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1. Ruth & Safiya (2021)
15 min | Short, Drama
The story follows an unlikely friendship between Ruth - an isolated pensioner in her 80s that visits her allotment daily, and Safiya - a teenage Syrian refugee that is struggling to adapt to her new life in Bradford.
Director: Louisa Rose Mackleston | Stars: Alison Rooks, Keiva Bhanabhai, Kelli Hollis, Jai Hollis
Votes: 6
2.
Trust (2018)
Episode:
White Car in a Snowstorm
(2018)
TV-MA | 52 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
An unexpected development prompts Gail to travel to London.
Director: Susanna White | Stars: Donald Sutherland, Hilary Swank, Harris Dickinson, Michael Esper
Votes: 292
3.
The Full Monty (2023– )
Episode:
It's Not the Waking, It's the Rising
(2023)
TV-MA | 48 min | Comedy, Drama
The Monty gang pull together, breaking the law to honor a friend.
Director: Catherine Morshead | Stars: Robert Carlyle, Mark Addy, Lesley Sharp, Paul Barber
Votes: 126
4. Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
R | 120 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A teenager from the slums of Mumbai becomes a contestant on the show 'Kaun Banega Crorepati?' When interrogated under suspicion of cheating, he revisits his past, revealing how he had all the answers.
Directors: Danny Boyle, Loveleen Tandan | Stars: Dev Patel, Freida Pinto, Saurabh Shukla, Anil Kapoor
Votes: 878,409 | Gross: $141.32M
5. Closer (1998)
15 min | Short, Drama
Directors: Simon Beaufoy, Bille Eltringham | Stars: Sophie Stanton, Mark Addy, Charlie Creed-Miles
Votes: 5
6.
Trust (2018)
Episode:
In the Name of the Father
(2018)
TV-MA | 46 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Leonardo celebrates his son's Confirmation with Primo, Salvatore and the other Calabrians, but unresolved business casts a shadow over the special day.
Director: Emanuele Crialese | Stars: Harris Dickinson, Luca Marinelli, Francesco Colella, Donatella Finocchiaro
Votes: 303
7. Folie à Deux: Madness Made of Two (2012)
Not Rated | 101 min | Documentary, Drama, Family
Folie à Deux - madness made of two is set in one of England's finest houses. The central character, Helen Heraty, is a tour de force - beautiful with typical English Rose looks (she was the... See full summary »
Director: Kim Hopkins
Votes: 16
8.
The Full Monty (2023– )
Episode:
Welcome to the Job of Your Dreams
(2023)
TV-MA | 38 min | Comedy, Drama
When all hope is lost, Horse takes a stand.
Director: Catherine Morshead | Stars: Robert Carlyle, Mark Addy, Paul Barber, Steve Huison
Votes: 113
9.
Trust (2018)
Episode:
The House of Getty
(2018)
TV-MA | 64 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
J. Paul Getty is in the process of burying his eldest son George, who committed suicide. His three remaining sons besmirch him and wonder who will be chosen as the next in line to run their father's vast empire.
Director: Danny Boyle | Stars: Donald Sutherland, Harris Dickinson, Michael Esper, Anna Chancellor
Votes: 650
10.
Trust (2018)
Episode:
Lone Star
(2018)
TV-MA | 62 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
J. Paul Getty sends his man Fletcher Chase to Rome to investigate his grandson's kidnapping.
Director: Danny Boyle | Stars: Donald Sutherland, Hilary Swank, Harris Dickinson, Michael Esper
Votes: 467
11.
Trust (2018)
Episode:
Silenzio
(2018)
TV-MA | 48 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Angelo and young Paul Getty attempt to agree on the appropriate next move. Primo and Leonardo begin to organize the local community.
Director: Dawn Shadforth | Stars: Donald Sutherland, Hilary Swank, Harris Dickinson, Luca Marinelli
Votes: 334
12.
Trust (2018)
Episode:
John, Chapter 11
(2018)
TV-MA | 59 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
The Getty family fears the worst after a gruesome discovery is made.
Director: Jonathan van Tulleken | Stars: Donald Sutherland, Hilary Swank, Harris Dickinson, Michael Esper
Votes: 312
13. The 81st Annual Academy Awards (2009 TV Special)
TV-14 | 210 min | News
Annual awards presentation honoring the best film achievements of 2008.
Directors: Roger Goodman, Allen P. Haines | Stars: Hugh Jackman, Amy Adams, Jennifer Aniston, Alan Arkin
Votes: 2,415
14. Lloyds Bank Channel 4 Film Challenge (1994–1997)
10 min | Drama
A series of short films made by winners of the Lloyds Bank Film Challenge competition.
Stars: Clare Williams, Kathy Burke, Michelle Butterly, Mark Benton
Votes: 10
15. Running Time (2000)
56 min | Thriller
Director: S.A. Halewood | Stars: Anna Bolt, Sebastian Knapp, John Merrick, Naoko Mori
Votes: 10
16.
Trust (2018)
Episode:
Consequences
(2018)
TV-MA | 50 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
After Gail finally recovers her son J. Paul Getty III from the kidnappers, the key kidnapper Primo, decides it is time to tie up loose ends and their loose lips.
Director: Susanna White | Stars: Donald Sutherland, Hilary Swank, Harris Dickinson, Michael Esper
Votes: 278
17.
Trust (2018)
Episode:
Kodachrome
(2018)
TV-MA | 54 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Old Paul tries to follow through on his plan, Gail grows hopeful, but Big Paul obsesses about the quarrels of the past.
Director: Jonathan van Tulleken | Stars: Donald Sutherland, Hilary Swank, Harris Dickinson, Michael Esper
Votes: 275
18.
The Full Monty (2023– )
Episode:
No Man Left Behind
(2023)
TV-MA | 44 min | Comedy, Drama
Lost in the woods with ex-best friend Hetty, Jean faces up to her problems and makes big decisions.
Director: Catherine Morshead | Stars: Robert Carlyle, Mark Addy, Lesley Sharp, Paul Barber
Votes: 110
19.
Trust (2018)
Episode:
That's All Folks!
(2018)
TV-MA | 57 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Young Paul gets to know his captors; Primo opens a line of communication to Gail.
Director: Dawn Shadforth | Stars: Donald Sutherland, Hilary Swank, Harris Dickinson, Luca Marinelli
Votes: 340
20.
The Full Monty (2023– )
Episode:
Supply Chain Economics
(2023)
TV-MA | 51 min | Comedy, Drama
Dave takes a troubled kid under his wing to fill a hole in his own life.
Director: Andrew Chaplin | Stars: Robert Carlyle, Mark Addy, Lesley Sharp, Hugo Speer
Votes: 136
21.
Trust (2018)
Episode:
La Dolce Vita
(2018)
TV-MA | 56 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
The kidnap plot is hatched after the younger John Paul G is told that he has racked up $6,000 in debt at a local restaurant.
Director: Danny Boyle | Stars: Donald Sutherland, Hilary Swank, Harris Dickinson, Michael Esper
Votes: 393
22. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)
PG-13 | 146 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark become targets of the Capitol after their victory in the 74th Hunger Games sparks a rebellion in the Districts of Panem.
Director: Francis Lawrence | Stars: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Philip Seymour Hoffman
Votes: 722,035 | Gross: $424.67M
23. 127 Hours (2010)
R | 94 min | Biography, Drama
A mountain climber becomes trapped under a boulder while canyoneering alone near Moab, Utah and resorts to desperate measures in order to survive.
Director: Danny Boyle | Stars: James Franco, Amber Tamblyn, Kate Mara, Sean Bott
Votes: 401,756 | Gross: $18.34M
24. Trust (2018)
TV-MA | 60 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
In 1973 Rome, John Paul Getty III, the heir and younger member of an oil tycoons' clan, is kidnapped by the Italian Mafia in order to get a ransom.
Stars: Harris Dickinson, Donald Sutherland, Hilary Swank, Luca Marinelli
Votes: 8,108
25.
The Full Monty (2023– )
Episode:
Re-Homing
(2023)
TV-MA | 54 min | Comedy, Drama
An unexpected friend opens Darren's heart and mind to new possibilities.
Director: Catherine Morshead | Stars: Robert Carlyle, Mark Addy, Lesley Sharp, Paul Barber
Votes: 114
26. A Bunch of Amateurs (2022)
95 min | Documentary
Bradford Movie Makers is one of the oldest amateur filmmaking clubs in the world. Once a thriving community, these days the membership is dwindling and the group struggle to keep the wolf from the door.
Director: Kim Hopkins | Stars: Colin Egglestone, Harry Nicholls, Joe Ogden, Jeanette Wilson
Votes: 413
27. The 68th Annual Golden Globe Awards (2011 TV Special)
180 min | Comedy, Music
The annual Golden Globe Awards hosted by Ricky Gervais
Director: Louis J. Horvitz | Stars: Ricky Gervais, 50 Cent, Amy Adams, Max Adler
Votes: 852
28.
Burn Up (2008)
Episode:
Episode #1.2
(2008)
88 min | Drama
Conclusion: Crowley sends Dernay to the World Forum on Climate Change in Calgary to look for Masud. Mack leads the Open Business Coalition and their friendly countries in moves to scupper ... See full summary »
Director: Omar Madha | Stars: Bradley Whitford, Neve Campbell, Rupert Penry-Jones, Marc Warren
Votes: 23
29.
The Full Monty (2023– )
Episode:
La Vie en Rose
(2023)
TV-MA | 49 min | Comedy, Drama
Hospital porter Gaz oversteps his remit when he helps a psychiatric patient rekindle his creativity.
Director: Andrew Chaplin | Stars: Robert Carlyle, Mark Addy, Lesley Sharp, Hugo Speer
Votes: 117
30. The Full Monty (1997)
R | 91 min | Comedy, Drama
Six unemployed steel workers form a male striptease act. The women cheer them on to go for "the full monty" - total nudity.
Director: Peter Cattaneo | Stars: Robert Carlyle, Tom Wilkinson, Mark Addy, Wim Snape
Votes: 114,190 | Gross: $45.95M
31. Everest (2015)
PG-13 | 121 min | Action, Adventure, Biography
On May 10, 1996, mountain guides Rob Hall and Scott Fischer combine their expedition teams for a final ascent to the summit of Mount Everest. With little warning, a storm strikes the mountain and the climbers must now battle to survive.
Director: Baltasar Kormákur | Stars: Jason Clarke, Ang Phula Sherpa, Thomas M. Wright, Martin Henderson
Votes: 232,612 | Gross: $43.48M
32. The Full Monty (2023– )
TV-MA | Comedy, Drama
The original band of brothers as they navigate Sheffield and its crumbling healthcare, education and employment sectors, exploring the brighter, sillier and more humane way forward where communal effort can still triumph over adversity.
Stars: Robert Carlyle, Mark Addy, Paul Barber, Steve Huison
Votes: 3,015
33. Golden Globe Awards (2009 TV Special)
News
The 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards.
Director: Chris Donovan | Stars: Amy Adams, Brooke Adams, Micah Alberti, Christina Applegate
Votes: 1,157
34. Slumdog Dreams: Danny Boyle & the Making of 'Slumdog Millionaire' (2009 TV Movie)
23 min | Documentary
Danny Boyle's Oscar winning new movie Slumdog Millionaire takes audiences on a journey into the heart of contemporary Mumbai. This programme joins the filmmakers behind the scenes.
Directors: Albert Sharpe, Daniel Skinner | Stars: Danny Boyle, Simon Beaufoy, Christian Colson, Dev Patel
Votes: 80
35.
Burn Up (2008)
Episode:
Episode #1.1
(2008)
88 min | Drama
Oil surveyor Masud Khamil narrowly escapes an attack on his camp in the deserts of Saudi Arabia and flees with some valuable data. Tom McConnell replaces his father-in-law Sir Mark Foxbay ... See full summary »
Director: Omar Madha | Stars: Bradley Whitford, Neve Campbell, Rupert Penry-Jones, Marc Warren
Votes: 26
36.
The Full Monty (2023– )
Episode:
Homing
(2023)
TV-MA | 49 min | Comedy, Drama
Desperate to earn the respect of his husband, Lomper risks everything the couple has to prove he is a success.
Director: Andrew Chaplin | Stars: Robert Carlyle, Mark Addy, Lesley Sharp, Hugo Speer
Votes: 110
37. Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (2008)
PG-13 | 92 min | Comedy, Romance
Guinevere Pettigrew, a middle-aged London governess, finds herself unfairly dismissed from her job. An attempt to gain new employment catapults her into the glamorous world and dizzying social whirl of an American actress and singer, Delysia Lafosse.
Director: Bharat Nalluri | Stars: Frances McDormand, Amy Adams, Ciarán Hinds, David Alexander
Votes: 29,749 | Gross: $12.29M
38. Yasmin (2004)
87 min | Drama
A young Muslim woman living in Britain campaigns for the release of her immigrant husband from his detainment in a holding centre.
Director: Kenneth Glenaan | Stars: Archie Panjabi, Renu Setna, Steve Jackson, Syed Ahmed
Votes: 788
39. Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (2011)
PG-13 | 107 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A fisheries expert is approached by a consultant to help realize a sheik's vision of bringing the sport of fly-fishing to the desert and embarks on an upstream journey of faith and fish to prove the impossible possible.
Director: Lasse Hallström | Stars: Ewan McGregor, Emily Blunt, Amr Waked, Kristin Scott Thomas
Votes: 67,149 | Gross: $9.03M
40. Japanese Story (2003)
R | 106 min | Drama, Romance
Against the background of an Australian desert, Sandy, a geologist, and Hiromitsu, a Japanese businessman, play out a story of human inconsequence in the face of the blistering universe. ... See full summary »
Director: Sue Brooks | Stars: Toni Collette, Gotaro Tsunashima, Lynette Curran, Matthew Dyktynski
Votes: 6,764 | Gross: $0.65M
41. Forty Minutes (1981–1994)
40 min | Documentary
Documentaries on any possible subject, the only connection being that they last forty minutes.
Stars: John Pitman, Michael Dean, Lucinda Lambton, Roger Mills
Votes: 31
42. The 14th Annual Critics' Choice Awards (2009 TV Special)
Family
Director: Michael Dempsey | Stars: Amy Adams, Jason Alexander, Kevin Bacon, Preston Bailey
Votes: 51
43.
The Full Monty (2023– )
Episode:
Leveling Up
(2023)
TV-MA | 50 min | Comedy, Drama
Wayward father Gaz becomes a partner in crime when his daughter Destiny finds herself in trouble.
Director: Andrew Chaplin | Stars: Robert Carlyle, Mark Addy, Lesley Sharp, Hugo Speer
Votes: 178
44. Battle of the Sexes (2017)
PG-13 | 121 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
The true story of the 1973 tennis match between World number one Billie Jean King and ex-champ and serial hustler Bobby Riggs.
Directors: Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris | Stars: Emma Stone, Steve Carell, Andrea Riseborough, Sarah Silverman
Votes: 60,001 | Gross: $12.64M
45. Burn Up (2008)
Drama
An oil industrialist, an environmental activist and a politician are in conflict in this drama set around a summit on climate change.
Stars: Bradley Whitford, Neve Campbell, Rupert Penry-Jones, Marc Warren
Votes: 554
46. The Orange British Academy Film Awards (2009 TV Special)
120 min
Directors: Geraldine Dowd, Yemisi Brookes | Stars: Jonathan Ross, Claudia Winkleman, Amy Adams, Gemma Arterton
Votes: 58
47. Shootout (2003–2008)
Not Rated | 30 min | Talk-Show
Big time producer Peter Guber and Variety's Peter Bart sit down with the biggest names in the business.
Stars: Peter Guber, Jeff Brenner, Clint Eastwood, Charlize Theron
Votes: 201
48. British Film Forever (2007)
90 min | Documentary, History
Stars: Jessica Hynes, Timothy Spall, Nick Moran, Ronald Neame
Votes: 112
49. Yellow (II) (1997)
13 min | Short
This intriguing short film is a tale about power and desire. It explores the deep unease adults feel when confronted by pre-pubescent sexuality and the strange combination of naivety and power that children can possess.
Directors: Simon Beaufoy, Bille Eltringham | Stars: Ray Winstone, Tracey Wilkinson, Nicola Bland
Votes: 44
50. This Is Not a Love Song (2002)
94 min | Thriller
The small time criminal Heaton is anxiously waiting for the release of his close friend Spike, after spending a couple of months in prison for being caught with 87g of marijuana. Heaton ... See full summary »
Director: Bille Eltringham | Stars: Michael Colgan, Kenneth Glenaan, David Bradley, John Henshaw
Votes: 335