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The Crying Game(1992)

R
| 1h 52min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
3.4/5 (with 325 votes)

Irish Republican Army member Fergus forms an unexpected bond with Jody, a kidnapped British soldier in his custody, despite the warnings of fellow IRA members Jude and Maguire. Jody makes Fergus promise he'll visit his girlfriend, Dil, in London, and when Fergus flees to the city, he seeks her out. Hounded by his former IRA colleagues, he finds himself increasingly drawn to the enigmatic, and surprising, Dil.

Directed by Neil Jordan - With Stephen Rea, Miranda Richardson, Jaye Davidson, Forest Whitaker, Jim Broadbent, Adrian Dunbar, ...
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Naked(1993)

NR
| 2h 11min | Drama, Comedy
3.7/5 (with 216 votes)

An unemployed Brit vents his rage on unsuspecting strangers as he embarks on a nocturnal London odyssey.

Directed by Mike Leigh - With David Thewlis, Lesley Sharp, Katrin Cartlidge, Greg Cruttwell, Peter Wight, Ewen Bremner, ...

Hilary and Jackie(1998)

2h 1min | Drama, Music
3.4/5 (with 39 votes)

The tragic story of world-renowned cellist Jacqueline du Pré, as told from the point of view of her sister, flautist Hilary du Pré-Finzi.

Directed by Anand Tucker - With Emily Watson, Rachel Griffiths, James Frain, David Morrissey, Charles Dance, Celia Imrie, ...

Before the Rain(1994)

1h 53min | Drama, War
3.7/5 (with 66 votes)

The circularity of violence seen in a story that circles on itself. In Macedonia, during war in Bosnia, Christians hunt an ethnic Albanian girl who may have murdered one of their own. A young monk who's taken a vow of silence offers her protection. In London, a photographic editor who's pregnant needs to talk it out with her estranged husband and chooses a toney restaurant.

Directed by Milcho Manchevski - With Katrin Cartlidge, Rade Šerbedžija, Phyllida Law, Grégoire Colin, Labina Mitevska, Meto Jovanovski, ...

The Reflecting Skin(1990)

R
| 1h 35min | Drama, Thriller, Horror
3.4/5 (with 76 votes)

A young boy tries to cope with rural life circa 1950s and his fantasies become a way to interpret events. After his father tells him stories of vampires, he becomes convinced that the widow up the road is a vampire, and tries to find ways of discouraging his brother from seeing her.

Directed by Philip Ridley - With Viggo Mortensen, Lindsay Duncan

When the Wind Blows(1986)

1h 21min | Animation, War, Science Fiction
3.7/5 (with 109 votes)

With the help of government-issued pamphlets, an elderly British couple build a shelter and prepare for an impending nuclear attack, unaware that times and the nature of war have changed from their romantic memories of World War II.

Directed by Jimmy Murakami

Prick Up Your Ears(1987)

R
| 1h 51min | Drama
3.3/5 (with 38 votes)

Stephen Frears directs this biographical drama focusing on controversial British playwright Joe Orton, revealed in flashback after his murder by lover Kenneth Halliwell. Born in 1933 in Leicester, in the English Midlands, John 'Joe' Orton moves to London in 1951, to study at RADA, and enjoys an openly gay relationship with Halliwell in their famous Islington flat in the 1960s. However, when Orton achieves spectacular success with such plays as 'What the Butler Saw' and 'Loot', Halliwell begins to feel alienated and the pair's future looks increasingly uncertain.

Directed by Stephen Frears - With Gary Oldman, Alfred Molina, Vanessa Redgrave, Wallace Shawn, Julie Walters, Frances Barber, ...

Gangster No. 1(2000)

1h 43min | Action, Drama, Thriller
3.2/5 (with 87 votes)

An old gangster is advised that Freddie Mays would leave jail after thirty years in prison. His mood changes and he recalls when he was a young punk and who joined Freddie's gang—a man he both envied and ultimately betrayed.

Directed by Paul McGuigan - With Malcolm McDowell, Paul Bettany, David Thewlis, Saffron Burrows, Kenneth Cranham, Jamie Foreman, ...

Sister My Sister(1994)

R
| 1h 44min | Drama, Thriller
3.0/5 (with 23 votes)

The film is based on a true incident in Le Mans, France in 1933 called the Papin murder case, where two sisters brutally murdered their employer and her daughter. The murder shocked the country, and there was much speculation about the sisters, including allegations that they were having an incestous lesbian affair with each other.

Directed by Nancy Meckler - With Julie Walters, Joely Richardson, Jodhi May
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Land and Freedom(1995)

1h 49min | Drama, History, War, Romance / Love
3.7/5 (with 108 votes)

David Carr is a British Communist who is unemployed. In 1936, when the Spanish Civil War begins, he decides to fight for the Republican side, a coalition of liberals, communists and anarchists, so he joins the POUM militia and witnesses firsthand the betrayal of the Spanish revolution by Stalin's followers and Moscow's orders.

Directed by Ken Loach - With Ian Hart, Rosana Pastor, Icíar Bollaín, Frédéric Pierrot, Tom Gilroy, Marc Martínez, ...

Scandal(1989)

R
| 1h 55min | Drama, History, Romance / Love
3.0/5 (with 36 votes)

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 she and her friend meet and date members of the Conservative Party. Eventually a scandal occurs when her affair with the Minister of War goes public, threatening their lifestyles and their freedom.

Directed by Michael Caton-Jones - With John Hurt, Joanne Whalley, Bridget Fonda, Ian McKellen, Leslie Phillips, Britt Ekland, ...

Hardware(1990)

R
| 1h 33min | Science Fiction, Thriller, Horror
3.0/5 (with 116 votes)

Mark 13 is a government-built killing machine programmed with artificial intelligence, able to repair and recharge itself from any energy source. Through a series of coincidences, the cyborg's head ends up in the home of a sculptress as a bizarre Christmas present from her boyfriend. Once inside its new home, the cyborg promptly reconstructs the rest of its body using a variety of household utensils and proceeds to go on a murderous rampage.

Directed by Richard Stanley - With Dylan McDermott, Stacey Travis, Iggy Pop, Carl McCoy, Lemmy, John Lynch, ...
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Dust Devil(1992)

R
| 1h 43min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
3.2/5 (with 53 votes)

A woman on the run from her abusive husband encounters a mysterious hitch-hiker.

Directed by Richard Stanley - With Zakes Mokae, Robert John Burke, Chelsea Field
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I.D.(1995)

1h 47min | Crime, Drama
3.3/5 (with 37 votes)

Four policemen go undercover and infiltrate a gang of football hooligans hoping to route out their leaders. For one of the four, the line between 'job' and 'yob' becomes more unclear as time passes . . .

Directed by Phil Davis - With Reece Dinsdale, Warren Clarke, Claire Skinner, Philip Glenister, Saskia Reeves, Sean Pertwee, ...

Jack & Sarah(1995)

1h 50min | Comedy, Drama, Romance / Love
3.5/5 (with 23 votes)

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, when Sarah goes into labour, he takes a tumble down the stairs and lands on his head. When he comes around he discovers he is the proud father of a baby girl, but deficient in the spouse department to the tune of 1.

Directed by Tim Sullivan - With Richard E. Grant, Samantha Mathis, Judi Dench, Eileen Atkins, Ian McKellen, Cherie Lunghi, ...

Edward II(1991)

R
| 1h 30min | History, Romance / Love, Drama
3.2/5 (with 22 votes)

England, 14th century. King Edward II falls in love with Piers Gaveston, a young man of humble origins, whom he honors with favors and titles of nobility. The cold and jealous Queen Isabella conspires with the evil Mortimer to get rid of Gaveston, overthrow her husband and take power….

Directed by Derek Jarman - With Steven Waddington, Tilda Swinton, Andrew Tiernan, Dudley Sutton, Jerome Flynn, Nigel Terry, ...
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Waterland(1992)

1h 35min | Drama, Mystery
3.1/5 (with 14 votes)

The story of a mentally anguished high school history teacher going through a complete reassessment of his life. His method for reassessing his life is to narrate it to his class and interweave in it three generations of his family's history.

Directed by Stephen Gyllenhaal - With Jeremy Irons, Ethan Hawke, Lena Headey, Pete Postlethwaite, Cara Buono, David Morrissey, ...
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Dream Demon(1988)

1h 26min | Horror
2.7/5 (with 9 votes)

As her marriage to decorated war hero Oliver draws near, well-heeled Diana moves into an apartment within an otherwise unoccupied, sprawling London house where she starts to experience strange and terrifying nightmares. But are these troubling night terrors merely the symptom of an unsettled mind, or the sign of something far more sinister at work? Hounded by a pair of sleazy journalists, Diana soon crosses paths with American tourist Jenny, who appears to have a strange connection to the foreboding house and its dark past.

Directed by Harley Cokeliss - With Jemma Redgrave, Kathleen Wilhoite, Jimmy Nail, Timothy Spall, Mark Greenstreet, Susan Fleetwood, ...

Himalaya(1999)

1h 48min | Adventure, Drama
3.7/5 (with 33 votes)

As the denizens of a Tibetan village prepare for their arduous annual trek to exchange salt for grain, the community's allegiances are split between aging chieftain Tinle (Thilen Lhondup) and rebellious young Karma (Gurgon Kyap). Tinle tries to maintain his clout and preserve obedience to ancient customs when Karma challenges the old man's power.

Directed by Éric Valli - With Tsering Dorjee, Gurgon Kyap, Lhakpa Tsamchoe, Jampa Kalsang Tamang, Karma Tensing, Karma Wangel, ...
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Tom & Viv(1994)

1h 55min | Drama, Romance / Love
2.9/5 (with 10 votes)

The story of the marriage of the poet T. S. Eliot to socialite Vivienne Haigh-Wood, which had to cope with her gynaecological and emotional problems and his growing fame.

Directed by Brian Gilbert - With Willem Dafoe, Miranda Richardson, Rosemary Harris, James Greene, Lou Hirsch, Clare Holman, ...

Dark Obsession(1989)

R
| 1h 40min | Thriller, Drama
1.4/5 (with 3 votes)

Hugo Buckton seems to have it all: He is apparently rich and has a beautiful wife and a doting son. In actuality, though, Hugo is having money problems and is paranoid that his wife is cheating on him. After a boozy night at a party, Hugo hits and kills a woman with his car -- and at his friends' urging, keeps driving. When Hugo starts receiving letters from someone who knows about the accident, he begins to suspect that he has been set up.

Directed by Nick Broomfield - With Amanda Donohoe

High Hopes(1989)

PG
| 1h 48min | Comedy, Drama
3.6/5 (with 33 votes)

Slice-of-life look at a sweet working-class couple in London, Shirley and Cyril, his mother, who's aging quickly and becoming forgetful, mum's ghastly upper-middle-class neighbors, and Cyril's pretentious sister and philandering husband. Shirley wants a baby, but Cyril, who reads Marx and wants the world to be perfect, is reluctant. Cyril's mum locks herself out and must ask her snooty neighbors for help. Then Cyril's sister Valerie stages a surprise party for mum's 70th birthday, a disaster from start to finish. Shirley holds things together, and she and Cyril may put aside her Dutch cap after all.

Directed by Mike Leigh - With Philip Jackson, Lesley Manville, David Bamber, Ruth Sheen, Phil Davis, Edna Doré, ...

The Last of England(1987)

1h 27min | Drama
3.0/5 (with 19 votes)

The artist's personal commentary on the decline of his country in a language closer to poetry than prose. A dark meditation on London under Thatcher.

Directed by Derek Jarman - With Tilda Swinton

Personal Services(1987)

R
| 1h 45min | Comedy
3.0/5 (with 15 votes)

The story of the rise of a madame of a suburban brothel catering to older men, inspired by the real experiences of Cynthia Payne. The story follows Christine Painter as the down-at-heel waitress who, with the help of prostitute Shirley and cross-dressing Wing Commander Morten, seeks to up her earnings by turning her suburban home into a brothel. Before long she and her girls are chaining up judges, spanking Generals and attending to the needs of Honourable Members. Christine sees herself as providing a vital service to these harmless pervs and when finally the house is busted and the case comes to court, it's fair to say that the presiding judge isn't unfamiliar with her work.

Directed by Terry Jones - With Julie Walters, Shirley Stelfox, Alec McCowen, Tim Woodward, Peter Cellier, Benjamin Whitrow, ...
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An Awfully Big Adventure(1995)

R
| 1h 53min | Romance / Love, Drama, Comedy
3.2/5 (with 20 votes)

Liverpool. 1947. Right after World War II, a star struck naive teenage girl joins a shabby theatre troupe in Liverpool. During a winter production of Peter Pan, the play quickly turns into a dark metaphor for youth as she becomes drawn into a web of sexual politics and intrigue and learns about the grown-up world of the theater.

Directed by Mike Newell - With Alan Rickman, Hugh Grant, Georgina Cates, Alun Armstrong, Peter Firth, Carol Drinkwater, ...
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Dust(2001)

R
| 2h 7min | Action, Drama, Romance / Love, Western
2.8/5 (with 12 votes)

Two parallel tales of redemption, a century apart. In the New York storyline, Edge hunts for Angela's gold to pay back a debt, and gradually grows closer to her. In the Macedonian story, the brothers end up fighting for opposite sides of a revolution, with the religious Elijah taking up sides with the Ottoman sultan and gunslinger Luke joining "the Teacher" , a Macedonian rebel.

Directed by Milcho Manchevski - With Joseph Fiennes, David Wenham, Vera Farmiga, Adrian Lester, Anne Brochet, Matt Ross, ...
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The Pope Must Die(1991)

1h 36min | Comedy
2.4/5 (with 9 votes)

A less-than-qualified and far-from-perfect priest is mistakenly named the new pope. As the pontiff, he must deal with Vatican corruption, the Mob and the reappearance of his old lover.

Directed by Peter Richardson - With Robbie Coltrane, Alex Rocco, Peter Richardson

Let Him Have It(1991)

1h 55min | Drama
3.4/5 (with 22 votes)

In 1950s England, slow-witted Derek Bentley falls in with a group of petty criminals led by Chris Craig, a teenager with a fondness for American gangster films. Chris and Derek's friendship leads to their involvement in the true case which would forever shake England's belief in capital punishment.

Directed by Peter Medak - With Christopher Eccleston, Paul Reynolds, Tom Courtenay, Eileen Atkins, Iain Cuthbertson

A World Apart(1988)

PG
| 1h 53min | Drama
3.3/5 (with 10 votes)

A White enclave in Johannesburg, South Africa, in the 1960s. Molly Roth, 13 years old, is the daughter of leftist parents, and she must piece together what's happening around her when her father disappears one night, barely evading arrest, and, not long after, her mother is detained by the authorities. Some of Molly's White friends turn against her, and her family's friendships with Blacks take on new meaning. Relationships are fragile in the world of apartheid. How will she manage?

Directed by Chris Menges - With Jodhi May, Jeroen Krabbé, Barbara Hershey, David Suchet, Linda Mvusi, Rosalie Crutchley, ...

High Season(1987)

1h 34min | Comedy, Romance / Love
3.0/5 (with 3 votes)

On the isle of Rhodes, Katherine, an expatriate English photographer, lives with her daughter. A young local wants to encourage tourism, so he commissions a sculpture of the Unknown Tourist for the town square; the sculptor he brings to Rhodes is Kate's ex-husband. Also there to see Kate is Sharp, an aging antiquarian and her dear friend. He has something important to tell her. As Kate, her ex, and Sharp sort out things that go back years, two English tourists bumble about, one thinking he's fallen in love with Kate, his wife thinking she's found her own lover. A rare vase, a spy, old friendships, the statue's unveiling, and off-hand English sorting-out play into the resolution.

Directed by Clare Peploe - With Jacqueline Bisset, James Fox, Irene Papas, Kenneth Branagh, Lesley Manville, Robert Stephens, ...
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