Soundtrack: John Addison

The best movies, series, and documentaries with a soundtrack by John Addison. Enjoy the titles that feature an unforgettable music.


Sleuth

1972 · Movie · 138 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Cast Laurence Olivier · Michael Caine · Alec Cawthorne · John Matthews

Plot Andrew Wyke (Laurence Olivier) is a famous writer of crime novels. Moreover, his passion for puzzles and riddles has led him to transform his mansion into a museum where bizarre...

8.2

30K votes

8.2

30K votes

The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner

1962 · Movie · 99 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Tony Richardson

Cast Tom Courtenay · Michael Redgrave · James Bolam · Avis Bunnage

Plot A Borstal boy has nothing going for him except the ability to run. He is selected to compete against a public school and starts a training programme, during which he...

7.5

5K votes

7.5

5K votes

A Taste of Honey

1961 · Movie · 96 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Tony Richardson

Cast Rita Tushingham · Dora Bryan · Murray Melvin · Robert Stephens

Plot In a working-class British neighborhood, a 17-year-old girl is living with an alcoholic, promiscuous mother who ignores her. When her mother runs out on her with a new boyfriend, she...

Max

7.2

722 votes

7.2

722 votes

The Honey Pot

1967 · Movie · 131 min. · United States

7.2

2K votes

7.2

2K votes

A Bridge Too Far

1977 · Movie · 175 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Richard Attenborough

Cast Sean Connery · Edward Fox · James Caan · Dirk Bogarde

Plot Richard Attenborough‘s star–studded re–telling of the allies‘ attempts to capture several bridges in Germany during World War II, in a campaign called operation Market Garden.

7.2

11K votes

7.2

11K votes

Look Back in Anger

1958 · Movie · 99 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Tony Richardson

Cast Richard Burton · Claire Bloom · Mary Ure · Edith Evans

Plot Archetypal British "angry young man" Jimmy Porter (Richard Burton) is a college-educated bloke who can't seem to get any better job than working in a candy store. Jimmy's relationship with...

Max

7.1

769 votes

7.1

769 votes

Torn Curtain

1966 · Movie · 128 min. · United States

Direction Alfred Hitchcock

Cast Paul Newman · Julie Andrews · Lila Kedrova · Hansjörg Felmy

Plot American rocket scientist Michael Armstrong (Paul Newman) and his assistant/fiancée Sarah Sherman (Julie Andrews) are attending a convention in Copenhagen. Michael is acting very suspiciously and Sarah follows him to...

7.1

13K votes

7.1

13K votes

Pool of London

1951 · Movie · 85 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Basil Dearden

Cast Bonar Colleano · Earl Cameron · Susan Shaw · Renée Asherson

Plot Two sailors, on shore leave, are caught up in a diamond smuggling racket. More complications ensue for black sailor Johnny who finds love and heartache in London docklands.

7.1

31 votes

7.1

31 votes

The Maggie

1954 · Movie · 92 min. · United Kingdom

7.0

218 votes

7.0

218 votes

Centennial (TV Miniseries)

1978 · Series · 90 min. · United States

Direction Virgil W. Vogel · Paul Krasny · Harry Falk · Bernard McEveety

Cast Robert Conrad · Raymond Burr · Barbara Carrera · Lynn Redgrave

Plot 12 Episodes. An epic miniseries about the making of America -- the most ambitious project ever filmed for television -- this filming of James Michener's 1,100-page saga that spanned the...

6.8

126 votes

6.8

126 votes

The Man Between

1953 · Movie · 100 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Carol Reed

Cast James Mason · Claire Bloom · Hildegard Knef · Geoffrey Toone

Plot Young english Susanne Mallison (Claire Bloom) on visit to Berlin becomes involved with political racketeer in elaborate plot to lure espionage agent from the Western to the Eastern sector.

6.6

296 votes

6.6

296 votes

Seven Days to Noon

1950 · Movie · 94 min. · United Kingdom

Direction John Boulting

Cast Barry Jones · André Morell · Hugh Cross · Sheila Manahan

Plot An English scientist runs away from a research center with an atomic bomb. In a letter sent to the British Prime Minister he threatens to blow up the center of...

6.6

80 votes

6.6

80 votes

Tom Jones

1963 · Movie · 129 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Tony Richardson

Cast Albert Finney · Susannah York · Hugh Griffith · David Warner

Plot Tom Jones (Albert Finney), abandoned as a baby in mysterious circumstances, is brought up by Squire Allworthy. Resented by Allworthy's legitimate heir Blifil, Tom grows into an amiable rascal, fond...

Max

6.5

2K votes

6.5

2K votes

The Entertainer

1960 · Movie · 97 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Tony Richardson

Cast Laurence Olivier · Brenda De Banzie · Joan Plowright · Roger Livesey

Plot Archie Rice, a pathetic music hall comic, plagued by debts, manipulates those around him in a defiant and selfish attempt to survive against improbable odds. He drinks, makes crude philosophical...

Max

6.5

288 votes

6.5

288 votes

Reach for the Sky

1956 · Movie · 135 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Lewis Gilbert

Cast Kenneth More · Muriel Pavlow · Lyndon Brook · Lee Patterson

Plot The true story of airman Douglas Bader who overcame the loss of both legs in a 1931 flying accident to become a successful fighter pilot and wing leader during World...

6.5

58 votes

6.5

58 votes

The Phantom of the Opera (TV Miniseries)

1990 · Series · 168 min. · United States

Direction Tony Richardson

Cast Charles Dance · Burt Lancaster · Teri Polo · Adam Storke

Plot Tony Richardson's version of Leroux's oft-filmed novel about a disfigured hermit and his tortured love for a gifted young singer stars Charles Dance as the maimed Erik Destler, aka the...

6.4

296 votes

6.4

296 votes

Girl with Green Eyes

1964 · Movie · 89 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Desmond Davis

Cast Peter Finch · Rita Tushingham · Lynn Redgrave · Marie Kean

Plot An awkward young Irish farm girl Kate Brady moves to Dublin and shares a room with funny, outgoing Baba Brennan, where she soon meets Eugene Gaillard, a middle-aged writer, who...

6.4

71 votes

6.4

71 votes

The Charge of the Light Brigade

1968 · Movie · 141 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Tony Richardson

Cast Trevor Howard · John Gielgud · David Hemmings · Vanessa Redgrave

Plot Snobbery and bad politics lead to military disaster during the Crimean War.

6.3

763 votes

6.3

763 votes

Ellis Island (TV Miniseries)

1984 · Movie · 420 min. · United States

6.3

25 votes

6.3

25 votes

The Loved One

1965 · Movie · 116 min. · United States

Direction Tony Richardson

Cast Robert Morse · Anjanette Comer · Jonathan Winters · Dana Andrews

Plot A clash of cultures is under way when a young British poet must come to California to preside over the burial of his Hollywood star uncle. He encounters a tawdry...

6.2

264 votes

6.2

264 votes