See You at Mao

1970

English

6.1

♡ 9

Jean-Luc Godard Director

Jean-Luc Godard brings his firebrand political cinema to the UK, exploring the revolutionary signals in late '60s British society. Constructed as a montage of various disconnected political acts (in line with Godard's then appropriation of Soviet director Dziga Vertov's agitprop techniques), it combines a diverse range of footage, from students discussing The Beatles to the production line at the MG factory in Oxfordshire, burnished with onscreen political sloganeering.

Young Winston

1972

English

6.7

♡ 5

55%

Richard Attenborough Director

Ronald Hines as Adjutant

Jeremy Child as Austen Chamberlain

Anthony Hopkins as Lloyd George

Jane Seymour as Pamela Plowden

This historical drama is an account of the early life of British politician Winston Churchill, including his childhood years, his time as a war correspondent in Africa, and culminating with his first election to Parliament.

The Journey

2016

English

6.7

♡ 7

67%

Nick Hamm Director

John Hurt as Harry Patterson

Timothy Spall as Ian Paisley

Freddie Highmore as Jack the Driver

Catherine McCormack as Kate Elgar

Firebrand Democratic Unionist Party leader Ian Paisley and Sinn Fein politician Martin McGuinness, two implacable enemies in Northern Ireland, are forced to take a short journey together in which they will take the biggest leap of faith and change the course of history.

The Ploughman's Lunch

1983

English

6.2

♡ 2

40%

Richard Eyre Director

Rosemary Harris as Ann Barrington

Jonathan Pryce as James Penfield

Tim Curry as Jeremy Hancock

Christopher Fulford as Young Journalist

As the UK begins its military engagement in the Falklands, a BBC news journalist attempts to climb up from his working-class roots, at any cost, lying to those around him to get what he wants, only to discover that he is the recipient of a deception far more clever than his own.

Churchill's Secret

2016

English

6.8

♡ 25

Charles Sturridge Director

Jon Wennington as Delegate

Matthew Marsh as Lord Beaverbrook

John Standing as Lord Camrose

Matthew Macfadyen as Randolph Churchill

British Prime Minister Winston Churchill suffers from a stroke in the summer of 1953 that's kept a secret from the rest of the world.

The Eagle Has Landed

1976

English

6.9

♡ 35

71%

67%

Action

Adventure

based on novel or book

John Sturges Director

Robert Duvall as Colonel Radl

John Standing as Father Verecker

Jenny Agutter as Molly

Michael Caine as Oberst Kurt Steiner

When the Nazi high command learns in late 1943 that Winston Churchill will be spending time at a country estate in Norfolk, it hatches an audacious scheme to kidnap the prime minister and spirit him to Germany for enforced negotiations with Hitler.

An Ideal Husband

1999

English

6.8

♡ 20

85%

69%

Action

based on play or musical

blackmail

british politics

Comedy

commerce without conscience

house of commons

Romance

securities, stocks and bonds

Oliver Parker Director

Charles Edwards as Jack

Cate Blanchett as Lady Gertrude Chiltern

Minnie Driver as Miss Mabel Chiltern

Julianne Moore as Mrs. Laura Cheveley

Sir Robert Chiltern is a successful government minister, well-off and with a loving wife. All this is threatened when Mrs Cheveley appears in London with damning evidence of a past misdeed. Sir Robert turns for help to his friend Lord Goring, an apparently idle philanderer and the despair of his father. Goring knows the lady of old, and, for him, takes the whole thing pretty seriously.

Shadow World

2016

English

7.5

♡ 2

71%

arms industry

british politics

Documentary

palestinian-israeli conflict

political corruption

saudi arabia

usa politics

Johan Grimonprez Director

A detailed investigation into the political and economic interests that, since the beginning of the 20th century, have pulled the strings of the arms trade, hidden in the shadows, feeding the shameful corruption of politicians and government officials and promoting a state of permanent war throughout the world, while they cynically asked for a lasting and universal peace.

National Theatre Live: Nye

2024

English

8.0

♡ 1

83%

Action

based on play or musical

Rufus Norris Director

Bea Holland as

Michael Sheen as Aneurin 'Nye' Bevan

Roger Evans as Archie Lush

Sharon Small as Jennie Lee

Confronted with death, National Health Service founder Aneurin ‘Nye’ Bevan’s deepest memories lead him on a mind-bending journey back through his life; from childhood to mining underground, Parliament and fights with Winston Churchill.

Darkest Hour

2017

English

7.4

♡ 282

84%

83%

Action

based on a true story

Joe Wright Director

Lily James as Elizabeth Layton

Jeremy Child as Lord Stanhope

Samuel West as Sir Anthony Eden

Gary Oldman as Winston Churchill

In May 1940, the fate of World War II hangs on Winston Churchill, who must decide whether to negotiate with Adolf Hitler or fight on knowing that it could mean the end of the British Empire.

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