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A young Asian drag queen in a sparkly strappy dress singing into a gold mic with a young white man in a black top

Unicorns

Explore themes of desire, family responsibility and being truly seen in this moving and touching tale of an unlikely romance.

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Carol

Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara are outstanding in this exhilarating and powerful story of forbidden love.

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The Theory of Everything

British actors Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones are outstanding in this moving biopic about the impressive life of Stephen Hawking.

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Your Monster

Starring Melissa Barrera, Meghann Fahy, Tommy Dewey and Edmund Donovan, dive into this charming horror-musical-romcom blend.

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Heartstopper (Season 3)

The BAFTA-nominated TV adaptation of Alice Oseman’s iconic graphic novels returns for a sensitive third season.

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We Live in Time

Brooklyn director John Crowley steers this deeply moving romance starring Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh.

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Starter for 10

Co-produced by beloved American actor Tom Hanks, this modest coming-of-age film features a fantastic central performance from James McAvoy.

Five young men wearing suits are laughing at something off screen. Their shirts are untucked and they are holding backpacks over their shoulders. One of them is pushing a yellow bicycle along.

The History Boys

Alan Bennett’s famous play is adapted to film as the young characters learn facts about life alongside necessary academic knowledge.

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Their Finest

The director of An Education, Lone Scherfig, constructs this warm and witty comedy-drama, set against the backdrop of the Blitz.

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A Moment in the Reeds

The debut feature from London-based Finnish writer, director and co-producer Mikko Mäkelä offers confidently modest but assured filmmaking.

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Les Misérables

Immerse yourself in this captivating television adaptation of Victor Hugo’s classic novel, led magnificently by Dominic West and David Oyelowo.

A Royal Night Out

Sarah Gadon and Bel Powley give charming performances as two princesses let loose on the bustling streets of 1940s London.

A young white man and young Japanese woman sit cuddling on a bus looking sorrowful

Touch

Baltasar Kormákur directs and co-writes this tender and thrilling romance that spans several decades and continents.

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Monsters

Scoot McNairy and Whitney Able are outstanding as the leads in this thrilling romantic sci-fi.

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Old Boys

British actors Jonah Hauer-King and Alex Lawther brilliantly lead this charming and innovative romantic comedy.

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Trying (Season 4)

Adoptive parents Nikki and Jason return to screens facing their greatest parental challenge yet: raising teenagers.

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The Dead Don't Hurt

Viggo Mortensen writes, directs, composes, co-produces and stars in this gorgeously shot Western, marking his second feature as director.

The Festival

Inbetweeners co-creator Iain Morris reunites with actor Joe Thomas for this good-natured and hilarious crowd-pleaser.

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Downton Abbey

Follow the lives of a British aristocratic family and their servants in the post-Edwardian era.

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The Invisible Woman

Delve into this intimate, smart and captivating fictional account of Charles Dickens’ secret younger lover.

A brunette white woman and a dark haired with greys white man walk down a street

She Came To Me

Set in New York, this modern, multi-generational love story is written, directed and co-produced by Rebecca Miller.

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Riley and Rochelle

Immerse yourself in 90s nostalgia as you discover the highs and lows of the career of two romantically-involved musicians.

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Translations

Keith Wilhelm Kopp directs and produces this tender exploration of love, grief and memory in this intriguing Welsh drama.

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One Day

Follow a romance that spans decades in this fourteen-episode series based on British author David Nicholls’ best-selling novel.

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Marmalade

Keir O’Donnell marks his debut as writer-director in this thrilling heist-romance led by Stranger Things’ Joe Keery.

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Anna Karenina

Based on the famous novel by Russian writer Leo Tolstoy, this bold and highly-stylised adaptation is both lively and engrossing.

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The Flatshare

An unconventional flatshare arrangement forms the backdrop for this light, enjoyable and hopelessly addictive rom-com series.

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The Lovers

Johnny Flynn and Roisin Gallagher create believable chemistry as the two leads in this often charming, sometimes abrasive rom-com.

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Hampstead

Veteran actors Diane Keaton and Brendan Gleeson shine in this sweet and amusing tale of unlikely romance.

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The Lobster

Renowned absurdist writer-director Yorgos Lanthimos marks his English-language debut with this macabre satire on finding love.

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45 Years

British actors Tom Courtenay and Charlotte Rampling are at the top of their game in this rich and thought-provoking drama.

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All of Us Strangers

Paul Mescal and Andrew Scott are exceptional in this deeply affecting examination of grief, love and loneliness.

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Poor Things

Emma Stone gives an outstanding performance in Yorgos Lanthimos’s thrillingly absurd romantic sci-fi.

A young Black woman and young white man wearing thick coats and hats hold hands as the woman leans out the window of a frosty ice cream van

Your Christmas or Mine?

Sex Education’s Asa Butterfield stars in this hilarious life-swap rom-com, directed by Irish filmmaker Jim O’Hanlon.

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This is Christmas

Become absorbed in the enjoyably absurd premise of this sweet-natured and moving festive firecracker.

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Bridget Jones's Diary

Renée Zellweger’s Oscar-nominated performance as the endearingly flawed Bridget Jones is as hilarious as it is charming.

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The Buccaneers

Fans of Bridgerton will enjoy this raucous period rom-com, starring Kristine Froseth, Alisha Boe, Josie Totah and Aubri Ibrag.

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A Discovery of Witches

Immerse yourself in this supernatural fantasy series based on author Deborah Harkness’s dark and gripping trilogy.

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Trying

Rafe Spall and Esther Smith are dazzling as a couple pursuing adoption in this unlikely comedic exploration of infertility.

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Finding Your Feet

A starry cast lead this feel-good comedy-drama, with Imelda Staunton, Celia Imrie and Timothy Spall.

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Last Tango in Halifax

Happy Valley creator Sally Wainwright constructs a warm and welcoming family drama starring Sarah Lancashire.

A dark-redheaded white woman and a dark haired white man sit on the edge of a river bank in the rain facing each other, staring intently

Wild Mountain Thyme

John Patrick Shanley directs and adapts his own play in this comedic, moving and wildly romantic tale.

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Girl with a Pearl Earring

Scarlett Johansson dazzles in this ambitious and captivating 17th century tale about betrayal and coercion, based on Tracy Chevalier’s novel.

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Slumdog Millionaire

Based on the book by Vikas Swarup, this delightfully entertaining drama stars Dev Patel, Freida Pinto and Madhur Mittal.

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A Little Chaos

The late Alan Rickman directs, co-writes and stars in this stylish, delightfully dramatic and spectacularly-acted romantic drama.

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Belle

Seemingly inspired by the work of Jane Austen, a subtle social consciousness permeates this assured costume drama.

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Radioactive

Persepolis director Marjane Satrapi constructs an ambitious and unconventional biopic about famed female physicist Marie Curie.

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Normal People

Based on Sally Rooney’s widely-adored novel, Irish filmmaker Lenny Abrahamson creates and co-directs this impossibly moving series.

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Mamma Mia!

The feel-good songs of seventies pop legends, Abba, permeate this joyous musical, led by Amanda Seyfried and Meryl Streep.

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Doc Martin

Immerse yourself in blissful Cornish escapism over ten series with the grumpy but entertaining Dr. Martin Ellingham.

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Heartstopper (Season 2)

This infectiously charming and twice BAFTA-nominated teen series returns with a second eight-episode season of sweet and refreshing LGBTQ+ representation.

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Mr. Malcolm's List

Fans of Bridgerton will be enthralled by this amusing, engaging and self-aware alternative historical romcom.

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My Old Lady

A highly-talented cast lead this endearing drama directed and written by American playwright Israel Horovitz.

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Emma

Director Autumn de Wilde’s debut feature is a refreshing and good-natured take on the famous Jane Austen novel.

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Trishna

Riz Ahmed and Freida Pinto are exceptional in this hypnotic adaptation of Thomas Hardy’s renowned novel, Tess of the d’Urbervilles.

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Wimbledon

Kirsten Dunst and Paul Bettany lead this affable drama-comedy where romance blooms on a tennis court.

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Bend It Like Beckham

Keira Knightley and Parminder Nagra lead this compassionate, much-loved and extremely enjoyable teenage coming-of-age comedy.

The Dig

Simon Stone directs this arresting and charming multi-BAFTA-nominated drama, set against the stunning English countryside.

The Constant Gardener

Ralph Fiennes and Rachel Weisz are outstanding in this conspiracy-thriller-cum-love-story from City of God director Fernando Meirelles.

Entergalactic

This imaginative animation featuring Timothée Chalamet and Jaden Smith offers a stunning blend of comic book and graffiti aesthetic.

Weekend

Tom Cullen and Chris New are outstanding in writer-director Andrew Haigh’s distinctive and highly-acclaimed second feature.

Lilting

Writer-director Hong Khaou’s astounding debut feature is a beautiful meditation on grief, loss, language and love.

Ammonite

Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan are sensational in this stunning romantic drama about forbidden love in the Victorian era.

Boxing Day

Actor-turned-director Aml Ameen’s debut feature is a refreshing Black British take on the classic Richard Curtis format.

A United Kingdom

David Oyelowo and Rosamund Pike give mesmerising performances in Amma Asante’s absorbing, true-life love story.

Mask of the Rose

Flex your match-making skills in this thrilling romantic visual novel about love, mystery and profound shifts in a new society.

Wuthering Heights

Andrea Arnold reimagines Emily Brontë’s classic romance novel in this visceral, innovative and intoxicating adaptation.

Pride & Prejudice

Succession’s Matthew MacFadyen and Atonement's Keira Knightley give unforgettable performances in this delightful Jane Austen adaptation.

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Tom Jones

Solly McLeod and Sophie Wilde shine in this enjoyable adaptation of Henry Fielding’s 18th century novel.

Falling For Figaro

An American singer flees London for the Scottish Highlands to pursue a long dreamed of career in the opera.

Iris

Kate Winslet and Judi Dench are spellbinding in their portrayal of prominent British novelist Iris Murdoch.

Ten Dates

A sequel to the interactive rom-com game Five Dates, this time set in a post-pandemic world.

Love & Pies

A lovable merge matching mobile game that combines baking and romance to addictive effect.

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She is Love

Sam Riley and Haley Bennett electrify as estranged spouses in this swooning drama from Jamie Adams.

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Pink Wall

Jay Duplass and Tatiana Maslany are a couple confronting fault lines in their relationship.

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Le Week-end

Jim Broadbent and Lindsay Duncan pop to Paris to salvage their marriage in this charming Hanif Kureishi-scripted drama.

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One Fine Morning

French director Mia Hansen-Løve returns with another tender, bittersweet tale of love, loss and family.

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Empire of Light

Sam Mendes follows up his BAFTA-winner 1917 with a swooning seafront ode to cinema itself.

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The Aftermath

James Kent directs Keira Knightley in a sensual period tale of forbidden love.

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Disobedience

Rachel Weisz and Rachel McAdams play childhood friends in a sensitive story of forbidden love.

On Chesil Beach

Saoirse Ronan and Billy Howle are spellbinding as naive newlyweds in a 60s-set period romance.

My Policeman

Emma Corrin, Harry Styles and David Dawson form a love triangle in this Brighton-based period drama.