Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
The story of T E Lawrence, the English officer who successfully united and led the diverse, often warring, Arab tribes during World War I in order to fight the Turks
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
British POWs are forced to build a railway bridge across the river Kwai for their Japanese captors, not knowing that the allied forces are planning to destroy it
Doctor Zhivago (1965)
The life of a Russian physician and poet who, although married to another, falls in love with a political activists wife and experiences hardship during World War I and then the October Revolution
The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
An all star, large scale epic movie that chronicles the life and ministry of Jesus Christ
Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
British POWs are forced to build a railway bridge across the river Kwai for their Japanese captors, not knowing that the allied forces are planning to destroy it
Ryans Daughter (1970)
Set in the wake of the 1916 Easter Rising, a married woman in a small Irish village has an affair with a troubled British officer
A Passage to India (1984)
Cultural mistrust and false accusations doom a friendship in British colonial India between an Indian doctor, an Englishwoman engaged to marry a city magistrate, and an English educator
Great Expectations (1946)
A humble orphan suddenly becomes a gentleman with the help of an unknown benefactor
Oliver Twist (1948)
In Charles Dickens classic tale, an orphan wends his way from cruel apprenticeship to den of thieves in search of a true home
Brief Encounter (1945)
Meeting a stranger in a railway station, a woman is tempted to cheat on her husband
Blithe Spirit (1945)
A man and his second wife are haunted by the ghost of his first wife
Hobsons Choice (1954)
Widower Henry Hobson Charles Laughton is a successful bootmaker and a tyrannical father of three daughters who all want to leave him by getting married, but he refuses because marriage traditions require him to pay out settlements
Summertime (1955)
An American spinsters dream of romance finally becomes a bittersweet reality when she meets a handsome but married Italian man while vacationing in Venice
Madeleine (1950)
The middle class family of a young woman cannot understand why she delays in marrying a respectable young man They know nothing about her long standing affair with a Frenchman
In Which We Serve (1942)
This story of a ship, the British destroyer H M S Torrin, is told in flashbacks by survivors as they cling to a life raft
The Sound Barrier (1952)
Fictionalized story of British aerospace engineers solving the problem of supersonic flight
This Happy Breed (1944)
Just after World War I, the Gibbons family moves to a nice house in the suburbs They lead an ordinary life throughout the years, but everything changes when World War II breaks out
Major Barbara (1941)
A young and idealistic woman, who has adopted the Salvation Army and whose father is an armament industrialist, will save more souls directing her fathers business A comedy with social commentary
David Lean A Self Portrait (1971)
An intimate look at the career of David Lean, this 1971 documentary by Thomas Craven features an extensive interview with the director, who discusses his work and his approach to filmmaking