Direction: Jack Clayton
The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Jack Clayton. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.
The Innocents
1961 · Movie · 99 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Jack Clayton
Cast Deborah Kerr · Peter Wyngarde · Megs Jenkins · Pamela Franklin
Plot In Victorian England, the uncle of orphaned niece Flora and nephew Miles hires Miss Giddens as governess to raise the children at his estate with total independence and authority. Soon...
7.7
8K votes
7.7
8K votes
Room at the Top
1959 · Movie · 115 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Jack Clayton
Cast Simone Signoret · Laurence Harvey · Heather Sears · Hermione Baddeley
Plot The English factory town is dreary but Joe Lampton has landed a job with a future. To have something to do at night he joins a theatrical group. His boss's...
7.5
1K votes
7.5
1K votes
Our Mother's House
1967 · Movie · 104 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Jack Clayton
Cast Dirk Bogarde · Margaret Brooks · Pamela Franklin · Louis Sheldon-Williams
Plot Fearful of life in an orphanage, seven children bury their mother's body in the garden when she dies after an illness.
7.0
2K votes
7.0
2K votes
The Bespoke Overcoat
1955 · Movie · 35 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Jack Clayton
Cast Alfie Bass · David Kossoff · Alan Tilvern · Alf Dean
Plot Fender is a lowly clerk in the warehouse of clothing manufacturers Ranting and Co. His one ambition is to have an overcoat of his own. Refused one by the cold...
6.7
98 votes
6.7
98 votes
The Pumpkin Eater
1964 · Movie · 118 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Jack Clayton
Cast Anne Bancroft · Peter Finch · James Mason · Cedric Hardwicke
Plot The study of a marriage. Jo has five children and husband number two when she meets writer Jake Armitage. She leaves this husband to marry Jake, and his career takes...
6.6
245 votes
6.6
245 votes
The Great Gatsby
1974 · Movie · 144 min. · United States
Direction Jack Clayton
Cast Robert Redford · Mia Farrow · Bruce Dern · Karen Black
Plot Nick Carraway, a young Midwesterner now living on Long Island, finds himself fascinated by the mysterious past and lavish lifestyle of his neighbor, the nouveau riche Jay Gatsby (Robert Redford)....
6.3
5K votes
6.3
5K votes
The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
1987 · Movie · 115 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Jack Clayton
Cast Bob Hoskins · Maggie Smith · Wendy Hiller · Marie Kean
Plot She falls in love with a broken down former NYC hotel doorman, who tells Judith vaguely that he was in the hotel business.
6.2
167 votes
6.2
167 votes
Something Wicked This Way Comes
1983 · Movie · 95 min. · United States
Direction Jack Clayton
Cast Jason Robards · Jonathan Pryce · Diane Ladd · Royal Dano
Plot When two boys (Vidal Peterson and Shawn Carson) become involved in the evil plans of Mr. Dark, a magical carnival owner (Jonathan Pryce), they find themselves in danger and responsible...
5.6
654 votes
5.6
654 votes
Naples Is a Battlefield (S)
1944 · Documentary · 15 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Jack Clayton
Plot The capture of Naples, the first great European city to be liberated, revealed the magnitude of the tasks involved in re-creating the means of livelihood and the machinery of government...
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