KnowraBrief EncounterLinked fromLinked fromThe 7 pages that link to Brief Encounter, each with the reason it gives.All 7Broader topic 4Related 1Compared with 2David LeanBroader topic: Its quiet emotional scale contrasts with Lean’s later epics while displaying his control of mood.Romantic dramaBroader topic: Its restrained affair makes social duty and suppressed desire the drama’s central tension.Noël CowardBroader topic: Coward’s restrained source play became a celebrated film about concealed passion.The ApartmentCompared with: Its restrained affair provides an earlier contrast to The Apartment’s workplace comedy and city setting.In the Mood for LoveCompared with: Both films center on forbidden intimacy, but Brief Encounter makes its lovers’ relationship more explicit.Cinema of the United KingdomBroader topic: Its restrained performances and class-bound romance became defining features of postwar British drama.Stanley HollowayRelated: Holloway played station porter Albert Godby in one of his notable screen roles.