Movies to Watch From United Kingdom

How to Get to Heaven from Belfast

After losing a former friend, you would think that the three women in How to Get to Heaven from Belfast…

Reunion

Dir. Luke Snellin

Reunion plays out like a typical thriller—it follows a recently released ex-con on the hunt for revenge. In most episodes,…

Young Sherlock

Young Sherlock isn’t quite accurate to the Andrew Lane book series or the original works from Arthur Conan Doyle. Here,…

Steal

Dir. Hettie Macdonald

As financial systems update for the digital age, so do the related crimes. This crime thriller series starts out with…

The Girlfriend

The Girlfriend, which is Meet the Parents by way of Death Becomes Her and Parasite, is a silly thriller about…

A Thousand Blows

Created by Peaky Blinders showrunner Steven Knight, A Thousand Blows zooms in on the London Victorian underworld and follows three…

Left-Handed Girl

Dir. Shih-Ching Tsou & Tsou Shih-ching

Left-Handed Girl is titled after I-Jing, the youngest daughter of the Ching family, whose left-handedness puts her at odds with…

MobLand

It’s easy to feel like you’ll know exactly what you’ll get once you see stills from Guy Ritchie’s MobLand, which…

Toxic Town

Toxic Town tells the true story of how toxic waste in the steel-making town of Corby, England led a group…

Plainclothes

Dir. Carmen Emmi

The strength of Plainclothes is the way it captures a memory. Fitting, for a film primarily set on New Year’s…

The Ballad of Wallis Island

Dir. James Griffiths

What would you do when you win the lottery? Most people would travel, buy a home, spend it on all…

Murder Before Evensong

If I had a nickel for 2025 church-set murder mysteries solved by priests portrayed by handsome English actors, I’d have…

Pillion

Dir. Harry Lighton

Given the other depictions of BDSM on film, we weren’t sure how Pillion would turn out. Much more so with…

It's Never Over, Jeff Buckley

Dir. Amy J. Berg

It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley depicts the life of a musician whose time was cut too short. It’s a tale…

Hard Truths

Dir. Mike Leigh

Hurt people hurt people, the saying goes, and nowhere is that more evident than in Hard Truths. Directed by Mike…

Rivals

Rivals is a heady dose of 1980s maximalism set against the backdrop of a seemingly quiet British countryside. The result…

House of Guinness

From the creator of Peaky Blinders comes House of Guinness, a historical drama based on the family that founded the…

Lockerbie: A Search for Truth

Lockerbie is a devastating time-hopping journey that tells the story of how the UK’s deadliest terror attacks came to be…

All Her Fault

When a mix-up in the school pick-up line turns out to be a kidnapping, it’s the beginning of the nightmare…

Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger

Dir. David Hinton

Is there anything more lovely than hearing Martin Scorsese talk about cinema? Maybe it’s just the film nerds in us–…

Black Doves

I would be okay if Black Doves was just a straightforward spy thriller; Knightley and Whishaw have enough charm, enigma,…

Black Box Diaries

Dir. Shiori Itō

Continuing her fight to tell the world the truth about her sexual assault case, journalist Shiori Ito released Black Box…

Mr. & Mrs. Smith

If you’re expecting the sleek, playful, and totally over-the-top spy shenanigans of 2005’s Mr. & Mrs. Smith, you’re not going…

Boy Swallows Universe

Coming-of-age shows are practically Netflix’s bread-and-butter, but the working class side of Brisbane in the 80’s is a suburb we…

Sweetpea

Dir. Ella Jones

In Sweetpea, every element comes together to make an addictive watch. The premise is amusing on its own—a shy girl…

One Day

Dir. Molly Manners

With a film version that didn’t live up to the hype of the original novel, Netflix’s adaptation of One Day…

The Day of the Jackal

Watching The Day of the Jackal feels like watching a film; it’s taut, fast-paced, and flashy, featuring incredible dual performances…

Criminal Record

With the various police procedurals available online, it can feel like an oversaturated genre, at best. At worst, with the…