Soundtrack: Ron Grainer
The best movies, series, and documentaries with a soundtrack by Ron Grainer. Enjoy the titles that feature an unforgettable music.
Doctor Who: The Ark in Space (TV)
1975 · Movie · 97 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Rodney Bennett
Cast Tom Baker · Elisabeth Sladen · Ian Marter · John Gregg
Plot 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...
7.1
62 votes
7.1
62 votes
Doctor Who: The Tomb of the Cybermen (TV)
1967 · Movie · 96 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Morris Barry
Cast Patrick Troughton · Frazer Hines · Deborah Watling · George Pastell
Plot 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...
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
Plot 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...
7.0
237 votes
7.0
237 votes
Family Guy: Blue Harvest (TV)
2007 · Movie · 48 min. · United States
Direction Dominic Polcino
Plot With the Griffins stuck at home during a blackout, Peter begins to tell a story, which leads to a Star Wars flashback. Acting out scenes from Star Wars Episode IV:...
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
Plot 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...
6.8
27 votes
6.8
27 votes
Tales of the Unexpected (TV Series)
1979 · Series · 25 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Graham Evans · John Gorrie · Alan Gibson · Herbert Wise
Cast Roald Dahl · John Houseman · Andrew Ray · Joan Collins
Plot 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...
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
Plot 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...
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
Plot 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...
6.7
7K votes
6.7
7K votes
Doctor Who: The Tenth Planet (TV)
1966 · Movie · 93 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Derek Martinus
Cast William Hartnell · Anneke Wills · Michael Craze · Robert Beatty
Plot 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...
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
Plot 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
Plot 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...
6.3
34 votes
6.3
34 votes
Doctor Who: An Unearthly Child (TV)
1963 · Movie · 95 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Waris Hussein
Cast William Hartnell · William Russell · Carole Ann Ford · Jacqueline Hill
Plot 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 -...
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
Plot 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
Plot 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...
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
Plot 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...
5.8
32 votes
5.8
32 votes
The Moon-Spinners
1964 · Movie · 110 min. · United States
Direction James Neilson
Cast Hayley Mills · Eli Wallach · Peter McEnery · Pola Negri
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
Plot 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...
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
Plot 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...
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
Plot 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
Plot 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...
5.7
155 votes
5.7
155 votes