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Criterion Channel
83
8.1
/269392/
78
/4674/
79
/3024/
4.1
/122046/
87
/54/
89
/3853/
90
/9/
cc age 13+

Ben-Hur (1959)
In 26 AD, Judah Ben-Hur, a Jew in ancient Judea, opposes the occupying Roman empire. Falsely accused by a Roman childhood friend-turned-overlord of trying to kill the Roman governor, he is put into slavery and his mother and sister are taken away as prisoners.
poster
Shahid VIP
79
8.1
/53546/
75
/582/
72
/385/
3.9
/13705/
92
/304/

The Message (1976)
In sixth-century Mecca, Prophet Muhammad receives his first revelation from God as a messenger. Three years later, he's not alone in his quest and publicly declares his prophecy. Muhammad is fought by Abu Sufian and his wife Hind, rulers of Mecca. Muhammad's followers are hunted and tortured but he continues his calling.
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The Roku Channel
79
76
8.2
/18822/
75
/286/
73
/190/
3.9
/5357/
75
/8/
93
/122/

Lion of the Desert (1981)
This movie tells the story of Omar Mukhtar, an Arab Muslim rebel who fought against the Italian conquest of Libya during the second Italo-Senussi War. It gives western viewers a glimpse into this little-known region and chapter of history, and exposes the savage means by which the conquering army attempted to subdue the natives.
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Amazon Prime Video
73
6.9
/18071/
68
/516/
65
/353/
3.6
/35154/
92
/12/
69
/69/
77
/8/

The Masque of the Red Death (1964)
A European prince terrorizes the local peasantry while using his castle as a refuge against the "Red Death" plague that stalks the land.
poster
71
7.0
/25229/
70
/846/
68
/463/
3.6
/31966/
76
/34/
73
/310/
69
/15/

The Hidden (1987)
When average, law-abiding citizens suddenly turn to a life of hedonistic behavior and violent crime, Detective Tom Beck is tasked with helping young FBI agent Lloyd Gallagher determine the cause.
poster
77
70
7.4
/6238/
75
/173/
70
/93/
3.6
/1972/
88
/8/
84
/69/

The Man Who Never Was (1956)
The true story of a British effort to trick the Germans into weakening Sicily's defenses before the 1943 attack. A dead soldier is dressed as a British officer and outfitted with faked papers showing that the Allies were intending to invade occupied Greece. His body is put into the sea where it will ultimately drift ashore and the papers be passed along to German Intelligence.
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Netflix
70
7.0
/123605/
71
/4437/
68
/2156/
3.5
/88587/
82
/61/
77
/2087/
55
/12/
cc age 14+

The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
Russian and British submarines with nuclear missiles on board both vanish from sight without a trace. England and Russia both blame each other as James Bond tries to solve the riddle of the disappearing ships. But the KGB also has an agent on the case.
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Netflix
69
6.7
/118918/
68
/4163/
64
/2091/
3.4
/81577/
79
/63/
62
/2269/
58
/25/
cc age 14+

Licence to Kill (1989)
After capturing the notorious drug lord Franz Sanchez, Bond's close friend and former CIA agent Felix Leiter is left for dead and his wife is murdered. Bond goes rogue and seeks vengeance on those responsible, as he infiltrates Sanchez's organization from the inside.
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Netflix
64
6.7
/113024/
68
/4051/
65
/1961/
3.3
/76246/
72
/58/
66
/2053/
59
/18/
cc age 13+

The Living Daylights (1987)
After a defecting Russian general reveals a plot to assassinate foreign spies, James Bond is assigned a secret mission to dispatch the new head of the KGB to prevent an escalation of tensions between the Soviet Union and the West.
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YouTube TV
66
60
6.6
/6093/
70
/166/
67
/112/
3.2
/1867/
75
/8/
54
/54/
70
/4/

Operation Crossbow (1965)
Allied agents infiltrate the Nazi rocket complex at Peenemunde in order to obtain their secrets and sabotage the plant. The film alternates between German developments of the V-1 missile and V-2 rocket (with a German cast speaking their own language) and discovery by British Intelligence of the weapon.
poster
65
59
6.5
/8151/
65
/201/
64
/144/
3.1
/2078/
70
/1109/

The 300 Spartans (1962)
The 300 Spartans is an account of the 480 B.C. Battle of Thermopylae, in which the Greek Spartan King Leonidis, played by Richard Egan, led a remarkably small number of Greek Sparta to victory over an invading Persian army led by evil King Xerxes that was thought to number over 25,000. This spectacular conflict gave the Grecians enough time to organize a force to ultimately repel the Persians, and thus change the course of Western civilization.
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80
58
7.8
/5360/
76
/79/
73
/72/
3.7
/2106/
92
/12/
88
/7/

Billy Budd (1962)
Billy is an innocent, naive seaman in the British Navy in 1797. When the ship's sadistic master-at-arms is murdered, Billy is accused and tried.
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Netflix
57
6.5
/119620/
66
/4312/
64
/2143/
2.9
/80977/
41
/49/
47
/1823/
63
/14/
cc age 14+

Octopussy (1983)
James Bond is sent to investigate after a fellow “00” agent is found dead with a priceless Indian Fabergé egg. Bond follows the mystery and uncovers a smuggling scandal and a Russian General who wants to provoke a new World War.
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61
55
6.4
/5621/
63
/167/
62
/110/
3.2
/5442/
56
/70/

The Abominable Snowman (1957)
A kindly English botanist and a gruff American promoter lead an expedition to the Himalayas in search of the legendary Yeti.
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56
54
5.7
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58
/305/
61
/236/
2.9
/6541/
67
/15/
35
/249/
58
/8/

One Million Years B.C. (1966)
As the Earth wrestles with its agonizing birth, the peoples of this barren and desolate world struggle to survive. Driven by animal instinct they compete against the harsh conditions, their giant predators, and warring tribes. When two people from opposing clans fall in love, existing conventions are shattered forever as each tribe struggles for supremacy and Man embarks on his tortuous voyage of civilization.
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Netflix
52
6.3
/111320/
66
/4225/
62
/2133/
2.9
/77675/
36
/61/
40
/2297/
40
/20/
cc age 14+

A View to a Kill (1985)
A newly-developed microchip designed by Zorin Industries for the British Government that can survive the electromagnetic radiation caused by a nuclear explosion has landed in the hands of the KGB. James Bond must find out how and why. His suspicions soon lead him to big industry leader Max Zorin who forms a plan to destroy his only competition in Silicon Valley by triggering a massive earthquake in the San Francisco Bay.
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54
41
5.5
/3139/
61
/104/
57
/91/
2.9
/1615/
41
/38/

Warlords of Atlantis (1978)
Searching for the lost world of Atlantis, Prof. Aitken, his son Charles and Greg Collinson are betrayed by the crew of their expedition's ship, attracted by the fabulous treasures of Atlantis. The diving bell disabled, a deep sea monster attacks the boat. They are all dragged to the bottom of the sea where they meet the inhabitants of the lost continent, an advanced alien race that makes sailors their slaves.
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HBO Max Amazon Channel
60
38
6.1
/2855/
61
/47/
62
/55/
3.0
/1222/

Helen of Troy (1956)
Prince Paris of Troy, shipwrecked on a mission to the king of Sparta, meets and falls for Queen Helen before he knows who she is. Rudely received by the royal Greeks, he must flee...but fate and their mutual passions lead him to take Helen along. This gives the Greeks just the excuse they need for much-desired war.
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32
7.0
/1716/
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/19/
65
/23/
3.4
/552/
75
/8/
62
/10/

Shake Hands with the Devil (1959)
In 1921 Dublin, the IRA battles the "Black & Tans," special British forces given to harsh measures. Irish-American medical student Kerry O'Shea hopes to stay aloof, but saving a wounded friend gets him outlawed, and inexorably drawn into the rebel organization...under his former professor Sean Lenihan, who has "shaken hands with the devil" and begun to think of fighting as an end in itself. Complications arise when Kerry falls for a beautiful English hostage, and the British offer a peace treaty that is not enough to satisfy Lenihan.
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MGM Plus
52
31
6.0
/2561/
63
/63/
61
/51/
3.0
/1131/
43
/5/
25
/6/

The Passage (1979)
During WW 2, a Basque shepherd is approached by the underground, who wants him to lead a scientist and his family across the Pyrenees. While being pursued by a sadistic German.
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Amazon Prime Video
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29
5.3
/2222/
50
/50/
51
/53/
2.8
/1970/
25
/1/

Demons of the Mind (1972)
A physician discovers that two children are being kept virtually imprisoned in their house by their father. He investigates, and discovers a web of sex, incest and satanic possession.
poster
70
25
7.3
/782/
54
/14/
69
/18/
3.4
/634/
90
/16/

Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow (1963)
English vicar Dr. Syn becomes a scarecrow on horseback by night to thwart King George III's taxmen.
poster
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6.3
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59
/13/
3.5
/561/
83
/6/
40
/1/

Private Road (1971)
Receptionist Anne’s new relationship with nascent writer Peter is opening her eyes to a new lifestyle, one far removed from her comfortable middle-class background.
poster
57
22
6.1
/691/
58
/9/
65
/18/
46
/42/

A Hill in Korea (1956)
Based on real events, A Hill in Korea charts the fortunes of a small group of British soldiers serving in the Korean War. Out on a routine patrol, the soldiers find that Chinese troop movements have cut them off from their own lines. They try to fight their way back to safety but with the enemy surrounding them on all sides, the prospects look bleak. Facing almost insurmountable odds, they decide to stand a fight.
poster
54
15
6.3
/1006/
59
/12/
59
/17/
3.3
/314/
25
/19/

Campbell's Kingdom (1957)
Given only six months to live, Englishman Bruce Campbell goes to Canada to claim "Campbell's Kingdom", the land he inherited from his grandfather. In order to clear his grandfather's name and prove there is oil on the land, Campbell must face up to a ruthless contractor and work against the clock to find oil before "Campbell's Kingdom" is flooded by a new power dam.
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Amazon Prime Video
60
13
6.6
/761/
65
/15/
63
/14/
3.3
/374/
40
/4/

Cloudburst (1951)
Canadian World War II veteran John Graham works in London as a code breaker. Tragedy strikes when his pregnant wife, Carol, is accidentally run over by two crooks who are speeding away from the scene of a murder. Haunted, grieving, and thirsting for revenge, Graham sets out to find the two fugitive murderers.
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10
6.5
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59
/12/
3.4
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Passport to Shame (1958)
British melodrama about a cabbie befriending a girl caught up in the white slave trade.
poster
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7
5.9
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56
/9/
52
/12/
50
/1/

The Gambler and the Lady (1952)
A greedy but successful professional gambler wants to join the British Establishment when he falls in love with a blue-blooded lady. But first he must mend his ways and then dump his nightclub singer girl friend. She's not so easy to get rid of, neither is his past.
poster
41
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6.2
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46
/3/
52
/4/

The Steel Bayonet (1958)
Tunis, 1943. Battle-weary troops of Company C have orders to occupy a derelict Tunisian farmhouse. They are to establish an artillery observation post, reporting on enemy movements before the imminent offensive to liberate Tunis. However German infantrymen discover their operations. The ensuing battle for control of this small piece of land will decide who controls Tunis but more critically, the victors in the battle of democracy versus fascism.
poster
48
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6.2
/231/
26
/3/
56
/6/

Passage Home (1955)
Set in 1931, the film takes place aboard a merchant ship, briefly harboured in South America. A young woman (Diane Cilento) boards the ship as a passenger, resulting in disharmony among the superstitious crew members. Virtuous seaman Anthony Steel protects the girl from the lecherous advances of captain Peter Finch.
poster
48
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5.6
/119/
30
/3/
60
/1/

Death of an Angel (1952)
The angel of the title is Jane Baxter, the wife of country physician Patrick Barr. Everybody in the small British village where she lives thinks the world of Baxter; thus, when she is murdered, the authorities are out for blood. Dr. Barr seems above suspicion, at least until he begins behaving eccentrically. As time passes, most everyone learns that Baxter wasn't quite as angelic as she seemed-and that quite a few people might have wanted her dead.
poster
52
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6.1
/272/
40
/2/
55
/6/

The Large Rope (1953)
After being framed for a murder he didn't commit, Tom Penney (Donald Houston) serves his time and returns to his rural English home to establish a quiet life. When another victim is found, however, Tom is blamed for the crime and flees rather than returnng to prison. Hoping to find the real killer -- or killers -- Tom investigates while keeping a low profile to elude his pursuers, and a vital clue leads him on the path to possible redemption.
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52
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6.1
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46
/6/
57
/7/

Noose for a Lady (1953)
A woman has been sentenced to death by hanging. Her cousin believes she is innocent and he works against time to prove it before she is executed.
poster
59
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6.4
/249/
50
/3/
65
/4/

Derby Day (1952)
Entertaining ensemble piece dealing with several characters who are on the way to the races on Derby day. It cleverly blends dramatic, romantic and comic elements, including the woman and lover who have murdered her husband, and the working class couple who are excited about their chance to go to the races, but end up listening to it on the radio in the car-park because they've got such a bad view.
poster
65
?
6.4
/305/
52
/7/
80
/4/

Time, Gentlemen, Please! (1952)
Because of its high productivity and "almost" 100 per cent employment, the town of Hayhoe, England is expecting a visit from the Prime Minister. The "almost" is because of Dan Dance (Eddie Byrne), an old rogue who would rather drink and philosophize than work. The Village Council are determined to have a perfect record so they connive to have the old man put into the alms-house which has been unoccupied for many years, where he must abide by rules laid down 400 years ago. A new Vicar arrives and discovers that, because of the circumstances created by the Council, Dan Dance is entitled to 6,000 pounds a year at the expense of the village.
poster
49
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5.3
/220/
50
/4/
52
/9/

Kill Me Tomorrow (1957)
A reporter who needs cash for his son's operation is paid by a smuggler to take a murder rap.
poster
40
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4.7
/177/
10
/1/
63
/6/

Sands of the Desert (1960)
In this British comedy set in Saudi Arabia, a gentle British travel-agency clerk decides that it would be a smashing idea to open up a desert resort in Arabia. He heads to the desert and immediately finds himself on the bad side of a local sheik as the fellow tries to build his resort atop oil-rich land. A war erupts between rival desert bands as they vie for the rights to the oil, but it is the travel agent who wins out in the end
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Britbox Apple TV Channel
74
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7.8
/241/
70
/6/
70
/3/

Henry IV Part 1 (1979)
Henry Bolingbroke has now been crowned King of England, but faces a rebellion headed by the embittered Earl of Northumberland and his son (nicknamed 'Hotspur'). Henry's son Hal, the Prince of Wales, has thrown over life at court in favour of heavy drinking and petty theft in the company of a debauched elderly knight, Sir John Falstaff. Hal must extricate himself from some legal problems, regain his father's good opinions and help suppress the uprising.
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61
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5.8
/842/
65
/24/
60
/8/
3.1
/234/

The Dark Avenger (1955)
Edward, Prince of Wales, son and heir to his father King Edward III of England, leads an English army to the French province of Aquitaine to protect the inhabitant from the ravages of the French. After defeating the French in battle, the defeated French plot to kill the prince. Failing in this, they kidnap his lady, the lovely Lady Joan Holland. Of course Prince Edward has to ride to the rescue, adopting numerous guises to save his paramour, which ultimately end in him leading his men into one final climactic battle against the French. (Also known as "The Warriors" and "The Black Prince").
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8.0
/78/
25
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60
/2/

Macbeth (1964)
Hallmark Hall of Fame's second version of Shakespeare's classic play, with the same two stars and the same director as its first version, but a different supporting cast.
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5.8
/16/
10
/1/

All in Good Time (1964)
A Guinness advert in the form of a short comic film set in a traditional country pub.
poster
58
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6.4
/377/
51
/9/
70
/4/

Lost (1956)
U.S. Embassy employee Lee Cochrane and his wife, Sue, receive a shock when they discover that their 18-month-old son, Simon, has disappeared in London. He was last seen with their nanny, and the couple seemingly have no leads that might help police Detective Craig in his investigation. The media sensationalizes the incident, causing an unnecessary distraction as the couple prepares to confront the culprit face-to-face.
poster
56
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6.2
/307/
37
/4/
70
/4/

Clash by Night (1964)
A gangster is caught and arrested by police. When he's being transported by bus -- filled with innocent civilians -- it's hi-jacked by his gang in attempt to free their boss. They hide out. As the authorities close in they threaten to torch the barn the escapee and his men are hiding in -- with their hostage inside.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
43
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4.2
/386/
41
/19/
43
/11/

Fun and Games (1971)
The daughter of a British prison governor returns from an American finishing school, and chases after the inmates of her Dad's prison.
poster
50
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6.1
/456/
40
/5/
53
/9/

The Challenge (1960)
Jailed for his role in a gang heist and ditched by its female leader (Jayne Mansfield), a widower (Anthony Quayle) decides to keep the loot.
poster
Kanopy
65
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7.0
/159/
55
/4/
70
/2/

The Life and Death of King John (1984)
The reign of England's King John is threatened by Philip of France who demands that John's nephew Arthur be placed on the throne. Pragmatic and decisive, King John moves to plactate the French, but there are others who seek disputre his authority.
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Amazon Prime Video
39
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5.5
/190/
24
/5/
42
/4/

A Story of David (1960)
Directed by Bob McNaught. King Saul of Israel is jealous of the fame and adoration of David, who long ago slew Goliath and brought victory to Saul's armies. Now Saul, egged on by his Edomite counselor Doeg, attempts to have David killed. Saul's son, and David's best friend, Jonathan, conspires to help David, who is reluctant to fight back against his own people the Israelites.


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