A cinema remake of the classic sitcom Dad's Army (1968). The Walmington-on-Sea Home Guard platoon deal with a visiting female journalist and a German spy as World War II draws to its conclusion.

Dorian Gray

2009

English

6.2

♡ 58

43%

39%

Action

based on novel or book

Oliver Parker Director

Ben Barnes as Dorian Gray

Rebecca Hall as Emily Wotton

Colin Firth as Lord Henry Wotton

João Costa Menezes as Soldier

Seduced into the decadent world of Lord Henry Wotton, handsome young aristocrat Dorian Gray becomes obsessed with maintaining his youthful appearance, and commissions a special portrait that will weather the winds of time while he remains forever young. When Gray's obsession spirals out of control, his desperate attempts to safeguard his secret turn his once-privileged life into a living hell.

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.

Johnny English Reborn

2011

English

6.3

♡ 201

40%

Oliver Parker Director

Benedict Wong as Chi Han Ly

Rosamund Pike as Kate Sumner

Courtney Wu as Man in Spectacles 2

Stephen Campbell Moore as Prime Minister

The most prominent heads of state in the world begin gathering for a conference that could have a major impact on global politics. When MI-7 receives word that the Chinese premier has become the target of some high-powered killers, it falls on Johnny English to save the day. Armed with the latest high-tech weaponry and gadgets that would make even James Bond jealous, the once-disgraced agent uncovers evidence of a massive conspiracy involving some of the world's most powerful organisations, and vows to redeem his tarnished reputation by stopping the killers before they can strike.

The Importance of Being Earnest

2002

English

6.8

♡ 11

57%

Oliver Parker Director

Reese Witherspoon as Cecily

Tom Wilkinson as Dr. Chasuble

Colin Firth as Jack

Cyril Shaps as Pew Opener

Two young gentlemen living in 1890s England use the same pseudonym ('Ernest') on the sly, which is fine until they both fall in love with women using that name, which leads to a comedy of mistaken identities.

I Really Hate My Job

2007

English

5.1

♡ 7

24%

Oliver Parker Director

Neve Campbell as Abi

Danny Huston as Al Bowlly / Self

Shirley Henderson as Alice

Barry Morse as Old Man #2 - Georg

While anticipating the arrival of a famous Hollywood star, five employees at a mediocre restaurant in London's Soho must deal with rats, arguments and kitchen-based power struggles.

The Great Escaper

2023

English

7.0

♡ 23

Oliver Parker Director

John Standing as Arthur

Michael Caine as Bernard Jordan

Glenda Jackson as Irene Jordan

Jackie Clune as Judith

In the summer of 2014, a World War II veteran sneaks out of his care home to attend the 70th anniversary commemoration of the D-Day landings in Normandy.

St. Trinian's

2007

English

5.8

♡ 20

32%

receiving of stolen goods

snake

solidarity

Oliver Parker Director

Juno Temple as Celia

Colin Firth as Geoffrey Thwaites

Gemma Arterton as Kelly

Lena Headey as Miss Dickinson

When their beloved school is threatened with closure should the powers that be fail to raise the proper funds, the girls scheme to steal a priceless painting and use the profits to pull St. Trinian's out of the red.

St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold

2009

English

5.3

♡ 16

15%

girls' boarding school

Oliver Parker Director

Juno Temple as Celia

Colin Firth as Geoffrey Thwaites

Gemma Arterton as Kelly

Celia Imrie as Matron

After a wealthy philanthropist expresses an unusual interest in a ring found by her niece Annabelle, Miss Fritton explains that she's descended from a pirate who, in 1598, stole treasure from another: the philanthropist's ancestor. This discovery sends the racuous girls of St. Trinians on the hunt for buried treasure.