List of British films of 1969
# List of British films of 1969

A list of films produced in the United Kingdom in 1969 (see 1969 in film):

## 1969

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1969 |||||||
| The Adding Machine | Jerome Epstein | Milo O'Shea, Phyllis Diller | Drama | |
| Alfred the Great | Clive Donner | David Hemmings, Michael York | Historical | |
| Anne of the Thousand Days | Charles Jarrott | Richard Burton, Geneviève Bujold, Anthony Quayle | Historical | Academy Award winner |
| The Assassination Bureau | Basil Dearden | Oliver Reed, Diana Rigg, Curt Jürgens | Black comedy | |
| Battle of Britain | Guy Hamilton | Laurence Olivier, Trevor Howard, Robert Shaw | World War II | |
| The Bed Sitting Room | Richard Lester | Rita Tushingham, Dudley Moore | Comedy | |
| Before Winter Comes | J. Lee Thompson | David Niven, Topol | Drama | |
| The Best House in London | Philip Saville | David Hemmings, Joanna Pettet | Comedy | |
| The Body Stealers | Gerry Levy | George Sanders, Maurice Evans | Sci-fi | |
| Bronco Bullfrog | Barney Platts-Mills | Del Walker, Anne Gooding | Drama | |
| Can Hieronymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness? | Anthony Newley | Anthony Newley, Connie Kreski | Comedy | |
| Captain Nemo and the Underwater City | James Hill | Robert Ryan, Chuck Connors | Fantasy | Based on novel by Jules Verne |
| Carry On Again Doctor | Gerald Thomas | Kenneth Williams, Sid James | Comedy | |
| Carry On Camping | Gerald Thomas | Sid James, Kenneth Williams | Comedy | |
| The Chairman | J. Lee Thompson | Gregory Peck, Anne Heywood | Thriller | |
| Crooks and Coronets | Jim O'Connolly | Telly Savalas, Edith Evans | Comedy | |
| Crossplot | Alvin Rakoff | Roger Moore, Claudie Lange | Thriller | |
| Dance of Death | David Giles | Laurence Olivier, Geraldine McEwan | Drama | |
| David Copperfield | Delbert Mann | Richard Attenborough, Laurence Olivier, Robin Phillips | Drama | |
| Doppelgänger | Robert Parrish | Roy Thinnes, Ian Hendry | Sci-fi | |
| The File of the Golden Goose | Sam Wanamaker | Yul Brynner, Charles Gray | Thriller | |
| Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed | Terence Fisher | Peter Cushing, Freddie Jones | Horror | |
| Guns in the Heather | Robert Butler | Glenn Corbett, Alfred Burke | Family | Co-production with the US |
| Hamlet | Tony Richardson | Nicol Williamson, Anthony Hopkins | Literary drama | Adaptation of Shakespeare's play |
| Hannibal Brooks | Michael Winner | Oliver Reed, Michael J Pollard | World War II | |
| The Haunted House of Horror | Michael Armstrong | Frankie Avalon, Jill Haworth | Horror | |
| I Start Counting | David Greene | Jenny Agutter, Bryan Marshall | Thriller | |
| In Search of Gregory | Peter Wood | Julie Christie, Michael Sarrazin | Romance | |
| The Italian Job | Peter Collinson | Michael Caine, Noël Coward, Benny Hill | Action/comedy | Number 36 in the list of BFI Top 100 British films |
| Kes | Ken Loach | David Bradley, Lynne Perrie | Drama | Number 7 in the list of BFI Top 100 British films |
| The Last Shot You Hear | Gordon Hessler | Hugh Marlowe, Zena Walker | Thriller | |
| Laughter in the Dark | Tony Richardson | Nicol Williamson, Anna Karina | Drama | |
| Leo the Last | John Boorman | Marcello Mastroianni, Billie Whitelaw | Drama | |
| Lock Up Your Daughters! | Peter Coe | Christopher Plummer, Susannah York | Comedy | |
| Lola (Twinky) | Richard Donner | Charles Bronson, Susan George | Comedy | |
| The Magic Christian | Joseph McGrath | Ringo Starr, Peter Sellers | Comedy | |
| Man of Violence | Pete Walker | Michael Latimer, Luan Peters | Crime | |
| Monte Carlo or Bust! | Ken Annakin | Terry-Thomas, Tony Curtis | Comedy | |
| Moon Zero Two | Roy Ward Baker | James Olson, Catherine Schell | Sci-fi | |
| Mosquito Squadron | Boris Sagal | David McCallum | World War II | |
| Mumsy, Nanny, Sonny and Girly | Freddie Francis | Ursula Howells, Pat Heywood, Howard Trevor | Horror/comedy | |
| A Nice Girl Like Me | Desmond Davis | Barbara Ferris, Harry Andrews | Comedy | |
| Night After Night After Night | Lindsay Shonteff | Jack May, Justine Lord | Crime/horror | |
| The Oblong Box | Gordon Hessler | Vincent Price, Christopher Lee | Horror | |
| Oh! What a Lovely War | Richard Attenborough | John Mills, Laurence Olivier, Maggie Smith | World War I/musical | |
| On Her Majesty's Secret Service | Peter R. Hunt | George Lazenby, Diana Rigg, Telly Savalas | Spy/action | |
| Play Dirty | André de Toth | Michael Caine, Nigel Green | World War II | Filmed in Spain |
| The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie | Ronald Neame | Maggie Smith, Robert Stephens, Pamela Franklin | Drama | Maggie Smith won the Academy Award for best actress in a leading role. |
| The Promise | Michael Hayes | John Castle, Ian McKellen | Drama | |
| A Promise of Bed | Derek Ford | Victor Spinetti, Vanessa Howard | Comedy | |
| The Reckoning | Jack Gold | Nicol Williamson, Ann Bell | Drama | |
| Rhubarb | Eric Sykes | Eric Sykes, Harry Secombe | Comedy | Short film |
| Ring of Bright Water | Jack Couffer | Bill Travers, Virginia McKenna | Drama | |
| The Royal Hunt of the Sun | Irving Lerner | Robert Shaw, Christopher Plummer | Adventure | |
| Run Wild, Run Free | Richard C. Sarafian | John Mills, Mark Lester | Family | |
| Sandy the Seal | Robert Lynn | Heinz Drache, Marianne Koch | Family | Filmed in South Africa in 1965 |
| Sinful Davey | John Huston | John Hurt, Pamela Franklin | Comedy | |
| The Smashing Bird I Used to Know | Robert Hartford-Davis | Maureen Lipman, Dennis Waterman, Patrick Mower | Drama | |
| Some Girls Do | Ralph Thomas | Richard Johnson, Daliah Lavi | Spy | |
| The Southern Star | Sidney Hayers | George Segal, Ursula Andress | Adventure | |
| Staircase | Stanley Donen | Rex Harrison, Richard Burton | Drama | Co-production with the United States |
| A Talent for Loving | Richard Quine | Richard Widmark, Topol, Geneviève Page | Comedy/western | Co-production with the United States |
| Taste the Blood of Dracula | Peter Sasdy | Christopher Lee, Geoffrey Keen, Gwen Watford | Horror | |
| Three Into Two Won't Go | Peter Hall | Rod Steiger, Claire Bloom, Judy Geeson | Drama | Entered into the 19th Berlin International Film Festival |
| Till Death Us Do Part | Norman Cohen | Warren Mitchell Dandy Nichols | Comedy | |
| A Touch of Love | Waris Hussein | Sandy Dennis Ian McKellen | Drama | Entered into the 19th Berlin International Film Festival |
| Two Gentlemen Sharing | Ted Kotcheff | Robin Phillips, Judy Geeson | Drama | |
| The Virgin Soldiers | John Dexter | Hywel Bennett, Nigel Patrick, Lynn Redgrave | Drama | |
| Walk a Crooked Path | John Brason | Tenniel Evans, Faith Brook | Crime | |
| What's Good for the Goose | Menahem Golan | Norman Wisdom, Sally Geeson | Comedy | |
| Where's Jack? | James Clavell | Stanley Baker, Tommy Steele | Crime | |
| Women in Love | Ken Russell | Alan Bates, Oliver Reed, Glenda Jackson, Jennie Linden | Literary drama | Adapted from the book by D H Lawrence; Number 87 in the list of BFI Top 100 British films. Glenda Jackson won the Academy Award for Best Actress. |
| Zeta One | Michael Cort | James Robertson Justice, Charles Hawtrey | Comedy/sci-fi | |

## Most Popular Films of the Year

Based on survey of more than 1,600 cinemas according to Motion Picture Herald.

Top special reserved ticket attraction of the year:

* Oliver!

Top four films:

* Carry on Camping
* Carry on up the Khyber
* The Love Bug
* Til Death Do Us Part

Next ten most successful films in general release (in alphabetical order):

* Baby Love
* Bullitt
* Candy
* Half a Sixpence
* The Italian Job
* Mayerling
* Oh, What a Lovely War
* Shalako
* Three into Two Won't Go
* The Virgin Soldiers
