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Bright Star
2009 • Drama • Romance
In 1818, high-spirited young Fanny Brawne finds herself increasingly intrigued by the handsome but aloof poet John Keats, who lives next door to her family friends the Dilkes. A…
Why matched: genres Drama, Romance
The Lavender Hill Mob
1951 • Crime • Comedy
A meek bank clerk who oversees the shipments of bullion joins with an eccentric neighbor to steal gold bars and smuggle them out of the country.
Why matched: genres Crime, Comedy
The Titfield Thunderbolt
1953 • Comedy
When British Railways announce the closure of the Titfield to Mallingford branch line a group of local residents make a bid to run it themselves, backed by a monied member of th…
Why matched: genres Comedy
Kidnapped
1960 • Drama • Adventure • Family
Kidnapped and cheated out of his inheritance, young David Balfour falls in with a Jacobite adventurer, Alan Breck Stewart. Falsely accused of murder, they must flee across the H…
Why matched: genres Drama, Adventure
Genevieve
1953 • Comedy
Two friends driving in the London to Brighton vintage car rally bet on which of them will be the first to arrive back home.
Why matched: genres Comedy
Too Many Crooks
1959 • Comedy
Accident-prone Fingers runs a pretty unsuccessful gang. They try and rob wealthy but tricky Billy Gordon - who distrusts banks and fears the Inland Revenue - but he sees Fingers…
Why matched: genres Comedy
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
Hobson's Choice
1954 • Drama • Romance • Comedy
A widower refuses to let his three daughters marry in order to avoid paying settlements, so they'll just have to outsmart him.
Why matched: genres Drama, Romance
The Ladykillers
1955 • Crime • Comedy
Five oddball criminals planning a bank robbery rent rooms on a cul-de-sac from an octogenarian widow under the pretext that they are classical musicians.
Why matched: genres Crime, Comedy
The Naked Truth
1957 • Comedy
Nigel Dennis publishes a scandal magazine. But for each story he writes, he first approaches the person whose scandalous behavior is described (or rather implied, to avoid any l…
Why matched: genres Comedy