Celia Johnson Movies

Brief Encounter

81/100

Meeting a stranger in a railway station, a woman is tempted to cheat on her husband.

In Which We Serve

73/100

This "story of a ship," the British destroyer HMS Torrin, is told in flash backs by survivors as they cling to a life raft.

This Happy Breed

73/100

Noel Coward's attempt to show how the ordinary people lived between the wars. Just after WWI the Gibbons family moves to a nice house in the suburbs. An ordinary sort of life is led by the ... See full summary »

The Captain's Paradise

71/100

The bigamist captain of a ferry boat between the restricted British colony in Gibraltar and Spanish Morocco has a woman of differing appeal and temperament in each port.

A Kid for Two Farthings

67/100

In a lower-class London community of small shops, open-air vendors and flea-marketers, Joe, a small boy, lives with his mother, Joanne, who works in and rooms above the Kandinsky tailor ... See full summary »

The Holly and the Ivy

79/100

A heartwarming tale of an English minister and his family reunited at Christmas time. Their story includes a remembrance of their WWII trials

Romeo & Juliet

67/100

Two teenagers fall in love, but their feuding families and fate itself cause the relationship to end in tragedy.

The Astonished Heart

61/100

The film begins with a scene in which Barbara rings Leonora to tell her that something has happened to Chris. At this point, we don't know who Chris is or what has happened, only that he ... See full summary »

Staying On

74/100

A british colonel and his wife decide to remain in India after the departure of the British raj in the 1940s.

I Believe in You

68/100

A drama about parole officers to follow the successful Ealing police story of _Blue Lamp, The (1950)_. Various sub-plots follow the parole officers and their charges.

All's Well That Ends Well

71/100

Helena loves Bertram, but he's of noble birth, while she's just a doctor's daughter. But Bertram is at the court of the King of France...

The Good Companions

62/100

A touring variety troupe, the "Dinky Doos" are in financial trouble. An encounter with three strangers - Inigo Jollifant (a romantic, song-writing ex-schoolmaster), Miss Trant (a ... See full summary »

Dear Octopus

78/100

The Choice

A young doctor faces a decision: which of two deserving patients will be selected to receive the one replacement heart available?

Lloyd George Knew My Father

When Lady Sheila Boothroyd hears that the planning authorities are determined to drive a road through her grounds...

The Reluctant Debutante

Dame of Sark

1940. When the Nazis over-run the Channel Island of Sark, they find the Dame of Sark, the governess of the tiny island, a very formidable lady to deal with.