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Liam
2001 • Drama
A morality tale of xenophobia, religious prejudice, mob violence, poverty, and their effect on two children in Liverpool during the Depression. When a shipyard closes, Liam and…
Why matched: genres Drama
Land and Freedom
1995 • Drama • History • War
David Carr is a British Communist who is unemployed. In 1936, when the Spanish Civil War begins, he decides to fight for the Republican side, a coalition of liberals, communists…
Why matched: genres Drama, History
The Hours and Times
1991 • Drama
A fictionalized account of what may have happened when John Lennon and Brian Epstein went on holiday together to Spain in 1963.
Why matched: genres Drama
Dirt
2007 • Drama
Dirt is an American television serial broadcast on the FX network. It premiered on January 2, 2007 and starred Courteney Cox as Lucy Spiller, the editor-in-chief of the first-of…
Why matched: genres Drama
Backbeat
1994 • Music • Drama
Chronicles the early days of The Beatles in Hamburg, Germany. The film focuses primarily on the relationship between Stuart Sutcliffe, John Lennon, and Sutcliffe's girlfriend As…
Why matched: genres Music, Drama
The Hound of the Baskervilles
2002 • Drama • Thriller • Mystery
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are called in to unravel a mysterious curse that has plagued the Baskerville family for generations. When Sir Charles Baskerville is found dead, h…
Why matched: genres Drama, Thriller
Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking
2004 • Mystery • Crime • TV Movie
The corpse of a shabbily dressed young woman has been discovered in the mud flats of the Thames at low tide. Police assume she's a prostitute, but Dr. Watson suspects something…
Why matched: genres Mystery, Crime
The Virgin Queen
2006 • Drama
The Virgin Queen explores the full sweep of Elizabeth's life: from her days of fear as a potential victim of her sister's terror; through her great love affair with Robert Dudle…
Why matched: genres Drama
The Driver
2014 • Drama • Crime
The Driver is a three-part British crime drama serial aired on BBC One between 23 September and 7 October 2014. Written by Danny Brocklehurst and directed by Jamie Payne, it sta…
Why matched: genres Drama, Crime
Escape from Pretoria
2020 • Drama • Thriller • History
South Africa, 1978. Tim Jenkin and Stephen Lee, two white political activists from the African National Congress imprisoned by the apartheid regime, put a plan in motion to esca…
Why matched: genres Drama, Thriller
Longitude
2000 • Drama • History • TV Movie
Parallel stories: 18th century Harrison builds the marine chronometer for safe navigation at sea; 20th century Gould is obsessed with restoring it.
Why matched: genres Drama, History
Robinson Crusoe
1997 • Drama • Adventure • Action
Robinson Crusoe flees Britain on a ship after killing his friend over the love of Mary. A fierce ocean storm wrecks his ship and leaves him stranded by himself on an uncharted i…
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Ripley Under Ground
2005 • Drama • Thriller
After his friend, a hot young artist, is killed, a resourceful American man living in London covers up the crime and tries to keep the friend's name alive in order to exploit hi…
Why matched: genres Drama, Thriller
Help
2021 • Drama
Sarah seems to have found her calling working in a Liverpool care home where she has a special talent for connecting with the residents. Then, in March 2020, the Coronavirus pan…
Why matched: genres Drama
Modern Life Is Rubbish
2018 • Music • Romance
Brought together by their shared love of music, ten years on Liam and Natalie are at breaking point. In their case opposites attract but don't necessarily work long-term. Making…
Why matched: genres Music, Romance
God's Own Country
2017 • Drama • Romance
A young farmer in rural Yorkshire numbs his daily frustrations with binge drinking and casual sex, until the arrival of a Romanian migrant worker.
Why matched: genres Drama, Romance
Wonderland
1999 • Drama
There's little wonder in the working-class lives of Bill, Eileen, and their three grown daughters. They're lonely Londoners. Nadia, a cafe waitress, places personal ads, looking…
Why matched: genres Drama
Aberdeen
2000 • Drama • Comedy
Kaisa is a Scot, a successful London lawyer, who snorts coke and has one-night stands with strangers. Her mother calls from Aberdeen with some story begging her to fly to Norway…
Why matched: genres Drama, Comedy
Urban Hymn
2015 • Drama • Crime
Set against the backdrop of the 2011 UK summer riots, Jamie, a young female offender who possesses a remarkable voice, meets a determined social worker who inspires her to use it.
Why matched: genres Drama, Crime
The Mosquito Coast
2021 • Drama • Action & Adventure
Allie Fox—a brilliant inventor and stubborn idealist—uproots his family for a dangerous quest through Mexico to flee the U.S. government and find safety.
Why matched: genres Drama, Action & Adventure