The Concrete Jungle (1960), I, Daniel Blake (2016), Family Life (1971), The Good Father (1985), Sorry We Missed You (2019), If.... (1968), Ladybird, Ladybird (1994), Still Life (2014) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best British Society movies.
Storyline: A young woman lives a life filled with bad choices. She marries and has a child with an abusive thief at a young age who quickly ends up in prison. Left alone she takes up with his mate (another thief) who seems to give her some happiness but who also ends up in the nick. She then takes up with a series of seedy types who offer nothing but momentary pleasure. Her son goes missing and she briefly comes to grips with what is most important to her.—Fred Cabral <ftcabral@hotmail.com>
Plot Keywords: british film, social realism, working class, ken loach, 1960s, london, crime ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: With the papers of a young doctor who died in a deadly accident, the ambitious male nurse Matthew manages to get hired as a doctor in the casuality department of an hospital in Bristol. Nurse Christine believes it's only his nervousness, which makes him "forget" the most basic procedures. But even her help cannot prevent that his lack of qualification soon has deadly consequences...—Tom Zoerner <Tom.Zoerner@informatik.uni-erlangen.de>
Plot Keywords: thriller, crime, drama, mystery, hospital, british film, 1990s ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Photographer Richard Billingham returns to the squalid council flat outside of Birmingham where he and his brother were raised, in a confrontation and reconciliation with parents Ray and Liz.
Plot Keywords: british film, independent film, social realism, working class, family drama, poverty, 1980s ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A union leader in a large company tries to win equal rights for the handful of West Indian workers at the company, but finds it is an uphill battle. After being successful, and rightly proud of his efforts, he finds that he and his wife have a difficult time coming to terms with the fact that his only daughter intends to marry a West Indian.—Kevin Steinhauer <K.Steinhauer@BoM.GOV.AU>
Plot Keywords: race relations, social unrest, immigration, london, 1960s, prejudice, working class ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: In London, during October 1993, England is playing Holland in the preliminaries of the World Cup. The Bosnian War is at its height, and refugees from the ex-Yugoslavia are arriving. Football rivals, and political adversaries from the Balkans all precipitate conflict and amusing situations. Meanwhile, the lives of four English families are affected in different ways by encounter with the refugees; one of the families improbably becomes involved with a Balkan refugee through the England vs. Holland match.—Guy33134
Plot Keywords: war, london, immigration, refugees, cultural clash, black comedy, multi-narrative ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A young Bangladeshi woman, Nazneen, arrives in 1980s London, leaving behind her beloved sister and home, for an arranged marriage and a new life. Trapped within the four walls of her flat in East London, and in a loveless marriage with the middle aged Chanu, she fears her soul is quietly dying. Her sister Hasina, meanwhile, through letters to Nazneen, tells of her carefree life back in Bangladesh, stumbling from one adventure to the next. Nazneen struggles to accept her lifestyle, and keeps her head down in spite of life's blows, but she soon discovers that life cannot be avoided - and is forced to confront it the day that the hotheaded young Karim comes knocking at her door.—Sony Pictures Classics
Plot Keywords: british film, drama, novel adaptation, immigrant story, cultural clash, female protagonist, identity ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A welfare worker becomes emotionally involved with her charges, a group of adorable, homeless orphans. Music by Larry Adler. (1959; B&W)
Plot Keywords: drama, social issues, children, poverty, orphans, london, british film ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Eighteen-year-old Esther has been deaf and blind since the accident which killed her mother. Wealthy Margaret Landi, a native of Esther's village in Ireland, is talked into helping to educate and possibly heal Esther. Margaret grows to love Esther as a daughter, but finds Esther's innocence threatened by sleazy promoters and her own sleazy ex-husband.—<mailcall@intersource.com>
Plot Keywords: drama, female lead, coming of age, charity, exploitation, british film, black and white ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A troubled family's problems come to a head during a stay in a seaside town.
Plot Keywords: drama, family, coming of age, british film, independent film, mother-daughter relationship, mental health ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: 14-year-old Leigh (impressive newcomer Frankie Box) lives with her neglectful father on the outskirts of Brighton. She's a talented gymnast, training hard for her first competition despite her lack of confidence, some bitchy fellow gymnasts and little money to pay for her fees. When an older half-brother appears at her house one night, Leigh's lonely existence is altered. Mistrust gradually transforms into exciting new feelings as Leigh receives the attention she craves. But she is also exposed to the thrill and danger of moped crime. Debut director Eva Riley delivers an assured and spirited coming-of-age story that explores with heartfelt sensitivity a sibling relationship. A keen visual style and lively soundtrack complete this portrait of willful yet sensitive teenage-hood.—London Film Festival
Plot Keywords: sports film, coming of age, family dynamics, inspirational, british film, indie film, female director ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A young artist is almost driven to murder as a result of the pressures of living in a Glasgow slum.
Plot Keywords: drama, social issues, working class, poverty, glasgow, scotland, british film ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Fresh from seminary school a new Reverend (Stuart Brennan) embarks on his first parish. A small, low maintenance Chapel based in the quiet idyllic setting of a quiet country village. While on the surface, the village seems to be a peaceful parish, with perfect residents, soon it becomes apparent that something more sinister lurks beneath the façade of a local businessman. On a wet, cold night, a mysterious girl visits The Reverend at the chapel. Cold and upset, she is welcomed in warmly, soon it becomes apparent that her visit is not for sanctuary, but to deliver a message, a message in the form of a deep, bloody bite. Awoken with an unknown, uncontrollable thirst, a confused Reverend can find no evidence of the girl from the night before, with nothing but the thirst and memory of the bite, The Reverend embarks on his mandate, to clean up the village and the neighboring estate, by preaching or feasting.—Burn Hand Film Productions
Plot Keywords: religion, crisis of faith, independent film, british film, drama, moral dilemma, redemption ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A trusted driver must deal with his dead boss' Muslim mistress, her dark past pulling him into a life-and-death showdown with her notorious gangster cousin/ex-husband.
Plot Keywords: drama, crime, thriller, family, secrets, betrayal, inheritance ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A prominent London barrister sets out to learn the identity of a blackmailer who preys on homosexuals.
Plot Keywords: homosexuality, blackmail, law, social prejudice, british film, crime, moral dilemma ...
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