David Lean Movies

Documentary - After starting his career producing religious film shorts, J. Arthur Rank went on to become Britain's first and only movie mogul with...

Fictionalized story of British aerospace engineers solving the problem of supersonic flight.

When 9-year-old orphan Oliver Twist dares to ask his cruel taskmaster, Mr. Bumble, for a second serving of gruel, he's hired out as an apprentice....

When a photograph is taken at the scene of a murder, the camera is tossed out of a castle window to destroy the evidence and lands in the back of a...

A batty Scottish professor attempts to prove the existence of the Loch Ness Monster, but everyone thinks he's crazy. Meanwhile, a foolish young...

Set just before the outbreak of WWII, this is the story of a test pilot who works for the (unnamed) enemy. Made in 1939, by the time it was released...

A motorcycle champion becomes a stunt rider after he is banned from speedway racing.

It is based on the popular West End stage comedy by Terrence Rattigan. It all begins when Diana (Ellen Drew), the sister of a British boy studying in...

A behind-the-scenes look at the building of the bridge in the film The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) and the preparations for its destruction.

Several high-budget epic films became Omar Sharif (1932-2015) a film star. He was an actor, but also a bridge player, a womanizer, a bon vivant; he...

In this promotional short for the feature film Doctor Zhivago (1965), director David Lean explains why he chose the performers for the leading roles...

When David Lean made his film Doctor Zhivago (1965), he realized that it would be impossible to do location shooting in Moscow. Instead, he found a...

In 1915 during the First World War, a British secret agent is killed while stealing secret Turkish plans for the Gallipoli Campaign but manages to...

Michael is a young Englishman abroad who deliberately visits a tough Chinese district of Tiger Bay to test his strength. He falls in love and battles...

Documentary about the making of the epic 1962 film, with reminiscences from surviving cast and crew.

'Africa. Half-caste Legionnaire dies to save governor, the son of major who hates him.' (British Film Catalogue)

Television documentary on playwright, actor, composer, and film maker Noel Coward.

In this espionage drama, a Secret Service agent must discover who has been smuggling British arms into China. The prime suspect is a prosperous...

A drama film directed by Louis Mercanton

A film about the life of A Passage to India author E M Forster, following his huge growth as a writer and the twists and turns of his personal life.