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1. Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
PG-13 | 119 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
James Bond sets out to stop a media mogul's plan to induce war between China and the UK in order to obtain exclusive global media coverage.
Director: Roger Spottiswoode | Stars: Pierce Brosnan, Jonathan Pryce, Michelle Yeoh, Teri Hatcher
Votes: 204,123 | Gross: $125.33M
2. The Saint (1997)
PG-13 | 116 min | Action, Adventure, Romance
Simon "The Saint" Templar (Val Kilmer), is a thief for hire, whose latest job to steal the secret process for cold fusion puts him at odds with a traitor bent on toppling the Russian government, as well as the woman who holds its secret.
Director: Phillip Noyce | Stars: Val Kilmer, Elisabeth Shue, Rade Serbedzija, Valeriy Nikolaev
Votes: 72,052 | Gross: $61.36M
3. I Can't Think Straight (2008)
PG-13 | 82 min | Drama, Romance
A young woman engaged to be married finds her life changed forever when she meets her best friend's girlfriend.
Director: Shamim Sarif | Stars: Lisa Ray, Sheetal Sheth, Antonia Frering, Dalip Tahil
Votes: 9,307 | Gross: $0.04M
4. Brideshead Revisited (2008)
PG-13 | 133 min | Drama, Romance
A poignant story of forbidden love and the loss of innocence set in England prior to World War II.
Director: Julian Jarrold | Stars: Matthew Goode, Patrick Malahide, Hayley Atwell, Thomas Morrison
Votes: 13,627 | Gross: $6.41M
5. Shadowlands (1993)
PG | 131 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
C.S. Lewis, a world-renowned Christian theologian, writer and professor, leads a passionless life until he meets spirited poet Joy Gresham from the U.S.
Director: Richard Attenborough | Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Debra Winger, Julian Fellowes, Roddy Maude-Roxby
Votes: 20,363 | Gross: $25.84M
6. The Oxford Murders (2008)
R | 108 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
At Oxford University, a professor and a grad student work together to try to stop a potential series of murders seemingly linked by mathematical symbols.
Director: Álex de la Iglesia | Stars: Elijah Wood, John Hurt, Leonor Watling, Jim Carter
Votes: 30,579 | Gross: $0.00M
7. The History Boys (2006)
R | 109 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
An unruly class of gifted and charming teenage boys are taught by two eccentric and innovative teachers, as their headmaster pushes for them all to get accepted into Oxford or Cambridge.
Director: Nicholas Hytner | Stars: Richard Griffiths, Frances de la Tour, Clive Merrison, Samuel Anderson
Votes: 21,377 | Gross: $2.71M
8. The Lady (2011)
R | 132 min | Biography, Drama, History
The story of Aung San Suu Kyi as she becomes the core of Burma's democracy movement, and her relationship with her husband, writer Michael Aris.
Director: Luc Besson | Stars: Michelle Yeoh, David Thewlis, Jonathan Raggett, Jonathan Woodhouse
Votes: 11,257 | Gross: $0.36M
9. The Most Reluctant Convert (2021)
73 min | Biography, Drama, History
Spanning C.S. Lewis' bitter childhood, WWI and his life-changing friendships at Oxford, The Most Reluctant Convert depicts the events that shaped Lewis' early life and journey from hard-boiled atheism to prolific Christianity.
Director: Norman Stone | Stars: Max McLean, Nicholas Ralph, Eddie Ray Martin, Richard Harrington
Votes: 1,068
10. Basil (1998)
R | 113 min | Drama, Romance
A lonely young aristocrat in turn-of the century England stuggles to meet the approval of his over-bearing, class-conscious father while trying to please the selfish woman he loves.
Director: Radha Bharadwaj | Stars: Christian Slater, Jared Leto, Claire Forlani, Derek Jacobi
Votes: 2,092
11. A Dance to the Music of Time (1997– )
Not Rated | 416 min | Drama
Anthony Powell's twelve volume novel sequence "A Dance to the Music of Time" has been dramatized for television.
Stars: Gillian Barge, Nicholas Jones, Simon Russell Beale, Robin Bailey
Votes: 513
12. A Month by the Lake (1995)
PG | 92 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
At a Lake Como resort, Miss Bentley, an attractive older guest, meets a handsome, well-to-do bachelor. But when he's more interested in a beautiful young flirt, the mischievous Miss Bentley goes to outrageous lengths to reel in her catch.
Director: John Irvin | Stars: Vanessa Redgrave, Edward Fox, Uma Thurman, Alida Valli
Votes: 2,615 | Gross: $2.20M
13. A Chump at Oxford (1940)
Approved | 62 min | Comedy, Family
As a reward for capturing a bank robber, Stan and Ollie get scholarship to Oxford, but are met with resentment by other students.
Director: Alfred J. Goulding | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Forrester Harvey, Wilfred Lucas
Votes: 4,275
14. Above Suspicion (1943)
Passed | 90 min | Drama, Thriller, War
Oxford Professor Richard Myles and his new bride Frances are off on a European honeymoon. It isn't the typical honeymoon: they are on a spying mission for British Intelligence on the eve of World War II.
Director: Richard Thorpe | Stars: Joan Crawford, Fred MacMurray, Conrad Veidt, Basil Rathbone
Votes: 2,437
15. Family Ties Vacation (1985 TV Movie)
90 min | Comedy, Family
The Keaton Family goes on a Family Vacation.
Director: Will Mackenzie | Stars: Meredith Baxter, Michael Gross, Michael J. Fox, Justine Bateman
Votes: 602
16. Alice in Wonderland (1949)
Not Rated | 83 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
This exceptional theatrical version of Lewis Carroll's 1865 classic features a combination of live characters and stop-motion animation.
Director: Dallas Bower | Stars: Stephen Murray, Ernest Milton, Pamela Brown, Felix Aylmer
Votes: 868
17. Privileged (1982)
96 min | Drama, Comedy
A story about a group of Oxford undergraduate acting students and their troubled lives while producing (and competing between themselves for a role in) a different version of the classic ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Hoffman | Stars: Robert Woolley, Diana Katis, Hugh Grant, Victoria Studd
Votes: 122
18. Master Keaton (1998–2000)
30 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Taichi Keaton is a half-British half-Japanese archaeologist and SAS veteran of the Falklands War. He solves mysteries and investigates insurance fraud for Lloyd's around the world.
Stars: Norihiro Inoue, Keaton Yamada, Shinpachi Tsuji, Houko Kuwashima
Votes: 239
19. Hawking (2013)
TV-PG | 86 min | Documentary, Biography, Comedy
Hawking is the extraordinary story of the planet's most famous living scientist, told for the first time in his own words and by those closest to him. Made with unique access to Hawking's ... See full summary »
Director: Stephen Finnigan | Stars: Stephen Hawking, Arthur Pelling, Finlay Macrae, Nathan Chapple
Votes: 1,711
20. Milk and Honey: The Movie (2018)
102 min | Action, Crime, Drama
When the biggest player in British cyber-crime faces destruction by some deadly serious Islamic extremists, he knows it's time to settle old scores and play the biggest scam of his life - before bailing out fast.
Director: Matt Gambell | Stars: Mark Wingett, Claire King, Rachel Bright, Nicholas Brendon
Votes: 131
21. 56 Up (2012)
Not Rated | 144 min | Documentary, Biography
Director Michael Apted revisits the same group of British-born adults after a seven-year wait. The subjects are interviewed as to the changes that have occurred in their lives during the last seven years.
Directors: Michael Apted, Paul Almond | Stars: Michael Apted, Bruce Balden, Jacqueline Bassett, Symon Basterfield
Votes: 2,455 | Gross: $0.70M
22. Gentlemen Don't Eat Poets (1995)
R | 99 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror
Sir Hugo (Sir Alan Bates) is more interested in reconstructing dinosaur bones than in paying attention to his wife, Lady Harriet (Theresa Russell). He's not thrilled when daughter Cleo (... See full summary »
Director: John-Paul Davidson | Stars: Alan Bates, Theresa Russell, Sting, Lena Headey
Votes: 682
23. True Blue (1996)
R | 118 min | Drama, Sport
The story of the year the Oxford and Cambridge boat race changed from a gentleman's race to one where winning was everything.
Director: Ferdinand Fairfax | Stars: Johan Leysen, Dominic West, Dylan Baker, Geraldine Somerville
Votes: 437
24. Dirty Tricks (2000 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 162 min | Comedy, Drama
Edward fancies himself to be a cunning manipulator, but is so tragically self-deluded that he can't see he's being used by his wealthy friends as a sex-tool and a dupe. Banality ensues.
Director: Paul Seed | Stars: Martin Clunes, James Bolam, George Potts, Julie Graham
Votes: 185
25. Three Men in a Boat (1956)
Approved | 84 min | Comedy, Romance
Three London gentlemen take a vacation rowing down the Thames, encountering various mishaps and misadventures along the way.
Director: Ken Annakin | Stars: Laurence Harvey, Jimmy Edwards, David Tomlinson, Shirley Eaton
Votes: 416
26. Operation Julie (1985 TV Movie)
180 min | Crime
The real-life story of a famous police operation which resulted in a major drugs bust.
Director: Bob Mahoney | Stars: Colin Blakely, Kay Adshead, John Ainley, Peter Baldwin
Votes: 45
27. Whiskers (1997 TV Movie)
G | 95 min | Family, Comedy, Fantasy
A friendless youngster (Michael Caloz) asks a cat goddess to help his feline friend.
Director: Jim Kaufman | Stars: Steve Adams, Goûchy Boy, Mark Bromilow, Michael Caloz
Votes: 193
28. Notorious Gentleman (1945)
110 min | Drama, Romance
Vivian Kenway (Sir Rex Harrison), a young Englishman from an aristocratic background, flunks out of Oxford, and decides to use his considerable charm to achieve his goal of, apparently, ... See full summary »
Director: Sidney Gilliat | Stars: Rex Harrison, Lilli Palmer, Godfrey Tearle, Griffith Jones
Votes: 388
29. There's Something About Alice (2022)
65 min | Documentary
A comprehensive documentary about Lewis Carroll's 'Alice' books and how the character has permeated all areas of popular culture. Featuring original interviews with experts, artists, writers and enthusiasts.
Director: Wendy Rowland | Stars: Susan Archer, Graham Arnold, Frank Beddor, Will Brooker
30. Who Killed Lamb? (1974 TV Movie)
65 min | Mystery, Thriller
A popular member of the Oxford community is killed, and nobody can think why, so a police inspector is called in from Scotland Yard, and discovers they may be more to the victim than met anyone's eye.
Director: David Cunliffe | Stars: Stanley Baker, Denis Lill, David Swift, Derek Francis
Votes: 94
31. John Wycliffe: The Morning Star (1984)
Not Rated | 75 min | Biography, Drama, History
The story of 14th century John Wycliffe, AKA "The Morning Star of the Reformation", who was the first to translate the Bible into English.
Director: Tony Tew | Stars: Michael Bertenshaw, James Downie, Peter Howell, Barrie Cookson
Votes: 161
32. John Wesley (1954)
Approved | 77 min | Biography, Drama, History
When young John Wesley is saved from the flames burning his family's home, he believes God has chosen him for a higher mission. He grows up to become a minister in the Church of England but... See full summary »
Director: Norman Walker | Stars: Leonard Sachs, Gerard Lohan, Neil Heayes, Keith Pyott
Votes: 55
33. Shakespeare: The Truth Behind the Name (2021)
99 min | Documentary
Literary history's greatest mystery? Who created the greatest works of iambic thunder in the English language, and who lived the courtly life that is written about in the works of Shakespeare. An uneducated tradesman from Stratford?
Director: Robin K. Phillips | Star: Robin K. Phillips
Votes: 37
34. Charley's Aunt (1930)
Unrated | 88 min | Comedy
Charley Wyckham and Jack Chesney pressure fellow student Fancourt Babberly to pose as Charley's Brazilian Aunt Donna Lucia. Their purpose is to have a chaperone for their amorous visits ... See full summary »
Director: Al Christie | Stars: Charles Ruggles, June Collyer, Doris Lloyd, Halliwell Hobbes
Votes: 144
35. Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt (1940)
TV-G | 75 min | Comedy
Taking inspiration from a well-known Victorian play, a modern-day prankster poses as a wealthy woman in a ploy to prevent him and his friends from being expelled from college.
Director: Walter Forde | Stars: Arthur Askey, Richard Murdoch, Graham Moffatt, Moore Marriott
Votes: 178
36. Alice: A look into Alice's adventures in Wonderland and at the curious relationship between Alice Liddell and Lewis Carroll (2010)
Documentary
'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' was published in 1865, and revolutionized children's writing. It made a mockery of much that had preceded it; the cautionary tales where young mischievous... See full summary »
Director: Gerry Malir
37. A Likeness in Stone (2000 TV Movie)
150 min | Drama, Mystery
A thriller about dark secret of three old college friends brought to the surface after divers find a body secreted in a house at the bottom of a reservoir.
Director: Charles Beeson | Stars: Liam Cunningham, Jonathan Firth, Andrew Lincoln, Ruth Jones
Votes: 47
38. I Archimedes (2017)
50 min | Documentary
The story of the Archimedes Palimpsest told by the team of scholars that restored it.
Director: Vittorio Muscia | Stars: Leslie La Penna, Felix De Marez Oyens, Francis J. Wahlgren, Roger Easton
Votes: 12
39. Privateer (1993 Video Game)
Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Play as a Privateer trying to make a living in space defending bases, fighting off pirates, delivering stock goods or helping the government's scouts.
Director: Chris Roberts
Votes: 170
40. 13 Burmese Days (2016 TV Movie)
49 min | Documentary
Oxford University students explore Burma and meet the people fighting for social change.
Director: Garlen Lo
41. Mouche (1982)
118 min | Romance
Based loosely on a short story by Guy de Maupassant, the story is set in contemporary Oxford. It is the story of the summer three friends spend on the river punting and enjoying life and a ... See full summary »
Director: Mark Ward | Stars: Lucy Bailey, Alex Cameron, Jason Cooper, Martin Davidson
42. The Isis (2011)
20 min | Short, Drama
Three college students agree to cover up their involvement in the disappearance of a girl, with consequences that will test the limits of their friendship.
Director: Andrew Saunders | Stars: Kerr Logan, Jack Laskey, Victoria Ross, Rosaline Elbay
Votes: 11
43. Hooked on a Ceiling (2007)
107 min | Comedy
After finding the body of their housemate hanging in the garage, four friends set out to discover the reason behind his suicide.
Director: David B. Graham | Stars: Rebecca Branton, Edward Marsden, Martin Parsons, Sarah Stanley
44. Faith School Menace? (2010 TV Movie)
48 min | Documentary
Richard Dawkins looks at Government funded faith schools and the effect they could have on children.
Director: Molly Milton | Star: Richard Dawkins
Votes: 325
45. The Ultimate Survivor (2011)
60 min | Documentary, History
The untold story of a legendary cinema.
Director: Philip Hind | Stars: Brian Aldiss, John Buckley, Jane Derricott, Philippa Farrow
46. The Life of Lewis Carroll (2009)
76 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Lewis Carroll (1832-98) was an English writer, logician, mathematician, Anglican deacon and photographer. He excelled in two of these fields, photography and writing. As a photographer, he ... See full summary »
Star: Lewis Carroll
47. The White Man's Law (1918)
50 min | Drama
The story is simply that of misplaced confidence, that of deception practiced by a renegade Englishman of attractive personality and high social training upon characters more simple and ... See full summary »
Director: James Young | Stars: Sessue Hayakawa, Florence Vidor, Jack Holt, Herbert Standing
48. The Whirlwind of Youth (1927)
60 min | Romance, Drama
Impulsive 18-year-old Nancy Hawthorne falls hard for Bob Whittaker and a lovers carousel begins. At first refusing to take Nancy seriously, Bob changes his mind when he realizes that he, ... See full summary »
Director: Rowland V. Lee | Stars: Lois Moran, Vera Voronina, Donald Keith, Alyce Mills
49. Americano and Rum (2013)
21 min | Short, Crime
A drug addled detective is hired to follow someone's girlfriend. Whilst following her he becomes obsessed with her.
Director: Patrick Spencer | Stars: Dan Abrams, Louis Bernard, Ricardo Freitas, Serena Marija
Votes: 9
50. Ale (2010)
4 min | Short
A short film exploring how locally brewed craft ales may help pubs with a strong community focus survive in an increasingly difficult market. Featuring interviews with local craft brewer Ed... See full summary »
Directors: Tim Archwood, Alex Dunsmore, Philip Hind, Martin Lipson, Rupert Masefield | Stars: Tony Goulding, Tony Meeson, Ed Murray