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Michael Powell has 10 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1920s through the 1960s. 3 rank in the Top 10%, led by Peeping Tom.
Peeping Tom
1960 · Movie · Director
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The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
1943 · Movie · Director · Writer
Top 14%Max · Included
The Thief of Bagdad
1940 · Movie · Director
Top 20%Max · Included
I Know Where I'm Going!
1945 · Movie · Director · Writer
Top 22%Tubi · Free w/ ads
A Canterbury Tale
1944 · Movie · Director · Writer
Top 36%Tubi · Free w/ ads
49th Parallel
1941 · Movie · Director
Top 38%Max · Included
Loner Mark Lewis works at a film studio during the day and, at night, takes racy photographs of women. Also he's making a documentary on fear, which involves recording the reactions of victims as he murders them. He befriends Helen, the daughter of the family living in the apartment below his, and he tells her vaguely about the movie he is making.
Dir. Michael Powell · With Karlheinz Böhm, Moira Shearer, Anna Massey
A fledgling ballerina falls in love with a brilliant composer, but the jealous head of the ballet company plots to drive them apart.
Dir. Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger · With Anton Walbrook, Marius Goring, Moira Shearer
A British wartime aviator who cheats death must argue for his life before a celestial court, hoping to prolong his fledgling romance with an American girl.
Dir. Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger · With David Niven, Kim Hunter, Roger Livesey
General Candy, who's overseeing an English squad in 1943, is a veteran leader who doesn't have the respect of the men he's training and is considered out-of-touch with what's needed to win the war. But it wasn't always this way. Flashing back to his early career in the Boer War and World War I, we see a dashing young officer whose life has been shaped by three different women, and by a lasting friendship with a German soldier.
Dir. Emeric Pressburger, Michael Powell · With Roger Livesey, Deborah Kerr, Anton Walbrook
A group of Anglican nuns, led by Sister Clodagh, are sent to a mountain in the Himalayas. The climate in the region is hostile and the nuns are housed in an odd old palace. They work to establish a school and a hospital, but slowly their focus shifts. Sister Ruth falls for a government worker, Mr. Dean, and begins to question her vow of celibacy. As Sister Ruth obsesses over Mr. Dean, Sister Clodagh becomes immersed in her own memories of love.
Dir. Emeric Pressburger, Michael Powell · With Deborah Kerr, Sabu, David Farrar
When Prince Ahmad is blinded and cast out of Bagdad by the nefarious Jaffar, he joins forces with the scrappy thief Abu to win back his royal place, as well as the heart of a beautiful princess.
Dir. Tim Whelan, Ludwig Berger, Michael Powell · With Conrad Veidt, Sabu, June Duprez
Plucky Englishwoman Joan Webster travels to the remote islands of the Scottish Hebrides in order to marry a wealthy industrialist. Trapped by inclement weather on the Isle of Mull and unable to continue to her destination, Joan finds herself charmed by the straightforward, no-nonsense islanders around her, and becomes increasingly attracted to naval officer Torquil MacNeil, who holds a secret that may change her life forever.
Dir. Emeric Pressburger, Michael Powell · With Wendy Hiller, Roger Livesey, Pamela Brown
Three modern-day pilgrims investigate a bizarre crime in a small town while on their way to Canterbury.
Dir. Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger · With Eric Portman, Sheila Sim, Dennis Price
In the early days of World War II, a German U-boat is sunk in Canada's Hudson Bay. Hoping to evade capture, a small band of German soldiers led by commanding officer Lieutenant Hirth attempts to cross the border into the United States, which has not yet entered the war and is officially neutral. Along the way, the German soldiers encounter brave men such as a French-Canadian fur trapper, Johnnie, a leader of a Hutterite farming community, Peter, an author, Philip and a soldier, Andy Brock.
Dir. Michael Powell · With Leslie Howard, Laurence Olivier, Raymond Massey
London, 1929. Frank Webber, a very busy Scotland Yard detective, seems to be more interested in his work than in Alice White, his girlfriend. Feeling herself ignored, Alice agrees to go out with an elegant and well-mannered artist who invites her to visit his fancy apartment.
Dir. Alfred Hitchcock · With Anny Ondra, Sara Allgood, Charles Paton
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