Steven Mackintosh
Also Known As: 스티븐 매킨토시
Biography: Steven Mackintosh (born 30 April 1967) is an English actor.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
Birthday: April 30, 1967
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Overview: A card shark and his unwillingly-enlisted friends need to make a lot of cash quick after losing a sketchy poker match. To do this they decide to pull a heist on a small-time gang who happen to be operating out of the flat next door.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-08-28
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The Secret Life of Words
Overview: A solitary nurse bonds with a badly burned patient who survived an accident on an oil rig.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-12-15
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Underworld: Evolution
Overview: As the war between the vampires and the Lycans rages on, Selene, a former member of the Death Dealers (an elite vampire special forces unit that hunts werewolves), and Michael, the werewolf hybrid, work together in an effort to unlock the secrets of their respective bloodlines.
Genres: Fantasy Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-01-12
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The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story
Overview: The Tulse Luper Suitcases reconstructs the life of Tulse Luper, a professional writer and project-maker, caught up in a life of prisons. He was born in 1911 in Newport, South Wales and presumably last heard of in 1989. His life is reconstructed from the evidence of 92 suitcases found around the world - 92 being the atomic number of the element Uranium. The project includes three feature films, a TV series, 92 DVDs, CD-ROMs, and books.
Genres: War Drama History Adventure Romance Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-05-24
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The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 2: Vaux to the Sea
Overview: The Tulse Luper Suitcases reconstructs the life of Tulse Luper, a professional writer and project-maker, caught up in a life of prisons. He was born in 1911 in Newport, South Wales and presumably last heard of in 1989. His life is reconstructed from the evidence of 92 suitcases found around the world - 92 being the atomic number of the element Uranium. The project includes three feature films, a TV series, 92 DVDs, CD-ROMs, and books.
Genres: War Drama History Adventure Comedy Romance Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-02-09
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Calving
Overview: In a rural Irish village, a strange calf is born. And it won’t stop screaming.
Genres: Horror Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-10-29
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The Jesus Mysteries
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-04-19
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Sinatra: His Way
Overview: The life of legendary singer and actor Frank Sinatra, from his difficult birth and near death in Hoboken in 1915, through his rise to become one of the world's biggest entertainers.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-12-04
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Good
Overview: When John Halder's latest novel is enlisted by powerful political figures in the Nazi party to push their agenda, his career and social standing instantly advance. But after learning of the Reich's horrific plans for the future and the devastating effects they will have on people close to him, John must decide whether or not to take a stand and risk losing everything.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-12-31
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Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
Overview: A prequel to the first two Underworld films, this fantasy explains the origins of the feud between the Vampires and the Lycans. Aided by his secret love, Sonja, courageous Lucian leads the Lycans in battle against brutal Vampire king Viktor. Determined to break the king's enslavement of his people, Lucian faces off against the Death Dealer army in a bid for Lycan independence.
Genres: Fantasy Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-01-22
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The Jacket
Overview: A military veteran goes on a journey into the future, where he can foresee his death and is left with questions that could save his life and those he loves.
Genres: Drama Fantasy Mystery Science Fiction Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-03-04
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The Daisy Chain
Overview: A grieving couple move to a remote Irish village in the wake of their baby daughter's death. They soon take in an orphaned autistic girl, only to become involved in a series of strange occurrences.
Genres: Horror Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-11-09
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Murder in Mind
Overview: A body is found face down in a tank. Detective Inspector Iverson, investigating what seems like a routine case of suicide, becomes involved with the mesmerizing psychotherapist who was helping the dead woman find her true self. Gradually their roles are reversed as her probing uncovers the detective's own deeper motives and needs, until the knife-edge between suicide and murder is exposed.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-10-02
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First Born
Overview: Laura's expecting. Her husband, Steven's a loving guy but has little time for her. Her mom lives thousands of miles away. Forced to give up on her dreams, she's always been a bit edgy. A C-section drives her over the edge, making her see things in a different light. A creepy babysitter doesn't make things any better. She begins seeing things, trusts no one, as she goes into self-destruct mode.
Genres: Drama Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-03-20
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The Woman in Black
Overview: When a friendless old widow dies in the seaside town of Crythin, a young solicitor is sent by his firm to settle the estate. The lawyer finds the townspeople reluctant to talk about or go near the woman's dreary home and no one will explain or even acknowledge the menacing woman in black he keeps seeing.
Genres: Horror Mystery TV Movie History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-12-24
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The Shepherd
Overview: On Christmas Eve, a fighter pilot on his way home gets lost mid-flight over water and needs a miracle to land safely.
Genres: Drama Fantasy Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-08-10
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Blue Juice
Overview: JC is the hero of the Cornish surfing community. Staring thirty hard in the face, he fears that the wave that has carried him through a prolonged adolescence is heading for the rocks as his girlfriend pressures him for commitment and his friends contemplate growing up.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-09-15
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Lost Christmas
Overview: An Urban Fairy Tale set in Manchester. A story of how a series of tragic events, that blight a young boy's life on Christmas Eve, take him on a journey where a chance meeting with a mysterious stranger may have the key to help and give him a perfect Christmas.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-12-11
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Sugarhouse
Overview: Determined to kill his wife's lover, a middle-class accountant attempts to purchase a .38 from an inner-city crackhead, unaware the gun actually belongs to a psychotic drug lord who'd kill to get his weapon back.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-08-24
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The Great Ghost Rescue
Overview: Young Humphrey is a ghost with a big problem. He and his family, the Craggyfords, have been ousted from their home and left without a place to haunt. As they search for new haunting grounds they soon discover that they are not alone. Ghosts from all over the world have been exorcised from their dwellings, with dark castles and ancient buildings being destroyed by the living, and turned into shopping centers. With time running out, Humphrey digs deep inside, and decides to help save his family and the rest of the haunting community by scaring his way to victory.
Genres: Family Fantasy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-10-04
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9/11: The Falling Man
Overview: An examination of an image - a falling man from the North Tower, frozen in mid air - circulated by the press immediately after the September 11 attacks, the public's reaction, and why it was later deemed un-newsworthy.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-03-16
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Kick-Ass 2
Overview: After Kick-Ass’ insane bravery inspires a new wave of self-made masked crusaders, he joins a patrol led by the Colonel Stars and Stripes. When these amateur superheroes are hunted down by Red Mist — reborn as The Mother Fucker — only the blade-wielding Hit-Girl can prevent their annihilation.
Genres: Action Adventure Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-07-17
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The Beckoning Silence
Overview: In The Beckoning Silence, Joe Simpson, whose amazing battle for survival featured in the multi-award winning "Touching the Void", travels to the treacherous North Face of the Eiger to tell the story of one of mountaineering's most epic tragedies. As a child, it was this story and that of one of the climbers in particular, that first captured Simpson's imagination and inspired him to take up mountaineering.
Genres: Documentary Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-10-22
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The Mother
Overview: A grandmother has a passionate affair with a man half her age, who is also sleeping with her daughter.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-11-14
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The Other Boleyn Girl
Overview: Based on the controversial novel by Philippa Gregory, "The Other Boleyn Girl" is a fictionalised account of the life of Lady Mary Boleyn who becomes mistress to England's king, Henry VIII, before being ousted by her younger sister, Anne. Mary leaves the Court to marry a commoner, but returns when Anne embarks on a reckless policy to save herself from ruin.
Genres: TV Movie Drama History Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-03-28
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Caroline: The Murder That Fooled The World
Overview: The shocking story of Caroline Crouch, a British woman tragically murdered in Athens.
Genres: Documentary Crime TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-02-18
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Shiny Shiny Bright New Hole in My Heart
Overview: Drama about a woman who works as a personal shopper in a glamorous department store who becomes seduced by the opulent lives of her clients, with devastating consequences.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-07-26
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Six Characters in Search of An Author
Overview: Adaptation of Pirandello's play.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-12-12
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Different for Girls
Overview: Paul reunites with his schoolmate Kim, and finds out she's actually a woman who has transitioned since they last met. She has no desire to stir up the past and they start to fall in love, but Paul's immaturity gets them in trouble.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-10-01
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The Criminal
Overview: Jasper Rawlins, a none-too-successful musician, finds himself chatting with a beautiful woman at his neighborhood bar. She goes home with him, direct and frank in answer to his nervousness. During the night, someone breaks into his flat and cuts her throat. He runs into the arms of the police, who dismiss his story, but release him while they search for the weapon. He investigates the crime, and over the next few days, meets a knowing pornographer, hit men, and other schemers. As dead bodies pile up wherever he goes, the police are soon looking for him with guns drawn. As he discovers secrets about a shadowy corporation, the police close in. Can he find someone to trust?
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-10-01
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The Sweeney
Overview: Jack Regan, a hardened cop who doesn’t play by the rules, is confronted with a criminal from his past. With sidekick George Carter they are put on the case of a jewellery store heist that ends in a killing. But is that killing really an execution in disguise? With pressure from his boss and the fact that Regan is having an affair with that boss’s wife, it’s not going to be easy for him to stay out of trouble.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-09-11
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Small Engine Repair
Overview: Doug, an aspiring country singer, has spent his life as a loser in a non-descript small town with nobody believing in his heartbreaking voice and talent as a musician. His wife has left him and only his best friend believes in him. But he has one last chance to make it.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-09-07
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London Kills Me
Overview: For want of a nail a shoe was lost, for want of a shoe... a young man's life is almost lost, which is exactly what this film is all about: a man barely twenty who wants desperately to pull out of London's drug world by taking a job as a waiter in a 'normal' restaurant. But to do this he must come up with a "sensible" pair of shoes, an item that his homeless meanderings hasn't provided him.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-12-13
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The Grotesque
Overview: Sir Hugo is more interested in reconstructing dinosaur bones than in paying attention to his wife, Lady Harriet. He's not thrilled when daughter Cleo brings home her betrothed, Sidney, who aspires to be a poet. The new butler, Fledge, provides Lady Harriet with the attention she's been missing and then seduces Sidney. Did he have a role in Sidney's disappearance as well?
Genres: Comedy Drama Horror Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-09-09
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Robot Overlords
Overview: Earth has been conquered by robots from another galaxy and the human survivors must stay in their homes, or risk incineration.
Genres: Science Fiction Adventure Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-10-18
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The Thirteenth Tale
Overview: Biographer Margaret Lea travels to the isolated rural mansion of the famous writer Vida Winter, who asks her to write her biography. Although initially she is reluctant, as Vida is known for constantly distorting the facts of her life, Margaret soon becomes fascinated with the story of a dark childhood, a disturbing tale that leads her to finally confront the traumas of her own past.
Genres: TV Movie Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-12-30
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The Scouting Book for Boys
Overview: Thomas Turgoose (This Is England) stars as David, a young boy who lives a carefree life on a coastal caravan park with his best friend Emily (Holliday Grainger). When David learns that Emily is being forced to move away, he helps her hide out in a remote cave on the beach. But as David watches the police close in on his missing friend, their innocent secret takes on a life of its own. When the real reason Emily wants to escape comes to light, David's world is shattered. Swept up in a situation out of his control, and with his feelings for his best friend growing stranger by the day, David is forced to take action.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-03-19
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Memphis Belle
Overview: The "Memphis Belle" is a World War II bomber, piloted by a young crew on dangerous bombing raids into Europe. The crew only have to make one more bombing raid before they have finished their duty and can go home. In the briefing before their last flight, the crew discover that the target for the day is Bremen.
Genres: Drama War Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-09-07
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The Land Girls
Overview: During World War II, the organisation "The Women's Land Army" recruited women to work on British farms while the men were off to war. Three such "land girls" of different social backgrounds - quiet Stella, young hairdresser Prue, and Cambridge graduate Ag - become best friends in spite of their different backgrounds.
Genres: Drama Romance War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-06-12
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Set Fire to the Stars
Overview: An aspiring poet in 1950s New York has his ordered world shaken when he embarks on a week-long retreat to save his hell raising hero, Dylan Thomas.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-11-07
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News Hounds
Overview: Every cub reporter wants a front page 'splash' and the journalists from The Brit, a top-selling daily tabloid, are no exception. They're on the trail of a sensational story and their jobs depend on it.
Genres: Comedy Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-09-02
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Hunting the Paedophiles: Inside the National Crime Agency
Overview: An investigation from the National Crime Agency uncovers the UK's biggest online child abuse scandals, revealing the hundreds of British teens who have been tricked into sending indecent selfies to strangers online.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-12-07
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Safe
Overview: Antonia Bird's first feature length film; "Safe" from 1993, focused on the plight of the homeless in London.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-10-13
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Bone in the Throat
Overview: A young ambitious chef gets mixed up with the East End London mob. While showing off his culinary skills, he finds himself trapped.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-03-16
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McQueen and I
Overview: Profile of British fashion designer Alexander McQueen.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-01-22
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Horizon: Is Alcohol worse than Ecstasy?
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-01-01
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England Expects
Overview: The story follows former football hooligan Ray Knight (Steven Mackintosh), a normal everyday family man who works as a security guard at a financial trading company in Canary Wharf, the symbol of corporate wealth which looms high over the impoverished communities below. Newfound social responsibilities are trampled underfoot when Ray's racist past is revived amid tensions between Whites and Asians jostling for position on the council housing list. Among those who are wanting to be rehoused in a new development is Ray's alcoholic ex-wife Sadie (Camille Coduri), and his teenage daughter Nikki (Sadie Thompson). After a failed attempt to rehouse Sadie and Nikki, and soon discovering that Nikki is involved in heroin addiction, Ray's anger drives him to re-join a BNP organisation led by his old friend Larry Knowles (Keith Barron).
Genres: TV Movie Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-04-05
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A Dark Adapted Eye
Overview: This psychological mystery/thriller, adapted from Barbara Vine aka Ruth Rendell's novel of the same name, depicts a family on the edge. Two sisters, the elder, obsessive Vera, and the younger, manipulative Eden, cut a path of secrecy and jealousy that leads to disaster.
Genres: Mystery Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-01-02
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A Song for Jenny
Overview: A Song For Jenny is the true story of Julie Nicholson's response to her daughter Jenny’s murder in the July 7th bombing at Edgware Road tube station. Starring Emily Watson as Julie, A Song For Jenny details the dramatic and profound impact of violence on one woman and a family.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-07-05
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Manchester's Serial Killer?
Overview: In the last six years, the remains of over 90 people have been recovered from the canals of Greater Manchester; most are young men. Now headlines have claimed a serial killer, dubbed by locals as ‘The Pusher’, could be at large. In this documentary, ex-murder detective Tony Blockley reviews the cases of three young men who mysteriously drowned and whose parents are desperate for answers. Is it possible a serial killer is stalking Manchester’s waterways?
Genres: Documentary Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-01-19
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Gold
Overview: An offbeat comedy about an estranged father who returns to his hometown after an absence of ten years in order to reconnect with his daughter and ex-wife but unwittingly finds himself responsible for almost destroying all their lives.
Genres: Family Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-02-20
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Urban Hymn
Overview: Set against the backdrop of the 2011 UK summer riots, Jamie, a young female offender who possesses a remarkable voice, meets a determined social worker who inspires her to use it.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-09-11
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The Last Secrets Of 9/11
Overview: 9/11 led to many advances in forensics science, as detailed in this documentary.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-08-14
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The Princes in the Tower: The New Evidence
Overview: Did Richard III kill his nephews? Philippa Langley and Rob Rinder explore new discoveries and examine the truth about the fate of the princes in the tower. Based on The Missing Princes Project.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-11-18
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Mo
Overview: A docudrama about the life of the former UK Secretary of state for Northern Ireland, Mo Mowlam.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-01-31
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Whitney & Bobby: Addicted to Love
Overview: A detailed account into the troubled and inevitably doomed marriage between the golden girl Whitney Houston, and the R&B bad boy Bobby Brown.
Genres: Documentary Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-08-14
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Care
Overview: A man struggles to piece together his life after suffering years of abuse in a children's home - a personal battle made doubly difficult by crusading reporters determined to expose the scandal.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-10-08
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Antonia Bird: From EastEnders to Hollywood
Overview: In this new documentary, Susan Kemp explores the life and work of the great British director Antonia Bird, who died in 2013. Bird blazed a trail from the radical hotbed of the Royal Court Theatre in the 70s, via the groundbreaking early days of EastEnders and Casualty in the 80s, all the way to Hollywood in the 90s and back again. She always had something urgent to say, but her career was a long struggle to get her voice heard. Featuring many of her close collaborators, including Robert Carlyle, Irvine Welsh, Kate Hardie and Mark Cousins, this documentary is the first to examine Bird’s legacy, and to place her where she belongs – among the most important British film, TV and theatre directors of her era.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-05-12
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Modern Life Is Rubbish
Overview: Brought together by their shared love of music, ten years on Liam and Natalie are at breaking point. In their case opposites attract but don't necessarily work long-term. Making the difficult decision to separate, they must split their prized music library. But the soundtrack that defined their relationship keeps pulling them back together.
Genres: Romance Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-04-27
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Brunel: Building a Great Britain
Overview: Examining the story of the Victorian engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel, the man who designed the world's fastest railway, longest suspension bridge and largest ship. Over 150 years on from his death, this film goes back in time to explore the extraordinary stories behind Brunel's greatest creations, including the Great Western Railway and the Clifton Suspension Bridge. The film also explores the wider story of what kind of Britain Brunel's genius was able to flourish in.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-01-01
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Interview With A Murderer
Overview: A famed criminologist reexamines the evidence in this powerful interview with murderer Bert Spencer, suspected in the killing a paperboy in 1978.
Genres: Crime Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-06-12
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Prick Up Your Ears
Overview: When the young, attractive Joe Orton meets the older, more introverted Kenneth Halliwell at drama school, he befriends the kindred spirit and they start an affair. As Orton becomes more comfortable with his sexuality and starts to find success with his writing, Halliwell becomes increasingly alienated and jealous, ultimately tapping into a dangerous rage.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-04-17
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The Tulse Luper Suitcases: Antwerp
Overview: "Antwerp" continues telling the picaresque adventures through the world of multi disciplinary artist and professional prisoner Tulse Luper. This movie premiered at the Venice Film Festival as a separate title located between the first and the second part of the Greenanway Tulse Luper Trilogy.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-08-31
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Elfie Hopkins
Overview: An aspiring teen detective stumbles into her first real case, when investigating the mysterious new family in her neighborhood.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-04-20
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A Life in Suitcases
Overview: Follows Tulse Luper as he is swept into the ill-fortuned tides of the 20th century and forced to spend his life in a succession of imprisonments.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-10-20
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A Very British Sex Scandal
Overview: A Very British Sex Scandal tells the story of Peter Wildeblood, a royal correspondent for the Daily Mail newspaper. He is a closet homosexual and like many gay men at that time, lives in secret as homosexuality is against the law. One evening he meets Eddie McNally, who is on leave from the air force and the pair embark on an affair together. However, it is their weekend at the estate of Lord Edward Montagu which eventually leads to a scandal which rocked modern Britain and led to a reconsideration of, and the eventual decriminilisation of homosexuality.
Genres: Crime Drama Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-07-20
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The Return of the Native
Overview: Eustacia Vye, an exquisite beauty despairing at her boring life on an English moor, sets up a fateful lovers' triangle when she uses her wiles to entice two men, a dashing suitor and a successful man who made his name abroad and returned to his home on the heath.
Genres: Drama Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-12-04
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Bletchley Park: Code-breaking's Forgotten Genius
Overview: Gordon Welchman was one of the original elite codebreakers crucial to the allies defeating the Nazis in World War II. He is the forgotten genius of Bletchley Park.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-09-07
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Michael Jackson: Man In The Mirror
Overview: A biopic drama-documentary about the 'King of Pop', that mixes real footage and new interviews with people around him (most notably his mother Katherine Jackson) with re-enactments of times of Michael's life until his untimely death on the 25th of June in 2009.
Genres: Documentary Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-03-31
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The Many Trials of One Jane Doe
Overview: Based on a true story about an extraordianry woman, who after a traumatizing rape, refuses to remain a victim. Wendy Crewson stars as Jane Doe (as she must legally be called), a woman who discovers she was the fifth victim of a serial rapist terrorizing a two-block area surrounding her home. When she learns that the police department was aware of this dangerous criminal yet decided not to issue a public warning, she feels that she and all the women in the neighbourhood were offered up as bait. Driven to take action, she investigates not only her own case, but also police procedures with regard to rape and its victims, and is shocked by what she discovers: a legal system that is sexist and uncaring. It is then that she decides to take on the Toronto Police Department. What follows for Jane Doe is a grueling 10-year legal battle, which becomes vicious, all-consuming and personal.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-01-24
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The Betrayed Girls
Overview: Documentary about the child abuse revelations in Rochdale and other towns. Featuring the harrowing testimony of the victims and the shocking truth from those who spoke out, this film reveals how it wasn't just the professionals whose job it was to protect the girls who ignored their plight, but others did as well.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-07-03
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House of America
Overview: "House of America" is a 1997 film directed by Marc Evans. The film, set in a depressed Welsh mining town, centres on a dysfunctional family unit of brothers Boyo and Sid, their sister Gwenny and their controlling mother. The film tackles issues such as Welsh identity, its need for indigenous heroes and the nation's perceived inferiority complex.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-01-01
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Twelfth Night
Overview: Shakespeare's comedy of gender confusion, in which a girl disguises herself as a man to be near the count she adores, only to be pursued by the woman he loves.
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-10-25
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The Escapist
Overview: Frank Perry is an institutionalized convict twelve years into a life sentence without parole. When his estranged daughter falls ill, he is determined to make peace with her before it's too late. He develops an ingenious escape plan, and recruits a dysfunctional band of escapists - misfits with a mutual dislike for one other but united by their desire to escape their hell hole of an existence.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-06-20
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The Aryan Couple
Overview: A German Jewish industrialist is forced to hand over his business to the Nazis in order to ensure his family's safe passage out of Germany.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-12-10
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Treasure Island
Overview: Young Jim Hawkins, while running the Benbow Inn with his mother, meets Captain Billy Bones, who dies at the inn while it is beseiged by buccaneers led by Blind Pew. Jim and his mother fight off the attackers and discover Billy Bones' treasure map for which the buccaneers had come. Jim agrees to sail on the S.S. Espaniola with Squire Trelawney and Dr. Livesey to find the treasure on a mysterious isiand. Upon arriving at the island, ship's cook and scaliwag Long John Silver leads a mutiny of crew members who want the treasure for themselves. Jim helps the Squire and Espaniola officers to survive the mutiny and fight back against Silver's men, who have taken over the Espaniola.
Genres: Adventure Family TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-01-22
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Midnight Movie
Overview: American producer James Boyce and his airhead wife Amber rent an English country mansion where the British horror flick "Smoke Rings" was filmed twenty years previous. Amber's mother was model-actress Mandy Mason, who died mysteriously after her appearance in "Smoke Rings." The property rental to Boyce was arranged by middle-aged lawyer Henry Harris, who continues to live with his lovesick memories of the late actress. Boyce invites Harris to dinner, and "Smoke Rings" airs on TV that same evening. During the following days, Harris observes Amber's behaviour paralleling events experienced both by her mother and in the movie.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-12-26
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Lady Audley's Secret
Overview: When Lucy Graham (Neve McIntosh) weds the much older Sir Michael Audley (Kenneth Cranham), his nephew Robert (Steven Mackintosh) is suspicious of the lovely young woman's motives. Soon, Robert's friend disappears, and Robert believes Lucy may be involved. But as he attempts to unearth the truth about Lucy's past, he finds himself irresistibly drawn to her dangerous allure. Betsan Morris Evans's period drama is based on the novel by Mary Elizabeth Braddon's.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-05-17
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Death Row Dogs
Overview: Delve into issues surrounding dangerous dogs, including attacks on humans, criminals who run fighting rings and police efforts to curb problems.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-01-24
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Alien Planets Revealed
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-01-08
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Rocketman
Overview: The story of Elton John's life, from his years as a prodigy at the Royal Academy of Music through his influential and enduring musical partnership with Bernie Taupin.
Genres: Music Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-05-17
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Rang De Basanti
Overview: After a group of friends graduate from Delhi University, they listlessly haunt their old campus, until a British filmmaker casts them in a film she's making about freedom fighters under British rule. Although the group is largely apolitical, the tragic death of a friend owing to local government corruption awakens their patriotism. Inspired by the freedom fighters they represent in the film, the friends collectively decide to avenge the killing.
Genres: Comedy Drama History Romance
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2006-01-26
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The Browning Version
Overview: Adaptation of Terence Rattigan's play produced for the BBC in 1985.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-12-31
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Jack the Ripper: The Missing Evidence
Overview: During a three-month period in 1888, a knife-wielding serial killer murdered six women on the streets of Whitechapel. Their throats were cut and their bodies horribly mutilated. He was never caught and his identity remains one of the world's greatest crime mysteries. In the years that have passed since Jack the Ripper's killing spree, many high-profile suspects have been suggested, yet the fact remains that none of them can be placed at any of the crime scenes. Now, journalist Christer Holmgren believes that he has found a suspect who can not only be linked directly to one of the murders but also whose daily routine could be consistent with all the other deaths
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-11-17
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9/11: Phone Calls from the Towers
Overview: Trapped in The Twin Towers on September 11th, thousands of ordinary people struggled to make contact with the outside world. Many knew that time was ticking away. These recorded messages and private calls are the most powerful legacy to the families left behind. Often full of love and dignity they depict humanity at its best and most resourceful in the face of evil.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-12-07
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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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The Postcard Killings
Overview: After suffering a personal tragedy, and desperate for justice, Jacob Kanon, a veteran New York City police detective, embarks on the search for a twisted killer who is leaving a bloody trail of elaborate murders across Europe.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-03-13
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The Accused
Overview: A view into the British legal system.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-02-06
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The Muppet Christmas Carol
Overview: A retelling of the classic Dickens tale of Ebenezer Scrooge, miser extraordinaire. He is held accountable for his dastardly ways during night-time visitations by the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future.
Genres: Music Comedy Family Fantasy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-12-10
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Doctor Who: Timelash
Overview: The Doctor and Peri arrive on Karfel, a planet ruled by fear where the enemies of its ruler, the despotic Borad, are banished into a time tunnel known as the Timelash.
Genres: Science Fiction Drama Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-03-16
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Far from China
Overview: A young female writer whose father was a militant activist struggles to come to terms with this cumbersome legacy.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-11-18
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Lawrence of Arabia: Britain's Great Adventurer
Overview: The epic story of Thomas Edward Lawrence the First World War military officer who united the tribes of Arabia against the Ottoman Turkish army. The film reveals that while being one of the most enigmatic figures of the 20th century, he was also a deeply troubled man, delving into his personal torment, the secret his family were hiding, and the punishment he endured.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-09-30
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Nelson: Britain's Great Naval Hero
Overview: A fresh look at the remarkable rise of Horatio Nelson, uncovering the scandals, military failures and secrets behind the Battle of Trafalgar's most famous Admiral. The film explores how the establishment of the day sought to make this complex character a symbol of maritime superiority, but also asks what sort of country Nelson was fighting for, at a time when the Royal Navy was Britain's front line of defence and protecting interests around the globe, including the barbaric Atlantic slave trade.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-09-16
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Princess Caraboo
Overview: Bristol, England, early 19th century. A beautiful young stranger who speaks a weird language is tried for the crime of begging. But when a man claims that he can translate her dialect, it is understood that the woman is a princess from a far away land. She is then welcomed by a family of haughty aristocrats that only wants to heighten their prestige. However, the local reporter is not at all convinced she is what she claims to be and investigates. Is Caraboo really a princess?
Genres: Comedy Drama History Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-09-16
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Dana, The 8 Year Old Anorexic
Overview: Dana is eight years old and anorexic. Cutting Edge follows Dana as she embarks on an intensive 12-week programme at a specialist clinic, to examine why younger and younger children are developing eating disorders.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-10-02
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