Directing
Bryan Forbes
- Titles
- 69movies4TV showsmovies and TV shows
- Career
- 19491992
- Directed
- 21titles as director
- Average score
64/100
- Highest rated
Chaplin74/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 32 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical4.6average 2.6
- Nostalgia5.0average 3.6
- Class & Capitalism4.5average 3.3
- Mystery5.2average 4.1
- Wit & Wordplay4.6average 3.7
- Politics3.5average 2.6
- Crime4.3average 3.7
- Melancholy5.3average 4.7
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism3.3, average 5.2
- Pop Culture0.7, average 2.2
- Coming of Age1.9, average 2.9
- Tech & Humanity0.8, average 1.6
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Atmospheric 3
- Social Commentary 3
- Psychological Intrigue 2
- Satirical 2
- Gritty Realism 2
- Class Conflict 2
- Mystery 2
- Family Drama 2
- Period Piece 2
- Deception 2
- Psychological Drama 2
- Melancholy 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Nanette NewmanActorThe Stepford Wives, The Wrong Box, Deadfall, International Velvet, Of Human Bondage, +3 more
Richard AttenboroughActorChaplin, Seance on a Wet Afternoon, The League of Gentlemen, Danger Within, Only Two Can Play, +2 more
John BarryComposerChaplin, The Wrong Box, Seance on a Wet Afternoon, King Rat, The L-Shaped Room, +2 more
Bernard LeeActorWhistle Down the Wind, The L-Shaped Room, Danger Within, The Raging Moon, The Angry Silence
John MillsActorThe Wrong Box, King Rat, I Was Monty's Double, The Baby and the Battleship
Michael HordernActorThe Slipper and the Rose, I Was Monty's Double, The Baby and the Battleship, Man in the Moon- AArthur IbbetsonCinematographerHopscotch, Whistle Down the Wind, The League of Gentlemen, The Angry Silence
- TTimothy GeeEditorThe Stepford Wives, The Slipper and the Rose, International Velvet, The Raging Moon
- GGerry TurpinCinematographerThe Wrong Box, Seance on a Wet Afternoon, Deadfall, The Whisperers
Norman BirdActorWhistle Down the Wind, The League of Gentlemen, Man in the Moon
Edith EvansActorThe Slipper and the Rose, The Madwoman of Chaillot, The Whisperers
Denholm ElliottActorKing Rat, The High Bright Sun, Station Six-Sahara
Movies and TV shows
631990s
1 titles · average score 74
74
Chaplin (1992)
Screenplay
1980s
8 titles · average score 59
60
The Endless Game (1989)
Writer, Director
67
Restless Natives (1985)
as Driver
54
The Naked Face (1984)
Director, Writer
December Flower (1984)
as Harry Grey
46
Better Late Than Never (1983)
Director, Writer
70
Hopscotch (1980)
Screenplay
57
Sunday Lovers (1980)
Director
Jessie (1980)
Director, Writer
1970s
8 titles · average score 65
66
International Velvet (1978)
Screenplay, Director
69
The Slipper and the Rose (1976)
as Herald (uncredited)
67
The Stepford Wives (1975)
Director
I Am a Dancer (1972)
as Narrator (voice)
67
The Raging Moon (1971)
Director, Screenplay
61
Eyewitness (1970)
Executive Producer
1960s
17 titles · average score 67
55
Deadfall (1968)
Screenplay, Director
67
The Whisperers (1967)
Director, Screenplay
66
The Wrong Box (1966)
Director, Producer
73
King Rat (1965)
as Radio (Voice)
73
Seance on a Wet Afternoon (1964)
Director, Producer
64
Of Human Bondage (1964)
Writer, Director
70
The L-Shaped Room (1962)
Writer, Director
62
Only Two Can Play (1962)
Screenplay
73
Whistle Down the Wind (1961)
Director
71
The League of Gentlemen (1960)
as Porthill
72
The Angry Silence (1960)
Producer, Writer
1950s
26 titles · average score 63
65
Danger Within (1959)
Screenplay
69
I Was Monty's Double (1958)
as Butterfield
65
Quatermass 2 (1957)
as Marsh
57
The Black Tent (1956)
Writer
60
House of Secrets (1956)
Screenplay
52
Satellite in the Sky (1956)
as Jimmy Wheeler
57
The Baby and the Battleship (1956)
as Prof. Evans
73
An Inspector Calls (1954)
as Eric Birling
Wheel of Fate (1953)
as Ted Reid
57
Sea Devils (1953)
as Willie
63
Appointment in London (1953)
as The Brat
1940s
3 titles · average score 66
64
All Over the Town (1949)
as Trumble
69
The Small Back Room (1949)
as Peterson
Dear Mr. Prohack (1949)
as Tony