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Drowning by Numbers
1988 • Drama • Crime • Comedy
Cissie Colpitts drowns her cheating husband and, in the ensuing cover-up, enlists the help of lonely coroner Henry Madgett, an old friend with a longstanding weakness for her c…
Why matched: genres Drama, Crime
Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont
2005 • Drama • Comedy
All but abandoned by her family in a London retirement hotel, an elderly woman strikes up a curious friendship with a young writer.
Why matched: genres Drama, Comedy
Back to the Secret Garden
2000 • Drama • Family • Fantasy
A youngster living in a stately home discovers the magical garden Mary, Colin & Dickon stumbled across years before - but faces a battle with the housekeeper over whether to nur…
Why matched: genres Drama, Family
Dennis the Menace
1993 • Comedy • Family
Mr. Wilson's ever-present annoyance comes in the form of one mischievous kid named Dennis. But he'll need Dennis's tricks to uncover a collection of gold coins that go missing w…
Why matched: genres Comedy, Family
Jane Eyre
1996 • Drama • Romance
After a bleak childhood, Jane Eyre goes out into the world to become a governess. As she lives happily in her new position at Thornfield Hall, she meets the dark, cold, and abru…
Why matched: genres Drama, Romance
Equus
1977 • Drama • Thriller • Mystery
A psychiatrist, Martin Dysart, investigates the savage blinding of six horses with a metal spike in a stable in Hampshire, England. The atrocity was committed by an unassuming s…
Why matched: genres Drama, Thriller
Callas Forever
2002 • Drama • Romance
Aging opera singer Maria Callas tries to make a comeback by performing in a production of Bizet's "Carmen."
Why matched: genres Drama, Romance
I Love You to Death
1990 • Romance • Crime • Comedy
Joey Boca is the owner of a pizza parlour, and has been married to Rosalie for years. When Rosalie discovers that Joey is a womanizer and has been cheating on her for a long tim…
Why matched: genres Romance, Crime
I Am David
2003 • Drama • Adventure
A 12-year-old boy manages to flee a Communist concentration camp on his own, through sheer will and determination. All he has in his possession is a loaf of bread, a letter to d…
Why matched: genres Drama, Adventure
Brimstone & Treacle
1982 • Drama • Mystery • Horror
A mysterious stranger inserts himself into a troubled family's life, blurring the lines between good and evil as he cares for their disabled daughter.
Why matched: genres Drama, Mystery
Tea with Mussolini
1999 • Drama • Comedy • War
In 1930s fascist Italy, adolescent Luca just lost his mother. His father, a callous businessman, sends him to be taken care of by British expatriate Mary Wallace. Mary and her c…
Why matched: genres Drama, Comedy
Global Heresy
2002 • Drama • Comedy
A rock band bursts onto the scene and then their frontman disappears on the eve of a European tour.
Why matched: genres Drama, Comedy
101 Dalmatians
1996 • Comedy • Family
An evil, high-fashion designer plots to steal Dalmatian puppies in order to make an extravagant fur coat, but instead creates an extravagant mess.
Why matched: genres Comedy, Family
Bringing Down the House
2003 • Drama • Comedy
Uptight lawyer Peter Sanderson wants to dive back into dating after his divorce and has a hard time meeting the right women. He tries online dating and lucks out when he starts…
Why matched: genres Drama, Comedy
Avalon
1990 • Drama
A Polish-Jewish family comes to the U.S. at the beginning of the twentieth century. There, the family and their children try to make themselves a better future in the so-called…
Why matched: genres Drama
Dance with Me
1998 • Music • Drama • Romance
Young Cuban Rafael just buried his mother, and comes to Houston to meet his father John for the first time. The difficult part is that John doesn't know he is Rafael's father. J…
Why matched: genres Music, Drama
Enchanted April
1991 • Drama • Romance
When married British women Rose Arbuthnot and Lottie Wilkins decide to take a break from their respective spouses, they stay at a castle in Italy for a quiet holiday. Joining th…
Why matched: genres Drama, Romance
Revolution
1985 • Drama • Adventure • History
New York trapper Tom Dobb becomes an unwilling participant in the American Revolution after his son Ned is drafted into the Army by the villainous Sergeant Major Peasy. Tom atte…
Why matched: genres Drama, Adventure
Britannia Hospital
1982 • Science Fiction • Comedy
Britannia Hospital, an esteemed English institution, is marking its gala anniversary with a visit by the Queen Mother herself. But when investigative reporter Mick Travis arrive…
Why matched: genres Science Fiction, Comedy
Nothing Like a Dame
2018 • Documentary
BBC Arena's documentary on the Dames of British Theatre and film featuring Maggie Smith, Eileen Atkins, Judi Dench and Joan Plowright on screen together for the first time as th…
Matched on: Plowright