Movies By highest IMDB rating on BFIC

Do Not Adjust Your Set volume 1 (1967)

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Directors: Daphne Shadwell
Stars: Denise Coffey, Eric Idle, David Jason
The first four episodes of the innovative and influential Swinging Sixties British comedy series, which launched the careers of several future Monty Python members.

Do Not Adjust Your Set volume 4 (1968)

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Directors: Daphne Shadwell, Adrian Cooper
Stars: Denise Coffey, Eric Idle, Terry Jones
Three final episodes of the innovative and influential Swinging Sixties British comedy series, which launched the careers of several future Monty Python members.

The Tales of Hoffmann (1951)

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Gone: 2022-03-01RT: 86/70 IMDB: 7.2 chan: BFIC
Directors: Emeric Pressburger, Michael Powell Genres: Fantasy, Music, Romance
Stars: Robert Rounseville, Monica Sinclair, Fisher-Morgan
Powell and Pressburger direct this adaptation of Jacques Offenbach's spectacular opera, featuring sensationally sumptuous production design.

I'm All Right, Jack (1959)

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Gone: 2022-03-01RT: 88/76 IMDB: 7.2 chan: BFIC
Directors: John Boulting Genres: Comedy
Stars: Ian Carmichael, Terry-Thomas, Peter Sellers
Peter Sellers shines in one of his famous roles as pompous shop steward Fred Kite, in the Boulting Brothers' hilarious satire of industrial relations.

The Bespoke Overcoat (1954)

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Directors: Jack Clayton
Stars: David Kossoff, Alfie Bass
A clerk in a cold warehouse wants one of the warm sheepskin coats stacked around him.

Robinson in Space (1997)

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Gone: RT: /69 IMDB: 7.2 Budget: 0.7M chan: BFIC
Directors: Patrick Keiller Genres: Documentary
Stars: Paul Scofield
Patrick Keller's imaginative and cerebral Robinson in Space follows the titular character and his unseen companion (and narrator), voiced by Paul Scofield, as they investigate the 'problem' of England.

Elstree Story (1952)

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Gone: RT: /72 IMDB: 7.2 chan: BFIC
Directors: Gilbert Gunn Genres: Documentary
Stars: Richard Todd
A charming 1952 history of Elstree Studios, its films and the people who made them, from Hitchcock to Olivier.

A Friend of Dorothy (1994)

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Gone: RT: /72 IMDB: 7.2 chan: BFIC
Directors: Raoul O'Connell Genres: Drama
Stars: Anne Zupa, Kevin McClatchy
A gay man studying in New York develops a crush on his male roommate in this cute and breezy short.

Passport To Pimlico (1949)

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Gone: 2022-03-01RT: 94/84 IMDB: 7.2 chan: BFIC
Directors: Henry Cornelius Genres: Comedy
Stars: Stanley Holloway, Betty Warren, Barbara Murray
After discovering untold riches, the citizens of a London street declare independence in this appealingly eccentric Ealing comedy.

Whisky Galore (1948) (1949)

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Gone: RT: 96/83 IMDB: 7.2 chan: BFIC
Directors: Alexander Mackendrick Genres: Comedy, Crime
Stars: Finlay Currie, Basil Radford, Catherine Lacey
Ealing's thirstiest comedy: "the longest unsponsored advertisement ever to reach cinema screens"?

Evil Under the Sun (1982)

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Gone: 2022-03-01RT: 90/72 IMDB: 7.1 Revenue: 6.1M chan: BFIC
Directors: Guy Hamilton Genres: Thriller, Crime, Mystery, Drama
Stars: Peter Ustinov, Jane Birkin, Colin Blakely
Sir Peter Ustinov as the famous Belgian detective Hercule Poirot in this classic Agatha Christie mystery tale. At the attempt to find out how a millionaire wound up with a phony diamond, Poirot ends up on an exclusive island resort frequented by the rich and famous where a murder is committed, but everyone has an alibi.

Dunkirk (1958)

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Gone: RT: 60/71 IMDB: 7.1 chan: BFIC
Directors: Leslie Norman Genres: Drama, War
Stars: John Mills, Richard Attenborough, Bernard Lee
Almost 50 years before Christopher Nolan's epic production, Ealing Studios tell the story of the Dunkirk evacuation, starring John Mills and Richard Attenborough.

Stage Beauty (2004)

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Gone: RT: 64/78 IMDB: 7.1 Revenue: 0.8M chan: BFIC
Directors: Richard Eyre Genres: Comedy, Romance
Stars: Billy Crudup, Claire Danes, Rupert Everett
A female theatre dresser creates a stir and sparks a revolution in seventeenth century London theatre by playing Desdemona in Othello. But what will become of the male actor she once worked for and eventually replaced?

It Always Rains on Sunday (1947)

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Gone: RT: 88/65 IMDB: 7.1 chan: BFIC
Directors: Robert Hamer Genres: Crime, Drama
Stars: Googie Withers, Jack Warner, John McCallum
Austerity noir: Ealing's downbeat but compelling East End thriller.

Darling (1965)

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Gone: 2022-03-01RT: 67/70 IMDB: 7.1 chan: BFIC
Directors: John Schlesinger Genres: Drama, Romance
Stars: Dirk Bogarde, Laurence Harvey, Julie Christie
Julie Christie stars in the quintessential swinging sixties film, as a young woman flitting nonchalantly through London's nightlife.

The Magic Box (1951)

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Gone: 2022-03-01RT: /78 IMDB: 7.1 Revenue: 0.1M chan: BFIC
Directors: John Boulting Genres: Drama
Stars: Robert Donat, Margaret Johnston, Richard Attenborough
The life and long-forgotten works of William Friese-Greene, a pioneer of British cinema, who claimed to have invented the first film camera.

The Silent Village (1943)

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Gone: RT: /70 IMDB: 7.1 chan: BFIC
Directors: Humphrey Jennings Genres: Documentary, Drama, History, War
Stars:
The villagers of Cwmgiedd re-enact a Nazi massacre in Czechoslovakia, in Humphrey Jennings’ unforgettable propaganda film.

Pool of London (1951)

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Gone: RT: /50 IMDB: 7.1 chan: BFIC
Directors: Basil Dearden Genres: Crime, Drama
Stars: Bonar Colleano, Susan Shaw, Moira Lister
Earl Cameron plays a naive Jamaican sailor who's dragged into a botched diamond robbery when trying to help a friend.

Pressure (1976)

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Gone: RT: /80 IMDB: 7.1 chan: BFIC
Directors: Horace Ové Genres: Drama
Stars: Herbert Norville, Oscar James, Frank Singuineau
Hailed as Britain's first black feature film, Pressure is a hard-hitting, honest document of the plight of disenchanted black youths in 1970s London.

The Titfield Thunderbolt (1953)

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Gone: 2022-03-01RT: /79 IMDB: 7.1 chan: BFIC
Directors: Charles Crichton Genres: Comedy
Stars: Stanley Holloway, George Relph, Naunton Wayne
When a corporation threatens to take over a small railway line, a group of villagers decide to try and run it for themselves, in Ealing studios' first colour comedy.

Terminus (1961)

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Gone: RT: /71 IMDB: 7.1 chan: BFIC
Directors: John Schlesinger Genres: Documentary
Stars:
The daily rhythms and dramas of Waterloo station are captured in John Schlesinger’s influential early film.

Children (1976)

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Gone: RT: /25 IMDB: 7.1 Budget: 0.5M chan: BFIC
Directors: Terence Davies Genres: Drama
Stars: Philip Mawdsley, Valerie Lilley, Robin Hooper
The first part of Terence Davies' formidable Trilogy explores the effects of violence on a Liverpool schoolboy, told in a series of flashbacks.

Smart Alek (1993)

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Gone: RT: /71 IMDB: 7.1 chan: BFIC
Directors: Andrew Kötting Genres: Comedy
Stars: Sean Locke
Sean Lock is a criminal 'Smart Alek' in this apparently true story of a family holiday turned bloody nightmare.

The Colditz Story (1955)

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Gone: RT: /73 IMDB: 7.0 chan: BFIC
Directors: Guy Hamilton Genres: War, Drama
Stars: John Mills, Eric Portman, Frederick Valk
When they are placed in an "inescapable" castle by the Nazis, allied troops pool their resources to attempt their supposedly impossible goal; freedom.

The Four Musketeers (1974)

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Gone: 2022-03-01RT: 76/74 IMDB: 7.0 chan: BFIC
Directors: Richard Lester Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Stars: Oliver Reed, Raquel Welch, Christopher Lee
The Musketeers return! In a sequel to the 1973 smash swashbuckler, the trio are tasked with protecting the Queen of France and her dressmaker from the dastardly deeds of Cardinal Richelieu.

The Man Between (1953)

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Gone: RT: /81 IMDB: 7.0 chan: BFIC
Directors: Carol Reed Genres: Thriller
Stars: James Mason, Claire Bloom, Hildegard Knef
Carol Reed follows Odd Man Out and The Third Man with this thriller starring James Mason and Claire Bloom set in post-war Berlin.

Henry VIII and His Six Wives (1972)

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Gone: 2022-03-01RT: /75 IMDB: 7.0 chan: BFIC
Directors: Waris Hussein Genres: Drama
Stars: Keith Michell, Donald Pleasence, Charlotte Rampling
On his death bed, an elderly Henry VIII laments his eventful life and his six marriages, in this classic period drama.

Tales Of Beatrix Potter (1971)

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Gone: 2022-03-01RT: /90 IMDB: 7.0 chan: BFIC
Directors: Reginald Mills Genres: Fantasy, Family, Music
Stars: Frederick Ashton, Alexander Grant, Julie Wood
Beatrix Potter's most beloved characters spring to life in this live-action classic.

Together (1956)

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Gone: RT: /70 IMDB: 7.0 chan: BFIC
Directors: Lorenza Mazzetti Genres: Drama
Stars: Michael Andrews, Eduardo Paolozzi
Two deaf-mute dock workers eke out a humble East End existence in Lorenza Mazzetti's striking and poetic example of Free Cinema.

Blackmail (1929)

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Gone: 2022-03-01RT: 87/65 IMDB: 7.0 chan: BFIC
Directors: Alfred Hitchcock Genres: Drama, Thriller
Stars: Anny Ondra, Sara Allgood, Charles Paton
Alfred Hitchcock's first sound film sees a young woman blackmailed for a murder she was forced to commit.

Soapbox Derby (1958)

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Gone: RT: /70 IMDB: 7.0 chan: BFIC
Directors: D'Arcy Conyers Genres: Drama, Family
Stars: Michael Crawford, Keith Davis, Roy Townshend
Children’s Film Foundation adventure that sees a young Michael Crawford scrapping with a rival South London gang in Battersea.

Murder in the Cathedral (1952)

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Gone: RT: /70 IMDB: 7.0 chan: BFIC
Directors: George Hoellering Genres: Drama, History
Stars: John Groser, Alexander Gauge, David Ward
Powerful adaptation of TS Eliot's classic verse drama recounting the clash between King Henry II and Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Becket.

Johnny on the Run (1953)

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Gone: RT: /70 IMDB: 7.0 chan: BFIC
Directors: Lewis Gilbert Genres: Family, Adventure
Stars: Eugeniusz Chylek, Sydney Tafler, Michael Balfour
A Polish refugee runs into trouble with two scheming thieves in this superb early work from illustrious British director Lewis Gilbert (Alfie, You Only Live Twice).

Out of the Darkness (1985)

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Gone: RT: /67 IMDB: 7.0 chan: BFIC
Directors: John Krish Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller, TV Movie
Stars: Gary Halliday, Michael Flowers, Emma Ingham
A ghostly drama of the Derbyshire plague village of Eyam, as unquiet spirits of the long dead make contact with the living.

To Have and to Hold (2001)

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Gone: RT: /70 IMDB: 7.0 chan: BFIC
Directors: John Hardwick Genres: Horror
Stars: Susanne Lothar, Paul Davies
A woman finds that death will not part her from her deceased lover.

London Can Take It! (1940)

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Gone: RT: /70 IMDB: 7.0 chan: BFIC
Directors: Harry Watt, Humphrey Jennings Genres: Documentary, War
Stars: Quentin Reynolds
Humphrey Jennings and Harry Watt’s famous GPO film is an enduring example of British self-mythology; a hymn to London’s resilience that helped persuade America to join the war.

The Maggie (1954)

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Gone: RT: 83/65 IMDB: 7.0 chan: BFIC
Directors: Alexander Mackendrick Genres: Comedy
Stars: Paul Douglas, Alex Mackenzie, James Copeland
A wily old tugboat skipper outfoxes a wealthy American businessman in Alexander Mackendrick's underrated Ealing comedy

Smallest Show on Earth (1957)

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Gone: RT: /67 IMDB: 7.0 chan: BFIC
Directors: Basil Dearden Genres: Comedy
Stars: Virginia McKenna, Bill Travers, Peter Sellers
Inheriting a decrepit cinema from a rich uncle, a young couple must fight against the local picture palace to keep their fleapit afloat.

The Big Melt (2013)

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Gone: RT: /70 IMDB: 7.0 chan: BFIC
Directors: Martin Wallace Genres: Documentary
Stars: Jarvis Cocker
Jarvis Cocker and acclaimed director Martin Wallace's feature-length elegy to the men and women who toiled in Sheffield's steelworks is a hymn to Britain's proud industrial past.

David (1952)

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Directors: Paul Dickson
Stars: Gomer Roberts, Sam Jones, Gwenyth Petty
This drama-documentary about the everyday life of a Welsh caretaker and ex-miner was the first film produced by the BFI, in 1951.

The Wooden Horse (1950)

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Gone: RT: /81 IMDB: 7.0 chan: BFIC
Directors: Jack Lee Genres: War, Drama
Stars: Leo Genn, David Tomlinson, Anthony Steel
The true story of three British POWs, and their ingenious plan to escape from Nazi Germany, with the help of their trusty vaulting horse.

Recluse (1981)

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Gone: RT: /70 IMDB: 7.0 chan: BFIC
Directors: Bob Bentley Genres: Crime, Drama
Stars: Maurice Denham, Derek Smith, Ann Tirard
Based on the true story of a tragic murder and suicide that took place on the Luxton farm in Devon in the 1970s.