A very unusual romance, between a New York lady who loves English literature and the owner of a London antiquarian bookshop. Gradually, her orders for books turn into letters, food parcels, and a massive correspondence which goes on for over 20 years. Eventually she has to go and see the shop for herself. find out more...

The well known Edwardian romance set in Tuscany. A young English girl is torn between a romantic free-thinker and the stuffy suitor that social convention has in store for her. Deservedly, a much acclaimed movie.

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A fading Southern belle comes to stay with her sister on the seedy side of New Orleans. Tension erupts as her brutal brother-in-law forces to the surface her shabby pretensions and the neurosis which threatens her sanity. A totally absorbing tale with outstanding performances from the all-star cast. find out more...

A 35-year old woman with an unsatisfying marriage decides to up and move when her husband is killed. On the road, with 12 year-old son and whilst pursuing her childhood ambition to be a singer, she copes with life's problems and is forced to reassess her relationships with men and what she wants from them. One of the great movies of the 70s. find out more...

An easy going tale of a 1960s eye-opening affair between 16-year-old middle class and Oxford bound smart aleck Jenny and flash 30-something working class Jack set in the glorious suburb of Twickenham. find out more...

A little Reaganite romance about a dashing fighter pilot and a simple girl from the town. It's tough trying to make it at pilot training school, but then Richi is just so hunky.... find out more...

An all-star cast hunts a fortune reportedly stashed by Hepburn's now dead, thieving husband. Everything about "Charade" sets off what Hepburn and Grant did best, romantic thrillers with some great one liners (watch out for his to her on the boat) and is swept along by Mancini's wonderful score and chic Parisian settings.

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Rita wants to be educated. She's a young working class girl who becomes involved with a cynical and alcoholic university tutor. A brilliant comedy of social attitudes and class differences, with more than a hint of romance. The film drew best ever performances from the two lead actors.

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Superb drama with a stunning performance from Judi Dench as Queen Victoria. Consumed with grief, after the death of Prince Albert, the arrival of John Brown, Albert's fiery former servant, shakes the Queen from her melancholy and gives her a new lease of life, but feathers are ruffled within the palace as a touching friendship develops tentatively between the two. As public feeling turns against the monarch, the pressure falls squarely on Brown's shoulders, turning the proud, strong Scotsman int find out more...

Encounter of three social classes in England at the beginning of the century; the capitalists, the Wilcoxes, whose only god is money, consider themselves as aristocrats, the enlightened bourgeois Schlegels and the proletarian Basts. The Schlegel sisters' humanism will be torn apart as they try both to softly knock down the Wilcox's prejudices and to help the Basts. Essentially the same story as Room With A View, nobody marries beneath their station and class is everything, but with a distinct el find out more...