John Benfield
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Birthday: September 11, 1951
Deathday: June 16, 2020
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Cassandra's Dream
2007-10-31
Cassandra's Dream
Overview: The tale of two brothers with serious financial woes. When a third party proposes they turn to crime, things go bad and the two become enemies.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-10-31
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You're Dead...
1999-10-01
You're Dead...
Overview: A veteran bank robber and his sidekicks plan a heist that goes awry.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-10-01
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24 Hours in London
2000-07-14
24 Hours in London
Overview: London gangster Christian has a plan to kill off the opposition, but things get messy when a witness survives.
Genres: Crime Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-07-14
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Evilenko
2004-04-16
Evilenko
Overview: For years, Andrei Evilenko eluded the obsessive Detective Lesiev and the psychiatric profiler Aron Richter. Spurred on by his rabid fury at the gradual crumbling of his precious Soviet Union, Evilenko is a man who will live, die and kill as a communist.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-04-16
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Endgame
2001-10-12
Endgame
Overview: Sex is currency. It commands power and can instill fear. Tom, a young man with a troubled past finds himself sucked into a seedy underworld by George Norris, a now super villain with a sadistic streak. A helpless pawn in one of Norris's narcotic scams with a bent cop, Dunston, Tom is dragged deeper into a vicious circle of blood money, vice and ruthless violence from which their seems no way out. Until fate gives Tom a glimmer of hope. When Norris is killed in his apartment, Tom seizes his chance to escape. Terrified and covered in Norris's blood, Tom heads downstairs to his neighbors, Max and Nikki his new friends in the city. With going to the police out of the question, Max and Nikki speed Tom to their desolate cottage deep in the Welsh countryside. With the luxury of space, Tom begins to realize a long-forgotten dream; a return to happier times before his innocence was shattered. Suppressed emotion flood back provoked by Tom's attraction to Nikki...
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-10-12
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Flood
2007-08-24
Flood
Overview: Timely yet terrifying, The Flood predicts the unthinkable. When a raging storm coincides with high seas it unleashes a colossal tidal surge, which travels mercilessly down England's East Coast and into the Thames Estuary. Overwhelming the Barrier, torrents of water pour into the city. The lives of millions of Londoners are at stake.
Genres: Drama Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-08-24
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Lover's Prayer
2001-09-18
Lover's Prayer
Overview: A younger boy falls in love with a tragic girl who flirts with, and manipulates, her older suitors in 1800s Russia.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-09-18
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Gifted
2003-10-29
Gifted
Overview: Jamie Gilliam is a bright young rising star with Castlefield City, a first division club on the verge of promotion to the premiership. When lapdancing student Sharon goes out to a club with friends she bumps into him and ends up going back to his place. She wakes up the next day feeling ill and not being able to remember how she got naked in his bed. When she later goes to the police charging rape no-one believes her and the club settles with her privately to keep her quiet. But is Jamie as clean cut as he appears?
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-10-29
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The Marchioness Disaster
2008-11-01
The Marchioness Disaster
Overview: A factual reconstruction of the events leading up to, during and after the Marchioness was struck by the Bow Belle Dredger on the river Thames in August 1989, which killed over 50 people. The film was due to be broadcast by ITV in 2007 but complaints from some of the families of the victims led to it being withdrawn ahead of transmission. It has never been broadcast in the UK, but has been screened in France.
Genres: TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-11-01
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Sharpe's Revenge
1997-05-07
Sharpe's Revenge
Overview: Sharpe is framed as the thief who stole Napolean's gold, and he must clear his name to avoid execution. Meanwhile his wife Jane - urged on by a friend - makes some questionable choices.
Genres: War Action Adventure History TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-05-07
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Henry VI Part 1
1983-01-02
Henry VI Part 1
Overview: The life of King Henry the Sixth, in three parts.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-01-02
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Owd Bob
1998-01-01
Owd Bob
Overview: Recently orphaned David must move to the Isle of Man to live with his grandfather, Adam, who's a sheep farmer. Both long for the end of the summer, having nothing in common but their love for dogs, notably Adam's precious champion sheepdog Bob. David strikes a friendship with Maggie, the sassy daughter of friendly neighbor Keith Moore, but Adam hates that family on account of an old canine competition-related tragedy. Other neighbors suspect Bob and the Moore's dog of the recent series of nocturnal sheep-kills.
Genres: Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-01-01
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The Beggar's Opera
1983-01-01
The Beggar's Opera
Overview: A historical adaptation of John Gay's 18th Century ballad opera, exuberantly performed for BBC television.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-01-01
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No Further Cause For Concern
1988-07-13
No Further Cause For Concern
Overview: Prison inmate Danny Monk does not foresee the circumstances when he barricades himself in a cell during a prison riot with Prison Officer Green as hostage.
Genres: Drama Crime TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-07-13
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The Best Offer
2013-01-01
The Best Offer
Overview: Virgil Oldman is a world renowned antiques expert and auctioneer. An eccentric genius, he leads a solitary life, going to extreme lengths to keep his distance from the messiness of human relationships. When appointed by the beautiful but emotionally damaged Claire to oversee the valuation and sale of her family’s priceless art collection, Virgil allows himself to form an attachment to her – and soon he is engulfed by a passion which will rock his bland existence to the core.
Genres: Drama Romance Crime
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2013-01-01
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The Sign of Four
1983-12-06
The Sign of Four
Overview: Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson try to track down the Great Mogul, the second-largest diamond in the world.
Genres: Adventure Crime Mystery TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-12-06
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Charlotte Gray
2001-12-28
Charlotte Gray
Overview: This is a drama set in Nazi-occupied France at the height of World War II. Charlotte Gray tells the compelling story of a young Scottish woman working with the French Resistance in the hope of rescuing her lover, a missing RAF pilot. Based on the best-selling novel by Sebastian Faulks.
Genres: Drama History Romance War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-12-28
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Number One
1985-03-01
Number One
Overview: A down on his luck Irishman in London decides to play snooker for money.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-03-01
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Carrying Dad
1995-01-01
Carrying Dad
Overview: Frank and his brother Len meet on the day of their father's funeral. Together, with the help of Len's son Sean and Jean, a mysterious woman connected to the deceased, they will set off on a rather peculiar journey.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-01-01
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In the Name of the Father
1993-12-12
In the Name of the Father
Overview: A small time thief from Belfast, Gerry Conlon, is falsely implicated in the IRA bombing of a pub that kills several people while he is in London. He and his four friends are coerced by British police into confessing their guilt. Gerry's father and other relatives in London are also implicated in the crime. He spends fifteen years in prison with his father trying to prove his innocence.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-12-12
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'Itch
1991-02-23
'Itch
Overview: A lone hitch hiker, marooned near a housing estate, has a dramatic effect on the lives of those around him.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-02-23
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The Third Wave
2003-10-15
The Third Wave
Overview: Johan Falk hasn't been working for over a year since he resigned from the police. Most of all he wants to move out to the countryside, but fate has a different thought.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2003-10-15
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Hidden Agenda
1990-11-21
Hidden Agenda
Overview: In Ireland, American lawyer Ingrid Jessner and her activist partner, Paul Sullivan, struggle to uncover atrocities committed by the British government against the Northern Irish during the "Troubles." But when Sullivan is assassinated in the streets, Jessner teams up with Peter Kerrigan, a British investigator acting against the will of his own government, and struggles to uncover a conspiracy that may even implicate one of Kerrigan's colleagues.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-11-21
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Whoops Apocalypse
1986-05-06
Whoops Apocalypse
Overview: When a small British owned island in the Caribbean is invaded and the world's most dangerous terrorist kidnaps a member of the Royal family, the countdown to World War 3 begins. If anyone can prevent the oncoming apocalypse it's the American President, but her closest ally the British Prime Minister appears to have gone stark raving mad.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-05-06
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Cold Skin
2017-10-20
Cold Skin
Overview: A young man who arrives at a remote island finds himself trapped in a battle for his life.
Genres: Horror Fantasy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-10-20
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The Winter's Tale
1981-02-08
The Winter's Tale
Overview: The jealous King Leontes falsely accuse his wife Hermione of infidelity with his best friend, and she dies. Leontes exiles his newborn daughter Perdita, who is raised by shepherds for sixteen years and falls in love with the son of Leontes' friend. When Perdita returns home, a statue of Hermione "comes to life", and everyone is reconciled.
Genres: Romance Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-02-08
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The Many Lives of Albert Walker
2002-03-24
The Many Lives of Albert Walker
Overview: After killing his English partner, a Canadian businessman assumes his identity. Things begin to fall apart for him when the murdered man's body is found.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-03-24
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Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil
1985-02-17
Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil
Overview: The two-part TV movie Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil crystallizes that evil by concentrating on two Berlin brothers. In 1931, Helmut Hoffman a brilliant student and self-styled opportunist, joins Hitler's SS. At the same time, his younger brother Karl, a top athlete and idealist, becomes a chauffeur for the "S.A.".
Genres: TV Movie Drama War History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-02-17
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Treasure Island
1990-01-22
Treasure Island
Overview: Young Jim Hawkins, while running the Benbow Inn with his mother, meets Captain Billy Bones, who dies at the inn while it is beseiged by buccaneers led by Blind Pew. Jim and his mother fight off the attackers and discover Billy Bones' treasure map for which the buccaneers had come. Jim agrees to sail on the S.S. Espaniola with Squire Trelawney and Dr. Livesey to find the treasure on a mysterious isiand. Upon arriving at the island, ship's cook and scaliwag Long John Silver leads a mutiny of crew members who want the treasure for themselves. Jim helps the Squire and Espaniola officers to survive the mutiny and fight back against Silver's men, who have taken over the Espaniola.
Genres: Adventure Family TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-01-22
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Henry VI Part 2
1983-01-09
Henry VI Part 2
Overview: The life of King Henry the Sixth, in three parts.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-01-09
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Henry VI Part 3
1983-01-16
Henry VI Part 3
Overview: The life of King Henry the Sixth, in three parts.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-01-16
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The Garden of Redemption
1997-05-25
The Garden of Redemption
Overview: A priest struggles with his religious beliefs as he sees his countrymen murdered in Nazi occupied Italy and as he becomes attracted to a woman operating in the resistance.
Genres: TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-05-25
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Beautiful Thing
1996-06-21
Beautiful Thing
Overview: Set during a long, hot summer on the Thamesmead Estate in Southeast London, three teenagers edge towards adulthood.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-06-21
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Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle
2018-11-25
Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle
Overview: A human child raised by wolves, must face off against a menacing tiger named Shere Khan, as well as his own origins.
Genres: Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-11-25
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Cousin Bette
1998-06-12
Cousin Bette
Overview: Cousin Bette is a poor and lonely seamstress, who, after the death of her prominent and wealthy sister, tries to ingratiate herself into lives of her brother-in-law, Baron Hulot, and her niece, Hortense Hulot. Failing to do so, she instead finds solace and company in a handsome young sculptor she saves from starvation. But the aspiring artist soon finds love in the arms of another woman, Hortense, leaving Bette a bitter spinster. Bette plots to take revenge on the family who turned her away and stole her only love. With the help of famed courtesan Jenny Cadine she slowly destroys the lives of those who have scorned her.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-06-12
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Speed Racer
2008-05-07
Speed Racer
Overview: Speed Racer is a young and brilliant racing driver. When corruption in the racing leagues costs his brother his life, Speed must team up with the police and the mysterious Racer X to bring an end to the corruption and criminal activities.
Genres: Family Action Adventure Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-05-07
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The Coldest Game
2019-11-08
The Coldest Game
Overview: Warsaw, Poland, during the Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962. Josh Mansky, a troubled math genius and former US chess champion, is recruited to hold a dangerous public match against the Soviet champion, while playing the deadly game of espionage hidden in the darkest shadows of a hostile territory.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-11-08
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Born Kicking
1992-09-20
Born Kicking
Overview: Roxanne (known as Roxy) is a star performer in her local soccer team. Her natural talent is noticed by local team owner Victor Grace who signs her up. However it's not so easy being the only female professional soccer star in the country.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-09-20
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Titus Andronicus
1985-04-25
Titus Andronicus
Overview: Having subdued the Goths, warrior Titus Andronicus returns to Rome to bury his sons, with Gothic Queen Tamora and her retinue as captives. The newly-dead Roman Emperor's two sons, Saturninus and Bassianus, are competing for their father's title. According to Roman custom, Titus sacrifices Tamora's eldest son to the Gods; having the deciding vote, he also chooses Saturninus as Emperor. Both acts have tragic consequences.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-04-25
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101 Dalmatians
1996-11-27
101 Dalmatians
Overview: An evil, high-fashion designer plots to steal Dalmatian puppies in order to make an extravagant fur coat, but instead creates an extravagant mess.
Genres: Family Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-11-27
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Buster
1988-09-16
Buster
Overview: Buster is a small time crook who pulls a big time job. When he finds that the police will not let the case drop, he goes into hiding and can't contact his wife and child. He arranges to meet them in Mexico where he thinks they can begin again, but finds that he must choose between his family and freedom.
Genres: Comedy Romance Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-09-16
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The Union
1981-02-24
The Union
Overview: A dramatised impression of the events surrounding the Electrical Trades Union ballot rigging case of the late 1950s and early 1960s.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-02-24
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The Secret Agent
1992-10-28
The Secret Agent
Overview: 1992 BBC adaptation of the Joseph Conrad novel of 1907 concerning the mostly inactive spy Alfred Verloc, who is ordered by his superior Mr Vladimir to carry out a terrorist act. Verloc reluctantly plans the operation, seeking help from The Professor. Verloc is also an informant for the police and the Assistant Commissioner and Chief Inspector Heat add additional pressure on Verloc and his attempts to carry out his plan. Verloc’s subsequent actions gravely affect his wife who is devoted to her mentally unbalanced brother Stevie.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-10-28
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Breakout
1984-11-29
Breakout
Overview: Two boys are kidnapped by three escaping convicts and the relationship which develops between captor and captured brings out the good side of the most dangerous criminal's character.
Genres: Family Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-11-29
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