Jim Broadbent
Jim Broadbent (born May 24, 1949) is an English actor. He won an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award for his supporting role as John Bayley in the feature film Iris (2001), as well as winning a BAFTA TV Award and a Golden Globe for his leading role as Lord Longford in the television film Longford (2006). Broadbent received four BAFTA Film Award nominations and won for his performance in Moulin Rouge! (2001). He was also nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards and four Screen Actors Guild Awards.
A graduate of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art in 1972, Broadbent first came to prominence in the 1980s, chiefly appearing in television comedy including playing Roy Slater in the BBC sitcom Only Fools and Horses. He appeared in the Terry Gilliam films Time Bandits (1981) and Brazil (1985) before a breakthrough role in Mike Leigh's independent comedy drama Life Is Sweet (1990). His notable film roles since include The Borrowers (1997), Bridget Jones's Diary (2001), The Gathering Storm (2002), Hot Fuzz (2007), Another Year (2010), The Iron Lady (2011), Arthur Christmas (2011), Cloud Atlas (2012) and Brooklyn (2015). He played Horace Slughorn in the Harry Potter film series, Archmaester Ebrose in the seventh season of the television series Game of Thrones and Samuel Gruber in the Paddington film series.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 2.9372 |
| Birthday | 1949-05-24 |
| Place of Birth | Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, UK |
| Also Known As | James "Jim" Broadbent, |
1985
Brazil
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2008
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
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Bridget Jones's Diary
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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
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Around the World in 80 Days
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Moulin Rouge!
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Two Mikes Don't Make a Wright
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2008
Inkheart
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Hot Fuzz
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Vera Drake
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Richard III
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Vanity Fair
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Little Voice
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Iris
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The Borrowers
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Lost and Found
7.8/24
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
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Enchanted April
6.7/74
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Robots
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The Avengers
4.445/765
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Art School Confidential
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Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
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Perrier's Bounty
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Perrier's Bounty
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Valiant
5.572/953
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Nicholas Nickleby
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Longford
6.458/48
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2002
The Gathering Storm
6.6/69
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Life Is Sweet
7/171
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Princess Caraboo
5.4/27
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Einstein and Eddington
6.859/149
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A Sense of History
7.344/32
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2003
Bright Young Things
6.247/93
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2010
Another Year
7/427
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2021
(K)nox: The Rob Knox Story
6/2
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2007
And When Did You Last See Your Father?
6.5/67
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The Magic Roundabout
5.4/171
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Rough Magic
5.5/32
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1999
Topsy-Turvy
6.6/163
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The Good Father
5.4/15
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The Young Victoria
7.171/1056
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2011
Arthur Christmas
6.773/1611
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The Hit
6.452/227
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2011
The Iron Lady
6.359/1852
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1993
Wide-Eyed and Legless
6/1
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Wide-Eyed and Legless
2003
The Young Visiters
5.4/7
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2012
Cloud Atlas
6.893/7421
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Cloud Atlas
2013
Filth
6.843/1867
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Walter
5.444/9
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Paddington in Peru
6.826/645
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2012
Nina Conti: Her Master's Voice
7.4/17
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1985
Silas Marner
5.6/13
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Silas Marner
1988
Blackadder's Christmas Carol
7.6/27
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2023
Blackadder: A Cunning Story
7.5/6
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2013
Closed Circuit
5.899/487
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Closed Circuit
2014
Paddington
7.115/4157
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Paddington
2013
Le Week-End
6.173/142
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Le Week-End
1983
Walter and June
6.5/2
Sequel to the TV film "Walter". In the United States, the two films have been released together on DVD as a package, called "Loving Walter".
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2013
The Phone Call
7.322/73
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The Phone Call
2014
Get Santa
6.102/148
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Get Santa
1991
Nona
0/0
British production of Argentinan Roberto Cossa's play, set in Argentina in 1982. Nona is an elderly woman who is causing a drain on the resources of h...
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Nona
2013
The Harry Hill Movie
4.9/31
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The Harry Hill Movie
2014
Postman Pat: The Movie
5.1/52
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1987
Running Out of Luck
5.8/4
A rock singer goes to Brazil to shoot a video, but winds up getting kidnapped and enduring a number of seemingly bizarre and hilarious events.
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1983
Birth of a Nation
7.5/7
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Birth of a Nation
2023
Call Me Back
0/0
Grace returns home from the funeral of her husband, George accompanied by her daughter, Lucy. Mother and daughter clash, leading Grace to attempt to m...
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Call Me Back
1994
Bullets Over Broadway
7.1/658
After young playwright, David Shayne obtains funding for his play from gangster Nick Valenti, Nick's girlfriend Olive miraculously lands the role of a...
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Bullets Over Broadway
1997
Smilla's Sense of Snow
6.3/254
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Smilla's Sense of Snow
2003
Anna Spud
0/0
Anna Spud is the grumpiest little girl in the world. The prospect of long car journey trapped with her parents sounds 'rubbish'. But along the way, sh...
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Anna Spud
1989
Erik the Viking
5.887/239
Erik the Viking gathers warriors from his village and sets out on a dangerous journey to Valhalla, to ask the gods to end the Age of Ragnorok and allo...
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Erik the Viking
1993
Detectives on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown
0/0
When the lead star of 'The Gourmet Detective' mystery show is mysteriously bumped off. A bunch of various detectives from television shows from the se...
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Detectives on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown
2007
Conclusive: We Made Hot Fuzz
0/1
A documentary about the making of Hot Fuzz.
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Conclusive: We Made Hot Fuzz
1996
The Secret Agent
5.5/43
In 1880s London, pornographic bookseller Verloc is a double agent for the Russian government, providing information to Chief Inspector Heat about a la...
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The Secret Agent
1989
The Hangover
0/0
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Fools
0/0
In 1553, England’s first Queen, Mary I, takes the throne. The country is on the brink of chaos, and ambitious Cardinal Pole plots to secure control. H...
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1987
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
4.589/1382
With global superpowers engaged in an increasingly hostile arms race, Superman leads a crusade to rid the world of nuclear weapons. But Lex Luthor, re...
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Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
1982
Intensive Care
0/0
When Denis Midgley's father is rushed to hospital, Midgley drops everything to be by his side. They've never really got on, so Midgley wants to be sur...
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Intensive Care
1986
The Insurance Man
5.333/6
Franz, a young man, works in a dye factory in Prague. One day he notices a rash-like eczema, growing on his hands. All attempts to treat it with ointm...
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The Insurance Man
2014
Big Game
5.491/1218
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2025
Jay Kelly
6.125/377
Famous movie actor Jay Kelly embarks on a journey of self-discovery, confronting both his past and present, accompanied by his devoted manager, Ron.
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2017
The Sense of an Ending
6.356/218
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2023
2022 Wimbledon Official Film
0/0
A chance to relive the best of the action from Wimbledon 2022 as Novak Djokovic won his fourth consecutive men’s singles title and Elena Rybakina beca...
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2015
Brooklyn
7.306/3226
In 1950s Ireland and New York, young Eilis Lacey has to choose between two men and two countries.
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Brooklyn
2015
The Go-Between
6.818/33
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The Go-Between
1999
Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death
7.4/57
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Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death
2015
The Lady in the Van
6.403/787
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The Lady in the Van
1980
Games Without Frontiers
0/0
Nobody goes to Amsterdam to wander about. It's either the Rijksmuseum or the red light district. On the boat going home, Clive and Stewart admit to no...
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Games Without Frontiers
2016
Bridget Jones's Baby
6.41/3059
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Bridget Jones's Baby
2015
The Weather Inside
4.286/7
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2025
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
6.4/502
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Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
2016
Eddie the Eagle
7.167/2251
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2016
The Legend of Tarzan
5.915/6446
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1982
Uliisses
3.8/5
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2016
Ethel & Ernest
7.46/124
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Tales of the Riverbank
4.6/15
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2017
Paddington 2
7.467/2720
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Pride
6.153/75
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Brambly Hedge: Classic Collection
10/1
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Mike Leigh: Making Plays
8/1
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Black '47
6.557/323
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The One and Only Mike Leigh
9/1
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Tooth
3.8/15
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Time Bandits
6.617/1124
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Birds Like Us
4.1/11
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Birds Like Us
1979
Long Distance Information
0/0
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Breaking Glass
6.8/33
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Vroom
6.063/8
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Vroom
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King Lear
6.064/102
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New Town Utopia
9/2
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2018
King of Thieves
5.545/452
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King of Thieves
2001
The Night Club of Your Dreams: The Making of 'Moulin Rouge'
6.5/8
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Chance Meeting
0/0
Short romance about a man and woman who bump into each other outside the BFI
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Chance Meeting
2002
The King's Beard
6/5
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The King's Beard
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The Passage
6.1/51
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A Boy Called Christmas
7.294/800
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The Duke
6.965/355
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Children In Need 2019: Got It Covered
9/3
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Six Minutes to Midnight
6.152/188
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Dolittle
6.581/3833
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Dolittle
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The Shout
6/125
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Dead on Time
6.5/9
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1980
The Adventures of Frank: Seeds of Ice
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In his further adventures Frank finds success and unhappiness.
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1971
The Go-Between
6.801/153
British teenager Leo Colston spends a summer in the countryside, where he develops a crush on the beautiful young aristocrat Marian. Eager to impress...
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The Go-Between
1993
Prince Cinders
0/0
Fairy-tale fantasy is turned on its head this time, as a fairy godmother in training commits the ultimate faux pas and transforms a handsome young man...
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2023
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
6.619/155
Harold Fry is an unremarkable man who has made mistakes with all the important things: being a husband, a father and a friend. And now, well into his...
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2008
Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments
4.5/2
A countdown of the top 40 "Blackadder" moments chosen by cast and crew members, celebrity fans and 15 genuine Blackadders.
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2022
Charlotte
6.3/27
The true story of Charlotte Salomon, a young German-Jewish painter who comes of age in Berlin on the eve of the Second World War. Fiercely imaginative...
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1991
Happy Feet
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The pupils of the Dora Jackson School of Dancing compete in the 1960 Classical Dance Festival in Scarborough. Fifties rock 'n' roll meets classical ba...
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Happy Feet
1989
7 Deadly Sins: Stage Acting
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A short satirical film devised by and starring Alan Rickman, Jim Broadbent and Alison Steadman about the seven sins of stage acting.
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1982
Our Winnie
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Winnie is a mentally handicapped woman who lives with her elderly mother (Cora) and aunt (Ida). They visit the cemetery where Winnie’s father is burie...
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1996
Brambly Hedge: Autumn Story: Primrose's Stormy Night
0/0
During the harvest season, Lord Woodmouse and Primrose go picking blackberries, while Wilfred looks for adventure by trying to find a creature called...
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2024
An A to Z of Paddington
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Dive deep into the lore and influence of Paddington in this feel-good documentary composed of beautiful illustrations and interviews with famous fans.
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2008
Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga
7.8/11
To mark the 25th anniversary since the first transmission of Blackadder in 1983, the iconic cast of the much-loved sitcom appear together in a documen...
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Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga
1980
The Dogs of War
5.784/160
Mercenary soldiers Jamie and Drew are hired by a large corporation to liberate Zangaro, a small African nation, from an despot. Havoc ensues.
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2014
Asterix: The Mansions of the Gods
6.792/1454
In order to wipe out the Gaulish village by any means necessary, Caesar plans to absorb the villagers into Roman culture by having an estate built nex...
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1985
Picture Friend
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After a drunken woman falls off a bus and is taken to hospital overnight, she starts to have disturbing memories.
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1996
Percy The Park Keeper: One Snowy Night
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It is a freezing day in the park. Soon the snow does begin to fall, and fall very heavily. The weather reports warn of heavy snowfall and strong winds...
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Percy The Park Keeper: One Snowy Night
1997
Percy The Park Keeper: The Secret Path
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Percy is very busy with all his work around the park, and does not have time to play with the animals, who are bored and looking for someone to have f...
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Percy The Park Keeper: The Secret Path
1997
Percy The Park Keeper: The Rescue Party
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Percy is having a day off and is busy making sandwiches for a picnic. The rabbits are frolicking in the park and the youngest is being a bit too reckl...
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Percy The Park Keeper: The Rescue Party
1998
Percy The Park Keeper: After The Storm
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It is a bright Autumn day and all the animals are playing in the fallen leaves which Percy has been trying to sweep up!!! He tries to get them to tidy...
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Asylum
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Asylum
1995
The Last Englishman
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Biopic about a real eccentric ultra-patriotic British army officer and war hero called Lt. Col. Alfred D. Wintle, who fought in both World Wars agains...
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The Last Englishman
1978
The Life Story of Baal
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An adaptation of the first play written by Bertolt Brecht, charting the decline and fall of Baal, a young poet who rejects the norms of society and de...
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The Life Story of Baal
1984
The Man Who Shot Christmas
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A Christmas story set in contemporary London, about a woman, Debbie, who feels threatened by her husband, Koji, the Japanese gangster owner of a Londo...
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2025
What is an Ocean… Reconnecting the Cast and Crew of Cloud Atlas
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A unique feature-length retrospective documentary bringing together the directors, author David Mitchell, and key cast and crew - including Tom Hanks,...
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1985
Happy Families
0/0
Guy Fuddle lives with grandma who's ill and wants to see her granddaughters sent away as kids before dying. Guy searches for his four sisters. When re...
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Dennis
0/0
A British student and a Muscovite poet fall in love in the 1990s.
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1990
Van Gogh
1/2
Linus Roache stars as troubled painter Vincent van Gogh in this drama from the BBC’s Omnibus series. Struggling to make ends meet first as an art deal...
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