English films about the time machine

List of the best English films about the time machine, selected by visitors to our site: Tenet, Terminator Genisys, The Haunted, The Borrowers, Austenland, Brexit: The Uncivil War, Animals, Papadopoulos & Sons, Sightseers, Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang.

In the top there are new films of 2021, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

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Markimdb: 7.4
Genrefantastic, action, thriller
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA

Armed with only one word - Tenet - and fighting for the survival of the entire world, the Protagonist journeys through a twilight world of international espionage on a mission that will unfold in something beyond real time.

Markimdb: 6.3
Genrefantastic, action, thriller
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
Duration02:29

    The year is 2029. John Connor, leader of the resistance continues the war against the machines. At the Los Angeles offensive, John's fears of the unknown future begin to emerge when TECOM spies reveal a new plot by SkyNet that will attack him from both fronts; past and future, and will ultimately change warfare forever.

    Markimdb: 3.7
    Genrehorror, thriller, detective
    CountryUnited Kingdom

    In a rambling, isolated house, Emily’s first night-shift as carer to an elderly dementia patient turns into a nightmare as she is tormented by a vengeful spirit and uncovers the house's dark secrets.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genrefantasy, comedy, adventure, family
    CountryUnited Kingdom, South Africa
    Duration01:27

    Family adventure based on Mary Norton's classic children's books about a race of tiny people who live under the floorboards, resourcefully surviving by borrowing bits and pieces from the large residents who dwell above. After being discovered by 'human beans', borrower Arrietty and her parents are forced to leave their home while attempting to evade the clutches of obsessive scientist Professor Mildeye.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genrecomedy, melodrama
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
    Duration01:37

    Obsessed with the BBC production of "Pride and Prejudice", a woman travels to a Jane Austen theme park in search for her perfect gentleman.

    Markimdb: 7
    Genredrama, biography, history
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration01:32

    Political strategist Dominic Cummings leads a popular but controversial campaign to convince British voters to leave the European Union from 2015 up until the present day.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genrecomedy, drama
    CountryUnited Kingdom, Australia, Republic of Ireland, Finland

    Laura and Tyler are best friends and drinking buddies whose hedonistic existence falls under the creeping horror of adulthood when Laura gets engaged to Jim – an ambitious pianist who surprisingly decides to go teetotal.

    Markimdb: 6
    Genrecomedy, drama
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration01:49

    Following his ruin in the latest banking crisis, a self-made millionaire reluctantly re-unites with his estranged freewheeling brother to re-open the abandoned fish and chip shop they shared in their youth.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genrehorror, comedy, drama
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration01:28

    Chris wants to show girlfriend Tina his world, but events soon conspire against the couple and their dream caravan holiday takes a very wrong turn.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genrefantasy, comedy, family, military
    CountryUSA, United Kingdom, France
    Duration01:49

    Nanny McPhee appears at the door of a harried young mother, Mrs. Isabel Green, who is trying to run the family farm while her husband is away at war. But once she’s arrived, Nanny McPhee discovers that the children are fighting a war of their own against two spoiled city cousins who have just moved in. Relying on everything from a flying motorcycle and a statue that comes to life to a tree-climbing piglet and a baby elephant, Nanny uses her magic to teach her mischievous charges five new lessons.

    Markimdb: 4.3
    Genrehorror, action, thriller
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration01:25

    Sarah Tyler returns to her troubled family home in the isolated countryside, for a much put-off visit. As a storm rages outside, Sarah, her family and friends shore up for the night, cut off from the outside world. But something comes out of the driving rain and darkness. Something that holds a dark secret so devastating that, in one night, it could wipe out the entire family.

    Markimdb: 7.7
    Genremelodrama, drama, biography
    CountryUnited Kingdom, Japan, USA
    Duration02:03

      The Theory of Everything is the extraordinary story of one of the world’s greatest living minds, the renowned astrophysicist Stephen Hawking, who falls deeply in love with fellow Cambridge student Jane Wilde.

      Markimdb: 5.9
      Genreaction, comedy, drama, crime
      CountryUnited Kingdom
      Duration01:41

      Sam & Fordy run a credit card fraud scheme, but when they steal from the wrong man, they find themselves threatened by sadistic gangster. They need to raise £5m and pull off a daring diamond heist to clear their debt.

      Markimdb: 8.5
      Genrethriller, drama, crime
      CountryUnited Kingdom

      Happy Valley is a dark, funny, multi-layered thriller revolving around the personal and professional life of Catherine, a dedicated, experienced, hard-working copper. She is also a bereaved mother who looks after her orphaned grandchild.

      Markimdb: 6
      Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime, detective
      CountryUnited Kingdom
      Duration01:36

      An elite hitman returns to erase his past only to find that somebody has messed with his future.

      Markimdb: 6.6
      Genrecomedy, drama
      CountryUnited Kingdom

      Comedy thriller about three friends who embark on a journey that takes them to the extremes of their friendship, crossing every boundary imaginable to save a life.

      Markimdb: 7.4
      Genredrama, crime
      CountryUnited Kingdom
      Duration01:46

      19-year-old Eric, arrogant and ultra-violent, is prematurely transferred to the same adult prison facility as his estranged father. As his explosive temper quickly finds him enemies in both prison authorities and fellow inmates — and his already volatile relationship with his father is pushed past breaking point — Eric is approached by a volunteer psychotherapist, who runs an anger management group for prisoners. Torn between gang politics, prison corruption, and a glimmer of something better, Eric finds himself in a fight for his own life, unsure if his own father is there to protect him or join in punishing him.

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genreaction, thriller, drama, history
      CountryUnited Kingdom, New Zealand
      Duration02:20

      In April 1980, armed gunmen stormed the Iranian Embassy in Princes Gate, London and took all inside hostage. Over the next six days a tense standoff took place, all the while a group of highly trained soldiers from the SAS prepared for a raid the world had never seen the likes of.

      Markimdb: 6
      Genrethriller, drama, crime
      CountryUnited Kingdom
      Duration01:32

      Thriller charting the moral collapse of a police family. Two cop brothers, smothered by the shadow of their former police chief father, must investigate a crime they themselves have committed.

      Markimdb: 6.1
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryIndia, United Kingdom
      Duration02:40

      A suicidal woman's "final" call mistakenly connects her to a man who gives her something to live for.

      Markimdb: 5.4
      Genrecomedy
      CountryUnited Kingdom
      Duration02:38

      Edina and Patsy are still oozing glitz and glamor, living the high life they are accustomed to; shopping, drinking and clubbing their way around London's trendiest hot-spots. Blamed for a major incident at an uber fashionable launch party, they become entangled in a media storm and are relentlessly pursued by the paparazzi. Fleeing penniless to the glamorous playground of the super-rich, the French Riviera, they hatch a plan to make their escape permanent and live the high life forever more!

      Markimdb: 6.4
      Genremelodrama, drama
      CountryUnited Kingdom
      Duration00:40

      An early-20th-century tale of love across class boundaries which tells the legendary and romantic story of Lady Chatterley’s affair with her gamekeeper. Jed Mercurio’s adaptation of DH Lawrence’s classic.

      Markimdb: 6.6
      Genredrama, crime
      CountryUnited Kingdom

      A story set in the north English seaside town of Blackpool and centered on two kindred spirits who form an unlikely friendship.

      Markimdb: 7.5
      Genredrama
      CountryUnited Kingdom
      Duration01:32

      The story of Joseph a man plagued by violence and a rage that is driving him to self-destruction. As Joseph's life spirals into turmoil a chance of redemption appears in the form of Hannah, a Christian charity shop worker. Their relationship develops to reveal that Hannah is hiding a secret of her own with devastating results on both of their lives.

      Markimdb: 6.8
      Genredrama, detective
      CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
      Duration02:15

      The story is set in 1947, following a long-retired Holmes living in a Sussex village with his housekeeper and rising detective son. But then he finds himself haunted by an unsolved 50-year old case. Holmes' memory isn't what it used to be, so he only remembers fragments of the case: a confrontation with an angry husband, a secret bond with his beautiful but unstable wife.

      Markimdb: 6.1
      Genrefantastic, drama
      CountryUnited Kingdom
      Duration01:30

      Mark Gatiss's adaptation of HG Wells's science fiction classic. July 1969, and as the world waits with bated breath for the Apollo astronauts to land on the Moon, a young boy meets 90-year-old Julius Bedford. He's a man with an extraordinary story of how, way back in 1909, he got to the Moon first, and, together with the eccentric Professor Cavor, discovered a terrifying secret deep beneath its seemingly-barren surface.

      Markimdb: 8
      Genredrama, biography, history
      CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, Australia
      Duration01:58

      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 set of unexpected techniques, and as a result of an unlikely friendship, Bertie is able to find his voice and boldly lead the country into war.

      Markimdb: 4.6
      Genrehorror, thriller, drama, crime, detective
      CountryUnited Kingdom
      Duration01:19

      A group of teachers must defend themselves from a gang of murderous kids when their school comes under siege after hours.

      Markimdb: 5.7
      Genrecomedy, crime
      CountryUSA, United Kingdom
      Duration01:29

      An art curator decides to seek revenge on his abusive boss by conning him into buying a fake Monet, but his plan requires the help of an eccentric and unpredictable Texas rodeo queen.

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
      CountryUnited Kingdom
      Duration01:47

      While working undercover as a bodyguard to arms dealer Harry, former-soldier-turned-secret-service-agent Ewan survives a bloody shootout with a member of an Islamic terrorist cell who steals Harry's briefcase full of Semtex explosives and escapes. Ewan's spymasters task Ewan with hunting down the cell members and retrieving the briefcase.

      Markimdb: 6.8
      Genrecomedy, drama, family
      CountryUnited Kingdom
      Duration01:30

      Some years after their son is killed, a married couple decide to adopt a child. One day a 7-year-old boy, Eli, unexpectedly arrives on their doorstep and things take a strange turn.

      Markimdb: 3
      Genrethriller, crime
      CountryUnited Kingdom

      A mild-mannered banker is forced to masquerade as a notorious gangster and pimp.

      Markimdb: 6
      Genredrama
      CountryUnited Kingdom
      Duration01:30

      A British intelligence officer has to ensure that a captured German scientist helps the British develop jet aircraft.

      Genredrama, biography, history
      CountryUnited Kingdom

      Buddy is a young boy on the cusp of adolescence, whose life is filled with familial love, childhood hijinks, and a blossoming romance. Yet, with his beloved hometown caught up in increasing turmoil, his family faces a momentous choice: hope the conflict will pass or leave everything they know behind for a new life.

      Markimdb: 5.9
      Genreaction, thriller
      CountryUnited Kingdom
      Duration01:38

      Soldier Robert Miller returns home from Afghanistan unable to fit back into society. Living on a violent council estate and finding work in undercover surveillance, he becomes obsessed with taking down a group of local gangsters who are intrinsically tied to a suspected terrorist cell. Taking the situation into his own hands, Robert embarks on a brutal quest for justice, with devastating consequences.

      Markimdb: 5.6
      Genrefantastic, adventure, family
      CountryUnited Kingdom
      Duration01:22

      Scientist Doctor Who accidentally activates his new invention, the Tardis, a time machine disguised as a police telephone box. Doctor Who, his two grand-daughters, and Barbara's boyfriend Ian are transported through time and space to the planet Skaro, where a peaceful race of Thals are under threat of nuclear attack from the planet's other inhabitants: the robotic mutant Daleks.

      Markimdb: 5.3
      Genrecomedy, drama, crime
      CountryUnited Kingdom

      Kenneth (who likes to call himself Kay) begins to realise he's just another wannabe bad boy... even less than a loser in fact. After quitting his job at Laimsbury's, Kay vows to become a respected gangster... or cry trying. A pulls-no-punches, coming-of-age story, centering on one directionless hopeless "shotter", who finds his true worth in the face of urban adversity.

      Markimdb: 7.7
      Genrefantasy, adventure, family
      CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
      Duration02:26

      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.

      Markimdb: 7.9
      Genredocumentary, sport
      CountryUnited Kingdom
      Duration01:44

      By vividly recounting the TT's legendary rivalries and the Isle of Man's unique road racing history, this 3D feature documentary discovers why modern TT riders still risk their lives to win the world's most dangerous race. The Isle of Man Tourist Trophy is the greatest motorcycle road race in the world, the ultimate challenge for rider and machine. It has always called for a commitment far beyond any other racing event, and many have made the ultimate sacrifice in their quest for victory. A story about freedom of choice, the strength of human spirit and the will to win. It's also an examination of what motivates those rare few, this elite band of brothers who risk everything to win.

      Markimdb: 4.6
      Genrethriller, drama
      CountryUnited Kingdom
      Duration01:25

      Josh leaves his advertising career at its peak, everyone wants either to be him or to have him. A car accident will leave his daughter in a strange coma and when everyone has given up she starts communicating with him, or is he going mad?

      Markimdb: 6.5
      Genremelodrama, drama, history
      CountryUnited Kingdom
      Duration01:25

      A gripping 18th century drama details the scandalous life of Lady Seymour Worsley, who dared to leave her husband and elope with his best friend, Captain George Bisset. Lady Seymour Worsley escapes her troubled marriage only to find herself at the centre of a very public trial brought by her powerful husband Sir Richard Worsley.

      Markimdb: 7.2
      Genrecomedy, drama, biography
      CountryUnited Kingdom, Canada, USA
      Duration01:37

      With their golden era long behind them, comedy duo Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy embark on a variety hall tour of Britain and Ireland. Despite the pressures of a hectic schedule, and with the support of their wives Lucille and Ida – a formidable double act in their own right – the pair's love of performing, as well as for each other, endures as they secure their place in the hearts of their adoring public

      Markimdb: 7.9
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, music
      CountryRepublic of Ireland, United Kingdom
      Duration02:36

      A boy growing up in Dublin during the 1980s escapes his strained family life by starting a band to impress the mysterious girl he likes.

      Markimdb: 6.8
      Genredrama, adventure, family, sport
      CountryUnited Kingdom
      Duration01:42

      Brennan is Liverpool's number one fan, able to recite facts ad infinitum about the club and at a public school in the south of England since his father Gareth is emotionally unable to care for him following the death of Will's mother. Gareth appears one day out of the blue with tickets for Liverpool's trip to the 2005 Champions League Final in Istanbul.

      Markimdb: 6
      Genredrama, adventure, detective, biography
      CountryUnited Kingdom, France, USA
      Duration02:28

      Yachtsman Donald Crowhurst's disastrous attempt to win the 1968 Golden Globe Race ends up with him creating an outrageous account of traveling the world alone by sea.

      Markimdb: 5.3
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryUnited Kingdom
      Duration01:29

      Rob Haley (Dougray Scott), an up-and-coming chef and restaurateur in London, is grief-stricken when he loses his wife. With encouragement from his infamous friend and real life TV Chef Gordon Ramsay, Rob decides to spice up his life by turning a run-down country pub into a gourmet restaurant. His food catches the eye - and taste buds - of beautiful American food critic Kate Templeton (Claire Forlani) and they soon both write a recipe for love that leaves both their hearts - and their stomachs - in full.

      Markimdb: 8.1
      Genredrama
      CountryUnited Kingdom

      One summer's evening, two ageing writers, Hirst and Spooner, meet in a Hampstead pub and continue their drinking into the night at Hirst's stately house nearby. As the pair become increasingly inebriated, and their stories increasingly unbelievable, the lively conversation soon turns into a revealing power game, further complicated by the return home of two sinister younger men.

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryUnited Kingdom, USA

      An Englishman who grew up in London during World War II joins the military to fight in the Korean War.

      Markimdb: 7.8
      Genrefantastic, fantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
      Duration02:03

        The night after another unsatisfactory New Year party, Tim's father tells his son that the men in his family have always had the ability to travel through time. Tim can't change history, but he can change what happens and has happened in his own life – so he decides to make his world a better place... by getting a girlfriend. Sadly, that turns out not to be as easy as he thinks.

        Markimdb: 6.6
        Genremelodrama, drama
        CountryUnited Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, USA
        Duration02:30

        A woman learns about the death of her Orthodox Jewish father, a rabbi. She returns home and has romantic feelings rekindled for her best childhood friend, who is now married to her cousin.




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