Search results for "Laurence Olivier"
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony

Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony

Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
IMDb: 6.9
53

Hopkins’ career has spanned several decades, which is why we will also use many interviews that he gave throughout his life, allowing us to put him back into the context…

Genre: Documentary
Nothing Like a Dame

Nothing Like a Dame

Nothing Like a Dame
IMDb: 7.4
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…

Genre: Documentary
The World at War

The World at War

The World at War
TMDb: 8.184
60 min

A documentary series that gives a historical account of the events of World War II, from its roots in the 1920s to the aftermath and the lives it profoundly influenced.

Status: Ended
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow

Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow

Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
IMDb: 6.1
107

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…

Daphne Laureola

Daphne Laureola

Daphne Laureola
IMDb: 6.8
90

A young man becomes infatuated with the exotic Lady Pitts whose much older husband is not pleased.

Genre: Uncategorized
Air Bud: World Pup

Air Bud: World Pup

Air Bud: World Pup
IMDb: 4.5
N/A

This seven-hour British-Italian adaptation of Edward Bulwer-Lytton’s 1834 epic, set against the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D. and previously filmed in 1935, and in 1960 was a vehicle…

Genre: Uncategorized
War Requiem

War Requiem

War Requiem
IMDb: 6.6
90

During World War I, British soldier Owen is mortified by the examples of cruelty that surround him in the trenches. He combats these terrifying images by maintaining hope in his…

Genre: War
Wild Geese II

Wild Geese II

Wild Geese II
IMDb: 4.8
125

A group of mercenaries is hired to spring Rudolf Hess from Spandau Prison in Berlin.

Genre: Uncategorized
The Ebony Tower

The Ebony Tower

The Ebony Tower
IMDb: 6.5
N/A

A brash young artist invades the secluded retirement of an elderly painter and finds that the great man lives with two young women in a tantalizingly ambiguous relationship.

Genre: TV Movie
The Bounty

The Bounty

The Bounty
IMDb: 7
132

The familiar story of Lieutenant Bligh, whose cruelty leads to a mutiny on his ship. This version follows both the efforts of Fletcher Christian to get his men beyond the…

Genre: History
The Jigsaw Man

The Jigsaw Man

The Jigsaw Man
IMDb: 5.1
94

Philip Kimberly, the former head of the British Secret Service who defected to Russia, is given plastic surgery and sent back to Britain by the KGB to retrieve some vital…

Genre: Uncategorized
Clash of the Titans

Clash of the Titans

Clash of the Titans
IMDb: 6.9
118

To win the right to marry his love, the beautiful princess Andromeda, and fulfil his destiny, half-God-half-mortal Perseus must complete various tasks including taming Pegasus, capturing Medusa’s head and battling…

The Jazz Singer

The Jazz Singer

The Jazz Singer
IMDb: 5.9
115

A young Jewish man is torn between tradition and individuality when his old-fashioned family objects to his career as a jazz singer.

Genre: Music
A Little Romance

A Little Romance

A Little Romance
IMDb: 7.4
108

Intellectually precocious teenager Lauren King lives in Paris with her somewhat ditzy mother. On a movie set, she strikes up a friendship with teenage film buff Daniel Michon. After Lauren’s…

Genre: Comedy
Dracula

Dracula

Dracula
IMDb: 6.5
109

Romanticized adaptation of Bram Stoker’s 1897 classic. Count Dracula is a subject of fatal attraction to more than one English maiden lady, as he seeks an immortal bride.

Genre: Horror
The Boys from Brazil

The Boys from Brazil

The Boys from Brazil
IMDb: 7
125

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

The Betsy

The Betsy

The Betsy
IMDb: 5.2
125

Ruthless patriarch Loren hires racecar driver Angelo to build a more efficient vehicle against the wishes of his grandson. But things get even messier when Angelo romances two women in…

Genre: Uncategorized
A Bridge Too Far

A Bridge Too Far

A Bridge Too Far
IMDb: 7.4
175

The story of Operation Market Garden—a failed attempt by the allies in the latter stages of WWII to end the war quickly by securing three bridges in Holland allowing access…

Genre: History, War
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution

The Seven-Per-Cent Solution

The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
IMDb: 6.6
113

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 attempts to solve the mysteries of…

Genre: Mystery
Marathon Man

Marathon Man

Marathon Man
IMDb: 7.4
125

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

Genre: Uncategorized
Love Among the Ruins

Love Among the Ruins

Love Among the Ruins
IMDb: 7.7
100

An aging actress and socialite, Jessica Medlicott has ended her engagement with a younger man and is now being sued by her former fiancé. Esteemed barrister Sir Arthur Glanville-Jones is…

Genre: Comedy, TV Movie
Long Day’s Journey Into Night

Long Day’s Journey Into Night

Long Day’s Journey Into Night
IMDb: 8.1
161

On a day in the summer of 1912, the family of retired matinee idol James Tyrone grapples with the morphine addiction of Tyrone’s wife Mary, the illness of their youngest…

Genre: TV Movie
Sleuth

Sleuth

Sleuth
IMDb: 7.9
138

A mystery novelist devises an insurance scam with his wife’s lover – but things aren’t exactly as they seem. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2012.

Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Three Sisters

Three Sisters

Three Sisters
IMDb: 6.2
165

Nearly a thousand miles away from their beloved Moscow, Chekhov’s Three Sisters live in virtual exile. Olga , a schoolmistress, attempts to support her siblings and the home that is…

Genre: Uncategorized
Battle of Britain

Battle of Britain

Battle of Britain
IMDb: 6.9
132

In 1940, the Royal Air Force fights a desperate battle against the might of the Luftwaffe for control of the skies over Britain, thus preventing the Nazi invasion of Britain.

Genre: History, War
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: Uncategorized
Khartoum

Khartoum

Khartoum
IMDb: 6.8
134

English General Charles George Gordon is appointed military governor of Anglo-Egyptian Sudan by the Prime Minister. Ordered to evacuate Egyptians from the Sudan, Gordon stays on to protect the people…

Othello

Othello

Othello
IMDb: 7
165

General Othello’s marriage is destroyed when vengeful Ensign Iago convinces him that his new wife has been unfaithful.

Genre: Uncategorized
Bunny Lake Is Missing

Bunny Lake Is Missing

Bunny Lake Is Missing
IMDb: 7.3
107

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

Genre: Mystery
Term of Trial

Term of Trial

Term of Trial
IMDb: 7.1
130

A schoolteacher plagued by alcoholism and his refusal to serve in World War II, Graham Weir inspires contempt in almost everyone around him, including his bitter wife, Anna. When the…

Genre: Uncategorized
Spartacus

Spartacus

Spartacus
IMDb: 7.9
197

The rebellious Thracian Spartacus, born and raised a slave, is sold to Gladiator trainer Batiatus. After weeks of being trained to kill for the arena, Spartacus turns on his owners…

The Entertainer

The Entertainer

The Entertainer
IMDb: 7.1
96

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

Genre: Uncategorized
The Devil’s Disciple

The Devil’s Disciple

The Devil’s Disciple
IMDb: 6.9
82

In a small New England town during the American War of Independence, Dick Dudgeon, a revolutionary American Puritan, is mistaken for local minister Rev. Anthony Anderson and arrested by the…

Genre: Comedy, History, War
The Prince and the Showgirl

The Prince and the Showgirl

The Prince and the Showgirl
IMDb: 6.4
115

An American showgirl becomes entangled in political intrigue when the Prince Regent of a foreign country attempts to seduce her.

Genre: Comedy
A Queen Is Crowned

A Queen Is Crowned

A Queen Is Crowned
IMDb: 6.8
79

A lavish documentary film of Queen Elizabeth II’s Coronation in 1953.

Genre: Documentary
The Beggar’s Opera

The Beggar’s Opera

The Beggar’s Opera
IMDb: 6.1
94

Adaptation of John Gay’s 18th century opera, featuring Laurence Olivier as MacHeath and Hugh Griffith as the Beggar.

Genre: Crime, History, Music
Carrie

Carrie

Carrie
IMDb: 7.3
118

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…

Genre: Uncategorized
Hamlet

Hamlet

Hamlet
IMDb: 7.6
153

Winner of four Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Actor, Sir Laurence Olivier’s Hamlet continues to be the most compelling version of Shakespeare’s beloved tragedy. Olivier is at his…

Genre: Uncategorized
The Volunteer

The Volunteer

The Volunteer
IMDb: 6
44

World War II propaganda film.

Genre: Documentary, War
Henry V

Henry V

Henry V
IMDb: 7
137

In the midst of the Hundred Years’ War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France in 1415.

Genre: History, War