English movies about heroes

List of the best English movies about heroes selected by visitors to our site: Seventh Son, Grimsby, Locked In, I Am Soldier, An Inspector Calls, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, Skeletons, Black Death, Robin Hood, Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation.

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: 5.5
Genrefantasy, adventure
CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Canada, China
Duration01:42

John Gregory, who is a seventh son of a seventh son and also the local spook, has protected the country from witches, boggarts, ghouls and all manner of things that go bump in the night. However John is not young anymore, and has been seeking an apprentice to carry on his trade. Most have failed to survive. The last hope is a young farmer's son named Thomas Ward. Will he survive the training to become the spook that so many others couldn't?

Markimdb: 6.2
Genreaction, thriller, comedy, adventure, crime
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
Duration02:18

Wrongfully accused and on the run, a top MI6 assassin joins forces with his long-lost, football hooligan brother to save the world from a sinister plot.

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: 4.6
Genreaction, thriller, military
CountryUnited Kingdom
Duration01:24

I Am Soldier follows Mickey Tomlinson (Tom Hughes), a military chef, who attempts the most dangerous military selection known to man: The Special Air Service (S.A.S.) selection. The S.A.S. Is the United Kingdom's most renowned Special Forces Regiment, tasked with life threatening missions in some of the most dangerous places on the planet. Mickey has more military experience than simply being a chef, something he doesn't let on to the other candidates... Mickey is smashed by this selection process - his mind, body and soul scream for mercy as he endures torturous speed-marches over the steepest mountains, running for his life during 'Escape and Evasion' and then facing the most evil interrogation possible, during the deadly phase known as: 'Tactical Questioning.' Even after everything, there is still only one way you can really prove yourself: in combat... Many try to get into the S.A.S. Only the elite make it.

Markimdb: 7.6
Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
CountryUnited Kingdom
Duration00:40

A mysterious Inspector investigates the wealthy Birling family and their dinner guests following the suicide of a young woman.

Markimdb: 7.5
Genreaction, thriller, comedy, drama, adventure, crime, detective
CountryUSA, Germany, United Kingdom, Australia
Duration02:08

There is a new criminal mastermind at large (Professor Moriarty) and not only is he Holmes’ intellectual equal, but his capacity for evil and lack of conscience may give him an advantage over the detective.

Markimdb: 6.7
Genrefantasy, comedy, drama
CountryUnited Kingdom
Duration01:34

In writer-director Nick Whitfield's black indie comedy, a pair of "exorcists" (Ed Gaughan and Andrew Buckley) with the power to rid people of their secrets agree to help a woman (Paprika Steen) whose daughter (Tuppence Middleton) is mute -- and whose husband is missing. Jason Isaacs co-stars as the mysterious Colonel, who seems to be calling the shots from the sidelines of the duo's shadowy enterprise.

Markimdb: 6.4
Genrethriller, drama, adventure, detective
CountryGermany, United Kingdom
Duration01:38

    As the plague decimates medieval Europe, rumours circulate of a village immune from the plague. There is talk of a necromancer who leads the village and is able to raise the dead. A fearsome knight joined by a cohort of soldiers and a young monk are charged by the church to investigate. Their journey is filled with danger, but it's upon entering the village that their true horror begins.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genreaction, drama, adventure
    CountryUSA, United Kingdom
    Duration02:28

    When soldier Robin happens upon the dying Robert of Loxley, he promises to return the man's sword to his family in Nottingham. There, he assumes Robert's identity; romances his widow, Marion; and draws the ire of the town's sheriff and King John's henchman, Godfrey.

    Markimdb: 7.4
    Genreaction, thriller, adventure
    CountryUSA, China, Hong Kong, Austria, United Kingdom, Morocco
    Duration02:29

      Ethan and team take on their most impossible mission yet, eradicating the Syndicate - an International rogue organization as highly skilled as they are, committed to destroying the IMF.

      Markimdb: 6.1
      Genrefantastic, action, short
      CountryUnited Kingdom
      Duration01:07

      Follows a group of war-torn Templar knights who are put to the test against a strange beast that stalks the lands of England. This battle is what Myths and Legends are made of. An independent fan film.

      Markimdb: 7.5
      Genredrama, military
      CountryUnited Kingdom, Spain, Germany, Italy, France
      Duration01:49

      David Carr is a British Communist who is unemployed. In 1936, when the Spanish Civil War begins, he decides to fight for the Republican side, a coalition of liberals, communists and anarchists, so he joins the POUM militia and witnesses firsthand the betrayal of the Spanish revolution by Stalin's followers and Moscow's orders.

      Markimdb: 5.2
      Genrefantastic, comedy, cartoon, military
      CountryUnited Kingdom, Spain, Belgium

      A satirical alternative history of World War II where the Nazis seize London and England must band together to prevent a full on invasion.

      Markimdb: 6.4
      Genrehorror
      CountryUnited Kingdom

      The accidental unearthing of Satan’s earthly remains causes the children of a 17th-century English village to slowly convert into a coven of devil worshipers.

      Markimdb: 7.3
      Genrefantasy, drama, family
      CountryUSA, United Kingdom
      Duration01:41

      A young British girl born and reared in India loses her neglectful parents in an earthquake. She is returned to England to live at her uncle's castle. Her uncle is very distant due to the loss of his wife ten years before. Neglected once again, she begins exploring the estate and discovers a garden that has been locked and neglected. Aided by one of the servants' boys, she begins restoring the garden, and eventually discovers some other secrets of the manor.

      Markimdb: 4.5
      Genrehorror
      CountryUnited Kingdom
      Duration01:27

      A supernatural shockumentary about a demonic presence in a young couple's home in London.

      Markimdb: 5.9
      Genreaction, thriller
      CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Bulgaria
      Duration02:29

        In London for the Prime Minister's funeral, Mike Banning discovers a plot to assassinate all the attending world leaders.

        Markimdb: 6.5
        Genrefantasy, drama, family, detective
        CountryUnited Kingdom
        Duration01:39

        Two children in 1917 take a photograph, believed by some to be the first scientific evidence of the existence of fairies. Based on a true story

        Markimdb: 6.6
        Genrethriller, drama, adventure, crime, detective, history
        CountryUnited Kingdom
        Duration01:42

        The year is 1914 and Richard Hannay, Mining Engineer who is visiting Britain for a short time before returning to South Africa, is shocked when one of his neighbours, Colonel Scudder, bursts into his rooms one night and tells him a story that Prussian 'sleeper' agents are planning to pre-start World War I by murdering a visiting foreign minister. However, Scudder is murdered and Hannay is framed for the death by the 'sleepers'. Fleeing to Scotland Hannay attempts to clear his name and to stop the agents with the aid of Alex Mackenzie but not only is he is chased by Chief Supt Lomas for Scudder's death but by the agents who are headed by Appleton who has managed to hide himself in a high-placed position in the British Government...

        Markimdb: 5.9
        Genrefantastic, melodrama, drama
        CountryUSA, Luxembourg, United Kingdom
        Duration02:05

        A parasitic alien soul is injected into the body of Melanie Stryder. Instead of carrying out her race's mission of taking over the Earth, "Wanda" (as she comes to be called) forms a bond with her host and sets out to aid other free humans.

        Markimdb: 4.4
        Genreaction, fantasy, adventure
        CountryUSA, Czech Republic, Canada, United Kingdom, Bulgaria
        Duration01:30

        A noble warrior must battle dragons and demons while upholding his moral code as he covertly joins a group of villains to rescue his kidnapped father from Shathrax, the Mind Flayer, who threatens to destroy the world.

        Markimdb: 7.4
        Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, drama, adventure, family
        CountryUSA, United Kingdom
        Duration01:45

        A man-cub named Mowgli fostered by wolves. After a threat from the tiger Shere Khan, Mowgli is forced to flee the jungle, by which he embarks on a journey of self discovery with the help of the panther, Bagheera and the free-spirited bear, Baloo.

        Markimdb: 7.6
        Genrethriller, drama, adventure, cartoon
        CountryUnited Kingdom
        Duration01:41

        When the warren belonging to a community of rabbits is threatened, a brave group led by Fiver, Bigwig, Blackberry and Hazel leave their homeland in a search of a safe new haven.

        Markimdb: 6.3
        Genreaction, thriller, crime
        CountryFrance, USA, Turkey, United Kingdom
        Duration01:31

        In Istanbul, retired CIA operative Bryan Mills and his wife are taken hostage by the father of a kidnapper Mills killed while rescuing his daughter.

        Markimdb: 5.8
        Genreaction, comedy, crime
        CountryUnited Kingdom, USA

        A pair of debt collectors are thrust into an explosively dangerous situation, chasing down various lowlifes while also evading a vengeful kingpin.

        Markimdb: 6.6
        Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, drama
        CountryUnited Kingdom, Japan
        Duration01:18

        The first manned spacecraft, fired from an English launchpad, is first lost from radar, then roars back to Earth and crashes in a farmer's field, and is found to contain only one of the three men who took off in it; and he is unable to talk but appears to be undergoing a torturous physical and mental metamorphosis.

        Markimdb: 5.7
        Genrefantasy, comedy, adventure, family
        CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Australia
        Duration02:24

        Living a bleak existence at a London orphanage, 12-year-old Peter finds himself whisked away to the fantastical world of Neverland. Adventure awaits as he meets new friend James Hook and the warrior Tiger Lily. They must band together to save Neverland from the ruthless pirate Blackbeard. Along the way, the rebellious and mischievous boy discovers his true destiny, becoming the hero forever known as Peter Pan.

        Markimdb: 5.2
        Genrefamily
        CountryUnited Kingdom, Australia, USA
        Duration01:27

        Walking with Dinosaurs 3D is a film depicting life-like 3D dinosaur characters set in photo-real landscapes that transports audiences to the prehistoric world as it existed 70 million years ago. The film is based on the 1999 documentary television miniseries Walking with Dinosaurs, produced by the BBC. Walking with Dinosaurs 3D is being produced by Evergreen Studios, the company that produced Happy Feet, and it is was released on October 11, 2013.

        Markimdb: 6.3
        Genreaction, thriller, detective
        CountryUSA, United Kingdom, France, China, Canada
        Duration01:55

        A businessman, on his daily commute home, gets unwittingly caught up in a criminal conspiracy that threatens not only his life but the lives of those around him.

        Markimdb: 5.4
        Genreaction, adventure
        CountryFinland, United Kingdom, Germany
        Duration01:30

        Air Force One is shot down by terrorists, leaving the President of the United States stranded in the wilderness. 13-year old Oskari is also in that wilderness, on a hunting mission to prove his maturity to his kinsfolk by tracking down a deer, but instead discovers the President in an escape pod. With the terrorists closing in to capture their prize, the unlikely duo team up to escape their hunters.

        Markimdb: 3.7
        Genrefantastic, action, thriller, adventure
        CountryUnited Kingdom, China

        Travis and his team travel to China in search of what isn't supposed to exist ... their mission to capture a Cryptid which is wreaking havoc in a remote village and they need to do this before it is killed by Harker, the legendary bounty hunter.

        Markimdb: 6.9
        Genreaction, drama, military, history
        CountryUnited Kingdom
        Duration02:12

        In 1940, the Royal Air Force fights a desperate battle against the might of the Luftwaffe for control of the skies over Britain, thus preventing the Nazi invasion of Britain.

        Markimdb: 6
        Genreaction, drama, military, history
        CountryUnited Kingdom, Latvia
        Duration01:41

        Northern Europe. 13th century. Last pagan settlement near the Baltic Sea. The evil and cynical warrior crusader Max von Buxhoveden is trying to destroy the pagan beliefs of the people by spreading lies and fostering dissent. Old king of the last free pagan lands is on his deathbed and without an heir to take his place. Max wants to take over the throne and reign over old king’s tribe. Unexpectedly, with his dying breath the King passes on his ring to his nephew Namejs. The youngster, who grew up amongst pagan priests and studied ancient wisdoms, now has to defend his people. Will he be able to unravel the secret of the Ring and gain its power?

        Markimdb: 7.7
        Genreaction, thriller, adventure
        CountryUnited Kingdom
        Duration01:50

        Special agent 007 comes face to face with one of the most notorious villains of all time, and now he must outwit and outgun the powerful tycoon to prevent him from cashing in on a devious scheme to raid Fort Knox -- and obliterate the world's economy.

        Markimdb: 3.9
        Genreaction, adventure, history
        CountryUnited Kingdom

        A young Viking called Vitharr arrives in Britain with dreams of conquest and adventure, but when his family and clan are ambushed and killed, he must survive alone in this strange,dangerous new land as he searches for his Uncle's settlement.

        Markimdb: 5.4
        Genrefantasy, adventure, family, cartoon
        CountryFrance, USA, United Kingdom
        Duration01:41

        Maltazard, the Evil M, is now 7 feet tall and evolving among the humans, causing terror wherever he goes. His goal is simple: forming an army of giant henchmen and ruling over the universe. Meanwhile, Arthur is still a Minimoy, and thus in a state where he's unable to fend him off. With the help of Selenia and Betameche, he hatches a plan to regain his usual size: all they must do is infiltrate Arthur's house through the pipeworks, catch an electric train from his bedroom to his grandfather's study and find an elixir that will make him grow back to his human size. Sounds simple enough, if it weren't for Darkos, Maltazard's own son, hot on their tails.

        Markimdb: 5.8
        Genreaction, comedy, melodrama, adventure
        CountryUSA, Spain, Panama, United Kingdom, France
        Duration01:42

        It's 1649: Mazarin hires the impoverished D'Artagnan to find the other musketeers: Cromwell has overthrown the English king, so Mazarin fears revolt, particularly from the popular Beaufort. Porthos, bored with riches and wanting a title, signs on, but Aramis, an abbé, and Athos, a brawler raising an intellectual son, assist Beaufort in secret. When they fail to halt Beaufort's escape from prison, the musketeers are expendable, and Mazarin sends them to London to rescue Charles I. They are also pursued by Justine, the avenging daughter of Milady de Winter, their enemy 20 years ago. They must escape England, avoid Justine, serve the Queen, and secure Beauford's political reforms.

        Markimdb: 5.3
        Genreaction, thriller, crime
        CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Hungary
        Duration01:41

        Iconoclastic, take-no-prisoners cop John McClane, finds himself for the first time on foreign soil after traveling to Moscow to help his wayward son Jack - unaware that Jack is really a highly-trained CIA operative out to stop a nuclear weapons heist. With the Russian underworld in pursuit, and battling a countdown to war, the two McClanes discover that their opposing methods make them unstoppable heroes.

        Markimdb: 5.8
        Genrefantastic, action, comedy, adventure
        CountryUSA, Hong Kong, China, Canada, Denmark, Germany, United Kingdom
        Duration01:41

        The city needs heroes. Darkness has settled over New York City as Shredder and his evil Foot Clan have an iron grip on everything from the police to the politicians. The future is grim until four unlikely outcast brothers rise from the sewers and discover their destiny as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. The Turtles must work with fearless reporter April and her wise-cracking cameraman Vern Fenwick to save the city and unravel Shredder's diabolical plan.

        Markimdb: 5.7
        Genrehorror, drama
        CountrySpain, West Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, United Kingdom
        Duration01:38

        Jess Franco's version of the Bram Stoker classic has Count Dracula as an old man who grows younger whenever he dines on the blood of young maidens.

        Markimdb: 5.2
        Genrefantastic, action, thriller, adventure
        CountryUSA, United Kingdom
        Duration02:30

        16-year-old Cassie Sullivan tries to survive in a world devastated by the waves of an alien invasion that has already decimated the population and knocked mankind back to the Stone Age.

        Markimdb: 7
        Genredrama, military, biography, history
        CountryUnited Kingdom, USA

        Disgusted with the policies of King Charles I, Oliver Cromwell plans to take his family to the New World. But on the eve of their departure, Cromwell is drawn into the tangled web of religion and politics that will result in the English Civil War.

        Markimdb: 7.6
        Genrefantasy, family
        CountryUnited Kingdom

        Being a teenager is hard enough. Being a Wolfblood teenager is ten times more complicated. 14 year old Maddy loves her abilities - heightened senses, being faster, stronger and more graceful - but hates the secrets that come with them.

        Markimdb: 6.5
        Genrefantastic, adventure
        CountryUnited Kingdom
        Duration01:43

        Based on the HG Wells story. The world is delighted when a space craft containing a crew made up of the world's astronauts lands on the moon, they think for the first time. But the delight turns to shock when the astronauts discover an old British flag and a document declaring that the moon is taken for Queen Victoria proving that the astronauts were not the first men on the moon.

        Markimdb: 5.5
        Genrefantastic, thriller, fantasy, drama, detective
        CountryUnited Kingdom

        The world at an end, a dying mother sends her young son on a quest to find the place that grants wishes.

        Markimdb: 4.5
        Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama, adventure, detective
        CountryUnited Kingdom, Germany
        Duration01:16

        In 2065, the crew of the Pegasus are searching for a new home for humanity. As they approach their potential new world, the discovery of another ship could be the key to their salvation, or doom them and the rest of humanity to extinction.

        Markimdb: 5.7
        Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
        CountryUnited Kingdom
        Duration01:41

        A group of people who feel betrayed by their government and let down by their police force form a modern-day outlaw posse in order to right what they see as the wrongs of society.

        Markimdb: 7.1
        Genrecomedy, musical, adventure, family, music
        CountryUSA, United Kingdom, France
        Duration01:43

        When Kermit the Frog and the Muppets learn that their beloved theater is slated for demolition, a sympathetic human, Gary, and his puppet roommate, Walter, swoop in to help the gang put on a show and raise the $10 million they need to save the day.

        Markimdb: 5.6
        Genrefantastic, action, cartoon
        CountryUnited Kingdom
        Duration01:16

        A squad of Ultramarines answer a distress call from an Imperial Shrine World. A full Company of Imperial Fists was stationed there, but there is no answer from them. The squad investigates to find out what has happened there.

        Markimdb: 6.9
        Genreaction, thriller, detective
        CountryUnited Kingdom, France, USA, Canada
        Duration01:46

        Bill Marks is a burned-out veteran of the Air Marshals service. He views the assignment not as a life-saving duty, but as a desk job in the sky. However, today's flight will be no routine trip. Shortly into the transatlantic journey from New York to London, he receives a series of mysterious text messages ordering him to have the government transfer $150 million into a secret account, or a passenger will die every 20 minutes.




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