The Mountain Eagle (Alfred Hitchcock, 1926)
Hitchcock's second film as director: the Most Wanted's most wanted
Two Crowded Hours (Michael Powell, 1931)
Michael Powell's first film: a "very good little murder drama"
Squadron Leader X (d. Lance Comfort, 1943)
Thrilling war escape drama directed by the recently re-evaluated Lance Comfort
Sleep is Lovely (d. David Hart, 1968)
Intriguing late-60s London-set kidnap-and-ransom drama from a director hailed as an 'English Godard'
Symptoms (d. Joseph Larraz, 1968)
Stylish cult 1970s horror about a disturbed female killer
Somewhere in Politics (d. John E Blakeley, 1948)
Knockabout comedy with madcap music hall star Frank Randle
The Last Post (d. Dinah Shurey, 1929)
The directorial debut of Britain's only 1920s female filmmaker
Linda (d. Don Sharp, 1960)
Teen drama from cult director Don Sharp, with Cathy Come Home's Carol White
A Study in Scarlet (d. George Pearson, 1914)
The immortal Sherlock Holmes takes his first bow in a British feature
Maria Marten or the Mystery of the Red Barn (d. Maurice Elvey, 1913)
True crime thriller - an early staging-post in British horror
Milestones (d. Thomas Bentley, 1916)
Ambitious family saga about several generations of shipbuilders
The First Men in the Moon (d. J.L.V. Leigh, 1919)
The first H.G. Wells film: pioneering sci-fi or campy nonsense?
The Amazing Quest of Mr Ernest Bliss (serial) (d. Henry Edwards, 1920)
A millionaire accepts a bet that he can't earn his own living
The Adventures of Mr Pickwick (d. Thomas Bentley, 1921)
Silent Dickens, described as "exceptionally good"
The Narrow Valley (d. Cecil Hepworth, 1921)
Pictorially beautiful romantic melodrama by Cecil M. Hepworth
Lily of the Alley (d. Henry Edwards, 1923)
Riotous missing-cash farce with Cockney housewives Gert & Daisy
Love, Life and Laughter (d. George Pearson, 1923)
An impoverished writer and aspiring chorus-girl have much in common
Woman to Woman (d. Graham Cutts, 1923)
A British dancer and French officer meet during WWI but are accidentally parted
Reveille (d. George Pearson, 1924)
Ambitious saga of post-WWI disillusionment from silent master George Pearson
Who is the Man? (d. Walter Summers, 1924)
Romantic melodrama with debutant John Gielgud as a tormented artist
London (d. Herbert Wilcox, 1926)
Melodrama in which Dorothy Gish's Limehouse waif is adopted by a rich woman
Mademoiselle from Armentieres (d. Maurice Elvey, 1926)
A Frenchwoman deceives the German army during WWI
The Arcadians (d. Victor Saville, 1927)
Victor Saville's directorial debut: a silent (!) adaptation of a popular stage musical
The Story of the Flag (d. Anson Dyer, 1927)
This survey of national symbols was Britain's first animated feature
Tiptoes (d. Herbert Wilcox, 1928)
Dorothy Gish and Will Rogers play penniless music-hall artistes
The Crooked Billet (d. Adrian Brunel, 1929)
Thriller regarded by Adrian Brunel as his best silent film
Lord Richard in the Pantry (d. Walter Forde, 1930)
Knockabout caper from leading comedy director Walter Forde
The School for Scandal (d. Maurice Elvey, 1930)
Sheridan classic headlined by Madeleine Carroll
Too Many Crooks (d. George King, 1930)
Laurence Olivier's first all-British film, about a playboy safecracker
Deadlock (d. George King, 1931)
Murder mystery: the first British talkie with a film-studio setting
A murderous twin gets his come-uppance in this twisted thriller
Hobson's Choice (d. Thomas Bentley, 1931)
First sound version of Harold Brighouse's stage warhorse
Lloyd of the C.I.D. (d. Henry MacRae, 1931)
Talkie serial pitting Scotland Yard's finest against 'The Panther'
Two Crowded Hours (d. Michael Powell, 1931)
Castle Sinister (d. Widgey R. Newman, 1932)
Mad Devon-based doctor attempts a brain transplant
Men of Tomorrow (d. Leontine Sagan, 1932)
Robert Donat's screen debut, by the director of Mädchen in Uniform
Counsel's Opinion (d. Alan Dwan, 1933)
A barrister is seduced by a widow posing as a lord's unfaithful wife
Yes Mr Brown (d. Jack Buchanan, Herbert Wilcox, 1933)
Comedy in which Jack Buchanan has to impress his new boss
Badger's Green (d. Adrian Brunel, 1934)
A contentious planning issue is resolved via a village cricket match
The Path of Glory (d. Dallas Bower, 1934)
Political satire that might have been Britain's answer to Duck Soup
To Be a Lady (d. George King, 1934)
Chili Bouchier's talking debut, as a country girl in the city
Murder at Monte Carlo (d. Ralph Ince, 1935)
Errol Flynn's screen debut: rival journalists chase a scoop
The Price of a Song (d. Michael Powell, 1935)
Michael Powell thriller with a song-publishing setting
The Public Life of Henry the Ninth (d. Bernerd Mainwaring, 1935)
Hammer's debut: a feelgood story about a street musician
Educated Evans (d. William Beaudine, 1936)
Max Miller comedy about a racing tipster turned social climber
The Man Behind the Mask (d. Michael Powell, 1936)
Michael Powell's last quota quickie: another melodramatic thriller
The Scarab Murder Case (d. Michael Hankinson, 1936)
Philo Vance proves that an archaeologist killed his brother
The Vulture (d. Ralph Ince, 1937)
Slapstick comedy about over-keen amateur detective Cedric Gull
The Viper (d. Roy William Neill, 1938)
Bumbling detective Cedric Gull in a sequel to The Vulture
Murder Will Out (d. Roy William Neill, 1939)
A rare Chinese jade triggers mysterious disappearances
The Good Old Days (d. Roy William Neill, 1939)
Max Miller costume comedy about an 1840s theatrical troupe
Dr O'Dowd (d. Herbert Mason, 1940)
Irish melodrama that was the young Peggy Cummins' film debut
This Man Is Dangerous (d. Lawrence Huntington, 1941)
A thrilling melodrama starring the dashing young James Mason
Deadlock (d. Ronald Haines, 1943)
A murderous twin gets his come-uppance in this twisted thriller
It's in the Bag (d. Herbert Mason, 1943)
Riotous missing-cash farce with Cockney housewives Gert & Daisy
Kiss the Bride Goodbye (d. Paul Stein, 1944)
Romantic melodrama about a woman with an interfering mother
Welcome Mr Washington (d. Leslie Hiscott, 1944)
Wartime caper about US soldiers in a sleepy English village
Flight from Folly (d. Herbert Mason, 1945)
Lively musical comedy showcase for stage star Pat Kirkwood
For You Alone (d. Geoffrey Faithfull, 1945)
Love-versus-duty romantic melodrama: a huge hit at the time
The World Owes Me a Living (d. Vernon Sewell, 1945)
An injured RAF pilot recalls life before and during WWII
But Not in Vain (d. Edmond T. Greville, 1948)
Anglo-Dutch WWII drama about a man's terrible moral choice
Bless 'Em All (d. Robert Jordan Hill, 1949)
Max Bygraves' screen debut: a boisterous army comedy
The Golden Madonna (d. Ladislao Vajda, 1949)
Phyllis Calvert goes to Italy in search of a lost painting
Double Confession (d. Ken Annakin, 1950)
Blackmail thriller whose stellar cast includes Peter Lorre
Hammer the Toff (d. Maclean Rogers, 1952)
Sequel to Salute the Toff in which our hero foils a master criminal
Salute the Toff (d. Maclean Rogers, 1952)
The first of two films showcasing John Creasey's upper-class sleuth
Small Town Story (d. Montgomery Tully, 1953)
Football-themed thriller with big-name cameos from the sporting world
Three Steps in the Dark (d. Daniel Birt, 1953)
A country-house will-reading is followed by murder
The Diamond (d. Montgomery Tully, 1954)
Alive on Saturday (d. Alfred Travers, 1957)
Mistaken-identity thriller involving communists and royalty
Second Fiddle (d. Maurice Elvey, 1957)
Lively comedy about gender relations in the workplace
Crosstrap (d. Robert Hartford-Davis, 1962)
Brutal, claustrophobic thriller from the director of Corruption
Farewell Performance (d. Robert Tronson, 1963)
Variety-theatre thriller enlivened by various Joe Meek pop acts
The Promise (d. Michael Hayes, 1969)
Three young Russians experience WWII and the space race
Nobody Ordered Love (d. Robert Hartford-Davis, 1972)
Filming of a WWI drama is interrupted by star misbehaviour
The Cherry Picker (d. Peter Curran, 1974)
Sexploitation comedy with Lulu heading an improbably starry cast
Where is Parsifal? (d. Henri Helman, 1983)
Bizarre comedy whose starry cast included Orson Welles