David Niven

David Niven

March 1, 1910 · 116 years old

James David Graham Niven (1 March 1910 – 29 July 1983), known as David Niven, was a British actor and novelist, best known for his roles as Phileas Fogg in Around the World in 80 Days and Sir Charles Lytton, a.k.a. "the Phantom", in The Pink Panther. He was awarded the 1958 Academy Award for Best Ac…

Known For

38 titles
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The Pink Panther

The Pink Panther

1963 · 1h 55m · Movie

The bumbling Inspector Clouseau travels to Rome to catch a notorious jewel thief known as "The Phantom" before he conducts his most daring heist yet: a princess' priceless diamond with one slight imperfection, known as "The Pink P...

7.0
2
The Guns of Navarone

The Guns of Navarone

1961 · 2h 38m · Movie

A team of Allied saboteurs is assigned an impossible mission: infiltrate an impregnable Nazi-held Greek island and destroy the two enormous long-range field guns that prevent the rescue of 2,000 trapped British soldiers.

7.5
3
Murder by Death

Murder by Death

1976 · 1h 35m · Movie

Five famous literary detective characters and their sidekicks are invited to a bizarre mansion to solve an even stranger mystery.

7.2
4
Death on the Nile

Death on the Nile

1978 · 2h 20m · Movie

As Hercule Poirot enjoys a luxurious cruise down the Nile, a newlywed heiress is found murdered on board. Can Poirot identify the killer before the ship reaches the end of its journey?

7.3
5
Casino Royale

Casino Royale

1967 · 2h 11m · Movie

In an early spy spoof, aging Sir James Bond comes out of retirement to take on SMERSH.

5.0
6
Around the World in 80 Days

Around the World in 80 Days

1956 · 2h 55m · Movie

A Victorian Englishman bets that with the new steamships and railways he can circumnavigate the globe in eighty days.

6.7
7
A Matter of Life and Death

A Matter of Life and Death

1946 · 1h 44m · Movie

A British wartime aviator who cheats death must argue for his life before a celestial court, hoping to prolong his fledgling romance with an American girl.

8.0
8
The Bishop's Wife

The Bishop's Wife

1947 · 1h 49m · Movie

A debonair angel comes to Earth to help an Episcopalian bishop and his wife in their quest to raise money for the new church.

7.6
9
Wuthering Heights

Wuthering Heights

1939 · 1h 44m · Movie

A servant in the house of Wuthering Heights tells a traveler the unfortunate tale of lovers Cathy and Heathcliff.

7.5
10
Trail of the Pink Panther

Trail of the Pink Panther

1982 · 1h 36m · Movie

Journalist Marie Jouvet attempts to uncover the mysterious disappearance of Chief Inspector Jacques Clouseau.

4.8
11
Dodsworth

Dodsworth

1936 · 1h 41m · Movie

A retired auto manufacturer and his wife take a long-planned European vacation only to find that they want very different things from life.

7.7
12
Separate Tables

Separate Tables

1958 · 1h 40m · Movie

The stories of several people are told as they stay at a seaside hotel in Bournemouth which features dining at "Separate Tables."

7.4
13
55 Days at Peking

55 Days at Peking

1963 · 2h 34m · Movie

During the 1900 Boxer Rebellion, U.S. marine, Maj. Matt Lewis, along with British consul, Sir Arthur Robertson, develop a plan to keep the rebels at bay until an international military relief force can arrive.

6.7
14
Curse of the Pink Panther

Curse of the Pink Panther

1983 · 1h 49m · Movie

Ensuing after the events of Clouseau's disappearance, his bosses at the Surete put a computer into service to elect a new shrewd detective, Sleigh, who turns up just as inept as Clouseau.

4.3
15
Bonjour Tristesse

Bonjour Tristesse

1958 · 1h 34m · Movie

Spoiled Cecile, 17, spends her summer at the French Riviera with her rich, widower, playboy dad and Elsa. Anne, her late mom's friend, visits and brings changes to all.

6.9
16
The Charge of the Light Brigade

The Charge of the Light Brigade

1936 · 1h 55m · Movie

A major countermands orders and attacks to avenge a previous massacre of men, women, and children.

7.0
17
The Prisoner of Zenda

The Prisoner of Zenda

1937 · 1h 41m · Movie

An Englishman on a Ruritarian holiday must impersonate the king when the rightful monarch, a distant cousin, is drugged and kidnapped.

7.6
18
Bachelor Mother

Bachelor Mother

1939 · 1h 22m · Movie

An unemployed woman discovers an abandoned baby on the steps of an orphanage, and accepts an offer to take responsibility for the child in return for a job.

7.5
19
Please Don't Eat the Daisies

Please Don't Eat the Daisies

1960 · 1h 52m · Movie

Drama professor turned theater critic balances his home life and career when he moves to the country with his wife and their four sons.

6.4
20
Bluebeard's Eighth Wife

Bluebeard's Eighth Wife

1938 · 1h 25m · Movie

After learning her multi-millionaire fiancé has already been married seven times, the daughter of a penniless marquis decides to tame him.

7.2
21
The Brain

The Brain

1969 · 1h 55m · Movie

When NATO transfers some of its funds from Paris to Brussels by train, a criminal mastermind posing as a British colonel plans to steal it but two petty French thieves also have the same intent.

6.8
22
The Dawn Patrol

The Dawn Patrol

1938 · 1h 43m · Movie

British flying aces in World War I contend with the harsh realities of war.

7.5
23
The Road to Hong Kong

The Road to Hong Kong

1962 · 1h 31m · Movie

Mistaken identity and the acquisition of a rare Tibetan herb put two buffoonish con men on the wrong side of a secret organization geared toward world domination.

6.1
24
The Way Ahead

The Way Ahead

1944 · 1h 31m · Movie

World War II drama that follows a group of British draftees, starting with their rigorous basic training, and ending with their deployment in North Africa.

6.9
25
Spitfire

Spitfire

1942 · 1h 30m · Movie

Aircraft designer/patriot R. J. Mitchell, alarmed at growing German militarism, works to perfect a defense against the German Messerschmidt at the cost of his health.

7.0
26
No Deposit, No Return

No Deposit, No Return

1976 · 1h 52m · Movie

During school-break, two kids are to stay with their rich Grandpa but they would rather join their mother overseas, so, in need of plane-ticket cash, they convince two petty-criminals to fake-kidnap them for a ransom they could al...

6.4
27
Rough Cut

Rough Cut

1980 · 1h 52m · Movie

Two sophisticated jewel thieves join forces to steal $30 million in uncut jewels. Despite a continuous exchange of quips they eventually become romantically involved.

5.7
28
Rose-Marie

Rose-Marie

1936 · 1h 53m · Movie

An incognito opera singer falls for a policeman who has been assigned to track down her fugitive brother.

6.7
29
Old Dracula

Old Dracula

1974 · 1h 28m · Movie

In order to revive his long hibernating bride, Vampira, Count Dracula takes blood samples from several beautiful models, but during the transfusion, Vampira's race turns from white to black.

4.5
30
My Man Godfrey

My Man Godfrey

1957 · 1h 32m · Movie

The spoiled daughter of a rich American family hires as butler an Austrian vagrant she finds on a pier, without knowing that he illegally jumped ship.

6.2
31
Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger

Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger

2024 · 2h 11m · Movie

Features rare archival material from the personal collections of Powell, Pressburger and Scorsese.

7.9
32
Where the Spies Are

Where the Spies Are

1966 · 1h 50m · Movie

A local doctor is recruited as a cold war spy to fulfill a very important secret mission in the Middle East, only to experience that his mission is complicated by a sexy female double agent.

5.6
33
The Impossible Years

The Impossible Years

1968 · 1h 32m · Movie

The eldest daughter of a Professor of Psychology at a large conservative university causes havoc, and great embarrassment, for her father with her free-willed and uninhibited lifestyle.

5.6
34
Paper Tiger

Paper Tiger

1975 · 1h 39m · Movie

A somewhat prim and proper Englishman is hired as the tutor to the son of the Japanese ambassador. His life changes when he and the boy are kidnapped by terrorists for political purposes.

5.8
35
Court Martial

Court Martial

1954 · 1h 45m · Movie

A court-martial attempts to find out why, and if, an officer embezzled his unit's funds.

6.9
36
Tonight's the Night

Tonight's the Night

1954 · 1h 28m · Movie

In the Irish village of Rathbarney, the aged squire is killed while hunting. His successor, O'Leary arrives in Rathbarney to take over his dead great uncle's estate.

6.2