A distant poor relative of the Duke of D'Ascoyne plots to inherit the title by murdering the eight other heirs who stand ahead of him in the line of succession.

Alec Guinness

actor

Brief Encounter

Meeting a stranger in a railway station, a woman is tempted to cheat on her husband.

When two escaping American World War II prisoners are killed, the German POW camp barracks black marketeer, J.J. Sefton, is suspected of being an informer.

1953

William Holden

actor

The Bridge on the River Kwai

After settling his differences with a Japanese PoW camp commander, a British colonel co-operates to oversee his men's construction of a railway bridge for their captors - while oblivious to a plan by the Allies to destroy it.

1957

Alec Guinness

actor

David Lean

director

Jack Hawkins

actor

Pierre Boulle

writer

William Holden

actor

Lawrence of Arabia

The story of T.E. Lawrence, the English officer who successfully united and led the diverse, often warring, Arab tribes during World War I in order to fight the Turks.

When a Jewish prince is betrayed and sent into slavery by a Roman friend, he regains his freedom and comes back for revenge.

1959

Jack Hawkins

actor

Escape from the Planet of the Apes

The world is shocked by the appearance of three talking chimpanzees, who arrived mysteriously in a U.S. spacecraft. They become the toast of society; but one man believes them to be a threat to the human race.

"An aging group of outlaws look for one last big score as the """"traditional"""" American West is disappearing around them."

1969

William Holden

actor