The Screen of London

United Kingdom · #2 by film pedigree · 163 notable figures · 24 canon films set here

Metro rank
#2
Screen score
2277.6
People
371
Films set here
24

What London is known for

Box office 29%Prestige 22%Audience 48%

London skews toward audience.

Canon films set here, by decade

1
'10
5
'30
5
'40
1
'50
7
'60
3
'70
2
'80

From London

  1. 1Alfred Hitchcock
  2. 2David Lean
  3. 3Charlie Chaplin
  4. 4Elizabeth Taylor
  5. 5Laurence Olivier
  6. 6Michael Caine
  7. 7Christopher Nolan
  8. 8Vivien Leigh
  9. 9Daniel Day-Lewis
  10. 10Kate Winslet
  11. 11Maggie Smith
  12. 12Julie Andrews
  13. 13Alec Guinness
  14. 14Greer Garson
  15. 15Emma Thompson
  16. 16Gary Oldman
  17. 17Peter Ustinov
  18. 18Vanessa Redgrave
  19. 19Daniel Radcliffe
  20. 20Julie Christie
  21. 21Sam Mendes
  22. 22Carol Reed
  23. 23Ronald Colman
  24. 24Rupert Grint
  25. 25Helen Mirren

+138 more

Set in London

  1. A Clockwork Orange 1971#60
  2. Blow-Up 1966#135
  3. The Red Shoes 1948#163
  4. Mary Poppins 1964#184
  5. Dracula 1931#191
  6. A Hard Day's Night 1964#198
  7. Brief Encounter 1945#219
  8. Repulsion 1965#265
  9. Top Hat 1935#277
  10. A Matter of Life and Death 1946#284
  11. The Elephant Man 1980#286
  12. Brazil 1985#293
  13. The Invisible Man 1933#307
  14. Patton 1970#308
  15. Kind Hearts and Coronets 1949#314
  16. My Fair Lady 1964#351
  17. The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp 1943#353
  18. The 39 Steps 1935#367
  19. The Rocky Horror Picture Show 1975filmed#396
  20. Dracula 1958#405
  21. Chimes at Midnight 1965#415
  22. Broken Blossoms 1919#428
  23. Peeping Tom 1960#432
  24. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 1931#435

Canon films by London filmmakers

  • Psycho 1960 · Alfred Hitchcock#5
  • Vertigo 1958 · Alfred Hitchcock#12
  • Lawrence of Arabia 1962 · David Lean#18
  • Rear Window 1954 · Alfred Hitchcock#28
  • North by Northwest 1959 · Alfred Hitchcock#42
  • The Third Man 1949 · Carol Reed#62
  • The Bridge on the River Kwai 1957 · David Lean#85
  • Midnight Cowboy 1969 · John Schlesinger#89
  • The Dark Knight 2008 · Christopher Nolan#93
  • Notorious 1946 · Alfred Hitchcock#130
  • The Birds 1963 · Alfred Hitchcock#152
  • Rebecca 1940 · Alfred Hitchcock#166
  • Inception 2010 · Christopher Nolan#180
  • American Beauty 1999 · Sam Mendes#213
  • Brief Encounter 1945 · David Lean#219
  • Memento 2000 · Christopher Nolan#247
  • Doctor Zhivago 1965 · David Lean#266
  • Strangers on a Train 1951 · Alfred Hitchcock#330
  • The 39 Steps 1935 · Alfred Hitchcock#367
  • Saturday Night Fever 1977 · John Badham#378
  • Bullitt 1968 · Peter Yates#392
  • Rope 1948 · Alfred Hitchcock#410
  • Shadow of a Doubt 1943 · Alfred Hitchcock#462

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