UK movies

Planet 51

2009 | Adventure | Animation | Comedy | Family | Fantasy | Spain | UK

American astronaut Captain Charles "Chuck" Baker lands on Planet 51 thinking he's the first person to step foot on it. To his surprise, he finds that this planet is inhabited by little green people who are happily living in a white picket fence world, and whose only fear is that ...

Precious

2009 | Sci-Fi | Short | UK

In Harlem, an overweight, illiterate teen who is pregnant with her second child is invited to enroll in an alternative school in hopes that her life can head in a new direction.

Hogfather

2006 | Drama | Fantasy | Thriller | UK

It's Hogswatch (equivalent to Christmas) on the Discworld and the Hogfather has gone missing, requiring Death to take his place while his granddaughter Susan endeavors to find out what has happened.

The Plague

2006 | Drama | UK

An adrenaline filled weekend of party's, drugs, and violence seen through the eyes of four multicultural friends living in the melting pot that is Londons' inner city estates.

Nicholas Nickleby

2002 | Drama | UK | USA

After the death of his financially replete father, Nicholas Nickleby and his family travel to London to seek assistance from his father's older brother Ralph. Taking an immediate dislike to his nephew, Ralph employs Nicholas under the sadistic Mr. Squeers and his interminable wife, owners of a boys' school in ...

Chasing Liberty

2004 | Comedy | Romance | UK | USA

The President's daughter (Moore), unable to experience life like a normal 18 year-old, escapes from her entourage of Secret Service agents while traveling in Europe. She falls in love with a handsome British stranger (Goode), who also happens to be working undercover for her father (Harmon). A modern-day homage to ...

Hunger

2008 | Drama | History | Ireland | UK

Hunger follows life in the Maze Prison, Northern Ireland with an interpretation of the highly emotive events surrounding the 1981 IRA Hunger Strike, led by Bobby Sands. With an epic eye for detail, the film provides a timely exploration of what happens when body and mind are pushed to the ...

The Deer Hunter

1978 | Drama | Thriller | UK | USA | War

Michael, Nick, and Steven are three buddies from the steel mill town of Clairton, Penn.They are like schoolmates, hanging out in a local bar and enjoying weekends of deer-hunting. Michael and Nick are also both in love with Linda, who seems to juggle both of the men. But their placid ...

The Dark

2005 | Germany | Horror | Mystery | Thriller | UK

While in Wales visiting her husband James, Adèlle tries to fix her relationship with her teenager daughter Sarah. They see a weird memorial without the plate and with the name "Annwyn" marked, and the local Dafydd explains that this would be the place where people go after dying in accordance ...

The Last Legion

2007 | Action | Adventure | France | UK | USA | War

As the Roman empire crumbles, young Romulus Augustus flees the city and embarks on a perilous voyage to Britain to track down a legion of supporters.

Nine Miles Down

2009 | Australia | Hungary | Thriller | UK | USA

In the Sahara desert, a sandstorm batters a deserted drilling station. Thomas "Jack" Jackman (Paul) a security patrolman, battles through the high winds to find out why all contact with the station has been lost. Originally built for gas exploration, and then abandoned, the site had recently been taken over ...

The Lawnmower Man

1992 | Action | Horror | Japan | Sci-Fi | Thriller | UK | USA

A trip into virtual reality. Angelo has developed a virtual reality system, which truly immerses the user into the world of computer make-believe. The lawnmower man, Jobe, who is retarded, is put 'into' the system to find out if his intelligence can be improved. It can, but not without some ...