Search results for "Alan Bates"
Salem Witch Trials

Salem Witch Trials

Salem Witch Trials
IMDb: 6.1
240

Salem, Massachusetts. A small town—with no clear governing body—became embroiled in a scandal that forever stands as one of the darkest chapters in American history. For those accused of witchcraft…

Shuttlecock

Shuttlecock

Shuttlecock
IMDb: 4.7
85

Major James Prentis VC is a British spy of World War II and war hero who goes under the code name of “Shuttlecock”. Alienated from his family and children, he…

Genre: Drama, Mystery, War
Hands Up!

Hands Up!

Hands Up!
IMDb: 6.5
76

The reunion of a group of former medical students results in a flood of bitter memories.

Genre: Drama
The Cherry Orchard

The Cherry Orchard

The Cherry Orchard
IMDb: 6.4
141

Madame Ranevskaya (Rampling) is a spoiled aging aristocratic lady, who returns from a trip to Paris to face the loss of her magnificent Cherry Orchard estate after a default on…

Genre: Comedy, Drama
Pack of Lies

Pack of Lies

Pack of Lies
IMDb: 6.9
100

A couple learns that their friendly neighbours might be Russian spies.

Three Sisters

Three Sisters

Three Sisters
IMDb: 6.2
165

Laurence Olivier’s film of Chekhov’s play.

Genre: Drama
The Return of the Soldier

The Return of the Soldier

The Return of the Soldier
IMDb: 6.7
99

The horrors of World War I have robbed returning veteran Chris Baldry of his memory. The traumatized soldier doesn’t even recognize his own wife, Kitty, or remember their years together….

Genre: Drama
The Mothman Prophecies

The Mothman Prophecies

The Mothman Prophecies
IMDb: 6.4
119

Reporter John Klein is plunged into a world of impossible terror and unthinkable chaos when fate draws him to a sleepy West Virginia town whose residents are being visited by…

Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
The Shout

The Shout

The Shout
IMDb: 6.6
86

Bored while officiating a cricket match at a psychiatric hospital, Crossley tells Graves (a visitor) the tale of a mysterious stranger (also named Crossley) who invades the lives and house…

Genre: Drama, Horror
Royal Flash

Royal Flash

Royal Flash
IMDb: 6.3
102

Cowardly rogue Harry Flashman’s (Malcolm McDowell) schemes to gain entry to the royal circles of 19th-century Europe go nowhere until he meets a pair of devious nobles with their own…

An Unmarried Woman

An Unmarried Woman

An Unmarried Woman
IMDb: 7.1
124

A wealthy woman from Manhattan’s Upper East Side struggles to deal with her new identity and her sexuality after her husband of 16 years leaves her for a younger woman.

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
The Rose

The Rose

The Rose
IMDb: 6.9
125

Rock-and-roll singer Mary Rose Foster’s romantic relationships and mental health are continuously imperilled by the demands of life on the road.

Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
The Go-Between

The Go-Between

The Go-Between
IMDb: 7.2
116

British teenager Leo Colston spends a summer in the countryside, where he develops a crush on the beautiful young aristocrat Marian. Eager to impress her, Leo becomes the “go-between” for…

Genre: Drama, Romance
Georgy Girl

Georgy Girl

Georgy Girl
IMDb: 6.9
99

A traditional girl resists the advances of a swinger who wants her as his mistress in 1960s London.

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
King of Hearts

King of Hearts

King of Hearts
IMDb: 7.4
102

An ornithologist mistaken for an explosives expert is sent alone into a small French town during WWI to investigate a garbled report from the resistance about a bomb which the…

Genre: Comedy, Drama, War
Zorba the Greek

Zorba the Greek

Zorba the Greek
IMDb: 7.6
142

An uptight English writer traveling to Crete on a matter of business finds his life changed forever when he meets the gregarious Alexis Zorba.

Genre: Drama
The Caretaker

The Caretaker

The Caretaker
IMDb: 7.1
100

Aston, a quiet, reserved man, lives alone in a top-floor cluttered room of a small abandoned house in a poor London district. He befriends and takes in Mac Davies, an…

Genre: Drama
The Entertainer

The Entertainer

The Entertainer
IMDb: 7.1
96

Archie Rice, an old-time British vaudeville performer sinking into final defeat, schemes to stay in show business.

Genre: Drama, Music
Secret Friends

Secret Friends

Secret Friends
IMDb: 4.8
97

During a train ride, an anxiety attack leads middle-aged illustrator John into an identity crisis. As his marital problems merge and blur into his fantasy life with prostitutes and call…

Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Whistle Down the Wind

Whistle Down the Wind

Whistle Down the Wind
IMDb: 7.6
99

When an injured wife-murderer takes refuge on a remote Lancashire farm, the farmer’s three children mistakenly believe him to be the Second Coming of Christ.

Genre: Crime, Drama
Nicholas’ Gift

Nicholas’ Gift

Nicholas’ Gift
IMDb: 7
90

Fact based drama about an American couple on vacation in Italy in 1994 with their two children who are attacked and shot by highway bandits. Shortly they discover that their…

Genre: Drama, TV Movie
Mister Frost

Mister Frost

Mister Frost
IMDb: 5.9
104

Frost is arrested and committed for murder after he is apprehended burying his victims in the garden. However, even while under psychiatric care and tight hospital security, it becomes obvious…

Nothing But the Best

Nothing But the Best

Nothing But the Best
IMDb: 6.8
99

Success has James Brewster’s name written all over it, and he also has his heart set on his boss’s daughter. A con artist hires him to help out on a…

Genre: Comedy
The Wicked Lady

The Wicked Lady

The Wicked Lady
IMDb: 4.8
98

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…

Genre: Adventure, Drama
The Sum of All Fears

The Sum of All Fears

The Sum of All Fears
IMDb: 6.4
124

When the president of Russia suddenly dies, a man whose politics are virtually unknown succeeds him. The change in political leaders sparks paranoia among American CIA officials, so CIA director…

Hamlet

Hamlet

Hamlet
IMDb: 6.7
130

Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, finds out that his uncle Claudius killed his father to obtain the throne, and plans revenge.

Genre: Drama, History
A Prayer for the Dying

A Prayer for the Dying

A Prayer for the Dying
IMDb: 6.2
107

Jack Higgins’ straightforward thriller about a guilt-ridden IRA bomber forced into “one last job”

Butley

Butley

Butley
IMDb: 6.8
127

Butley is set in Queen Mary’s College, London and focuses on two English instructors, Ben Butley, a middle-aged former T. S. Eliot expert whose life is now in a shambles,…

Genre: Drama
Evelyn

Evelyn

Evelyn
IMDb: 7
92

Desmond Doyle is devastated when his wife abandons their family on the day after Christmas. His unemployment, and the fact that there is no woman in the house to care…

Genre: Drama
Women in Love

Women in Love

Women in Love
IMDb: 7.1
131

Growing up in the sheltered confines of a 1920’s English coal-mining community, free-spirited sisters Gudrun and Ursula explore erotic love with a wealthy playboy and a philosophical educator, with cataclysmic…

Genre: Drama, Romance
Quartet

Quartet

Quartet
IMDb: 6.2
101

When her husband’s arrest leaves her penniless, a woman accepts an invitation to move in with a strange couple.

Genre: Drama, Romance
A Kind of Loving

A Kind of Loving

A Kind of Loving
IMDb: 7.4
108

As Vic Brown vacillates between infatuation and disinterest for his co-worker Ingrid Rothwell, she finds out that she is pregnant and Vic has to reconcile how he thought his life…

Genre: Drama, Romance
The Running Man

The Running Man

The Running Man
IMDb: 6.5
103

An insurance man (Alan Bates) gets chummy in Spain with a couple (Laurence Harvey, Lee Remick) who have collected on a fake death.

Genre: Crime, Drama
A Day in the Death of Joe Egg

A Day in the Death of Joe Egg

A Day in the Death of Joe Egg
IMDb: 6.8
106

A couple uses extremely black comedy to survive taking care of a daughter who is nearly completely brain dead. They take turns doing the daughter’s voice and stare into the…

Genre: Comedy, Drama
The Statement

The Statement

The Statement
IMDb: 6.2
120

The film is set in France in the 1990s, the French were defeated by the Germans early in World War II, an armistice was signed in 1940 which effectively split…

Genre: Drama, Thriller
We Think the World of You

We Think the World of You

We Think the World of You
IMDb: 5.8
92

An aimless young man, Johnny, is sent prison. He entrusts his beloved dog, Evie, to the care of his former lover and best friend, Frank. When he gets out of…

Genre: Drama
Nijinsky

Nijinsky

Nijinsky
IMDb: 6.5
129

The film suggests Nijinsky was driven into madness by both his consuming ambition and self-enforced heterosexuality, the latter prompted by his romantic involvement with Romola de Pulszky, a society girl…

Genre: Drama, Music, Romance