List of the best Carol Reed movies: The Third Man(1949), The Fallen Idol(1948), Odd Man Out(1947), Mutiny on the Bounty(1962), The Agony and the Ecstasy(1965), Our Man in Havana(1960), Night Train to Munich(1940), The Man Between(1953), The Stars Look Down(1939), The Public Eye(1972), The True Glory(1945), Outcast of the Islands(1952) ... ...
8.1/10
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1949
104 Minutes
Director
Orson Welles Joseph Cotten Trevor Howard Alida Valli Paul Hoerbiger Ernst Deutsch Erich Ponto Siegfried Breuer Bernard Lee Hedwig Bleibtreu Wilfrid Hyde-White
writer friend actress love interest thief suspenseful dark vienna cemetery hospital nightclub household accident investigation murder love triangle mistaken identity betrayal mystery pursuit
Pulp novelist Holly Martins travels to shadowy, postwar Vienna, only to find himself investigating the mysterious death of an old friend, Harry Lime.
7.7/10
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1948
94 Minutes
Director
Ralph Richardson Michèle Morgan Bobby Henrey Sonia Dresdel Jack Hawkins Bernard Lee
diplomat son butler wife inspector detective suspenseful dark household embassy london idolization investigation witnessing murder misunderstanding affair secret mystery quest rescue
A butler working in a foreign embassy in London falls under suspicion when his wife accidentally falls to her death, the only witness being an impressionable young boy.
7.7/10
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1947
115 Minutes
Director
James Mason Robert Newton Kathleen Ryan Robert Beatty William Hartnell F.J. McCormick Fay Compton Beryl Measor Cyril Cusack Dan O'Herlihy Roy Irving
fugitive daughter mother soldier dark gritty belfast, northern ireland hideout family home robbery crime irish republican army injury pursuit 1940s
A wounded Irish nationalist leader attempts to evade police following a failed robbery in Belfast.
7.3/10
Adventure
USA
1962
179 Minutes
Marlon Brando Carol Reed Trevor Howard Richard Harris Hugh Griffith Richard Haydn Tim Seely Percy Herbert Tarita Gordon Jackson
ship captain sailor islander thrilling tense ship tahiti england pitcairn island william bligh fletcher christian class distinctions mutiny underdog adventure escape 1780s
In 1787, British ship Bounty leaves Portsmouth to bring a cargo of bread-fruit from Tahiti but the savage on-board conditions imposed by Captain Bligh trigger a mutiny led by officer Fletcher Christian.
7.2/10
Drama, History
USA
1965
136 Minutes
Director
Charlton Heston Rex Harrison Diane Cilento Harry Andrews Adolfo Celi Venantino Venantini John Stacy Fausto Tozzi Maxine Audley Tomas Milian
artist pope countess passionate powerful rome mountain sistine chapel michelangelo painting renaissance religion historical events rivalry transformation 16th century
The biographical story of Michelangelo's troubles while painting the Sistine Chapel at the urging of Pope Julius II.
7.2/10
Comedy, Mystery & Thriller
UK
1960
107 Minutes
Director
Alec Guinness Burl Ives Maureen O'Hara Ernie Kovacs Noel Coward Ralph Richardson Jo Morrow Paul Rogers Gregoire Aslan Jose Prieto Duncan Macrae
expatriate secret agent double agent director secretary salesman cool amusing suspenseful havana, cuba london city apartment government offices store city espionage communism father/daughter relationship patriotism deception
Jim Wormold, who is a vacuum cleaner salesman, participates as an Agent in the British Secret Service. But he soon realizes that his plans by lying are going to get him into trouble.
7.2/10
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1940
93 Minutes
Director
Margaret Lockwood Rex Harrison Paul Henreid Basil Radford Naunton Wayne James Harcourt Felix Aylmer F. Wyndham Goldie Roland Culver Eliot Makeham Raymond Huntley
scientist daughter undercover agent czech nazi thrilling cheeky gutsy train concentration camp naval base germany prague england world war ii espionage scientific experiments nazism technology journey
After Germany invades Czechoslovakia, the German and the British intelligence services try to capture Czech scientist Dr. Axel Bomasch (James Harcourt), inventor of a new type of armor-plating.
7.1/10
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1953
101 Minutes
Director
tourist criminal wife major young boy gripping intricate cool suspenseful berlin border kidnapping redemption world war ii nazism sacrifice escape transformation 1940s
In post-WW2 Berlin, when travel to the East was still possible, the sister of a British officer from West-Berlin is abducted by Communist agents and taken into the Soviet-sector where her eventual rescue is arranged by a German smuggler.
7.0/10
Drama
UK
1939
110 Minutes
Director
Michael Redgrave Margaret Lockwood Emlyn Williams Nancy Price Allan Jeayes Edward Rigby Cecil Parker Linden Travers Milton Rosmer George Carney Ivor Barnard
teacher wife businessperson wealthy man bleak emotional melodramatic england small town blue collar coal mining love triangle aspirations class distinctions sacrifice underdog rivalry 1930s
Davey Fenwick (Sir Michael Redgrave) leaves his mining village on a university scholarship intent on returning to better support the miners against the owners. But he falls in love with ... See full summary »
7.0/10
Comedy
UK
1972
95 Minutes
Director
Mia Farrow Topol Michael Jayston Margaret Rawlings Annette Crosbie Dudley Foster
When a strait-laced British accountant marries a free-spirited American, he starts trying to change her. His wife doesn't keep regular hours, so he suspects an affair and hires a detective ... See full summary »
7.0/10
Documentary, War
UK|USA
1945
85 Minutes
Director
Dwight D. Eisenhower
dwight d. eisenhower soldier nazi historian confident fiery patriotic inspiring europe united states world war ii nazism allied forces victory historical events rivalry rise 1940s
A documentary account of the allied invasion of Europe during World War II compiled from the footage shot by nearly one thousand four hundred cameramen. It opens as the assembled Allied ... See full summary »
6.9/10
Adventure
UK
1952
102 Minutes
Director
Trevor Howard Ralph Richardson Kerima Robert Morley George Coulouris Wilfrid Hyde-White Frederick Valk Betty Ann Davies Peter Illing James Kenney A.V. Bramble
anti-hero native captain trader dreamy emotional melodramatic jungle borneo trading post man vs. nature interracial romance madness fall wretched excess 19th century
A man occupies a position of trust with a merchant in an East Asian port. He's sacked when he's caught stealing, but he pretends to commit suicide, and a Captain he befriended agrees to take him to a secret trading post.
6.9/10
Drama
USA
1956
105 Minutes
Director
Burt Lancaster Gina Lollobrigida Tony Curtis Katy Jurado Thomas Gomez Johnny Puleo Minor Watson Jean-Pierre Kérien Gerard Landry Sidney James
trapeze artist acrobat woman ex-lover intense touching paris circus love triangle acrobatics seduction second chance mentorship love transformation rivalry 1950s
A crippled circus acrobat is torn emotionally between two ambitious young trapeze artists, one a talented young American and a less-gifted but beautiful Italian.
6.7/10
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1941
78 Minutes
Director
Margaret Lockwood Barry Barnes Emlyn Williams Roger Livesly Margueretta Scott F. Wyndham Goldie
Nurse Anne Graham (Margaret Lockwood) is controversially, but rightly, acquitted of murder after her elderly patient dies under suspicious circumstances. Changing her name, she gets a ... See full summary »
6.6/10
Drama
UK
1963
103 Minutes
Director
Laurence Harvey Lee Remick Alan Bates Felix Aylmer Eleanor Summerfield Allan Cuthbertson Harold Goldblatt Noel Purcell Ramsay Ames Fernando Rey Juan José Menéndez
pilot wife insurance investigator thrilling suspenseful england malaga, spain gibraltar insurance fraud plane crash chase schemes new identity escape wretched excess 1960s
An Englishman with a grudge against an insurance company for a disallowed claim fakes his own death, but is soon pursued by an insurance investigator.
6.5/10
Fantasy
UK
1956
91 Minutes
Director
Celia Johnson Diana Dors David Kossoff Joe Robinson Jonathan Ashmore Brenda De Banzie Vera Day Primo Carnera Sydney Tafler Sidney James Daphne Anderson
son mother tailor goat charming touching spirited london childhood mother/child relationship poverty wishes animals growing up discovery underdog 1950s
In a lower-class London community of small shops, open-air vendors and flea-marketers, Joe, a small boy, lives with his mother, Joanne, who works in and rooms above the Kandinsky tailor ... See full summary »
6.1/10
Romance
UK
1938
79 Minutes
Director
Jessie Matthews Michael Redgrave Noel Madison Alastair Sim Margaret Vyner Mary Clare Francis L. Sullivan Enid Stamp-Taylor Torin Thatcher Tucker McGuire Basil Radford
model millionaire young man beautiful girl amusing airy witty tender england united kingdom secret identity love love interest wealth poverty comedy love metamorphosis pursuit 20th century
Wealthy young man Nicky (Sir Michael Redgrave) pretends to be poor to be close to model Diana (Jesse Matthews) though he's nearly engaged to aristocrat Lady Constance (Margaret Vyner).
Musical
1968
146 Minutes
Director
Ron Moody Oliver Reed Mark Lester Shani Wallis Harry Secombe Jack Wild Hugh Griffith Joseph O'Conor Peggy Mount Leonard Rossiter Hylda Baker
oliver twist pickpocket criminal wealthy man kidnapper girlfriend spirited cheeky london orphanage street hideout kidnapping class distinctions child abuse crime growing up escape 1830s
Dickens' Oliver Twist (Mark Lester) goes from parish boy to Fagin's (Ron Moody) pickpocketing school to the clutches of murderous Bill Sikes (Oliver Reed).
Comedy
1941
86 Minutes
Director
Michael Redgrave Diana Wynyard Phyllis Calvert Michael Wilding Arthur Riscoe Max Adrian
apprentice teacher lawyer playwright girlfriend wealthy man lighthearted shop school apartment mansion london wealth inheritance shady dealings education romance growing up transformation love
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