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The Password Is Courage
1962 • Drama • Comedy • War
Sergeant-Major Charles Coward, a brave British soldier is captured by German forces during World War II. When he's thrown into a prisoner of war camp, he immediately plans his e…
Why matched: genres Drama, Comedy
H.M.S. Defiant
1962 • Adventure • History • War
Defiant's crew is part of a fleet-wide movement to present a petition of grievances to the Admiralty. Violence must be no part of it. The continual sadism of Defiant's first off…
Why matched: genres Adventure, History
The Lion in Winter
1968 • Drama • History
Henry II and his estranged queen, Eleanor of Aquitaine, battle over the choice of an heir.
Why matched: genres Drama, History
The Night My Number Came Up
1955 • Drama • Thriller • Mystery
British Air Marshal Hardie is attending a party in Hong Kong when he hears of a dream, told by a pilot, in which Hardie's flight to Tokyo on a small Dakota propeller plane crash…
Why matched: genres Drama, Thriller
Cromwell
1970 • Drama • History • War
Disgusted with the policies of King Charles I, Oliver Cromwell plans to take his family to the New World. But on the eve of their departure, Cromwell is drawn into the tangled w…
Why matched: genres Drama, History
The Lost Continent
1968 • Adventure • Fantasy
An eclectic group of characters set sail on Captain Lansen’s leaky cargo ship in an attempt to escape their various troubles. When a violent storm strikes, the ship is swept int…
Why matched: genres Adventure, Fantasy
Operation: Daybreak
1975 • War • Action
Czechoslovakia, 1942. Three brave Czech patriots risk everything to rid their country of its brutal Nazi leader, SS-General Reinhard Heydrich.
Why matched: genres War, Action
The Night of the Generals
1967 • Thriller • Mystery • Crime
A German intelligence officer investigates a prostitute's killing in Warsaw during World War II. He lands on three major Nazi generals as suspects, two of whom are also involved…
Why matched: genres Thriller, Mystery
Never Let Go
1960 • Thriller • Crime
John Cummings, an unsuccessful cosmetics salesman, has his unpaid-for car stolen by one of the hoods in the employ of Lionel Meadows, the sadistic organizer of a London car conv…
Why matched: genres Thriller, Crime
Young Sherlock Holmes
1985 • Thriller • Mystery • Adventure
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson meet as boys in an English Boarding school. Holmes is known for his deductive ability even as a youth, amazing his classmates with his abilities.…
Why matched: genres Thriller, Mystery
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
Victim
1961 • Drama • Thriller • Crime
A web of blackmail and murder attracts the attention of a barrister with a seemingly idyllic life, threatening to derail his career on the path of success.
Why matched: genres Drama, Thriller
Yellowbeard
1983 • Adventure • Comedy
For years Yellowbeard had looted the Spanish Main, making men eat their lips and swallow their hearts. Caught and convicted for tax evasion, he's sentenced to 20 years in St. Vi…
Why matched: genres Adventure, Comedy
The Dam Busters
1955 • Drama • Thriller • History
The story of the conception of a new British weapon for smashing the German dams in the Ruhr industrial complex and the execution of the raid by 617 Squadron 'The Dam Busters'.
Why matched: genres Drama, Thriller
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
The Mirror Crack'd
1980 • Thriller • Mystery • Crime
Jane Marple solves the mystery when a local woman is poisoned and a visiting movie star seems to have been the intended victim.
Why matched: genres Thriller, Mystery