Robert Bolt

During World War I, English officer Thomas Edward 'T.E.' Lawrence sets out to unite and lead the diverse, often warring, Arab tribes to fight the Turks.

Dir. David Lean · With Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness, Omar Sharif

When a Spanish Jesuit goes into the South American wilderness to build a mission in the hope of converting the Indians of the region, a slave hunter is converted and joins his mission. When Spain sells the colony to Portugal, they are forced to defend all they have built against the Portuguese aggressors.

Dir. Roland Joffé · With Robert De Niro, Jeremy Irons, Ray McAnally

The life of a Russian physician and poet who, although married to another, falls in love with a political activist's wife and experiences hardship during World War I and then the October Revolution.

Dir. David Lean · With Omar Sharif, Julie Christie, Geraldine Chaplin

A depiction of the conflict between King Henry VIII of England and his Lord Chancellor, Sir Thomas More, who refuses to swear the Oath of Supremacy declaring Henry Supreme Head of the Church in England.

Dir. Fred Zinnemann · With Paul Scofield, Wendy Hiller, Leo McKern

In the wake of the 1916 Easter Rising, a married schoolteacher in a small Irish village has an affair with a troubled British officer.

Dir. David Lean · With Robert Mitchum, Trevor Howard, Christopher Jones

An idyllic voyage to Tahiti in 1789 turns a crew aboard the H.M.S. Bounty against its captain when they find a tropical paradise.

Dir. Roger Donaldson · With Mel Gibson, Anthony Hopkins, Daniel Day-Lewis