West Is West (
2010) | IMDb:
6.4
Manchester, North of England, 1975. The now much diminished, but still dysfunctional, Khan family continues to struggle for survival. Sajid, the youngest Khan is deep in pubescent crisis under heavy assault both from his father's tyrannical insistence on Pakistani tradition, and from the fierce bullies in the schoolyard. So, in a last, desperate attempt to 'sort him out', his father decides to pack him off to Mrs Khan No 1 and family in the Punjab, the wife and daughters he had abandoned 35 years earlier.
Directed by:
Andy de Emmony
Robin Hood (
2010) | IMDb:
6.6
When soldier Robin happens upon the dying Robert of Loxley, he promises to return the man's sword to his family in Nottingham. There, he assumes Robert's identity; romances his widow, Marion; and draws the ire of the town's sheriff and King John's henchman, Godfrey.
The Ghost Writer (
2010) | IMDb:
7.2
A writer stumbles upon a long-hidden secret when he agrees to help former British Prime Minister Adam Lang complete his memoirs on a remote island after the politician's assistant drowns in a mysterious accident.
Starring:
Ewan McGregor
,
Pierce Brosnan
,
Kim Cattrall
,
Olivia Williams
,
Tom Wilkinson
,
Timothy Hutton
The Last Legion (
2007) | IMDb:
5.4
As the Roman empire crumbles, young Romulus Augustus flees the city and embarks on a perilous voyage to Britain to track down a legion of supporters.
Starring:
Colin Firth
,
Ben Kingsley
,
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
,
Peter Mullan
,
Kevin McKidd
,
John Hannah
Directed by:
Doug Lefler
Kinky Boots (
2005) | IMDb:
7.1
Charles Price may have grown up with his father in the family shoe business in Northampton, central England, but he never thought that he would take his father's place. Charles has a chance encounter with the flamboyant drag queen cabaret singer Lola and everything changes.
Starring:
Joel Edgerton
,
Chiwetel Ejiofor
,
Sarah-Jane Potts
,
Nick Frost
,
Linda Bassett
,
Jemima Rooper
Directed by:
Julian Jarrold
Kingdom of Heaven (
2005) | IMDb:
7.2
After his wife dies, a blacksmith named Balian is thrust into royalty, political intrigue and bloody holy wars during the Crusades.
Starring:
Orlando Bloom
,
Eva Green
,
Jeremy Irons
,
David Thewlis
,
Edward Norton
,
Ghassan Massoud
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (
2003) | IMDb:
7.5
After an abrupt and violent encounter with a French warship inflicts severe damage upon his ship, a captain of the British Royal Navy begins a chase over two oceans to capture or destroy the enemy, though he must weigh his commitment to duty and ferocious pursuit of glory against the safety of his devoted crew, including the ship's thoughtful surgeon, his best friend.
Undertaking Betty (
2002) | IMDb:
6.5
A politician's wife and the mortician who has secretly loved her for years plan to fake her death so they can run away together.
Starring:
Brenda Blethyn
,
Alfred Molina
,
Christopher Walken
,
Naomi Watts
,
Robert Pugh
,
Hannah Higgins
Directed by:
Nick Hurran
Superman III (
1983) | IMDb:
5
Aiming to defeat the Man of Steel, wealthy executive Ross Webster hires bumbling but brilliant Gus Gorman to develop synthetic kryptonite, which yields some unexpected psychological effects. Between rekindling romance with his high school sweetheart and saving himself, Superman must contend with a powerful supercomputer.
Starring:
Christopher Reeve
,
Richard Pryor
,
Jackie Cooper
,
Marc McClure
,
Annette O'Toole
,
Annie Ross
Britannia Hospital (
1982) | IMDb:
6.2
Britannia Hospital, an esteemed English institution, is marking its gala anniversary with a visit by the Queen Mother herself. But when investigative reporter Mick Travis arrives to cover the celebration, he finds the hospital under siege by striking workers, ruthless unions, violent demonstrators, racist aristocrats, an African cannibal dictator, and sinister human experiments.
Starring:
Graham Crowden
,
Leonard Rossiter
,
Malcolm McDowell
,
Joan Plowright
,
Mark Hamill
,
Jill Bennett
Directed by:
Lindsay Anderson
Nighthawks (
1981) | IMDb:
6.3
When one of Europe's most lethal terrorists shows up in New York, an elite undercover cop is assigned to take him down by any means necessary.
Starring:
Sylvester Stallone
,
Billy Dee Williams
,
Lindsay Wagner
,
Persis Khambatta
,
Nigel Davenport
,
Rutger Hauer
Inseminoid (
1981) | IMDb:
4
A crew of interplanetary archaeologists is threatened when an alien creature impregnates one of their members, causing her to turn homicidal and murder them one by one.
Starring:
Robin Clarke
,
Jennifer Ashley
,
Stephanie Beacham
,
Steven Grives
,
Barrie Houghton
,
Rosalind Lloyd
S.O.S. Titanic (
1980) | IMDb:
6.2
The Titanic disaster as seen through the eyes of one couple in each of the three classes on board.
Starring:
David Janssen
,
Cloris Leachman
,
Susan Saint James
,
David Warner
,
Ian Holm
,
Helen Mirren
Directed by:
William Hale