David Lean

David Lean Movies and TV Shows

Sir David Lean CBE (25 March 1908 – 16 April 1991) was an English film director, producer, screenwriter, and editor, best remembered for bringing Charles Dickens's novels to the screen with films such as Great Expectations (1946) and Oliver Twist (1948), and for his big-screen epics such as The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), Lawrence of Arabia (1962), Doctor Zhivago (1965), Ryan's Daughter (1970), and A Passage to India (1984). Acclaimed and praised by directors such as Steven Spielberg and Stanley Kubrick, Lean was voted 9th greatest film director of all time in the British Film Institute Sight & Sound "Directors Top Directors" poll 2002. Lean has four films in the top eleven of the British Film Institute's Top 100 British Films.   Description above from the Wikipedia article David Lean, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Personal info

  • Gender: Male
  • Date of birth: 3/25/1908 (116 years old)
  • Place of birth: Croydon, Surrey, England, UK
Year
Genre
IMDB
TMDB
Available on the following streaming services in the United States
A Passage to India
IMDB 7.3
TMDB 69%
role:
Editor & 2 more
1984

Adventure

Drama

History

7.3
69%
Doctor Zhivago
IMDB 7.9
TMDB 76%
role:
Director
1965

Drama

Romance

War & Politics

7.9
76%
Lawrence of Arabia
IMDB 8.3
TMDB 80%
role:
Director & 1 more
1962

Adventure

Drama

History

War & Politics

8.3
80%
1957

Drama

History

War & Politics

8.1
78%
Summertime
IMDB 7.1
TMDB 69%
role:
Director & 1 more
1955

Drama

Romance

7.1
69%
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Hobson's Choice
IMDB 7.7
TMDB 74%
role:
Producer & 2 more
1954

Comedy

Drama

7.7
74%
1952

Drama

Romance

War & Politics

6.7
66%
Oliver Twist
IMDB 7.8
TMDB 75%
role:
Director & 1 more
1948

Adventure

Drama

Family

7.8
75%
Great Expectations
IMDB 7.8
TMDB 72%
role:
Director & 1 more
1946

Drama

Romance

7.8
72%
Brief Encounter
IMDB 8.0
TMDB 78%
role:
Director & 1 more
1945

Drama

Romance

8.0
78%
Blithe Spirit
IMDB 7.0
TMDB 69%
role:
Director & 1 more
1945

Comedy

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.0
69%
49th Parallel
IMDB 7.3
TMDB 70%
role:
Editor
1941

Adventure

Drama

Thriller

War & Politics

7.3
70%
Pygmalion
IMDB 7.7
TMDB 70%
role:
Editor
1939

Comedy

Drama

7.7
70%

FAQs

Some movies or TV shows available in the United States starring or involving David Lean are, for example, A Passage to India, Doctor Zhivago and Lawrence of Arabia.
The streaming services with the largest selection are Prime Video, Amazon and Google Play.
The best Anystream ratings are Lawrence of Arabia (8.2), The Bridge on the River Kwai (8.0) and Brief Encounter (7.9).
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