Movies by Lists - Classic British Comedy Films (316 [314]) Title | Year | Director | Genre | Rating | Runtime | Added |
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30 Is a Dangerous Age, CynthiaRupert Street, a piano player and composer, decides to write a musical and marry before he reaches his thirtieth birthday. One minor problem: he'll be 30 in six weeks... | 1968 | Joseph McGrath | Comedy, Romance | 5.3 (205 votes) | 85 | 20211228 |
Adventure for Two [The Demi-Paradise]Ivan Kouznetsoff, a Russian engineer, recounts during World War II his stay in England prior to the war working on a new propeller for ice-breaking ships. Naive about British people, and convinced by hearsay that they are shallow and | 1943 | Anthony Asquith | Comedy, Drama, Romance, War | 6.2 (510 votes) | 114 | 20220414 |
Adventures of Barry McKenzie, TheYoung Australian, Barry McKenzie, travels to England with his Aunt Edna after his father dies and a request is revealed in his will. | 1972 | Bruce Beresford | Comedy | 5.7 (930 votes) | 114 | 20240728 |
After the Fox [Caccia alla volpe]An Italian criminal mastermind, impersonating a film director, plans to grab the loot on a beach where a bogus movie is being filmed. | 1966 | Vittorio De Sica (*) | Comedy, Crime | 6.4 (4.3K votes) | 103 | 20220806 |
Alf Garnett Saga, TheBased on the BBC television series, and a sequel to 'Till Death Us Do Part (1968)', it tells of the family relationship between Alf Garnett, his wife, daughter and son-in-law, all living in a council flat. | 1972 | Bob Kellett | Comedy | 5.0 (148 votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
AlfieAn unrepentant ladies' man gradually begins to understand the consequences of his lifestyle. | 1966 | Lewis Gilbert | Comedy, Drama | 7.0 (14.5K votes) | 114 | 20211228 |
Alligator Named Daisy, AnAn Englishman is left with an abandoned, very tame, and domesticated pet alligator, who helps him develop a bond with a young Irishwoman. Plans to get rid of the animal cause mayhem and produce a surprising outcome for all. | 1955 | J. Lee Thompson | Comedy, Musical, Romance | 5.3 (384 votes) | 85 | 20211228 |
Alphabet Murders, TheHercule Poirot investigates a series of murders in London in which the victims are killed according to their initials. | 1965 | Frank Tashlin | Comedy, Crime, Mystery | 5.4 (1.6K votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
And Now For Something Completely DifferentAn anthology of the best sketches from the first and second seasons of Monty Python's Flying Circus (1969). | 1971 | Ian MacNaughton | Comedy | 7.6 (30K votes) | 88 | 20211228 |
And the Same to YouStuck with the name "Dickie Dreadnought," Rix feels he has no choice but to pursue a career as a boxer. To mollify his uncle, Rix pretends to be the soul of religiosity, while his tough-talking manager William Hartnell poses as a Man | 1960 | George Pollock | Comedy | 5.4 (176 votes) | 70 | 20211228 |
Another ShoreA young Irishman comes up with an unusual plan to get the money to emigrate to Tahiti. | 1948 | Charles Crichton (*) | Comedy | 5.8 (114 votes) | 77 | 20211228 |
Are You Being ServedThe staff of Grace Bros. take a trip to Costa Plonka while the department is being remodeled. | 1977 | Bob Kellett | Action, Adventure, Comedy | 6.1 (3.1K votes) | 95 | 20240727 |
ArthurAlcoholic billionaire playboy Arthur Bach must marry a woman he does not love, or he will be cut off from his $750,000,000 fortune. But when Arthur falls in love with a poor waitress, he must decide if he wants to choose love or mone | 1981 | Steve Gordon | Comedy, Romance | 6.9 (27.7K votes) | 97 | 20211228 |
Ask a PolicemanThe mirthful adventures of Police-Sergeant Samuel Dudfoot and his two constables, Albert Brown and Jeremiah Harbottle, who stage a fabricated crime-wave to save their jobs---then find themselves involved in the real thing. | 1939 | Marcel Varnel | Adventure, Comedy, Crime | 7.5 (905 votes) | 83 | 20211228 |
Aunt ClaraA wealthy old man dies and leaves his holdings--including a brothel, a gambling den, racing greyhounds, and a sleazy bar--to his eccentric niece Clara Hilton (Dame Margaret Rutherford). Clara vows to "clean up" her new establishments | 1954 | Anthony Kimmins | Comedy, Family | 6.4 (234 votes) | 84 | 20211228 |
Band WaggonA plot involving spies in a haunted castle gives this team of celebrated British wireless comedians plenty of scope for laughs. | 1940 | Marcel Varnel | Comedy, Musical | 5.6 (184 votes) | 85 | 20211228 |
Bargee, TheHemel Pike is a canal-barge Casanova, aided and abetted by his illiterate cousin Ronnie. Hemel has a girl in every town along his route, and each one is intent on marriage. He is finally caught when one of the girls, Christine, falls | 1964 | Duncan Wood | Comedy | 6.4 (399 votes) | 102 | 20211228 |
Barnacle BillA seasick sea Captain commands an amusement pier despite local opposition. | 1957 | Charles Frend | Comedy | 6.9 (1K votes) | 87 | 20211228 |
Battle of the Sexes, TheAngela Barrows, an accomplished business analyst from the US, attempts to contemporise the late MacPherson's tweed factory, shaking the very foundation of a men-only company. | 1960 | Charles Crichton (*) | Comedy | 6.7 (1.5K votes) | 84 | 20211228 |
Bed Sitting Room, TheSet in post-nuclear-holocaust England, where a handful of bizarre characters struggle on with their lives in the ruins, amongst endless heaps of ash, piles of broken crockery and brick, muddy plains, and heaps of dentures and old boo | 1969 | Richard Lester (*) | Comedy, Sci-Fi | 6.1 (2.2K votes) | 90 | 20220414 |
Bees In ParadiseDuring World War II, a plane crashes on an island full of dominating women. | 1944 | Val Guest | Comedy, Musical | 5.3 (138 votes) | 72 | 20211228 |
Bell-Bottom GeorgeNazi spies are out to destroy a new submarine killer, the "Firefly", being developed by the British navy. A hapless waiter named George, after being rejected for military service three times, finally "joins" when, during an air raid, | 1944 | Marcel Varnel | Comedy, War | 5.9 (216 votes) | 97 | 20211228 |
Belles of St. Trinians, TheThe schoolgirls of St. Trinian's are more interested in racing forms than books as they try to get-rich-quick. They are abetted by the headmistress' brother. | 1954 | Frank Launder | Comedy, Family | 6.8 (2.6K votes) | 91 | 20211228 |
Best Pair of Legs in the Business, TheWith his life crumbling around him in a dingy holiday camp, middle-aged female impersonator Sherry Sheridan stays rooted in the past. But will his son Alan, and long-suffering wife Mary, stay with him? | 1973 | Christopher Hodson | Comedy, Drama | 6.0 (236 votes) | 88 | 20211228 |
Big Job [What A Carry On], TheAn inept gang of bank robbers, led by George The Brain, are caught and sentenced to 15 years hard labour each. When they are released from prison they start out to collect the money they had stolen and which George had hidden in a ho | 1965 | Gerald Thomas (*) | Comedy, Mystery | 6.5 (726 votes) | 85 | 20211228 |
Bikini Baby [Lady Godiva Rides Again]An unsophisticated and impressionable young girl finds herself in trouble after winning a beauty pageant. | 1951 | Frank Launder | Comedy | 5.8 (338 votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
Blithe SpiritA man and his second wife are haunted by the ghost of his first wife. | 1945 | David Lean (*) | Comedy, Fantasy | 7.1 (6.7K votes) | 96 | 20211228 |
Bloodbath at the House of DeathSix scientists investigate a strange phenomenon at the creepy Headstone Manor, the site of a mysterious massacre years earlier that took the lives of 18 guests in one night. | 1984 | Ray Cameron | Horror, Comedy | 5.0 (2.5K votes) | 92 | 20230830 |
Blue Murder At St TriniansThe girls of St. Trinian's School go on a bus tour of Italy chaperoned by a diamond-thief disguised as a woman to elude the police. | 1957 | Frank Launder | Comedy | 6.5 (1.2K votes) | 86 | 20211228 |
Bobo, TheTo get his big break, a singing matador must win over the most beautiful and most elusive woman in all of Barcelona, in only three days. | 1967 | Robert Parrish | Comedy, Romance | 5.5 (847 votes) | 105 | 20211228 |
Boots! Boots!This George Formby film is packed with songs in the inimitable Formby fashion (including the controversial 'Little Ukulele') and guest appearances by his wife Beryl, this is essential viewing for all fans of Formby and British mus... | 1934 | Bert Tracy | Comedy, Musical | 4.8 (129 votes) | 80 | 20240727 |
Bottoms UpJimmy Edwards reprises his TV and radio role as the Professor trying to control a school full of naughty boys. | 1960 | Mario Zampi | Comedy | 6.1 (214 votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
Boys in Blue, TheSgt. Cannon (Tommy Cannon) and PC Ball (Bobby Ball) run the police station in the quiet town of Little Botham. When the station's threatened to be shut down, due to a lack of crime, they decide to invent some crimes to justify their | 1982 | Val Guest | Comedy, Family | 4.6 (500 votes) | 91 | 20211228 |
Boys Will Be BoysWill Hay is a teacher in a prison, who applies for the Headship of Narkover, a public school. This is the first screen appearance of Hay in his (to be ) famous schoolmaster role, in a story based on Dr Smart-Alec, the character creat | 1935 | William Beaudine | Comedy | 6.6 (424 votes) | 80 | 20211228 |
Brandy For the ParsonA young couple get involved with a smuggler. | 1952 | John Eldridge | Comedy, Crime, Romance | 5.9 (192 votes) | 75 | 20211228 |
Brass MonkeyRadio personality Carroll Levis becomes involved in a case of theft and murder. | 1948 | Thornton Freeland | Comedy, Crime, Musical, Mystery | 5.2 (173 votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
Breaking of Bumbo, TheThe hilarious adventures of young Bumbo Bailey, who enlists in the Brigade of Guards and is based in the prestigious Wellington Barracks in London in the Swinging Sixties. He regards his social life as important as his military. | 1970 | Andrew Sinclair | Comedy | 5.2 (70 votes) | 89 | 20211228 |
Bridal Path, TheBased on a novel by Nigel Tranter, The Bridal Path is a light-hearted look at the somewhat unfortunate results that can come of the continued marrying of fairly close cousins in a restricted and remote community. Set in the Hebrides | 1959 | Frank Launder | Comedy | 6.8 (255 votes) | 95 | 20211228 |
Britannia HospitalThe chaotic workings of a hospital with staff on strike. | 1982 | Lindsay Anderson (*) | Comedy, Sci-Fi | 6.2 (2.6K votes) | 111 | 20211228 |
Brothers in LawRoger Thursby is just starting out as a barrister, full of ideals, but he is a bit too keen for his fellow lawyers. | 1957 | Roy Boulting | Comedy | 6.5 (409 votes) | 94 | 20211228 |
Bulldog Breed, TheWhen he is crossed in love, grocers assistant Norman Puckle joins the Navy, where he is recruited to man the first British rocket. | 1960 | Robert Asher | Comedy | 6.3 (820 votes) | 97 | 20211228 |
Captain's Paradise, TheThe captain of a ferry boat between the restricted British colony in Gibraltar and Spanish Morocco has a woman of differing appeal and temperament in each port. | 1953 | Anthony Kimmins | Comedy, Romance | 6.9 (1.7K votes) | 94 | 20211228 |
Captain's Table, TheA ship's captain is promoted by his company from tramp steamers to their flagship passenger liner. Although he is a thoroughly competent sailor ready to take charge of such a ship, he is less prepared for the social duties the new po | 1959 | Jack Lee | Comedy | 6.0 (382 votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
Carnaby, M.D. [Doctor in Clover]"Doctor in Clover", a.k.a. "Carnaby, M.D." is another "Doctor" movie, but this time, Dr. Gaston Grimsdyke (Leslie Phillips) is the main doctor in the story, looking for love and romance from the hospital nurses, much to the annoya... | 1966 | Ralph Thomas | Comedy | 5.8 (447 votes) | 97 | 20220723 |
Carry On JackThis is the tale of Albert Poop-Decker, a newly commissioned Midshipman (although he took 8 1/2 years to qualify). He joins the frigate Venus, and adventures through Spanish waters, mutinee and Pirates taking his Captain, his sweet-h | 1964 | Gerald Thomas (*) | Adventure, Comedy, Romance | 5.9 (2.2K votes) | 91 | 20211228 |
Carry On NurseSet in Haven Hospital where a certain men's ward is causing more havoc than the whole hospital put together. The formidable Matron's debut gives the patients a chill every time she walks past, with only Reckitt standing up to her. Th | 1959 | Gerald Thomas (*) | Comedy, Romance | 6.3 (2.7K votes) | 86 | 20211228 |
Carry On ScreamingThe sinister Dr Watt has an evil scheme going. He's kidnapping beautiful young women and turning them into mannequins to sell to local stores. | 1966 | Gerald Thomas (*) | Comedy, Horror | 6.8 (4.9K votes) | 97 | 20211228 |
Carry On SpyingA top secret chemical formula has been stolen by STENCH (the Society for the Total Extinction of Non-Conforming Humans), and so Agent Simpkins and his three trainees are hot on the trail, chasing the villains across the world. There | 1964 | Gerald Thomas (*) | Comedy | 6.2 (2.7K votes) | 87 | 20211228 |
Carry On TeacherPupils run amok at Maudlin Street School in an attempt to hang on to their headmaster. He has applied for a new job, but the students like him and don't want to lose him. | 1959 | Gerald Thomas (*) | Comedy | 6.3 (2.3K votes) | 86 | 20211228 |
Casino RoyaleIn an early spy spoof, aging Sir James Bond comes out of retirement to take on SMERSH. | 1967 | Val Guest, Ken Hughes, John Huston, Joseph McGrath, Robert Parrish | Comedy | 5.1 (29.4K votes) | 131 | 20211228 |
Climbing HighWealthy young man Nicky (Sir Michael Redgrave) pretends to be poor to be close to model Diana (Jesse Matthews) though he's nearly engaged to aristocrat Lady Constance (Margaret Vyner). | 1938 | Carol Reed (*) | Comedy | 6.0 (216 votes) | 78 | 20211228 |
Cocktails in the Kitchen [For Better, for Worse]In postwar London, young graduate Tony (Sir Dirk Bogarde) and his girlfriend Anne (Susan Stephen) decide to marry. Her well-to-do parents are not convinced, but they agree once he has got a £5.10.0 job and a 30/- a week single-roo... | 1954 | J. Lee Thompson | Comedy, Romance | 5.7 (190 votes) | 85 | 20240728 |
Come on George!George (George Formby) is an old stable hand and is the only one who can control a jittery racehorse. | 1939 | Anthony Kimmins | Comedy, Musical | 6.5 (180 votes) | 88 | 20211228 |
Coming-Out Party, A [Very Important Person]A somewhat happy-go-lucky bunch of Brits in a German POW camp find their new acerbic fellow prisoner is a key officer who must be got out at all cost. | 1961 | Ken Annakin | Comedy | 6.8 (581 votes) | 98 | 20211228 |
Confessions of A Window CleanerAn optimistic and inept window cleaner fully 'satisfies' his customers, bed hopping from one unsatisfied housewife to another, until he meets a successful female police officer, who will have none of his sexual advances. | 1974 | Val Guest | Comedy | 4.6 (1.4K votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
Consuming PassionsA tragic mishap at a chocolate factory results in candy lovers getting an unexpected 'extra' in their sweets. The problem is that they want more! | 1988 | Giles Foster | Comedy | 6.0 (548 votes) | 98 | 20211228 |
Convict 99A disgraced school master, Benjamin Twist, is mistaken for a tough prison governor and assigned the charge of a prison for particularly hardened criminals. Believing he is being sent to a school rather than a prison, he celebrates ac | 1938 | Marcel Varnel | Comedy | 6.9 (500 votes) | 91 | 20211228 |
Crooks AnonymousForsdyke, a pathological petty thief subjects himself to a strict correction course run by a wealthy ex-con Widdowes and his Crooks Anonymous organization. Forsdyke's young and innocent girlfriend Babette, holds the hopes for his rec | 1962 | Ken Annakin | Comedy, Crime | 6.3 (612 votes) | 88 | 20220414 |
Crooks In CloistersHaving pulled off the smallest ever train robbery, Little Walter and his crew decide to get out of London. The six of them set up business in a disused monastery off the Cornish coast, despite the fact that none of them really qualif | 1964 | Jeremy Summers | Comedy, Crime | 5.5 (364 votes) | 97 | 20211228 |
Curse of the Pink PantherEnsuing after the events of Clouseau's disappearance, his bosses at the Surete put a computer into service to elect a new shrewd detective, Sleigh, who turns up just as inept as Clouseau. | 1983 | Blake Edwards (*) | Comedy, Crime, Mystery | 4.3 (6K votes) | 109 | 20211228 |
Curtain UpIn a small town in the 1950s, a repertory company meets on Monday morning to start rehearsing the following week's play. This is a ghastly thing written by the aunt of one of the theatre's directors. The producer doesn't try to hi... | 1952 | Ralph Smart | Comedy | 6.3 (296 votes) | 81 | 20240416 |
Dad's ArmyThe misadventures of a ragtag group of elderly Home Guard local defense volunteers at the onset of WW2. | 1971 | Norman Cohen | Comedy, War | 7.0 (3.3K votes) | 95 | 20211228 |
Day the Fish Came Out, TheA plane carrying a weapon more dangerous than a nuclear weapon goes down near Greece. To prevent panic, the officials go in dressed as tourists (who are dressed so casually, that the pilots assume that they are all gay). The pilots a | 1967 | Michael Cacoyannis | Comedy, Sci-Fi | 5.4 (631 votes) | 109 | 20211228 |
Dentist in the Chair.Burglar steals Dentistry equipment by mistake and tries to sell them to Student Dentists. Mild amusements follow. | 1960 | Don Chaffey | Comedy | 5.2 (178 votes) | 84 | 20211228 |
Dentist on the JobThe marketing department of a pharmaceutical company decides to find a dentist to endorse its brand of toothpaste. | 1961 | C.M. Pennington-Richards | Comedy | 5.3 (285 votes) | 88 | 20211228 |
Detective, The [Father Brown]Works of art are disappearing, stolen by a master thief, a master of disguise. Father Brown has two goals: to catch the thief and to save his soul. | 1954 | Robert Hamer (*) | Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery | 6.7 (1.4K votes) | 91 | 20211228 |
Divorce of Lady X, TheDivorce lawyer Everard Logan thinks the woman who spent the night in his hotel room is the erring wife of his new client. | 1938 | Tim Whelan | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 6.6 (1.4K votes) | 91 | 20211228 |
Doctor at SeaBachelor Dr. Simon Sparrow (Dirk Bogarde) goes to sea to escape the boredom of shore practice, but studies the nurses more than medicine, and Hélène Colbert (Brigitte Bardot) is around. | 1955 | Ralph Thomas | Comedy | 5.9 (972 votes) | 93 | 20211228 |
Doctor In DistressDr. Simon Sparrow's (Sir Dirk Bogarde) love life improves dramatically when lovely Delia Mallory (Samantha Eggar) is brought into casualty with a sprained ankle. As a model she's relieved at the diagnosis, and she's as attracted to S | 1963 | Ralph Thomas | Comedy | 5.7 (642 votes) | 102 | 20211228 |
Doctor in LoveDoctors Burke (Leslie Phillips) and Hare (Michael Craig) leave the confines of St. Swithin's for the world of general practice, stopping off on the way as patients at the Foulness anti-cold Unit. Hare then takes up a position as juni | 1960 | Ralph Thomas | Comedy | 5.7 (385 votes) | 93 | 20211228 |
Doctor in the HouseThe trials and tribulations of a group of medical students at St. Swithin's hospital in London, England. | 1954 | Ralph Thomas | Comedy | 6.6 (1.4K votes) | 92 | 20211228 |
Doctor in TroubleDr. Tony Burke (Leslie Phillips) is in love with Ophelia O'Brien (Angela Scoular), but doesn't have time to propose to her as she leaves for a cruise to the Mediterranean. Also, on-board the cruise ship is an old school chum of Burke | 1970 | Ralph Thomas | Comedy | 5.4 (392 votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
Doing Time [Porridge]Fletcher is ordered to arrange a prisoner vs celebrity football game, unaware it's a diversion for an escape. Fletcher and cellmate Lennie accidentally discover the plan and must break back into prison to avoid punishment. | 1979 | Dick Clement | Comedy, Crime | 7.2 (3.4K votes) | 93 | 20240116 |
Don't Just Lie There, Say Something!Based on the hit play. A British Government Minister puts forward a bill to battle filth in the UK but that doesn't stop him having an affair with both his secretary, Miss Parkyn and Wendy, the wife of a high-up reporter. Opponents t | 1974 | Bob Kellett | Comedy | 4.6 (223 votes) | 91 | 20211228 |
Don't Take It to Heart!The castle ghost helps the lady and the lawyer beat off developers. | 1944 | Jeffrey Dell | Comedy, Romance | 6.5 (171 votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
Double BunkWhen newlyweds Jack and Peggy face eviction, they are tricked into buying a rundown houseboat. After rebuilding the engine, they take their friends Sid and Sandra on a trip down the river to Folkestone, but somehow they end up in Fra | 1961 | C.M. Pennington-Richards | Comedy | 6.3 (366 votes) | 92 | 20211228 |
Down Among the Z MenThe cast of the popular radio program "The Goon Show" perform some of their favourite routines. | 1952 | Maclean Rogers | Comedy | 4.6 (360 votes) | 82 | 20211228 |
Dr. StrangeloveAn insane American general orders a bombing attack on the Soviet Union, triggering a path to nuclear holocaust that a war room full of politicians and generals frantically tries to stop. | 1964 | Stanley Kubrick (*) | Comedy, War | 8.4 (474.6K votes) | 95 | 20211228 |
Drowning by NumbersThree generations of women all share the same problem: marriage woes, and they want to put an end to it. | 1988 | Peter Greenaway (*) | Comedy, Drama | 7.2 (10K votes) | 118 | 20211228 |
Dry RotA trio of not particularly bright bookmakers tries to fix a horse race. | 1956 | Maurice Elvey | Comedy | 5.6 (160 votes) | 87 | 20211228 |
Early Bird, TheNorman is the assistant trying to assist the operation of a small, old-fashioned dairy which is being threatened by a larger, modern organisation. Norman gives his best attempts to save the dairy (and his horse), and the usual chaos | 1965 | Robert Asher | Comedy | 6.8 (1.2K votes) | 98 | 20211228 |
Englishman Who Went Up A Hill But Came Down A Mountain, TheWhen an English cartographer must tell a Welsh village that their mountain is only a hill, the offended community sets out to change that. | 1995 | Christopher Monger | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 6.6 (17.2K votes) | 99 | 20211228 |
Erik the VikingErik the Viking and his men travel across the sea to find Valhalla to ask the gods to end the Age of Ragnarok. | 1989 | Terry Jones (*) | Comedy, Adventure, Fantasy | 6.1 (13.7K votes) | 107 | 20220414 |
Fast Lady, TheA naive Scotsman buys a vintage sports car and learns to drive in order to impress the daughter of an arrogant aristocrat who despises him. | 1962 | Ken Annakin | Comedy | 6.2 (702 votes) | 95 | 20211228 |
Father Came Too!A young married couple experience difficulties doing up a cottage, and are hindered by the wife's father. | 1964 | Peter Graham Scott | Comedy | 6.2 (302 votes) | 91 | 20220414 |
Feather Your NestAn employee of a record manufacturing company comes up with a hit song. | 1937 | William Beaudine | Comedy, Musical | 6.6 (94 votes) | 86 | 20211228 |
Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu, TheWhen Fu's age-regressing elixir vitae is spilled by a hapless flunky, Fu Manchu sends his lackeys to round up supplies for a fresh batch of elixir, including a precious jewel, which prompts a team of agents to track him down. | 1980 | Piers Haggard, Richard Quine, Peter Sellers | Comedy, Crime, Fantasy | 5.1 (2.2K votes) | 100 | 20211228 |
Fierce CreaturesZookeepers struggle to deal with the policies of changing directors. | 1997 | Robert Young, Fred Schepisi | Comedy | 6.4 (24.4K votes) | 93 | 20211228 |
Final Test, TheSam Palmer is a cricketer about to play the final test match of his career. His schoolboy son Reggie is a budding poet who disappoints him by not attending the penultimate day's play. Unexpectedly, Reggie is invited to the home of... | 1953 | Anthony Asquith | Comedy, Drama, Sport | 6.6 (247 votes) | 84 | 20240419 |
Fire Has Been Arranged, AA pair of friends robs from a jewelry shop, and buries their loot in a field out in the country before they get caught. They spend ten years in prison, and when they're let out they go back to the burial ground, only to find out that | 1935 | Leslie S. Hiscott | Comedy, Crime, Musical | 5.8 (127 votes) | 70 | 20211228 |
Fish Called Wanda, AIn London, four very different people team up on a jewel heist, then try to double-cross one another for the loot, complicated by their efforts to fool a very proper barrister. | 1988 | Charles Crichton, John Cleese | Comedy, Crime | 7.5 (139.2K votes) | 108 | 20211228 |
Follow a StarNorman Truscott is a store worker who dreams of stardom. Vernon Carew is a singer who's star is fading. Vernon manages to get a recording of Norman singing and passes it off as himself. | 1959 | Robert Asher | Comedy | 6.7 (574 votes) | 93 | 20211228 |
Four Weddings and a FuneralOver the course of five social occasions, a committed bachelor must consider the notion that he may have discovered love. | 1994 | Mike Newell (*) | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 7.1 (148.6K votes) | 117 | 20211228 |
GangwayNewspaper reporter becomes involved with gang of crooks who take her for a tough American gangster. | 1937 | Sonnie Hale | Comedy, Crime, Musical | 6.8 (125 votes) | 90 | 20231101 |
Gay Dog, TheJim Gay loves his racing greyhound but, out of town, he finds a dog with a better chance to win. His friends bet on his dog while he bets against. | 1954 | Maurice Elvey | Comedy | 6.1 (127 votes) | 87 | 20211228 |
GenevieveTwo British couples pit their vintage automobiles against each other in an exciting cross-country race. | 1953 | Henry Cornelius | Comedy | 7.1 (3.1K votes) | 86 | 20211228 |
Get Charlie Tully [Ooh... You Are Awful]Charlie Tully and womanizing Reggie Peek con two rich Italians out of £500,000, but during their flight out Charlie is arrested for conning an American and a dog. Reggie puts the money in a Swiss bank, and after Charlie is released i | 1972 | Cliff Owen | Comedy | 5.8 (409 votes) | 97 | 20211228 |
Get CrackingGeorge Formby joins the home guard. | 1943 | Marcel Varnel | Comedy, War | 6.1 (150 votes) | 96 | 20211228 |
Ghost Goes West, TheA haunted Scottish castle is dismantled and transported to Florida, bringing the family ghost along with it. | 1935 | René Clair (*) | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Romance | 6.8 (1.9K votes) | 95 | 20211228 |
Ghost Of St. Michael's, TheA hapless teacher named Will Lamb is hired by a grim school in Scotland. The school soon starts to be haunted by a legendary ghost, whose spectral bagpipes signal the death of one of the staff. Lamb has to unravel the mystery before | 1941 | Marcel Varnel | Comedy | 6.9 (499 votes) | 82 | 20211228 |
Ghost Train, TheHigh jinks and chills ensue when a group of people become stranded at an isolated station and a legendary phantom train approaches. | 1941 | Walter Forde | Comedy, Horror | 6.3 (1.5K votes) | 85 | 20211228 |
Ghosts of Berkeley Square, TheGhosts are condemned to haunt a house until it is visited by a reigning monarch, | 1947 | Vernon Sewell | Comedy, Fantasy | 5.8 (350 votes) | 85 | 20240727 |
Girl on the Boat, TheThe zany Wisdom, put in charge of his aunt's cottage during an English summer in the roaring twenties, decides to invite several of his friends to his posh new digs. Among the invitees is the title character, played by the delightful | 1962 | Henry Kaplan | Comedy | 5.9 (208 votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
Go to BlazesAfter yet another smash-and-grab goes wrong, a bungling trio of small-time crooks flash an idea of using a fire engine as a getaway vehicle. But they keep being mistaken for genuine firemen and it starts to become a flaming nuisance. | 1962 | Michael Truman | Comedy | 5.9 (243 votes) | 80 | 20211228 |
Good Morning BoysA schoolteacher and his pupils visit Paris where they outwit a gang of crooks. | 1937 | Marcel Varnel | Comedy | 6.6 (471 votes) | 79 | 20211228 |
Goose Steps Out, TheA bumbling teacher turns out to be the double of a German general. He is flown into Germany to impersonate the general and cause chaos and hilarity in a Hitler Youth college. | 1942 | Basil Dearden, Will Hay | Comedy | 6.6 (469 votes) | 79 | 20211228 |
Green Man, TheAn assassin is annoyed by a vacuum cleaner salesman determined to stop him. | 1956 | Robert Day, Basil Dearden | Comedy, Crime | 7.2 (1.8K votes) | 80 | 20211228 |
Gregory's GirlGregory is a normal teen who is infatuated with a classmate. He must work to win her affection. | 1980 | Bill Forsyth (*) | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 7.1 (8.4K votes) | 91 | 20211228 |
Happiest Days of Your Life, TheChaos ensues for staff and students alike after an all-boys and an all-girls school are amalgamated into one. | 1950 | Frank Launder | Comedy | 7.3 (1.7K votes) | 81 | 20211228 |
Happy Go LovelyA chorus girl gets a ride from millionaire Bruno's driver. The cash-strapped theater director thinks, she's Bruno's girlfriend and makes her the lead. She meets Bruno, thinking he's a reporter. More confusion follows. | 1951 | H. Bruce Humberstone | Comedy, Musical, Romance | 6.5 (799 votes) | 97 | 20211228 |
Happy is the BrideIn a quiet summer corner of Wiltshire that is forever England, David and Janet decide to tie the knot. Unfortunately, this is the cue for everyone else to take over proceedings, to the dismay of the couple and the increasing despair | 1958 | Roy Boulting | Comedy | 7.0 (94 votes) | 84 | 20211228 |
He Snoops to ConquerOdd job man George Gribble (George Formby)causes problems for the local council he works for when he inadvertently helps two newspaper men expose corruption amongst the council leaders. | 1945 | Marcel Varnel | Comedy | 6.7 (83 votes) | 103 | 20211228 |
Heavens AboveA minister is accidentally appointed to a snobbish parish. | 1963 | John Boulting, Roy Boulting | Comedy | 6.8 (1.5K votes) | 105 | 20211228 |
Helter SkelterA radio 'detective' gets involved with a wealthy socialite who can't seem to stop hiccuping due to the machinations of a ghostly cupid who works his magic to cause mayhem and laughter throughout the film. | 1949 | Ralph Thomas | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance | 5.5 (203 votes) | 84 | 20211228 |
Her Favourite HusbandWhile casing a bank he intends to rob, tough gangster Leo L'Americano (Robert Beatty) discovers that Antonio Pellegrini (Robert Beatty), a meek and mild clerk in the bank, is his exact double. Leo kidnaps Antonio and robs the bank, m | 1950 | Mario Soldati | Comedy, Crime | 6.0 (100 votes) | 70 | 20211228 |
High and DryAn American businessman in Scotland is conned into shipping a valuable load of cargo to a Scottish island via a coal powered boat. | 1954 | Alexander Mackendrick (*) | Comedy | 7.0 (1.3K votes) | 92 | 20211228 |
Horse's Mouth, TheA somewhat vulgar but dedicated painter searches for the perfect realization of his artistic vision, much to the chagrin of others. | 1958 | Ronald Neame | Comedy | 7.1 (3.4K votes) | 97 | 20211228 |
Hot MillionsParoled London fraudster Marcus Pendleton (Sir Peter Ustinov) poses as a computer specialist in order to work for an insurance company that entirely relies on its corporate server. | 1968 | Eric Till | Comedy, Crime | 6.9 (2K votes) | 106 | 20211228 |
Hotel ParadisoMonsieur Feydeau has writer's block, and he needs a new play. But he takes an opportunity to observe the upper class of 1900 Paris, Monsieur Boniface with a domineering wife, and the next-door neglectful husband Henri with a beautifu | 1966 | Peter Glenville | Comedy | 6.2 (749 votes) | 98 | 20211228 |
Hue And CryA gang of street boys foil a master crook who sends commands for robberies by cunningly altering a comic strip's wording each week, unknown to writer and printer. The first of the Ealing comedies. | 1947 | Charles Crichton (*) | Adventure, Comedy, Crime | 6.8 (1.5K votes) | 82 | 20211228 |
I Didn't Do ItAspiring entertainer George Trotter (George Formby) comes down to London in search of fame and fortune but soon has to try and clear his name after being accused of a murder at his lodgings. | 1945 | Marcel Varnel | Comedy, Crime | 6.4 (155 votes) | 97 | 20211228 |
I Lived With YouIn London a young lady meets a homeless and apparently penniless Russian prince. She introduces him to her middle-class Fulham family and he moves in. It turns out he still has a number of diamonds given him by the last czar, and he | 1933 | Maurice Elvey | Comedy, Romance | 6.4 (191 votes) | 100 | 20211228 |
I Love You, Alice B. ToklasA thirty-something square falls in love with a hippie and decides to "drop out" himself. | 1968 | Hy Averback | Comedy, Romance | 6.2 (3.1K votes) | 92 | 20211228 |
I See IceGeorge plays an aspiring news photographer that gets pictures by way of a spy camera in his bow tie. Comic confusion and chases arise from his inadvertently taking blackmail-able snaps of an important editor,and on-ice confrontations | 1938 | Anthony Kimmins | Comedy, Musical | 6.1 (137 votes) | 84 | 20211228 |
I Thank YouStruggling entertainers who are trying to put on a show pose as servants to wealthy woman in hopes of raising the money. | 1941 | Marcel Varnel | Comedy | 6.0 (192 votes) | 83 | 20211228 |
I'm All Right, JackA naive aristocrat in search of a career becomes caught up in the struggles between his profit-minded uncle and an aggressive labor union. | 1959 | John Boulting | Comedy | 7.2 (3.8K votes) | 105 | 20211228 |
Importance of Being Earnest, TheWhen Algernon discovers that his friend, Ernest, has created a fictional brother for whenever he needs a reason to escape dull country life, Algernon poses as the brother, resulting in ever increasing confusion. | 1952 | Anthony Asquith | Comedy, Drama | 7.5 (5.6K votes) | 95 | 20211228 |
Innocents in ParisA weekend trip to Paris affects the lives of a group of British tourists. | 1953 | Gordon Parry | Adventure, Comedy, Drama | 5.9 (435 votes) | 93 | 20211228 |
Intelligence Men, TheA chance meeting with a Schlecht agent forces a humble coffee shop manager into the secret world of spies in Swinging London. With the help of his MI5 friend, he poses as the recently dead Major Cavendish who had managed to infiltrat | 1965 | Robert Asher | Comedy, Mystery | 6.0 (466 votes) | 103 | 20211228 |
Italian Job, TheComic caper movie about a plan to steal a gold shipment from the streets of Turin by creating a traffic jam. | 1969 | Peter Collinson | Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller | 7.3 (45.3K votes) | 99 | 20211228 |
It's in the AirA case of mistaken identity leads to accident-prone George Brown (George Formby) entering the Royal Air Force and falling in love with the Sergeant Major's daughter. | 1938 | Anthony Kimmins | Comedy, Musical, War | 6.5 (221 votes) | 74 | 20211228 |
JabberwockyA young peasant with no interest in adventure or fortune is mistaken for the kingdom's only hope when a horrible monster threatens the countryside. | 1977 | Terry Gilliam (*) | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy | 6.2 (14.4K votes) | 105 | 20211228 |
John and JulieA charming, heartwarming story about two children who run away to London because they are determined to visit the Queen. | 1955 | William Fairchild | Family, Comedy | 6.6 (275 votes) | 82 | 20231001 |
Jumping for JoyFrankie Howard stars as Willie Joy, the man whose new greyhound causes him all kinds of trouble. First, the pooch gets poorly and then Willy has to fend off race fixing gangsters. | 1956 | John Paddy Carstairs | Comedy, Romance | 5.8 (139 votes) | 88 | 20240728 |
Just My LuckNorman works in a high-class jewellers and dreams of buying an expensive necklace for a shop girl who works across the street. His chance comes when he places a £1 accumulator on the horse races at Goodwood. | 1957 | John Paddy Carstairs | Comedy | 6.2 (656 votes) | 86 | 20211228 |
Keep FitA weak, cowardly barber (George Formby)gets fit to win over a beautiful woman. However, she prefers his muscle-bound rival until George challenges him to a boxing match. | 1937 | Anthony Kimmins | Comedy, Musical | 6.1 (128 votes) | 82 | 20211228 |
Keep It CleanA man invents a new cleaning machine. His brother in law offers to help him promote it and they get help from the Purity League. | 1956 | David Paltenghi | Comedy | 4.6 (83 votes) | 75 | 20211228 |
Keep Your Seats, Please!A fortune in gems is hidden in one of six chairs, and it's up to the prospective heir to find it. | 1936 | Monty Banks | Comedy, Musical | 6.2 (216 votes) | 82 | 20231101 |
Kill or CureAn undercover private detective investigates a suspicious death at a shady health clinic. | 1962 | George Pollock | Comedy, Mystery | 6.2 (300 votes) | 88 | 20211228 |
Killing Dad or How to Love Your MotherA man, always very devoted to his mother, decides to look for his father whom he never met. He meets a seductive older woman prone to drinking and her aged boyfriend with whom she has grown tired. | 1989 | Michael Austin | Comedy | 4.3 (263 votes) | 89 | 20240728 |
Kind Hearts and CoronetsA distant poor relative of the Duke D'Ascoyne plots to inherit the title by murdering the eight other heirs who stand ahead of him in the line of succession. | 1949 | Robert Hamer (*) | Comedy, Crime | 8.0 (36.6K votes) | 106 | 20211228 |
La Grande VadrouilleSeveral ordinary Frenchmen go on an epic voyage through the occupied country to the free zone as they help British pilots avoid Nazi captivity. | 1966 | Gérard Oury | Adventure, Comedy, War | 7.9 (17.4K votes) | 132 | 20211228 |
Ladies Who DoThe "Ladies Who Do" are office cleaners. One of them discovers some hot stock tips and they make a fortune. They then make good use of it to save their old neighbourhoods from the wicked developer. | 1963 | C.M. Pennington-Richards | Comedy | 6.9 (432 votes) | 85 | 20211228 |
LadyKillers, TheFive oddball criminals planning a bank robbery rent rooms on a cul-de-sac from an octogenarian widow under the pretext that they are classical musicians. | 1955 | Alexander Mackendrick (*) | Comedy, Crime | 7.7 (28.7K votes) | 91 | 20211228 |
Last HolidayAfter a lonely, unappreciated farm equipment salesman discovers he has only a few weeks to live, he withdraws his savings for a final holiday at a "posh" resort. | 1950 | Henry Cass | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 7.4 (1.7K votes) | 88 | 20211228 |
Last Remake of Beau Geste, TheAn aging Sir Hector Geste (Trevor Howard) takes a young greedy wife who's after his famed Blue Water sapphire, but his sons hide the gem and join the French Foreign Legion in North Africa. | 1977 | Marty Feldman | Adventure, Comedy, War | 6.1 (2.4K votes) | 85 | 20211228 |
Laughter in ParadiseAfter a millionaire practical joker dies, his fortune is divided among four heirs who must carry out his zany instructions to cash in. | 1951 | Mario Zampi | Comedy | 7.1 (1.7K votes) | 93 | 20211228 |
Lavender Hill Mob, TheA meek bank clerk who oversees the shipment of bullion joins with an eccentric neighbor to steal gold bars and smuggle them out of the country as miniature Eiffel Towers. | 1951 | Charles Crichton (*) | Comedy, Crime | 7.6 (13.9K votes) | 78 | 20211228 |
Law and DisorderA British petty criminal lies to his son about his frequent prison terms by inventing honorable plausible explanations for his absences from home, but things get complicated when his son becomes a judge's assistant. | 1958 | Charles Crichton (*) | Comedy, Crime | 6.4 (307 votes) | 76 | 20220414 |
Law and DisorderOn the eve of WWII a young defence lawyer, assisted by his wife, invaigles his way into a gang of foreign saboteurs. Comedy thriller, ably executed by a satisfactory cast. | 1940 | David MacDonald | Comedy, Crime, Thriller | 6.1 (43 votes) | 74 | 20231101 |
Laxdale Hall [Scotch on the Rocks]A parliamentary delegation is sent to a remote community in the Scottish Highlands where the residents are protesting at their poor links with the outside world. After a few days amongst them, the visitors come to appreciate the loca | 1953 | John Eldridge | Comedy, Romance | 6.2 (172 votes) | 77 | 20211228 |
Left, Right and CentreAt the Earndale by-election natural history expert and TV personality Bob Wilcot for the Conservatives finds himself up against Billingsgate girl Stella Stoker for the socialists. Amateur politician against committed activist. But co | 1959 | Sidney Gilliat | Comedy, Romance | 6.3 (315 votes) | 95 | 20211228 |
Let the People SingA Czech political exile and a washed-up music hall comedian form an unlikely partnership to try and save a town's concert hall from the planners, businessmen, and bureaucrats. | 1942 | John Baxter | Comedy | 6.8 (60 votes) | 105 | 20220414 |
Life is SweetA shop assistant, her cook husband, and their twin daughters ponder their lives over a few weeks in a working-class suburb north of London. | 1990 | Mike Leigh (*) | Comedy, Drama | 7.5 (10K votes) | 103 | 20211228 |
Life of BrianBorn on the original Christmas in the stable next door to Jesus Christ, Brian of Nazareth spends his life being mistaken for a messiah. | 1979 | Terry Jones (*) | Comedy | 8.1 (388.1K votes) | 94 | 20211228 |
Loser Takes AllBertrand is an accountant employed by a large London firm. When he uncovers an accounting error, his employer is so thrilled that he sends Bertrand and his new wife, to Monte Carlo. The trip, however, is not completely as it seems... | 1956 | Ken Annakin | Comedy | 5.3 (156 votes) | 88 | 20211228 |
Lucky JimJim Dixon feels anything but lucky. At the university he has to do the bidding of absent-minded and boring Professor Welch to have any hope of keeping his job. Worse, he has managed to get entangled with unexciting but neurotic Marga | 1957 | John Boulting | Comedy | 6.0 (671 votes) | 95 | 20211228 |
Mad About MenFlirtatious mermaid Miranda (Glynis Johns) swaps places with a schoolteacher who has gone on vacation. All is well until she falls in love with a human. | 1954 | Ralph Thomas | Comedy, Fantasy | 6.4 (565 votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
Mad Little Island [Rockets Galore]Inhabitants of the Hebridean isle of Toddaya resist the British government's plan to turn their island home into a missile base. | 1958 | Michael Relph | Comedy | 5.9 (254 votes) | 94 | 20240728 |
Maggie, TheAn American businessman in Scotland is conned into shipping a valuable load of cargo to a Scottish island via a coal powered boat. | 1954 | Alexander Mackendrick (*) | Comedy | 7.0 (1.3K votes) | 92 | 20211228 |
Magic Box, TheA chronicle of the life of William Friese-Greene, a British inventor and early pioneer in cinema. | 1951 | John Boulting | Biography, Drama | 7.1 (1.2K votes) | 118 | 20211228 |
Magic Christian, TheSir Guy Grand (Peter Sellers), the richest man in the world, adopts a homeless boy, Youngman (Sir Ringo Starr). Together, they set out to prove that anyone, and anything, can be bought with money. | 1969 | Joseph McGrath | Comedy | 6.0 (3.5K votes) | 92 | 20211228 |
Magnet, TheA boy steals a powerful magnet from a younger boy and gets him into all sorts of trouble. | 1950 | Charles Frend | Comedy | 6.9 (484 votes) | 79 | 20211228 |
Major BarbaraA young and idealistic woman, who has adopted the Salvation Army and whose father is an armament industrialist, will save more souls directing her father's business. A comedy with social commentary. | 1941 | Gabriel Pascal, Harold French, David Lean | Comedy | 6.8 (1.3K votes) | 121 | 20211228 |
Make Mine a Double [The Night We Dropped a Clanger]A WWII British secret agent has a desperate mission in occupied France. An airman who is his double is enlisted in the scheme with the intention of confusing the enemy, but everyone gets confused. | 1959 | Darcy Conyers | Comedy, Thriller | 5.8 (147 votes) | 86 | 20211228 |
Make Mine MinkA weird mix of social misfits and neighbors becomes a gang of thieves stealing mink coats in order to fund local charities. | 1960 | Robert Asher | Comedy | 7.1 (1.1K votes) | 100 | 20211228 |
Man in a Cocked Hat [Carlton-Browne of the F.O.]A former British colony in dire need of economic aid tries to play the British against the Soviets in an attempt to secure economic aid from either side in return for political loyalty. | 1959 | Roy Boulting, Jeffrey Dell | Comedy | 6.3 (808 votes) | 88 | 20211228 |
Man in the MoonScientists are looking for a man to send up to be the first man on the moon. A man immune to worry, disease, and even the common cold. They think they have found him until the impossible happens at Woomera. | 1960 | Basil Dearden | Comedy, Romance | 6.2 (315 votes) | 98 | 20211228 |
Man in The White Suit , TheAn altruistic chemist invents a fabric which resists wear and stain as a boon to humanity, but big business and labor realize it must be suppressed for economic reasons. | 1951 | Alexander Mackendrick (*) | Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi | 7.3 (9.6K votes) | 85 | 20211228 |
Man of the MomentCivil Servant Norman becomes the favourite of the rulers of a South Seas island that the British have an interest in. | 1955 | John Paddy Carstairs | Comedy | 6.4 (524 votes) | 85 | 20211228 |
Matter of WHO, AA man's death of smallpox at London airport sends officials into a panic as they conduct a frantic search for the carrier. | 1961 | Don Chaffey | Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery | 6.3 (163 votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
Meaning of Life, TheThe comedy team takes a look at life in all of its stages in their own uniquely silly way. | 1983 | Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam | Comedy, Musical | 7.5 (118.1K votes) | 107 | 20211228 |
Meet Mr. LuciferA television given as a retirement present is sold on to different households, causing misery each time. | 1953 | Anthony Pelissier | Comedy, Fantasy | 6.0 (259 votes) | 83 | 20211228 |
Million Pound Note, TheAs part of a bet, two aristocrats offer a penniless American a loan, without telling him that the amount is £1,000,000 in the form of a single banknote. | 1954 | Ronald Neame | Comedy, Romance | 6.9 (3.7K votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
Millionairess, TheA millionairess and a doctor cannot marry until they meet conditions set up by their respective parents. | 1960 | Anthony Asquith | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 5.5 (1.8K votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
MirandaA young married physician discovers a mermaid, and gives into her request to be taken to see London. Comedy and romantic entanglements ensue soon after. | 1948 | Ken Annakin | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance | 6.9 (1K votes) | 80 | 20211228 |
Missionary, TheIn the early 20th Century, devout Reverend Charles Fortesque returns to England from his missionary work in Africa and, despite plans to marry his childhood sweetheart, receives a most unusual assignment: minister to the local prosti | 1982 | Richard Loncraine | Comedy | 6.3 (2.3K votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
Monty Python and the Holy GrailKing Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table embark on a surreal, low-budget search for the Holy Grail, encountering many, very silly obstacles. | 1975 | Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy | 8.2 (525.7K votes) | 91 | 20211228 |
Mouse on the Moon, TheA tiny country persuades the Americans and Soviets that they're starting a space program, when they really just want some money for new plumbing. | 1963 | Richard Lester (*) | Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi | 6.4 (1.7K votes) | 82 | 20211228 |
Mouse that Roared, TheAn impoverished backward nation declares a war on the United States of America, hoping to lose, but things don't go according to plan. | 1959 | Jack Arnold | Comedy | 7.0 (8.7K votes) | 83 | 20211228 |
Much too shyA handyman and amateur artist gets into trouble when nude female bodies are added to the heads he has drawn of prominent ladies, and are sold as soap adverts. | 1942 | Marcel Varnel | Comedy | 6.2 (179 votes) | 92 | 20220414 |
Murder Ahoy!After Miss Jane Marple is made a trustee of a merchant marine training vessel, a fellow trustee is poisoned, and ship's officers are later murdered after she comes on board. | 1964 | George Pollock | Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery | 7.1 (5.1K votes) | 93 | 20211228 |
Murder at the GallopWhen a wealthy old man appears to have been "frightened to death" by a cat, Miss Jane Marple suspects one of his four relatives, all heirs to his estate, of his murder. | 1963 | George Pollock | Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 7.3 (6K votes) | 81 | 20211228 |
Murder Most FoulWhen Miss Jane Marple joins a theatrical company after a blackmailer is murdered, several members of the troupe are also dispatched by this mysterious killer. | 1964 | George Pollock | Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 7.2 (5.5K votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
Murder She SaidWhen Miss Jane Marple reports witnessing a murder through the window of a passing train, the police dismiss her as a dotty spinster when no trace of the crime can be found. | 1961 | George Pollock | Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery | 7.4 (7.4K votes) | 87 | 20211228 |
Mutiny on the BusesBus driver Stan Butler agrees to marry Suzy, much to the anguish of Mum, her son-in-law, Arthur, and daughter Olive. How, they wonder, will they ever manage without Stan's money coming in? Then Arthur is sacked, and Stan agrees to de | 1972 | Harry Booth | Comedy | 5.9 (1.3K votes) | 89 | 20211228 |
My Learned FriendAn insane murderer is on the loose, and gunning for the men who put him away. Will Fitch is on the list, and co-opts Claude Babbington to try and stop him from meeting a grisly end. | 1943 | Basil Dearden, Will Hay | Comedy, Thriller | 7.1 (397 votes) | 74 | 20211228 |
National Health, TheThe British National Health System is skewered in this comedy set in a rundown London hospital. The hospital is filled with wacky staff members and patients, and the film strives to get all it can from their humorous escapades. The m | 1973 | Jack Gold | Comedy | 5.9 (203 votes) | 98 | 20211228 |
No LimitGeorge Shuttleworth is convinced that he has the talent to win the Isle of Man TT races, despite what his neighbours back home in Wigan may think. During the trials, the brakes go on George's bike, 'The Shuttleworth Snap', which he m | 1935 | Monty Banks | Comedy, Musical, Sport | 6.3 (300 votes) | 80 | 20220414 |
No Place Like Homicide!Ernie's uncle has just died but to claim his inheritance he must spend the night in the ancestral home with the rest of his relatives. Before long, the guests begin to drop dead. | 1961 | Pat Jackson | Comedy, Horror, Mystery | 6.4 (896 votes) | 87 | 20211228 |
No Sex Please, We're BritishPorn-shop owner Pete, orders some new stuff from his supplier Niko, but Niko mixes up the address with the address of the local Barclays Bank. Here, newlyweds David (the bank's assistant manager) and Penny Hunter are shocked when fir | 1973 | Cliff Owen | Comedy | 5.4 (628 votes) | 91 | 20211228 |
No SmokingReg is a scientist who invents a pill to cure smokers of their nicotine addiction. However, when he makes his discovery public, he encounters strong resistance from the tobacco industry. | 1955 | Henry Cass | Comedy | 5.8 (72 votes) | 73 | 20240727 |
Nuns on the Run2 criminals want out but their boss kills those leaving. When the men are ordered to rob the triad, they keep the money and hide from the boss, triad and police at a convent, dressed as nuns. | 1990 | Jonathan Lynn | Comedy, Crime | 5.9 (8.3K votes) | 89 | 20220824 |
Nurse on WheelsQuietly competent young Joanna moves with her scatterbrain mother to a country village to take up her first job as District Nurse. She soon overcomes the suspicion of her patients used to someone rather older, while becoming romantic | 1963 | Gerald Thomas (*) | Comedy | 6.1 (360 votes) | 85 | 20211228 |
Off the DoleWithout a job, a young man is given the opportunity run his ill uncle's private-detective agency. He finds himself mixed up with everything from an unfaithful husband who is a secret nudist to a schoolteacher who believes his pupi... | 1935 | Arthur Mertz | Comedy, Musical | 5.2 (87 votes) | 89 | 20240728 |
Oh, Mr. Porter!With the help of a relative, a hopeless railway employee is made stationmaster of Buggleskelly. Determined to make his mark, he devises a number of schemes to put Buggleskelly on the railway map, but instead falls foul of a gang of g | 1937 | Marcel Varnel | Comedy | 7.5 (1.7K votes) | 85 | 20211228 |
Old Bones of the RiverIn this British comedy, a professor travels up river in Africa to open schools. But his new pupils are not receptive and when the commander of the local base succumbs to malaria, he takes on his duties too. Aided by the crew of the b | 1938 | Marcel Varnel | Comedy | 6.4 (252 votes) | 90 | 20220423 |
Old Dark House, TheIn England, an American car salesman ends-up spending a stormy night at the mysterious and deadly mansion of a client's family. | 1963 | William Castle | Comedy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 5.5 (2K votes) | 86 | 20211228 |
Old Mother Riley Meets the Vampire [Vampire Over London]The mysterious figure known as the Vampire comes to England to complete experiments in his mad bid to gain control of the world. When the radar-controlled Robot which he had ordered shipped to him is delivered instead to Mother Riley | 1952 | John Gilling | Comedy, Horror | 3.9 (869 votes) | 74 | 20211228 |
On the BeatNorman wants to be a policeman like his father was, but he fails the height test (amongst others). One day he gets out his father's old uniform and "walks the beat". This leads to a level of chaos that only Norman could cause. | 1962 | Robert Asher | Comedy | 6.9 (936 votes) | 106 | 20211228 |
On the DoubleAt the time of the Invasion of Normandy, an American soldier is asked to impersonate a British General in order to confuse the Nazi spies and assassins in London. | 1961 | Melville Shavelson | Adventure, Comedy, War | 6.5 (761 votes) | 92 | 20211228 |
One Good TurnNorman is the oldest orphan at Greenwood Children's Home and now acts as their caretaker. All the orphans are very happy and well cared for. The adventures start when a nasty property developer (boo hiss!) who is also the chairman of | 1955 | John Paddy Carstairs | Comedy | 6.6 (614 votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
One Way PendulumThe very eccentric Groomkirby family, in between inventing odd devices, decide to reenact a murder and trial in their living room. | 1965 | Peter Yates | Comedy | 6.1 (206 votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
Only Two Can PlayJohn Lewis is bored by his librarian's job and henpecked at home. Then Liz, wife of a local counciller, sets her sights on him. But this is risky stuff in a Welsh valleys town - if he and Liz ever manage to consummate their affair, t | 1962 | Sidney Gilliat | Comedy, Drama | 6.7 (1.1K votes) | 106 | 20211228 |
Orders Are OrdersMovie company wants to shoot a science-fiction film using an Army barracks as location, and its soldiers as actors. Of course, the Commander doesn't like it a bit, and persuades the crew to use a nearby haunted house instead. | 1954 | David Paltenghi | Comedy | 4.9 (258 votes) | 78 | 20211228 |
Our Man in HavanaJim Wormold, who is a vacuum cleaner salesman, participates as an Agent in the British Secret Service. But he soon realizes that his plans by lying are going to get him into trouble. | 1959 | Carol Reed (*) | Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.2 (5.4K votes) | 111 | 20211228 |
Pair of Briefs, AShe's new in chambers, and he's a troublemaker. But what *is* the true status of the old lady's wartime marriage, and can the two young legal minds find the answer? | 1962 | Ralph Thomas | Comedy | 5.9 (185 votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
Panic in the Parlor [Sailor Beware]Battle-axe Emma Hornett dominates her hen-pecked husband Henry, his meek sister Edie and daughter Shirley. Shirley is to marry young sailor Albert,raised in an orphanage,and he and best man Carnoustie stay with the Hornetts on the ev | 1956 | Gordon Parry | Comedy | 6.4 (355 votes) | 81 | 20211228 |
Paradise LagoonIn 1905, Lord Henry Loam and his family and servants are shipwrecked on a deserted island where the survival of the fittest renders the rigid class system irrelevant. | 1957 | Lewis Gilbert | Adventure, Comedy, Romance | 7.1 (1.6K votes) | 94 | 20211228 |
Paradise Lagoon [The Admirable Crichton]In 1905, Lord Henry Loam and his family and servants are shipwrecked on a deserted island where the survival of the fittest renders the rigid class system irrelevant. | 1957 | Lewis Gilbert | Adventure, Comedy, Romance | 7.1 (1.6K votes) | 94 | 20211228 |
Parting ShotsWhen the doctors tell Harry Sterndale to get his affairs in order, he does just that - with a vengeance. With nothing to lose, Harry is out to give everyone who ever "done him wrong" something to remember him by: exactly what they de | 1998 | Michael Winner | Comedy, Crime, Romance | 5.0 (984 votes) | 99 | 20220414 |
Party, TheA clerical mistake results in a bumbling Indian film star being invited to an exclusive Hollywood party instead of being fired. | 1968 | Blake Edwards (*) | Comedy | 7.5 (40.1K votes) | 99 | 20211228 |
Passport To PimlicoResidents of a part of London declare independence when they discover an old treaty. This leads to the need for a "Passport to Pimlico". | 1949 | Henry Cornelius | Comedy | 7.2 (4.5K votes) | 84 | 20211228 |
Perfect Woman, TheIn need of cash, Roger Cavendish and his valet take a job escorting the perfect woman for a night on the town. She is in fact the robotic creation of Professor Belman, but it turns out rather to be the Professor's niece Penelope doin | 1949 | Bernard Knowles | Comedy, Sci-Fi | 6.1 (199 votes) | 89 | 20211228 |
Peter's FriendsSix former college friends, with two new friends, gather for a New Year's Eve weekend reunion at a large English countryside manor after ten years to reminisce about the good times now long gone. | 1992 | Kenneth Branagh | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 7.0 (11.2K votes) | 101 | 20211228 |
Pickwick Papers, TheThe Pickwick Club sends Mr. Pickwick and a group of friends to travel across England and to report back on the interesting things they find. In the course of their travels, they repeatedly encounter the friendly but disreputable Mr. | 1952 | Noel Langley | Comedy, Drama | 6.9 (530 votes) | 109 | 20211228 |
Pink Panther Strikes Again, TheCharles Dreyfus (Herbert Lom), who has finally cracked over Inspector Jacques Clouseau's (Peter Sellers') antics, escapes from a mental institution and launches an elaborate plan to get rid of Clouseau once and for all. | 1976 | Blake Edwards (*) | Comedy, Crime | 7.2 (29.4K votes) | 103 | 20211228 |
Pink Panther, TheThe bumbling Inspector Clouseau travels to Rome to catch a notorious jewel thief known as "The Phantom" before he conducts his most daring heist yet: a princess' priceless diamond with one slight imperfection, known as "The Pink Pant | 1963 | Blake Edwards (*) | Comedy, Crime, Romance | 7.1 (51.2K votes) | 115 | 20211228 |
Plank, TheThis is a pantomime about two construction workers, who discover that a plank is missing from the floor they are just building. They discover that two children have taken the plank and use it for a seesaw. Instead of taking it bac... | 1979 | Eric Sykes | Comedy | 7.4 (709 votes) | 28 | 20240727 |
Please Turn OverThe orderly suburban life of a 1950's English town is turned on its head when the teenaged daughter of one of the residents writes a steamy bestseller featuring characters obviously based on the local population. They begin to see th | 1959 | Gerald Thomas (*) | Comedy | 6.3 (345 votes) | 87 | 20211228 |
Press for TimeThe British P.M.'s grandson, Norman, becomes a reporter for a provincial newspaper where he causes hilarious chaos. | 1966 | Robert Asher | Comedy | 6.0 (555 votes) | 98 | 20211228 |
Private's ProgressIn World War II, a failed British Officer is selected by his uncle, a Brigadier with the War Office, to participate in a secret operation to "recover" looted artworks from the Nazis. | 1956 | John Boulting | Comedy, War | 6.6 (779 votes) | 102 | 20211228 |
Promoter, The [The Card]Edward Machin, an Edwardian-era young rogue of lowly origin, decides he must do what he can to raise his living standards in order to see the world and shape his own destiny. | 1952 | Ronald Neame | Comedy | 7.1 (1.5K votes) | 85 | 20211228 |
Pure Hell of St. Trianans, TheThe hellions of St. Trinians are recruited to a sheik's harem. Little does he know what he's letting himself in for. | 1960 | Frank Launder | Comedy | 6.2 (839 votes) | 94 | 20211228 |
Raising the WindA group of students at an elite music school decide to share a flat in order to cut their living costs and have somewhere to practice together. They get into quite a few scraps and adventures, including impersonating a celebrity quin | 1961 | Gerald Thomas (*) | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 6.0 (323 votes) | 91 | 20211228 |
Red, White And Zero [The White Bus]An impassive young girl is taken from her suicidal Big city life, back to a city in North England, on a bizarre bus trip. Seen through the poetic eye of the camera, this is a commentary of doomed British morbidity. | 1967 | Lindsay Anderson (*) | Drama | 6.4 (533 votes) | 46 | 20211228 |
Return of the Pink Panther, TheInspector Jacque Clouseau (Peter Sellers) is put on the case when the Pink Panther diamond is stolen, with the Phantom's trademark glove the only clue. | 1975 | Blake Edwards (*) | Comedy, Crime, Mystery | 7.1 (26.8K votes) | 113 | 20211228 |
Revenge of the Pink PantherTo prove that he still is strong and powerful, Philippe Douvier decides to kill Clouseau. Once news of his "death" has been announced, Clouseau tries to take advantage of it and goes undercover with Cato to find out who tried to kill | 1978 | Blake Edwards (*) | Comedy, Crime, Mystery | 6.7 (21.4K votes) | 99 | 20211228 |
Rhubarb RhubarbA police inspector and a vicar blow off work to play a game of golf at the Royal Rhubarb Golf Club. The inspector is preparing to cheat: he even got one of his subordinates to help him score along the way. Then again, the entire g... | 1980 | Eric Sykes | Comedy, Short | 6.6 (154 votes) | 28 | 20240803 |
Riff-RaffThe story of Stevie, a construction worker, and his girlfriend, an unemployed pop singer, serves to show the living conditions of the British poor class. | 1991 | Ken Loach (*) | Comedy, Drama | 7.1 (4.4K votes) | 95 | 20211228 |
Rise And Rise Of Michael Rimmer, TheFresh-faced young Michael Rimmer worms his way into an opinion poll company and is soon running the place. He uses this as a springboard to get into politics, and in the mini-skirted flared-trousered world of 1970 Britain starts to r | 1970 | Kevin Billington | Comedy | 6.9 (667 votes) | 100 | 20220414 |
Rising DampBased on the British situation comedy Rising Damp, which aired on ITV from 1974 to 1978. Stingy landlord Rigsby (Leonard Rossiter) manages to scam his lodgers, arts student John Cooper(Christopher Strauli) and medical student Philip | 1980 | Joseph McGrath | Comedy, Romance | 6.4 (1K votes) | 98 | 20211228 |
Ritz, TheOn his deathbed, Carmine Vespucci's mobster father tells him to "get Proclo" - Carmine's brother-in-law Gaetano. With "the hit" on, Gaetano tells a cab driver to take him where Carmine can't find him. He arrives at The Ritz, a gay ba | 1976 | Richard Lester (*) | Comedy | 6.9 (2.4K votes) | 91 | 20211228 |
Riverside Murder, TheShortly before an important meeting of five investors, one of them, Robert Norman, is shot dead in his study. The police come in to solve the crime, while headstrong journalist Claire Haines attempts to get the scoop on the story ... | 1935 | Albert Parker | Crime, Mystery | 5.8 (369 votes) | 64 | 20240530 |
Rotten to the CoreRogues Jelly Knight, Scapa Flood, and Lennie the Dip leave prison expecting boss The Duke to have their stash ready to share out. Instead, Duke's girl Sara gives them the news Duke is dead and the money gone on nursing care. They soo | 1965 | John Boulting | Comedy, Crime | 5.8 (211 votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
Royal FlashNe'er-do-well Captain Harry Flashman (Malcolm McDowell) is coerced by Otto Von Bismarck (Oliver Reed) into impersonating a Prince. | 1975 | Richard Lester (*) | Adventure, Comedy, History, Romance | 6.4 (2.1K votes) | 102 | 20211228 |
Ruling Class, TheA member of the House of Lords dies, leaving his estate to his son. Unfortunately, his son thinks he is Jesus Christ. Their other, somewhat more respectable, family members plot to steal the estate from him; murder and mayhem ensue. | 1972 | Peter Medak | Comedy, Drama, Musical | 7.4 (6.2K votes) | 154 | 20211228 |
Run For Your Money, ABrothers from a Welsh village take their first trip to London to collect a prize, and meet a con artist and various other urban distractions. | 1949 | Charles Frend | Comedy | 6.5 (617 votes) | 83 | 20211228 |
Runaway Bus, TheWhen heavy fog prevents all aircraft from leaving London airport, a group of passengers take an airline bus to get them to an alternative airport. However, one amongst their number is the mastermind behind a bullion robbery at the ai | 1954 | Val Guest | Comedy, Crime, Mystery | 6.2 (658 votes) | 78 | 20211228 |
San Ferry AnnA group of elderly British travellers find adventures during a trip to France. | 1965 | Jeremy Summers | Comedy | 5.5 (165 votes) | 55 | 20240727 |
Sandwich Man, TheA man with a sandwich-board (advert) wanders around London meeting many strange characters. | 1966 | Robert Hartford-Davis | Comedy | 5.6 (341 votes) | 95 | 20211228 |
School For ScoundrelsA young man finds a very special school. It teaches him how to take advantage of people. He begins to put the lessons into operation. | 1960 | Robert Hamer, Hal E. Chester, Cyril Frankel | Comedy | 7.4 (3.4K votes) | 94 | 20211228 |
ShadeyA young man discovers that not only does he have the ability to read minds, but that if he holds a camera next to his head he can transmit the thoughts he sees onto film. He strikes a deal with a wealthy businessman to use his powers | 1985 | Philip Saville | Comedy | 5.0 (164 votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
Sheriff of Fractured Jaw, TheAfter inadvertently stopping an Indian attack on his stagecoach while traveling in the American West, an English gentleman finds himself appointed sheriff of a nearby town. | 1958 | Raoul Walsh (*) | Comedy, Romance, Western | 6.1 (1.1K votes) | 103 | 20211228 |
Shirley ValentineShirley is a 42-year-old bored Liverpudlian housewife who takes a holiday trip to Greece and meets a local man who bolsters her self-confidence. She evolves and transforms to the point that her husband doesn't even recognize her. | 1989 | Lewis Gilbert | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 7.2 (7.9K votes) | 108 | 20211228 |
Shot in the Dark, AInspector Jacques Clouseau investigates the murder of Mr. Benjamin Ballon's driver at a country estate. | 1964 | Blake Edwards (*) | Comedy, Mystery | 7.5 (27.7K votes) | 102 | 20211228 |
Smallest Show on Earth, TheA young couple inherits a debt-ridden old movie theater, appropriately nicknamed "The Flea Pit", and the three eccentric senior citizens who work there. | 1957 | Basil Dearden | Comedy | 7.0 (2K votes) | 80 | 20211228 |
Some Will, Some Won'tFour people go to great lengths to obtain the fortune left in a will by a very wealthy practical joker. | 1970 | Duncan Wood | Comedy | 5.9 (217 votes) | 87 | 20211228 |
Spare a CopperA brave wartime copper (policeman) becomes a hero when he thwarts a plot to destroy a battleship. But then the rest of the police get the idea that he is one of the enemy agents. | 1940 | John Paddy Carstairs | Comedy, Musical | 6.1 (191 votes) | 77 | 20220414 |
Splitting HeirsA duke dies and leaves the title and wealth to his adult son. But who's the real son: the found baby raised in USA or the abandoned baby raised by a Hindi family in London? Comedy follows. | 1993 | Robert Young | Comedy, Crime | 5.5 (4.5K votes) | 87 | 20231101 |
Spy With a Cold Nose, TheA dog with a spying device under its skin is sent to the Russian government as a present. When the Russians send the dog to a veterinary, British spy must get to the dog first and retrieve the spying device. | 1966 | Daniel Petrie | Comedy | 5.8 (151 votes) | 93 | 20211228 |
Square Peg, TheA British road repairman gets into a feud with the Army, gets drafted, and is mistakenly parachuted into Nazi-occupied France where his physical resemblance to the local German commandant triggers a hilarious chain reaction. | 1958 | John Paddy Carstairs | Comedy, War | 6.9 (1.4K votes) | 85 | 20211228 |
Statue, TheBolt, a British linguist, develops a universal language, so he's a sudden sensation and receives a Nobel prize. An ambitious diplomat, capitalizing on Bolt's celebrity, arranges for the U.S. to commission a statue for a London square | 1971 | Rod Amateau | Comedy | 4.9 (270 votes) | 84 | 20211228 |
Steptoe & SonAlbert Steptoe and his son Harold are junk dealers. Harold meets a stripper, marries her and takes her home. Albert, of course, is furious and tries every trick he knows to drive the new bride from his household. | 1972 | Cliff Owen | Comedy, Romance | 6.5 (1.8K votes) | 98 | 20240727 |
Steptoe and Son Ride Again [Steptoe & Son Ride Again]Father and son London junk dealers must buy a replacement horse for them to stay in business. Instead they buy a greyhound, confident they will earn a fortune on the race track. | 1973 | Peter Sykes | Comedy, Sport | 6.7 (1.4K votes) | 99 | 20240727 |
Still CrazyFame, fortune and fornication drove the British rock band in the '70s until a divine end. 20 years later, Strange Fruit reunites and goes on a tour with ups and downs on the continent. | 1998 | Brian Gibson | Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance | 7.0 (8.1K votes) | 95 | 20211228 |
Stitch in Time, AAn accident in the butcher's shop leads Norman and Mr Grimsdale to the hospital where, after causing the normal amount of chaos, Norman finds Lindy, a little girl who hasn't spoken or smiled since her parents were killed in an aeropl | 1963 | Robert Asher | Comedy | 7.1 (1.1K votes) | 89 | 20211228 |
Story of Gilbert and Sullivan, TheThe common career of W.S. Gilbert,a barrister turned comic writer, and Arthur Sullivan, a classic composer turned converted against his will to light music, who wrote fourteen operettas between 1871 and 1896, to great public acclaim. | 1953 | Sidney Gilliat | Biography, Drama, Musical | 6.9 (203 votes) | 109 | 20211228 |
Strange Case of the End of Civilization, TheThe grandson of the world's first and foremost consulting detective and his bumbling, bionic sidekick attempt to catch the only living descendant of Professor Moriarty. | 1977 | Joseph McGrath | Comedy, Crime, Mystery | 6.4 (669 votes) | 56 | 20211228 |
Supergrass, TheWhile taking a holiday in the country with his mother, Dennis hits on a scheme to impress a girl so that she'll go away on a trip with him as his girlfriend. Although he fails to gain any interest from the girl, the police take a gre | 1985 | Peter Richardson | Comedy, Crime | 6.5 (600 votes) | 96 | 20211228 |
Swingin' Maiden, The [The Iron Maiden]Amidst a steam engine race, an American airline firm plans to buy a new British passenger plane, but the deal hits trouble when the designer and the daughter of the Airline owner, take an instant dislike to each other, after a crash. | 1963 | Gerald Thomas (*) | Comedy, Romance | 6.4 (452 votes) | 98 | 20220414 |
That Riviera TouchIt's a great film and you could write a thesis about why two working class lads from the North of England share the money - Eric wins it, Ernie takes it - but that's showbusiness. | 1966 | Cliff Owen | Comedy | 5.9 (612 votes) | 98 | 20211228 |
Theatre of BloodA Shakespearean actor takes poetic revenge on the critics who denied him recognition. | 1973 | Douglas Hickox | Comedy, Drama, Horror | 7.2 (10.7K votes) | 104 | 20211228 |
There Was a Crooked ManDavy Cooper is a law-abiding but down on his luck explosives expert. A chance meeting with a former comrade leads the naive Cooper into a world of crime and ultimately prison. On release though the chance to make amends presents i... | 1960 | Stuart Burge | Comedy | 6.6 (299 votes) | 107 | 20230715 |
There's a Girl in My SoupIn their sexual game, an egotistical and womanizing television host meets his match, Marion, who seeks to remain one step ahead of him. | 1970 | Roy Boulting | Comedy, Romance | 5.7 (2.5K votes) | 96 | 20211228 |
This Man is NewsDavid Kier, one of the thieves in a sensational jewel robbery and subsequent trial, is set free when he turns King's Evidence on the other members. Kier refuses to give reporter Simon Drake an interview, as Simon thinks he will proba | 1938 | David MacDonald | Comedy, Crime, Mystery | 6.8 (103 votes) | 63 | 20220414 |
Those Daring Young Men in Their Jaunty Jalopies [Monte Carlo or Bust]An international car rally across Europe is complicated by smuggling, cheating, love at first sight, etc. etc. | 1969 | Ken Annakin, Sam Itzkovitch | Action, Comedy, Romance | 6.2 (2.3K votes) | 122 | 20211228 |
Those Fantastic Flying Fools [Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon]In Victorian England, an American showman uses a wealthy Frenchman's finances to build a German explosives expert's giant cannon designed to fire a people-filled projectile to the Moon but spies and saboteurs endanger the project. | 1967 | Don Sharp | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi | 5.3 (782 votes) | 95 | 20211228 |
Those Magnificent Men in their Flying MachinesHoping to push Britain to the forefront of aviation, a London publisher organizes an international air race across the English Channel, but must contend with two entrants vying for his daughter, as well as national rivalries and chea | 1965 | Ken Annakin | Adventure, Comedy, Family | 7.0 (8.2K votes) | 138 | 20211228 |
Those Were the DaysA farce based on Arthur Wing Pinero's play ""The Magistrate"", in which the son of a stern magistrate visits a music hall against the wishes of his father. In true farcical style, the magistrate too ends up at the music hall, and be... | 1934 | Thomas Bentley | Comedy | 6.6 (114 votes) | 80 | 20240727 |
Time BanditsA young boy accidentally joins a band of time travelling dwarves, as they jump from era to era looking for treasure to steal. | 1981 | Terry Gilliam (*) | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi | 7.0 (62.1K votes) | 110 | 20211228 |
Time, Gentlemen, Please!Because of its high productivity and "almost" 100 per cent employment, the village of Little Hayhoe, England is expecting a visit from the Prime Minister. The "almost" is because of Dan Dance (Eddie Byrne), an old rogue who would ... | 1952 | Lewis Gilbert | Comedy | 6.5 (286 votes) | 79 | 20220723 |
Titfield Thunderbolt, TheVolunteers take over their local passenger train service (against bus company resistance) when the government announces its closure. | 1953 | Charles Crichton (*) | Comedy | 7.1 (2.8K votes) | 84 | 20211228 |
To Hell with Hitler [Let George Do It]Shortly after the start of World War II, a ukulele player (George) takes the wrong boat and finds himself in (still uninvaded) Norway. He is mistaken for a fellow British intelligence agent by a woman (Mary), and becomes involved ... | 1940 | Marcel Varnel | Comedy, Musical, War | 6.4 (347 votes) | 82 | 20230424 |
To Paris with LoveA middle-aged widower takes his son on a trip to Paris, where they try to find wives for each other. | 1955 | Robert Hamer (*) | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 5.6 (422 votes) | 78 | 20211228 |
Tom ThumbA boy, no bigger than a thumb, manages to outwit two thieves determined to make a fortune from him. | 1958 | George Pal | Family, Fantasy, Musical | 6.5 (2.5K votes) | 98 | 20211228 |
Tonight's the Night [Happy Ever After]The whole village mourns when General O'Leary, owner of a hunting estate in South Ireland, is killed in an accident. His nephew, Jasper O'Leary, takes over the state and soon has aroused the displeasure of all, with the exception of | 1954 | Mario Zampi | Comedy | 6.2 (442 votes) | 88 | 20211228 |
Too Many CrooksIn this spoof on crime films, four would-be criminals manage to botch every job they plan. When they try to rob wealthy Billy Gordon (Terry-Thomas) they fail again. But the gang decides to kidnap his daughter. | 1959 | Mario Zampi | Comedy, Crime | 7.0 (1.1K votes) | 85 | 20211228 |
Touch and GoAfter Jim Fletcher is told by his firm that his new furniture designs are not in keeping with the firm's image, he threatens to resign and decides to uproot his family and emigrate to Australia. but his problems are only just beginni | 1955 | Michael Truman | Comedy | 6.2 (177 votes) | 85 | 20211228 |
Touch of Larceny, ABritish Commander Max Easton fakes his defection to the Soviets in order to sue the slandering newspapers for the money he needs to woo a fancy American woman. | 1960 | Guy Hamilton (*) | Comedy | 6.8 (596 votes) | 93 | 20211228 |
Trail of the Pink PantherJournalist Marie Jouvet (Joanna Lumley) attempts to uncover the mysterious disappearance of Chief Inspector Jacques Clouseau (Peter Sellers). | 1982 | Blake Edwards (*) | Comedy, Crime, Mystery | 5.0 (10.2K votes) | 96 | 20211228 |
Trial & Error [The Dock Brief]An incompetent barrister is assigned to defend an accused wife murderer. | 1962 | James Hill | Comedy, Drama | 6.3 (556 votes) | 76 | 20211228 |
Trou, LeA London family attempts to manage a village inn (pub) and discover that someone doesn't want them to make a success of it. | 1960 | C.M. Pennington-Richards | Comedy | 5.9 (197 votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
Trouble BrewingGeorge has won a lot of money at the races but he's paid with counterfeit money. He sets about tracking down the criminals himself. | 1939 | Anthony Kimmins | Action, Comedy, Crime, Musical, Romance | 6.4 (242 votes) | 87 | 20211228 |
Trouble in StoreNorman (Norman Wisdom) is working in the stockroom of a large London department store, but he has ambition (doesn't he always?): he wants to be a window dresser making up the public displays. While trying to fulfill his ambition, he | 1953 | John Paddy Carstairs | Comedy | 6.7 (1K votes) | 85 | 20211228 |
Turned Out Nice AgainGeorge Pearson, who works for a underwear firm that is 20 years out of date, invests his own money in a new type of thread. The company are not interested in changes, and he quits. Later the firm discover that the thread has revoluti | 1941 | Marcel Varnel | Comedy, Musical | 6.5 (187 votes) | 81 | 20211228 |
Twelfth NightShakespeare's comedy of gender confusion, in which a girl disguises herself as a man to be near the count she adores, only to be pursued by the woman he loves. | 1996 | Trevor Nunn | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 7.2 (6K votes) | 134 | 20211228 |
Twice Round The DaffodilsA sanatorium where a group of patients reside. They aspire to walk twice round the daffodils which they can do when they are better. | 1962 | Gerald Thomas (*) | Comedy | 6.3 (319 votes) | 89 | 20211228 |
Two Way StretchDodger Lane (Peter Sellers) has planned the perfect robbery while in prison. He intends to break out of prison, steal a fortune in diamonds, and break back into prison before anyone notices. With only a few days' sentence left, and t | 1960 | Robert Day | Comedy, Crime | 6.9 (2.2K votes) | 78 | 20211228 |
Two-Way StretchDodger Lane (Peter Sellers) has planned the perfect robbery while in prison. He intends to break out of prison, steal a fortune in diamonds, and break back into prison before anyone notices. With only a few days' sentence left, and t | 1960 | Robert Day | Comedy, Crime | 6.9 (2.2K votes) | 78 | 20211228 |
Up in the WorldA friendly window cleaner works at an English country estate where he saves the owner's son from kidnappers. | 1956 | John Paddy Carstairs | Comedy | 6.7 (700 votes) | 87 | 20211228 |
Up the CreekDuring the Cold War, an idiotic R.N. lieutenant, who cannot be fired due to his connections, is transferred from the Admiralty to the far away Mothball Fleet to a rusty destroyer whose crew is running an illegal money-making scheme. | 1958 | Val Guest | Comedy | 6.2 (289 votes) | 83 | 20211228 |
Upstairs And DownstairsWhen a young man marries the bosses daughter, the young couple must now do the company entertaining. But it isn't easy getting good help, as they go through a procession of strange and stranger servants. | 1959 | Ralph Thomas | Comedy | 6.2 (471 votes) | 101 | 20211228 |
Vice VersaPaul is sending his son Dick to a boarding school. While holding a magic stone from India, he wishes that he could be young again. His wish is immediately fulfilled and the two change bodies with each other. | 1948 | Peter Ustinov | Comedy, Fantasy | 6.4 (353 votes) | 111 | 20211228 |
Virgin Soldiers, TheA group of young British soldiers billeted in Singapore of the year 1950 dreaming about winning the love of the daughter of the Regimental Sergeant Major. | 1969 | John Dexter | Comedy, Drama, War | 6.1 (417 votes) | 95 | 20211228 |
Watch Your SternWhen the details of a secret torpedo are destroyed by an incompetent seaman, the crew of the ship rally round, when the Admiral needs the plans to show to a visiting scientist. | 1960 | Gerald Thomas (*) | Comedy | 5.7 (338 votes) | 90 | 20240728 |
Wee Geordie [Geordie]Geordie is a very small boy who feels that the girl he loves is ignoring him because of his size. He decides to take a correspondence course in body-building. At 21, Geordie becomes one of the tallest and strongest men in Scotland. | 1955 | Frank Launder | Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sport | 6.9 (817 votes) | 93 | 20211228 |
Weekend With Lulu, AFred, Tim and Deirdre plan a fun weekend break on the coast. What they didn't make allowances for was the company of Deirdre's mother who insists on coming along as her daughter's chaperone. | 1961 | John Paddy Carstairs | Comedy | 5.9 (229 votes) | 89 | 20211228 |
What A Carve UpErnie's uncle has just died but to claim his inheritance he must spend the night in the ancestral home with the rest of his relatives. Before long, the guests begin to drop dead. | 1961 | Pat Jackson | Comedy, Horror, Mystery | 6.3 (898 votes) | 87 | 20211228 |
What a WhopperA writer attempts to raise some cash by writing a book about the Loch Ness Monster. No publisher will take it because they all think there isn't really a monster. The writer and some of his friends make a fake monster and take photog | 1961 | Gilbert Gunn | Comedy | 5.3 (236 votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
What's New PussycatA playboy who refuses to give up his hedonistic lifestyle to settle down and marry his true love seeks help from a demented psychoanalyst who is having romantic problems of his own. | 1965 | Clive Donner | Comedy | 6.2 (10.1K votes) | 108 | 20211228 |
Where There's a WillAn incompetent solicitor unwittingly becomes party to a bank robbery. | 1936 | William Beaudine | Comedy | 6.5 (318 votes) | 80 | 20211228 |
Where's That FireA hapless fire crew are given the ultimatum: put out a fire successfully or else be sacked. They fail miserably, and their ancient fire engine is stolen by criminals attempting to steal the crown jewels from the Tower of London. | 1939 | Marcel Varnel | Comedy | 7.1 (387 votes) | 73 | 20211228 |
Whisky GaloreScottish islanders try to plunder 50,000 cases of whisky from a stranded ship. | 1949 | Alexander Mackendrick (*) | Comedy, Crime | 7.2 (5.8K votes) | 82 | 20211228 |
White Bus, TheAn impassive young girl is taken from her suicidal Big city life, back to a city in North England, on a bizarre bus trip. Seen through the poetic eye of the camera, this is a commentary of doomed British morbidity. | 1967 | Lindsay Anderson (*) | Drama | 6.4 (535 votes) | 46 | 20211228 |
Who Done ItThis movie debut for saucy British TV comic Benny Hill has Benny leaving his job as a sweeper after winning some money. He becomes a private detective and investigates a plot to assassinate British scientists. | 1956 | Basil Dearden | Comedy, Crime | 5.7 (304 votes) | 85 | 20211228 |
Whoops ApocalypseA British satire on the beginning of WWIII. | 1986 | Tom Bussmann | Comedy | 6.1 (883 votes) | 93 | 20211228 |
WiltAn unlucky lecturer's wife goes missing and he's accused of her murder. | 1989 | Michael Tuchner | Comedy, Crime | 6.2 (1K votes) | 92 | 20211228 |
Windbag the SailorA bragging sea captain's maritime experience actually extends to navigating a coal barge down inland waterways. His tall tales catch him out when he is coerced into commanding an unseaworthy ship by an unscrupulous shipping agent who | 1936 | William Beaudine | Comedy | 6.7 (394 votes) | 87 | 20211228 |
Withnail and IIn 1969, two substance-abusing, unemployed actors retreat to the countryside for a holiday that proves disastrous. | 1987 | Bruce Robinson | Comedy, Drama | 7.6 (43K votes) | 107 | 20211228 |
World of Henry Orient, TheA mischievous, adventuresome fourteen-year-old girl and her best friend begin following an eccentric concert pianist around New York City after she develops a crush on him. | 1964 | George Roy Hill (*) | Comedy, Drama | 6.7 (3.5K votes) | 106 | 20211228 |
Wrong Arm of the Law, TheIn London, when Australian gangsters disguised as "Bobbies" rob British criminals, the panicked British mobsters seek an alliance with Scotland Yard in order to eliminate the foreign competition and return things to "normal". | 1963 | Cliff Owen | Comedy, Crime | 6.8 (1.9K votes) | 94 | 20211228 |
Wrong Box, TheIn Victorian England, a fortune now depends on which of two brothers outlives the other, or can be made to have seemed to do so. | 1966 | Bryan Forbes | Comedy, Crime | 6.8 (3.5K votes) | 105 | 20211228 |
YellowbeardAfter serving two decades in prison, Yellowbeard (Graham Chapman) breaks out determined to recover the treasure that he buried so long ago, alongside his son, old crew, and the British Navy. | 1983 | Mel Damski | Action, Adventure, Comedy | 6.0 (7.9K votes) | 96 | 20211228 |
You Must Be Joking!A motley group of soldiers are set loose in swinging London in an initiative test to collect a selection of esoteric items. | 1965 | Michael Winner | Comedy | 6.0 (357 votes) | 100 | 20211228 |
Your Past is Showing [The Naked Truth]A very British comedy about a blackmailer and his victims. | 1957 | Mario Zampi | Comedy | 6.8 (1.8K votes) | 91 | 20211228 |
Operation Snatch | 1962 | Robert Day | Comedy, War | 7.2 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
Till Death Us Do Part | 1965 | nan | Comedy | 7.4 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
Remember Me? | 1997 | Nick Hurran | Comedy | 5.4 (Unkn) | | Excluded |