David Lean

In this classic 1945 comedy, mystery writer Charles invites a medium to his home to conduct a séance for research purposes.  But she accidentally summons the spirit of Charles' first wife, Elvira, who has mischievous plans to win him back from his second - living - wife.

David Lean directs an adaptation of the Noël Coward play, depicting the lives of an ordinary London family over two decades, highlighting their struggles and triumphs through historical events.

The story of the HMS Torrin, its Captain E.V. Kinross, and its service in the Mediterranean in World War II.

BAFTA-nominated adaptation of the classic Charles Dickens tale.

From his birth in Bethlehem to his death and eventual resurrection, the life of Jesus Christ is given the all-star treatment in this epic retelling.

David Lean's 1984 final film, an adaptation of the historical novel by E.M. Forster.

Classic 1945 romance starring Celia Johnson in an Oscar-nominated role as a married woman who struggles with the temptation of cheating on her husband...

Winner of five Oscars, David Lean's Doctor Zhivago (1965) follows a Russian doctor (Omar Sharif) pursuing the woman he loves (Julie Christie) during Russia's turbulent political changes of World War I...

David Lean's award-winning classic. Henry Hobson owns and tyrannically runs a successful Victorian boot maker’s shop in Salford, England. A stingy widower with a weakness for overindulging in the local Moonraker Public House, he exploits his three daughters as cheap labour. When he declares that there will be ‘no marriages’ to avoid the expense of marriage settlements at £500 each, his eldest daughter Maggie rebels.

Winner of seven Academy Awards and regarded as one of the greatest movies ever made, David Lean's 1962 epic Lawrence of Arabia is based on the life of eccentric British Officer T.E. Lawrence...

David Lean's sweeping romance Ryan's Daughter (1970), set in the wake of the 1916 Easter Rising in Ireland.

WWII drama from director David Lean (Lawrence of Arabia) – winner of seven Academy Awards in 1957 (including Best Film) and named the 11th Best British movie ever by the BFI in 1999.