Movies: Melanie Hill

  • 2007
    Stardust

    Stardust (2007)

    Stardust

    3.92007HD

    In a countryside town bordering on a magical land, a young man makes a promise to his beloved that he'll retrieve a fallen star by venturing into the magical realm. His journey takes him into a world beyond his wildest dreams and reveals his true ide...

    Stardust
  • 2001
    From Hell

    From Hell (2001)

    From Hell

    3.62001HD

    Frederick Abberline is an opium-huffing inspector from Scotland Yard who falls for one of Jack the Ripper's prostitute targets in this Hughes brothers adaption of a graphic novel that posits the Ripper's true identity....

    From Hell
  • 1996
    Brassed Off

    Brassed Off (1996)

    Brassed Off

    3.81996HD

    A Yorkshire coal mine is threatened with closure and the only hope is for the men to enter their Grimley Colliery Brass Band into a national competition. They believe they have no hope until Gloria appears carrying her Flugelhorn. At first mocked for...

    Brassed Off
  • 2011
    United

    United (2011)

    United

    3.72011HD

    United is based on the true story of Manchester United's legendary "Busby Babes", the youngest side ever to win the Football League and the 1958 Munich Air Crash that claimed eight of the their number. The film draws on first-hand interviews with the...

    United
  • 1995
    The Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd

    The Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd (1995)

    The Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd

    1.81995HD

    D.H, Lawrence's early play about a married woman who wishes her husband dead after falling in love with another man comes to the screen in this adaptation starring Zoe Wannamaker and Colin Firth. When her wish becomes a horrifying reality, her life b...

    The Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd
  • 1994
    Shopping

    Shopping (1994)

    Shopping

    31994HD

    A dark, hip, urban story of a barren and anonymous city where the underclass' sport of choice is ram-raiding. An exciting game in which stolen cars are driven through shop windows to aid large-scale looting before the police arrive. For Tommy, it's a...

    Shopping
  • 1993
    The Hawk

    The Hawk (1993)

    The Hawk

    3.21993HD

    Housewife Annie Marsh suspects her husband might be The Hawk, a brutal serial killer. Complicating matters is the fact that she once was incarcerated in a psychiatric hospital. When she discovers she does not have the happy marriage she always believ...

    The Hawk
  • 1989
    A Night on the Tyne

    A Night on the Tyne (1989)

    A Night on the Tyne

    0.31989HD

    When four shipbuilders are made redundant they decide that as a protest they will launch the ship they have been working on....

    A Night on the Tyne
  • 2012
    Unconditional

    Unconditional (2012)

    Unconditional

    3.42012HD

    A psychological romantic drama about teenage twins Owen and Kristen who fall under the sway of a charismatic young loan shark who offers love to one of them but on one condition....

    Unconditional
  • 1996
    When Saturday Comes

    When Saturday Comes (1996)

    When Saturday Comes

    3.11996HD

    Jimmy Muir comes from a typical gritty, northern town where there are only two options: working down the pit or in a factory. But Jimmy has other ideas - he dreams of becoming a professional footballer. Confronted by a bitter and unsupportive father,...

    When Saturday Comes
  • 1995
    Cruel Train

    Cruel Train (1995)

    Cruel Train

    2.51995HD

    In wartime England, a railway official learns that the chairman of the line had sexually abused his wife as a child, then given him the job so he could continue having sexual access to her. The husband and wife kill him together, but are seen by a tr...

    Cruel Train
  • 2008
    Frankie Howerd: Rather You Than Me

    Frankie Howerd: Rather You Than Me (2008)

    Frankie Howerd: Rather You Than Me

    1.82008HD

    Candid and poignant drama about the comedian Frankie Howerd and the relationship with his long-term, long-suffering manager, and gay partner, Dennis Heymer. Despite his overtly camp persona, Howerd kept his companionship with Heymer under wraps for 3...

    Frankie Howerd: Rather You Than Me
  • 2010
    Joe Maddison's War

    Joe Maddison's War (2010)

    Joe Maddison's War

    2.92010HD

    Newcastle, 1939. Shipyard worker Joe feels emasculated and past his prime; too old to serve in the war, and he’s shocked when his wife leaves him for a younger naval officer. Needing a new challenge, Joe and his friend Harry reluctantly volunteer to ...

    Joe Maddison's War
  • 2001
    Hot Money

    Hot Money (2001)

    Hot Money

    3.52001HD

    Three women, Bridget, Liz and Jackie, embark on a plan to steal thousands of pounds of banknotes that were due to be destroyed at the Bank of England's incinerating plant in Essex. Fictionalised account of a real-life case....

    Hot Money
  • 2008
    White Girl

    White Girl (2008)

    White Girl

    3.12008HD

    Debbie, a working class single mother from Leeds, moves her family to Bradford, where they find themselves in an ethnic minority. Daughter Leah must adapt to being the only white girl at school....

    White Girl