David Lean Movies

It is based on the popular West End stage comedy by Terrence Rattigan. It all begins when Diana (Ellen Drew), the sister of a British boy studying in...

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

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.

In this promotional short for the feature film Doctor Zhivago (1965), director David Lean explains why he chose the performers for the leading roles...

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...

In this espionage drama, a Secret Service agent must discover who has been smuggling British arms into China. The prime suspect is a prosperous...

A drama film directed by Louis Mercanton

'1914. Knight poses as rating aboard son's cruiser and helps Q-ship sink U-boat.' (British Film Catalogue)

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

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...

'Farm life on the South Downs. A gentleman farmer beats his unscrupulous rival in sheepdog trials.' (British Film Institute)

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

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

A behind-the-scenes look at "Ryan's Daughter," a 1970 drama directed by David Lean and starring Sarah Miles as an Irish wife who has an affair with a...