Perfect Understanding

Perfect Understanding 1933

6.10

A young couple decide to marry under the condition that they agree never to disagree. That agreement is soon put to the test when the husband finds himself attracted to a beautiful young woman.

1933

Yellow Caesar

Yellow Caesar 1941

5.80

Using edited archive footage, mockery is made of Italy's dictator Benito Mussolini.

1941

The Blue Lamp

The Blue Lamp 1950

6.59

P.C. George Dixon is a long-serving traditional copper who is due to retire shortly. He takes a new recruit under his aegis and introduces him to the easy-going night beat. Dixon is a classic ordinary hero but also anachronistic, unprepared and unable to answer the violence of the 1950s.

1950

Undercover

Undercover 1943

5.79

Occupied Yugoslavia. With organised resistance shattered by the Nazi onslaught it is only the activity of small guerrilla bands that bring fresh hope to the people. But quislings and infiltrators are everywhere – and trusting the wrong person could easily get you killed...

1943

Read All About It

Read All About It 1945

4.60

An account of the technique of reading the tabloid press in an intelligent manor via differing editorial techniques that leads to three styles of newspapers giving varying accounts of a strip-tease act.

1945

Dorian Gray

Dorian Gray 2009

6.04

Seduced into the decadent world of Lord Henry Wotton, handsome young aristocrat Dorian Gray becomes obsessed with maintaining his youthful appearance, and commissions a special portrait that will weather the winds of time while he remains forever young. When Gray's obsession spirals out of control, his desperate attempts to safeguard his secret turn his once-privileged life into a living hell.

2009

The Ladykillers

The Ladykillers 1955

7.27

Five oddball criminals planning a bank robbery rent rooms on a cul-de-sac from an octogenarian widow under the pretext that they are classical musicians.

1955

The Rainbow Jacket

The Rainbow Jacket 1954

6.90

A champion jockey is banned from racing so spends his time helping a young lad to become the next champion.

1954

Imagine Me & You

Imagine Me & You 2006

7.60

During her wedding ceremony, Rachel notices Luce in the audience and feels instantly drawn to her. The two women become close friends, and when Rachel learns that Luce is a lesbian, she realizes that despite her happy marriage to Heck, she is falling for Luce. As she questions her sexual orientation, Rachel must decide between her stable relationship with Heck and her exhilarating new romance with Luce.

2006

Young Veteran

Young Veteran 1940

1

The first months of WWII as experienced by the new young recruits - the 'young Berts' - of the British Army.

1940

Trouble Brewing

Trouble Brewing 1939

6.75

Ealing comedy starring music hall star George Formby. An eager newspaper reporter (Formby) goes undercover to expose a gang of counterfeiters. Posing as a wrestler and waiter in his investigative efforts, George proves a greater menace to public order than the criminals he is chasing.

1939

Valiant

Valiant 2005

5.60

Set in 1944, Valiant is a woodland pigeon who wants to become a great hero someday. When he hears they are hiring recruits for the Royal Homing Pigeon Service, he immediately sets out for London. On the way, he meets a smelly but friendly pigeon named Bugsy, who joins him, mainly to get away from clients he cheated in a game of find-the pebble, and helps him sign up for the war.

2005

Convoy

Convoy 1940

5.40

A tale of life on board a Royal Navy cruiser assigned to protect the vital convoys between America and England during WWII.

1940

It Always Rains on Sunday

It Always Rains on Sunday 1947

6.60

During a rainy Sunday afternoon, an escaped prisoner tries to hide out at the home of his ex-fiance.

1947

Sailors Three

Sailors Three 1940

7.20

Three sailors get drunk while on shore leave and end up on the wrong ship. When they realise their mistake they scramble off it and onto their warship, HMS Ferocious. However, they soon realise that the vessel they have boarded is not the Ferocious but a German battleship.

1940

Dead of Night

Dead of Night 1945

7.23

An architect, visiting an English country house, realizes the other guests are familiar from his recurring nightmare. When they share their tales of the supernatural, he is filled with a growing dread.

1945

Passport to Pimlico

Passport to Pimlico 1949

6.88

When an unexploded WWII bomb is accidentally detonated in Pimlico, it reveals a treasure trove and documents proving that the region is in fact part of Burgundy, France and thus foreign territory. The British government attempts to regain control by setting up border controls and cutting off services to the area.

1949

St Trinian's

St Trinian's 2007

5.90

When their beloved school is threatened with closure should the powers that be fail to raise the proper funds, the girls scheme to steal a priceless painting and use the profits to pull St. Trinian's out of the red.

2007

Bitter Springs

Bitter Springs 1950

6.40

A family buy land set around a water hole in a remote location, that is occupied by native Australians. The two groups clash.

1950