David Lean Movies
- 1950
Madeleine
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...
- 1958
The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant
The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant01958HD
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.
- 1933
The Ghost Camera
The Ghost Camera6.11933HD
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...
- 1979
Lost and Found: The Story of Cook's Anchor
Lost and Found: The Story of Cook's Anchor71979HD
Director David Lean became involved in the search for an anchor lost by Captain Cook in 1773. This documentary follows the search for this historic...
- 1941
Major Barbara
Major Barbara6.61941HD
Idealistic young Barbara is the daughter of rich weapons manufacturer Andrew Undershaft. She rebels against her estranged father by joining the...
- 1963
Wind Sand and Star
Wind Sand and Star01963HD
A short documentary about the making of David Lean's LAWRENCE OF ARABIA. A 1970 documentary with a similar title uses some footage but is otherwise a...
- 1985
David Lean: A Life in Film
David Lean: A Life in Film61985HD
A documentary video that profiles the life of David Lean, the director of Doctor Zhivago and Lawrence of Arabia.
- 1985
The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio
The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio61985HD
Documentary - After starting his career producing religious film shorts, J. Arthur Rank went on to become Britain's first and only movie mogul with...
- 1939
Spies of the Air
Spies of the Air6.51939HD
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...
- 1933
Money for Speed
Money for Speed01933HD
A motorcycle champion becomes a stunt rider after he is banned from speedway racing.
- 1940
Spy for a Day
Spy for a Day01940HD
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.
- 1971
David Lean: A Self Portrait
David Lean: A Self Portrait01971HD
A television documentary on the life and career of British film director David Lean. Scenes of Lean directing are intercut with personal interviews...
- 1934
The Secret of the Loch
The Secret of the Loch5.61934HD
A batty Scottish professor attempts to prove the existence of the Loch Ness Monster, but everyone thinks he's crazy. Meanwhile, a foolish young...
- 2017
Nostromo: David Lean's Impossible Dream
Nostromo: David Lean's Impossible Dream5.82017HD
Documentary about David Lean's unfinished attempt of adapting Joseph Conrad's novel Nostromo.
- 2000
The Making of Lawrence of Arabia
The Making of Lawrence of Arabia102000HD
Documentary about the making of the epic 1962 film, with reminiscences from surviving cast and crew.
- 1965
Pasternak
Pasternak51965HD
Using still pictures and newsreel footage, this short film tells the life story of Russian author Boris Pasternak, who was forced by the Russian...
- 1935
The Crouching Beast
The Crouching Beast01935HD
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...
- 2020
Omar Sharif: Citizen of the World
Omar Sharif: Citizen of the World72020HD
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...
- 1935
Escape Me Never
Escape Me Never51935HD
Romantic quadrangle involving two brothers, one a burgeoning ballet composer; a willful heiress; and a waif.
- 1933
Song of the Plough
Song of the Plough01933HD
'Farm life on the South Downs. A gentleman farmer beats his unscrupulous rival in sheepdog trials.' (British Film Institute)