British movies (34)
- Simon Simon (1970)
Comedy B-feature short featuring a host of familiar 1970s British faces
Rating: 6/10 - Italian Job, The (1969)
A perennial favourite on the Best British Films of All Time lists, this crime caper is the best free product placement in the history of cinema
Rating: 10/10 - Billion Dollar Brain (1967)
The third Harry Palmer film is a glorious, enjoyable mess which sees him face a billionaire with plans for world domination
Rating: 7/10 - Alfie (1966)
A British classic showing both the highs and lows of the Swinging Sixties
Rating: 10/10 - Zulu (1964)
Moving war drama which attempts to celebrate those who fight wars without exalting war itself
Rating: 10/10 - Wrong Arm of the Law, The (1962)
Entertaining British crime caper starring Peter Sellers as a crime boss and Lionel Jeffries as a senior policeman who team up to thwart a shared enemy
Rating: 8/10 - Solo for Sparrow (1962)
Tight little B-movie in which a gang of thieves rob a jeweller's, but Inspector Sparrow of the Yard is soon after them – featuring Michael Caine as an Irish gang member
Rating: 5/10 - Day the Earth Caught Fire, The (1961)
Excellent end-of-the-world disaster movie which succeeds on almost every level
Rating: 8/10 - Bulldog Breed, The (1960)
Standard Norman Wisdom fare, which means you'll either find it very funny or excruciatingly annoying, about a British sailor being sent to space
Rating: 4/10 - Foxhole in Cairo, A (1960)
Passable WWII spy film about Rommell’s plans to infiltrate the British Army’s operations in Egypt with Michael Caine in an early speaking role
Rating: 5/10 - Two-Headed Spy, The (1958)
WWII spy movie based loosely on a true story of a double agent within the German army
Rating: 7/10 - Blind Spot (1958)
Melodramatic thriller featuring a US Army captain in England getting caught up in a web of smuggling and murder, with an early speaking role for Michael Caine
Rating: 5/10 - Carve Her Name with Pride (1958)
Excellent WWII biopic of Violette Szabo, a woman of extraordinary courage and bravery who won both the George Cross and the French Croix de Guerre
Rating: 8/10 - Sailor Beware (1956)
Diverting British B-movie about a young sailor Lewis returning home to marry his sweetheart and having to stand up to his mother-in-law, Peggy Mount.
Rating: 5/10
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