Birthday Girl (2001)
Nicole Kidman is a Russian internet bride who ends up with a St Albans bank clerk.
The Children Act (2017)
A high court lady judge has an agonising decision to make when a teenage boy refuses a life saving transfusion while at home her marriage is freezing over
Chromophobia (2005)
A middle-class London family struggle with dysfunction.
Cinderella (2015)
Live-action retelling of the classic fairy tale.
The Dig (2021)
An archaeologist embarks on the historically important excavation of Sutton Hoo in 1938.
Dorian Gray (2009)
A man has eternal youth... but what about the portrait in his attic?
Lost Souls (2000)
The son of the devil returns.
Murder By Numbers (2002)
Sandra Bullock investigates motiveless murder around prestigious high school.
The New World (2005)
English nudge out natives, plunder Pocahontas and kick-start some place called America.
The Remains Of The Day (1993)
A butler realises late in life the folly of his devotion to the household he has served.
September 5 (2024)
Set during the 1972 Munich Olympics, the film follows an American Sports broadcasting team that quickly adapted from sports reporting to live coverage of the Israeli athletes taken hostage.
Stage Beauty (2004)
To be or not to be a woman on the London stage, circa Pepys, Charles II and 1660.
The Thin Red Line (1998)
Exploration of the Guadalcanal conflict during the Second World War.
Washington Square (1997)
A doctor tries to stand in the way of his daughter's romance.
The Water Horse: Legend Of The Deep (2007)
A lonely young boy discovers a magical egg and befriends the strange creature which hatches from it. Plus read our exclusive interview with Jay Russell.
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