Four children dream of escaping the tedium of a summer holiday with their mother. When finally given permission to camp on their own on an island in the middle of a vast lake, they are overjoyed. But when they get there they discover they may not be alone… The battle for ownership of a lonely island teaches them the skills of survival, the value of friendship and the importance of holding your nerve.

Swallows and Amazons

1974

English

6.4

♡ 7

76%

Action

Adventure

based on children's book

Claude Whatham Director

Mike Pratt as Mr. Dixon

Virginia McKenna as Mrs. Walker

Suzanna Hamilton as Susan Walker - Swallow

John Franklyn-Robbins as Young Billy

On holiday with their mother in the Lake District in 1929 four children are allowed to sail over to the nearby island in their boat Swallow and set up camp for a few days. They soon realise this has been the territory of two other girls who sail the Amazon, and the scene is set for serious rivalry.

Withnail and I

1987

English

7.5

♡ 25

84%

Bruce Robinson Director

Bruce Robinson as Double for various actors in distant shots

Paul McGann as ... & I

Michael Elphick as Jake

Richard Griffiths as Monty

Two out-of-work actors -- the anxious, luckless Marwood and his acerbic, alcoholic friend, Withnail -- spend their days drifting between their squalid flat, the unemployment office and the pub. When they take a holiday "by mistake" at the country house of Withnail's flamboyantly gay uncle, Monty, they encounter the unpleasant side of the English countryside: tedium, terrifying locals and torrential rain.

The Paradine Case

1947

English

6.5

♡ 12

71%

Alfred Hitchcock Director

Gregory Peck as Anthony Keane

John Williams as Barrister Collins

Alfred Hitchcock as Man Carrying Cello Case

Lester Matthews as Police Inspector Ambrose

In London, barrister Anthony Keane takes the case of Maddalena Paradine, a beautiful woman accused of poisoning her blind husband. Though happily married, Keane becomes infatuated with his enigmatic client and convinced of her innocence. His obsession clouds his judgment as he builds a defense implicating her servant, André Latour—an act that leads to devastating consequences both in court and at home.

The Trip

2010

English

7.0

♡ 23

89%

Michael Winterbottom Director

Ben Stiller as Ben Stiller

Bernard Gallagher as Bernard

Rob Brydon as Rob

Justin Edwards as Steve's UK Agent

When Steve Coogan is asked by The Observer to tour the country's finest restaurants, he envisions it as the perfect getaway with his beautiful girlfriend. But, when she backs out on him, he has no one to accompany him but his best friend and source of eternal aggravation, Rob Brydon.

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