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The top 10 British Actress movies

W.E. (2011)

February 2, 2019

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W.E. (2011)

Natalie Dormer

Synopsis: The story of the love affair between King Edward VIII of England and American divorcée Wallis Simpson, and a modern romance between a married woman and a Russian security guard.

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The Summer House (1993)

January 27, 2019

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The Summer House

Lena Headey

Synopsis: A young lady who wants to become a nun is put into an arranged marriage.

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Century (1993)

January 12, 2019

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Century

Lena Headey

Synopsis: A young doctor becomes a researcher in a prestigious medical institute and works on a new kind of treatment for diabetes.

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Great Expectations (2012)

August 18, 2018

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Great Expectations

Helena Bonham Carter

Synopsis: A young boy experiences a series of events that changes his life and gives him an exciting adventure.

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Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2016)

August 4, 2018

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Pride and Prejudice

and Zombies

Synopsis: In the 19th century five sisters must handle the pressures to marry while protecting themselves from a growing population of zombies.

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The Light Between Oceans (2016)

July 7, 2018

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The Light Between Oceans

Kate Beckinsale

Synopsis: A very tenacious young woman makes her move on a new lighthouse operator who marries her and starts a new family. Things don’t go as planned and all seems lost until a baby is found in a small boat drifting off the coast of western Australia.

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Stonehearst Asylum (2014)

June 30, 2018

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Stonehearst Asylum

Kate Beckinsale

Synopsis: An Oxford graduate applies for a job in a mental institution, only to discover that the ‘revolutionary’ new treatments are inhumane and that in this place of healing, nothing is what it seems.

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Pearl Harbor (2001)

June 23, 2018

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Pearl Harbor

Kate Beckinsale

Synopsis: The story of two life long friends and a nurse who get caught in the infamous morning of 1941 that started a war.

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Love & Friendship (2016)

May 11, 2018

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Love & Friendship

Kate Beckinsale

Synopsis: In the 1790s Lady Susan Vernon is a widow who has taken up temporary residences at her in-laws estate. Susan is highly determined to play the role of match maker for her daughter Frederica.

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Les Misérables (2012)

April 7, 2018

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Les Misérables

Helena Carter

Synopsis: In 19th century France, Jean Valjean is being hunted down by the ruthless policeman known as Javert after breaking his parole.

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The King’s Speech (2010)

March 17, 2018

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The King’s Speech

Helena Bonham Carter

Synopsis: The story of King George VI of the United Kingdom of Great Britain, his impromptu ascension to the throne, and the speech therapist who helped the unsure monarch become worthy of it.

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Suffragette (2015)

March 10, 2018

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Suffragette

Helena Bonham Carter

Synopsis: The foot soldiers of the early suffrage movement, women who were forced underground to pursue a dangerous game of cat and mouse with an increasingly brutal State.

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Voice from the stone (2017)

June 21, 2017

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Voice from the stone

Emillia Clarke

Synopsis: A 1950s Tuscany ghost story. Verena, a nurse is hired to aid a young boy who has fallen silent since the sudden passing of his mother.

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My Cousin Rachel (2017)

August 19, 2017

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My Cousin Rachel

Rachel Weisz

Synopsis: A young Englishman plots revenge against his late cousin’s wife, believing her responsible for his death. But his feelings become complicated as he finds himself falling under the beguiling spell of her charms.

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Ballet Shoes (2007)

October 1, 2017

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Ballet Shoes

Emma Watson

Synopsis: The story of three orphan girls ( Pauline, Petrova, and Posy ), adopted by an eccentric explorer, Great Uncle Matthew, and his niece Sylvia, in 1930s London.

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The Deep Blue Sea (2011)

September 16, 2017

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The Deep Blue Sea

Rachel Weisz

Synopsis: The wife of a British Judge is caught in a self-destructive love Affair with a Royal Air Force pilot.

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My Week with Marilyn (2010)

October 7, 2017

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My Week

With Marilyn

Synopsis: Colin Clark is an employee of Sir Laurence Olivier’s. He documents the tense interaction between Olivier and Marilyn Monroe during the production of The Prince and the Showgirl (1957).

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Murder On The Orient Express (2017)

November 23, 2017

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Murder On

The Orient Express

Synopsis: When a murder occurs on the train he’s traveling on, celebrated detective Hercule Poirot is recruited to solve the case.

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Chéri (2009)

November 18, 2017

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Chéri

Felicity Jones

Synopsis: The son of a courtesan retreats into a fantasy world after being forced to end his relationship with the older woman who educated him in the ways of love.

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The Aviator (2004)

February 16, 2018

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The Aviator

Kate Beckinsale

Synopsis: A biopic depicting the early years of the legendary director and aviator Howard Hughes ( Leonardo DiCaprio ) from his career from the late 1920s to the mid 1940s.

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Sunshine (1999)

March 3, 2018

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Sunshine

Rachel Weisz

Synopsis: The fate of a Hungarian Jewish family throughout the 20th century.

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The Theory of Everything (2014)

March 18, 2018

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The Theory

of Everything

Synopsis: A look at the relationship between the famous physicist Stephen Hawking and his wife Jane Hawking.

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