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1. Wimbledon (2004)
PG-13 | 98 min | Comedy, Romance, Sport
A pro tennis player has lost his ambition and has fallen in rank to 119. Fortunately for him, he meets a young player on the women's circuit who helps him recapture his focus for Wimbledon.
Director: Richard Loncraine | Stars: Kirsten Dunst, Paul Bettany, Jon Favreau, Sam Neill
Votes: 66,638 | Gross: $17.00M
2. On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (1970)
G | 129 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
A troubled young woman who visits a psychotherapist to help her quit smoking undergoes hypnosis and finds herself reliving a tragic Victorian romance from a past life.
Director: Vincente Minnelli | Stars: Barbra Streisand, Yves Montand, Bob Newhart, Larry Blyden
Votes: 4,279 | Gross: $14.00M
3. Wish You Were Here (1987)
R | 88 min | Comedy, Drama
In a staid English seaside town after the Second World War, young Lynda grows up with her widowed father and younger sister. She eventually becomes pregnant by an acquaintance of her father.
Director: David Leland | Stars: Emily Lloyd, Trudi Cavanagh, Clare Clifford, Barbara Durkin
Votes: 3,337 | Gross: $3.28M
4. The Ghost and Molly McGee (2021–2024)
TV-Y7 | 22 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
A grumpy ghost named Scratch is eternally cursed to be in the presence of polar opposite Molly McGee, a cheerful tween.
Stars: Ashly Burch, Dana Snyder, Michaela Dietz, Jordan Klepper
Votes: 1,879
5. The Damned United (2009)
R | 98 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
The story of the controversial Brian Clough's 44-day reign as the coach of the English football club Leeds United.
Director: Tom Hooper | Stars: Colm Meaney, Henry Goodman, David Roper, Jimmy Reddington
Votes: 45,923 | Gross: $0.45M
6. Cassandra's Dream (2007)
PG-13 | 108 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
The tale of two brothers with serious financial woes. When a third party proposes they turn to crime, things go badly and the two become enemies.
Director: Woody Allen | Stars: Colin Farrell, Ewan McGregor, Hayley Atwell, Peter-Hugo Daly
Votes: 53,861 | Gross: $0.97M
7. Night Coppers (2022– )
60 min | Documentary, Crime
10,000 revellers pack Brighton's clubs and pubs every weekend and as the sun goes down and the lights come up, the level of crime goes through the roof. This documentary series follows police on night patrol in the seaside town.
Votes: 50
8. Sugar Rush (I) (2005–2006)
24 min | Drama, Romance
15-year-old Kim has just moved to Brighton and developed an earth-shattering, hormone-surging crush on her new best friend, Sugar.
Stars: Olivia Hallinan, Lenora Crichlow, Richard Lumsden, Sara Stewart
Votes: 4,264
9. The Commander (2003 TV Movie)
145 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Commander Clare Blake has risen to the top of her profession in the male-dominated Metropolitan Police Service and is now the head of the serious crimes unit. Some years previously she ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Whyte | Stars: Amanda Burton, Matthew Marsh, Nicholas Jones, Martin Walsh
Votes: 682
10. Pygmalion (1938)
89 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A phonetics and diction expert makes a bet that he can teach a cockney flower girl to speak proper English and pass as a lady in high society.
Directors: Anthony Asquith, Leslie Howard | Stars: Leslie Howard, Wendy Hiller, Wilfrid Lawson, Marie Lohr
Votes: 9,663 | Gross: $3.05M
11. Brighton Rock (2010)
R | 111 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Charts the headlong fall of Pinkie, a razor-wielding disadvantaged teenager with a religious death wish.
Director: Rowan Joffe | Stars: Sam Riley, Andrea Riseborough, Helen Mirren, John Hurt
Votes: 6,767
12. The Snowman (1982 TV Movie)
G | 26 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
On Christmas Eve, a young boy builds a snowman that comes to life and takes him to the North Pole to meet Father Christmas.
Directors: Jimmy T. Murakami, Dianne Jackson | Stars: David Bowie, Raymond Briggs, Mel Smith
Votes: 16,842
13. Jigsaw (1962)
Not Rated | 97 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A woman is found murdered in a house along the coast from Brighton. Local detectives Fellows and Wilks lead an investigation methodically following up leads and clues mostly in Brighton and Hove but also further afield.
Director: Val Guest | Stars: Jack Warner, Ronald Lewis, Yolande Donlan, Michael Goodliffe
Votes: 1,578
14. Genevieve (1953)
Approved | 86 min | Comedy
Two British couples pit their vintage automobiles against each other in an exciting cross-country race.
Director: Henry Cornelius | Stars: Dinah Sheridan, John Gregson, Kay Kendall, Kenneth More
Votes: 3,447
15. London to Brighton (2006)
R | 85 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Desperate to evade an angry pimp, a London prostitute and a young girl flee by train to Brighton after an appointment with a powerful client goes violently wrong.
Director: Paul Andrew Williams | Stars: Lorraine Stanley, Georgia Groome, Johnny Harris, Nathan Constance
Votes: 8,739
16. When Did You Last See Your Father? (2007)
PG-13 | 92 min | Biography, Drama
The story of a son's conflicting memories of his dying father.
Director: Anand Tucker | Stars: Jim Broadbent, Colin Firth, Juliet Stevenson, Bradley Johnson
Votes: 4,684 | Gross: $1.07M
17. Dirty Weekend (1993)
102 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
This is the story of Bella, who woke up one morning and realized she'd had enough. All it took was one rather nasty man to transform her from a meek and mild secretary into a murderous femme fatale.
Director: Michael Winner | Stars: Lia Williams, Rufus Sewell, Michael Cule, David McCallum
Votes: 724
18. The Fruit Machine (1988)
R | 103 min | Drama
Two gay teenagers go on the run after witnessing a murder.
Director: Philip Saville | Stars: Emile Charles, Tony Forsyth, Robert Stephens, Clare Higgins
Votes: 612
19. National Theatre Live: One Man, Two Guvnors (2011 TV Movie)
179 min | Comedy, Musical
Francis Henshall becomes minder to Roscoe, a small time East End hood. Francis spots the chance of an extra meal ticket and takes a second job with one Stanley Stubber. To prevent discovery, Francis must keep his two guvnors apart.
Directors: Nicholas Hytner, Robin Lough | Stars: Suzanne Toase, Trevor Laird, Fred Ridgeway, Claire Lams
Votes: 945
20. Forever, Lulu (1986)
R | 85 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A beautiful novelist gets involved with the violent underworld crime elements in New York City and becomes a target. Alec Baldwin plays the cop who pursues her killers.
Director: Amos Kollek | Stars: Hanna Schygulla, Debbie Harry, Alec Baldwin, Annie Golden
Votes: 440
21. Circus (2000)
R | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Conman Leo Garfield is in hot water after accepting a contract to murder businessman Julius Harvey's alleged wife, Gloria. Leo's wife Lily brings trouble too when her old flame Elmo pops up again, years after she abandoned him mid-heist.
Director: Rob Walker | Stars: John Hannah, Famke Janssen, Peter Stormare, Eddie Izzard
Votes: 2,356 | Gross: $0.01M
22. The Ploughman's Lunch (1983)
R | 107 min | Drama
James Penfield (Jonathan Pryce) has made a career out of journalism. Now bankrupt, he finds himself with a group of other writers in the middle of the dispute-ridden British homeland at the time of the Falklands War.
Director: Richard Eyre | Stars: Jonathan Pryce, William Maxwell, Paul Jesson, Andy Rashleigh
Votes: 497
23. Pink String and Sealing Wax (1945)
Not Rated | 89 min | Drama, Thriller
A drunken, abusive tavern-keeper's adulterous wife uses the backward son of a rigid, puritanical pharmacist who makes his entire family miserable.
Director: Robert Hamer | Stars: Mervyn Johns, Mary Merrall, Gordon Jackson, Jean Ireland
Votes: 685
24. Forgive and Forget (2000 TV Movie)
100 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
In this riveting dramedy, David's world is ripped apart when he realizes he is losing his best friend of fourteen years to his new girlfriend.
Director: Aisling Walsh | Stars: John Simm, Steve John Shepherd, Laura Fraser, Maurice Roëves
Votes: 689
25. Brighton Belles (1993–1994)
30 min | Comedy
On her husband's demise, attractive Bridget suddenly finds she can't meet the financial demand of her Sussex country house in Brighton without his income. Her solution: take in lodgers. Two... See full summary »
Stars: Sheila Hancock, Wendy Craig, Sheila Gish, Jean Boht
Votes: 41
26. Palace of Fun (2016)
Not Rated | 80 min | Crime, Romance
During a heat-wave in Brighton, a mysterious drifter comes between a rich brother and sister.
Director: Eadward Stocks | Stars: Andrew Mullan, Phoebe Naughton, Holly Shuttleworth, George Stocks
Votes: 164
27. Brighton Wok: The Legend of Ganja Boxing (2008)
90 min | Action, Comedy, Fantasy
Vafan Cuolo the Italian Ninja takes over Brighton with his milita of kung-fu fighters. Ryu, a young man just out of a care home, is surprised to discover that he is Brighton's last hope. ... See full summary »
Director: Gabriel Howard | Stars: Richard Forsyth, Samson Byford-Winter, Randolph Barrington, Laura Byford-Winter
Votes: 193
28. As We Are (2016)
Comedy, Drama
'As we are' is an LGBT+ web series set in Brighton, about love, friendship, identity, and the complexities of attraction.
Stars: Jenny Harrold, Fox Fisher, Hellen Ward, Helen Oakleigh
Votes: 16
29. A Time to Kill (1955)
Not Rated | 65 min | Drama
In the grounds of a dark, deserted mansion, a blackmailer collects money from his victim. Meanwhile, Peter (John Horsley, THE FALL AND RISE OF REGINALD PERRIN), chemist and philanderer, ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Saunders | Stars: Jack Watling, Rona Anderson, John Horsley, Russell Napier
Votes: 102
30. No Sweat (1997–1998)
25 min | Comedy, Family
All-boy pop group North And South (Hurst, Otter, Lowe and Chapman) starred in this stirring sitcom charting the rise to fame of a school band called, er, North And South. Hurst played Jimmy... See full summary »
Stars: Tom Lowe, Harriet Thorpe, James Hurst, Lee Otter
Votes: 33
31. South Coast (2008)
90 min | Documentary
It's not East Coast. It's not West coast. This is ..SOUTH COAST! Forget the MTV images of hip hop just being bling, dollars and materialism - this feature documentary provides a fascinating... See full summary »
Director: Will Jewell | Stars: Aroe, Battlejam, Blackgrass, Buzz
Votes: 11
32. Natural Lies (1992– )
159 min | Thriller
Stars: Bob Peck, Denis Lawson, Sharon Duce, Brian Protheroe
Votes: 137
33. Motion (2001)
65 min | Drama
Homeless, ageing, unstable; Don is a man without a role or a future. As Christmas approaches on the streets of Brighton, a fragile life falls apart unnoticed. Perhaps the factory of time ... See full summary »
Director: Thomas Clay | Stars: Dean Robinson, Miguel Angel Plaza, Mark Little, Jerry Lines
Votes: 53
34. Brighton Story (1955)
22 min | Documentary, Short, Drama
100 years after his death in 1855, lieutenant-colonel John Eld, the third and last Master of Ceremonies (and known in his days as the 'King' of Brighton) returns for one day to his home ... See full summary »
Director: Pamela Bower | Star: Alec Clunes
Votes: 14
35. The Blazing Caravan (1954)
32 min | Crime, Short
Just prior to World War II, a salesman murders a drunken man who just won a football pool. Through dogged investigation and the assistance of a bank manager, Scotland Yard arrests the killer.
Director: Ken Hughes | Stars: Edgar Lustgarten, Alexander Gauge, Edgar Driver, Alan Robinson
Votes: 68
36. Seagull Man: The Brighton Superhero (2016)
4 min | Short, Comedy
Seaside menace turned superhero.
Directors: Seb Cox, Cameron Faulkner | Stars: John Black, Maddie Fleming, Julia Pollard, James Surdam
Votes: 9
37. Pictures of Lily (2015)
76 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A jaded businessman and a free-spirited woman forge an unexpected bond in a bohemian seaside town.
Director: Mark Banks | Stars: Elena Saorin, Daniel Lane, Louise Torres-Ryan, Nicholas Farr
Votes: 84
38. Counterspy (1958 TV Movie)
27 min | Adventure
When a massive Soviet battleship negotiates the treacherous Oslo harbor without a local pilot, American counterespionage agent David Harding suspects that the enemy has developed a secret ... See full summary »
Director: Ralph Murphy | Stars: Don Megowan, Brad Johnson, Gerald Milton, Phyllis Stanley
Votes: 16
39. Violet Vixen (2018 Video)
25 min | Documentary, Short
Leo is an articulate, sassy, amazingly mature 11 year old boy who loves doing make-up, dressing up and playing with his identity. He doesn't want to be a girl but he does want the liberty ... See full summary »
Director: Leanne Rogers | Stars: Shane Jenek, Lauren Noakes, Leo Noakes
40. Not My Wife (2015)
7 min | Short, Comedy
An anxious husband visits his psychiatrist declaring his wife is not what she seems: She is different, changed. Subtle things only a husband would miss. A series of comic events follow that escalate to its absurd conclusion.
Director: Mark Tew | Stars: Jay Chappell, Red Gray, Simon Messingham
41. I Hate Christmas Too (1997 TV Short)
6 min | Short
An unhappy man has an encounter with the ghost of a World War I soldier, who tells him about the 1914 Christmas truce and gives him a new perspective on the season.
Stars: Peter Capaldi, Samuel West
42. The Woman on the Beach (1955 TV Movie)
60 min | Drama
Stars: Gudrun Ure, Michael Gwynn, Patricia Driscoll, Henry Davies
43. Brighton: 50 Years of Gay (2017 TV Movie)
30 min | Documentary, History
Broadcaster and gay rights activist Simon Fanshawe examines the impact of the Sexual Offences Act 1967 and the fight for equality through the extraordinary story of his hometown of Brighton.
Director: Julie Heathcote | Star: Simon Fanshawe
44. The Whisperings (2016)
10 min | Short, Fantasy
A mysterious sea-creature, Asria, comes out in the moonlight to listen to the whisperings of the pebbles on Brighton Beach. ''They whisper. They call my name, to share their truth, their love, their hope, their pain.''
Director: James Hastings | Stars: Faith Elizabeth, Jason Rhodes
45. Shorts Out! (2018– )
Shorts Out is a show of international LGBTQ+ short films, documentaries and animations - With an emphasis on the L and the T.
Star: Deborah Espect
46. A Strange Guest (2017)
Short, Sci-Fi
Olivia is tired of boring life that is getting her nowhere. When presented with a questionable opportunity to skip forward 10 years she is unsure to take it or not.
Director: Gareth Lang | Stars: Ru Gilfillan, Olivia Hespe, Jack Kristiansen
47. Voyage of the 'Surprise' (1956 TV Movie)
Adventure, Drama, Family
Stars: Michael Brennan, Hugh Dickson, Richard Grant, Robert Mooney
48. Making the News (2014)
5 min | Short
Ed Mitchell is a former Reuters, BBC and ITN TV journalist who filed for bankruptcy and lost everything in 2007. Making the News reflects on a period of life when Ed was homeless, living on Brighton's seafront.
Director: Daniele Baron
50. Swings and Roundabouts (III) (2022)
55 min | Documentary
A well rounded and accomplished documentary covering the pounding heart of Brighton during lockdown through the eyes of small businesses and the people of the city.
Director: Nigel Chaloner