Cast: John Schlesinger

Top movies, series, and documentaries starring John Schlesinger. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.


The Celluloid Closet

1995 · Documentary · 102 min. · United States

Direction Rob Epstein · Jeffrey Friedman

Cast Lily Tomlin · Tony Curtis · Whoopi Goldberg · Harvey Fierstein

Plot Author Armistead Maupin (Tales of the City) wrote Lily Tomlin's narration for this superb documentary, based on a book by the late Vito Russo, about Hollywood's treatment of homosexual characters...

7.3

1K votes

7.3

1K votes

The Divided Heart

1954 · Movie · 89 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Charles Crichton

Cast Cornell Borchers · Yvonne Mitchell · Armin Dahle · Alexander Knox

Plot During World War II, a German woman named Inga (Cornell Borchers, who won a Best Foreign Actress BAFTA Award) goes missing and is presumed dead. Her infant son is placed...

6.6

32 votes

6.6

32 votes

The Lost Language of Cranes (Great Performances)

1991 · Movie · 87 min. · United States

Direction Nigel Finch

Cast Corey Parker · Angus MacFadyen · Brian Cox · Eileen Atkins

Plot When a young gay may comes out of the closet, his friends support him. But when he comes out to his parents, he stirs up a wealth of hidden feelings...

6.5

62 votes

6.5

62 votes

The Battle of the River Plate

1956 · Movie · 116 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Michael Powell · Emeric Pressburger

Cast Peter Finch · John Gregson · Anthony Quayle · Ian Hunter

Plot Set during the early years of World War II, the War in the Atlantic. The Royal Navy was fighting a desperate battle to keep the convoy routes open to keep...

6.0

659 votes

6.0

659 votes

The Adventures of Robin Hood (TV Series)

1955 · Series · 30 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Terry Bishop · Bernard Knowles · Ralph Smart · Robert Day

Cast Richard Greene · Victor Woolf · Archie Duncan · Alexander Gauge

Plot TV Series (1955-1960). 143 episodes.

5.3

38 votes

5.3

38 votes

The Magic of Hollywood... Is the Magic of People (S)

1976 · Documentary · 21 min. · United States

Direction Allan Garden

Cast Everett Creach · William Devane · Robert Evans · Dustin Hoffman

Plot This making of the classic Marathon Man (1976) has legendary producer Robert Evans as host. He presents to us all of the film's qualities and most important, the magnificent collaboration...

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Stormy Crossing

1958 · Movie · 79 min. · United Kingdom

Direction C.M. Pennington-Richards

Cast John Ireland · Derek Bond · Leslie Dwyer · Maureen Connell

Plot Two swimmers are attempting to swim across the English Channel when one of them disappears. The other swimmer is convinced that it was no accident, and insists on investigating himself,...

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Sailor of the King

1953 · Movie · 83 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Roy Boulting

Cast Jeffrey Hunter · Michael Rennie · Peter van Eyck · Wendy Hiller

Plot A British naval officer has a brief affair with a woman in England and never knows that she bears him a son. 20 years later the boy is on a...

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The Last Man to Hang?

1956 · Movie · 75 min. · United Kingdom

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The Twilight of the Golds (TV)

1996 · Movie · 92 min. · United States

Direction Ross Kagan Marks

Cast Garry Marshall · Faye Dunaway · Jill Bernstein · Mark Shunkey

Plot When Suzanne Stein has a genetic analysis done on her unborn child, she discovers that although she has a healthy baby, the child will most likely be born gay, like...

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