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Martin Scorsese Selects: Hidden Gems of British Cinema
Scorsese hand picks a selection of his favourite British films.
A selection of classic films, hidden gems, and unheralded treasures, taken from a watchlist Scorsese recommended to filmmaker Edgar Wright during the Covid lockdown. Enjoy this cinematic journey into the heart of British film, curated by one of cinema’s greatest champions.
The Blue LampThe Blue Lamp
Police drama195085 minsDirector: Basil Dearden
Dirk Bogarde stars as a loose-cannon crook with Dixon of Dock Green (Jack Warner) on his tail, in the classic Ealing policier.
SapphireSapphire
Police drama195992 minsDirector: Basil Dearden
A young student with a secret is brutally murdered in this British Academy Award winning thriller about race, sex and jealousy.
Dead of NightDead of Night
Anthology194599 minsDirector: Alberto Cavalcanti, Charles Crichton, Basil Dearden and Robert Hamer
A group of guests assembled at a country house swap uncanny and supernatural stories in this classic Ealing chiller from 1945.
Hue and CryHue and Cry
Action and Adventure194782 minsDirector: Charles Crichton
An army of schoolchildren fight crime on the bomb-torn streets of postwar London in this ripping Ealing classic.
The Lonely Passion of Judith HearneThe Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
Drama1989116 minsDirector: Jack Clayton
Maggie Smith is astonishing in one of her greatest roles as a spinster who falls for Bob Hoskins’ brash businessman.
Pink String and Sealing WaxPink String and Sealing Wax
Crime194690 minsDirector: Robert Hamer
Gordon Jackson stars in a seething tale of family conflict, murder and blackmail in Victorian Brighton.
Quatermass and the PitQuatermass and the Pit
Horror196794 minsDirector: Roy Ward Baker
One of Britain’s finest sci-fi films, based on Nigel Kneale’s masterful script, about the discovery of ancient alien craft beneath central London.
The Man in GreyThe Man in Grey
Melodrama1943116 minsDirector: Leslie Arliss
James Mason, Margaret Lockwood and Stewart Granger star in the first of the fantastically successful Gainsborough melodramas.
Uncle SilasUncle Silas
Drama194798 minsDirector: Charles Frank
Gothic chiller based on the novel by J. Sheridan Le Fanu. Jean Simmons stars as an heiress pursued by her unbalanced uncle and his perverted son.
The Devil Rides OutThe Devil Rides Out
Horror196895 minsDirector: Terence Fisher
Dennis Wheatley's occult tale is given the Hammer treatment.
UndergroundUnderground
Romance192893 minsSilentDirector: Anthony Asquith
The BFI National Archive restoration of one of Anthony Asquith's finest silent films set in London's Underground, with a new score.
Shooting StarsShooting Stars
Drama1928101 minsSilentDirector: A.V. Bramble
Anthony Asquith's (A Cottage on Dartmoor, Underground), fabulous silent film set in a British movie studio in the 1920s.
The Queen of SpadesThe Queen of Spades
Fantasy194995 minsDirector: Thorold Dickinson
Thorold Dickinson's most dazzling success, based on Pushkin’s 1834 tale of black magic and gambling.
Night of the EagleNight of the Eagle
Horror196284 minsDirector: Sidney Hayers
A sceptical professor falls prey to diabolical evil when he burns his wife's protective magic charms.
It Always Rains on SundayIt Always Rains on Sunday
Drama194788 minsDirector: Robert Hamer
Austerity noir: Ealing's downbeat but compelling East End thriller.
MandyMandy
Drama195293 minsDirector: Alexander Mackendrick
Alexander Mackendrick's drama about a deaf girl and her unstable family life is remarkably unsentimental while still packing an emotional punch.