English movies about time

List of the best English films about time, selected by visitors to our site: Tenet, Cashback, Interstellar, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, The Child in Time, About Time, The Nightmare Worlds of H.G. Wells, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Red Nose Day Actually, Monsoon.

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: 7.1
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryUnited Kingdom
Duration01:42

    After a painful breakup, Ben develops insomnia. To kill time, he starts working the late night shift at the local supermarket, where his artistic imagination runs wild.

    Markimdb: 8.6
    Genrefantastic, drama, adventure
    CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Canada
    Duration02:49

      Interstellar chronicles the adventures of a group of explorers who make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyage.

      Markimdb: 6.7
      Genrethriller, fantasy, drama, adventure, family
      CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Belgium, Canada
      Duration02:44

      A teenager finds himself transported to an island where he must help protect a group of orphans with special powers from creatures intent on destroying them.

      Markimdb: 6
      Genredrama
      CountryUnited Kingdom
      Duration00:40

      Set two years after his daughter went missing, The Child In Time follows Stephen Lewis, a children's author, as he struggles to find purpose in his life without her. His wife Julie has left him, and his best friends Charles and Thelma have retired to the countryside, battling demons of their own. With tenderness and insight, the movie explores the dark territory of a marriage devastated, the loss of childhood, the fluidity of time, grief, hope, and acceptance. The Child In Time is a lyrical and heart-breaking exploration of love, loss, and the power of things unseen.

      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: 5.9
        Genrehorror, fantastic, detective
        CountryUnited Kingdom
        Duration00:40

        Ray Winstone heads a cast of acclaimed actors in four H. G. Wells stories

        Markimdb: 7.3
        Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama, adventure
        CountryUSA, United Kingdom
        Duration01:54

        A timid magazine photo manager who lives life vicariously through daydreams embarks on a true-life adventure when a negative goes missing.

        Markimdb: 7.1
        Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, short
        CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, France

        Fourteen years after the events of the first film, a series of encounters between people in Britain reminds us that in these different times Love, actually exists.

        Markimdb: 6
        Genremelodrama, drama
        CountryUnited Kingdom

        Kit can’t remember much of his native Vietnam. When he returns to the Land of the Golden Star for the first time in over thirty years, he takes in his local surroundings as any Western tourist would, and the environment is as exotic as the language is incomprehensible. The aim of Kit’s travels – to find a place to scatter his parents’ ashes – thus becomes part of a journey back to his roots and to the discovery of his identity, which external circumstances have rendered ambiguous and complex.

        Markimdb: 6.7
        Genrefantasy, comedy
        CountryUnited Kingdom
        Duration01:57

        Brian Weaver, an online data marketing assistant (even he doesn't know what that is), finds himself abruptly transported to a parallel world, a place of bizarre creatures, magical forces and psychopathic fairies.

        Markimdb: 7
        Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
        CountryUSA, Germany, Japan, Spain, United Kingdom
        Duration02:10

        Hobbs has Dominic and Brian reassemble their crew to take down a team of mercenaries: Dominic unexpectedly gets convoluted also facing his presumed deceased girlfriend, Letty.

        Markimdb: 6.3
        Genrefantasy, comedy, drama, adventure
        CountrySpain, Belgium, France, United Kingdom, Portugal
        Duration02:16

        Toby, a cynical advertising director finds himself trapped in the outrageous delusions of an old Spanish shoe-maker who believes himself to be Don Quixote. In the course of their comic and increasingly surreal adventures, Toby is forced to confront the tragic repercussions of a film he made in his idealistic youth.

        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: 8.2
          Genredrama, biography, history
          CountryUnited Kingdom
          Duration01:30

          This special one-off drama travels back in time to 1963 to see how Doctor Who was first brought to the screen. Actor William Hartnell felt trapped by a succession of hard-man roles. Wannabe producer Verity Lambert was frustrated by the TV industry's glass ceiling. Both of them were to find unlikely hope and unexpected challenges in the form of a Saturday tea-time drama. Allied with a team of unusual but brilliant people, they went on to create the longest running science fiction series ever made.

          Markimdb: 6.3
          Genrecomedy, drama, music
          CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
          Duration01:27

          A camera crew catches up with David Brent, the former star of the fictional British series, "The Office" as he now fancies himself a rockstar on the road.

          Markimdb: 5.5
          Genrefantastic, thriller, detective
          CountryUnited Kingdom

          In the late eighties, the USSR government enlists Tomas, a devoted member of the Communist Party, to travel back in time to future London and document how Socialism has thrived.

          Markimdb: 7.2
          Genrefantasy, melodrama, drama, biography
          CountryUnited Kingdom, Russia, Italy, France, Netherlands
          Duration01:34

          England, 1600. Queen Elizabeth I promises Orlando, a young nobleman obsessed with poetry, that she will grant him land and fortune if he agrees to satisfy a very particular request.

          Markimdb: 7
          Genremelodrama, drama
          CountryUnited Kingdom
          Duration02:12

          There is just one week until Kate Mercer's 45th wedding anniversary and the planning for the party is going well. But then a letter arrives for her husband. The body of his first love has been discovered, frozen and preserved in the icy glaciers of the Swiss Alps. By the time the party is upon them, five days later, there may not be a marriage left to celebrate.

          Markimdb: 6.3
          Genrefantasy, adventure, family
          CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
          Duration01:52

            This time around Edmund and Lucy Pevensie, along with their pesky cousin Eustace Scrubb find themselves swallowed into a painting and on to a fantastic Narnian ship headed for the very edges of the world.

            Markimdb: 7.1
            Genremelodrama, drama, biography
            CountryUnited Kingdom
            Duration02:37

            Based on the true story of Robin, a handsome, brilliant and adventurous man whose life takes a dramatic turn when polio leaves him paralyzed.

            Markimdb: 7.1
            Genrefantastic, comedy
            CountryUnited Kingdom
            Duration01:23

              Three men walk into a bar; two geeks and a cynic. They are three ordinary blokes who all have dreams and hopes for an exciting and better future

              Markimdb: 6.5
              Genrefantasy, adventure, family
              CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
              Duration02:25

              Gellert Grindelwald has escaped imprisonment and has begun gathering followers to his cause—elevating wizards above all non-magical beings. The only one capable of putting a stop to him is the wizard he once called his closest friend, Albus Dumbledore. However, Dumbledore will need to seek help from the wizard who had thwarted Grindelwald once before, his former student Newt Scamander, who agrees to help, unaware of the dangers that lie ahead. Lines are drawn as love and loyalty are tested, even among the truest friends and family, in an increasingly divided wizarding world.

              Markimdb: 7
              Genremelodrama, drama, adventure
              CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
              Duration02:25

              A teenage girl with nothing to lose joins a traveling magazine sales crew, and gets caught up in a whirlwind of hard partying, law bending and young love as she criss-crosses the Midwest with a band of misfits.

              Markimdb: 5.5
              Genrehorror
              CountryUnited Kingdom
              Duration01:31

              An old monastery in a small, remote village in Suffolk, England has been haunted by a local legend for centuries. Left in ruin and shrouded by the mystery of a dark spirit that wills young couples to suicide, the place has been avoided for years, marked only by a twisted, ancient tree with an ominous hollow said to be the home of great evil. When four friends on holiday explore the local folklore, they realize that belief in a myth can quickly materialize into reality, bringing horror to life for the town.

              Markimdb: 6.3
              Genreaction, comedy, adventure
              CountryUnited Kingdom, France, USA
              Duration01:41

                The most prominent heads of state in the world begin gathering for a conference that could have a major impact on global politics. When MI-7 receives word that the Chinese premier has become the target of some high-powered killers, it falls on Johnny English to save the day. Armed with the latest high-tech weaponry and gadgets that would make even James Bond jealous, the once-disgraced agent uncovers evidence of a massive conspiracy involving some of the world's most powerful organisations, and vows to redeem his tarnished reputation by stopping the killers before they can strike.

                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: 7.4
                Genremelodrama, drama
                CountryUnited Kingdom
                Duration00:47

                A dramatisation of Christopher Reid's narrative poem that tells the story of an unnamed book editor who, fifteen years after their break-up, is meeting his former love for a nostalgic lunch at Zanzotti's, the Soho restaurant they used to frequent.

                Markimdb: 5.6
                Genrehorror, fantastic, drama
                CountryUnited Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, Belgium
                Duration02:31

                  Life for the residents of a tower block begins to run out of control.

                  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: 6.9
                    Genrethriller, drama, western
                    CountryUnited Kingdom, New Zealand
                    Duration02:09

                      In the Old West, a 17-year-old Scottish boy teams up with a mysterious gunman to find the woman with whom he is infatuated.

                      Markimdb: 7.4
                      Genredrama, biography, history
                      CountryUnited Kingdom

                      To Walk Invisible takes a new look at the extraordinary Brontë family, telling the story of these remarkable women who, despite the obstacles they faced, came from obscurity to produce some of the greatest novels in the English language.

                      Markimdb: 7.6
                      Genremelodrama
                      CountryUnited Kingdom
                      Duration01:37

                      After a drunken house party with his straight mates, Russell heads out to a gay club. Just before closing time he picks up Glen but what's expected to be just a one-night stand becomes something else, something special.

                      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: 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: 8
                      Genredocumentary, sport
                      CountryUnited Kingdom
                      Duration01:39

                      A detailing of the rise to prominence and global sporting superstardom of six supremely talented young Manchester United football players (David Beckham, Nicky Butt, Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes, Phil and Gary Neville). The film covers the period 1992-1999, culminating in Manchester United's European Cup triumph.

                      Markimdb: 2.6
                      Genrecomedy
                      CountryUnited Kingdom

                      Lemon La Vida Loca is a British spoof reality show created and written by, and starring, comedian Leigh Francis and actress Laura Aikman. The show's title is a parody of Ricky Martin's 1999 hit single "Livin' la Vida Loca".The series follows the character of television personality Keith Lemon, capturing his home and work life, and everything in between. The series began airing on 2 August 2012 on ITV2, and concluded its first series on 23 August 2012. Whilst on Let's Do Lunch with Gino & Mel, Lemon announced that a Christmas special of Lemon La Vida Loca would air in December. He confirmed this news on his Twitter page as well. A second series began airing on on 6 June 2013. Aikman announced that she would not be returning to the show for the second series, but she did make an appearance on episode 1.

                      Markimdb: 7.6
                      Genrecomedy, drama
                      CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, France
                      Duration01:38

                      A woman searches for her adult son, who was taken away from her decades ago when she was forced to live in a convent.

                      Markimdb: 5.8
                      Genrethriller, comedy, crime
                      CountryUnited Kingdom
                      Duration01:57

                      Jo is chained down in a dead end supermarket job while all her friends are all out on their own separate adventures. But a chance encounter with some diamond thieves sends their separate worlds on a collision course with not only each other, but fate itself.

                      Markimdb: 5.8
                      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, family
                      CountryUSA, United Kingdom
                      Duration01:45

                      An American girl, Daphne, heads to Europe in search of the father she's never met. But instead of finding a British version of her bohemian mother, she learns the love of her mom's life is an uptight politician. The only problem now is that her long-lost dad is engaged to a fiercely territorial social climber with a daughter who makes Daphne's life miserable.

                      Markimdb: 4.9
                      Genredrama
                      CountryUnited Kingdom

                      Story follows a group of young Londoners as they struggle to find meaning in their lives while masking their discontent with sex, drugs, and rock ‘n roll.

                      Markimdb: 5.8
                      Genredrama
                      CountryUnited Kingdom
                      Duration01:44

                      An intimate examination of a contemporary artist couple, whose living and working patterns are threatened by the imminent sale of their home.

                      Markimdb: 6.7
                      Genrecomedy, drama, biography
                      CountryUnited Kingdom
                      Duration01:52

                      The true story of the relationship between Alan Bennett and the singular Miss Shepherd, a woman of uncertain origins who ‘temporarily’ parked her van in Bennett’s London driveway and proceeded to live there for 15 years.

                      Markimdb: 7
                      Genrecomedy, drama
                      CountryUnited Kingdom
                      Duration01:52

                      When Steve Coogan is asked by The Observer to tour the country's finest restaurants, he envisions it as the perfect getaway with his beautiful girlfriend. But, when she backs out on him, he has no one to accompany him but his best friend and source of eternal aggravation, Rob Brydon.

                      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: 5.3
                      Genrefantasy, comedy, musical, adventure, family, cartoon
                      CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, India
                      Duration01:23

                      A lowly stable elf finds that he is the only one who can stop an invasion of the North Pole by using the secret of Santa's Sleigh, a TimeGlobe, to travel back in time to Save Santa - twice.

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                      Genredocumentary, music
                      CountryUnited Kingdom
                      Duration02:22

                      As the band Placebo approach their 20th Anniversary they were given a unique opportunity to play ten cities throughout Russia. In a time when Russia was at the forefront of the world’s current affairs, little was actually reported outside Russia about the internal culture of the country. Fronted by Placebo’s Stefan Olsdal, the film explores the alternative cultures that are present within Russia’s major cities. As the tour travelled through the country the band went out and met various artists, architects, animators and musicians, finding out about the alternative creative culture and celebrating all they have to offer. From Krasnoyarsk in Siberia to St. Petersburg on the Baltic Sea, Placebo: Alt.Russia takes you on the band’s journey through Russia, meeting great characters on the way, investigating the alternative culture in Russia, and taking in the raw emotions of Placebo’s powerful concerts.

                      Markimdb: 5.5
                      Genrecomedy, crime, biography
                      CountryUnited Kingdom

                      Set in late-1970's Dundee, Schemers is based on writer-producer David McLean’s early years in the music business. After a run in with a local gangster, a fledgling promoter and his two friends raise their ambitions to booking major bands in order to escape their debt.

                      Markimdb: 7.8
                      Genredocumentary, music, biography
                      CountryUnited Kingdom

                      From award-winning director Mat Whitecross and featuring extensive unseen archive footage, Supersonic charts the meteoric rise of Oasis from the council estates of Manchester to some of the biggest concerts of all time in just three short years. This palpable, raw and moving film shines a light on one of the most genre and generation-defining British bands that has ever existed, and features candid new interviews with Noel and Liam Gallagher, their mother, and members of the band and road crew.

                      Markimdb: 6
                      Genrefantasy, comedy, drama
                      CountryUnited Kingdom
                      Duration01:34

                      Nearly 40 years ago aliens crash-landed in the UK. They look like us, but are forced to live in a ghetto. Border control officer Lewis falls in love with one.




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