Tom Hooper

The Damned United (2009)

Cast: Colm Meaney Jim Broadbent   

Tags: Sports Drama Drama Period Film 

Length: 98min

The creators of such docudramas as The Queen and Frost/Nixon re-team for this period sports chronicle, set in 1974. In England, the Leeds United players retain a status as the preeminent champions of their football league. Unfortunately, the manager...

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John Adams (2008)

Cast: Laura Linney Tom Hanks Tom Wilkinson Danny Huston David Morse Paul Giamatti   

Tags: Period Film Biopic Historical Film 

Length: 501min

Emmy Award-winning director Tom Hopper takes the helm for this epic, seven-part miniseries produced by Playtone's Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman, and presenting American history as seen from the perspective of fiercely independent founding father John...

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Longford (2007)

Cast: Samantha Morton Andy Serkis Lindsay Duncan   

Tags: Religious Drama Drama Biopic 

Length: 88min

Academy-award-winning actor Jim Broadbent portrays controversial British campaigner Lord Longford in this iopic that details the former government minister and then-House of Lords leader's notorious encounter with infamous Moors Murderer Myra Hindley...

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Elizabeth I (2006)

Cast: Jeremy Irons Hugh Dancy Ian McDiarmid   

Tags: Historical Epic Epic 

Length: 240min

Elizabeth I stars Helen Mirren as the famous monarch who often frightened her subjects with he ability to change emotions on a dime. In addition to facing a variety of political problems, the film charts some of the major relationships in her life....

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Red Dust (2004)

Cast: Hilary Swank   

Tags: Drama Political Drama 

Length: 110min

A dedicated human rights lawyer and a political activist who suffered at the hands of South African police officer with no regard for human life finds that the only thing more dangerous than standing up for your beliefs is the discovery of the truth...

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Prime Suspect 6 (2003)

Cast: Helen Mirren Oleg Menshikov   

Tags: Drama Mystery Police Detective Film 

Length: 240min

The murder of an undocumented immigrant worker leads London detective Jane Tennison (Helen Mirren) to Bosnia and back in the sixth installment of the BBC crime drama Prime Suspect. Now a high-ranking official in London's police force and crankily...

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Love in a Cold Climate (2001)

Cast: Alan Bates   

Tags: Period Film Drama 

Length: 150min

The first British TV version of Nancy Mitford's autobiographical novel -Love in a Cold Climate was telecast in seven hour-long installments in 1980. This 2001 version attempted to crystallize Mitford's long and labyrinthine narrative into a mere 150...

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