Ill Manors

2012

English

7.1

♡ 12

77%

Ben Drew Director

Riz Ahmed as Aaron

Jo Hartley as Carol

Lee Whitlock as Vince

Amelia Eve as Woman outside station

Ensemble film revolving around characters living in Forest Gate, London. Over the course of a few days, six inter-linking stories explore issues of drug use, prostitution and urban poverty.

Shifty

2008

English

6.5

♡ 6

96%

Eran Creevy Director

Tim Plester as Blair

Daniel Mays as Chris

Jason Flemyng as Glen

Riz Ahmed as Shifty

Shifty, a young crack cocaine dealer in London, sees his life quickly spiral out of control when his best friend returns home. Stalked by a customer desperate to score at all costs, and with his family about to turn their back on him for good, Shifty must out-run and out-smart a rival drug dealer, intent on setting him up for a big fall.

Trishna

2011

English

6.0

♡ 15

62%

Michael Winterbottom Director

Anurag Kashyap as Anurag

Riz Ahmed as Jay

Huma Qureshi as Lead Female Dancer

Freida Pinto as Trishna

When her father is killed in a road accident, Trishna's family expect her to provide for them. The rich son of an entrepreneur starts to restlessly pursue her affections, but are his intentions as pure as they seem?

Day of the Falcon

2011

English

6.6

♡ 32

Jean-Jacques Annaud Director

Riz Ahmed as Ali

Antonio Banderas as Emir Nesib

Tahar Rahim as Prince Auda

Mark Strong as Sultan Amar

On the Arabian Peninsula in the 1930s, two warring leaders come face to face. The victorious Nesib, Emir of Hobeika, lays down his peace terms to rival Amar, Sultan of Salmaah. The two men agree that neither can lay claim to the area of no man’s land between them called The Yellow Belt. In return, Nesib adopts Amar’s two boys Saleeh and Auda as a guarantee against invasion. Twelve years later, Saleeh and Auda have grown into young men. Saleeh, the warrior, itches to escape his gilded cage and return to his father’s land. Auda cares only for books and the pursuit of knowledge. One day, their adopted father Nesib is visited by an American from Texas. He tells the Emir that his land is blessed with oil and promises him riches beyond his wildest imagination. Nesib imagines a realm of infinite possibility, a kingdom with roads, schools and hospitals all paid for by the black gold beneath the barren sand. There is only one problem. The precious oil is located in the Yellow Belt.

Nimona

2023

English

7.5

♡ 83

92%

based on graphic novel

based on novel or book

Nick Bruno Director

Riz Ahmed as Ballister Boldheart

Chloë Grace Moretz as Nimona

Lorraine Toussaint as Queen Valerin

Beck Bennett as Sir Thoddeus Sureblade

A knight framed for a tragic crime teams with a scrappy, shape-shifting teen to prove his innocence.

Four Lions

2010

English

7.3

♡ 34

Christopher Morris Director

Adeel Akhtar as Faisal

Craig Parkinson as Matt

Benedict Cumberbatch as Negotiator

Riz Ahmed as Omar

Four Lions tells the story of a group of British jihadists who push their abstract dreams of glory to the breaking point. As the wheels fly off, and their competing ideologies clash, what emerges is an emotionally engaging (and entirely plausible) farce.

The Sisters Brothers

2018

English

6.9

♡ 103

87%

69%

Action

Adventure

based on novel or book

san francisco, california

Western

Jacques Audiard Director

Joaquin Phoenix as Charlie Sisters

John C. Reilly as Eli Sisters

Riz Ahmed as Hermann Kermit Warm

Jake Gyllenhaal as John Morris

Oregon, 1851. Hermann Kermit Warm, a chemist and aspiring gold prospector, keeps a profitable secret that the Commodore wants to know, so he sends the Sisters brothers, two notorious assassins, to capture him on his way to California.

Una

2016

English

6.2

♡ 70

76%

50%

Action

based on play or musical

Benedict Andrews Director

Ben Mendelsohn as Ray

Riz Ahmed as Scott

Rooney Mara as Una

Natasha Little as Yvonne

When a young woman unexpectedly arrives at an older man's workplace, looking for answers, the secrets of the past threaten to unravel his new life.

Mogul Mowgli

2020

English

6.6

♡ 9

93%

Bassam Tariq Director

Kiran Sonia Sawar as Asma

Atul Sharma as Restaurant Diner

Anjana Vasan as Vaseem

Riz Ahmed as Zed

Zed, a young British rapper, is about to start his first world tour, when a crippling illness strikes him down, forcing him to move back in with his family. He tries to find himself between an international music career and Pakistani family traditions.

The Road to Guantanamo

2006

English

7.4

♡ 3

86%

Michael Winterbottom Director

Sara Stewart as Interrogator #6

Mark Holden as Kandahar Interrogator #2

George W. Bush as Self

Riz Ahmed as Shafiq

Part drama, part documentary, The Road to Guantánamo focuses on the Tipton Three, a trio of British Muslims who were held in Guantanamo Bay for two years until they were released without charge.

City of Tiny Lights

2016

English

5.6

61%

39%

Action

based on novel or book

religious fundamentalism

Thriller

Pete Travis Director

Grace Calder as Cokey

Danny Webb as DS Cal Donnely

Damson Idris as Hakim

Riz Ahmed as Tommy Akhtar

In the teeming, multicultural metropolis of modern-day London, a seemingly straightforward missing-person case launches a down-at-heel private eye into a dangerous world of religious fanaticism and political intrigue.

Sound of Metal

2019

English

7.7

♡ 95

97%

Darius Marder Director

Chris Perfetti as Harlan

Olivia Cooke as Lou

Mathieu Amalric as Richard Berger

Riz Ahmed as Ruben

Metal drummer Ruben begins to lose his hearing. When a doctor tells him his condition will worsen, he thinks his career and life is over. His girlfriend Lou checks the former addict into a rehab for the deaf hoping it will prevent a relapse and help him adapt to his new life. After being welcomed and accepted just as he is, Ruben must choose between his new normal and the life he once knew.

Fingernails

2023

English

5.8

♡ 26

60%

scientific experiment

Sci-Fi

shot on film

Christos Nikou Director

Riz Ahmed as Amir

Jessie Buckley as Anna

Jeremy Allen White as Ryan

Amanda Arcuri as Sally

Anna and Ryan have found true love together. It's been proven by a controversial test. There's just one problem: Anna still isn't sure. Then she meets Amir.

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