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- DirectorKen AnnakinStarsStuart WhitmanSarah MilesJames FoxHoping to push Britain to the forefront of aviation, a London publisher organizes an international air race across the English Channel, but must contend with two entrants vying for his daughter, as well as national rivalries and cheating.
- DirectorHarry WattStarsJack LambertGrant SutherlandGordon JacksonThe Nine men of the title are a British WWII Army patrol stuck in a desert fort during the African campaign. The Men must defend the fort against the Italian and German troops until they cam be relieved.
- DirectorRichard RushStarsPeter O'TooleSteve RailsbackBarbara HersheyA fugitive stumbles onto a movie set just when they need a new stunt man, takes the job as a way to hide out and falls for the leading lady while facing off with his manipulative director.
- CreatorAdam HorowitzEdward KitsisStarsGinnifer GoodwinJennifer MorrisonLana ParrillaA young woman with a troubled past is drawn to a small town in Maine where fairy tales are to be believed.
- DirectorSidney GilliatFrank LaunderStarsPatricia RocEric PortmanGordon JacksonA young woman called into service at a factory during World War II falls in love with a member of the RAF.
- DirectorRonald NeameStarsMaggie SmithGordon JacksonRobert StephensAn eccentric Scottish schoolteacher's extravagantly romantic ideas about life--and love--overly impress her young pupils and bring her into conflict with her school's conservative headmistress.
- DirectorAnthony AikmanStarsVincent ChildGreg HillPeter GlawsonA group of teen boys go to Rome in this controversial art film.
- DirectorHermine HuntgeburthStarsJulia JentschHeike WarmuthMirko LangAmbitious German imperial hussars veteran baron Geert von Instetten takes office as coastal district administrator, hoping to e promoted to the colonies. His childhood love, Luise, married local estate owner von Briest and now arranges for their daughter, Effie, to wed the baron, rather then her beloved cousin Dagobert. In his creepy home, built and filled with exotica by an ocean captain whose Chinese servant is said to haunt it, Effie believes to meet ghosts. She starts an affair with married, swagger major von Crampas.
- DirectorSidney LumetStarsMichael CaineChristopher ReeveDyan CannonA struggling playwright invites a young writer to his home to discuss a script, but the meeting spirals into a deadly game of deception and betrayal.
- DirectorJustin KerriganStarsRobert CarlyleArron FullerDavid BradleyA young boy suspects his dad might be working undercover for MI6.
- DirectorCharley StadlerStarsRobert CarlyleGary OldmanAnouska Bolton LeeTraitors, killers and lovers collide in London.
- DirectorTomas AlfredsonStarsGary OldmanColin FirthTom HardyIn the bleak days of the Cold War, espionage veteran George Smiley is forced from semi-retirement to uncover a Soviet Agent within MI6.
- DirectorRoger PlanchonStarsRégis RoyerElsa ZylbersteinAnémoneLife, passion, love...all these were part of Toulouse-Lautrec's art. His artistic development among the masters of the postimpressionism.
- DirectorRadomir VasilevskyStarsLina BraknyteNiele VikiraiteVitali FadeyevA coming of age drama. Dubravka, a teenage girl who lives in a resort town by the Black Sea, approaches adolescence.
- CreatorGeoffrey LancashireStarsDiane KeenDavid RoperClare KellyThe series, which was set in 1970s and early 1980s Manchester, dealt with the comic complications that ensue when impoverished newly-weds Chris and Fliss Hawthorne take in lodger Gavin Rumsey to ease their financial problems.
- DirectorCraig LahiffStarsRobert CarlyleCharles DanceKerry FoxRecreation of the landmark 1958 South Australian Court trial of young aboriginal Max Stuart.
- StarsRobert CarlyleMira SorvinoDonald SutherlandGirls that have been kidnapped a d sold as slaves, police find and help them back to their home and family.
- DirectorCosta-GavrasStarsUlrich TukurMathieu KassovitzUlrich MüheDuring WWII SS officer Kurt Gerstein tries to inform Pope Pius XII about Jews being sent to extermination camps. Young Jesuit priest Riccardo Fontana helps him in the difficult mission to inform the world.
- DirectorTomy WigandStarsUlrich NoethenSebastian KochPiet KlockeA boy who was once a perpetual outcast finds friends in a new boarding school, united with his new peers gets involved in a heated rivalry with a group of students that lives outside of the school premises.
- DirectorShane MeadowsStarsRobert CarlyleRhys IfansKathy BurkeAfter seeing his ex-girlfriend (Henderson) turn down a nationally televised marriage proposal, a small-time crook (Carlyle) returns to his hometown to try and win back her heart.
- DirectorRobert AltmanStarsTim RothPaul RhysAdrian BrineThe familiar tragic story of Vincent van Gogh is broadened by focusing as well on his brother Theodore, who helped support Vincent. The movie also provides a nice view of the locations which Vincent painted.
- DirectorJohn LandisStarsBill BaileyTom WilkinsonMichael SmileyA black comedy about two 19th-century grave robbers who find a lucrative business providing cadavers for an Edinburgh medical school.
- DirectorStefen FangmeierStarsEd SpeleersSienna GuilloryJeremy IronsIn his homeland of Alagaesia, a farm boy happens upon a dragon's egg -- a discovery that leads him on a predestined journey where he realizes he's the one person who can defend his home against an evil king.
- DirectorJean CocteauRené ClémentStarsJean MaraisJosette DayMila ParélyA beautiful young woman takes her father's place as the prisoner of a mysterious beast, who wishes to marry her.
- DirectorJoe JohnstonStarsBenicio Del ToroAnthony HopkinsEmily BluntUpon his return to his ancestral homeland, an American man is bitten and subsequently cursed by a werewolf.
- DirectorJuan Carlos FresnadilloStarsJeremy RennerRose ByrneRobert CarlyleSix months after the rage virus was inflicted on the population of Great Britain, the US Army helps to secure a small area of London for the survivors to repopulate and start again. But not everything goes according to plan.
- StarsJason IsaacsAmanda AbbingtonZawe AshtonFormer soldier and policeman Jackson Brodie becomes a private investigator.
- DirectorPascal VerdosciStarsKlaus Maria BrandauerSebastian KochThomas DouglasSet in Zurich in the 1950s, a special agent who is near retirement receives a major assignment: Bring down Harry Wind, a top PR manager who has been accused of spying.
- DirectorJo BaierStarsSebastian KochUlrich TukurHardy Krüger Jr.In 1944, in fear of a complete German defeat in the World War II, a group of high command officers plot an attempt against Hitler, and one of the leaders of the conspiracy, Stauffenberg (Sebastian Koch), goes to a meeting with the Fuhrer in charge of exploding the place. However, Hitler survives and the officers are executed. This unsuccessful operation was called "Valkyrie Operation", and this realistic movie discloses this true event.
- DirectorHal HartleyStarsPaul AustinRobert John BurkeMartin DonovanThree short films about lovers' ultimatums are set in New York, Berlin and Tokyo.
- DirectorIlse HofmannStarsJürgen HeinrichKlaus PönitzGerd Wameling
- DirectorJerry LondonStarsGregory PeckChristopher PlummerJohn GielgudVatican efforts, led by Monsignor Hugh O'Flaherty, to save Allied P.O.W.s and downed Allied airmen as the Nazis invade Rome.
- CreatorBrian ClemensStarsGordon JacksonMartin ShawLewis CollinsBodie and Doyle, senior agents of the British intelligence service CI5 (Criminal Intelligence 5), and their handler George Cowley fight terrorism and similar high-level crimes.
- CreatorPeter FlanneryStarsMartin ShawLee InglebySimon HubbardWith the help of DS John Bacchus, Inspector George Gently spends his days bringing to justice members of the criminal underworld who are unfortunate enough to have the intrepid investigator assigned to their cases.
- CreatorJimmy McGovernStarsRobbie ColtraneGeraldine SomervilleKieran O'BrienDr Edward "Fitz" Fitzgerald is a criminal psychologist. He is rather anti-social and obnoxious but he has a gift for solving crimes. Thus he is employed as a consultant by the Manchester Police.
- DirectorMichael RadfordStarsJohn HurtRichard BurtonSuzanna HamiltonIn a totalitarian future society, a man, whose daily work is re-writing history, tries to rebel by falling in love.
- DirectorWoody AllenStarsWoody AllenDiane KeatonTony RobertsAlvy Singer, a divorced Jewish comedian, reflects on his relationship with ex-lover Annie Hall, an aspiring nightclub singer, which ended abruptly just like his previous marriages.
- DirectorDavid WickesStarsMichael CaineCheryl LaddJoss AcklandDr. Henry Jekyll experiments with scientific means of revealing the hidden, dark side of man and releases a murderer from within himself.
- DirectorDanny BoyleStarsLeonardo DiCaprioTilda SwintonDaniel YorkOn vacation in Thailand, Richard sets out for an island rumored to be a solitary beach paradise.
- StarsMartin ShawJanie DeeSamantha BondAdam Dalgliesh looks into the connection between the grisly exhibits at the Dupayne family museum and the murder of adopted son Neville.
- DirectorAntonia BirdStarsGuy PearceRobert CarlyleDavid ArquetteIn a remote military outpost in the 19th century, Captain John Boyd and his regiment embark on a rescue mission which takes a dark turn when they are ambushed by a sadistic cannibal.
- DirectorMartin McDonaghStarsColin FarrellBrendan GleesonCiarán HindsAfter a job gone wrong, hitman Ray and his partner await orders from their ruthless boss in Bruges, Belgium, the last place in the world Ray wants to be.
- DirectorSimon LangtonStarsMichael CaineJames FoxNigel HaversA war veteran tries to investigate the murder of his son who was working as a Russian translator for the British intelligence service during the Cold War. He meets a web of deception and paranoia that seems to be impenetrable.
- DirectorEthan CoenJoel CoenStarsTommy Lee JonesJavier BardemJosh BrolinViolence and mayhem ensue after a hunter stumbles upon the aftermath of a drug deal gone wrong and over two million dollars in cash near the Rio Grande.
- DirectorAntonia BirdStarsRobert CarlyleRay WinstoneSteve SweeneyIn the face of demise in his values, a socialist in England decides to form a gang and rob banks for a living.
- DirectorJonathan LynnStarsBill NighyEmily BluntRupert GrintA hit-man tries to retire but a beautiful thief may change his plans.
- StarsArmin Mueller-StahlMonica BleibtreuJürgen HentschChronicle about Germany's most extraodinary literary family.
- DirectorJaume BalagueróStarsAnna PaquinLena OlinIain GlenA teenage girl moves into a remote country house with her family, only to discover that their gloomy new home has a horrifying past that threatens to destroy the family.
- DirectorPeter TimmStarsSebastian KochSophie von KesselMaurice TeichertSo far, nine-year-old Nickel and his single father, Thomas, have gotten along just fine. However, when Nickel brings the little piglet Rudi home after a trip, he makes a terrible discovery: Dad has a girlfriend.
- DirectorCharles McDougallStarsLeslie GranthamRobert StephensGwyneth StrongPolice officer Mick Raynor (Leslie Grantham) makes up the rules as he goes along.....and gets results. He eventually finds himself being coerced into going undercover to gain information on an organised crime syndicate.
- DirectorDavid HaymanStarsPeter EllisCarolyn PicklesChristopher EllisonIn the aftermath of an audacious ram-raid on a security van on a busy public road - where the robbers made off with an enormous amount of money - CID need to work fast and maybe bend a rule or two to get a result.
- DirectorBarry SonnenfeldStarsWill SmithTommy Lee JonesJosh BrolinAgent J travels in time to M.I.B.'s early days in 1969 to stop an alien from assassinating his friend Agent K and changing history.
- DirectorPaul VerhoevenStarsRutger HauerJeroen KrabbéSusan PenhaligonDuring World War II, Dutch students join the resistance movement against the German occupation of the Netherlands.
- DirectorPaul VerhoevenStarsMonique van de VenRutger HauerTonny HuurdemanAn aimless young artist learns to face his responsibilities when a former lover develops a terminal illness.
- DirectorTimo VuorensolaStarsJulia DietzeChristopher KirbyGötz OttoThe Nazis set up a secret base on the dark side of the moon in 1945 where they hide out and plan to return to power in 2018.
- DirectorRidley ScottStarsNoomi RapaceLogan Marshall-GreenMichael FassbenderFollowing clues to the origin of mankind, a team finds a structure on a distant moon, but they soon realize they are not alone.
- DirectorRidley ScottStarsSigourney WeaverTom SkerrittJohn HurtThe crew of a commercial spacecraft encounters a deadly lifeform after investigating a mysterious transmission of unknown origin.
- DirectorJames CameronStarsSigourney WeaverMichael BiehnCarrie HennDecades after surviving the Nostromo incident, Ellen Ripley is sent out to re-establish contact with a terraforming colony but finds herself battling the Alien Queen and her offspring.
- DirectorJamie DonahueStarsD.C. DouglasRobert GantCady HuffmanIn her first non-acting effort, writer/director Jamie Donahue parodies the 1950s high school educational film.
- DirectorCharles BuschStarsP.J. VerhoestDana IveyPolly BergenA coming-of-age tale about a showtunes- and old Hollywood-obsessed boy and his effete Danish mentor. The two bond and teach each other lessons about self-acceptance over the course of one magical summer on the Jersey Shore.
- DirectorRobert HamerStarsMervyn JohnsMary MerrallGordon JacksonA drunken, abusive tavern-keeper's adulterous wife uses the backward son of a rigid, puritanical pharmacist who makes his entire family miserable.
- DirectorMatthew BrightStarsGary OldmanPeter DinklageKate BeckinsaleThe story of a peculiar love triangle involving two brothers.
- DirectorJaume Collet-SerraStarsLiam NeesonDiane KrugerJanuary JonesWhen a man awakens from a coma only to discover that someone has taken on his identity, he teams up with a young woman to prove who he is.
- DirectorFlorian Henckel von DonnersmarckStarsUlrich MüheMartina GedeckSebastian KochIn 1984 East Berlin, an agent of the secret police conducting surveillance on a writer and his lover finds himself becoming increasingly absorbed by their lives.
- StarsCatherine DeneuveHeinz BennentAnne BennentThe story of Napoleon Bonaparte's grandniece, the famous Princess Marie, her friendship and her work with Sigmund Freud.
- DirectorJohn SturgesStarsSteve McQueenJames GarnerRichard AttenboroughAllied prisoners of war plan for several hundred of their number to escape from a German camp during World War II.
- DirectorKen LoachStarsPaul BranniganJohn HenshawRoger AllamNarrowly avoiding jail, new dad Robbie vows to turn over a new leaf. A visit to a whisky distillery inspires him and his mates to seek a way out of their hopeless lives.
- DirectorPaul VerhoevenStarsMonique van de VenRutger HauerAndrea DomburgThe young girl Keetje moves to Amsterdam in 1881 with her impoverished family, and is led into prostitution in order to survive. In the process she sees the corrupting influence of money.
- DirectorKen LoachStarsDavid BradleyBrian GloverFreddie FletcherA working-class English boy spends his free time caring for and training his pet kestrel.
- DirectorAnthony PelissierStarsStanley HollowayPeggy CumminsJack WatlingA television given as a retirement present is sold on to different households, causing misery each time.
- DirectorPaul McGuiganStarsWillem DafoePaul BettanyMarián AguileraA priest on the lam takes up with a traveling band of actors, who then discover a murder has occurred and try to solve it by recreating the crime in a play.
- DirectorRoland Suso RichterStarsHeino FerchNicolette KrebitzSebastian KochDuring the Cold War, Germany was divided into two states - East and West. This epic story tells about their dramatic connections.
- DirectorPeter KeglevicStarsTobias MorettiSebastian KochChristoph WaltzWhen wealthy college student Richard Oetker is kidnapped and held for a hefty ransom, state police officer Georg Kufbach becomes obsessed with bringing the kidnapper to justice. This film is based on a true story.
- CreatorEileen AtkinsStarsGordon JacksonDavid LangtonJean MarshThe lives and fortunes of the Bellamy family and their below-stairs servant staff at 165 Eaton Place play out against the social, political and historical backdrop of Edwardian London from 1903 to 1930.
- DirectorRichard LoncraineStarsOlivia WilliamsRhashan StoneMartin ShawIn the wake of the London riots the comments of sensible middle-aged housewife Dorothy Green, caught on footage, become a You Tube sensation and Dorothy is encouraged to stand as the mayor of London, a race which she wins. However when the newly elected Dorothy agrees to appear on the 'In Town Tonight' chat show she has to be extremely wary as Piers Hunt, her embittered losing rival, is another guest and he is determined to dig up Dorothy's past to discredit her.
- CreatorDavid BenioffD.B. WeissStarsEmilia ClarkePeter DinklageKit HaringtonNine noble families fight for control over the lands of Westeros, while an ancient enemy returns after being dormant for millennia.
- DirectorAnders Thomas JensenStarsNikolaj Lie KaasMads MikkelsenLine KruseTwo Danish friends are tired of their employer and open their own butcher shop. An electrician accidentally dies in the freezer and he's sold as marinated chicken and business picks up. What happens when they run out of "chicken"?