Search results for "David Lean"
Lawrence of Arabia

Lawrence of Arabia

Lawrence of Arabia
IMDb: 8.3
218 min

British Lieutenant T.E. was chosen because of his extensive knowledge about the Bedouin tribes. Lawrence is assigned to Arabia as the liaison between the British and Arabs in the fight…

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Doctor Zhivago

Doctor Zhivago

Doctor Zhivago
IMDb: 8.0
197 min

During the Russian Revolution Dr. Yuri Zhivago is a young physician who was raised by his aunt after his father committed suicide. Yuri is in love with Lara Guishar, played…

Genre: Drama, Romance, War
The Bridge on the River Kwai

The Bridge on the River Kwai

The Bridge on the River Kwai
IMDb: 8.2
161 min

In WW II, POWs from the Allies are sent to a Japanese Interment Camp to construct a bridge for the Burma–Siam Railway. They instinctively want to destroy the bridge but…

Genre: Drama, History, War
Blithe Spirit

Blithe Spirit

Blithe Spirit
IMDb: 7.1
96 min

An English mystery novelist invites a medium to his home, so she may conduct a séance for a small gathering. The writer hopes to gather enough material for the book…

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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
A Passage to India

A Passage to India

A Passage to India
IMDb: 7.3
164 min

Set during the period of growing influence of the Indian independence movement in the British Raj, the story begins with the arrival in India of a British woman, Miss Adela…

Hobson’s Choice

Hobson’s Choice

Hobson’s Choice
IMDb: 7.8
108 min

Henry Hobson owns and tyrannically runs a successful Victorian boot maker’s shop in Salford, England. A stingy widower with a weakness for overindulging in the local Moonraker Public House, he…

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Genre: Comedy, Drama
The Greatest Story Ever Told

The Greatest Story Ever Told

The Greatest Story Ever Told
IMDb: 6.6
260 min

"My God, My God, why hast thou forsaken Me?" It is towards this climactic crossroads that the story of Jesus of Nazareth leads, and to which, at the final moment,…

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Genre: Drama, History
Ryan’s Daughter

Ryan’s Daughter

Ryan’s Daughter
IMDb: 7.4
200 min

World War I seems far away from Ireland's Dingle peninsula when Rosy Ryan Shaughnessy (Sarah Miles) goes horseback riding on the beach with the young English officer. There was a…

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In Which We Serve

In Which We Serve

In Which We Serve
IMDb: 7.2
115 min

This is the story of a British Naval ship, H.M.S. Torrin, from its construction to its sinking in the Mediterranean during action in World War II. The ship's first and…

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Genre: Drama, War
Summertime

Summertime

Summertime
IMDb: 7.1
100 min

The American secretary Jane Hudson (Katharine Hepburn) travels from Ohio to Venice. Jane is a middle-age single and lonely woman that has saved money for her dream trip. On the…

Genre: Drama, Romance
The Sound Barrier

The Sound Barrier

The Sound Barrier
IMDb: 6.8
109 min

Tony, a successful World War II fighter pilot, marries into the family of a wealthy oil magnate who also designs airplanes. The movie traces the company's attempt to break the…

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Genre: Romance, War
Oliver Twist

Oliver Twist

Oliver Twist
IMDb: 7.8
105 min

The immortal characters of Charles Dickens' classic novel, Oliver Twist…A penniless orphan in 17th century London – Poor but honest Oliver is fleeing the cruelty of the workhouse when he's…

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Genre: Drama, Family
Great Expectations

Great Expectations

Great Expectations
IMDb: 7.8
118 min

Pip, a good-natured, gullible young orphan, lives with kind blacksmith Joe Gargery and his bossy, abusive wife "Mrs. Joe". When the boy finds two hidden escaped galley convicts, he obeys…

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Genre: Romance
Major Barbara

Major Barbara

Major Barbara
IMDb: 6.8
121 min

A young and idealistic woman, who has adopted the Salvation Army and whose father is an armament industrialist, will save more souls directing her father's business. A comedy with social…

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Genre: Comedy
This Happy Breed

This Happy Breed

This Happy Breed
IMDb: 7.3
115 min

Episodic telling of 20 years of the working-class Gibbons family in their South London rental house from 1919 to 1939–from just after the conclusion of WWI to just before the…

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Genre: Drama, Family