David Lean Movies

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.

Dreaming Lips was lovingly assembled by filmmaker Paul Czinner as an "ideal" vehicle for his popular actress wife Elizabeth Bergner. The star plays...

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...

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

After a short biography of author Boris Pasternak, we get a behind-the-scenes look at the filming of Doctor Zhivago (1965).

Documentary about David Lean's unfinished attempt of adapting Joseph Conrad's novel Nostromo.

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...

A wealthy author, looking for material, 'adopts' an incorrigible thief he finds in the streets, together with an attractive typist who is down on her...

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...

Romantic quadrangle involving two brothers, one a burgeoning ballet composer; a willful heiress; and a waif.

A drama film directed by Louis Mercanton

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...

'Africa. Half-caste Legionnaire dies to save governor, the son of major who hates him.' (British Film Catalogue)

Michael is a young Englishman abroad who deliberately visits a tough Chinese district of Tiger Bay to test his strength. He falls in love and battles...

A British diplomat falls in love with a famous singer when he meets her in Cannes.

A co-production of Columbia Pictures and USC’s Department of Cinema, this 1958 educational short hosted by William Holden explores the art of...

George, the inebriate night porter at the Hotel Splendide, develops a series of increasingly outlandish suspicions about Billy and Percy, two guests...

'Antique dealer's daughter loves foreman who makes fakes for ex-partner.' (British Film Catalogue)

A motorcycle champion becomes a stunt rider after he is banned from speedway racing.