Judi Dench
2) Mrs. Brown
Author
Language
English
Description
Queen Victoria was the world's most powerful woman. John Brown looked after her horses. Yet when circumstances brought them together, the result was a passionate friendship that scandalized a nation.
Author
Language
English
Description
Two aging spinster sisters have their peaceable Cornwall existence disrupted in 1936 when they take a young Polish violinist into their care. After a particularly violent storm, Ursula and Janet Widington awake to find young man Andrea half-drowned and badly injured on the beach. They slowly discover that he is a Polish Jew with a gift for music as an accomplished violinist, hoping to find his way to America. But the village isn't used to visitors...
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainemnt
Pub. Date
c1999
Language
English
Description
A story about a group of British and American travelers on an indefinite visit to Italy in 1935, and their initial response to the rise of fascism is to arrange a polite meeting with Mussolini to make sure he and his soldiers mean well.
9) Philomena
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
A world-weary political journalist picks up the story of a woman's search for her son, who was taken away from her decades ago after she became pregnant and was forced to live in a convent.
10) Chocolat
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2001], c2000
Language
English
Description
When a single mother and her young daughter move to rural France and open a chocolate shop - with Sunday hours - across the street from the local church, they are met with some resistance from the rigidly moral community. But as soon as the townspeople discover their delicious products, their attitudes begin to change.
11) Iris
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Adapted from the memoirs of literary critic John Bayley, the film recounts his courtship of and long marriage to British novelist Iris Murdoch. The scenario tacks back and forth from the young Iris--ready to seduce one and all with her coy command of words and sex appeal--to the elder Iris--slowly giving way to the cruel erasure of Alzheimer's.
13) Casino Royale
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007, c2006
Language
English
Description
James Bond's first mission as a '00' agent takes him around the world, tracking terrorists and the bankers who support them.
Publisher
Vision Films
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
A love letter to all things great and British from their castles, Shakespeare, aristocrats and classic cars to quirky traditions and self-deprecating sense of humor. Did you know that the Queen’s Buckingham Palace isn’t even the largest in England or that the Mad Hatter from Alice in Wonderland is based on a real person? There’s so much to discover. Welcome to being QUINTESSENTIALLY BRITISH.
19) Mrs. Brown
Publisher
BBC Studios
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Dramatisation of one of history's most unusual love stories. Queen Victoria is grieving over her husband's death and finds herself unable to carry out public duties. John Brown is summoned from Balmoral to walk the Queen's pony in the hope that she will start to become herself again. The confident Highlander displays a distinct lack of respect for court protocol and quickly becomes the Queen's most trusted companion.
Publisher
Zeitgeist Films
Pub. Date
1985.
Language
English
Description
"My most austere work, but also the closest to my heart." So Derek Jarman described THE ANGELIC CONVERSATION, his lyrical celebration of gay love set within the context of a series of Shakespeare's sonnets. Ethereal Super-8 images slowed to a magical, meditative pace follow the love affair between two men, as Dame Judi Dench provides a soothing presence with her narration of fourteen sonnets. The disruption of the narrative with images of barren and...