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Caravaggio
1986 • Drama • Romance • History
A retelling of the life of the celebrated 17th-century Baroque painter Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio through his brilliant, nearly blasphemous paintings and his flirtations…
Why matched: genres Drama, Romance
Universal Soldier: Regeneration
2010 • Thriller • Science Fiction • Adventure
When terrorists threaten nuclear catastrophe at Chernobyl, the world's only hope is to reactivate decommissioned Universal Soldier Luc Deveraux. Rearmed and reprogrammed, Devera…
Why matched: genres Thriller, Science Fiction
Quadrophenia
1979 • Music • Drama
Based on the 1973 rock opera album of the same name by The Who, this is the story of 60s teenager Jimmy. At work he slaves in a dead-end job. While after, he shops for tailored…
Why matched: genres Music, Drama
Beautiful Thing
1996 • Drama • Romance • Comedy
During a long, hot summer on the Thamesmead Estate in Southeast London, three teenagers edge towards adulthood.
Why matched: genres Drama, Romance
P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang
1982 • Romance • Comedy • TV Movie
Summer, 1948. 14-year-old Alan has just three wishes: that there will be lasting peace, that England will win the Ashes, and that he will finally kiss classmate Ann. So when he'…
Why matched: genres Romance, Comedy
My Beautiful Laundrette
1985 • Drama • Romance • Comedy
A young Pakistani Briton manages a rundown laundrette with his lover while dealing with tension in his family, the local Pakistani community, and a persistent mob of skinheads.
Why matched: genres Drama, Romance
Jacob
1994 • Drama • Adventure • TV Movie
Isaac's son Jacob deprives his brother Esau of his birthright and has to flee for his life. He finds shelter with his uncle Laban, but is himself deceived. Finally, Jacob has to…
Why matched: genres Drama, Adventure
Hiroshima
2005 • Drama • History • War
The documentary recounts the world's first nuclear attack and examines the alarming repercussions. Covering a three-week period from the Trinity test to the atomic bombing of Hi…
Why matched: genres Drama, History
Nineteen Eighty-Four
1984 • Drama • Science Fiction
Imagine a world where absolute conformity rules, and word and thought, including loyalty to Big Brother is demanded. It's the year 1984 and such a world exists. Divided into thr…
Why matched: genres Drama, Science Fiction
Mountains of the Moon
1990 • Drama • Adventure • History
The story of Captain Richard Francis Burton's and Lt. John Hanning Speke's expedition to find the source of the Nile river in the name of Queen Victoria's British Empire.
Why matched: genres Drama, Adventure
Zen
2011 • Drama • Mystery • Crime
Zen is a British television mini series produced by Left Bank Pictures for the BBC, co-produced with WGBH Boston for its Masterpiece anthology series, Mediaset and ZDF. It stars…
Why matched: genres Drama, Mystery
Dead Man Running
2009 • Drama • Thriller • Crime
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…
Why matched: genres Drama, Thriller
Hostile Waters
1997 • Drama • Thriller • TV Movie
Based on true events, an American submarine collides into a Soviet sub of the coast of America and an ensuing standoff occurs that could lead to total annihilation.
Why matched: genres Drama, Thriller
Prick Up Your Ears
1987 • Drama
When the young, attractive Joe Orton meets the older, more introverted Kenneth Halliwell at drama school, he befriends the kindred spirit and they start an affair. As Orton beco…
Why matched: genres Drama