Arts Council of England Popular Movie

County Durham, England, 1984. The miners' strike has started and the police have started coming up from Bethnal Green, starting a class war with the...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Jamie Bell

Will Plunkett and Captain James Macleane, two men from different ends of the social spectrum in 18th-century England, enter a gentlemen's agreement:...

Genre: Action

Cast: Jonny Lee Miller

Steven spends his school days longing for all-star athlete John. But John has a gorgeous girlfriend, and Steven is still in the closet. Steven's sole...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ben Silverstone

In 1972, disenchanted about the dreary conventions of English life, 25-year-old Julia heads for Morocco with her daughters, six-year-old Lucy and...

Genre: Romance

Cast: Kate Winslet

In early 20th century New York City, an impoverished socialite desperately seeks a suitable husband as she gradually finds herself betrayed by her...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Gillian Anderson

Sir Robert Chiltern is a successful government minister, well-off and with a loving wife. All this is threatened when Mrs Cheveley appears in London...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Cate Blanchett

Jimmy Grimble is a shy Manchester school boy. At school he is constantly being bullied by the other kids, and at home he has to face his mother's new...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Lewis McKenzie

Photographer Charles Castle is numbed with grief following the death of his beautiful bride. He goes off to war, working in the trenches as a...

Genre: Mystery

Cast: Toby Stephens

A prospector sells his wife and daughter to another gold miner for the rights to a gold mine. Twenty years later, the prospector is a wealthy man who...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Peter Mullan

When Petula and Dorothy cover up the accidental murder of one jerk boyfriend, they hatch a hilarious scheme to collect a huge ransom.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Rachel Weisz

When the father of privileged Rosina da Silva violently dies, she decides to pass herself off as a gentile and finds employment with a family in...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Minnie Driver

The King of Navarre and his three companions swear a very public oath to study together and to renounce women for three years. Their honour is...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Kenneth Branagh

Two con artists hire an unwitting medical-school student as a secretary for their latest scam.

Genre: Crime

Cast: Dan Futterman

James Gillespie is 12 years old. The world he knew is changing. Haunted by a secret, he has become a stranger in his own family. He is drawn to the...

Genre: Drama

Cast: William Eadie

Curmudgeonly author Giles De'Ath, a widower with a marked distaste for modern popular culture, attempts to buy a ticket for a film adaptation of an...

Genre: Drama

Cast: John Hurt

It's 1976, and Vinny is a confused teenager who can't decide whether he is a disco king or a proto punk rocker.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Tom Courtenay

In late-1970s suburban London, Chris and Marion have settled into a comfortable yet all-too-predictable middle-class existence. Chris receives an...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Christian Bale

On a trip to Paris Sally meets Pablo, a tango dancer. He starts teaching her to dance then she returns to London to work on some "projects". She...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Sally Potter

A Jewish girl in 19th century London dreams of becoming a stage actress.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Summer Phoenix

The story is set in late 19th century rural corner of South England. The daughter of timber merchant Melbury, Grace, returns to the town after...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Rufus Sewell