Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes | ||
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1955 | ||||||
Abdulla the Great | Gregory Ratoff | Gregory Ratoff, Kay Kendall, Sydney Chaplin | Comedy | |||
Above Us the Waves | Ralph Thomas | John Mills, John Gregson, Donald Sinden | World War II | |||
Alias John Preston | David MacDonald | Betta St. John, Alexander Knox, Christopher Lee | Horror | |||
All for Mary | Wendy Toye | Nigel Patrick, Kathleen Harrison | Comedy | |||
An Alligator Named Daisy | J. Lee Thompson | Donald Sinden, Jeannie Carson, Stanley Holloway | Comedy | |||
As Long as They're Happy | J. Lee Thompson | Jack Buchanan, Janette Scott | Comedy | |||
The Blue Peter | Wolf Rilla | Kieron Moore, Sarah Lawson | Adventure | |||
The Brain Machine | Ken Hughes | Maxwell Reed, Patrick Barr | Thriller | |||
Breakaway | Henry Cass | Tom Conway, Michael Balfour, Honor Blackman | Crime | |||
Carrington V.C. | Anthony Asquith | David Niven, Margaret Leighton | Drama | |||
Cast a Dark Shadow | Lewis Gilbert | Dirk Bogarde, Margaret Lockwood | Suspense | |||
Children Galore | Terence Fisher | Eddie Byrne, June Thorburn | Comedy | |||
The Cockleshell Heroes | José Ferrer | José Ferrer, Trevor Howard | World War II | |||
The Colditz Story | Guy Hamilton | John Mills, Eric Portman | World War II | |||
Confession | Ken Hughes | Sydney Chaplin, Audrey Dalton | Drama | |||
The Constant Husband | Sidney Gilliat | Rex Harrison, Margaret Leighton | Comedy | |||
The Dam Busters | Michael Anderson | Richard Todd, Michael Redgrave | World War II | |||
The Deep Blue Sea | Anatole Litvak | Vivien Leigh, Kenneth More | Drama | |||
Doctor at Sea | Ralph Thomas | Dirk Bogarde, Brigitte Bardot | Comedy | |||
The End of the Affair | Edward Dmytryk | Deborah Kerr, Van Johnson | Romance/Drama | |||
Escapade | Philip Leacock | John Mills, Alastair Sim | Comedy/Drama | |||
Final Column | David MacDonald | Ron Randell, John Longden | Crime | |||
The Flaw | Terence Fisher | John Bentley, Donald Houston | Thriller | |||
Footsteps in the Fog | Arthur Lubin | Stewart Granger, Jean Simmons | Drama | |||
Geordie | Frank Launder | Bill Travers, Alastair Sim | Sports comedy | |||
The Gilded Cage | John Gilling | Alex Nicol, Veronica Hurst | Crime | |||
The Glass Cage | Montgomery Tully | John Ireland, Honor Blackman | Mystery | |||
The Green Carnation | John Lemont | Wayne Morris, Mary Germaine | Crime | |||
The Hornet's Nest | Charles Saunders | Paul Carpenter, June Thorburn | Comedy/Crime | |||
I Am a Camera | Henry Cornelius | Julie Harris, Laurence Harvey | Drama | |||
It's a Great Day | John Warrington | Ruth Dunning, Edward Evans, Sid James | Comedy | |||
Joe MacBeth | Ken Hughes | Paul Douglas, Ruth Roman | Drama | |||
John and Julie | William Fairchild | Sid James, Peter Sellers | Comedy | |||
Josephine and Men | Roy Boulting | Glynis Johns, Donald Sinden | Comedy | |||
A Kid for Two Farthings | Carol Reed | Celia Johnson, Diana Dors | Drama | |||
King's Rhapsody | Herbert Wilcox | Anna Neagle, Errol Flynn | Musical | |||
The Ladykillers | Alexander Mackendrick | Alec Guinness, Herbert Lom, Peter Sellers | Comedy | Number 13 in the BFI Top 100 British films. Ealing Studios | ||
Little Red Monkey | Ken Hughes | Richard Conte, Rona Anderson | Action | |||
The Love Match | David Paltenghi | Arthur Askey, Glenn Melvyn | Comedy | |||
Man of the Moment | John Paddy Carstairs | Norman Wisdom, Belinda Lee | Comedy | |||
The Man Who Loved Redheads | Harold French | Moira Shearer, John Justin | Comedy | |||
Miss Tulip Stays the Night | Leslie Arliss | Diana Dors, Patrick Holt | Comedy | |||
The Night My Number Came Up | Leslie Norman | Michael Redgrave | Thriller | |||
No Smoking | Henry Cass | Reg Dixon, Peter Martyn, Belinda Lee | Comedy | |||
One Good Turn | John Paddy Carstairs | Norman Wisdom | Comedy | |||
One Jump Ahead | Charles Saunders | Paul Carpenter, Diane Hart, Jill Adams | Crime | |||
Oh... Rosalinda!! | Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger | Anton Walbrook, Ludmilla Tchérina, Anthony Quayle | Musical | |||
Out of the Clouds | Basil Dearden | Anthony Steel, Robert Beatty | Drama | |||
Passage Home | Roy Ward Baker | Anthony Steel, Peter Finch | Drama | |||
Police Dog | Derek N. Twist | Joan Rice, Tim Turner | Crime | |||
Portrait of Alison | Guy Green | Robert Beatty, Terry Moore | Crime | |||
The Prisoner | Peter Glenville | Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins | Drama | |||
A Prize of Gold | Mark Robson | Richard Widmark, Mai Zetterling | Crime | |||
The Quatermass Xperiment | Val Guest | Brian Donlevy, Jack Warner | Sci-fi | |||
Raising a Riot | Wendy Toye | Kenneth More, Shelagh Fraser | Comedy | |||
Ramsbottom Rides Again | John Baxter | Arthur Askey, Glenn Melvyn | Comedy/Western | |||
Reluctant Bride | Henry Cass | John Carroll, Virginia Bruce | Comedy | |||
Richard III | Laurence Olivier | Laurence Olivier, Cedric Hardwicke, John Gielgud | Literary drama | Silver Bear at Berlin | ||
The Right Person | Peter Cotes | Margo Lorenz, Douglas Wilmer | Drama | |||
Room in the House | Maurice Elvey | Patrick Barr, Hubert Gregg | Comedy | |||
Safari | Terence Young | Victor Mature, Janet Leigh | African adventure | |||
The Secret | Cy Endfield | Sam Wanamaker, Mandy Miller | Crime | |||
Secret Venture | R. G. Springsteen | Kent Taylor, Jane Hylton | Thriller | |||
See How They Run | Leslie Arliss | Ronald Shiner, Greta Gynt and James Hayter | Comedy | |||
The Ship That Died of Shame | Basil Dearden | George Baker, Richard Attenborough | Crime | |||
Simba | Brian Desmond Hurst | Dirk Bogarde, Donald Sinden | African adventure | |||
Simon and Laura | Muriel Box | Peter Finch, Kay Kendall | Drama | |||
Stock Car | Wolf Rilla | Paul Carpenter, Rona Anderson | Sports | |||
Stolen Assignment | Terence Fisher | John Bentley, Hy Hazell | Comedy/Crime | |||
Storm Over the Nile | Zoltan Korda, Terence Young | Anthony Steel, Laurence Harvey | Action | |||
Summertime | David Lean | Katharine Hepburn, Rossano Brazzi | Romance | |||
That Lady | Terence Young | Olivia de Havilland, Gilbert Roland, Paul Scofield | Historical drama | |||
Three Cases of Murder | David Eady, George More O'Ferrall, Wendy Toye | Alan Badel, Orson Welles | Mystery | |||
Tiger by the Tail | John Gilling | Larry Parks, Constance Smith | Crime | |||
The Time of His Life | Leslie S. Hiscott | Richard Hearne, Ellen Pollock | Comedy | |||
A Time to Kill | Charles Saunders | Jack Watling, Rona Anderson | Crime | |||
Timeslip | Ken Hughes | Gene Nelson, Faith Domergue | Sci-fi | |||
Touch and Go | Michael Truman | Jack Hawkins, Margaret Johnston, June Thorburn | Comedy | |||
Track the Man Down | R.G. Springsteen | Kent Taylor, Petula Clark | Crime | |||
Value for Money | Ken Annakin | John Gregson, Diana Dors | Comedy | |||
Where There's a Will | Vernon Sewell | Kathleen Harrison, George Cole | Comedy | |||
The Woman for Joe | George More O'Ferrall | Diane Cilento, George Baker | Drama | |||
A Yank in Ermine | Gordon Parry | Edward Chapman, Sid James | Comedy |
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