Richard Attenborough

Richard Attenborough

August 29, 1923 · 103 years old

Richard Samuel Attenborough, Baron Attenborough, Kt, CBE (August 29, 1923 – August 24, 2014) was an English actor, filmmaker, entrepreneur, and politician. He was the President of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) and the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). Attenborough joine…

Known For

45 titles
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Jurassic Park

Jurassic Park

1993 · 2h 7m · Movie

An industrialist invites some experts to visit his theme park of cloned dinosaurs. After a power failure, the creatures run loose, putting everyone's lives, including his grandchildren's, in danger.

8.2
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The Lost World: Jurassic Park

The Lost World: Jurassic Park

1997 · 2h 9m · Movie

A research team is sent to the Jurassic Park Site B island to study the dinosaurs there, while an InGen team approaches with another agenda.

6.6
3
The Great Escape

The Great Escape

1963 · 2h 52m · Movie

Allied officers in a German prisoner of war camp during World War II make a daring plan for a mass escape by hundreds of POWs hoping to draw German personnel and resources away from combat operations.

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Gandhi

Gandhi

1982 · 3h 11m · Movie

The life of the lawyer who became the famed leader of the Indian revolts against the British rule through his philosophy of nonviolent protest.

8.0
5
Elizabeth

Elizabeth

1998 · 2h 4m · Movie

The early years of the reign of Elizabeth I of England and her difficult task of learning what is necessary to be a monarch.

7.4
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A Bridge Too Far

A Bridge Too Far

1977 · 2h 55m · Movie

Operation Market Garden, September 1944: The Allies attempt to capture several strategically important bridges in the Netherlands in the hope of breaking the German lines.

7.4
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Chaplin

Chaplin

1992 · 2h 23m · Movie

An elderly Charlie Chaplin discusses his autobiography with his editor, recounting his amazing journey from his poverty-stricken childhood to world-wide success after the ingenious invention of the Little Tramp.

7.5
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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
9
The Flight of the Phoenix

The Flight of the Phoenix

1965 · 2h 22m · Movie

After an oil company plane crashes in the Sahara, the survivors' hopes are buoyed by one of the passengers, an airplane designer who comes up with a plan to build a flyable plane from the wreckage.

7.5
10
Shadowlands

Shadowlands

1993 · 2h 11m · Movie

C.S. Lewis, a world-renowned Christian theologian, writer and professor, leads a passionless life until he meets spirited poet Joy Gresham from the U.S.

7.3
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The Sand Pebbles

The Sand Pebbles

1966 · 3h 2m · Movie

In 1926, a U.S. Naval engineer gets assigned to a gunboat on a rescue mission in war-torn China.

7.5
12
Cry Freedom

Cry Freedom

1987 · 2h 37m · Movie

South African journalist Donald Woods is forced to flee the country after attempting to investigate the death in custody of his friend, the Black anti-Apartheid activist Steve Biko.

7.4
13
Magic

Magic

1978 · 1h 47m · Movie

A ventriloquist is at the mercy of his vicious dummy while he tries to renew a romance with his high school sweetheart.

6.8
14
A Chorus Line

A Chorus Line

1985 · 1h 58m · Movie

Hopefuls try out before a demanding director for a part in a new musical.

6.2
15
10 Rillington Place

10 Rillington Place

1971 · 1h 51m · Movie

What happened to the women at 10 Rillington Place? The story of British serial killer John Christie, who committed most or all of his crimes in the titular terraced house, and the miscarriage of justice involving Timothy Evans.

7.5
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Doctor Dolittle

Doctor Dolittle

1967 · 2h 32m · Movie

After the animal communicating veterinarian goes too far for his clientele, he and his friends escape their hometown to the sea in search of the Great Pink Sea Snail.

6.2
17
In Love and War

In Love and War

1996 · 1h 53m · Movie

A bitter love story between a talented writer and a gentle nurse.

5.9
18
Brannigan

Brannigan

1975 · 1h 51m · Movie

Chicago Police Lieutenant Jim Brannigan is sent to the U.K. to escort organized crime boss Ben Larkin back to the U.S., but Larkin's hitmen prepare an ambush for Brannigan.

6.1
19
The League of Gentlemen

The League of Gentlemen

1960 · 1h 56m · Movie

A disgruntled veteran recruits a group of disgraced colleagues to perform a bank robbery with military precision.

7.2
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Closing the Ring

Closing the Ring

2007 · 1h 58m · Movie

A young man searches for the proper owner of a ring that belonged to a U.S. World War II bomber gunner who crashed in Belfast, Northern Ireland on June 1, 1944.

6.5
21
I'm All Right Jack

I'm All Right Jack

1959 · 1h 45m · Movie

A naive aristocrat in search of a career becomes caught up in the struggles between his profit-minded uncle and an aggressive labor union.

7.1
22
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

1999 · 1h 16m · Movie

A humorously musical retelling of the Biblical story of Joseph.

7.2
23
The Chess Players

The Chess Players

1977 · 2h 9m · Movie

In 1856, two obsessed noblemen ignore everything while playing chess and fail to notice British rule extending into their Indian province.

7.5
24
Grey Owl

Grey Owl

1999 · 1h 58m · Movie

The story of the life and work of the Canadian fur trapper-turned-conservationist who claimed to be an aboriginal North American.

6.0
25
Dunkirk

Dunkirk

1958 · 2h 15m · Movie

A dramatization of the British Expeditionary Force's 1940 retreat to the beaches of France and the extraordinary seaborne evacuation that saved it from utter destruction by Nazi Germany.

7.1
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Oh! What a Lovely War

Oh! What a Lovely War

1969 · 2h 24m · Movie

The working-class Smiths change their initially sunny views on World War I after the three boys of the family witness the harsh reality of trench warfare.

7.0
27
Young Winston

Young Winston

1972 · 2h 4m · Movie

Complex family relationships, as well as a combat experience, form the personality of the future world-known politician.

6.7
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The L-Shaped Room

The L-Shaped Room

1962 · 2h 6m · Movie

A single, pregnant woman moves into a London boarding house where she meets a group of fellow misfits.

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The Angry Silence

The Angry Silence

1960 · 1h 35m · Movie

A young factory worker decides to stand up against his workmates and fellow union members when they want to hold a wildcat strike.

7.2
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All Night Long

All Night Long

1962 · 1h 31m · Movie

This movie, based on William Shakespeare's Othello, is neatly positioned as a vehicle to showcase some of the best jazz musicians of the period, including Dave Brubeck and Charles Mingus.

7.1
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The Human Factor

The Human Factor

1979 · 1h 55m · Movie

When a leak of information in the African section of British Intelligence is discovered, security man Daintry is brought in to investigate.

6.1
32
The Third Secret

The Third Secret

1964 · 1h 43m · Movie

The first secret is what we don't tell people, the second secret is what we don't tell ourselves, and the third secret is the truth. The death of a psychologist is investigated by his teenage daughter and a former patient.

6.5
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Only Two Can Play

Only Two Can Play

1962 · 1h 46m · Movie

A frustrated librarian (Sellers) in Swansea, Wales is torn between his wife Jean (Maskell) and a glamorous married woman, Liz (Zetterling), who wants to have an affair.

6.6
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Conduct Unbecoming

Conduct Unbecoming

1975 · 1h 47m · Movie

At a British Regimental party in Colonial India, the widow of Captain Scarlett is assaulted in the garden, and she accuses one of the newly arrived junior Lieutenants of the crime.

6.5
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Glory at Sea

Glory at Sea

1952 · 1h 40m · Movie

In 1940, the Captain of an old Royal Navy destroyer struggles with his crew, as well as the Nazis.

6.3
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PT Raiders

PT Raiders

1955 · 1h 28m · Movie

A trio of ex-servicemen begin smuggling innocuous black market items into post-war Britain, but through greed they graduate to more sinister cargo.

6.7