List of the best Tony Richardson movies: The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner(1962), A Taste of Honey(1961), The Loved One(1965), The Entertainer(1960), Look Back in Anger(1958), The Charge of the Light Brigade(1968), A Delicate Balance(1973), The Hotel New Hampshire(1984), Tom Jones(1963), The Border(1982), Blue Sky(1994), Joseph Andrews(1977) ... ...
Drama
UK
1962
103 Minutes
Director
Tom Courtenay Michael Redgrave Avis Bunnage Peter Madden James Bolam Julia Foster Dervis Ward Raymond Dyer Alec McCowen Joe Robinson John Thaw
rebel athlete headmaster juvenile delinquent bully intense powerful brooding spirited reform school nottingham, england track anger rehabilitation rebellion running reform rivalry growing up revenge
A juvenile offender (Sir Tom Courtenay) at a tough reform school impresses its Governor (Sir Michael Redgrave) with his running ability and is encouraged to compete in an upcoming race, but faces ridicule from his peers.
Gay & Lesbian, Comedy, Drama
UK
1961
100 Minutes
Director
teenager daughter mother sailor boyfriend gay/lesbian bleak emotional england household love friendship mother/daughter relationship emotional abuse pregnancy family dysfunction growing up love discovery 1960s
A pregnant teenage girl must fend for herself when her mother remarries, leaving the girl with only a new male friend for support.
Comedy
USA
1965
116 Minutes
Director
Robert Morse Jonathan Winters Anjanette Comer Rod Steiger Dana Andrews Milton Berle James Coburn John Gielgud Tab Hunter Margaret Leighton Liberace
poet uncle stylist mortician reverend teen boy madcap dark los angeles cemetery pet cemetery death funeral business love triangle schemes spiritual crisis quest rivalry 1960s
Satire on the funeral business, in which a young British poet goes to work at a Hollywood cemetery.
Drama
UK
1960
97 Minutes
Director
Laurence Olivier Brenda De Banzie Albert Finney Joan Plowright Roger Livesey Alan Bates Daniel Massey Miriam Karlin Shirley Anne Field Thora Hird Tony Longridge
teacher comedian wife father fiancée soldier disheartening dark beach theater family home family fame ambition infidelity vaudeville fall quest 1950s
Archie Rice, an old-time British music hall performer sinking into final defeat, schemes to stay in show business.
Drama
UK
1958
99 Minutes
Director
Richard Burton Claire Bloom Edith Evans Mary Ure Gary Raymond Glen Byam Shaw Donald Pleasence
angry man wife best friend coworker father doctor dark gritty northern england club flat street hospital house class conflict english society infidelity betrayal pregnancy family
A disillusioned, angry university graduate comes to terms with his grudge against middle-class life and values.
Drama, History
UK
1968
128 Minutes
Director
Trevor Howard Vanessa Redgrave John Gielgud Harry Andrews Jill Bennett David Hemmings Peter Bowles Mark Burns Howard Marion-Crawford Mark Dignam Alan Dobie
lord captain british soldier wife spirited brutal gutsy turkey valley crimean war infidelity bravery arrogance military engagement fall forbidden love rivalry 1850s
In 1854, during the Crimean War, poor planning leads to the British Light Brigade openly charging a Russian artillery position with tragic consequences.
Drama
UK|Canada|USA
1973
132 Minutes
Director
husband wife sister daughter friend bleak emotional intense sad connecticut family home small town bedroom family divorce marriage alcoholism grief anxiety love
A well-to-do Connecticut family is upended when the grown daughter's godparents, seized by a nameless terror, decide to come live with them.
Gay & Lesbian, Comedy, Drama
UK|USA
1984
110 Minutes
Director
Jodie Foster Beau Bridges Rob Lowe Paul McCrane Lisa Banes Jennifer Dundas Seth Green Nastassja Kinski
father mother son daughter brother sister offbeat quirky amusing emotional new hampshire hotel austria family dysfunction incest homosexuality extremism death coming of age discovery
A love triangle develops between a beautiful yet dangerous vampire, her cellist companion, and a gerontologist.
Comedy
UK
1963
129 Minutes
Director
Albert Finney Susannah York Hugh Griffith Edith Evans Joan Greenwood Diane Cilento George Devine David Tomlinson Rosalind Atkinson Wilfrid Lawson Rosalind Knight
orphan wealthy man ingénue rival lady airy cheeky charming family home inn police station england countryside mistaken identity class distinctions affair blackmail love triangle growing up rise
The romantic and chivalrous adventures of adopted bastard Tom Jones in 18th-century England.
Drama
USA
1982
107 Minutes
Director
Jack Nicholson Harvey Keitel Valerie Perrine Warren Oates Elpidia Carrillo Shannon Wilcox Manuel Viescas Jeff Morris Mike Gomez Dirk Blocker Lonny Chapman
border patrol officer wife partner illegal alien baby corrupt cop dark disturbing border texas family home office countryside corruption smuggling drug trafficking theft ambition morality transformation
A corrupt border Agent decides to clean up his act when an impoverished woman's baby is put up for sale on the black market.
Drama
USA
1994
101 Minutes
Director
Jessica Lange Tommy Lee Jones Powers Boothe Carrie Snodgress Amy Locane Chris O'Donnell Mitchell Ryan Dale Dye Timothy Scott Annie Ross Anna Klemp
scientist colonel daughter wife commander tender gutsy patriotic military base laboratory airplane alabama adultery corruption covert operations mental illness military nuclear weapons sacrifice underdog
Jessica Lange stars in a period drama about a family moving to a military base, and she quickly becomes part of a cover-up involving nuclear bomb tests.
Comedy
UK
1977
103 Minutes
Director
Lady Booby alias "Belle" (Ann-Margret), the lively wife of the fat landed squire Sir Thomas Booby (Peter Bull), has a lusty eye on the attractive, intelligent villager Joseph Andrews (Peter... See full summary »
Biography
UK|Australia
1970
101 Minutes
Director
Mick Jagger Allen Bickford Geoff Gilmour Mark McManus Serge Lazareff Peter Sumner Ken Shorter Clarissa Kaye Diane Craig Sue Lloyd
outlaw brother partner mother police officer judge fiery brash offbeat spirited australia jail bank saloon town house ned kelly theft false accusations rebellion
The impoverished son of Irish immigrants is pushed by wrongful police persecution into becoming Australia's most notorious bushranger.
Drama
UK
1974
99 Minutes
Director
Scott Antony Judi Dench Michael Williams Nina Thomas Julian Glover Mark Dignam John Bindon Joseph Blatchley Ian Hogg
horse owner widow jockey friend bookie dark suspenseful intense racetrack england stable horse racing gambling murder investigation sabotage deception amateur detectives mystery pursuit 1960s
As a surprise, two horse owners decide to ride their animals in a steeplechase. But Bill Davidson's (Ian Hogg's) horse "Admiral" behaves weirdly, and falls hard after an obstacle. Bill dies... See full summary »
Drama
1966
100 Minutes
Director
Jeanne Moreau Ettore Manni Keith Skinner Jane Berretta Mony Reh Umberto Orsini Georges Douking Rosine Luguet Gabriel Gobin Pierre Collet Jean Gras
schoolteacher lumberjack police chief farmer wife mayor creepy raw village woods camp arson sexual repression jealousy prejudice sadism temptation 1960s
Villagers blame an outsider (Ettore Manni) for poisonings, fires and floodings committed by a disturbed schoolteacher (Jeanne Moreau).