Movie Database

Movies by Lists - Ealing Comedies (18 [18])
TitleYearDirectorGenreRatingRuntimeAdded
Another ShoreA young Irishman comes up with an unusual plan to get the money to emigrate to Tahiti.1948Charles Crichton (*)Comedy5.8 (114 votes)7720211228
Barnacle BillA seasick sea Captain commands an amusement pier despite local opposition.1957Charles FrendComedy6.9 (1K votes)8720211228
DavyThe Mad Morgans are a family song and dance act touring the British Music Halls. Young Davy is the star of the act but should he stay with his family or strike out on his own ?1958Michael RelphComedy, Drama5.9 (137 votes)8320211228
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.1954Alexander Mackendrick (*)Comedy7.0 (1.3K votes)9220211228
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.1947Charles Crichton (*)Adventure, Comedy, Crime6.8 (1.5K votes)8220211228
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.1949Robert Hamer (*)Comedy, Crime8.0 (36.6K votes)10620211228
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.1955Alexander Mackendrick (*)Comedy, Crime7.7 (28.7K votes)9120211228
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.1951Charles Crichton (*)Comedy, Crime7.6 (13.9K votes)7820211228
Love Lottery, TheRex Allerton is a top Hollywood star and an idol of the female population. To get away from the pressure of the fans who won't leave him alone, he relocates to a remote Italian village where unanticipated trouble arises when unwittin1954Charles Crichton (*)Comedy, Musical, Romance5.5 (278 votes)8920211228
Maggie, TheAn American businessman in Scotland is conned into shipping a valuable load of cargo to a Scottish island via a coal powered boat.1954Alexander Mackendrick (*)Comedy7.0 (1.3K votes)9220211228
Magnet, TheA boy steals a powerful magnet from a younger boy and gets him into all sorts of trouble.1950Charles FrendComedy6.9 (484 votes)7920211228
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.1951Alexander Mackendrick (*)Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi7.3 (9.6K votes)8520211228
Meet Mr. LuciferA television given as a retirement present is sold on to different households, causing misery each time.1953Anthony PelissierComedy, Fantasy6.0 (259 votes)8320211228
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".1949Henry CorneliusComedy7.2 (4.5K votes)8420211228
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.1949Charles FrendComedy6.5 (617 votes)8320211228
Titfield Thunderbolt, TheVolunteers take over their local passenger train service (against bus company resistance) when the government announces its closure.1953Charles Crichton (*)Comedy7.1 (2.8K votes)8420211228
Whisky GaloreScottish islanders try to plunder 50,000 cases of whisky from a stranded ship.1949Alexander Mackendrick (*)Comedy, Crime7.2 (5.8K votes)8220211228
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.1956Basil DeardenComedy, Crime5.7 (304 votes)8520211228