Frances Barber
Biography: Frances Barber (née Brookes, born 13 May 1958) is an English actress. She received Olivier Award nominations for her work in the plays Camille (1985), and Uncle Vanya (1997). Her film appearances include three collaborations with Gary Oldman in Prick Up Your Ears (1987), We Think the World of You (1988) and Dead Fish (2005); as well as Sammy and Rosie Get Laid (1987); Soft Top Hard Shoulder (1992); and latterly Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool (2017). Barber's numerous television credits include The Street (2009), Doctor Who (2011), Silk (2012–2014), and Whitstable Pearl (2021–2022).
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: May 13, 1958
Deathday: N/A
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Still Crazy
1998-10-30
Still Crazy
Overview: In the seventies Strange Fruit were it. They lived the rock lifestyle to the max, groupies, drugs, internal tension and an ex front man dead from an overdose. Even their demise was glamorous; when lightning struck the stage during an outdoor festival. 20 years on and these former rock gods they have now sunk deep into obscurity when the idea of a reunion tour is lodged in the head of Tony, former keyboard player of the Fruits. Tony sets out to find his former bandmates with the help of former manager Karen to see if they can recapture the magic and give themselves a second chance.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-10-30
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The IT Crowd Manual
2014-01-04
The IT Crowd Manual
Overview: This behind-the-scenes documentary features interviews with the creators and cast of the cult comedy "The IT Crowd", plus chats with celebrity fans.
Genres: Comedy Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-01-04
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Young Soul Rebels
1991-08-09
Young Soul Rebels
Overview: Two disc jockeys have a friend's murder to solve in the fringe-group melting pot of 1977 London.
Genres: Drama Mystery Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-08-09
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A Zed & Two Noughts
1985-10-04
A Zed & Two Noughts
Overview: Twin zoologists lose their wives in a car accident and become obsessed with decomposing animals.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-10-04
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Goal!
2005-09-29
Goal!
Overview: Like millions of kids around the world, Santiago harbors the dream of being a professional footballer... However, living in the Barrios section of Los Angeles, he thinks it is only that—a dream. Until one day an extraordinary turn of events has him trying out for Premiership club Newcastle United.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-09-29
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Goal II: Living the Dream
2007-02-09
Goal II: Living the Dream
Overview: Tempted away from Newcastle United to join Real Madrid, rising star Santiago Munez finds this latest change of fortune the greatest challenge yet - personally as well as professionally. He is reunited with Gavin Harris, though they must compete to be on the team, and estranged from fiancee Roz, whose nursing career keeps her back home.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-02-09
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Prick Up Your Ears
1987-04-17
Prick Up Your Ears
Overview: When the young, attractive Joe Orton meets the older, more introverted Kenneth Halliwell at drama school, he befriends the kindred spirit and they start an affair. As Orton becomes more comfortable with his sexuality and starts to find success with his writing, Halliwell becomes increasingly alienated and jealous, ultimately tapping into a dangerous rage.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-04-17
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The Fattest Man in Britain
2009-12-20
The Fattest Man in Britain
Overview: Georgie Godwin is the fattest man in Britain. A tourist attraction, thanks to greedy 'agent, cabbie Morris. Devoted neighbour Janice is Georgie's only other regular outside contact until he meets Amy, a pregnant teenager fleeing a violent boyfriend ,whom he takes in as a lodger. Amy tries to help Georgie change his lifestyle, but Morris is more than keen to stop her ruining his tourist attraction.
Genres: TV Movie Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-12-20
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Shiner
2000-09-22
Shiner
Overview: The past catches up with a ruthlessly ambitious boxing promoter.
Genres: Drama Action Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-09-22
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Sammy and Rosie Get Laid
1987-10-30
Sammy and Rosie Get Laid
Overview: Sammy and Rosie are an unconventional middle-class London married couple. They live in the midst of inner-city chaos, surround themselves with intellectual street people, and sleep with everybody - except each other! Things become interesting when Sammy's father, Rafi, who is a former Indian government minister, comes to London for a visit. Sammy, Rosie, and Rafi try to find meaning through their lives and loves.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-10-30
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Fish Tale
1994-01-01
Fish Tale
Overview: An Englishwoman travels to a Normandy village to investigate her husband's disappearance.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-01-01
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A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Mezzotint
2021-12-24
A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Mezzotint
Overview: 1923. In the heart of an old English college, Edward Williams receives an engraving of of an unknown country house with an imposing facade, a sweeping lawn - and, just perhaps, something else.
Genres: TV Movie Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-12-24
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King Lear
2008-08-06
King Lear
Overview: King Lear, old and tired, divides his kingdom among his daughters, giving great importance to their protestations of love for him. When Cordelia, youngest and most honest, refuses to idly flatter the old man in return for favor, he banishes her and turns for support to his remaining daughters. But Goneril and Regan have no love for him and instead plot to take all his power from him. In a parallel, Lear's loyal courtier Gloucester favors his illegitimate son Edmund after being told lies about his faithful son Edgar. Madness and tragedy befall both ill-starred fathers.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-08-06
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Dead Fish
2005-10-11
Dead Fish
Overview: Gary Oldman is Lynch, a strangely charming hit man in this explosively funny dark comedy in the tradition of Snatch and Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. With an all-star cast including Terence Stamp, Elena Anaya, Robert Carlyle and Billy Zane, Dead Fish is a chaotic tale of criminals looking for love, money and revenge that will have you falling out of your chair laughing!
Genres: Thriller Adventure Action Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-10-11
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The Escort
1999-11-17
The Escort
Overview: Fleeing from his wife in France to London, 45-year-old Pierre is barely able to support himself. He meets friendly Tom, who offers to help him make ends meet by working as a male escort.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1999-11-17
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The Grasscutter
1990-01-01
The Grasscutter
Overview: An Ulster Volunteer Force vigilante, turned police informer, is sent by the British government to New Zealand to start a new life, leaving behind his eldest son. Although his wife and two young boys are also in New Zealand, they are no longer together, and he has a new love interest. After some eight years his past catches up with him when former comrades show up, intent on extracting revenge. After two nearly successful attempts by them (in Dunedin), the action moves to a final confrontation and shootout in the hills above Queenstown.
Genres: Drama Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-01-01
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Giorgino
1994-10-05
Giorgino
Overview: October 1918: After returning to the civil life, the young Doctor Giorgino Volli searches for a group of children, which he had been the care-taker of before the first world war began. However, soon the searching becomes a part of hide-and-seek with death. Giorgino finds a village bordered with a treacherous marsh and rumours of wolves. There he also meets the mysterious Catherine....
Genres: Drama Horror Adventure
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1994-10-05
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Deep in My Heart - Germaine and Benjamin
1994-09-28
Deep in My Heart - Germaine and Benjamin
Overview: 1794, During the French Revolution : Benjamin Constant meets Germaine de Staël and falls madly in love with her. He has the spirit of a young writer, weighed down by the hardships of life. Germaine, daughter of a wellknown figure, is one of the most brilliant woman of the century. Early on, Germaine lutes against Benjamin's love and only admits ot admiring his spirit. But, little by little, a violent and indispensable passion bonds them together. The two lovers continue to love one another and to struggle against this love for a period of twenty years. Season after season they meet and bask in each other's company. These intimate moments are at times ambivalent, but never lack in obstinance and passion.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1994-09-28
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3 Steps to Heaven
1995-01-01
3 Steps to Heaven
Overview: A bereaved woman adopts multiple disguises to track down the last three people to see her boyfriend before he died.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-01-01
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Secret Friends
1991-06-21
Secret Friends
Overview: During a train ride, an anxiety attack leads middle-aged illustrator John into an identity crisis. As his marital problems merge and blur into his fantasy life with prostitutes and call girls, a long-dormant secret friend of his childhood surfaces in his delusions.
Genres: Drama Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-06-21
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May I Kill U?
2013-01-11
May I Kill U?
Overview: A PC becomes a vigilante after a head trauma.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-01-11
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Aristophanes: The Gods Are Laughing
1995-09-05
Aristophanes: The Gods Are Laughing
Overview: Specially commissioned by the British Film Institute and Channel 4, this pseudo-biography shows how Aristophanes became the father of political satire and why his theatrical innovations are still staples of the contemporary theatre.
Genres: Comedy History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-09-05
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Superstition
2001-10-13
Superstition
Overview: 19 year old babysitter aupair Julie is accused of murder when the bed of the sheltered baby inflames. Is seems as if Julie possesses rare telepathic skills, that she cannot control. Her young lawyer fights for her in court and against the public opinion in Italy, who take her for a witch.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-10-13
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Separate Bedrooms
1989-11-22
Separate Bedrooms
Overview: Martin and Gert lead a very quiet life, until the day when their path crosses that of Marie and Francis. Martin, the shy one, lets himself be seduced by Marie. Gert wasted no time in understanding and dropped into Francis' arms.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1989-11-22
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In The Cold Light Of Day
1994-06-15
In The Cold Light Of Day
Overview: It is the late 1930s and some British households still eagerly await the arrival of electricity. When a pylon is erected in the garden, Morris's mother can't wait to show off her Swedish lumbago belt and toaster. But Morris is gripped by a deeper passion that will change his life - one that will not be illuminated for 50 years.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-06-15
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Flyfishing
2003-02-02
Flyfishing
Overview: Two flatmates struggling to pay the rent are persuaded to join an escort agency. What seems at first like a perfect solution, soon takes a messy turn for the worst when they, and their clients, all start falling in love with each other!
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-02-02
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White City
1985-01-02
White City
Overview: A film based on Townshend's album "White City: A Novel". The story is based on the area where Townshend was raised. The drama is directed by Richard Lowenstein.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-01-02
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Just in Time
1998-01-01
Just in Time
Overview: Frank is a confident, charming author with a secret mistress in London; a relationship he wants to keep casual. Frank's secret is a burden he bears lightly, but he finds himself increasingly drawn into examining his unworthiness which ultimately horrifies him. Maria, an artist, is his good humoured wife putting a brave face on his neglect. Feeling increasingly emotional and isolated as she approaches middle age, she eventually breaks down admitting her loneliness at Frank's absences. The cathartic point of the film is when Michael, the co-owner of the cottage where they're staying, pays a visit with a woman other than his wife. Not knowing that he has left his wife and has moved in with this other woman, embarrassment and awkwardness increase, straining this social setting. With the illicit couple hot-footing it back to the city, Frank and Maria are left feeling threatened trying to reason the situation, at the midst of which lies Frank's secret.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-01-01
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Twelfth Night, or What You Will
1988-12-30
Twelfth Night, or What You Will
Overview: The tale begins when a brother and sister are separated in a shipwreck, but survive to be washed up on the shore of Illyria. The sister, Viola, disguises herself as a man and takes service with Duke Orsino, who has fallen in love with Lady Olivia. Entrusted with pleading on her master's behalf, Viola is utterly disconcerted to find that Olivia has fallen in love with her. Thus begins the confusion of this delightful comedy.
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-12-30
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The Red Siren
2002-08-21
The Red Siren
Overview: Nearly 13, Alice rebels, telling the Paris police that her mother is a murderer. Alice has no evidence; her mother, Eva, rich and powerful, avoids charges. Alice promptly runs away, determined to find her dad whom she claims lives in Portugal. The police believe he is dead and that Alice is in denial. Nonetheless, they dispatch Anita, an Italian police officer on loan to the French, to find Alice and bring her back. Meanwhile, Eva has launched her own paramilitary force to hunt for Alice, and Alice has found a protector in Hugo, an ex-soldier turned hit man and gang member. He promises to get her to her father. All roads lead to a small town on the Portuguese coast.
Genres: Drama Action Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2002-08-21
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Photographing Fairies
1997-09-19
Photographing Fairies
Overview: Photographer Charles Castle is numbed with grief following the death of his beautiful bride. He goes off to war, working in the trenches as a photographer. Following the war and still in grief Charles is given some photographs purporting to be of fairies. His search for the truth leads him to Burkinwell, a seemingly peaceful village seething with secrets
Genres: Mystery Fantasy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-09-19
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Rik Mayall Presents: Dirty Old Town
1995-02-05
Rik Mayall Presents: Dirty Old Town
Overview: A tramp called Raymond finds his life changes radically when he gets his hands on a sought-after film script.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-02-05
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Hamlet
2024-02-27
Hamlet
Overview: A tale of revenge that has stood the test of time, Shakespeare’s classic tragedy is reimagined for the modern day as a gripping psychological thriller! Transcending the confines of the stage, the film utilises nearly every room of the Theatre Royal Windsor to transform it into the immortal Elsinore Castle, from basement dungeon to roof-top battlement.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-02-27
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Castaway
1986-03-05
Castaway
Overview: Middle-aged Gerald Kingsland advertises in a London paper for a female companion to spend a year with him on a desert island. The young Lucy Irving takes a chance on contacting him and after a couple of meetings they decide to go ahead. Once on the island things prove a lot less idyllic than in the movies, and gradually it becomes clear that it is Lucy who has the desire and the strength to try and see the year through.
Genres: Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-03-05
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Tea
1998-01-01
Tea
Overview: A middle-aged woman and a young man drink tea and discuss masturbation.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-01-01
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Soft Top Hard Shoulder
1993-01-15
Soft Top Hard Shoulder
Overview: Eight years ago, Gavin, the artistic son of a Scots-Italian ice-cream dynasty, turned his back on Glasgow and moved south to London to make his name illustrating children's books. Now, frustrated and broke, his Uncle Sal appears with an offer. Gavin's father has sold the family business and to get his share of the proceeds, Gavin must return home for his father's birthday party. Swayed by the money, he sets off north and picks up a hitchhiker with a secret. Their journey is difficult but ultimately rewarding.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-01-15
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Home Sweet Home
1982-03-16
Home Sweet Home
Overview: Three postal workers and their dysfunctional families interact over cups of tea and Sunday dinner.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-03-16
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Do Not Disturb
1991-03-17
Do Not Disturb
Overview: When Jenny and Bruce Coldfield bring a curious party of literary enthusiasts to a remote Norfolk village to visit the hidden world of ghost story writer Eleanor Mont other forces start to stir.
Genres: Drama Horror TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-03-17
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Hancock
1991-09-01
Hancock
Overview: Screen One biopic detailing the final eight years in the life of comedian Tony Hancock, from the peak of his powers as Britain's number one comedian to his eventual mental, alcoholic decline and suicide in Australia.
Genres: Comedy Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-09-01
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Friday Night Dinner: 10 Years and a Lovely Bit of Squirrel
2021-05-28
Friday Night Dinner: 10 Years and a Lovely Bit of Squirrel
Overview: With exclusive interviews and outtakes, this anniversary special celebrates a decade of Robert Popper's iconic comedy, from celebrity fans to Paul Ritter's infamous squirrel-based catchphrase
Genres: Documentary Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-05-28
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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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Bucky
2014-09-04
Bucky
Overview: A story seen from the eyes of a five-year-old boy who, through no fault of his own, comes face to face with disaster.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-09-04
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The Leaving of Liverpool
1992-07-08
The Leaving of Liverpool
Overview: A poignant and forceful saga which traces the fortunes of two English children uprooted from their beloved Liverpool dockside to the alien environment of Australia in the years following World War Two.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-07-08
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Mr. Holmes
2015-06-19
Mr. Holmes
Overview: In 1947, long-retired and near the end of his life, Sherlock Holmes grapples with an unreliable memory and must rely on his housekeeper's son as he revisits the still-unsolved case that led to his retirement.
Genres: Drama Crime Family Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-06-19
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The Missionary
1982-11-02
The Missionary
Overview: In 1905, after 10 years of missionary work in Africa, the Rev. Charles Fortesque is recalled to England, where his bishop gives him his new assignment - to minister to London's prostitutes.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-11-02
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We'll Take Manhattan
2012-01-26
We'll Take Manhattan
Overview: We’ll Take Manhattan explores the explosive love affair between sixties supermodel Jean Shrimpton and photographer David Bailey. Focusing on a wild and unpredictable 1962 Vogue photo shoot in New York, the drama brings to life the story of two young people falling in love, misbehaving and inadvertently defining the style of the Sixties along the way.
Genres: Drama Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-01-26
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Plastic Man
1999-05-12
Plastic Man
Overview: A seemingly happily married, successful plastic surgeon embarks on a torrid affair with tragic consequences for his marriage and those close to him.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-05-12
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A Royal Scandal
1997-10-10
A Royal Scandal
Overview: The doomed marriage of the Prince Regent and Caroline of Brunswick.
Genres: TV Movie Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-10-10
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Muse of Fire
2013-09-26
Muse of Fire
Overview: Funny, passionate, exciting, and smart: ‘Muse Of Fire’ will change the way you feel about Shakespeare forever. This unique feature documentary follows two actors, Giles Terera and Dan Poole, as they travel the world to find out everything they can about tackling the greatest writer of them all. Together they have directed and produced an inspiring film that aims to demystify and illuminate Shakespeare’s work for everyone: from actors, directors and students of all disciplines, right through to the? man on the street? Denmark with Jude Law, Baz Luhrmann in Hollywood, Prison in Berlin, and on the street with Mark Rylance. Think Shakespeare is boring? Think again!
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-09-26
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We Think the World of You
1988-12-22
We Think the World of You
Overview: An aimless young man, Johnny, is sent prison. He entrusts his beloved dog, Evie, to the care of his former lover and best friend, Frank. When he gets out of prison, he has to face difficulties at home. Added to this, is the fact that he may have to give up Evie to Frank.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-12-22
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Blue Iguana
2018-08-23
Blue Iguana
Overview: He's a low level criminal with no future and just out of prison. She's a low level lawyer never noticed by others, a lost soul without a life. Their anger and hostility makes them serious criminals. Love happens in the strangest of places.
Genres: Action Comedy Thriller Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-08-23
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The Chosen
2016-09-02
The Chosen
Overview: Spain, 1937. Ramón Mercader, a young communist combatant, is recruited and trained by the Soviet intelligence service to participate in a top secret mission ordered by the ruthless dictator Joseph Stalin: the assassination of his former political rival, Leon Trotsky, who is living in exile in Mexico.
Genres: Drama History Thriller
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2016-09-02
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Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
2017-11-17
Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
Overview: Liverpool, 1978: What starts as a vibrant affair between a legendary femme-fatale, the eccentric Academy Award-winning actress Gloria Grahame, and her young lover, British actor Peter Turner, quickly grows into a deeper relationship, with Turner being the person Gloria turns to for comfort.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-11-17
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The Escape
2018-04-25
The Escape
Overview: An ordinary woman makes an extraordinary decision which will change her life forever.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-04-25
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The Bookshop
2017-11-10
The Bookshop
Overview: Set in a small English town in 1959, a woman decides, against polite but ruthless local opposition, to open a bookshop, a decision which becomes a political minefield.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-11-10
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A Flame to the Phoenix
1983-12-15
A Flame to the Phoenix
Overview: A countess and her military sons prepare for the German invasion of Poland in 1939 as World War II begins.
Genres: War TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-12-15
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McKellen: Playing the Part
2018-05-25
McKellen: Playing the Part
Overview: Built upon a 14 hour interview, McKellen: Playing the Part is a unique journey through the key landmarks of McKellen's life, from early childhood into a demanding career that placed him in the public eye for the best part of his lifetime. Using an abundance of photography from McKellen's private albums and cinematically reconstructed scenes, a raw talent shines through in the intensity, variety and devotion to that moment in the light.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-05-25
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An Ideal Husband
2018-06-05
An Ideal Husband
Overview: In An Ideal Husband, an ambitious government minister, Sir Robert Chiltern, is on an assured smooth ascent to the top. Until Mrs Cheveley appears in London with damning proof of his previous financial chicanery, that is.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-06-05
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Esther Kahn
2000-10-04
Esther Kahn
Overview: A Jewish girl in 19th century London dreams of becoming a stage actress.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-10-04
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The Queen and I
2018-12-24
The Queen and I
Overview: A new republican prime minister strips the British monarch and her family of their money and assets, and forces them to live on a rundown council estate.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-12-24
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Acceptable Levels
1983-01-01
Acceptable Levels
Overview: A BBC film crew is interviewing a ‘typical Catholic family’ in the Divis Flats area of Belfast, when news comes in that a child, known to the family, has been hit by a stray plastic bullet fired by a British soldier – a version of events contested by the army. Back in London, editing the footage, the producer and researcher on the project wrestle with how to present the incident, and with their responsibility to the people in the film.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-01-01
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His Passionate Bride
2005-03-15
His Passionate Bride
Overview: Adrian Savage will have to marry if he wants to inherit his father's estate and he plans to marry Lola. However Lola loves Russell; a man she met in a night of passion who went off to become a war photographer where he was shot and lost a leg. When the two meet at the engagement party, Lola remembers how much she cares for him; but now Russell has a mistress (Elizabeth) who jealously spies Lola's flickering of lust.
Genres: Animation Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-03-15
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Those Glory Glory Days
1983-11-17
Those Glory Glory Days
Overview: Girls growing up in 1960-61 London develop a passion for Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, the first British team in the 20th century to win the English league and FA Cup "double". Twenty years later, one of the girls tracks down players of the '60-'61 Spurs for a documentary.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-11-17
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Scarborough Ahoy!
1994-11-01
Scarborough Ahoy!
Overview: A boozy barmaid (Frances Barber) and her newly found gay friend (Con O’Neill) quit London and hightail it to northeast England on the lookout for sex and excitement in this multi-award-winning film based on Tennessee Williams’ short story Two on a Party. This sensitive and finally very moving film both celebrates and challenges the unusual relationship between the two characters.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-11-01
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Trick or Treat
2019-10-25
Trick or Treat
Overview: Greg Kielty's life is turned upside down when his estranged brother Dan turns up, claiming to have drunkenly run someone over. But has Dan just murdered a gangster's son? Or maybe there's an even more sinister explanation.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-10-25
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The Legend of the Tamworth Two
2004-04-12
The Legend of the Tamworth Two
Overview: Based on a true story, the movie tells the story of two pigs, named Butch and Sundance, who staged a dramatic escape from an abattoir in January 1998 and remained at large for a week ...
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-04-12
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A Statement of Affairs
1993-03-08
A Statement of Affairs
Overview: A group of six friends, who have known each other since childhood, find their friendship tested when one of their number is found dead, leading to the question - were they murdered or did they commit suicide?
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-03-08
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Return to Blood River
1994-04-13
Return to Blood River
Overview: Douglas Livingstone has direct experience of the tensions in South Africa. On a research visit there in the summer of 1993, he was mugged within 24 hours of arriving in Johannesburg. Over the following week. the East Rand riots claimed 600 lives.
Genres: Mystery Crime TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-04-13
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Toy Boys
1999-03-31
Toy Boys
Overview: Middle-class parents face difficult decisions if they want their sons to go to the “right” school.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-03-31
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A Bird Flew In
2022-09-30
A Bird Flew In
Overview: Charts six interlinked narratives after the cast and crew of a film are sent home from set.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-09-30
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Hard Feelings
1984-03-20
Hard Feelings
Overview: Brixton in the early 80s. Viv presides over a cheerfully immoral and variously under-employed bunch of ex-Oxford playmates in her parents' gentrified home. But when Jane's boyfriend introduces a discordant note of reality from the streets, Viv plots her retribution. And behind her double-locked doors there are some hard feelings to contend with.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-03-20
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Listening
2003-10-03
Listening
Overview: At a spa where talking is forbidden, an emotionally distraught woman finds solace in the company of a kind man and the two of them gradually fall in love.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-10-03
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Duck
1988-01-01
Duck
Overview:
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1988-01-01
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