Lawrence of Arabia

Lawrence of Arabia

The story of British officer T.E. Lawrence's mission to aid the Arab tribes in their revolt against the Ottoman Empire during the First World War...

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The Greatest Story Ever Told

The Greatest Story Ever Told

From his birth in Bethlehem to his death and eventual resurrection, the life of Jesus Christ is given the all-star treatment in this epic retelling...

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The Bridge on the River Kwai

The Bridge on the River Kwai

The classic story of English POWs in Burma forced to build a bridge to aid the war effort of their Japanese captors. British and American...

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Doctor Zhivago

Doctor Zhivago

The life of a Russian physician and poet who, although married to another, falls in love with a political activist's wife and experiences hardship...

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Oliver Twist

Oliver Twist

When 9-year-old orphan Oliver Twist dares to ask his cruel taskmaster, Mr. Bumble, for a second serving of gruel, he's hired out as an apprentice...

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A Passage to India

A Passage to India

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...

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Great Expectations

Great Expectations

In this Dickens adaptation, orphan Pip discovers through lawyer Mr. Jaggers that a mysterious benefactor wishes to ensure that he becomes a...

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49th Parallel

49th Parallel

In the early days of World War II, a German U-boat is sunk in Canada's Hudson Bay. Hoping to evade capture, a small band of German soldiers led by...

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Hobson's Choice

Hobson's Choice

Henry Hobson owns and tyrannically runs a successful Victorian boot maker’s shop in Salford, England. A stingy widower with a weakness for...

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Brief Encounter

Brief Encounter

Returning home from a shopping trip to a nearby town, bored suburban housewife Laura Jesson is thrown by happenstance into an acquaintance with...

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Ryan's Daughter

Ryan's Daughter

The wife of an Irish school teacher is branded a traitor when she falls for a British officer who is part of an occupying force in 1917 Ireland.

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In Which We Serve

In Which We Serve

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...

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Summertime

Summertime

Middle-aged Ohio secretary Jane Hudson has never found love and has nearly resigned herself to spending the rest of her life alone. But before she...

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Pygmalion

Pygmalion

When linguistics professor Henry Higgins boasts that he can pass off Cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle as a princess with only six months'...

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Blithe Spirit

Blithe Spirit

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...

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The Sound Barrier

The Sound Barrier

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

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The Passionate Friends

The Passionate Friends

A woman is torn between the love of her life, who is married to someone else, and her older husband.

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One of Our Aircraft Is Missing

One of Our Aircraft Is Missing

During the Allied Bombing offensive of World War II the public was often informed that "A raid took place last night over ..., One (or often more)...

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This Happy Breed

This Happy Breed

In 1919, Frank Gibbons returns home from army duty and moves into a middle-class row house, bringing with him wife Ethel, carping mother-in-law Mrs...

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Lost and Found: The Story of Cook's Anchor

Lost and Found: The Story of Cook's Anchor

Director David Lean became involved in the search for an anchor lost by Captain Cook in 1773. This documentary follows the search for this...

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