Samuel West
Biography: Samuel West was born on June 19, 1966 in Hammersmith, London, England as Samuel Alexander Joseph West. He is known for his work on Howards End (1992), Van Helsing (2004) and Notting Hill (1999).
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: June 19, 1966
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Wikileaks: Secrets and Lies
2012-12-09
Wikileaks: Secrets and Lies
Overview: Produced by Oxford Film and Television, Wikileaks: Secrets and Lies is Bafta winner Patrick Forbes' seventy-six-minute documentary of the Wikileaks affair as told by the people involved: personal, moving and frequently hot tempered, it documents history in the making and establishes a new frontier for technology and journalism. A definitive factual account of the Wikileaks affair, the film features the first major television interview with Wikileaks founder Julian Assange.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-12-09
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Ring of the Nibelungs
2004-11-19
Ring of the Nibelungs
Overview: In this swords-and-sorcery tale, good-hearted blacksmith Eyvind hides away infant Prince Siegfried after two malevolent kings murder his father. But a fiery meteor sent by the gods reveals Siegfried's destiny, sending him on the quest of a lifetime. To save a crumbling kingdom claim the heart of his true love, he'll have to slay the nefarious dragon, Fafnir.
Genres: Action Adventure Fantasy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-11-19
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War of the Century - When Hitler Fought Stalin
1999-01-01
War of the Century - When Hitler Fought Stalin
Overview: In June 1941, Hitler broke the golden rule of warfare never to fight on opposite fronts and marched into the Soviet Union. What would drive him to make the most catastrophic mistake of World War II? This acclaimed four-part series investigates what led to the largest military operation in history - and the bloodiest. Assisted by leading historians and granted unique access to Eastern film archives and to both Soviet and German participants, War of the Century is the definitive series on a war that shaped the borders and attitudes of Europe for the second half of the 20th Century.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-01-01
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First Man on the Moon
2012-01-01
First Man on the Moon
Overview: Neil Armstrong's family and friends, many of whom have never spoken publicly before, tell the story of the first man to set foot on the moon. Drawing heavily on unbroadcast archive footage and the unique perspectives of the contributors, this is an exclusive account of Neil Armstrong's extraordinary life story. From his childhood during America's Great Depression to the heady days of the space programme, his historic first step on the Moon and his famously private later life. Seen through the eyes of those who were with him, the film explores the man behind the myth, a man who was very much a product of his time. The film goes beyond his days as an astronaut and shows that his life after the flight of Apollo 11 was, in many ways equally challenging, as Armstrong came to terms with life outside NASA and the relentless demands of fame until his death in August 2012.
Genres: History Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-01-01
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Van Helsing
2004-05-03
Van Helsing
Overview: Famed monster slayer Gabriel Van Helsing is dispatched to Transylvania to assist the last of the Valerious bloodline in defeating Count Dracula. Anna Valerious reveals that Dracula has formed an unholy alliance with Dr. Frankenstein's monster and is hell-bent on exacting a centuries-old curse on her family.
Genres: Horror Adventure Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-05-03
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The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian & The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
1989-11-19
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian & The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Overview: Young Prince Caspian of Narnia wonders and dreams about the old days of Narnia when animals talked, and there were mythical creatures and four rulers in Cair Paravel. But his uncle and aunt don’t like to hear him thinking of such things, and plan to murder him and take his throne. Caspian’s tutor, Dr. Cornelius manages to save him, and not only teach him about the old ways, but bring him into the real Narnia and introduce him to the real Narnia. But Caspian’s plight is desperate, and he must use the legendary horn to call help from another world: Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy. Then, Lucy and Edmund are sent back to Narnia, along with their cousin Eustace, to assist Caspian on a voyage. Along their journey the children battle dragons and sea serpents, and sail across a golden lake to reach the edge of the world.
Genres: Fantasy Adventure Family TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-11-19
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Howards End
1992-03-13
Howards End
Overview: A saga of class relations and changing times in an Edwardian England on the brink of modernity, the film centers on liberal Margaret Schlegel, who, along with her sister Helen, becomes involved with two couples: wealthy, conservative industrialist Henry Wilcox and his wife Ruth, and the downwardly mobile working-class Leonard Bast and his mistress Jackie.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-03-13
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BBC Horizon: Is Everything We Know About The Universe Wrong?
2010-03-09
BBC Horizon: Is Everything We Know About The Universe Wrong?
Overview: There’s something very odd going on in space – something that shouldn’t be possible. It is as though vast swathes of the universe are being hoovered up by a vast and unseen celestial vacuum cleaner. Sasha Kaslinsky, the scientist who discovered the phenomenon, is understandably nervous: ‘It left us quite unsettled and jittery’ he says, ‘because this is not something we planned to find’. The accidental discovery of what is ominously being called ‘dark flow’ not only has implications for the destinies of large numbers of galaxies – it also means that large numbers of scientists might have to find a new way of understanding the universe. Dark flow is the latest in a long line of phenomena that have threatened to re-write the textbooks. Does it herald a new era of understanding, or does it simply mean that everything we know about the universe is wrong? .
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-03-09
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Heath vs Wilson: The 10-Year Duel
2011-05-25
Heath vs Wilson: The 10-Year Duel
Overview: Harold Wilson and Edward Heath are two very different men equally overlooked by history, but they were the political titans of the era in which Britain changed for ever. For ten years they faced each other in the House of Commons, and swapped in and out of Number Ten. They fought four general elections, three of which were amongst the most exciting of the century.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-05-25
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Random Quest
2006-11-26
Random Quest
Overview: Following a scientific experiment, a man wakes up in a parallel universe and begins living a life similar to, but different from, his own.
Genres: Science Fiction Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-11-26
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Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters
1999-04-02
Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters
Overview: Lieutenant Hornblower and his shipmates are sent to accompany a doomed royalist invasion of revolutionary France.
Genres: War Adventure TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-04-02
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Time & Tide - A Trilogy
Time & Tide - A Trilogy
Overview: Across the years, a mother watches her gladiator son fight, while she remembers his childhood: the last lighthouse keeper prepares for his final trip ashore: and an actor returns to the stage to play his part in a Greek myth.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
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Voices in the Garden
1993-02-23
Voices in the Garden
Overview: Sir Archie and Cuckoo Peveril have lived in elegant splendour on Cap Ferrat since the end of the war. But the heady days of extravagant socialising have gradually dwindled, and for Cuckoo the villa has become a prison. Then an attractive young couple arrive, resurrecting the tensions and sexual rivalry between Archie and Cuckoo, and forcing all four to learn about themselves.
Genres: Romance Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-02-23
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I Hate Christmas Too
1997-12-25
I Hate Christmas Too
Overview: An unhappy man has an encounter with the ghost of a World War I soldier, who tells him about the 1914 Christmas truce and gives him a new perspective on the season.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-12-25
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Dark Relic
2010-03-27
Dark Relic
Overview: 1099 A.D.: A battle-weary knight leads his men home from the Holy Land after years of fighting. But the supposedly holy relic he’s carrying bears a terrible curse…
Genres: Science Fiction Fantasy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-03-27
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Albert Schweitzer
2009-12-24
Albert Schweitzer
Overview: 1949 the early years of the Cold War. Albert Schweitzer has become one of the most admired men in the world. The "jungle doctor" Albert Schweitzer tells the story of a philosopher and physician who promoted peace during the Cold War, built a hospital in what is now Gabon and proved stronger than the CIA.
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2009-12-24
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Persuasion
1995-05-01
Persuasion
Overview: Anne Elliot, the daughter of a financially troubled aristocratic family, is persuaded to break her engagement to Frederick Wentworth, a young sea captain of meager means. Years later, money troubles force Anne's father to rent out the family estate to Admiral Croft, and Anne is again thrown into company with Frederick -- who is now rich, successful, and perhaps still in love with Anne.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-05-01
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Namibia: Genocide and the Second Reich
2005-08-15
Namibia: Genocide and the Second Reich
Overview: Documentary on the Herero and Namaqua genocide of 1904–1908.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-08-15
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Carrington
1995-05-25
Carrington
Overview: Painter Dora Carrington develops an intimate but extremely complex bond with writer Lytton Strachey. Though Lytton is a homosexual, he is enchanted by the mysterious Dora and they begin a lifelong friendship that has strangely romantic undertones. Eventually, Lytton and Dora decide to live together, despite the fact that the latter has fallen in love with military man Ralph Partridge, whom she plans to marry.
Genres: History Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-05-25
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The Book of Water
The Book of Water
Overview: The Book of Water is a chamber music theatre project based upon the novella Man in the Holocene by Swiss author Max Frisch. The work centres around the character of Geiser, a 73-year-old widower, who is dealing with memory loss.
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Original Language: en
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Reunion
1989-05-17
Reunion
Overview: Attorney Henry Strauss grew up in Germany, but left the country with his Jewish family during the rise of the Third Reich. Still wondering about what happened to his boyhood friend Konradin Von Lohenburg, Strauss travels back to Germany for the first time since he was a young man, bringing up some painful memories.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-05-17
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Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley
2008-06-12
Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley
Overview: A light hearted look at future Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's rise from research chemist in 1949 to becoming MP for Finchley in 1959, encompassing her early relationship and marriage to oil millionaire Denis Thatcher.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-06-12
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Runt
1999-09-04
Runt
Overview: Shane and his mates want revenge on a local hermit who frightens them one night. Shane distracts the man while the gang carries out its plan. But who is this man ? And why does he live in the middle of nowhere ? Shane is about to learn something he won't forget.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-09-04
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Stiff Upper Lips
1998-06-12
Stiff Upper Lips
Overview: Stiff Upper Lips is a broad parody of British period films, especially the lavish Merchant-Ivory productions of the 'eighties and early 'nineties. Although it specifically targets A Room with a View, Chariots of Fire, Maurice, A Passage to India, and many other films, in a more general way Stiff Upper Lips satirises popular perceptions of certain Edwardian traits: propriety, sexual repression, xenophobia, and class snobbery.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-06-12
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Archipel
1993-03-17
Archipel
Overview: A teenager at a predominantly male boarding school learns lessons in love when he is invited to stay at a remote estate for the holiday season.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-03-17
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Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time
1993-11-27
Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time
Overview: All of the Doctor's incarnations are in crisis when The Rani creates a time-loop in the East-end of London in this 30th Anniversary Special.
Genres: Science Fiction Adventure TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-11-27
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The Ripper
1997-12-06
The Ripper
Overview: It is 1888, and London is in the grip of one of the most gruesome and mysterious crime sprees in history. Under extreme pressure from the Royal family, the head of Scotland Yard assigns its top man to the grisly case.
Genres: TV Movie Thriller Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-12-06
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Bread and Roses
2000-09-14
Bread and Roses
Overview: Maya is a quick-witted young woman who comes over the Mexican border without papers and makes her way to the LA home of her older sister Rosa. Rosa gets Maya a job as a janitor: a non-union janitorial service has the contract, the foul-mouthed supervisor can fire workers on a whim, and the service-workers' union has assigned organizer Sam Shapiro to bring its "justice for janitors" campaign to the building. Sam finds Maya a willing listener, she's also attracted to him. Rosa resists, she has an ailing husband to consider. The workers try for public support; management intimidates workers to divide and conquer. Rosa and Maya as well as workers and management may be set to collide.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-09-14
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Suffragette
2015-10-16
Suffragette
Overview: Based on true events about the foot soldiers of the early feminist movement, women who were forced underground to pursue a dangerous game of cat and mouse with an increasingly brutal State.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-10-16
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Jane Eyre
1996-01-20
Jane Eyre
Overview: After a bleak childhood, Jane Eyre goes out into the world to become a governess. As she lives happily in her new position at Thornfield Hall, she meet the dark, cold, and abrupt master of the house, Mr. Rochester. Jane and her employer grow close in friendship and she soon finds herself falling in love with him. Happiness seems to have found Jane at last, but could Mr. Rochester's terrible secret be about to destroy it forever?
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-01-20
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Merchant Ivory
2024-08-30
Merchant Ivory
Overview: The first definitive feature documentary to lend new and compelling perspectives on the partnership, both professional and personal, of director James Ivory, producer Ismail Merchant, and their primary associates, writer Ruth Prawer Jhabvala and composer Richard Robbins. Footage from more than fifty interviews, clips, and archival material gives voice to the family of actors and technicians who helped define Merchant Ivory’s Academy Award-winning work of consummate quality and intelligence. With six Oscar winners among the notable artists participating, these close and often long-term collaborators intimately detail the transformational cinematic creativity and personal and professional drama of the wandering company that left an indelible impact on film culture.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-08-30
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Tubular Bells 50th Anniversary Tour Live Concert
2022-09-22
Tubular Bells 50th Anniversary Tour Live Concert
Overview: Tubular Bells, one of the iconic musical works of the 20th century, and the highest selling instrumental album of all time, is approaching its 50th anniversary. To mark this, an epic new stage production has been commissioned that re-invents the album with an incredible cinematic score, live musicians and performers.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-09-22
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The Maitlands
1993-11-13
The Maitlands
Overview: There is a strained atmosphere in the Maitland household which has fallen on hard times.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-11-13
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101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure
2003-03-02
101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure
Overview: Being one of 101 takes its toll on Patch, who doesn't feel unique. When he's accidentally left behind on moving day, he meets his idol, Thunderbolt, who enlists him on a publicity campaign.
Genres: Family Animation Adventure Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-03-02
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The Eichmann Show
2015-01-20
The Eichmann Show
Overview: The behind-the-scenes true life story of a groundbreaking producer, Milton Fruchtman, and blacklisted TV director Leo Hurwitz who, overcoming enormous obstacles, set out to capture the testimony of one of the war's most notorious Nazis, Adolf Eichmann, who is accused of executing the 'final solution' and organising the murder of 6 million Jews. This is the extraordinary story of how the trial came to be televised and the team that made it happen.
Genres: Drama History TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-01-20
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Frankie and Johnnie
1986-02-02
Frankie and Johnnie
Overview: When two teenagers commit suicide the police and the press assume the motive to be some kind of love pact. But Allan Blakeston, a local reporter, has too many unanswered questions. As he digs deeper into the case, he learns why the kids really died and his knowledge puts his own life at risk.
Genres: Drama Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-02-02
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The Maharajas' Motor Car: The Story of Rolls-Royce in India
2009-03-08
The Maharajas' Motor Car: The Story of Rolls-Royce in India
Overview: Documentary which tells the story of Rolls-Royce in India by following the fortunes of India's princes from the zenith of British imperial power to the decline after independence.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-03-08
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Nero's Golden House
2001-02-02
Nero's Golden House
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Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2001-02-02
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The Dance of Shiva
1998-12-18
The Dance of Shiva
Overview: In the trenches of the Western Front in 1915, a British army chaplain is forced to question his faith as he witnesses hundreds of Hindu soldiers risking their lives daily for the Empire.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-12-18
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Complicity
2000-05-06
Complicity
Overview: Local journalist, Cameron Colley writes articles that are idealistic, from the viewpoint of the underdog. A twisted serial killer seems to have some motives. His brutal murders are also committed on behalf of the underdog. The stories begin to merge and Cameron find himself inextricably and inextricably implicated by the brutal killer. The arms dealer that Cameron plans to expose is found literally 'disarmed' before he can put pen to paper. The brewery chief, loathed by Cameron, who sold up at the expense of his workers, finds himself permanently unemployable. The police are convened of Cameron's guilt and so are half his friends and colleagues. Cameron is forced to employ all his investigative skills to find the real killer and his motive.
Genres: Thriller Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-05-06
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Hitler's Children
2011-11-21
Hitler's Children
Overview: Their family name alone evokes horror: Himmler, Frank, Goering, Hoess. This film looks at the descendants of the most powerful figures in the Nazi regime: men and women who were left a legacy that indelibly associates them with one of the greatest abominations in history. What is it like to have grown up with a name that immediately raises images of genocide? How do they live with the weight of their ancestors' crimes? Is it possible to move on from the crimes of their ancestors?
Genres: War Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-11-21
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Hyde Park on Hudson
2012-12-07
Hyde Park on Hudson
Overview: The story of the love affair between FDR and his distant cousin Margaret Stuckley, centered around the weekend in 1939 when the King and Queen of the United Kingdom visited upstate New York.
Genres: Comedy Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-12-07
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The Gentlemen
2020-01-01
The Gentlemen
Overview: American expat Mickey Pearson has built a highly profitable marijuana empire in London. When word gets out that he’s looking to cash out of the business forever it triggers plots, schemes, bribery and blackmail in an attempt to steal his domain out from under him.
Genres: Action Crime Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-01-01
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Open Fire
1994-11-12
Open Fire
Overview: Based on real events from 1983; DC Peter Finch is awarded a medal for the courage he showed in arresting a dangerous criminal. Meanwhile transvestite David Martin is released once again from prison - he's provocative and aggressive and, when he's caught again during a burglary, he shoots one of the police officers, leading to a nation wide manhunt. Innocent filmmaker Steven Waldorf is subsequently shot as a suspect by Finch, provoking a national scandal that rocks the police force.
Genres: Crime Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-11-12
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Pandaemonium
2001-06-29
Pandaemonium
Overview: Samuel Taylor Coleridge, an unstable but brilliant poet, becomes friends with the unknown William Wordsworth, and together they set out to recreate English poetry in the spirt of liberty and democracy. As time goes by, cracks begin to appear in the relationship. Sam becomes addicted to opium, while William's ego and ambition distance him further from his friend.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-06-29
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Moominland Tales: The Life of Tove Jansson
2012-12-26
Moominland Tales: The Life of Tove Jansson
Overview: The life and work of Tove Jansson, mainly known for creating the Moomins but also a writer and painter.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-12-26
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In Excess: The Death of Michael Hutchence
1999-08-17
In Excess: The Death of Michael Hutchence
Overview: Documentary from the UK's Channel 4 investigating the death of INXS lead vocalist Michael Hutchence, which exclusively revealed information presented to the coroner in a police report which had not been made public at the official hearing - and explores the rumor which suggested that Hutchence died accidentally while engaged in a bizarre sex act. The documentary also features his last partner Paula Yates speaking on British television for the first time about what she believed led to the death of her lover. She talks candidly about their sex life, his passion for adventure and how the birth of their daughter turned the rock and roll wild man into a devoted father. Yates was not satisfied with the coroner's verdict and felt strongly that further investigation into the events of that night were crucial to both her and her daughter's future well-being.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-08-17
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After the War: Conquering Germany
2005-08-16
After the War: Conquering Germany
Overview: To commemorate the 60th anniversary of the end of the Second World War, an absorbing examination of the events that followed. 1945: Germany is beaten but the struggle for the country's soul is only just beginning. First-hand testimony re-creates the experiences, both traumatic and triumphant, of occupiers and occupied in the long reconstruction process. Including mass rapes by Allied troops, the British Army's launch of a motor manufacturer that became a German success story and the soldiers who profited hugely on the black market.
Genres: Documentary History War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-08-16
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The Blood of the Rose
2009-11-30
The Blood of the Rose
Overview: Documentary about the mysterious death of conservationist Joan Root in Kenya in 2006.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-11-30
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On Chesil Beach
2018-01-19
On Chesil Beach
Overview: In 1962 England, a young couple finds their idyllic romance colliding with issues of sexual freedom and societal pressure, leading to an awkward and fateful wedding night.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-01-19
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The First Emperor
2006-02-16
The First Emperor
Overview: Docu-drama profiling Ying Sheng, the first Emperor of China. Charting the life of the man who unified China, this documentary begins with the future Emperor's rise to power after the death of his father, becoming King of Qin at the age of thirteen. Mostly told through the use of re-enactments, the story continues to the present day and the discovery of the Emperor's tomb and terracotta army in 1974.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-02-16
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Inside the Court of Henry VIII
2015-04-08
Inside the Court of Henry VIII
Overview: Henry VIII is the most iconic king of English history. Part medieval tyrant, part renaissance prince, he ruled over his people as no king of England had ever done before. He took a country salvaged by his father from the wreck of civil war and set over it a single, sovereign ruler. By the end of his reign the power of the Tudor.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-04-08
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If I Don't Come Home: Letters from D-Day
2014-06-01
If I Don't Come Home: Letters from D-Day
Overview: A partly dramatised account of the lives of four Allied servicemen ahead of D-Day, the programme told their story through their final letters home before the assault.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-06-01
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Notting Hill
1999-05-21
Notting Hill
Overview: William Thacker is a London bookstore owner whose humdrum existence is thrown into romantic turmoil when famous American actress Anna Scott appears in his shop. A chance encounter over spilled orange juice leads to a kiss that blossoms into a full-blown affair. As the average bloke and glamorous movie star draw closer and closer together, they struggle to reconcile their radically different lifestyles in the name of love.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-05-21
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Longitude
2000-01-02
Longitude
Overview: Parallel stories: 18th century Harrison builds the marine chronometer for safe navigation at sea; 20th century Gould is obsessed with restoring it.
Genres: TV Movie Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-01-02
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Heavy Weather
1995-12-24
Heavy Weather
Overview: At Blandings Castle, the Earl of Emsworth only cares about his prize pig 'The Empress' and is wilfully ignorant of the fact that his brother is planning to publish a book which might ruin the family name forever. Moreover, the Earl's nephew might cause the family some major damage by getting married to a terribly unsuitable chorus girl. An adaptation of P.G. Wodehouse's novel of the same name.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-12-24
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Iris
2001-12-14
Iris
Overview: True story of the lifelong romance between novelist Iris Murdoch and her husband John Bayley, from their student days through her battle with Alzheimer's disease.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-12-14
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Harold Pinter: A Celebration
2010-01-24
Harold Pinter: A Celebration
Overview: In June 2009, a group Britain's leading actors gathered for one night only to perform a celebration of the work of Harold Pinter at the National Theatre, directed by Ian Rickson. The team who made the acclaimed Harold Pinter documentaries for BBC's Arena was there to record this unique performance.
Genres: TV Movie Drama Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-01-24
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A Feast At Midnight
1994-11-01
A Feast At Midnight
Overview: A new student at a British public school forms a secret society centered around cooking and midnight feasting with other school misfits and outcasts.
Genres: Family Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-11-01
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Einstein's Big Idea
2005-10-11
Einstein's Big Idea
Overview: Over 100 years ago, Albert Einstein grappled with the implications of his revolutionary special theory of relativity and came to a startling conclusion: mass and energy are one, related by the formula E = mc2. In "Einstein's Big Idea," NOVA dramatizes the remarkable story behind this equation. E = mc2 was just one of several extraordinary breakthroughs that Einstein made in 1905, including the completion of his special theory of relativity, his identification of proof that atoms exist, and his explanation of the nature of light, which would win him the Nobel Prize in Physics. Among Einstein's ideas, E = mc2 is by far the most famous. Yet how many people know what it really means? In a thought-provoking and engrossing docudrama, NOVA illuminates this deceptively simple formula by unraveling the story of how it came to be.
Genres: Documentary Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-10-11
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Faberge: A Life of Its Own
2014-04-04
Faberge: A Life of Its Own
Overview: This feature-doc tells the epic story of the Faberge name, from Imperial Russia until the present-day, spanning one hundred and fifty years of turbulent history, romance, artistic development and commercial exploitation. From the bejewel led Easter eggs of the Romanov Tsarinas to the 1970s allure of 'Brut by Faberge' aftershave, and from the Russian revolution to today's high-fashion glitz in New York and London, the film explores a multi-faceted world that began with one man: the prodigiously talented Peter Carl Faberge, Court Jeweler of St Petersburg. Shot at locations across Russia, Europe and USA (including the collection of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II), the film features interview contributions from the world's foremost Faberge authorities, as well as personal reminiscences from Faberge family members.
Genres: History Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-04-04
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The Vacillations of Poppy Carew
1995-03-05
The Vacillations of Poppy Carew
Overview: Adaptation of the novel by Mary Wesley.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-03-05
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Operation Stonehenge: What Lies Beneath
2014-01-01
Operation Stonehenge: What Lies Beneath
Overview: Stonehenge is an icon of prehistoric British culture, an enigma that has seduced archaeologists and tourists for centuries. Why is it here? What is its significance? And which forces inspired its creators? Now a group of international archaeologists led by the University of Birmingham and the Ludwig Boltzman Institute in Vienna believe that a new state-of-the-art approach is the key to unlocking Stonehenge's secrets. For four years the team have surveyed and mapped every monument, both visible and invisible, across ten square kilometres of the sacred landscape to create the most complete digital picture of Stonehenge and the surrounding area over millennia. Operation Stonehenge takes the viewer on a prehistoric journey from 8000BC to 2500BC as the scientists uncover the very origins of Stonehenge, learning why this landscape is sacred, preserved and has been revered by following generations.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-01-01
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Danielle Steel's Zoya
1997-07-26
Danielle Steel's Zoya
Overview: A young Russian countess escapes the 1917 revolution and, despite hardship, makes a new life for herself in America.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-07-26
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Secrets of the Manor House
2012-01-22
Secrets of the Manor House
Overview: Find out what went on behind the stately walls of the British manor house a century ago.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-01-22
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Secrets of Henry VIII's Palace: Hampton Court
2013-06-30
Secrets of Henry VIII's Palace: Hampton Court
Overview: The history of this grand 500-year-old palace is inextricably tied to the lavish lifestyle of King Henry VIII and the doomed fates of his six wives.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-06-30
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Darkest Hour
2017-11-22
Darkest Hour
Overview: In May 1940, the fate of World War II hangs on Winston Churchill, who must decide whether to negotiate with Adolf Hitler or fight on knowing that it could mean the end of the British Empire.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-11-22
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A Breed of Heroes
1994-09-04
A Breed of Heroes
Overview: In 1971, fresh-faced, eager for heroics, the young officers arrive in Belfast. Pelted with rocks by kids, sniped at by the IRA, they take refuge in sex, black humour and the weird rituals of the officers' mess.
Genres: TV Movie Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-09-04
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Tutankhamun: The Mystery of the Burnt Mummy
2013-11-10
Tutankhamun: The Mystery of the Burnt Mummy
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-11-10
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All the world's a stage
2016-04-26
All the world's a stage
Overview: An animated adaptation of the famous Shakespeare poem 'All The World's a Stage' narrated by the renowned Shakespeare actor and director Samuel West.
Genres: Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-04-26
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The Riot Club
2014-09-19
The Riot Club
Overview: Two first-year students at Oxford University join a secret society and learn that their reputations can be made or destroyed over the course of one evening.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-09-19
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Secrets of the Tower of London
2013-10-27
Secrets of the Tower of London
Overview: A tour of the Tower of London, which has served as a royal castle, prison, place of execution and torture, armory and mint during its almost 1000 years of existence.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-10-27
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Rupert's Land
1998-09-13
Rupert's Land
Overview: In this Canadian road movie, two brothers who haven't seen each other in years are uncomfortably reunited when they have to travel together from Vancouver to remote Prince Rupert for their father's funeral. Rupert is a stuffy lawyer who has emigrated to Canada, while Dale ekes out a living dealing drugs. Along the way, they find themselves stranded in a commune where their father once lived, populated by a pack of half hippie/half redneck dropouts who like to get high on mushrooms and drive trucks. George Wendt appears in a supporting role.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-09-13
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Gatecrash
2020-10-30
Gatecrash
Overview: A dark psychological thriller which follows a couple who find themselves in a hit and run situation, with the evidence suggesting there was no accident.
Genres: Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-10-30
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Secrets of Underground London
2014-05-21
Secrets of Underground London
Overview: Experts examine the ruins and relics hidden under London. Among them, a Roman amphitheater, ditches for victims of the black plague, bomb shelters and more.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-05-21
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Wallis Simpson: The Secret Letters
2011-08-24
Wallis Simpson: The Secret Letters
Overview: This film examines recently discovered letters written by socialite Wallis Simpson that reveal her secret love, and chart her fear as she found herself becoming trapped into marrying King Edward VIII.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-08-24
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