Soundtrack: Ron Grainer

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


Direction Rodney Bennett

Cast Tom Baker · Elisabeth Sladen · Ian Marter · John Gregg

Synopsis One of the most famous adventures of the Fourth Doctor. The TARDIS brings the Doctor, Sarah and Harry to the Nerva Beacon in the far future, where the remnants of humanity have been placed in suspended animation because of deadly...

7.1

62 votes

7.1

62 votes

Direction Morris Barry

Cast Patrick Troughton · Frazer Hines · Deborah Watling · George Pastell

Synopsis One of the most famous and representative adventures from the Second Doctor and the entire series. The Doctor, Jamie and Victoria land on the desert planet Telos, where an archaeological expedition from Earth has also arrived. The scientists are searching...

7.1

42 votes

7.1

42 votes

A Kind of Loving

1962 · Movie · 112 min. · United Kingdom

Direction John Schlesinger

Cast Alan Bates · Thora Hird · June Ritchie · Pat Keen

Synopsis A young man, inching his way up from working-class traditions via a white-collar job, finds himself trapped by the frightening reality of his girlfriend's pregnancy and is forced into marrying her and moving in with his mother-in-law due to a...

7.0

237 votes

7.0

237 votes

Family Guy: Blue Harvest (TV)

2007 · Movie · 48 min. · United States

Direction Dominic Polcino

Synopsis Family Guy: Blue Harvest (TV) (2007) is a hilarious animated parody of *Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope*. When a power outage leaves the Griffins bored, Peter decides to entertain the family by retelling the iconic sci-fi saga...

6.9

17K votes

6.9

17K votes

Doctor Who: The Invasion (TV)

1968 · Movie · 193 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Douglas Camfield

Cast Patrick Troughton · Kevin Stoney · Frazer Hines · Wendy Padbury

Synopsis The Second Doctor, Jamie, and Zoe find themselves on 20th century Earth, where they assist their old friend Lethbridge-Stewart. The newly-formed UNIT is investigating International Electromatics and the suspicious operations of the director, Tobias Vaughn. Too late, the Doctor discovers...

6.8

27 votes

6.8

27 votes

Direction Graham Evans · John Gorrie · Alan Gibson · Herbert Wise

Cast Roald Dahl · John Houseman · Andrew Ray · Joan Collins

Synopsis TV Series (1979-1988). 9 seasons. 112 episodes. A British anthology of mystery, suspense, horror and black comedy, highlighted by plot twists and surprise endings (in the early seasons, all by Roald Dahl), with lots of prestigious guest stars starring in...

6.8

49 votes

6.8

49 votes

The Guest

1963 · Movie · 105 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Clive Donner

Cast Alan Bates · Donald Pleasence · Robert Shaw

Synopsis Aston (Robert Shaw), a quiet, reserved man, lives alone in a top-floor cluttered room of a small abandoned house in a poor London district. He befriends and takes in Mac Davies (Donald Pleasence), an old derelict who has been fired...

6.7

42 votes

6.7

42 votes

To Sir, with Love

1967 · Movie · 105 min. · United Kingdom

Direction James Clavell

Cast Sidney Poitier · Christian Roberts · Judy Geeson · Suzy Kendall

Synopsis Ideological changes in post-Civil Rights movement America were at the heart of legendary African-American actor Sidney Poitier's films in the late 1960s. One such film is this powerful drama, which stars Poitier as Mark Thackery, an unemployed engineer who applies...

6.7

7K votes

6.7

7K votes

Direction Derek Martinus

Cast William Hartnell · Anneke Wills · Michael Craze · Robert Beatty

Synopsis An important adventure - introduced both the Cybermen and the concept of regeneration. The TARDIS lands in a station in Antarctica in 1986. The Doctor, Polly and Ben are just in time to witness the arrival in the solar system...

6.6

33 votes

6.6

33 votes

Hoffman

1970 · Movie · 113 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Alvin Rakoff

Cast Peter Sellers · Sinead Cusack · Ruth Dunning · Jeremy Bulloch

Synopsis A businessman blackmails his attractive young secretary into spending a weekend with him. Though he's a creep throughout, he gradually emerges as a sympathetic character.

6.4

165 votes

6.4

165 votes

Doctor Who: The Chase (TV)

1965 · Movie · 148 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Richard Martin · Douglas Camfield

Cast William Hartnell · William Russell · Maureen O'Brien · Jacqueline Hill

Synopsis Daleks manage to construct their own time machine and begin pursuing the TARDIS across time and space. The chase takes in a number of stopping-off points, including a dying desert planet, a spooky haunted house, the Empire State Building and...

6.3

34 votes

6.3

34 votes

Direction Waris Hussein

Cast William Hartnell · William Russell · Carole Ann Ford · Jacqueline Hill

Synopsis The adventure that started the show. Two schoolteachers decide to follow a strange pupil, Susan, home one night. "Home” turns out to be a time machine - the TARDIS - whose outer appearance of a battered blue police box leads...

6.2

173 votes

6.2

173 votes

Night Must Fall

1964 · Movie · 92 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Karel Reisz

Cast Albert Finney · Susan Hampshire · Mona Washbourne · Sheila Hancock

Synopsis Danny is a working-class psychopath who moves in with a wealthy widow to redecorate her house. He plays "games" with her while sleeping with her daughter and maid.

6.1

46 votes

6.1

46 votes

The Omega Man

1971 · Movie · 98 min. · United States

Direction Boris Sagal

Cast Charlton Heston · Anthony Zerbe · Rosalind Cash · Paul Koslo

Synopsis Robert Neville, a doctor,due to an experimental vaccine, is the only survivor of an apocalyptic war waged with biological weapons. The plague caused by the war has killed everyone else except for a few hundred deformed, nocturnal people calling themselves...

5.9

5K votes

5.9

5K votes

Doctor Who: The Dæmons (TV)

1971 · Movie · 122 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Christopher Barry

Cast Jon Pertwee · Katy Manning · Roger Delgado · Nicholas Courtney

Synopsis In the peaceful village of Devil's End something very strange is happening. An archaeologist is preparing to open a nearby Bronze Age burial mound. A local white witch foresees death and disaster. The new vicar of Devil's End is the...

5.8

32 votes

5.8

32 votes

The Moon-Spinners

1964 · Movie · 110 min. · United States

5.7

104 votes

5.7

104 votes

The Assassination Bureau

1969 · Movie · 110 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Basil Dearden

Cast Oliver Reed · Diana Rigg · Telly Savalas · Curd Jürgens

Synopsis The Assassination Bureau has existed for decades (perhaps centuries) until Diana Rigg begins to investigate it. The high moral standing of the Bureau (only killing those who deserve it) is called into question by her. She puts out a contract...

5.7

293 votes

5.7

293 votes

Before Winter Comes

1969 · Movie · 107 min. · United Kingdom

Direction J. Lee Thompson

Cast David Niven · Topol · Anna Karina · John Hurt

Synopsis A British major entrusted with the job of running a displaced persons camp at the end of World War II is faced with the dilemma of deciding over to whom to hand the victims. He's helped by a loyal interpreter.

5.7

66 votes

5.7

66 votes

Mousey

1974 · Movie · 85 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Daniel Petrie

Cast Kirk Douglas · Jean Seberg · John Vernon · Bessie Love

Synopsis A high school teacher separated from his son plots revenge on his ex-wife.

5.7

89 votes

5.7

89 votes

The Mouse on the Moon

1963 · Movie · 82 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Richard Lester

Cast Margaret Rutherford · Ron Moody · Bernard Cribbins · David Kossoff

Synopsis The Tiny Country of Grand Fenwick has a hot water problem in the castle. To get the money necessary to put in a new set of plumbing, they request foreign aid from the U.S. for Space Research. The Russians then...

5.7

155 votes

5.7

155 votes