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The King's Speech
(2010)
Drama, History
The King's Speech tells the story of the man who became King George VI, the father of Queen Elizabeth II. After his brother abdicates, George ('Bertie') reluctantly assumes the throne. Plagued by a dreaded stutter and considered unfit to be king, Bertie engages the help of an unorthodox speech therapist named Lionel Logue. Through a se...
Runtime:
118 min
Director:
Tom Hooper
Cast:
Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush, Helena Bonham Carter, Guy Pearce, Timothy Spall
8.0
94%
88
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Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
(2006)
Crime, Drama, Fantasy
Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, born in the stench of 18th century Paris, develops a superior olfactory sense, which he uses to create the world's finest perfumes. However, his work takes a dark turn as he tries to preserve scents in the search for the ultimate perfume.
Runtime:
147 min
Director:
Tom Tykwer
Cast:
Ben Whishaw, Simon Chandler, David Calder, Richard Felix, Birgit Minichmayr
7.5
59%
56
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A Bridge Too Far
(1977)
Drama, History, War
Operation Market Garden, September 1944. The Allies attempt to capture several strategically important bridges in the Netherlands in the hope of breaking the German lines.
Runtime:
175 min
Director:
Richard Attenborough
Cast:
Dirk Bogarde, Dirk Bogarde, James Caan, Michael Caine, Sean Connery
7.4
62%
63
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Penelope
(2006)
Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Forlorn heiress Penelope Wilhern is cursed, and the only way out is to fall in love with someone of suitable stock. But how can she find her soul mate when she's sequestered inside her family's estate with only her parents to keep her company. This untraditional fairy tale about a girl who bucks convention to create her own happy ending.
Runtime:
103 min
Director:
Mark Palansky, Sean Guest
Cast:
Christina Ricci, James McAvoy, Catherine O'Hara, Peter Dinklage, Richard E. Grant
6.7
53%
48
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Vera Drake
(2004)
Drama
Abortionist Vera Drake finds her beliefs and practices clash with the mores of 1950s Britain – a conflict that leads to tragedy for her family.
Runtime:
125 min
Director:
Mike Leigh
Cast:
Imelda Staunton, Phil Davis, Sally Hawkins, Richard Graham, Sally Hawkins
7.6
92%
83
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The Bounty
(1984)
Action, Drama, History
The familiar story of Lieutenant Bligh, whose cruelty leads to a mutiny on his ship. This version follows both the efforts of Fletcher Christian to get his men beyond the reach of British retribution, and the epic voyage of Lieutenant Bligh to get his loyalists safely to East Timor in a tiny lifeboat.
Runtime:
132 min
Director:
Roger Donaldson
Cast:
Mel Gibson, Anthony Hopkins, Laurence Olivier, Edward Fox, Daniel Day-Lewis
7.1
74%
62
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The Man Who Knew Too Little
(1997)
Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
An American gets a ticket for an audience participation game in London, then gets involved in a case of mistaken identity. As an international plot unravels around him, he thinks it's all part of the act.
Runtime:
97 min
Director:
Jon Amiel
Cast:
Bill Murray, Peter Gallagher, Joanne Whalley, Alfred Molina, Richard Wilson
6.6
39%
N/A
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Hitler: The Rise of Evil
(2003)
Drama, History, War
The movie describes the life of Adolf Hitler from childhood to manhood, and his rise to power. From his poor childhood in Austria, the first world war from his point of view, we see how Hitler was transformed from a poor soldier into the leader of the Nazis, and how he survived all attempts to kill him. We learn of his relationship wit...
Runtime:
179 min
7.3
N/A
N/A
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The Lord of the Rings
(1978)
Adventure, Animation, Fantasy
The Fellowship of the Ring embark on a journey to destroy the One Ring and end Sauron's reign over Middle-earth.
Runtime:
132 min
Director:
Ralph Bakshi
Cast:
Christopher Guard, Christopher Guard, William Squire, William Squire, Michael Scholes
6.2
52%
N/A
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The Mercy
(2018)
Adventure, Drama
In 1968, Donald Crowhurst, an amateur sailor, endangers the fate of his family and business, and his own life, blinded by his ambition to compete in the Sunday Times Golden Globe Race, attempting to become the first person in history to single-handedly circumnavigate the world without making any stopover.
Runtime:
102 min
Cast:
Colin Firth, Rachel Weisz, David Thewlis, Ken Stott, Simon McBurney
6.0
74%
60
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Stoned
(2005)
Drama
A chronicle of the sordid life and suspicious death of Rolling Stones co-founder Brian Jones, who was found in the bottom of his swimming pool weeks after being let go from the band.
Runtime:
102 min
Director:
Stephen Woolley
Cast:
Leo Gregory, Paddy Considine, David Morrissey, Ben Whishaw, Tuva Novotny
5.8
14%
41
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The Politician's Husband
(2013)
Drama
Aiden Hoynes is a senior cabinet minister who has always put his career before family, with the support of Freya, his devoted wife and mother to their two young children. But when Freya's own political career takes off and threatens to overshadow his, Aiden's life is thrown into chaos. As his political career comes to a standstill, and...
Runtime:
180 min
Director:
Simon Cellan Jones
Cast:
David Tennant, Emily Watson, Roger Allam, Tim Bentinck, June Bailey
7.2
N/A
N/A
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Carnage: Swallowing the Past
(2017)
Comedy, Science Fiction
It's 2067, the UK is vegan, but older generations are suffering the guilt of their carnivorous past. Simon Amstell asks us to forgive them for the horrors of what they swallowed.
Runtime:
65 min
Cast:
Simon Amstell, Linda Bassett, Martin Freeman, Eileen Atkins, Joanna Lumley
7.8
N/A
N/A
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Lace
(1984)
Drama
A sex symbol (Phoebe Cates) sets a trap for the trio who abandoned her as a baby, to destroy the one who is her mother.
Runtime:
240 min
Cast:
Phoebe Cates, Bess Armstrong, Brooke Adams, Arielle Dombasle, Anthony Higgins
7.0
N/A
N/A
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Sword of Honour
(2001)
Drama, War
Guy Crouchback joins the war effort during World War 2, an idealistic quest to join the forces of good in the fight against evil. But his efforts is not rewarded, he never has any chance to join any real fighting, circumstances always prevent it. Instead he finds himself in the middle of an army full of cowards, incompetents and a few ...
Runtime:
191 min
6.5
N/A
N/A
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The Taming of the Shrew
(1980)
Comedy, Drama, Romance, TV Movie
Baptista has two daughters: Kate and Bianca. Everyone wants to wed the fair Bianca, but nobody's much interested in problem child, Kate. Baptista declares that he won't give Bianca away in a marriage until he's found a husband for Kate, so all the suitors begin busily hunting out a madman who's willing to do it, and they find Petruchio...
Runtime:
126 min
Director:
Jonathan Miller
Cast:
Simon Chandler, Anthony Pedley, John Franklyn-Robbins, Frank Thornton, Sarah Badel
7.3
N/A
N/A
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The Commissioner
(1998)
Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
John Hurt stars as a scandal-hit member of parliament, dispatched to the political backwaters of the European Commission in Brussels as penance for his failures. However, once there he stumbles upon a chemical weapons outrage that points to a sinister political-industrial conspiracy.
Runtime:
108 min
Director:
George Sluizer
Cast:
John Hurt, Rosana Pastor, Alice Krige, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Johan Leysen
6.1
N/A
N/A
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Unnatural Causes
(1993)
Roy Marsden returns as author P.D. James's indefatigable gumshoe, Inspector Adam Dalgliesh. This time, he's investigating the murder of a famous mystery writer whose body is found in the bottom of a dinghy on the Suffolk coast. To add a further degree of difficulty, Dalgliesh must contend with a colleague on the case, the aptly named I...
Runtime:
93 min
Director:
John Davies
Cast:
Roy Marsden, Simon Chandler, Kenneth Colley, Mel Martin, Bill Nighy
6.6
N/A
N/A
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Who's Who
(1979)
Drama
Slice-of-life look at class divisions among employees of a brokerage house. Alan, with his portrait of the Queen and love of the peerage; his wife April, who raises cats; youthful and pretentious friends Nigel, Giles, and Anthony, who gather for a wine-soaked dinner party with the chatty and risque Samantha and the mousy Caroline; the ...
Runtime:
80 min
Director:
Mike Leigh
Cast:
Philip Davis, Simon Chandler, Felicity Dean, Geraldine James
7.2
N/A
N/A
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The Imitation Game
(1980)
Drama, War
Second World War drama - A young woman decides against working in a munitions factory, and lands a post with the signals corps attempting to crack the Enigma code.
Runtime:
75 min
Director:
Richard Eyre
Cast:
Harriet Walter, Bernard Gallagher, Gillian Martell, Lorna Yabsley, Nicholas Le Prevost
N/A
N/A
N/A
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Spice World
(1997)
Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Music
Zany adventure that follows The Spice Girls and their entourage (mostly fictional characters) - manager Clifford, his assistant Deborah, and filmmaker Piers (who is trying to shoot a documentary on "the real Spice Girls").
Runtime:
93 min
Director:
Bob Spiers
Cast:
Victoria Beckham, Mel B, Emma Bunton, Melanie Chisholm, Geri Halliwell
3.6
34%
32