys (1961)
57 min | Crime, Drama
An ex-con goes looking for his late cellmate's hidden loot.
Director: Pat Jackson | Stars: Jeannie Carson, Alan Dobie, Delphi Lawrence, John Carson
Votes: 116
21. Night Creatures (1962)
Unrated | 82 min | Adventure, Drama
In 18th-century England, the Royal Crown sends Royal Navy Captain Collier and his crew to investigate reports of illegal smuggling and bootlegging in a coastal town where locals believe in Marsh Phantoms.
Director: Peter Graham Scott | Stars: Peter Cushing, Yvonne Romain, Patrick Allen, Oliver Reed
Votes: 3,606
22. Dilemma (II) (1962)
89 min | Drama
Around 1960, Englishman Toby Hood comes to Johannesburg to run a publishing company. He is open-minded and befriends people with different social ranks, but the harsh realities of society force him to make a choice about friendships.
Director: Henning Carlsen | Stars: Ivan Jackson, Evelyn Frank, Marijke Mann, Zakes Mokae
Votes: 106
23. Jigsaw (1962)
Not Rated | 97 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A woman is found murdered in a house along the coast from Brighton. Local detectives Fellows and Wilks lead an investigation methodically following up leads and clues mostly in Brighton and Hove but also further afield.
Director: Val Guest | Stars: Jack Warner, Ronald Lewis, Yolande Donlan, Michael Goodliffe
Votes: 1,571
24. Night of the Eagle (1962)
Not Rated | 90 min | Horror
A woman who may be a witch defends her husband from forces attempting to harm him.
Director: Sidney Hayers | Stars: Peter Wyngarde, Janet Blair, Margaret Johnston, Anthony Nicholls
Votes: 4,029
25. A Prize of Arms (1962)
Not Rated | 105 min | Crime, Drama
A criminal gang sets out to pull off the heist of a large army payroll.
Director: Cliff Owen | Stars: Stanley Baker, Helmut Schmid, Tom Bell, John Phillips
Votes: 414
26. The Damned (1962)
Approved | 87 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
An American tourist, a youth gang leader, and his troubled sister find themselves trapped in a top secret government facility experimenting on children.
Director: Joseph Losey | Stars: Macdonald Carey, Shirley Anne Field, Viveca Lindfors, Alexander Knox
Votes: 4,015
27. French Dressing (1964)
Not Rated | 86 min | Comedy, Drama
A drab little English seaside town tries to improve its image--and increase its revenues--by holding a film festival. When a famous continental star agrees to attend, things get out of hand.
Director: Ken Russell | Stars: James Booth, Roy Kinnear, Marisa Mell, Alita Naughton
Votes: 453
28. The Model Murder Case (1963)
Not Rated | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When a beautiful girl is murdered, Inspector Birkett finds that she had some famous friends who don't want publicity.
Director: Michael Truman | Stars: Ian Hendry, Ronald Fraser, Margaret Johnston, Natasha Parry
Votes: 341
29. Maniac (1963)
Not Rated | 86 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
An American painter has an affair with a bar owner in a French village and agrees to help murder her husband, who has escaped from a prison for the criminally insane.
Director: Michael Carreras | Stars: Kerwin Mathews, Nadia Gray, Donald Houston, Liliane Brousse
Votes: 1,548
30. The Small World of Sammy Lee (1963)
107 min | Drama
The compère of a seedy strip club struggles to keep one step ahead of the bookies to whom he owes money.
Director: Ken Hughes | Stars: Anthony Newley, Julia Foster, Robert Stephens, Wilfrid Brambell
Votes: 560
31. Unearthly Stranger (1963)
78 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Mysterious woman marries government scientist Davidson despite his lack of knowledge about her past. His bosses are suspicious of her unusual traits. After it's clear she does love Davidson, the pair come under attack.
Director: John Krish | Stars: John Neville, Philip Stone, Gabriella Licudi, Patrick Newell
Votes: 949
32. Gutter Girls (1963)
88 min | Drama
A clique of girls in an English school wear a small yellow teddy bear on their uniform to signify that they have lost their virginity. Linda, the girls' leader, fears she may be pregnant ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Hartford-Davis | Stars: Jacqueline Ellis, Annette Whiteley, Georgina Patterson, Anne Kettle
Votes: 164
33. Escape by Night (1963)
75 min | Crime, Drama
A prisoner transport bus hijacked to free one inmate. Other prisoners locked in petrol-soaked barn, warned not to escape. Police find freed prisoner dead in crash, race to find bus and prisoners before barn catches fire.
Director: Montgomery Tully | Stars: Terence Longdon, Jennifer Jayne, Harry Fowler, Peter Sallis
Votes: 251
34. Devil Doll (1964)
81 min | Horror
An evil hyponotist/ventriloquist plots to gain an heiress' millions.
Director: Lindsay Shonteff | Stars: Bryant Haliday, William Sylvester, Yvonne Romain, Sandra Dorne
Votes: 2,541
35. Witchcraft (1964)
Not Rated | 79 min | Horror
When her grave is disturbed by modern-day land developers, a 300-year-old witch is accidentally resurrected and terrorizes an English village.
Director: Don Sharp | Stars: Lon Chaney Jr., Jack Hedley, Jill Dixon, Viola Keats
Votes: 1,536
36. The Earth Dies Screaming (1964)
Approved | 62 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
In Britain, a group of survivors fights off a deadly alien invasion that uses robots and a poisonous gas to take over the Earth.
Director: Terence Fisher | Stars: Willard Parker, Virginia Field, Dennis Price, Thorley Walters
Votes: 2,398
37. Four in the Morning (1965)
Not Rated | 94 min | Drama
Drama which follows the parallel stories of two couples in crises and their connections to a drowned woman found in a river.
Director: Anthony Simmons | Stars: Ann Lynn, Judi Dench, Norman Rodway, Brian Phelan
Votes: 276
38. Charlie Bubbles (1968)
89 min | Comedy, Drama
A married writer has an affair with his secretary.
Director: Albert Finney | Stars: Albert Finney, Colin Blakely, Billie Whitelaw, Liza Minnelli
Votes: 843
39. Herostratus (1967)
142 min | Drama
When young poet Max (Michael Gothard) hires a marketing company to turn his suicide-by-jumping into a mass-media spectacle, he finds that his subversive intentions are quickly diluted into ... See full summary »
Director: Don Levy | Stars: Michael Gothard, Gabriella Licudi, Peter Stephens, Antony Paul
Votes: 468
40. The Jokers (1967)
94 min | Comedy, Crime
Michael Tremayne (Michael Crawford) and David Tremayne (Oliver Reed) decide to steal the Crown Jewels from the Tower of London, not for criminal purposes, but to make themselves famous.
Director: Michael Winner | Stars: Michael Crawford, Oliver Reed, Harry Andrews, James Donald
Votes: 920
41. Our Mother's House (1967)
Approved | 104 min | Drama, Thriller
British children hide Mother's death. Then, Father returns.
Director: Jack Clayton | Stars: Dirk Bogarde, Margaret Leclere, Pamela Franklin, Louis Sheldon
Votes: 2,274
42. Privilege (1967)
103 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Britain's biggest pop singer, Steven Shorter (Paul Jones), receives unwavering adulation and possesses total control over his rabid fans, which includes nearly the entire population. Yet ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Watkins | Stars: Paul Jones, Jean Shrimpton, Mark London, William Job
Votes: 1,316
43. The Anniversary (1968)
Approved | 95 min | Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Three sons who work in the family construction business help their overbearing mother celebrate her anniversary to her late husband.
Directors: Roy Ward Baker, Alvin Rakoff | Stars: Bette Davis, Sheila Hancock, Jack Hedley, James Cossins
Votes: 2,847
44. The Birthday Party (1968)
G | 123 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
The down-at-heel lodger in a seaside boarding house is menaced by two mysterious strangers, who eventually take him away.
Director: William Friedkin | Stars: Robert Shaw, Patrick Magee, Sydney Tafler, Dandy Nichols
Votes: 1,164
45. The Bofors Gun (1968)
105 min | Drama
A national service non-commissioned officer (David Warner) comes face to face with an embittered Irish Gunner (Nicol Williamson) who is determined to humiliate him.
Director: Jack Gold | Stars: Nicol Williamson, Ian Holm, David Warner, Peter Vaughan
Votes: 317
46. Corruption (1968)
Approved | 91 min | Horror
A doctor goes to extreme lengths--even murder--to restore the badly burned face of his fiancée.
Director: Robert Hartford-Davis | Stars: Peter Cushing, Sue Lloyd, Noel Trevarthen, Kate O'Mara
Votes: 1,761
47. Negatives (1968)
R | 98 min | Drama
A couple's bizarre romantic relationship is disrupted by the intrusion of a third person.
Director: Peter Medak | Stars: Peter McEnery, Diane Cilento, Glenda Jackson, Billy Russell
Votes: 153
48. The Strange Affair (1968)
R | 106 min | Crime, Drama
When rookie P.C. Strange falls for an under aged girl, he is unknowingly compromised by a pair of pornographers. Meanwhile, seasoned Det. Pierce is out to catch mob boss Quince and soon both plots intertwine.
Director: David Greene | Stars: Michael York, Jeremy Kemp, George A. Cooper, George Selway
Votes: 193
49. The Touchables (1968)
R | 97 min | Drama
British rock star with a love-'em-and-leave-'em reputation. The tables are turned when four cute young girls kidnap the singer. After several days of sex and degradation, the poor fellow is rescued by his friends.
Director: Robert Freeman | Stars: Judy Huxtable, Ester Anderson, Kathy Simmonds, Monika Ringwald
Votes: 214
50. Twisted Nerve (1968)
M | 118 min | Drama, Thriller
Martin Durnley (Hywel Bennett) is a troubled young man. With a mother who insists on treating him like a child, a stepfather who can't wait to see the back of him, and a brother with Down's... See full summary »
Director: Roy Boulting | Stars: Hayley Mills, Hywel Bennett, Billie Whitelaw, Phyllis Calvert
Votes: 2,412
51. I Start Counting (1970)
Not Rated | 105 min | Mystery, Thriller
A 15 year-old girl coming to terms with her sexuality suspects her foster brother may be guilty of a murder.
Director: David Greene | Stars: Jenny Agutter, Bryan Marshall, Clare Sutcliffe, Simon Ward
Votes: 1,138
52. The Reckoning (1970)
R | 111 min | Drama
Michael Marler, a successful business man in London, is about to make his way to the top. The death of his father brings him - after five years - back to his hometown Liverpool, where he is... See full summary »
Director: Jack Gold | Stars: Nicol Williamson, Rachel Roberts, Ann Bell, Zena Walker
Votes: 629
53. Permissive (1970)
X | 90 min | Drama
Suzy arrives in London with nowhere to stay and meets Fiona, a groupie who has settled into a relationship with Lee, a singer/bassist in a rock band.
Director: Lindsay Shonteff | Stars: Maggie Stride, Gay Singleton, Gilbert Wynne, Alan Gorrie
Votes: 316
54. And Soon the Darkness (1970)
GP | 94 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Two young English women go on a cycling tour of the French countryside. When one of them goes missing, the other begins to search for her. But who can she trust?
Director: Robert Fuest | Stars: Pamela Franklin, Michele Dotrice, Sandor Elès, John Nettleton
Votes: 4,059
55. Bronco Bullfrog (1970)
Not Rated | 86 min | Comedy, Drama
Del and his friends agree to take part in a robbery with a boy fresh from the borstal. When Del falls in love with Irene they decide to run away from their nagging parents - and the law.
Director: Barney Platts-Mills | Stars: Del Walker, Anne Gooding, Sam Shepherd, Roy Haywood
Votes: 386
56. Deep End (1970)
R | 88 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
15-year-old dropout Mike takes a job at Newford Baths, where inappropriate sexual behaviour abounds, and becomes obsessed with his coworker Susan.
Director: Jerzy Skolimowski | Stars: Jane Asher, John Moulder-Brown, Karl Michael Vogler, Christopher Sandford
Votes: 7,496
57. Girl Stroke Boy (1971)
Not Rated | 86 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The straitlaced parents of a young boy who has, until now, shown no interest in the opposite sex, are surprised when he comes home with a girl/boy from the West Indies.
Director: Bob Kellett | Stars: Joan Greenwood, Michael Hordern, Clive Francis, Peter Straker
Votes: 162
58. Goodbye Gemini (1970)
R | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
Unnaturally-close jet-setting twins become enmeshed in the Swinging London scene, where their relationship is strained after they befriend a predatory hustler and his girlfriend.
Director: Alan Gibson | Stars: Judy Geeson, Martin Potter, Michael Redgrave, Alexis Kanner
Votes: 462
59. Let It Be (1970)
G | 81 min | Documentary, Music
The filmed account of The Beatles' attempt to recapture their old group spirit by making a back to basics album, which instead drove them further apart.
Director: Michael Lindsay-Hogg | Stars: John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr
Votes: 6,575 | Gross: $1.06M
60. Girly (1970)
R | 102 min | Comedy, Crime, Horror
A wealthy, fatherless British clan kidnaps bums and hippies and forces them to participate in an elaborate role-playing game in which they are the perfect family; those who refuse or attempt escape are ritualistically murdered.
Director: Freddie Francis | Stars: Michael Bryant, Ursula Howells, Pat Heywood, Howard Trevor
Votes: 1,578
61. My Lover, My Son (1970)
R | 96 min | Drama
Francesca Anderson, the rich wife of an older millionaire, can't cope with the death of her lover, who is the father of her only son, James. As her son is somehow part of her dead lover, ... See full summary »
Director: John Newland | Stars: Romy Schneider, Donald Houston, Dennis Waterman, Patricia Brake
Votes: 380
62. No Blade of Grass (1970)
R | 96 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
An environmental catastrophe destroys civilization. Led by father John and mother Ann, the Custance clan sets out on a quest for safety in a savage world that may just end up turning them into the very thing they are fleeing.
Director: Cornel Wilde | Stars: Nigel Davenport, Jean Wallace, John Hamill, Lynne Frederick
Votes: 2,058 | Gross: $0.35M
63. Toomorrow (1970)
95 min | Comedy, Musical, Sci-Fi
Dying aliens kidnap the pop group, Toomorrow, whose social musical instrument's "vibrations" are needed for their race to survive.
Director: Val Guest | Stars: Olivia Newton-John, Benny Thomas, Vic Cooper, Karl Chambers
Votes: 291
64. Flight of the Doves (1971)
G | 105 min | Drama, Family
While fleeing across the Irish countryside, two orphans are pursued by their villainous uncle, a master of disguises.
Director: Ralph Nelson | Stars: Ron Moody, Jack Wild, Dorothy McGuire, Stanley Holloway
Votes: 605
65. Melody (1971)
G | 103 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Two youngsters declare to their parents that they want to get married as soon as possible.
Director: Waris Hussein | Stars: Mark Lester, Tracy Hyde, Jack Wild, Colin Barrie
Votes: 3,171
66. The Night Digger (1971)
R | 97 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
The dreary existence of middle-aged spinster Maura Prince takes an unexpected turn with the arrival of young handyman Billy Jarvis, but there is more to Billy than meets the eye.
Director: Alastair Reid | Stars: Patricia Neal, Pamela Brown, Nicholas Clay, Jean Anderson
Votes: 1,163
67. The Nightcomers (1971)
R | 96 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
Prequel to Henry James' "The Turn of the Screw", focusing on groundskeeper Peter Quint's slow corruption of the virtuous governess Miss Jessel and the children she looks after.
Director: Michael Winner | Stars: Marlon Brando, Stephanie Beacham, Thora Hird, Harry Andrews
Votes: 2,888 | Gross: $0.44M
68. Percy (1971)
R | 103 min | Comedy
Edwin Antony (Hywel Bennett) is emasculated in an accident which kills a young philanderer. Doctors successfully replace his member with that of the dead man, but refuse to tell him the ... See full summary »
Director: Ralph Thomas | Stars: Hywel Bennett, Denholm Elliott, Cyd Hayman, Julia Foster
Votes: 469
69. Quest for Love (1971)
Not Rated | 87 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
After a scientific experiment goes horribly wrong during a demonstration, a scientist finds himself trapped in an alternative reality that bears some similarities to our own, but also has ... See full summary »
Director: Ralph Thomas | Stars: Joan Collins, Tom Bell, Denholm Elliott, Laurence Naismith
Votes: 577
70. Inn of the Frightened People (I) (1971)
R | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A family plots to take its revenge on the man who raped and murdered their daughter.
Director: Sidney Hayers | Stars: Joan Collins, James Booth, Ray Barrett, Sinéad Cusack
Votes: 544
71. Something to Hide (1972)
99 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A man having marital problems with his shrewish wife picks up a young, pretty and pregnant hitchhiker. Before he knows it, he's in over his head and mixed up in violence and murder.
Director: Alastair Reid | Stars: Peter Finch, Shelley Winters, Colin Blakely, John Stride
Votes: 233
72. Unman, Wittering and Zigo (1971)
GP | 102 min | Drama, Thriller
A new school teacher learns that the previous teacher was killed by his pupils, and he fears the same will happen to him.
Director: John Mackenzie | Stars: David Hemmings, Carolyn Seymour, Douglas Wilmer, Tony Haygarth
Votes: 720
73. Images (1972)
R | 104 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Whilst writing a children's book, a woman interrupted by images unsure if they may, or may not be real
Director: Robert Altman | Stars: Susannah York, Rene Auberjonois, Marcel Bozzuffi, Hugh Millais
Votes: 7,747
74. The Lovers! (1973)
88 min | Comedy, Romance
Big-screen version of the TV sit-com about the ups-and-downs of a young courting couple's relationship.
Director: Herbert Wise | Stars: Richard Beckinsale, Paula Wilcox, Susan Littler, Rosalind Ayres
Votes: 272
75. Made (1972)
R | 101 min | Drama
The story of the relationship between a young single mother and an insecure rock star.
Director: John Mackenzie | Stars: Carol White, Roy Harper, John Castle, Margery Mason
Votes: 171
76. The Offence (1973)
R | 112 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A burnt-out British police detective finally snaps whilst interrogating a suspected child molester.
Director: Sidney Lumet | Stars: Sean Connery, Trevor Howard, Vivien Merchant, Ian Bannen
Votes: 7,983
77. Sitting Target (1972)
R | 93 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Imprisoned Harry Lomart is a vicious, brute of a man and yet he is prepared to do his long jail term as he is confident that on his release his beautiful wife Pat will be waiting for him, but a visit from Pat brings him his worst nightmare.
Director: Douglas Hickox | Stars: Oliver Reed, Jill St. John, Ian McShane, Edward Woodward
Votes: 1,532
78. What Became of Jack and Jill? (1972)
PG | 93 min | Horror
In order to collect inheritance money, a slacker tries to induce a heart attack in his invalid grandmother by convincing her that she's become the target of youth supremacists who want to enact a genocide on the elderly.
Director: Bill Bain | Stars: Vanessa Howard, Mona Washbourne, Paul Nicholas, George Benson
Votes: 220
79. Blueblood (1974)
90 min | Drama, Horror
An unusually nasty butler takes over the possessions of his degenerate master by means of witchcraft.
Director: Andrew Sinclair | Stars: Oliver Reed, Fiona Lewis, Anna Gaël, Derek Jacobi
Votes: 696
80. Dark Places (1974)
PG | 91 min | Horror, Romance, Thriller
After the original owner dies in a mental asylum, a man moves into an abandoned mansion with a sordid history. Meanwhile, a few locals conspire to steal a large amount of money, said to be hidden somewhere on the premises.
Director: Don Sharp | Stars: Christopher Lee, Joan Collins, Herbert Lom, Jane Birkin
Votes: 1,164
81. The House in Nightmare Park (1973)
95 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery
In 1907, an actor is invited to perform in an isolated country house, and becomes involved in mysterious and dangerous events.
Director: Peter Sykes | Stars: Frankie Howerd, Ray Milland, Hugh Burden, Kenneth Griffith
Votes: 771
82. Tales That Witness Madness (1973)
R | 90 min | Horror
A psychiatrist tells stories of four special cases to a colleague.
Director: Freddie Francis | Stars: Jack Hawkins, Donald Pleasence, Georgia Brown, Donald Houston
Votes: 2,146
83. That'll Be the Day (1973)
PG | 91 min | Drama, Music
Musical drama set in the 1950s ,starring David Essex and Ringo Starr, loosely-based on John Lennon's early years. A gifted but wayward young man finally discovers a sense of purpose when he decides to turn his love of music into a career.
Director: Claude Whatham | Stars: David Essex, Ringo Starr, Rosemary Leach, James Booth
Votes: 1,379
84. Deadly Strangers (1975)
R | 88 min | Thriller
Amidst public warnings of a dangerous patient who's escaped from a mental hospital, a young Belle Adams (Hayley Mills) hitches rides on the highway with various assortment of motorists.
Director: Sidney Hayers | Stars: Hayley Mills, Simon Ward, Sterling Hayden, Ken Hutchison
Votes: 744
85. Ghost Story (1974)
87 min | Horror, Mystery
Several old college friends converge at a mansion, ostensibly for a pleasant reunion. Talbot, the most easygoing of the bunch, comes to the conclusion that all is not well in the old dark ... See full summary »
Director: Stephen Weeks | Stars: Marianne Faithfull, Leigh Lawson, Anthony Bate, Larry Dann
Votes: 558
86. Slade in Flame (1975)
91 min | Drama, Music, Musical
Light the Rock n' Roll spark with a Flame in the guise of Dave, Noddy, Jim and Don and their showcase of the rise and demise of rock band Flame.
Director: Richard Loncraine | Stars: Don Powell, Jim Lea, Noddy Holder, Dave Hill
Votes: 663
87. Symptoms (1974)
R | 92 min | Horror
A young woman is invited by her girlfriend, who lives in an English country mansion, to stay there with her. The estate, however, isn't quite what it seems--and neither is the friend who issued the invitation.
Director: José Ramón Larraz | Stars: Angela Pleasence, Peter Vaughan, Lorna Heilbron, Nancy Nevinson
Votes: 1,744
88. Eskimo Nell (1975)
85 min | Comedy
Three young men, a scriptwriter, a producer and a director are called in by Benny U Murdoch, an exotic movie producer. He wants to make a new erotic movie starring a big woman - the "Eskimo... See full summary »
Director: Martin Campbell | Stars: Michael Armstrong, Terence Edmond, Christopher Timothy, Roy Kinnear
Votes: 434
89. The Lifetaker (1975)
103 min | Thriller
A young man has a fling with an attractive married woman. Her older husband returns early and engages his rival in a series of games which become increasingly violent.
Director: Michael Papas | Stars: Terence Morgan, Peter Duncan, Lea Brodie, Dimitris Andreas
Votes: 48
90. Hennessy (1975)
PG | 103 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Hennessy is an Irishman who believes in peace, but who has had connections to the I.R.A. After his family is killed he plots revenge, setting out to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II.
Director: Don Sharp | Stars: Rod Steiger, Lee Remick, Richard Johnson, Trevor Howard
Votes: 863
91. Never Too Young to Rock (1975)
99 min | Music
In the late 1970s, rock 'n' roll was banned from television. One young man, our hero, led the battle against the TV ban. He searched the country for the biggest rock groups to perform at a ... See full summary »
Director: Dennis Abey | Stars: Peter Denyer, Freddie Jones, Sheila Steafel, Joe Lynch
Votes: 74
92. Three for All (1975)
90 min | Comedy, Music
A pop band and their girlfriends have fun in Spain
Director: Martin Campbell | Stars: Adrienne Posta, Lesley North, Cheryl Hall, Graham Bonnet
Votes: 105
93. The Black Panther (1977)
R | 97 min | Crime, Thriller
A gung-ho ex-military man pursues a secret life of crime, culminating in the kidnapping of a teenage heiress.
Director: Ian Merrick | Stars: Donald Sumpter, Debbie Farrington, Marjorie Yates, Sylvia O'Donnell
Votes: 808
94. The Glitterball (1977)
56 min | Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Two teenage boys try to help a tiny spherical alien get back to its mothership, while the army and a devious petty crook pursue the creature for its wonderful powers.
Director: Harley Cokeliss | Stars: Ben Buckton, Keith Jayne, Ron Pember, Marjorie Yates
Votes: 278
95. The Squeeze (1977)
R | 104 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A dangerous, violent gang kidnaps a woman and her daughter to extort some money from her rich husband. He and her down-on-his-luck ex-cop ex-husband decide to deal with the kidnappers themselves.
Director: Michael Apted | Stars: Stacy Keach, David Hemmings, Edward Fox, Stephen Boyd
Votes: 849
96. Jubilee (1978)
Not Rated | 106 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Queen Elizabeth I travels 400 years into the future to witness the appalling revelation of a dystopian London overrun by corruption and a vicious gang of punk guerrilla girls led by the new Monarch of Punk.
Director: Derek Jarman | Stars: Adam Ant, Richard O'Brien, Ian Charleson, Jayne County
Votes: 3,700
97. Killer's Moon (1978)
Not Rated | 93 min | Crime, Horror
Four mental patients - who, due to unauthorized experiments, believe they're living in a dream and have shed all moral imperatives - escape and find their way to the nearest bus-load of stranded schoolgirls.
Director: Alan Birkinshaw | Stars: Anthony Forrest, Tom Marshall, Georgina Kean, Alison Elliott
Votes: 787
98. Prey (1977)
Unrated | 85 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A deadly shape-shifting alien infiltrates a country house occupied by two lesbians, and proceeds to study their behaviour, for a sinister purpose.
Director: Norman J. Warren | Stars: Barry Stokes, Sally Faulkner, Glory Annen, Sandy Chinney
Votes: 1,567
99. Tomorrow Never Comes (1978)
109 min | Crime, Drama
Coming back from an extended business trip, Frank discovers that his girlfriend Janie is now working at a new resort hotel where the owner has given her a permanent place to stay, as well ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Collinson | Stars: Oliver Reed, Susan George, Raymond Burr, John Ireland
Votes: 634
100. Bloody Kids (1980 TV Movie)
91 min | Drama
Two young boys enact a mock fight outside a football ground as a joke, but it goes wrong when one of them is injured. While the victim recovers in hospital, the other boy attempts to hide from the police.
Director: Stephen Frears | Stars: Derrick O'Connor, Gary Holton, Richard Thomas, Peter Clark
Votes: 316
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