United Kingdom
see all genres ›The U.K. comprises four countries: England, Scotland, Wales and (most contentiously) Northern Ireland, each with their own overlapping but distinct film histories.
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Dear Phone
In these thirteen accounts about the uses and misuses of the telephone, Peter Greenaway attempts to thwart and distort the philosophical notion of a “writers cinema” into what is pure Greenaway: teasing, eccentric and delightfully surreal. Featuring the quintessentially English red phone booth in an iconic performance and an...Start your free trial to watch -
Devil Doll
Grab a good seat and don't look away from the stage, for the Great Vorelli (Bryant Haliday) is about to dazzle London with his eerie mixture of hypnotism and ventriloquism. However, there may be something a little too lifelike about his dummy, Hugo, who has the ability to walk across the stage all by himself. Now Vorelli has...Start your free trial to watch
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Down Among the Z Men
An absent minded professor loses a top secret formula in the grocery shop. When it is found by "Bats of the Yard," he proudly attempts to return it to the professor. Crazy comedy ensues. Starring the legendary Goons (Peter Sellers, Spike Milligan, Harry Secombe and Michael Bentine).Start your free trial to watch -
The Draughtsman's Contract
Set in a richly exaggerated 17th-century England, Peter Greenaway’s sumptuous and sensuously charged brainteaser catapulted him to the forefront of international art cinema. Adorned with intricate wordplay, extravagant costumes and opulent photography, Greenaway’s first narrative feature weaves a...Start your free trial to watch
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Dressed to Kill
DRESSED TO KILL awakened memories of the Holmes of literature. Watson refers to the latest edition of The Strand Magazine and its publication of "Scandal in Bohemia." It didn't matter that the original publication of this story took place in 1891, for producer/director Neill always made sure to merge contemporary with the...Start your free trial to watch -
Brian Eno: The Man Who Fell to Earth
Brian Eno: musician, composer, producer, music theorist, singer and visual artist. Probably best known for his early work with Roxy Music, his production duties for U2 and Coldplay and as one of the principal innovators of ambient music. This first-ever documentary film about Eno explores his life, career...Start your free trial to watch -
Evening Land
"In October 1975, I was invited by Stig Björkman, a Swedish filmmaker in charge of production for the Danish Film Institute, to begin research on a feature film which was to be funded chiefly by the Institute and two private producers, Steen Herdel and Ebbe Preisler. Together with Danish director/writer Poul Martinsen and...Start your free trial to watch
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Evidently... John Cooper Clarke
A punk rock film about a punk rock icon. A documentary which records and the celebrates the life and works of 'punk poet' John Cooper Clarke, looking at his life as a poet, a comedian and a recording artist, and revealing how he has remained a significant influence on contemporary culture over four...Start your free trial to watch -
Exodus
In this nightmare vision of the future, a neo-fascist politician clears the streets of immigrants, confining them in a ghetto called Dreamland. But when his adopted son discovers that his real parents are imprisoned refugees, his attempts to help them escape results in a war in which the brutally oppressed resort to brutal...Start your free trial to watch -
Explosion of a Motor Car
It has been claimed that early automobiles were not particularly safe. British director Cecil Hepworth takes such notions to the inevitable extreme. In this case, the explosion is only the beginning. Tragedy follows (with a dose of black humor). This particular version, oddly cropped to lop off to full...Start your free trial to watch
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The Falls
Standing at a pivotal point in his filmography, poised between his earlier, witty shorts and the unique pleasures of his post-DRAUGHTSMAN'S CONTRACT oeuvre, THE FALLS is arguably the most significant film of Peter Greenaway’s prolific career. Shot as a pseudodocumentary, this magnum opus dazzlingly details ninety-two case...Start your free trial to watch -
Fertile Memory
Grandmother Romia fights an unending legal battle with the Zionist authorities who confiscated her ancestral land soon after the Israeli occupation in 1947. With her family scattered all over the globe while she works in an Israeli factory, Romia doggedly maintains a dignity and passion that for her are the difference between...Start your free trial to watch -
The Fiend
There's a sickness in the house on Burbott Road; a sickness not of the body, but of the soul! For several years the sinister Minister (Patrick Magee) and the religious fanatic, Birdy Wemys (Ann Todd) have warped the mind of her psychotic, sexually confused son, Kenny (Tony Beckley). But now Kenny has grown up into a big boy...Start your free trial to watch
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The Flesh and the Fiends
The notorious Burke and Hare, a lowlife duo convicted of robbing graves and murdering sixteen people in 1828 Edinburgh, has inspired numerous film treatments. They've been portrayed by everyone from Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi (in Robert Wise's THE BODY SNATCHERS released in 1945) to Simon Pegg and Andy...Start your free trial to watch -
The Flesh Is Weak
Tony Giani (John Derek, THE TEN COMMANDMENTS) is a handsome pimp who preys on naïve young women who arrive in London looking for fame and fortune. He wines and dines them and gets them a place to stay but soon blackmails them into prostitution. One such girl is pretty Italian Marissa (Milly Vitale) who...Start your free trial to watch -
Flip a Coin
FLIP A COIN, a hip film about modern young Londoners was a hit at the Brooklyn Independent and British Independent Film Festivals. Philip and Casper are two East-London flatmates. The two friends make up a perfect “Swingers” team who shrub aside most important decisions in their lives to focus on womanizing. But when French...Start your free trial to watch



