David Lean's films, ranked
The top 3 according to 56 votes from people: Brief Encounter (1945) · Great Expectations (1946) · Summertime (1955). (Updated Aug 27, 2022.)
From intimate British dramas to desert epics: David Lean's films ordered from Through the Clutter, Taste of Cinema and Film Lifestyle, with Lawrence of Arabia on top.
Top 15
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1
Brief Encounter (1945)
Celia Johnson and Trevor Howard at a railway station; written by Noël Coward.
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2
Great Expectations (1946)
John Mills as Pip, from Dickens.
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3
Summertime (1955)
Katharine Hepburn in Venice.
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4
In Which We Serve (1942)
Co-directed with Noël Coward, the story of a destroyer.
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5
Doctor Zhivago (1965)
Omar Sharif and Julie Christie in revolutionary Russia.
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6
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Peter O'Toole in the desert; seven Oscars including Best Picture.
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7
Oliver Twist (1948)
Alec Guinness as Fagin.
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8
This Happy Breed (1944)
A London family between the wars.
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9
Blithe Spirit (1945)
Rex Harrison haunted by his first wife, from Noël Coward.
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10
Hobson's Choice (1954)
Charles Laughton as a tyrannical bootmaker.
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11
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
Alec Guinness builds a bridge for his captors; seven Oscars.
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12
A Passage to India (1984)
His last film, from E. M. Forster; Oscar for Peggy Ashcroft.
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13
The Sound Barrier (1952)
Ralph Richardson and the race to fly faster than sound.
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14
Madeleine (1950)
Ann Todd in a Victorian poisoning trial.
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15
Ryan's Daughter (1970)
An Irish village in 1916; Oscars for John Mills and the cinematography.
How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.
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