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Mark | imdb: 7.1 |
Genre | drama |
Country | United Kingdom |
Duration | 01:50 |
Andrew Manson, a young, idealistic, newly qualified Scottish doctor arrives in Wales takes his first job in a mining town, and begins to wonder at the persistent cough many of the miners have. When his attempts to prove its cause are thwarted, he moves to London. His new practice does badly. But when a friend shows him how to make a lucrative practice from rich hypochondriacs, it will take a great shock to show him what the truth of being a doctor really is.
Mark | imdb: 4.7 |
Genre | melodrama, drama |
Country | United Kingdom |
Duration | 01:37 |
Manchester is a struggling photographer with charm to spare who falls for Noon, a sweet but spunky woman who works as a taxidermist. Noon is also drawn to Manchester, and together they enjoy a wildly enthusiastic sexual relationship that reflects their innocent but deeply passionate love for one another.
Mark | imdb: 6.2 |
Genre | thriller, fantasy, drama |
Country | United Kingdom |
Duration | 01:52 |
A vain London playboy offers his soul in exchange for eternal beauty in this adaptation of the chilling tale by author Oscar Wilde. Seduced into the decadent world of Lord Henry Wotton (Colin Firth), handsome young aristocrat Dorian Gray (Ben Barnes) becomes obsessed with maintaining his youthful appearance, and commissions a special portrait that will weather the winds of time while he remains forever young. When Gray's obsession spirals out of control, his desperate attempts to safeguard his secret turn his once-privileged life into a living hell.
Mark | imdb: 5.7 |
Genre | drama, music, biography |
Country | United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, USA |
Duration | 01:56 |
A drama based on Jimi Hendrix's life as he left New York City for London, where his career took off.
Mark | imdb: 5.5 |
Genre | drama |
Country | France, Luxembourg, Belgium |
Duration | 01:35 |
Drawing some intriguing parallels between the work of the prostitute and that of the psychiatrist-both have clients, both charge for sessions, both take on roles that serve the needs, psychological or otherwise, of those they serve, Jeanne Labrune's drama stars Isabelle Huppert and Bouli Lanners as, respectively, Alice, a disaffected call girl and Xavier, a shrink with a crumbling domestic situation.
Mark | imdb: 7.3 |
Genre | fantastic, drama, military |
Country | United Kingdom, USA |
Duration | 01:44 |
A murderous lust for the British throne sees Richard III descend into madness. Though the setting is transposed to the 1930s, England is torn by civil war, split between the rivaling houses of York and Lancaster. Richard aspires to a fascist dictatorship, but must first remove the obstacles to his ascension—among them his brother, his nephews and his brother's wife. When the Duke of Buckingham deserts him, Richard's plans are compromised.
Mark | imdb: 8.2 |
Genre | drama, biography, history |
Country | United Kingdom |
Duration | 01:30 |
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.
Mark | imdb: 7.4 |
Genre | drama, documentary, music |
Country | United Kingdom |
Duration | 01:37 |
A semi-fictionalized documentary about a day in the life of Australian musician Nick Cave's persona.
Mark | imdb: 7.2 |
Genre | drama, music |
Country | United Kingdom |
Duration | 02:00 |
Based on the 1973 rock opera album of the same name by The Who, this is the story of 60s teenager Jimmy. At work he slaves in a dead-end job. While after, he shops for tailored suits and rides his scooter as part of the London Mod scene.
Mark | imdb: 7.6 |
Genre | horror, thriller, drama |
Country | United Kingdom |
Duration | 01:45 |
In Roman Polanski's first English-language film, beautiful young manicurist Carole suffers from androphobia (the pathological fear of interaction with men). When her sister and roommate, Helen, leaves their London flat to go on an Italian holiday with her married boyfriend, Carole withdraws into her apartment. She begins to experience frightful hallucinations, her fear gradually mutating into madness.
Mark | imdb: 6.6 |
Genre | melodrama, drama |
Country | United Kingdom, Italy, Morocco, USA |
Duration | 02:13 |
Based on Evelyn Waugh's 1945 classic British novel, Brideshead Revisited is a poignant story of forbidden love and the loss of innocence set in England prior to the Second World War.
Mark | imdb: 8 |
Genre | melodrama, drama |
Country | United Kingdom |
Duration | 01:26 |
Returning home from a shopping trip to a nearby town, bored suburban housewife Laura Jesson is thrown by happenstance into an acquaintance with virtuous doctor Alec Harvey. Their casual friendship soon develops during their weekly visits into something more emotionally fulfilling than either expected, and they must wrestle with the potential havoc their deepening relationship would have on their lives and the lives of those they love.
Mark | imdb: 7.1 |
Genre | melodrama, drama |
Country | USA, United Kingdom |
Duration | 01:42 |
Kate is secretly betrothed to a struggling journalist, Merton Densher. But she knows her Aunt Maude will never approve of the match, since Kate's deceased mother has lost all her money in a marriage to a degenerate opium addict. When Kate meets a terminally ill American heiress named Millie traveling through Europe, she comes up with a conniving plan to have both love and wealth.
Mark | imdb: 7.5 |
Genre | drama, sport |
Country | United Kingdom |
Duration | 02:14 |
In Northern England in the early 1960s, Frank Machin is mean, tough and ambitious enough to become an immediate star in the rugby league team run by local employer Weaver.
Mark | imdb: 6.9 |
Genre | melodrama, drama, biography, history |
Country | Czech Republic, United Kingdom, France, USA |
Duration | 02:31 |
The inspiring true story of Seretse Khama, the King of Bechuanaland (modern Botswana), and Ruth Williams, the London office worker he married in 1948 in the face of fierce opposition from their families and the British and South African governments. Seretse and Ruth defied family, Apartheid and empire - their love triumphed over every obstacle flung in their path and in so doing they transformed their nation and inspired the world.
Mark | imdb: 8 |
Genre | drama, biography, history |
Country | United Kingdom, USA, Australia |
Duration | 01:58 |
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.
Mark | imdb: 7.3 |
Genre | melodrama, drama |
Country | United Kingdom, France |
Duration | 03:06 |
A strong-willed peasant girl is sent by her father to the estate of some local aristocrats to capitalize on a rumor that their families are from the same line. This fateful visit commences an epic narrative of sex, class, betrayal, and revenge.
Mark | imdb: 7.2 |
Genre | fantasy, drama |
Country | United Kingdom, USA |
London, 1843. Ebenezer Scrooge, a bitter old man, despises the Christmas holiday. Over the course of Christmas Eve night he is visited by three ghosts to show him his past, present and future.
Mark | imdb: 7.8 |
Genre | melodrama, drama |
Country | USA, United Kingdom |
Duration | 02:09 |
A rule bound head butler's world of manners and decorum in the household he maintains is tested by the arrival of a housekeeper who falls in love with him in post-WWI Britain. The possibility of romance and his master's cultivation of ties with the Nazi cause challenge his carefully maintained veneer of servitude.
Mark | imdb: 7.1 |
Genre | drama, biography, sport |
Country | United Kingdom |
Duration | 01:59 |
In the class-obsessed and religiously divided UK of the early 1920s, two determined young runners train for the 1924 Paris Olympics. Eric Liddell, a devout Christian born to Scottish missionaries in China, sees running as part of his worship of God's glory and refuses to train or compete on the Sabbath. Harold Abrahams overcomes anti-Semitism and class bias, but neglects his beloved sweetheart in his single-minded quest.
Mark | imdb: 6.4 |
Genre | melodrama, drama |
Country | United Kingdom, USA |
Duration | 02:08 |
Miss Havisham, a wealthy spinster who wears an old wedding dress and lives in the dilapidated Satis House, asks Pip's "Uncle Pumblechook" (who is actually Joe's uncle) to find a boy to play with her adopted daughter Estella. Pip begins to visit Miss Havisham and Estella, with whom he falls in love,then Pip a humble orphan suddenly becomes a gentleman with the help of an unknown benefactor.
Mark | imdb: 6.4 |
Genre | horror, thriller, drama, detective, music |
Country | United Kingdom |
The corrupt Lord Ambrose D'Arcy steals the life's work of the poor musical Professor Petry. In an attempt to stop the printing of music with D'Arcy's name on it, Petry breaks into the printing office and accidentally starts a fire, leaving him severely disfigured. Years later, Petry returns to terrorize a London opera house that is about to perform one of his stolen operas.
Mark | imdb: 6.6 |
Genre | thriller, drama, adventure, crime, detective |
Country | United Kingdom, USA |
Duration | 01:53 |
Concerned about his friend's cocaine use, Dr. Watson tricks Sherlock Holmes into travelling to Vienna, where Holmes enters the care of Sigmund Freud. Freud attemts to solve the mysteries of Holmes' subconscious, while Holmes devotes himself to solving a mystery involving the kidnapping of Lola Deveraux.
Mark | imdb: 6.9 |
Genre | melodrama, drama |
Country | United Kingdom |
Duration | 02:04 |
In this story-within-a-story, Anna is an actress starring opposite Mike in a period piece about the forbidden love between their respective characters, Sarah and Charles. Both actors are involved in serious relationships, but the passionate nature of the script leads to an off-camera love affair as well. While attempting to maintain their composure and professionalism, Anna and Mike struggle to come to terms with their infidelity.
Mark | imdb: 7.8 |
Genre | drama, biography, history |
Country | United Kingdom, USA |
Duration | 02:28 |
King Henry II of England has trouble with the Church. When the Archbishop of Canterbury dies, he has a brilliant idea. Rather than appoint another pious cleric loyal to Rome and the Church, he will appoint his old drinking and wenching buddy, Thomas Becket, technically a deacon of the church, to the post. Unfortunately, Becket takes the job seriously and provides abler opposition to Henry.
Mark | imdb: 6.7 |
Genre | comedy, drama |
Country | United Kingdom |
One fateful night in a small English regional theatre during World War II a troupe of touring actors stage a production of Shakespeares King Lear. Bombs are falling, sirens are wailing, the curtain is up in an hour but the actor/manager Sir who is playing Lear is nowhere to be seen. His dresser Norman must scramble to keep the production alive but will Sir turn up in time and if he does will he be able to perform that night? The Dresser is a wickedly funny and deeply moving story of friendship and loyalty as Sir reflects on his lifelong accomplishments and seeks to reconcile his turbulent friendships with those in his employ before the final curtain.
Mark | imdb: 6 |
Genre | thriller, drama |
Country | United Kingdom, France |
Duration | 01:47 |
Two first-year students at Oxford University join the infamous Riot Club, where reputations can be made or destroyed over the course of a single evening.
Mark | imdb: 5.5 |
Genre | drama |
Country | United Kingdom, USA, France |
Duration | 01:27 |
Two women get on the highway heading to Santa Fe. Marilyn dreams of winning a contest held by a famous belly dancing company, while her friend, Mona, has a secret: she's a fugitive from justice - accused of her mother-in-law's death.
Mark | imdb: 7.3 |
Genre | comedy, drama |
Country | United Kingdom, USA |
Duration | 02:09 |
Mike Leigh’s much praised 2010 tragicomical drama. During a year, a very content couple approaching retirement are visited by friends and family less happy with their lives.
Mark | imdb: 7.1 |
Genre | drama |
Country | United Kingdom, USA |
Duration | 01:25 |
Ivan Locke has worked hard to craft a good life for himself. Tonight, that life will collapse around him. On the eve of the biggest challenge of his career, Ivan receives a phone call that sets in motion a series of events that will unravel his family, job, and soul.
Mark | imdb: 6 |
Genre | comedy, drama, biography |
Country | United Kingdom, USA |
Duration | 01:39 |
Paul Raymond builds a porn, entertainment and real estate empire that makes him the wealthiest man in Britain, but drugs doom his beloved daughter, Debbie.
Mark | imdb: 7.3 |
Genre | melodrama, drama |
Country | United Kingdom, USA |
Duration | 01:44 |
Early 20th century England: while toasting his daughter Catherine's engagement, Arthur Winslow learns the royal naval academy expelled his 14-year-old son, Ronnie, for stealing five shillings. Father asks son if it is true; when the lad denies it, Arthur risks fortune, health, domestic peace, and Catherine's prospects to pursue justice.
Mark | imdb: 7.2 |
Genre | melodrama, drama |
Country | United Kingdom |
Duration | 01:57 |
When Lucy Honeychurch and chaperon Charlotte Bartlett find themselves in Florence with rooms without views, fellow guests Mr Emerson and son George step in to remedy the situation. Meeting the Emersons could change Lucy's life forever but, once back in England, how will her experiences in Tuscany affect her marriage plans?
Mark | imdb: 5.8 |
Genre | melodrama, drama, biography |
Country | United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland |
Socialite Vita Sackville-West and literary icon Virginia Woolf run in different circles in 1920s London. Despite the odds, the magnetic Vita and the beguiling Virginia forge an unconventional affair, set against the backdrop of their own strikingly contemporary marriages; which inspired one of Woolf's most iconic novels, 'Orlando'.
Mark | imdb: 7.3 |
Genre | drama |
Country | United Kingdom |
A Polish contractor, Nowak, leads a group of workmen to London so they can provide cheap labor for a government official based there. Nowak (Irons) has to manage the project and the men as they encounter the tempations of the West and loneliness and separation from their families. Nowak is the only one of the group who speaks English, and he uses this as a tool over his team. When the unrest in Poland leads to a military takeover, Nowak is faced with a much more difficult situation than he expected.
Mark | imdb: 6.7 |
Genre | melodrama, drama, music |
Country | United Kingdom, France, Argentina, Germany, Netherlands, USA |
On a trip to Paris Sally meets Pablo, a tango dancer. He starts teaching her to dance then she returns to London to work on some "projects". She visits Buenos Aires and learns more from Pablo's friends. Sally and Pablo meet again but this time their relationship changes, she realises they want different things from each other. On a trip to Buenos Aires they cement their friendship.
Mark | imdb: 7.2 |
Genre | drama, biography, history |
Country | United Kingdom, USA |
Duration | 02:31 |
Set backstage at three iconic product launches and ending in 1998 with the unveiling of the iMac, Steve Jobs takes us behind the scenes of the digital revolution to paint an intimate portrait of the brilliant man at its epicenter.
Mark | imdb: 8.6 |
Genre | drama, history |
Country | United Kingdom |
Drama following the lives of a group of midwives working in the poverty-stricken East End of London during the 1950s, based on the best-selling memoirs of Jennifer Worth.
Mark | imdb: 7.4 |
Genre | melodrama, drama |
Country | United Kingdom |
Duration | 00:47 |
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.
Mark | imdb: 7.7 |
Genre | comedy, drama |
Country | United Kingdom |
Duration | 02:12 |
An unemployed Brit vents his rage on unsuspecting strangers as he embarks on a nocturnal London odyssey.
Mark | imdb: 4.5 |
Genre | thriller, drama |
Country | USA |
Duration | 01:38 |
Haunted by memories of his ex-girlfriend Alice, a heartbroken Billy returns home to Northern Virginia seeking solace from old friends. But what he finds there is more disconcerting: his best friend Stanley has become unstable, mysterious and withdrawn from those around him. Billy teams up with another old friend to find out what's going on and as they probe Stanley's recent activities, their friend's behaviour seems more and more bizarre and frightening.
Mark | imdb: 6.6 |
Genre | melodrama, drama, biography, history |
Country | USA, United Kingdom |
Duration | 01:57 |
An aspiring young physician, Robert Merivel found himself in the service of King Charles II and saves the life of someone close to the King. Merivel joins the King's court and lives the high life provided to someone of his position. Merivel is ordered to marry his King's mistress in order to divert the queens suspicions. He is given one order by the king and that is not to fall in love. The situation worsens when Merivel finds himself in love with his new wife. Eventually, the King finds out and relieves Merivel of his position and wealth. His fall from grace leaves Merivel where he first started. And through his travels and reunions with an old friend, he rediscovers his love for true medicine and what it really means to be a physician.
Mark | imdb: 5.6 |
Genre | thriller, drama, crime |
Country | United Kingdom |
Duration | 01:39 |
Set ahead of the 2012 London Olympics, the film follows Liam (Sam Claflin), an ex-con trying to win back the love and trust of his family. He has lost everything at the hands of a local crime syndicate run by Clifford Cullen (Spall), who has high-level connections in politics, finance and the police force. Liam's drive for redemption sees him caught up in a web of conspiracy, crime, and corruption.
Mark | imdb: 6.2 |
Genre | drama |
Country | United Kingdom |
Duration | 01:46 |
This film charts the relationship between a man imprisoned for drug smuggling and his wife and is being shot over the course of five years, a few weeks at a time.
Mark | imdb: 6.2 |
Genre | drama |
Country | United Kingdom, Denmark, Canada, Croatia |
Duration | 01:30 |
A look at the lives of two teenage girls - inseparable friends Ginger and Rosa -- growing up in 1960s London as the Cuban Missile Crisis looms, and the pivotal event the comes to redefine their relationship.
Mark | imdb: 7.5 |
Genre | drama |
Country | United Kingdom |
Duration | 01:32 |
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.