List of the best John Schlesinger movies: Midnight Cowboy(1969), Marathon Man(1976), Billy Liar(1963), A Kind of Loving(1962), Far From the Madding Crowd(1967), Sunday, Bloody Sunday(1971), The Falcon and the Snowman(1985), Visions of Eight(1973), Madame Sousatzka(1988), Yanks(1979), Honky Tonk Freeway(1981), The Next Best Thing(2000) ... ...
7.8/10
Drama
USA
1969
113 Minutes
Director
Dustin Hoffman Jon Voight Sylvia Miles John McGiver Brenda Vaccaro Barnard Hughes Ruth White Jennifer Salt Gil Rankin Tom Marlow Bob Balaban
homeless person dishwasher artist wealthy woman girlfriend mother disturbing powerful sad new york city abandoned building loft hotel movie theater miami friendship prostitution city life underdog transformation
A naive hustler travels from Texas to New York City to seek personal fortune, finding a new friend in the process.
7.4/10
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1976
125 Minutes
Director
Dustin Hoffman Laurence Olivier Roy Scheider William Devane Marthe Keller Fritz Weaver Richard Bright Marc Lawrence Allen Joseph Tito Goya Ben Dova
college student secret agent nazi girlfriend disturbing thrilling intense new york city central park columbia university espionage family murder third reich crime nazism discovery escape mystery 1970s
A history student becomes caught in the middle of a dangerous international plot involving Nazis, stolen jewels, and government agents.
7.3/10
Comedy, Drama
UK
1963
98 Minutes
Director
Tom Courtenay Julie Christie Wilfred Pickles Mona Washbourne Ethel Griffies Finlay Currie
clerk friend hero waitress police officer quirky england cemetery restaurant playground jail imagination escape friendship wedding aspirations singing adventure escape discovery
A lazy, irresponsible young clerk (Sir Tom Courtenay) in provincial Northern England lives in his own fantasy world and makes emotionally immature decisions as he alienates friends and family.
7.3/10
Drama
UK
1962
112 Minutes
Director
Alan Bates June Ritchie Thora Hird Bert Palmer Gwen Nelson Malcolm Patton Pat Keen
secretary mother wife mother-in-law draftsman husband somber brooding melodramatic manchester, england factory class distinctions pregnancy miscarriage housing shortage marriage sacrifice transformation 1960s
After his girlfriend's pregnancy forces him to marry her, a young man must adjust to his new life and contend with his domineering mother-in-law.
7.2/10
Romance, Drama
UK
1967
169 Minutes
Director
Julie Christie Peter Finch Alan Bates Terence Stamp Prunella Ransome Fiona Walker Paul Dawkins Andrew Robertson John Barrett Julian Somers Pauline Melville
pretty woman farmer soldier shepherd emotional tense england countryside farm love triangle farming jealousy class distinctions rivalry quest 1870s
Bathsheba Everdene, a willful, flirtatious, young woman, unexpectedly inherits a large farm and is romantically pursued by three very different men.
7.1/10
Gay & Lesbian, Drama
UK
1971
110 Minutes
Director
Glenda Jackson Peter Finch Murray Head Peggy Ashcroft Tony Britton Maurice Denham Bessie Love Jon Finch
artist businesswoman doctor husband wife friend moving passionate apartment england family home love triangle relationships bisexuality divorce love transformation 1970s
The emotional intricacies of a polyamorous relationship between young artist Bob and his two lovers: a lonely male doctor and a frustrated female office worker.
6.8/10
Mystery & Thriller
UK|USA|Mexico
1985
131 Minutes
Director
Timothy Hutton Sean Penn David Suchet Lori Singer Pat Hingle Dorian Harewood Mady Kaplan Richard Dysart Chris Makepeace
civilian defense contractor friend spy operative cop father suspenseful uneasy california facility embassy mexico field prison cold war espionage treason drug addiction disillusionment friendship
The true story of a disillusioned military contractor employee and his drug pusher childhood friend who became walk-in spies for the Soviet Union.
6.8/10
Documentary
West Germany|USA
1973
105 Minutes
John Schlesinger Claude Lelouch Milos Forman Michel Pfleghar
olympic athlete boxer weightlifter gymnast rousing engaging munich olympics olympic village stadium olympic games competition losing sports winning transformation underdog sacrifice rivalry 1970s
Eight acclaimed filmmakers bring their unique and differing perspectives to the 1972 Summer Olympic Games held in Munich. The segments include Claude Lelouch's take on Olympic losers and ... See full summary »
6.7/10
Drama
UK|Canada
1988
121 Minutes
Director
Shirley MacLaine Navin Chowdhry Peggy Ashcroft Twiggy Shabana Azmi Leigh Lawson Geoffrey Bayldon Lee Montague
pianist instructor mother protégé cheeky heartwarming inspiring london apartment concert hall music mentorship talent adolescence race relations family growing up rise underdog 1980s
Renowned Russian piano teacher Irina Sousatzka gets a new student - Bengali piano prodigy Manek. They are both immigrants in the UK and bond quickly. When Manek's single mother's business fails, he must make a career decision.
6.4/10
Romance
UK
1979
139 Minutes
Director
Richard Gere Lisa Eichhorn Vanessa Redgrave William Devane Chick Vennera Wendy Morgan Rachel Roberts Tony Melody Martin Smith Derek Thompson Simon Harrison
soldier military officer young woman socialite friend passionate moving england dance hall small town army base resort culture clash moral dilemma affair love triangle doomed romance world war ii forbidden love temptation
Joining WWII, USA ships soldiers to UK. Matt and John arrive in 1942. Each see a local woman - married or to be engaged with soldiers serving faraway.
5.2/10
Comedy
USA|UK
1981
110 Minutes
Director
Beau Bridges Beverly D'Angelo William Devane David Rasche Paul Jabara Howard Hesseman Teri Garr Jenn Thompson Peter Billingsley Daniel Stern Sandra McCabe
mayor sheriff waitress mother father hitchhiker quirky offbeat highway small town florida amusement park political corruption deception small-town life vacation driving wretched excess quest 1980s
A satire of American progression in which a mayor tries to bribe an official to ensure a ramp connects Ticlaw to an up-and-coming intrastate. When his plan fails, the town residents are forced to take matters into their own hands.
4.7/10
Gay & Lesbian, Comedy, Drama
USA
2000
108 Minutes
Director
Rupert Everett Madonna Benjamin Bratt Michael Vartan Josef Sommer Lynn Redgrave Malcolm Stumpf Neil Patrick Harris Illeana Douglas Mark Valley Suzanne Krull
best friend gay man baby banker producer lawyer amusing melodramatic heartwarming airport amusement park swimming pool house courtroom unplanned pregnancy unconventional family custody battle friendship marriage father/son relationship
Abbie, tired of failed relationships, has a one-night-stand with her gay friend; they agree to raise the resulting baby together.
Drama
1993
107 Minutes
Director
Isabella Rossellini Anthony Hopkins Campbell Scott Hart Bochner Ronald Nitschke James Grant Richard Durden Corey Johnson
An English engineer/spy (Campbell Scott) falls for a woman (Isabella Rossellini) who may jeopardize his top-secret mission in 1955 Berlin.
Horror
1987
114 Minutes
Director
Martin Sheen Helen Shaver Harley Cross Robert Loggia Elizabeth Wilson Harris Yulin Lee Richardson Richard Masur
psychiatrist son love interest friend detective suspect creepy suspenseful new york city street office voodoo ritual sacrifice murder father/son relationship loss betrayal pursuit mystery wretched excess
A police psychologist (Martin Sheen) and his son (Harley Cross) discover a sacrificial cult in New York.
6.9/10
Drama
UK
1991
87 Minutes
Derek Moulthorpe
Brian Cox Eileen Atkins Angus Macfadyen Corey Parker Rene Auberjonois John Schlesinger Cathy Tyson Ben Daniells Nigel Whitmey
gay man husband wife son ex-boyfriend linguist emotional london family home apartment gay bar coming out marriage self-discovery language father/son relationship homosexuality transformation 1990s
A young gay man comes out to his middle-class parents, which has repercussions for his father who has long since been trying to repress his own sexuality.
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