Laurence Olivier Movies
- 1940
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards6.51940HD
This 1940 presentation features highlights of earlier (1928 onward) Oscar ceremonies including Shirley Temple and Walt Disney, plus acceptance...
- 1983
King Lear
King Lear6.51983HD
An aging King invites disaster when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters and rejects his one loving, but honest one.
- 2000
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories02000HD
A film biography with a difference, Sir John Mills' Moving Memories charts the life of one of Britain's most distinguished actors. Compiled from...
- 1986
Directed by William Wyler
Directed by William Wyler01986HD
Documentary about the famed Hollywood director.
- 1988
Gregory Peck: His Own Man
Gregory Peck: His Own Man6.71988HD
Talented and enduring Academy Award-winning star, Gregory Peck, tells how it was when studios ruled and a shy boy from a broken family could rise to...
- 1933
Perfect Understanding
Perfect Understanding6.11933HD
A young couple decide to marry under the condition that they agree never to disagree. That agreement is soon put to the test when the husband finds...
- 1989
War Requiem
War Requiem6.4251989HD
During World War I, British soldier Owen is mortified by the examples of cruelty that surround him in the trenches. He combats these terrifying...
- 1978
Saturday, Sunday, Monday
Saturday, Sunday, Monday01978HD
One Saturday evening Rosa Priore is preparing a magnificent Sunday lunch for her family and their friends. By Sunday afternoon her life and marriage...
- 1963
The Power and the Glory
The Power and the Glory01963HD
Based on Graham Greene's novel about a flawed but devoted priest in 1930s Mexico who attempts to perform his duties while eluding a police lieutenant...
- 1953
A Queen Is Crowned
A Queen Is Crowned7.11953HD
A lavish documentary film of Queen Elizabeth II's Coronation in 1953.
- 1943
The Demi-Paradise
The Demi-Paradise6.31943HD
Ivan Kouznetsoff, a Russian engineer, recounts during World War II his stay in England prior to the war working on a new propeller for ice-breaking...
- 1981
Inchon
Inchon3.4291981HD
Gen. Douglas MacArthur leads a Korean War campaign, and the war tests a married couple's relationship.
- 1991
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker7.71991HD
This documentary, hosted by actor Burgess Meredith, explores the life and career of movie director Otto Preminger, whose body of work includes such...
- 2011
Discovering Hamlet
Discovering Hamlet72011HD
Journey into "Hamlet"-the play and the man-through the experiences of some of the major actors and directors who have brought Shakespeare's great...
- 1931
Friends and Lovers
Friends and Lovers51931HD
British Army captain Geoff Roberts carries on an affair with Alva, the wife of the cruel Victor Sangrito. Sangrito, however, is well aware of the...
- 1940
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
Hollywood: Style Center of the World5.51940HD
This short promotes the premise that movies often create a demand for the fashions seen in them. It starts with a vignette in rural America. A mother...
- 1973
Long Day's Journey Into Night
Long Day's Journey Into Night71973HD
On a day in the summer of 1912, the family of retired matinee idol James Tyrone grapples with the morphine addiction of Tyrone's wife Mary, the...
- 1963
Uncle Vanya
Uncle Vanya41963HD
Adaptation of Chekhov's play from the Chichester Festival.
- 1985
To Be Hamlet
To Be Hamlet01985HD
Documentary examination of the role of Hamlet, in which ten prominent actors who have played the part discuss Hamlet's personality, Shakespeare's...
- 2001
Larry & Vivien: The Oliviers in Love
Larry & Vivien: The Oliviers in Love02001HD
A portrait of the 30 year relationship between Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier. With comments by their friends and family.