The Summer Book (
2025) | IMDb:
0
The story of the relationship between Sophia, an eight-year-old girl who is growing up fast, and her grandmother, who is nearing the end of her life. They are spending time together with Sophia’s father, at the family summer house on a tiny unspoiled island in the Gulf of Finland. All three are coming to terms with the recent death of Sophia’s mother in very different ways.
Starring:
Glenn Close
,
Anders Danielsen Lie
,
Pekka Strang
,
Emily Matthews
,
Alma Pöysti
,
Sophia Heikkilä
Directed by:
Charlie McDowell
The Personal History of David Copperfield (
2019) | IMDb:
6.4
A fresh and distinctive take on Charles Dickens’ semi-autobiographical masterpiece, The Personal History of David Copperfield, set in the 1840s, chronicles the life of its iconic title character as he navigates a chaotic world to find his elusive place within it. From his unhappy childhood to the discovery of his gift as a storyteller and writer, David’s journey is by turns hilarious and tragic, but always full of life, colour and humanity.
Starring:
Dev Patel
,
Peter Capaldi
,
Ben Whishaw
,
Tilda Swinton
,
Gwendoline Christie
,
Hugh Laurie
The Death of Stalin (
2017) | IMDb:
7.2
When dictator Joseph Stalin dies, his parasitic cronies square off in a frantic power struggle to become the next Soviet leader. As they bumble, brawl and back-stab their way to the top, the question remains — just who is running the government?
Starring:
Steve Buscemi
,
Simon Russell Beale
,
Jeffrey Tambor
,
Michael Palin
,
Paul Chahidi
,
Jason Isaacs
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
Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa (
2013) | IMDb:
6.9
When famous DJ Alan Partridge’s radio station is taken over by a new media conglomerate, it sets in motion a chain of events which see Alan having to work with the police to defuse a potentially violent siege.
Starring:
Steve Coogan
,
Colm Meaney
,
Felicity Montagu
,
Simon Greenall
,
Anna Maxwell Martin
,
John Boyd
Directed by:
Declan Lowney
Wuthering Heights (
2011) | IMDb:
6
Yorkshire moorlands, northern England, in the late 18th century. Young Heathcliff, rescued from the streets of Liverpool by Mr. Earnshaw, the owner of Wuthering Heights, an isolated farm, develops over the years an insane passion for Cathy, his foster sister, a sick obsession destined to end tragically.
Starring:
Kaya Scodelario
,
James Howson
,
Solomon Glave
,
Shannon Beer
,
Steve Evets
,
Oliver Milburn
Brideshead Revisited (
2008) | IMDb:
6.7
Artist Charles Ryder runs into aristocrat Julia Flyte and recalls his friendship with her eccentric family prior to the outbreak of the Second World War. Based on the classic British novel by Evelyn Waugh.
Starring:
Matthew Goode
,
Ben Whishaw
,
Hayley Atwell
,
Emma Thompson
,
Michael Gambon
,
Patrick Malahide
Directed by:
Julian Jarrold
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 Mother (
2003) | IMDb:
6.7
A grandmother has a passionate affair with a man half her age, who is also sleeping with her daughter.
Starring:
Anne Reid
,
Daniel Craig
,
Peter Vaughan
,
Steven Mackintosh
,
Cathryn Bradshaw
,
Anna Wilson-Jones
Directed by:
Roger Michell
Captain Corelli's Mandolin (
2001) | IMDb:
5.9
When a fisherman leaves to fight with the Greek army during World War II, his fiancée falls in love with the local Italian commander.