British Films Collection
(75)
75 titles found
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The Third Man (2 discs) (1949)
from 17,543 members
This classic noir mystery, from the team of Carol Reed and Graham Greene, is generally considered to be the best filmwork of both of these estimable talents. THE THIRD MAN features Joseph Cotten as ... Read more
Director: Carol Reed
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Format: DVD
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Brief Encounter (1945)
from 10,248 members
David Lean adapts Noel Coward's heartbreaking tale of two ordinary people caught up in the extraordinary power of love. Laura (Celia Johnson) is a seemingly happy, middle-class housewife who meets ... Read more
Director: David Lean
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Format: DVD
Also Available on: BLU-RAY
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The Wicker Man (2 discs) (1973)
from 18,528 members
This controversial British cult classic, considered by its producer upon completion to be one of the worst films ever made, has been little seen since its brief theatrical release even though it is ... Read more
Director: Robin Hardy
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Format: DVD
Also Available on: BLU-RAY
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The Ladykillers (1955)
from 8,588 members
Alexander Mackendrick's last Ealing comedy and certainly one of the best, William Rose received an Oscar nomination for Best Original Screenplay. Alec Guinness stars in one of his most vivid ... Read more
Director: Alexander Mackendrick
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Format: DVD
Also Available on: BLU-RAY
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The Dam Busters (1954)
from 7,261 members
One of the most popular British war films of all time, THE DAM BUSTERS tells the true story of one of the most daring and brilliant raids of World War II. With the campaign for Europe in the balance, ... Read more
Director: Michael Anderson
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Format: DVD
Also Available on: BLU-RAY
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The 39 Steps (1935)
from 9,002 members
A classic British spy mystery, and one of Hitchcock's best, THE 39 STEPS is the story of an innocent man who struggles to prove his innocence. Robert Donat gets more than he bargained for when he ... Read more
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
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Format: DVD
Also Available on: BLU-RAY
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The African Queen (1951)
from 7,035 members
In John Huston's AFRICAN QUEEN, the boozing, smoking, cussing captain of a tramp steamer, Charlie Allnut (Humphrey Bogart), saves prim and proper Rose Sayer (Katharine Hepburn) after her brother is ... Read more
Director: John Huston
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Format: DVD
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Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
from 7,639 members
Set in the stately Edwardian era, Robert Hamer's Kind Hearts And Coronets is black comedy at is best, with the most articulate and literate of all Ealing screenplays. Sir Alec Guinness gives a ... Read more
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Format: DVD
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A Matter Of Life And Death (1946)
from 9,079 members
In the 1946 film A Matter Of Life And Death, David Niven stars as RAF bomber pilot Peter Carter. With his crew either dead or parachuted out, his craft in flames and falling fast, Carter bails out ... Read more
Director: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
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Format: DVD
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The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)
from 6,862 members
Comedy about a meek bank clerk who plans a theft from his own bank.
Director: Charles Crichton
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Format: DVD