An eccentric lottery winner who lives alone on a remote island tries to make his fantasies come true by getting his favourite musicians to perform at his home.

The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain

1995

English

6.6

♡ 18

69%

Christopher Monger Director

Ian McNeice as George Garrad

Colm Meaney as Morgan the Goat

Hugh Grant as Reginald Anson

Robert Pugh as Williams the Petroleum

When an English cartographer arrives in Wales to tell the residents of the Welsh village of Ffynnon Garw that their 'mountain' is only a hill, the offended community sets out to remedy the situation.

The Halfway House

1944

English

6.6

♡ 7

96%

Basil Dearden Director

Tom Walls as Capt. Meadows

Alec Mango as Man at hotel bar

Roland Pertwee as Prison Governor

Mervyn Johns as Rhys

A group of travellers, each with a personal problem that they want to hide, arrive at a mysterious Welsh country inn. There is a certain strangeness in the air as they are greeted by the innkeeper and his daughter. Why are all the newspapers a year old? And why doesn't Gwyneth seem to cast a shadow?

Swept from the Sea

1997

English

6.7

♡ 5

28%

Beeban Kidron Director

Rachel Weisz as Amy Foster

Ian McKellen as Dr. James Kennedy

Janine Duvitski as Mrs. Finn

Tony Haygarth as Mr. Smith

The film tells the story of Russian emigree and the only survivor from ship crash Yanko Goorall and servant Amy Foster in the end of 19th century. When Yanko enters a farm sick and hungry after the shipwreck, everyone is afraid of him, except for Amy, who is very kind and helps him. Soon he becomes like a son for Dr. James Kennedy and romance between Yanko and Amy follows.

Solomon & Gaenor

1999

Welsh

6.8

♡ 5

70%

Paul Morrison Director

Cyril Shaps as Ephraim

Nia Roberts as Gaenor Rees

Steffan Rhodri as Noah Jones

Ioan Gruffudd as Solomon Levinsky

A young Jew in 1911 Wales tries to make his living by selling fabrics door to door, but to do so he must hide his nationality. On one of his sales he meets and falls in love with a demure young woman with a strong-willed father and a Jew-hating brother. The two fall in love and she becomes pregnant, but only then does she learn of his ethnic background. When anti-Jewish riots break out, the two are forced to flee and become separated.

Mr. Nice

2010

English

6.3

♡ 7

53%

44%

Biography

central intelligence agency (cia)

smuggling (contraband)

wales

Bernard Rose Director

Crispin Glover as Ernie Combs

Elsa Pataky as Ilze Kadegis

David Thewlis as Jim McCann

Ken Russell as Russell Miegs

Biopic about 1970s Welsh marijuana trafficker Howard Marks, whose inventive smuggling schemes made him a huge success in the drug trade, as well as leading to dealings with both the IRA and British Intelligence. Based on Marks' biography with the same title.

Bridgend

2015

English

5.4

♡ 16

81%

40%

Action

adolescence

based on a true story

Jeppe Rønde Director

Steven Waddington as Dave

Josh O'Connor as Jamie

Patricia Potter as Rachel

Adrian Rawlins as Vicar

Over a 5-year period in Bridgend in Wales, 79 people, many of them teenagers, committed suicide without leaving any clue as to why. This is the starting point for this mysterious social drama.

Submarine

2010

English

7.3

♡ 58

79%

Richard Ayoade Director

Sally Hawkins as Jill Tate

Gemma Chan as Kim-Lin

Noah Taylor as Lloyd Tate

Ben Stiller as Soap Opera Star

15-year-old deep-thinking Welsh schoolboy Oliver Tate struggles to initiate and maintain a relationship with Jordana, his devilish, dark-haired classmate at their Swansea high school. As his parents' marriage begins to fall apart, similar problems arise in his relationship with Jordana.

A Dark Song

2016

English

6.2

♡ 107

91%

Liam Gavin Director

John Cantillion as Demon

Steve Oram as Joseph Solomon

Mark Huberman as Neil Hughes

Catherine Walker as Sophia Howard

A determined young woman and a damaged occultist risk their lives and souls to perform a dangerous ritual that will grant them what they want.

Apostle

2018

English

6.3

♡ 70

79%

Gareth Evans Director

Paul Higgins as Frank

Michael Sheen as Prophet Malcolm

Dan Stevens as Thomas Richardson

Paul James as Townsmen Guard

In 1905, a man travels to a remote island in search of his missing sister who has been kidnapped by a mysterious religious cult.

Tollbooth

2021

English

5.8

♡ 7

84%

Ryan Andrew Hooper Director

Paul Kaye as Cliff

Julian Glover as Magnus

Alan Collis as Man on Bike

Steve Oram as Mr. Henry

Brendan works solo shifts in the quietest toll booth in Wales, hiding from a criminal past where nobody would ever look. When he finally gets rumbled, word of his whereabouts gets out and his enemies head west for revenge. Meanwhile, local traffic cop Catrin’s investigation into a simple robbery finds her heading for the booth at exactly the wrong time.

The Silent Village

1943

English

7.0

♡ 2

60%

Humphrey Jennings Director

Arwel Michael as Self

Villagers of Cwmgiedd as Themselves

The true story of the massacre of a small Czech village by the Nazis is retold as if it happened in Wales.

The Dark

2005

English

5.3

♡ 8

John Fawcett Director

Maria Bello as Adèlle

Maurice Roëves as Dafydd

Sean Bean as James

Mike Keggen as Rib Skipper

In an attempt to pull her family together, Adèlle travels with her young daughter Sarah to Wales to visit her father. The morning after they arrive, Sarah mysteriously vanishes in the ocean. Not long after, a little girl bearing a striking resemblance to their missing daughter reveals that she has retuned from the dead — and that Sarah has been taken to the Welsh underworld.

Tiger Bay

1959

English

7.5

♡ 5

78%

unfaithful girlfriend

wales

witness to murder

J. Lee Thompson Director

Hayley Mills as Gillie

Marianne Stone as Mrs. Williams

Meredith Edwards as P.C. Williams

Michael Anderson Jr. as Youth

In Tiger Bay, the docklands of Cardiff, rough-and-tumble street urchin Gillie witnesses the brutal killing of a young woman at the hands of visiting Polish sailor Korchinsky. Instead of reporting the crime to the authorities, Gillie merely pockets a prize for herself — Korchinsky's shiny black revolver — and flees the scene. When Detective Graham discovers that Gillie has the murder weapon, the fiery young girl weaves a web of lies to throw him off course.

Evil Aliens

2005

English

5.2

♡ 5

45%

Jake West Director

Jodie Shaw as Candy Vixen

Norman Lovett as Howard Marsden

Emily Booth as Michelle Fox

Chris Thomas as Thomas Williams

The sensationalist reporter Michelle Fox presents the TV show Weird World, with phony matters about UFOS and aliens. When she hears about Cat, a young woman that claims that have been abducted with her boyfriend and become pregnant by aliens, she convinces her chief to travel with a team to the remote Welsh island of Scalled to interview Cat. She invites the cameraman Ricky Anderson with his sound technician partner; the nerd expert in "ufology" and "ley lines" Gavin Gorman; the actress Candy Vixen and an obscure gay actor to prepare the matter. They get a van and wait for the low tide to reach the island, and when they find evidences that aliens are really landed in the location, the ambitious Michelle decides to film her way to fame and wealth.

Pride

2014

English

7.8

♡ 29

93%

89%

1980s

Action

based on a true story

Matthew Warchus Director

Bill Nighy as Cliff

Imelda Staunton as Hefina

Dominic West as Jonathan

Liz White as Margaret

In 1984, a group of LGBT activists decide to raise money to support the National Union of Mineworkers during their lengthy strike. There is only one problem: the Union seems embarrassed to receive their support.

The Old Dark House

1932

English

7.0

♡ 17

97%

70%

Action

Adventure

based on novel or book

James Whale Director

Lilian Bond as Gladys

Ernest Thesiger as Horace Femm

Gloria Stuart as Margaret Waverton

Melvyn Douglas as Penderel

In a remote region of Wales, five travelers beset by a relentless storm find shelter in an old mansion.

The Tunnel

1940

English

6.6

♡ 3

Pen Tennyson Director

Edward Lexy as Commissionaire

George Spence as Miner

Leslie Phillips as Minor Role

Ben Williams as Will Morgan

In a Welsh coal mining valley, a young man with a beautiful singing voice is called upon to make the ultimate sacrifice when a pit disaster threatens.

No Manifesto: A Film About Manic Street Preachers

2015

English

6.6

♡ 3

67%

Elizabeth Marcus Director

James Dean Bradfield as Himself

Richey Edwards as Himself

Grant Foxon as Himself

Manic Street Preachers as Themselves

In 1991, the Manic Street Preachers planned to sell 16 million copies of their debut and split up. Many years, many hits and one big mystery later, this colourful band and its fans appear in a unique documentary that tells their full story.

The Wolf Man

1941

English

7.2

♡ 32

91%

George Waggner Director

Bela Lugosi as Bela

J.M. Kerrigan as Charles Conliffe

Evelyn Ankers as Gwen Conliffe

Forrester Harvey as Twiddle

After his brother's death, Larry Talbot returns home to his father and the family estate. Events soon take a turn for the worse when Larry is bitten by a werewolf.

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The Ballad of Wallis Island

The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain

The Halfway House

Swept from the Sea

Solomon & Gaenor

Mr. Nice

Bridgend

Submarine

A Dark Song

Apostle

Tollbooth

The Silent Village

The Dark

Tiger Bay

Evil Aliens

Pride

The Old Dark House

The Tunnel

No Manifesto: A Film About Manic Street Preachers

The Wolf Man