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An Inspector Calls
1954 • Drama • Mystery • Crime
An upper-crust family dinner is interrupted by a police inspector who brings news that a girl known to everyone present has died in suspicious circumstances. It seems that any o…
Why matched: genres Drama, Mystery
Scrooge
1951 • Drama • Fantasy
Ebenezer Scrooge malcontentedly shuffles through life as a cruel, miserly businessman, until he is visited by three spirits on Christmas Eve who show him how his unhappy childho…
Why matched: genres Drama, Fantasy
The Terror of the Tongs
1961 • Mystery • Crime
In 1910, Hong Kong, under the rule of the British Empire, is a prosperous and bustling city, but, hidden in the shadows of its many narrow streets, the hideous members of the Re…
Why matched: genres Mystery, Crime
The Square Peg
1958 • Comedy • War
Norman Pitkin and Mr Grimsdale are council workmen mending the road outside an Army base when they come into conflict with the military. Shortly afterwards, they get drafted and…
Why matched: genres Comedy, War
Last Holiday
1950 • Drama • Comedy
George Bird is a salesman of agricultural machinery who finds out that he hasn't long to live. On his doctor's advice, he goes to an exclusive seaside resort to spend his saving…
Why matched: genres Drama, Comedy
Ill Met by Moonlight
1957 • Adventure • War • Action
Led by British officers, partisans on Crete plan to kidnap the island's German commander and smuggle him to Cairo to embarrass the occupiers.
Why matched: genres Adventure, War
The Man in the White Suit
1951 • Science Fiction • Comedy
The unassuming, nebbishy inventor Sidney Stratton creates a miraculous fabric that will never be dirty or worn out. Clearly he can make a fortune selling clothes made of the mat…
Why matched: genres Science Fiction, Comedy
The Battle of the River Plate
1956 • Drama • History • War
In the early years of the World War II, the Royal Navy is fighting a desperate battle to keep the Atlantic convoy routes open to supply the British Isles, facing the great dange…
Why matched: genres Drama, History
Peeping Tom
1960 • Drama • Thriller • Horror
Loner Mark Lewis works at a film studio during the day and, at night, takes racy photographs of women. Also he's making a documentary on fear, which involves recording the react…
Why matched: genres Drama, Thriller
Room at the Top
1958 • Drama • Romance
An ambitious young accountant schemes to wed a wealthy factory owner's daughter, despite falling in love with a married older woman.
Why matched: genres Drama, Romance