Time Bandits (
1981) | IMDb:
6.9
Young history buff Kevin can scarcely believe it when six dwarfs emerge from his closet one night. Former employees of the Supreme Being, they've purloined a map charting all of the holes in the fabric of time and are using it to steal treasures from different historical eras. Taking Kevin with them, they variously drop in on Napoleon, Robin Hood and King Agamemnon before the Supreme Being catches up with them.
Dragonslayer (
1981) | IMDb:
6.6
A sorcerer and his apprentice are on a mission to kill an evil dragon to save the King’s daughter from being sacrificed according to a pact that the King himself made with the dragon to protect his kingdom.
Starring:
Peter MacNicol
,
Caitlin Clarke
,
Ralph Richardson
,
John Hallam
,
Peter Eyre
,
Albert Salmi
Directed by:
Matthew Robbins
Rollerball (
1975) | IMDb:
6.6
In a corporate-controlled future, an ultra-violent sport known as Rollerball represents the world, and one of its powerful athletes is out to defy those who want him out of the game.
O Lucky Man! (
1973) | IMDb:
7.6
An ambitious coffee salesman has a series of improbable and ironic adventures seemingly designed to challenge his naive idealism.
Starring:
Malcolm McDowell
,
Ralph Richardson
,
Rachel Roberts
,
Arthur Lowe
,
Helen Mirren
,
Graham Crowden
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (
1972) | IMDb:
5.6
An all-star cast highlights this vibrant musical adaptation of Lewis Carroll's immortal tale. One day, plucky young Alice follows a white rabbit down a hole and discovers a world of bizarre characters.
Starring:
Fiona Fullerton
,
Michael Crawford
,
Robert Helpmann
,
Peter Sellers
,
Spike Milligan
,
Michael Jayston
Directed by:
William Sterling
Battle of Britain (
1969) | IMDb:
6.9
In 1940, the Royal Air Force fights a desperate battle against the might of the Luftwaffe for control of the skies over Britain, thus preventing the Nazi invasion of Britain.
Starring:
Michael Caine
,
Trevor Howard
,
Harry Andrews
,
Curd Jürgens
,
Ian McShane
,
Laurence Olivier
Khartoum (
1966) | IMDb:
6.8
English General Charles George Gordon is appointed military governor of Anglo-Egyptian Sudan by the Prime Minister. Ordered to evacuate Egyptians from the Sudan, Gordon stays on to protect the people of Khartoum, who are under threat of being conquered by a Muslim army.
Starring:
Charlton Heston
,
Laurence Olivier
,
Richard Johnson
,
Ralph Richardson
,
Alexander Knox
,
Johnny Sekka
Doctor Zhivago (
1965) | IMDb:
7.9
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 during World War I and then the October Revolution.
Starring:
Omar Sharif
,
Julie Christie
,
Geraldine Chaplin
,
Rod Steiger
,
Alec Guinness
,
Tom Courtenay
Exodus (
1960) | IMDb:
6.7
Ari Ben Canaan, a passionate member of the Jewish paramilitary group Haganah, attempts to transport 600 Jewish refugees on a dangerous voyage from Cyprus to Palestine on a ship named the Exodus. He faces obstruction from British forces, who will not grant the ship passage to its destination.
Starring:
Paul Newman
,
Eva Marie Saint
,
Ralph Richardson
,
Peter Lawford
,
Lee J. Cobb
,
Sal Mineo
The Heiress (
1949) | IMDb:
8.1
In 1840s New York, the uneventful and boring days of the daughter of a wealthy doctor come to an end when she meets a dashing poorer man — who may or may not be after her inheritance.
Starring:
Olivia de Havilland
,
Montgomery Clift
,
Ralph Richardson
,
Miriam Hopkins
,
Vanessa Brown
,
Mona Freeman