List of the best Lindsay Anderson movies: O Lucky Man!(1973), This Sporting Life(1963), If...(1968), The Whales of August(1987), In Celebration(1974), The White Bus(1967), Chariots of Fire(1981), Prisoner of Honor(1991) ... ...
Comedy
UK|USA
1973
173 Minutes
Director
Malcolm McDowell Ralph Richardson Rachel Roberts Arthur Lowe Helen Mirren Dandy Nichols Mona Washbourne Michael Medwin Vivian Pickles Mary MacLeod Graham Crowden
young man beautiful woman father boss public relations specialist cheeky witty outlandish england scotland london factory hotel clinic class distinctions aspirations british empire romance social change capitalism
An apprentice coffee salesman has a series of improbable and ironic adventures that seem designed to challenge his naive idealism.
Drama
UK
1963
134 Minutes
Director
coal miner landlady team owner athlete brash uneasy wild yorkshire coal mine stadium club rugby rags to riches rise underdog 1950s
Despite success on the field, a rising rugby star senses the emerging emptiness of his life as his inner angst begins to materialize through aggression and brutality, so he attempts to woo his landlady in hopes of finding reason to live.
Drama
UK
1968
111 Minutes
Director
Malcolm McDowell David Wood Richard Warwick Robert Swann Christine Noonan Arthur Lowe Mona Washbourne Graham Crowden Simon Ward
anti-hero teenager headmaster prefect girlfriend boyfriend intense shocking england boarding school school disillusionment sex growing up wretched excess 1960s
In this allegorical story, a revolution led by pupil Mick Travis takes place at an old established private school in England.
Drama
USA
1987
90 Minutes
Director
Bette Davis Lillian Gish Vincent Price Ann Sothern Harry Carey Jr. Margaret Ladd Tisha Sterling Mary Steenburgen
sister widow elderly person neighbor fisherman blind person touching mellow heartwarming cliff island, maine summerhouse seaside aging love family vacation sister relationship growing up love sacrifice
Two aged sisters reflect on life and the past during a late summer day in Maine.
Drama
UK|USA
1974
131 Minutes
Director
Alan Bates James Bolam Brian Cox Constance Chapman Gabrielle Day Bill Owen
coal miner wife son lawyer businessman brother engaging tense brooding emotional family home yorkshire, england family history reunion parenthood class distinctions change of career rivalry growing up 1970s
In a Yorkshire mining town, three educated brothers return to their blue-collar home to celebrate the 40th Anniversary of their parents, but dark secrets come to the fore.
Drama
1967
46 Minutes
Director
Arthur Lowe John Sharp Patricia Healey Victor Henry Stephen Moore Fanny Carby Julie Perry Anthony Hopkins
A young woman (Patricia Healey) is removed from her suicidal London life and taken home to North England.
Drama
UK
1981
123 Minutes
Master of Caius
Ben Cross Ian Charleson John Gielgud Nigel Havers Nicholas Farrell Ian Holm Lindsay Anderson Nigel Davenport Cheryl Campbell Alice Krige Dennis Christopher
athlete missionary coach sister reverend uplifting inspiring heartwarming beach paris cambridge university stadium sports olympic games religion running quest transformation 1920s
Two British track athletes, one a determined Jew, and the other a devout Christian, compete in the 1924 Olympics.
Drama, History
1991
88 Minutes
War Minister
Richard Dreyfuss Oliver Reed Peter Firth Jeremy Kemp Brian Blessed Peter Vaughan Kenneth Colley Lindsay Anderson
general doctor army major jew army colonel minister gripping inspiring disheartening prison office courtroom military court big city devil's island framed set-up fight for justice law duty
Georges Picquart (Richard Dreyfuss) dares to defend Jewish Capt. Alfred Dreyfus for treason in 1890s France.