Ben Whishaw
Biography: Benjamin John "Ben" Whishaw (born 14 October 1980) is an English actor who trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Whishaw is best known for his breakthrough role as Hamlet, his roles in the television series Nathan Barley, Criminal Justice, The Hour and London Spy; and film roles including Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006), I'm Not There (2007), Bright Star (2009), Brideshead Revisited (2008), Cloud Atlas (2012), The Lobster (2015) and Suffragette (2015). He has also played the role of Q in the James Bond films starting with Skyfall (2012), and was the voice of Paddington Bear in the 2014 film, Paddington.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: October 14, 1980
Deathday: N/A
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Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
2006-09-13
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Overview: Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, born in the stench of 18th century Paris, develops a superior olfactory sense, which he uses to create the world's finest perfumes. However, his work takes a dark turn as he tries to preserve scents in the search for the ultimate perfume.
Genres: Crime Fantasy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-09-13
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I'm Not There
2007-10-01
I'm Not There
Overview: Six actors portray six personas of music legend Bob Dylan in scenes depicting various stages of his life, chronicling his rise from unknown folksinger to international icon and revealing how Dylan constantly reinvented himself.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-10-01
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Layer Cake
2004-09-30
Layer Cake
Overview: When a seemingly straight-forward drug deal goes awry, XXXX has to break his die-hard rules and turn up the heat, not only to outwit the old regime and come out on top, but to save his own skin...
Genres: Drama Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-09-30
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Brideshead Revisited
2008-07-25
Brideshead Revisited
Overview: Artist Charles Ryder runs into aristocrat Julia Flyte and recalls his friendship with her eccentric family prior to the outbreak of the Second World War. Based on the classic British novel by Evelyn Waugh.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-07-25
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The Trench
1999-09-17
The Trench
Overview: The Trench tells the story of a group of young British soldiers on the eve of the Battle of the Somme in the summer of 1916, the worst defeat in British military history. Against this ill-fated backdrop, the movie depicts the soldiers' experience as a mixture of boredom, fear, panic, and restlessness, confined to a trench on the front lines.
Genres: War History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-09-17
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Enduring Love
2004-10-29
Enduring Love
Overview: Two strangers become dangerously close after witnessing a deadly accident. On a beautiful cloudless day a young couple celebrate their reunion with a picnic. Joe has planned a postcard-perfect afternoon in the English countryside with his partner, Claire. But as Joe and Claire prepare to open a bottle of champagne, their idyll comes to an abrupt end. A hot air balloon drifts into the field, obviously in trouble. The pilot catches his leg in the anchor rope, while the only passenger, a boy, is too scared to jump down. Joe and three other men rush to secure the basket. But fate has other ideas...
Genres: Drama Thriller Mystery Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-10-29
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Passages
2023-06-28
Passages
Overview: Tomas and Martin are a gay couple living in Paris whose marriage is thrown into crisis when Tomas impulsively begins a passionate affair with young schoolteacher Agathe. But when Martin begins an affair of his own, Tomas must confront life decisions he may be unprepared—or unwilling—to deal with.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2023-06-28
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Being James Bond
2021-08-29
Being James Bond
Overview: Daniel Craig candidly reflects on his 15 year adventure as James Bond. Including never-before-seen archival footage from Casino Royale to the upcoming 25th film No Time To Die, Craig shares his personal memories in conversation with 007 producers, Michael G Wilson and Barbara Broccoli.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-08-29
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Bright Star
2009-09-18
Bright Star
Overview: In 1818, high-spirited young Fanny Brawne finds herself increasingly intrigued by the handsome but aloof poet John Keats, who lives next door to her family friends the Dilkes. After reading a book of his poetry, she finds herself even more drawn to the taciturn Keats. Although he agrees to teach her about poetry, Keats cannot act on his reciprocated feelings for Fanny, since as a struggling poet he has no money to support a wife.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-09-18
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Skyfall
2012-10-24
Skyfall
Overview: When Bond's latest assignment goes gravely wrong, agents around the world are exposed and MI6 headquarters is attacked. While M faces challenges to her authority and position from Gareth Mallory, the new Chairman of the Intelligence and Security Committee, it's up to Bond, aided only by field agent Eve, to locate the mastermind behind the attack.
Genres: Action Adventure Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-10-24
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The Tempest
2010-09-11
The Tempest
Overview: An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare. Prospera (a female version of Shakespeare's Prospero) is the usurped ruler of Milan who has been banished to a mysterious island with her daughter. Using her magical powers, she draws her enemies to the island to exact her revenge.
Genres: Drama Fantasy Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-09-11
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Stoned
2005-11-18
Stoned
Overview: A chronicle of the sordid life and suspicious death of Rolling Stones co-founder Brian Jones, who was found in the bottom of his swimming pool weeks after being let go from the band.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-11-18
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The Escort
1999-11-17
The Escort
Overview: Fleeing from his wife in France to London, 45-year-old Pierre is barely able to support himself. He meets friendly Tom, who offers to help him make ends meet by working as a male escort.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1999-11-17
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Good Boy
2023-06-22
Good Boy
Overview: A son and mother's attempt to rob a bank is scuppered by bizarre manifestations from their past.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-06-22
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Cloud Atlas
2012-10-26
Cloud Atlas
Overview: A set of six nested stories spanning time between the 19th century and a distant post-apocalyptic future. Cloud Atlas explores how the actions and consequences of individual lives impact one another throughout the past, the present and the future. Action, mystery and romance weave through the story as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero and a single act of kindness ripples across centuries to inspire a revolution in the distant future. Based on the award winning novel by David Mitchell. Directed by Tom Tykwer and the Wachowskis.
Genres: Drama Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-10-26
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Miss Fortunate
2021-03-27
Miss Fortunate
Overview: If luck is a lady, grief is a bitch. A young woman loses her mother and finds herself.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-03-27
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My Brother Tom
2001-11-16
My Brother Tom
Overview: A teenage girl, Jessica, befriends a teenage boy called Tom, who is bullied by a local gang. She is abused by Jack, who is both her neighbour and school teacher, and Tom is sexually abused by his father. Together they bond in the woods, creating a private reality that no-one else can enter.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-11-16
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Love Hate
2009-06-26
Love Hate
Overview: A sweet-natured charity worker finds his life turned upside down, when he falls in love with a mysterious woman.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-06-26
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The Zero Theorem
2013-09-20
The Zero Theorem
Overview: A computer hacker's goal to discover the reason for human existence continually finds his work interrupted thanks to the Management; this time, they send a teenager and lusty love interest to distract him.
Genres: Drama Fantasy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-09-20
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Peter Hujar’s Day
2025-01-27
Peter Hujar’s Day
Overview: A recently discovered conversation between photographer Peter Hujar and his friend Linda Rosenkrantz in 1974 reveals a glimpse into New York City’s downtown art scene and the personal struggles and epiphanies that define an artist’s life.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2025-01-27
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Limonov: The Ballad
2024-09-05
Limonov: The Ballad
Overview: A revolutionary militant, a thug, an underground writer, a butler to a millionaire in Manhattan. But also a switchblade-waving poet, a lover of beautiful women, a warmonger, a political agitator, and a novelist who wrote of his greatness. Eduard Limonov’s life story is a journey through Russia, America, and Europe during the second half of the 20th century.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2024-09-05
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Baby
2002-06-02
Baby
Overview: A teenage boy finds all around him has sexual overtones as he lives a teenage life of drugs and masturbation.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-06-02
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In the Heart of the Sea
2015-12-03
In the Heart of the Sea
Overview: In the winter of 1820, the New England whaling ship Essex is assaulted by something no one could believe—a whale of mammoth size and will, and an almost human sense of vengeance.
Genres: Thriller Drama Adventure Action History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-12-03
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Spectre
2015-10-26
Spectre
Overview: A cryptic message from Bond’s past sends him on a trail to uncover a sinister organization. While M battles political forces to keep the secret service alive, Bond peels back the layers of deceit to reveal the terrible truth behind SPECTRE.
Genres: Action Adventure Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-10-26
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Teenage
2013-04-20
Teenage
Overview: Teenagers did not exist before the 20th century. Not until the early 1950s did the term gain widespread recognition, but "Teenage" offers compelling evidence that teenagers had a tumultuous effect on the previous half-decade.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-04-20
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Days and Nights
2014-09-26
Days and Nights
Overview: Reckless desire wreaks havoc over Memorial Day weekend as a family confronts the volatile and fragile nature of love. A modern retelling of Anton Chekhov's "The Seagull", set in rural New England.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-09-26
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Lilting
2014-08-07
Lilting
Overview: A young man of Chinese-Cambodian descent dies, leaving behind his isolated mother and his lover of four years. Though the two don't share a language, they grow close through their grief.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-08-07
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Suffragette
2015-10-16
Suffragette
Overview: Based on true events about the foot soldiers of the early feminist movement, women who were forced underground to pursue a dangerous game of cat and mouse with an increasingly brutal State.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-10-16
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Bad Behaviour
2023-11-02
Bad Behaviour
Overview: Lucy, a former child actor, seeks enlightenment at a retreat led by spiritual leader Elon while she navigates her close yet turbulent relationship with her stunt-performer daughter, Dylan.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-11-02
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Ungentle
2022-09-16
Ungentle
Overview: A film exploring the complicated relationship between British espionage and male homosexuality.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-09-16
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Paddington
2014-11-24
Paddington
Overview: A young Peruvian bear travels to London in search of a new home. Finding himself lost and alone at Paddington Station, he meets the kindly Brown family.
Genres: Comedy Adventure Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-11-24
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The Lobster
2015-10-15
The Lobster
Overview: In a dystopian near future, single people, according to the laws of The City, are taken to The Hotel, where they are obliged to find a romantic partner in forty-five days or are transformed into animals and sent off into The Woods.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-10-15
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Designing Bond
2021-12-20
Designing Bond
Overview: Production designer Mark Tildesley and costume designer Suttirat Anne Larlarb, along with cast and other filmmakers, discuss the inspiration, challenges and trials of conceiving and making the remarkable sets and costumes for the iconic Bond franchise.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-12-20
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The Muse
2014-06-01
The Muse
Overview: Legend has it that if a human man falls in love with a mermaid she will grow legs; legs that will, if she so desires, carry her far, far away from the very man she cast her watery spell upon... But what becomes of the human man, when her spell remains but she is gone? Edward Dunstan (Ben Whishaw) is a photographer and filmmaker obsessed by his muse (Kristen McMenamy). Blinded by his all-consuming passion and perfectionism, he was unable to see her as she was and so, she has left him. All that remains are his photographs and film of her that he has running on a loop. Only now does he understand what she endured. There is nothing left for him but to become both artist and muse…
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-06-01
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Unity
2015-08-12
Unity
Overview: Despite the advent of science, literature, technology, philosophy, religion, and so on -- none of these has assuaged humankind from killing one another, the animals, and nature. UNITY is a film about why we can't seem to get along, even after thousands and thousands of years.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-08-12
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The Danish Girl
2015-11-27
The Danish Girl
Overview: When Gerda Wegener asks her husband Einar to fill in as a portrait model, Einar discovers the person she's meant to be and begins living her life as Lili Elbe. Having realized her true self and with Gerda's love and support, Lili embarks on a groundbreaking journey as a transgender pioneer.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-11-27
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Paddington 2
2017-11-09
Paddington 2
Overview: Paddington, now happily settled with the Browns, picks up a series of odd jobs to buy the perfect present for his Aunt Lucy, but it is stolen.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-11-09
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Beat
2013-10-16
Beat
Overview: A film about a man walking a paper-thin line between hopelessness and euphoria, testing and pushing the boundaries of conventions and impulse.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-10-16
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Ready When You Are, Mr McGill
2004-09-01
Ready When You Are, Mr McGill
Overview: Remake of the 1976 TV drama by Jack Rosenthal. An extra in a TV drama is finally given a line to say. He goes on to cause mounting chaos
Genres: TV Movie Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-09-01
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Spiritual Rampage
2003-01-31
Spiritual Rampage
Overview: Two boys go to a park to look for girls. Unusually, one of them is doing it for Lord Krishna.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-01-31
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The Booze Cruise
2003-09-07
The Booze Cruise
Overview: A group of men from Kent; Clive (Martin Clunes), Rob (Neil Pearson), Dave (Mark Benton), Maurice (Brian Murphy) and Daniel (Ben Whishaw) - go on a booze cruise to France, with mixed success and many mishaps along the way. Events involving their wives and families back home also form a large part of the plot.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-09-07
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A Hologram for the King
2016-04-22
A Hologram for the King
Overview: Alan Clay, a struggling American businessman, travels to Saudi Arabia to sell a new technology to the King, only to be challenged by endless Middle Eastern bureaucracy, a perpetually absent monarch, and a suspicious growth on his back.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-04-22
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Mary Poppins Returns
2018-12-13
Mary Poppins Returns
Overview: Mary Poppins returns to the Banks family and helps them evade grave dangers by taking them on magical, musical adventures.
Genres: Fantasy Family Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-12-13
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National Theatre Live: Julius Caesar
2018-03-22
National Theatre Live: Julius Caesar
Overview: Caesar returns in triumph to Rome and the people pour out of their homes to celebrate. Alarmed by the autocrat’s popularity, the educated élite conspire to bring him down. After his assassination, civil war erupts on the streets of the capital. Nicholas Hytner’s production will thrust the audience into the street party that greets Caesar’s return, the congress that witnesses his murder, the rally that assembles for his funeral and the chaos that explodes in its wake.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-03-22
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No Time to Die
2021-09-29
No Time to Die
Overview: Bond has left active service and is enjoying a tranquil life in Jamaica. His peace is short-lived when his old friend Felix Leiter from the CIA turns up asking for help. The mission to rescue a kidnapped scientist turns out to be far more treacherous than expected, leading Bond onto the trail of a mysterious villain armed with dangerous new technology.
Genres: Action Thriller Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-09-29
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All Signs of Death
All Signs of Death
Overview: Centers on an inveterate twenty-something slacker who stumbles into a career as a crime scene cleaner, only to find himself entangled with a murder mystery, a femme fatale and the loose ends of his own past.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
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The Personal History of David Copperfield
2019-11-07
The Personal History of David Copperfield
Overview: A fresh and distinctive take on Charles Dickens’ semi-autobiographical masterpiece, The Personal History of David Copperfield, set in the 1840s, chronicles the life of its iconic title character as he navigates a chaotic world to find his elusive place within it. From his unhappy childhood to the discovery of his gift as a storyteller and writer, David’s journey is by turns hilarious and tragic, but always full of life, colour and humanity.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-11-07
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His Picture In Little
2018-03-15
His Picture In Little
Overview: A portrait of three actors of different generations who have all portrayed Hamlet: David Warner, Stephen Dillane and Ben Whishaw.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-03-15
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Palo Santo
2018-07-06
Palo Santo
Overview: Palo Santo, a city on a distant planet, on which human beings are a rare commodity, worshipped and idolized by an android society. Olly, along with the final humans, is recruited to perform in a series of bizarre erotic cabarets, for an artificial master known only as The Showman.
Genres: Music Drama Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-07-06
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Family Happiness
2017-10-09
Family Happiness
Overview: A story about small cruelties, adult bullying, and the power of a brothers unconditional love for his complex little sister.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-10-09
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Little Joe
2019-11-01
Little Joe
Overview: Alice, a single mother who is more dedicated to her work as a genetic engineer than to her teenage son Joe, develops a new variety of flower that is supposed to have the ability to make its owner happy thanks to its special chemical properties.
Genres: Drama Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-11-01
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Paddington in Peru
2024-11-08
Paddington in Peru
Overview: Paddington travels to Peru to visit his beloved Aunt Lucy, who now resides at the Home for Retired Bears. With the Brown Family in tow, a thrilling adventure ensues when a mystery plunges them into an unexpected journey through the Amazon rainforest and up to the mountain peaks of Peru.
Genres: Comedy Family Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-11-08
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Surge
2020-06-17
Surge
Overview: A man goes on a bold and reckless journey of self-liberation through London. After he robs a bank he releases a wilder version of himself, ultimately experiencing what it feels like to be alive.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-06-17
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O Holy Ghost
2019-10-05
O Holy Ghost
Overview: A mixture of rapture and disenchantment, O HOLY GHOST follows the inner experiences of two believers at opposite ends of the spiritual spectrum.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-10-05
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Women Talking
2022-12-23
Women Talking
Overview: A group of women in an isolated religious colony struggle to reconcile their faith with a series of sexual assaults committed by the colony's men.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-12-23
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Paddington 4
Paddington 4
Overview: Plot TBA. The fourth installment in the Paddington series.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: en
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In Heat
2024-10-09
In Heat
Overview: A recovering sex addict sits on the edge of a beach car park, looking to cruise, while talking on an addiction helpline – with a husband patiently waiting at home.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-10-09
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Forgetting the Many: The Royal Pardon of Alan Turing
2024-10-20
Forgetting the Many: The Royal Pardon of Alan Turing
Overview: Follows the life of Alan Turing and roughly 49,000 other men who were convicted and imprisoned for the "crime" of gross indecency.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-10-20
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An A to Z of Paddington
2024-10-31
An A to Z of Paddington
Overview: Dive deep into the lore and influence of Paddington in this feel-good documentary composed of beautiful illustrations and interviews with famous fans.
Genres: Documentary Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-10-31
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Paddington Meets The Queen
2022-06-04
Paddington Meets The Queen
Overview: Paddington learns that The Queen also loves marmalade sandwiches. He shows Her Majesty where he hides his sandwiches, and The Queen also shows where she keeps hers.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-06-04
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