John Hurt
Biography: Sir John Vincent Hurt (January 22, 1940 – January 25, 2017) was an English actor whose career spanned over five decades. He came to prominence for his role as Richard Rich in the film A Man for All Seasons (1966) and gained BAFTA Award nominations for his portrayals of Timothy Evans in 10 Rillington Place (1971) and Quentin Crisp in television film The Naked Civil Servant (1975) – winning his first BAFTA for the latter. He played Caligula in the BBC TV series I, Claudius (1976). Hurt's performance in the prison drama Midnight Express (1978) brought him international renown and earned Golden Globe and BAFTA Awards, along with an Academy Award nomination. His BAFTA-nominated portrayal of astronaut Kane, in the science-fiction horror film Alien (1979), notably included a scene where an alien creature burst out of his chest, named by several publications as one of the most memorable moments in cinema history. Hurt earned his third competitive BAFTA, along with his second Oscar and Golden Globe nominations, as Joseph Merrick in David Lynch's biopic The Elephant Man (1980). Other significant roles during the 1980s included Bob Champion in biopic Champions (1984), Mr. Braddock in the Stephen Frears drama The Hit (1984), Winston Smith in Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984) and Stephen Ward in the drama depicting the Profumo affair, Scandal (1989). Hurt was again BAFTA-nominated for his work in Irish drama The Field (1990) and played the primary villain, James Graham, in the epic adventure Rob Roy (1995). His later films include the Harry Potter film series (2001–11), the Hellboy films (2004 and 2008), supernatural thriller The Skeleton Key (2005), western The Proposition (2005), political thriller V for Vendetta (2005), action adventure Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008), sci-fi action Outlander (2008) and the Cold War espionage film Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011). Hurt reprised his role as Quentin Crisp in An Englishman in New York (2009), which brought his seventh BAFTA nomination. He portrayed the War Doctor in the BBC TV series Doctor Who's 50th anniversary special, "The Day of the Doctor", in 2013. Hurt was regarded as one of Britain's finest actors; director David Lynch described him as "simply the greatest actor in the world". He possessed what was described as the "most distinctive voice in Britain", likened by The Observer to "nicotine sieved through dirty, moonlit gravel". His voice acting career encompassed films such as Watership Down (1978), The Lord of the Rings (1978), The Plague Dogs (1982), The Black Cauldron (1985), Dogville (2003) and Planet Dinosaur (2011) as well as BBC TV series Merlin (2008–2012). In 2012, he was honoured with the Lifetime Achievement BAFTA Award, in recognition of his "outstanding contribution to cinema". He was knighted in 2015 for his services to drama.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: January 22, 1940
Deathday: January 25, 2017
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The Lord of the Rings
1978-11-15
The Lord of the Rings
Overview: The Fellowship of the Ring embark on a journey to destroy the One Ring and end Sauron's reign over Middle-earth.
Genres: Adventure Animation Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-11-15
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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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A Man for All Seasons
1966-12-13
A Man for All Seasons
Overview: A depiction of the conflict between King Henry VIII of England and his Lord Chancellor, Sir Thomas More, who refuses to swear the Oath of Supremacy declaring Henry Supreme Head of the Church in England.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-12-13
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Dead Man
1995-12-23
Dead Man
Overview: William Blake, an accountant turned fugitive, is on the run. During his travels, he meets a Native American man called Nobody, who guides him on a journey to the spiritual world.
Genres: Drama Fantasy Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-12-23
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Spaceballs
1987-06-24
Spaceballs
Overview: When the nefarious Dark Helmet hatches a plan to snatch Princess Vespa and steal her planet's air, space-bum-for-hire Lone Starr and his clueless sidekick fly to the rescue. Along the way, they meet Yogurt, who puts Lone Starr wise to the power of "The Schwartz." Can he master it in time to save the day?
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-06-24
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Bandyta
1997-11-07
Bandyta
Overview: Shipped off to a Romanian orphanage to finish his sentence, a British criminal finds romance but also discovers corruption inside the facility.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-11-07
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Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
2006-09-13
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Overview: Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, born in the stench of 18th century Paris, develops a superior olfactory sense, which he uses to create the world's finest perfumes. However, his work takes a dark turn as he tries to preserve scents in the search for the ultimate perfume.
Genres: Crime Fantasy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-09-13
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Hellboy
2004-04-02
Hellboy
Overview: In the final days of World War II, the Nazis attempt to use black magic to aid their dying cause. The Allies raid the camp where the ceremony is taking place, but not before they summon a baby demon who is rescued by Allied forces and dubbed "Hellboy". Sixty years later, Hellboy serves the cause of good rather than evil as an agent in the Bureau of Paranormal Research & Defense, along with Abe Sapien - a merman with psychic powers, and Liz Sherman - a woman with pyrokinesis, protecting America against dark forces.
Genres: Fantasy Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-04-02
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The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
2007-02-03
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
Overview: Boasting an amazing selection of the most watched, most influential and most highly acclaimed programmes ever made, The 50 Greatest Television Dramas presents a long overdue assessment of the rich heritage television drama has to offer. Channel 4 invited over 200 of Britain's top television drama professionals – writers, directors, producers and commissioners – to take part in an exclusive poll to discover what they consider the finest dramas ever produced.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-02-03
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History of the World: Part I
1981-06-12
History of the World: Part I
Overview: An uproarious version of history that proves nothing is sacred – not even the Roman Empire, the French Revolution and the Spanish Inquisition.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-06-12
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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
2001-11-16
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Overview: Harry Potter has lived under the stairs at his aunt and uncle's house his whole life. But on his 11th birthday, he learns he's a powerful wizard—with a place waiting for him at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. As he learns to harness his newfound powers with the help of the school's kindly headmaster, Harry uncovers the truth about his parents' deaths—and about the villain who's to blame.
Genres: Adventure Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-11-16
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Contact
1997-07-11
Contact
Overview: A radio astronomer receives the first extraterrestrial radio signal ever picked up on Earth. As the world powers scramble to decipher the message and decide upon a course of action, she must make some difficult decisions between her beliefs, the truth, and reality.
Genres: Drama Science Fiction Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-07-11
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V for Vendetta
2006-02-23
V for Vendetta
Overview: In a world in which Great Britain has become a fascist state, a masked vigilante known only as “V” conducts guerrilla warfare against the oppressive British government. When V rescues a young woman from the secret police, he finds in her an ally with whom he can continue his fight to free the people of Britain.
Genres: Action Thriller Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-02-23
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Outlander
2008-04-24
Outlander
Overview: During the reign of the Vikings, a man from another world crash-lands on Earth, bringing with him an alien predator. The man must fuse his advanced technology with the weaponry of the vikings to fight the monster.
Genres: Science Fiction Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-04-24
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Frankenstein Unbound
1990-11-02
Frankenstein Unbound
Overview: The ultimate weapon, claimed to be safe for mankind, produces global side-effects including time slides and disappearances. The scientist behind the project and his car are zapped from the year 2031 to 1817 in Switzerland where he meets Dr. Victor Frankenstein, Mary Shelley and others.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-11-02
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Captain Corelli's Mandolin
2001-04-18
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
Overview: When a fisherman leaves to fight with the Greek army during World War II, his fiancée falls in love with the local Italian commander.
Genres: Drama Romance War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-04-18
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Manderlay
2005-06-03
Manderlay
Overview: In 1933, after leaving Dogville, Grace Margaret Mulligan sees a slave being punished at a cotton farm called Manderlay. Officially, slavery is illegal and Grace stands up against the farmers. She stays with some gangsters in Manderlay and tries to influence the situation. But when harvest time comes, Grace sees the social and economic reality of Manderlay.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: da
Release Date: 2005-06-03
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The Elephant Man
1980-10-09
The Elephant Man
Overview: A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man being mistreated by his "owner" as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous façade, there is revealed a person of great intelligence and sensitivity. Based on the true story of Joseph Merrick (called John Merrick in the film), a severely deformed man in 19th century London.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-10-09
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King Ralph
1991-02-15
King Ralph
Overview: As the only relative in line to ascend the Royal throne, a down-on-his-luck American slob must learn the ways of the English.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-02-15
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Heaven's Gate
1980-11-19
Heaven's Gate
Overview: Harvard graduate James Averill is the sheriff of prosperous Jackson County, Wyo., when a battle erupts between the area's poverty-stricken immigrants and its wealthy cattle farmers. The politically connected ranch owners fight the immigrants with the help of Nathan Champion, a mercenary competing with Averill for the love of local madam Ella Watson. As the struggle escalates, Averill and Champion begin to question their decisions.
Genres: Drama Western Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-11-19
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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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The Plague Dogs
1982-10-01
The Plague Dogs
Overview: Two dogs, Rowf and Snitter, stuggle to survive in the countryside after escaping from an animal research laboratory. They are pursued by search parties and then the military after rumors spread that they could be carrying the bubonic plague.
Genres: Adventure Animation Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-10-01
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Hellboy II: The Golden Army
2008-07-11
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Overview: Hellboy, his pyrokinetic girlfriend, Liz, and aquatic empath, Abe Sapien, face their biggest battle when an underworld elven prince plans to reclaim Earth for his magical kindred. Tired of living in the shadow of humans, Prince Nuada tries to awaken an ancient force of killing machines, the all-powerful Golden Army, to clear the way for fantasy creatures to roam free. Only Hellboy can stop the dark prince and prevent humanity's annihilation.
Genres: Fantasy Adventure Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-07-11
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From the Hip
1987-02-06
From the Hip
Overview: Apprentice lawyer Robin Weathers turns a civil suit into a headline grabbing charade. He must reexamine his scruples after his shenanigans win him a promotion in his firm, and he must now defend a college professor who is appearantly guilty of murder.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-02-06
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Rob Roy
1995-04-13
Rob Roy
Overview: In the highlands of Scotland in the 1700s, Rob Roy tries to lead his small town to a better future, by borrowing money from the local nobility to buy cattle to herd to market. When the money is stolen, Rob is forced into a Robin Hood lifestyle to defend his family and honour.
Genres: Adventure History Drama Action War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-04-13
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Watership Down
1978-10-14
Watership Down
Overview: When the warren belonging to a community of rabbits is threatened, a brave group led by Fiver, Bigwig, Blackberry and Hazel leave their homeland in a search of a safe new haven.
Genres: Adventure Animation Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-10-14
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The Field
1990-09-21
The Field
Overview: "Bull" McCabe's family has farmed a field for generations, sacrificing much in the name of the land. When the widow who owns the field decides to sell it in a public auction, McCabe knows that he must own it. While no local dare bid against him, a wealthy American decides he requires the field to build a highway. "Bull" and his son decide they must try to convince the American to let go of his ambition and return home, but the consequences of their plot prove sinister.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-09-21
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Shooting Dogs
2006-03-08
Shooting Dogs
Overview: Two westerners, a priest and a teacher find themselves in the middle of the Rwandan genocide and face a moral dilemna. Do they place themselves in danger and protect the refugees, or escape the country with their lives? Based on a true story.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-03-08
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The Limits of Control
2009-05-01
The Limits of Control
Overview: A mysterious stranger works outside the law and keeps his objectives hidden, trusting no one. While his demeanor is paradoxically focused and dreamlike all at once, he embarks on a journey that not only takes him across Spain, but also through his own consciousness.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-05-01
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The Alien Saga
2002-11-13
The Alien Saga
Overview: In 1979, Alien burst onto the scene with a strong female lead in the form of Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) battling the ultimate biomechanical creature. The brilliant and terrifying result reinvented the horror and science fiction genres, creating one of the most successful and celebrated film franchises in Hollywood history. This award-winning, feature-length documentary explores the series.
Genres: Documentary Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-11-13
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Scandal
1989-03-03
Scandal
Overview: An English bon-vivant osteopath is enchanted with a young exotic dancer and invites her to live with him. He serves as friend and mentor, and through his contacts and parties she and her friend meet and date members of the Conservative Party. Eventually a scandal occurs when her affair with the Minister of War goes public, threatening their lifestyles and their freedom.
Genres: Drama History Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-03-03
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Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty
2013-11-23
Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty
Overview: Zoe Ball and Rick Edwards get the party started for the celebration of 50 years of Doctor Who, with Doctors and companions past and present, celebrity fans and special surprises.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-11-23
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The Osterman Weekend
1983-10-14
The Osterman Weekend
Overview: The host of an investigative news show is convinced by the CIA that the friends he has invited to a weekend in the country are engaged in a conspiracy that threatens national security.
Genres: Action Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-10-14
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10 Rillington Place
1971-02-10
10 Rillington Place
Overview: The story of British serial killer John Christie, who committed most or all of his crimes in the titular terraced house, and the miscarriage of justice involving Timothy Evans.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-02-10
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The Oxford Murders
2008-01-18
The Oxford Murders
Overview: At Oxford University, a professor and a grad student work together to try and stop a potential series of murders seemingly linked by mathematical symbols.
Genres: Crime Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-01-18
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Aria
1987-09-15
Aria
Overview: Ten short pieces directed by ten different directors, including Ken Russell, Jean-Luc Godard, Robert Altman, Bruce Beresford, and Nicolas Roeg. Each short uses an aria as soundtrack/sound, and is an interpretation of the particular aria.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-09-15
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
2010-11-17
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Overview: Harry, Ron and Hermione walk away from their last year at Hogwarts to find and destroy the remaining Horcruxes, putting an end to Voldemort's bid for immortality. But with Harry's beloved Dumbledore dead and Voldemort's unscrupulous Death Eaters on the loose, the world is more dangerous than ever.
Genres: Adventure Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-11-17
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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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Nineteen Eighty-Four
1984-11-09
Nineteen Eighty-Four
Overview: George Orwell's novel of a totalitarian future society in which a man whose daily work is rewriting history tries to rebel by falling in love.
Genres: Drama Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-11-09
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Hellboy Animated: Blood and Iron
2007-03-10
Hellboy Animated: Blood and Iron
Overview: When Hellboy, Liz Sherman, and Abe Sapien are assigned to investigate the ghost-infested mansion of a publicity-hound billionaire, they uncover a plot to resurrect a beautiful yet monstrous vampire from Professor Bruttenholm’s past. But before they can stop her bloodbath, Hellboy will have to battle harpies, hellhounds, a giant werewolf, and even the ferocious goddess Hecate herself.
Genres: Animation Fantasy Horror Action Thriller Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-03-10
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The Commissioner
1998-02-22
The Commissioner
Overview: John Hurt stars as a scandal-hit member of parliament, dispatched to the political backwaters of the European Commission in Brussels as penance for his failures. However, once there he stumbles upon a chemical weapons outrage that points to a sinister political-industrial conspiracy.
Genres: Drama Action Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-02-22
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Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
1994-05-13
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
Overview: A girl born with enormous thumbs in the repressive era of the 1950s learns to turn her quirks into assets.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-05-13
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The Skeleton Key
2005-07-29
The Skeleton Key
Overview: A hospice nurse working at a spooky New Orleans plantation home finds herself entangled in a mystery involving the house's dark past.
Genres: Drama Horror Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-07-29
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The Gruffalo
2009-12-25
The Gruffalo
Overview: The magical tale of a mouse who sets foot on a woodland adventure in search of a nut. Encountering predators who all wish to eat him - Fox, Owl and Snake - the brave mouse creates a terrifying, imaginary monster to frighten them away. But what will the mouse do when he meets this frightful monster for real?
Genres: Animation Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-12-25
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An Englishman in New York
2009-02-07
An Englishman in New York
Overview: Biographical drama based on the last 20 years of Crisp's life. The literary figure and gay iconoclast emigrated to New York in 1981 and lived there until his death. The film observes Crisp in both his public and private lives, from his seemingly cavalier response to the outbreak of AIDS to his tender relationship with his friend Patrick Angus and his own response to growing old.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-02-07
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The Naked Civil Servant
1975-12-17
The Naked Civil Servant
Overview: Story of the life of Quentin Crisp, an Englishman who was brave enough to live his life according to his own style even in the hostile days of WW2.
Genres: Drama Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-12-17
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44 Inch Chest
2009-10-08
44 Inch Chest
Overview: Colin is in agony, shattered by his wife’s infidelity, so his friends kidnap the wife's lover so he can have his revenge.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-10-08
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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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Recount
2008-05-25
Recount
Overview: In 2000, the election of the U.S. Presidential boiled down to a few precious votes in the state of Florida — and a recount that would add "hanging chad" to every American's vocabulary.
Genres: Drama History TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-05-25
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White Mischief
1987-11-10
White Mischief
Overview: A millionaire past his prime and his young wife arrive in Kenya circa 1940 to find that the other affluent British expatriates are living large as the homefront gears up for war. They are busy swapping partners, doing drugs, and attending lavish parties and horse races. She begins a torrid affair with one of the bon vivants, and her husband finds out and confronts them. The husband and wife decide to break up peacefully, but the bon vivant is murdered and all the evidence points to the husband.
Genres: Crime Drama Romance Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-11-10
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Owning Mahowny
2003-05-02
Owning Mahowny
Overview: Dan Mahowny was a rising star at the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. At twenty-four he was assistant manager of a major branch in the heart of Toronto's financial district. To his colleagues he was a workaholic. To his customers, he was astute, decisive and helpful. To his friends, he was a quiet, but humorous man who enjoyed watching sports on television. To his girlfriend, he was shy but engaging. None of them knew the other side of Dan Mahowny--the side that executed the largest single-handed bank fraud in Canadian history, grossing over $10 million in eighteen months to feed his gambling obsession.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-05-02
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Once Upon a Halloween
2005-09-26
Once Upon a Halloween
Overview: On the night before Halloween, the Evil Queen from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs plans to conquer Halloween, and asks her cauldron to show you several villains, to which one of them helps her in her plan, such as Peg Leg Pete from Mickey & Co., Ursula from The Little Mermaid, Captain Hook from Peter Pan, Yzma from The Emperor's New Groove, Professor Ratigan from The Great Mouse Detective, Alameda Slim from Home on the Range, and Judge Frollo from The Hunchback of Notre Dame The cauldron also explains its origins and The Horned King, both from The Black Cauldron.
Genres: Animation Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-09-26
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Brighton Rock
2010-09-13
Brighton Rock
Overview: Charts the headlong fall of Pinkie, a razor-wielding disadvantaged teenager with a religious death wish.
Genres: Drama Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-09-13
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Making History: Mel Brooks on Creating the World
2009-12-15
Making History: Mel Brooks on Creating the World
Overview: Documentary on the making of Mel Brooks' classic comedy "History of the World, Part 1."
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-12-15
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Melancholia
2011-05-26
Melancholia
Overview: Justine and Michael are celebrating their marriage at a sumptuous party in the home of her sister Claire, and brother-in-law John. Despite Claire’s best efforts, the wedding is a fiasco, with family tensions mounting and relationships fraying. Meanwhile, a planet called Melancholia is heading directly towards Earth…
Genres: Drama Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-05-26
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Immortals
2011-11-10
Immortals
Overview: Theseus is a mortal man chosen by Zeus to lead the fight against the ruthless King Hyperion, who is on a rampage across Greece to obtain a weapon that can destroy humanity.
Genres: Fantasy Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-11-10
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The Proposition
2005-10-06
The Proposition
Overview: In 1880s Australia, a lawman offers renegade Charlie Burns a difficult choice. In order to save his younger brother from the gallows, Charlie must hunt down and kill his older brother, who is wanted for rape and murder. Venturing into one of the Outback's most inhospitable regions, Charlie faces a terrible moral dilemma that can end only in violence.
Genres: Action Adventure Crime Drama Thriller Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-10-06
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Love and Death on Long Island
1998-07-03
Love and Death on Long Island
Overview: Curmudgeonly author Giles De'Ath, a widower with a marked distaste for modern popular culture, attempts to buy a ticket for a film adaptation of an E.M. Forster novel, but instead finds himself watching a tacky teen sex comedy. Yet when the beautiful Ronnie Bostock appears on the movie screen, Giles finds himself caught in a whirlwind of unanswered questions about both his own sexuality and his place in late 20th-century society.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-07-03
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King Lear
1983-04-03
King Lear
Overview: An aging King invites disaster when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters and rejects his one loving, but honest one.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-04-03
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Wild Bill
1995-12-01
Wild Bill
Overview: Biopic about famous gunslinger Wild Bill Hickock. The early career of legendary lawman is telescoped and culminates in his relocation in Deadwood and a reunion with Calamity Jane.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-12-01
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Hiroshima
2005-08-06
Hiroshima
Overview: The documentary recounts the world's first nuclear attack and examines the alarming repercussions. Covering a three-week period from the Trinity test to the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, the program chronicles America's political gamble and the planning for the momentous event. Archival film, dramatizations, and special effects feature what occurred aboard the Enola Gay (the aircraft that dropped the bomb) and inside the exploding bomb.
Genres: Documentary Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-08-06
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All the Little Animals
1999-07-09
All the Little Animals
Overview: An emotionally challenged young man named Bobby runs away from home in order to escape his abusive stepfather who has killed his pets. He meets an old man, Mr. Summers, who spends his time traveling and giving burials to animals that have been killed by cars. Bobby, also having an affinity for animals, becomes friends with the old man and aids him in his task.
Genres: Drama Adventure Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-07-09
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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
2011-09-16
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Overview: In the bleak days of the Cold War, espionage veteran George Smiley is forced from semi-retirement to uncover a Soviet mole within his former colleagues at the heart of MI6.
Genres: Drama Thriller Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-09-16
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Shaolin: Wheel of Life
2001-12-11
Shaolin: Wheel of Life
Overview: Have you ever done a handstand... on the tips of your index fingers? How about snapping iron bars over your head as if they were bread-sticks? You'll witness these amazing feats and much more in this astonishing London performance of China's legendary Shaolin monks. In perfecting their martial arts prowess, these devoted Buddhists have honed their physical and mental disciplines to such an uncommon degree that their movements seem almost supernaturally powerful. From the athletic contortions of a young acolyte to an older monk being hoisted aloft on the points of sharpened spears, these men and boys have conquered and crossed boundaries of control that would strike most outsiders as impossible if it weren't for their living proof. In demonstrating these and other kung fu skills, the Shaolin also enact their history as an enduring order, providing a theatrical narrative that's literally breathtaking.
Genres: Action Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-12-11
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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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Miranda
2002-01-18
Miranda
Overview: A librarian begins a passionate affair with a mysterious woman who walks into his library. When she suddenly disappears he travels down to London to search for her only to discover that she has three identities - dancer, dominatrix and con-woman. But which one is the real Miranda?
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-01-18
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Lecture 21
2008-10-17
Lecture 21
Overview: A student takes a bizarre trip through the Italian Alps after being inspired by a professor's lecture on Beethoven's "Ode to Joy" from his Ninth Symphony.
Genres: Fantasy History Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-10-17
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The Hunting of the Snark
1987-04-01
The Hunting of the Snark
Overview: This is a musical by Mike Batt based on Lewis Carroll's nonsense poem. Mike Batt conducts the London Symphony Orchestra.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-04-01
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The Beast Within: Making Alien
2003-12-02
The Beast Within: Making Alien
Overview: A behind-the-scenes look at the making of “Alien,” the terrifying classic about a spaceship crew trapped with a hideous monster that's hunting them one by one.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-12-02
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Ultramarines: A Warhammer 40,000 Movie
2010-12-10
Ultramarines: A Warhammer 40,000 Movie
Overview: A squad of Ultramarines answer a distress call from an Imperial Shrine World. A full Company of Imperial Fists was stationed there, but there is no answer from them. The squad investigates to find out what has happened there.
Genres: Animation Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-12-10
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The Ghoul
1975-07-11
The Ghoul
Overview: A former clergyman (Peter Cushing) in 1920s England tries to keep his cannibalistic son locked in the attic.
Genres: Horror Mystery
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1975-07-11
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Lou
2010-06-17
Lou
Overview: Living in rural New South Wales, working-class single mother Rhia is struggling to evade debt collectors and raise three young daughters. The eldest, and hardened beyond her years, Lou blames Rhia for the departure of her father, who walked out 10 months ago and hasn't been seen since. Mother-daughter relations hit bottom when Rhia takes in Doyle, her father in-law, who is in the beginning stages of Alzheimer's. Doyle turns Lou's initial hostility around with exciting tales of his South Seas adventures. But coursing deepest in his mind are fractured memories of Annie, his late wife. Before long, Doyle "sees" Annie in Lou and imagines he is courting her all over again.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-06-17
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Krapp's Last Tape
2000-09-08
Krapp's Last Tape
Overview: In Krapp's Last Tape, which was written in English in 1958, an old man reviews his life and assesses his predicament. We learn about him not from the 69-year-old man on stage, but from his 39-year-old self on the tape he chooses to listen to. On the 'awful occasion' of his birthday, Krapp was then and is now in the habit of reviewing the past year and 'separating the grain from the husks'. He isolates memories of value, fertility and nourishment to set against creeping death 'when all my dust has settled'.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-09-08
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The Gruffalo's Child
2011-12-25
The Gruffalo's Child
Overview: A follow up to the 2009 animated feature and adapted from the childrens' book by Julia Donaldson and Alex Scheffler. The Gruffalo's child explores the deep dark wood in search of the big bad mouse and meets the Snake, Owl and Fox in the process. She eventually finds the mouse, who manages to outwit her like the Gruffalo before!
Genres: Adventure Animation Family Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-12-25
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Partners
1982-04-30
Partners
Overview: Benson is a police detective. After a series of murders in the Gay community he is ordered to go undercover with a gay police clerk named Kerwin as his partner. In order to be noticed they have to be flamboyant enough to attract attention which Benson finds rather disturbing. Can an uptight heterosexual and a mousey homosexual form a meaningful relationship?
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-04-30
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The Hidden Wars of Desert Storm
2001-04-07
The Hidden Wars of Desert Storm
Overview: "Hidden Wars of Desert Storm" looks at the origins of the Gulf War crisis and challenges the official Western "party-line" view of a spontaneous crusade for "Freedom & Democracy". Instead, the documentary exposes the White House and US State Department's hidden agenda in the Gulf as well as the Pentagon's use of radioactive ammunitions made of uranium 238.
Genres: Documentary War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-04-07
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Little Malcolm and His Struggle Against the Eunuchs
1974-06-11
Little Malcolm and His Struggle Against the Eunuchs
Overview: An art student is thrown out of college. Depressed, he comes up with the Party of Dynamic Erection, a near fascist "party" that promotes male sexual dominance and which attracts a couple of other unsavoury confused characters.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-06-11
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Hellboy: The Seeds of Creation
2004-07-27
Hellboy: The Seeds of Creation
Overview: A comprehensive look at the history of the Hellboy character from his comic book roots through to his movie debut.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-07-27
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Sailcloth
2011-01-01
Sailcloth
Overview: An elderly widower sets in motion series of events to veil his disappearance from a nursing home. After gathering necessities he heads to the local pier where a beloved companion awaits him, ready for their last great journey.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-01-01
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Jayne Mansfield's Car
2013-07-25
Jayne Mansfield's Car
Overview: Alabama; 1969: The death of a clan's estranged wife and mother brings together two very different families. The scars of the past hide differences that will either tear them apart or expose truths that could lead to unexpected collisions.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-07-25
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Night Crossing
1982-02-05
Night Crossing
Overview: Two men want to escape from East Germany (under Communist rule) but they will only go if they can take their families with them. Based on a true story.
Genres: Adventure Drama Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-02-05
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The Confession
2011-05-02
The Confession
Overview: A unique story of redemption and an exploration of good and evil featuring a hit man and a priest.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-05-02
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Windprints
1990-06-29
Windprints
Overview: A South African journalist is sent to Namibia to investigate a serial killer.
Genres: Action Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-06-29
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Second Best
1994-09-30
Second Best
Overview: The difficult relationship between a british postal officer and his adoptive son.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-09-30
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Monolith
1993-09-16
Monolith
Overview: Two cops investigating the murder of a young boy become involved in a very secret project involving alien life. Needless to say, the authorities don't want them to stick their noses into this
Genres: Action Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-09-16
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Vincent
1987-10-08
Vincent
Overview: A biography of Vincent van Gogh using only images and the letters he wrote to his brother Theo.
Genres: History Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-10-08
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Crime and Punishment
2002-06-01
Crime and Punishment
Overview: A modern day adaptation of Dostoyevsky's classic novel about a young student who is forever haunted by the murder he has committed.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-06-01
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Great Moments in Aviation
1994-05-01
Great Moments in Aviation
Overview: The film follows Gabriel Angel (Rakie Ayola), a young Caribbean aviator who falls in love with the forger Duncan Stewart (Jonathan Pryce) on her journey to England. Stewart is pursued by his nemesis Rex Goodyear (John Hurt), and the group are supported by Dr Angela Bead (Vanessa Redgrave) and Miss Gwendolyn Quim (Dorothy Tutin), retired missionaries who become lovers during the voyage.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-05-01
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Snowpiercer
2013-08-01
Snowpiercer
Overview: In a future where a failed global-warming experiment kills off most life on the planet, a class system evolves aboard the Snowpiercer, a train that travels around the globe via a perpetual-motion engine.
Genres: Action Science Fiction Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2013-08-01
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Only Lovers Left Alive
2013-12-12
Only Lovers Left Alive
Overview: A depressed musician reunites with his lover in the desolate streets of Detroit. Though their romance has endured several centuries, it is tested by the arrival of her capricious and unpredictable younger sister.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-12-12
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Tabloid
2001-01-01
Tabloid
Overview: A slimy television host, who makes a living by embarrassing celebrities, is tricked into revealing some dark secrets of his own.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-01-01
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Sinful Davey
1969-02-10
Sinful Davey
Overview: A young man, convinced of his paternity, aims to emulate his notorious father by committing daring crimes. However, his childhood friend is equally determined to track him down and save him from his rogue ways.
Genres: Crime Adventure Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1969-02-10
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The Climb
1998-03-11
The Climb
Overview: Baltimore, 1959. Danny's dad is the only man in the neighborhood who didn't fight in World War II. Danny, who's 12, gets teased and folks make nasty cracks about cowards. An old radio tower on a nearby hill is about to be torn down, and Danny decides to climb it to prove his courage. Help comes from an aging neighbor, Old Man Langer, a former construction foreman who's dying of cancer and wants Danny to help him commit suicide. Langer rigs pulleys and weights to help the lad make the climb. Meanwhile, an aggressive and angry neighbor (an army vet) regularly gets drunk and shoots off his rifle, and Danny's dad must confront him. It all comes to a head one stormy night.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-03-11
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Short Order
2005-01-01
Short Order
Overview: SHORT ORDER tells a story so vibrantly sumptuous each still could be served as its own meal. Amidst the quaint Parisian street night, Fifi Koko runs a petty short order diner. Although her name is famous in chef circles she has placed her uncanny culinary skills on the back burner as she falls prey to an existential quagmire that fears her talent shall not overcome the expectations her reputation has sown. The late hours play out as Fifi must face her talent and unrequited love for a friend, while a collective stream of colorful creatures of the night make through Fifi's consciousness to feed her with temptation, insight, and humor on the path of her life-defining decision.
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-01-01
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East of Elephant Rock
1977-10-22
East of Elephant Rock
Overview: In 1948, a new British governor takes over a Far Eastern colony after his predecessor is murdered by terrorists.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-10-22
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Champions
1984-04-20
Champions
Overview: The true story of jockey Bob Champion who overcame cancer to win the 1981 Grand National
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-04-20
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Benjamin Britten: Peace and Conflict
2013-05-24
Benjamin Britten: Peace and Conflict
Overview: A feature film about Benjamin Britten, released as part of the 100 year celebrations of his birth. Britten is the most performed British composer worldwide. This film premiered at Gresham's School, which he attended, and focuses on how his life-long pacifism influenced his life and music. Written and directed by Tony Britten (In Love With Alama Cogan), narrated by John Hurt and with a superb cast of young people, including many supporting roles taken by students of Gresham's School, the film weaves dramatisation with a documentary narrative.
Genres: Documentary Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-05-24
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The Disappearance
1977-11-30
The Disappearance
Overview: The wife of a contract killer disappears. When he is hired by an international organisation to carry out a hit, he suspects they are connected with her disappearance.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-11-30
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Hercules
2014-07-23
Hercules
Overview: When a new enemy threatens the innocent, Hercules must lead his fearless team of warriors in a battle against overwhelming odds.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-07-23
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Resident Alien
1990-09-14
Resident Alien
Overview: At age 73, writer and melancholy master of the bon mot, Quentin Crisp (1908-1999), became an Englishman in New York. Nossiter's camera follows Crisp about the streets of Manhattan, where Crisp seems very much at home, wearing eye shadow, appearing on a makeshift stage, making and repeating wry observations, talking to John Hurt (who played Crisp in the autobiographical TV movie, "The Naked Civil Servant"), and dining with friends. Others who know Crisp comment on him, on his life as an openly gay man with an effeminate manner, and on his place in the history of gays' social struggle. The portrait that emerges is of one wit and of suffering.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-09-14
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Before Winter Comes
1969-01-17
Before Winter Comes
Overview: Drama/Comedy set in a refugee camp in occupied Austria after World War II. A shrewd multi-lingual interpreter who mediates between Russian and British military brass enters into a friendly rivalry with British Major Giles Burnside, who is in charge of assigning the displaced persons into either the American or Russian zones.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-01-17
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The Pied Piper
1972-12-27
The Pied Piper
Overview: Greed, corruption, ignorance, and disease. Midsummer, 1349: the Black Death reaches northern Germany. Minstrels go to Hamelin for the Mayor's daughter's wedding to the Baron's son. He wants her dowry to pay his army while his father taxes the people to build a cathedral he thinks will save his soul. A local apothecary who's a Jew seeks a treatment for the plague; the priests charge him with witchcraft. One of the minstrels, who has soothed the Mayor's daughter with his music, promises to rid the town of rats for the fee. The Mayor agrees, then renigs. In the morning, the plague, the Jew's trial, and the Piper's revenge come at once.
Genres: Fantasy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-12-27
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New Blood
1999-11-15
New Blood
Overview: Alan White is a desperate man; his daughter must have a heart transplant to live. He gets an unexpected visit from his adult son, Danny, a criminal who hasn't spoken to his family in years. Danny lost track of a man marked for death and is afraid to face his merciless crime boss. In Danny's plight, Alan sees a way to save both of his children, already prepared to die in order to donate his heart to his daughter, he will stand in for Danny's escaped hostage.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-11-15
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Success Is the Best Revenge
1984-05-26
Success Is the Best Revenge
Overview: Poland is under Communist rule. An exiled Polish theater director is in England, enthusiastically preparing an abstract play which will criticize the authoritarian Polish government. His sons might not share his political views, though.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-05-26
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Planet Dinosaur: Ultimate Killers
2012-08-19
Planet Dinosaur: Ultimate Killers
Overview: Adapted from the multi-award winning BBC1 series, Planet Dinosaur 3D recreates the lost world of the dinosaurs in a groundbreaking stereoscopic production. This is one of the most ambitious animated programmes ever attempted for broadcast TV, recreating every detail of these extraordinary animals in an entirely digital production that stretches the boundaries of broadcast 3D with a scale and ambition normally reserved for Hollywood feature films. Planet Dinosaur 3D is a thrilling and immersive journey into a lost world. Pulling together cutting edge research from around the world this programme uses the latest, stunning fossil evidence to chart the rise and fall of the 'Ultimate Killers'; from the iconic Spinosaurus, the largest predator ever to walk the Earth, to Microraptor and the feathered, flying dinosaurs from China. At last, thanks to the advances in technology, and for the first time ever, these monsters can be experienced in all their full, magnificent wonder.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-08-19
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Dark at Noon
1992-10-01
Dark at Noon
Overview: In this mystical comedy, Felicien has traveled to Portugal from France soon after the end of the First World War. It seems that his recently deceased father had invested a lot of money in a factory located in a remote village, and he has come to evaluate that investment. He gets some clues to the real situation in the town when the man driving his coach refuses to go any further and leaves him on a section of road which is practically paved with abandoned crutches. After a short trek, he meets up with the local dignitary who is to show him around, and he meets a priest and an artist. The priest gives a further clue to the events taking place in the village when he indicates that he's completely exasperated with the endless miracles that seem to be taking place. From that point onward, amazing coincidences, visions and miracles take place in great numbers.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1992-10-01
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Boxes
2007-06-06
Boxes
Overview: Anna, 50 years old, moves into her new house. Rooms are full of boxes which contain a lot of things and plenty of memories. Anna has lived many lives and her past comes out of these boxes. Her parents surely, but also her children and their fathers, the living and the dead. In this breakneck period of her life, time is running faster and faster and Anna takes a run-up to face the past and try to go towards the future. And, maybe, to manage to still believe in love?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2007-06-06
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Mr. Forbush and the Penguins
1971-07-29
Mr. Forbush and the Penguins
Overview: Life for Richard Forbush, brilliant biology student and conceited philanderer, is one long round of eat, drink and be merry. But his decision to accept a six-month research post in the Antarctic, making the first detailed study of a penguin colony, changes all that... Living in Shackleton’s derelict hut, Forbush is alone at the frozen edge of the world, his only links to civilisation a two-way radio and letters to his elusive, would-be girlfriend, Tara, in London. Through an often ferocious winter in the company of the penguins, he grows increasingly attached to his hardy, endearing subjects – learning profound lessons in endurance and humility.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-07-29
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On Jupiter
1995-08-03
On Jupiter
Overview: This 54 minute program - narrated by actor John Hurt - chronicles the story of Jupiter starting with Galileo Galilei's Jupiter observations in the 1600's through the impacts of Comet Shoemaker-Levy on July 16-22, 1994. Computer animations and information are provided to give the viewer a solid background on the significance of Galileo's encounter with Jupiter. Also featured are interviews with comet discoverers Gene and Carolyn Shoemaker and David Levy, Caltech planetary scientist Andrew Ingersoll, Galileo Project Manager Bill O'Neil and other members of the Galileo mission team.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-08-03
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Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
2021-03-26
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
Overview: Hopkins’ career has spanned several decades, which is why we will also use many interviews that he gave throughout his life, allowing us to put him back into the context of each period and will be helpful in understanding his role in the history of cinema, because he was far from following the trends. He never belonged to any film movement; he is a chameleon that has always preferred natural acting, ‘non-acting’ when method acting was the fashion.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-03-26
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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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Little Sweetheart
1989-10-19
Little Sweetheart
Overview: A criminal couple, hiding out on a remote property, become the unwitting victims of a blackmail plot by the most unlikely of conspirators.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-10-19
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This Is My Street
1964-01-15
This Is My Street
Overview: A bored housewife has an affair with her mother's lodger.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-01-15
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Six Characters in Search of An Author
1992-12-12
Six Characters in Search of An Author
Overview: Adaptation of Pirandello's play.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-12-12
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One Last Score
1999-09-29
One Last Score
Overview: Johnnie Cooper served time for an armed robbery that also his father and brother participated in. When he's released from jail he's determined to live a normal life and gets work at a gas station. But soon his brother pays a visit.
Genres: Thriller Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-09-29
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In Search of Gregory
1969-11-01
In Search of Gregory
Overview: Young Catherine Morelli, who lives in Rome, goes to Geneva to find romance at her father's wedding. There she begins a near nymphomaniac pursuit of a mystery man called Gregory.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-11-01
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Three Dangerous Ladies
1977-06-05
Three Dangerous Ladies
Overview: Three unrelated horror shorts from 1975 UK horror anthology series "Classics Dark and Dangerous" edited together into one horror film anthology with three segments. Each story features a woman who willingly or unwillingly spreads evil.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-06-05
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The Wild and the Willing
1962-10-16
The Wild and the Willing
Overview: Harry Brown is a somewhat rough and wild university student, who has the ability to win friends, especially the underdogs like Phil who doesn't play 'rugger' and can't sink a whole pint of beer, and African student Reggie. He also has a way with the girls....
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-10-16
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Waking Sleeping Beauty
2009-09-05
Waking Sleeping Beauty
Overview: By the mid-1980s, the fabled animation studios of Walt Disney had fallen on hard times. The artists were polarized between newcomers hungry to innovate and old timers not yet ready to relinquish control. These conditions produced a series of box-office flops and pessimistic forecasts: maybe the best days of animation were over. Maybe the public didn't care. Only a miracle or a magic spell could produce a happy ending. Waking Sleeping Beauty is no fairy tale. It's the true story of how Disney regained its magic with a staggering output of hits - "Little Mermaid," "Beauty and the Beast ," "Aladdin," "The Lion King," and more - over a 10-year period.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-09-05
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The Plot Against Harold Wilson
2006-03-16
The Plot Against Harold Wilson
Overview: This compelling drama/documentary details the events leading up to, and surrounding the resignation of Harold Wilson as Prime Minister in 1976.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-03-16
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Lost Souls
2000-10-13
Lost Souls
Overview: A young woman becomes aware of a conspiracy to enable the Devil to walk the Earth in human form. To defeat the prophesy, she must convince a respected New York crime journalist, who is devoid of faith, that he is in fact the target of the conspiracy.
Genres: Horror Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-10-13
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Red Fox
1991-12-08
Red Fox
Overview: “Red Fox” tells a gripping contemporary tale of kidnapping, terrorism and political intrigue. Based on the book by Gerald Seymour, with a screenplay by James McManus, it tells the story of when Geoffrey Harrison (Brian Cox), a top executive with British Defence Industries, is kidnapped in Paris and, when held to ransom, his company and the British Embassy are unwilling to meet his captors demands. Wanting to avoid publicity and secure a lucrative French defence contract, matters are made worse when the British and French Governments refuse to negotiate with the kidnappers. Archie Carpenter (John Hurt), Head of Internal Security at BDI, is assigned to investigate the kidnapping, and finds an unexpected ally in an Paul de Vigny (Didier Flamand), an agent with the French MI5. As Harrison’s fate hangs in the balance, Carpenter risks his life in the fight to save him but the nightmare has only just begun…
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-12-08
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Shadowing the Third Man
2004-10-11
Shadowing the Third Man
Overview: Documentary about the production of The Third Man (1949).
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-10-11
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Deadline
1988-01-01
Deadline
Overview: In a small (fictional) emirate of the Persian Gulf a world-weary journalist is caught up in a coup where the Emir's son, under the influence of a political renegade, attempts to depose his father - the ruling monarch. Flashbacks of the journalist's life show us how his relationships with the Emir and a beautiful young woman develop and flourish.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-01-01
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After Darkness
1985-02-01
After Darkness
Overview: To salve his guilty conscience an elder brother removes his disturbed younger sibling from a mental institution after a suicide attempt and tries to bring him back to mental competency through one on one contact. Free of the institution he continues to be haunted by dreams of a lost twin and chants the eerie phrase "Do I stand before the king?" It is the elder brother that seems doomed to lose himself in his brother's insanity.
Genres: Drama Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-02-01
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The Day of the Doctor: Cinema Intro
2013-11-23
The Day of the Doctor: Cinema Intro
Overview: A two-scene introduction that was shown exclusively in advance of the 50th anniversary theatrical screenings of The Day of the Doctor.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-11-23
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The Sailor from Gibraltar
1967-01-01
The Sailor from Gibraltar
Overview: Alan, after quarreling with his girlfriend Sheila, becomes intrigued by Anna, a mysterious widow who's searching for a sailor she had known many years before. Alan and Anna begin the search on board a yacht bound for Greece, but they don't find the sailor. After a stop in Africa, Louis de Mozambique joins the party and suggests that the sailor may never have existed other than in Anna's mind.
Genres: Drama Romance Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-01-01
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New York, I Love You
2008-09-06
New York, I Love You
Overview: New York, I Love You delves into the intimate lives of New Yorkers as they grapple with, delight in and search for love. Journey from the Diamond District in the heart of Manhattan, through Chinatown and the Upper East Side, towards the Village, into Tribeca, and Brooklyn as lovers of all ages try to find romance in the Big Apple.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-09-06
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Whistle and I'll Come to You
2010-12-24
Whistle and I'll Come to You
Overview: After placing his ailing wife Alice in a care home, elderly academic James Parkin goes to stay at a wintry out-of-season hotel which they used to visit together. But at night he seemingly becomes the victim of a ghostly revenge - but who is the avenger?
Genres: Horror TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-12-24
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Dmitri Shostakovich: A Man of Many Faces
2015-01-01
Dmitri Shostakovich: A Man of Many Faces
Overview: In commemoration of the 40th anniversary of Dmitri Shostakovich's death in 2015, filmmaker Reiner Moritz produced his documentary Dmitri Shostakovich, A Man of Many Faces. With British actor John Hurt as narrator, Moritz examines Shostakovich's life, focusing in on two events in particular: the 1936 banning of his highly successful opera Lady Mabeth of the Mtsensk District, and the composer's labelling as a "formalist and cosmopolitan" in 1948. Despite such setbacks, Shostakovich went on to pursue a resilient and fulfilling career that testifies to the power of art in the face of a dictatorial terror regime. In telling his story, Mortiz weaves together rare footage of the composer himself talking and performing his Concerto for Piano, Trumpet, and Strings with captivating performances of his 15 symphonies and 6 concertos by Valery Gergiev and the Mariinsky Orchestra and filmed excerpts of Lady Macbeth and his quartets.
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-01-01
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Night Train
1998-01-01
Night Train
Overview: A man released from jail, where he had served time for doctoring the books of a gangster, has to go into hiding from the gangster's men. He moves into a Dublin boarding house run by a woman and her timid daughter. The timid woman immediately takes a shine to the new boarder and to his train sets, which they each use as an escape from reality.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-01-01
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Meeting Che Guevara & the Man from Maybury Hill
2003-05-08
Meeting Che Guevara & the Man from Maybury Hill
Overview: Short film combining the true life event of Che Guevara's stopover at Shannon Airport with Science Fiction elements involving the Invisible Man.
Genres: Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-05-08
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Jake Speed
1986-05-30
Jake Speed
Overview: Jake Speed (Wayne Crawford) is the lead character in some of the biggest page-turners of the 1940s. A chiseled, heroic action figure, Speed saves lives on paper, but when a young girl is kidnapped and her sister (Karen Kopins) begs the real-life Speed for help, he must find a way to be as gallant as the book hero whose creation he's inspired. Accompanied by the victim's sibling, Speed flies to Africa to see if he's up to the task.
Genres: Action Comedy Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-05-30
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Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor
2013-11-23
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor
Overview: In 2013, something terrible is awakening in London's National Gallery; in 1562, a murderous plot is afoot in Elizabethan England; and somewhere in space an ancient battle reaches its devastating conclusion. All of reality is at stake as the Doctor's own dangerous past comes back to haunt him.
Genres: Science Fiction Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-11-23
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Spectre
1977-05-21
Spectre
Overview: An occult criminologist investigates a businessman who dabbles in the black arts while trying to survive against a powerful demon and an evil cult.
Genres: TV Movie Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-05-21
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The Alchemist's Letter
2015-04-21
The Alchemist's Letter
Overview: Pixel Veil presents “The Alchemist’s Letter,” a richly inventive and visually stunning dark fairly tale. When Veridian, an estranged young man, receives his late alchemist father Nicolas’ inheritance (voice of Academy Award® nominated John Hurt), he is exposed to the ill-fated reality that his father built a tumultuous gold making machine powered by his own memories. The film takes us on an enchanted journey through the vessels of the machine where we explore the contents of the alchemist’s most precious memories, all in an attempt to give his son one last life lesson and save his relationship with his daughter (voice of Eloise Webb) from following down the same fateful path.
Genres: Family Mystery Animation Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-04-21
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On Borrowed Time
2011-11-04
On Borrowed Time
Overview: Auteur filmmaker Paul Cox contemplates his own mortality and his life's work as he wits for a life saving liver transplant.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-11-04
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Iceberg
1987-01-01
Iceberg
Overview: With its simple and iconic imagery this was public information film at its most sensational: expensive special effects and high-concept production design brought public information filmmaking into the realm of state-of-the-art corporate advertising. The film was the result of a £5 million cinema and television campaign aimed at combating the growing spread of HIV and AIDS. With restrictions around the overt promotion of condom use on television and a growing chorus of moral campaigners promulgating their own agenda, the straightforward and doom-laded approach was probably the only viable option for campaign mastermind Sammy Harari. But the result was a hard-hitting and memorable campaign which undoubtedly fulfilled its brief of pervading public consciousness. There are two versions; the one shown in cinemas did not feature John Hurt's famous voiceover.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-01-01
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Monolith
1987-01-01
Monolith
Overview: John Hurt narrates this highly charged and doom-laden public information film from the 1987 AIDS awareness campaign. A cliff-face explodes in slow motion; an industrial drill bores into a huge block of rock; the word 'AIDS' is chiselled into the polished surface of a granite headstone and a "Don't Die of Ignorance" leaflet drops onto the surface along with an elegiac bouquet of white lilies. The solemnity of the accompanying voice-over quells any vestiges of ambiguity.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-01-01
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A.K.A Nadia
2015-07-01
A.K.A Nadia
Overview: Maya is a happily married mother of two. She is a successful choreographer and everything seems to be perfect...but this life is a lie. Unbeknownst to her family and everyone around her, she has a hidden past.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: he
Release Date: 2015-07-01
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Damascus Cover
2017-10-23
Damascus Cover
Overview: A spy navigates the precarious terrain of love and survival during an undercover mission in Syria.
Genres: Thriller Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-10-23
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Thomas & Friends: Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure: The Movie
2015-07-17
Thomas & Friends: Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure: The Movie
Overview: Shiver me timbers. Surprises await Thomas and his friends as they dig up their most daring adventure yet. Unearthing an old pirate ship, Thomas is on the hunt for Sodor's lost treasure. When Thomas rocks the boat with some new friends, trouble soon rushes in. Will Thomas track down the treasure in time, or will Sailor John set sail with it? Join Thomas and Friends in this explosive movie adventure.
Genres: Animation Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-07-17
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Wimbledon The Official Film 2014
2014-08-31
Wimbledon The Official Film 2014
Overview: Wimbledon 2014 is the definitive account of the 128th Championships. Coming into the tournament, the top four seeds in the Gentlemen's Singles were Serbia's Novak Djokovic, Spain's Rafael Nadal, fresh from winning a ninth French Open title, the defending champion Andy Murray and seven-time Wimbledon champion Roger Federer. In the Ladies Singles, world No.1 Serena Williams was the undisputed favourite, but world No.2 Li Na and French Open champion Maria Sharapova could not be counted out. For the third year running, however, Nadal's campaign was ended in a shock upset at the hands of teenage wildcard Nick Kyrgios.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-08-31
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Remembrance
2009-09-06
Remembrance
Overview: Former singer Isabelle visits a hotel on the Upper East Side. She is not satisfied with the room she has been given and is taken to another room one floor up by the clerk Jacob. He is the son of the owner Bellhop.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-09-06
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Who Bombed Birmingham?
1990-04-22
Who Bombed Birmingham?
Overview: Docudrama film exploring the efforts of World in Action researchers Ian MacBride and Chris Mullin in proving that the "Birmingham Six" only admitted to the bombing under extreme duress, and that the five IRA members were in fact responsible for the deadly attacks
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-04-22
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Saigon Baby
1995-12-16
Saigon Baby
Overview: Desperation for a child prompts a British executive's (Douglas Hodge) wife (Kerry Fox) to submit to an illegal adoption scheme in Vietnam
Genres: Thriller Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-12-16
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The Tigger Movie
2000-02-11
The Tigger Movie
Overview: Winnie the Pooh, Piglet, Owl, Kanga, Roo, and Rabbit are preparing a suitable winter home for Eeyore, the perennially dejected donkey, but Tigger's continual bouncing interrupts their efforts. Rabbit suggests that Tigger go find others of his kind to bounce with, but Tigger thinks "the most wonderful thing about tiggers is" he's "the only one!" Just in case though, the joyously jouncy feline sets out to see if he can find relatives.
Genres: Animation Family Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-02-11
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Alien
1979-05-25
Alien
Overview: During its return to the earth, commercial spaceship Nostromo intercepts a distress signal from a distant planet. When a three-member team of the crew discovers a chamber containing thousands of eggs on the planet, a creature inside one of the eggs attacks an explorer. The entire crew is unaware of the impending nightmare set to descend upon them when the alien parasite planted inside its unfortunate host is birthed.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-05-25
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A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures
2010-08-04
A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures
Overview: A sea turtle who was hatched in 1959 spends the next 50 years traveling the world while it is being changed by global warming. Born on a Baja, California beach in 1959, new hatchling Sammy must do what his fellow newborn sea turtles are doing: race across the beach to the ocean before they are captured by a seagull or crab. Thus begins Sammy's incredible fifty-year ocean journey. Along the way he meets his best friend, a fellow turtle named Ray, and overcomes obstacles both natural and man-made while trying to fulfill his dream of travelling around the world. Throughout his voyage, Sammy never forgets about Shelly - the turtle he saved on his first day and loves passionately from afar.
Genres: Animation Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-08-04
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Behind Jim Jarmusch
2010-09-01
Behind Jim Jarmusch
Overview: "Behind Jim Jarmusch" is an intimate an intriguing portrait of director Jim Jarmusch, at work on the set of his movie "The Limits of Control" (starring Isaach de Bankolé, Bill Murray, Tilda Swinton, John Hurt...)
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-09-01
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Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film
2014-08-25
Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film
Overview: The life story of the film director, movie star and industry figure who furthered the cause of cinema: Lord Richard Attenborough.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-08-25
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An Evening with Quentin Crisp
1980-01-01
An Evening with Quentin Crisp
Overview: In this witty monologue, Quentin Crisp advises and opines about personal style (with a few digressions).
Genres: Documentary Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-01-01
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Dogville
2003-05-21
Dogville
Overview: When a beautiful young Grace arrives in the isolated township of Dogville, the small community agrees to hide her from a gang of ruthless gangsters, and, in return, Grace agrees to do odd jobs for the townspeople.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-05-21
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Love at First Sight
2010-11-16
Love at First Sight
Overview: A day in the life of 70-year-old Arthur, who falls in love with Ruth, a new resident at his retirement home.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-11-16
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Frightmares
1987-01-01
Frightmares
Overview: John Hurt, the Master of Suspense, brings you three spine-chilling stories from his Theatre of Terror!
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-01-01
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Sunset People
1984-03-03
Sunset People
Overview: Sunset Boulevard stretches 27 miles from Los Angeles’ Chinatown all the way to the ocean – a ride made famous by Philip Marlowe in the Chandler books. Film star mansions give way to tatty motels; exclusive offices stand alongside nightclubs with aspiring comics, and amateur nude contests. Then the famous ‘strip’ and Hollywood’s legendary coffee shop, Schwabs, where (they say) a girl in a tight sweater turned into Lana Turner. Meet some of Sunset’s most colourful and improbable residents – the failed showbiz impresario who made his millions selling cookies, and the high-rise developer who let John Wayne take his cow up in the lift… the lucky ones have achieved a peculiarly Hollywood brand of success, but every day on Sunset you meet the other ones: still looking for a break, for a job, for a deal. All of them still trying to play their part in the Hollywood dream.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-03-03
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23 Degrees, 5 Minutes
2011-07-09
23 Degrees, 5 Minutes
Overview: An old explorer close to freezing in the Arctic re-lives the events that brought him there in the first place. He recalls his student days at Trinity College in Dublin when he studied under the enigmatic Professor Orit, the professor who was driven to madness by his obsessive pursuit of the unified theory. Convinced that the answer somehow lay in the relationship between the numbers two, three and five, Professor Orit's obsession started the journey which has led his former student to the top of the world.
Genres: Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-07-09
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Rocinante
1986-11-01
Rocinante
Overview: England, mid-1980s: Bill embarks on a dream-like odyssey around rural England, breaking into country houses, taking photos of anything that interests him, until he meets a mysterious woman in a van, who seems to be on the run from the authorities.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-11-01
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Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: David Lynch
1990-10-19
Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: David Lynch
Overview: A 1990 documentary presented by Jonathan Ross, in which he interviewed filmmaker David Lynch.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-10-19
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Jackie
2016-12-02
Jackie
Overview: An account of the days of First Lady, Jacqueline Kennedy, in the immediate aftermath of John F. Kennedy's assassination in 1963.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-12-02
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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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Journey to Knock
1991-09-17
Journey to Knock
Overview: Journey to Knock humourously follows three disabled men on their pilgrimage from the North of England to Knock shrine in Co. Mayo.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-09-17
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The Journey
2017-03-30
The Journey
Overview: Firebrand Democratic Unionist Party leader Ian Paisley and Sinn Fein politician Martin McGuinness, two implacable enemies in Northern Ireland, are forced to take a short journey together in which they will take the biggest leap of faith and change the course of history.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-03-30
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ChickLit
2016-09-02
ChickLit
Overview: ChickLit is a comedy drama about four guys trying to save their local pub from closing down. They group write a chick lit, or more specifically a 'mummy porn' novel in the style of 'Fifty Shades of Grey' and it gets snapped up. The only snag is that the publisher insists that the young woman 'author' does press and publicity. The guys have to keep their involvement a secret and so engage an out of work actress to 'role play' the part of the author. This leads to her becoming the star in the film of the book, the tables are turned on the guys and she is in control - leaving them with the awful prospect of having to secretly churn out sex novels for the foreseeable future.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-09-02
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The Black Cauldron
1985-07-24
The Black Cauldron
Overview: Taran is an assistant pigkeeper with boyish dreams of becoming a great warrior. However, he has to put the daydreaming aside when his charge, an oracular pig named Hen Wen, is kidnapped by an evil lord known as the Horned King. The villain hopes Hen will show him the way to The Black Cauldron, which has the power to create a giant army of unstoppable soldiers.
Genres: Animation Adventure Family Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-07-24
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I Dreamt I Woke Up
1991-11-16
I Dreamt I Woke Up
Overview: Film about the influences in director John Boorman's life and work, including family and neighbors and the landscape of the Wicklow mountains surrounding his home in Ireland.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-11-16
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The Pity of War: The Loves and Lives of the War Poets
2016-11-13
The Pity of War: The Loves and Lives of the War Poets
Overview: The story of the WWI poets Siegfried Sassoon, Wilfred Owen and Robert Graves, using their diaries and letters to tell the inside story of the war in their own words.
Genres: History Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-11-13
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The Final Reel
2016-09-09
The Final Reel
Overview: An affectionate and entertaining look at our nation's obsession with cinema from the early days of silent cinema, through the golden age of the picture palace, to the modern multiplexes and beyond. A celebration of Norfolk-area cinemas past and present that introduces some colourful characters who kept audiences coming back for more, this film also asks: Is this the final reel in the story of cinema or just another chapter in its continuing development?
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-09-09
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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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Tender Loving Care
1996-05-16
Tender Loving Care
Overview: A worried husband hires a beautiful psychotherapist to nurse his delusional wife and help her deal with the death of their child in a car accident. However, the nurse starts playing mind games. Or is he just being paranoid?
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-05-16
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Paul McCartney: From Rio to Liverpool
1990-12-17
Paul McCartney: From Rio to Liverpool
Overview: This MPL documentary is about Paul McCartney's World Tour '90. It focuses on all the organization which was set up for this tour and also features some live performances by Paul and his band. Some interviews are given by Paul, Hamish, Wix and other members of the crew. The documentary begins with the recalling of the concert at the Maracana Stadium in Brazil on April 21st, 1990. Two days before, a torrential rain has begun to fall, and nobody can yet ensure that the show of tonight will really happen. The rain is so strong that the crew has tremendous difficulties to put up the stage. A previous date (April 19) has already been cancelled because of the rain. But that night, at the very moment when Paul and his band come on stage, the rain stops by a miracle. The show is finally attended by 184.000 people, thus establishing a new world record for the largest concert given in the history of rock'n'roll.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-12-17
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The Strange Case of Yukio Mishima
1985-12-03
The Strange Case of Yukio Mishima
Overview: A BBC television documentary on the life of Yukio Mishima that highlights the many known major aspects of his life and personality.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-12-03
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That Good Night
2017-06-20
That Good Night
Overview: A moving and memorable family drama about a terminally ill writer who wants to be reconciled with his long-abandoned son.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-06-20
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Two Nudes Bathing
1995-03-24
Two Nudes Bathing
Overview: Originally produced for the Showtime anthology series Picture Windows and screened at the Cannes Film Festival, this whimsical British short speculates upon the origins of the anonymous painting, Two Nudes Bathing, which hangs in the Louvre. The painting depicts two beautiful, naked young women engaged in a tender act. The result is the notorious painting in which the nude girls are depicted with one of them daintily holding the nipple of the other. Naturally, the finished work causes quite a stir in Comte's prudish household. Though rumors persist of a feature-length version of this film, they are unfounded: it was originally shot and produced as a 35-minute short, and that was the version that ran and was reviewed at Cannes.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-03-24
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Lapse of Memory
1991-06-02
Lapse of Memory
Overview: After a terrible accident, a psychatrist has to help Bruce to regain his memory. In flashbacks we learn that his family had to flee from New York after his father uncovered a large case of corruption. Bruce didn't know this for most of his life, until he found a passport with a different name in it. After the first shock he tries to continue living like a normal teenager. Unknowingly his cute little girlfriend "Patrick" brings them in danger..
Genres: Romance Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-06-02
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My Name Is Lenny
2017-06-09
My Name Is Lenny
Overview: The life story of one of Britain's most notorious bare-knuckle fighters, Lenny McLean, also known as "The Guv'nor".
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-06-09
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Sightseers
2012-11-30
Sightseers
Overview: Chris wants to show girlfriend Tina his world, but events soon conspire against the couple and their dream caravan holiday takes a very wrong turn.
Genres: Comedy Crime Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-11-30
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The Snipist
2012-05-24
The Snipist
Overview: The struggle of a lone sniper in a dystopian future Britain plagued with rabies and ruled over by a sinistrous Ministry of Information.
Genres: Drama Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-05-24
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Live Aid
1985-07-13
Live Aid
Overview: Live Aid was held on 13 July 1985, simultaneously in Wembley Stadium in London, England, and the John F. Kennedy Stadium in Philadelphia, United States. It was one of the largest scale satellite link-ups and television broadcasts of all time: watched live by an estimated global audience of 1.9 billion, across 150 nations. "It's twelve noon in London, seven AM in Philadelphia, and around the world it's time for Live Aid...!"
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-07-13
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The Journey – Stories from the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa
2011-07-05
The Journey – Stories from the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-07-05
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Romeo.Juliet
1990-01-01
Romeo.Juliet
Overview: The tale centers on an eccentric bag lady who rescues the stray cats of Venice and puts them on a boat to set sail for the new world. It has not been re-released for the home video market. This lack of availability, which has been described as making it "more rare than the dinosaur" has made it a sought-after item in some circles.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-01-01
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David Macaulay: Pyramid
1989-01-04
David Macaulay: Pyramid
Overview: How did ancient Egyptians build the Great Pyramid at Giza, joining two million blocks of heavy stone with amazing precision? Who were the leaders who built these enormous structures, and what did these tombs signify? Host David Macaulay explores the history, mythology, and religions of Egypt's people, combining live footage and animation. Take a rare look at the mummy of Ramses II and buried treasure in the sacred Valley of the Kings.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-01-04
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In Love with Alma Cogan
2011-10-04
In Love with Alma Cogan
Overview: The film revolves around, Norman, a world-weary manager of a pier theatre in a seaside resort. Norman has worked in the theatre for all of his life, but will not accept that the local council, which own the theatre are planning to install more commercial management in an attempt to boost audience numbers. As the story unfolds he realises it may be time to move on and put behind him the ghost of 50s & 60s singer Alma Cogan, who performed at the theatre many years ago. Sandra, his devoted long-suffering assistant and Norman decide to leave the theatre to fulfill her dream of being a professional singer and unexpectedly enjoying a late blossoming romance. From Wikipedia.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-10-04
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Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips
2013-09-28
Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips
Overview: A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips takes a look at the life of Leslie Phillips; the legendary actor, writer and veritable British institution. Leslie's frank and open conversations combine with personal interviews from some of the greats who have worked with him.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-09-28
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The Bengali Night
1988-10-26
The Bengali Night
Overview: Allan is an engineer working in 1930s Calcutta. He is invited to stay with the family of his boss, Narendra Sen which includes his wife, Indira and daughter Gayatri. Gayatri and Allan become romantically involved leading to tragedy.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1988-10-26
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The Terrible Elephant Man Revealed
2001-12-11
The Terrible Elephant Man Revealed
Overview: This collage of interviews with the producers, John Hurt, and the makeup man comes off as both interesting and informative. Hurt's recollections about the role and the crazy makeup he worked in, are fascinating, as are the stories about the makeup artist using the real remains of John Merrick archived in the London hospital. A shorter bit has the artist explaining the exact construction of his amibitious makup, and he also narrates a slide show that includes color photos of the finished work. There are some mind-boggling stills of the real Merrick's grotesquely contorted skull, where excess bone seems to have grown like tallow dripping from a horrible candle, or a foaming tumor of excess calcification.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-12-11
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Midnight Express
1978-08-31
Midnight Express
Overview: Billy Hayes is caught attempting to smuggle drugs out of Turkey. The Turkish courts decide to make an example of him, sentencing him to more than 30 years in prison. Hayes has two opportunities for release: the appeals made by his lawyer, his family, and the American government, or the "Midnight Express".
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-08-31
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Break
2015-05-01
Break
Overview: Following an initial misunderstanding between an older couple and a young family, fate takes a hand in bringing both parties closer together. One small act of kindness is then reciprocated by a very big one.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-05-01
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Thumbelina
1994-03-30
Thumbelina
Overview: Born of a flower and growing to only a couple of inches tall, poor Thumbelina is worried she'll never meet someone her own size, until she happens to catch the eye of Prince Cornelius of the Fairies. Just as soon as she finds love, however, it's torn away from her when she is kidnapped by Ms. Toad. Now Thumbelina has to escape Ms. Toad's grasp and search for Prince Cornelius. Luckily, there's a whole city of animals willing to help her.
Genres: Animation Fantasy Romance Music Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-03-30
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More Than Honey
2012-08-11
More Than Honey
Overview: With dazzling nature photography, Academy Award®–nominated director Markus Imhoof (The Boat Is Full) takes a global examination of endangered honeybees — spanning California, Switzerland, China and Australia — more ambitious than any previous work on the topic.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2012-08-11
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Whaledreamers
2006-06-15
Whaledreamers
Overview: "Whaledreamers" - the title alone evokes hypnotic visions of these most magnificent and ancient creatures. This visually stunning film offers an incredible glimpse into a rarely seen and scarcely understood tribal culture whose entire story of creation revolves around whales and has endured for centuries. The film passionately explores the connection between the subtle elegance of these “mothers of the sea” and ancient civilizations around the world whose culture and very existence is based on whales. Intertwining incredible underwater footage with ancient legend, whaledreamers examines the complex past and the possibly dire future of human civilization. Told with moving optimism and spiritual strength, it is a clarion call encouraging humanity’s reconnection to the profound beauty of the natural world and is an appeal to embrace all living beings thereby creating the unity and peace which the Earth itself can bring.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-06-15
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The World of Jim Henson
1994-11-23
The World of Jim Henson
Overview: In this episode of PBS' Great Performances, the history and legacy of puppeteer Jim Henson is explored, from his six-second commercial beginnings to a five-season run on ABC of The Muppet Show to several theatrically released films, including five Muppet movies, The Dark Crystal, and Labyrinth.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-11-23
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The Playboy of the Western World
1974-01-01
The Playboy of the Western World
Overview: A man comes into a pub and boasts that he has just killed his father. Instead of condemning him for the crime, the locals revel in his story and praise him for his deed, with the daughter of the landlord falling for this "dashing hero". Things take an even more surprising turn, when the father enters the pub. Based on John Millington Synge's play The Playboy of the Western World.
Genres: TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-01-01
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Paul McCartney - Take It Away
1982-06-21
Paul McCartney - Take It Away
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Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-06-21
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Bait
2002-02-20
Bait
Overview: When Jack Blake picks up a woman and her daughter stranded when their car breaks down, he is struck by the daughter's resemblance to his own murdered child. Jack sees an opportunity to unwittingly involve both women in a scheme which he hopes will unmask his daughter's killer. Written
Genres: Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-02-20
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I, Claudius: A Television Epic
2002-09-30
I, Claudius: A Television Epic
Overview: The cast and crew of I, Claudius (1976) discuss the making of the series.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-09-30
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Ballybrando
2009-12-12
Ballybrando
Overview: An documentary recounting the story with interviews of cast, crew and production team and including producer Barry Navidi, who had worked for six years to get Divine Rapture made.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-12-12
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Stream Line
1976-05-06
Stream Line
Overview: Rome, October 16, 1943. The Germans deport the relatives and friends of the little Giacomo Treves who fortunately escapes capture. The child is entrusted by a priest, Don Luigi.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1976-05-06
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Interview with John Hurt
2007-01-22
Interview with John Hurt
Overview: The actor of John Merrick answers questions about the work on "The Elephant Man"
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-01-22
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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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Thames Film
1986-08-10
Thames Film
Overview: This movie is an experimental documentary following the flow of the Thames out of London to the sea. It has a narration from John Hurt that takes the form of reading old manuscripts, books and news articles, and also a posthumous narration from poet TS Eliot reading from his own work, The Dry Salvages from the Four Quartets. Engravings, paintings, and archival film are juxtaposed against the contemporary footage, including Pieter Breughel the Elder's "The Triumph of Death" (c.1562) from the Prado Museum.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-08-10
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Alpha to Omega: Exposing 'The Osterman Weekend'
2004-01-22
Alpha to Omega: Exposing 'The Osterman Weekend'
Overview: Testimony of the cast, the producers and other participants of the shootings of "The Osterman Weekend".
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-01-22
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The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
2013-11-23
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
Overview: With the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who about to film, the "classic" Doctors Peter Davison, Colin Baker and Sylvester McCoy are keen to be involved. But do they manage it?
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-11-23
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Ayamé
2018-08-25
Ayamé
Overview: Facing total extinction, a military operation turns to the stars in order to relocate the entire human race. During the exodus, one man is sent to rescue his former comrade after she mysteriously disappears while executing a covert operation off world.
Genres: Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-08-25
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Swan Lake 3D - Live from the Mariinsky Theatre
2013-06-06
Swan Lake 3D - Live from the Mariinsky Theatre
Overview: A spectacular special event edition of Swan Lake in 3-D starring Ekaterina Kondaurova and Natalia Vodianova, model, actress, and storyteller, was recorded and broadcast live from the historic Mariinsky Theatre St. Petersburg, Russia, the city where the world's most loved ballet was created. This was a 3-D live screening celebrating two hundred seventy-five years since Russian ballet started in the exquisite splendor of the Winter Palace.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-06-06
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The Peddler
1976-03-23
The Peddler
Overview: One pill, and you're floating on air. A different one, and you're full of lead. Married, mortgaged, broke, a love-affair gone sour - which drug can help Alec?
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-03-23
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The Storyteller
1988-07-31
The Storyteller
Overview: A storyteller shares European folk tales with viewers and with his loyal dog.
Genres: Fantasy Family Horror Drama Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-07-31
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The StoryTeller
The StoryTeller
Overview: Jim Henson brings to life The StoryTeller and The StoryTeller: Greek Myths in this collection of European tales.
Genres: Drama Fantasy Family Adventure Horror
Original Language: en
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Rabbit Ears - Aladdin and the Magic Lamp
1994-08-17
Rabbit Ears - Aladdin and the Magic Lamp
Overview: This enchanted tale is based on "One Thousand and One Nights" where a young rogue receives wishes from a genie and wins The Sultan's daughter.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-08-17
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Back to Utopia
2016-11-06
Back to Utopia
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-11-06
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Doctor Who at the Proms
2024-12-24
Doctor Who at the Proms
Overview: Doctor Who fan favourite Catherine Tate presents a concert of music, monsters and mayhem featuring soundtracks from the iconic series, a specially shot feature for the Fifteenth Doctor and a host of scary aliens as they thrill a packed audience at London's Royal Albert Hall. In a concert like no other in time and space, the much-loved music, performed by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, is accompanied by specially edited sequences from the series.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-12-24
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V代表复仇
2006-03-17
V代表复仇
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2006-03-17
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