Cinematography: Harry Waxman

The best movies, series, and documentaries with cinematography by Harry Waxman. Explore visually stunning titles that highlight an exceptional filmmaking.


The Wicker Man

1973 · Movie · 85 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Robin Hardy

Cast Edward Woodward · Christopher Lee · Britt Ekland · Diane Cilento

Plot This controversial British cult classic, considered by its producer upon completion to be one of the worst films ever made, has been little seen since its brief theatrical release even...

7.0

7K votes

7.0

7K votes

The Secret Partner

1961 · Movie · 87 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Basil Dearden

Cast Stewart Granger · Haya Harareet · Bernard Lee · Hugh Burden

Plot John Brent (Granger) has just learned that his wife Nicole (Harareet) has left him. She picked a bad time too because they're supposed to be hosting a company party in...

6.7

163 votes

6.7

163 votes

The Nanny

1965 · Movie · 93 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Seth Holt

Cast Bette Davis · Jill Bennett · William Dix · James Villiers

Plot A ten-year-old boy returns from a home for disturbed children where he was sent after being accused of drowning his sister in the bathtub. He knows who was really responsible...

6.7

987 votes

6.7

987 votes

Sapphire

1959 · Movie · 92 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Basil Dearden

Cast Nigel Patrick · Michael Craig · Yvonne Mitchell · Paul Massie

Plot In 1950s London racial hostility to Commonweath immigrants is openly paraded. A pregnant girl, initially assumed to be white, is murdered. As two detectives start to investigate, and discover her...

6.6

241 votes

6.6

241 votes

The Day the Earth Caught Fire

1961 · Movie · 98 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Val Guest

Cast Janet Munro · Leo McKern · Edward Judd · Michael Goodliffe

Plot Journalists of the London Daily Express investigate reports of strange phenomena occurring all over the world, such as flooding in the Sahara, unseasonable blizzards in New York, and violent tornadoes...

6.6

330 votes

6.6

330 votes

Twisted Nerve

1968 · Movie · 113 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Roy Boulting

Cast Hywel Bennett · Hayley Mills · Billie Whitelaw · Phyllis Calvert

Plot Martin is a troubled young man. With a mother who insists on treating him like a child, a stepfather who can't wait to see the back of him, and a...

6.6

388 votes

6.6

388 votes

The Sleeping Tiger

1954 · Movie · 89 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Joseph Losey

Cast Dirk Bogarde · Alexis Smith · Alexander Knox · Hugh Griffith

Plot A thief breaks into the home of a psychiatrist, who captures him. In exchange for his freedom, the thief agrees to become a guinea pig for the doctor's rehabilitation theories...

6.5

140 votes

6.5

140 votes

Brighton Rock

1947 · Movie · 92 min. · United Kingdom

Direction John Boulting

Cast Richard Attenborough · Carol Marsh · Hermione Baddeley · William Hartnell

Plot Pinkie Brown is a small-town hoodlum whose gang runs a protection racket based at Brighton race course. When Pinkie orders the murder of a rival, Fred, the police believe it...

6.5

338 votes

6.5

338 votes

The Family Way

1966 · Movie · 115 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Roy Boulting

Cast Hayley Mills · Hywel Bennett · Marjorie Rhodes · John Mills

Plot Compassionate look at the troubles of two young newlyweds, who's marriage has yet to be consummated.

6.5

53 votes

6.5

53 votes

The Long Memory

1953 · Movie · 96 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Robert Hamer

Cast John Mills · John McCallum · Elizabeth Sellars · Eva Bergh

Plot Davidson (John Mills), visits the boat of Captain Driver to ask permission to marry his daughter Fay. Aboard, he finds himself involved in a fight over the criminal activities of...

6.4

62 votes

6.4

62 votes

The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone

1961 · Movie · 99 min. · United Kingdom

Direction José Quintero

Cast Vivien Leigh · Warren Beatty · Lotte Lenya · Jill St. John

Plot Critics and the public say Karen Stone is too old -- as she approaches 50 -- for her role in a play she is about to take to Broadway. Her...

6.4

523 votes

6.4

523 votes

The Pink Panther Strikes Again

1976 · Movie · 103 min. · United States

Direction Blake Edwards

Cast Peter Sellers · Herbert Lom · Lesley-Anne Down · Burt Kwouk

Plot In the fourth film of the long-running series, bumbling Inspector Jacques Clouseau's (Peter Sellers) long-suffering boss, Dreyfus (Herbert Lom), finally has been driven to a nervous breakdown by the detective...

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6.3

3K votes

6.3

3K votes

Swiss Family Robinson

1960 · Movie · 126 min. · United States

Direction Ken Annakin

Cast John Mills · Dorothy McGuire · James MacArthur · Janet Munro

Plot The Disney touch is all over this grand, colorful version of the Johann Wyss adventure of a European family set off for the new world of New Guinea. The film...

6.2

2K votes

6.2

2K votes

The Anniversary

1968 · Movie · 95 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Roy Ward Baker

Cast Bette Davis · Sheila Hancock · Jack Hedley · James Cossins

Plot On the celebration of the anniversary of Mrs. Taggart, her three dominated sons come to her house for the party. Terry, Henry and Tom Taggart work in construction, in a...

6.2

342 votes

6.2

342 votes

Father Brown

1954 · Movie · 91 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Robert Hamer

Cast Alec Guinness · Joan Greenwood · Peter Finch · Cecil Parker

Plot Father Brown is an eccentric priest who spends his spare time working as an amateur private-eye to capture and reform criminals. When he is outwitted by the sly, international art...

6.2

222 votes

6.2

222 votes

I Thank a Fool

1962 · Movie · 100 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Robert Stevens

Cast Susan Hayward · Peter Finch · Diane Cilento · Cyril Cusack

Plot A physician Christine Allison)is employed by an attorney, played by Peter Finch, who formerly prosecuted her on charges of euthanasia to watch over his mentally ill wife.

6.0

21 votes

6.0

21 votes

Stolen Hours

1963 · Movie · 97 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Daniel Petrie

Cast Susan Hayward · Michael Craig · Diane Baker · Edward Judd

Plot Mike, a famed racing driver and an old flame of hers, is worried that Laura may be ill. Tricking her into a doctor's examination, she discovers she is; a brain...

5.7

24 votes

5.7

24 votes

She

1965 · Movie · 99 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Robert Day

Cast Ursula Andress · Peter Cushing · Bernard Cribbins · John Richardson

Plot After doing military service in the Middle East, British archaeologist Holly, his valet and his gorgeous young friend Leo are spotted in Palestine and approached by a mysterious oriental who...

5.4

230 votes

5.4

230 votes

Lancelot and Guinevere

1963 · Movie · 116 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Cornel Wilde

Cast Cornel Wilde · Jean Wallace · Brian Aherne · George Baker

Plot Lancelot is King Arthur's most valued Knight of the Round Table and a paragon of courage and virtue. Things change, however, when he falls for Guinevere, bride of Arthur, and...

5.4

79 votes

5.4

79 votes