David Lean Movies

During a raid on Germany, a British bomber crew is forced to bail out after their plane is damaged. They land in Holland, where they're aided by...

A woman is torn between the love of her life, who's married to someone else, and her older husband.

Documentary about the making of the epic 1962 film, with reminiscences from surviving cast and crew.

After starting his career producing religious film shorts, J. Arthur Rank went on to become Britain's first and only movie mogul with his...

Film version of Shakespeare's comedy of a young woman who disguises herself as a man to win the attention of the one she loves.

A documentary video that profiles the life of David Lean, the director of Doctor Zhivago and Lawrence of Arabia.

Idealistic young Barbara is the daughter of rich weapons manufacturer Andrew Undershaft. She rebels against her estranged father by joining the...

Set just before the outbreak of WWII, this is the story of a test pilot who works for the (unnamed) enemy. Made in 1939, by the time it was released...

Several high-budget epic films became Omar Sharif (1932-2015) a film star. He was an actor, but also a bridge player, a womanizer, a bon vivant; he...

During World War I, a British farmer is abducted by the Germans to take the place of a spy about to be executed whom he closely resembles.

A batty Scottish professor attempts to prove the existence of the Loch Ness Monster, but everyone thinks he's crazy. Meanwhile, a foolish young...

When a photograph is taken at the scene of a murder, the camera is tossed out of a castle window to destroy the evidence and lands in the back of a...

A film about the life of A Passage to India author E M Forster, following his huge growth as a writer and the twists and turns of his personal life.

A television documentary on the life and career of British film director David Lean. Scenes of Lean directing are intercut with personal interviews...

Using still pictures and newsreel footage, this short film tells the life story of Russian author Boris Pasternak, who was forced by the Russian...

A behind-the-scenes look at the building of the bridge in the film The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) and the preparations for its destruction.

'Farm life on the South Downs. A gentleman farmer beats his unscrupulous rival in sheepdog trials.' (British Film Institute)

In 1915 during the First World War, a British secret agent is killed while stealing secret Turkish plans for the Gallipoli Campaign but manages to...

When David Lean made his film Doctor Zhivago (1965), he realized that it would be impossible to do location shooting in Moscow. Instead, he found a...

It is based on the popular West End stage comedy by Terrence Rattigan. It all begins when Diana (Ellen Drew), the sister of a British boy studying in...