Clare Higgins
Biography: Clare Frances Elizabeth Higgins (born 10 November 1955) is an award-winning English actress. Description above from the Wikipedia article Clare Higgins, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: November 10, 1955
Deathday: N/A
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The Golden Compass
2007-12-04
The Golden Compass
Overview: After overhearing a shocking secret, precocious orphan Lyra Belacqua trades her carefree existence roaming the halls of Jordan College for an otherworldly adventure in the far North, unaware that it's part of her destiny.
Genres: Adventure Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-12-04
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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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Hellraiser
1987-09-11
Hellraiser
Overview: Hedonist Frank Cotton finds a mysterious puzzle box that summons the Cenobites, who open the doors to a dominion where pain and pleasure are indivisible.
Genres: Horror Thriller Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-09-11
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Hellbound: Hellraiser II
1988-12-23
Hellbound: Hellraiser II
Overview: Confined to a mental hospital, young Kirsty Cotton insists her supposedly dead father is stuck in hell, controlled by sadomasochistic demons after being betrayed by his evil, occult-obsessed wife, Julia. Few believe Kirsty, except the thrill-seeking Dr. Channard, who is intrigued by the young woman's lurid stories. So when Kirsty and fellow patient Tiffany head to hell for a rescue, Channard and Julia are close behind.
Genres: Horror Thriller Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-12-23
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Small Faces
1996-04-05
Small Faces
Overview: Three teenage brothers, gang-member Bobby, troubled mama's boy Alan and self-assured prankster Lex, reside in a downtrodden section of Glasgow, Scotland, circa 1968. But while Bobby and Alan are beginning to experience the power of raging hormones, the story focuses on Lex, who begins a downward spiral after he accidentally shoots the leader of Bobby's gang. Lex's cockiness and immaturity unfortunately prevent him from understanding the effect his subsequent crimes will have on both himself, and on those around him.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-04-05
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Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont
2005-11-25
Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont
Overview: All but abandoned by her family in a London retirement hotel, an elderly woman strikes up a curious friendship with a young writer.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-11-25
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Spring 1941
2007-09-28
Spring 1941
Overview: After Germany invades Poland and the Nazis order the confinement of all local Jews in the ghetto, medical doctor Artur Planck (Joseph Fiennes) manages to flee with his family, seeking refuge at the farm of Emilia (Kelly Harrison), their former grocer. With the Planck family hiding in her attic, Emilia finds her feelings for the physician growing stronger than she wants, or can control -- despite the dangers of the situation.
Genres: Drama Romance War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-09-28
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A Fantastic Fear of Everything
2012-06-07
A Fantastic Fear of Everything
Overview: Jack is a children's author turned crime novelist whose detailed research into the lives of Victorian serial killers has turned him into a paranoid wreck, persecuted by the irrational fear of being murdered. When Jack is thrown a life-line by his long-suffering agent and a mysterious Hollywood executive takes a sudden and inexplicable interest in his script, what should be his big break rapidly turns into his big breakdown, as Jack is forced to confront his worst demons; among them his love life, his laundry and the origin of all fear.
Genres: Comedy Thriller Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-06-07
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Circle of Deceit
1993-10-16
Circle of Deceit
Overview: John is a special forces operative who retires after his family is killed in a terrorist bombing, but his former bosses have other plans. He is re-activated for duty and is given orders to infiltrate the organization responsible for his family's murder.
Genres: TV Movie Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-10-16
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Men of the Month
1994-05-25
Men of the Month
Overview: Tracey, a hyperactive, inarticulate bicycle courier who unsuccessfully woos his girlfriend, watches Star Trek videos and delivers packages for a women's erotic magazine, "Bad and Beautiful". As the female staff produce their new issue, they are watched by builders restoring their crumbling office block - each of them with an interest in the women within.
Genres: Comedy Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-05-25
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Bad Behavior
1993-05-28
Bad Behavior
Overview: The McAllister family house is the setting for Gerry and Ellie's grapples with work, children and how to get the bathroom fixed. Both have reached the stage where reason cannot be heard above the ticking clock of experience and ambition. When temptation comes, how will they react?
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-05-28
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Up Line
1987-02-04
Up Line
Overview: Three alternative comedians get involved in a pyramid-selling organization, Pathway, in order to finance their act. They gain great success by deploying their skills as entertainers, only to eventually discover the sinister purpose behind the Pathway organization.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-02-04
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The Fruit Machine
1988-11-04
The Fruit Machine
Overview: Eddie and Michael are two 16-year-old gay friends from Liverpool. Berated by his father for his camp behavior, Eddie runs away from his Liverpool home and joins Michael, a streetwise hustler, who is also on the run.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-11-04
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Leviathan: The Story of Hellraiser and Hellbound: Hellraiser II
2015-06-18
Leviathan: The Story of Hellraiser and Hellbound: Hellraiser II
Overview: Leviathan: The Story of Hellraiser and Hellbound: Hellraiser II is a feature length documentary uncovering the history and the making of Clive Barker's Hellraiser and Hellbound: Hellraiser II films.
Genres: Documentary Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-06-18
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The Absence of War
1995-05-18
The Absence of War
Overview: Political drama written by David Hare and starring John Thaw and based on Labour's disastrous 1992 election campaign. Labour leader George Jones battles with his party on the campaign trail of a general election.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-05-18
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I Give It a Year
2013-02-08
I Give It a Year
Overview: After a quick courtship, two lovers hastily decide to tie the knot. As their first year of marriage unfolds, temptation and incompatibility put their relationship in jeopardy.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-02-08
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The Curse of Steptoe
2008-03-18
The Curse of Steptoe
Overview: In the early 1960s aspiring stage actor Harry H. Corbett jumps at the chance to play junk-dealer Harold Steptoe in a television comedy show 'Steptoe and Son'. However, the show's success proves to be a poisoned chalice for him, type-casting him and thwarting his stage ambitions. Wilfrid Brambell, the actor playing his father, is marginalized in a different way. He is a gay man in an England where homosexuality is still illegal.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-03-18
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National Theatre Live: All's Well That Ends Well
2009-10-01
National Theatre Live: All's Well That Ends Well
Overview: National Theatre Live is an initiative operated by the Royal National Theatre in London, which broadcasts live via satellite, performances of their productions to movie theaters, cinemas and arts centres on the world. The second production, All's Well That Ends Well, showed at a total of around 300 screens, and today, the number of venues that show NT Live productions has grown to around 700.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-10-01
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Doctor Who: The Night of the Doctor
2013-11-14
Doctor Who: The Night of the Doctor
Overview: The Doctor struggles to help the only remaining crewmember of a crashing gunship. The people of the planet below offer to save his life, but at a dear cost to the life he's lived for hundreds of years.
Genres: Adventure Science Fiction Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-11-14
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Unity
1981-03-20
Unity
Overview: Period Drama. The true story of Unity Mitford who in the 1930's went to live in Germany and was friends with Adolf Hitler.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-03-20
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Toast
2010-12-30
Toast
Overview: Young Nigel Slater has big culinary aspirations, even though all his mother knows how to make is toast. When his mother dies, relations grow strained between Nigel and his father, especially when he remarries a woman who wins his heart with a lemon meringue pie. Nigel enters culinary school, starts working in a pub, and finds himself competing with his stepmother - both in the kitchen and for his father's attention.
Genres: Drama Comedy History Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-12-30
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Fatherland
1994-11-26
Fatherland
Overview: Fictional account of what might have happened if Hitler had won the war. It is now the 1960s and Germany's war crimes have so far been kept a secret. Hitler wants to talk peace with the US president. An American journalist and a German homicide cop stumble into a plot to destroy all evidence of the genocide.
Genres: Drama Thriller Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-11-26
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The Convent
2018-10-26
The Convent
Overview: During the 17th century, a young woman is saved from execution and led to a priory to repent her sins but discovers a greater evil lies within.
Genres: History Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-10-26
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Nineteen Nineteen
1985-11-14
Nineteen Nineteen
Overview: Two former patients of Sigmund Freud meet again and discuss their psychiatric treatment 65 years earlier.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-11-14
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B. Monkey
1999-07-15
B. Monkey
Overview: When wistful introvert Alan Furnace meets quick-witted bombshell Beatrice, he has no idea of her secret life as "B. Monkey" -- the top thief-for-hire in London's criminal underworld. Charmed by Furnace's innocent and chivalrous ways, Beatrice resolves to reform. But to cash in on her first chance at real love, she must escape her former partner in crime, the ruthless Paul Neville -- and a dark past that seems to haunt her every step.
Genres: Romance Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-07-15
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National Theatre Live: Hamlet
2010-12-09
National Theatre Live: Hamlet
Overview: A 2010 broadcast of Hamlet returns to cinemas as part of the NT's 50th anniversary celebrations. Following his celebrated performances at the National Theatre in Burnt by the Sun, The Revenger's Tragedy, Philistines and The Man of Mode, Rory Kinnear plays Hamlet in a dynamic new production of Shakespeare’s complex and profound play about the human condition, directed by Nicholas Hytner. He is joined by Clare Higgins (Gertrude), Patrick Malahide (Claudius), David Calder (Polonius), James Laurenson (Ghost/Player King) and Ruth Negga (Ophelia).
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-12-09
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The Libertine
2004-09-16
The Libertine
Overview: The story of John Wilmot, a.k.a. the Earl of Rochester, a 17th century poet who famously drank and debauched his way to an early grave, only to earn posthumous critical acclaim for his life's work.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-09-16
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Stage Beauty
2004-09-03
Stage Beauty
Overview: Humble Maria, who outfits top London theater star Ned Kynaston, takes none of the credit for the male actor's success at playing women. And because this is the 17th century, Maria, like other females, is prohibited from pursuing her dream of acting. But when powerful people support her, King Charles II lifts the ban on female stage performers. And just as Maria aided Ned, she needs his help to learn her new profession.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-09-03
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The Stronger
2007-10-04
The Stronger
Overview: Based on a dramatic monologue by August Strindberg, the short film follows a married woman as she confronts her husband's lover after bumping into her in a café on Christmas eve.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-10-04
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Ready Player One
2018-03-28
Ready Player One
Overview: When the creator of a popular video game system dies, a virtual contest is created to compete for his fortune.
Genres: Adventure Action Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-03-28
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Bigger Than the Sky
2005-02-18
Bigger Than the Sky
Overview: After being dumped by his girlfriend, a man stuck in a deadend life decides to audition for a small role in a local community theatre's production of Cyrano de Bergerac. Despite having no experience as an actor, he lands the lead role, which wreaks havoc upon his life.
Genres: Comedy Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-02-18
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The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Tales of Innocence
2002-04-28
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Tales of Innocence
Overview: In Italy, Indy's espionage work takes him behind enemy lines where he embarks on an important propaganda assignment that he hopes will bring a swift end to the war. Along the way, he engages in a comic rivalry with Ernest Hemingway over the affections of a beautiful Italian girl. After being wounded in action, Indy is transferred to North Africa where he joins the French Foreign Legion. While trying to uncover the identity of a traitor in his own ranks, Indy battles hostile Berber tribesmen and engages in an innocent flirtation with author Edith Wharton.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-04-28
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The House of Mirth
2000-09-23
The House of Mirth
Overview: In early 20th century New York City, an impoverished socialite desperately seeks a suitable husband as she gradually finds herself betrayed by her friends and exiled from high society.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-09-23
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Vincent in Brixton
2003-03-20
Vincent in Brixton
Overview: Based on Nicholas Wright's 2002 play exploring the life of the young Vincent Van Gogh during a stay in Brixton, London in 1873. In the play, which is largely fictional, he falls in love with an English widow.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-03-20
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