6 Best Ian Hendry Movies

By Vlad Zakh · February 19, 2026

Ian Hendry brought sharp, brooding intensity to British film, and though his early television stardom faded, his film work stayed consistently compelling. Get Carter returns a London gangster home to investigate his brother’s death, Theatre of Blood has a scorned actor murdering critics, Repulsion spirals a young woman’s fear of intimacy into breakdown, and This Is My Street threatens two families with an affair. Live Now, Pay Later and Room at the Top round out the list.

Theatre of Blood (1973)

TMDB ★ 7.2

Dennis Price features in this horror comedy about a scorned Shakespearean actor who murders the critics who panned him, using deaths inspired by the plays.

Directed by Douglas Hickox · 1h 44m

Where to watch

Stream: Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, MGM+ Amazon Channel, Philo, MGM Plus Roku Premium Channel, MGM Plus · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, FlixFling

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Get Carter (1971)

TMDB ★ 7.4

A London gangster returns to his hometown to investigate his brother's suspicious death.

Directed by Mike Hodges · 1h 52m · Rated R

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Repulsion (1965)

TMDB ★ 7.6

A withdrawn young woman's tenuous grip on reality collapses into violent paranoia while home alone.

Directed by Roman Polanski · 1h 45m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Stream: fuboTV, Brew, Midnight Pulp · Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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This Is My Street (1964)

TMDB ★ 6.0

Ian Hendry is in this British drama about a working-class woman whose affair with her sister's husband threatens to destroy both families.

Directed by Sidney Hayers · 1h 34m

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Live Now, Pay Later (1962)

TMDB ★ 6.6

Ian Hendry is in this British comedy about a charming door-to-door salesman whose reckless credit schemes catch up with him in a small English town.

Directed by Jay Lewis · 1h 44m

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Room at the Top (1959)

TMDB ★ 7.4

An ambitious young man's affair with an older married woman complicates his plans to marry into money.

Directed by Jack Clayton · 1h 55m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Stream: fuboTV, Shout! Factory Amazon Channel

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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 Ian Hendry Movies

Theatre of Blood (1973)

Get Carter (1971)

Repulsion (1965)

This Is My Street (1964)

Live Now, Pay Later (1962)

Room at the Top (1959)

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