Movies: Joan Plowright

  • 1982
    Britannia Hospital

    Britannia Hospital (1982)

    Britannia Hospital

    6.31982HD

    Britannia Hospital, an esteemed English institution, is marking its gala anniversary with a visit by the Queen Mother herself. But when investigative reporter Mick Travis arrives to cover the celebration, he finds the hospital under siege by striking...

    Britannia Hospital
  • 2004
    George and the Dragon

    George and the Dragon (2004)

    George and the Dragon

    5.32004HD

    In 12th century England, the handsome and noble knight, George, has left the Crusades behind to follow his dream of a peaceful life on his own piece of land. However, in order to obtain his land from the ruling King Edgaar, he must help find the King...

    George and the Dragon
  • 1977
    Equus

    Equus (1977)

    Equus

    7.01977HD

    A psychiatrist, Martin Dysart, investigates the savage blinding of six horses with a metal spike in a stable in Hampshire, England. The atrocity was committed by an unassuming seventeen-year-old stable boy named Alan Strang, the only son of an opinio...

    Equus
  • 1991
    Enchanted April

    Enchanted April (1991)

    Enchanted April

    6.71991HD

    When married British women Rose Arbuthnot and Lottie Wilkins decide to take a break from their respective spouses, they stay at a castle in Italy for a quiet holiday. Joining the ladies is Caroline Dester, a young socialite, and Mrs. Fisher, an older...

    Enchanted April
  • 1990
    I Love You to Death

    I Love You to Death (1990)

    I Love You to Death

    6.41990HD

    Joey Boca is the owner of a pizza parlour, and has been married to Rosalie for years. When Rosalie discovers that Joey is a womanizer and has been cheating on her for a long time, she goes to extreme lengths to punish him....

    I Love You to Death
  • 1996
    Mr. Wrong

    Mr. Wrong (1996)

    Mr. Wrong

    3.91996HD

    A single and lonely woman finds the seemingly perfect man to date, but soon regrets it when his deranged and possessive other personality emerges and worst still, she cannot convince anyone else of his Jekyll/Hyde true nature....

    Mr. Wrong
  • 1992
    Stalin

    Stalin (1992)

    Stalin

    5.11992HD

    The life and career of the brutal Soviet dictator, Josef Stalin. Through the eyes and memories of Anna Aliluyeva, Stalin’s granddaughter, the film traces the rise of the Bolshevik tyrant from Lenin’s return from exile to his brutal struggle with Trot...

    Stalin
  • 1994
    The Return of the Native

    The Return of the Native (1994)

    The Return of the Native

    61994HD

    Eustacia Vye, an exquisite beauty despairing at her boring life on an English moor, sets up a fateful lovers' triangle when she uses her wiles to entice two men, a dashing suitor and a successful man who made his name abroad and returned to his home ...

    The Return of the Native
  • 1957
    Time Without Pity

    Time Without Pity (1957)

    Time Without Pity

    6.61957HD

    Alec Graham is sentenced to death for the murder of his girlfriend Jennie, with whom he spent a weekend at the English country home of the parents of his friend Brian Stanford. Alec’s father, David Graham, a not-so-successful writer and alcoholic who...

    Time Without Pity
  • 1999
    Tom's Midnight Garden

    Tom's Midnight Garden (1999)

    Tom's Midnight Garden

    5.91999HD

    When Tom's brother Peter gets measles, he is sent to stay with his Uncle Alan and Aunt Gwen in a flat with no garden and an elderly landlady, Mrs Bartholomew, living upstairs. Because he may be infectious, he is not allowed to play outside and feels ...

    Tom's Midnight Garden
  • 2018
    Nothing Like a Dame

    Nothing Like a Dame (2018)

    Nothing Like a Dame

    6.72018HD

    BBC Arena's documentary on the Dames of British Theatre and film featuring Maggie Smith, Eileen Atkins, Judi Dench and Joan Plowright on screen together for the first time as they reminisce over a long summer weekend in a house Joan once shared with ...

    Nothing Like a Dame
  • 2002
    Global Heresy

    Global Heresy (2002)

    Global Heresy

    52002HD

    A rock band bursts onto the scene and then their frontman disappears on the eve of a European tour....

    Global Heresy
  • 2009
    Knife Edge

    Knife Edge (2009)

    Knife Edge

    4.42009HD

    A successful Wall Street trader returns to England with her new husband and five-year-old son, but their new start together turns into a nightmare when they move into a country house which contains a terrible secret....

    Knife Edge
  • 1980
    The Diary of Anne Frank

    The Diary of Anne Frank (1980)

    The Diary of Anne Frank

    5.51980HD

    The story of a 13-year-old Jewish girl and her family who are forced into hiding by the Nazis during World War II....

    The Diary of Anne Frank
  • 1982
    Brimstone & Treacle

    Brimstone & Treacle (1982)

    Brimstone & Treacle

    5.91982HD

    A strange young man has a sinister effect on the family of a middle-aged writer....

    Brimstone & Treacle
  • 1988
    The Importance of Being Earnest

    The Importance of Being Earnest (1988)

    The Importance of Being Earnest

    4.71988HD

    Two young gentlemen living in 1890s England use the same pseudonym ('Ernest') on the sly, which is fine until they both fall in love with women using that name, which leads to a comedy of mistaken identities....

    The Importance of Being Earnest
  • 2000
    Back to the Secret Garden

    Back to the Secret Garden (2000)

    Back to the Secret Garden

    6.22000HD

    A youngster living in a stately home discovers the magical garden Mary, Colin & Dickon stumbled across years before - but faces a battle with the housekeeper over whether to nurture it....

    Back to the Secret Garden
  • 2005
    Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont

    Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont (2005)

    Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont

    6.72005HD

    All but abandoned by her family in a London retirement hotel, an elderly woman strikes up a curious friendship with a young writer....

    Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont
  • 1993
    The Clothes in the Wardrobe

    The Clothes in the Wardrobe (1993)

    The Clothes in the Wardrobe

    5.41993HD

    Margaret is a shy, pale, middle-class Englishwoman who is reluctantly engaged to her older, twittish neighbor Syl. Both bride- and groom-to-be still live with their mothers in the humdrum suburb of Croydon. However Margaret has been acting strangely ...

    The Clothes in the Wardrobe
  • 1995
    Hotel Sorrento

    Hotel Sorrento (1995)

    Hotel Sorrento

    6.81995HD

    Meg, Pippa, and Hillary are sisters who grew up in Sorrento, a small seaside town in Australia. Meg, who has lived in England for 10 years has just written a criticially acclaimed novel which she claims is entirely fictional. The book causes a stir i...

    Hotel Sorrento