Jim Broadbent
Biography: Jim Broadbent (born 24 May 1949) is an English actor. He won an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award for his supporting role as John Bayley in the feature film Iris (2001), as well as winning a BAFTA TV Award and a Golden Globe for his leading role as Lord Longford in the television film Longford (2006). Broadbent received four BAFTA Film Award nominations and won for his performance in Moulin Rouge! (2001). He was also nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards and four Screen Actors Guild Awards. A graduate of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art in 1972, Broadbent first came to prominence in the 1980s, chiefly appearing in television comedy including playing Roy Slater in the BBC sitcom Only Fools and Horses. He appeared in the Terry Gilliam films Time Bandits (1981) and Brazil (1985) before a breakthrough role in Mike Leigh's independent comedy drama Life Is Sweet (1990). His notable film roles since include The Borrowers (1997), Bridget Jones's Diary (2001), The Gathering Storm (2002), Hot Fuzz (2007), Another Year (2010), The Iron Lady (2011), Arthur Christmas (2011), Cloud Atlas (2012) and Brooklyn (2015). He played Horace Slughorn in the Harry Potter film series, Archmaester Ebrose in the seventh season of the television series Game of Thrones and Samuel Gruber in the Paddington film series. escription above from the Wikipedia article Jim Broadbent, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Known For
Brazil
1985-02-20
Brazil
Overview: Low-level bureaucrat Sam Lowry escapes the monotony of his day-to-day life through a recurring daydream of himself as a virtuous hero saving a beautiful damsel. Investigating a case that led to the wrongful arrest and eventual death of an innocent man instead of wanted terrorist Harry Tuttle, he meets the woman from his daydream, and in trying to help her gets caught in a web of mistaken identities, mindless bureaucracy and lies.
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-02-20
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Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
2008-05-21
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Overview: Set during the Cold War, the Soviets—led by sword-wielding Irina Spalko—are in search of a crystal skull which has supernatural powers related to a mystical Lost City of Gold. Indy is coerced to head to Peru at the behest of a young man whose friend—and Indy's colleague—Professor Oxley has been captured for his knowledge of the skull's whereabouts.
Genres: Adventure Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-05-21
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The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
2005-12-07
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Overview: Siblings Lucy, Edmund, Susan and Peter step through a magical wardrobe and find the land of Narnia. There, they discover a charming, once peaceful kingdom that has been plunged into eternal winter by the evil White Witch, Jadis. Aided by the wise and magnificent lion, Aslan, the children lead Narnia into a spectacular, climactic battle to be free of the Witch's glacial powers forever.
Genres: Adventure Family Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-12-07
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Bridget Jones's Diary
2001-04-13
Bridget Jones's Diary
Overview: Bridget Jones is an average woman struggling against her age, her weight, her job, her lack of a man, and her various imperfections. As a New Year's resolution, Bridget decides to take control of her life, starting by keeping a diary in which she will always tell the complete truth. The fireworks begin when her charming though disreputable boss takes an interest in the quirky Miss Jones. Thrown into the mix are Bridget's band of slightly eccentric friends and a rather disagreeable acquaintance into whom Bridget cannot seem to stop running or help finding quietly attractive.
Genres: Comedy Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-04-13
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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
2009-07-15
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Overview: As Lord Voldemort tightens his grip on both the Muggle and wizarding worlds, Hogwarts is no longer a safe haven. Harry suspects perils may even lie within the castle, but Dumbledore is more intent upon preparing him for the final battle fast approaching. Together they work to find the key to unlock Voldemorts defenses and to this end, Dumbledore recruits his old friend and colleague Horace Slughorn, whom he believes holds crucial information. Even as the decisive showdown looms, romance blossoms for Harry, Ron, Hermione and their classmates. Love is in the air, but danger lies ahead and Hogwarts may never be the same again.
Genres: Adventure Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-07-15
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Around the World in 80 Days
2004-06-16
Around the World in 80 Days
Overview: A bet pits a British inventor, a Chinese thief and a French artist on a worldwide adventure that they can circle the globe in 80 days.
Genres: Action Adventure Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-06-16
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Moulin Rouge!
2001-05-18
Moulin Rouge!
Overview: A celebration of love and creative inspiration takes place in the infamous, gaudy and glamorous Parisian nightclub, at the cusp of the 20th century. A young poet, who is plunged into the heady world of Moulin Rouge, begins a passionate affair with the club's most notorious and beautiful star.
Genres: Drama Romance Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-05-18
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Phoelix
1979-08-01
Phoelix
Overview: An aged art connoisseur (Beaumont) and his young female neighbour (Coles), who has a job posing naked in a club, meet and exist in fantasy and reality. Although this raises certain much-discussed questions about the nature of representation, and about the construction of narrative and daydreams in films, 'Phoelix' tends to treat these as just pretty and pertinent issues, opting instead for a mannered concentration on detail.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-08-01
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Two Mikes Don't Make a Wright
1993-04-05
Two Mikes Don't Make a Wright
Overview: Theatrical packaging of three comic shorts: Dean Parisot & Steven Wright's comedy "The Appointments of Dennis Jennings" (1988), Michael Moore's documentary "Pets or Meat" (1992), and Mike Leigh & Jim Broadbent's satirical mockumentary "A Sense of History" (1992).
Genres: Comedy Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-04-05
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Inkheart
2008-12-11
Inkheart
Overview: The adventures of a father and his young daughter, in their search for a long lost book that will help reunite a missing, close relative.
Genres: Adventure Family Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-12-11
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Gangs of New York
2002-12-14
Gangs of New York
Overview: In 1863, Amsterdam Vallon returns to the Five Points of America to seek vengeance against the psychotic gangland kingpin, Bill the Butcher, who murdered his father years earlier. With an eager pickpocket by his side and a whole new army, Vallon fights his way to seek vengeance on the Butcher and restore peace in the area.
Genres: Drama History Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-12-14
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Hot Fuzz
2007-02-14
Hot Fuzz
Overview: Former London constable Nicholas Angel finds it difficult to adapt to his new assignment in the sleepy British village of Sandford. Not only does he miss the excitement of the big city, but he also has a well-meaning oaf for a partner. However, when a series of grisly accidents rocks Sandford, Angel smells something rotten in the idyllic village.
Genres: Crime Action Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-02-14
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Vera Drake
2004-10-22
Vera Drake
Overview: Abortionist Vera Drake finds her beliefs and practices clash with the mores of 1950s Britain – a conflict that leads to tragedy for her family.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-10-22
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Spider-Plant Man
2005-03-11
Spider-Plant Man
Overview: Spider-Plant Man is a parody of Spider-Man, made for the Comic Relief 2005 appeal and aired on BBC One. It featured Rowan Atkinson as Peter Piper/Spider-Plant Man and Rachel Stevens as his love-interest Jane-Mary. Jim Broadbent also made an appearance, portraying Batman, and Tony Robinson as Robin.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-03-11
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The Crying Game
1992-09-02
The Crying Game
Overview: Irish Republican Army member Fergus forms an unexpected bond with Jody, a kidnapped British soldier in his custody, despite the warnings of fellow IRA members Jude and Maguire. Jody makes Fergus promise he'll visit his girlfriend, Dil, in London, and when Fergus flees to the city, he seeks her out. Hounded by his former IRA colleagues, he finds himself increasingly drawn to the enigmatic, and surprising, Dil.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-09-02
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The Damned United
2009-03-27
The Damned United
Overview: Taking over Leeds United, Brian Clough's abrasive approach and his clear dislike of the players' dirty style of play make it certain there is going to be friction. Glimpses of his earlier career help explain both his hostility to previous manager Don Revie and how much he is missing right-hand man Peter Taylor.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-03-27
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Richard III
1995-12-29
Richard III
Overview: A murderous lust for the British throne sees Richard III descend into madness. Though the setting is transposed to the 1930s, England is torn by civil war, split between the rivaling houses of York and Lancaster. Richard aspires to a fascist dictatorship, but must first remove the obstacles to his ascension—among them his brother, his nephews and his brother's wife. When the Duke of Buckingham deserts him, Richard's plans are compromised.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-12-29
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Vanity Fair
2004-09-01
Vanity Fair
Overview: Beautiful, funny, passionate, and calculating, Becky is the orphaned daughter of a starving English artist and a French chorus girl. She yearns for a more glamorous life than her birthright promises and resolves to conquer English society by any means possible. A mere ascension into the heights of society is simply not enough. So Becky finds a patron in the powerful Marquess of Steyne whose whims enable Becky to realise her dreams. But is the ultimate cost too high for her?
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-09-01
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And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself
2003-09-07
And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself
Overview: In 1914, the Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa invites studios to shoot his actual battles against Porfírio Diaz army to raise funds for financing guns and ammunition. The Mutual Film Corporation, through producer D.W. Griffith, interests for the proposition and sends the filmmaker Frank Thayer to negotiate a contract with Pancho Villa himself.
Genres: Drama History War Western TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-09-07
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Little Voice
1998-11-05
Little Voice
Overview: After the death of her father, Little Voice or LV becomes a virtual recluse, never going out and hardly ever saying a word. She just sits in her bedroom listening to her father's collection of old records of Shirley Bassey, Marilyn Monroe and various other famous female singers. But at night time, LV sings, imitating these great singers with surprising accuracy. One night she is overheard by one of her mother's boyfriends, who happens to be a talent agent. He manages to convince her that her talent is special and arranges for her to perform at the local night club, but several problems arise.
Genres: Comedy Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-11-05
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Iris
2001-12-14
Iris
Overview: True story of the lifelong romance between novelist Iris Murdoch and her husband John Bayley, from their student days through her battle with Alzheimer's disease.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-12-14
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Widows' Peak
1994-04-15
Widows' Peak
Overview: Scandal and mystery reign following the arrival of Edwina in a small Irish town populated entirely by widows. Edwina quickly falls out with the locals while also falling in with the son of the community's leader
Genres: Comedy Thriller Mystery Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-04-15
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The Borrowers
1997-12-05
The Borrowers
Overview: The four-inch-tall Clock family secretly share a house with the normal-sized Lender family, "borrowing" such items as thread, safety pins, batteries and scraps of food. However, their peaceful co-existence is disturbed when evil lawyer Ocious P. Potter steals the will granting title to the house, which he plans to demolish in order to build apartments. The Lenders are forced to move, and the Clocks face the risk of being exposed to the normal-sized world.
Genres: Adventure Fantasy Action Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-12-05
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Lost and Found
2008-12-24
Lost and Found
Overview: A magical tale of friendship and loneliness, which tells the story of a little boy who one day finds a penguin on his doorstep. Although at first he is unsure what to do, the boy becomes determined to help the penguin find his way back home... even if that means rowing all the way to the South Pole!
Genres: Family Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-12-24
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
2011-07-12
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Overview: Harry, Ron and Hermione continue their quest to vanquish the evil Voldemort once and for all. Just as things begin to look hopeless for the young wizards, Harry discovers a trio of magical objects that endow him with powers to rival Voldemort's formidable skills.
Genres: Fantasy Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-07-12
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Enchanted April
1991-11-27
Enchanted April
Overview: When married British women Rose Arbuthnot and Lottie Wilkins decide to take a break from their respective spouses, they stay at a castle in Italy for a quiet holiday. Joining the ladies is Caroline Dester, a young socialite, and Mrs. Fisher, an older aristocrat. Liberated from their daily routines, the four women ease into life in rural Italy, and each finds herself transformed by the experience.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-11-27
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Robots
2005-03-10
Robots
Overview: Rodney Copperbottom is a young robot inventor who dreams of making the world a better place, until the evil Ratchet takes over Big Weld Industries. Now, Rodney's dreams – and those of his friends – are in danger of becoming obsolete.
Genres: Animation Comedy Family Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-03-10
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The Avengers
1998-08-13
The Avengers
Overview: British Ministry agent John Steed, under direction from "Mother", investigates a diabolical plot by arch-villain Sir August de Wynter to rule the world with his weather control machine. Steed investigates the beautiful Doctor Mrs. Emma Peel, the only suspect, but simultaneously falls for her and joins forces with her to combat Sir August.
Genres: Action Adventure Thriller Science Fiction Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-08-13
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Art School Confidential
2006-05-05
Art School Confidential
Overview: Starting from childhood attempts at illustration, the protagonist pursues his true obsession to art school. But as he learns how the art world really works, he finds that he must adapt his vision to the reality that confronts him.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-05-05
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Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
2004-11-10
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Overview: Bridget Jones is working as a TV host and still dating her new love, barrister Mark Darcy, for a perfect six weeks. But Bridget is jealous of the time Mark spends with a gorgeous co-worker Rebecca and, despite a vacation meant to smooth things over, ends their relationship. On assignment in Thailand with her disreputable ex, Daniel Cleaver - claiming to be a reformed man - they have a short dalliance, and she is arrested at the airport and temporarily jailed on the false accusation of drug smuggling before Mark, seemingly indifferent, comes to the rescue.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-11-10
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Perrier's Bounty
2009-09-11
Perrier's Bounty
Overview: A gangster named Perrier looks to exact his revenge on a trio of fugitives responsible for the accidental death of one of his cronies.
Genres: Action Comedy Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-09-11
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Valiant
2005-03-25
Valiant
Overview: Set in 1944, Valiant is a woodland pigeon who wants to become a great hero someday. When he hears they are hiring recruits for the Royal Homing Pigeon Service, he immediately sets out for London. On the way, he meets a smelly but friendly pigeon named Bugsy, who joins him, mainly to get away from clients he cheated in a game of find-the pebble, and helps him sign up for the war.
Genres: Family Animation Adventure Comedy War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-03-25
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Nicholas Nickleby
2002-12-27
Nicholas Nickleby
Overview: Nicholas Nickleby, a young boy in search of a better life, struggles to save his family and friends from the abusive exploitation of his coldheartedly grasping uncle.
Genres: Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-12-27
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Longford
2006-10-26
Longford
Overview: A portrait of Lord Longford, a tireless British campaigner whose controversial beliefs often resulted in furious political debate and personal conflict.
Genres: Crime Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-10-26
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The Gathering Storm
2002-04-22
The Gathering Storm
Overview: A love story offering an intimate look inside the marriage of Winston and Clementine Churchill during a particularly troubled, though little-known, moment in their lives.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-04-22
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Life Is Sweet
1990-11-15
Life Is Sweet
Overview: Just north of London live Wendy, Andy, and their twenty-something twins, Natalie and Nicola. Wendy clerks in a shop, Andy is a cook who forever puts off home remodeling projects, Natalie is a plumber and Nicola is jobless. This film is about how they interact and play out family, conflict and love.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-11-15
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Princess Caraboo
1994-09-16
Princess Caraboo
Overview: Bristol, England, early 19th century. A beautiful young stranger who speaks a weird language is tried for the crime of begging. But when a man claims that he can translate her dialect, it is understood that the woman is a princess from a far away land. She is then welcomed by a family of haughty aristocrats that only wants to heighten their prestige. However, the local reporter is not at all convinced she is what she claims to be and investigates. Is Caraboo really a princess?
Genres: Comedy Drama History Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-09-16
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Einstein and Eddington
2008-11-29
Einstein and Eddington
Overview: A look at the evolution of Albert Einstein's theory of relativity, and Einstein's relationship with British scientist Sir Arthur Eddington, the first physicist to understand his ideas.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-11-29
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A Sense of History
1992-09-12
A Sense of History
Overview: Jim Broadbent wrote and starred in this short film directed by none other than Mike Leigh. As a member of the landed gentry, the 23rd Earl of Leete has a duty to maintain and expand his lands. Shot in the style and manner of a BBC documentary, Broadbent tells his family history to the crew, who slowly come to realise - as do we - that things are not what they seem.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-09-12
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Bright Young Things
2003-10-03
Bright Young Things
Overview: During the 1930s in England, a group of young socialites dominate the national gossip with extravagant and outlandish antics. Among the group is the aspiring novelist Adam Fenwick-Symes, who is attempting to raise enough money to marry fellow member Nina Blount. However, after customs officials confiscate his first manuscript, Fenwick-Symes must recover from the financial setback and figure out new ways to earn money for a wedding.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-10-03
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Another Year
2010-11-05
Another Year
Overview: During a year, a very content couple approaching retirement are visited by friends and family less happy with their lives.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-11-05
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(K)nox: The Rob Knox Story
2021-04-09
(K)nox: The Rob Knox Story
Overview: A young actor is stabbed to death just days after filming his big break in the Harry Potter franchise.
Genres: Documentary Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-04-09
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When Did You Last See Your Father?
2007-10-05
When Did You Last See Your Father?
Overview: The story of a son's conflicting memories of his dying father.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-10-05
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The Magic Roundabout
2005-02-02
The Magic Roundabout
Overview: A shaggy, candy-loving puppy named Dougal along with a group of friends embarks on a dangerous journey in an effort to imprison their oppressor -- the evil ice sorcerer ZeeBad (Zebedee's evil twin). As the world is placed in mortal danger Zeebad who wants to turn the world to ice. Doogal and his friends must recover 3 diamonds that are needed to stop him.
Genres: Animation Family Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-02-02
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Rough Magic
1995-09-07
Rough Magic
Overview: In the 1950s, a pretty magician's apprentice travels to Mexico to escape her boyfriend, a wealthy politician, and to find a Mayan shaman who will teach her the ancient principles of magic.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-09-07
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Topsy-Turvy
1999-12-15
Topsy-Turvy
Overview: After their production "Princess Ida" meets with less-than-stunning reviews, the relationship between Gilbert and Sullivan is strained to breaking. Their friends and associates attempt to get the two to work together again, which opens the way to "The Mikado," one of the duo's greatest successes.
Genres: Comedy Drama Music History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-12-15
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The Good Father
1985-11-01
The Good Father
Overview: Bill is a man who's very bitter about his divorce and losing custody of his son. So, when one of his friends is being sued for divorce by his wife so that she can enter a lesbian relationship, Bill decides to help his friend gain custody of his son...in any way that they can devise, including using a sleazeball lawyer. But while Bill feels that feminism has robbed him of his family, he begins to be appalled at what he and Roger have done.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-11-01
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The Young Victoria
2009-03-04
The Young Victoria
Overview: As the only legitimate heir of England's King William, teenage Victoria gets caught up in the political machinations of her own family. Victoria's mother wants her to sign a regency order, while her Belgian uncle schemes to arrange a marriage between the future monarch and Prince Albert, the man who will become the love of her life.
Genres: Drama History Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-03-04
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Arthur Christmas
2011-11-10
Arthur Christmas
Overview: For hundreds of years, the Claus family has delegated the title "Santa" to a chosen few of its members, which can be passed down upon retirement. Each Christmas, Santa and his vast army of highly trained elves produce gifts and distribute them around the world in a one-night high-tech operation. However, when one of 600 million children to receive a gift from Santa on Christmas Eve is missed, it is deemed ‘acceptable’ to all but one—Arthur Claus, the current Santa’s misfit son deemed ineligible for the title, who executes an unauthorised rookie mission to get the last present halfway around the globe before dawn on Christmas morning.
Genres: Drama Animation Family Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-11-10
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The Hit
1984-09-07
The Hit
Overview: Ten years after ratting on his old mobster friends in exchange for personal immunity, two hit men drive a hardened criminal to Paris for his execution. However, while on the way, whatever can go wrong, does go wrong.
Genres: Drama Thriller Crime Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-09-07
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The Iron Lady
2011-12-26
The Iron Lady
Overview: A look at the life of Margaret Thatcher, the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, with a focus on the price she paid for power.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-12-26
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Wide-Eyed and Legless
1993-09-05
Wide-Eyed and Legless
Overview: Diana and Deric have an ideal marriage: they thrive in each other's company, they're funny, and they enjoy their two grown children and Deric's dotty mother; the trouble is, Diana can no longer walk and her malady defies medical diagnosis. To care for Diana, Deric is letting his business slide, but at a civic luncheon, he is seated next to Aileen Armitage, a novelist who is blind. They have a nice time, and on the sly, Diana contacts Aileen to made an odd request. Diana's declining health and her resolve bring this triangle of unlikely friends to a surprising place.
Genres: TV Movie Drama Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-09-05
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The Young Visiters
2003-12-26
The Young Visiters
Overview: The Young Visiters, written in twelve days by nine-year-old Daisy Ashford in 1890, is a surreal blend of naiveté, precocious perception and inadvertent social satire.
Genres: TV Movie Comedy Drama Family Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-12-26
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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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Filth
2013-09-23
Filth
Overview: A bigoted junkie cop suffering from borderline personality disorder and drug addiction manipulates and hallucinates his way in a bid to secure promotion.
Genres: Crime Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-09-23
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Walter
1982-11-02
Walter
Overview: A man with learning difficulties suffers neglect and ill-treatment, and this is only exasperated when his parents die and nobody seems to know what to do with him. A sequel to this film, titled "Walter and June", was released in 1983 and set 19 years later in time. In the United States, these two are sometimes bundled together under the title "Loving Walter".
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-11-02
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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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Nina Conti: Her Master's Voice
2012-03-11
Nina Conti: Her Master's Voice
Overview: Internationally acclaimed ventriloquist Nina Conti takes the bereaved puppets of her mentor and erstwhile lover Ken Campbell on a pilgrimage to "Venthaven" the resting place for puppets of dead ventriloquists. She gets to know her latex and wooden travelling partners along the way, and with them deconstructs herself and her lost love in this ventriloquial docu-mockumentary requiem. Ken Campbell was a hugely respected maverick of the British theatre, an eccentric genius who would snort out forgotten artforms. Nina was his protégé in ventriloquism and has been said to have reinvented the artform. This film is truly unique in genre and style. No one has seen ventriloquism like this before.
Genres: Comedy Documentary Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-03-11
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Silas Marner
1985-12-30
Silas Marner
Overview: Adaption of George Eliot's novel. When a respectable weaver is wrongfully accused of theft, he becomes a virtual hermit until his own fortune is stolen and an orphaned child is found on his doorstep.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-12-30
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Blackadder's Christmas Carol
1988-12-23
Blackadder's Christmas Carol
Overview: After a genial spirit shows the benevolent Ebenezer Blackadder visions of his unscrupulous ancestors, he resolves to mend his generous ways.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-12-23
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Blackadder: A Cunning Story
2023-06-16
Blackadder: A Cunning Story
Overview: A look back at the making of the entire Blackadder series to commemorate its 40th anniversary, featuring contributions from Blackadder's biggest fans including Jack Whitehall, Darren Harriott, Sarah Hadland, Ardal O'Hanlon and Nina Wadia.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-06-16
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Closed Circuit
2013-08-28
Closed Circuit
Overview: A high-profile terrorism case unexpectedly binds together two ex-lovers on the defense team - testing the limits of their loyalties and placing their lives in jeopardy.
Genres: Mystery Drama Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-08-28
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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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Le Week-End
2013-10-04
Le Week-End
Overview: Nick and Meg Burrows return to Paris, the city where they honeymooned, to celebrate their 30th wedding anniversary and rediscover some romance in their long-lived marriage. The film follows the couple as long-established tensions in their marriage break out in humorous and often painful ways.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-10-04
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Walter and June
1983-04-30
Walter and June
Overview: Sequel to the TV film "Walter". In the United States, the two films have been released together on DVD as a package, called "Loving Walter".
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-04-30
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The Phone Call
2013-10-20
The Phone Call
Overview: Heather is a shy lady who works in a helpline call centre. When she receives a phone call from a mystery man, she has no idea that the encounter will change her life forever.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-10-20
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Get Santa
2014-12-05
Get Santa
Overview: A father and son must team up to save Christmas when they discover Santa Claus sleeping in their garage, having crashed his sleigh and found himself on the run from the police.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-12-05
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Nona
1991-10-19
Nona
Overview: British production of Argentinan Roberto Cossa's play, set in Argentina in 1982. Nona is an elderly woman who is causing a drain on the resources of her entire family, with her constant craving for food and demands, which everybody indulges, in spite of falling into prostitution and bankruptcy. Her two grandsons hit on the idea of marrying her off to an elderly man who runs a tobacconists and sweet kiosk, however, the latter believes that Chico is trying to hitch him up with the beautiful young Marta.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-10-19
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The Harry Hill Movie
2013-12-20
The Harry Hill Movie
Overview: Harry Hill embarks on a road trip to Blackpool with his Nan when he discovers that his hamster only has one week to live.
Genres: Comedy Adventure Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-12-20
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Postman Pat: The Movie
2014-05-23
Postman Pat: The Movie
Overview: Like always, Postman Pat is happily going about his duty delivering letters and parcels around the fictional town of Greendale. One day, auditions for the TV talent show, "You're the One", are held in Greendale, which Pat manages to pass. With Pat required to be away from Greendale whilst participating in the contest, various Patbot 3000 robots are deployed to take Pat's postal duties. This soon turns out to be an evil plot to take over the world, which Pat must now stop.
Genres: Family Comedy Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-05-23
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Running Out of Luck
1987-02-02
Running Out of Luck
Overview: A rock singer goes to Brazil to shoot a video, but winds up getting kidnapped and enduring a number of seemingly bizarre and hilarious events.
Genres: Music Adventure Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-02-02
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Birth of a Nation
1983-06-19
Birth of a Nation
Overview: A new teacher at a highly problematic comprehensive school feels that corporal punishment may just be inflaming the problems, and so begins to campaign against it.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-06-19
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Call Me Back
2023-09-29
Call Me Back
Overview: Grace returns home from the funeral of her husband, George accompanied by her daughter, Lucy. Mother and daughter clash, leading Grace to attempt to mourn in isolation. Confronted by memories of happier times, she begins the process of cleansing the house - and herself - of the medical paraphernalia of the sick man she nursed. Ignoring phone calls from her daughter, she chaotically extends the purge of George's earthly manifestations beyond what she can bear. Faced with her error, she has a choice to make - to either continue on her destructive path, or reach out to her daughter for help.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-09-29
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Bullets Over Broadway
1994-10-14
Bullets Over Broadway
Overview: After young playwright, David Shayne obtains funding for his play from gangster Nick Valenti, Nick's girlfriend Olive miraculously lands the role of a psychiatrist—but not only is she a bimbo who could never pass for a psychiatrist—she's a dreadful actress. David puts up with the leading man who is a compulsive eater, the grand dame who wants her part jazzed up, and Olive's interfering hitman/bodyguard—but, eventually he must decide whether art or life is more important.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-10-14
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Smilla's Sense of Snow
1997-02-28
Smilla's Sense of Snow
Overview: Smilla Jaspersen attempts to understand the death of a small boy who falls from the roof of her apartment building. Suspecting wrongdoing, Smilla uncovers a trail of clues leading towards a secretive corporation that has made several mysterious expeditions to Greenland.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-02-28
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Anna Spud
2003-01-01
Anna Spud
Overview: Anna Spud is the grumpiest little girl in the world. The prospect of long car journey trapped with her parents sounds 'rubbish'. But along the way, she finds an unlikely ally in her equally grumpy Gran.
Genres: Animation Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-01-01
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Erik the Viking
1989-09-01
Erik the Viking
Overview: Erik the Viking gathers warriors from his village and sets out on a dangerous journey to Valhalla, to ask the gods to end the Age of Ragnorok and allow his people to see sunlight again. A Pythonesque satire of Viking life.
Genres: Adventure Fantasy Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-09-01
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Detectives on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown
1993-04-22
Detectives on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown
Overview: When the lead star of 'The Gourmet Detective' mystery show is mysteriously bumped off. A bunch of various detectives from television shows from the seventies are teamed up with a television detective of the nineties to solve the crime.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-04-22
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Conclusive: We Made Hot Fuzz
2007-06-11
Conclusive: We Made Hot Fuzz
Overview: A documentary about the making of Hot Fuzz.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-06-11
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The Secret Agent
1996-11-08
The Secret Agent
Overview: In 1880s London, pornographic bookseller Verloc is a double agent for the Russian government, providing information to Chief Inspector Heat about a lazy anarchist organization. In order for the anarchists to be arrested, an act of terrorism must occur. So Verloc decides to set up bombs – which leads to tragedy – not only for himself but also for his family, including wife Winnie and brother-in-law, Stevie.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-11-08
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The Hangover
1989-01-01
The Hangover
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-01-01
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Fools
Fools
Overview: In 1553, England’s first Queen, Mary I, takes the throne. The country is on the brink of chaos, and ambitious Cardinal Pole plots to secure control. He has overlooked, however, a humble court jester, Jane Foole. The pious, and apparently humorless, Queen Mary finds relief in Foole's brilliant slapstick routines and the two women strike up an unlikely friendship.
Genres: Comedy History
Original Language: en
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Magik
Magik
Overview: Lewis Clark is a brilliant author who stumbles upon a world of Magic after the disappearance of his two young children. He begins a quest to try to stop the insidious evil that threatens to destroy both his new world and his old one.
Genres: Fantasy Animation
Original Language: en
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Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
1987-07-24
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
Overview: With global superpowers engaged in an increasingly hostile arms race, Superman leads a crusade to rid the world of nuclear weapons. But Lex Luthor, recently sprung from jail, is declaring war on the Man of Steel and his quest to save the planet. Using a strand of Superman's hair, Luthor synthesizes a powerful ally known as Nuclear Man and ignites an epic battle spanning Earth and space.
Genres: Action Adventure Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-07-24
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Intensive Care
1982-11-09
Intensive Care
Overview: When Denis Midgley's father is rushed to hospital, Midgley drops everything to be by his side. They've never really got on, so Midgley wants to be sure he's there if his father ever regains consciousness. As he hates his job as a schoolteacher, and his home-life with his wife, her senile mother and their insolent teenage son, he has no qualms about lingering around the hospital. But as days turn into weeks, his father obstinately refuses to 'slip away', and Denis' motivation for staying by his father's bedside has more and more to do with Valery, a young nurse.
Genres: Comedy Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-11-09
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The Insurance Man
1986-02-22
The Insurance Man
Overview: Franz, a young man, works in a dye factory in Prague. One day he notices a rash-like eczema, growing on his hands. All attempts to treat it with ointment fail, and the rash gradually spreads over his body. After complaining to the management he is laid off work; his relationship with his fiancee is affected. In an attempt to get compensation from his former employers he looks to insurance firm Assicurazion Generali, where he encounters an enigmatic clerk called Kafka.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-02-22
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Big Game
2015-03-19
Big Game
Overview: Air Force One is shot down by terrorists, leaving the President of the United States stranded in the wilderness of Finland. 13-year-old Oskari is on a hunting mission to prove his maturity to his kinsfolk by tracking down a deer, but instead discovers the President in an escape pod. With the terrorists closing in to capture their prize, the unlikely duo team up to escape their hunters.
Genres: Action Adventure Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-03-19
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Jay Kelly
Jay Kelly
Overview: Described as a funny and emotional coming-of-age story about adults.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
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The Sense of an Ending
2017-03-10
The Sense of an Ending
Overview: A man becomes haunted by his past and is presented with a mysterious legacy that causes him to re-think his current situation in life.
Genres: Mystery Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-03-10
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Wimbledon 2022 Review
2023-07-02
Wimbledon 2022 Review
Overview: A chance to relive the best of the action from Wimbledon 2022 as Novak Djokovic won his fourth consecutive men’s singles title and Elena Rybakina became the first Kazakh women's singles champion.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-07-02
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The Choral
The Choral
Overview: Set in Ramsden, Yorkshire in 1916, the plot centers on the chorus master and most of the men of the ambitious local Choral Society, who have volunteered for the front. Under the direction of the demanding, driven Dr. Guthrie, the Choral recruits a crop of teenage boys and girls. Together they discover the joys of singing and the urgency of desire as the new boys come to terms with their imminent conscription into the army.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
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Brooklyn
2015-10-20
Brooklyn
Overview: In 1950s Ireland and New York, young Eilis Lacey has to choose between two men and two countries.
Genres: Romance Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-10-20
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The Go-Between
2015-09-20
The Go-Between
Overview: An elderly man pieces together his childhood memories after finding his diary from 1900, which he wrote when he was 13 years old.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-09-20
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Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death
1999-03-26
Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death
Overview: Before the Doctor can settle down to married life, he must face one last confrontation with his deadly enemy of certain death - the Master.
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-03-26
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Rhythm of Life
2021-07-03
Rhythm of Life
Overview: A star-studded short film encouraging people to get COVID-19 vaccines and featuring the song "The Rhythm of Life" from the 1966 classic musical, Sweet Charity.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-07-03
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The Lady in the Van
2015-10-30
The Lady in the Van
Overview: The true story of the relationship between Alan Bennett and the singular Miss Shepherd, a woman of uncertain origins who ‘temporarily’ parked her van in Bennett’s London driveway and proceeded to live there for 15 years.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-10-30
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Games Without Frontiers
1980-05-09
Games Without Frontiers
Overview: Nobody goes to Amsterdam to wander about. It's either the Rijksmuseum or the red light district. On the boat going home, Clive and Stewart admit to not having spot long in the museums - so what did they get up to in Amsterdam?
Genres: TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-05-09
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Bridget Jones's Baby
2016-09-14
Bridget Jones's Baby
Overview: After breaking up with Mark Darcy five years earlier, Bridget Jones' happily-ever-after hasn't quite gone according to plan. Fortysomething and single again, she decides to focus on her job as top news producer and surround herself with old friends and new. For once, Bridget has everything completely under control. Then her love life takes a turn - while a weekend away at a music festival, she meets a dashing American named Jack, who is everything Mark is not, and spends a night with him. A week later, she runs into newly-separated Mark, and has a one-night dalliance. In an unlikely twist, she finds herself pregnant, but with one hitch - she's not sure of the identity of her baby's father - Mark or Jack.
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-09-14
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The Weather Inside
2015-09-29
The Weather Inside
Overview: A luxury hotel in a conflict zone. Development aid worker Dorothea begins an affair with a young drifter, Alec, but what starts as sweet distraction brings her dangerously close to losing control.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2015-09-29
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Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
2025-02-12
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
Overview: Now a widowed mother of two in her fifties, Bridget Jones feels lost in the world of app-based dating. However, romance unexpectedly sparks with her son’s science teacher… and a much younger man.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2025-02-12
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Eddie the Eagle
2016-02-25
Eddie the Eagle
Overview: The feel-good story of Michael 'Eddie' Edwards, an unlikely but courageous British ski-jumper who never stopped believing in himself—even as an entire nation was counting him out. With the help of a rebellious and charismatic coach, Eddie takes on the establishment and wins the hearts of sports fans around the world by making an improbable and historic showing at the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics.
Genres: Comedy Drama History Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-02-25
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The Legend of Tarzan
2016-06-29
The Legend of Tarzan
Overview: Tarzan, having acclimated to life in London, is called back to his former home in the jungle to investigate the activities at a mining encampment.
Genres: Fantasy Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-06-29
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Uliisses
1982-06-18
Uliisses
Overview: Director Werner Nekes has created this experimental film in the mode of James Joyce's Ulysses to the extent that human interactions are represented by poetic, symbolic images and language, with a certain amount of nudity added in. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1982-06-18
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Ethel & Ernest
2016-10-15
Ethel & Ernest
Overview: This hand drawn animated film, based on the award winning graphic novel by Raymond Briggs, is an intimate and affectionate depiction of the life and times of his parents, two ordinary Londoners living through extraordinary events.
Genres: Animation Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-10-15
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Tales of the Riverbank
2008-02-07
Tales of the Riverbank
Overview: Tales of the Riverbank tells the story of three friends - Hammy Hamster, Roderick Rat and GP the Guinea Pig - who, having swept down the river in a violent storm, embark on an epic journey in search of their lost homes. Their journey, full of comic incident and dramatic danger, becomes even more precarious when they discover that the whole riverbank is threatened by a waffle, Marmalade and Doughnut (WMD) factory which, owned by the evil Fat Cats, is polluting the countryside with increasingly dangerous emissions...the Big Dirt!
Genres: Animation Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-02-07
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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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Pride
2004-06-21
Pride
Overview: The story of Suki, a lioness cub, who rebels against her mother and her Pride to mate with an unsuitable lion from the other side of the river.
Genres: Adventure Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-06-21
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Brambly Hedge: Classic Collection
2004-01-01
Brambly Hedge: Classic Collection
Overview: Four stories featuring the mice of Brambly Hedge. In 'The Secret Staircase' Primrose and Wilfred set off looking for costumes for the Midwinter celebrations. Wilfred is determined to follow in the pawprints of his exploring hero in 'The High Hills'. In 'Sea Story' the mice run out of salt. And, living in the mill with three little babies is not easy for Poppy in 'Poppy's Babies'.
Genres: Family Adventure Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-01-01
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Mike Leigh: Making Plays
1982-09-04
Mike Leigh: Making Plays
Overview: Writer and Director Mike Leigh discusses the techniques used to create his plays.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-09-04
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Black '47
2018-09-05
Black '47
Overview: In 1847, when Ireland is in the grip of the Great Famine that has ravaged the country for two long years, Feeney, a hardened Irish Ranger who has been fighting for the British Army abroad, returns home to reunite with his estranged family, only to discover the cruelest reality, a black land where death reigns.
Genres: Drama Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-09-05
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The One and Only Mike Leigh
2014-11-24
The One and Only Mike Leigh
Overview: In a revealing documentary, Mike Leigh, director of Secrets & Lies, Vera Drake and Abigail's Party among many others, talks to Alan Yentob about a unique body of work and a lifelong struggle to make films on his own terms. On day one of a Mike Leigh film, there is no script, no story and the actors do not know if they will even be in the final film. It is a process that has yielded some of cinema's most celebrated performances, and Leigh's new film Mr Turner is already winning critical acclaim. Actors including Jim Broadbent, Eddie Marsan, Sally Hawkins, Lesley Manville and James Corden give fascinating insights into the director and his distinctive method of working.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-11-24
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Tooth
2004-02-13
Tooth
Overview: Tooth is a young, feisty Tooth Fairy, who lives in a world called Fairytopia that has lost its ability to use magic. Fed up with the way most fairies have forgotten about magic, she decides to give away all of its money. When Tooth begins to understand how much trouble she is in, she realizes the only person who can help is the legendary Mrs. C, who disappeared, along with magic over 100 years ago. Teaming up with two human children and a number of fairies, who are living incognito amongst humans she sets off on the adventure of a lifetime. Pursued by the evil Plug, a terrifying fairy hunter and his posse, the race is on to save the world before Christmas, Easter and all the holidays are ruined forever.
Genres: Fantasy Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-02-13
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Time Bandits
1981-07-13
Time Bandits
Overview: Young history buff Kevin can scarcely believe it when six dwarfs emerge from his closet one night. Former employees of the Supreme Being, they've purloined a map charting all of the holes in the fabric of time and are using it to steal treasures from different historical eras. Taking Kevin with them, they variously drop in on Napoleon, Robin Hood and King Agamemnon before the Supreme Being catches up with them.
Genres: Family Fantasy Science Fiction Adventure Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-07-13
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Birds Like Us
2022-06-30
Birds Like Us
Overview: The story follows a group of birds on a journey where they try to find a better life for themselves and the ones they love.
Genres: Animation Adventure Family
Original Language: bs
Release Date: 2022-06-30
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Long Distance Information
1979-10-11
Long Distance Information
Overview: Play For Today written by and starring Neville Smith. Christian Harvey , a local radio DJ and ageing rocker, is an obsessive fan of Elvis and the news of Elvis's death is for him a personal tragedy as well as the end of an era.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-10-11
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Breaking Glass
1980-10-01
Breaking Glass
Overview: Breaking Glass is the story of punk singer Kate and her meteoric rise to stardom. Starting out in the rock pubs of London, Kate, assisted by her manager Danny, becomes a huge star overnight. Once at the top the pressure is immense as Kate's band are squeezed out and she is left to cope alone in the spotlight.
Genres: Music Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-10-01
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Vroom
1988-11-11
Vroom
Overview: Two young men and a sultry divorcee flee their drab hometown existence, taking to the road in a bubblegum pink chevrolet.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-11-11
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King Lear
2018-05-28
King Lear
Overview: An aging King invites disaster, when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters, and rejects his loving and honest one.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-05-28
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New Town Utopia
2018-05-04
New Town Utopia
Overview: What happened when we built Utopia? New Town Utopia is feature documentary about the power of art, architecture, the state of the nation – and some rather angry puppets.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-05-04
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King of Thieves
2018-09-04
King of Thieves
Overview: London, England, April 2015. Brian Reader, a retired thief, gathers an unlikely gang of burglars to perpetrate the biggest and boldest heist in British history. The thieves assault the Hatton Garden Safe Deposit Company and escape with millions in goods and money. But soon the cracks between the gang members begin to appear when they discuss how to share the loot.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-09-04
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The Night Club of Your Dreams: The Making of 'Moulin Rouge'
2001-05-01
The Night Club of Your Dreams: The Making of 'Moulin Rouge'
Overview: This made-for-tv documentary treats romance fans to a behind-the-scenes look at the making of Moulin Rouge!, Baz Luhrmann's musical tale of love between a poet and a courtesan in fin-de-siecle Paris. Includes interviews with director Luhrmann, stars Ewan McGregor and Nicole Kidman and the rest of the the cast and crew of the film, who all share their experiences from working on the project, as well as discuss the special efforts that went into bringing it to completion
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-05-01
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Chance Meeting
2013-10-08
Chance Meeting
Overview: Short romance about a man and woman who bump into each other outside the BFI
Genres: Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-10-08
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The King's Beard
2002-10-02
The King's Beard
Overview: A king whose beard is long and beloved. An aspiring barber looking for acknowledgement. A kingdom unaware of the dark secret behind their ruler's lush beard.
Genres: Animation Family Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-10-02
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The Passage
1979-03-09
The Passage
Overview: During WW 2, a Basque shepherd is approached by the underground, who wants him to lead a scientist and his family across the Pyrenees. While being pursued by a sadistic German.
Genres: War Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-03-09
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A Boy Called Christmas
2021-11-24
A Boy Called Christmas
Overview: An ordinary young boy called Nikolas sets out on an extraordinary adventure into the snowy north in search of his father who is on a quest to discover the fabled village of the elves, Elfhelm. Taking with him a headstrong reindeer called Blitzen and a loyal pet mouse, Nikolas soon meets his destiny in this magical and endearing story that proves nothing is impossible…
Genres: Family Adventure Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-11-24
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The Duke
2021-07-23
The Duke
Overview: In 1961, a 60-year-old taxi driver stole Goya’s portrait of the Duke of Wellington from the National Gallery in London. It was the first (and remains the only) theft in the Gallery’s history. What happened next became the stuff of legend.
Genres: Comedy Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-07-23
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Children In Need 2019: Got It Covered
2019-10-30
Children In Need 2019: Got It Covered
Overview: Ten big name actors, including Jim Broadbent, Jodie Whittaker, David Tennant and Olivia Colman, come together to record an album for Children In Need
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-10-30
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Six Minutes to Midnight
2020-10-15
Six Minutes to Midnight
Overview: Summer 1939. Influential families in Nazi Germany have sent their daughters to a finishing school in an English seaside town to learn the language and be ambassadors for a future looking National Socialist. A teacher there sees what is coming and is trying to raise the alarm. But the authorities believe he is the problem.
Genres: Thriller Drama History War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-10-15
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Dolittle
2020-01-02
Dolittle
Overview: After losing his wife seven years earlier, the eccentric Dr. John Dolittle, famed doctor and veterinarian of Queen Victoria’s England, hermits himself away behind the high walls of Dolittle Manor with only his menagerie of exotic animals for company. But when the young queen falls gravely ill, a reluctant Dolittle is forced to set sail on an epic adventure to a mythical island in search of a cure, regaining his wit and courage as he crosses old adversaries and discovers wondrous creatures.
Genres: Family Comedy Fantasy Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-01-02
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The Shout
1978-06-16
The Shout
Overview: A traveller by the name of Crossley forces himself upon a musician and his wife in a lonely part of Devon, and uses the aboriginal magic he has learned to displace his host.
Genres: Thriller Mystery Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-06-16
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Dead on Time
1983-01-01
Dead on Time
Overview: Bernard Fripp is told by his doctor that he has only 30 minutes left to live. This sets Bernard bumbling off on a mission to live his final minutes to the fullest.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-01-01
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The Adventures of Frank: Seeds of Ice
1980-11-11
The Adventures of Frank: Seeds of Ice
Overview: In his further adventures Frank finds success and unhappiness.
Genres: Drama Music TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-11-11
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The Go-Between
1971-06-16
The Go-Between
Overview: British teenager Leo Colston spends a summer in the countryside, where he develops a crush on the beautiful young aristocrat Marian. Eager to impress her, Leo becomes the "go-between" for Marian, delivering secret romantic letters to Ted Burgess, a handsome neighboring farmer.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-06-16
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Prince Cinders
1993-12-27
Prince Cinders
Overview: Fairy-tale fantasy is turned on its head this time, as a fairy godmother in training commits the ultimate faux pas and transforms a handsome young man into an ugly ape. Prince Cinders then spends all his time doing housework, while his brothers traipse about creating havoc.
Genres: Animation Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-12-27
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The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
2023-04-27
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
Overview: Harold Fry is an unremarkable man who has made mistakes with all the important things: being a husband, a father and a friend. And now, well into his 60s, he is content to fade quietly into the background of life. Until, one day – Harold learns his old friend Queenie is dying. Harold leaves home, walking to his post office to send her a letter. And out of the blue, Harold decides to keep walking, all the way to her hospice, 450 miles away.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-04-27
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Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments
2008-10-16
Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments
Overview: A countdown of the top 40 "Blackadder" moments chosen by cast and crew members, celebrity fans and 15 genuine Blackadders.
Genres: Comedy Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-10-16
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Charlotte
2021-09-13
Charlotte
Overview: The true story of Charlotte Salomon, a young German-Jewish painter who comes of age in Berlin on the eve of the Second World War. Fiercely imaginative and deeply gifted, she dreams of becoming an artist. Her first love applauds her talent, which emboldens her resolve. When anti-Semitic policies inspire violent mobs, she escapes to the safety of the South of France. There she begins to paint again, and finds new love. But her work is interrupted, this time by a family tragedy that reveals an even darker secret. Believing that only an extraordinary act will save her, she embarks on the monumental adventure of painting her life story.
Genres: Animation Drama War History
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2021-09-13
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Happy Feet
1991-01-01
Happy Feet
Overview: The pupils of the Dora Jackson School of Dancing compete in the 1960 Classical Dance Festival in Scarborough. Fifties rock 'n' roll meets classical ballet with the arrival of Dora's ex-boyfriend Clifford and a mysterious ghost.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-01-01
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7 Deadly Sins: Stage Acting
1989-01-17
7 Deadly Sins: Stage Acting
Overview: A short satirical film devised by and starring Alan Rickman, Jim Broadbent and Alison Steadman about the seven sins of stage acting.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-01-17
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Our Winnie
1982-11-12
Our Winnie
Overview: Winnie is a mentally handicapped woman who lives with her elderly mother (Cora) and aunt (Ida). They visit the cemetery where Winnie’s father is buried. Also in the cemetery are two art students, one of whom (Liz) asks if she can take a photograph of the three women. She takes it while they are not prepared, making them look ridiculous (Cora is putting her make-up on, Winnie is staring at the camera with her mouth open). Cora is angry, and Liz takes another of them properly posed. But she enters the first photograph for a competition, where it wins a prize
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-11-12
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Brambly Hedge: Autumn Story: Primrose's Stormy Night
1996-12-25
Brambly Hedge: Autumn Story: Primrose's Stormy Night
Overview: During the harvest season, Lord Woodmouse and Primrose go picking blackberries, while Wilfred looks for adventure by trying to find a creature called "The Weasel". Primrose and Wilfred get lost as they explore the wilderness, so all the other mice send out a search party.
Genres: Animation Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-12-25
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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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