Jim Broadbent
Birthday: 1949-05-24
Place of Birth: Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, UK
Biography: Jim Broadbent (born May 24, 1949) is an English actor. He won an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award for his supporting role as John Bayley in the feature film Iris (2001), as well as winning a BAFTA TV Award and a Golden Globe for his leading role as Lord Longford in the television film Longford (2006). Broadbent received four BAFTA Film Award nominations and won for his performance in Moulin Rouge! (2001). He was also nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards and four Screen Actors Guild Awards. A graduate of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art in 1972, Broadbent first came to prominence in the 1980s, chiefly appearing in television comedy including playing Roy Slater in the BBC sitcom Only Fools and Horses. He appeared in the Terry Gilliam films Time Bandits (1981) and Brazil (1985) before a breakthrough role in Mike Leigh's independent comedy drama Life Is Sweet (1990). His notable film roles since include The Borrowers (1997), Bridget Jones's Diary (2001), The Gathering Storm (2002), Hot Fuzz (2007), Another Year (2010), The Iron Lady (2011), Arthur Christmas (2011), Cloud Atlas (2012) and Brooklyn (2015). He played Horace Slughorn in the Harry Potter film series, Archmaester Ebrose in the seventh season of the television series Game of Thrones and Samuel Gruber in the Paddington film series.
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Brazil
Low-level bureaucrat Sam Lowry escapes the monotony of his day-to-day life through a recurring daydr...
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Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Set during the Cold War, the Soviets—led by sword-wielding Irina Spalko—are in search of a crystal s...
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The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Siblings Lucy, Edmund, Susan and Peter step through a magical wardrobe and find the land of Narnia. ...
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Bridget Jones's Diary
Bridget Jones is an average woman struggling against expectations. As a New Year's resolution, Bridg...
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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
As Lord Voldemort tightens his grip on both the Muggle and wizarding worlds, Hogwarts is no longer a...
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Around the World in 80 Days
A bet pits a British inventor, a Chinese thief and a French artist on a worldwide adventure that the...
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Moulin Rouge!
A celebration of love and creative inspiration takes place in the infamous, gaudy and glamorous Pari...
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Phoelix
An aged art connoisseur (Beaumont) and his young female neighbour (Coles), who has a job posing nake...
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Two Mikes Don't Make a Wright
Theatrical packaging of three comic shorts: Dean Parisot & Steven Wright's comedy "The Appointments ...
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Inkheart
The adventures of a father and his young daughter, in their search for a long lost book that will he...
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Gangs of New York
In early 1860s New York, Irish immigrant Amsterdam Vallon is released from prison and returns to the...
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Hot Fuzz
Former London constable Nicholas Angel finds it difficult to adapt to his new assignment in the slee...
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Vera Drake
Abortionist Vera Drake finds her beliefs and practices clash with the mores of 1950s Britain – a con...
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Spider-Plant Man
Spider-Plant Man is a parody of Spider-Man, made for the Comic Relief 2005 appeal and aired on BBC O...
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The Crying Game
Irish Republican Army member Fergus forms an unexpected bond with Jody, a kidnapped British soldier ...
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The Damned United
Taking over Leeds United, Brian Clough's abrasive approach and his clear dislike of the players' dir...
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Richard III
A murderous lust for the British throne sees Richard III descend into madness. Though the setting is...
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Vanity Fair
In early 19th century England, ambitious and ruthless orphan Rebecca Sharp advances from the positio...
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And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself
In 1914, the Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa invites studios to shoot his actual battles against ...
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Little Voice
After the death of her father, Little Voice or LV becomes a virtual recluse, never going out and har...
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Iris
True story of the lifelong romance between novelist Iris Murdoch and her husband John Bayley, from t...
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Widows' Peak
Scandal and mystery reign following the arrival of Edwina in a small Irish town populated entirely b...
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The Borrowers
The four-inch-tall Clock family secretly share a house with the normal-sized Lender family, "borrowi...
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Lost and Found
A magical tale of friendship and loneliness, which tells the story of a little boy who one day finds...
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Harry, Ron and Hermione continue their quest to vanquish the evil Voldemort once and for all. Just a...
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Enchanted April
When married British women Rose Arbuthnot and Lottie Wilkins decide to take a break from their respe...
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Robots
Rodney Copperbottom is a young robot inventor who dreams of making the world a better place, until t...
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The Avengers
British Ministry agent John Steed, under direction from "Mother", investigates a diabolical plot by ...
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Art School Confidential
Starting from childhood attempts at illustration, the protagonist pursues his true obsession to art ...
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Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Bridget Jones is still dating her new love, barrister Mark Darcy, for a perfect six weeks. However, ...
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Perrier's Bounty
A gangster named Perrier looks to exact his revenge on a trio of fugitives responsible for the accid...
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Valiant
Set in 1944, Valiant is a woodland pigeon who wants to become a great hero someday. When he hears th...
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Nicholas Nickleby
Nicholas Nickleby, a young boy in search of a better life, struggles to save his family and friends ...
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Longford
A portrait of Lord Longford, a tireless British campaigner whose controversial beliefs often resulte...
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The Gathering Storm
A love story offering an intimate look inside the marriage of Winston and Clementine Churchill durin...
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Life Is Sweet
Just north of London live Wendy, Andy, and their twenty-something twins, Natalie and Nicola. Wendy c...
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Princess Caraboo
Bristol, England, early 19th century. A beautiful young stranger who speaks a weird language is trie...
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Einstein and Eddington
Brilliant physicist Albert Einstein, and English scientist Arthur Eddington form an unlikely friends...
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A Sense of History
Jim Broadbent wrote and starred in this short film directed by none other than Mike Leigh. As a memb...
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Bright Young Things
During the 1930s in England, a group of young socialites dominate the national gossip with extravaga...
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Another Year
During a year, a very content couple approaching retirement are visited by friends and family less h...
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(K)nox: The Rob Knox Story
A young actor is stabbed to death just days after filming his big break in the Harry Potter franchis...
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And When Did You Last See Your Father?
The story of a son's conflicting memories of his dying father....
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The Magic Roundabout
A shaggy, candy-loving puppy named Dougal along with a group of friends embarks on a dangerous journ...
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Rough Magic
In the 1950s, a pretty magician's apprentice travels to Mexico to escape her boyfriend, a wealthy po...
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Topsy-Turvy
For nearly a decade, Gilbert and Sullivan’s collaborations have delighted the English people. But in...
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The Good Father
Bill is a man who's very bitter about his divorce and losing custody of his son. So, when one of his...
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The Young Victoria
As the only legitimate heir of England's King William, teenage Victoria gets caught up in the politi...
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Arthur Christmas
For hundreds of years, the Claus family has delegated the title "Santa" to a chosen few of its membe...
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The Hit
Ten years after ratting on his old mobster friends in exchange for personal immunity, two hit men dr...
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The Iron Lady
A look at the life of Margaret Thatcher, the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, with a foc...
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Wide-Eyed and Legless
Diana and Deric have an ideal marriage: they thrive in each other's company, they're funny, and they...
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The Young Visiters
The Young Visiters, written in twelve days by nine-year-old Daisy Ashford in 1890, is a surreal blen...
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Cloud Atlas
A set of six nested stories spanning time between the 19th century and a distant post-apocalyptic fu...
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Filth
A bigoted junkie cop suffering from borderline personality disorder and drug addiction manipulates a...
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Walter
A man with learning difficulties suffers neglect and ill-treatment, and this is only exasperated whe...
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Paddington in Peru
Paddington travels to Peru to visit his beloved Aunt Lucy, who now resides at the Home for Retired B...
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Nina Conti: Her Master's Voice
Internationally acclaimed ventriloquist Nina Conti takes the bereaved puppets of her mentor and erst...
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Silas Marner
Adaption of George Eliot's novel. When a respectable weaver is wrongfully accused of theft, he becom...
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Blackadder's Christmas Carol
After a genial spirit shows the benevolent Ebenezer Blackadder visions of his unscrupulous ancestors...
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Blackadder: A Cunning Story
A look back at the making of the entire Blackadder series to commemorate its 40th anniversary, featu...
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Closed Circuit
A high-profile terrorism case unexpectedly binds together two ex-lovers on the defense team - testin...
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Paddington
A young Peruvian bear travels to London in search of a home. Finding himself lost and alone at Paddi...
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Le Week-End
Nick and Meg Burrows return to Paris, the city where they honeymooned, to celebrate their 30th weddi...
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Walter and June
Sequel to the TV film "Walter". In the United States, the two films have been released together on D...
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The Phone Call
Heather is a shy lady who works in a helpline call centre. When she receives a phone call from a mys...
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Get Santa
A father and son must team up to save Christmas when they discover Santa Claus sleeping in their gar...
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Nona
British production of Argentinan Roberto Cossa's play, set in Argentina in 1982. Nona is an elderly ...
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The Harry Hill Movie
Harry Hill embarks on a road trip to Blackpool with his Nan when he discovers that his hamster only ...
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Postman Pat: The Movie
Like always, Postman Pat is happily going about his duty delivering letters and parcels around the f...
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Running Out of Luck
A rock singer goes to Brazil to shoot a video, but winds up getting kidnapped and enduring a number ...
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Birth of a Nation
A new teacher at a highly problematic comprehensive school feels that corporal punishment may just b...
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Call Me Back
Grace returns home from the funeral of her husband, George accompanied by her daughter, Lucy. Mother...
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Bullets Over Broadway
After young playwright, David Shayne obtains funding for his play from gangster Nick Valenti, Nick's...
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Smilla's Sense of Snow
Smilla Jaspersen attempts to understand the death of a small boy who falls from the roof of her apar...
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Anna Spud
Anna Spud is the grumpiest little girl in the world. The prospect of long car journey trapped with h...
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Erik the Viking
Erik the Viking gathers warriors from his village and sets out on a dangerous journey to Valhalla, t...
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Detectives on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown
When the lead star of 'The Gourmet Detective' mystery show is mysteriously bumped off. A bunch of va...
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The Secret Agent
In 1880s London, pornographic bookseller Verloc is a double agent for the Russian government, provid...
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Fools
In 1553, England’s first Queen, Mary I, takes the throne. The country is on the brink of chaos, and ...
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Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
With global superpowers engaged in an increasingly hostile arms race, Superman leads a crusade to ri...
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Intensive Care
When Denis Midgley's father is rushed to hospital, Midgley drops everything to be by his side. They'...
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The Insurance Man
Franz, a young man, works in a dye factory in Prague. One day he notices a rash-like eczema, growing...
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Big Game
Air Force One is shot down by terrorists, leaving the President of the United States stranded in the...
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Jay Kelly
Famous movie actor Jay Kelly embarks on a journey of self-discovery, confronting both his past and p...
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The Sense of an Ending
A man becomes haunted by his past and is presented with a mysterious legacy that causes him to re-th...
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2022 Wimbledon Official Film
A chance to relive the best of the action from Wimbledon 2022 as Novak Djokovic won his fourth conse...
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Brooklyn
In 1950s Ireland and New York, young Eilis Lacey has to choose between two men and two countries....
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The Go-Between
An elderly man pieces together his childhood memories after finding his diary from 1900, which he wr...
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Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death
Before the Doctor can settle down to married life, he must face one last confrontation with his dead...
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Rhythm of Life
A star-studded short film encouraging people to get COVID-19 vaccines and featuring the song "The Rh...
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The Lady in the Van
The true story of the relationship between Alan Bennett and the singular Miss Shepherd, a woman of u...
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Games Without Frontiers
Nobody goes to Amsterdam to wander about. It's either the Rijksmuseum or the red light district. On ...
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Bridget Jones's Baby
After breaking up, Bridget Jones' happily-ever-after hasn't quite gone according to plan. Fortysomet...
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The Weather Inside
A luxury hotel in a conflict zone. Development aid worker Dorothea begins an affair with a young dri...
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Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
Bridget Jones navigates life as a widow and single mum with the help of her family, friends, and for...
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Eddie the Eagle
The feel-good story of Michael 'Eddie' Edwards, an unlikely but courageous British ski-jumper who ne...
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The Legend of Tarzan
Tarzan, having acclimated to life in London, is called back to his former home in the jungle to inve...
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Uliisses
Director Werner Nekes has created this experimental film in the mode of James Joyce's Ulysses to the...
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Ethel & Ernest
This hand drawn animated film, based on the award winning graphic novel by Raymond Briggs, is an int...
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Tales of the Riverbank
Tales of the Riverbank tells the story of three friends - Hammy Hamster, Roderick Rat and GP the Gui...
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Paddington 2
Paddington, now happily settled with the Browns, picks up a series of odd jobs to buy the perfect pr...
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Pride
The story of Suki, a lioness cub, who rebels against her mother and her Pride to mate with an unsuit...
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Brambly Hedge: Classic Collection
Four stories featuring the mice of Brambly Hedge. In 'The Secret Staircase' Primrose and Wilfred set...
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Mike Leigh: Making Plays
Writer and Director Mike Leigh discusses the techniques used to create his plays....
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Black '47
In 1847, when Ireland is in the grip of the Great Famine that has ravaged the country for two long y...
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The One and Only Mike Leigh
In a revealing documentary, Mike Leigh, director of Secrets & Lies, Vera Drake and Abigail's Par...
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Tooth
Tooth is a young, feisty Tooth Fairy, who lives in a world called Fairytopia that has lost its abili...
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Time Bandits
Young history buff Kevin can scarcely believe it when six dwarfs emerge from his closet one night. F...
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Birds Like Us
The story follows a group of birds on a journey where they try to find a better life for themselves ...
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Long Distance Information
Play For Today written by and starring Neville Smith. Christian Harvey , a local radio DJ and ageing...
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Breaking Glass
Breaking Glass is the story of punk singer Kate and her meteoric rise to stardom. Starting out in th...
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Vroom
Two young men and a sultry divorcee flee their drab hometown existence, taking to the road in a bubb...
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King Lear
An aging King invites disaster, when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters, and rejects hi...
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New Town Utopia
What happened when we built Utopia? New Town Utopia is feature documentary about the power of art, a...
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King of Thieves
London, England, April 2015. Brian Reader, a retired thief, gathers an unlikely gang of burglars to ...
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The Night Club of Your Dreams: The Making of 'Moulin Rouge'
This made-for-tv documentary treats romance fans to a behind-the-scenes look at the making of Moulin...
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Chance Meeting
Short romance about a man and woman who bump into each other outside the BFI...
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The King's Beard
A king whose beard is long and beloved. An aspiring barber looking for acknowledgement. A kingdom un...
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The Passage
During WW 2, a Basque shepherd is approached by the underground, who wants him to lead a scientist a...
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A Boy Called Christmas
An ordinary young boy called Nikolas sets out on an extraordinary adventure into the snowy north in ...
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The Duke
In 1961, a 60-year-old taxi driver stole Goya’s portrait of the Duke of Wellington from the National...
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Children In Need 2019: Got It Covered
Ten big-name actors, including Jim Broadbent, Jodie Whittaker, David Tennant and Olivia Colman, come...
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Six Minutes to Midnight
Summer 1939. Influential families in Nazi Germany have sent their daughters to a finishing school in...
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Dolittle
After losing his wife seven years earlier, the eccentric Dr. John Dolittle, famed doctor and veterin...
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The Shout
A traveller by the name of Crossley forces himself upon a musician and his wife in a lonely part of ...
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Dead on Time
Bernard Fripp is told by his doctor that he has only 30 minutes left to live. This sets Bernard bumb...
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The Adventures of Frank: Seeds of Ice
In his further adventures Frank finds success and unhappiness....
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The Go-Between
British teenager Leo Colston spends a summer in the countryside, where he develops a crush on the be...
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Prince Cinders
Fairy-tale fantasy is turned on its head this time, as a fairy godmother in training commits the ult...
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The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
Harold Fry is an unremarkable man who has made mistakes with all the important things: being a husba...
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Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments
A countdown of the top 40 "Blackadder" moments chosen by cast and crew members, celebrity fans and 1...
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Charlotte
The true story of Charlotte Salomon, a young German-Jewish painter who comes of age in Berlin on the...
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Happy Feet
The pupils of the Dora Jackson School of Dancing compete in the 1960 Classical Dance Festival in Sca...
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7 Deadly Sins: Stage Acting
A short satirical film devised by and starring Alan Rickman, Jim Broadbent and Alison Steadman about...
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Our Winnie
Winnie is a mentally handicapped woman who lives with her elderly mother (Cora) and aunt (Ida). They...
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Brambly Hedge: Autumn Story: Primrose's Stormy Night
During the harvest season, Lord Woodmouse and Primrose go picking blackberries, while Wilfred looks ...
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An A to Z of Paddington
Dive deep into the lore and influence of Paddington in this feel-good documentary composed of beauti...
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Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga
To mark the 25th anniversary since the first transmission of Blackadder in 1983, the iconic cast of ...
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The Dogs of War
Mercenary soldiers Jamie and Drew are hired by a large corporation to liberate Zangaro, a small Afri...
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Asterix: The Mansions of the Gods
In order to wipe out the Gaulish village by any means necessary, Caesar plans to absorb the villager...
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Picture Friend
After a drunken woman falls off a bus and is taken to hospital overnight, she starts to have disturb...
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Percy The Park Keeper: One Snowy Night
It is a freezing day in the park. Soon the snow does begin to fall, and fall very heavily. The weath...
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Percy The Park Keeper: The Secret Path
Percy is very busy with all his work around the park, and does not have time to play with the animal...
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Percy The Park Keeper: The Rescue Party
Percy is having a day off and is busy making sandwiches for a picnic. The rabbits are frolicking in ...
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Percy The Park Keeper: After The Storm
It is a bright Autumn day and all the animals are playing in the fallen leaves which Percy has been ...
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The Last Englishman
Biopic about a real eccentric ultra-patriotic British army officer and war hero called Lt. Col. Alfr...
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The Life Story of Baal
An adaptation of the first play written by Bertolt Brecht, charting the decline and fall of Baal, a ...
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The Man Who Shot Christmas
A Christmas story set in contemporary London, about a woman, Debbie, who feels threatened by her hus...
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Superman Redeemed
One of the most legendary Fan Edits of all time by ADigitalMan, Superman Redeemed presents a hybrid ...
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What is an Ocean… Reconnecting the Cast and Crew of Cloud Atlas
A unique feature-length retrospective documentary bringing together the directors, author David Mitc...
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