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Hamlet

Hamlet

Hamlet
IMDb: 6.8
184

From its sell-out run at Manchester’s Royal Exchange Theatre comes a film version of this unique and critically acclaimed production of Hamlet with BAFTA-nominee Maxine Peake in the title role….

Building Burma’s Death Railway: Moving Half the Mountain

Building Burma’s Death Railway: Moving Half the Mountain

Building Burma’s Death Railway: Moving Half the Mountain
IMDb: 7.3
59

Moving Half The Mountain documents the true stories of the survivors from one of the worst atrocities of the Second World War the brutal use of prisoners (POWs) and forced…

The Awakening

The Awakening

The Awakening
IMDb: 6.4
107

In post–War England, a writer and sometime-ghost hunter investigates a reported haunting at a boys boarding school.

Chemical Wedding

Chemical Wedding

Chemical Wedding
IMDb: 4.7
106

A shy, stuttering professor brings satanist Aleister Crowley back to life.

The Duchess

The Duchess

The Duchess
IMDb: 6.9
110

A chronicle of the life of 18th century aristocrat Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, who was reviled for her extravagant political and personal life.

Mirrors

Mirrors

Mirrors
IMDb: 6.1
111

An ex-cop and his family are the target of an evil force that is using mirrors as a gateway into their home.

Genre: Horror, Mystery
Alien Autopsy

Alien Autopsy

Alien Autopsy
IMDb: 5.9
95

Humouristic reconstruction of the 1995 scandal when two British lads were accused of having faked a documentary from the Roswell incident in 1947.

K-19: The Widowmaker

K-19: The Widowmaker

K-19: The Widowmaker
IMDb: 6.7
138

When Russia’s first nuclear submarine malfunctions on its maiden voyage, the crew must race to save the ship and prevent a nuclear disaster.

The Body

The Body

The Body
IMDb: 5.3
109

An ancient skeleton has been discovered in Jerusalem in a rich man’s tomb. Colouration of the wrist and leg bones indicates the cause of death was crucifiction. other signs, include…

Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters

Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters

Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters
IMDb: 7.9
100

Lieutenant Hornblower and his shipmates are sent to accompany a doomed royalist invasion of revolutionary France.

Gladiator

Gladiator

Gladiator
IMDb: 8.5
155

In the year 180, the death of emperor Marcus Aurelius throws the Roman Empire into chaos. Maximus is one of the Roman army’s most capable and trusted generals and a…

Two Deaths

Two Deaths

Two Deaths
IMDb: 6.4
102

A tale of power, passion and obsession set in a politically torn Eastern European country.

Genre: Drama, War
101 Dalmatians

101 Dalmatians

101 Dalmatians
IMDb: 5.7
103

An evil, high-fashion designer plots to steal Dalmatian puppies in order to make an extravagant fur coat, but instead creates an extravagant mess.

Genre: Comedy, Family
England, My England

England, My England

England, My England
IMDb: 7
153

The story of Henry Purcell.

Genre: History
Fatherland

Fatherland

Fatherland
IMDb: 6.4
106

Fictional account of what might have happened if Hitler had won the war. It is now the 1960s and Germany’s war crimes have so far been kept a secret. Hitler…

How to Get Ahead in Advertising

How to Get Ahead in Advertising

How to Get Ahead in Advertising
IMDb: 6.8
95

Pressure from his boss and a skin-cream client produces a talking boil on a British adman’s neck.

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Testimony

Testimony

Testimony
IMDb: 7
157

The story of the great Soviet composer Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) and his life and career during the rule of Stalin.

Genre: Drama, History
King Lear

King Lear

King Lear
IMDb: 7.6
185

King Lear, old and tired, divides his kingdom among his daughters, giving great importance to their protestations of love for him. When Cordelia, youngest and most honest, refuses to idly…

Genre: Drama
Troilus & Cressida

Troilus & Cressida

Troilus & Cressida
IMDb: 6.5
190

The bitter Trojan War drags on – the Greeks blame Achilles’ apathy for low morale, while Troy’s hero Hector challenges one of the enemy to a personal duel. And after…

Genre: Drama
Timon of Athens

Timon of Athens

Timon of Athens
IMDb: 7.3
128

Timon loves to give parties and objects to friends, but when he cannot pay his creditors, his “friends” refuse to help him, and he becomes a misanthropic hermit.

Genre: Drama