6 Best Stanley Holloway Movies

By Vlad Zakh · February 26, 2026

Stanley Holloway brought warm, working-class authenticity to British film and became a beloved fixture of Ealing comedy before an iconic late-career musical role in My Fair Lady. The Lavender Hill Mob has a mild bank clerk masterminding a gold bullion heist, Passport to Pimlico is another Ealing classic, Alive and Kicking sends three elderly women from a retirement home to Ireland, and Meet Me Tonight adapts three Noel Coward tales. Champagne Charlie rounds out the list.

My Fair Lady (1964)

IMDb ★ 7.7 RT 94% Metacritic 95

A phonetics professor bets he can pass a Cockney flower girl off as a duchess.

Directed by George Cukor · 2h 53m · Rated G

Won 8 Oscars26 wins & 13 nominations

Where to watch

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

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Alive and Kicking (1958)

TMDB ★ 5.8

Three elderly women escape their retirement home to look for adventure and independence in Ireland.

Directed by Cyril Frankel · 1h 34m · Rated NR

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Meet Me Tonight (1952)

TMDB ★ 6.2

Three interconnected Noel Coward tales explore love and class across different corners of British society.

Directed by Anthony Pelissier · 1h 21m

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The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)

TMDB ★ 7.5

Alec Guinness plays a mild-mannered bank clerk who masterminds an elaborate gold bullion heist.

Directed by Charles Crichton · 1h 18m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Stream: FlixFling, Lionsgate+ Amazon Channel · Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home, FlixFling · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, FlixFling

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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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Champagne Charlie (1944)

TMDB ★ 6.4

Rival Victorian music-hall singers wage an escalating battle for the audience.

Directed by Alberto Cavalcanti · 1h 45m · Rated NR

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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 Stanley Holloway Movies

My Fair Lady (1964)

Alive and Kicking (1958)

Meet Me Tonight (1952)

The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)

Passport to Pimlico (1949)

Champagne Charlie (1944)

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