The Long Good Friday (1980), The Lodger (1927), Page Eight (2011), Matangi/Maya/M.I.A. (2018), Sid & Nancy (1986), Les Misérables: The Staged Concert (2019), The Prestige (2006), Witness for the Prosecution (1957) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best London movies.
Storyline: Rodent supersleuth Basil and his bumbling partner must thwart evil Ratigan's plot to depose the Mouse Queen.
Plot Keywords: animation, adventure, family, detective, disney, classic, mystery ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Harry Fabian is a London hustler with ambitious plans that never work out. One day, when he encounters the most famous Greco-Roman wrestler in the world, Gregorius, at a London wrestling arena run by his son Kristo, he dreams up a scheme that he thinks will finally be his ticket to financial independence. As Fabian attempts to con everyone around him to get his scheme to work, he of course only ends up conning himself. This is an interesting tale of blind ambition, self-deception, broken dreams, and how a man who always thinks he's ahead of the game ends up tripping himself very badly.
Plot Keywords: film noir, crime, suspense, london, underworld, boxing, betrayal ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A talented American graduate of Oxford, using his unique skills, and audacity, creates a marijuana empire using the estates of impoverished British aristocrats. However, when he tries to sell his empire to a fellow American billionaire, a chain of events unfolds, involving blackmail, deception, mayhem and murder between street thugs, Russian oligarchs, Triad gangsters and gutter journalists.—Peter-Patrick76 (peter-patrick@mail.com)
Plot Keywords: action, crime, comedy, gangster, british, drug trade, violence ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Alexander McQueen's rags-to-riches story is a modern-day fairy tale, laced with the gothic. Mirroring the savage beauty, boldness and vivacity of his design, this documentary is an intimate revelation of McQueen's own world, both tortured and inspired, which celebrates a radical and mesmerizing genius of profound influence.—Salon
Plot Keywords: biography, documentary, fashion, art, creativity, uk, london ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Alas, an aristocrat and a barrister on the same plateau. This is the story of a revolution, a revolution that occurred in France known as the Reign of Terror. The barrister, the town alcoholic and man of disrepute, is in love with a beautiful woman, who marries the aristocrat and bears a beautiful baby girl. The baby girl is infatuated with the barrister, and he her because of her mother. The ultimate sacrifice occurs and a man's soul goes forward.
Plot Keywords: historical, drama, romance, revolution, british literature, classic adaptation, charles dickens ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: On the eve of World War II, a British officer revisits Waterloo Bridge and recalls the young man he was at the beginning of World War I and the young ballerina he met just before he left for the front. Myra stayed with him past curfew and is thrown out of the corps de ballet. She survives on the streets of London, falling even lower after she hears her true love has been killed in action. But he wasn't killed. Those terrible years were nothing more than a bad dream is Myra's hope after Roy finds her and takes her to his family's country estate.—Dale O'Connor <daleoc@interaccess.com>
Plot Keywords: romance, war, tragedy, classic, black and white, drama, british ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Pompous phonetics Professor Henry Higgins (Sir Rex Harrison) is so sure of his abilities that he takes it upon himself to transform a Cockney working-class girl into someone who can pass for a cultured member of high society. His subject turns out to be the lovely Eliza Doolittle (Audrey Hepburn), who agrees to speech lessons to improve her job prospects. Higgins and Eliza clash, then form an unlikely bond, one that is threatened by aristocratic suitor Freddy Eynsford-Hill (Jeremy Brett).
Plot Keywords: musical, romance, comedy, love, classic, adaptation, audrey hepburn ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: After the death of her famous opera-singing aunt, Paula is sent to study in Italy to become a great opera singer as well. While there, she falls in love with the charming Gregory Anton. The two return to London, and Paula begins to notice strange goings-on: missing pictures, strange footsteps in the night and gaslights that dim without being touched. As she fights to retain her sanity, her new husband's intentions come into question.
Plot Keywords: suspense, psychological thriller, film noir, crime, drama, classic, murder ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: When Jane and Michael, the children of the wealthy and uptight Banks family, are faced with the prospect of a new nanny, they are pleasantly surprised by the arrival of the magical Mary Poppins. Embarking on a series of fantastical adventures with Mary and her Cockney performer friend, Bert, the siblings try to pass on some of their nanny's sunny attitude to their preoccupied parents.
Plot Keywords: musical, fantasy, family, musical film, disney, classic, children ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Jamie Morgan, who was born with a heart-shaped birthmark on his face, discovers demons on the streets of East London.
Plot Keywords: horror, thriller, supernatural, demonic, london, isolation, psychological horror ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Paddington (Ben Whishaw) is happily settled with the Brown family in Windsor Gardens, where he has become a popular member of the community, spreading joy and marmalade wherever he goes. While searching for the perfect present for his beloved Aunt Lucy's (Imelda Staunton's) 100th birthday, Paddington spots a unique pop-up book in Mr. Gruber's antique shop, and embarks upon a series of odd jobs to buy it. But when the book is stolen, it's up to Paddington and the Browns to unmask the thief.
Plot Keywords: family, adventure, comedy, animation, fantasy, children, heartwarming ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: London, 1969 - two 'resting' (unemployed and unemployable) actors, Withnail and Marwood, fed up with damp, cold, piles of washing-up, mad drug dealers and psychotic Irishmen, decide to leave their squalid Camden flat for an idyllic holiday in the countryside, courtesy of Withnail's uncle Monty's country cottage. But when they get there, it rains non-stop, there's no food, and their basic survival skills turn out to be somewhat limited. Matters are not helped by the arrival of Uncle Monty, who shows an uncomfortably keen interest in Marwood...—Michael Brooke <michael@everyman.demon.co.uk>
Plot Keywords: black comedy, british film, 1980s, friendship, alcoholism, london, absurdity ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: The snobbish and intellectual Professor of languages, Henry Higgins makes a bet with his friend that he can take a London flower seller, Eliza Doolittle, from the gutters and pass her off as a society lady. However, he discovers that this involves dealing with a human being with ideas of her own.—Steve Crook <steve@brainstorm.co.uk>
Plot Keywords: drama, comedy, literary adaptation, class divide, social satire, british film, black and white ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Philippe, an ambassador's son and good friend of Baines, major domo of the embassy, is confused by the complexities and evasions of adult life. He tries to keep secrets but ends up telling them. He lies to protect his friends, even though he knows he should tell the truth. Confusion reigns when Baines is suspected of murdering his wife and Philippe flips back and forth with the police.—<P.M.Laws@education.leeds.ac.uk>
Plot Keywords: suspense, drama, film noir, british film, classic, child's perspective, psychological thriller ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: An Asian werewolf (Warner Oland) bites a botanist (Henry Hull) in Tibet and rivals him for the antidote in London.
Plot Keywords: horror, werewolf, london, black and white, classic, monster, transformation ...
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