By Vlad Zakh · July 7, 2026
Renee Asherson brought a delicate, luminous presence to British cinema of the 1940s and returned memorably late in her career for a modern supernatural thriller. Henry V and The Way Ahead are early highlights, The Way to the Stars tests British and American airmen’s friendships, Caesar and Cleopatra mentors a young queen, The Small Back Room pits a bomb disposal expert against his demons, and Pool of London endangers a sailor’s romance with smuggling.
01 Renee Asherson appears in this British crime drama about a sailor whose smuggling scheme in the London docks endangers his budding romance with a local woman.
Directed by Basil Dearden · 1h 25m · Rated NR
Stream: STUDIOCANAL PRESENTS Apple TV Channel, Studiocanal Presents Amazon Channel · Rent: Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, BFI Player · Buy: Apple TV Store, Amazon Video
02 David Farrar is in this Powell and Pressburger drama about a bomb disposal expert struggling with addiction and self-doubt who is assigned to defuse a deadly new device.
Directed by Emeric Pressburger & Michael Powell · 1h 47m
Stream: Criterion Channel · Rent or buy: Fandango At Home
Stream: STUDIOCANAL PRESENTS Apple TV Channel, Studiocanal Presents Amazon Channel · Rent: Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Sky Store, BFI Player, YouTube · Buy: Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Sky Store, YouTube
Stream: Criterion Channel
03 Renee Asherson is in this British drama where the friendships and romances of British and American airmen are tested by the losses of wartime service.
Directed by Anthony Asquith · 1h 49m · Rated NR
Rent or buy: Amazon Video
Stream: ITVX Premium
04 A young Cleopatra is mentored by Julius Caesar as she learns to rule Egypt with wisdom and cunning.
Directed by Gabriel Pascal · 2h 18m · Rated NR
Stream: fuboTV, Criterion Channel, IndieFlix Shorts Amazon Channel
Stream: Criterion Channel
05 A young English king rallies his outnumbered troops for a decisive battle against the French.
Directed by Laurence Olivier · 2h 17m
Stream: HBO Max Amazon Channel, HBO Max · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home
Buy: Apple TV Store, Amazon Video
Rent or buy: Apple TV Store
Rent or buy: Apple TV Store
06 Renee Asherson features in this British war film about a ragtag group of civilian conscripts who are forged into a disciplined fighting unit under a demanding officer.
Directed by Carol Reed · 1h 55m · Rated NR
Stream: Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Artiflix · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Fandango At Home
Stream: Artiflix · Rent or buy: Amazon Video
Stream: Artiflix
Stream: Artiflix
Stream: Artiflix
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