Christopher Eccleston
Christopher Eccleston (born 16 February 1964) is an English stage, film and television actor. His films include Let Him Have It, Shallow Grave, Elizabeth, 28 Days Later, Gone in 60 Seconds, The Others, and G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra. In 2005, he became the ninth incarnation of The Doctor in the British television series Doctor Who.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 3.184 |
| Birthday | 1964-02-16 |
| Place of Birth | Salford, Lancashire, England, UK |
| Also Known As |
2002
28 Days Later
7.245/8883
Twenty-eight days after a killer virus was accidentally unleashed from a British research facility, a small group of London survivors are caught in a...
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28 Days Later
2007
The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising
5.43/456
A boy's life is turned upside down when he learns that he is the last of a group of immortal warriors who have dedicated their lives to fighting the f...
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The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising
2001
The Others
7.619/7418
Grace is a woman who lives in an old house kept dark because her two children, Anne and Nicholas, have a rare sensitivity to light. When the family be...
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The Others
1999
eXistenZ
6.79/2284
A game designer on the run from assassins must play her latest virtual reality creation with a marketing trainee to determine if the game has been dam...
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eXistenZ
1998
Elizabeth
7.161/1533
The story of the ascension to the throne and the early reign of Queen Elizabeth the First, the endless attempts by her council to marry her off, the C...
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Elizabeth
2002
Revengers Tragedy
5.757/14
A film adaptation of the 1606 satirical tragedy by Thomas Middleton, relocated to a post-apocalyptic Liverpool. Christopher Eccleston plays the reveng...
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Revengers Tragedy
1992
Death and the Compass
5.929/14
In a totalitarian future, in a nightmare metropolis, inhabited only by criminals and police, Erik Lonnrot, a gifted detective, investigates a series o...
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Death and the Compass
1996
Jude
6.305/154
In late 19th-century England, Jude aspires to be an academic, but is hobbled by his blue-collar background. Instead, he works as a stonemason and is t...
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Jude
2009
Amelia
5.7/269
A look at the life of legendary American pilot Amelia Earhart, who disappeared while flying over the Pacific Ocean in 1937 in an attempt to make a fli...
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Amelia
2000
Gone in Sixty Seconds
6.474/5038
Ex-car thief Randall Raines is forced out of retirement to save his brother Kip after a boost gone wrong. With the help of allies old and new, they ra...
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Gone in Sixty Seconds
2021
Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story
6.4/6
Robbo is a remarkable feature film that tells the story of one of England and Manchester United’s greatest ever midfielders. From a working class kid...
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Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story
1994
Shallow Grave
6.992/1190
When David, Juliet, and Alex find their new roommate dead with a large sum of money, they agree to hide the body and keep the cash. However, this newf...
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Shallow Grave
2002
I Am Dina
5.56/58
In Northern Norway during the 1860s, a little girl named Dina accidentally causes her mother's death. Overcome with grief, her father refuses to raise...
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I Am Dina
2010
Lennon Naked
5.5/23
A profile of John Lennon in the late 1960s as the Beatles are set to fall apart.
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Lennon Naked
2021
Set the Night on Fire: The Story of Ewan MacColl
0/0
Born James Henry Miller in 1915, MacColl became prominent on the folk scene in the 1950s and was also a labour activist and actor. This affectionate d...
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Set the Night on Fire: The Story of Ewan MacColl
2020
The Hour
0/0
The hour before actors go on stage at the National Theatre in London is a performance in and of itself.
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The Hour
1999
Heart
5.385/13
A woman, plastered in blood, is arrested by a grave, and a tale of loss, lust and jealousy slowly unfolds.
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Heart
2009
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
5.782/5029
From the Egyptian desert to deep below the polar ice caps, the elite G.I. JOE team uses the latest in next-generation spy and military equipment to fi...
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G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
1998
A Price Above Rubies
5.446/46
About a young woman who is married to a devout Jew and the problems that trouble their marriage because of the woman wanting something more out of her...
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A Price Above Rubies
1992
Roots
0/0
Presentation of Arnold Wesker's play of the 1950s. A young girl returns to her family home in Norfolk, having been educated in cultural and political...
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Roots
1991
Let Him Have It
6.667/51
In 1950s England, slow-witted Derek Bentley falls in with a group of petty criminals led by Chris Craig, a teenager with a fondness for American gangs...
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Let Him Have It
1992
Continental Drift
0/0
Springing Lenin: An eccentric Scottish spinster greets the collapse of communism by snapping up a statue of Lenin on the cheap and towing it home acro...
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Continental Drift
2001
The Invisible Circus
5.198/48
After learning that her sister, Faith, has committed suicide in Portugal, Phoebe, an 18-year-old hippie, decides to uproot from her San Francisco home...
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The Invisible Circus
2011
The Borrowers
5.844/61
Family adventure based on Mary Norton's classic children's books about a race of tiny people who live under the floorboards, resourcefully surviving b...
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The Borrowers
2013
Thor: The Dark World
6.508/18741
Thor fights to restore order across the cosmos… but an ancient race led by the vengeful Malekith returns to plunge the universe back into darkness. Fa...
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Thor: The Dark World
2002
The King and Us
10/1
It's April 1974 and Manchester United are facing the prospect of relegation. Anthony never misses a match and it's the crucial last match of the seaso...
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The King and Us
2001
Strumpet
5.1/16
Strayman, a spontaneous poet, is landlord to a pack of stray dogs. Unable to resist another of life's strays, he hooks up with Strumpet, a shy, homele...
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Strumpet
2012
Song for Marion
6.816/163
Arthur is a grumpy pensioner who can't understand why his wife Marion would want to embarrass herself singing silly songs with her unconventional loca...
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Song for Marion
1993
Anchoress
5.9/15
A 14th-century peasant becomes transfixed by a statue of the Virgin Mary, and petitions to be walled into a cell attached to the church as a religious...
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Anchoress
2001
Othello
6.909/11
With freshly rechristened characters and brand-new dialogue, this British TV production of Othello is a "rethinking" of Shakespeare's play, albeit sti...
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Othello
2002
Sunday
7.7/9
Sunday tells the story of an infamous day in Derry, North of Ireland and how the events of that day were subsequently covered up by the British Govern...
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Sunday
2003
The Importance of Being Morrissey
6.9/7
Featuring interviews by famous fans and followers, this rare documentary encapsulates the essence of the controversial, enigmatic, and deliciously mel...
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The Importance of Being Morrissey
2003
The Second Coming
9/1
Steven Baxter is the Son of God, and can produce the miracles to prove it. How does the world react when he announces it has to produce a Third Testam...
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The Second Coming
2024
Young Woman and the Sea
7.85/462
This is the extraordinary true story of Trudy Ederle, the first woman to successfully swim the English Channel. Through the steadfast support of her o...
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Young Woman and the Sea
2022
My Name Is Leon
3.7/3
Leon, a mixed-race boy, and Jake, his white baby brother, are separated after their mother has a breakdown. Leon is determined to find him and gets un...
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My Name Is Leon
1999
With or Without You
5.294/17
Rosie and Vincent have known each other for ten years, and have been married for five. She doesn't like her job, he isn't too pleased working with her...
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With or Without You
2008
New Orleans, Mon Amour
7/2
One year after Hurricane Katrina, troubles arise for a surgeon who, despite remarrying his ex-wife and starting his life anew, becomes reacquainted wi...
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New Orleans, Mon Amour
2023
The Kemps: All Gold
0/0
Spandau Ballet brothers Martin and Gary Kemp return to the BBC for a New Year comedy documentary special. Rhys Thomas OBE has been given unprecedented...
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The Kemps: All Gold
2013
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor
8.184/790
In 2013, something terrible is awakening in London's National Gallery; in 1562, a murderous plot is afoot in Elizabethan England; and somewhere in spa...
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Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor
2023
Dodger Special: Coronation
10/1
Dodger and the gang return to London to pull off their biggest mission yet: to rob the Crown Jewels ahead of the Queen's Coronation.
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Dodger Special: Coronation
2022
Dodger Special: Train
0/0
Dodger reunites with Fagin's gang, and they try their boldest plan yet - a train robbery!
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Dodger Special: Train
2023
Dodger Special: Bad Egg
0/0
When a heist goes wrong, Dodger is given his harshest punishment yet - school!
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Dodger Special: Bad Egg
2022
Dodger Special: Christmas
0/0
A kind-hearted deed for an old friend leads Dodger to break into 10 Downing Street.
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Dodger Special: Christmas
2015
Legend
7.045/4407
Suave, charming and volatile, Reggie Kray and his unstable twin brother Ronnie start to leave their mark on the London underworld in the 1960s. Using...
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Legend
2012
When Wrestling Was Golden: Grapples, Grunts and Grannies
6.833/3
Timeshift turns back the clock to a time when villains wore silver capes, grannies swooned at the sight of bulky men in latex and the most masculine m...
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When Wrestling Was Golden: Grapples, Grunts and Grannies
2013
Emily
5/4
The film puts two English characters within the framework of a stereotypically French film, deconstructing a common sexual fantasy to explore the mome...
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Emily
2006
Perfect Parents
4.6/5
After a violent incident in Lucy's public school, her atheist parents Stuart and Alison decide to find her a safe 'traditional' school. The only one t...
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Perfect Parents
2013
When Coal Was King
0/0
Timeshift explores the lost world of coal mining and the extraordinarily rich social and cultural lives of those who worked in what was once Britain's...
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When Coal Was King
2002
Flesh and Blood
5.5/8
A man who was adopted at birth traces his real parents, and discovers that they have severe learning disabilities and do not know he exists.
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Flesh and Blood
1996
Hillsborough
7.19/21
Drama based on the real life events of April 1989, when ninety-six Liverpool supporters were crushed to death during an F.A. Cup Semi-Final match agai...
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Hillsborough
2024
An Angel on Oxford Street
0/0
A short animated film which centers around the character Saul, and his reluctant journey into Oxford Street, London where he has an unexpected life ch...
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An Angel on Oxford Street
2005
Doctor Who: A New Dimension
9/1
Documentary lead-in to the premiere episode of the 2005 revival of Doctor Who. Features cast interviews, behind the scenes footage, and a look at the...
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Doctor Who: A New Dimension
2002
24 Hour Party People
6.973/536
Manchester, 1976. Tony Wilson is an ambitious but frustrated local TV news reporter looking for a way to make his mark. After witnessing a life-changi...
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24 Hour Party People
2018
Where Hands Touch
7.876/543
Germany, 1944. Leyna, the 15-year old daughter of a white German mother and a black African father, meets Lutz, a compassionate member of the Hitler Y...
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Where Hands Touch
2009
The Happiness Salesman
9/1
Karen is resigned to a life of suburban ennui, the dreams of her youth a distant memory. On an autumn afternoon as she struggles to get her baby to sl...
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The Happiness Salesman
2005
Einstein's Big Idea
7.438/16
Over 100 years ago, Albert Einstein grappled with the implications of his revolutionary special theory of relativity and came to a startling conclusio...
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Einstein's Big Idea
2013
Muse of Fire
6.5/2
This unique feature documentary follows two actors, Giles Terera and Dan Poole, as they travel the world to find out everything they can about tacklin...
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Muse of Fire
2013
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
6.2/4
To celebrate its 50th anniversary, the National Theatre of Great Britain presents National Theatre: 50 Years on Stage, bringing together the best Brit...
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National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
1992
Rachel's Dream
4.5/2
Fantasy drama Rachel's Dream was set sometime in the future when the world is besieged by technology, young Rachel discovers that through a large bank...
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Rachel's Dream
1999
Dockers: Writing the Wrongs
0/0
The compelling tale of how a group of sacked dockers got together with scriptwriter Jimmy McGovern and novelist Irvine Welsh to turn their unique stor...
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Dockers: Writing the Wrongs
2018
Dead in a Week (Or Your Money Back)
6.315/370
William has failed to kill himself so many times that he outsources his suicide to aging assassin Leslie. But with the contract signed and death assur...
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Dead in a Week (Or Your Money Back)
2017
Manchester: 100 Days After The Attack
8.4/5
A documentary on the events when a bomb went off at the Ariana Grande concert.
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Manchester: 100 Days After The Attack
2013
Lucan
6/1
Drama about infamous aristocrat Lord Lucan, who mysteriously disappeared in 1974 after being accused of murdering his children's nanny.
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Lucan
2018
King Lear
6.041/109
An aging King invites disaster, when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters, and rejects his loving and honest one.
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King Lear
2018
RSC Live: Macbeth
9/4
Returning home from battle, the victorious Macbeth meets three witches on the heath. Driven by their disturbing prophecies, he sets out on the path to...
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RSC Live: Macbeth
2020
A Year in the Life of a Year 2019
0/0
Rhys Thomas reviews 2019 in his usual inimitable way
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A Year in the Life of a Year 2019
2018
The Flu That Killed 50 Million
6.071/7
It is 1918 and the end of WWI. Millions have died, and the world is exhausted by war. But soon a new horror is sweeping the world, a terrifying virus...
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The Flu That Killed 50 Million
2012
National Theatre Live: Antigone
9/3
In the unstable aftermath of a civil war, Creon, the new King of Thebes, asserts his authority by forbidding anyone from honouring the death of the tr...
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National Theatre Live: Antigone
2006
Best Ever Muppet Moments
6/2
A review of the most memorable Muppet moments to commemorate Kermit the Frog's 50th anniversary.
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Best Ever Muppet Moments
2002
Tony Adams - Drunk And Dry
10/1
A look at the personal life of the Arsenal and England player
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Tony Adams - Drunk And Dry
2014
Richard III: The New Evidence
6/1
Could King Richard III's spinal deformity have prevented him from leading the charge at the Battle of Bosworth? Modern scoliosis sufferer Dominic Smee...
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Richard III: The New Evidence
2020
Endless
8/1
Endless features the actor Christopher Eccleston in the role of a solitary, unnamed man, dressed in the plainest of plain clothes, encountered in the...
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Endless
2020
The Kemps: All True
8/2
Spandau Ballet global superstars Gary and Martin Kemp, their lives, and their careers.
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The Kemps: All True
2024
Doctor Who at the Proms
7.2/4
Doctor Who fan favourite Catherine Tate presents a concert of music, monsters and mayhem featuring soundtracks from the iconic series, a specially sho...
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Doctor Who at the Proms
Hear Me Roar
0/0
Elizabeth Bellinger became one of the few transgender people in Britain to get married in the 1980s. She kept this ceremony secret from almost everyon...
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Hear Me Roar
2008
Doctor Who: The Next Doctor
7.386/237
The Doctor arrives in Victorian London. It's Christmas, but snow isn't the only thing descending on the tranquil and jubilant civilization, as familia...
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Doctor Who: The Next Doctor
2015
Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song
7.991/169
It’s Christmas Day on a remote human colony and the Doctor is hiding from Christmas Carols and Comedy Antlers. But when a crashed spaceship calls upon...
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Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song
2005
The Dark Side of Porn: Porn Shutdown
7/3
In 2004, The San Fernando Valley porno industry came to a virtual standstill after it was revealed that popular performer Darren James became infected...
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The Dark Side of Porn: Porn Shutdown
2016
The Last Miners
0/0
The story of the final days of Britain's last deep coal mine, Kellingley Colliery in North Yorkshire, told by the rare breed of men who work half a mi...
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The Last Miners
2025
Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War
5.136/11
Belinda Chandra has been kidnapped by robots, faced a terrifying god and a creature of pure evil on her travels with the Doctor. With the TARDIS still...
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Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War
2026
Chasing Millions
0/0
The Northern Bank chain was owned by the National Australia Bank. Diana, a young Australian police detective in Belfast at the same time, seizes the o...
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Chasing Millions
2024
Whispers of Freedom
0/0
Described by Deadline Hollywood as the "tragic true story" of Chris Gueffroy, it follows one of the last daring attempts to escape across the infamous...
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Whispers of Freedom
Color Your Hurt
0/0
A young man unravels color-soaked memories of love, faith, and violence—and the horrific night that forced him to choose between survival and himself....
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Color Your Hurt
About A Bell
0/0
In a quiet English commuter town, a former parish church is knocked down to make way for a new apartment block. Locals pass by the rubble unconcerned,...
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About A Bell
2026
SIGNAL
0/0
A railway signalman's routine night shift turns into a race to save a life after spotting a distressed young man trespassing on the tracks.
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SIGNAL
2003
Pure Rage: The Making of '28 Days Later'
6.7/10
Documentary about the making of Danny Boyle's end-of-the-world style horror movie, 28 Days Later.
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Pure Rage: The Making of '28 Days Later'
2026
Ashes Again!
0/0
Tabby and her dad are having their photograph taken, but Tabby refuses to smile: Dad doesn't even keep them - just sends them to her mum (wherever the...
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Ashes Again!
2026
Crackula
0/0
In Moss Side a white vampire who offers a black ex-addict immortality. A story about privilege, hunger, and the high cost of power in today’s world.
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