List of the best Terence Davies movies: Distant Voices, Still Lives(1988), The Long Day Closes(1992), Of Time and the City(2008), The House of Mirth(2000), Sunset Song(2015), A Quiet Passion(2016), The Deep Blue Sea(2011), The Neon Bible(1995) ... ...
Drama
UK|West Germany
1988
84 Minutes
Director
Freda Dowie Pete Postlethwaite Angela Walsh Dean Williams Lorraine Ashbourne Debi Jones Marie Jelliman Sally Davies Nathan Walsh Susan Flanagan Michael Starke
father mother bride sister brother emotional sad dark england household bar wedding abuse grief family unhappy marriage aging growing up 1950s
The lives of an English working-class family are told out of order in a free-associative manner. The first part, "Distant Voices", focuses on the father's role in the family. The second part, "Still Lives", focuses on his children.
Drama
UK
1992
84 Minutes
Director
Marjorie Yates Leigh McCormack Anthony Watson Nicholas Lamont Ayse Owens Tina Malone Jimmy Wilde
A young British boy comes of age among his loving family and the austere Catholic Church as he realizes his love of cinema and his homosexuality.
Documentary, Biography
UK
2008
72 Minutes
Director
A filmmaker looks at the history and transformation of his birthplace, Liverpool, England.
Drama, History
UK|USA|France|Germany
2000
143 Minutes
Director
Gillian Anderson Eric Stoltz Dan Aykroyd Eleanor Bron Terry Kinney Anthony LaPaglia Laura Linney Jodhi May Elizabeth McGovern
socialite suitor aunt married man somber tender new york city monte carlo, monaco estate yacht single life romantic dilemma inheritance fall love 1900s
A woman risks losing her chance of happiness with the only man she has ever loved.
Drama, History
UK|Luxembourg
2015
135 Minutes
Director
Agyness Deyn Peter Mullan Kevin Guthrie Jack Greenlees Ian Pirie Hugh Ross Niall Greig Fulton Douglas Rankine
daughter farmer abusive father rape victim mother intense disturbing emotional melodramatic raw farm college canada argentina rape violence suicide world war i marriage love
The daughter of a Scottish farmer comes of age in the early 1900s.
Biography, Drama, History
UK|Belgium|USA|Canada
2016
125 Minutes
Director
Cynthia Nixon Jennifer Ehle Keith Carradine Catherine Bailey Jodhi May Emma Bell Duncan Duff Joanna Bacon Eric Loren Annette Badland NoƩmie Schellens
The story of American poet Emily Dickinson from her early days as a young schoolgirl to her later years as a reclusive, unrecognized artist.
Romance, Drama
UK|Australia
2011
98 Minutes
Director
Rachel Weisz Simon Russell Beale Tom Hiddleston Harry Hadden-Paton Ann Mitchell Karl Johnson Jolyon Coy Sarah Kants Barbara Jefford Nicholas Amer
The wife of a British Judge is caught in a self-destructive love affair with a Royal Air Force pilot.
Drama
UK|Spain
1995
92 Minutes
Director
Gena Rowlands Jacob Tierney Diana Scarwid Drake Bell Denis Leary Leo Burmester Frances Conroy Peter McRobbie Joan Glover Dana Dick Virgil Graham Hopkins
teen boy young boy father mother aunt evangelist dreamy powerful calm sad georgia family home small town church train childhood trauma memory family dysfunction loneliness small-town life
While on a train, a teenage boy thinks about his life and the flamboyant aunt whose friendship acted as an emotional shield from his troubled family. This film evokes the haunting quality ... See full summary »