Alec Guinness

Alec Guinness

Sir Alec Guinness, CH, CBE (April 2, 1914 – August 5, 2000) was an English actor. He was featured in several of the Ealing Comedies, including Kind Hearts and Coronets in which he played eight different characters. He later won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as Colonel Nicholson in The Bridge on the River Kwai. He is most well known for playing Obi-Wan Kenobi in the original Star Wars trilogy. He also played Prince Feisal in Lawrence of Arabia and George Smiley in the TV adaptation of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy.

  • Title: Alec Guinness
  • Popularity: 10.423
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1914-04-02
  • Place of Birth: Marylebone, London, England, UK
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  • Also Known As: Alec Guinness de Cuffe, Sir Alec Guinness, Сэр Алек Гиннесс
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Alec Guinness Movies

  • 1977
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    Star Wars

    Star Wars

    8.203 1977 HD

    Princess Leia is captured and held hostage by the evil Imperial forces in their effort to take over the galactic Empire. Venturesome Luke Skywalker...

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  • 1965
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    Doctor Zhivago

    Doctor Zhivago

    7.5 1965 HD

    The life of a Russian physician and poet who, although married to another, falls in love with a political activist's wife and experiences hardship...

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  • 1962
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    Lawrence of Arabia

    Lawrence of Arabia

    8 1962 HD

    The story of British officer T.E. Lawrence's mission to aid the Arab tribes in their revolt against the Ottoman Empire during the First World War....

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  • 1957
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    The Bridge on the River Kwai

    The Bridge on the River Kwai

    7.826 1957 HD

    The classic story of English POWs in Burma forced to build a bridge to aid the war effort of their Japanese captors. British and American...

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  • 1991
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    Kafka

    Kafka

    6.401 1991 HD

    Kafka, an insurance worker gets embroiled in an underground group after a co-worker is murdered. The underground group is responsible for bombings...

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  • 1983
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    Return of the Jedi

    Return of the Jedi

    7.9 1983 HD

    Luke Skywalker leads a mission to rescue his friend Han Solo from the clutches of Jabba the Hutt, while the Emperor seeks to destroy the Rebellion...

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  • 1965
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    Pasternak

    Pasternak

    5 1965 HD

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

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  • 1980
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    The Empire Strikes Back

    The Empire Strikes Back

    8.4 1980 HD

    The epic saga continues as Luke Skywalker, in hopes of defeating the evil Galactic Empire, learns the ways of the Jedi from aging master Yoda. But...

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  • 1972
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    Brother Sun, Sister Moon

    Brother Sun, Sister Moon

    7 1972 HD

    In his delirium from his return from war, Francesco Bernardone goes back in his memories to the days when he lived for parties and carnal pleasures....

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  • 1948
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    Oliver Twist

    Oliver Twist

    7.458 1948 HD

    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....

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  • 1955
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    The Ladykillers

    The Ladykillers

    7.261 1955 HD

    Five oddball criminals planning a bank robbery rent rooms on a cul-de-sac from an octogenarian widow under the pretext that they are classical...

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  • 1976
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    Murder by Death

    Murder by Death

    7.2 1976 HD

    Lionel Twain invites the world's five greatest detectives to a 'dinner and murder'. Included are a blind butler, a deaf-mute maid, screams, spinning...

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  • 1970
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    Cromwell

    Cromwell

    6.568 1970 HD

    Disgusted with the policies of King Charles I, Oliver Cromwell plans to take his family to the New World. But on the eve of their departure, Cromwell...

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  • 1949
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    Kind Hearts and Coronets

    Kind Hearts and Coronets

    7.669 1949 HD

    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...

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  • 1980
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    Raise the Titanic

    Raise the Titanic

    5.3 1980 HD

    To obtain a supply of a rare mineral, a ship raising operation is conducted for the only known source, the Titanic.

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  • 1960
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    Our Man in Havana

    Our Man in Havana

    6.7 1960 HD

    Jim Wormold is an expatriate Englishman living in pre-revolutionary Havana with his teenage daughter Milly. He owns a vacuum cleaner shop but...

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  • 1951
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    The Man in the White Suit

    The Man in the White Suit

    6.82 1951 HD

    The unassuming, nebbishy inventor Sidney Stratton creates a miraculous fabric that will never be dirty or worn out. Clearly he can make a fortune...

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  • 1951
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    The Lavender Hill Mob

    The Lavender Hill Mob

    7.2 1951 HD

    A meek bank clerk who oversees the shipments of bullion joins with an eccentric neighbor to steal gold bars and smuggle them out of the country.

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  • 1970
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    Scrooge

    Scrooge

    6.9 1970 HD

    A musical adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic ghost tale starring Albert Finney.

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  • 1946
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    Great Expectations

    Great Expectations

    7.3 1946 HD

    In this Dickens adaptation, orphan Pip discovers through lawyer Mr. Jaggers that a mysterious benefactor wishes to ensure that he becomes a...

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  • 1962
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    H.M.S. Defiant

    H.M.S. Defiant

    6.5 1962 HD

    Defiant's crew is part of a fleet-wide movement to present a petition of grievances to the Admiralty. Violence must be no part of it. The continual...

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  • 1960
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    Tunes of Glory

    Tunes of Glory

    7.1 1960 HD

    Following World War II in peacetime Scotland, brigade headquarters replaces commanding officer Major Jock Sinclair, a boisterous battalion leader,...

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  • 1953
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    The Captain's Paradise

    The Captain's Paradise

    5.5 1953 HD

    Mediterranean ferryboat captain Henry St James has things well organized - a loving and very English wife Maud in Gibraltar, and the loving if rather...

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  • 1952
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    The Card

    The Card

    6.947 1952 HD

    A charming and ambitious young man finds many ways to raise himself through the ranks in business and social standing - some honest, some not quite...

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  • 1956
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    The Swan

    The Swan

    6.9 1956 HD

    Princess Beatrice's days of enjoying the regal life are numbered unless her only daughter, Princess Alexandra, makes a good impression on a distant...

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  • 1958
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    The Horse's Mouth

    The Horse's Mouth

    6.75 1958 HD

    Gulley Jimson is a boorish aging artist recently released from prison. A swindler in search of his next art project, he hunkers down in the penthouse...

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  • 1984
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    A Passage to India

    A Passage to India

    6.761 1984 HD

    Set during the period of growing influence of the Indian independence movement in the British Raj, the story begins with the arrival in India of a...

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  • 1957
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    Barnacle Bill

    Barnacle Bill

    6.4 1957 HD

    A seasick sea captain commands an amusement pier despite local opposition. Released in the U.S. as 'All at Sea'

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  • 1949
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    A Run for Your Money

    A Run for Your Money

    5.9 1949 HD

    Two Welsh coal-mining brothers win a trip to London to claim a monetary prize. They are supposed to meet a newspaper reporter who will be their...

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  • 1980
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    Little Lord Fauntleroy

    Little Lord Fauntleroy

    7.3 1980 HD

    Young Cedric Errol and his widowed mother live in genteel poverty in 1880s Brooklyn after the death of his father. Cedric's grandfather, the Earl of...

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  • 1988
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    A Handful of Dust

    A Handful of Dust

    6.1 1988 HD

    English aristocrat Tony Last welcomes tragedy into his life when he invites John Beaver to visit his vast estate. There Beaver makes the acquaintance...

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  • 1966
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    The Quiller Memorandum

    The Quiller Memorandum

    5.7 1966 HD

    After two British Secret Intelligence Service agents are murdered at the hands of a cryptic neo-Nazi group known as Phoenix, the suave agent Quiller...

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  • 1950
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    Last Holiday

    Last Holiday

    7.3 1950 HD

    George Bird is a salesman of agricultural machinery who finds out that he hasn't long to live. On his doctor's advice, he goes to an exclusive...

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  • 1987
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    Little Dorrit

    Little Dorrit

    6.5 1987 HD

    A drama based on the novel by Charles Dickens which tells the story of Arthur Clennam who is thrown into a debtor's prison. There he meets a young...

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  • 1953
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    Malta Story

    Malta Story

    5.8 1953 HD

    Malta, 1942, during World War II. While the German air force is relentlessly bombing the island, a British pilot falls in love with a young Maltese...

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  • 1973
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    Hitler: The Last Ten Days

    Hitler: The Last Ten Days

    6.088 1973 HD

    Hitler: The Last Ten Days takes us into the depths of der Furher’s Berlin bunker during his final days. Based on the book by Gerhard Boldt, it...

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  • 1964
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    The Fall of the Roman Empire

    The Fall of the Roman Empire

    6.477 1964 HD

    In the year 180 A.D. Germanic tribes are about to invade the Roman empire from the north. In the midst of this crisis ailing emperor Marcus Aurelius...

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  • 2007
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    Hitler: The Comedy Years

    Hitler: The Comedy Years

    5 2007 HD

    A documentary about the portrayal of Adolf Hitler in popular culture.

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  • 1995
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    Mute Witness

    Mute Witness

    6.4 1995 HD

    Billy is mute, but it hasn't kept her from becoming a successful makeup artist. While in Russia, working on a film directed by her sister's...

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  • 1983
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    Lovesick

    Lovesick

    5.5 1983 HD

    Sigmund Freud's ghost advises a married New York psychiatrist in love with a patient.

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  • 1970
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    The Ealing Comedies

    The Ealing Comedies

    1 1970 HD

    The story of the men and women who produced a series of film comedies that were so original and funny that they put Ealing on the map.

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  • 1955
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    The Prisoner

    The Prisoner

    7.2 1955 HD

    A cardinal is arrested for treason against the state. He is a popular hero of his people, for his resistance against the Nazis during the war and his...

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  • 1967
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    The Comedians

    The Comedians

    6.028 1967 HD

    American and British tourists get caught up in political unrest in Haiti.

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  • 1955
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    To Paris with Love

    To Paris with Love

    5 1955 HD

    A father and son go to Paris to help each other find love.

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  • 1954
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    Father Brown

    Father Brown

    6.2 1954 HD

    Works of art are disappearing, stolen by a master thief, a master of disguise. Father Brown has two goals: to catch the thief and to save his soul.

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  • 2000
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    The Making of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai'

    The Making of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai'

    6.333 2000 HD

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  • 1950
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    The Mudlark

    The Mudlark

    6.5 1950 HD

    It's 1875 and a young street urchin wants to see Queen Victoria...

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  • 1959
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    The Scapegoat

    The Scapegoat

    6.818 1959 HD

    An Englishman in France unwittingly is placed into the identity, and steps into the vacated life, of a look-alike French nobleman.

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  • 1966
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    Hotel Paradiso

    Hotel Paradiso

    5.4 1966 HD

    Monsieur Feydeau has writer's block, and he needs a new play. But he takes an opportunity to observe the upper class of 1900 Paris - Monsieur...

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  • 1965
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    Situation Hopeless — But Not Serious

    Situation Hopeless — But Not Serious

    7 1965 HD

    A lonely German clerk captures two American flyers and keeps them as prisoners in his basement long after WWII has ended. Director Gottfried...

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  • 1961
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    A Majority of One

    A Majority of One

    5.667 1961 HD

    A gentle love story about a Japanese businessman and widower, and a Brooklyn widow. But before a happy ending can ensue, they must learn again the...

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  • 1985
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    Monsignor Quixote

    Monsignor Quixote

    8.5 1985 HD

    Sir Alec Guiness stars with Leo McKern in the story of a friendship between a Catholic priest and a Communist Mayor. Together they travel from their...

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  • 2003
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    The Making of 'Lawrence of Arabia'

    The Making of 'Lawrence of Arabia'

    7 2003 HD

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  • 1978
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    The Art of Film: The Many Roles of Alec Guinness

    The Art of Film: The Many Roles of Alec Guinness

    1 1978 HD

    A documentary about the film roles of British actor Alec Guinness. Volume 8 in a series produced by Janus Films.

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  • 1996
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    Eskimo Day

    Eskimo Day

    8 1996 HD

    Comedy drama about the trials and tribulations of three sets of parents as they finally realise that their children have grown up and reluctantly...

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  • 1958
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    The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant

    The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant

    1 1958 HD

    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.

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  • 1970
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    Twelfth Night

    Twelfth Night

    6.4 1970 HD

    Sir Alec Guinness, Sir Ralph Richardson and Joan Plowright star in this merry on-stage mix-up of identity, gender and love in Tony Award-winner John...

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  • 1992
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    Tales from Hollywood

    Tales from Hollywood

    1 1992 HD

    A slightly ironical description of the colony of German artists in Los Angeles, who had to leave their country during the Nazi-regime. A young...

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  • 1974
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    The Gift of Friendship

    The Gift of Friendship

    1 1974 HD

    Elderly novelist asks disliked guest to be literary editor.

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  • 1976
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    Caesar and Cleopatra

    Caesar and Cleopatra

    6 1976 HD

    Adaptation of the play by Bernard Shaw.

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  • 1934
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    Evensong

    Evensong

    1 1934 HD

    Loosely based on the story of the singer Nellie Melba...

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  • 2022
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    Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return

    Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return

    6.8 2022 HD

    This special explores the return of Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker to the screen, as well as Ewan McGregor and Hayden Christensen to their...

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  • 1993
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    Audrey Hepburn: Remembered

    Audrey Hepburn: Remembered

    7 1993 HD

    Audrey Hepburn was one of the movies' best-loved stars, blessed with beauty, talent, an elegant sophistication and an enduring aura of youthful...

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  • 1987
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    Grace Kelly: The American Princess

    Grace Kelly: The American Princess

    6.5 1987 HD

    A biography of American actress Grace Kelly from her early days as an aspiring actress to her death as Princess of Monaco.

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  • 2004
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    When Star Wars Ruled the World

    When Star Wars Ruled the World

    8.7 2004 HD

    A VH1 television special wherein the cast discuss the making of the films and what made the franchise a phenomenon.

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  • 1978
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    The Star Wars Holiday Special

    The Star Wars Holiday Special

    3.3 1978 HD

    Luke Skywalker and Han Solo battle evil Imperial forces to help Chewbacca reach his imperiled family on the Wookiee planet - in time for Life Day,...

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  • 1955
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    Rowlandson's England

    Rowlandson's England

    1 1955 HD

    England of Thomas Rowlandson's day, seen through his drawings and cartoons.

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  • 2015
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    Star Wars: The Force Awakens

    Star Wars: The Force Awakens

    7.272 2015 HD

    Thirty years after defeating the Galactic Empire, Han Solo and his allies face a new threat from the evil Kylo Ren and his army of Stormtroopers.

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  • 2015
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    Star Wars: Evolution of the Lightsaber Duel

    Star Wars: Evolution of the Lightsaber Duel

    6.269 2015 HD

    Though lightsabers have been a force in the Star Wars galaxy since George Lucas’ original film, the weapon’s on-screen presence evolved...

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  • 1980
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    SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back

    SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back

    8.6 1980 HD

    Hosted by Mark Hamill, this revealing documentary offers behind-the-scenes glimpses into the amazing special effects that transformed George...

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  • 1954
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    The Stratford Adventure

    The Stratford Adventure

    6 1954 HD

    This short film depicts how a small Canadian city, bearing the name of Stratford and by a river Avon, created its own renowned Shakespearean theatre....

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  • 2012
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    Starring Sigmund Freud

    Starring Sigmund Freud

    1 2012 HD

    Starring Sigmund Freud is a video memento for Sigmund Freud's little-known film career. Based on an essay John Menick published in Frieze in 2011,...

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  • 2004
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    The Story of Star Wars

    The Story of Star Wars

    7 2004 HD

    The Skywalker family is at the heart of the Star Wars saga. Now hear the inside story of Luke and Anakin Skywalker from the characters who witnessed...

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  • 1993
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    A Foreign Field

    A Foreign Field

    1 1993 HD

    Nostalgic comic drama in which Cyril and Amos, two veterans of the Normandy landings, return to France to visit the grave of their wartime buddy....

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  • 1967
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    The Comedians in Africa

    The Comedians in Africa

    5.3 1967 HD

    Behind the scenes short documentary about the cast and crew during the filming of The Comedians.

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  • 1985
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    David Lean: A Life in Film

    David Lean: A Life in Film

    6 1985 HD

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

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  • 1984
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    Edwin

    Edwin

    8 1984 HD

    Touching comedy about a high court judge, now retired to his English countryside home, who resolves to end years of suspicion about his wife's...

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  • 1977
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    The Making of Star Wars

    The Making of Star Wars

    7 1977 HD

    Learn the incredible behind-the-scenes story of how the original Star Wars movie was brought to the big screen in this fascinating documentary...

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  • 2019
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    Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

    Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

    6.314 2019 HD

    The surviving Resistance faces the First Order once again as the journey of Rey, Finn and Poe Dameron continues. With the power and knowledge of...

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  • 2006
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    Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess

    Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess

    7.2 2006 HD

    In 1956, actress and Hollywood star Grace Kelly (1929-82), then at the height of her film career, unexpectedly dropped everything to marry Prince...

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  • 1958
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    The Horse's Mouth

    The Horse's Mouth

    6.75 1958 HD

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  • 1987
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    Grace Kelly: The American Princess

    Grace Kelly: The American Princess

    6.5 1987 HD

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  • 1978
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    The South Bank Show

    The South Bank Show

    5.333 1978 HD

    The South Bank Show is a television arts magazine show that was produced by ITV between 1978 and 2010. A new series began on Sky Arts from 27 May...

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  • 1951
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    Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

    8.667 1951 HD

    Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark Cards, a Kansas City based greeting card company. The...

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  • 1956
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    The Steve Allen Show

    The Steve Allen Show

    5 1956 HD

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  • 1982
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    Smiley's People

    Smiley's People

    7.689 1982 HD

    Called out of retirement to settle the affairs of a friend, Smiley finds his old organization, the Circus, so overwhelmed by political considerations...

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  • 1953
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    The Oscars

    The Oscars

    7 1953 HD

    An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The various category winners are awarded a copy of a...

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  • 1959
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    Startime

    Startime

    6 1959 HD

    Startime is an anthology show of drama, comedy, and variety, and was one of the first American television shows broadcast in color. The program was...

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  • 1979
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    Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

    Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

    7.509 1979 HD

    George Smiley, the aging master spy of the Cold War and once heir apparent to Control, is brought back out of retirement to flush out a top level...

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  • 1991
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    Performance

    Performance

    6 1991 HD

    An anthology series of various plays and dramatic performances.

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  • 1989
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    Screen One

    Screen One

    7 1989 HD

    Anthology drama series.

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  • 2013
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    Talking Pictures

    Talking Pictures

    5 2013 HD

    A look back at television appearances by legends of the silver screen, using archive footage to tell the story of their lives and careers.

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  • 1948
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    The Ed Sullivan Show

    The Ed Sullivan Show

    6.632 1948 HD

    The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948 to Sunday June 6, 1971, and was hosted by...

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  • 1967
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    Omnibus

    Omnibus

    7.5 1967 HD

    Omnibus was an arts-based BBC television documentary series, broadcast mainly on BBC1 in the United Kingdom. The programme was the successor to the...

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  • 1975
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    Apostrophes

    Apostrophes

    8.5 1975 HD

    Apostrophes was a live, weekly, literary, prime-time, talk show on French television created and hosted by Bernard Pivot. It ran for fifteen years...

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  • 1971
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    Great Performances

    Great Performances

    5.2 1971 HD

    The best in the performing arts from across America and around the world including a diverse programming portfolio of classical music, opera, popular...

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