Search results for "John Gielgud"
Nothing Like a Dame

Nothing Like a Dame

Nothing Like a Dame
IMDb: 7.3
80

BBC Arena’s documentary on the Dames of British Theatre and film featuring Maggie Smith, Elieen Atkins, Judi Dench and Joan Plowright on screen together for the first time as they…

Inside the Third Reich

Inside the Third Reich

Inside the Third Reich
IMDb: 7.3
240

A dramatization of the life of Albert Speer, Hitler’s young architect and onetime confidant, and his meteoric rise into the Nazi hierarchy. Based upon Speer’s own monograph of the same…

Richard II

Richard II

Richard II
IMDb: 8
157

Richard II, who ascended the throne as a child, is a regal and stately monarch. He believes he is the rightful ruler of England, ordained by God, yet he is…

Genre: Drama, History
Aces High

Aces High

Aces High
IMDb: 6.5
114

The first World War is in its third year and aerial combat above the Western Front is consuming the nation’s favored children at an appalling rate. By early 1917, the…

Genre: Action, Drama, War
The Conductor

The Conductor

The Conductor
IMDb: 6.9
101

A violinist in a provincial Polish orchestra, whose husband is the director of the ensemble, on a visit to the US ties up with the world- renowned symphony conductor. As…

Genre: Drama, Music
A Diary for Timothy

A Diary for Timothy

A Diary for Timothy
IMDb: 7
38

This brief documentary-style film presents the status of Great Britain near the end of the Second World War by means of a visual diary for a baby boy born in…

Galileo

Galileo

Galileo
IMDb: 6.6
145

Challenged by a new student, tutor and theorist Galileo co-opts emerging telescope technology and discovers irrefutable proof of the heretical notion that the earth is not the center of the…

Genre: Drama
The Portrait of a Lady

The Portrait of a Lady

The Portrait of a Lady
IMDb: 6.2
144

Ms. Isabel Archer isn’t afraid to challenge societal norms. Impressed by her free spirit, her kindhearted cousin writes her into his fatally ill father’s will. Suddenly rich and independent, Isabelle…

Genre: Drama, Romance
Arthur 2: On the Rocks

Arthur 2: On the Rocks

Arthur 2: On the Rocks
IMDb: 4.6
113

Arthur, that irrepressible drunk, tries to sober up and get a job. Meanwhile, Ralph Marolla is conniving to trick the hapless boozer into marrying his daughter so he can gain…

Genre: Comedy, Romance
First Knight

First Knight

First Knight
IMDb: 6
134

The timeless tale of King Arthur and the legend of Camelot are retold in this passionate period drama. Arthur is reluctant to hand the crown to Lancelot, and Guinevere is…

Haunted

Haunted

Haunted
IMDb: 6.2
108

Professor David Ash exposes false spiritulists and mediums. He is invited to Edbrook to resolve the fears and torments within its secretive family. Soon after arriving Ash begins to doubt…

Genre: Horror, Mystery
Elizabeth

Elizabeth

Elizabeth
IMDb: 7.4
124

The story of the ascension to the throne and the early reign of Queen Elizabeth the First, the endless attempts by her council to marry her off, the Catholic hatred…

Genre: Drama, History
Shining Through

Shining Through

Shining Through
IMDb: 6.4
132

Spirited New Yorker Linda Voss goes to work for international lawyer and secret Office of Strategic Services operative Ed Leland just before World War II. As they fall in love,…

Genre: Drama, Romance
Appointment with Death

Appointment with Death

Appointment with Death
IMDb: 6.1
102

Emily Boynton, stepmother to three children, blackmails the family lawyer into destroying a second will of her late husband that would have freed the children from her dominating influence. She…

Plenty

Plenty

Plenty
IMDb: 6
124

David Hare’s account of a one-time French freedom fighter who gradually realizes that her post-war life is not meeting her expectations.

Genre: Drama, Romance
Plenty

Plenty

Plenty
IMDb: 6
124

David Hare’s account of a one-time French freedom fighter who gradually realizes that her post-war life is not meeting her expectations.

Genre: Drama, Romance
Chariots of Fire

Chariots of Fire

Chariots of Fire
IMDb: 7.1
123

In the class-obsessed and religiously divided UK of the early 1920s, two determined young runners train for the 1924 Paris Olympics. Eric Liddell, a devout Christian born to Scottish missionaries…

Genre: Drama, History
Arthur

Arthur

Arthur
IMDb: 6.9
97

Arthur is a 30-year-old child who will inherit $750 million if he complies with his family’s demands and marries the woman of their choosing.

Murder by Decree

Murder by Decree

Murder by Decree
IMDb: 6.8
124

Sherlock Holmes is drawn into the case of Jack the Ripper who is killing prostitutes in London’s East End. Assisted by Dr. Watson, and using information provided by a renowned…

Caligula

Caligula

Caligula
IMDb: 5.3
156

The perversion behind imperial Rome, the epic story of Rome’s mad Emporer. All the details of his cruel, bizarre reign are revealed right here: His unholy sexual passion for his…

The Elephant Man

The Elephant Man

The Elephant Man
IMDb: 8.2
124

A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man being mistreated by his “owner” as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous façade, there is revealed a person of great intelligence and…

Genre: Drama, History
Murder on the Orient Express

Murder on the Orient Express

Murder on the Orient Express
IMDb: 7.3
128

In 1935, when his train is stopped by deep snow, detective Hercule Poirot is called on to solve a murder that occurred in his car the night before.

Becket

Becket

Becket
IMDb: 7.8
148

King Henry II of England has trouble with the Church. When the Archbishop of Canterbury dies, he has a brilliant idea. Rather than appoint another pious cleric loyal to Rome…

Genre: Drama, History
Julius Caesar

Julius Caesar

Julius Caesar
IMDb: 7.3
120

The assassination of the would be ruler of Rome at the hands of Brutus and company has tragic consequences for the idealist and the republic.

Genre: Drama, History
The Shoes of the Fisherman

The Shoes of the Fisherman

The Shoes of the Fisherman
IMDb: 7
162

All eyes focus on the Vatican, watching for the traditional puffs of white smoke that signal the election of the next Pope. This time much more is at stake. The…

Genre: Drama, Thriller
Alice in Wonderland

Alice in Wonderland

Alice in Wonderland
IMDb: 6.9
72

Alice in Wonderland (1966) is a BBC television play based on Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. It was directed by Jonathan Miller, then most widely known for his…

The Formula

The Formula

The Formula
IMDb: 5.6
117

A detective uncovers a formula that was devised by the Nazis in WW II to make gasoline from synthetic products, thereby eliminating the necessity for oil–and oil companies. A major…

Genre: Thriller
11 Harrowhouse

11 Harrowhouse

11 Harrowhouse
IMDb: 6.3
94

A small time diamond merchant jumps at the chance to supervise the purchase and cutting of a large first class diamond. But when the diamond is stolen from him, he…

The Whistle Blower

The Whistle Blower

The Whistle Blower
IMDb: 6.2
100

A war veteran tries to investigate the murder of his son who was working as a Russian translator for the British intelligence service during the Cold War. He meets a…

Providence

Providence

Providence
IMDb: 7.5
110

On the eve of his 78th birthday, the ailing, alcoholic writer Clive Langham spends a painful and sleepless night mentally composing and recomposing scenes for a novel in which characters…

The Human Factor

The Human Factor

The Human Factor
IMDb: 6.1
115

A low-ranking Secret Service agent is conned into supplying information to Eastern Bloc countries. Although he is not a suspect due to his unimportant position, when his office partner is…

Genre: Thriller
Romeo & Juliet

Romeo & Juliet

Romeo & Juliet
IMDb: 6.6
167

Two households, both alike in dignity, in fair Verona where we lay our scene, from ancient grudge break to new mutiny where civil blood makes civil hands unclean. From forth…

The Wicked Lady

The Wicked Lady

The Wicked Lady
IMDb: 4.8
98

Caroline is to be wed to Sir Ralph and invites her sister Barbara to be her bridesmaid. Barbara seduces Ralph, however, and she becomes the new Lady, but despite her…

The Loved One

The Loved One

The Loved One
IMDb: 7.1
122

Newly arrived in Hollywood from England, Dennis Barlow finds he has to arrange his uncle’s interment at the highly-organised and very profitable Whispering Glades funeral parlour. His fancy is caught…

Genre: Comedy
Gandhi

Gandhi

Gandhi
IMDb: 8
191

In the early years of the 20th century, Mohandas K. Gandhi, a British-trained lawyer, forsakes all worldly possessions to take up the cause of Indian independence. Faced with armed resistance…

Genre: Drama, History
Shine

Shine

Shine
IMDb: 7.7
105

Pianist David Helfgott, driven by his father and teachers, has a breakdown. Years later he returns to the piano, to popular if not critical acclaim.

Genre: Drama
The Scarlet and the Black

The Scarlet and the Black

The Scarlet and the Black
IMDb: 7.5
143

Fr. Hugh O’Flaherty is a Vatican official in 1943-45 who has been hiding downed pilots, escaped prisoners of war, and Italian resistance families. His diplomatic status in a Catholic country…

Lion of the Desert

Lion of the Desert

Lion of the Desert
IMDb: 8.3
173

This movie tells the story of Omar Mukhtar, an Arab Muslim rebel who fought against the Italian conquest of Libya in WWII. It gives western viewers a glimpse into this…

Genre: Action, History, War
Julius Caesar

Julius Caesar

Julius Caesar
IMDb: 6.1
117

All-star cast glamorizes this lavish 1970 remake of the classic William Shakespeare play, which portrays the assassination of Julius Caesar on the Ides of March, and the resulting war between…

Genre: Drama, History, War
The Charge of the Light Brigade

The Charge of the Light Brigade

The Charge of the Light Brigade
IMDb: 6.6
139

A chronicle of events that led to the British involvement in the Crimean War against Russia and which led to the siege of Sevastopol and the fierce Battle of Balaclava…

Genre: Drama, History