The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943), The Unloved (2009), Last Resort (2000), Saint Maud (2019), Page Eight (2011), The War Game (1966), Went the Day Well? (1942), Red Riding: 1980 (2009) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best British movies.
Storyline: An 1880s Brooklyn boy (Freddie Bartholomew) is summoned to England by his grandfather (C. Aubrey Smith) and raised as a lord.
Plot Keywords: children, family, drama, classic, british, literary adaptation, coming of age ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Dire financial straits reacquaint an aristocrat's daughter (Amanda Root) with her wealthy ex-fiance (Ciarán Hinds) in 19th-century England.
Plot Keywords: romance, drama, classic, british, jane austen, adaptation, 19th century ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Naive and lonely Aston (Robert Shaw) rescues the homeless and manipulative Davies (Donald Pleasence), inviting him to stay at his rundown family home. Aston's brother and guardian, Mick (Alan Bates), dislikes the shiftless Davies, but comes to see him as someone to unload the house onto when Aston proposes that Davies become its caretaker. Mick, fed up with his responsibilities, hopes Davies' duties as caretaker will extend to caring for his brother as well.
Plot Keywords: psychological horror, black and white, british, short film, experimental, surreal, minimalist ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: An aging actress and socialite, Jessica Medlicott (Katharine Hepburn) has ended her engagement with a younger man and is now being sued by her former fiancé. Esteemed barrister Sir Arthur Glanville-Jones (Laurence Olivier) is assigned to represent Jessica in the lawsuit, and he also happens to be an old suitor of hers from decades earlier. While Jessica claims not to remember him, and Arthur still smarts from her earlier rejection, the two form a close bond during the case.
Plot Keywords: romance, drama, tv movie, classic, british, laurence olivier, nostalgic ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: British intelligence fakes the death of Edgar Brodie (John Gielgud) to send him on a mission in Switzerland, where as Richard Ashendon he is to locate and kill a Germany spy. Accompanying Brodie are fellow agents Elsa Carrington (Madeleine Carroll), who is to play Brodie's wife, and an eccentric assassin known as The General (Peter Lorre). Locating the spy on a train, Brodie and Elsa have second thoughts about their mission just as an American (Robert Young) ingratiates himself with them.
Plot Keywords: spy, british, mystery, thriller, film noir, alfred hitchcock, 1930s ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: In this retelling of the life of Christ, his experiences are recreated using claymation. Starting with his birth in Nazareth, Jesus (Ralph Fiennes) goes on to meet and inspire his apostles, perform various miracles and reveal his teachings. His baptism by John the Baptist (Richard E. Grant) is shown, as well as his meeting with Mary Magdalene (Miranda Richardson). Christ must eventually face the betrayal of Judas (David Thewlis), and succumb to Herod's (Anton Lesser) vendetta against him.
Plot Keywords: animation, religious, bible, biography, history, drama, family ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: In 1805, aboard the H.M.S. Surprise, the brash Captain Jack Aubrey (Russell Crowe) and his trusted friend, the ship's scholarly surgeon, Stephen Maturin (Paul Bettany), are ordered to hunt down and capture a powerful French vessel off the South American coast. Though Napoleon is winning the war and the men and their crew face an onslaught of obstacles, including their own internal battles, "Lucky Jack" is determined that nothing will stop the Surprise from completing its mission.
Plot Keywords: historical, adventure, war, british, french, 19th century, naval battle ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: April 1917, the Western Front. Two British soldiers are sent to deliver an urgent message to an isolated regiment. If the message is not received in time the regiment will walk into a trap and be massacred. To get to the regiment they will need to cross through enemy territory. Time is of the essence and the journey will be fraught with danger.—grantss
Plot Keywords: war, world war i, history, drama, british, soldiers, mission ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A British spy (Kenneth Williams) and his pupils are sent to recover a secret formula stolen by an agent of STENCH.
Plot Keywords: comedy, spy, british, humorous, franchise, black and white, 1960s ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Brilliant but tormented bomb expert Sammy Rice (David Farrar) works for the British government during World War II, but his increasingly problematic alcoholism and a recent injury threaten his ability to work.
Plot Keywords: war, british, film noir, drama, psychological, suspense, military ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Due to his knowledge of the native Bedouin tribes, British Lieutenant T.E. Lawrence is sent to Arabia to find Prince Faisal and serve as a liaison between the Arabs and the British in their fight against the Turks. With the aid of native Sherif Ali, Lawrence rebels against the orders of his superior officer and strikes out on a daring camel journey across the harsh desert to attack a well-guarded Turkish port.
Plot Keywords: epic, biographical, war, historical, adventure, desert, british ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Turkish and his close friend/accomplice Tommy get pulled into the world of match fixing by the notorious Brick Top. Things get complicated when the boxer they had lined up gets badly beaten by Mickey, a 'pikey' ( slang for an Irish Gypsy)- who comes into the equation after Turkish, an unlicensed boxing promoter wants to buy a caravan off the Irish Gypsies. They then try to convince Mickey not only to fight for them, but to lose for them too. Whilst all this is going on, a huge diamond heist takes place, and a fistful of motley characters enter the story, including 'Cousin Avi', 'Boris The Blade', 'Franky Four Fingers' and 'Bullet Tooth Tony'. Things go from bad to worse as it all becomes about the money, the guns, and the damned dog.
Plot Keywords: crime, comedy, gangster, british, violence, heist, underworld ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Dickens' Oliver Twist (Mark Lester) goes from parish boy to Fagin's (Ron Moody) pickpocketing school to the clutches of murderous Bill Sikes (Oliver Reed).
Plot Keywords: musical, drama, family, adventure, classic, british, victorian era ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Andrew Crocker-Harris, a classics teacher at an English school, is afflicted with a heart ailment and an unfaithful wife. His interest in his pupils wanes as he looks towards his final days in employment.—Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>
Plot Keywords: drama, british, classic, black and white, education, teacher, school ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Based on a true story, a group of allied escape artist-type prisoners-of-war are all put in an "escape proof" camp. Their leader decides to try to take out several hundred all at once. The first half of the movie is played for comedy, as the prisoners mostly outwit their jailers to dig the escape tunnel. The second half is high adventure as they use planes, trains, and boats to get out of occupied Europe.
Plot Keywords: war, world war ii, escape, adventure, action, historical, based on true events ...
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