Drama

Brexit: The Uncivil War | United Kingdom
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7.0 (11026 votes)
Political strategist Dominic Cummings leads a popular but controversial campaign to convince British voters to leave the European Union from 2015 up until the present day.

Sherlock: The Final Problem | United Kingdom
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8.3 (23506 votes)
Long buried secrets finally come to light as someone has been playing a very long game indeed. Sherlock and John face their greatest ever challenge. Is the game finally over?

The Child in Time | United Kingdom
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6.0 (3854 votes)
A successful writer of children's books, Stephen Lewis is confronted with the unthinkable—he loses his only child, four-year-old Kate, in a supermarket. In one horrifying moment that replays itself over the years that follow, Stephen realises his daughter is gone. Kate's absence sets Stephen and his wife on diverging paths as both struggle with an all-consuming grief.

National Theatre Live: Hamlet | United Kingdom
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8.5 (1803 votes)
Benedict Cumberbatch (BBC’s Sherlock, Doctor Strange) plays the title role of Shakespeare’s great tragedy. Now seen by over 900,000 people worldwide, the original broadcast returns to international cinemas to mark National Theatre Live’s 10th birthday. As a country arms itself for war, a family tears itself apart. Forced to avenge his father’s death but paralysed by the task ahead, Hamlet rages against the impossibility of his predicament, threatening both his sanity and the security of the state.

National Theatre Live: Frankenstein | United Kingdom
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8.6 (3891 votes)
Childlike in his innocence but grotesque in form, Frankenstein’s bewildered creature is cast out into a hostile universe by his horror-struck maker. Meeting with cruelty wherever he goes, the friendless Creature, increasingly desperate and vengeful, determines to track down his creator and strike a terrifying deal. Urgent concerns of scientific responsibility, parental neglect, cognitive development and the nature of good and evil are embedded within this thrilling and deeply disturbing classic gothic tale.

Burlesque Fairytales | United Kingdom
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6 (214 votes)
A fairytale thriller film set one night in a 1930's London theatre where all is not what it seems.

Wreckers | United Kingdom
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6.0 (2652 votes)
A married couple move back to his childhood village to start a family but a surprise visit from the husband's brother ignites sibling rivalry and exposes the lies embedded in the couple's relationship.

Hawking | United Kingdom
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7.6 (5496 votes)
The story of Professor Stephen Hawking's early years. It is 1963, and our young cosmologist celebrates his 21st birthday. At the party is a new friend, Jane Wilde - there is a strong attraction between the two. Jane is intrigued by Stephen's talk of stars and the Universe. But she realises that there is something very wrong when Stephen suddenly finds that he is unable to stand up.

A Woman of No Importance
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The story of American spy, Virginia Hall, who worked for the British intelligence during World War II.

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A remarried widow is given an unusual offer to relive her first love as the end of her life draws closer.

Crossed Wires | New Zealand
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5.5 (19 votes)
A misunderstanding leads to sombre consequences as two flatmates recall very different turns of event from the previous night.

Lady Godiva of Coventry | United States of America
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5.6 (615 votes)
Fictionalized account of events leading up the famous nude ride (alas, her hair covers everything) of the militant Saxon lady.

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