Carl Davis Movies

Three postal workers and their dysfunctional families interact over cups of tea and Sunday dinner.

Two young people plot to get their hands on grannie's money, but rather than simply pushing her down the stairs they hatch an elaborate plot to...

An Edwardian take on the Shakespeare play starring Laurence Olivier.

An affectionate portrait of the man and the musician in a week that sees the ex-Beatie playing at the Buckingham Palace concert. With contributions...

Writer and Director Mike Leigh discusses the techniques used to create his plays.

Part of the "American Masters" series; this documentary shows the career of filmmaking pioneer D.W. Griffith

A Romanian immigrant uses good food, good humor and good conversation to break down the walls around a reclusive woman's heart.

A frightened Swiss soldier climbs into a young Bulgarian girl's room during wartime.

Biography of Russian physicist & dissident Andrei Sakharov focuses on his first acts in his civil rights.

A dramatization of the events of Brown vs. Board of Education, the American court case that destroyed the legal validity of racial segregation.

A documentary about the era of classic monster movies that were made at Universal Studios during the 1930s and 1940s.

Jim Broadbent wrote and starred in this short film directed by none other than Mike Leigh. As a member of the landed gentry, the 23rd Earl of Leete...

The true story of jockey Bob Champion who overcame cancer to win the 1981 Grand National

Trevor is an extremely shy undertaker's assistant. He always tags along with his good friend Ronnie, when he goes to the pub with his girlfriend...

Peter Nichols adapted his own hit play to the screen, based on his experiences in hospitals. A riotous black comedy that's as timely today as ever,...

Passion comes calling when a man suffering through an unhappy marriage in 1920s England runs into first love.

An alcoholic falls in love with a Salvation Army captain who is trying to help him.

In the late 1930s, three reclusive middle-aged spinster sisters live on their run down family estate in Ireland. Otto Beck, a perpetual graduate...

Examination of the events that led to the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland.

Short opera. A boy falls in love with a girl after an Appalachian prayer meeting, but her father wants her to go to the dance with a local shyster...