20th Century Flicks, Bristol

The original and best adaptation of Hemingway's sweeping WW1 novel. Cooper positively smoulders as the US ambulanceman who falls in love with an English nurse and finally goes AWOL to join her only to find, tragically, that he may be too late. Oscars for Best Cinematography and Sound. find out more...

A ROOM WITH A VIEW (1985)

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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 VERY LONG ENGAGEMENT (2004)

Certification15 Our Rating

Mathilde and Manech are teenagers in love, unfortunately their feelings have find out more...

AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN (1984)

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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...

ANGEL (2007)

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Edwardian England and a precocious girl from a poor background with aspirations of being a novelist finds herself swept to fame and fortune when her tasteless romances become hugely successful. Her life changes yet further when she encounters an aristocratic brother and sister, both of whom have cultural ambitions, and both of whom fall in love with her. A beautiful looking period drama loosely based on the life of Marie Corelli, Queen Victoria's favorite writer. find out more...

BEHIND THE SUN (2001)

Certification12 Our Rating

Set in the harsh and unforgiving environs of Brazil in 1910; ordered by his father to avenge the death of his older brother a son finds himself beginning to question the brutality of the world in which he lives and the all-consuming vendetta that has plagued his family for generations. The arrival of love galvanises the young man into experiencing a world outside the murderous and honour bound one he has always known, but will he find the courage to leave his family obligations behind and seek s find out more...

DAYS OF HEAVEN (1979)

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A moody, atmospheric movie about people trapped by circumstance and their own inability to change. Wide-eyed, streetwise Abby and her hot-tempered lover come, amidst thousands of other croppers from the industrial north, to the fertile landscape of World War I Texas. Once there they are caught up in a diffident, ultimately fatal, triangle with their dying young landowner-boss, whom the boy convinces Abby to marry so that they can have a claim to his fortune. These are the surreal, idyllic, numbe find out more...

DEATH IN VENICE (1971)

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The beautiful Venice waterfront scenery and frustated emotions abound in this cinema classic from Thomas Mann's novel. Dirk Bogarde is an ageing gay man who fantasises whistfully about a young boy who is in the same hotel on the Lido. A revealing tale as much about old age grieving for lost youth as it is about obsession and homosexuality. find out more...

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DOCTOR WHO SERIES 3 VOLUME 3 (2006)

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Human Nature; 1913 and Martha watches in jealousy from afar as the Doctor learns what it is to be human and falls in love with the local school nurse. The Family of Blood; the Doctor must deal with the repercussions of his decision to become human....as The Family Of Blood unveil themselves. Blink; "Don't Blink. Blink and you're dead. Don't turn your back. Don't look away. And don't Blink. Good Luck." These cryptic messages, left on 17 DVDs, lead Sally Sparrow to assist the Doctor and Martha, wh find out more...

DOCTOR ZHIVAGO (1965)

Certification15 Our Rating

David Lean's epic romance set against the turbulant backdrop of the Russian revolution. One man's struggle for moral political and personal survival amidst the complex web of intrigue and tangled loyalties that accompanied the fall of the Tsar.

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