Call the Midwife (2012)
Adapted by Heidi Thomas from the best-selling memoirs of Jennifer Worth, this drama series is a moving, funny, colorful look at midwifery and family in 1950s East End London. It follows newly qualified midwife Jenny, who joins an eccentric, lovable community of nuns who are nurses at Nonnatus House.
The Devils (1971)
In 17th-century France, Father Urbain Grandier seeks to protect the city of Loudun from the corrupt establishment of Cardinal Richelieu. Hysteria occurs within the city when he is accused of witchcraft by a sexually repressed nun.
Letters to Juliet (2010)
Letters to Juliet (2010) An American girl on vacation in Italy finds an unanswered "letter to Juliet" -- one of thousands of missives left at the fictional lover's Verona courtyard, which are typically answered by the "secretaries of Juliet" -- and she goes on a quest to find the lovers referenced i
If These Walls Could Talk 2 (2000)
If These Walls Could Talk 2 (2000) Semi-follow up of the first
The White Countess (2005)
The White Countess (2005) Shanghai. 1936. Crossroads of the world and into this city of political intrigue comes Sofia, a Russian Countess who, with the remains of her family, has been left stateless by the Revolution. Forced by her reduced circumstances to support herself and her family as a bar-gi
A Quiet Place in the Country (1968)
A Quiet Place in the Country (1968) Renowned painter Leonardo Ferri, whose works have a standard price set by the market, and his girlfriend Flavia live together in his studio in Milan. He has not completed any paintings in two months as he slowly goes mad. His mental issues, about which Flavia is a
Wilde (1997)
Wilde (1997) The story of Oscar Wilde, genius, poet, playwright and the First Modern Man. The self-realization of his homosexuality caused Wilde enormous torment as he juggled marriage, fatherhood and responsibility with his obsessive love for Lord Alfred Douglas, nicknamed Bosie. After legal action
The Whistleblower (2010)
The Whistleblower (2010) Inspired by true events, Kathy (Rachel Weisz) is an American police officer who takes a job working as a peacekeeper in post-war Bosnia. Her expectations of helping to rebuild a devastated country are dashed when she uncovers a dangerous reality of corruption, cover-up and i
Julia (1977)
Julia (1977) This Oscar-winning drama, based on the writing of Lillian Hellman, depicts the relationship between two friends and its unexpected consequences. After Lillian, a renowned playwright, reunites in Russia with her childhood playmate Julia, the writer is recruited to smuggle funds into Germ
The Sailor from Gibraltar (1967)
The Sailor from Gibraltar (1967) Alan, after quarreling with his girlfriend Sheila, becomes intrigued by Anna, a mysterious widow who's searching for a sailor she had known many years before. Alan and Anna begin the search on board a yacht bound for Greece, but they don't find the sailor. After a st
The Lost Girls (2022)
The Lost Girls 2022 Like her grandmother and her mother Jane before her, Wendy must escape Pans hold on her and the promise he wants her to keep As her daughter Berry comes into Pans orbit, Wendy must fight to save her relationship with her daughter while reconciling her legacy
Jack and the Beanstalk The Real Story (2001)
Jack and the Beanstalk The Real Story 2001 Jack Robinson is a wealthy business man with no time for anything but work However, a family curse is looming over him, no man in the Robinson line ever lives past the age of thirty With his upcoming birthday appears the remains of literally giant skeleton
Isadora (1968)
A biography of the dancer Isadora Duncan, the 1920s dancer who forever changed people's ideas of ballet. Her nude, semi-nude, and pro-Soviet dance projects as well as her attitudes on free ...
The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968)
The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968) A chronicle of events that led to the British involvement in the Crimean War against Russia and which led to the siege of Sevastopol and the fierce Battle of Balaclava on October 25, 1854 which climaxed with the heroic, but near-disastrous cavalry charge made b
Howards End (1992)
A businessman thwarts his wife's bequest of an estate to another woman.
Camelot (1967)
Camelot (1967) The story of the marriage of England's King Arthur to Guinevere is played out amid the pagentry of Camelot. The plot of illegitimate Modred to gain the throne and Guinevere's growing attachment to Sir Lancelot, whom she at first abhors, threaten to topple Arthur and destroy his "
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1991)
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1991) An elderly, bedridden former movie star is "cared for" by her sister, who hates her and keeps her a virtual prisoner in the family mansion.
Wetherby (1985)
Wetherby (1985) The mysterious death of an enigmatic young man newly arrived in the suburb of Wetherby releases the long-repressed, dark passions of some of its residents.
The Fever (2004)
The Fever (2004) Tells the story of a woman who gets involved in politics with no previous contact with world events.
Mary, Queen of Scots (1971)
Mary, Queen of Scots (1971) Mary Stuart, named Queen of Scotland when she was six days old, is the last Roman Catholic ruler of Scotland. Her cousin Elizabeth Tudor, Queen of England and her arch adversary, has her imprisoned at age 23. Nineteen years later, Mary is executed, removing the last threa
BlowUp (1966)
BlowUp (1966) A successful mod photographer in London whose world is bounded by fashion, pop music, marijuana, and easy sex, feels his life is boring and despairing. Then he meets a mysterious beauty, and also notices something frightfully suspicious on one of his photographs of her taken in a park.
Evening (2007)
Evening (2007) The love which binds mother and daughter -- seen through the prism of one mother's life as it crests with optimism, navigates a turning point, and ebbs to its close. Overcome by the power of memory, Ann Lord reveals a long-held secret to her concerned daughters; Constance, a content w
Mrs Dalloway (1997)
London, summer 1923. Clarissa, MP Richard Dalloway's wife, sets out on a beautiful morning; she's shopping for flowers for her party that evening. At the same time Septimus Warren Smith, a young man who survived the battlefields of Europe, is suffering from a nightmarish delayed-onset form of shell-
The Bostonians (1984)
The Bostonians (1984) 19th-century Boston woman dedicated to the suffrage movement, meets a faith healer's daughter, a Mississippi lawyer also has eyes for the young woman.
The Gathering Storm (2002)
In the 1930s, Winston Churchill was out of government, sitting as a backbench MP. His was a lonely voice warning about German rearmament and the coming of a second major war on the Continent. He lost a great deal of money in the Wall Street crash and now writes a biography of his ancestor the Duke
Bear Island (1979)
Bear Island (1979) A group of people converge on a barren Arctic island. They have their reasons for being there but when a series of mysterious accidents and murders take place, a whole lot of darker motives become apparent. Could the fortune in buried Nazi gold be the key to the mystery? Donald Su
Georgetown (2019)
Georgetown (2019) Ulrich Mott, an ambitious social climber, marries a wealthy widow in Washington D.C. in order to mix with powerful political players.
Yanks (1979)
Yanks (1979) During WWII, the United States set up army bases in Great Britain as part of the war effort. Against their proper sensibilities, many of the Brits don't much like the brash Yanks, especially when it comes to the G.I.s making advances on the lonely British girls, some whose boyfriends ar
Steaming (1985)
Steaming (1985) Three female frequenters of a steam room decide to fight its closure.
A Month by the Lake (1995)
A Month by the Lake (1995) For 16 years Miss Bentley has been spending April at an elegant hillside villa on Lake Como. This year, 1937, her London society artist father has recently died and the only other English-speaking guests are brash Americans. Then Major Wilshaw arrives. He suggests they mee
The Last Will and Testament of Rosalind Leigh (2012)
The Last Will and Testament of Rosalind Leigh (2012) An antiques collector inherits a house from his estranged mother only to discover that she had been living in a shrine devoted to a mysterious cult. Soon, he comes to suspect that his mothers oppressive spirit still lingers within her home and is
Prick Up Your Ears (1987)
This film is the story of the spectacular life and violent death of British playwright Joe Orton. In his teens, Orton is befriended by the older, more reserved Kenneth Halliwell, and while ...
Capital in the TwentyFirst Century (2019)
Capital in the TwentyFirst Century (2019) Adapting one of the most groundbreaking and powerful books of our time, Capital in the 21st Century is an eye-opening journey through wealth and power, that breaks the popular assumption ...
The Locket (2002)
The Locket (2002) A young man taking care of his dying mother is distraught and grief-stricken when she finally passes away. On the advice of his doctor, he takes a job in an upscale nursing home, and is assigned to take care of an elderly woman named Esther. At first Esther is a bitter, angry woman
Morgan! (1966)
Morgan! (1966) After his wife leaves him for his former best friend, a failed London artist begins his descent into madness in trying to win her back.
Playing for Time (1980)
Playing for Time (1980) In World War II, the Jewish French musician and cabaret singer Fania Fenelon Goldstein is sent by the Nazis from Paris to the Auschwitz Concentration Camp. The guards take her clothing and luggage and they cut her hair very short. One day, when she is very weak, she hears som
The SevenPerCent Solution (1976)
The SevenPerCent Solution (1976) Concerned about his friend's cocaine use, Dr. Watson tricks Sherlock Holmes into travelling to Vienna, where Holmes enters the care of Sigmund Freud. Freud attemts to solve the mysteries of Holmes' subconscious, while Holmes devotes himself to solving a mystery invol
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe (1991)
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe 1991 A tangled triangle In the rural South of the early 20th century, Miss Amelia is the town eccentric, selling corn liquor and dispensing medicine She takes in her half sisters son, a diminutive crook back named Lymon He suggests they open a cafe in the downstairs of her
The Aspern Papers (2018)
The Aspern Papers (2018) A young writer tries to obtain romance letters a poet sent to his mistress.
Anonymous (2011)
Anonymous 2011 Edward De Vere, Earl of Oxford, is presented as the real author of Shakespeares works Edwards life is followed through flashbacks from a young child, through to the end of his life He is portrayed as a child prodigy who writes and performs A Midsummer Nights Dream for a young Elizabet
Mrs. Lowry and Son (2019)
Mrs. Lowry and Son (2019) A portrait of the artist L.S. Lowry and the relationship with his mother, who tries to dissuade him from pursuing his passion.
On Our Way (2021)
On Our Way 2021 A troubled young filmmaker battles a dark voice inside his head can a mysterious muse illuminate his way out of it
The Sea Gull (1968)
The Sea Gull 1968 Aging actress Irina Arkadina pays summer visits to her brother Pjotr Nikolayevich Sorin and her son Konstantin on a country estate On one occasion, she brings along Boris Trigorin, a successful novelist Nina, a free and innocent girl on a neighboring estate, falls in love with Trig