Movies: J Arthur Rank Organisation
- 1946
Great Expectations (1946)
Great Expectations7.31946HD
In this Dickens adaptation, orphan Pip discovers through lawyer Mr. Jaggers that a mysterious benefactor wishes to ensure that he becomes a gentleman. Reunited with his childhood patron, Miss Havisham, and his first love, the beautiful but emotionall...
- 1948
Oliver Twist (1948)
Oliver Twist7.51948HD
When 9-year-old orphan Oliver Twist dares to ask his cruel taskmaster, Mr. Bumble, for a second serving of gruel, he's hired out as an apprentice. Escaping that dismal fate, young Oliver falls in with the street urchin known as the Artful Dodger and ...
- 1942
One of Our Aircraft Is Missing (1942)
One of Our Aircraft Is Missing6.41942HD
On its way back from a raid on the city of Stuttgart, Germany, a British bomber is shot down over Nazi-held Holland. Parachuting into Dutch farmlands under cover of darkness, the six-member crew connects with members of the local resistance, who shel...
- 1947
Black Narcissus (1947)
Black Narcissus7.51947HD
A group of Anglican nuns, led by Sister Clodagh, are sent to a mountain in the Himalayas. The climate in the region is hostile and the nuns are housed in an odd old palace. They work to establish a school and a hospital, but slowly their focus shifts...
- 1949
Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
Kind Hearts and Coronets7.61949HD
When his mother eloped with an Italian opera singer, Louis Mazzini was cut off from her aristocratic family. After the family refuses to let her be buried in the family mausoleum, Louis avenges his mother's death by attempting to murder every family ...
- 1945
Brief Encounter (1945)
Brief Encounter7.71945HD
Returning home from a shopping trip to a nearby town, bored suburban housewife Laura Jesson is thrown by happenstance into an acquaintance with virtuous doctor Alec Harvey. Their casual friendship soon develops during their weekly visits into somethi...
- 1943
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp7.51943HD
General Candy, who's overseeing an English squad in 1943, is a veteran leader who doesn't have the respect of the men he's training and is considered out-of-touch with what's needed to win the war. But it wasn't always this way. Flashing back to his ...
- 1948
Hamlet (1948)
Hamlet7.41948HD
Winner of four Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Actor, Sir Laurence Olivier’s Hamlet continues to be the most compelling version of Shakespeare’s beloved tragedy. Olivier is at his most inspired—both as director and as the melancholy D...
- 1946
A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
A Matter of Life and Death7.71946HD
When a young RAF pilot miraculously survives bailing out of his aeroplane without a parachute, he falls in love with an American radio operator. But the officials in the other world realise their mistake and dispatch an angel to collect him....
- 1945
Blithe Spirit (1945)
Blithe Spirit6.91945HD
An English mystery novelist invites a medium to his home, so she may conduct a séance for a small gathering. The writer hopes to gather enough material for the book he's working on, as well as to expose the medium as a charlatan. However, proceedings...
- 1951
The Browning Version (1951)
The Browning Version7.61951HD
Andrew Crocker-Harris has been forced from his position as the classics master at an English public school due to poor health. As he winds up his final term, he discovers not only that his wife, Millie, has been unfaithful to him with one of his fell...
- 1963
This Sporting Life (1963)
This Sporting Life6.91963HD
In Northern England in the early 1960s, Frank Machin is mean, tough and ambitious enough to become an immediate star in the rugby league team run by local employer Weaver....
- 1952
The Importance of Being Earnest (1952)
The Importance of Being Earnest7.11952HD
Algernon Moncrieff is surprised to discover that his affluent friend -- whom he knows as "Ernest" -- is actually named Jack Worthing. Jack fabricated his alter ego in order to escape his country estate where he takes care of his charge, Cecily Cardew...
- 1942
In Which We Serve (1942)
In Which We Serve6.81942HD
The story of the HMS Torrin, from its construction to its sinking in the Mediterranean during action in World War II. The ship's first and only commanding officer is Captain E.V. Kinross, who trains his men not only to be loyal to him and the country...
- 1961
Victim (1961)
Victim7.41961HD
A web of blackmail and murder attracts the attention of a barrister with a seemingly idyllic life, threatening to derail his career on the path of success....
- 1950
The Blue Lamp (1950)
The Blue Lamp6.51950HD
P.C. George Dixon is a long-serving traditional copper who is due to retire shortly. He takes a new recruit under his aegis and introduces him to the easy-going night beat. Dixon is a classic ordinary hero but also anachronistic, unprepared and unabl...
- 1947
Odd Man Out (1947)
Odd Man Out7.31947HD
Belfast police conduct a door-to-door manhunt for an IRA gunman wounded in a daring robbery....
- 1945
I Know Where I'm Going! (1945)
I Know Where I'm Going!7.11945HD
Plucky Englishwoman Joan Webster travels to the remote islands of the Scottish Hebrides in order to marry a wealthy industrialist. Trapped by inclement weather on the Isle of Mull and unable to continue to her destination, Joan finds herself charmed ...
- 1950
Madeleine (1950)
Madeleine6.71950HD
The middle-class family of a young woman cannot understand why she delays in marrying a respectable young man. They know nothing about her long-standing affair with a Frenchman....
- 1944
A Canterbury Tale (1944)
A Canterbury Tale6.81944HD
Three modern day pilgrims investigate a bizarre crime in a small town on the way to Canterbury....