The Lady in the Van (
2015) | IMDb:
6.7
The true story of the relationship between Alan Bennett and the singular Miss Shepherd, a woman of uncertain origins who ‘temporarily’ parked her van in Bennett’s London driveway and proceeded to live there for 15 years.
Starring:
Maggie Smith
,
Alex Jennings
,
Frances de la Tour
,
Gwen Taylor
,
Dominic Cooper
,
James Corden
Directed by:
Nicholas Hytner
Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll (
2010) | IMDb:
6.5
A biography of Ian Dury, who was stricken with polio at a young age and defied expectations by becoming one of the founders of the punk-rock scene in Britain in the 1970s.
The Sickhouse (
2008) | IMDb:
3.7
Terror lurks in the old orphanage, beneath a disused London hospital - a Seventeeth Century malevolence, the Plague Doctor, has returned to complete his evil masterpiece
The History Boys (
2006) | IMDb:
6.8
The story of an unruly class of bright, funny history students at a Yorkshire grammar school in pursuit of an undergraduate place at Oxford or Cambridge. Bounced between their maverick English master, a young and shrewd teacher hired to up their test scores, a grossly out-numbered history teacher, and a headmaster obsessed with results, the boys attempt to pass.
Starring:
Samuel Anderson
,
Dominic Cooper
,
James Corden
,
Richard Griffiths
,
Samuel Barnett
,
Russell Tovey
Directed by:
Nicholas Hytner
The Secret Garden (
1993) | IMDb:
7.3
A young British girl born and reared in India loses her neglectful parents in an earthquake. She is returned to England to live at her uncle's castle. Her uncle is very distant due to the loss of his wife ten years before. Neglected once again, she begins exploring the estate and discovers a garden that has been locked and forgotten. Aided by one of the servants' boys, she begins restoring the garden, and eventually discovers some other secrets of the manor.