List of the best Phoebe Nicholls movies: Fairy Tale: A True Story(1997), Our Mother's House(1967), The Missionary(1982), Hawking(2004), Persuasion(1995), The Scapegoat(2012), Maurice(1987), Women in Love(1969), Chubby Funny(2016), The Elephant Man(1980) ... ...
Kids & Family, Fantasy
UK
1997
99 Minutes
Polly Wright
Florence Hoath Elizabeth Earl Paul McGann Phoebe Nicholls Peter O'Toole Harvey Keitel Bill Nighy Bob Peck Tim McInnerny
harry houdini arthur conan doyle mother young girl daughter philosopher lighthearted positive endearing engaging house yorkshire, england meadow laboratory london fairies spirituality beliefs imagination media circus
In 1917, two children take a photograph, which is soon believed by some to be the first scientific evidence of the existence of fairies.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
UK
1967
105 Minutes
Gerty
Dirk Bogarde Margaret Brooks Pamela Franklin Louis Sheldon Williams John Gugolka Mark Lester Phoebe Nicholls Gustav Henry Parnham Wallace Yootha Joyce Claire Davidson
orphan mother deadbeat dad teacher neighbor creepy bleak tense house school england deception children vs. adults death debauchery family discovery growing up 1960s
When their deeply religious mother dies, the seven Hook children bury her in the garden and continue life as normal. Then their absent father, Charlie, reappears...
Comedy
UK
1982
90 Minutes
Deborah Fitzbanks
Michael Palin Maggie Smith Trevor Howard Denholm Elliott Michael Hordern Graham Crowden Phoebe Nicholls Tricia George Valerie Whittington Rosamund Greenwood David Suchet
reverend missionary wife wealthy woman prostitute campy lighthearted london africa slum brothel assignment sex prostitution secret past seduction murder plot adventure wretched excess 1900s
In 1905, after ten years of missionary work in Africa, the Reverend Charles Fortescue (Sir Michael Palin) is recalled to England, where his Bishop gives him his new assignment, to minister ... See full summary »
Biography, Drama
2004
90 Minutes
Isobel Hawking
Benedict Cumberbatch Michael Brandon Lisa Dillon Che Cartwright Tom Hodgkins Christian Rubeck Phoebe Nicholls Matthew Marsh
Stephen Hawking (Benedict Cumberbatch) contracts a degenerative disease while a doctoral student, but goes on to achieve worldwide acclaim as a physicist and author.
Romance
1995
102 Minutes
Elizabeth Elliot
Amanda Root Ciarán Hinds Susan Fleetwood Corin Redgrave Fiona Shaw John Woodvine Phoebe Nicholls Samuel West Sophie Thompson Judy Cornwell Simon Russell Beale
daughter sister captain old flame father brother-in-law airy emotional melodramatic amusing england manor beach social standing class distinctions dysfunctional family romance the past reunion love
Dire financial straits reacquaint an aristocrat's daughter (Amanda Root) with her wealthy ex-fiance (Ciarán Hinds) in 19th-century England.
Drama
UK
2012
107 Minutes
Charlotte
Matthew Rhys Eileen Atkins Alice Orr-Ewing Andrew Scott Jodhi May Sheridan Smith Anton Lesser Phoebe Nicholls Pip Torrens Eloise Webb
Set in 1952, as England prepares for the coronation, this movie tells the story of two very different men who have one thing in common - a face.
Gay & Lesbian, Romance, Drama
UK
1987
140 Minutes
Anne Durham
James Wilby Hugh Grant Rupert Graves Denholm Elliott Simon Callow Billie Whitelaw Ben Kingsley Judy Parfitt Phoebe Nicholls Barry Foster
homosexual aristocrat servant wealthy woman doctor hypnotist emotional moving cambridge university country house gym courtroom train station homosexuality affair blackmail marriage romance class distinctions forbidden love
After his lover rejects him, a young man trapped by the oppressiveness of Edwardian society tries to come to terms with and accept his sexuality.
Gay & Lesbian, Romance
UK
1969
130 Minutes
Winifred Crich
Alan Bates Glenda Jackson Oliver Reed Jennie Linden Eleanor Bron Alan Webb Vladek Sheybal Catherine Willmer Phoebe Nicholls Sharon Gurney Christopher Gable
husband teacher wife best friend sculptor passionate hedonistic england switzerland wedding lake sexual awakening infidelity honeymoon friendship siblings relationships forbidden love discovery adventure
Two best friends fall in love with a pair of women, but the relationships soon go in very different directions.
Comedy, Drama
UK
2016
89 Minutes
Aunty Jane
Harry Michell Augustus Prew Isabella Laughland Jeff Rawle Jack Cooper Stimpson Maggie Michell Johan Schiller David Bamber Asim Chaudhry Phoebe Nicholls
Some nicknames are better than others.
Biography, Drama
USA|UK
1980
125 Minutes
John Hurt Anthony Hopkins Anne Bancroft John Gielgud Wendy Hiller Freddie Jones Michael Elphick Hannah Gordon Helen Ryan John Standing Dexter Fletcher
man doctor wife actress inspiring profound uplifting london john merrick class distinctions discrimination disfigurement transformation discovery 1880s
A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man who is mistreated while scraping a living as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous façade, there is revealed a person of kindness, intelligence and sophistication.