Bright Young Things (
2003) | IMDb:
6.5
During the 1930s in England, a group of young socialites dominate the national gossip with extravagant and outlandish antics. Among the group is the aspiring novelist Adam Fenwick-Symes, who is attempting to raise enough money to marry fellow member Nina Blount. However, after customs officials confiscate his first manuscript, Fenwick-Symes must recover from the financial setback and figure out new ways to earn money for a wedding.
Starring:
Stephen Campbell Moore
,
Emily Mortimer
,
Harriet Walter
,
Michael Sheen
,
James McAvoy
,
David Tennant
Bean (
1997) | IMDb:
6.5
Childlike Englishman, Mr. Bean, is an incompetent watchman at the Royal National Gallery. After the museum's board of directors' attempt to have him fired is blocked by the chairman, who has taken a liking to Bean, they send him to Los Angeles to act as their ambassador for the unveiling of a historic painting to humiliate him. Fooled, Mr. Bean must now successfully unveil the painting or risk his and a hapless Los Angeles curator's termination.
Starring:
Rowan Atkinson
,
Peter MacNicol
,
Pamela Reed
,
Tricia Vessey
,
Andrew Lawrence
,
Harris Yulin
Hamlet (
1996) | IMDb:
7.7
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, returns home to find his father murdered and his mother now marrying the murderer... his uncle. Meanwhile, war is brewing.
Starring:
Kenneth Branagh
,
Derek Jacobi
,
Kate Winslet
,
Julie Christie
,
Richard Briers
,
Nicholas Farrell
Who's That Girl (
1987) | IMDb:
4.8
An uptight New York tax lawyer gets his life turned upside down, all in a single day, when he's asked to escort a feisty and free-spirited female ex-convict whom asks him to help prove her innocence of her crime.
Gandhi (
1982) | IMDb:
8
In the early years of the 20th century, Mohandas K. Gandhi, a British-trained lawyer, forsakes all worldly possessions to take up the cause of Indian independence. Faced with armed resistance from the British government, Gandhi adopts a policy of 'passive resistance', endeavouring to win freedom for his people without resorting to bloodshed.
Zulu Dawn (
1979) | IMDb:
6.6
In 1879, the British suffer a great loss at the Battle of Isandlwana due to incompetent leadership.
Starring:
Burt Lancaster
,
Simon Ward
,
Denholm Elliott
,
Peter Vaughan
,
James Faulkner
,
Christopher Cazenove
Ryan's Daughter (
1970) | IMDb:
7.4
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.
Starring:
Robert Mitchum
,
Trevor Howard
,
Christopher Jones
,
John Mills
,
Leo McKern
,
Sarah Miles
Swiss Family Robinson (
1960) | IMDb:
7.1
After being shipwrecked, the Robinson family is marooned on an island inhabited only by an impressive array of wildlife. In true pioneer spirit, they quickly make themselves at home but soon face a danger even greater than nature: dastardly pirates.
Starring:
John Mills
,
Dorothy McGuire
,
James MacArthur
,
Janet Munro
,
Sessue Hayakawa
,
Tommy Kirk
Directed by:
Ken Annakin
Around the World in Eighty Days (
1956) | IMDb:
6.7
Based on the famous book by Jules Verne the movie follows Phileas Fogg on his journey around the world. Which has to be completed within 80 days, a very short period for those days.
War and Peace (
1956) | IMDb:
6.7
Napoleon's tumultuous relations with Russia including his disastrous 1812 invasion serve as the backdrop for the tangled personal lives of two aristocratic families.
Starring:
Audrey Hepburn
,
Henry Fonda
,
Mel Ferrer
,
Vittorio Gassman
,
Herbert Lom
,
Oskar Homolka