Arts Council of England

Arts Council of England

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Titles

20 titles
1
Billy Elliot

Billy Elliot

2000 · 1h 50m · Movie

A talented young boy becomes torn between his unexpected love of dance and the disintegration of his family.

7.7
2
An Ideal Husband

An Ideal Husband

1999 · 1h 37m · Movie

London 1895: Cabinet minister, Sir Chiltern, and bachelor, Lord Goring, are victims of scheming women.

6.8
3
Ratcatcher

Ratcatcher

1999 · 1h 34m · Movie

A naïve young lad navigates the dirty squalid streets of 1973 Glasgow and the poor youth around him.

7.5
4
Plunkett & Macleane

Plunkett & Macleane

1999 · 1h 39m · Movie

Two robbers are persecuted by the law, whose servants are not much better and even worse.

6.3
5
The House of Mirth

The House of Mirth

2000 · 2h 15m · Movie

A woman risks losing her chance of happiness with the only man she has ever loved.

7.0
6
Hideous Kinky

Hideous Kinky

1999 · 1h 38m · Movie

Unsatisfied with her life in England, young mother Julia relocates to Morocco with her small daughters, Lucy and Bea. Although the family enjoys various adventures, they struggle to make ends meet.

6.0
7
The Claim

The Claim

2000 · 2h 0m · Movie

A prospector who sold his wife and infant daughter in exchange for a mining claim, tries desperately to win them back as he helps to build the Pacific Railroad with a group of pioneer friends.

6.3
8
Immortality

Immortality

1998 · 1h 38m · Movie

Vampire in London is searching for the ideal woman to redeem him.

6.2
9
A Room for Romeo Brass

A Room for Romeo Brass

1999 · 1h 30m · Movie

After stopping 12 y.o. Romeo and Gavin from being beaten up, Morell drives them home and meets Romeo's adult sister and falls in love. The boys "help" him in his pursuit.

7.5
10
Love's Labour's Lost

Love's Labour's Lost

2000 · 1h 33m · Movie

An update of the classic Shakespeare story, director Kenneth Branagh shot the film like a classic 1930s musical. It tells the story of four best friends who swear off love.

5.9
11
There's Only One Jimmy Grimble

There's Only One Jimmy Grimble

2000 · 1h 46m · Movie

Jimmy Grimble is a shy Manchester school boy. However, through football, and some special boots, he manages to gain the confidence to succeed.

6.6
12
Love and Death on Long Island

Love and Death on Long Island

1998 · 1h 33m · Movie

Giles De'Ath (Sir John Hurt) is a widower who doesn't like anything modern. He goes to movies and falls in love with movie star Ronnie Bostock (Jason Priestly). He then investigates everything about the movie and Ronnie. After tha...

6.9
13
Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon

Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon

1998 · 1h 27m · Movie

Biography of British painter Francis Bacon focuses on his relationship with his lover, George Dyer, a former small time crook.

6.5
14
Beautiful Creatures

Beautiful Creatures

2000 · 1h 26m · Movie

Two girls thrown together by their boyfriends' violence accidentally kill one of them.

5.8
15
Metroland

Metroland

1997 · 1h 41m · Movie

The sudden reappearance of his best friend Toni, after a ten year absence, causes Chris to remember his past, to question some of his lifestyle decisions and to re-evaluate his life and marriage to Marion.

6.3
16
Photographing Fairies

Photographing Fairies

1997 · 1h 46m · Movie

Photographer Charles Castle is dazed with grief after the death of his girlfriend. He goes off to war and works in the trenches as photographer. After the war, still grieving, Charles receives some photographs that claim to be of ...

6.8
17
The Tango Lesson

The Tango Lesson

1997 · 1h 40m · Movie

A scriptwriter comes to Paris to work on her film. There she takes up tango lessons and forms a relationship with the dancer.

6.7
18
Esther Kahn

Esther Kahn

2000 · 2h 37m · Movie

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

6.7
19
Among Giants

Among Giants

1998 · 1h 33m · Movie

A woman drifter finds her soul-mate while working with an all-male crew painting giant electrical-generator towers.

5.9
20
Crimetime

Crimetime

1996 · 1h 58m · Movie

Bobby Mahon is an actor playing a notorious serial killer on prime-time television. The show becomes a hit, which encourages the real-life murderer on whom it's based, to go on a spree to make it on screen.

4.6