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The Scarlet Pimpernel
1982 • Romance • Adventure • TV Movie
During the French Revolution, a mysterious English nobleman known only as The Scarlet Pimpernel (a humble wayside flower), snatches French aristos from the jaws of the guillotin…
Why matched: genres Romance, Adventure
Ivanhoe
1982 • Adventure • History • TV Movie
Ivanhoe, a worthy and noble knight, the champion of justice returns to England after the holy wars, and finds England under the reign of Prince John and his henchmen and finds h…
Why matched: genres Adventure, History
The Holcroft Covenant
1985 • Drama • Thriller • Action
A man who was a confidant of Adolf Hitler dies and leaves a fortune to make amends for his Nazi past—but his son has to search the world to find it.
Why matched: genres Drama, Thriller
Haunted
1995 • Mystery • Romance • Horror
Professor David Ash exposes false spiritulists and mediums. He is invited to Edbrook to resolve the fears and torments within its secretive family. Soon after arriving Ash begin…
Why matched: genres Mystery, Romance
Under the Volcano
1984 • Drama
Against a background of war breaking out in Europe and the Mexican fiesta Day of Death, we are taken through one day in the life of Geoffrey Firmin, a British consul living in a…
Why matched: genres Drama
Operation: Daybreak
1975 • War • Action
Czechoslovakia, 1942. Three brave Czech patriots risk everything to rid their country of its brutal Nazi leader, SS-General Reinhard Heydrich.
Why matched: genres War, Action
The Professor and the Madman
2019 • Drama • Thriller • Mystery
Professor James Murray begins work compiling words for the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary in the mid 19th century, and receives over 10,000 entries from a patien…
Why matched: genres Drama, Thriller
David Copperfield
2001 • Drama • TV Movie
A young man journeys from a difficult childhood to maturity, exploring social injustice, personal development, and the complexities of human relationships.
Why matched: genres Drama, TV Movie
The English Game
2020 • Drama
Two 19th-century footballers on opposite sides of a class divide navigate professional and personal turmoil to change the game — and England — forever.
Why matched: genres Drama
The Lighthorsemen
1987 • Drama • History • War
In 1917 when the British forces are bogged down in front of the Turkish and German lines in Palestine they rely on the Australian light horse regiment to break the deadlock.
Why matched: genres Drama, History
The King's Speech
2010 • Drama • History
The King's Speech tells the story of the man who became King George VI, the father of Queen Elizabeth II. After his brother abdicates, George ('Bertie') reluctantly assumes the…
Why matched: genres Drama, History