Biography: Antony Sher |
Cast: Colm Meaney Imelda Staunton
Tags: Black Comedy Comedy
Length: 106min
Death gives two men a new lease on life in this dark comedy from the UK. Paul Callow (Mackenzie Crook) makes his living driving a subway train in London, though he'd like nothing more than to be able to quit his job, move to Scotland and devote his...
Cast: Stellan Skarsgård Stephen Dillane Rupert Graves
Tags: Message Movie Drama Religious Drama
Length: 85min
In a universe presumably ruled by a benevolent, all-powerful God, how can events such as the Holocaust possibly come to pass? This is the question posed by a group of inmates in Auschwitz, the Third Reich's most notorious death camp, in this...
Cast: Derek Jacobi
Tags: Drama Courtroom Drama
Length: 284min
First telecast in the U.K. on February 17, 2002, the five-part British miniseries The Jury probes the workings of justice from the viewpoint of the 12 men and women chosen to determine the fate of a Sikh teenager, accused of murdering a white...
Cast: Judi Dench John Madden Billy Connolly
Tags: Period Film Drama Historical Film Romantic Drama Romance British Empire Film
Length: 103min
The ruler of England discovers the value of common friendship in this historical drama. After the death of her husband Prince Albert, Queen Victoria (Judi Dench) is despondent, and she remains in mourning for two years after Albert's passing. When one...
Cast: Terry Jones Eric Idle Nicol Williamson John Cleese Stephen Fry
Tags: Slapstick Children's Fantasy Comedy Family
Length: 90min
Former Monty Python members Terry Jones, Eric Idle, John Cleese, and Michael Palin were reunited by director Jones for this live-action adaptation of the 1908 children's fantasy classic by Kenneth Grahame (1859-1932). The actors have only slight...
The Young Poisoner's Handbook (1995)
Tags: Black Comedy Comedy Drama Crime True Crime
Length: 106min
Based on the true story of Graham Young, a young British psychopath of the 1970s, this is the offbeat feature film debut of writer-director Benjamin Ross. Hugh O'Conor plays Young, who narrates the story in a sullen voice-over. He is an isolated,...
Cast: Diana Rigg
Tags: Detective Film Fantasy Comedy Comedy Drama Black Comedy
Length: 79min
Many years before, police commissioner Otto Schatz (Robert Lindsay) was an ardent participant in the Nazi experience, and he still cherishes a profound (and secret) affection for Hitler. Now it is 1958, and all that is over and done with. He just does...
Cast: Patrick Macnee Philip Saville Billie Whitelaw Roger Deakins Katherine Helmond
Tags: Black Comedy Comedy Thriller
Length: 90min
This surreal British black comedy tells the tale of poor Oliver Shadey, a mechanic who longs to become a woman but lacks the money for the operation. Oliver is a talented lad and has the rare ability to read the minds of people and put their thought...
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