A Matter of Life and Death

A Matter of Life and Death 1946

7.75

When a young RAF pilot miraculously survives bailing out of his aeroplane without a parachute, he falls in love with an American radio operator. But the officials in the other world realise their mistake and dispatch an angel to collect him.

1946

Brief Encounter

Brief Encounter 1945

7.71

Returning home from a shopping trip to a nearby town, bored suburban housewife Laura Jesson is thrown by happenstance into an acquaintance with virtuous doctor Alec Harvey. Their casual friendship soon develops during their weekly visits into something more emotionally fulfilling than either expected, and they must wrestle with the potential havoc their deepening relationship would have on their lives and the lives of those they love.

1945

In Which We Serve

In Which We Serve 1942

6.80

The story of the HMS Torrin, from its construction to its sinking in the Mediterranean during action in World War II. The ship's first and only commanding officer is Captain E.V. Kinross, who trains his men not only to be loyal to him and the country, but—most importantly—to themselves.

1942

Blithe Spirit

Blithe Spirit 1945

7.00

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 he's working on, as well as to expose the medium as a charlatan. However, proceedings take an unexpected turn, resulting in a chain of supernatural events being set into motion that wreak havoc on the man's present marriage.

1945

This Happy Breed

This Happy Breed 1944

7.10

In 1919, Frank Gibbons returns home from army duty and moves into a middle-class row house in the suburbs, bringing with him wife Ethel, carping mother-in-law Mrs. Flint, sister-in-law Sylvia and three children. Years pass, with the daily routine of family infighting and reconciliation occasionally broken by a strike or a festival, and even another World War.

1944

Corridor of Mirrors

Corridor of Mirrors 1948

5.71

A man falls in love with a beautiful young woman and begins to suspect that he may have also loved her in a previous life.

1948

Victim

Victim 1961

7.50

A web of blackmail and murder attracts the attention of a barrister with a seemingly idyllic life, threatening to derail his career on the path of success.

1961

Obsession

Obsession 1949

6.80

A British psychiatrist devises a devilish revenge plot against his wife's lover.

1949

Whistle Down the Wind

Whistle Down the Wind 1961

7.10

When an injured wife-murderer takes refuge on a remote Lancashire farm, the farmer’s three children mistakenly believe him to be the Second Coming of Christ.

1961

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp 1943

7.47

General Candy, who's overseeing an English squad in 1943, is a veteran leader who doesn't have the respect of the men he's training and is considered out-of-touch with what's needed to win the war. But it wasn't always this way. Flashing back to his early career in the Boer War and World War I, we see a dashing young officer whose life has been shaped by three different women, and by a lasting friendship with a German soldier.

1943

Genevieve

Genevieve 1953

6.60

Two friends driving in the London to Brighton vintage car rally bet on which of them will be the first to arrive back home.

1953

Green for Danger

Green for Danger 1946

6.70

In the midst of Nazi air raids, a postman dies on the operating table at a rural hospital. But was the death accidental?

1946

Saraband for Dead Lovers

Saraband for Dead Lovers 1948

6.34

Sophie Dorothea is a young woman forced into a loveless marriage with Prince George Louis of Hanover. George Louis is later crowned King George I of England. Despairing of ever experiencing true love, the depressed queen finds life at court no solace. Sophie then falls for a dashing Swedish soldier of fortune, Count Konigsmark.

1948

I Know Where I'm Going!

I Know Where I'm Going! 1945

7.10

Plucky Englishwoman Joan Webster travels to the remote islands of the Scottish Hebrides in order to marry a wealthy industrialist. Trapped by inclement weather on the Isle of Mull and unable to continue to her destination, Joan finds herself charmed by the straightforward, no-nonsense islanders around her, and becomes increasingly attracted to naval officer Torquil MacNeil, who holds a secret that may change her life forever.

1945

Madeleine

Madeleine 1950

6.70

The middle-class family of a young woman cannot understand why she delays in marrying a respectable young man. They know nothing about her long-standing affair with a Frenchman.

1950

Portrait from Life

Portrait from Life 1948

5.90

A British army officer becomes fascinated by the portrait of a young woman. He travels to Germany to find her, only to discover that she is suffering from amnesia.

1948

Malta Story

Malta Story 1953

5.90

Malta, 1942, during World War II. While the German air force is relentlessly bombing the island, a British pilot falls in love with a young Maltese girl.

1953

The Wicked Lady

The Wicked Lady 1945

6.38

A married woman finds new thrills as a masked robber on the highways.

1945

Great Expectations

Great Expectations 1946

7.30

In this Dickens adaptation, orphan Pip discovers through lawyer Mr. Jaggers that a mysterious benefactor wishes to ensure that he becomes a gentleman. Reunited with his childhood patron, Miss Havisham, and his first love, the beautiful but emotionally cold Estella, he discovers that the elderly spinster has gone mad from having been left at the altar as a young woman, and has made her charge into a warped, unfeeling heartbreaker.

1946