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The Horse's Mouth
1958 • Comedy
Gulley Jimson is a boorish aging artist recently released from prison. A swindler in search of his next art project, he hunkers down in the penthouse of would-be patrons the Bee…
Why matched: genres Comedy
The Magnet
1950 • Comedy
A classic Ealing comedy in which a young boy steals a magnet and becomes a hero.
Why matched: genres Comedy
The Witches
1966 • Drama • Thriller • Mystery
Following a nervous breakdown, Gwen takes up the job of head teacher in the small village of Haddaby. There she can benefit from the tranquillity and peace, enabling her to reco…
Why matched: genres Drama, Thriller
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
Cast a Dark Shadow
1955 • Thriller
Edward "Teddy" Bare is a ruthless schemer who thinks he's hit the big time when he kills his older wife, believing he will inherit a fortune. When things don't go according to p…
Why matched: genres Thriller
Hunted
1952 • Drama • Thriller • Crime
An unexpected bond develops between a fugitive killer and a runaway orphan on an odyssey across England.
Why matched: genres Drama, Thriller
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
Young Bess
1953 • Drama • Romance • History
The mother died under the executioner's axe; the daughter rose to become England's greatest monarch -- the brilliant and cunning Queen Elizabeth I. Jean Simmons portrays young B…
Why matched: genres Drama, Romance
Stage Fright
1950 • Thriller
A struggling actress tries to help a friend prove his innocence when he's accused of murdering the husband of a high-society entertainer.
Why matched: genres Thriller
The Ruling Class
1972 • Drama • Comedy
When the Earl of Gurney dies in a cross-dressing accident, his schizophrenic son, Jack, inherits the Gurney estate. Jack is not the average nobleman; he sings and dances across…
Why matched: genres Drama, Comedy
Scrooge
1970 • Drama • Family • Fantasy
A musical adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic ghost tale starring Albert Finney.
Why matched: genres Drama, Family
Greyfriars Bobby
1961 • Drama • Family
In Scotland 1865, An old shepherd and his little Skye terrier go to Edinburgh. But when the shepherd dies of pneumonia, the dog remains faithful to his master, refuses to be ado…
Why matched: genres Drama, Family
A Study in Terror
1965 • Drama • Mystery • Crime
When Watson reads from the newspaper there have been two similar murders near Whitechapel in a few days, Sherlock Holmes' sharp deductive is immediately stimulated to start its…
Why matched: genres Drama, Mystery
The L-Shaped Room
1962 • Drama • Romance
Jane is young, French, pregnant and unmarried. Bucking convention, she is uninterested in settling with her baby's father or getting an abortion. After renting a room in a dingy…
Why matched: genres Drama, Romance
The Magic Box
1952 • Drama
Now old, ill, poor, and largely forgotten, William Freise-Greene was once very different. As young and handsome William Green he changed his name to include his first wife's so…
Why matched: genres Drama