Movies by Lists - Swinging Britain - 1964 to 1975 (65 [71]) Title | Year | Director | Genre | Rating | Runtime | Added |
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BedazzledA hapless loser sells his soul to the Devil in exchange for seven wishes, but has trouble winning over the girl of his dreams. | 1967 | Stanley Donen (*) | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance | 6.9 (8.9K votes) | 103 | 20211228 |
Blow-UpA fashion photographer unknowingly captures a death on film after following two lovers in a park. | 1966 | Michelangelo Antonioni (*) | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 7.6 (60.3K votes) | 111 | 20211228 |
BreadOn their way home from the Isle of Wight Pop Festival, Jeff, Trev, and Mick, with girlfriends Marty and Cathy, decide to pitch a tent on private land. In the morning the land's owner Rafe finds them and orders them to leave, but he c | 1971 | Stanley A. Long | Comedy | 5.3 (117 votes) | 79 | 20211228 |
Bronco BullfrogDel and his friends agree to take part in a robbery with a boy fresh from the borstal. When Del falls in love with Irene they decide to run away from their nagging parents - and the law. | 1970 | Barney Platts-Mills | Drama | 6.7 (312 votes) | 86 | 20211228 |
Catch Us If You CanDinah is a model whose face appears in an ad campaign for meat. While shooting a TV commercial, she and Steve, one of the stunt men, run off together. The advertising executives use their disappearance to generate more publicity for. | 1965 | John Boorman (*) | Comedy, Music | 5.8 (718 votes) | 91 | 20211228 |
Confessions of a Pop PerformerEither you've got it or you haven't--and some, like randy young Timothy Lea (Robin Askwith) manage to get it all the time. Signing up with a pop group, our boisterous hero progresses rapidly from local gigs to scoring a titillating h | 1975 | Norman Cohen | Comedy | 4.3 (808 votes) | 91 | 20211228 |
Cool It, Carol!A naive couple leave their small town for success in London's adult entertainment culture. | 1970 | Pete Walker | Comedy, Drama | 5.6 (334 votes) | 102 | 20211228 |
CorruptionA doctor goes to extreme lengths--even murder--to restore the badly burned face of his fiancée. | 1968 | Robert Hartford-Davis | Horror | 5.9 (1.3K votes) | 91 | 20211228 |
DarlingBeautiful but amoral model Diana Scott sleeps her way to the top of the London fashion scene at the height of the Swinging Sixties. | 1965 | John Schlesinger (*) | Drama, Romance | 7.1 (6.6K votes) | 128 | 20211228 |
Daughter Of DraculaJohnny Alucard raises Count Dracula from the dead in London in 1972. The Count goes after the descendants of Van Helsing. | 1972 | Alan Gibson | Horror | 6.0 (6.4K votes) | 96 | 20211228 |
Death Wheelers, The [Psychomania]An amiable, psychopathic leader of a violent teen motorbike gang is spurred by his mother, a Satan-worshiping spiritual medium, into committing suicide and returning to life as an "undead". | 1973 | Don Sharp | Adventure, Horror | 5.8 (2.7K votes) | 85 | 20211228 |
Deep End15-year-old dropout Mike takes a job at Newford Baths, where inappropriate sexual behaviour abounds, and becomes obsessed with his coworker Susan. | 1970 | Jerzy Skolimowski | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 7.2 (5.9K votes) | 88 | 20211228 |
Dracula ADJohnny Alucard raises Count Dracula from the dead in London in 1972. The Count goes after the descendants of Van Helsing. | 1972 | Alan Gibson | Horror | 6.0 (6.4K votes) | 96 | 20211228 |
Eskimo NellThree young men, a scriptwriter, a producer and a director are called in by Benny U Murdoch, an exotic movie producer. He wants to make a new erotic movie starring a big woman - the "Eskimo Nell" of the title. However problems start | 1975 | Martin Campbell | Comedy | 4.6 (366 votes) | 85 | 20211228 |
Ferry Cross The MerseyGerry and Fred Marsden, Les McGuire, and Les "Chad" Chadwick portray themselves in a romp through the early 1960's Liverpool Beat Scene. Art students by day and musicians by night the boy's big break comes by winning a local talent c | 1964 | Jeremy Summers | Musical | 6.5 (173 votes) | 88 | 20211228 |
FrightmareAfter escaping a death sentence for her hideous crimes, a seemingly rehabilitated woman settles in an isolated farmhouse with her husband, only to ache, once more, for blood, and a crash-course in surgery. Is, indeed, her old self ba | 1974 | Pete Walker | Comedy, Horror | 6.3 (2.3K votes) | 88 | 20211228 |
Georgy GirlA traditional girl (Lynn Redgrave) resists the advances of a swinger (James Mason) who wants her as his mistress in 1960s London. | 1966 | Silvio Narizzano | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 6.9 (3.7K votes) | 99 | 20211228 |
GirlyA wealthy, fatherless British clan kidnaps bums and hippies and forces them to participate in an elaborate role-playing game in which they are the perfect family; those who refuse or attempt escape are ritualistically murdered. | 1970 | Freddie Francis | Comedy, Crime, Horror | 6.5 (1.3K votes) | 102 | 20211228 |
Goodbye GeminiUnnaturally close, jet-setting twins become enmeshed in the Swinging London scene, where their relationship is strained after they befriend a predatory hustler and his girlfriend. | 1970 | Alan Gibson | Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller | 5.5 (404 votes) | 89 | 20211228 |
Hard Days Night, AOver two "typical" days in the life of The Beatles, the boys struggle to keep themselves and Sir Paul McCartney's mischievous grandfather in check while preparing for a live TV performance. | 1964 | Richard Lester (*) | Comedy, Musical | 7.6 (44.2K votes) | 87 | 20211228 |
Help!Sir Ringo Starr finds himself the human sacrifice target of a cult, and his fellow members of The Beatles must try to protect him from it. | 1965 | Richard Lester (*) | Adventure, Comedy, Musical | 7.2 (19.6K votes) | 92 | 20211228 |
Her Private HellA young Italian girl comes to London, and is tricked into posing nude for risqué magazines. | 1968 | Norman J. Warren | Drama | 4.8 (143 votes) | 84 | 20220315 |
Here We Go Round the Mulberry BushA high-school dropout, obsessed with sex, is determined to lose his virginity. | 1968 | Clive Donner | Comedy | 6.2 (804 votes) | 96 | 20240121 |
HerostratusWhen Max (Michael Gothard), a young poet hires a marketing company to turn his suicide-by-jumping into a mass-media spectacle, he finds that his subversive intentions are quickly diluted into a reactionary gesture, and his motivation | 1967 | Don Levy | Drama | 6.7 (390 votes) | 142 | 20211228 |
Horror HospitalTwo British companions who met on a train heading to the rural countryside stay with a bizarre host of characters in a secluded, curious mansion. Unknown to them, there is a sinister secret behind closed doors. | 1973 | Antony Balch | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi | 5.3 (1.6K votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
I Am a Groupie [Groupie Girl]A bored teenage girl decides that she wants to meet rock stars, and the best way to do that is to become a groupie. She finds herself going on the road with a rock band called Opal Butterfly, and soon discovers that being a rock band | 1970 | Derek Ford | Drama, Musical | 4.9 (200 votes) | 86 | 20211228 |
I Start CountingA 15-year-old girl coming to terms with her sexuality suspects that her foster brother may be guilty of the recent murders of young women. | 1969 | David Greene | Thriller | 6.9 (809 votes) | 105 | 20211228 |
I'll Never Forget What's'isnameThe professional and romantic misadventures of an advertising executive in 1960s swinging London. | 1967 | Michael Winner | Comedy, Drama | 6.2 (1K votes) | 97 | 20211228 |
JoannaA provincial girl is entangled in the mod morality of London. | 1968 | Michael Sarne | Comedy, Drama, Musical | 5.8 (421 votes) | 108 | 20211228 |
Knack and How to Get It, TheA young school teacher tries to master the art of flirtation using his neighbor's skills. | 1965 | Richard Lester (*) | Comedy | 6.4 (3.3K votes) | 84 | 20211228 |
Leo The Last [Leone l'Ultimo]A social satire about the last heir of a dethroned family of European monarchs whose plans to return to power through revolution become secondary after he becomes fascinated by the life of a poor London black girl and her boyfriend. | 1970 | John Boorman (*) | Drama, Comedy | 6.1 (597 votes) | 104 | 20211228 |
Let It BeThe filmed account of The Beatles' attempt to recapture their old group spirit by making a back to basics album, which instead drove them further apart. | 1970 | Michael Lindsay-Hogg | Documentary, Music | 7.7 (6.9K votes) | 81 | 20240511 |
Love Factor, The [Zeta One]A race of sexy women from Angvia, a planet in another dimension, comes to Earth to kidnap women to repopulate their planet. | 1969 | Michael Cort | Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi | 3.8 (1K votes) | 86 | 20240329 |
MadeThe story of the relationship between a young single mother and an insecure rock star. | 1972 | John Mackenzie | Drama | 6.7 (147 votes) | 101 | 20211228 |
Magical Mystery TourThe Beatles charter a special bus for a surreal mystery tour. | 1967 | George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Bernard Knowles | Comedy, Fantasy, Musical | 6.2 (7.2K votes) | 55 | 20211228 |
Morgan A Suitable Case for TreatmentAfter his wife leaves him for his former best friend, a failed London artist begins his descent into madness in trying to win her back. | 1966 | Karel Reisz | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy | 6.7 (1.9K votes) | 97 | 20211228 |
Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely DaughterFriends Herman, Karl, Keith, Derek, and Barry are working-class Manchester lads who aren't getting far in their respective working lives. That fact is epitomized by Herman's failure to get the promotion to junior account executive at | 1968 | Saul Swimmer | Comedy, Musical | 4.8 (453 votes) | 110 | 20211228 |
Mumsy Nanny Sonny & GirlyA wealthy, fatherless British clan kidnaps bums and hippies and forces them to participate in an elaborate role-playing game in which they are the perfect family; those who refuse or attempt escape are ritualistically murdered. | 1970 | Freddie Francis | Comedy, Crime, Horror | 6.5 (1.3K votes) | 102 | 20211228 |
Mutations, The [The Freakmaker]A scientist experiments with crossing humans and plants, for which he uses his students. | 1974 | Jack Cardiff | Horror, Sci-Fi | 5.3 (1.3K votes) | 92 | 20220423 |
O Lucky ManAn ambitious coffee salesman has a series of improbable and ironic adventures that seem designed to challenge his naive idealism. | 1973 | Lindsay Anderson (*) | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Music | 7.7 (8.1K votes) | 178 | 20211228 |
Party's Over, TheAn American businessman visits London and is horrified to discover his nubile teenage daughter has become involved with a gang of thuggish "beatniks". Her involvement leads to wild parties, sex, death and necrophilia. | 1965 | Guy Hamilton (*) | Drama | 6.4 (635 votes) | 94 | 20211228 |
PerformanceA violent gangster seeks refuge from the mob in the Bohemian home of a former rock star. | 1970 | Donald Cammell, Nicolas Roeg | Crime, Drama | 6.9 (10.2K votes) | 105 | 20211228 |
PermissiveSuzy arrives in London with nowhere to stay and meets Fiona, a group who has settled into a relationship with Lee, a singer/bassist in a rock band. | 1970 | Lindsay Shonteff | Drama | 5.2 (266 votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
Please Sir!In this spin-off from the ITV television series ""Please Sir!"" which ran from 1968 to 1972, Mr Hedges takes his class on a field trip, with disastrous consequences. | 1971 | Mark Stuart | Comedy | 6.0 (817 votes) | 100 | 20231001 |
Pleasure Girls, TheA beautiful young girl arrives in London to pursue a modeling career, and finds herself caught up in the whole "swinging '60s" scene. | 1965 | Gerry O'Hara | Drama | 6.0 (211 votes) | 88 | 20211228 |
Poor CowA young woman lives a life filled with bad choices, she has a child with an abusive thief at a young age who quickly ends up in prison. One day, her son goes missing and she briefly comes to grips with what is most important to her. | 1967 | Ken Loach (*) | Drama | 6.8 (1.7K votes) | 101 | 20211228 |
PrivilegeSteven Shorter is the ultimate British music star. His music is listened to by everyone from pre-teens to grandparents. He has no trace of public bad habits or drug involvement. Everyone in Britain loves him. His handlers begin to us | 1967 | Peter Watkins (*) | Comedy, Drama, Music, Sci-Fi | 6.9 (1.2K votes) | 103 | 20211228 |
Slade in Flame [Flame]Light the Rock n' Roll spark with a Flame in the guise of Dave, Noddy, Jim and Don and their showcase of the rise and demise of rock band Flame. | 1975 | Richard Loncraine | Drama, Music, Musical | 6.9 (635 votes) | 91 | 20230424 |
Smashing TimeTwo young women arrive in London to make it big in show business, and become corrupted by money and fame in the process. | 1967 | Desmond Davis | Comedy, Musical | 6.0 (558 votes) | 96 | 20211228 |
Sorcerers, TheAn aging hypnotist creates a device that allows the user to control the mind of another person, but his wife abuses its power by manipulating a younger man to commit evil acts. | 1967 | Michael Reeves | Horror, Sci-Fi | 6.3 (2K votes) | 86 | 20211228 |
StardustThe rise and fall of the rock singer Jim Maclaine, in the mid 60s, with his manager, Mike, and his group, "The Stray Cats." | 1974 | Michael Apted | Drama, Music | 6.5 (1K votes) | 111 | 20211228 |
Strange Affair, TheWhen rookie P.C. Strange falls for an under aged girl, he is unknowingly compromised by a pair of pornographers. Meanwhile, seasoned Det. Pierce is out to catch mob boss Quince and soon both plots intertwine. | 1968 | David Greene | Crime, Drama | 6.5 (166 votes) | 106 | 20211228 |
Take Me HighMerchant banker Tim, excited to hear he's to go to New York, is sent to Birmingham instead to pressure a small struggling restaurant. But he turns this into a positive by falling in love with the owner and co-founding a glamorous new | 1973 | David Askey | Comedy, Musical, Romance | 4.8 (230 votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
That'll Be the DayMusical drama set in the 1950s ,starring David Essex and Ringo Starr, loosely-based on John Lennon's early years. A gifted but wayward young man finally discovers a sense of purpose when he decides to turn his love of music into a ca | 1973 | Claude Whatham | Drama, Music | 6.7 (1.2K votes) | 91 | 20211228 |
Three for AllA pop band and their girlfriends have fun in Spain | 1975 | Martin Campbell | Comedy, Music | 4.1 (105 votes) | 90 | 20240329 |
Tommy - The WhoA psychosomatically blind, deaf, and mute boy becomes a master pinball player and, subsequently, the figurehead of a cult. | 1975 | Ken Russell (*) | Drama, Musical | 6.6 (20.4K votes) | 111 | 20211228 |
Tonite Let's All Make Love in LondonPeter Whitehead's disjointed Swinging London documentary, subtitled "A Pop Concerto," comprises a number of different "movements," each depicting a different theme underscored by music. | 1967 | Peter Whitehead | Documentary, Music | 7.3 (354 votes) | 70 | 20211228 |
ToomorrowDying aliens kidnap the pop group, Toomorrow, whose social musical instrument's "vibrations" are needed for their race to survive. | 1970 | Val Guest | Comedy, Musical, Sci-Fi | 5.3 (224 votes) | 95 | 20211228 |
Touchables, TheBritish rock star with a love-'em-and-leave-'em reputation. The tables are turned when four cute young girls kidnap the singer. After several days of sex and degradation, the poor fellow is rescued by his friends. | 1968 | Robert Freeman | Drama | 5.4 (182 votes) | 97 | 20211228 |
Universal SoldierA lifelong mercenary commander and weapons expert played by George Lazenby is commissioned to train an army for an exiled African leader. But as his conscience finally catches up to him, he is seen as a threat to the powers behind... | 1971 | Cy Endfield | Action, Drama, War | 4.1 (215 votes) | 94 | 20230424 |
Up the JunctionAddresses some of the major 60s social issues - a bored rich London-girl from Chelsea decides to go "slumming" in depressed Battersea, getting a flat and starts factory-work and makes friends... of which one has to get an illegal abo | 1968 | Peter Collinson | Drama | 6.9 (887 votes) | 119 | 20211228 |
What's Good for the GooseA middle aged banker picks up two young free minded women on his way to a banker's convention and falls head over heels for one of them. | 1969 | Menahem Golan | Comedy | 5.0 (375 votes) | 105 | 20240329 |
WonderwallThe eccentric professor Oscar Collins lives completely secluded in his chaotic apartment. When a model (Penny Lane) and her photographer boyfriend move in next to him, he becomes fascinated with her. He drills holes in the walls and | 1968 | Joe Massot | Drama | 5.7 (764 votes) | 92 | 20211228 |
Work Is a 4-Letter WordEveryone is employed by the ultra-modern DICE Corporation but Valentine Brose would rather stay at home to tend his psychedelic mushrooms. | 1968 | Peter Hall | Comedy, Fantasy | 6.0 (122 votes) | 93 | 20211228 |
Yellow SubmarineThe Beatles agree to accompany Captain Fred in his yellow submarine and go to Pepperland to free it from the music-hating Blue Meanies. | 1968 | George Dunning | Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Musical | 7.4 (25.8K votes) | 85 | 20211228 |
One + One | 1968 | Jean-Luc Godard | Documentary, Music | 6.2 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
Born to Boogie | 1972 | Ringo Starr | Documentary, Music | 6.9 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
Glastonbury Fayre | 2018 | Nicolas Roeg, Peter Neal | Documentary, Music | 6.3 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
Primitive London | 1965 | Arnold L. Miller | Documentary, Comedy | 5.5 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
London in the Raw | 1964 | Norman Cohen, Arnold L. Miller | Documentary | 5.2 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
The London Nobody Knows | 1968 | Norman Cohen | Documentary | 7.4 (Unkn) | | Excluded |