And a funeral: 60 British eccentric funerocentrics
Why do some many movies from the UK revolve around a funeral?
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- DirectorFrank OzStarsMatthew MacfadyenPeter DinklageEwen BremnerChaos ensues when a man tries to expose a dark secret regarding a recently deceased patriarch of a dysfunctional British family.Includes one of the funniest drug-taking scenes ever filmed.
- DirectorFred SchepisiStarsMichael CaineBob HoskinsTom CourtenayA group of old friends reminisce about their lives over the years after the death of one of their crew.Ending... it ain't nuffin.
- DirectorPeter MedakStarsPeter O'TooleAlastair SimArthur LoweA member of the House of Lords dies, leaving his estate to his son. Unfortunately, his son thinks he is Jesus Christ. Their other, somewhat more respectable family members plot to steal the estate from him; murder and mayhem ensue.Some brilliant dialogue. "How do you know you’re God?" "Simple – when I pray to him, I find I am talking to myself."
- DirectorGeorge CukorStarsMaggie SmithAlec McCowenLouis Gossett Jr.At his mother's funeral, banker Henry meets his Aunt Augusta, an eccentric old woman who takes him on a wild adventure to rescue an old lover.Maggie Smith at her most magnificent.
- DirectorJohn JencksStarsRoger AllamTim CharlesRod GlennDisgraced poet Ted Wallace is summoned to his friend's country manor to investigate a series of unexplained miracles.Swerves around in tone between highly comedic and highly sentimental.
- DirectorJames Cellan JonesStarsTara FitzgeraldOwen TealeDaniel MasseyWhen Poppy Carew is faced with having to organize a funeral by herself, she finds new strength and learns much about love's true meaning. The film is based on a novel by the same name by Mary Wesley.The characters' behaviours and motives are quite bizarre.
- DirectorAndy HamiltonGuy JenkinStarsRosamund PikeDavid TennantBilly ConnollyA family of five heads to Granddad's big 75th-birthday party at an uncle's estate in rural Scotland. The parents are separated and hope their three kids won't mention it. The kids love, can talk with, and would do anything for Granddad.Taking the funeral into their own hands.
- DirectorMarc EvansStarsMatthew RhysMarta LubosNahuel Pérez BiscayartA young Welsh couple travel to Argentina to work on their relationship.Funereally like What We Did on Our Holiday.
- DirectorNiklaus HilberStarsNick MoranKeeley HawesSteve HuisonTwo young newlyweds, geeky Edward and innocent but alluring Samantha, turn up at a majestic and remote country house hotel for their honeymoon, which has been taken over by the high-spirited members of an Undertakers' Annual Convention. Their attempts at romance are quickly dampened as they become helplessly embroiled in an intriguing whodunit when the Head of the Funeral Directors' Association dies under bizarre circumstances. Featuring a top-notch cast including Nick Moran (Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels), Rik Mayall (The Young Ones), Steve Huison (The Full Monty), and Hugh Fraser (TV's Poirot), you'll die laughing with this hilarious and dark romantic comedy!Perhaps they would have preferred a honeymoon in Gravesend.
- DirectorPeter SykesStarsWilfrid BrambellHarry H. CorbettDiana DorsFather and son London junk dealers must buy a replacement horse for them to stay in business. Instead they buy a greyhound, confident they will earn a fortune on the race track.Funereal japery.
- DirectorJohn MillsStarsHayley MillsAnnette CrosbieLaurence NaismithA young, lonely, emotionally challenged teenage girl finds solace in burying dead animals after the sudden traumatic death of a childhood friend ten years earlier.John Mills' vehicle for his daughter Hayley, it is over-egged but nonetheless an unusual and touching story.
- DirectorP.J. HoganStarsKathy BatesRupert EverettJonathan PryceWhen Grace's husband leaves her after 25 years, she flies to England for her singer idol's funeral. She meets his lover and they return to Chicago to hunt down the idol's killer.Never regret, never forget.
- DirectorRob ReedAidan SynnottStarsSteve MarshAidan SynnottJoseph KennedyDown The Road is the feature film debut from co-writer/directors Rob Reed and Aidan Synnott, devised with and starring Steve Marsh. In the vein of 'Withnail and I' and 'The Trip', this part improvised comedy explores the fragile friendship between the cocky, loud mouthed Terry (Steve Marsh) and his reluctant friend Mark (Aidan Synnott) as they travel across the English countryside in old black cab in search of fun and adventure.An uncomfortable wake on an uncomfortable road trip.
- DirectorNick WhitfieldStarsEd GaughanAndrew BuckleyTuppence MiddletonTwo exorcists literally remove the skeletons from the cupboards of people's homes. Some fairly embarrassing secrets are revealed along the way. A case where the skeletons have hidden themselves upends the lives of all those involved.Obliquely funereal and wonderfully eccentric.
- DirectorLynne RamsayStarsSamantha MortonKathleen McDermottLinda McGuireAfter her beloved boyfriend's suicide, a mourning supermarket worker and her best friend hit the road in Scotland, but find that grief is something that you can't run away from forever.A brilliant strange atmospheric adaptation of a brilliant novel.
- DirectorRoy BattersbyStarsBarry JacksonMaurice DenhamMargaret TyzackA mild-mannered gardener becomes a lovable legend in his town for his talent to romantically please every woman that fancies him.You've always got to watch the quiet ones.
- DirectorGordon HesslerStarsVincent PriceAlister WilliamsonChristopher LeeAristocrat Julian Markham keeps his disfigured brother, Sir Edward, locked in a tower of his house. Sir Edward occasionally escapes and causes havoc around the town.More comedy than horror with the terrible twins Vincent Price and Christopher Lee.
- DirectorPeter MullanStarsDouglas HenshallGary LewisRosemarie StevensonFour siblings gathered together for their mother's funeral in Glasgow face individual torments over night during a tumultuous storm that rips the roof off the church.Nobody wants to outlive their children.
- DirectorHugh HudsonStarsColin FirthRosemary HarrisIrène JacobMemoir of the lives of a family growing up on a post World War I British estate headed up by a strong disciplinarian, her daughter, her inventor husband, their ten year old son and his older sister. Through the household comes a number of suitors hoping to impress the young woman, including an aviator. When the elder woman's son shows up at the estate with his French fiancé, everything gets thrown into turmoil. The young boy takes a sudden interest in her sexual allure and his father is disturbed by his own non-Victorian feelings.Poshly offhand about everything, including the funeral.
- DirectorJohn RobinsStarsBill FraserRaymond HuntleyDavid BattleyThe animosity between two rival undertakers is amplified when drug traffickers attempt to use coffins and hearses to smuggle their wares.Presages Saving Grace.
- DirectorNigel ColeStarsBrenda BlethynCraig FergusonMartin ClunesA small-town English widow, facing financial troubles after her husband's suicide, turns to agriculture of an illegal kind.Classic case of a death setting off a comic adventure.
- DirectorNick HurranStarsBrenda BlethynAlfred MolinaChristopher WalkenA woman, whose husband is cheating on her, and an undertaker, who has been in love with her since their childhood, decide to fake her death so they can be together.Brenda Blethyn, always funny and kind, rolls again. And Christopher Walken puts the "fun" back into funeral.
- DirectorUberto PasoliniStarsEddie MarsanJoanne FroggattKaren DruryA council case worker looks for the relatives of those found dead and alone.In praise of the humble.
- DirectorTony RichardsonStarsRobert MorseJonathan WintersAnjanette ComerSatire on the funeral business, in which a young British poet goes to work at a Hollywood cemetery.The odd star turns (Liberace?) make up for the highly contrived script.
- DirectorArmando IannucciStarsSteve BuscemiSimon Russell BealeJeffrey TamborMoscow, 1953. After being in power for nearly 30 years, Soviet dictator, Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin, takes ill and quickly dies. Now the members of the Council of Ministers scramble for power.Love love love the accents.
- DirectorJames ClavellStarsSidney PoitierJudy GeesonChristian RobertsIdealistic engineer-trainee and his experiences in teaching a group of rambunctious white high school students from the slums of London's East End.Time for a lump in the throat when the teenagers come around at the funeral.
- DirectorDanny BoyleStarsEwan McGregorEwen BremnerJonny Lee MillerRenton, deeply immersed in the Edinburgh drug scene, tries to clean up and get out despite the allure of drugs and the influence of friends.Something to do with toxoplasmosis.
- DirectorOliver ParkerBarnaby ThompsonStarsTalulah RileyRupert EverettGemma ArtertonIn order to save their bankrupt school, a group of troublesome girls stage a robbery with a group of geniuses on their backsThe dog's funeral, while perhaps not central to the story, is a funny tribute to The Italian Job.
- DirectorLewis GilbertStarsJulie WaltersJohn HannahJoanne WhalleyOn the eve of their mother's funeral 3 sisters gather in her bungalow and squabble and bicker over their memories of childhood and reveal that their mother's influence on their lives continues after her death. .Lewis Gilbert's farewell movie.
- DirectorMike NewellStarsHugh GrantAndie MacDowellJames FleetOver the course of five social occasions, a committed bachelor must consider the notion that he may have discovered love.The most famous of the lot. Seems that every Richard Curtis film invokes a funeral: Love Actually, About Time...
- DirectorChanya ButtonStarsSally PhillipsJoe DempsieLaura CarmichaelFollowing the death of their friend, two girls in their late twenties embark on a road trip to spread his ashes. Seph and Alex take turns driving. Dan is in the glove compartment, in tupperware, decreasing in volume as the trip progresses.
- DirectorDavid AttwoodStarsBenedict CumberbatchTom HardyNicola DuffettA writer takes a backwards look at the life of his unlikely friend, Stuart, a homeless alcoholic who experienced a traumatic childhood event.
- DirectorMike LeighStarsTimothy SpallBrenda BlethynPhyllis LoganFollowing the death of her adoptive parents, a successful young black optometrist establishes contact with her biological mother -- a lonely white factory worker living in poverty in East London.
- DirectorMatthew ThompsonStarsThomas GrantAaron Taylor-JohnsonEmma CatherwoodWhen their mother dies, Danny and Jack must fend for themselves. Danny escapes with sex, drugs and music and Jack turns a mannequin into a surrogate parent. Finally, they must come to terms with each other.
- DirectorRobert HamerStarsDennis PriceAlec GuinnessValerie HobsonA distant poor relative of the Duke D'Ascoyne plots to inherit the title by murdering the eight other heirs who stand ahead of him in the line of succession.
- DirectorNiall JohnsonStarsRowan AtkinsonKristin Scott ThomasMaggie SmithA pastor preoccupied with writing the perfect sermon fails to realize that his wife is having an affair, and his children are up to no good.
- DirectorWilliam WylerStarsAudrey HepburnShirley MacLaineJames GarnerA rebellious student at a girls' school accuses two teachers of lesbianism.
- DirectorTom KingsleyWill SharpeStarsChris LanghamSimon AmstellAmanda HadingueAn ordinary British family and their friend are accused of murder when a stranger dies at their dinner table.
- DirectorKen LoachStarsRobert CarlyleEmer McCourtJim R. ColemanThe story of construction-worker Stevie and his unemployed pop-singer girlfriend shows the living conditions of the British poor class.
- DirectorRichard CurtisStarsDomhnall GleesonRachel McAdamsBill NighyAt the age of 21, Tim discovers he can travel in time and change what happens and has happened in his own life. His decision to make his world a better place by getting a girlfriend turns out not to be as easy as you might think.
- DirectorPeter GreenawayStarsBernard HillJoan PlowrightJuliet StevensonThree generations of women share the same problem--marriage woes--and want to put an end to it.
- DirectorTom HunsingerNeil HunterStarsDouglas HenshallTom HollanderBill NighyThree intersecting stories about people whose lives are affected by the death of a gay restaurateur.
- DirectorVito RoccoStarsEddie MarsanEwen BremnerJessica HynesA romantic comedy set in the world of battle re-enactments, about an irresponsible guy who has to shape up in order to win back his wife.
- DirectorJohn SchlesingerStarsTom CourtenayJulie ChristieWilfred PicklesA lazy, irresponsible young clerk (Sir Tom Courtenay) in provincial Northern England lives in his own fantasy world and makes emotionally immature decisions as he alienates friends and family.
- DirectorAlan RickmanStarsPhyllida LawEmma ThompsonSheila ReidA recent widow, who is determined to leave Scotland for Australia with her son, gets an unexpected visit from her aging mother.
- DirectorGuy HamiltonStarsMichael CaineOscar HomolkaPaul HubschmidSent to East Berlin to retrieve a Communist defector, British spy Harry Palmer suspects the situation is not what his superiors believe it to be.
- DirectorPeter CattaneoStarsKristin Scott ThomasSharon HorganEmma LowndesWith their partners away serving in Afghanistan, a group of women on the home front form a choir and quickly find themselves at the center of a media sensation and global movement.
- DirectorTerence FisherStarsPeter CushingChristopher LeeYvonne FurneauxIn 1895, British archaeologists find and open the tomb of Egyptian Princess Ananka with nefarious consequences.
- DirectorGraeme DunlopStarsDavid O'RourkePaula DunnKristopher BlairTwo friends on their way to a funeral suffer a long and tormented journey.
- DirectorCarol ReedStarsLaurence HarveyLee RemickAlan BatesAn Englishman with a grudge against an insurance company for a disallowed claim fakes his own death, but is soon pursued by an insurance investigator.
- DirectorRobert YoungStarsBrian CoxLauren BacallJames FoxA black comedy about an old rogue named Wally, who breaks all the rules to fulfill an old friends dying wish to be buried at sea.
- DirectorSara SugarmanStarsPhil DanielsJamie BlackleyPerry BensonAging rock group use a young fresh faced punk band to front new recordings to fool the music industry.
- DirectorStephen FrearsStarsJudi DenchBob HoskinsChristopher GuestLaura Henderson (Dame Judi Dench) buys an old London theater and opens it up as the Windmill, a performance hall which goes down in history for, amongst other things, its all-nude revues.
- DirectorBaillie WalshStarsDaniel CraigHarry EdenEveA fading Hollywood star looks back at the days of his youth as he returns home from his best friend's funeral.
- DirectorMarc PriceStarsDaisy AitkensCraig RussellPhil DeguaraA negligent father makes an unwelcome appearance at his 9-year-old son's funeral and steals the coffin.
- DirectorNigel ColeStarsHelen MirrenJulie WaltersPenelope WiltonA Women's Institute chapter's fundraising effort for a local hospital by posing nude for a calendar becomes a media sensation.
- DirectorAndy HurstStarsJohn HurtClaire SkinnerRhys IfansA veteran bank robber and his sidekicks plan a heist that goes awry.
- DirectorStephen QuayTimothy QuayWeiser QuayStarsMark RylanceAlice KrigeGottfried JohnA young man goes to a school for servants run by a brother and sister. In the dreamlike and surreal world that he enters, how will his presence impact the people there and possibly even the school itself?
- DirectorRichard Summers-CalvertStarsKate ListerRichard Summers-CalvertTracey Wilkinson'Drive Me to the End' centers around Ryan (Richard Summers-Calvert) and Sunny (Kate Lister), estranged family members who find themselves car-sharing to a funeral in Scotland. With both Ryan dealing with the inevitable death of his mother (Tracey Wilkinson) and Sunny being on the Autism Spectrum, they only have 3 days to feel comfortable in each other's company while feeling comfortable in their own skin. Also starring Claire King, Bryn Hodgen, David Bower and Bhasker Patel.
- DirectorDavid EadyStarsAnthony GreenBrian TylerLeslie PhillipsA gangster's death leads a man to blackmail the deceased's family. The man wants money to save a youth club. He then tries blackmailing a villain's prominent family.