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1. Roman Holiday (1953)
Passed | 118 min | Comedy, Romance
A bored and sheltered princess escapes her guardians and falls in love with an American newsman in Rome.
Director: William Wyler | Stars: Gregory Peck, Audrey Hepburn, Eddie Albert, Hartley Power
Votes: 147,751
2. Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
G | 175 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
A Victorian Englishman bets that with the new steamships and railways he can circumnavigate the globe in eighty days.
Directors: Michael Anderson, John Farrow | Stars: David Niven, Cantinflas, Finlay Currie, Robert Morley
Votes: 29,727 | Gross: $42.00M
3. Hamlet (1948)
Approved | 154 min | Drama
Prince Hamlet struggles over whether or not he should kill his uncle, whom he suspects has murdered his father, the former king.
Director: Laurence Olivier | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons, John Laurie, Esmond Knight
Votes: 18,411 | Gross: $7.09M
4. Under Capricorn (1949)
Approved | 117 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A young gentleman goes to Australia where he reunites with his now married childhood sweetheart, only to find out she has become an alcoholic and harbors dark secrets.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Ingrid Bergman, Joseph Cotten, Michael Wilding, Margaret Leighton
Votes: 8,118
5. Henry V (1944)
Not Rated | 137 min | Biography, Drama, History
In the midst of the Hundred Years' War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France in 1415.
Director: Laurence Olivier | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Robert Newton, Leslie Banks, Felix Aylmer
Votes: 7,078
6. Brighton Rock (1948)
Not Rated | 92 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
In Brighton in 1935, small-time gang leader Pinkie Brown murders a journalist and later desperately tries to cover his tracks but runs into trouble with the police, a few witnesses, and a rival gang.
Director: John Boulting | Stars: Richard Attenborough, Hermione Baddeley, William Hartnell, Harcourt Williams
Votes: 6,828 | Gross: $0.22M
7. The Magic Box (1951)
Approved | 118 min | Biography, Drama, History
A chronicle of the life of William Friese-Greene, a British inventor and early pioneer in cinema.
Director: John Boulting | Stars: Robert Donat, Maria Schell, Renée Asherson, Richard Attenborough
Votes: 1,419
8. Quentin Durward (1955)
Approved | 103 min | Action, Adventure, History
A Scottish knight in France to facilitate a marriage between a rich and beautiful countess and his aging uncle becomes involved in court intrigue.
Director: Richard Thorpe | Stars: Robert Taylor, Kay Kendall, Robert Morley, George Cole
Votes: 1,147
9. Terror on a Train (1953)
Not Rated | 72 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Thriller
After a terrorist plants a bomb on board a train, the police call in an army bomb disposal expert to find and dismantle it, but once it has been made safe, he has another shock in store.
Director: Ted Tetzlaff | Stars: Glenn Ford, Anne Vernon, Maurice Denham, Harcourt Williams
Votes: 873
10. Cage of Gold (1950)
Approved | 83 min | Crime, Drama
In 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 money.
Director: Basil Dearden | Stars: Jean Simmons, David Farrar, James Donald, Madeleine Lebeau
Votes: 550
11. Obsessed (1951)
78 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
After a sickly Victorian woman dies suddenly, a postmortem reveals that her body contains a fatal dose of arsenic. Suspicion falls on her husband and her companion, who are lovers. ... See full summary »
Director: Maurice Elvey | Stars: David Farrar, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Roland Culver, Jean Cadell
Votes: 455
12. Vice Versa (1948)
Not Rated | 111 min | Comedy, Fantasy
Paul is sending his son Dick to boarding school. While holding a magic stone from India, he wishes that he could be young again. His wish is immediately fulfilled and the two change bodies with each other.
Director: Peter Ustinov | Stars: Roger Livesey, Kay Walsh, Petula Clark, David Hutcheson
Votes: 402
13. Eye Witness (1950)
Not Rated | 94 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
In 1949, when his former British war buddy is charged with murder, American lawyer Adam Hayward goes to England to see if he can help.
Director: Robert Montgomery | Stars: Ruth Lee, Robert Montgomery, Hal Osmond, Wylie Watson
Votes: 371
14. The Curious Adventures of Mr. Wonderbird (1952)
G | 63 min | Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
A chimney sweep and his beloved shepherdess are aided by Wonderbird (Sir Peter Ustinov) in their escape from a ruthless dictator.
Director: Paul Grimault | Stars: Pierre Brasseur, Anouk Aimée, Serge Reggiani, Max Adrian
Votes: 295
15. Green Grow the Rushes (1951)
77 min | Comedy, Thriller
After their vessel runs aground during a storm and is impounded by the British authorities, local smugglers must find a way of disposing of their contraband brandy cargo before it's discovered by the Customs Officers.
Director: Derek N. Twist | Stars: Roger Livesey, Honor Blackman, Richard Burton, Frederick Leister
Votes: 253
16. BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950–1959)
Drama
Series of television plays performed live.
Stars: Richard Caldicot, George Woodbridge, Robert Brown, Michael Brennan
Votes: 179
17. The Gay Lady (1949)
Passed | 91 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
In the 1890s, Trottie True moves from bit theatre parts to stardom, and from balloonist Sid Skinner to more prominent men. She later wonders if Sid wasn't better after all, and seeks to find out.
Director: Brian Desmond Hurst | Stars: Jean Kent, James Donald, Hugh Sinclair, Lana Morris
Votes: 177
18. No Room at the Inn (1948)
63 min | Drama, History
Two children are evacuated during World War Two into the care of an alcoholic woman.
Director: Daniel Birt | Stars: Ann Stephens, Frank Pettingell, Freda Jackson, Joan Dowling
Votes: 177
19. For Them That Trespass (1949)
Approved | 95 min | Crime, Drama
Christy Drew, an aspiring young writer trying to broaden his experience, gets involved with Frankie Ketchen and her two suitors, Herb Logan and Jim Heal. One night, Jim finds Frankie has ... See full summary »
Director: Alberto Cavalcanti | Stars: Stephen Murray, Richard Todd, Patricia Plunkett, Rosalyn Boulter
Votes: 139
20. Third Time Lucky (1949)
90 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A gambler falls in love with a naive young girl. He thinks she is bringing him good luck. Then his main gambling rival arrives and he desires the girl as well.
Director: Gordon Parry | Stars: Glynis Johns, Dermot Walsh, Charles Goldner, Harcourt Williams
Votes: 128
21. Rheingold Theatre (1953–1957)
23 min | Drama
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. narrated, produced, and frequently starred in this anthology series, which presented everything from drama to mystery to farce.
Stars: Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Christopher Lee, Ron Randell, Barbara Mullen
Votes: 74
22. The Late Edwina Black (1949 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama, Thriller
When sickly Edwina Black, known for her cruelty dies, a post mortem reveals a fatal dose of arsenic.
Stars: Catherine Lacey, Beatrice Varley, Mary Merrall, Harcourt Williams
Votes: 69
23.
BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950–1959)
Episode:
The Lady's Not for Burning
(1950)
Drama
A war and world weary soldier tries to talk a witch-hunting cleric into hanging him; he is shaken from his quest for death when the beautiful Jennet is also committed for hanging as a witch.
Stars: Richard Burton, Alec Clunes, Pamela Brown, David Evans
Votes: 36
24. The Lost People (1949)
89 min | Drama, War
Set in a German theatre after World War II, two British soldiers are holding a disparate and hostile band of refugees in this theatre, prior to returning them to their homelands. The ... See full summary »
Director: Bernard Knowles | Stars: Dennis Price, Mai Zetterling, Richard Attenborough, Siobhan McKenna
Votes: 34
25. The Flying Eye (1955)
53 min | Comedy, Family
Colonel Audacious is an inventor and with the help of his young assistant, Barnstuffer, he invents a model aeroplane with a TV camera attached that can then fly around revealing all sorts ... See full summary »
Director: William C. Hammond | Stars: David Hannaford, Julia Lockwood, Harcourt Williams, Ivan Craig
Votes: 27
26.
Rheingold Theatre (1953–1957)
Episode:
The Hideaway
(1955)
Drama
Neglected little girl whose parents are in a bad marriage befriends an old man who is being evicted from his flat. She finds shelter for the old man in a bombed-out London building.
Director: Arthur Crabtree | Stars: Harcourt Williams, Mandy Miller, Dorothy Alison, Cyril Chamberlain
Votes: 7
27. Thérèse Raquin (1950 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama
Stars: Sonia Dresdel, Nancy Price, Brian Oulton, David Greene
28. Stage by Stage (1954–1955)
Drama
Stars: Jessie Evans, June Shields, Peter Vaughan, Geoffrey Bayldon
29. The Advancing Shadow (1956 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama
Stars: Margaret Allworthy, Roger Delgado, David King-Wood, Barbara Lott
30. The Master Builder (1950 TV Movie)
105 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Stars: Roger Livesey, Catherine Lacey, Adina Mandlová, Jill Balcon
31. The Rising Sun (1939 TV Movie)
85 min
Stars: Harcourt Williams, Deidre Doyle, Josephine Wilson, Lawrence Hanray
32. Music at Night (1952 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama
Stars: Jean Cadell, Geoffrey Keen, Rachel Gurney, Joan Carol
33. Sea Fever (1946 TV Movie)
50 min
Director: Denis Johnston | Stars: Trevor Denis, David Enders, Wilfred Fletcher, Don Gemmell
34. On the High Road (1938 TV Movie)
30 min
Stars: Felix Aylmer, Harcourt Williams, Maurice Denham, Drusilla Wills
35. The Blakes Slept Here (1953)
36 min | Short, History
Illustrating a hundred years of social change through the history of a London house belonging to a typical middle-class family - the Blakes
Director: Jacques B. Brunius | Stars: David King-Wood, Dorothy Gordon, Peter Coke, Ursula Howells
36. The Words Upon the Window Pane (1938 TV Movie)
Stars: Felix Aylmer, Dorothy Casey, William Devlin, Ethel Glendinning
37. A Midsummer Night's Dream Part 2 (1950 TV Movie)
50 min | Drama
Mistaken identity, unrequited love, and the supernatural are combined in Shakespeare's classic set in the woods of Greece on a moonlit night.
Director: Joy Harington | Stars: Robert Atkins, Harcourt Williams, Toke Townley, Leslie Crowther
38. The Bishop's Treasure (1952 TV Movie)
30 min | Drama, Family
Stars: Patrick Crean, Winifred Hill, David Blake Kelly, Susan Richmond
39. A Hundred Years Old (1954 TV Movie)
90 min | Comedy, Drama
Stars: Grace Arnold, Penelope Bartley, Michael Brennan, Michael Evans
40. The Frog Prince (1950 TV Short)
20 min | Short, Drama, Family
Stars: Pat Field, Warren Hearnden, Alan Judd, Hugh Munro
41. The Words Upon the Window Pane (1946 TV Movie)
Drama
Stars: Harcourt Williams, Jean Shepeard, Michael Goodliffe, Mark Dignam
42.
BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950–1959)
Episode:
Romeo and Juliet
(1955)
Drama
In Shakespeare's classic play, the Montagues and Capulets, two families of Renaissance Italy, have hated each other for years, but the son of one family and the daughter of the other fall desperately in love and secretly marry.
Director: Harold Clayton | Stars: Tony Britton, Virginia McKenna, Flora Robson, Michael Brennan
43.
BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950–1959)
Episode:
The Admirable Crichton
(1950)
105 min | Drama
A group of people are shipwrecked when their yacht runs around on a South Pacific island. The usable hierarchy in a upper-class British family breaks down quickly when it becomes apparent ... See full summary »
Stars: Raymond Huntley, Jean Compton, Joan Hopkins, Alvys Maben
44.
BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950–1959)
Episode:
Libel
(1953)
Drama
Stars: Sebastian Shaw, Pamela Alan, Harcourt Williams, George Skillan
45.
BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950–1959)
Episode:
The Captive
(1954)
45 min | Drama
Director: Brandon Acton-Bond | Stars: Harcourt Williams, Patience Collier, Michael Malnick, Ann Gow
46.
BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950–1959)
Episode:
The Confidential Clerk
(1955)
Drama
Director: Peter Potter | Stars: Joan Greenwood, Kenneth Haigh, Isabel Jeans, Alexander Knox
47.
BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950–1959)
Episode:
The Paragon
(1955)
Drama
Stars: Michael Bates, Donald Cashfield, Edward Chapman, Aimée Delamain
48.
Stage by Stage (1954–1955)
Episode:
Changing Fashions in Shakespeare Production
(1955)
Drama
Stars: Peter Brook, Alan Dent, Harcourt Williams