The Duke (
2021) | IMDb:
6.9
In 1961, a 60-year-old taxi driver stole Goya’s portrait of the Duke of Wellington from the National Gallery in London. It was the first (and remains the only) theft in the Gallery’s history. What happened next became the stuff of legend.
Starring:
Jim Broadbent
,
Helen Mirren
,
Fionn Whitehead
,
Matthew Goode
,
Aimee Kelly
,
Charlotte Spencer
Judy (
2019) | IMDb:
6.8
Thirty years after starring in "The Wizard of Oz," beloved actress and singer Judy Garland arrives in London to perform sold-out shows at the Talk of the Town nightclub. While there, she reminisces with friends and fans and begins a whirlwind romance with musician Mickey Deans, her soon-to-be fifth husband.
Starring:
Renée Zellweger
,
Jessie Buckley
,
Finn Wittrock
,
Rufus Sewell
,
Michael Gambon
,
Richard Cordery
A United Kingdom (
2016) | IMDb:
6.9
The inspiring true story of Seretse Khama, the King of Bechuanaland (modern Botswana), and Ruth Williams, the London office worker he married in 1948 in the face of fierce opposition from their families and the British and South African governments. Seretse and Ruth defied family, Apartheid and empire - their love triumphed over every obstacle flung in their path and in so doing they transformed their nation and inspired the world.
Starring:
David Oyelowo
,
Rosamund Pike
,
Tom Felton
,
Jack Davenport
,
Terry Pheto
,
Laura Carmichael
Directed by:
Amma Asante
Suffragette (
2015) | IMDb:
6.9
Based on true events about the foot soldiers of the early feminist movement, women who were forced underground to pursue a dangerous game of cat and mouse with an increasingly brutal State.
Starring:
Carey Mulligan
,
Helena Bonham Carter
,
Brendan Gleeson
,
Anne-Marie Duff
,
Meryl Streep
,
Ben Whishaw
Selma (
2014) | IMDb:
7.5
"Selma," as in Alabama, the place where segregation in the South was at its worst, leading to a march that ended in violence, forcing a famous statement by President Lyndon B. Johnson that ultimately led to the signing of the Voting Rights Act.
Directed by:
Ava DuVernay
Philomena (
2013) | IMDb:
7.6
A woman searches for her adult son, who was taken away from her decades ago when she was forced to live in a convent.
Starring:
Judi Dench
,
Steve Coogan
,
Sophie Kennedy Clark
,
Mare Winningham
,
Barbara Jefford
,
Ruth McCabe
Directed by:
Stephen Frears
Trance (
2013) | IMDb:
6.9
A violent gang enlists the help of a hypnotherapist in an attempt to locate a painting which somehow vanished in the middle of a heist.
No One Lives (
2013) | IMDb:
6
A gang of ruthless highway killers kidnap a wealthy couple traveling cross country only to shockingly discover that things are not what they seem.
Starring:
Luke Evans
,
Adelaide Clemens
,
Laura Ramsey
,
Lee Tergesen
,
Derek Magyar
,
America Olivo
The Iron Lady (
2011) | IMDb:
6.4
A look at the life of Margaret Thatcher, the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, with a focus on the price she paid for power.
Starring:
Meryl Streep
,
Anthony Stewart Head
,
Harry Lloyd
,
Jim Broadbent
,
Susan Brown
,
Alice da Cunha
127 Hours (
2010) | IMDb:
7.5
The true story of mountain climber Aron Ralston's remarkable adventure to save himself after a fallen boulder crashes on his arm and traps him in an isolated canyon in Utah.
Centurion (
2010) | IMDb:
6.3
Britain, A.D. 117. Quintus Dias, the sole survivor of a Pictish raid on a Roman frontier fort, marches north with General Virilus' legendary Ninth Legion, under orders to wipe the Picts from the face of the Earth and destroy their leader, Gorlacon.
Starring:
Michael Fassbender
,
Olga Kurylenko
,
David Morrissey
,
Liam Cunningham
,
Dominic West
,
Imogen Poots
Bright Star (
2009) | IMDb:
6.9
In 1818, high-spirited young Fanny Brawne finds herself increasingly intrigued by the handsome but aloof poet John Keats, who lives next door to her family friends the Dilkes. After reading a book of his poetry, she finds herself even more drawn to the taciturn Keats. Although he agrees to teach her about poetry, Keats cannot act on his reciprocated feelings for Fanny, since as a struggling poet he has no money to support a wife.
Starring:
Abbie Cornish
,
Ben Whishaw
,
Paul Schneider
,
Kerry Fox
,
Edie Martin
,
Thomas Brodie-Sangster
Chéri (
2009) | IMDb:
6.1
The son of a courtesan retreats into a fantasy world after being forced to end his relationship with the older woman who educated him in the ways of love.
Starring:
Michelle Pfeiffer
,
Kathy Bates
,
Rupert Friend
,
Felicity Jones
,
Iben Hjejle
,
Frances Tomelty
Directed by:
Stephen Frears
The Duchess (
2008) | IMDb:
6.9
A chronicle of the life of 18th century aristocrat Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, who was reviled for her extravagant political and personal life.
Starring:
Keira Knightley
,
Ralph Fiennes
,
Charlotte Rampling
,
Dominic Cooper
,
Hayley Atwell
,
Simon McBurney
The Queen (
2006) | IMDb:
7.3
The Queen is an intimate behind the scenes glimpse at the interaction between HM Elizabeth II and Prime Minister Tony Blair during their struggle, following the death of Diana, to reach a compromise between what was a private tragedy for the Royal family and the public's demand for an overt display of mourning.
Starring:
Helen Mirren
,
Michael Sheen
,
James Cromwell
,
Helen McCrory
,
Alex Jennings
,
Roger Allam
Millions (
2004) | IMDb:
6.8
Two boys, still grieving the death of their mother, find themselves the unwitting benefactors of a bag of bank robbery loot in the week before the United Kingdom switches its official currency to the Euro. What's a kid to do?
Starring:
Alexander Nathan Etel
,
Lewis McGibbon
,
James Nesbitt
,
Daisy Donovan
,
Christopher Fulford
,
Enzo Cilenti