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Billy Elliot is a 2000 British coming-of-age comedy-drama film directed by Stephen Daldry and written by Lee Hall. Set in County Durham in North East England during the 1984–1985 miners' strike, the film ...
Release date: 19 May 2000
Genre:
Comedy, Drama, Music
A talented young boy becomes torn between his unexpected love of dance and the disintegration of his family.
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The Full Monty is a 1997 British comedy film directed by Peter Cattaneo, starring Robert Carlyle, Mark Addy, William Snape, Steve Huison, Tom Wilkinson, Paul Barber and Hugo Speer. The screenplay was ...
Release date: 13 August 1997
Genre:
Comedy, Music
Six unemployed steel workers form a male striptease act. The women cheer them on to go for "the full monty" - total nudity.
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Chariots of Fire is a 1981 historical sports drama film directed by Hugh Hudson, written by Colin Welland and produced by David Puttnam. It is based on the true story of two British athletes in the 1924 ...
Release date: 1 March 1981
Genre:
Drama, History, Sport, Biography
Two British track athletes, one a determined Jew and the other a devout Christian, are driven to win in the 1924 Olympics as they wrestle with issues of ...
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Testament of Youth is a 2014 British drama film based on the First World War memoir of the same name written by Vera Brittain. The film stars Alicia Vikander as Vera Brittain, an independent young woman ...
Release date: 2 January 2015
Genre:
Biography, Drama, History, War
A British woman recalls coming of age during World War I - a story of young love, the futility of war, and how to make sense of the darkest times.
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1920 is a 2008 Indian Hindi-language supernatural horror film written and directed by Vikram Bhatt. Set in the year 1920, the film stars debutant actors Rajneesh Duggal and Adah Sharma as a married couple ...
Release date: 12 September 2008
Genre:
Horror, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
After forsaking his family and religion, a husband finds his wife is demoniacally possessed.
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Wuthering Heights is a 2011 British Gothic romantic drama film directed by Andrea Arnold starring Kaya Scodelario as Catherine Earnshaw and James Howson as Heathcliff. The screenplay written by Arnold ...
Release date: 30 September 2011
Genre:
Romance, Drama
A poor boy of unknown origins is rescued from poverty and taken in by the Earnshaw family where he develops an intense relationship with his young foster ...
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The Railway Children is a 1970 British family drama film based on the 1906 novel of the same name by E. Nesbit. The film was directed by Lionel Jeffries and stars Dinah Sheridan, Jenny Agutter (who had ...
Release date: 21 December 1970
Genre:
Drama, Family
After the enforced absence of their father, three children move with their mother to Yorkshire, where during their adventures they attempt to discover ...
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Rita, Sue and Bob Too is a 1987 British comedy-drama film directed by Alan Clarke and starring Michelle Holmes, Siobhan Finneran, George Costigan, and Lesley Sharp. Set in Bradford, West Yorkshire, the ...
Release date: 17 July 1987
Genre:
Drama, Comedy
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Blow Dry is a 2001 romantic comedy film directed by Paddy Breathnach and based on the screenplay Never Better by Simon Beaufoy. The film stars Alan Rickman, Natasha Richardson, Rachel Griffiths, Rachael ...
Release date: 1 February 2001
Genre:
Comedy, Drama, Romance
The annual British Hairdressing Championship comes to Keighley, a town where Phil and son Brian run...
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Downton Abbey is a 2019 historical drama film directed by Michael Engler from a screenplay by Julian Fellowes, based on the television series of the same name created by Fellowes. The film continues the ...
Release date: 13 September 2019
The continuing story of the Crawley family, wealthy owners of a large estate in the English countryside in the early twentieth century.
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Victoria & Abdul is a 2017 British biographical historical drama film directed by Stephen Frears and written by Lee Hall. The film is based on the book Victoria & Abdul: The True Story of the Queen's ...
Release date: 22 September 2017
Genre:
Drama, Biography, History
Queen Victoria strikes up an unlikely friendship with a young Indian clerk named Abdul Karim.
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Official Secrets is a 2019 British drama film directed by Gavin Hood, based on the case of whistleblower Katharine Gun who exposed an illegal spying operation by American and British intelligence services ...
Release date: 23 August 2019
Genre:
Drama, Thriller
The true story of a British whistleblower who leaked information to the press about an illegal NSA spy operation designed to push the UN Security Council ...
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Dad's Army
2016 British comedy film by Oliver Parker
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Dad's Army is a 2016 British war comedy film, based on the BBC television sitcom Dad's Army. It is directed by Oliver Parker and set in 1944, after the events depicted in the television series. Catherine ...
Release date: 5 February 2016
Genre:
Comedy, War
The Walmington-on-Sea Home Guard platoon deal with a visiting female journalist and a German spy as World War II draws to its conclusion.
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How to Talk to Girls at Parties is a 2017 science fiction romantic comedy film directed by John Cameron Mitchell from a screenplay he co-wrote with Philippa Goslett, based on the 2006 short story of the ...
Release date: 25 May 2018
An alien touring the galaxy breaks away from her group and meets two young inhabitants of the most dangerous place in the universe: the London borough ...
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The Damned United is a 2009 sports drama film directed by Tom Hooper and adapted by Peter Morgan from David Peace's bestselling 2006 novel The Damned Utd – a largely fictional book based on the author's ...
Release date: 27 March 2009
Genre:
Drama, Sport
A look at Brian Clough's 44-day reign as the coach of Leeds United.
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Threads is a 1984 British apocalyptic war drama television film jointly produced by the BBC, Nine Network and Western-World Television Inc. Written by Barry Hines and directed and produced by Mick Jackson ...
Release date: 23 September 1984
Genre:
Drama, War, Sci-Fi
The effects of a nuclear holocaust on the working class city of Sheffield, England and the eventual long-term effects of nuclear war on civilization.
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Wuthering Heights is a 1970 British period romantic drama film directed by Robert Fuest, based on the 1847 Emily Brontë novel of the same name. It stars Anna Calder-Marshall as Cathy and Timothy Dalton ...
Release date: 9 June 1970
Genre:
Adventure, Drama, Romance
The Earnshaws are Yorkshire farmers during the early 19th Century. One day, Mr. Earnshaw returns from a trip to the city...
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The Brontë Sisters (French: Les Sœurs Brontë) is a 1979 French biographical drama film directed by André Téchiné, who co-wrote the screenplay with Pascal Bonitzer and Jean Gruault. The film stars Isabelle ...
Release date: 9 May 1979
Genre:
Drama, Biography
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FairyTale: A True Story is a 1997 fantasy drama film directed by Charles Sturridge and produced by Bruce Davey and Wendy Finerman. It is loosely based on the story of the Cottingley Fairies, and follows ...
Genre:
Drama, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
In 1917, two children take a photograph, which is soon believed by some to be the first scientific evidence of the existence of fairies.
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Another Man's Poison is a 1951 British drama film directed by Irving Rapper and starring Bette Davis, Gary Merrill and Emlyn Williams. The screenplay by Val Guest is based on the play Deadlock by Leslie ...
Release date: 20 November 1951
Genre:
Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A mystery writer becomes involved in a tangled web of murderous deception not unlike the plots of her novels.
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