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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