Jack O'Connell
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
Hoping to escape the horrors of his past, disgraced ex-army surgeon Patrick Sumner signs up as the ship’s doctor on an ill-fated Arctic whaling expedition. Soon he’s confronted by a new horror, the brutish killer Henry Drax. When Sumner and his crew mates are left stranded on the merciless Arctic wasteland, he discovers just how far he’s prepared to go against the savagery of nature and man.
2) Starred Up
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
Condemned to an adult prison, an explosively violent young man (Jack O'Connell) is forced to fight for survival as criminal forces attempt to control him for their own good. Help comes from the unlikeliest source, his estranged father (Ben Mendelsohn) who is also serving time. Winner of three **BAFTA (Scotland) Awards** including Best Feature Film. Winner of Best Supporting Actor at the **British Independent Film Awards**. "*We've seen many visually...
3) '71
Pub. Date
2020.
Description
In 1971, a young and disorientated British soldier is accidentally abandoned by his unit following a riot on the deadly streets of Belfast. **BAFTA Award** nominee.
4) Little Fish
Pub. Date
2020.
Description
The film opens in the midst of a global epidemic: Neuroinflammatory Affliction, a severe and rapid Alzheimer's-like condition in which people's memories disappear. Couple Jude Williams and Emma Ryerson are grappling with the realities of NIA, interspersed with glimpses from the past as the two meet and their relationship blooms. But as NIA's grip on society tightens, blurring the lines between the past and the present, it becomes more and more difficult...
5) Ferrari
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
Set during the summer of 1957. Behind the spectacle and danger of 1950’s Formula 1, ex-racer, Enzo Ferrari, is in crisis. Bankruptcy stalks the company he and his wife, Laura, built from nothing ten years earlier. Their tempestuous marriage struggles with the mourning for their one son. Ferrari struggles with the acknowledgement of another. His drivers’ lust to win pushes them out to the edge. He wagers all in a roll of the dice on one race, the...
6) United
Pub. Date
2010.
Description
UNITED is based on the true story of Manchester United's legendary "Busby Babes," the youngest side ever to win the Football League, and the 1958 Munich Air Crash that claimed eight of their number. The film draws on first-hand interviews with the survivors and their families to tell the inspirational story of a team and a community overcoming terrible tragedy.
Pub. Date
2012.
Description
Set against the grim backdrop of World War I, this poignant drama follows the lives of two brothers, Tommo (George MacKay) and Charlie Peaceful (Jack O'Connell), as they navigate a childhood of love and hardship in rural England before being thrust into the horrors of the battlefield. Bound by loyalty but torn by the brutality of war, their bond is tested in ways they never imagined. Based on Michael Morpurgo’s acclaimed novel.
9) Unbroken
Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
Olympian and war hero Louis Zamperini survived in a raft for 47 days after a near-fatal plane crash in WWII, only to be caught by the Japanese Navy and sent to a prisoner-of-war camp.
10) Money monster
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
In the real-time high stakes thriller, financial TV host Lee Gates and his producer Patty, are put in an extreme situation when an irate investor who has lost everything forcefully takes over their studio. During a tense standoff broadcast to millions on live TV, Lee and Patty must work furiously against the clock to unravel the mystery behind a conspiracy at the heart of today's fast-paced, high-tech global markets.
11) Harry Brown
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
Widescreen.
Description
Harry Brown lives in a world that has been taken over by drug dealers and gangsters. A world where killing is a way of life, and the police have lost all control. But when his only companion and best friend is senselessly murdered just feet from his own apartment, Harry takes matters into his own hands. Utilizing the skills he learned while fighting the IRA, Harry takes on these hooligans as he doles out his own form of justice.
13) Jungleland
Pub. Date
2021
Description
Two brothers try to escape their circumstances by travelling across the country for a no holds barred boxing match that becomes a fight for their lives.