Michael Powell

Michael Powell

September 30, 1905 · 120 years old

Michael Latham Powell (30 September 1905 – 19 February 1990) was a renowned English film director, celebrated for his partnership with Emeric Pressburger. They worked together under the name of "The Archers" and produced a series of classic British films, notably The Thief of Bagdad (1940), 49th Par…

Known For

20 titles
1
Peeping Tom

Peeping Tom

1960 · 1h 41m · Movie

A young man murders women, using a movie camera to film their dying expressions of terror.

7.6
2
The Red Shoes

The Red Shoes

1948 · 2h 15m · Movie

A young ballet dancer is torn between the man she loves and her pursuit to become a prima ballerina.

8.1
3
Black Narcissus

Black Narcissus

1947 · 1h 41m · Movie

A group of nuns struggle to establish a convent in the Himalayas, while isolation, extreme weather, altitude, and culture clashes all conspire to drive the well-intentioned missionaries mad.

7.7
4
A Matter of Life and Death

A Matter of Life and Death

1946 · 1h 44m · Movie

A British wartime aviator who cheats death must argue for his life before a celestial court, hoping to prolong his fledgling romance with an American girl.

8.0
5
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

1943 · 2h 43m · Movie

From the Boer War through World War II, a soldier rises through the ranks in the British military.

8.0
6
The Thief of Bagdad

The Thief of Bagdad

1940 · 1h 46m · Movie

After being tricked and cast out of Bagdad by the evil Jaffar, King Ahmad joins forces with a thief named Abu to reclaim his throne, the city, and the Princess he loves.

7.4
7
Blackmail

Blackmail

1929 · 1h 25m · Movie

After killing a man in self-defense, a young woman is blackmailed by a witness to the killing.

6.9
8
I Know Where I'm Going!

I Know Where I'm Going!

1945 · 1h 32m · Movie

A young Englishwoman goes to the Hebrides to marry her older, wealthier fiancé. When the weather keeps them separated on different islands, she begins to have second thoughts.

7.4
9
The Invaders

The Invaders

1941 · 2h 3m · Movie

A World War II U-boat crew are stranded in northern Canada. To avoid internment, they must make their way to the border and get into the still-neutral U.S.

7.3
10
A Canterbury Tale

A Canterbury Tale

1944 · 2h 4m · Movie

Three modern-day pilgrims investigate a bizarre crime in a small town while on their way to Canterbury.

7.3
11
Pursuit of the Graf Spee

Pursuit of the Graf Spee

1956 · 1h 59m · Movie

In the first major naval battle of World War II, the British Navy must find and destroy a powerful German warship.

6.6
12
The Tales of Hoffmann

The Tales of Hoffmann

1951 · 2h 8m · Movie

A melancholy poet reflects on three women he loved and lost in the past: a mechanical performing doll, a Venetian courtesan, and the consumptive daughter of a celebrated composer.

7.1
13
Age of Consent

Age of Consent

1969 · 1h 38m · Movie

A grizzled Australian painter decides to jolt his stale creativity by moving to a remote island on the Great Barrier Reef, where he takes on an alluring, uninhibited young woman as his muse.

6.3
14
Hour of Glory

Hour of Glory

1949 · 1h 46m · Movie

As the Germans drop explosive booby-traps on Britain in 1943, the embittered expert who'll have to disarm them fights a private battle with alcohol.

7.1
15
U-Boat 29

U-Boat 29

1939 · 1h 17m · Movie

A German submarine is sent to the Orkney Isles in 1917 to sink the British fleet.

6.9
16
One of Our Aircraft Is Missing

One of Our Aircraft Is Missing

1942 · 1h 22m · Movie

During a raid on Germany a British bomber crew is forced to bail out after their plane is damaged. They land in Holland and are aided by Dutch civilians.

7.0
17
The Edge of the World

The Edge of the World

1937 · 1h 14m · Movie

A way of life is dying on an Outer Hebridean island fishing port, but some of the inhabitants resist evacuating to the mainland.

7.3
18
Night Ambush

Night Ambush

1957 · 1h 33m · Movie

Led by British officers, partisans on Crete plan to kidnap the island's German commander and smuggle him to Cairo, Egypt to embarrass the occupiers.

6.5
19
Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger

Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger

2024 · 2h 11m · Movie

Features rare archival material from the personal collections of Powell, Pressburger and Scorsese.

7.9
20
The Magician

The Magician

1926 · 1h 23m · Movie

A magician/alchemist, seeking to create life, finds that he needs the "blood of a virgin" to continue his experiments. He sends out his dwarf assistant to pick out the right girl.

6.7
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