True story of the lifelong romance between novelist Iris Murdoch and her husband John Bayley, from their student days through her battle with Alzheimer's disease.

The Passage

1979

English

6.0

♡ 11

40%

Action

basque country, spain

J. Lee Thompson Director

Malcolm McDowell as Capt. Von Berkow

Jim Broadbent as German Soldier

James Mason as Prof. John Bergson

Christopher Lee as The Gypsy

During WW 2, a Basque shepherd is approached by the underground, who wants him to lead a scientist and his family across the Pyrenees. While being pursued by a sadistic German.

Free Jimmy

2006

Norwegian

5.9

♡ 6

10%

Christopher Nielsen Director

David Tennant as Hamish

Simon Pegg as Odd

Woody Harrelson as Roy Arnie

Jim Broadbent as Stromowskij

Four stoners, five vegans, three mobsters, four hunters and a million reasons to free one junkie elephant.

The Hit

1984

English

7.0

♡ 13

89%

Stephen Frears Director

Jim Broadbent as Barrister

John Hurt as Braddock

Tim Roth as Myron

Fernando Rey as Senior Policeman

Ten years after ratting on his old mobster friends in exchange for personal immunity, two hit men drive a hardened criminal to Paris for his execution. However, while on the way, whatever can go wrong, does go wrong.

Enchanted April

1991

English

7.3

♡ 3

85%

83%

Action

based on novel or book

Mike Newell Director

Polly Walker as Caroline Dester

Jim Broadbent as Frederick Arbuthnot

Josie Lawrence as Lottie Wilkins

Alfred Molina as Mellersh Wilkins

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 the ladies is Caroline Dester, a young socialite, and Mrs. Fisher, an older aristocrat. Liberated from their daily routines, the four women ease into life in rural Italy, and each finds herself transformed by the experience.

Longford

2006

English

7.5

♡ 4

100%

Tom Hooper Director

Robert Pugh as Harold Wilson

Andy Serkis as Ian Brady

Jim Broadbent as Lord Longford

John Mortimer as Self

A portrait of Lord Longford, a tireless British campaigner whose controversial beliefs often resulted in furious political debate and personal conflict.

The Good Father

1985

English

6.3

♡ 6

80%

77%

Action

Drama

Mike Newell Director

Anthony Hopkins as Bill Hooper

Simon Callow as Mark Varda

Joanne Whalley as Mary Hall

Jim Broadbent as Roger Miles

Bill is a man who's very bitter about his divorce and losing custody of his son. So, when one of his friends is being sued for divorce by his wife so that she can enter a lesbian relationship, Bill decides to help his friend gain custody of his son...in any way that they can devise, including using a sleazeball lawyer. But while Bill feels that feminism has robbed him of his family, he begins to be appalled at what he and Roger have done.

Birth of a Nation

1983

English

7.1

♡ 3

Mike Newell Director

Bruce Payne as Barratt

Julia Deakin as Deputy Headmistress Grunsell

Jim Broadbent as Geoff Figg

Robert Stephens as Vic Griffiths

A new teacher at a highly problematic comprehensive school feels that corporal punishment may just be inflaming the problems, and so begins to campaign against it.

And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself

2003

English

6.5

♡ 5

53%

Bruce Beresford Director

Eion Bailey as Frank Thayer

Jim Broadbent as Harry Aitken

Antonio Banderas as Pancho Villa

Michael McKean as William Christy Cabanne

In 1914, the Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa invites studios to shoot his actual battles against Porfírio Diaz army to raise funds for financing guns and ammunition. The Mutual Film Corporation, through producer D.W. Griffith, interests for the proposition and sends the filmmaker Frank Thayer to negotiate a contract with Pancho Villa himself.

Le Week-End

2013

English

6.4

♡ 4

89%

Roger Michell Director

Lindsay Duncan as Meg

Olly Alexander as Michael

Jeff Goldblum as Morgan

Jim Broadbent as Nick

Nick and Meg Burrows return to Paris, the city where they honeymooned, to celebrate their 30th wedding anniversary and rediscover some romance in their long-lived marriage. The film follows the couple as long-established tensions in their marriage break out in humorous and often painful ways.

King of Thieves

2018

English

5.6

♡ 78

31%

Action

based on a true story

James Marsh Director

Charlie Cox as Basil

Michael Caine as Brian Reader

Martha Howe-Douglas as Lip Reader

Jim Broadbent as Terry Perkins

London, England, April 2015. Brian Reader, a retired thief, gathers an unlikely gang of burglars to perpetrate the biggest and boldest heist in British history. The thieves assault the Hatton Garden Safe Deposit Company and escape with millions in goods and money. But soon the cracks between the gang members begin to appear when they discuss how to share the loot.

A Boy Called Christmas

2021

English

6.7

♡ 41

83%

Gil Kenan Director

Maggie Smith as Aunt Ruth

Michiel Huisman as Joel

Jim Broadbent as King

Sally Hawkins as Mother Something

An ordinary young boy called Nikolas sets out on an extraordinary adventure into the snowy north in search of his father who is on a quest to discover the fabled village of the elves, Elfhelm. Taking with him a headstrong reindeer called Blitzen and a loyal pet mouse, Nikolas soon meets his destiny in this magical and endearing story that proves nothing is impossible…

Birds Like Us

2017

Bosnian

4.6

♡ 4

33%

Faruk Sabanovic Director

Kevin Bishop as Hassan

Jim Broadbent as Horozovich

Alicia Vikander as Huppu

Jeremy Irons as Kondor

The story follows a group of birds on a journey where they try to find a better life for themselves and the ones they love.

Mary and the Witch's Flower

2017

Japanese

6.8

♡ 105

89%

based on children's book

based on novel or book

Giles New Director

Jim Broadbent as Doctor Dee

Kate Winslet as Madam Mumblechook

Yûki Amami as Madam Mumblechook

Hikari Mitsushima as The Red-Haired Witch

Mary Smith, a young girl who lives with her great-aunt in the countryside, follows a mysterious cat into the nearby forest where she finds a strange flower and an old broom, none of which is as ordinary as it seems.

When Did You Last See Your Father?

2007

English

6.8

♡ 3

parent child relationship

Anand Tucker Director

Jim Broadbent as Arthur

Sarah Lancashire as Beaty

Colin Firth as Blake

Carey Mulligan as Rachel

The story of a son's conflicting memories of his dying father.

Blackadder's Christmas Carol

1988

English

7.9

♡ 7

Action

Comedy

History

Richard Boden Director

Rowan Atkinson as Blackadders

Stephen Fry as Lords Melchett / Frondo

Jim Broadbent as Prince Albert

Hugh Laurie as Princes Regent / Pigmot

After a genial spirit shows the benevolent Ebenezer Blackadder visions of his unscrupulous ancestors, he resolves to mend his generous ways.

Ethel & Ernest

2016

English

♡ 5

97%

Roger Mainwood Director

Simon Day as Alf

Peter Wight as Detective Sergeant Burnley

Jim Broadbent as Ernest Briggs

Pam Ferris as Mrs. Bennet / Aunty Betty

This hand drawn animated film, based on the award winning graphic novel by Raymond Briggs, is an intimate and affectionate depiction of the life and times of his parents, two ordinary Londoners living through extraordinary events.

Breaking Glass

1980

English

6.8

♡ 2

88%

Brian Gibson Director

Janine Duvitski as Jackie

Jonathan Pryce as Ken

Jonathan Lynn as Radio D.J.

Jim Broadbent as Station Porter

Breaking Glass is the story of punk singer Kate and her meteoric rise to stardom. Starting out in the rock pubs of London, Kate, assisted by her manager Danny, becomes a huge star overnight. Once at the top the pressure is immense as Kate's band are squeezed out and she is left to cope alone in the spotlight.

The Go-Between

1971

English

7.1

♡ 8

100%

78%

Action

based on novel or book

Joseph Losey Director

Roger Lloyd Pack as Charles

Margaret Leighton as Mrs. Maudsley

Jim Broadbent as Spectator at Cricket Match

Alan Bates as Ted Burgess

British teenager Leo Colston spends a summer in the countryside, where he develops a crush on the beautiful young aristocrat Marian. Eager to impress her, Leo becomes the "go-between" for Marian, delivering secret romantic letters to Ted Burgess, a handsome neighboring farmer.