Jim Broadbent
Author
Series
Harold Fry novels volume 1
Appears on list
Description
Harold Fry is convinced that he must deliver a letter to an old love in order to save her, meeting various characters along the way and reminiscing about the events of his past and people he has known, as he tries to find peace and acceptance.
Publisher
Network Ireland Television
Pub. Date
2013.
Description
This Oscar-award winning short film follows Heather (Sally Hawkins, The Shape of Water, Blue Jasmine), a shy lady who works at a helpline call center. When she receives a phone call from a mystery man she has no idea that the encounter will change her life forever..
3) Vera Drake
Publisher
Warner Bros
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
VERA DRAKE is a devoted, working-class mother in 1950s London who is both beloved and admired by everyone who surrounds her. Yet she bares a secret that few people know about, she induces miscarriages for women who do not wish to bare children. To her, it is a mission of kindness, of charity, of love. But when a miscarriage goes horribly wrong, Vera has to face the authorities, sending her life into tragedy. From acclaimed director Mike Leigh, VERA...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
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Description
The film tells the true story of the relationship between Alan Bennett and the singular Miss Shepherd, a woman of uncertain origins who 'temporarily' parked her van in Bennett's London driveway and proceeded to live there for fifteen years.
5) Iris
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
2001.
Description
Judi Dench and Kate Winslet star in this powerful true story based on John Bayley's novels. One of the most extraordinary women of the 20th century, celebrated English author Iris Murdoch first became known as a brilliant young scholar at Oxford whose boundless spirit dazzled those around her. Then, during a remarkable career as a novelist and philosopher, she continued to prove herself a woman ahead of her time. Even in later life, as age and illness...
6) Charlotte
Publisher
Good Deed Entertainment
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
The true story of Charlotte Salomon, a young German-Jewish artist who comes of age on the eve of the Second World War and defies incredible odds to create a timeless masterpiece.
8) Black '47
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
2022.
Description
One soldier's ruthless pursuit of justice plays out against the darkest chapter of Irish history in this riveting revenge thriller. Starring Hugo Weaving and Jim Broadbent.
Author
Series
Description
Welcoming friends, old and new, to the Hundred Acre Wood, this stunning, full-color edition, in which each of Ernest H. Shepard's classic original illustrations has been meticulously hand painted, presents the iconic adventures of Christopher Robin, Winnie-the-Pooh and their animal friends.
11) Brooklyn
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Formats
Description
An Irish immigrant lands in 1950s Brooklyn, where she quickly falls into a romance with a local. When her past catches up with her, however, she must choose between two countries and the lives that exist within.
12) Winnie-the-Pooh
Author
Series
Description
"Explore the Hundred Acre Wood with everyone's favorite bear-of-little-brain, Winnie-the-Pooh! In this children's classic that has captured imaginations for the past century, meet Pooh, Christopher Robin, and the other residents of the forest, including timid Piglet, downcast Eeyore, impatient Rabbit, loquacious Owl, and newcomers Kanga and Roo. In each chapter, they have a new adventure, from searching for honey or celebrating birthdays to hunting...
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Description
In the summer of 1939, influential families in Nazi Germany have sent their daughters to a finishing school in an English seaside town to learn the language and be ambassadors for a future looking National Socialist. A teacher there sees what is coming and is trying to raise the alarm. But the authorities believe he is the problem.
14) The Duke
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
Set in 1961 when Kempton Bunton, a 60-year-old taxi driver, stole Goya's portrait of the Duke of Wellington from the National Gallery in London. It was the first (and remains the only) theft in the Gallery's history. Kempton sent ransom notes saying that he would return the painting on condition that the government agreed to provide television for free to the elderly. What happened next became the stuff of legend. Only 50 years later did the full...
15) Lost and found
Pub. Date
2013
Description
Watch and listen to the story of a little Boy who one day finds a Penguin on his doorstep. Although at first he is unsure what to do, the Boy becomes determined to help the Penguin find his way back home. Even if that means rowing all the way to the South Pole!
17) Arthur Christmas
Publisher
Columbia Pictures
Pub. Date
[2012]
Description
On Christmas at the North Pole, Santa's youngest son looks to use his father's high-tech operation for an urgent mission.
Series
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Formats
Description
When Lucy Pevenise, her older brothers Edmund and Peter, and her older sister Susan are sent to the country for safer keeping during the initial bombing raids of WW II, they decide to play hide-and-seek in the strange house of the mysterious professor.During the game Lucy discovers a mysterious wardrobe and discovers an entirely different world. The place is called Narnia, and it's been locked in winter for over 100 years by someone known as "The...
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
Paddington has warmed the hearts of generations of readers with his earnest good intentions and humorous misadventures. This brand-new edition of the classic novel contains the original text by Michael Bond and illustrations by Peggy Fortnum and R.W. Alley.
Somehow Paddington always manages to find himself in strange situations. From a squishy miscommunication involving oysters and public transit to a case of mistaken identity,
...20) Paddington
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015?]
Description
A young Peruvian bear travels to London in search of a home. Finding himself lost and alone at Paddington Station, he meets the kindly Brown family, who offer him a temporary haven.