Cities: London
From 1935 to the present, from the south of the city to the north, and spanning genres from horror to science fiction to romantic comedy, we present films made in and about London. Here the city is not just a backdrop, but an integral part of the characters’ lives and the stories that are told about them.
Rocks
A British teen is forced to play parent for herself and her younger brother.
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- United Kingdom • 2020
- Director Sarah Gavron
- Cast Bukky Bakray, Kosar Ali, D'angelou Osei Kissiedu, Shaneigha-Monik Greyson, Ruby Stokes
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Small Axe
An anthology series consisting of five films telling stories from the lives of West Indian immigrants in London from the 1960s to 1980s.
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- United Kingdom • 2020
- Creator Steve McQueen
- Cast
- Genre Drama, History
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Attack the Block
Inner City vs. Outer Space
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- United Kingdom, France • 2011
- Director Joe Cornish
- Cast Jodie Whittaker, John Boyega, Luke Treadaway, Nick Frost, Terry Notary, Selom Awadzi
- Genre Action, Comedy, Science Fiction
- Available on Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
Happy-Go-Lucky
Poppy is a thirty-year old schoolteacher with a relentlessly positive attitude that is often in contrast with those around her.
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- United Kingdom • 2008
- Director Mike Leigh
- Cast Sally Hawkins, Alexis Zegerman, Eddie Marsan, Samuel Roukin, Sinéad Matthews, Kate O'Flynn
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Hoopla
Shaun of the Dead
"Dawn of the Dead" gets a satirical update with this 30-something loser.
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- United Kingdom, France • 2004
- Director Edgar Wright
- Cast Simon Pegg, Kate Ashfield, Lucy Davis, Nick Frost, Dylan Moran, Bill Nighy
- Genre Horror, Comedy
- Available on Starz, Starz Roku Premium Channel, Starz Amazon Channel, Starz Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
28 Days Later
His fear began when he woke up alone. His terror began when he realised he wasn't.
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- United Kingdom • 2002
- Director Danny Boyle
- Cast Cillian Murphy, Naomie Harris, Brendan Gleeson, Megan Burns, Christopher Eccleston, Noah Huntley
- Genre Horror, Thriller, Science Fiction
- Available on Apple TV, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store
Notting Hill
Can the most famous film star in the world fall for the man on the street?
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- United Kingdom, United States • 1999
- Director Roger Michell
- Cast Julia Roberts, Hugh Grant, Gina McKee, Tim McInnerny, Rhys Ifans, Emma Chambers
- Genre Romance, Comedy, Drama
- Available on Peacock Premium, Peacock Premium Plus, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, The Roku Channel
My Beautiful Laundrette
A British-Pakistani man renovates a rundown laundrette after rekindling love with a former flame.
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- United Kingdom • 1985
- Director Stephen Frears
- Cast Gordon Warnecke, Daniel Day-Lewis, Roshan Seth, Saeed Jaffrey, Derrick Branche, Rita Wolf
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Available on ScreenPix Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Pluto TV, Hoopla
Babylon
A dancehall DJ battles racism and xenophobia in Thatcher-era London.
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- United Kingdom, Italy • 1980
- Director Franco Rosso
- Cast Brinsley Forde, Trevor Laird, Karl Howman, Brian Bovell, Victor Romero Evans, David N Haynes
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Kanopy, Hoopla
The Long Good Friday
Who lit the fuse that tore Harold's world apart?
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- United Kingdom • 1980
- Director John Mackenzie
- Cast Bob Hoskins, Helen Mirren, Dave King, Bryan Marshall, Derek Thompson, Eddie Constantine
- Genre Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video
A Clockwork Orange
The adventures of a young man whose principal interests are rape, ultra-violence, and Beethoven.
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- United Kingdom, United States • 1971
- Director Stanley Kubrick
- Cast Malcolm McDowell, Patrick Magee, Adrienne Corri, Michael Bates, Warren Clarke, James Marcus
- Genre Drama, Science Fiction
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
Blow-Up
Michelangelo Antonioni's first British film
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- United Kingdom, Italy, United States • 1966
- Director Michelangelo Antonioni
- Cast David Hemmings, Vanessa Redgrave, Sarah Miles, John Castle, Veruschka von Lehndorff, Jane Birkin
- Genre Drama, Mystery, Thriller
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Tubi TV
A Hard Day's Night
The Beatles star as themselves in this comedy about their lives at the peak of Beatlemania.
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- United Kingdom • 1964
- Director Richard Lester
- Cast John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Wilfrid Brambell, Norman Rossington
- Genre Comedy, Music
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
The Ladykillers
An oddball group of criminals plan a robbery.
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- United Kingdom • 1955
- Director Alexander Mackendrick
- Cast Alec Guinness, Cecil Parker, Herbert Lom, Peter Sellers, Danny Green, Katie Johnson
- Genre Comedy, Crime
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Kind Hearts and Coronets
A hilarious study in the gentle art of murder.
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- United Kingdom • 1949
- Director Robert Hamer
- Cast Dennis Price, Valerie Hobson, Joan Greenwood, Alec Guinness, Audrey Fildes, Miles Malleson
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
The 39 Steps
A classic spy thriller about an everyman and his beautiful accomplice on a mission to save England.
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- United Kingdom • 1935
- Director Alfred Hitchcock
- Cast Robert Donat, Madeleine Carroll, Lucie Mannheim, Godfrey Tearle, Peggy Ashcroft, John Laurie
- Genre Mystery, Thriller
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Amazon Video, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, Freevee, Cineverse, Plex, Plex Channel, FlixHouse, JustWatchTV