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Martin Scorsese Selects: Hidden Gems of British Cinema

Scorsese hand picks a selection of his favourite British films.

 A selection of classic films, hidden gems, and unheralded treasures, taken from a watchlist Scorsese recommended to filmmaker Edgar Wright during the Covid lockdown. Enjoy this cinematic journey into the heart of British film, curated by one of cinema’s greatest champions.

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The Blue LampThe Blue Lamp

Police drama195085 minsDirector: Basil Dearden

Dirk Bogarde stars as a loose-cannon crook with Dixon of Dock Green (Jack Warner) on his tail, in the classic Ealing policier.

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SapphireSapphire

Police drama195992 minsDirector: Basil Dearden

A young student with a secret is brutally murdered in this British Academy Award winning thriller about race, sex and jealousy.

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Dead of NightDead of Night

Anthology194599 minsDirector: Alberto Cavalcanti, Charles Crichton, Basil Dearden and Robert Hamer

A group of guests assembled at a country house swap uncanny and supernatural stories in this classic Ealing chiller from 1945.

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Hue and CryHue and Cry

Action and Adventure194782 minsDirector: Charles Crichton

An army of schoolchildren fight crime on the bomb-torn streets of postwar London in this ripping Ealing classic.

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The Lonely Passion of Judith HearneThe Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne

Drama1989116 minsDirector: Jack Clayton

Maggie Smith is astonishing in one of her greatest roles as a spinster who falls for Bob Hoskins’ brash businessman.

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Pink String and Sealing WaxPink String and Sealing Wax

Crime194690 minsDirector: Robert Hamer

Gordon Jackson stars in a seething tale of family conflict, murder and blackmail in Victorian Brighton.

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Quatermass and the PitQuatermass and the Pit

Horror196794 minsDirector: Roy Ward Baker

One of Britain’s finest sci-fi films, based on Nigel Kneale’s masterful script, about the discovery of ancient alien craft beneath central London.

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The Man in GreyThe Man in Grey

Melodrama1943116 minsDirector: Leslie Arliss

James Mason, Margaret Lockwood and Stewart Granger star in the first of the fantastically successful Gainsborough melodramas.

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Uncle SilasUncle Silas

Drama194798 minsDirector: Charles Frank

Gothic chiller based on the novel by J. Sheridan Le Fanu. Jean Simmons stars as an heiress pursued by her unbalanced uncle and his perverted son.

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The Devil Rides OutThe Devil Rides Out

Horror196895 minsDirector: Terence Fisher

Dennis Wheatley's occult tale is given the Hammer treatment.

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UndergroundUnderground

Romance192893 minsSilentDirector: Anthony Asquith

The BFI National Archive restoration of one of Anthony Asquith's finest silent films set in London's Underground, with a new score.

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Shooting StarsShooting Stars

Drama1928101 minsSilentDirector: A.V. Bramble

Anthony Asquith's (A Cottage on Dartmoor, Underground), fabulous silent film set in a British movie studio in the 1920s.

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The Queen of SpadesThe Queen of Spades

Fantasy194995 minsDirector: Thorold Dickinson

Thorold Dickinson's most dazzling success, based on Pushkin’s 1834 tale of black magic and gambling.

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Night of the EagleNight of the Eagle

Horror196284 minsDirector: Sidney Hayers

A sceptical professor falls prey to diabolical evil when he burns his wife's protective magic charms.

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It Always Rains on SundayIt Always Rains on Sunday

Drama194788 minsDirector: Robert Hamer

Austerity noir: Ealing's downbeat but compelling East End thriller.

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MandyMandy

Drama195293 minsDirector: Alexander Mackendrick

Alexander Mackendrick's drama about a deaf girl and her unstable family life is remarkably unsentimental while still packing an emotional punch.