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1. Swann in Love (1984)
R | 110 min | Drama, Romance
In Belle Époque Paris, a 19th century Parisian aristocrat (Jeremy Irons) falls in love with a lower-class prostitute (Ornella Muti) who seduces him but never loves him.
Director: Volker Schlöndorff | Stars: Jeremy Irons, Ornella Muti, Alain Delon, Fanny Ardant
Votes: 2,176
2. Lord of the Flies (1963)
Not Rated | 92 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Schoolboys marooned on a Pacific island create their own savage civilization.
Director: Peter Brook | Stars: James Aubrey, Tom Chapin, Hugh Edwards, Roger Elwin
Votes: 20,423
3. Today (1952– )
TV-G | 240 min | News, Talk-Show
A daily live broadcast provides current domestic and international news, weather reports, and interviews with newsmakers from the worlds of politics, business, media, entertainment, and sports.
Stars: Savannah Guthrie, Hoda Kotb, Jack Lescoulie, Frank Blair
Votes: 2,461
4. Arena (1975– )
60 min | Documentary
Wide-ranging arts program.
Stars: Gavin Millar, Kenneth Tynan, John Walters, Jonathan Miller
Votes: 320
5. Seven Days... Seven Nights (1960)
91 min | Drama
A wealthy and bored woman is witness of a murder in affection and meets another witness. She asks him about the history of the victim and falls in love with him.
Director: Peter Brook | Stars: Jeanne Moreau, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Pascale de Boysson, Jean Deschamps
Votes: 1,179
6. Looking for Richard (1996)
PG-13 | 111 min | Documentary, Drama
Al Pacino's deeply-felt rumination on Shakespeare's significance and relevance to the modern world through interviews and an in-depth analysis of "Richard III."
Director: Al Pacino | Stars: Al Pacino, Alec Baldwin, Kevin Spacey, Frederic Kimball
Votes: 8,572 | Gross: $1.36M
7. Peter Brook's the Mahabharata (1989–1990)
Not Rated | 318 min | Drama, War
Jealousy and hatred is what separates the Pandavas and Kauravas. The Kauravas fear the Pandavas are after the throne of their father. Yudhishthira of the Pandavas gets told by the deity, Krishna, that he will become king. A war is inevitable.
Stars: Erika Alexander, Mamadou Dioumé, Georges Corraface, Maurice Bénichou
Votes: 1,222 | Gross: $0.33M
8. ITV Play of the Week (1955–1974)
90 min | Comedy, Drama
An anthology series from the U.K., from 1955 to 1974, producing about five hundred ninety-minute episodes from Granada Television.
Stars: Derek Francis, Alfred Burke, Arthur Hewlett, Esther Lawrence
Votes: 93
9. Marat/Sade (1967)
Not Rated | 119 min | Drama, History, Music
In an insane asylum, Marquis de Sade directs Jean Paul Marat's last days through a theater play. The actors are the patients.
Director: Peter Brook | Stars: Patrick Magee, Clifford Rose, Glenda Jackson, Ian Richardson
Votes: 2,671
10. The South Bank Show (1978– )
53 min | Documentary
ITV's long-running arts series presented by Melvyn Bragg.
Stars: Melvyn Bragg, Ian McKellen, David Hockney, Victoria Wood
Votes: 216
11. King Lear (1970)
GP | 137 min | Drama
King Lear divides his kingdom among his daughters, giving great importance to their protestations of love for him. When Cordelia refuses to idly flatter the old man, he banishes her and turns for support to his remaining daughters.
Director: Peter Brook | Stars: Paul Scofield, Irene Worth, Cyril Cusack, Susan Engel
Votes: 937
12. Omnibus (1952–1961)
55 min | Drama, History, Music
Omnibus was a television program that sought to provide the best of what television could provide as the highest common denominator of intellectual curiosity and interest. This level of programing excellence has not been achieved again.
Stars: Alistair Cooke, Leonard Bernstein, Joseph N. Welch, Helen Hayes
Votes: 218
13. Charlie Rose (1991–2017)
60 min | News, Talk-Show
Charlie Rose interviews noteworthy people in fields including politics and government, business and economics, science and technology, media, sports and the arts.
Stars: Charlie Rose, Mark Halperin, Al Hunt, Thomas Friedman
Votes: 1,166
14. Meetings with Remarkable Men (1979)
G | 108 min | Biography, Drama
G.I. Gurdjieff is a spiritual teacher and mystic who, after a lifetime study, developed a form of meditation incorporating modern dance.
Director: Peter Brook | Stars: Dragan Maksimovic, Terence Stamp, Mikica Dimitrijevic, Athol Fugard
Votes: 1,195
15. Camera Three (1955–1980)
30 min | Drama
A weekly examination of the arts and literature, on Sunday mornings when there was more likely to be an audience interested in such matters and there was less competition for ratings.
Stars: James Macandrew, Faubion Bowers, Margaret Croyden, Alfredo Antonini
Votes: 63
16. The David Frost Show (1969–1972)
90 min | Talk-Show
American show featuring the popular British talk show host.
Stars: David Frost, Gerri Granger, Tiny Tim, Dana Valery
Votes: 248
17. 2nd House (1973–1976)
45 min | Talk-Show
BBC Arts program derived from Full House (1972).
Stars: Melvyn Bragg, Edwin Mullins, Roger McGough, Struan Rodger
Votes: 18
18. The Beggar's Opera (1953)
Approved | 94 min | Crime, History, Musical
When the composer of an opera about a swashbuckling, wenching highwayman meets his hero's real-life counterpart, he's disappointed with his lack of dash.
Director: Peter Brook | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Hugh Griffith, George Rose, Stuart Burge
Votes: 395
19. Tell Me Lies (1968)
118 min | Documentary, Drama
A variety of British views on the Vietnam War.
Director: Peter Brook | Stars: Mark Jones, Pauline Munro, Eric Allan, Robert Langdon Lloyd
Votes: 110
20. The Roof (I) (2016)
10 min | Short, Comedy
Ian McKellen, Jude Law, Rory Kinnear, and Natalie Dormer are among those eagerly awaiting a visit from legendary theatre director Peter Brook to the Young Vic Theatre. A comedy short ... See full summary »
Director: Natalie Abrahami | Stars: Peter Brook, Natalie Dormer, Noma Dumezweni, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith
Votes: 94
21. Peter Brook: The Tightrope (2012)
Not Rated | 86 min | Documentary, Music
Filmed with five hidden cameras, The Tightrope is a total immersion into the creative process behind legendary theater director Peter Brook's work -- powerful, intimate, and emotionally ... See full summary »
Director: Simon Brook | Stars: Peter Brook, Hayley Carmichael, Jos Houben, Micha Lescot
Votes: 62 | Gross: $0.02M
22. Aquarius (1970–1977)
39 min | Documentary
An arts magazine programme for ITV, presented by Humphrey Burton. Originally a fortnightly series, it became weekly, while later editions were presented by Peter Hall.
Stars: Humphrey Burton, Peter Hall, Russell Harty, Leonard Bernstein
Votes: 30
23. Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles (2014)
PG-13 | 91 min | Documentary, Biography
A look at the life and work of the great theatre, radio and film artist.
Director: Chuck Workman | Stars: Orson Welles, Simon Callow, Christopher Welles, Joanne Hill Styles
Votes: 974 | Gross: $0.02M
24. The Mahabharata (1989)
171 min | Drama, War
Jealousy and hatred is what separates the Pandavas and Kauravas. The Kauravas fear the Pandavas are after the throne of their father. Yudhishthira of the Pandavas gets told by the deity, ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Brook | Stars: Erika Alexander, Amba Bihler, Lou Elias Bihler, Urs Bihler
25. The Tragedy of Hamlet (2002 TV Movie)
134 min | Drama
Peter Brook presents a new interpretation of the classic in a setting is vaguely eastern rather than Scandinavian, with a multi-ethnic cast .
Director: Peter Brook | Stars: Adrian Lester, Jeffery Kissoon, Natasha Parry, Bruce Myers
Votes: 114
26. La tragédie de Carmen (1983)
80 min | Drama, Musical
Director: Peter Brook | Stars: Hélène Delavault, Zehava Gal, Eva Saurova, Howard Hensel
Votes: 56
27. Time Flies (1996 TV Special)
58 min | Documentary, Adventure, Biography
Director Peter Brook and group of actors and filmmakers fly to the island of Vieques in Puerto Rico in the Caribbean where they recall the film 'Lord of the Flies' (1963) which was filmed there thirty-five years earlier.
Director: Richard Dale | Stars: Peter Brook, James Aubrey, Tom Chapin, Hugh Edwards
Votes: 11
28. All the World's a Stage (1984)
55 min | Drama
One man's journey through the theatre.
Stars: Ronald Harwood, Ian Saynor, Peter Gale, Peter Hall
Votes: 5
29. Mi reino por un caballo (2010–2013)
Stars: Elsa Pinillos, Carlos L. Benedí, Lluís Pasqual, Miguel del Arco
30. Akropolis (1969 TV Movie)
60 min | Drama
Complete shooting of the iconic avant-garde theatre production of Akropolis by Teatr Laboratorium-Wroclaw (Poland). The performance is based on Stanislaw Wyspianski's poetic drama written ... See full summary »
Directors: James MacTaggart, Jerzy Grotowski | Stars: Peter Brook, Ryszard Cieslak, Zbigniew Cynkutis, Antoni Jaholkowski
31. Plaisir du théâtre (1983– )
Documentary
Stars: Jean-Michel Rouzière, Marcel Maréchal, Michel Galabru, María Casares
32. Portrait souvenir (1960–1969)
Documentary
Stars: Roger Stéphane, Georges Simenon, François Mauriac, Jean-Louis Barrault
33. Spécial cinéma (1974–1997)
Talk-Show
Shown on the main French language TV-channel in Switzerland (RTS), "Spécial Cinéma" is one of TSR's most iconic shows where the biggest names in film, directors and actors, from Visconti to Verneuil, from Godard to Delon where interviewed.
Stars: Christian Defaye, Alain Delon, Claude Goretta, Gérard Depardieu
Votes: 11
34. Ride of the Valkyrie (1967)
15 min | Short, Comedy
An opera singer, dressed in full costume and dress, must navigate through the busy city streets to get to the theater in time for his performance.
Director: Peter Brook | Stars: Zero Mostel, Julia Foster, Frank Thornton
Votes: 65
35. La cerisaie (1982 TV Movie)
120 min | Drama
Madame Ranevskaya is a spoiled, aging aristocratic lady who returns from a trip to Paris to face the loss of her magnificent Cherry Orchard estate after a default on the mortgage. In denial... See full summary »
Director: Peter Brook | Stars: Niels Arestrup, Catherine Frot, Claude Evrard, Robert Murzeau
Votes: 22
36. Bouillon de culture (1991–2001)
Documentary, Talk-Show
Broth of culture.
Stars: Bernard Pivot, Philippe Sollers, Jean Tulard, Bernard-Henri Lévy
Votes: 40
37. ¡Atención obras! (2013– )
Talk-Show
Stars: Cayetana Guillén Cuervo, Sara Núñez de Arenas, Eva Luna, Machús Osinaga
Votes: 17
38. Carrière, 250 metros (2011)
88 min | Documentary
A portrait documentary tracing the inspiration, philosophy and imagination of the celebrated theatre and screen writer - and Bunuel's long term collaborator - Jean Claude Carrière. Carrière... See full summary »
Directors: Juan Carlos Rulfo, Natalia Gil Torner | Stars: Peter Brook, Iris Carriere, Jean-Claude Carrière, Milos Forman
Votes: 43
39. Cinema in Freedom: Meeting with Peter Brook - Director of 'Lord of the Flies' (2008 Video)
33 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Jonas Rosales | Star: Peter Brook
40. Brook by Brook (2002 TV Movie)
75 min | Documentary
An intimate portrait of director Peter Brook by his son, Simon Brook.
Director: Simon Brook | Stars: Irina Brook, Peter Brook, Simon Brook, Maurice Bénichou
Votes: 31
41. Du côté de chez Fred (1988– )
Talk-Show
Stars: Frédéric Mitterrand, Lila Spiegel, Agnès B., Tahar Ben Jelloun
Votes: 28
42. Pour le cinéma (1968–1978)
Stars: Yves Montand, Gérard Depardieu, Michel Piccoli, Claude Lelouch
Votes: 8
43. Pour le plaisir (1964–1968)
Documentary
Stars: Georges Franju, Louis Malle, René Bernard, François Reichenbach
Votes: 9
44. Sunday Night (1965–1968)
Documentary
Stars: Tony Church, Leo McKern, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Roddy Maude-Roxby
45. La nuit des Molières (1987– )
Documentary
Stars: José Artur, Laurent Terzieff, Pierre Arditi, Francis Huster
Votes: 19
46. Full Blossom: The Life of Poet/Actor Roberts Blossom (2000)
75 min | Documentary, Biography
Director: James Brih Abee | Stars: Roberts Blossom, Edward Asner, Beverly Blossom, Debbie Blossom
Votes: 12
47. Les joies de la vie (1957–1960)
89 min | Music
Stars: Henri Spade, Odette Laure, Robert Manuel, Jacqueline Maillan
48. The Benefit of the Doubt (1967)
70 min | Documentary
A documentary following US, Peter Brook's experimental play about the moral issues surrounding the Vietnam War, Benefit of the Doubt is the only known film record of the Royal Shakespeare ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Whitehead | Stars: Eric Allan, Mary Allen, Hugh Armstrong, Roger Brierley
Votes: 24
49. Menschen hautnah (1993– )
45 min | Documentary
Stars: Tabea Hosche, Uma Hosche, Ebba Hosche, Laslo Hosche
Votes: 21
50. Both Ends Meet (1954 TV Movie)
45 min | Comedy, Drama
Director: Peter Brook | Stars: Brenda Bruce, Jane Downs, Richard Easton, Arthur Macrae