, 1h35 Directed byRowan Joffé OriginUnited-kingdom GenresDrama, Thriller, Action, Crime, Romance ThemesMedical-themed films, Films about psychiatry ActorsSam Riley, Andrea Riseborough, Andy Serkis, John Hurt, Helen Mirren, Sean Harris Roles Mother Superior Rating57% In 1964, Pinkie Brown, the sociopathic enforcer of a Brighton gang, murders Fred Hale, who has himself killed the gang leader, Kite. Brown befriends Rose, a young waitress who witnessed the gang's activity, to keep an eye on her. She falls in love with him. To prevent her from being compelled to give evidence against him, he marries her. Ida, Rose's employer and a friend of Hale's, takes it upon herself to save the girl from the monster she has married.
, 1h44 Directed byNeil Jordan OriginUnited-kingdom GenresDrama, Thriller, Action, Crime, Romance ThemesFilms about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution ActorsBob Hoskins, Cathy Tyson, Robbie Coltrane, Michael Caine, Clarke Peters, Kate Hardie Roles George's Wife Rating72% George (Hoskins), recently released from prison, is given a job as the driver for a high-class prostitute named Simone (Tyson) by his former boss, Denny Mortwell (Caine). As George and Simone find out more about each other, they form a friendship. Central to this theme is Mortwell's wish for George to find out as much as he can about one of Simone's 'regulars', a wealthy businessman. George helps Simone in her quest to find Cathy (Hardie), an abused friend from her past. This leads to a violent resolution in the seedy underworld.
, 1h30 Directed byMai Zetterling OriginUnited-kingdom GenresDrama ThemesPrison films, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Sexploitation films, Women in prison films ActorsKathy Burke, Eva Mottley, Honey Bane, Dana Gillespie, Pauline Melville, Pam St. Clement Roles Crow Rating56% Two girls escape from an open borstal. Annetta (Chrissie Cotterill) wants to visit her baby daughter who is being raised in a convent. Carol (Amanda York) plans to be recaptured and sent to the closed borstal where her girlfriend Doreen is being held. Carol's plan works, but she is devastated to find that Doreen has a new girlfriend. Doreen and the girlfriend taunt Carol. Annetta is arrested at the convent and sent to the same closed borstal. She assumes Carol "grassed" her up and proceeds to plan her revenge. Inmate Eddie professes her love for Carol and offers protection, so Carol begins a relationship with her. Annetta's constant bullying attempts keep her in solitary confinement. When Eddie is released Carol loses her protection and Annetta plans another attack.
, 1h56 Directed byLindsay Anderson OriginUnited-kingdom GenresDrama, Science fiction, Comedy, Horror ThemesMedical-themed films ActorsMalcolm McDowell, Leonard Rossiter, Fulton Mackay, Joan Plowright, John Moffatt, Robin Askwith Roles Clarissa Rating62% A new wing at Britannia Hospital is to be opened, and the Queen Mother – referred to as HRH – is due to arrive. The administrator of the hospital, Potter (Leonard Rossiter), is confronted with demonstrators protesting against an African dictator who is a VIP patient, striking ancillary workers (opposed to the exotic gastronomic demands of the hospital's private patients) and a less-than-cooperative Professor Millar (Graham Crowden), the head of the new wing. Rather than cancel the royal visit, Potter decides to go out and reason with the protestors. He strikes a deal with the protest leader — the private patients of Britannia Hospital are to be ejected and, in return, the protestors allow a number of ambulances into the hospital. However, unbeknown to the protestors, these ambulances actually contain the Queen Mother and her entourage.
, 1h32 Directed byJohn Mackenzie OriginUnited-kingdom GenresDrama, Thriller, Action, Crime ThemesGangster films ActorsBob Hoskins, Helen Mirren, Bryan Marshall, Derek Thompson, Eddie Constantine, Paul Freeman Roles Dora Rating75% Harold Shand (Bob Hoskins), an old-fashioned London gangster is aspiring to become a legitimate businessman, albeit with the financial support of the American mafia, with a plan to redevelop the (then-abandoned) London Docklands as a venue for a future Olympic Games. The storyline weaves together events and concerns of the late 1970s, including low-level political and police corruption, IRA gun-running, displacement of traditional British industry by property development, UK membership of the EEC, and the free-market economy.
, 2h48 Directed byJohn Schlesinger OriginUnited-kingdom GenresDrama, Historical, Romance ThemesFilms about the labor movement ActorsJulie Christie, Terence Stamp, Peter Finch, Alan Bates, Fiona Walker, Prunella Ransome Roles Mrs. Tall Rating71% Set in the rural West Country in Victorian England, the story features Bathsheba Everdene (Julie Christie), a beautiful, headstrong, independently minded woman who inherits her uncle's farm and decides to manage it herself. This engenders some disapproval from the local farming community. She employs a former neighbour, Gabriel Oak (Alan Bates), to be her shepherd; rejected by her as a suitor, Gabriel lost his own flock of sheep when one of his dogs drove them over a steep cliff. Ignoring Gabriel's love, Bathsheba impulsively sends a valentine to William Boldwood (Peter Finch), a nearby gentleman farmer. When he misinterprets her capriciousness and proposes to her, Bathsheba promises to consider his offer. But she becomes enamoured of Frank Troy (Terence Stamp), a dashing cavalry sergeant.