British Movie List 2000-2016
British films I'm checking out. I'll rate them as I see them and leave comments where I feel like it.
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- DirectorStephen BrownStarsCiarán HindsSinéad CusackJoe GallagherThe story of a man who returns to the sea where he spent his childhood summers in search of peace following the death of his wife.
- DirectorIain B. MacDonaldStarsAnna FrielRaoul BovaVolker BruchAn ancient scroll is unearthed. A holy secret is revealed. The race to secure the Seal Of Solomon has begun.
- DirectorJohn EyresStarsDudley SuttonTom GeorgesonAnna FrielUpon discovering that their town is up for sale, crafty Irish villagers scheme to raise the money to prevent the buy-out. They hold a poetry contest with a tempting grand prize -- the deed to their local pub. But what could happen when a duplicitous American rapper emerges as the best poet around?
- DirectorDiarmuid LawrenceStarsCharles AitkenPaolo Antonio SimioniBeatrix BiroWhile traveling by train, a young socialite is befriended by a charming yet enigmatic older woman. However, when the woman disappears, the other passengers deny she ever existed.
- DirectorTerry McDonoughStarsDavid BradleyRoss Gurney-RandallRoger MayAn actor tapped by a succession of hard-man roles and a wannabe producer frustrated by the TV industry's glass ceiling find unlikely hope and unexpected challenges in the form of a Saturday tea-time drama, time travel and monsters.
- DirectorTom GreenStarsJohnny HarrisSam KeeleyJoe DempsieMonsters' reign continues to spread throughout the Earth.
- DirectorKeri CollinsStarsRay PanthakiAdeel AkhtarVicky McClureTwo convenience store robbers mess up the crime and end up working there for the rest of the night.
- DirectorSimon AboudStarsTimothy SpallImogen PootsCraig RobertsA romantic thriller set during the armed robbery of one of London's most exclusive jewelers.
- DirectorNoel ClarkeMark DavisStarsEmma RobertsTamsin EgertonOphelia Lovibond4 girls out on a 3 days trip in to 2 cities, if they survive. While Jo is working in a supermarket, her 3 friends are all out on their adventures. A chance encounter with diamond thieves sends them on a collision course with fate itself.
- DirectorLee SalesStarsOphelia LovibondNeil MaskellDiana KentBased on an original screenplay by Director Lee Sales and actors Francis Pope and George Russo, Turnout is set in Hoxton, East London where all 3 grew up. Our story follows George and Sophie, they're saving money to go on their first holiday together, the deposit is paid, and they have two weeks left to pay the outstanding balance of £2,000. Sophie has entrusted George with her holiday savings and is keen to settle the debt with the travel agents. The only trouble is, unbeknown to Sophie, George is flat broke. In a vain attempt to raise cash, George uses Sophie's holiday money to fund an ill judged deal.
- DirectorKatarzyna KlimkiewiczStarsHelen McCroryNajib OudghiriKenneth CranhamA stylish mix of erotic love story and political thriller. Helen McCrory stars as a brilliant aerospace engineer who is drawn into a passionate affair with a younger male student while working on a government contract for an aircraft destined for military use. As the contract deadline nears, her doubts about her new lover mount, and she comes to understand the shadowy sides of her professional career and her personal life.
- DirectorPascal ChaumeilStarsPierce BrosnanToni ColletteImogen PootsFour people meet on New Year's Eve, and form a surrogate family to help one another with the difficulties of their lives.
- DirectorRichard ShepardStarsJude LawRichard E. GrantDemián BichirAfter spending 12 years in prison for keeping his mouth shut, notorious safe-cracker Dom Hemingway is back on the streets of London looking to collect what he's owed.
- DirectorJoanna HoggStarsViv AlbertineLiam GillickTom HiddlestonAn intimate examination of a contemporary artist couple, whose living and working patterns are threatened by the imminent sale of their home.
- 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.
- DirectorNick MurphyStarsPaul BettanyStephen GrahamBrian CoxThriller charting the moral collapse of a police family. Two cop brothers, smothered by the shadow of their former police chief father, must investigate a crime they themselves have committed.
- DirectorHong KhaouStarsPei-Pei ChengBen WhishawAndrew LeungA young man of Chinese-Cambodian descent dies, leaving behind his isolated mother and his 4-year male lover, who grieve but don't speak a lick of each other's language.
- DirectorGuy MyhillStarsLiam WalpolePaul PopplewellSienna GuilloryA long hot summer in rural Norfolk and a rough coming of age for Goob Taylor, fighting with brutal, womanizing stock car racer Gene Womack for his mother's attention, and falling for the exotic charms of a pretty foreign field worker.
- DirectorJules BishopStarsPhil DavisTheo Barklem-BiggsJuliet OldfieldA teenager with the wrong friends and a grumpy old man form an unlikely bond that will help them both find a way out of their respective troubles.
- DirectorDexter FletcherStarsCharlie Creed-MilesWill PoulterSammy WilliamsA street-toughened parolee finds his two boys abandoned by their mum and fending for themselves. Time to step up, or not.
- DirectorAnthony WilcoxStarsCharlie CoxChristian CookeHannah LedererDown-on-his-luck Carter has recently become homeless, single and unemployed. Desperate to win back his ex-girlfriend, he goes off on an adventure throughout London to find her, picking up some odd helpers along the way.
- DirectorMat WhitecrossStarsLuke EvansRay WinstoneJim SturgessStricken with Alzheimer's, Frank (Ray Winstone) is confined to a residential home. One day, James (Jim Sturgess) appears, wanting to re-connect with a father who no longer knows him.
- DirectorJames GriffithsStarsJacob AndersonKevin BishopDarren BoydIt's July 1981 and the Royal Wedding is about to start. In a small Welsh town where her 15-year-old daughter Tammy has organized a street party Linda Caddock, married--when pregnant with Tammy--to wannabe singer and all-around dreamer Johnny and recently made redundant, fears for the future. Neighbour Alan wants her to run off with him, and she's tempted, although he's no more realistic than Johnny. A shocked Tammy, seeing her mother with Alan, offers sex to a visiting disc-jockey, whom Linda sends packing. The next morning, Alan's wife tells Linda that she knows what's going on, the two women bond. Now what decision will Linda make about her future?
- DirectorRowan AthaleStarsIwan RheonLuke TreadawayGerard KearnsA young man recently released from prison recruits his three best friends to rob the local drug kingpin who is responsible for his incarceration. Can he get revenge and win back his fed-up girlfriend?
- DirectorAdam MasonStarsAndrew HowardTess PanzerMatthew RhysA troubled businessman trying to make sense of a life out-of-control, discovers that the man working against him is another side of his own personality. As he fights back against his manipulative alter-ego, murder madness and mayhem ensue.
- DirectorRichard DaleStarsDaniel LapaineJames MarstersAndrew LincolnThe story leading up to the July 20, 1969, Apollo 11 moon landing launch.
- DirectorBenjamin RossStarsAnna Maxwell MartinTessa Peake-JonesClaire BenedictN has been a day patient at north London's Dorothy Fish day hospital for 13 years - her ambition is never to leave. Then she meets glamourous new patient Poppy Shakespeare, an ad agency receptionist convinced she's not mad.
- DirectorOliver ParkerStarsNeve CampbellShirley HendersonAlexandra Maria LaraWhile 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. Starring Neve Campbell and Danny Huston.
- DirectorHattie DaltonStarsTom BurkeBenedict CumberbatchJJ FeildJames and his three closest lifelong friends go on an ill-advised trip to the stunning coastal area of Barafundle Bay in West Wales. What follows is a touching and comical adventure dealing with friendship, heroism and love.
- DirectorNiall MacCormickStarsFelicity JonesJessica Brown FindlaySebastian KochBeth, a bookish teenager, befriends Emilia, an aspiring novelist who has just arrived in town. Emilia soon begins an affair with Beth's father that threatens to have devastating consequences.
- DirectorKarl GoldenStarsHarry TreadawayEmma BoothAli CraigA love story set in the world of obsessive birdwatchers.
- DirectorAndrea ArnoldStarsKatie JarvisMichael FassbenderKierston WareingEverything changes for 15-year-old Mia when her mum brings home a new boyfriend.
- DirectorDavid CronenbergStarsMichael FassbenderKeira KnightleyViggo MortensenA look at how the intense relationship between Carl Jung and Sigmund Freud gives birth to psychoanalysis.
- DirectorBen WheatleyStarsJulian BarrattPeter FerdinandoRichard GloverAmid the Civil War in 17th-century England, a group of deserters flee from battle through an overgrown field. Captured by an alchemist, the men are forced to help him search to find a hidden treasure that he believes is buried in the field.
- DirectorJustin EdgarStarsJamie BlackleySean TealeMike BaileyThree misfits embark on a weekend they will never forget.
- DirectorPaul WrightStarsGeorge MacKayKate DickieNichola BurleyAaron, a young misfit living in a remote Scottish fishing community, is the lone survivor of a strange fishing accident that claimed the lives of five men including his older brother. Spurred on by sea-going folklore and local superstition, the village blames Aaron for this tragedy, making him an outcast amongst his own people. Steadfastly refusing to believe that his brother has died, he sets out to recover him and the rest of men.
- DirectorBen WheatleyStarsNeil MaskellMyAnna BuringHarry SimpsonNearly a year after a botched job, a hitman takes a new assignment with the promise of a big payoff for three killings. What starts off as an easy task soon unravels, sending the killer into the heart of darkness.
- DirectorBen WheatleyStarsRobin HillRobert HillJulia DeakinA crime family looks to unmask the police informant in their midst who threatens to take down their business.
- DirectorSteve BarkerStarsRay StevensonJulian WadhamRichard BrakeIn war-torn Eastern Europe, a mysterious businessman hires a group of mercenaries on a routine mission to protect him not knowing of the long-hidden secret that lies there.
- DirectorBarry BlissStarsPaul McGannSean McConaghyGary KempA talented artist struggles to cope with the pressures leading up to her first solo exhibition.
- DirectorGeorge SluizerStarsRiver PhoenixJudy DavisJonathan PryceDealing with nuclear testing and its deadly effects, the story portrays Boy, a young widower living in the desert on a nuclear testing site. Living as a hermit, he waits for the end of the world.
- DirectorRalph FiennesStarsRalph FiennesFelicity JonesKristin Scott ThomasAt the height of his career, Charles Dickens meets a younger woman who becomes his secret lover until his death.
- DirectorDrake DoremusStarsFelicity JonesGuy PearceMackenzie DavisWhen a foreign exchange student arrives in a small upstate New York town, she challenges the dynamics of her host family's relationships and alters their lives forever.
- StarsRory KinnearCatherine McCormackChristopher EcclestonA two-part drama about infamous aristocrat John Bingham, 7th Earl of Lucan, who mysteriously disappeared in 1974 after being accused of murdering his children's nanny.
- DirectorAisling WalshStarsAlfred MolinaFrancesca AnnisRory KinnearIn 1953, William Barrington-Coupe - known as Barrie - spots concert pianist Joyce Hatto and recognizes her talent. They marry and Barrie becomes Joyce's agent. Joyce makes several records, which achieve some popularity, though stage fright restricts the success of her concert tours. Barrie, still a wheeler-dealer, serves a short prison term for tax evasion. Joyce's career is curtailed by cancer, but many years later, Barrie discovers that there is some interest in her old recordings, which are selling well online. This gives Barrie an idea for a new scam; he will pass off recordings made by other pianists as Joyce's work. Although initially shocked, Joyce goes along with him and is pleased when the critics are fooled. However, there is one suspicious critic. Joyce dies before their deception is exposed. Barry maintains that she knew nothing of the fraud.
- DirectorRufus NorrisStarsCharlie BootyLily JamesTim RothThree suburban English families' lives intertwine with tragic consequences.
- DirectorSimon PhillipsStarsNick NevernKellie ShirleyJenna HarrisonDamien is a London copper with a past he's trying to forget. Before signing up for the force he ran with a football firm, getting involved in tear-ups up and down the country. Now he's on the other side of the law he faces a tough decision: side with his old crew or protect London as it burns and rioters run amok. Brace yourself for a film that packs one hell of a punch.
- DirectorMatthew SavilleStarsJoel EdgertonJai CourtneyTom WilkinsonAn accident involving a young child sets off a chain of events that brings an Australian police officer's world crashing down.
- DirectorDavid KewNeil ThompsonStarsSebastian NanenaBhasker PatelRani MoorthyA teenage boy is gunned down outside a nightclub and a young girl dies in a hit and run in two seemingly unrelated deaths. Deeva Jani, returns home to clear her brother Vipon of the shooting and soon discovers a much deeper conspiracy.
- StarsDavid MorrisseyOlivia ColmanSheridan SmithTwo commuters, Sally and Carl, find themselves involved in a lighthearted tussle for a seat that unexpectedly leads to a budding friendship.
- DirectorMichael WinterbottomStarsShirley HendersonJohn SimmShaun KirkThis film charts the relationship between a man imprisoned for drug smuggling and his wife and is being shot over the course of five years, a few weeks at a time.
- DirectorMike LeighStarsTimothy SpallPaul JessonDorothy AtkinsonAn exploration of the last quarter century of the great, if eccentric, British painter J.M.W. Turner's life.
- DirectorRobert FlorenceStarsRichard RankinLouise StewartKirsty StrainA misogynistic masked killer prepares for the routine slaying of his 27th victim, Anna, in the comfort of his own home. As Anna struggles to break out of the role the killer has chosen for her, the dead women in the walls and floors play a last desperate card.
- DirectorRobert HeathStarsTom KaneLiam BoyleJack GordonYoung British boys and girls travel to an isolated cabin after being promised a night of heavy partying. Instead of the fun they hoped for, they meet a killer out to reap vengeance on them for the death of his brother.
- DirectorJames RouseStarsNed DennehyRichard LumsdenJeremy SwiftFour old school friends reunite to attempt the epic coast to coast walk, across the United Kingdom. As their journey unfolds, this comically incompatible foursome walk full tilt into their mid-life crises.
- DirectorKen LoachStarsBarry WardFrancis MageeAileen HenryDuring the Depression, Jimmy Gralton returns home to Ireland after ten years of exile in America. Seeing the levels of poverty and oppression, the activist in him reawakens and he looks to re-open the dance hall that led to his deportation.
- StarsJosh BoltBrian McCardieLewis RainerStudent Kate Harper returns home for the Christmas break and joins her boyfriend Tom,his brother Brian and friends Rachel,Leah,Ashley and Ethan to go to the pub in two cars. It is a rainy night and,in trying to overtake a lorry,Tom,followed by Ethan,causes a crash. Tom and Leah crawl from the wreckage but not everybody is as lucky. Six months earlier Kate is helping Rachel get over a failed romance,encouraging her to go to the prom. Ashley,nursing an ailing father,helps Tom choose an engagement ring for Kate whilst budding footballer Brian is hoping to be talent-spotted.Kate's parents give a party where Rachel's sister Leah picks up Brian,after which the youngsters go to the prom. Here Rachel gets back with old flame Ethan whilst Kate accepts Tom's marriage proposal. Now Rachel is in a coma and Kate,Ashley and Brian dead. Kate's grieving parents are momentary lifted by the floral tributes brought by friends led by Leah and their memories of their daughter.As Rachel wakes from her coma Tom,riddled with guilt exiles himself from the others and stays away from the funerals,causing Leah to term him a coward. Nine months later Tom and Ethan appear in court but are cleared of causing death by dangerous driving though Tom's mother cannot forgive him and the others reject him. THough still on crutches it is Rachel who welcomes him back into the group as large numbers turn out to remember the deceased on the anniversary of the crash.
- DirectorNihat SevenStarsMatthew ActonJotham AnnanClare-Hope AshiteyTo present five different contemporary stories involving different characters as one feature film. What these stories have in common is their expression of the way relational dysfunction prompts people to enact physical and/or emotional violence against themselves, each other or society. This common theme may be represented by a physical object or act that is not necessarily relevant to the plot, but which serves as a visual metaphor for the challenges facing different characters in different situations, who are confronted by the same problems.
- DirectorSusanna WhiteStarsCarlos AcostaRadivoje BukvicStellan SkarsgårdA couple finds themselves lured into a Russian oligarch's plans to defect, and are soon positioned between the Russian Mafia and the British Secret Service, neither of whom they can trust.
- DirectorDearbhla WalshStarsJames CordenSalo GardnerDustin HoffmanA retired bachelor has a thing for his neighbor who only shows affection to her pet tortoise.
- DirectorOmid NooshinRidoin El AissatiStarsDougray ScottKara TointonIddo GoldbergA small group of everyday passengers on a speeding London commuter train battle their warped driver who has a dark plan for everyone on-board.
- DirectorMichael WinterbottomStarsAva AcresDaniel BrühlKate BeckinsaleBoth a journalist and a documentary filmmaker chase the story of a murder and its prime suspect.
- DirectorMax GiwaDania PasquiniStarsDanny KirraneAnnabel ScholeyGreg WiseAfter a whirlwind romance, Maddie prepares to marry handsome Italian Raf. Unbeknownst to Maddie, Raf is sister Taylor's ex and love of her life.
- DirectorNick WillingStarsOlivia WilliamsMatthew ModineAntonia ClarkeA young family moves to an isolated house which the wife has been hired to restore, only to discover that the previous owner is reputed to have murdered his wife.
- DirectorJohn BoormanStarsCallum TurnerCaleb Landry JonesPat ShorttIn this sequel to Hope and Glory (1987), Bill Rohan has grown up and is drafted into the army, where he and his eccentric best mate, Percy, battle their snooty superiors on the base and look for love in town.
- DirectorAndrew HulmeStarsFrederick SchmidtMartin AskewDavid SpinxDave's a petty criminal living on drugs and violence in London. When his actions kill his best friend, he's propelled into feelings of shame and remorse. Discovering Islam, he begins to find peace but his old life comes back to test him.
- DirectorMike CarterStarsRory FinnDaniel AttwellFiona BruceWith the world on the brink of WWII, a violent rivalry over the same woman tears two brothers apart. Seeking redemption, the younger brother escapes to the front lines of battle.
- DirectorTristan LoraineStarsMarina SirtisStephen TompkinsonBill WardA journalist digs deep into the world of aviation and discovers some uncomfortable truths. And a conspiracy trail dating back to 1954. But why is no one saying anything?
- DirectorGerard JohnsonStarsPeter FerdinandoStephen GrahamNeil MaskellGood policing doesn't necessarily mean doing everything by the book. But as the business of crime in London turns to favour the Albanians and Turks, how does a "good" policeman survive?
- DirectorDebbie Tucker GreenStarsNadine MarshallIdris ElbaKai Francis LewisA look at the life and struggles of a family living in London.
- DirectorRenny HarlinStarsRupert FriendEmmanuelle ChriquiRichard CoyleA drama set centered around the war between Russia and Georgia, and focused on an American journalist, his cameraman, and a Georgian native who become caught in the crossfire.Strong start, then falls apart.
- DirectorJack EveStarsTrevor EveTerry HanlonSharon MaughanThe last three days of a man's life.
- DirectorPaul Andrew WilliamsStarsGeorgina CampbellRoyce PierresonCassie BancroftThe true story of what happens to a teenage girl when she falls in love with the wrong man. The love story turns dark and sinister when the charming stranger seeks to dominate every aspect of the young woman's life.
- DirectorDuane HopkinsStarsGeorge MacKayBen DillowayCharlotte SpencerAfter the tragic death of his mother, a teenage boy turns to a life of crime in order to make ends meet.
- DirectorSean McAllisterStarsTia AlkerdiYara IbrahimFilmed over 5 years, A Syrian Love Story charts an incredible odyssey to political freedom. For Raghda and Amer, it is a journey of hope, dreams and despair: for the revolution, their homeland and each other.
- DirectorAbderrahmane SissakoStarsIbrahim AhmedAbel JafriToulou KikiA cattle herder and his family who reside in the dunes of Timbuktu find their quiet lives -- which are typically free of the Jihadists determined to control their faith -- abruptly disturbed.
- StarsIndira VarmaDervla KirwanHugh BonnevilleWhen three women are brutally murdered in four nights, private detective John Duval, ex-lieutenant commander in Naval Intelligence, finds himself the prime suspect in a police hunt for the sexual killer stalking Portsmouth's silent hours.
- DirectorMat WhitecrossStarsElliott TittensorNico MirallegroAdam LongFive teenage friends will stop at nothing to attend a concert by their favourite band, The Stone Roses.
- DirectorParis LeontiStarsRobert FucillaKirsty MitchellRobert James-CollierAndy Marlow, an ex British S.A.S serviceman turned mercenary, is sent into the Balkans after a military coup has arisen to rescue a U.S ambassador and his aide.
- DirectorJohn RobertsStarsEva BirthistleCharity WakefieldCarlos AcostaTwo Scottish sisters, one a left-wing activist, the other a popular party girl, travel to Cuba to scatter their late father's ashes. In losing and trying to reclaim their father's ashes, the bickering sisters set off on a journey that them takes them through romance, danger, and the discovery of old family secrets.
- DirectorColin KennedyStarsElena AnayaOwen McDonnellElaine M. EllisWhen an encounter with the swinging scene has an unexpected impact on David's impotence, Alice thinks she might have found the solution to all their problems, but the poly-amorous world is a difficult place for a love story to flourish.
- DirectorRick McFarlandStarsRachel Hurd-WoodGunner WrightSuesha RanaWhen Laxmi, headmistress of a small orphanage in Nepal, is visited by a rich socialite attempting to fix her image through charitable acts, a chain of events is set in motion that affects everyone involved.
- DirectorAmma AsanteStarsGugu Mbatha-RawMatthew GoodeEmily WatsonThe biracial daughter, Dido Elizabeth Belle (Gugu Mbatha-Raw), of Royal Navy Captain Sir John Lindsay (Matthew Goode) is raised by aristocratic Great-uncle Lord William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield (Tom Wilkinson) in 18th century England.
- DirectorTze ChunStarsAlice EveBryan CranstonLogan Marshall-GreenA struggling motel owner and her daughter are taken hostage by a nearly blind career criminal to be his eyes as he attempts to retrieve his cash package from a crooked cop.
- DirectorBrian WelshStarsJoanne FroggattMel RaidoChloe Jayne WilkinsonSuzy's a British soldier, born and bred, but fitting back into civilian life after fighting in Iraq isn't easy. Haunted by the responsibility she feels for the death of an Iraqi child, she becomes obsessed with the safety of her own daughter, feeling the need to protect her against a threat that doesn't seem to exist. As Suzy's paranoia builds, her behaviour becomes more and more erratic, until finally, she puts her own child in serious danger.
- DirectorBharat NalluriStarsKit HaringtonPeter FirthJennifer EhleWhen a terrorist escapes custody during a routine handover, Will Holloway must team with disgraced MI5 Intelligence Chief Harry Pearce to track him down before an imminent terrorist attack on London.Also called Spooks: The Greater Good. Just like a long episode of the TV series. And not nearly as good.
- DirectorEran CreevyStarsNicholas HoultFelicity JonesAnthony HopkinsAn American backpacker gets involved with a ring of drug smugglers as their driver, though he winds up on the run from his employers across Cologne high-speed Autobahn.
- DirectorRichard EyreStarsAnthony HopkinsIan McKellenEmily WatsonA drama, based on a successful play, about an aging actor (Sir Anthony Hopkins) and his personal assistant (Sir Ian McKellen).
- DirectorNicholas HytnerStarsMaggie SmithAlex JenningsJim BroadbentA man forms an unexpected bond with a transient woman living in her van that's parked in his driveway.