Laurence Olivier

War Requiem

War Requiem

War Requiem

IMDb: 6.9
1989
92min

A film with no spoken dialogue, just follows the music and lyrics of Benjamin Britten’s “War Requiem, which include WWI soldier poet Wilfred Owen’s poems reflecting the war’s horrors. It shows the story of an Englishman soldier (Wilfred Owen) and a nurse (his bride) during World War I. It also includes actual footage of contemporary wars (WWII, Vietnam, Angola, etc.)

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Henry V

Henry V

Henry V

IMDb: 7.5
1944
137min

Olivier mustered out of the navy to film this adaptation of Shakespeare’s history. Embroiled in World War II, Britons took courage from this tale of a king who surmounts overwhelming odds and emerges victorious.

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Fire Over England

Fire Over England

Fire Over England

IMDb: 6.4
1937
92min

The film is a historical drama set during the reign of Elizabeth I (Flora Robson), focusing on the English defeat of the Spanish Armada, whence the title. In 1588, relations between Spain and England are at the breaking point. With the support of Queen Elizabeth I, British sea raiders such as Sir Francis Drake regularly capture Spanish merchantmen bringing gold from the New World.

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The Entertainer

The Entertainer

The Entertainer

IMDb: 7.2
1960
96min

Archie Rice, an old-time British vaudeville performer sinking into final defeat, schemes to stay in show business.

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Clash of the Titans

Clash of the Titans

Clash of the Titans

IMDb: 6.9
1981
118min

To win the right to marry his love, the beautiful princess Andromeda, and fulfil his destiny, Perseus must complete various tasks including taming Pegasus, capturing Medusa’s head, and battling the Kraken monster.

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Wuthering Heights

Wuthering Heights

Wuthering Heights

IMDb: 7.7
1939
104min

The Earnshaws are Yorkshire farmers during the early 19th Century. One day, Mr. Earnshaw returns from a trip to the city, bringing with him a ragged little boy called Heathcliff. Earnshaw’s son, Hindley, resents the child, but Heathcliff becomes companion and soulmate to Hindley’s sister, Catherine. After her parents die, Cathy and Heathcliff grow up wild and free on the Moors and despite the continued enmity between Hindley and Heathcliff they’re happy — until Cathy meets Edgar Linton, the son of a wealthy neighbor.

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The World at War

The World at War

The World at War

IMDb: 8
1973
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The World at War is a 26-episode British television documentary series chronicling the events of the Second World War. At the time of its completion in 1973 it was the most expensive series ever made, costing £900,000. It was produced by Jeremy Isaacs, narrated by Laurence Olivier and includes a score composed by Carl Davis. A book, The World at War, was written by Mark Arnold-Forster, and released in 1973, to accompany the TV series.

Since production was completed, The World at War has attracted acclaim and is now regarded as a landmark in British television history. Following the time of its completion, and as the Second World War remained fresh in many people’s minds, the producer Jeremy Isaacs was considered ahead of his time in resurrecting studies of military history. The series focused on, among other things, portrayal of the devastating human experiences of the conflict; how life and death throughout the war years affected soldiers, sailors and airmen, civilians, the tragic victims of tyranny and concentration camp inmates.

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Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow

Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow

Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow

IMDb: 6.1
2004
107min

When gigantic robots attack New York City, “Sky Captain” uses his private air force to fight them off. His ex-girlfriend, reporter Polly Perkins, has been investigating the recent disappearance of prominent scientists. Suspecting a link between the global robot attacks and missing men, Sky Captain and Polly decide to work together. They fly to the Himalayas in pursuit of the mysterious Dr. Totenkopf, the mastermind behind the robots.

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Dracula

Dracula

Dracula

IMDb: 6.5
1979
109min

Romanticized adaptation of Bram Stoker’s 1897 classic. Set in 1913 England, the bloodsucking, but handsome, charming and seductive, Count Dracula seeks an immortal bride.

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The Boys from Brazil

The Boys from Brazil

The Boys from Brazil

IMDb: 7.0
1978
125min

Nazi hunter Ezra Lieberman discovers a sinister and bizarre plot to rekindle the Third Reich.

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The Seven-Per-Cent Solution

The Seven-Per-Cent Solution

The Seven-Per-Cent Solution

IMDb: 6.8
1976
113min

Concerned about his friend’s cocaine use, Dr. Watson tricks Sherlock Holmes into travelling to Vienna, where Holmes enters the care of Sigmund Freud. Freud attemts to solve the mysteries of Holmes’ subconscious, while Holmes devotes himself to solving a mystery involving the kidnapping of Lola Deveraux.

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Marathon Man

Marathon Man

Marathon Man

IMDb: 7.5
1976
125min

A graduate student and obsessive runner in New York is drawn into a mysterious plot involving his brother, a member of the secretive Division.

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The Shoes of the Fisherman

The Shoes of the Fisherman

The Shoes of the Fisherman

IMDb: 7.2
1968
156min

Metropolitan Archbishop Lakota of L’viv, freed after twenty years in the Soviet Gulag, travels to Rome where circumstances conspire to see him elevated to the Papacy. Inspired by the life story of Ukrainian Catholic Cardinal Josyf Slipyj,

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Khartoum

Khartoum

Khartoum

IMDb: 6.9
1966
134min

English General Charles George Gordon, a devout Christian, is appointed military governor of Anglo-Egyptian Sudan by Prime Minister Gladstone. Ordered to evacuate Egyptians from the Sudan, General Gordon stays on to protect the people of Khartoum, who are under threat of being conquered by a Muslim army.

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Bunny Lake Is Missing

Bunny Lake Is Missing

Bunny Lake Is Missing

IMDb: 7.3
1965
107min

A woman reports that her young daughter is missing, but there seems to be no evidence that she ever existed.

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Spartacus

Spartacus

Spartacus

IMDb: 7.9
1960
197min

Spartacus is a 1960 American historical drama film directed by Stanley Kubrick and based on the novel of the same name by Howard Fast about the historical life of Spartacus and the Third Servile War. The film stars Kirk Douglas as the rebellious slave Spartacus who leads a violent revolt against the decadent Roman empire. The film was awarded four Oscars and stands today as one of the greatest classics of the Sword and Sandal genre.

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Richard III

Richard III

Richard III

IMDb: 7.6
1955
161min

Shakespeare’s powerful tale of the wicked deformed king and his conquests, both on the battlefield and in the boudoir.

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Carrie

Carrie

Carrie

IMDb: 7.4
1952
118min

Carrie’s dreams of adventure in the big city are quickly squashed as she discovers all that awaits her there is a bleak life of grueling and poorly-paid factory work. That is, until a traveling salesman named Drouet steps into her life and changes her outlook…

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That Hamilton Woman

That Hamilton Woman

That Hamilton Woman

IMDb: 7.3
1941
128min

Sir William Hamilton, a widower of mature years, is British ambassador to the Court of Naples. Emma who comes for a visit with her mother wouldn’t cut the grade with London society but she gets along well with the Queen of Naples. Emma likes being Lady Hamilton and life goes smoothly until Lord Nelson pays a visit. Sir William decides at first to let his young wife have her fling and pretends not to know what is going on. But the real life lovers, whose first screen romance was in “Fire Over England” (1937) have an even more burning passion for each other in this film.

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Rebecca

Rebecca

Rebecca

IMDb: 8.2
1940
130min

A self-conscious bride is tormented by the memory of her husband’s dead first wife.

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For No Good Reason

For No Good Reason

For No Good Reason

IMDb: 7.0
2012
89min

For No Good Reason a film about Ralph Steadman. Johnny Depp guides the visually stunning journey, smashing narrative conventions, moving seamlessly from interview to animation and in the finest Gonzo tradition questions of witness and authenticity are challenged. Steadman’s art is for the first time animated, including illustrations from Hunter S Thompson’s Fear and Loathing in Las Vagas. Featuring Richard E Grant, Terry Gilliam, Bruce Robinson and with music from Slash, The All American Rejects, Jason Mraz, Crystal Castles, Ed Hardcourt and Beth Orton. A touching and at times funny film about honesty, friendship and the ambition driving an artist. This is a true record of the demise of the 20th Century counterculture and hipster dream with Ralph Steadman the last of the Gonzo visionaries.

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