The Chelsea Detective (2021-)
The Chelsea Detective 2021 Arnold, whose lifestyle on a battered houseboat in Chelseas Cheyne Walk contrasts sharply with the affluent elite whose crimes he helps solve alongside partner D C Priya Shamsie
Women in Love (1969)
Women in Love (1969) The battle of the sexes and relationships among the elite of Britain's industrial Midlands in the 1920s. Gerald Crich and Rupert Berkin are best friends who fall in love with a pair of sisters Gudrun, a sculptress and Ursula Brangwen, a schoolteacher. Rupert marries Ursula, Gera
The Nuns Story (1959)
The Nuns Story (1959) In 1930, in Belgium, Gabrielle van der Mal is the stubborn daughter of the prominent surgeon Dr. Pascin Van Der Mal that decides to leave her the upper-class family to enter to a convent, expecting to work as nun in Congo with tropical diseases. She says good-bye to her sisters
Far from the Madding Crowd (1967)
Bathsheba Everdene, a willful, flirtatious, young woman, unexpectedly inherits a large farm and is romantically pursued by three very different men.
Network (1976)
Network (1976) In the 1970s, terrorist violence is the stuff of networks' nightly news programming and the corporate structure of the UBS Television Network is changing. Meanwhile, Howard Beale, the aging UBS news anchor, has lost his once strong ratings share and so the network fires him. Beale rea
The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men (1952)
The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men (1952) Young Robin Hood, in love with Maid Marian, enters an archery contest with his father at the King's palace. On the way home his father is murdered by hench men of Prince John. Robin takes up the life of an outlaw, gathering together his band of merry
Raid on Entebbe (1976)
Raid on Entebbe (1976) Based on a true Military operation by Israeli commandos. An Air France flight is hijacked by the PFLP. The plane has about 100 Jewish passengers. The plane is grounded in Uganda. Israelis would not negotiate. The movie then shows how less than 500 soldiers actually flew so far
Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971)
Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971) Divorced working woman Alex and well-to-do Jewish family doctor Daniel Hirsh share not only the same answering service but also the favours of young Bob Elkin who bed-hops between them as the mood takes him. Both Alex and Dr Hirsh are aware of the other's existence but pr
The Legend of Lylah Clare (1968)
The Legend of Lylah Clare (1968) A sexy starlet resembles Lylah Clare, a flamboyant star of the thirties, who died mysteriously and tragically on her wedding night gets a chance to play her in a biographical film directed by Lylah's real-life husband (Peter Finch) and history repeats itself as he fa
10:30 P.M. Summer (1966)
10:30 P.M. Summer (1966) Restless married couple Maria and Paul take a road trip through Spain with their friend Claire. While Paul and Claire carry on a clandestine affair, Maria becomes obsessed with a recent murder in a small town along the way. What begins as a vacation ends as a meditation on t
The Warriors (1955)
The Warriors (1955) During the 14th century, the Hundred-Year War between France and England ends in a truce. The English army occupies French Aquitaine, but rebel French knights vow to continue the war and oust Prince Edward of Wales, English ruler of French Aquitaine. Prince Edward of Wales is the
The Sins of Rachel Cade (1961)
The Sins of Rachel Cade (1961) In 1939, earnest missionary nurse Rachel Cade travels to the Belgian Congo but she no sooner arrives than Dr. Bikel, who runs the local hospital where she is to work, dies of heart failure. She also soon learns that the hospital has been a failure and has yet to treat
Elephant Walk (1954)
Elephant Walk (1954) Colonial tea planter John Wiley, visiting England at the end of World War II, wins and weds lovely English rose Ruth and takes her home to Elephant Walk, Ceylon, where the local elephants have a grudge against the plantation. Ruth's delight with the tropical wealth and luxury of
The Abdication (1974)
The Abdication (1974) Queen Christina of Sweden (1626-1689) abdicates and travels to Rome to embrace the Catholic church. Today, she is mostly known for the rumors that she was lesbian.
Operation Amsterdam (1959)
Operation Amsterdam (1959) During WW II, British commandos visit occupied Holland to keep a fortune in diamonds out of Nazi hands. Tense action follows as Anna, Jan and their colleagues play cat and mouse with the Dutch army, knowing that one of their number may be a traitor.
A Town Like Alice (1956)
A Town Like Alice (1956) In 1941, The advancing Japanese army captures a lot of British territory very quickly. The men are sent off to labor camps, but they have no plan on what to do with the women and children of the British. A group is sent on a forced march from place to place searching for a W
Kidnapped (1959)
Kidnapped (1959) Kidnapped and cheated out of his inheritance, young David Balfour falls in with a Jacobite adventurer, Alan Breck Stewart. Falsely accused of murder, they must flee across the Highlands, evading the redcoats.
Judith (1966)
Judith (1966) Beautiful woman who survived concentration camp goes to Israel in 1948 to track down Nazi husband who betrayed her.
The Pumpkin Eater (1964)
The Pumpkin Eater (1964) Film screenwriter Jake Armitage and his wife Jo Armitage live in London with six of Jo's eight children, with the two eldest boys at boarding school. The children are spread over Jo's three marriages, with only the youngest being Jake's biological child, although he treats t
Lost Horizon (1973)
Lost Horizon (1973) While escaping war-torn China, a group of Europeans crash in the Himalayas, where they are rescued and taken to the mysterious Valley of the Blue Moon, Shangri-La. Hidden from the rest of the world, Shangri-La is a haven of peace and tranquility for world-weary diplomat Richard C
The Nelson Affair (1973)
The Nelson Affair (1973) Young George Matcham visits his uncle Lord Nelson and the vulgar Lady Hamilton. With the clear eyes of youth, he measures Nelson's stature and notes his feet of clay. And yet, Nelson is a hero, a great man. How can this be resolved? Meanwhile, the combined French and Spanish
The Trials of Oscar Wilde (1960)
The Trials of Oscar Wilde (1960) At the height of his fame (his plays being much celebrated in London in the 1890's), Oscar Wilde angers the Marquis of Queensberry by having what is whispered and gossiped as a romantic relationship with Queensberry's son, twenty years Wilde's junior. When Queensberr
The Detective (1954)
The Detective (1954) Amateur detective Father Ignatius Brown defies his Bishop and decides to transport to Rome a holy relic from his church - a cross that once belonged to St. Augustin - rather than allow the more elaborate plans to proceed. On the channel crossing he becomes suspicious of a fellow
Windoms Way (1957)
Windoms Way (1957) A doctor's sophisticated wife joins him at his remote Asian practice to try and patch up their marriage. Increasingly violent friction between local rubber plantation workers and the authorities force both parties to make decisions.
Girl with Green Eyes (1964)
Girl with Green Eyes 1964 Awkward young Irish farm girl Kate Brady moves to Dublin and shares a room with funny, outgoing Baba Brennan, where she soon meets middle aged writer Eugene Gaillard, who is immediately attracted to the shy and innocent Kate and ignores the more sophisticated Baba
Simon and Laura (1955)
Simon and Laura 1955 In the 1950s days of only BBC television, a wet behind the ears producer has the idea of basing a family drama series on a real life happily married actor couple Unfortunately he chooses the Fosters, who need the money and so do the show Actors they may be, but happily married t