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Great British Theatre

Great British Theatre

Great British Theatre
IMDb: 8.4
N/A

With stories and anecdotes from his illustrious career on stage and screen, Ian McKellen performs extracts from his most iconic performances, including Shakespeare’s King Lear and Tolkien’s Gandalf from Lord…

On Broadway

On Broadway

On Broadway
IMDb: 7.4
84

An all-star cast tells the inside story of the Broadway theater, and how it came back from the brink thanks to innovative work, a new attention to inclusion and a…

Genre: Documentary
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
Great British Theatre

Great British Theatre

Great British Theatre
IMDb: N/A
N/A

A series of blockbuster theatre productions filmed live by the National Theatre.

Status: Returning Series
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
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
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.

McKellen: Playing the Part

McKellen: Playing the Part

McKellen: Playing the Part
IMDb: 7.5
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…

Animal Crackers

Animal Crackers

Animal Crackers
IMDb: 5.8
105

A family must use a magical box of Animal Crackers to save a rundown circus from being taken over by their evil uncle Horatio P. Huntington.

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…

Stardust

Stardust

Stardust
IMDb: 7.6
127

In a countryside town bordering on a magical land, a young man makes a promise to his beloved that he’ll retrieve a fallen star by venturing into the magical realm….

Flushed Away

Flushed Away

Flushed Away
IMDb: 6.6
85

London high-society mouse, Roddy is flushed down the toilet by Sid, a common sewer rat. Hang on for a madcap adventure deep in the sewer bowels of Ratropolis, where Roddy…

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

Aragorn is revealed as the heir to the ancient kings as he, Gandalf and the other members of the broken fellowship struggle to save Gondor from Sauron’s forces. Meanwhile, Frodo…

Gods and Monsters

Gods and Monsters

Gods and Monsters
IMDb: 7.4
105

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

Genre: Drama
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
The Shadow

The Shadow

The Shadow
IMDb: 6.1
108

Based on the 1930’s comic strip, puts the hero up against his arch enemy, Shiwan Khan, who plans to take over the world by holding a city to ransom using…

Cold Comfort Farm

Cold Comfort Farm

Cold Comfort Farm
IMDb: 7.3
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
Six Degrees of Separation

Six Degrees of Separation

Six Degrees of Separation
IMDb: 6.8
112

The story of a young, gay, black, con artist who, posing as the son of Sidney Poitier, cunningly maneuvers his way into the lives of a white, upper-class New York…

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery
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…

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
Alfred the Great

Alfred the Great

Alfred the Great
IMDb: 6.3
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
X-Men

X-Men

X-Men
IMDb: 7.4
104

Two mutants, Rogue and Wolverine, come to a private academy for their kind whose resident superhero team, the X-Men, must oppose a terrorist organization with similar powers.

The Magic Roundabout

The Magic Roundabout

The Magic Roundabout
IMDb: 5.2
85

A shaggy, candy-loving puppy named Dougal along with a group of friends embarks on a dangerous journey in an effort to imprison their oppressor — the evil ice sorcerer ZeeBad…

Genre: Animation, Family
X-Men: The Last Stand

X-Men: The Last Stand

X-Men: The Last Stand
IMDb: 6.7
104

When a cure is found to treat mutations, lines are drawn amongst the X-Men—led by Professor Charles Xavier—and the Brotherhood, a band of powerful mutants organised under Xavier’s former ally,…

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
A Touch of Love

A Touch of Love

A Touch of Love
IMDb: 6.3
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
The Keep

The Keep

The Keep
IMDb: 5.7
96

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

Genre: Horror
Rasputin

Rasputin

Rasputin
IMDb: 7
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 Dresser

The Dresser

The Dresser
IMDb: 6.8
105

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…

Genre: Drama, TV Movie
Priest of Love

Priest of Love

Priest of Love
IMDb: 6.3
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…

Doogal

Doogal

Doogal
IMDb: 2.9
85

This is the story of Doogal, an adorable candy-loving mutt who goes on a mission to save the world.

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…

All Is True

All Is True

All Is True
IMDb: 6.3
101

London, June 29th, 1613. The Globe Theater, ran by the famous playwright William Shakespeare, accidentally burns to ashes. Seriously affected, he stops writing and returns to his hometown, where his…

Genre: Drama, History
X-Men: Days of Future Past

X-Men: Days of Future Past

X-Men: Days of Future Past
IMDb: 7.9
132

The ultimate X-Men ensemble fights a war for the survival of the species across two time periods as they join forces with their younger selves in an epic battle that…

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
IMDb: 7.8
169

Bilbo Baggins, a hobbit enjoying his quiet life, is swept into an epic quest by Gandalf the Grey and thirteen dwarves who seek to reclaim their mountain home from Smaug,…

X2

X2

X2
IMDb: 7.4
133

Professor Charles Xavier and his team of genetically gifted superheroes face a rising tide of anti-mutant sentiment led by Col. William Stryker. Storm, Wolverine and Jean Grey must join their…

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
IMDb: 7.8
161

The Dwarves, Bilbo and Gandalf have successfully escaped the Misty Mountains, and Bilbo has gained the One Ring. They all continue their journey to get their gold back from the…

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
IMDb: 7.4
144

Immediately after the events of The Desolation of Smaug, Bilbo and the dwarves try to defend Erebor’s mountain of treasure from others who claim it: the men of the ruined…

The Da Vinci Code

The Da Vinci Code

The Da Vinci Code
IMDb: 6.6
149

A murder in Paris’ Louvre Museum and cryptic clues in some of Leonardo da Vinci’s most famous paintings lead to the discovery of a religious mystery. For 2,000 years a…

Genre: Mystery, Thriller