01 A dramatization follows the aircraft designer who created the Spitfire fighter plane before World War II.
6 Best Leslie Howard Movies
By Vlad Zakh · January 28, 2026
Drama intensethought provoking
Leslie Howard brought a refined, intellectual sensitivity to Hollywood and British film, often playing thoughtful, conflicted men caught between duty and desire. In Gone with the Wind (1939): A headstrong Southern woman’s romantic pursuits play out against the backdrop of the Civil War. Also notable is Pygmalion (1938): A phonetics professor transforms a Cockney flower girl into a convincing high-society lady on a bet.
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02 A headstrong Southern woman's romantic pursuits play out against the backdrop of the Civil War.
03 A phonetics professor transforms a Cockney flower girl into a convincing high-society lady on a bet.
04 A drifting intellectual and a dangerous escaped gangster both pass through a remote desert diner.
05 A foppish English aristocrat secretly leads a daring operation to rescue nobles from the French Revolution.
06 A clubfooted medical student's obsessive infatuation with a cruel waitress consumes his life.
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