Ralph Richardson

Anna Karenina

Anna Karenina

Anna Karenina

IMDb: 7.1
1948
139min

Stefan and Dolly Oblonsky have had a spat and Stefan has asked his sister, Anna Karenina, to come down to Moscow to help mend the rift. Anna’s companion on the train from St. Petersburg is Countess Vronsky who is met at the Moscow station by her son. Col. Vronsky looks very dashing in his uniform and it’s love at first sight when he looks at Anna and their eyes meet.

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Things to Come

Things to Come

Things to Come

IMDb: 6.7
1936
100min

The story of a century: a decades-long second World War leaves plague and anarchy, then a rational state rebuilds civilization and attempts space travel.

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The Wrong Box

The Wrong Box

The Wrong Box

IMDb: 6.5
1966
105min

In Victorian England, a fortune now depends on which of two brothers outlives the other… or can be made to have seemed to do so!

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Whoever Slew Auntie Roo?

Whoever Slew Auntie Roo?

Whoever Slew Auntie Roo?

IMDb: 6.2
1972
91min

A demented widow lures unsuspecting children into her mansion in a bizarre “Hansel and Gretel” twist.

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Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes

Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes

Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes

IMDb: 6.3
1984
143min

A shipping disaster in the 19th Century has stranded a man and woman in the wilds of Africa. The lady is pregnant, and gives birth to a son in their tree house. Soon after, a family of apes stumble across the house and in the ensuing panic, both parents are killed. A female ape takes the tiny boy as a replacement for her own dead infant, and raises him as her son. Twenty years later, Captain Phillippe D’Arnot discovers the man who thinks he is an ape. Evidence in the tree house leads him to believe that he is the direct descendant of the Earl of Greystoke, and thus takes it upon himself to return the man to civilization.

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Give My Regards to Broad Street

Give My Regards to Broad Street

Give My Regards to Broad Street

IMDb: 5.2
1984
109min

Having written the music and screenplay for this film, Paul McCartney also plays himself in the leading role. When the mastertape of McCartney’s latest album is misplaced, he must discover its whereabouts in less than 24 hours or else risk losing his recording company to the lowlife Mr. Rath (John Bennett). McCartney performs three new songs, along with classic Beatles’ tunes. Co-starring are former Beatles mate Ringo Starr as the drummer in Paul’s band, Ringo’s real-life wife Barbara Bach, McCartney’s then wife Linda and Tracy Ullman.

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Time Bandits

Time Bandits

Time Bandits

IMDb: 7.0
1981
116min

Young history buff Kevin can scarcely believe it when six dwarfs emerge from his closet one night. Former employees of the Supreme Being, they’ve purloined a map charting all of the holes in the fabric of time and are using it to steal treasures from different historical eras. Taking Kevin with them, they variously drop in on Napoleon, Robin Hood and King Agamemnon before the Supreme Being catches up with them.

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Watership Down

Watership Down

Watership Down

IMDb: 7.7
1978
88min

When the warren belonging to a community of rabbits is threatened, a brave group led by Fiver, Bigwig, Blackberry and Hazel leave their homeland in a search of a safe new haven.

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Rollerball

Rollerball

Rollerball

IMDb: 6.6
1975
125min

In a corporate-controlled future, an ultra-violent sport known as Rollerball represents the world, and one of its powerful athletes is out to defy those who want him out of the game.

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Tales from the Crypt

Tales from the Crypt

Tales from the Crypt

IMDb: 7.0
1972
92min

Five people find themselves in a tomb. The Crypt keeper explains why they are there through a series of frightening stories. Based on the classic comic book.

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Khartoum

Khartoum

Khartoum

IMDb: 6.9
1966
134min

English General Charles George Gordon, a devout Christian, is appointed military governor of Anglo-Egyptian Sudan by Prime Minister Gladstone. Ordered to evacuate Egyptians from the Sudan, General Gordon stays on to protect the people of Khartoum, who are under threat of being conquered by a Muslim army.

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Doctor Zhivago

Doctor Zhivago

Doctor Zhivago

IMDb: 8.0
1965
197min

Doctor Zhivago is the filmed adapation of the Russian novel by Boris Pasternak from director David Lean that was an international success and today deemed a classic. Omar Sharif and Julie Christie play two protagonists who in fact love each other yet because of their current situation cannot find a way be together.

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Exodus

Exodus

Exodus

IMDb: 6.8
1960
208min

The theme is the founding of the state of Israel. The action begins on a ship filled with Jewish immigrants bound for Israel who are being off loaded on Cyprus. An Intelligence officer succeeds in getting them back on board their ship only to have the harbor blocked by the British with whom they must negotiate. The second part deals with declaring independence and the resulting warring.

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Richard III

Richard III

Richard III

IMDb: 7.6
1955
161min

Shakespeare’s powerful tale of the wicked deformed king and his conquests, both on the battlefield and in the boudoir.

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The Sound Barrier

The Sound Barrier

The Sound Barrier

IMDb: 6.9
1952
118min

Fictionalized story of British aerospace engineers solving the problem of supersonic flight.

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The Heiress

The Heiress

The Heiress

IMDb: 8.3
1949
115min

Dull and plain Catherine (Olivia de Havilland) lives with her emotionally distant father, Dr. Sloper (Ralph Richardson), in 1840s New York. Her days are empty — filled with little more than needlepoint. Enter handsome Morris Townsend (Montgomery Clift), a dashing social climber with his eye on the spinster’s heart and substantial inheritance. William Wyler’s Oscar-winning film is an adaptation of the Henry James novel Washington Square.

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The Fallen Idol

The Fallen Idol

The Fallen Idol

IMDb: 7.8
1948
95min

The film is told through the naive eyes of a diplomat’s young son, Phillipe, who idolises his best friend, the diplomat’s butler Baines. Baines has constructed a heroic persona, full of exotic adventures, that fascinates the boy.

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The Four Feathers

The Four Feathers

The Four Feathers

IMDb: 7.6
1939
129min

A disgraced officer risks his life to help his childhood friends in battle.

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