Edward II (1991)
Derek Jarman

England, 1307. After the death of his father, Edward II is proclaimed king and immediately calls back from exile his loyal friend Piers Gaveston...   [More...]

The English Patient (1996)
Anthony Minghella

In Italy towards the end of the World War Two, a Canadian nurse Hana is tending to a disfigured pilot whose aircraft was shot down in North Africa...   [More...]

Fargo (1996)
Joel Coen

Minneapolis car dealer Jerry Lundegaard needs money, badly. In a desperate attempt to save his ailing business he tries to persuade his wealthy father-in-law Wade Gustafson to lend him a large sum of money to secure a real estate deal, but Gustafson is too smart for his son-in-law and refuses to stump up the money...   [More...]

Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)
Mike Newell

Charles is a repressed but attractive 30-something Englishman who appears to be incapable of committing himself to any girl he has a relationship with...   [More...]

The Full Monty (1997)
Peter Cattaneo

Sheffield, England in the mid-1990s. Unable to find work, former steelworker Gaz and his best friend Dave are forced to steal scrap metal so that they can make ends meet...   [More...]

GoldenEye (1995)
Martin Campbell

British agent James Bond is sent to Monte Carlo to tail Xenia Onatopp, a member of the mysterious Janus crime syndicate. Bond fails to prevent Onatopp and her associate General Ourumov from stealing a revolutionary new helicopter which is capable of withstanding an electromagnetic pulse...   [More...]

Hamlet (1996)
Kenneth Branagh

Something is rotten in the state of Denmark. Amid the festivities of a royal wedding and coronation, the Prince Hamlet mourns the death of his father, the former king...   [More...]

Howards End (1992)
James Ivory

England, circa 1910. When Helen Schlegel and Paul Wilcox break off their engagement, it is to the relief of both of their families...   [More...]

The Krays (1990)
Peter Medak

In the 1950s and '60s, Ronnie and Reggie Kray were the most notorious gangland leaders in London. The twins' reign of terror ended in 1968 when they were arrested and convicted of murder...   [More...]

The Madness of King George (1994)
Nicholas Hytner

In 1788, King George III of Great Britain is almost 30 years into his reign but those closest to him have noticed a sudden deterioration in his state of mind...   [More...]

Much Ado About Nothing (1993)
Kenneth Branagh

In Sicily, the nobleman Don Pedro receives a hero's welcome from Leonardo, the Governor of Messina, having thwarted an uprising led by Don John, his bastard half-brother...   [More...]

The Remains of the Day (1993)
James Ivory

Mr James Stevens is the butler at Darlington Hall, one of England's grander stately homes. Recently the Hall has changed hands and Stevens now serves Mr Lewis, a retired American congressman...   [More...]

Riff-Raff (1991)
Ken Loach

After completing a short stretch in prison for theft, young Glaswegian Stevie heads South and finds work on a construction site in London...   [More...]

Shallow Grave (1994)
Danny Boyle

Alex, David and Juliet are three friends who share a roomy flat in a trendy part of Edinburgh. Even though they are all professionals (respectively a journalist, accountant and doctor), they need a fourth flatmate if they are to pay their exorbitant rent...   [More...]

Tea with Mussolini (1999)
Franco Zeffirelli

Florence, Italy, 1935. A group of harmless old English ladies, known by the locals as the Scorpioni, live in happy exile, meeting up to take tea together every afternoon...   [More...]

Topsy-Turvy (1999)
Mike Leigh

In the long hot summer of 1884, the latest Gilbert and Sullivan operetta Princess Ida is proving to be a monumental flop...   [More...]

Trainspotting (1996)
Danny Boyle

Mark Renton is a streetwise Edinburgh lad who chooses drug addiction over an ordinary humdrum life. Not for him the spirit-sapping routine afforded by a job and a normal family life...   [More...]