Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "reference-to-margaret-thatcher"

1. Triangle of Sadness (2022)

R | 147 min | Comedy, Drama

A fashion model celebrity couple join an eventful cruise for the super-rich.

Director: Ruben Östlund | Stars: Thobias Thorwid, Harris Dickinson, Charlbi Dean, Jiannis Moustos

Votes: 179,163

2. Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014)

R | 129 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

A spy organisation recruits a promising street kid into the agency's training program, while a global threat emerges from a twisted tech genius.

Director: Matthew Vaughn | Stars: Colin Firth, Taron Egerton, Samuel L. Jackson, Michael Caine

Votes: 716,819 | Gross: $128.26M

3. Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)

PG-13 | 89 min | Adventure, Comedy

A world-class playboy and part-time secret agent from the 1960s emerges after thirty years in a cryogenic state to battle with his nemesis Dr. Evil.

Director: Jay Roach | Stars: Mike Myers, Elizabeth Hurley, Michael York, Mimi Rogers

Votes: 257,412 | Gross: $53.88M

4. Pride (I) (2014)

R | 119 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

U.K. gay activists work to help miners during their lengthy strike of the National Union of Mineworkers in the summer of 1984.

Director: Matthew Warchus | Stars: Bill Nighy, Imelda Staunton, Dominic West, Paddy Considine

Votes: 61,704

5. The Birdcage (1996)

R | 117 min | Comedy

A gay cabaret owner and his drag queen companion agree to put up a false straight front so that their son can introduce them to his fiancée's right-wing moralistic parents.

Director: Mike Nichols | Stars: Robin Williams, Nathan Lane, Gene Hackman, Dianne Wiest

Votes: 100,799 | Gross: $124.06M

6. 12 Strong (2018)

R | 130 min | Action, Drama, History

12 Strong tells the story of the first Special Forces team deployed to Afghanistan after 9/11; under the leadership of a new captain, the team must work with an Afghan warlord to take down the Taliban.

Director: Nicolai Fuglsig | Stars: Chris Hemsworth, Michael Shannon, Michael Peña, Navid Negahban

Votes: 91,972 | Gross: $45.82M

7. This Is England (2006)

Not Rated | 101 min | Crime, Drama

A young boy becomes friends with a gang of skinheads. Friends soon become like family, and relationships will be pushed to the very limit.

Director: Shane Meadows | Stars: Thomas Turgoose, Stephen Graham, Jo Hartley, Andrew Shim

Votes: 128,806 | Gross: $0.33M

8. A Fish Called Wanda (1988)

R | 108 min | Comedy, Crime

In London, four very different people team up on a jewel heist, then try to double-cross one another for the loot, complicated by their efforts to fool a very proper barrister.

Directors: Charles Crichton, John Cleese | Stars: John Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline, Michael Palin

Votes: 154,052 | Gross: $63.49M

9. Theater Camp (2023)

PG-13 | 92 min | Comedy

The eccentric staff of a rundown theater camp in upstate New York must band together with the beloved founder's bro-y son to keep the camp afloat.

Directors: Molly Gordon, Nick Lieberman | Stars: Ben Platt, Molly Gordon, Noah Galvin, Jimmy Tatro

Votes: 16,275

10. Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues (2013)

PG-13 | 119 min | Comedy

With the 1970s behind him, Ron Burgundy, San Diego's former top-rated newsreader, returns to take New York City's first twenty-four-hour news channel by storm.

Director: Adam McKay | Stars: Will Ferrell, Christina Applegate, Paul Rudd, Steve Carell

Votes: 192,445 | Gross: $127.35M

11. High-Rise (2015)

R | 119 min | Drama, Sci-Fi

Life for the residents of a tower block begins to run out of control.

Director: Ben Wheatley | Stars: Tom Hiddleston, Jeremy Irons, Sienna Miller, Luke Evans

Votes: 45,205 | Gross: $0.34M

12. Breakfast on Pluto (2005)

R | 128 min | Comedy, Drama

In the 1970s, a young trans woman, Patrick "Kitten" Braden, comes of age by leaving her Irish town for London, in part to look for her mother and in part because her gender identity is beyond the town's understanding.

Director: Neil Jordan | Stars: Cillian Murphy, Morgan Jones, Eva Birthistle, Liam Neeson

Votes: 24,566 | Gross: $0.83M

13. Hunger (2008)

Not Rated | 96 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

Irish republican Bobby Sands leads the inmates of a Northern Irish prison in a hunger strike.

Director: Steve McQueen | Stars: Michael Fassbender, Liam Cunningham, Stuart Graham, Laine Megaw

Votes: 73,591 | Gross: $0.15M

14. Mortdecai (2015)

R | 107 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Juggling angry Russians, the British Mi5, and an international terrorist, debonair art dealer and part-time rogue Charlie Mortdecai races to recover a stolen painting rumored to contain a code that leads to lost gold.

Director: David Koepp | Stars: Johnny Depp, Gwyneth Paltrow, Ewan McGregor, Olivia Munn

Votes: 76,896 | Gross: $7.61M

15. The Party (I) (2017)

R | 71 min | Comedy, Drama

Janet hosts a party to celebrate her new promotion, but once the guests arrive, it becomes clear that not everything will be going down as smoothly as the red wine.

Director: Sally Potter | Stars: Timothy Spall, Kristin Scott Thomas, Patricia Clarkson, Bruno Ganz

Votes: 21,056 | Gross: $0.75M

16. The Reckoning (2023)

59 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

The story of Jimmy Savile's life from his working-class roots, to his rise to TV stardom as a BBC presenter, and his later years when he managed to keep his reign of sexual abuse concealed until after his death in 2011.

Stars: Steve Coogan, Mark Stanley, Mark Lewis Jones, Darien

Votes: 3,740

17. 45 Years (2015)

R | 95 min | Drama, Romance

A married couple preparing to celebrate their wedding anniversary receives shattering news that promises to forever change the course of their lives.

Director: Andrew Haigh | Stars: Charlotte Rampling, Tom Courtenay, Geraldine James, Dolly Wells

Votes: 35,169 | Gross: $4.25M

18. Brassed Off (1996)

R | 108 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

The coal mine in a northern English village may be closing, which would also mean the end of the miners' brass band.

Director: Mark Herman | Stars: Pete Postlethwaite, Tara Fitzgerald, Ewan McGregor, Stephen Tompkinson

Votes: 20,955 | Gross: $2.56M

19. Blue Jean (2022)

97 min | Drama, History

In 1988, a closeted teacher is pushed to the brink when a new student threatens to expose her sexuality.

Director: Georgia Oakley | Stars: Rosy McEwen, Kerrie Hayes, Lucy Halliday, Lydia Page

Votes: 4,791

20. The Contender (2000)

R | 126 min | Drama, Thriller

Senator Laine Hanson is a contender for U.S. Vice President, but information and disinformation about her past surfaces that threatens to derail her confirmation.

Director: Rod Lurie | Stars: Joan Allen, Gary Oldman, Jeff Bridges, Christian Slater

Votes: 25,035 | Gross: $17.87M

21. Beyond Borders (2003)

R | 127 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance

The world's cruelty is confronted with the love of two different people who try to save humanity from poverty and war.

Director: Martin Campbell | Stars: Clive Owen, Angelina Jolie, Linus Roache, Teri Polo

Votes: 29,062 | Gross: $4.43M

22. Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland (2023)

Documentary, History, War

Twenty-five years on from a peace agreement being reached, Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland shares intimate, unheard testimonies from all sides of the conflict.

Votes: 935

23. Switching Channels (1988)

PG | 105 min | Comedy, Crime

A television news chief courts his anchorwoman ex-wife with an eleventh-hour story.

Director: Ted Kotcheff | Stars: Kathleen Turner, Burt Reynolds, Christopher Reeve, Ned Beatty

Votes: 4,084 | Gross: $9.13M

24. Hidden Agenda (1990)

R | 108 min | Drama, Thriller

When an American human rights lawyer is assassinated in Belfast, it remains for the man's girlfriend, as well as a tough, no nonsense, police detective to find the truth.

Director: Ken Loach | Stars: Frances McDormand, Maurice Roëves, Robert Patterson, Bernard Bloch

Votes: 4,612 | Gross: $1.03M

25. The Buddha of Suburbia (1993)

222 min | Comedy, Drama

Karim's mother is English and his father is Indian. Therefore Karim has some problems with life in British society which is becoming more and more racist and intolerant; he experiences this especially when he pursues acting.

Stars: Naveen Andrews, Brenda Blethyn, Roshan Seth, David Bamber

Votes: 526

26. The Century of the Self (2002)

59 min | Documentary

A documentary about the rise of psychoanalysis as a powerful means of persuasion for both governments and corporations.

Stars: Adam Curtis, Robert Reich, Ann Bernays, Alfred Pritz

Votes: 6,367

27. High Hopes (1988)

PG | 108 min | Comedy, Drama

The life of a working class couple living in London and their complicated relationships with other members of the family.

Director: Mike Leigh | Stars: Phil Davis, Ruth Sheen, Edna Doré, Philip Jackson

Votes: 5,791 | Gross: $1.19M

28. The Journey (III) (2016)

PG-13 | 94 min | Biography, Drama, History

During the 2006 Northern Ireland peace talks, Sinn Féin leader Martin McGuinness (Colm Meaney) and Democratic Unionist Party leader Ian Paisley (Timothy Spall) are forced to travel by car together.

Director: Nick Hamm | Stars: Timothy Spall, Colm Meaney, John Hurt, Freddie Highmore

Votes: 2,067

29. Wetherby (1985)

R | 102 min | Drama, Mystery

The mysterious death of an enigmatic young man newly arrived in the suburb of Wetherby releases the long-repressed, dark passions of some of its residents.

Director: David Hare | Stars: Vanessa Redgrave, Ian Holm, Judi Dench, Marjorie Yates

Votes: 1,769 | Gross: $1.30M

30. La Flor (2018)

808 min | Drama, Fantasy, Musical

A film in six episodes, connected by the same four actresses, full of various subplots that play with narrative and different cinematic genres , everything structured in an unusual way.

Director: Mariano Llinás | Stars: Elisa Carricajo, Valeria Correa, Pilar Gamboa, Laura Paredes

Votes: 819 | Gross: $0.00M

31. Christian Mingle (2014)

PG | 103 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

A marketing executive tries to find Mr. Right on a Christian dating website. When impressing her dream guy ends in disaster, Gwyneth gets in touch with her spiritual side.

Director: Corbin Bernsen | Stars: Lacey Chabert, Jonathan Patrick Moore, Saidah Arrika Ekulona, Stephen Tobolowsky

Votes: 1,816 | Gross: $0.02M

32. Robin Williams Live on Broadway (2002 TV Special)

TV-MA | 99 min | Documentary, Comedy

The fourth HBO stand-up special by Robin Williams.

Director: Marty Callner | Star: Robin Williams

Votes: 6,296

33. Maradona by Kusturica (2008)

90 min | Documentary, Sport

A documentary on Argentinean soccer star Diego Maradona, regarded by many as the world's greatest modern player.

Director: Emir Kusturica | Stars: Ernesto Cantu, Fidel Castro, Manu Chao, Hugo Chávez

Votes: 6,631

34. La vengeance du serpent à plumes (1984)

105 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime

Law abiding citizen finds out that in his inherited apartment live two charming woman working as professional killers.

Director: Gérard Oury | Stars: Coluche, Maruschka Detmers, Luis Rego, Farid Chopel

Votes: 836

35. The House of Paisley (2023)

Documentary

Biography exploring the life and political career of Reverand Ian Paisley.

Stars: Joanne Crawford, Gerry Adams, David McIlveen, Ivan Foster

Votes: 10

36. AKA (2002)

R | 123 min | Drama, Romance

AKA is the story of a disaffected youth's search for love, status, and identity in late 1970s Britain. 18-year old Dean is handsome and bright, but feels hampered by his working-class ... See full summary »

Director: Duncan Roy | Stars: Matthew Leitch, Diana Quick, George Asprey, Lindsey Coulson

Votes: 1,247

37. The Trap: What Happened to Our Dream of Freedom (2007)

180 min | Documentary

The many ways in which Western notions of personal and political freedom are changing in the 21st Century are explored in this three-part documentary from writer and filmmaker Adam Curtis.

Stars: John Nash, Robert Spitzer, Jerome Wakefield, Paul McHugh

Votes: 2,019

38. World War Three (1998 TV Movie)

94 min | Drama, War

This mock documentary uses archival footage, interviews and reports taken out of context and staged interviews to highlight a possible escalation into a nuclear war. In this feature, ... See full summary »

Director: Robert Stone | Stars: Boris Sichkin, Christoph Gutknecht, Boris Lyoskin, Hans Sievers

Votes: 294

39. Pink Floyd: The Final Cut (1983 Video)

19 min | Short, Music

Longer than a music video, shorter than a feature film, this is essentially a short film version of Pink Floyd's album "The Final Cut". As such, the visual material is much the same as a ... See full summary »

Director: Willie Christie | Stars: Jayne Mansfield, Marilyn Monroe, Alex McAvoy, Roger Waters

Votes: 831

40. Shadow World (2016)

94 min | Documentary

Based on the book of The Shadow World, this feature length documentary is an investigation into the multi-billion dollar international arms trade.

Director: Johan Grimonprez

Votes: 766

41. Heaven's a Drag (1994)

Not Rated | 101 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A twenty-something drag queen dies of A.I.D.S., but when his adoring ghost returns to the side of his surviving lover, he finds his lover doesn't exactly miss him.

Director: Peter Mackenzie Litten | Stars: Ian Williams, Thomas Arklie, Gordon Alexander, Dillie Keane

Votes: 478

42. Catherine Tate's Nan (2014 TV Movie)

35 min | Comedy

Catherine returns with one of her most beloved characters in a full comedy series following the life and hilarious antics of a potty-mouthed granny.

Director: Geoff Posner | Stars: Catherine Tate, Mathew Horne, Ami Metcalf, Niky Wardley

Votes: 266

43. Sus (I) (2010)

91 min | Drama

1979: Election Night - A police interview room. Delroy's pregnant wife has been found dead in a pool of blood and he is brought in as the chief suspect. He is interrogated by D.S. Karn, a ... See full summary »

Director: Robert Heath | Stars: Ralph Brown, Clint Dyer, Rafe Spall, Anjela Lauren Smith

Votes: 436

44. One Last Chance (2004)

96 min | Comedy, Drama

A group of slackers think they have found gold in the Highlands.

Director: Stewart Svaasand | Stars: Bill Armour, Bill Barclay, Jim Byars, Drew Cain

Votes: 238

45. The Living Dead (1995)

176 min | Documentary

Investigating the way politicians erase, rewrite and interpret the past to their own interest.

Star: Adam Curtis

Votes: 359

46. Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics (2010 Video)

Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary, History

The history of the longstanding American comic book company that launched such legendary superhero characters such as Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman.

Director: Mac Carter | Stars: Ryan Reynolds, Paul Levitz, Gerard Jones, Mark Waid

Votes: 1,331

47. Havel (2020)

104 min | Biography, Drama, History

'Havel' covers the Czech president's transformation from playwright to politician

Director: Slávek Horák | Stars: Anna Geislerová, Martin Hofmann, Petra Nesvacilová, Michelle Hansen

Votes: 509

48. Laissez-faire (2015)

80 min | Documentary, History, War

A historical perspective to understand Neoliberalism and to understand why this ideology today so profoundly influences the choices of our governments and our lives.

Director: Ruggero Arenella | Stars: Stefano Accomo, Giovanni Agnelli, Jaime Roldós Aguilera, Salvador Allende

Votes: 14

49. The Specials: Ghost Town (1981 Music Video)

3 min | Music

The video, directed by Barney Bubbles, consists of bass player Horace Panter driving the band around London in a 1962 Vauxhall Cresta, mixed with views of streets and buildings filmed from ... See full summary »

Director: Barney Bubbles | Star: The Specials

Votes: 33

50. Strangeways Riot: 25 Days of Mayhem (2022 TV Special)

88 min | Documentary

The story of the riot and subsequent protest over living conditions that engulfed Manchester's Strangeways Prison in 1990.

Director: Kim Lomax | Stars: Colin Tierney, Kay Burley, Alan Hall, Peter Hancox

Votes: 14