John Gielgud Movie Rankings
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3.3065
A non-violent revolutionary that inspired India to win independence from Great Britain. ... more about Gandhi
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3.1872
After years of torment and a tumultuous childhood David Helgott stumbles into a pub and begins to play the piano, a task he hasn't done in more than 10 years. Slowly he begins to confront his past and begins to allow the music he loved to sooth is troubled soul. ... more about Shine
Actor Awards
BAFTA Awards - Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
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3.0779
Hamlet, son of the king of Denmark, is summoned home for his father's funeral and his mother's wedding to his uncle. In a supernatural episode, he discovers that his uncle, whom he hates anyway, murdered his father. ... more about Hamlet
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2.9981
Two of the finest actors of their generation, Burton and O'Toole, square off in this splendid production of Jean Anouilh's 1959 play. ... more about Becket
Actor Awards
Academy Awards, USA - Best Actor in a Supporting Role
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2.9850
Brutus, Cassius, and other high-ranking Romans murder Caesar, because they believe his ambition will lead to tyranny. The people of Rome are on their side until Antony, Caesar's right-hand man, makes a moving speech. ... more about Julius Caesar
Actor Awards
BAFTA Awards - Best British Actor
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2.9474
The story of Elizabeth's ascendency to the throne, the plot of the movie is full of palace intrigues, attempted assassinations and executions. The movie starts with England divided by faith, Protestant vs. Catholic. ... more about Elizabeth
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2.9117
Arthur is a sweet, somewhat pathetic character whose millions have left him lonely and with no motivation in life. Arthur is on the threshold of an arranged marriage with a simpering socialite, whom he does not love. ... more about Arthur
Actor Awards
Academy Awards, USA - Best Actor in a Supporting Role
American Movie Awards - Best Supporting Actor
Golden Globes, USA - Best Motion Picture Actor in a Supporting Role
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards - Best Supporting Actor
New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Supporting Actor
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2.8569
Newly arrived in Hollywood from England, Dennis Barlow finds he has to arrange his uncle's interment at the highly-organised and very profitable Whispering Glades funeral parlour. His fancy is caught by one of their cosmeticians, Aimee Thanatogenos. ... more about Loved One
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2.8556
Director Al Pacino juxtaposes scene's from Richard III, scenes of rehearsals for Richard III, and sessions where parties involved discuss the play, the times that shaped the play and the events that happened at the time the play is set. ... more about Looking for Richard
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2.8453
Based on the true story of John Merrick, a 19th-century Englishman afflicted with a disfiguring congenital disease. With the help of kindly Dr. Frederick Treves, Merrick attempts to regain the dignity he lost after years spent as a side-show freak. ... more about Elephant Man
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2.5803
Sherlock Holmes investigates London's most infamous case, Jack the Ripper. As he investigates, he finds that the Ripper has friends in high places. ... more about Murder by Decree
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2.5618
Professor David Ash is invited to Edbrook to calm the fears of the elderly nanny of the Mariell family. ... more about Haunted
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2.4342
An exiled magician finds an opportunity for revenge against his enemies muted when his daughter and the son of his chief enemy fall in love in this uniquely structured retelling of the 'The Tempest'. ... more about Prospero's Books
Not Available on DVD
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2.4090
Ed Leland is an American spymaster who needs to spy on a high level German Army officer during World War II. Because of her pastry-baking skills, he decides to send in his secretary, Linda Voss. ... more about Shining Through
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2.3963
Lancelot lives by the sword. In fact, they're next door neighbours, so teaming up to fight for money comes pretty naturally. Lady Guinevere, on her way to marry King Arthur is ambushed by the evil Sir Malagant. ... more about First Knight
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2.3393
Famous detective Hercule Poirot is on the Orient Express, but the train is caught in the snow. When one of the passengers is discovered murdered, Poirot immediately starts investigating. ... more about Murder on the Orient Express
Actor Awards
BAFTA Awards - Best Supporting Actor
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2.1351
This movie is about Omar Mukhtar, a Muslim and Arabian rebellion who fought against the Italian conquering of Libya in WWII. ... more about Lion of the Desert
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2.0547
During the first world war, novelist Edgar Brodie is sent to Switzerland by the Intelligence Service. He has to kill a German agent. During the mission he meets a fake general first and then Elsa Carrington who helps him in his duty. ... more about Secret Agent
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2.0492
Susan Traherne has been irreparably changed by her wartime experiences as a Resistance fighter. She sets out in the post-war world to make her way to what she wants, no matter who is hurt, or how. ... more about Plenty
Actor Awards
BAFTA Awards - Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards - Best Supporting Actor
National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA - Best Supporting Actor
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1.9364
Gavin is 31 years old and still lives with his parents. He is awfully shy but before he knows it there are three women interested in him. ... more about Getting It Right
Not Available on DVD
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1.9312
A movie about the First World War based on a stage musical of the same name, portraying the "Game of War" and focusing mainly on the members of one family (last name Smith) who go off to war. ... more about Oh! What a Lovely War
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1.9287
A naive young officer straight from school arrives on the Western front to fight the air war against the Germans. However, the life expectancy of green pilots is not very good. ... more about Aces High
Not Available on DVD
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1.9205
Emily Boynton, step-mother to the three Boynton children and mother to Ginevra, blackmails the family lawyer, Jefferson Cope, into destroying a second will of her late husband which would have freed the childern from her dominating influence. ... more about Appointment with Death
Not Available on DVD
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1.8794
The Power of One is an intriguing story of a young English boy named P.K. and his passion for changing the world. Growing up he suffered as the only English boy in an Afrikaans school. Soon orphaned, he was placed in the care of a German national. ... more about Power of One
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1.8711
A detective uncovers a formula that was devised by the Nazis in WW II to make gasoline from synthetic products, thereby eliminating the necessity for oil--and oil companies. ... more about Formula
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1.8272
Elizabeth Barrett's tyrannical father has forbidden any of his family to marry. Nevertheless, Elizabeth falls in love with the poet Robert Browning. ... more about Barretts of Wimpole Street
Not Available on DVD
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1.8226
Richard's military skills have helped to put his older brother Edward on the throne of England. ... more about Richard III
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1.7669
A chronicle of events that led to the British involvement in the Crimean War against Russia and which led to the siege of Sevastopol and the fierce Battle of Balaclava on October 25, 1854 which climaxed with the heroic, but near-disastrous calvary charge ... more about Charge of the Light Brigade
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1.7488
Based on a true story, set in the late 19th century: Lord Tichborne, the ninth richest nobleman in England, disappears after a South American shipwreck. ... more about Tichborne Claimant
Not Available on DVD
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1.7469
In this sequel to the 1981 hit movie, Arthur manages to lose his entire $750 million fortune. ... more about Arthur 2: On the Rocks
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1.7415
Clive Langham (Sir John Gielgud) spends one tormenting night in his bed suffering from health problems and thinking up a story based on his relatives. ... more about Providence
Actor Awards
New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Actor
Not Available on DVD
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1.7275
All star cast heads up this 1970 remake of the William Shakespeare classic tale of the betrayal of the the Roman senate against their emperor, the plotting and scheming that led up to the assassination of the title charecter, and all of Romes' fickleness ... more about Julius Caesar
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1.6208
A British mathematician, working on code decryption, unexpectedly falls in love with another decrypter. This leads them to a complicated intrigue within the codebreakers. ... more about Sebastian
Not Available on DVD
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1.6191
Autumn, 1913: on the eve of the Great War, a small party of lords and ladies gather at the Hertfordshire estate of Sir Randolph Nettleby. ... more about Shooting Party
Actor Awards
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards - Best Supporting Actor
National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA - Best Supporting Actor
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1.5475
This bio-pic is about Galileo, the 17th century Italian who laid the foundations of modern science. Galileo made himself one of the world's first telescopes and discovered the moons of Jupiter. ... more about Galileo
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1.3843
Young Joan of Arc comes to the palace in France to make The Dauphin King of France and is appointed to head the French Army. After winning many battles she is not needed any longer and soon she is thought of as a witch. ... more about Saint Joan
Not Available on DVD
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1.3558
The aging Swift family of one brother, Jasper, and three sisters, April, May and June, are forced to live together in the run-down family mansion and they all get on each others nerves. ... more about Time After Time
Not Available on DVD
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1.3287
A bland young accountant for a huge company decides to splurge on a honeymoon trip to Monte Carlo with his new bride, despite the fact such a trip is far beyond their means. ... more about Strike It Rich
Not Available on DVD
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1.1091
This retelling of the classic tale of James Hilton's Utopian lost world plays out uneasily amid musical production numbers and Bacharach pop music. ... more about Lost Horizon
Not Available on DVD
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1.0757
Following the banning and burning of his novel, "The Rainbow," D.H. Lawrence and his wife, Frieda, move to the United States, and then to Mexico. ... more about Priest of Love
Not Available on DVD
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0.4822
Caroline is to be wed to Sir Ralph and invites her sister Barbara to be her bridesmaid. Barbara seduces Ralph, however, and she becomes the new Lady, but despite her new wealthy situation, she gets bored and turns to highway robbery for thrills. ... more about Wicked Lady
Not Available on DVD
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A small time diamond merchant is jumps at the chance to supervise the purchase, and cutting of a large first class diamond. ... more about 11 Harrowhouse
Not Available on DVD
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Acclaimed short film by 'Michael Powell' (qv) based on a letter in The Times of London from a pilot who had since been killed in action. Narrated by 'John Gielgud' (qv), the letter in question had touched a nation's heart and made a popular film subject. ... more about Airman's Letter to His Mother
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Rod Slater is the newly appointed general manager of the Sonderditch gold mine, but he stumbles across an ingenious plot to flood the mine, by drilling into an underground lake, so the unscrupulous owners to make a killing in the international gold ... more about Gold
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Film musical taken from JB Priestley's novel about three musicians joining together to save a failing concert party, the Dinky Doos. ... more about Good Companions
Not Available on DVD
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Not Available on DVD
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It was only after her death that the work of New Zealand writer, Katherine Mansfield, became well known, thanks to her editor and husband, John Middleton-Murry. She had left New Zealand to travel around France, and she died there from tuberculosis. ... more about Leave All Fair
Not Available on DVD
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Stephen Dedalus is a young man growing up in Ireland in the early part of the 20th century. His search for knowledge and undestanding, and the decline of his family's circumstances, lead him to revelations on the nature of art and politics. ... more about Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
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