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see all genres ›As with literature, there's no getting around the influence of the British on world cinema, whether in the realm of directors (Alfred Hitchcock, for starters) or stars (from Charles Chaplin to others too numerous to mention). Originally somewhat insular, with the occasional breakout export, it exploded as a major global hub in the 1960s thanks to new generations of gritty realists, experimentalists and prestige costume-drama makers whose legacies remain lively today.
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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
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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
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Forget Me Not
Taking place over twenty four hours, the story centers on Will Fletcher, a passionate musician, and Eve Fisher, a beautiful, free-spirited woman who works in the local bar. Whilst struggling to cope with a tragic secret, Will saves Eve from a drunken customer at closing time and their paths become inextricably linked....Start your free trial to watch
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The Frightened Man
Charles Victor, the owner of a small furniture and antique shop, uses extra cash from handling stolen goods to put his son through Oxford. However, the son gets himself kicked out and comes home to sponge off the old man. The son wants more faster and gets himself involved with some heavy duty bad guys....Start your free trial to watch
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The Gambler and the Lady
A gambling kingpin's goal is to be accepted by high society. He leaves his girlfriend for a socialite, is swindled in a scam, then strong-armed by gangsters and ends up as a hood ornament on his jilted lover's sedan! Peter Jenkins directed THE GAMBLER AND THE LADY for Hammer Films (though it was rumored...Start your free trial to watch
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Girl on a Motorcycle
A wildly sexy time capsule from the swinging sixties, THE GIRL ON A MOTORCYCLE stars Alain Delon and Marianne Faithfull, two actors at the height of their impressive cool, as lovers with a taste for the open road. Faithfull stars as Rebecca, a bored housewife who bolts from her home in the French...Start your free trial to watch
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The Girl Swappers
A free-wheeling Air Force corporal has a series of romantic flings while stationed in England. His love for gambling on the horses lands him in big trouble when he racks up enormous debts. The only way to pay them is to go AWOL but, in doing so, knocks out a sergeant. Believing he killed him, he takes off...Start your free trial to watch
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Glastonbury Fayre
In the summer of 1971 the Glastonbury legend was born when the organizers decided to try and create a festival that would be a forerunner for an "alternative and utopian society." The festival encompassed Midsummer's Day, and in true medieval tradition, the area of Worthy Farm, Pilton was given over to...Start your free trial to watch
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Gorgo
A volcanic eruption in the North Atlantic brings to the surface a 65-foot prehistoric monster. Two treasure divers capture the creature and take him to London where he is put on display in a circus. A scientist is thoughtful enough to point out that the sailors' bonanza is only an infant and that a full-grown specimen would...Start your free trial to watch
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Greek Pete
GREEK PETE gives us a glimpse into the world of Pete, a very popular escort who was voted "Best Escort" at the "World Escort Awards" in Los Angeles in 2008. We meet Pete prior to his fame when he arrives in London with the hope of increasing his business as an escort, always up for it and always horny, a fantasy for those...Start your free trial to watch
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H is for House
Returning to the house in his earlier film WINDOWS, Peter Greenaway demonstrates his love of the English countryside and displays a distinctive (if rare) autobiographical self with H IS FOR HOUSE. Envisioned as a living, breathing dictionary on film, this epistemological survey of the letter “H” represents Greenaway at his...Start your free trial to watch
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Helen
An 18 year old girl named Joy has gone missing. Another girl named Helen is a few weeks away from leaving her care home. Helen is asked to "play" Joy in a police reconstruction that will retrace Joy's last known movements. Joy had everything. A loving family, a boyfriend, a bright future. Helen, parentless, has lived in...Start your free trial to watch
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Honour Thy Father and Thy Mother
Phil Mulloy doesn’t illustrate the Fourth Commandment so much as obliterate it. The parents are pill-popping, cell phone-talking creeps sitting pretty in an oil field. Typical adults in Mulloy’s dystopic universe. Their young son draws his own lesson from their abuse.Start your free trial to watch
