Mr. Holmes (
2015) | IMDb:
6.8
In 1947, long-retired and near the end of his life, Sherlock Holmes grapples with an unreliable memory and must rely on his housekeeper's son as he revisits the still-unsolved case that led to his retirement.
Starring:
Ian McKellen
,
Laura Linney
,
Milo Parker
,
Hiroyuki Sanada
,
Roger Allam
,
Frances de la Tour
Outside Bet (
2012) | IMDb:
4.8
A group of print workers in 1980s London club together to buy a race horse.
Directed by:
Sacha Bennett
Produced by:
Another Year (
2010) | IMDb:
7.4
During a year, a very content couple approaching retirement are visited by friends and family less happy with their lives.
Starring:
Jim Broadbent
,
Lesley Manville
,
Ruth Sheen
,
Peter Wight
,
Oliver Maltman
,
David Bradley
Dead Man Running (
2009) | IMDb:
6
A loan shark gives ex-con Nick a period of 24 hours in order to pay back the money he owes. Up against it, Nick involves his best mate on a multi-part mission in order to raise the cash before it's too late for them both
Directed by:
Alex De Rakoff
Cassandra's Dream (
2007) | IMDb:
6.6
The tale of two brothers with serious financial woes. When a third party proposes they turn to crime, things go bad and the two become enemies.
Starring:
Colin Farrell
,
Ewan McGregor
,
Hayley Atwell
,
Sally Hawkins
,
Tom Wilkinson
,
Phil Davis
Notes on a Scandal (
2006) | IMDb:
7.4
A veteran high school teacher befriends a younger art teacher, who is having an affair with one of her 15-year-old students. However, her intentions with this new "friend" also go well beyond platonic friendship.
Casanova (
2005) | IMDb:
6.5
With a reputation for seducing members of the opposite sex, regardless of their marital status, a notorious womanizer discovers a beauty who seems impervious to his charms. However, as he continues to pursue the indifferent lady, he finds himself falling in love.
Directed by:
Lasse Hallström
Vera Drake (
2004) | IMDb:
7.6
Abortionist Vera Drake finds her beliefs and practices clash with the mores of 1950s Britain – a conflict that leads to tragedy for her family.
Nicholas Nickleby (
2002) | IMDb:
7.1
Nicholas Nickleby, a young boy in search of a better life, struggles to save his family and friends from the abusive exploitation of his coldheartedly grasping uncle.
Starring:
Charlie Hunnam
,
Nathan Lane
,
Jim Broadbent
,
Christopher Plummer
,
Jamie Bell
,
Anne Hathaway
Secrets & Lies (
1996) | IMDb:
8
After her adoptive mother dies, Hortense, a successful black optometrist, seeks out her birth mother. She's shocked when her research leads her to Cynthia, a working class white woman.
Starring:
Brenda Blethyn
,
Marianne Jean-Baptiste
,
Timothy Spall
,
Phyllis Logan
,
Claire Rushbrook
,
Lee Ross
In the Name of the Father (
1993) | IMDb:
8.1
A small-time Belfast thief, Gerry Conlon, is wrongly convicted of an IRA bombing in London, along with his father and friends, and spends 15 years in prison fighting to prove his innocence.
Starring:
Daniel Day-Lewis
,
Pete Postlethwaite
,
Emma Thompson
,
John Lynch
,
Corin Redgrave
,
Beatie Edney
Alien³ (
1992) | IMDb:
6.4
After escaping with Newt and Hicks from the alien planet, Ripley crash lands on Fiorina 161, a prison planet and host to a correctional facility. Unfortunately, although Newt and Hicks do not survive the crash, a more unwelcome visitor does. The prison does not allow weapons of any kind, and with aid being a long time away, the prisoners must simply survive in any way they can.
Starring:
Sigourney Weaver
,
Charles S. Dutton
,
Charles Dance
,
Lance Henriksen
,
Paul McGann
,
Brian Glover
The Bounty (
1984) | IMDb:
7
The familiar story of Lieutenant Bligh, whose cruelty leads to a mutiny on his ship. This version follows both the efforts of Fletcher Christian to get his men beyond the reach of British retribution, and the epic voyage of Lieutenant Bligh to get his loyalists safely to East Timor in a tiny lifeboat.
Starring:
Mel Gibson
,
Anthony Hopkins
,
Laurence Olivier
,
Edward Fox
,
Daniel Day-Lewis
,
Bernard Hill
Pink Floyd: The Wall (
1982) | IMDb:
8
A troubled rock star descends into madness in the midst of his physical and social isolation from everyone.
Starring:
Bob Geldof
,
Christine Hargreaves
,
James Laurenson
,
Eleanor David
,
Kevin McKeon
,
Bob Hoskins
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