6 Best Naunton Wayne Movies

By Vlad Zakh · February 23, 2026

Naunton Wayne became beloved for his comic double act with Basil Radford, playing endearingly obtuse Englishmen obsessed with cricket amid escalating chaos. The Lady Vanishes and Night Train to Munich started it, Dead of Night recounts supernatural tales at a country house, Passport to Pimlico discovers a London neighbourhood is technically foreign, The Titfield Thunderbolt fights to save a village railway, and Malaga unravels a diamond smuggling scheme.

Malaga (1954)

TMDB ★ 5.6

Muriel Pavlow appears in this thriller where a diamond smuggling scheme in southern Spain unravels through greed and mutual suspicion.

Directed by Richard Sale · 1h 24m · Rated NR

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The Titfield Thunderbolt (1953)

TMDB ★ 6.8

Hugh Griffith is in this Ealing comedy about a small village that fights to save its beloved local railway line from permanent closure.

Directed by Charles Crichton · 1h 24m

Where to watch

Stream: BFI Player Amazon Channel

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Passport to Pimlico (1949)

TMDB ★ 7.2

A London neighbourhood discovers it is technically a foreign territory, exempt from postwar rationing.

Directed by Henry Cornelius · 1h 24m

Where to watch

Stream: BFI Player Amazon Channel, Artiflix

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Dead of Night (1945)

IMDb ★ 7.5 RT 96%

An architect's recurring nightmare is echoed by his dinner guests' own unsettling supernatural stories.

Directed by Alberto Cavalcanti & Charles Crichton · 1h 43m · Rated NR

2 wins & 3 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: Philo, YouTube TV, Fandor, Fandor Amazon Channel, Screambox Amazon Channel, IndieFlix · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Night Train to Munich (1940)

TMDB ★ 6.9

A British agent races to rescue a scientist's daughter from the clutches of Nazi Germany.

Directed by Carol Reed · 1h 36m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Stream: FlixFling, Artiflix · Rent or buy: FlixFling

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The Lady Vanishes (1938)

TMDB ★ 7.8

A young woman aboard a European train insists a kindly governess has vanished, though no one else remembers her.

Directed by Alfred Hitchcock · 1h 36m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Stream: fuboTV, Philo, Criterion Channel, Fandor, Fandor Amazon Channel, HBO Max · 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 Naunton Wayne Movies

Malaga (1954)

The Titfield Thunderbolt (1953)

Passport to Pimlico (1949)

Dead of Night (1945)

Night Train to Munich (1940)

The Lady Vanishes (1938)

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