Penny works at a supermarket and Phil is a gentle taxi-driver. Penny’s love for Phil has run dry and they lead joyless lives with their two children, Rachel, a cleaner, and Rory, who is unemployed and aggressive.
Casts Timothy Spall, Lesley Manville, Alison Garland, James Corden, Ruth Sheen, Helen Coker, Sally Hawkins, Daniel Mays, Marion Bailey, Paul Jesson
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
Night on Earth
Distant Lights
Bend It Like Beckham
Bandyta
Love Actually
The Young Poisoner's Handbook
The Red Shoes
Truly Madly Deeply
The End of the Affair
Mona Lisa
My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown
A Short Film About Killing
Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham
Beautiful Thing
Boiling Point
What a Girl Wants
Quadrophenia
Secrets & Lies
Peeping Tom
Pelle the Conqueror
SIMILAR MOVIES
Night on Earth
IMDB 7.5 | Dec , 1991
An anthology of 5 different cab drivers in 5 American and European cities and their remarkable fares on the same eventful night.Distant Lights
IMDB 7.4 | Feb , 2003
Lichter is an episodic tale from Hans-Christian Schmid about the life on the border between Germany and Poland. The film sheds light on the everyday stories of escape and desperateness.Bend It Like Beckham
IMDB 6.3 | Apr , 2002
Jess Bhamra, the daughter of a strict Indian couple in London, is not permitted to play organized soccer, even though she is 18. When Jess is playing for fun one day, her impressive skills are seen by Jules Paxton, who then convinces Jess to play for her semi-pro team. Jess uses elaborate excuses to hide her matches from her family while also dealing with her romantic feelings for her coach, Joe.Bandyta
IMDB 5.8 | Nov , 1997
Shipped off to a Romanian orphanage to finish his sentence, a British criminal finds romance but also discovers corruption inside the facility.Love Actually
IMDB 7.1 | Sep , 2003
Eight very different couples deal with their love lives in various loosely interrelated tales all set during a frantic month before Christmas in London.The Young Poisoner's Handbook
IMDB 6.6 | Jan , 1995
Graham Young is a teenage misfit living in suburban London in the 1960s. He hates his stepmother but loves chemistry, and the two impulses unite in a wicked plot to slowly poison her. After she dies, he's found guilty and sent to a psychiatric hospital, where an idealistic doctor thinks he can be cured.The Red Shoes
IMDB 8 | Sep , 1948
In this classic drama, Vicky Page is an aspiring ballerina torn between her dedication to dance and her desire to love. While her imperious instructor, Boris Lermontov, urges to her to forget anything but ballet, Vicky begins to fall for the charming young composer Julian Craster. Eventually Vicky, under great emotional stress, must choose to pursue either her art or her romance, a decision that carries serious consequences.Truly Madly Deeply
IMDB 6.9 | May , 1991
Nina is totally heartbroken at the death of her boyfriend Jamie, but is even more unprepared for his return as a ghost. At first it's almost as good as it used to be – hey, even the rats that infested her house have disappeared. But Jamie starts bringing ghostly friends home and behaving more and more oddly.The End of the Affair
IMDB 6.6 | Dec , 1999
On a rainy London night in 1946, novelist Maurice Bendrix has a chance meeting with Henry Miles, husband of his ex-mistress Sarah, who abruptly ended their affair two years before. Bendrix's obsession with Sarah is rekindled; he succumbs to his own jealousy and arranges to have her followed.Mona Lisa
IMDB 6.9 | Jun , 1986
George is a small-time crook just out of prison who discovers his tough-guy image is out of date. Reduced to working as a minder/driver for high class call girl Simone, he has to agree when she asks him to find a young colleague from her King's Cross days. That's when George's troubles just start.My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown
IMDB 7.5 | Apr , 1989
No one expects much from Christy Brown, a boy with cerebral palsy born into a working-class Irish family. Though Christy is a spastic quadriplegic and essentially paralyzed, a miraculous event occurs when, at the age of 5, he demonstrates control of his left foot by using chalk to scrawl a word on the floor. With the help of his steely mother — and no shortage of grit and determination — Christy overcomes his infirmity to become a painter, poet and author.A Short Film About Killing
IMDB 7.6 | Mar , 1988
Jacek climbs into the taxi driven by Waldemar, tells him to drive to a remote location, then brutally strangles him, seemingly without motive.Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham
IMDB 7.7 | Dec , 2001
Years after his father disowns his adopted brother for marrying a woman of lower social standing, a young man goes on a mission to reunite his family.Beautiful Thing
IMDB 7.3 | Jun , 1996
Set during a long, hot summer on the Thamesmead Estate in Southeast London, where three teenagers edge towards adulthood.Boiling Point
IMDB 7.2 | Jul , 2021
A head chef balances multiple personal and professional crises at a popular restaurant in London.What a Girl Wants
IMDB 6.3 | Mar , 2003
An American girl, Daphne, heads to Europe in search of the father she's never met. But instead of finding a British version of her bohemian mother, she learns the love of her mom's life is an uptight politician. The only problem now is that her long-lost dad is engaged to a fiercely territorial social climber with a daughter who makes Daphne's life miserable.Quadrophenia
IMDB 7 | Sep , 1979
Based on the 1973 rock opera album of the same name by The Who, this is the story of 60s teenager Jimmy. At work he slaves in a dead-end job. While after, he shops for tailored suits and rides his scooter as part of the London Mod scene.Secrets & Lies
IMDB 7.6 | May , 1996
After her adoptive mother dies, Hortense, a successful black optometrist, seeks out her birth mother. She's shocked when her research leads her to Cynthia, a working class white woman.Peeping Tom
IMDB 7.4 | May , 1960
Loner Mark Lewis works at a film studio during the day and, at night, takes racy photographs of women. Also he's making a documentary on fear, which involves recording the reactions of victims as he murders them. He befriends Helen, the daughter of the family living in the apartment below his, and he tells her vaguely about the movie he is making.Pelle the Conqueror
IMDB 7.3 | Dec , 1987
In the late 19th century, two Swedish emigrants, Lasse Karlsson and his son Pelle, arrive on the Danish island of Bornholm hoping to find work on a farm and save enough money to travel to the United States of America.