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Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport (2000)
In the nine months prior to World War II, 10.000 innocent children left behind their families, their homes, their childhood, and took the journey… to Britain to escape the Nazi…
Bread and Roses (2000)
Maya is a quick-witted young woman who comes over the Mexican border without papers and makes her way to the LA home of her older sister Rosa. Rosa gets Maya…
Born Romantic (2000)
In modern-day London, three men (Craig Ferguson, Jimi Mistry and David Morrissey) and three women (Olivia Williams, Jane Horrocks and Catherine McCormack) fall in and out of love and back…
Sexy Beast (2000)
Ex-safecracker Gal Dove has served his time behind bars and is blissfully retired to a Spanish villa paradise with a wife he adores. The idyll is shattered by the arrival…
Highlander: Endgame (2000)
Immortals Connor and Duncan Macleod join forces against a man from Connor’s distant past in the highlands of Scotland, Kell, an immensely powerful immortal who leads an army of equally…
Snatch (2000)
Unscrupulous boxing promoters, violent bookmakers, a Russian gangster, incompetent amateur robbers and supposedly Jewish jewelers fight to track down a priceless stolen diamond.
The Last of the Blonde Bombshells (2000)
After Elizabeth’s husband dies, she begins to play her tenor saxophone again, and remembers when she was 15 and a member of the Blonde Bombshells, an all-girl (with one exception)…
Some Voices (2000)
Schizophrenic Ray tries to adjust to the outside world after being released from an institution.
Beautiful Creatures (2000)
When Petula and Dorothy cover up the accidental murder of one jerk boyfriend, they hatch a hilarious scheme to collect a huge ransom.
The Jolly Boys’ Last Stand (2000)
The story revolves around a group of “Lads”. The “leader” of this group of twenty somethings starts to head away the group’s usual juvenile direction and head into career and…
Thomas and the Magic Railroad (2000)
Mr. Conductor’s supply of magic gold dust, which allows him to travel between Shining Time and Thomas’s island, is critically low. Unfortunately, he doesn’t know how to get more. Meanwhile,…
Essex Boys (2000)
Billy has just scored an entry-level position with the local crime cartel. His first job is to mind Jason, a newly released thug with a vicious temper. Jason thinks it’s…
When the Sky Falls (2000)
Fact-based story about Irish crime-investigating reporter Sinead Hamilton, who invaded the Irish underworld and attempted to expose the illegitimate activities she found. Hampered by the system, a police consort is…
Maybe Baby (2000)
Sam and Lucie Bell are a married couple who seem to have it all: good looks, successful careers, matching motorbikes, and an enthusiastic love life. The only thing they lack…
The Golden Bowl (2000)
Adam Verver, a US billionaire in London, dotes on daughter Maggie. An impecunious Italian, Prince Amerigo, marries her even though her best friend, Charlotte Stant, is his lover. She and…
Complicity (2000)
Local journalist, Cameron Colley writes articles that are idealistic, from the viewpoint of the underdog. A twisted serial killer seems to have some motives. His brutal murders are also committed…
Circus (2000)
Bruno, a sadistic criminal, wants clever con man Leo out of the way. Leo and his equally clever wife, Lily, are up to something. So too is Julius: he hires…
Gladiator (2000)
After the death of Emperor Marcus Aurelius, his devious son takes power and demotes Maximus, one of Rome’s most capable generals who Marcus preferred. Eventually, Maximus is forced to become…
A Shot at Glory (2000)
The irascible manager of a lower-division Scottish football side must contend with problems off and on the field when his team’s impatient American owner demands they win the Scottish Cup…
Kevin & Perry Go Large (2000)
When stubborn, spotty Kevin and his equally hopeless best friend Perry go on holiday to the party island Ibiza, they see it as their big chance to become superstar club…
Up at the Villa (2000)
Superficial people are revealed and drastically changed by circumstance or luck in this a tale of death, seduction, blackmail and theft among British and Americans in Florence in the turbulent…
Peter Kay: Live at the Top of the Tower (2000)
Peter Kay’s hilarious stand up show. This is a live recording of his show in Blackpool which is one of the fastest selling comedy titles ever. Filmed in front of…
Love Honour and Obey (2000)
Jonny dreams of leaving his dead-end job as a courier. Through his childhood best friend, nephew of the notorious crime lord Ray Kreed, he wins his way into the toughest…
The Filth and the Fury (2000)
Julien Temple’s second documentary profiling punk rock pioneers the Sex Pistols is an enlightening, entertaining trip back to a time when the punk movement was just discovering itself. Featuring archival…
The Last Musketeer (2000)
Steve McTear, a gifted fencer, tries to distance himself from the violent criminal activities of his family. When he finds himself pursued by gangsters, he decides to take a job…
High Fidelity (2000)
After his long-time girlfriend dumps him, a thirty-year-old record store owner seeks to understand why he is unlucky in love while recounting his “top five breakups of all time”.
Sacred Flesh (2000)
Taunted by visions of Mary Magdalene, who reveals the confessions of the younger nuns at the convent, the Mother Superior’s mind is filled with the violent, sexual acts of her…
Last Resort (2000)
Tanya leaves Moscow with her street-wise 10-year-old son Artiom to meet her English fiancée in London. But after he fails to turn up at the airport, Tanya, intent on staying…
Wonder Boys (2000)
Grady is a 50-ish English professor who hasn’t had a thing published in years—not since he wrote his award winning ‘Great American Novel’ 7 years ago. This weekend proves even…
The Beach (2000)
Twenty-something Richard travels to Thailand and finds himself in possession of a strange map. Rumours state that it leads to a solitary beach paradise, a tropical bliss – excited and…
Century of Queen Mother – 100 Years in 100 Minutes: A Celebration (2000)
Provides a thorough glimpse of the life of Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, Queen Elizabeth and Queen Mother. Interesting historic archive footage of Elizabeth and King George with President Franklin D. and First…
The Health Journey (1999)
The film is about the health resort Granhedsgården in Dalarna, Sweden, and they have a problem. They don’t have many guests at all and something must be done. At the…
Titus (1999)
Titus Andronicus returns from the wars and sees his sons and daughters taken from him, one by one. Shakespeare’s goriest and earliest tragedy.
The Greatest Store in the World (1999)
Geraldine and her two daughters, Livvie and Angeline, are living rough on the streets on London. When their van blows up, they must find an alternative place to stay. At…
Onegin (1999)
A virtuous and passionate girl falls in love with a cynical but a dashing aristocrat.
The Flint Street Nativity (1999)
With angels crying in the toilets all because of a jealous Angel Gabriel, it could only be the eagerly awaited performance of the Primary school nativity play – this time…
Taboo (1999)
Set during Japan’s Shogun era, this film looks at life in a samurai compound where young warriors are trained in swordfighting. A number of interpersonal conflicts are brewing in the…
Topsy-Turvy (1999)
After their production “Princess Ida” meets with less-than-stunning reviews, the relationship between Gilbert and Sullivan is strained to breaking. Their friends and associates attempt to get the two to work…
Guest House Paradiso (1999)
Richie and Eddie are in charge of the worst hotel in the UK, Guest House Paradiso, neighbouring a nuclear power plant. The illegal immigrant chef has fled and all the…
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (1999)
Joseph, the favored son of Jacob, is betrayed by his jealous brothers, sold into slavery, and driven to Egypt. Though beset with adversity, Joseph perseveres through wit and faith and…