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Brain Donors (1992)

Three manic idiots—a lawyer, cab driver and a handyman—team up to run a ballet company to fulfil the will of a millionaire. Stooge-like antics result as the trio try to outwit the rich widow and her scheming big-shot lawyer, who also wants to run the ballet.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dennis Dugan
CAST:  Mel Smith  •  Bob Nelson  •  John Turturro  •  Teri Copley

Three manic idiots—a lawyer, cab driver and a handyman—team up to run a ballet company to fulfil the will of a millionaire. Stooge-like antics result as the trio try to outwit the rich widow and her scheming big-shot lawyer, who also wants to run the ballet.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dennis Dugan
CAST:  Mel Smith  •  Bob Nelson  •  John Turturro  •  Teri Copley

Gandhi (1982)

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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 from the British government, Gandhi adopts a policy of 'passive ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Attenborough
CAST:  Ben Kingsley  •  Rohini Hattangadi  •  Candice Bergen  •  Roshan Seth

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 from the British government, Gandhi adopts a policy of 'passive ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Attenborough
CAST:  Ben Kingsley  •  Rohini Hattangadi  •  Candice Bergen  •  Roshan Seth

Hudson Hawk (1991)

Eddie Hawkins, called Hudson Hawk has just been released from ten years of prison and is planning to spend the rest of his life honestly. But then the crazy Mayflower couple blackmail him to steal some of the works of Leonardo da Vinci. If he refuses, they threaten ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Lehmann
CAST:  Bruce Willis  •  Danny Aiello  •  Andie MacDowell  •  James Coburn

Eddie Hawkins, called Hudson Hawk has just been released from ten years of prison and is planning to spend the rest of his life honestly. But then the crazy Mayflower couple blackmail him to steal some of the works of Leonardo da Vinci. If he refuses, they threaten ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Lehmann
CAST:  Bruce Willis  •  Danny Aiello  •  Andie MacDowell  •  James Coburn

Impromptu (1991)

In 1830s France, pianist/composer Frédéric Chopin is pursued romantically by the determined, individualistic woman who uses the name George Sand.  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Lapine
CAST:  Judy Davis  •  Hugh Grant  •  Mandy Patinkin  •  Bernadette Peters

In 1830s France, pianist/composer Frédéric Chopin is pursued romantically by the determined, individualistic woman who uses the name George Sand.  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Lapine
CAST:  Judy Davis  •  Hugh Grant  •  Mandy Patinkin  •  Bernadette Peters

Little Dorrit (1987)

A drama based on the novel by Charles Dickens which tells the story of Arthur Clennam who is thrown into a debtor's prison. There he meets a young seamstress whose father has been imprisoned for twenty-five years. A film in originally released in two parts.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christine Edzard
CAST:  Derek Jacobi  •  Joan Greenwood  •  Max Wall  •  Patricia Hayes

A drama based on the novel by Charles Dickens which tells the story of Arthur Clennam who is thrown into a debtor's prison. There he meets a young seamstress whose father has been imprisoned for twenty-five years. A film in originally released in two parts.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christine Edzard
CAST:  Derek Jacobi  •  Joan Greenwood  •  Max Wall  •  Patricia Hayes

The Remains of the Day (1993)

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A rule bound head butler's world of manners and decorum in the household he maintains is tested by the arrival of a housekeeper who falls in love with him in post-WWI Britain. The possibility of romance and his master's cultivation of ties with the Nazi cause ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Ivory
CAST:  Anthony Hopkins  •  Emma Thompson  •  James Fox  •  Christopher Reeve

A rule bound head butler's world of manners and decorum in the household he maintains is tested by the arrival of a housekeeper who falls in love with him in post-WWI Britain. The possibility of romance and his master's cultivation of ties with the Nazi cause ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Ivory
CAST:  Anthony Hopkins  •  Emma Thompson  •  James Fox  •  Christopher Reeve

Waterloo (1970)

After defeating France and imprisoning Napoleon on Elba, ending two decades of war, Europe is shocked to find Napoleon has escaped and has caused the French Army to defect from the King back to him. The best of the British generals, the Duke of Wellington, beat ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sergey Bondarchuk
CAST:  Rod Steiger  •  Christopher Plummer  •  Orson Welles  •  Jack Hawkins

After defeating France and imprisoning Napoleon on Elba, ending two decades of war, Europe is shocked to find Napoleon has escaped and has caused the French Army to defect from the King back to him. The best of the British generals, the Duke of Wellington, beat ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sergey Bondarchuk
CAST:  Rod Steiger  •  Christopher Plummer  •  Orson Welles  •  Jack Hawkins

Hitler: The Last Ten Days (1973)

Hitler: The Last Ten Days takes us into the depths of der Furher’s Berlin bunker during his final days. Based on the book by Gerhard Boldt, it provides a bleak look at the goings-on within, and without.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ennio De Concini
CAST:  Alec Guinness  •  Simon Ward  •  Adolfo Celi  •  Diane Cilento

Hitler: The Last Ten Days takes us into the depths of der Furher’s Berlin bunker during his final days. Based on the book by Gerhard Boldt, it provides a bleak look at the goings-on within, and without.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ennio De Concini
CAST:  Alec Guinness  •  Simon Ward  •  Adolfo Celi  •  Diane Cilento

Robbery (1967)

In this fictionalised account of the Great Train Robbery, career criminal Paul Clifton plans an audacious crime: the robbery of a mail train carrying millions in cash.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Yates
CAST:  Stanley Baker  •  Joanna Pettet  •  James Booth  •  Frank Finlay

In this fictionalised account of the Great Train Robbery, career criminal Paul Clifton plans an audacious crime: the robbery of a mail train carrying millions in cash.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Yates
CAST:  Stanley Baker  •  Joanna Pettet  •  James Booth  •  Frank Finlay

Mountains of the Moon (1990)

The story of Captain Richard Francis Burton's and Lt. John Hanning Speke's expedition to find the source of the Nile river in the name of Queen Victoria's British Empire. The film tells the story of their meeting, their friendship emerging amidst hardship, and then ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bob Rafelson
CAST:  Patrick Bergin  •  Richard E. Grant  •  John Savident  •  Bernard Hill

The story of Captain Richard Francis Burton's and Lt. John Hanning Speke's expedition to find the source of the Nile river in the name of Queen Victoria's British Empire. The film tells the story of their meeting, their friendship emerging amidst hardship, and then ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bob Rafelson
CAST:  Patrick Bergin  •  Richard E. Grant  •  John Savident  •  Bernard Hill

One Against the Wind (1991)

Mary Linden works for the French Red Cross in Occupied France during World War II and helps allied soldiers who have been shot down to escape to the unoccupied side. Her activities are complicated by her high profile and her daughter's love affair with a German ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Larry Elikann
CAST:  Judy Davis  •  Sam Neill  •  Anthony Higgins  •  Christien Anholt

Mary Linden works for the French Red Cross in Occupied France during World War II and helps allied soldiers who have been shot down to escape to the unoccupied side. Her activities are complicated by her high profile and her daughter's love affair with a German ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Larry Elikann
CAST:  Judy Davis  •  Sam Neill  •  Anthony Higgins  •  Christien Anholt

A Summer Story (1988)

A bittersweet tale of lost love, based on a short story ("The Apple Tree") by John Galsworthy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Piers Haggard
CAST:  James Wilby  •  Imogen Stubbs  •  Susannah York  •  Kenneth Colley

A bittersweet tale of lost love, based on a short story ("The Apple Tree") by John Galsworthy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Piers Haggard
CAST:  James Wilby  •  Imogen Stubbs  •  Susannah York  •  Kenneth Colley

Inadmissible Evidence (1968)

A lawyer's agonizing journey to the breaking point of his private and professional lives as he becomes more and more alienated from everyone connected with him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anthony Page
CAST:  Nicol Williamson  •  Peter Sallis  •  Eileen Atkins  •  Jill Bennett

A lawyer's agonizing journey to the breaking point of his private and professional lives as he becomes more and more alienated from everyone connected with him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anthony Page
CAST:  Nicol Williamson  •  Peter Sallis  •  Eileen Atkins  •  Jill Bennett

Tom & Viv (1994)

The story of the marriage of the poet T. S. Eliot to socialite Vivienne Haigh-Wood, which had to cope with her gynaecological and emotional problems and his growing fame.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Brian Gilbert
CAST:  Willem Dafoe  •  Miranda Richardson  •  Rosemary Harris  •  Tim Dutton

The story of the marriage of the poet T. S. Eliot to socialite Vivienne Haigh-Wood, which had to cope with her gynaecological and emotional problems and his growing fame.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Brian Gilbert
CAST:  Willem Dafoe  •  Miranda Richardson  •  Rosemary Harris  •  Tim Dutton

Duel of Hearts (1992)

Lady Caroline Faye meets Lord Vane Brecon and is attracted to him. When she finds out that he is being accused of a murder he did not commit, she sets out to prove him innocent  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Hough
CAST:  Alison Doody  •  Michael York  •  Benedict Taylor  •  Geraldine Chaplin

Lady Caroline Faye meets Lord Vane Brecon and is attracted to him. When she finds out that he is being accused of a murder he did not commit, she sets out to prove him innocent  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Hough
CAST:  Alison Doody  •  Michael York  •  Benedict Taylor  •  Geraldine Chaplin

The Day Christ Died (1980)

A dramatization of the events from the Last Supper through the arrest and trial of Jesus to the Crucifixion.  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Cellan Jones
CAST:  Chris Sarandon  •  Colin Blakely  •  Keith Michell  •  Jonathan Pryce

A dramatization of the events from the Last Supper through the arrest and trial of Jesus to the Crucifixion.  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Cellan Jones
CAST:  Chris Sarandon  •  Colin Blakely  •  Keith Michell  •  Jonathan Pryce

Penny Gold (1974)

While investigating a murder case, a detective stumbles upon a rare-stamp swindle involving the victim's twin sister.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jack Cardiff
CAST:  James Booth  •  Francesca Annis  •  Nicky Henson  •  Joss Ackland

While investigating a murder case, a detective stumbles upon a rare-stamp swindle involving the victim's twin sister.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jack Cardiff
CAST:  James Booth  •  Francesca Annis  •  Nicky Henson  •  Joss Ackland

Trial by Combat (1976)

A group called The Knights Of Avalon are unhappy with the justice system so are taking the law into their own hands by executing criminals using medieval methods such as jousting.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kevin Connor
CAST:  John Mills  •  Donald Pleasence  •  David Birney  •  Barbara Hershey

A group called The Knights Of Avalon are unhappy with the justice system so are taking the law into their own hands by executing criminals using medieval methods such as jousting.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kevin Connor
CAST:  John Mills  •  Donald Pleasence  •  David Birney  •  Barbara Hershey

Camping (1990)

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DIRECTION:  Sune Lund-Sørensen
CAST:  Per Pallesen  •  Søren Pilmark  •  Kirsten Norholt  •  Rolv Wesenlund

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DIRECTION:  Sune Lund-Sørensen
CAST:  Per Pallesen  •  Søren Pilmark  •  Kirsten Norholt  •  Rolv Wesenlund

Butley (1974)

Butley is set in Queen Mary’s College, London and focuses on two English instructors, Ben Butley, a middle-aged former T. S. Eliot expert whose life is now in a shambles, and his protégé, Joey, a homosexual. With both Joey and his wife leaving, Butley faces a life ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harold Pinter
CAST:  Alan Bates  •  Jessica Tandy  •  Michael Byrne  •  Georgina Hale

Butley is set in Queen Mary’s College, London and focuses on two English instructors, Ben Butley, a middle-aged former T. S. Eliot expert whose life is now in a shambles, and his protégé, Joey, a homosexual. With both Joey and his wife leaving, Butley faces a life ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harold Pinter
CAST:  Alan Bates  •  Jessica Tandy  •  Michael Byrne  •  Georgina Hale
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