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Enchanted April
1992 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 StarsStifled British wives Lottie (Josie Lawrence) and Rose (Miranda Richardson) rent an Italian villa for a husbandless vacation. Sharing the retreat are acerbic widow Mrs. Fisher (Oscar nominee Joan Plowright) and socialite Caroline (Polly Walker). The four spend a month savoring newfound freedom and the opportunity for self-discovery. Alfred Molina co-stars in this tale of 1920s English manners, based on Elizabeth von Arnim's novel.
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Blackadder: Series 1
1983 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 StarsSet during the really dark part of the Dark Ages (England 1485), Series 1 chronicles the wickedly funny misadventures of the terminally treacherous Edmund, Duke of Edinburgh (alias: The Black Adder).
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Exile
2011 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 Stars&NFb;With his life in ruins after being fired from his London media job, Tom heads to his hometown for the first time in years. There he finds his father in his sister's care and battling Alzheimer's, and determines to solve the mystery of his leaving.&NFb_;
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Nicholas Nickleby
2002 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsLife in 19th-century England deals Nicholas Nickleby a difficult hand when his father dies and Nicholas, his sister and his mother, now penniless, are forced to seek help from his twisted Uncle Ralph, who wants to tear the family apart.
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Exile
2011 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 Stars&NFb;With his life in ruins after being fired from his London media job, Tom heads to his hometown for the first time in years. There he finds his father in his sister's care and battling Alzheimer's, and determines to solve the mystery of his leaving.&NFb_;
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Topsy-Turvy
1999 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsAfter their production of "Princess Ida" tanks, Arthur Sullivan (Allan Corduner) and William Gilbert (Jim Broadbent) start a cold war that threatens to end their long-lasting partnership -- but friends and associates work overtime to bring them back together. The result is their classic play "The Mikado." Mike Leigh's thoughtful musical comedy-drama garnered four Academy Award nominations and won for costume design and makeup.
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Animals United
2010 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsWhen their water disappears, a group of animals in the African savannah sets out on an incredible journey to find a new source. Soon, they discover that humans are hoarding the water to use at a luxury resort.
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Black Adder's A Christmas Carol
1988 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsEdmund Blackadder, a kindly Victorian shopkeeper, flips the script on the holiday classic when a visit from the Spirit of Christmas persuades the merchant to give meanness a try. But he soon learns that ruthlessness comes with its own troubles.
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The Borrowers
1997 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsWhen a corrupt attorney (John Goodman) schemes to destroy the house of the normal-sized Lender family, they and the Clock family, a clan of miniature people who secretly reside in the walls of the house, team up to save their home.
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Richard III
1995 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsIan McKellen stars in the title role in this visually inventive adaptation of Shakespeare's classic drama, which is set in 1930s England after a civil war has torn the country apart and left the people under fascist rule.
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Time Bandits
1981 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsIn director Terry Gilliam's visually outrageous fairy tale, a boy escapes from his gadget-obsessed parents to join a band of time-traveling dwarfs. On their journey, they visit Napoleon, Robin Hood and King Agamemnon, among other notable figures.
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The Crying Game: Collector's Edition
1992 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsTo free their jailed comrade, Irish Republican Army terrorists Fergus (Stephen Rea) and Jude (Miranda Richardson) abduct British soldier Jody (Forest Whitaker), hoping to make a swap. Fergus and Jody bond, and, sensing death in the offing, the prisoner asks his captor to look up Dil (Jaye Davidson), Jody's London paramour. When the IRA's plan backfires, Fergus takes flight, locates Dil, falls into a romance and ... gets the shock of his life.
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The Iron Lady
2011 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsMeryl Streep provides a subtle and nuanced portrait of Margaret Thatcher, the first female prime minister of Britain, whose political career and determination changed the rules that had limited women's opportunities for leadership.
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Little Voice
1998 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsA telephone repairman and a music promoter play second fiddle to Little Voice, a young woman whose beautiful pipes could pack a thousand cabarets. Trouble is, she can only sing along to records in her room.
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Perrier's Bounty
2009 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsWhen a gangster orders his henchmen to collect a debt from small-time crook Michael McCrea, his unstable gal pal accidentally shoots one of the goons during the shakedown and the couple must go on the run -- along with Michael's errant father.
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Erik the Viking
1989 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsErik the Viking is tired of living in the darkness of the Age of Ragnorok, so he begins a quest to ask the gods to bring sunlight to his people. Along the way, he meets scores of colorful characters.
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Vanity Fair
2004 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsIn this sumptuous film version of William Makepeace Thackeray's famous novel, lower-class vixen Becky Sharp uses her good looks and considerable wit to climb her way up the precipitous social ladder of 1820s London.
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The Wedding Gift
1994 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsOriginally airing as part of the BBC's "Screen One" series, this film is based on the true story of Deric (Jim Broadbent) and Diana Longden (Julie Walters), who were faced with the debilitating symptoms of an undefined illness that left Diana unable to function. Suffering from what would become Chronic Fatigue and Immune Dysfunction Syndrome, Diana is a paralytic prone to blackouts who must battle her disease and the public ignorance surrounding it.
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Tales of the Riverbank
2008 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsWashed down the river by a storm, Hammy Hamster, Roderick Rat and GP the Guinea Pig make the long journey home, where even more danger awaits. It seems their riverbank is now the site of the Fat Cats' new Waffle, Marmalade and Doughnut (WMD) factory.
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