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Great British Theatre

Great British Theatre

Great British Theatre
IMDb: N/A
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A series of blockbuster theatre productions filmed live by the National Theatre.

Status: Returning Series
King Lear

King Lear

King Lear
IMDb: 7.5
150

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
Walter

Walter

Walter
IMDb: 7.6
70

A man with learning difficulties suffers neglect and ill-treatment, and this is only exasperated when his parents die and nobody seems to know what to do with him. A sequel…

Genre: Drama, TV Movie
Infinitum: Subject Unknown

Infinitum: Subject Unknown

Infinitum: Subject Unknown
IMDb: 5.3
86

Jane wakes up in a strange attic, in a parallel world, with seemingly no way out. She is stuck in a time-loop, destined to relive the same day over and…

Hating Peter Tatchell

Hating Peter Tatchell

Hating Peter Tatchell
IMDb: 8
91

The powerful and inspiring true story of the controversial human rights campaigner whose provocative acts of civil disobedience rocked the British establishment, revolutionised attitudes to homosexuality and exposed world tyrants….

Genre: Documentary
Vicious

Vicious

Vicious
TMDb: 7.9
22 min

Freddie and Stuart are an old couple who have been together for decades and bicker constantly. Their lives are turned upside down by their new upstairs neighbor Ash, who is…

Status: Ended
Genre: Comedy
Muse of Fire

Muse of Fire

Muse of Fire
IMDb: 7.7
83

Funny, passionate, exciting, and smart: ‘Muse Of Fire’ will change the way you feel about Shakespeare forever. This unique feature documentary follows two actors, Giles Terera and Dan Poole, as…

Genre: Documentary
Macbeth

Macbeth

Macbeth
IMDb: 7.6
145

Macbeth is a 1978 videotaped version of Trevor Nunn’s Royal Shakespeare Company production of the play by William Shakespeare. Produced by Thames Television, it features Ian McKellen as Macbeth and…

Genre: Drama
Richard III

Richard III

Richard III
IMDb: 7.4
104

A murderous lust for the British throne sees Richard III (Ian McKellen) descend into madness. Though the setting is transposed to the 1930s, England is torn by civil war, split…

Genre: Drama, War
The Ballad of Little Jo

The Ballad of Little Jo

The Ballad of Little Jo
IMDb: 6.7
121

Based on a true story, this is the tale of Josephine Monaghan, a young woman of the mid-19th century who is thrown out of her parents’ home after being seduced…

Priest of Love

Priest of Love

Priest of Love
IMDb: 6.4
125

Following the banning and burning of his novel, “The Rainbow,” D.H. Lawrence and his wife, Frieda, move to the United States, and then to Mexico. When Lawrence contracts tuberculosis, they…

Genre: Drama
The Scarlet Pimpernel

The Scarlet Pimpernel

The Scarlet Pimpernel
IMDb: 7.7
142

During the French Revolution, a mysterious English nobleman known only as The Scarlet Pimpernel (a humble wayside flower), snatches French aristos from the jaws of the guillotine, while posing as…

Swept from the Sea

Swept from the Sea

Swept from the Sea
IMDb: 6.8
113

The film tells the story of Russian emigree and the only survivor from ship crash Yanko Goorall and servant Amy Foster in the end of 19th century. When Yanko enters…

Genre: Drama, Romance
Rasputin

Rasputin

Rasputin
IMDb: 7.1
135

Into an era seething with war and revolution, a man comes with an incredible power to heal a nation…or destroy it. Based on the true story of one of the…

The Keep

The Keep

The Keep
IMDb: 5.8
96

Nazis take over an ancient fortress that contains a mysterious entity that wreaks havoc and death upon them.

Genre: Horror
A Touch of Love

A Touch of Love

A Touch of Love
IMDb: 6.4
107

Intellectually driven doctoral student Rosamund Stacey, while undertaking graduate work at the British Museum, becomes pregnant after a brief affair with a television newsreader. Against the advice of her best…

Genre: Drama
Jack & Sarah

Jack & Sarah

Jack & Sarah
IMDb: 6.7
110

Jack always lands on his feet. He lands on his feet when he marries the beautiful Sarah. He lands on his feet when he buys a luxurious new home. However,…

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Alfred the Great

Alfred the Great

Alfred the Great
IMDb: 6.4
122

While Old England is being ransacked by roving Danes in the 9th century, Alfred is planning to join the priesthood. But observing the rape of his land, he puts away…

Genre: History
Plenty

Plenty

Plenty
IMDb: 6
124

David Hare’s account of a one-time French freedom fighter who gradually realizes that her post-war life is not meeting her expectations.

Genre: Drama, Romance
Scandal

Scandal

Scandal
IMDb: 6.5
115

An English bon-vivant osteopath is enchanted with a young exotic dancer and invites her to live with him. He serves as friend and mentor, and through his contacts and parties…

Cold Comfort Farm

Cold Comfort Farm

Cold Comfort Farm
IMDb: 7.2
95

In this adaptation of the satirical British novel, Flora Poste, a plucky London society girl orphaned at age 19, finds a new home with some rough relatives, the Starkadders of…

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Restoration

Restoration

Restoration
IMDb: 6.6
117

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…

Genre: Drama, Romance
Neverwas

Neverwas

Neverwas
IMDb: 6.6
108

Zach Riley (Aaron Eckhart) is a psychiatrist, who leaves a job at a prestigious university, to take up a job at the privately run mental institution, ‘Millwood’. What he doesnt…

McKellen: Playing the Part

McKellen: Playing the Part

McKellen: Playing the Part
IMDb: 7.4
92

Built upon a 14 hour interview, McKellen: Playing the Part is a unique journey through the key landmarks of McKellen’s life, from early childhood into a demanding career that placed…

Asylum

Asylum

Asylum
IMDb: 6.1
99

A woman becomes very curious about one of her psychiatrist husband’s inmates, a man who was found guilty in the murder and disfigurement of his former wife.

The Good Liar

The Good Liar

The Good Liar
IMDb: 6.6
109 min

An getting old con artist can’t imagine his luck when he meets a rich widow and marks her as his subsequent goal. However she hides a secret of her personal.

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Genre: Drama, Mystery
Cats

Cats

Cats
IMDb: N/A
N/A

A tribe of cats referred to as the Jellicles should determine yearly which one will ascend to the Heaviside Layer and are available again to a brand new Jellicle life.

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All Is True

All Is True

All Is True
IMDb: 6.2
101 min

A have a look in the last days during the life span of playwright William Shakespeare.

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Genre: Drama, History
Animal Crackers

Animal Crackers

Animal Crackers
IMDb: 5.7
94 min

A family should make use of a magic area of Animal Crackers to prevent wasting a rundown cop out of being taken by using their own wicked uncle Horatio P….

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Genre: Animation, Comedy
Six Degrees of Separation

Six Degrees of Separation

Six Degrees of Separation
IMDb: 6.8
112 min

The narrative of a young, homosexual, black, con artist who, posing as the boy of Sidney Poitier, cunningly maneuvers his way to the lifestyles of a snowy, upper-class New York…

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Genre: Drama, Mystery
The Shadow

The Shadow

The Shadow
IMDb: 6.1
108 min

Based upon the 1930’s comic strip, puts up the protagonist from his arch enemy, Shiwan Khan, who intends to take over the planet by holding a town to ransom utilizing…

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Bent

Bent

Bent
IMDb: 7.2
105 min

Max is a handsome young guy that, following a fateful tryst with a German soldier, will be forced to run for his own life. Finally Max is set in a…

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Genre: History, Romance
Gods and Monsters

Gods and Monsters

Gods and Monsters
IMDb: 7.4
105 min

It is 1957, and James Whale’s heyday as the director of “Frankenstein,” “Bride of Frankenstein” and “The Invisible Man” is behind him. Retired and that a semi-recluse, he lives his…

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Genre: Drama
Apt Pupil

Apt Pupil

Apt Pupil
IMDb: 6.7
111 min

One evening at 1984, Todd Bowden, a dazzling high school boy intrigued with the history of Nazism, stumbles across an older guy whose appearance resembles the Kurt Dussander, a wanted…

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Genre: Thriller
X-Men

X-Men

X-Men
IMDb: 7.4
104 min

2 mutants, Rogue and Wolverine, visit a private academy to their sort whose resident superhero group, the X-Men, should combat a terrorist association with comparable abilities.

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The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
IMDb: 8.8
178 min

Young hobbit Frodo Baggins, after having a mysterious ring by his uncle Bilbo, has to leave his home so as to continue to keep it from falling to the hands…

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The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
IMDb: 8.7
179 min

Frodo and Sam are hiking into Mordor to destroy the One group of Electricity while Gimli, Legolas and Aragorn seek out the orc-captured Merry and Pippin. All together, nefarious wizard…

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The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
IMDb: 8.9
201 min

Aragorn is revealed as the inheritor to the historic kings as he, Gandalf and the different members of the damaged fellowship battle to avoid wasting Gondor from Sauron’s forces. In…

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X2

X2

X2
IMDb: 7.4
134 min

Professor Charles Xavier and his group of gifted super heroes face an increasing wave of anti-mutant opinion led by Col. William Stryker. Storm, Wolverine and Jean Grey has to combine…

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The Magic Roundabout

The Magic Roundabout

The Magic Roundabout
IMDb: 5.2
85 min

A shaggy, candy-loving puppy termed Dougal and a set of friends embarks on a treacherous journey in an effort to imprison their oppressor — the evil ice sorcerer ZeeBad (Zebedee’s…

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Genre: Family