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Boys in the Island (1989)
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Add to a movie listBoys in the Island is a 1989 Australian film based on the 1958 novel by Chris Koch.
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In the 1950s teenage Frank dreams of leaving Tasmania for Melbourne.Actors
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, 1h44Directed by Tony Richardson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Themes Prison films, Sports films, Athletics films
Actors Tom Courtenay, Michael Redgrave, James Bolam, Ray Austin, John Thaw, James Fox
Rating74%
The film opens with Colin Smith (Tom Courtenay) running, alone, along a bleak country road somewhere in rural England. In a brief voiceover, Colin tells us that running is the way his family has always coped with the world's troubles, but that in the end, the runner is always alone and cut off from spectators, left to deal with life on his own.
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Themes Films about sexuality
Actors Sandrine Bonnaire, Jane March, James Fox, Jean Rochefort, Julian Sands
Rating45%
Finch and March play Thomas and Amanda Murray, a British couple who move to Paris, where Thomas gets a job working at a bank owned by Amanda's father, Arthur (James Fox). Amanda does not like Paris, and returns home to London. Thomas then meets up with a French woman named Katherine (Sandrine Bonnaire), and begins an affair with her.
The Servant (1963)
, 1h56Directed by Joseph Losey
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Romance
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Tony (James Fox), a wealthy young Londoner, hires Hugo Barrett (Dirk Bogarde) as his manservant. Initially, Barrett appears to take easily to his new job, and he and Tony form a quiet bond, retaining their social roles. Relationships begin shifting, however, and they change with the introduction of Susan (Wendy Craig), Tony's girlfriend, who seems to be suspicious of Barrett and to loathe all he represents. Barrett brings Vera (Sarah Miles), whom he presents as his sister, into Tony's household as a maidservant, but it emerges that Vera is actually Barrett's lover. Through Barrett's and Vera's games and machinations, they reverse roles with Tony and Susan; Tony becomes more and more dissipated, sinking further into what he perceives as their level, as the "master" and the "servant" exchange roles. In the final scene, Tony has become wholly dependent on Barrett, and Susan is exiled permanently from the house.
The Golden Bowl (2000)
, 2h6Directed by James Ivory
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality
Actors Kate Beckinsale, James Fox, Anjelica Huston, Nick Nolte, Jeremy Northam, Nickolas Grace
Rating59%
Dignified but impoverished aristocrat Prince Amerigo, whose illustrious Italian family occupies the decaying Palazzo Ugolini in Florence, is engaged to American socialite Maggie Verver. She shares an extremely close relationship with her millionaire father Adam, a retired widowed tycoon living in England who intends to finance the construction of a museum to house his invaluable collection of art and antiquities in an American city.
Up at the Villa (2000)
, 1h55Directed by Philip Haas
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Kristin Scott Thomas, Sean Penn, Anne Bancroft, James Fox, Jeremy Davies, Roger Hammond
Rating59%
The action takes place in the late 1930s. 30-year-old Mary Panton, whose extraordinary beauty has always been one of her greatest assets, has been a widow for one year. Her late husband Matthew, whom she married at 21 because she loved him, turned out to be an alcoholic, a gambler, a womaniser, and a wife-beater. Mary endures all the hardship and pain inflicted on her by her husband (including his having sex with her while drunk). When he drinks and drives, he has a car accident. A few hours later, he dies in Mary's arms. This, she concludes, is a blessing for both of them.
The Lost World (2001)
, 2h25Directed by Stuart Orme
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
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Rating66%
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Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Spy, Crime
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Rating61%
Harry (Sam Douglas), a British arms dealer, is seen in bed with a prostitute named Rena (Shivani Ghai). While toying with Harry's pistol, she unloads it but replaces the magazine. Harry's bodyguard Ewan (Sean Bean), is a British Secret Service Agent. Harry and Ewan travel to a bank, transporting a briefcase of Semtex. The men are followed by two terrorists, Ash (Abhin Galeya) and Ibrahim (Mens-Sana Tamakloe). Ibrahim approaches Harry and Ewan from the top of a staircase, shooting at them. After Ewan is shot by Ash twice, Harry tries to shoot Ash, only to discover there are no bullets in his gun. Ash then kills Harry and takes the briefcase of Semtex. However, Ewan manages to shoot Ash in the arm, but before he can apprehend him Ash returns fire and escapes with the briefcase.
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, 1h33Directed by Richard Ellef Ayoade
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Fantastic, Comedy
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Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Fantasy, Horror
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Rating57%
A Londres, le petit Lucas craint de perdre la vue comme sa mère, et de devenir ainsi la proie d'un sadique qui s'attaque, armé d'un rasoir, aux personnes aveugles.