23 Paces to Baker Street

1956

English

6.9

♡ 8

69%

Henry Hathaway Director

Estelle Winwood as Barmaid at The Eagle

Cecil Parker as Bob Matthews

Vera Miles as Jean Lennox

Queenie Leonard as Miss Elsie Schuyler

Philip Hannon, a blind playwright living in London, overhears part of a conversation , that leads him into a desperate race, to find a kidnapped child. When he gets no help from the police, he along with his butler, and his ex fiancée, attempt to track down the crooks.

The Offence

1973

English

6.9

♡ 16

73%

Sidney Lumet Director

Sean Connery as Detective Sergeant Johnson

Ian Bannen as Kenneth Baxter

Trevor Howard as Lieutenant Cartwright, Detective Superintendant

John Hallam as Panton

A burned-out British police detective finally snaps while interrogating a suspected child molester.

Boxing Day

2021

English

5.5

♡ 6

83%

Aml Ameen Director

Tamara Lawrance as Aretha

Aja Naomi King as Lisa

Aml Ameen as Melvin

Rochelle Rose as Ms London

Melvin, a British author living in America, returns home to London for Christmas to introduce his American fiancée Lisa to his eccentric British-Caribbean family. Their relationship is put to the test as she discovers the world her fiancé has left behind.

My Cousin, the Ghost

1987

Cn

5.7

♡ 4

Ma Wu Director

Boon Chai Yat as Chef

Richard Ng as Cousin Ng Dut Dai

Kenny Bee as Cousin Yung

Billy Sau Yat Ching as Waiter

Cousin Big returns home from the UK in order to find a wife and settle down. He has previously driven out his illegal immigrant friend Ma from the UK and the scores aren't settled. That is all cast aside when not only one, not two but three ghosts are to be dealt with and one is Cousin Big who has fallen in love with one of the ghosts.

To Be or Not to Be

1942

English

8.1

♡ 41

96%

Ernst Lubitsch Director

George Lynn as Actor-Adjutant

Jack Benny as Joseph Tura

John Roy as Member of Audience at Performance of Hamlet

Hans Schumm as Special Investigations Squad

During the Nazi occupation of Poland, an acting troupe becomes embroiled in a Polish soldier's efforts to track down a German spy.

Stormbreaker

2006

English

5.1

♡ 50

Action

Adventure

Animation

based on novel or book

secret intelligence service

Thriller

Geoffrey Sax Director

Bill Nighy as Alan Blunt

Dave Legeno as Bear

Mickey Rourke as Darrius Sayle

Ewan McGregor as Ian Rider

Alex Rider thinks he is a normal school boy, until his uncle is killed. He discovers that his uncle was actually spy on a mission, when he was killed. Alex is recruited by Alan Blunt to continue the mission. He is sent to Cornwall to investigate a new computer system, which Darrius Sayle has created. He plans to give the new computer systems to every school in the country, but Mr. Blunt has other ideas and Alex must find out what it is.

Scandal

1989

English

6.4

♡ 22

91%

61%

Action

based on a true story

Michael Caton-Jones Director

Ian McKellen as John Profumo

Britt Ekland as Mariella Novotny

Malcolm Terris as Northern Gent

John Hurt as Stephen Ward

An English bon-vivant osteopath is enchanted with a young exotic dancer and invites her to live with him. He serves as friend and mentor, and through his contacts and parties she and her friend meet and date members of the Conservative Party. Eventually a scandal occurs when her affair with the Minister of War goes public, threatening their lifestyles and their freedom.

Stage Fright

1950

English

♡ 20

92%

68%

Action

based on novel or book

Alfred Hitchcock Director

Howard Marion-Crawford as 1st Chauffeur

Alastair Sim as Commodore Gill

John Harvey as Inspector Loomis

Robert Cawdron as Policeman

A struggling actress tries to help a friend prove his innocence when he's accused of murdering the husband of a high-society entertainer.

Olivia

1983

English

5.3

♡ 9

14%

husband wife relationship

london, england

mother daughter relationship

Ulli Lommel Director

Jorge Zepeda as Bartender

Warren A. Stevens as Client

Clement von Franckenstein as Lawyer

Robert Walker Jr. as Michael 'Mike' Grant

Nightmares of the past haunt the beautiful, mysterious Olivia, a London resident who begins a passionate affair with American businessman Mike. Trapped in a loveless marriage and traumatized by memories of her mother's brutal murder, Olivia hopes her lover will offer a chance at a new life. However, ghostly voices and brutal murders ignite a fiendish, twist-filled story of double identities, deception, and erotic terror.

Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie

2016

English

5.4

♡ 38

57%

Mandie Fletcher Director

Jane Horrocks as Bubble

Nick Mohammed as Casper

Celia Imrie as Claudia Bing

Jon Hamm as Jon Hamm

Edina and Patsy are still oozing glitz and glamour, living the high life they're accustomed to; shopping, drinking and clubbing around London's trendiest hotspots. Blamed for a major incident at an uber fashionable launch party, they become entangled in a media storm and are relentlessly pursued by the paparazzi. Fleeing penniless to the glamorous playground of the super-rich, the French Riviera, they hatch a plan to make their escape permanent and live the high life forever more!

In a Day

2006

English

6.8

♡ 3

65%

Evan Richards Director

Lorraine Pilkington as Ashley Branstead

Alex Harcourt-Smith as Butter Guy

Martin Kerem as Frank

Tracy O'Flaherty as Hostess

A young woman spends a curiously unpredictable day with a stranger.

RED 2

2013

English

♡ 227

44%

63%

Action

Adventure

central intelligence agency (cia)

Dean Parisot Director

Anthony Hopkins as Bailey

Bruce Willis as Frank

Neal McDonough as Jack Horton

Helen Mirren as Victoria

Retired C.I.A. agent Frank Moses reunites his unlikely team of elite operatives for a global quest to track down a missing portable nuclear device.

Topsy-Turvy

1999

English

7.3

♡ 11

90%

Mike Leigh Director

Lesley Manville as Lucy Gilbert

Alison Steadman as Madame Leon

Richard Coyle as Mr. Hammond

Jonathan Aris as Wilhelm

After their latest production, "Princess Ida", meets with less-than-stunning reception, Gilbert and Sullivan's relationship is strained to the breaking point. Their friends and associates attempt to get the two to work together again, which bares the path to "The Mikado", one of the duo's greatest successes.

Dance with a Stranger

1985

English

6.6

♡ 7

91%

Mike Newell Director

Ian Holm as Desmond Cussen

Lesley Manville as Maryanne

Stratford Johns as Morrie Conley

Harry Fielder as Partygoer

Ruth Ellis lives with her ten-year old son Andy next to a night club. One night she meets David Blakely, and they start a love affair. However, for David with his upper-class background, it is impossible to uphold the relationship. He breaks up with her, something which makes Ellis, obsessed by him, very upset.

Around the World in 80 Days

2004

English

5.9

♡ 114

33%

journey around the world

san francisco, california

Western

Frank Coraci Director

Maggie Q as Female Agent

Cécile De France as Monique La Roche

Jackie Chan as Passepartout / Lau Xing

Arnold Schwarzenegger as Prince Hapi

A bet pits a British inventor, a Chinese thief and a French artist on a worldwide adventure that they can circle the globe in 80 days.

Dancing with Crime

1947

English

6.5

♡ 5

John Paddy Carstairs Director

Diana Dors as Annette

Bill Owen as Dave Robinson

Jon Pertwee as Police Constable

Richard Attenborough as Ted Peters

When his best friend is murdered inside a London dancehall, a cab driver and his girlfriend involve themselves in the investigation and discover a major criminal operation hiding behind the club's friendly facade.

A Week in Paradise

2022

English

4.3

♡ 6

8%

Philippe Martinez Director

William Chubb as Bernie

Jack Donnelly as Christopher

Connie Nielsen as Fiona

Malin Akerman as Maggie

Actress Maggie's world collapses when her director husband is outed by the paparazzi when it’s discovered his new leading lady is pregnant with his baby. Seeking solace and healing, Maggie escapes to her ex-pat cousin’s beautiful hotel in Nevis. After a week in paradise, she discovers herself and meets a new love interest. Then reality comes crashing back in.

Franklyn

2008

English

6.0

♡ 23

57%

Gerald McMorrow Director

Richard Coyle as Dan

James Faulkner as Dr. Earlle / Pastor Bone

Eva Green as Emilia / Sally

Susannah York as Margaret

Set between the parallel worlds of contemporary London and the futuristic faith dominated metropolis of Meanwhile City, Franklyn weaves a tale of four souls, whose lives are intertwined by fate, romance and tragedy. As these worlds collide, a single bullet determines the destiny of these four characters.

Schizo

1976

English

5.7

♡ 6

20%

psychological thriller

psychopath

slasher

Thriller

Pete Walker Director

Colin Jeavons as Commissioner

Lindsay Campbell as Falconer

Diana King as Mrs. Falconer

Lynne Frederick as Samantha

A recently-married woman who has been labeled as mentally unstable, begins to suspect that someone close to her is the culprit in a sudden string of murders.