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2017
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Arcadia
Arcadia7.10 2017 HD
A provocative and poetic exploration of how the British people have seen their own land through more than a century of cinema. A hallucinated journey...
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2014
Movies
Electricity
Electricity5.90 2014 HD
A woman leaves her seaside hometown to search for her long-lost brother, experiencing hallucinations brought on by her epilepsy during her trip.
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1941
Movies
Mrs. T. and Her Cabbage Patch
Mrs. T. and Her Cabbage Patch1 1941 HD
Poetic tribute to Mrs Turner's vegetable growing prowess, plus the delights of "wartime steaks".
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1992
Movies
The Long Day Closes
The Long Day Closes7.26 1992 HD
Bud is a lonely and quiet boy whose moments of solace occur when he sits in rapture at the local cinema, watching towering and iconic figures on the...
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1902
Movies
Lord Kitchener's Arrival at Southampton
Lord Kitchener's Arrival at Southampton4.90 1902 HD
Horatio Herbert Kitchener gets an enviable welcome on his return from the Second Boer War.
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1973
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My Ain Folk
My Ain Folk7.00 1973 HD
When Jamie's maternal grandmother dies, he and his brother Tommy are separated - Tommy is taken off to a welfare home and Jamie goes to live with his...
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2021
Movies
The Real Charlie Chaplin
The Real Charlie Chaplin7.50 2021 HD
A look at the life and work of Charlie Chaplin in his own words featuring an in-depth interview he gave to Life magazine in 1966.
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2019
Movies
Rocks
Rocks6.60 2019 HD
15-year-old Rocks fears that she and her little brother Emmanuel will be taken into care and forced apart if anyone finds out that their mother has...
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2019
Movies
XY Chelsea
XY Chelsea5.90 2019 HD
The historic story of whistleblower Chelsea Manning. Shot over two years and featuring exclusive interviews and behind-the-scenes verité with...
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1976
Movies
Children
Children5.59 1976 HD
Robert Tucker, a young gay man who is almost without affect, sits in various waiting rooms. As he sits, he recalls events from the year of his...
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1966
Movies
Jemima + Johnny
Jemima + Johnny1 1966 HD
A white boy and a black Jamaican girl have a day out in a city where racial hostility prevails.
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2022
Movies
Elizabeth: The Unseen Queen
Elizabeth: The Unseen Queen5.70 2022 HD
The story of Queen Elizabeth II in her own words, featuring never-before-seen home movies.
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2016
Movies
Spaceship
Spaceship4.70 2016 HD
When his daughter goes missing in an apparent alien abduction, Gabriel's search takes him dangerously close to her strange group of so-called...
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1993
Movies
Wittgenstein
Wittgenstein6.41 1993 HD
A dramatization, in modern theatrical style, of the life and thought of the Viennese-born, Cambridge-educated philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein, whose...
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2024
Movies
Edge of Summer
Edge of Summer1 2024 HD
A summer holiday and an old folk tale bring two 11-year-olds together as they set out to explore just what, or who, is calling to them, from deep...
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2020
Movies
The Reason I Jump
The Reason I Jump7.20 2020 HD
Based on the book by Naoki Higashida, filmmaker Jerry Rothwell examines the lives of five non-speaking, autistic youngsters.
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1996
Movies
The Typewriter, the Rifle & the Movie Camera
The Typewriter, the Rifle & the Movie Camera6.40 1996 HD
In a documentary about Samuel Fuller, the spectator gets different impressions about the Hollywood director and his films. The film is divided into...
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1991
Movies
Young Soul Rebels
Young Soul Rebels5.00 1991 HD
Two disc jockeys have a friend's murder to solve in the fringe-group melting pot of 1977 London.
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1976
Movies
Enemy
Enemy8.00 1976 HD
Frightening events unfold that may or may not be figments of Marigold’s imagination.
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2018
Movies
Been So Long
Been So Long5.60 2018 HD
A single mother in London's Camden Town hears music when she meets a handsome stranger with a past. But she's not sure she's ready to open her heart.