6 Best Alastair Sim Movies

By Vlad Zakh · February 12, 2026

Alastair Sim brought a wonderfully eccentric, droll comic presence to British film, and gave one of the most beloved screen portrayals of Dickens’s miser. Scrooge is the Christmas classic, The Belles of St Trinian’s turns a girls’ boarding school into gambling-fueled anarchy, and School for Scoundrels has a perpetual loser learning the art of one-upmanship. The Green Man, An Inspector Calls and Green for Danger round out the list.

School for Scoundrels (1960)

TMDB ★ 7.1

A perpetual loser enrols in a secretive academy that teaches the art of getting one over on everyone.

Directed by Robert Hamer · 1h 34m

Where to watch

Stream: Studiocanal Presents Amazon Channel · Rent or buy: Amazon Video

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The Green Man (1956)

TMDB ★ 7.2

Alastair Sim appears as a meticulous professional assassin whose plot to kill a pompous politician is complicated by bad luck.

Directed by Robert Day & Basil Dearden · 1h 20m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Stream: Studiocanal Presents Amazon Channel · Rent or buy: Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Sky Store, YouTube

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The Belles of St Trinian's (1954)

TMDB ★ 7.0

Alastair Sim appears in a chaotic girls' boarding school comedy full of gambling schemes and general mayhem.

Directed by Frank Launder · 1h 31m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Stream: BFI Player Amazon Channel

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Scrooge (1951)

IMDb ★ 8.1 RT 86%

A miserly old man is visited by three spirits who show him the true meaning of Christmas, with Alastair Sim in the title role.

Directed by Brian Desmond Hurst · 1h 26m · Rated NR

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Where to watch

Stream: Dove Amazon Channel · Rent or buy: Amazon Video

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An Inspector Calls (1954)

TMDB ★ 7.6

A mysterious inspector's questions about a young woman's death expose a wealthy family's guilt.

Directed by Guy Hamilton · 1h 20m

Where to watch

Stream: BFI Player Amazon Channel

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Green for Danger (1946)

TMDB ★ 7.3

A wartime hospital inquest into a patient's suspicious death uncovers a determined murderer among the staff.

Directed by Sidney Gilliat · 1h 31m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Stream: Criterion Channel, Bloodstream, Artiflix · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home

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Vlad Zakh

Founder, Movieix

Founder of Movieix. He started the site because most recommendation pages felt like noise. Here, lists are sorted by who's in the film, where it's from and what mood you're in tonight.

6 Best Alastair Sim Movies

School for Scoundrels (1960)

The Green Man (1956)

The Belles of St Trinian's (1954)

Scrooge (1951)

An Inspector Calls (1954)

Green for Danger (1946)

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