List of the best Sylvia Syms movies: Booked Out(2012), Give Us Tomorrow(1979), Together(2018), The World Ten Times Over(1963), Ice Cold in Alex(1958), Conspiracy of Hearts(1960), The Quare Fellow(1962), Flame in the Streets(1961), The Big Job(1965), The Punch and Judy Man(1962), Expresso Bongo(1959), Bachelor of Hearts(1958) ... ...
Romance, Comedy, Drama
UK
2012
86 Minutes
Mrs. Nicholls
Sylvia Syms Rollo Weeks Mirren Burke Claire Garvey Gabriela Montaraz
Booked Out follows the quirky exploits of the Polaroid loving artist Ailidh as she spies and photographs the occupants of her block of flats. Jacob, the boy next door who comes and goes ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1979
94 Minutes
Wendy Hammond
Sylvia Syms Derren Nesbitt James Kerry
Masked intruders take the family of a bank manager hostage in order to rob his bank.
Romance
2018
Minutes
Rosemary
Sylvia Syms Peter Bowles Amanda Barrie Nina Wadia Cathy Tyson Carla Mendonca Juliet Cowan Dominic Carter Katie Sheridan Rufus Wright Tom Price
Drama
1963
93 Minutes
Billa
War
UK
1958
132 Minutes
Sister Murdoch, Sister Diana Murdoch
soldier nurse captain driver nun spy brooding suspenseful melodramatic north africa ambulance bar car desert journey espionage secret identity world war ii military discovery
During World War II in North Africa, a medical field unit must cross the desert in their ambulance in order to reach the British lines in Alexandria.
Drama
UK
1960
111 Minutes
nun nazi priest jew child mother superior inspiring emotional somber suspenseful convent italy concentration camp world war ii holocaust resistance religion helping others faith rescue
Catholic nuns risk their lives to help Jewish children in an Italian internment camp escape to Palestine during World War II.
Drama
UK
1962
85 Minutes
Patrick McGoohan Sylvia Syms Walter Macken Dermot Kelly Jack Cunningham Hilton Edwards Philip O'Flynn Leo McCabe Norman Rodway Marie Kean Pauline Delaney
guard prisoner warden doctor mistress colleague brooding melodramatic dark dublin ireland prison cell prison life capital punishment adultery forbidden love morality discovery wretched excess
In Ireland, a newly hired prison guard has to deal with the realities of prison work and to face the grim issue of death-row executions.
Drama
UK
1961
93 Minutes
Kathie Palmer
John Mills Sylvia Syms Brenda De Banzie Earl Cameron Johnny Sekka Ann Lynn Wilfrid Brambell Meredith Edwards Newton Blick Glyn Houston Michael Wynne
union boss west indian daughter spirited intricate gutsy united kingdom bonfire racial issues racial tension racism interracial relationship discovery escape transformation 1960s
During the 1960s in Britain, tense race relations between whites and blacks are affecting the workplace, the family, the dating scene, and the society at large.
Comedy
UK
1965
88 Minutes
Myrtle Robbins
Sidney James Sylvia Syms Dick Emery Lance Percival Joan Sims Jim Dale Edina Ronay Deryck Guyier Brian Rawlinson Reginald Beckwith David Horne
bank robbers prisoner police captain girlfriend airy amusing hilarious charming prison police station bank bank robbery life after prison prison release money love rise revenge quest adventure
An inept gang of bank robbers, led by George The Brain, are caught and sentenced to 15 years hard labour each. When they are released from prison they start out to collect the money they ... See full summary »
Comedy
UK
1962
96 Minutes
Delia Pinner
puppeteer performance artist entertainer shopkeeper hilarious madcap spirited beach shop shopfront puppetry social climbing lost illusions rise fall transformation 1960s
Dark comedy about a seaside Punch and Judy man driven to distraction by his social climbing wife and his hatred for the snobbery of local government. He is persuaded to go to the Mayor's gala evening but it's all too much for him.
Musical, Comedy
UK
1959
111 Minutes
Maisie King
Laurence Harvey Sylvia Syms Cliff Richard Yolande Mallott Meier Tzelniker Ambrosine Philpotts Eric Pohlmann Hermione Baddeley Reginald Beckwith Wilfrid Lawson Martin Miller
promoter talent scout pop star musician teenager melodramatic spirited disheartening london music hall coffee shop music industry rock 'n' roll media circus rags to riches exploitation fame underdog rise temptation
Johnny Jackson, a sleazy talent agent, discovers teenager Bert Rudge singing in a coffee house. Despite Bert's protestation that he really is only interested in playing bongos, Johnny ... See full summary »
Comedy
UK
1958
94 Minutes
Hardy Kruger Sylvia Syms Ronald Lewis Jeremy Burnham Peter Myers Philip Gilbert Charles Kay John Richardson Gillian Vaughan Sandra Francis Barbara Steele
German scholar Wolf Hauser arrives for a year at Cambridge. Apart from his studies he tries to muck in with the very English non-academic goings-on while romancing pretty Girton-girl Ann.
Drama
1959
96 Minutes
poor boy teen boy petty criminal racketeer murder victim sister bleak disheartening intense tense slum london petty crime racketeering crime fugitives family poverty pursuit growing up
Adventure
1963
105 Minutes
Louis Jourdan Sylvia Syms Jean Chevrier Nicole Courcel Ettore Manni Renaud Mary Michel Piccoli Corrado Pani Nicolas Vogel María Luisa Rolando Carlo Giustini
A warrior dashes between his barbaric allies and a city that's being defended by embattled women warriors.
Drama
UK
1957
93 Minutes
Georgie Harlow
husband wife mistress son emotional moving house bedroom hotel office divorce adultery loyalty family temptation forbidden love fall 1950s
A married, middle-aged woman is shocked to discover that her husband, who she thought was content in their marriage, has become infatuated with a beautiful younger woman and is planning to leave his family for her.
Drama
UK
1969
100 Minutes
Mrs. Ransome
John Mills Mark Lester Sylvia Syms Gordon Jackson Bernard Mills Fiona Fullerton
young boy father mother ex-soldier horse uplifting touching dreamy spirited devonshire, england family home moor psychosomatic illness horses unusual friendship mentorship loneliness accident rescue transformation
Philip Ransome, a northern English boy about ten-years-old, has been mute since age three and spends his days roaming the moors alone. His parents despair of a cure. One day, he sees a ... See full summary »
Adventure
UK
1959
103 Minutes
Liz Ferrers
Curt Jurgens Orson Welles Sylvia Syms Jeremy Spenser Roy Chiao Shelley Shen
Mark Conrad, a habitual drunk and troublemaker with a shady past, is expelled by Hong Kong police after one too many bar fights. He's sent to Macao on the Fa Tsan, a ferry owned by Captain ... See full summary »
Drama
1957
86 Minutes
Nurse Margaret Collier
Anna Neagle George Baker Sylvia Syms Anthony Quayle Flora Robson Alan White
Drama
1960
129 Minutes
Kay O'Neill
William Holden Nancy Kwan Sylvia Syms Michael Wilding Laurence Naismith Jacqui Chan Andy Ho Bernard Cribbins Yvonne Shima Lier Hwang Lionel Blair
artist prostitute married man banker daughter friend engaging tender ferry hong kong brothel family home culture clash interracial romance prejudice painting prostitution forbidden love discovery transformation
An older American artist (William Holden) falls in love with his bar-girl model (Nancy Kwan) in Hong Kong.
Western
USA
1969
90 Minutes
Laura Galt
Vince Edwards Jack Palance George Maharis Sylvia Syms Neville Brand Kate O'Mara Christian Roberts Patrick Holt
During the Civil War, ex-parson Josiah Galt and his sons are Confederate raiders but they become common robbers after the war, save for son David who goes straight.
Comedy
1980
87 Minutes
Ursula Westerby
Tom Smothers Twiggy Martin Balsam Sylvia Syms Michael Witney Geoffrey Sumner Graham Stark Hermione Baddeley
Rattled by his daughter's wedding, an adman (Tom Smothers) makes scenes with a Roaring '20s flapper (Twiggy) only he can see.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1996
120 Minutes
Roy Marsden Ian Bannen Cathryn Harrison Amanda Root Sylvia Syms Tim Dutton Lizzy McInnerny Jonathan Coy Carolyn Pickles Raymond Gerome David de Keyser
A weekend in a summer house, where six late twenties friends have reunited. A series of life crises force them to confront their relationships and lives, leading them to discover what it really means to grow up.
Romance
UK|USA
1989
108 Minutes
Headmistress
Pauline Collins Tom Conti Alison Steadman Julia McKenzie Joanna Lumley Bernard Hill Sylvia Syms Gillian Kearney Catharine Duncan Tracie Bennett Gareth Jefferson
housewife husband son best friend owner tourist amusing passionate liverpool, england household greece island taverna boat midlife crisis vacation infidelity friendship romance starting over
Shirley is a 42-year-old Liverpudlian bored housewife, who takes a holiday trip to Greece, meeting a local man who bolsters her self-confidence. She evolves and transforms to the point of finally being unrecognizable by her husband.
Drama
2008
92 Minutes
Lilian
Michael Caine Bill Milner Anne-Marie Duff David Morrissey Rosemary Harris Elizabeth Spriggs Leslie Phillips Peter Vaughan Linzey Cocker Sylvia Syms Ralph Ineson
young boy magician magician's assistant best friend friend teenager charming playful engaging suspenseful witty friendship best friends relationships unlikely friendship magic adventure discovery growing up mystery
A death-obsessed youth (Bill Milner) befriends an aging magician (Michael Caine) who longs to join his wife in the afterlife.
Drama, War
UK
1965
116 Minutes
Sophia Loren George Peppard Trevor Howard John Mills Richard Johnson Tom Courtenay Jeremy Kemp Anthony Quayle Lilli Palmer Paul Henreid Helmut Dantine
lieutenant woman spy prime minister general colonel suspenseful intense germany london holland underground world war ii special ops espionage military working undercover quest sacrifice 1940s
Allied agents attempt to infiltrate the Nazis' rocket research site.