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The Wrong Box
1966 • Comedy
In Victorian England, a fortune now depends on which of two brothers outlives the other—or can be made to have seemed to do so.
Why matched: genres Comedy
Swiss Family Robinson
1960 • Adventure • Family
After being shipwrecked, the Robinson family is marooned on an island inhabited only by an impressive array of wildlife. In true pioneer spirit, they quickly make themselves at…
Why matched: genres Adventure, Family
Dunkirk
1958 • Drama • War
A British Corporal in France finds himself responsible for the lives of his men when their officer is killed. He has to get them back to Britain somehow. Meanwhile, British civi…
Why matched: genres Drama, War
When the Wind Blows
1986 • Drama • Animation • War
With the help of government-issued pamphlets, an elderly British couple build a shelter and prepare for an impending nuclear attack, unaware that times and the nature of war hav…
Why matched: genres Drama, Animation
Ice Cold in Alex
1958 • Drama • Adventure • War
A group of army personnel and nurses attempt a dangerous and arduous trek across the deserts of North Africa during the second world war. The leader of the team dreams of his ic…
Why matched: genres Drama, Adventure
The Colditz Story
1955 • Drama • War
The Germans believed that no man could escape from Colditz Castle, set as it was in the heart of the Reich, 400 miles from any neutral frontier. This film, based on Pat Reid's e…
Why matched: genres Drama, War
I Was Monty's Double
1958 • Drama • War
The incredible but true story of how an impersonator was recruited to impersonate General Montgomery to mislead the Germans about his intentions before the North Africa campaign.
Why matched: genres Drama, War
Tiger Bay
1959 • Thriller • Crime
In Tiger Bay, the docklands of Cardiff, rough-and-tumble street urchin Gillie witnesses the brutal killing of a young woman at the hands of visiting Polish sailor Korchinsky. In…
Why matched: genres Thriller, Crime
Town on Trial
1957 • Mystery • Crime
When an attractive young girl is murdered, suspicion falls on several members of the local tennis club. It falls to Police Inspector Halloran to sort out all the red herrings, a…
Why matched: genres Mystery, Crime
Above Us the Waves
1955 • War
In World War II, the greatest threat to the British navy is the German battleship Tirpitz. While anchored in a Norwegian fjord, it is impossible to attack by conventional means,…
Why matched: genres War
Cats
1998 • Music • Fantasy
"Jellicle" cats join for a Jellicle ball where they rejoice with their leader, Old Deuteronomy. One cat will be chosen to go to the "Heavyside Layer" and be reborn.
Why matched: genres Music, Fantasy
The Human Factor
1975 • Thriller • Action
After his family is brutally murdered for an unknown reason, a computer engineer sets out to find those responsible.
Why matched: genres Thriller, Action
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
Tunes of Glory
1960 • Drama
Following World War II in peacetime Scotland, brigade headquarters replaces commanding officer Major Jock Sinclair, a boisterous battalion leader, with the strict, temperamental…
Why matched: genres Drama
Chuka
1967 • Drama • Western • Action
A group under siege at an Army fort grapple with painful memories.
Why matched: genres Drama, Western
Zulu Dawn
1979 • Drama • Adventure • History
In 1879, the British suffer a great loss at the Battle of Isandlwana due to incompetent leadership.
Why matched: genres Drama, Adventure
The Family Way
1966 • Drama • Romance • Comedy
Young newlyweds Arthur and Jenny Fitton want nothing more than to get their marriage started on the right foot. But before they can depart for their honeymoon in Spain, they hav…
Why matched: genres Drama, Romance
Murder with Mirrors
1985 • Mystery • Crime • TV Movie
When Miss Jane Marple arrives at palatial Stonygates, one thing is certain. Before there's time to lather a warm scone with marmalade and place a tea cozy, murder most foul is b…
Why matched: genres Mystery, Crime
The Chalk Garden
1964 • Drama • Mystery
The peculiar antics of Laurel, an emotionally troubled young girl, are the focus of The Chalk Garden – a stately household drama set on the cliffs of the English south coast. Ed…
Why matched: genres Drama, Mystery
Oklahoma Crude
1973 • Drama • Comedy • Western
In 1913, in Oklahoma, oil derrick owner Lena Doyle, aided by her father and a hobo, is stubbornly drilling for oil despite the pressure from major oil companies to sell her land.
Why matched: genres Drama, Comedy