The Remains of the Day (
1993) | IMDb:
7.8
A rule-bound head butler's world of manners and decorum in the household he maintains is tested by the arrival of a housekeeper who falls in love with him in post-WWI Britain. The possibility of romance and his master's cultivation of ties with the Nazi cause challenge his carefully maintained veneer of servitude.
Starring:
Anthony Hopkins
,
Emma Thompson
,
James Fox
,
Christopher Reeve
,
Hugh Grant
,
Peter Vaughan
The Last Emperor (
1987) | IMDb:
7.7
A dramatic history of Pu Yi, the last of the Emperors of China, from his lofty birth and brief reign in the Forbidden City, the object of worship by half a billion people; through his abdication, his decline and dissolute lifestyle; his exploitation by the invading Japanese, and finally to his obscure existence as just another peasant worker in the People's Republic.
An American Werewolf in London (
1981) | IMDb:
7.5
American tourists David and Jack are savaged by an unidentified vicious animal whilst hiking on the Yorkshire Moors. Retiring to the home of a beautiful nurse to recuperate, David soon experiences disturbing changes to his mind and body.
Starring:
David Naughton
,
Jenny Agutter
,
Griffin Dunne
,
John Woodvine
,
Don McKillop
,
Brian Glover
Directed by:
John Landis
Chariots of Fire (
1981) | IMDb:
7.1
In the class-obsessed and religiously divided UK of the early 1920s, two determined young runners train for the 1924 Paris Olympics. Eric Liddell, a devout Christian born to Scottish missionaries in China, sees running as part of his worship of God's glory and refuses to train or compete on the Sabbath. Harold Abrahams overcomes anti-Semitism and class bias, but neglects his beloved sweetheart in his single-minded quest.
Agatha (
1979) | IMDb:
6.2
England, 1926. An American journalist looks for mystery writer Agatha Christie when she suddenly disappears without explanation, leaving no trace.
Starring:
Dustin Hoffman
,
Vanessa Redgrave
,
Timothy Dalton
,
Helen Morse
,
Celia Gregory
,
Paul Brooke