An elderly artist thinks he has become too stale and is past his prime. His friend (and agent) persuades him to go to an offshore island to try once more. On the island he re-discovers his muse in the form of a young girl.

Bad Man's River

1971

English

4.6

♡ 14

19%

Eugenio Martín Director

Claudia Gravy as

Dan van Husen as

James Mason as Francisco Paco Montero

Lee Van Cleef as Roy King

Robber Roy King loses his wife, Alicia, to revolutionary Montero. Despite their rivalry they collaborate in an attempt to rob the Mexican government of one million dollars.

The Man Between

1953

English

7.0

♡ 12

77%

Carol Reed Director

Hildegard Knef as Bettina Mallison

James Mason as Ivo Kern

Walter Bluhm as Money Changer

Claire Bloom as Susanne Mallison

A British woman on a visit to post-war Berlin is caught up in an espionage ring smuggling secrets into and out of the Eastern Bloc.

Escape from Zahrain

1962

English

6.0

♡ 6

54%

Ronald Neame Director

Leonard Strong as Ambulance Driver

James Mason as Johnson

Madlyn Rhue as Laila

Anthony Caruso as Tahar

Yul Brynner plays political leader Sharif who is sprung from a police van on his way to a firing squad by young loyalists led by Sal Mineo. Yul and the other prisoners kidnap an ambulance and head into the Arabian desert with the police in hot pursuit. All the performances are magnificent: Sal Mineo showing his acting talents, Jack Warden in a wiseguy performance as an employee of Zahrain oil who was involved in embezzlement, Anthony Caruso as a slimy psychotic and the underrated Madlyn Rhue as a nurse who becomes emotionally involved in the proceedings.

Georgy Girl

1966

English

6.9

♡ 6

82%

70%

Action

based on novel or book

Silvio Narizzano Director

James Mason as James Leamington

Alan Bates as Jos Jones

Charlotte Rampling as Meredith

Pat Gorman as Passer-by

A homely but vivacious young woman dodges the amorous attentions of her father's middle-aged employer while attempting to please her glamorously stuck-up roommate Meredith.

Terror House

1942

English

6.2

♡ 6

33%

Leslie Arliss Director

Tucker McGuire as Doris

Wilfrid Lawson as Jim Sturrock

Joyce Howard as Marian Ives

James Mason as Stephen Deremid

Two teachers, man-hungry Doris and restrained Marian, visit the Yorkshire moors a year after friend Evelyn disappeared there. On a stormy night, they take refuge in the isolated cottage of Stephen, one-time pianist shell-shocked in the Spanish Civil War. Doris flees as soon as the flood subsides; but Marian's suspicions about Evelyn's fate, in conflict with her growing love for Stephen, prompt her to stay on among the misty bogs.

Fire Over England

1937

English

6.5

♡ 2

50%

William K. Howard Director

Robert Newton as Don Pedro

Norma Varden as Elena's Governess

James Mason as Hillary Vane

Evelyn Ankers as Lady-in-Waiting

The film is a historical drama set during the reign of Elizabeth I (Flora Robson), focusing on the English defeat of the Spanish Armada, whence the title. In 1588, relations between Spain and England are at the breaking point. With the support of Queen Elizabeth I, British sea raiders such as Sir Francis Drake regularly capture Spanish merchantmen bringing gold from the New World.

Cold Sweat

1970

English

5.7

♡ 9

25%

Terence Young Director

James Mason as Captain Ross

Liv Ullmann as Fabienne Martin

Charles Bronson as Joe Martin

Jill Ireland as Moira

During the Korean War, Joe Moran, is convicted for striking a colonel. Imprisoned in Germany he encounters his former company commander Captain Ross, jailed for black marketeering. Together with Ross' cohorts Joe agrees to escape with them, but things go wrong and a policeman is killed. An appalled Joe escapes by himself, abandoning the others, who are recaptured. Years later Joe has a boat rental business where he is found by Ross. Now a wanted drug smuggler he wants the use of Joe's boats and to ensure his cooperation, they kidnap his wife and daughter.

The Passage

1979

English

6.0

♡ 11

40%

Action

basque country, spain

J. Lee Thompson Director

Malcolm McDowell as Capt. Von Berkow

Jim Broadbent as German Soldier

James Mason as Prof. John Bergson

Christopher Lee as The Gypsy

During WW 2, a Basque shepherd is approached by the underground, who wants him to lead a scientist and his family across the Pyrenees. While being pursued by a sadistic German.

The Blue Max

1966

English

7.1

♡ 14

100%

John Guillermin Director

James Mason as General Count von Klugermann

Harry Towb as Kettering

George Peppard as Lt. Bruno Stachel

Derek Newark as Ziegel

A young pilot in the German air force of 1918, disliked as lower-class and unchivalrous, tries ambitiously to earn the medal offered for 20 kills.

The High Command

1937

English

6.0

♡ 3

irish war of independence (1919-22)

War

Thorold Dickinson Director

James Mason as Capt. Heverell

Lucie Mannheim as Diana Cloam

Skelton Knaggs as Fazerack

Steven Geray as Martin Cloam

A general must come to terms with a crime he commited years earlier.

Genghis Khan

1965

English

5.8

♡ 13

37%

Henry Levin Director

Françoise Dorléac as Bortei

James Mason as Kam Ling

Telly Savalas as Shan

Kenneth Cope as Subodai

This is the story of the shy Mongol boy Temujin who,during the 13th century, becomes the fearless Mongol leader Genghis Khan that unites all Mongol tribes and conquers India,China,Persia,Korea and parts of Rusia,Europe and Middle-East.

The Fall of the Roman Empire

1964

English

6.7

♡ 31

93%

Anthony Mann Director

John Ireland as Ballomar

Luis Fernández de Eribe as Leoncio

Sophia Loren as Lucilla

James Mason as Timonides

In the year 180 A.D. Germanic tribes are about to invade the Roman empire from the north. In the midst of this crisis ailing emperor Marcus Aurelius has to make a decision about his successor between his son Commodus, who is obsessed by power, and the loyal general Gaius Livius.

Bob Ballard: An Explorer's Life

6.6

Bob Ballard reveals the inside stories behind his most exciting discoveries, while sharing the personal triumphs, challenges and tragedies that led him to them.

Hot Stuff

1976

Italian

5.8

♡ 4

Action

Crime

Drama

Giuseppe Rosati Director

Cyril Cusack as Giacomo Masoni

Silvia Dionisio as Laura Masoni

Raymond Pellegrin as Lettieri

James Mason as Prosecutor

The film focuses on Murri; the token maverick cop. He is called in after a bunch of criminals pull off a successful prison break and spend the night picking off various informers and people they don't like. Murri investigates; hooking up with one of the criminal's nieces along the way. He uses his own methods; which mostly involve breaking all the rules, and thus comes under a lot of scrutiny from his superiors who don't take too kindly to the cop's way of working.

Bloodline

1979

English

4.6

♡ 5

25%

Terence Young Director

Beatrice Straight as Kate Erling

James Mason as Sir Alec Nichols

Guy Rolfe as Tod Michaels

Michelle Phillips as Vivian Nichols

A pampered heiress inherits her father's pharmaceutical empire when he dies in a suspicious accident, and soon finds herself surrounded by ruthless board members and grasping family members who will seemingly stop at nothing to profit.

Child's Play

1972

English

6.2

♡ 5

50%

Sidney Lumet Director

James Mason as Jerome Malley

Robert Preston as Joseph Dobbs

Beau Bridges as Paul Reis

Tom Leopold as Shea

At an exclusive boys' school, a new gym teacher is drawn into a feud between two older instructors, and he discovers that everything at the school is not quite as staid, tranquil and harmless as it seems.

The Seventh Veil

1945

English

6.7

♡ 3

57%

Compton Bennett Director

Ann Todd as Francesca

John Slater as James

Albert Lieven as Maxwell Leyden

James Mason as Nicholas

A concert pianist with amnesia fights to regain her memory.

Pandora and the Flying Dutchman

1951

English

6.9

♡ 5

68%

matador (bullfighter)

Albert Lewin Director

James Mason as Hendrik van der Zee

Abraham Sofaer as Judge

Ava Gardner as Pandora Reynolds

Nigel Patrick as Stephen Cameron

Pandora Reynolds is a woman who has never fallen in love – but one who men kill and die for. When she meets dashing and mysterious ship's captain Hendrik van der Zee, he pushes her to commit the ultimate act of love.