Mike Lawton, Maurice Horton, and Melvin Orton are three men who come to Venice. One of them is a hit man sent to take out a mobster. Another is a lech looking for a little action with a woman he never met, whom he was set up with. And one of them was sent by his employer to inspect a property his boss wants to buy. All three men stay at the same hotel. But when the bellboy gets their names mixed up and gives info meant for someone else. So one of them meets a Realtor who will whatever she has to, to close the sale. And another follows a woman looking for romance. And another goes to the home of the mobster who thinks he's sent there to kill him.

Shirley Valentine

1989

English

7.2

♡ 5

72%

86%

Action

based on play or musical

Lewis Gilbert Director

Julia McKenzie as Gillian

Alison Steadman as Jane

Joanna Lumley as Marjorie

Pauline Collins as Shirley Valentine

Wondering what has happened to herself, now feeling stagnant and in a rut, Shirley Valentine finds herself regularly talking to the wall while preparing her husband's chips and egg. When her best friend wins a trip-for-two to Greece Shirley begins to see the world, and herself, in a different light.

Peterman

2014

English

5.7

♡ 5

Mark Abraham Director

Alison Steadman as Auntie Jean

Adam Nagaitis as Dave

Joe Cole as Johnny

Peter Bowles as Old Boy

The death of his safe cracking grandfather has landed Johnny as the only one left alive who can open a safe for a degenerate crew of violent gangsters,but he's just a junkie with little more on his mind than getting that next fix.

Clockwise

1986

English

6.6

♡ 12

80%

Christopher Morahan Director

Alison Steadman as Gwenda Stimpson

Tony Haygarth as Ivan with the Tractor

Geoffrey Hutchings as Mr. Wisely

Leslie Schofield as Policeman Arresting Pat

School headmaster Brian Stimpson is obsessed with timeliness, order, and discipline. Brian misses his train after meticulously preparing a speech for an education conference. With no one else to turn to, he asks young former student Laura Wisely for a ride. Laura, upset over a break-up, agrees to drive him in her parents' car - which alarms her mother and father, who worry that she has run away with a married man and subsequently alert the police.

Confetti

2006

English

5.7

♡ 5

57%

Debbie Isitt Director

Olivia Colman as Joanna

Martin Freeman as Matt

Robert Webb as Michael

Alison Steadman as Sam's Mum

A mockumentary that follows three couples as they battle it out to win the coveted title of 'Most Original Wedding of the Year'.

23 Walks

2020

English

6.1

♡ 2

73%

Paul Morrison Director

Dave Johns as Dave

Miles Barrow as Delroy

Alison Steadman as Fern

Bob Goody as George

A gentle, sweet, funny, romantic story of love in later life. Following a couple in their sixties, Dave and Fern who get to know one another over the course of 23 dog walks. Set against the dramatic background of the changing seasons of one year.

Stormy Monday

1988

English

6.2

♡ 12

78%

Mike Figgis Director

Sean Bean as Brendan

Tommy Lee Jones as Cosmo

Melanie Griffith as Kate

Alison Steadman as Mayor

When a corrupt American businessman tries to strong arm his way into businesses in Newcastle, England, he is thwarted by a club attendant and his waitress girlfriend.

Burn Burn Burn

2015

English

6.8

♡ 2

92%

Chanya Button Director

Alice Lowe as Davina

Alison Steadman as Diana

Eleanor Matsuura as Pandora

Hannah Arterton as Sophie

Following the death of their friend, two girls in their late twenties embark on a road trip to spread his ashes. Seph and Alex take turns driving. Dan is in the glove compartment, in tupperware, decreasing in volume as the trip progresses.

Care

2018

English

7.0

♡ 7

Action

Drama

David Blair Director

Alison Steadman as Mary

Michael Nardone as Nicj

Lois Chimimba as Nurse Brown

James Dryden as Nurse Josh

Jenny, a single mother raising two daughters after her husband leaves, is aided by her widowed mother, Mary. But Jenny struggles to stay afloat after Mary suffers a devastating stroke and develops dementia.

The Short & Curlies

1987

English

6.6

♡ 2

67%

Action

Comedy

Mike Leigh Director

Alison Steadman as Betty

Wendy Nottingham as Charlene

David Thewlis as Clive

Sylvestra Le Touzel as Joy

A short comedy by Mike Leigh about the romance between a young woman and a man who communicates only through jokes and humor...

Topsy-Turvy

1999

English

7.3

♡ 11

90%

Mike Leigh Director

Lesley Manville as Lucy Gilbert

Alison Steadman as Madame Leon

Richard Coyle as Mr. Hammond

Jonathan Aris as Wilhelm

After their latest production, "Princess Ida", meets with less-than-stunning reception, Gilbert and Sullivan's relationship is strained to the breaking point. Their friends and associates attempt to get the two to work together again, which bares the path to "The Mikado", one of the duo's greatest successes.

Dad's Army

2016

English

5.2

♡ 27

31%

Oliver Parker Director

Bill Nighy as Arthur Wilson

Alison Steadman as Mrs. Fox

Jacqueline Tong as Mrs. Todd

Catherine Zeta-Jones as Rose Winters

A cinema remake of the classic sitcom Dad's Army (1968). The Walmington-on-Sea Home Guard platoon deal with a visiting female journalist and a German spy as World War II draws to its conclusion.

A Private Function

1984

English

6.5

♡ 2

91%

Malcolm Mowbray Director

Denholm Elliott as Dr. Swaby

Maggie Smith as Joyce Chilvers

Alison Steadman as Mrs Allardyce

Tony Haygarth as Sutcliff

In the summer of 1947, Britain prepares to commemorate the wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Prince Phillip. To get around food-rationing laws, Dr. Charles Swaby, accountant Henry Allardyce and solicitor Frank Lockwood are fattening a black-market pig for the big day. Egged on by his wife, meek Gilbert Chilvers steals the swine, but the couple must conceal it from inspector Morris Wormold.

Andrew Davies: Rewriting the Classics

2018

English

6.6

Documentary

Suzanne Phillips Director

Alison Steadman as Mrs. Bennet

Lily James as Natasha Rostova

Olivia Colman as Self

Liz Carr as Self

How Andrew Davies transforms the classics into prime-time television. A profile exploring both his creative process and the influence of his childhood in Cardiff.

Forced Out

2023

English

6.7

♡ 2

Documentary

Luke Korzun Martin Director

Orlando Squires as Ed

Kathleen Hood as Elaine

Alison Steadman as Jackie

Reece Maynard as Mike

Documentary telling the important story of service people discharged from the UK Armed Forces simply for being LGBTQ+.

The Misadventures of Mr. Wilt

1989

English

6.1

♡ 3

60%

Action

based on novel or book

Michael Tuchner Director

Roger Lloyd Pack as Dr. Pittman

Alison Steadman as Eva Wilt

Mel Smith as Inspector Flint

Diana Quick as Sally

Henry Wilt is a more or less failed teacher who fantasizes about murdering his dominant, non-attentive wife Eva. At a party who gets stuck in an inflatable doll and makes a complete fool of himself. Eventually, he dumps the doll in a hole at a building site. However, he has been witnessed getting rid of the doll and when his wife disappears on the night after the party, the police and Inspector Flint have strong suspicions on Mr Wilt.

The King's Man

2021

English

6.3

♡ 320

41%

Matthew Vaughn Director

Charles Dance as Kitchener

Matthew Goode as Morton

Ralph Fiennes as Orlando Oxford

Alison Steadman as Rita

As a collection of history's worst tyrants and criminal masterminds gather to plot a war to wipe out millions, one man must race against time to stop them.

The Life and Death of Peter Sellers

2004

English

6.9

♡ 5

69%

co-workers relationship

Drama

family relationships

husband wife relationship

movie business

portrait of an artist

Romance

Stephen Hopkins Director

Emily Watson as Anne Sellers

John Lithgow as Blake Edwards

Charlize Theron as Britt Ekland

Alison Steadman as Casting Agent

The turbulent personal and professional life of actor Peter Sellers (1925-1980), from his beginnings as a comic performer on BBC Radio to his huge success as one of the greatest film comedians of all time; an obsessive artist so dedicated to his work that neglected his loved ones and sacrificed part of his own personality to convincingly create that of his many memorable characters.

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

1988

English

7.1

♡ 50

Action

Adventure

based on novel or book

Terry Gilliam Director

Alison Steadman as Daisy

Robin Williams as King of the Moon

Jonathan Pryce as The Right Ordinary Horatio Jackson

Uma Thurman as Venus / Rose

An account of Baron Munchausen's supposed travels and fantastical experiences with his band of misfits.

Secrets & Lies

1996

English

8.0

♡ 41

95%

parent child relationship

reunion

secret

socially deprived family

Mike Leigh Director

Alison Steadman as Dog Owner

Clare Perkins as Hortense's Sister-in-Law

Phyllis Logan as Monica Purley

Lesley Manville as Social Worker

After her adoptive mother dies, Hortense, a successful black optometrist, seeks out her birth mother. She's shocked when her research leads her to Cynthia, a working class white woman.

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Clockwise

Confetti

23 Walks

Stormy Monday

Burn Burn Burn

Care

The Short & Curlies

Topsy-Turvy

Dad's Army

A Private Function

Andrew Davies: Rewriting the Classics

Forced Out

The Misadventures of Mr. Wilt

The King's Man

The Life and Death of Peter Sellers

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

Secrets & Lies