Robbie Coltrane
Also Known As: Anthony Robert McMillan, Робби Колтрейн, 罗彼·考特拉尼, رابی کولترین, رابی كولترين
Biography: Anthony Robert McMillan (March 30, 1950 – October 14, 2022), known professionally as Robbie Coltrane, was a Scottish actor and comedian. He gained worldwide recognition as Rubeus Hagrid in the Harry Potter film series (2001–2011), and as Valentin Dmitrovich Zukovsky in the James Bond films GoldenEye (1995) and The World Is Not Enough (1999). He was appointed an OBE in the 2006 New Year Honours by Queen Elizabeth II for his services to drama. In 1990, Coltrane received the Evening Standard British Film Award – Peter Sellers Award for Comedy. In 2011, he was honoured for his "outstanding contribution" to film at the British Academy Scotland Awards. Coltrane started his career appearing alongside Hugh Laurie, Stephen Fry, and Emma Thompson in the sketch series Alfresco (1983–1984). In 1987, he starred in the BBC miniseries Tutti Frutti alongside Thompson, for which he received his first British Academy Television Award for Best Actor nomination. Coltrane then gained national prominence starring as criminal psychologist Dr. Eddie "Fitz" Fitzgerald in the ITV television series Cracker (1993–2006), a role which saw him receive the British Academy Television Award for Best Actor in three consecutive years (1994 to 1996). In 2006, Coltrane came eleventh in ITV's poll of TV's 50 Greatest Stars, voted by the public. In 2016 he starred in the four-part Channel 4 series National Treasure alongside Julie Walters, a role for which he received a British Academy Television Award nomination. Coltrane appeared in two films for George Harrison's Handmade Films: the Neil Jordan neo-noir Mona Lisa (1986) with Bob Hoskins, and Nuns on the Run with Eric Idle. He also appeared in Kenneth Branagh's Shakespeare adaptation Henry V (1989), the comedy Let It Ride (1989), Roald Dahl's Danny, the Champion of the World (1989), Steven Soderbergh's crime-comedy thriller Ocean's Twelve (2004), Rian Johnson's caper film The Brothers Bloom (2008), Mike Newell's Dickens film adaptation Great Expectations (2012), and Emma Thompson's biographical film Effie Gray (2014). He was also known for his voice performances in the animated films The Tale of Despereaux (2008), and Pixar's Brave (2012).
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Rutherglen, Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
Birthday: March 30, 1950
Deathday: October 14, 2022
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Gender: Male
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Ocean's Twelve
Overview: Danny Ocean reunites with his old flame and the rest of his merry band of thieves in carrying out three huge heists in Rome, Paris and Amsterdam – but a Europol agent is hot on their heels.
Genres: Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-12-09
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Overview: Cars fly, trees fight back, and a mysterious house-elf comes to warn Harry Potter at the start of his second year at Hogwarts. Adventure and danger await when bloody writing on a wall announces: The Chamber Of Secrets Has Been Opened. To save Hogwarts will require all of Harry, Ron and Hermione’s magical abilities and courage.
Genres: Adventure Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-11-13
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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Overview: When Harry Potter's name emerges from the Goblet of Fire, he becomes a competitor in a grueling battle for glory among three wizarding schools—the Triwizard Tournament. But since Harry never submitted his name for the Tournament, who did? Now Harry must confront a deadly dragon, fierce water demons and an enchanted maze only to find himself in the cruel grasp of He Who Must Not Be Named.
Genres: Adventure Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-11-16
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Overview: Year three at Hogwarts means new fun and challenges as Harry learns the delicate art of approaching a Hippogriff, transforming shape-shifting Boggarts into hilarity and even turning back time. But the term also brings danger: soul-sucking Dementors hover over the school, an ally of the accursed He-Who-Cannot-Be-Named lurks within the castle walls, and fearsome wizard Sirius Black escapes Azkaban. And Harry will confront them all.
Genres: Adventure Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-05-31
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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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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Overview: Returning for his fifth year of study at Hogwarts, Harry is stunned to find that his warnings about the return of Lord Voldemort have been ignored. Left with no choice, Harry takes matters into his own hands, training a small group of students to defend themselves against the dark arts.
Genres: Adventure Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-07-08
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Mona Lisa
Overview: George is a small-time crook just out of prison who discovers his tough-guy image is out of date. Reduced to working as a minder/driver for high class call girl Simone, he has to agree when she asks him to find a young colleague from her King's Cross days. That's when George's troubles just start.
Genres: Crime Drama Romance Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-06-13
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GoldenEye
Overview: When a powerful satellite system falls into the hands of Alec Trevelyan, AKA Agent 006, a former ally-turned-enemy, only James Bond can save the world from a dangerous space weapon that -- in one short pulse -- could destroy the earth! As Bond squares off against his former compatriot, he also battles Xenia Onatopp, an assassin who uses pleasure as her ultimate weapon.
Genres: Adventure Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-11-16
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From Hell
Overview: Frederick Abberline is an opium-huffing inspector from Scotland Yard who falls for one of Jack the Ripper's prostitute targets in this Hughes brothers adaption of a graphic novel that posits the Ripper's true identity.
Genres: Horror Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-02-08
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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Overview: As Lord Voldemort tightens his grip on both the Muggle and wizarding worlds, Hogwarts is no longer a safe haven. Harry suspects perils may even lie within the castle, but Dumbledore is more intent upon preparing him for the final battle fast approaching. Together they work to find the key to unlock Voldemorts defenses and to this end, Dumbledore recruits his old friend and colleague Horace Slughorn, whom he believes holds crucial information. Even as the decisive showdown looms, romance blossoms for Harry, Ron, Hermione and their classmates. Love is in the air, but danger lies ahead and Hogwarts may never be the same again.
Genres: Adventure Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-07-15
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Krull
Overview: A prince and a fellowship of companions set out to rescue his bride from a fortress of alien invaders who have arrived on their home planet.
Genres: Action Adventure Fantasy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-07-29
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Oh, What a Night
Overview: During the summer of 1955, seventeen-year-old Eric Hansen embarks on a journey in his new town, a journey which will change his life forever.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-10-09
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Eat the Rich
Overview: Alex is a disgruntled waiter at a snobby exclusive restaurant who falls on hard times. Forced to deal with the contempt and disgust of the upper class, Alex & cohorts attempt to go on a rampage. Meanwhile, General Karprov and Spider plot to involve the inept anarchists into their plans to derail the prime-minister-to-be's campaign.
Genres: Action Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-10-23
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Nuns on the Run
Overview: Brian and Charlie work for a gangster. When the boss learns they want to "leave" he sets them up to be killed, after they help rob the local Triads of their drug dealing profits. Brian and Charlie decides to steal the money for themselves, but when their escape doesn't go to plan, they have to seek refuge in a Nuns' teacher training school.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-03-16
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Caravaggio
Overview: A retelling of the life of the celebrated 17th-century Baroque painter Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio through his brilliant, nearly blasphemous paintings and his flirtations with the underworld.
Genres: Drama History Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-08-29
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Gooby
Overview: Imagine if you'd had a six-foot tall monster to help you through the rough times when you were 11! Willy is terrified about moving into the family's new house. He's convinced it's filled with evil space aliens out to get him. In response to his wish for someone to save him, Gooby comes to life as a loveable, full-size, scraggly, orange, furry creature who in fact seems more frightened of the world than Willy. The two have hair-raising adventures and learn something about the power of friendship. In the end, Gooby fulfills Willy's initial wish by bringing Willy and his dad together in a touching and exciting climax.
Genres: Family Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-04-17
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The Brothers Bloom
Overview: The Brothers Bloom are the best con men in the world, swindling millionaires with complex scenarios of lust and intrigue. Now they've decided to take on one last job – showing a beautiful and eccentric heiress the time of her life with a romantic adventure that takes them around the world.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-09-09
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Slipstream
Overview: In the near future, where Earth has been devastated by man's pollution and giant winds rule the planet, bounty hunter Matt kidnaps a murderer out of the hands of two police officers, planning to get the bounty himself.
Genres: Science Fiction Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-06-22
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Montana
Overview: A seasoned enforcer is given the seemingly routine task of finding the Boss's runaway mistress, Kitty. However Kitty is involved in plans to overthrow the Boss and this routine task gets very complicated.
Genres: Drama Action Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-01-16
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Alice in Wonderland
Overview: Alice follows a white rabbit down a rabbit-hole into a whimsical Wonderland, where she meets characters like the delightful Cheshire Cat, the clumsy White Knight, a rude caterpillar, and the hot-tempered Queen of Hearts and can grow ten feet tall or shrink to three inches. But will she ever be able to return home?
Genres: Fantasy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-02-28
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Van Helsing: The London Assignment
Overview: It tells of the events before the film, in which monster hunter Gabriel Van Helsing travels to London to investigate a series of horrific, and decidedly supernatural murders, being committed by the mad scientist Dr. Jekyll, in the form of his evil alter-ego, Mr. Hyde.
Genres: Action Animation Fantasy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-05-11
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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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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
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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Ghost Dance
Overview: Through the experiences of two women in Paris and London, Ghost Dance offers an analysis of the complexity of our conceptions of ghosts, memory and the past. The film focuses on the French philosopher Jacques Derrida, who observes, 'I think cinema, when it's not boring, is the art of letting ghosts come back.' He also says that 'memory is the past that has never had the form of the present.'
Genres: Documentary Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-12-15
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Britannia Hospital
Overview: Britannia Hospital, an esteemed English institution, is marking its gala anniversary with a visit by the Queen Mother herself. But when investigative reporter Mick Travis arrives to cover the celebration, he finds the hospital under siege by striking workers, ruthless unions, violent demonstrators, racist aristocrats, an African cannibal dictator, and sinister human experiments.
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-05-27
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Stormbreaker
Overview: Alex Rider thinks he is a normal school boy, until his uncle is killed. He discovers that his uncle was actually spy on a mission, when he was killed. Alex is recruited by Alan Blunt to continue the mission. He is sent to Cornwall to investigate a new computer system, which Darrius Sayle has created. He plans to give the new computer systems to every school in the country, but Mr. Blunt has other ideas and Alex must find out what it is.
Genres: Adventure Action Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-07-21
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Revolution
Overview: New York trapper Tom Dobb becomes an unwilling participant in the American Revolution after his son Ned is drafted into the Army by the villainous Sergeant Major Peasy. Tom attempts to find his son, and eventually becomes convinced that he must take a stand and fight for the freedom of the Colonies, alongside the aristocratic rebel Daisy McConnahay. As Tom undergoes his change of heart, the events of the war unfold in large-scale grandeur.
Genres: Adventure Drama History War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-12-25
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The Adventures of Huck Finn
Overview: Mischievous Huck Finn is unnerved when his father, reemerging after years away, kidnaps him in an attempt to take away a $600 inheritance from his late mother. Fearing for his life, Huck fakes his own death and escapes. He soon runs into his friend, Jim, a slave fleeing his master. Together, the pair embarks on a raft journey down the Mississippi River, staying ahead of pursuers who blame the slave for Huck's alleged murder.
Genres: Adventure Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-04-02
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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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Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts
Overview: An enchanting making-of story told through all-new in-depth interviews and cast conversations, inviting fans on a magical first-person journey through one of the most beloved film franchises of all time.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-01-01
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Defence of the Realm
Overview: A reporter named Mullen 'stumbles' onto a story linking a prominent Member of Parliament to a KGB agent and a near-nuclear disaster involving a teenage runaway and a U.S. Air Force base. Has there been a Government cover-up? Mullen teams up with Vernon Bayliss, an old hack, and Nina Beckam, the MP's assistant, to find out the truth.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-05-09
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The World Is Not Enough
Overview: Greed, revenge, world dominance and high-tech terrorism – it's all in a day's work for Bond, who's on a mission to protect a beautiful oil heiress from a notorious terrorist. In a race against time that culminates in a dramatic submarine showdown, Bond works to defuse the international power struggle that has the world's oil supply hanging in the balance.
Genres: Adventure Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-11-17
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Buddy
Overview: An eccentric socialite raises a gorilla as her son.
Genres: Family Adventure Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-06-06
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Provoked: A True Story
Overview: Provoked is the true story of Kiranjit Ahluwalia, a Punjabi woman who moved to London after her marriage with Deepak Ahluwalia. Her husband seemed caring at first but then began to beat her up. He started drinking a lot and sleeping around with other women. he also subjected her to spousal rape. After ten years and having two children with him, out of fear, she sets him on fire.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-04-06
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Brave
Overview: Brave is set in the mystical Scottish Highlands, where Mérida is the princess of a kingdom ruled by King Fergus and Queen Elinor. An unruly daughter and an accomplished archer, Mérida one day defies a sacred custom of the land and inadvertently brings turmoil to the kingdom. In an attempt to set things right, Mérida seeks out an eccentric old Wise Woman and is granted an ill-fated wish. Also figuring into Mérida’s quest — and serving as comic relief — are the kingdom’s three lords: the enormous Lord MacGuffin, the surly Lord Macintosh, and the disagreeable Lord Dingwall.
Genres: Animation Adventure Comedy Family Action Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-06-21
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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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Boswell and Johnson's Tour of the Western Isles
Overview: In the autumn of 1773, the English writer Samuel Johnson visits the Hebrides, or Western Isles, off the North-West coast of Scotland. With him are his friend, the Scotsman James Boswell, and his black servant Francis Barber. Staying with a series of hosts, including elderly Jacobite heroine Flora McDonald, Johnson and Boswell encounter traditional Scottish hospitality at first-hand, all the time arguing about politics (and in Boswell's case losing his head over every pretty woman he meets). Meanwhile, Francis and another black servant they encounter provide evidence of the new consciousness emerging in Britain's soon-to-be-independent American colonies.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-10-27
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Let It Ride
Overview: An average kind of guy who has a slight problem with gambling goes to the track, and mystically, it seems as though he can't lose, no matter how he bets; and he has an incredible day.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-08-18
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Arthur Christmas
Overview: For hundreds of years, the Claus family has delegated the title "Santa" to a chosen few of its members, which can be passed down upon retirement. Each Christmas, Santa and his vast army of highly trained elves produce gifts and distribute them around the world in a one-night high-tech operation. However, when one of 600 million children to receive a gift from Santa on Christmas Eve is missed, it is deemed ‘acceptable’ to all but one—Arthur Claus, the current Santa’s misfit son deemed ineligible for the title, who executes an unauthorised rookie mission to get the last present halfway around the globe before dawn on Christmas morning.
Genres: Drama Animation Family Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-11-10
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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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Danny the Champion of the World
Overview: Somewhere in England, in the Autumn of 1955, a widowed father and his son live an idyllic life together. Only their gas station happens to sit on a piece of land that a local developer wants to buy. And when he won't take no for an answer, and sets government inspectors and social works onto Danny and his father, Danny and his father decide to get even with Hazell and his pheasant- shooting friends in a manner in keeping with their own family tradition.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-04-29
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Scrubbers
Overview: Inmates fight, pair off, try suicide and attempt escape at a British reform school for girls.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-09-24
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On the Nose
Overview: Brendan is a janitor at a university who has a fondness for gambling, especially betting on horse races. However, he doesn't have much skill at it, and poorly considered bets have drained the bank account he'd set aside for his daughter's education. Brendan's wife has made Brendan promise to give up gambling, but when their daughter announces she's just been accepted to Trinity College in Ireland, Brendan has to come up with the tuition money, and fast. While doing his sweeping at work, Brendan makes a remarkable discovery - the preserved head of an aboriginal tribesman who, under proper conditions, can pick the winners in horse races.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-10-23
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The Planman
Overview: A lawyer finds himself increasingly frustrated by the professional criminals he is called upon to defend, and hooks upon the idea of devising perfect crimes.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-03-31
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The Secret Policeman’s Third Ball
Overview: When the British Amnesty shows finally resumed in 1987 after a six-year hiatus, the show format was retooled in an effort to take advantage of the growing number of rock musicians supporting Amnesty. Instead of the live show being primarily a comedy show with a few musical cameos, the event made a point of giving equal emphasis to the comedy and the music.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-01-01
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The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball
Overview: After the criticisms of the 1987 show’s disproportionate focus on music - and the financial disaster of its music-only Festival Of Youth weekend concert in 1988, Amnesty returned to the original formula that had been so successful in the 1976-1981 era with a primary focus on comedy. Pat Duffy was dropped from organising any further benefit events for Amnesty and for the 1989 show, Amnesty hired producer Judith Holder.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-01-01
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The Supergrass
Overview: While taking a holiday in the country with his mother, Dennis hits on a scheme to impress a girl so that she'll go away on a trip with him as his girlfriend. Although he fails to gain any interest from the girl, the police take a great interest in his story. From this point on, Dennis digs a deeper hole for himself at every turn
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-11-08
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The Pope Must Die
Overview: A less-than-qualified and far-from-perfect priest is mistakenly named the new pope. As the pontiff, he must deal with Vatican corruption, the Mob and the reappearance of his old lover.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-06-21
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Blackadder's Christmas Carol
Overview: After a genial spirit shows the benevolent Ebenezer Blackadder visions of his unscrupulous ancestors, he resolves to mend his generous ways.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-12-23
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Great Expectations
Overview: Miss Havisham, a wealthy spinster who wears an old wedding dress and lives in the dilapidated Satis House, asks Pip's Uncle Pumblechook to find a boy to play with her adopted daughter Estella. Pip begins to visit Miss Havisham and Estella, with whom he falls in love, then Pip—a humble orphan—suddenly becomes a gentleman with the help of an unknown benefactor.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-11-30
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Effie Gray
Overview: A look at the mysterious relationship between Victorian art critic John Ruskin and his teenage bride Effie Gray.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-03-08
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Bert Rigby, You're a Fool
Overview: A musical about a miner who wants to break into show business.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-02-24
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Perfectly Normal
Overview: A shy young man with a passion for opera has his world turned upside down by a con artist who really does have a heart of gold.
Genres: Comedy Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-04-12
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Lenny Live and Unleashed
Overview: It is very rare for a British comedian to be given a concert film all to themself but in 1989 Lenny Henry was given that honour. We start off with him been driven to the concert by Robbie Coltrane as the sort of taxi driver you don't want to get a lift from. Once inside he meets three of his comic heroes - Steve Martin, Richard Pryor and Eddie Murphy (all played by Lenny) and then it's on with the stage show. He mixes stand up with appearances from some of his best known characters and there are a few amusing songs along the way.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-09-08
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Subway Riders
Overview: A psychotic saxophone player lures victims to deserted spots with his music and then guns them down.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-04-02
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The Best of French & Saunders
Overview: A compilation of all the best sketches from Britain's favourite female comedy double-act. They are all here - the music numbers, Hollywood spoofs, the uncannily perceptive mickey-taking of our various - and particularly female - obsessions, and much, much more.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-08-05
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The Magic Touch of Harry Potter
Overview: A 2004 documentary on the first three “Harry Potter” films detailing the behind-the-scenes journey of making them.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-06-11
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Triple Bogey On A Par Five Hole
Overview: The Levys, a glamorous couple, used to make their living robbing golfers, until they met their fatal handicap. Years later, scriptwriter Remy Gravelle decides to observe the Levy progeny as they sail endlessly round Manhattan in their luxury yacht.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-03-21
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Midnight Breaks
Overview: When sweet-voiced Cassie of unsigned reggae act Midnight is offered a lucrative deal to join successful group Breaks by record company rep Billy, her band mate boyfriend Tyron is none too pleased.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-10-18
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In Search of James Bond with Jonathan Ross
Overview: Jonathan Ross delves into the world of James Bond and meets with new and former cast members who reveal humorous stories and anecdotes in a series of interviews. All the 5 Bonds at the time are featured, though only Lazenby (reflecting in the usual frank, self criticizing manner), Moore and Brosnan granted an interview. Connery and Dalton are featured through some unused footage from LWT's 30 years of James Bond program. The ever faithful Desmond Llewelyn turns up in character as well as some other less related peeps like Christopher Lee, Paul McCartney and the ultimate playboy: Hugh Hefner -- who all give an interesting perspective on the worlds most famous spy.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-12-10
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National Lampoon's European Vacation
Overview: The Griswolds win a vacation to Europe on a game show, and so pack their bags for the continent. They do their best to catch the flavor of Europe, but they just don't know how to be be good tourists. Besides, they have trouble taking holidays in countries where they CAN speak the language.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-07-25
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Demonella
Overview: Music producer Arnold Silverstein is desperate for a song hit so when the Devil - a woman - supplies him with the answer to his dreams, a piece called 'Demonella' he is anxious to fulfill his part of the deal, to give the Devil his mother's secret recipe for chicken soup to serve her celebrity guests in Hell.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-05-20
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Summer School
Overview: A motley band of suburbanites arrives at a summer school to simulate life in an Iron Age village. However, the village is right in the middle of a modern university campus which somewhat detracts from its air of authenticity.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-01-31
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The Bullshitters: Roll Out the Gunbarrel
Overview: Janie, daughter of Commander Jackson, the head of D15, has been kidnapped and there are only two men who can save her - former agents Bonehead and Foyle.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-11-03
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Jealousy
Overview: Despite trying to cure himself with a hypnosis tape John Pettigrew is insanely jealous of his wife Jane Margory and convinced she is having an affair with her handsome water aerobics instructor. Seeing a name and number in her diary he follows her in drag, only to find it is a transvestite club she is covering as a journalist and where he is embarrassingly chatted up. In the event his suspicions are correct but the proof comes at a cost.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-05-27
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Five Go Mad in Dorset
Overview: In the 1950s, four children, Anne, described as a 'proper little housewife', the rather butch George who has an unhealthy relationship with her dog Timmy and their brothers Dick and Julian, whose relationship seems to be more than fraternal, go on a cycling holiday in Dorset where their flair for detection - plus their snobbery and xenophobia - gets a whole string of suspicious characters arrested.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-11-02
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War
Overview: 1985:- England has been invaded by the Warsaw Pact countries and middle-class couple Hermine and Godfrey retreat to their rural hide-away but after witnessing a bunch of incompetent commandos kill each other, they get separated.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-01-03
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The Beat Generation
Overview: In the monochrome world of 1960, pretentious Alan, violent Kix and sex-mad Eleanor are part of a colony of beat poets, living a hedonistic, unreal existence in a large villa overlooking the sea. Dumped by his girlfriend Jeremy is anxious to be part of their circle until two girls from the outside world and a wild party open his eyes to what really matters.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-01-17
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Five Go Mad on Mescalin
Overview: On their way to stay with Mrs French at Hot Turkey Farm, the Famous Five hear on the radio their Uncle Quentin's escaped prison. Arriving at the farm they're appalled to meet the vulgar millionaire, Mr Budweiser, and his spoilt son, Willy. Julian and Dick are so incensed, they sleep outdoors where they spy 2 heavies being secretly villainous. The trail leads to Love Island, where they discover Uncle Quentin and his boyfriend Toby.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-11-02
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Susie
Overview: In rural England, school teacher Susie Darling is planning to leave her boring husband Martin for lusty mechanic Dave when she meets romantic former pop star Garry Dreadful, who has moved to the village to start a traditional farm and asks her to live with him.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-01-14
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Dirty Movie
Overview: Postman Bean is anxious to end his round early to catch a morning showing of 'The Sound of Muzak' at his local cinema. However, he is unaware that the cinema manager Terry Toadstool is using this as a smoke screen to view a pornographic film and that Bean's wife, traffic warden Monica, is the star.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-01-07
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Gino: Full Story and Pics
Overview: A hoodlum is turned into a celebrity when he steals a cab and subsequent events are blown out of proportion by the media.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-01-28
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South Atlantic Raiders: Part 1
Overview: Two security van personnel plan to rob a bank in an attempt to raise enough cash to mount a rescue mission when a dictator invades the Falklands.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-02-08
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South Atlantic Raiders: Part 2 Argie Bargie!
Overview: In the conclusion of this special two-part story, Stan has somehow managed to make it to the Falklands, which have indeed been taken over by the Argentinians after all. He is tied to a stake alongside Frances who he has finally met and been captured with. The pair are sentenced to death by dictator, General Galtieri. Stan, in a desperate attempt to stall for time, recounts how he and his fellow 'South Atlantic Raiders' managed to make it to the Falklands. After just escaping from prison and making their getaway in an ice cream van.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-02-08
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Red Nose of Courage
Overview: A clown is not happy with his job at his father's circus so he gets into politics, and some weeks later he is the Prime Minister John Major. But after his day job, he has to attend to his real job as Coco the Clown. He falls in love with the leader of the opposition party but she falls in love with Coco the Clown without knowing that he is in fact John Major, the Prime Minister.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-04-09
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Five Go to Rehab
Overview: The Famous Five are back. Thirty years after the Comic Strip arrived on our screens with their famous Enid Blyton spoof - Five Go Mad in Dorset. These famous children's characters have again been brought back from the past to confront today's modern world. This time they are made to account for their racist and sexist views. But they seem blissfully unrepentant as they gather for a reunion on Dick's birthday in leafy Dorset - still a magical land of rolling hills, woods, ruined castles, and of course dodgy villains in big black cars.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-11-07
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The Fruit Machine
Overview: Eddie and Michael are two 16-year-old gay friends from Liverpool. Berated by his father for his camp behavior, Eddie runs away from his Liverpool home and joins Michael, a streetwise hustler, who is also on the run.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-11-04
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Message in a Bottle
Overview: A woman finds a romantic letter in a bottle washed ashore and tracks down the author, a widowed shipbuilder whose wife died tragically early. As a deep and mutual attraction blossoms, the man struggles to make peace with his past so that he can move on and find happiness.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-02-22
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The Tale of Despereaux
Overview: Once upon a time... in the far away kingdom of Dor... lived a brave and virtuous mouse with comically oversized ears who dreamt of becoming a knight. Banished from his home for having such lofty ambitions, Despereaux sets off on an amazing adventure with his good-hearted rat friend Roscuro, who leads him, at long last, on a very noble quest to rescue an endangered princess and save an entire kingdom from darkness.
Genres: Adventure Animation Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-12-18
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30 Years of Comic Strip
Overview: In true Peter Richardson fashion, "30 Years Of Comic Strip" defies the conventional norms of a retrospective documentary. It brings together some of the most prominent figures in UK comedy, reflecting on the show's impact and influence on the British comedy scene over the past three decades. The documentary unveils previously unseen footage and reconnects with characters from iconic episodes. The cast and crew of The Comic Strip share anecdotes about the making of the show, recounting experiences marked by a playful disregard for health and safety.
Genres: Documentary Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-11-03
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McGinn of the Calton
Overview: The story of songwriting genius Matt McGinn. Featuring Robbie Coltrane among many others. Recorded by Stramash 1988 on cassette (Greentrax Records). Stramash featured vocals by Adam MacNaughtan; Anne Neilson; John Eaglesham (concertina); Kevin Mitchell; Bob Blair (guitar) Finlay Allison (guitar, fiddle, mandolin). They all feature on this STV program celebrating Matt's life at the time of the publication by Glasgow Libraries of the book 'McGinn of the Calton'.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
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Frogs for Snakes
Overview: A group of unemployed theater actors survive by working as illegal money collectors. The loan shark they are working for owns an Off-Broadway theater. As he decided to play "American Buffalo" there, a bloody battle for the favorite roles begin.
Genres: Thriller Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-08-14
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The Robbie Coltrane Special
Overview: A comedy special starring Robbie Coltrane as a variety of different characters.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-09-16
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Robbie Coltrane: Incredible Britain
Overview: Robbie Coltrane explores Britain's back roads in this offbeat travel program in which the actor/comedian sets off in his classic Jaguar roadster on a quest to encounter quirky locals and discover little-known rural traditions. Touring byways rarely traveled by tourists, Coltrane happens upon a scarecrow convention, takes part in Mytholmroyd's pudding contest, meets colorful people with extraordinary talents and much more.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-01-01
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Stanley Baxter in Person
Overview: Documentary profile of Stanley Baxter featuring his first in-depth interview for forty years and extracts from his comedy series and specials. With contributions from Billy Connolly, Robbie Coltrane, Stephen Fry and Clive James.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-12-31
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Alive and Kicking
Overview: Gritty and powerful Screen One film that takes an unflinching look at drug addiction. Lenny Henry plays a dealer convinced he is untouchable, Robbie Coltrane the ex-gangster turned drug counsellor who is determined to break him. Writer Al Hunter (The Firm) was inspired by the true story of a football team founded to help drug addicts kick their habit.
Genres: Comedy Drama Crime TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-10-13
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Byrne About Byrne
Overview: In this diverse and inventive autobiography, painter and author John Byrne travels from his youth, through his art school years to the period of his stage and TV plays, and on to his death, sometime in the future. With him is Robbie Coltrane as himself and as a shamus invented by Byrne, who discovers there are as many aspects to the author as there are actors playing him.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-04-01
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When Harry Left Hogwarts
Overview: BAFTA award-winning filmmaker Morgan Matthews was given unprecedented access to the behind-the-scenes of the final days of the final two Harry Potter films, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 1 and 2. Hear the personal stories of the faces we know, and those we don't, as we come to the end of one of the most successful eras in cinema history. Special feature on select editions of Deathly Hallows 1 & 2.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-11-11
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Chinese Boxes
Overview: An American in West Berlin finds himself caught up in murder and intrigue after his associate is killed and a diplomat's daughter is found dead in his room.
Genres: Thriller Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-11-29
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Still Game: The Story So Far
Overview: A celebration of the sitcom Still Game, featuring interviews with the cast, celebrities who have appeared on the show and super fans. Including a look at some favourite moments.
Genres: TV Movie Documentary Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-12-31
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Robbie Coltrane at the BBC
Overview: A look back at the life and career of Robbie Coltrane, one of Britain's best-loved stars and a giant of both the big and the small screen, through a selection of interviews and special moments from his appearances on BBC shows over the decades.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-12-26
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Kevin Turvey: The Man Behind the Green Door
Overview: A week in the life of Redditch investigative reporter Kevin Turvey. As you would expect, not a lot happens!
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-03-13
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The Hunt for Tony Blair
Overview: The Comic Strip team return for a special 50s-style 'fugitive' film noir spoof. The 60-minute film, penned by Peter Richardson and Pete Richens, follows Prime Minister Tony Blair (Stephen Mangan), wanted for murder and on the run. Escaping from Number 10 and leaving behind his adoring wife Cherie (Catherine Shepherd), Tony vows to clear his name no matter what the consequences.
Genres: Comedy Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-10-15
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The Legend of Lochnagar
Overview: Prince Charles tells a group of children the story of the Old Man of Lochnager, based on the book he wrote.
Genres: Romance Animation Adventure Comedy Drama Family Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-04-11
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Loose Connections
Overview: A woman enlists a man who claims he is gay to accompany her on a long drive to a feminist conference in Munich.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-04-13
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Absolute Beginners
Overview: A musical adaptation of Colin MacInnes' novel about life in late 1950s London. Nineteen-year-old photographer Colin is hopelessly in love with model Crepe Suzette, but her relationships are strictly connected with her progress in the fashion world. So Colin gets involved with a pop promoter and tries to crack the big time. Meanwhile, racial tension is brewing in Colin's Notting Hill housing estate...
Genres: Drama Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-04-04
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The Movie Life of George
Overview: When EMI refused to produce Monty Python's Life of Brian, George Harrison founded Handmade Pictures so that he could see the film. This is the story of him and Handmade Films.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-02-10
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Henry V
Overview: In the midst of the Hundred Years War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France in 1415.
Genres: War Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-10-05
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The Strike
Overview: Paul, a former miner, writes a hard-hitting screenplay about his own experiences of the 1984 miners' strike. However, the Hollywood production company that gets hold of his script turns it into a ludicrously sensationalist and anachronistic action film, starring Al Pacino as Arthur Scargill, and Meryl Streep as his wife.
Genres: TV Movie Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-02-20
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The Bogie Man
Overview: A mental patient who believes he is Humphrey Bogart escapes from his institution and sets up in business as a private eye. Based on the the comic book series created by writers John Wagner and Alan Grant.
Genres: TV Movie Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-12-29
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50 Greatest Harry Potter Moments
Overview: To mark the release two weeks ago of the eighth and final movie in the series, Robbie Coltrane narrates a countdown of the movie franchise's best moments. From Harry's first meeting with Ron and Hermione aboard the Hogwarts Express through to magical mysteries.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-07-27
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Flash Gordon
Overview: A football player and his mates travel to the planet Mongo and find themselves fighting the tyranny of Ming the Merciless to save Earth.
Genres: Science Fiction Adventure Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-09-01
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Where the Heart Is
Overview: A wealthy businessman shows his young adult kids how tough life can be.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-02-23
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Space Virgins from Planet Sex
Overview: A craft full of Space Rats,glamorous extra-terrestrials from the planet Sex,arrive on Earth desperate to find men with whom they can procreate in order to ensure the continuity of their race and whom they imprison in their sex factory. Fortunately for the world the secret agent James Blond,a decidedly non-feminist secret agent,sets out to rescue the men and see off the Space Rats in his own inimitable way.
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-04-29
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Hooray For Holyrood
Overview: Scottish Television's film on the 40th Edinburgh International Film Festival in 1986, starring Robbie Coltrane (a former EIFF chauffeur) and featuring interviews with Bill Forsyth, Samuel Fuller and Barry Norman, among many others.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-08-13
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GLC: The Carnage Continues
Overview: The Greater London Council fight to save the capital against the wicked Ice Maiden.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-02-05
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The Ebb-Tide
Overview: A down-on-his-luck sea captain accepts an assignment on a rickety boat with a mysterious cargo and a questionable crew. As disaster befalls disaster, the crew finds itself on an uncharted island with a mad ex-sea captain who lives with a mute woman who threatens to kill them all.
Genres: TV Movie Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-03-29
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Cracker: Nine Eleven
Overview: After living in Australia for the past decade, Fitz and Judith return to Manchester in 2004 for their daughter Katie's wedding. Drinking too much at the reception, Fitz stumbles through a rambling toast, which only embarrasses the bride. Instead of spending time with his grandson, son of his married son Mark, Fitz opts to join in the investigation of a serial killer who has an apparent dislike of Americans in the wake of the U.S. Invasion of Iraq.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-10-30
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Death Watch
Overview: In a future world where the disease has been finally defeated and everything can be sold, even the crude spectacle of death, the rare case of a dying woman becomes the morbid theme of a revolutionary reality show, broadcast through the curious eyes of a peculiar camera.
Genres: Drama Science Fiction
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1980-01-23
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An Audience with Billy Connolly
Overview: Billy Connolly delivers his special brand of stand-up comedy and abrasive humour in front of a celebrity audience.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-10-26
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The Return of Bond: The Start of Production Press Event
Overview: A short documentary about the press of GoldenEye.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-07-17
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Goldeneye: The Secret Files
Overview: Made for TV documentary including interview and behind the scenes footage from the James Bond movie GoldenEye (1995).
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-12-26
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GoldenEye: The Secret Files - The Cast
Overview: A short documentary about the cast of GoldenEye.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-01-01
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Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments
Overview: A countdown of the top 40 "Blackadder" moments chosen by cast and crew members, celebrity fans and 15 genuine Blackadders.
Genres: Comedy Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-10-16
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Waterloo Sunset
Overview: Grace leaves her old folks' home to return to her birthplace in Lambeth, a place which has changed on the surface but at its heart is still the same.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-01-23
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Cracker: White Ghost
Overview: A British businessman operating in Hong Kong has feelings of inferiority and turns to murder when he faces bankruptcy.
Genres: TV Movie Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-10-28
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Danny and the Dirty Dog: The Making of 'Roald Dahl's Danny the Champion of the World'
Overview: An overview of the making of Danny the Champion of the World (1989)
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-09-01
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