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Academy Awards
Cinema's ultimate prize, the Academy Awards. These nominees and winners show the medium at its electric best.
Korda, Cassavetes, Rossellini and others assemble some of the greatest stories ever told, yours to watch and, perhaps, revere.
Bicycle ThievesBicycle Thieves
Drama 1948 89 minsDirector: Vittorio De Sica
Vittorio De Sica’s story of a father and son searching for a stolen bicycle on the streets of Rome is a classic of post-war Italian cinema.
Black NarcissusBlack Narcissus
Drama 1947 101 minsDirector: Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger
Tensions grow when a group of nuns open a convent in the Himalayas in Powell and Pressburger’s remarkable melodrama, starring Deborah Kerr.
Brief EncounterBrief Encounter
Romance 1946 86 minsDirector: David Lean
Noël Coward’s tale of a love affair, thrillingly played out with tight British reserve.
FacesFaces
Drama 1968 130 minsDirector: John Cassavetes
Richard and his wife Maria seek solace from their disintegrating marriage in the arms of other lovers in John Cassavetes's powerful 1968 feature.
GenevieveGenevieve
Comedy 1953 83 minsDirector: Henry Cornelius
Classic British comedy about two vintage automobile enthusiasts racing from Brighton to London.
Great Expectations Great Expectations
Drama 1947 118 minsDirector: David Lean
The first of David Lean’s two Dickens adaptations is one of the finest British literary interpretations and one of the most acclaimed of all British films.
Henry VHenry V
Biopic 1944 131 minsDirector: Laurence Olivier
Laurence Olivier rouses an all-star cast and an imperiled nation with his magnificent adaptation of Shakespeare's warrior monarch.
The HuntThe Hunt
Drama 2012 111 minsDirector: Thomas Vinterberg
Mads Mikkelsen stars in a distressing examination of a false indictment, and the collective hysteria that ensues, in this electrifying drama from Festen director Thomas Vinterberg.
PaisàPaisà
War 1946 126 minsDirector: Roberto Rossellini
Roberto Rossellini’s ambitious and enormously moving follow-up to his breakthrough Rome, Open City.
The Red ShoesThe Red Shoes
Drama 1948 135 minsDirector: Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger
Moira Shearer’s ballerina is torn between love and her career in Powell and Pressburger’s hugely influential melodrama.
Rome, Open CityRome, Open City
Drama 1945 103 minsDirector: Roberto Rossellini
Roberto Rossellini’s landmark of Italian neorealism often cited as one of the greatest films ever made.
Seance on a Wet AfternoonSeance on a Wet Afternoon
Crime 1964 111 minsDirector: Bryan Forbes
Bryan Forbes’ stylish psychological thriller about a medium who plans to kidnap a child and help the police solve the crime to bolster her reputation as a clairvoyant.
That Hamilton WomanThat Hamilton Woman
Biopic 1941 120 minsDirector: Alexander Korda
Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier bring Hollywood glitz to the love affair between Lord Nelson and Emma Hamilton in the midst of political turmoil.
This Sporting LifeThis Sporting Life
Sport 1963 129 minsDirector: Lindsay Anderson
Lindsay Anderson’s fantastic first feature masterfully dissects the brutal life struggles of a rough-edged rugby footballer on and off the field.
Woman of the DunesWoman of the Dunes
Animation & Artists Moving Image 1964 147 minsDirector: Hiroshi Teshigahara
Hiroshi Teshigahara's mystifying, serene and provocative fable about an entomologist who becomes trapped in a young widow’s desert shack.
A Woman Under the InfluenceA Woman Under the Influence
Drama 1974 146 minsDirector: John Cassavetes
John Cassavetes' powerful drama stars Gena Rowlands and Peter Falk as a blue-collar couple struggling to cope with the wife's slide into mental illness.