8.3

The King's Speech

2010, UK, Australia

• Actors: Colin Firth, Helena Bonham Carter, Derek Jacobi, Robert Portal, Richard Dixon, Paul Trussell, Adrian Scarborough, Andrew Havill, Charles Armstrong, Roger Hammond, Geoffrey Rush, Calum Gittins, Jennifer Ehle, Dominic Applewhite, Ben Wimsett, Freya Wilson, Ramona Marquez, David Bamber, Jake Hathaway, Michael Gambon, Guy Pearce, Patrick Ryecart, Teresa Gallagher, Simon Chandler, Claire Bloom, Orlando Wells, Tim Downie, Dick Ward, Eve Best, John Albasiny
• Genre: Drama, History
• Director(s): Tom Hooper
• Available languages:
  • English English.

Tells the story of the man who became King George VI, the father of Queen Elizabeth II. After his brother abdicates, George ('Bertie') reluctantly assumes the throne. Plagued by a dreaded stammer and considered unfit to be king, Bertie engages the help of an unorthodox speech therapist named Lionel Logue. Through a set of unexpected techniques, and as a result of an unlikely friendship, Bertie is able to find his voice and boldly lead the country through war.

  7.2

Valkyrie

2007, USA, Germany

• Actors: Tom Cruise, Kenneth Branagh, Bill Nighy, Tom Wilkinson, Carice van Houten, Thomas Kretschmann, Terence Stamp, Eddie Izzard, Kevin McNally, Christian Berkel, Jamie Parker, David Bamber, Tom Hollander, David Schofield, Kenneth Cranham, Halina Reijn, Werner Daehn, Harvey Friedman, Matthias Schweighöfer, Waldemar Kobus, Florian Panzner, Ian McNeice, Danny Webb, Chris Larkin, Matthew Burton, Philipp von Schulthess, Wotan Wilke Möhring, Christian Oliver, Bernard Hill, Julian Morris
• Genre: Drama, History, Thriller, War
• Director(s): Bryan Singer
• Available languages:
  • English English.

In Nazi Germany during World War II, as the tide turned in favor of The Allies, a cadre of senior German officers and politicians desperately plot to topple the Nazi regime before the nation is crushed in a near-inevitable defeat. To this end, Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg, an Army officer convinced he must save Germany from Hitler, is recruited to mastermind a real plan. To do so, he arranges for the internal emergency measure, Operation: Valkyrie, to be changed to enable his fellows to seize control of Berlin after the assassination of the Fuhrer. However, even as the plan is put into action, a combination of bad luck and human failings conspire on their own to create a tragedy that would prolong the greater one gripping Europe.

  7.1

Miss Potter

2005, UK, USA

• Actors: Renée Zellweger, Ewan McGregor, Emily Watson, Barbara Flynn, Bill Paterson, Matyelok Gibbs, Lloyd Owen, Anton Lesser, David Bamber, Phyllida Law, Patricia Kerrigan, Lucy Boynton, Oliver Jenkins, Justin McDonald, Judith Barker, Jennifer Castle, Chris Middleton, Lynn Farleigh, John Woodvine, Jane How, Geoffrey Beevers, Bridget McConnell, Joseph Grieves, Clare Clifford, Andy McSorley, Sarah Crowden, Richard Mulholland, Marc Finn, Nicholas Hutchison, Mike Burnside
• Genre: Biography, Drama
• Director(s): Chris Noonan
• Available languages:
  • English English.

Thirty years old and single, Beatrix Potter lives in London with her social-climbing parents, who are exasperated that she has turned down any number of eligible young men. Her only real friends are the animals which since childhood she has lovingly drawn and made up stories about. She finally succeeds in selling a book of the stories, and it becomes Norman Warne's first project. He quickly falls in love with both the book and Beatrix and together they carefully arrange publication. This proves the first of many successes, offering her the possibility of escaping from both her parents' way of life and London.

  7.4

Gangs of New York

2001, USA, Italy

• Actors: Leonardo DiCaprio, Daniel Day-Lewis, Cameron Diaz, Jim Broadbent, John C. Reilly, Henry Thomas, Liam Neeson, Brendan Gleeson, Gary Lewis, Stephen Graham, Eddie Marsan, Alec McCowen, David Hemmings, Larry Gilliard Jr., Cara Seymour, Roger Ashton-Griffiths, Peter-Hugo Daly, Cian McCormack, Andrew Gallagher, Philip Kirk, Rab Affleck, Bill Barclay, Nick Bartlett, Robert Goodman, Tim Pigott-Smith, Liam Carney, Gary McCormack, David McBlain, Dick Holland, Katherine Wallach
• Genre: Crime, Drama, History
• Director(s): Martin Scorsese
• Available languages:
  • English English.

1863. America was born in the streets. In this movie, we see Amsterdam Vallon returning to the Five Points of America to seek vengeance against the psychotic gangland kingpin Bill the Butcher who murdered his father years ago. With an eager pickpocket by his side and a whole new army, Vallon fights his way to seek vengeance on the Butcher and restore peace in the area. However this is more said than done.

  7.8

The Bourne Identity

2001, USA, Germany, Czech Republic

• Actors: Matt Damon, Franka Potente, Chris Cooper, Clive Owen, Brian Cox, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Gabriel Mann, Walton Goggins, Josh Hamilton, Julia Stiles, Orso Maria Guerrini, Tim Dutton, Denis Braccini, Nicky Naude, David Selburg, Demetri Goritsas, Russell Levy, Anthony Green, Hubert Saint-Macary, David Bamber, Gwenaël Clause, Emanuel Booz, Philippe Durand, Vincent Franklin, Paulette Frantz, Thierry René, Roger Frost, David Gasman, Harry Gilbert, Delphine Lanson
• Genre: Action, Adventure, Mystery, Thriller
• Director(s): Doug Liman
• Available languages:
  • English English.

Based very loosely on Robert Ludlum's novel, the Bourne Identity is the story of a man whose wounded body is discovered by fishermen who nurse him back to health. He can remember nothing and begins to try to rebuild his memory based on clues such as the Swiss bank account, the number of which, is implanted in his hip. He soon realizes that he is being hunted and takes off with Marie on a search to find out who he is and why he is being hunted.