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Straw Dogs
1971 • Drama • Thriller • Crime
David Sumner, a mild-mannered academic from the United States, marries Amy, an Englishwoman. In order to escape a hectic stateside lifestyle, David and his wife relocate to the…
Why matched: genres Drama, Thriller
Red Scorpion
1988 • Adventure • War • Action
A Soviet commando is sent to eliminate a rebel leader in Africa. Soon he finds himself doubting his mission and his loyalty.
Why matched: genres Adventure, War
Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery
1989 • Mystery • Crime • TV Movie
While on vacation at a resort hotel in the West Indies, Miss Marple correctly suspects that the apparently natural death of a retired British major is actually the work of a mur…
Why matched: genres Mystery, Crime
Perfect Friday
1970 • Crime • Comedy
The deputy manager of a London bank has worked out a way to rob the branch of £200,000. When he becomes involved with the attractive Lady Dorset he decides to go ahead with his…
Why matched: genres Crime, Comedy
The Beast in the Cellar
1971 • Thriller • Horror
Soldiers in a rural English town are being brutally murdered by an unknown creature. Two nearby sisters realise they might understand what's happening.
Why matched: genres Thriller, Horror
Pascali's Island
1988 • Drama
1908: Pascali, a spy for the Sultan, sends reports to Istanbul that nobody reads. His suspicions are roused when a British archaeologist appears, who may not be quite what he se…
Why matched: genres Drama
All Creatures Great and Small
1975 • Drama • TV Movie
James Herriot is a vet in Yorkshire, England, during the 1930s. He is assigned to the practice of Siegfried Farnon, who—together with his mischievous brother Tristan—already hav…
Why matched: genres Drama, TV Movie
Villain
1971 • Drama • Thriller • Crime
In 1970s London, Scotland Yard orchestrates the downfall of mob boss Vic Dakin after he crosses the line by blackmailing Members of Parliament.
Why matched: genres Drama, Thriller
Jack the Ripper
1988 • Drama • Mystery • Crime
Jack the Ripper is a 1988 two-part television film/miniseries portraying a fictionalized account of the hunt for Jack the Ripper, the unidentified serial killer responsible for…
Why matched: genres Drama, Mystery
Girl with Green Eyes
1964 • Drama • Romance
A naive young country girl moves to Dublin and finds herself drawn to a sophisticated author twice her age.
Why matched: genres Drama, Romance
Valmont
1989 • Drama • Romance
Set in Baroque France, a scheming widow and her lover make a bet regarding the corruption of a recently married woman. The lover, Valmont, bets that he can seduce her, even thou…
Why matched: genres Drama, Romance
Young Cassidy
1965 • Drama
In Dublin circa 1911, John Cassidy (Rod Taylor), an impoverished idealist, whose ambitions are restricted by the demands of looking after his family, journeys through the social…
Why matched: genres Drama
The Scarlet and the Black
1983 • Drama • History • TV Movie
Fr. Hugh O'Flaherty is a Vatican official in 1943-45 who has been hiding downed pilots, escaped prisoners of war, and Italian resistance families. His activities become so large…
Why matched: genres Drama, History
The Libertine
2004 • Drama • Romance
The story of John Wilmot, a.k.a. the Earl of Rochester, a 17th century poet who famously drank and debauched his way to an early grave, only to earn posthumous critical acclaim…
Why matched: genres Drama, Romance
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
The Charge of the Light Brigade
1968 • Drama • History • War
During the Crimean War between Britain and Russia in the 1850s, a British cavalry division, led by the overbearing Lord Cardigan, engages in an infamously reckless strategic deb…
Why matched: genres Drama, History
The Doctor and the Devils
1985 • History • Horror
In Victorian England, graverobbers supply a wealthy doctor with bodies to research anatomy on, but greed causes them to seek an easier means of getting the job done.
Why matched: genres History, Horror
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
Anne of the Thousand Days
1969 • Drama • Romance • History
Henry VIII of England discards his wife, Katharine of Aragon, who has failed to produce a male heir, in favor of the young and beautiful Anne Boleyn.
Why matched: genres Drama, Romance