Vintage British films - mid 50s to mid 60s.
by alexanderdavies-99382 | created - 12 Sep 2019 | updated - 10 months ago | PublicEven when the British film industry was in decline during the 1960s, there were some interesting movies being made. You could rely upon the usual faces to provide solid entertainment.
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1. The League of Gentlemen (1960)
Unrated | 116 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A disgruntled veteran recruits a group of disgraced colleagues to perform a bank robbery with military precision.
Director: Basil Dearden | Stars: Jack Hawkins, Nigel Patrick, Roger Livesey, Richard Attenborough
Votes: 5,273
Acting-wise, the changing of the guard was imminent.
2. The Third Key (1956)
Not Rated | 96 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The sleuths of Scotland Yard try to solve a series of burglaries.
Director: Charles Frend | Stars: Jack Hawkins, John Stratton, Dorothy Alison, Michael Brooke
Votes: 1,375
3. Seance on a Wet Afternoon (1964)
115 min | Crime, Drama
A medium and her husband stage a kidnapping in order for her to pretend to solve the crime and achieve fame.
Director: Bryan Forbes | Stars: Kim Stanley, Richard Attenborough, Margaret Lacey, Marie Burke
Votes: 7,453
4. Walk in the Shadow (1962)
93 min | Drama
When John Harris's daughter is badly injured in an boating accident, the hospital tells him that she will need an urgent blood transfusion. Due to his religious beliefs Harris refuses ... See full summary »
Director: Basil Dearden | Stars: Michael Craig, Patrick McGoohan, Janet Munro, Paul Rogers
Votes: 298
A controversial argument.
5. Victim (1961)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama
A closeted lawyer risks his career to bring a blackmailer to justice.
Director: Basil Dearden | Stars: Dirk Bogarde, Sylvia Syms, Dennis Price, Anthony Nicholls
Votes: 7,191
Daring subject matter for the times, very well made.
6. All Night Long (1962)
Not Rated | 91 min | Drama, Music
This movie, based on William Shakespeare's Othello, is neatly positioned as a vehicle to showcase some of the best jazz musicians of the period, including Dave Brubeck and Charles Mingus.
Director: Basil Dearden | Stars: Patrick McGoohan, Keith Michell, Betsy Blair, Paul Harris
Votes: 1,526
7. West 11 (1963)
93 min | Crime, Drama
This Michael Winner directed film looks into life at Notting Hill, London, then a seedy slum. A down on his luck Joe Beckett (Alfred Lynch) is recruited into crime by Richard Dyce (Eric Portman).
Director: Michael Winner | Stars: Alfred Lynch, Kathleen Breck, Eric Portman, Diana Dors
Votes: 326
Terrible!
8. Cover Girl Killer (1959)
Not Rated | 61 min | Crime, Thriller
Set in the sleazy world of a backstreet 1950s nightclub, a serial killer is believed to be murdering the models of a glamour magazine.
Director: Terry Bishop | Stars: Harry H. Corbett, Felicity Young, Spencer Teakle, Victor Brooks
Votes: 460
An underrated little thriller.
9. Life in Danger (1959)
Not Rated | 63 min | Crime, Drama
The inhabitants of a small village, led by a war veteran, try to catch a vagrant, who they suspect to be an escaped mental patient.
Director: Terry Bishop | Stars: Derren Nesbitt, Julie Hopkins, Howard Marion-Crawford, Victor Brooks
Votes: 204
10. Strongroom (1962)
Not Rated | 80 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
During a bank robbery, the manager and a cashier are locked in the strongroom while the crooks escape. Later when the gang realise that their plan to release the pair has gone wrong, they ... See full summary »
Director: Vernon Sewell | Stars: Colin Gordon, John Chappell, Ann Lynn, Derren Nesbitt
Votes: 631
Very watchable.
11. Smokescreen (1964)
70 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A fastidious insurance assessor investigates a potential case of insurance fraud in Brighton and uncovers a murder.
Director: Jim O'Connolly | Stars: Peter Vaughan, John Carson, Yvonne Romain, Gerald Flood
Votes: 510
12. Underworld Informers (1963)
105 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Scotland Yard Chief Inspector Johnnoe is investigating a string of bank robberies but the robbers are determined to compromise Johnnoe and the investigation.
Director: Ken Annakin | Stars: Nigel Patrick, Margaret Whiting, Katherine Woodville, Colin Blakely
Votes: 447
A cast that's like a "who's who" of British film.
13. The Angry Silence (1960)
TV-14 | 95 min | Drama
A young factory worker decides to stand up against his workmates and fellow union members when they want to hold a wildcat strike.
Director: Guy Green | Stars: Richard Attenborough, Pier Angeli, Michael Craig, Bernard Lee
Votes: 1,680
14. Rattle of a Simple Man (1964)
96 min | Comedy, Drama
When a group of northern soccer fans are down in London for the Cup Final one of their number winds up with a lady of the night. As they talk, the unsophisticated and naive lad starts to believe he has found true love.
Director: Muriel Box | Stars: Harry H. Corbett, Diane Cilento, Thora Hird, Michael Medwin
Votes: 310
15. The World Ten Times Over (1963)
93 min | Drama
Two Soho club hostesses and roommates endanger their friendship due to their romantic rivalry over the affections of a married businessman.
Director: Wolf Rilla | Stars: Sylvia Syms, Edward Judd, June Ritchie, William Hartnell
Votes: 112
16. The Woman Who Wouldn't Die (1965)
84 min | Mystery, Thriller, Horror
An astute businesswoman is completely devoted to her faithless husband, who must kill her to carry on with her pretty young niece. It turns out that the dead don't die so easily.
Director: Gordon Hessler | Stars: Gary Merrill, Jane Merrow, Georgina Cookson, Neil McCallum
Votes: 359
17. Jungle Fighters (1961)
Approved | 110 min | Drama, War
In 1942, a group of British soldiers is sent on a mission in the Malaysian jungle and gets lost into the Japanese controlled zone.
Director: Leslie Norman | Stars: Richard Todd, Laurence Harvey, Richard Harris, Ronald Fraser
Votes: 982
18. The Girl-Getters (1964)
Not Rated | 93 min | Drama
In a seaside village, a group of local young men mingle among the seasonal tourists in search of sexual conquests. Near the end of one summer, the group's leader Tinker, a strolling ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Winner | Stars: Oliver Reed, Jane Merrow, Barbara Ferris, Harry Andrews
Votes: 809
19. Trouble in the Sky (1960)
92 min | Drama, Thriller
In Britain, at the dawn of jet-powered commercial aviation, an aircraft manufacturer tries to shift the blame from mechanical failure to pilot error when its newest jet airliner has a series of accidents.
Director: Charles Frend | Stars: Michael Craig, Peter Cushing, Bernard Lee, Elizabeth Seal
Votes: 413
20. Time Without Pity (1957)
85 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
The day before a young man is to be executed for killing his girlfriend, his alcoholic father shows up to try to prove his innocence.
Director: Joseph Losey | Stars: Michael Redgrave, Ann Todd, Leo McKern, Paul Daneman
Votes: 1,879
21. Gideon of Scotland Yard (1958)
Approved | 91 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A typical day for Scotland Yard Chief Inspector George Gideon consists of working on several cases at the same time.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Jack Hawkins, Anna Lee, Anna Massey, Andrew Ray
Votes: 1,538
22. Thunder Over Tangier (1957)
66 min | Crime, Drama
International crook Armstrong flees post-war Tangier with priceless forgery plates. International crook Voss sends pretty Michele after him. Arriving in London, Armstrong accidentally swaps... See full summary »
Director: Lance Comfort | Stars: Robert Hutton, Lisa Gastoni, Martin Benson, Derek Sydney
Votes: 132
23. The White Trap (1959)
58 min | Crime, Drama
Serving a jail sentence for a crime he didn't commit, Paul Langley makes several attempts to escape from prison, in order to clear his name. He also has other problems, his wife is about to go into labor with their first baby.
Director: Sidney Hayers | Stars: Lee Patterson, Conrad Phillips, Ewen Solon, Michael Goodliffe
Votes: 88
24. Never Let Go (1960)
Not Rated | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A cosmetic salesman sets out to prove to himself and his wife that he is not a failure.
Director: John Guillermin | Stars: Richard Todd, Peter Sellers, Elizabeth Sellars, Adam Faith
Votes: 1,691
25. Crossroads to Crime (1960)
57 min | Crime
PC Don Ross suspects that a gang of lorry hijackers, operating from a transport café, is behind a series of vehicle thefts. When his suspicions are dismissed by his superiors, Ross decides ... See full summary »
Director: Gerry Anderson | Stars: Miriam Karlin, George Murcell, David Graham, Victor Maddern
Votes: 120
26. Breakout (1959)
62 min | Drama
A government official arranges prison breaks as a sideline, but the police steps in and his gang is caught.
Director: Peter Graham Scott | Stars: Lee Patterson, Hazel Court, William Lucas, John Paul
Votes: 83
27. The Man in the Back Seat (1961)
57 min | Crime, Drama
Two young thugs rob a bookie leaving a dog-racing track with his winnings, but when they grab his case full of money they discover that he has chained it to his wrist. They dash around town... See full summary »
Director: Vernon Sewell | Stars: Derren Nesbitt, Keith Faulkner, Carol White, Harry Locke
Votes: 191
28. Time to Remember (1962)
58 min | Drama
A gang of jewel thieves rob a house which has just become empty following the recent death of it's rich lady owner. The robbery is not a complete success and one of the gang hides the jewels in the house as he's about to be captured.
Director: Charles Jarrott | Stars: Yvonne Monlaur, Harry H. Corbett, Robert Rietty, Ernest Clark
Votes: 94
29. Marriage of Convenience (1960)
58 min | Drama, Mystery
An escaped convict discovers his girlfriend has married the detective who arrested him.
Director: Clive Donner | Stars: Harry H. Corbett, John Cairney, John Van Eyssen, Jennifer Daniel
Votes: 71
30. Never Back Losers (1961)
61 min | Drama
Two rival gangs are trying to fix horse races and a jockey is attacked and left for dead in a stage-managed car crash. An insurance investigator makes routine inquires into the "accident" ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Tronson | Stars: Jack Hedley, Jacqueline Ellis, Patrick Magee, Richard Warner
Votes: 119
31. Clue of the Twisted Candle (1960)
61 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An unscrupulous businessman frames a rival for murder, then is himself found murdered in a locked room.
Director: Allan Davis | Stars: Bernard Lee, David Knight, Francis De Wolff, Colette Wilde
Votes: 108
32. Clue of the New Pin (1961)
58 min | Crime, Drama
TV journalist Tab Holland assists Scotland yard with the murder of a reclusive millionaire whose corpse is discovered locked in a vault. The key to the vault is mysteriously found on the table beside the corpse.
Director: Allan Davis | Stars: Paul Daneman, James Villiers, Katherine Woodville, Bernard Archard
Votes: 99
33. Clue of the Silver Key (1961)
59 min | Mystery
The police investigate the murder of a wealthy old man.
Director: Gerard Glaister | Stars: Bernard Lee, Lyndon Brook, Finlay Currie, Jennifer Daniel
Votes: 102
34. Backfire! (1962)
61 min | Mystery, Thriller
Arson is the only way out for a failing cosmetics company.
Director: Paul Almond | Stars: Alfred Burke, Zena Marshall, Oliver Johnston, Noel Trevarthen
Votes: 82
35. Urge to Kill (1960)
59 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When to women are brutally murdered, the local townsfolk quickly assume a strangely behaving young man is the culprit, but a policeman thinks otherwise.
Director: Vernon Sewell | Stars: Patrick Barr, Howard Pays, Terence Knapp, Ruth Dunning
Votes: 165
36. The Man Who Was Nobody (1960)
58 min | Drama, Mystery
Marjorie Stedman (Hazel Court) investigates the disappearance of a man whom had fraudulently obtained a high-price diamond.
Director: Montgomery Tully | Stars: Hazel Court, John Crawford, Lisa Daniely, Paul Eddington
Votes: 75
37. The Fourth Square (1961)
57 min | Drama
The Police investigate a theft of emerald jewelry which had led to a murder.
Director: Allan Davis | Stars: Conrad Phillips, Natasha Parry, Delphi Lawrence, Paul Daneman
Votes: 98
38. Who Was Maddox? (1964)
62 min | Crime, Drama
A publisher is nearly framed for murder, but he appears to have been goaded by the blackmailer who has also blackmailed the publisher's wife.
Director: Geoffrey Nethercott | Stars: Bernard Lee, Jack Watling, Suzanne Lloyd, Finlay Currie
Votes: 87
39. The Rivals (1963)
56 min | Drama
A pair of hoodlums steal a car in which there is a note - a ransom letter - directed to a wealthy man whose daughter has just been kidnapped. The two gangsters stole the abductor's car and ... See full summary »
Director: Max Varnel | Stars: Jack Gwillim, Erica Rogers, Brian Smith, Tony Garnett
Votes: 66
40. To Have and to Hold (1963)
71 min | Drama
A young woman is harassed by a man and seeks help from the police. The officer who visits her falls in love with her, but shortly after she is murdered.
Director: Herbert Wise | Stars: Ray Barrett, Katharine Blake, Nigel Stock, William Hartnell
Votes: 95
41. Ricochet (1963)
64 min | Crime, Thriller
Solicitor Alan Phipps formulates a plan to blackmail his wealthy and unfaithful wife, Yvonne, and at the same time, get revenge against her boyfriend, John Brodie, by setting him up to ... See full summary »
Director: John Llewellyn Moxey | Stars: Maxine Audley, Richard Leech, Alex Scott, Dudley Foster
Votes: 76
42. Act of Murder (1964)
62 min | Crime, Drama
A dangerous psychological game plays out between a man and the husband of the lover who spurned him.
Director: Alan Bridges | Stars: John Carson, Anthony Bate, Justine Lord, Duncan Lewis
Votes: 86
43. Five to One (1963)
54 min | Drama
lan Roper tells Bookie Larry Hart that he is planning to steal £60,000 and Hart offers to launder the money for him. What Hart doesn't know is that it is actually his money Roper intends to steal.
Director: Gordon Flemyng | Stars: Lee Montague, Ingrid Hafner, John Thaw, Brian McDermott
Votes: 73
44. The Verdict (1964)
59 min | Drama, Mystery
Joe Armstrong, a big-time racketeer, is deported back to Great Britain from America to find himself facing a murder rap for a killing he had committed twenty years before.
Director: David Eady | Stars: Cec Linder, Zena Marshall, Nigel Davenport, Paul Stassino
Votes: 52
45. Face of a Stranger (1964)
53 min | Drama, Mystery
In prison, two inmates are getting out soon. One, soon getting out, has been sent up for a heist of several thousand pounds, still not recovered. The other, getting out before him, pumps ... See full summary »
Director: John Llewellyn Moxey | Stars: Jeremy Kemp, Bernard Archard, Rosemary Leach, Philip Locke
Votes: 64
46. Man Detained (1961)
59 min | Drama, Mystery
A petty burglar sets a chain of events in motion when he steals some bullion that the owner hasn't declared to the authorities.
Director: Robert Tronson | Stars: Bernard Archard, Elvi Hale, Paul Stassino, Michael Coles
Votes: 81
47. The Share Out (1962)
61 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A gang of high class corporate thieves use blackmail to induce their victims to sell property at knock-down prices.
Director: Gerard Glaister | Stars: Bernard Lee, Alexander Knox, Moira Redmond, William Russell
Votes: 80
48. Flat Two (1962)
60 min | Crime, Drama
When Louba, a crooked casino owner blackmails a young female gambler, her boyfriend breaks into Louba's flat to confront him, only to find himself interrupting a burglary and being accused on murder.
Director: Alan Cooke | Stars: John Le Mesurier, Jack Watling, Bernard Archard, Barry Keegan
Votes: 83
49. Candidate for Murder (1962)
60 min | Crime, Drama
The professional killer Kersten arrives in England and is hired by Donald Edwards to murder his wife Helene. But Helene's lover Robert Vaughan discovers the plot and he trails Kersten and Edwards to a country cottage.
Director: David Villiers | Stars: Michael Gough, Erika Remberg, Hans von Borsody, John Justin
Votes: 94
50. Solo for Sparrow (1962)
56 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A group of crooks accidentally kill an elderly shop assistant while stealing the keys to the jewelry shop where she works.
Director: Gordon Flemyng | Stars: Anthony Newlands, Glyn Houston, Nadja Regin, Michael Coles
Votes: 125
51. Death Trap (1962)
56 min | Drama
A young woman commits suicide. Her sister is not ready to let the death go without someone answering a few questions. was it really suicide, and where is the large amount of money her sister withdrew from the bank the day before her death?
Director: John Llewellyn Moxey | Stars: Albert Lieven, Barbara Shelley, John Meillon, Mercy Haystead
Votes: 88
52. Strangler's Web (1965)
55 min | Drama
What appears to be a cut-and-dried case of murder of an aging one time showgirl on Hampstead Heath by her lover is complicated by several factors, including a far more respectable paramour,... See full summary »
Director: John Llewellyn Moxey | Stars: John Stratton, Pauline Munro, Griffith Jones, Gerald Harper
Votes: 80
53. Game for Three Losers (1965)
55 min | Drama
A politician is set up by his secretary and blackmailed by her brother.
Director: Gerry O'Hara | Stars: Michael Gough, Mark Eden, Toby Robins, Rachel Gurney
Votes: 69
54. Never Mention Murder (1965)
55 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When a surgeon discovers that his wife has a lover, he plans murder.
Director: John Nelson-Burton | Stars: Maxine Audley, Dudley Foster, Michael Coles, Pauline Yates
Votes: 68
55. Playback (1962)
62 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A young policeman becomes involved with a glamorous German woman in London, to his cost.
Director: Quentin Lawrence | Stars: Margit Saad, Barry Foster, Victor Platt, Dinsdale Landen
Votes: 87
56. The Wind of Change (1961)
Not Rated | 64 min | Drama
Frank is an unemployed, discontented and rebellious teenage, living at home with his mild-mannered father, domineering mother and sister Josie. Frank harbors a deep-seated resentment and ... See full summary »
Director: Vernon Sewell | Stars: Donald Pleasence, Johnny Briggs, Ann Lynn, Hilda Fenemore
Votes: 120
57. Tomorrow at Ten (1963)
80 min | Thriller
It's a race against time for the police when they have to find a kidnapped boy imprisoned with a time bomb, after his abductor dies without revealing the child's whereabouts.
Director: Lance Comfort | Stars: John Gregson, Alec Clunes, Robert Shaw, Helen Cherry
Votes: 455
58. The Hi-Jackers (1963)
69 min | Crime, Drama
1963. Drama. Directed by Jim O'Connolly. Starring Anthony Booth & Jacqueline Ellis. A lorry driver meets Shirley at a cafe and offers her a lift. His truck carrying valuable whiskey is later hijacked.
Director: Jim O'Connolly | Stars: Anthony Booth, Jacqueline Ellis, Derek Francis, Patrick Cargill
Votes: 234
59. The Man Upstairs (1958)
Approved | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
John Wilson is troubled with pain and and an inability to sleep. He tries to light the gas-fire and seeks help from another lodger, artist Nicholas, who is spending the night with his model... See full summary »
Director: Don Chaffey | Stars: Bernard Lee, Richard Attenborough, Donald Houston, Dorothy Alison
Votes: 379
60. PT Raiders (1955)
88 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
A trio of ex-servicemen begin smuggling innocuous black market items into post-war Britain, but through greed they graduate to more sinister cargo.
Director: Basil Dearden | Stars: Richard Attenborough, George Baker, Bill Owen, Virginia McKenna
Votes: 668
61. The Angry Silence (1960)
TV-14 | 95 min | Drama
A young factory worker decides to stand up against his workmates and fellow union members when they want to hold a wildcat strike.
Director: Guy Green | Stars: Richard Attenborough, Pier Angeli, Michael Craig, Bernard Lee
Votes: 1,680
62. The Servant (1963)
Unrated | 116 min | Drama
Upper-class Tony hires servant Hugo Barrett, who turns out to have a hidden agenda.
Director: Joseph Losey | Stars: Dirk Bogarde, Sarah Miles, Wendy Craig, James Fox
Votes: 13,811 | Gross: $0.04M
63. The Nanny (1965)
Unrated | 93 min | Mystery, Thriller
There's just something not quite right when Bette Davis stars as an English nanny. And is her 10-year-old charge an emotionally disturbed murderer or just an insolent brat?
Director: Seth Holt | Stars: Bette Davis, Wendy Craig, Jill Bennett, James Villiers
Votes: 6,780
64. The Snorkel (1958)
Not Rated | 74 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
Although the police have termed her mother's death a suicide, a teenage girl believes her step-father murdered her.
Director: Guy Green | Stars: Peter van Eyck, Betta St. John, Mandy Miller, Grégoire Aslan
Votes: 1,791
65. Saturday Night Out (1964)
Not Rated | 100 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
Sailors in port variously plan diversions for a Saturday night; but the reality is a bit different.
Director: Robert Hartford-Davis | Stars: Heather Sears, Bernard Lee, Erika Remberg, John Bonney
Votes: 143
66. Look Back in Anger (1959)
Approved | 98 min | Drama
A disillusioned, angry university graduate comes to terms with his grudge against middle-class life and values.
Director: Tony Richardson | Stars: Richard Burton, Claire Bloom, Mary Ure, Edith Evans
Votes: 4,365
67. The Entertainer (1960)
Not Rated | 96 min | Drama
Archie Rice, an old-time British music hall performer sinking into final defeat, schemes to stay in show business.
Director: Tony Richardson | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Brenda de Banzie, Roger Livesey, Joan Plowright
Votes: 3,733
68. A Kind of Loving (1962)
Not Rated | 112 min | Drama, Romance
After his girlfriend's pregnancy forces him to marry her, a young man must adjust to his new life and contend with his domineering mother-in-law.
Director: John Schlesinger | Stars: Alan Bates, June Ritchie, Thora Hird, Bert Palmer
Votes: 2,690 | Gross: $0.00M
69. Darling (1965)
TV-MA | 128 min | Drama, Romance
Beautiful but amoral model Diana Scott sleeps her way to the top of the London fashion scene at the height of the Swinging Sixties.
Director: John Schlesinger | Stars: Julie Christie, Dirk Bogarde, Laurence Harvey, José Luis de Vilallonga
Votes: 7,904
70. Billy Liar (1963)
Not Rated | 98 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A lazy, irresponsible young clerk (Sir Tom Courtenay) in provincial Northern England lives in his own fantasy world and makes emotionally immature decisions as he alienates friends and family.
Director: John Schlesinger | Stars: Tom Courtenay, Julie Christie, Wilfred Pickles, Mona Washbourne
Votes: 7,097 | Gross: $0.04M
71. The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962)
Not Rated | 104 min | Drama, Sport
A young thief takes up long-distance running when he is sent to a borstal.
Director: Tony Richardson | Stars: Michael Redgrave, Tom Courtenay, Avis Bunnage, Alec McCowen
Votes: 9,372
72. A Taste of Honey (1961)
Not Rated | 101 min | Drama
A pregnant teenage girl must fend for herself when her mother remarries, leaving the girl with only a new male friend for support.
Director: Tony Richardson | Stars: Rita Tushingham, Dora Bryan, Robert Stephens, Murray Melvin
Votes: 6,358
73. Tom Jones (1963)
Not Rated | 129 min | Adventure, Comedy, History
The romantic and chivalrous adventures of adopted bastard Tom Jones in 18th-century England.
Director: Tony Richardson | Stars: Albert Finney, Susannah York, George Devine, Rachel Kempson
Votes: 14,251 | Gross: $37.60M
74. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Approved | 218 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
The story of T.E. Lawrence, the English officer who successfully united and led the diverse, often warring, Arab tribes during World War I in order to fight the Turks.
Director: David Lean | Stars: Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn, Jack Hawkins
Votes: 314,231 | Gross: $44.82M
75. This Sporting Life (1963)
Not Rated | 134 min | Drama, Sport
Despite success on the field, a rising rugby star senses the emerging emptiness of his life as his inner angst begins to materialize through aggression and brutality, so he attempts to woo his landlady in hopes of finding reason to live.
Director: Lindsay Anderson | Stars: Richard Harris, Rachel Roberts, Alan Badel, William Hartnell
Votes: 7,129
76. The Good Die Young (1954)
Approved | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
In London, three otherwise law-abiding good men and their unscrupulous leader are about to commit a serious crime, but for different reasons.
Director: Lewis Gilbert | Stars: Laurence Harvey, Gloria Grahame, Richard Basehart, Joan Collins
Votes: 1,504
77. 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
78. Action of the Tiger (1957)
Approved | 93 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Carson is an American contraband runner approached by Tracy, a French woman who wants him to help rescue her brother from Albania where he is being held as a political prisoner.
Director: Terence Young | Stars: Van Johnson, Martine Carol, Herbert Lom, Gustavo Rojo
Votes: 421
79. Another Time, Another Place (1958)
Approved | 91 min | Drama, Romance, War
An American war correspondent falls in love with a BBC reporter, but their relationship seems doomed from the start.
Director: Lewis Allen | Stars: Lana Turner, Barry Sullivan, Glynis Johns, Sean Connery
Votes: 886
80. Campbell's Kingdom (1957)
102 min | Adventure, Drama
Englishman Bruce Campbell (Dirk Bogarde) takes possession of his grandfather's Canadian land, but he faces various challenges such as disgruntled locals, a ruthless contractor, a new power dam, and his own bad health.
Director: Ralph Thomas | Stars: Dirk Bogarde, Stanley Baker, Michael Craig, Barbara Murray
Votes: 932
81. Alfie (1966)
Unrated | 114 min | Comedy, Drama
An unrepentant ladies' man gradually begins to understand the consequences of his lifestyle.
Director: Lewis Gilbert | Stars: Michael Caine, Shelley Winters, Millicent Martin, Julia Foster
Votes: 15,825 | Gross: $18.87M
82. The Ipcress File (1965)
Passed | 109 min | Drama, Thriller
In London, a wisecracking spy investigates the kidnapping and brainwashing of British scientists while dealing with the constraints of his agency's bureaucracy.
Director: Sidney J. Furie | Stars: Michael Caine, Nigel Green, Guy Doleman, Sue Lloyd
Votes: 17,578
83. Funeral in Berlin (1966)
Not Rated | 102 min | Thriller
Sent to East Berlin to retrieve a Communist defector, British spy Harry Palmer suspects the situation is not what his superiors believe it to be.
Director: Guy Hamilton | Stars: Michael Caine, Oscar Homolka, Paul Hubschmid, Eva Renzi
Votes: 7,777
84. Zulu (1964)
Not Rated | 138 min | Drama, History, War
Outnumbered British soldiers do battle with Zulu warriors at Rorke's Drift.
Director: Cy Endfield | Stars: Stanley Baker, Jack Hawkins, Ulla Jacobsson, James Booth
Votes: 42,734
85. The Guest (1963)
105 min | Drama
While renovating his house in London, Aston, out of pity, lodges a homeless man, but Aston's brother taunts and harasses the cranky old bum.
Director: Clive Donner | Stars: Alan Bates, Donald Pleasence, Robert Shaw, Harold Pinter
Votes: 984
86. Tunes of Glory (1960)
Not Rated | 106 min | Drama
After World War II, a Highland Regiment's acting Commanding Officer, who rose from the ranks, is replaced by a peace-time Oxford-educated Commanding Officer, leading to a dramatic conflict between the two.
Director: Ronald Neame | Stars: Alec Guinness, John Mills, Susannah York, Dennis Price
Votes: 4,556
87. Our Man in Havana (1959)
Not Rated | 111 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Jim Wormold, who is a vacuum cleaner salesman, participates as an Agent in the British Secret Service. But he soon realizes that his plans by lying are going to get him into trouble.
Director: Carol Reed | Stars: Alec Guinness, Maureen O'Hara, Burl Ives, Ernie Kovacs
Votes: 6,096
88. The Scapegoat (1959)
Unrated | 91 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
An English schoolteacher meets his lookalike, a French count; and unwillingly swaps identities with him.
Director: Robert Hamer | Stars: Alec Guinness, Bette Davis, Nicole Maurey, Irene Worth
Votes: 2,441
89. Becket (1964)
PG-13 | 148 min | Biography, Drama, History
King Henry II of England comes to terms with his affection for his close friend and confidant Thomas Becket, who finds his true honor by observing God's divine will rather than the King's.
Director: Peter Glenville | Stars: Richard Burton, Peter O'Toole, John Gielgud, Gino Cervi
Votes: 15,832
90. The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965)
Approved | 112 min | Drama, Thriller
Instead of coming in from the Cold War, British agent Alec Leamas chooses to face another mission.
Director: Martin Ritt | Stars: Richard Burton, Oskar Werner, Claire Bloom, Sam Wanamaker
Votes: 18,805
91. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
PG | 161 min | Adventure, Drama, War
British POWs are forced to build a railway bridge across the river Kwai for their Japanese captors in occupied Burma, not knowing that the allied forces are planning a daring commando raid through the jungle to destroy it.
Director: David Lean | Stars: William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Sessue Hayakawa
Votes: 233,220 | Gross: $44.91M
92. Hell in Korea (1956)
Not Rated | 80 min | Drama, History, War
During the Korean War retreat in 1951, a small British recon group is surrounded by Chinese troops and holds out in a lonely temple atop a hill.
Director: Julian Amyes | Stars: Stephen Boyd, Ronald Lewis, George Baker, Harry Andrews
Votes: 619
93. The Horse's Mouth (1958)
Approved | 97 min | Comedy
An ill-behaved, lovably scruffy painter, Gulley Jimson, searches for a perfect canvas, determined to let nothing come between himself and the realization of his exalted vision.
Director: Ronald Neame | Stars: Alec Guinness, Kay Walsh, Renee Houston, Mike Morgan
Votes: 3,858
94. Damn the Defiant! (1962)
Approved | 101 min | Action, Drama, History
On the H.M.S. Defiant, during the French Revolutionary War, fair Captain Crawford is locked in a battle of wills against his cruel second-in-command Lieutenant Scott-Padget, whose heavy-handed command style pushes the crew to mutiny.
Director: Lewis Gilbert | Stars: Alec Guinness, Dirk Bogarde, Maurice Denham, Nigel Stock
Votes: 3,032
95. An Inspector Calls (1954)
Approved | 80 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A wealthy family is visited by a police inspector, who questions the family about the suicide of a young working-class woman.
Director: Guy Hamilton | Stars: Alastair Sim, Arthur Young, Olga Lindo, Brian Worth
Votes: 5,240
96. Repulsion (1965)
Not Rated | 105 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A sex-repulsed woman who disapproves of her sister's boyfriend sinks into depression and has horrific visions of rape and violence.
Director: Roman Polanski | Stars: Catherine Deneuve, Ian Hendry, John Fraser, Yvonne Furneaux
Votes: 57,263
97. Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960)
Approved | 89 min | Drama, Romance
A rebellious, hard-living factory worker juggles relationships with two women, one of whom is married to another man but pregnant with his child.
Director: Karel Reisz | Stars: Albert Finney, Shirley Anne Field, Rachel Roberts, Hylda Baker
Votes: 9,284
98. On the Fiddle (1961)
Not Rated | 89 min | Comedy, War
During World War II, a street peddler invents a story about enlisting, which convinces the magistrate to send him to the RAF instead of prison. A new loyal friend goes along with his schemes to avoid work, but eventually duty calls.
Director: Cyril Frankel | Stars: Alfred Lynch, Sean Connery, Victor Maddern, Harry Locke
Votes: 563
99. The Frightened City (1961)
97 min | Crime, Drama
A small time thief is recruited by a mobster to help with the racketeering. He doesn't like the job, but with the mob on his back, a femme fatale in his bed and a sick friend to care for, he will have to keep all his wits about him.
Director: John Lemont | Stars: Herbert Lom, Sean Connery, John Gregson, Alfred Marks
Votes: 1,117
100. Faces in the Dark (1960)
84 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Businessman and inventor Richard Hammond is determined to develop and market the perfect light-bulb. In a freak lab accident he is blinded and suffers a partial breakdown. His wife, partner... See full summary »
Director: David Eady | Stars: John Gregson, Mai Zetterling, John Ireland, Michael Denison
Votes: 368
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