Movies by Lists - The Ealing Studios Films (141 [157]) 
| Title | Year | Director | Genre | Rating | Runtime | Added |
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| Against the WindBritish agents engage in hazardous duty behind German lines. | 1948 | Charles Crichton (*) | Action, Drama, War | 6.4 (648 votes) | 96 | 20220414 |
| 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 |
| Autumn CrocusA demure Manchester schoolmistress falls in love whilst holidaying in the Austrian Tyrol. | 1934 | Basil Dean | Drama, Romance | 7.3 (58 votes) | 86 | 20211228 |
| Bailiffs, TheTwo incompetent Bailiffs men reposess the wrong house. | 1932 | Frank Cadman | Short, Comedy | 3.9 (20 votes) | 24 | 20220723 |
| Barnacle BillA seasick sea Captain commands an amusement pier despite local opposition. | 1957 | Charles Frend | Comedy | 6.9 (1K votes) | 87 | 20211228 |
| Bells Go Down, TheComedian Tommy Trinder plays it straight in this tribute to the wartime AFS (Auxiliary Fire Service). The dedicated band who kept the fires of London under control during the blitz and fire bombings of WWII. | 1943 | Basil Dearden | Drama, War | 6.8 (218 votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
| Big Blockade, TheWartime propaganda piece reporting on the success of the economic blockade of Germany in the early years of the war. | 1942 | Charles Frend | Drama, War | 5.5 (211 votes) | 73 | 20211228 |
| Bitter SpringsTommy (Tommy Trinder) is called in to smooth things out after Wally King (Chips Rafferty) encroaches upon Aboriginal tribal ground. | 1950 | Ralph Smart | Adventure, Drama, History | 6.2 (153 votes) | 89 | 20211228 |
| Black Sheep of Whitehall, TheProfessor Davis, who teaches at a correspondence school, discovers that a Nazi Agent is trying to prevent a trade treaty being signed between England and South America. The agent is posing as an economics expert seconded to the trade | 1942 | Basil Dearden, Will Hay | Comedy | 6.8 (333 votes) | 80 | 20211228 |
| Blue Lamp, TheThe daily routine of two London Policemen is interrupted by a killer. | 1950 | Basil Dearden | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 6.9 (2K votes) | 84 | 20211228 |
| Brief EcstasyBefore he leaves for a posting in India, young Jim Wyndham has a fling with pretty Helen Norwood. After he leaves, Helen marries Prof. Paul Bernardy, a much older man. Four years later Jim returns from India, ready to take up where h | 1937 | Edmond T. Gréville | Drama, Romance | 6.5 (139 votes) | 60 | 20211228 |
| Cage of GoldIn post-WW2 Britain, a young woman marries an old flame but after he disappears, and is later declared dead, she re-marries, only to be blackmailed by the supposedly-dead first husband who suddenly re-appears in her life, in need of | 1950 | Basil Dearden | Crime, Drama | 6.3 (414 votes) | 83 | 20211228 |
| Calling the TuneA gramophone manufacturer's daughter loves the son of the man he once cheated. | 1936 | Reginald Denham, Thorold Dickinson | Drama | 6.1 (40 votes) | 80 | 20211228 |
| Captive Heart, TheIn 1940, a concentration-camp escapee assumes the identity of a dead British officer, only to become a prisoner of war. | 1946 | Basil Dearden | Drama, War | 7.0 (1.1K votes) | 86 | 20220723 |
| Cheer Boys CheerSet in the world of brewing, a classic tale (an Ealing speciality) of the small, friendly, family run company being threatened with closure by the nasty, modern, large organisation. Bringing in familiar farce elements such as mistake | 1939 | Walter Forde | Comedy | 6.6 (87 votes) | 84 | 20211228 |
| Cheer UpA couple of out of work songwriters try to persuade a wealthy stockbroker to back them. But he turns out to be broke as they are. A series of mistaken identities, misunderstandings and general confusion as our heroes attempt to make | 1936 | Leo Mittler | Musical | 6.1 (68 votes) | 72 | 20211228 |
| 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 |
| ConvoyA tale of the highs and lows of life protecting the vital convoys between America & England during WWII. | 1940 | Pen Tennyson | Drama, War | 6.2 (301 votes) | 78 | 20211228 |
| Cruel Sea, TheThe World War II adventures of a British convoy escort ship and its officers. | 1953 | Charles Frend | Drama, War | 7.5 (4.5K votes) | 126 | 20211228 |
| Dance HallEpisodic tale of four factory girls and their various romances at the local dance hall. | 1950 | Charles Crichton (*) | Drama | 6.3 (185 votes) | 80 | 20211228 |
| 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 ? | 1958 | Michael Relph | Comedy, Drama | 5.9 (137 votes) | 83 | 20211228 |
| Dead of NightThe guests invited to weekend in the country share their supernatural stories, beginning with Walter Craig , who senses impending doom as his half-remembered recurring dream turns into reality. | 1945 | Alberto Cavalcanti, Charles Crichton, Basil Dearden, Robert Hamer | Drama, Horror | 7.6 (12.3K votes) | 77 | 20211228 |
| Decision Against Time [The Man in the Sky]The efforts of test pilot John Mitchell to make a better life for his wife Mary and their two children seem doomed to failure and he blames himself. | 1957 | Charles Crichton (*) | Drama, Thriller | 6.8 (488 votes) | 87 | 20230728 |
| Divided Heart, TheA story of litigation between a birth mother and an adopted family due to a child lost during a war. | 1954 | Charles Crichton (*) | Drama | 6.9 (193 votes) | 89 | 20211228 |
| DunkirkA dramatization of the British Expeditionary Force's 1940 retreat to the beaches of France and the extraordinary seaborne evacuation that saved it from utter destruction by Nazi Germany. | 1958 | Leslie Norman | Action, Drama, History, War | 7.1 (3K votes) | 135 | 20211228 |
| Eureka StockadeIn 1854, Australian gold rush miners struggle for their rights against an oppressive government. | 1949 | Harry Watt | Drama, History, Western | 6.4 (212 votes) | 103 | 20240605 |
| 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 |
| For Those in PerilAn RAF officer wishes to fly, but isn't allowed and is posted to the RAF Air Sea Rescue operating in the English Channel. | 1944 | Charles Crichton (*) | Drama, War | 6.3 (146 votes) | 67 | 20240605 |
| Foreman Went to France, TheIn 1940, a British engineer goes to France to retrieve specialized armaments machinery, loaned to the French, before the invading Nazi armies can capture it. | 1942 | Charles Frend | Adventure, Drama, War | 6.9 (379 votes) | 87 | 20211228 |
| Fortunate Fool, TheA wealthy author, looking for material, 'adopts' an incorrigible thief he finds in the streets, together with an attractive typist who is down on her luck. | 1934 | Norman Walker | Comedy | 4.8 (33 votes) | 73 | 20211228 |
| Four Desperate Men [The Siege of Pinchgut]An escaped prisoner is trying to clear his name. | 1959 | Harry Watt | Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller | 6.2 (247 votes) | 100 | 20220414 |
| FriedaA Royal Air Force pilot who was shot down during World War II returns home to his English village with his new bride. The trouble is that she is the German lady who helped him escape. Then her brother arrives. | 1947 | Basil Dearden | Drama, War | 7.0 (389 votes) | 98 | 20211228 |
| Gentle Gunman, TheIn 1941, in wartime U.K., two Irish brothers working for the I.R.A. come against their local leader's ruthless methods. | 1952 | Basil Dearden | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 6.3 (301 votes) | 86 | 20211228 |
| Gentle Touch, The [The Feminine Touch]The public and private lives of 5 girls, who start out as student nurses in the National Health service during the 1950's. | 1956 | Pat Jackson | Comedy, Drama | 6.0 (87 votes) | 91 | 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 |
| Girl in the Taxi, TheThe head of a Parisian purity league is found out to be anything but when his organizations mistakenly sends an award to the wrong person. | 1937 | André Berthomieu | Musical | 5.4 (57 votes) | 70 | 20220423 |
| Girl of the Canal, The [Painted Boats]Drama following the lives of two families living on the colourfully painted canal boats of Britain. | 1945 | Charles Crichton (*) | Drama | 6.8 (140 votes) | 48 | 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 |
| Halfway House, TheA group of travellers, all with something to hide in their past, take shelter from a storm in an old inn. The inn-keeper seems a little mysterious... | 1944 | Basil Dearden, Alberto Cavalcanti | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery | 6.8 (832 votes) | 78 | 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 |
| High Command, TheA general of the old school, who believes strongly in his own honour and sense of duty, must come to terms with a crime he commited years earlier, during the Irish War for Independence in 1921. | 1937 | Thorold Dickinson | Crime, Drama, War | 5.9 (190 votes) | 84 | 20240214 |
| His ExcellencyThe post-war Labour government appoints an ex-docker as Governor of a Mediterranean colony. | 1952 | Robert Hamer (*) | Comedy | 5.7 (83 votes) | 82 | 20211228 |
| Honeymoon Adventure, A [Footsteps in the Night]An inventor and his new bride go on their honeymoon, only to be pursued by criminals after his latest invention. | 1931 | Maurice Elvey | Crime, Drama | 6.0 (52 votes) | 59 | 20211228 |
| Honeymoon for ThreeThe trouble begins when a carefree playboy steals the virtue of a young French maiden and is forced to marry her when her angry father, a financier, finds out. | 1935 | Leo Mittler | Musical | 6.0 (43 votes) | 81 | 20211228 |
| House of the Spaniard, TheA mild-mannered young British man finds himself caught up in a web of smuggling, counterfeiting and political chicanery, and falls for a beautiful Spanish senorita whose father is one of the heads of the criminal gangs threatening... | 1936 | Reginald Denham | Adventure, Comedy, Crime | 5.4 (62 votes) | 71 | 20240605 |
| 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 Believe in YouA drama about probation officers, following the successful Ealing police story "The Blue Lamp" (1950). Various sub-plots follow these dedicated few and their charges. | 1952 | Basil Dearden, Michael Relph | Drama | 6.6 (212 votes) | 95 | 20211228 |
| I Married a Spy [Secret Lives]A German-born woman works as a spy for the French in Switzerland during the First World War, and has to marry an interned French lieutenant in order to be able to stay in the country. | 1937 | Edmond T. Gréville | Drama | 6.2 (84 votes) | 59 | 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 |
| It Always Rains on SundayAn escaped convict tries to hide out at his former lover's house, but she has since married and is reluctant to help him. | 1947 | Robert Hamer (*) | Crime, Drama | 7.1 (1.8K votes) | 92 | 20211228 |
| It Happened in ParisPaul, artistically-inclined son of an American millionaire, moves to Paris where he can find inspiration and study the masters. While there, he finds inspiration of a different sort in the form of the beautiful Jacqueline. | 1935 | Robert Wyler, Carol Reed | Comedy, Romance | 5.2 (78 votes) | 68 | 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 |
| Ivory Hunter [Where No Vultures Fly]A true story about an Englishman working as a game warden in Kenya who is disgusted by the ongoing destruction of African wildlife, and decides to create a national park to protect them. He acquires more than 1000 square miles of lan | 1951 | Harry Watt | Adventure, Drama | 6.4 (157 votes) | 107 | 20211228 |
| Johnny FrenchmanThe fisherman from a Cornish village have a friendly rivalry with the fishermen (and one formidable woman) from a French port. Then war comes and they must all rethink their petty differences. | 1945 | Charles Frend | Comedy, Drama, Romance, War | 6.3 (148 votes) | 104 | 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 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 |
| 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 |
| Laburnum GroveLaburnum Grove. A quiet, residential address in one of the newer north London suburbs, Nice houses. Nice people.Mr Radfern, decent, respectable citizen and householder spends his Sunday evenings in his greenhouse who would think he i | 1936 | Carol Reed (*) | Comedy | 6.9 (93 votes) | 65 | 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 |
| 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 |
| Lease of LifeThe parson of a small rural community knows he is dying and this makes him reconsider his life so far and what he can still do to help the community. | 1954 | Charles Frend | Drama | 6.9 (255 votes) | 94 | 20211228 |
| Let's Be FamousAn Irishman sets out to become famous as a singer on the radio. Due to a mix up he is instead entered as a contestant on a quiz show. He causes mayhem in the studio and the publicity attracts the attention of an agent who thinks he c | 1939 | Walter Forde | Comedy | 5.6 (70 votes) | 83 | 20211228 |
| Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, TheA young, compassionate man struggles to save his family and friends from the abusive exploitation of his cold-hearted, grasping uncle. | 1947 | Alberto Cavalcanti | Drama | 6.9 (776 votes) | 108 | 20211228 |
| Lonely Road [Scotland Yard Commands]Commander Stevenson, suffering from unrequited love, drives to the coast while drunk and interrupts some smugglers. | 1936 | James Flood | Action, Crime, Drama | 6.5 (61 votes) | 61 | 20211228 |
| Long Arm, The [The Third Key]Police drama. The sleuths of Scotland Yard try to solve a series of burglaries. | 1956 | Charles Frend | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 7.0 (874 votes) | 96 | 20220414 |
| Look Up and LaughGutsy lass Gracie rallies fellow stall-holders at Birkenhead Market to prevent its takeover and demolition by a department store chain. She invokes the Market's foundation by Royal Charter just before an inadvertent gas leak provides | 1935 | Basil Dean | Comedy, Musical | 6.2 (139 votes) | 80 | 20211228 |
| Looking on the Bright SideGracie and Laurie are lovers who together form a musical act. Gracie sings and Laurie writes the songs, but when Laurie gets a taste of fame, he runs off after a glamorous actress. | 1932 | Graham Cutts, Basil Dean | Comedy, Musical | 6.3 (50 votes) | 81 | 20211228 |
| Lorna DooneHigh drama, set in the English moorland of the 1600's. John Ridd wants revenge on the criminal Doone family, but falls in love with the daughter of the family, Lorna. | 1934 | Basil Dean | Adventure, Drama, Romance | 5.8 (93 votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
| 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 unwittin | 1954 | Charles Crichton (*) | Comedy, Musical, Romance | 5.5 (278 votes) | 89 | 20211228 |
| Love, Life and LaughterGracie plays a London publican's daughter named after Nell Gwynn, who much like the original, becomes romantically involved with a King(John Loder). This one however, isn't English, but from a broken down mittleEuropean duchy with a | 1934 | Maurice Elvey | Comedy, Drama, Musical | 5.7 (45 votes) | 83 | 20211228 |
| Loves of a Dictator [The Dictator]The story opens in Copenhagen in the year 1776 on the wedding night of the King and Princess Caroline Mathilde. But the marriage was a political alliance, and the Princess felt only repugnance for her dissolute husband. On the night | 1935 | Victor Saville | History, Romance | 6.6 (48 votes) | 81 | 20211228 |
| Loves of Joanna Godden, TheOn Romney Marsh at the turn of the century, a woman farmer has three suitors. | 1947 | Charles Frend, Robert Hamer | Drama | 6.8 (163 votes) | 89 | 20211228 |
| LoyaltiesWhile a houseguest at an upper-class gathering, wealthy Jew Ferdinand de Levis is robbed of £1,000 with evidence pointing towards the guilt of another guest, Captain Dancy. | 1933 | Basil Dean, Thorold Dickinson | Crime, Drama | 6.6 (62 votes) | 74 | 20211228 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| MandyMandy Garland was born deaf and has been mute for all of her life. Her parents believe she is able to speak if she can only be taught, and they enroll her with a special teacher. | 1952 | Alexander Mackendrick (*) | Drama | 7.4 (809 votes) | 93 | 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 |
| Midshipman EasyA young man runs away to sea but finds more adventures than he was expecting. | 1935 | Carol Reed (*) | Adventure | 5.5 (212 votes) | 73 | 20240605 |
| 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 |
| Next of Kin, TheWartime propaganda piece giving the warning "Be like Dad, Keep Mum". A gossipy housewife is overheard talking about what her son is doing by a Nazi spy. | 1942 | Thorold Dickinson | Drama, Mystery, Thriller, War | 6.8 (256 votes) | 102 | 20211228 |
| Night My Number Came Up, TheOn a routine flight from Hong Kong to Japan, a British military transport aircraft's fate may or may not depend on a prophetic nightmare. | 1955 | Leslie Norman | Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller | 7.1 (1.1K votes) | 94 | 20211228 |
| Nine MenThe Nine men of the title are a British WWII Army patrol stuck in a desert fort during the African campaign. The Men must defend the fort against the Italian and German troops until they cam be relieved. | 1943 | Harry Watt | Drama, War | 6.3 (328 votes) | 68 | 20240605 |
| 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 |
| Nowhere to GoIn London, a Canadian serving prison time for grand theft escapes prison and attempts to retrieve his loot, kept in a bank safety deposit box, but his accomplice takes the security key while he only has the pass code. | 1958 | Seth Holt, Basil Dearden | Crime, Drama | 6.9 (678 votes) | 89 | 20211228 |
| Out of the CloudsA busy day at London Airport. Follow the lives and loves of the crew and passengers. | 1955 | Basil Dearden | Drama | 5.6 (175 votes) | 88 | 20211228 |
| Overlanders, TheIt's the start of WWII in Northern Australia. The Japanese are getting close. People are evacuating and burning everything in a "scorched earth" policy. Rather than kill all their cattle, a disparate group decides to drive them overl | 1946 | Harry Watt | Adventure, Western | 6.6 (459 votes) | 91 | 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 |
| Penny ParadiseA Liverpool tug boat captain finds he's won a fortune on the penny pools and it changes his life. However, after giving up his job and throwing a large expensive party, he discovers that he may not really have won after all. | 1938 | Carol Reed (*) | Comedy | 6.2 (136 votes) | 72 | 20211228 |
| Perfect Alibi, The [Birds of Prey]Two men plan revenge on a policeman who had had them convicted some years before. | 1930 | Basil Dean | Mystery | 5.4 (63 votes) | 98 | 20211228 |
| Perfect UnderstandingA young couple decide to marry under the condition that they agree never to disagree. That agreement is soon put to the test when the husband finds himself attracted to a beautiful young woman. | 1933 | Cyril Gardner | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 5.6 (691 votes) | 80 | 20220414 |
| Phantom Strikes, The [The Gaunt Stranger]A suspense thriller with virtually the entire cast under suspicion of murder. In this, the third of at least 4 film versions of the Edgar Wallace story, John Longden plays the police inspector for the second time. The inspector an... | 1938 | Walter Forde | Drama, Mystery | 6.2 (131 votes) | 58 | 20230728 |
| Pink String and Sealing WaxA drunken, abusive tavern-keeper's adulterous wife uses the backward son of a rigid, puritanical pharmacist who makes his entire family miserable. | 1945 | Robert Hamer (*) | Drama, Thriller | 6.6 (483 votes) | 89 | 20211228 |
| Play Up the BandThe brass band of a North of England town travel south to London to compete in a national contest. | 1935 | Harry Hughes | Comedy | 5.4 (32 votes) | 71 | 20211228 |
| Pool of LondonWhen their ship docks the crew disembark as usual to pick up their lives in postwar London. For one of them his petty smuggling turns more serious when he finds himself caught up with a robbery in the City. | 1951 | Basil Dearden | Crime, Drama | 7.1 (797 votes) | 85 | 20211228 |
| Proud Valley, TheIn a Welsh coal mining valley, a young man with a beautiful singing voice is called upon to make the ultimate sacrifice when a pit disaster threatens. | 1940 | Pen Tennyson | Drama, Music | 6.6 (509 votes) | 76 | 20211228 |
| PT Raiders [The Ship That Died of Shame]A trio of ex-servicemen begin smuggling innocuous black market items into post-war Britain, but through greed they graduate to more sinister cargo. | 1955 | Basil Dearden | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 6.8 (462 votes) | 95 | 20211228 |
| Queen of HeartsAn ordinary working class seamstress who is mistaken as a rich patron of the arts. When she's asked to back a new show she plays along with the charade, hoping that she can become the production's leading lady. | 1936 | Monty Banks | Comedy | 6.4 (44 votes) | 78 | 20211228 |
| Rainbow JacketA champion jockey is banned from racing so spends his time helping a young lad to become the next champion. | 1954 | Basil Dearden | Drama, Sport | 6.4 (131 votes) | 99 | 20211228 |
| Return to YesterdayRobert Maine is torn between returning to the glamour of Hollywood and working with a small theatre company in England. When she falls in love with Maine, Carol has the same dilemma. | 1940 | Robert Stevenson (*) | Drama | 6.1 (117 votes) | 69 | 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 |
| Sally in Our AlleyA British soldier goes off to fight in World War I, and his girlfriend waits and worries at home. He is soon wounded in battle. When he realizes that he is crippled, he comes to the conclusion that she would be better off believing t | 1931 | Maurice Elvey | Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance | 6.3 (87 votes) | 74 | 20211228 |
| Saloon BarAgainst a background of Christmas and the pending arrival of another baby for the landlord, a group of pub locals lead by bookie Joe Harris set out to prove that former customer Eddie Graves is not guilty of the murder for which he i | 1940 | Walter Forde | Thriller | 6.9 (214 votes) | 76 | 20211228 |
| San Demetrio LondonThe San Demetrio of the title is a British merchant ship in an Atlantic convoy in 1940. Disabled and left to the mercy of patrolling U-boats the crew must keep her afloat and out of harms way. | 1943 | Charles Frend, Robert Hamer | Adventure, Drama, War | 6.8 (418 votes) | 104 | 20211228 |
| Saraband for Dead LoversYoung Sophie Dorothea (Joan Greenwood) marries Prince George Louis (Peter Bull), but it's far from a love match. Then she falls for Swedish Count Philip Christoph von Königsmark (Stewart Granger). | 1948 | Basil Dearden | Biography, Drama, History, Romance, War | 6.6 (459 votes) | 96 | 20211228 |
| Scott of the AntarcticThe story of British explorer Robert Falcon Scott's 1912 expedition and his quest to be the first to reach the South Pole. | 1948 | Charles Frend | Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, History | 7.0 (1.9K votes) | 111 | 20211228 |
| Secret of the Loch, TheA batty Scottish professor attempts to prove the existence of the Loch Ness Monster, but everyone thinks he's crazy. Meanwhile, a foolish young reporter attempts to get a scoop on the story. | 1934 | Milton Rosmer | Adventure, Fantasy, Comedy | 5.3 (155 votes) | 72 | 20240605 |
| Secret PeopleThis tale of intrigue finds Valentina Cortese involved in an assassination plot. She helps the police apprehend the conspirators after an innocent bystander is accidentally killed. | 1952 | Thorold Dickinson | Crime, Drama | 6.2 (615 votes) | 96 | 20211228 |
| Sherlock Holmes and The Sign of FourA young woman turns to Sherlock Holmes for protection when she's menaced by an escaped killer seeking missing treasure. However, when the woman is kidnapped, Holmes and Watson must penetrate the city's criminal underworld to find her | 1932 | Graham Cutts | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance | 5.9 (547 votes) | 75 | 20211228 |
| Ships with WingsLt. Dick Stacey is dismissed from the Fleet Air Arm for poor discipline. He joins the Aircraft Carrier "HMS Ark Royal" (The Ship with Wings). When they go into battle in the Mediterranean he acts heroically and redeems himself. | 1941 | Sergei Nolbandov | Drama, War | 5.7 (140 votes) | 103 | 20211228 |
| Shiralee, TheWhen Jim Macauley finds his wife with another man, he takes their young daughter and they hit the road. With a young child as his responsibility, he finds he can't be quite the fancy-free wanderer that he had been. | 1957 | Leslie Norman | Drama | 6.7 (318 votes) | 99 | 20211228 |
| Show Goes On, TheA mill worker is plucked from obscurity and thrust towards fame and fortune when an ailing composer needs a singer to perform his work. | 1937 | Basil Dean | Musical | 6.4 (47 votes) | 93 | 20211228 |
| Silent Passenger, TheA blackmailer with many enemies is murdered and his body placed in a trunk. A gentleman sleuth sets out to prove the innocence of a falsely accused man. | 1935 | Reginald Denham | Crime, Mystery | 6.0 (161 votes) | 75 | 20240609 |
| Sing As We Go!When the textile mill closes, putting her out of work, Gracie finds herself experiencing all of the amusements of Blackpool. | 1934 | Basil Dean | Comedy, Musical | 6.2 (118 votes) | 80 | 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 |
| Square Ring, TheBoxing drama following the lives of five different fighters and their reasons for becoming boxers. | 1953 | Basil Dearden | Drama, Sport | 6.3 (270 votes) | 83 | 20211228 |
| Take a ChanceArchie Burton is a horse trainer who has entered one of his horses, Take A Chance, into the Gold Cup. But his wife is irritated by his mood towards her so becomes friendly with another man whose real objective is to learn the secr... | 1937 | Sinclair Hill | Comedy | 5.7 (49 votes) | 73 | 20240605 |
| There Ain't No JusticeA young boxer falls in with a crooked fight promoter. | 1939 | Pen Tennyson | Drama | 6.2 (53 votes) | 83 | 20211228 |
| They Came to a CityAdapted from a J.B. Priestley play with many of the original actors. The tale of various people who have come to live in an "ideal" city and their hopes and reasons for doing so. | 1944 | Basil Dearden | Drama, Fantasy | 6.3 (139 votes) | 78 | 20211228 |
| This Week of GraceA poor, unemployed woman is made housekeeper at the estate of a wealthy duchess. | 1933 | Maurice Elvey | Comedy | 5.9 (44 votes) | 92 | 20211228 |
| Three Cockeyed Sailors [Sailors Three]Three British sailors find they've accidentally strayed on board a Nazi ship during WWII. They then proceed to take it over and requisition it for the Royal Navy. | 1940 | Walter Forde | Comedy, War | 5.8 (105 votes) | 77 | 20211228 |
| Three Men in a BoatThe comic adventures of three friends and a dog when they take a boating holiday on the River Thames. | 1933 | Graham Cutts | Comedy | 5.3 (44 votes) | 60 | 20211228 |
| Tiger BayA young Englishman abroad, Michael, visits the local low-life spot of Tiger Bay to test his assertion that the spirit of human romance survives even in the most unpromising of circumstances. He intervenes when a local criminal pro... | 1934 | J. Elder Wills | Crime, Drama, Romance | 5.9 (87 votes) | 70 | 20240530 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Train of EventsA train disaster is told as four short stories to give character studies of the people involved, how it will affect them, and how they deal with it. | 1949 | Sidney Cole, Charles Crichton, Basil Dearden | Drama | 6.6 (390 votes) | 88 | 20220414 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Two Who Dared1936 British drama film directed by Eugene Frenke and starring Anna Sten, Henry Wilcoxon and Viola Keats. It was also released as Two Who Dared. An officer becomes entangled in a love affair with a woman who works as a maid. | 1936 | Eugene Frenke | Drama, Romance | 6.3 (29 votes) | 73 | 20211228 |
| Underground Guerrillas [Undercover]A World War II film made by Ealing Studios on the Yugoslav guerrilla resistance movement in German-occupied Yugoslavia. | 1943 | Sergei Nolbandov | Drama, War | 6.1 (176 votes) | 89 | 20240605 |
| Ware Case, TheA financier is accused of murder when his brother-in-law is found dead in his garden pond. After winning the court case he returns home to find that his lawyer has romantic inclinations towards his wife. | 1938 | Robert Stevenson (*) | Drama, Mystery | 6.2 (106 votes) | 79 | 20211228 |
| Water Gipsies, TheJane Bell has lived on an old barge moored in the Thames with her feckless father and sister ever since their mother died, but she would prefer her life to be more like the movies -- reality is being courted by an inarticulate canal | 1932 | Maurice Elvey | Drama | 6.3 (49 votes) | 80 | 20211228 |
| Went The Day WellAn English village is occupied by disguised German paratroopers as an advance post for a planned invasion. | 1942 | Alberto Cavalcanti | Thriller, War | 7.5 (3.6K votes) | 92 | 20211228 |
| West of ZanzibarThe story of native tribesmen who move towards Mombasa, getting drawn info the world of ivory smuggling. | 1954 | Harry Watt | Adventure, Drama | 5.6 (204 votes) | 84 | 20240605 |
| While Nero Fiddled [Fiddlers Three]A pair of Jolly Jack Tars on shore leave take a Wren (lady sailor) to Stonehenge and get caught in a time warp finishing up in ancient Rome. | 1944 | Harry Watt | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Music, Sci-Fi | 5.4 (135 votes) | 65 | 20240605 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Whom the Gods LoveThe story of Mozart and his wife Constance, set against a background of court intrigue and professional jealousy, with music conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham. | 1936 | Basil Dean | Drama | 6.0 (48 votes) | 96 | 20211228 |
| Woman in Chains [The Impassive Footman]Grace Marwood and her husband, a hopeless hypochondriac, take a cruise where she falls in love with the ship's medical officer, young Dr Daventry. The two continue to meet chastely for several years, with Marwood's behaviour becoming | 1932 | Basil Dean | Crime, Drama | 6.1 (57 votes) | 70 | 20211228 |
| Young Man's FancyAn aristocratic Englishman is engaged to a brewery heiress. He's not happy though and, during a visit to a circus he meets and falls in love with a human cannonball. | 1939 | Robert Stevenson (*) | Comedy | 5.8 (98 votes) | 77 | 20211228 |
| Nine Till Six | 1932 | Basil Dean | Drama | nan (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| The Right to Live | 1933 | Albert Parker | Crime, Drama | nan (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| The House of Trent | 1933 | Norman Walker | Drama | nan (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| To Brighton with Gladys | 1933 | George King | Comedy | nan (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Rolling in Money | 1934 | Albert Parker | Comedy | nan (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Love on the Spot | 1932 | Graham Cutts | Adventure, Comedy, Music, Romance | nan (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| The Perfect Flaw | 1934 | H. Manning Haynes | Crime, Drama | nan (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| The Public Life of Henry the Ninth | 1935 | Bernard Mainwaring | Comedy | nan (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Dreams Come True | 1936 | Reginald Denham | Musical | nan (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Guilty Melody | 1936 | Richard Pottier | Drama | nan (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Tropical Trouble | 1936 | Harry Hughes | Comedy | nan (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Who's Your Lady Friend? | 1937 | Carol Reed | Comedy | 4.6 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| The Four Just Men | 1939 | Walter Forde | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 6.3 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Olympic Honeymoon | 1940 | Alfred J. Goulding | Comedy | nan (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Champagne Charlie | 1944 | Alberto Cavalcanti | Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance | 6.5 (Unkn) | | Excluded |