01 A meticulously planned gang pulls off a massive mail train heist inspired by a real robbery.
Directed by Peter Yates · 1h 50m
6 Best Stanley Baker Movies
By Vlad Zakh · February 13, 2026
Stanley Baker brought rugged, working-class toughness to British film and became one of the era’s most reliable action and war-film leading men. Zulu has a small British garrison facing a Zulu army, The Guns of Navarone sends commandos to destroy massive artillery, Robbery stages a mail train heist inspired by a real one, and Accident surfaces an Oxford professor’s repressed feelings after a fatal crash. Hell Drivers and The Cruel Sea round out the list.
01 
02 An Oxford professor's repressed feelings surface after a fatal car crash involving his student.
Directed by Joseph Losey · 1h 45m · Rated NR
Where to watch
Stream: BFI Player Amazon Channel
Stream: Studiocanal Presents Amazon Channel · Rent or buy: Apple TV Store, Amazon Video
Stream: Britbox Apple TV channel · Rent or buy: Google Play Movies, YouTube
03 Jack Hawkins features in this war epic about a small garrison of British soldiers making a desperate last stand against an overwhelming Zulu force.
Directed by Cy Endfield · 2h 18m · Rated NR
Where to watch
Stream: Amazon Prime Video, FlixFling, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Troma NOW, Artiflix · Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, FlixFling · Buy: Amazon Video, FlixFling
Stream: Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, ITVX Premium, Channel 4 Plus, Artiflix · Rent or buy: Apple TV Store, Rakuten TV, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Sky Store, YouTube
Stream: Amazon Prime Video, FlixFling, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Artiflix · Rent or buy: FlixFling
Stream: BINGE, Foxtel Now, Beamafilm, Artiflix · Rent: Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Beamafilm · Buy: Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube
Stream: Artiflix · Rent: Amazon Video
04 A team of Allied commandos takes on a near-impossible mission to destroy massive German artillery.
Directed by J. Lee Thompson · 2h 40m · Rated NR
Where to watch
Stream: Netflix · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Stream: Netflix · Rent or buy: Apple TV Store, Rakuten TV, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Sky Store, YouTube
Stream: Netflix · Rent or buy: Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, CosmoGo, YouTube, Amazon Video
Stream: Netflix, Foxtel Now · Rent or buy: Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube
Stream: Netflix · Rent: Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Amazon Video · Buy: Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube
05 A truck driver at a corrupt haulage company uncovers a dangerous scheme involving reckless speed and sabotage.
Directed by Cy Endfield · 1h 48m · Rated NR
Where to watch
Stream: fuboTV, MGM+ Amazon Channel, Philo, MGM Plus Roku Premium Channel, MGM Plus, TCM
06 Jack Hawkins plays a British naval captain whose crew endures the brutal, unrelenting demands of anti-submarine warfare.
Directed by Charles Frend · 2h 06m · Rated NR
Where to watch
Stream: BFI Player Amazon Channel · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Stream: Studiocanal Presents Amazon Channel · Rent: Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, BFI Player, YouTube · Buy: Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube
Rent or buy: Apple TV Store
Rent: JustWatch TV, Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube · Buy: Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube
Streaming availability data from JustWatch, via TMDB. Availability changes often, so check the service before you plan a movie night.
You might also like
