Two teenage best friends growing up in a forgotten British seaside town. When a mysterious new girl comes between them the friendship is torn apart and their lives are changed forever.

The Punch and Judy Man

1963

English

6.2

♡ 3

Jeremy Summers Director

Brian Bedford as 1st. Escort

Peter Myers as 2nd. Escort

John Le Mesurier as Charles Ford

Norman Chappell as Footman

Walter Pinner is the titular Punch And Judy Man plying his trade in the seaside town of Piltdown. Unhappily married to his social climbing wife, who gets him to perform at the 60th Anniversary celebrations of the town in front of all the local dignitaries, his hatred of snobbery comes to a hilarious head.

The Life Ahead

2020

Italian

6.8

♡ 11

92%

77%

Action

based on novel or book

Drama

holocaust (shoah) survivor

Edoardo Ponti Director

Simone Surico as Babu

Sophia Loren as Madame Rosa

Costanta Fana Pirvu as Madre di Iosif

Rav Mario Sonnino as Rabbino

In seaside Italy, a Holocaust survivor with a daycare business takes in a 12-year-old street kid who recently robbed her.

Dad's Army

1971

English

6.9

♡ 8

42%

Norman Cohen Director

Liz Fraser as Mrs. Pike

Sam Kydd as Nazi Orderly

Derek Newark as R.S.M.

John Le Mesurier as Sgt. Wilson

Dad's Army was a 1971 feature film based on the BBC television sitcom Dad's Army. Directed by Norman Cohen, it was filmed between series three and four and was based upon material from the early episodes of the television series. The film told the story of the Home Guard platoon's formation and their subsequent endeavours at a training exercise.

Lola

1961

French

♡ 12

95%

Jacques Demy Director

Catherine Lutz as Claire, the bar owner

Corinne Marchand as Daisy

Carlo Nell as Dancing Teacher

Anouk Aimée as Lola / Cécile

A bored young man meets with his former girlfriend, now a cabaret dancer and single mother, and soon finds himself falling back in love with her.

Carry on Girls

1973

English

5.8

♡ 6

55%

Gerald Thomas Director

Peter Butterworth as Admiral

Ron Tarr as Bearded Audience Member

Joan Sims as Connie Philpotts

Aileen Lewis as Town Councillor

Local councillor Sidney Fiddler persuades the Mayor to help improve the image of their rundown seaside town by holding a beauty contest. But formidable Councillor Prodworthy, head of the local women's liberation movement, has other ideas. It's open warfare as the women's lib attempt to sabotage the contest.

Last Resort

2000

English

7.2

♡ 7

94%

Pawel Pawlikowski Director

David Auker as 2nd Council Official

Paddy Considine as Alfie

Adrian Scarborough as Council Official

Perry Benson as Immigration Officer

Tanya leaves Moscow with her street-wise 10-year-old son Artiom to meet her English fiancée in London. But after he fails to turn up at the airport, Tanya, intent on staying in England, is forced to apply for political asylum and transferred to Stonehaven, a grimy former seaside resort where refugees are housed. Tanya gradually develops a relationship with an amusement arcade manager, who helps them escape. She must then decide whether to stay with him or return to Russia.

The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea

1976

English

6.2

♡ 5

75%

48%

Action

based on novel or book

Lewis John Carlino Director

Sarah Miles as Anne / mother

Kris Kristofferson as Jim Cameron

Charles Adey-Grey as Man in Tea Room

Gary Lock as Number Four

When a widowed mother falls in love with an American sailor, her troubled young son is pressured by the bullying leader of his clique to seek revenge.