Sidney James · 1950s

4 Sidney James movies from the 1950s on 4K Blu-ray, ranked S to D by transfer quality. 1 S-Tier pick including The Lavender Hill Mob.

Decade

All 4 1950s 4

Year

All 4 1950 1 1951 1 1952 0 1953 1 1954 0 1955 0 1956 0 1957 1 1958 0 1959 0

The Lavender Hill Mob(1951)

7.2/10

dir. Charles Crichton

S-Tier

A meek bank clerk who oversees the shipments of bullion joins with an eccentric neighbor to steal gold bars and smuggle them out of the country.

StudioCanal · 4K + Blu-ray (United Kingdom)

The Man in Black(1950)

6.0/10

dir. Francis Searle

A-Tier

A woman conspires to steal her stepdaughter's inheritance following the mysterious death of her millionaire husband.

Quatermass 2(1957)

6.8/10

dir. Val Guest

In England, a group of space scientists led by Bernard Quatermass, who have developed plans for the first Moon colony, learn that a secret, ostensibly government-run, complex of identical design has been built in a remote part of England and is the focus of periodic falls of small, hollow "meteorites" originating in outer space. Quatermass determines to investigate and uncovers a terrifying extraterrestrial life form which has already begun action to take over the Earth.

The Titfield Thunderbolt(1953)

6.9/10

dir. Charles Crichton

Jun 15, 2026

StudioCanal 4K announcement. There was a minor debate about whether Ealing comedies need 4K at all, which predictably turned into a defence of the format itself. Film Movement's US distribution deal with Vinegar Syndrome could mean a Region A release eventually.

StudioCanal · 4K Ultra HD

Jun 15, 2026