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Quatermass and the Pit
1967 • Science Fiction • Horror
A mysterious artifact unearthed below a London Underground station proves to have powerful psychic effects on the people around.
Why matched: genres Science Fiction, Horror
Gift Horse
1952 • Drama • Adventure • War
Compton Bennett's war drama The Gift Horse follows the fortunes of ageing destroyer The Ballantrae and her crew from the time they come together in 1940 until the climactic raid…
Why matched: genres Drama, Adventure
Lust for Life
1956 • Drama • History
An intense and imaginative artist, revered Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh possesses undeniable talent, but he is plagued by mental problems and frustrations with failure. Suppor…
Why matched: genres Drama, History
The Great Escape
1963 • Drama • Adventure • War
The Nazis, exasperated at the number of escapes from their prison camps by a relatively small number of Allied prisoners, relocate them to a high-security 'escape-proof' camp to…
Why matched: genres Drama, Adventure
Third Man on the Mountain
1959 • Drama • Adventure • Family
Famous British mountaineer Winter wants to climb a difficult summit, the Citadel. He goes to a small village but no guide wants to accompany him. A young man from the village, R…
Why matched: genres Drama, Adventure
The Bridge on the River Kwai
1957 • Drama • History • War
The classic story of English POWs in Burma forced to build a bridge to aid the war effort of their Japanese captors. British and American intelligence officers conspire to blow…
Why matched: genres Drama, History
The Vikings
1958 • Adventure • History • Action
Einar, brutal son of the viking Ragnar and future heir to his throne, tangles with clever slave Eric, for the hand of a beautiful English maiden.
Why matched: genres Adventure, History
Cast a Giant Shadow
1966 • Drama • War
An American Army officer is recruited by the yet to exist Israel to help them form an army. He is disturbed by this sudden appeal to his Jewish heritage. Each of Israel's Arab n…
Why matched: genres Drama, War
King Rat
1965 • Drama • War
When Singapore surrendered to the Japanese in 1942, the Allied POWs, mostly British but including a few Americans, were incarcerated in Changi prison. Among the American prisone…
Why matched: genres Drama, War
Beau Brummell
1954 • Drama • Romance • History
Captain George Bryan Brummell is a British soldier who appreciates fine clothing and innovative dress. Although he initially alienates the Prince of Wales with insulting comment…
Why matched: genres Drama, Romance
Conduct Unbecoming
1975 • Drama • Mystery • Crime
A company of British soldiers in colonial India is shaken when the widow of their most honored hero is assaulted. A young officer must defend a fellow lieutenant from the charge…
Why matched: genres Drama, Mystery
The Big Sleep
1978 • Mystery • Crime
Private eye Philip Marlowe investigates a case of blackmail involving the two wild daughters of a rich general, a pornographer and a gangster.
Why matched: genres Mystery, Crime
Shark Lake
2015 • Thriller
Meredith Hendricks happens to be the best cop in her quiet town on Lake Tahoe. When a black-market exotic species dealer named Clint is paroled from prison, something he let loo…
Why matched: genres Thriller
Hannibal Brooks
1969 • Comedy • War
A POW in World War II is put to work in a Munich zoo, looking after an Asian elephant. The zoo is bombed by the Americans and the director of the zoo decides it is not safe for…
Why matched: genres Comedy, War
Raiders!: The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made
2015 • Documentary
In 1982, three 11 year-olds in Mississippi set out to remake their favorite film: Raiders of the Lost Ark. It took seven turbulent years that tested the limits of their friendsh…
Why matched: genres Documentary
The Hollow
2016 • Drama • Thriller • Mystery
When a U.S. congressman's daughter passing through a small town in Mississippi dies in a mysterious triple homicide, a team of F.B.I. agents descends to investigate, the team's…
Why matched: genres Drama, Thriller
Carry-On
2024 • Thriller • Action
An airport security officer races to outsmart a mysterious traveler forcing him to let a dangerous item slip onto a Christmas Eve flight.
Why matched: genres Thriller, Action