BBC Films

Born Equal | United Kingdom
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6.9 (494 votes)
Four characters living in one neighborhood in London - all living dramatically different lives, all of them on the edge - see their stories unfold.

The Hour of The Pig | France| United Kingdom
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6.7 (1801 votes)
Bizarre black comedy about 15th-century Paris lawyer Richard Courtois (Firth) who decides to ply his trade in the country, only to find things stranger than he can imagine. His first case turns out to be defending a pig that's accused of murdering a child. The pig is owned by beautiful gypsy Samira (Annabi), who, the idealistic lawyer finds himself falling in love (or lust) with. A Gothic tale with religion, superstition, power struggles, and ignorance as a backdrop.

Trauma | United Kingdom
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4.7 (3197 votes)
Awaking from a coma to discover his wife has been killed in a car accident, Ben's world may as well have come to an end. A few weeks later, Ben's out of hospital and, attempting to start a new life, he moves home and is befriended by a beautiful young neighbour Charlotte. His life may be turning around but all is not what it seems and, haunted by visions of his dead wife, Ben starts to lose his grip on reality.

Spoonface Steinberg | United Kingdom
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7.3 (18 votes)
Television film version of Lee Hall's award-winning radio play. Spoonface is seven years old, Jewish, autistic - and terminally ill with cancer. As she tries to come to terms with the meaning of life and death, she draws inspiration from the prisoners in the Nazi concentration camps who died with dignity and their spirit unbowed.

Blood | United Kingdom
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6.0 (3785 votes)
Thriller charting the moral collapse of a police family. Two cop brothers, smothered by the shadow of their former police chief father, must investigate a crime they themselves have committed.

The Statement | France| Canada| United Kingdom
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6.2 (4749 votes)
The film is set in France in the 1990s, the French were defeated by the Germans early in World War II, an armistice was signed in 1940 which effectively split France into a German occupied part in the North and a semi-independent part in the south which became known as Vichy France. In reality the Vichy government was a puppet regime controlled by the Germans. Part of the agreement was that the Vichy Government would assist with the 'cleansing' of Jews from France. The Vichy government formed a police force called the Milice, who worked with the Germans...

Brighton Rock | France| United Kingdom
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5.7 (6009 votes)
Charts the headlong fall of Pinkie, a razor-wielding disadvantaged teenager with a religious death wish.

The Sense of an Ending | United Kingdom
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6.3 (5546 votes)
A man becomes haunted by his past and is presented with a mysterious legacy that causes him re-think his current situation in life.

Five Minutes of Heaven | United Kingdom| Ireland
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6.6 (11957 votes)
The story of former UVF member Alistair Little. Twenty-five years after Little killed Joe Griffen's brother, the media arrange an auspicious meeting between the two.

On Chesil Beach | United Kingdom
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6.3 (8384 votes)
In 1962 England, a young couple finds their idyllic romance colliding with issues of sexual freedom and societal pressure, leading to an awkward and fateful wedding night.

Here Before | United Kingdom
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5.8 (1179 votes)
A bereaved mother begins to question her life after new neighbours move in next door.

The Grass Arena | United Kingdom
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8.5 (98 votes)
The Grass Arena is based on the autobiography of John Healy. Raised in an strongly religious family, with an abusive father, John soon learns that he has to defend himself. Growing into adulthood he takes up boxing, but soon falls victim to alcoholism. His boxing career over, John takes to the Grass Arena (the park) where he lives with other alcoholics. Prison time introduces him to a new and unexpected path.

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