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Lawrence of Arabia
1962 • Adventure • History • War
During World War I, English officer Thomas Edward 'T.E.' Lawrence sets out to unite and lead the diverse, often warring, Arab tribes to fight the Turks.
Why matched: genres Adventure, History
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 Greatest Story Ever Told
1965 • Drama • History
From his birth in Bethlehem to his death and eventual resurrection, the life of Jesus Christ is given the all-star treatment in this epic retelling. Major aspects of Christ's li…
Why matched: genres Drama, History
Doctor Zhivago
1965 • Drama • Romance • War
The life of a Russian physician and poet who, although married to another, falls in love with a political activist's wife and experiences hardship during World War I and then th…
Why matched: genres Drama, Romance
A Passage to India
1984 • Drama • Adventure • History
Cultural mistrust and false accusations doom a friendship in British colonial India between an Indian doctor, an Englishwoman engaged to marry a city magistrate, and an English…
Matched on: Lean
Ryan's Daughter
1970 • Drama • Romance • History
In the wake of the 1916 Easter Rising, a married schoolteacher in a small Irish village has an affair with a troubled British officer.
Why matched: genres Drama, Romance
The Sound Barrier
1952 • Drama • Romance • War
A young RAF pilot tests his father-in-law’s prototype supersonic aircraft to the limit, at a time of intense development in the field of aviation, just as commercial jet airline…
Why matched: genres Drama, Romance
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
Summertime
1955 • Drama • Romance
Middle-aged Ohio secretary Jane Hudson has never found love and has nearly resigned herself to spending the rest of her life alone. But before she does, she uses her savings to…
Why matched: genres Drama, Romance
Madeleine
1950 • Drama • Mystery • Crime
Madeleine's middle-class family cannot understand why she puts off marrying a respectable young man, as they know nothing about her long-term affair with a Frenchman.
Why matched: genres Drama, Mystery