 Bend It Like Beckham 2002  PG-13, 112 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Gurinder Chadha
Cast: Parminder Nagra, Keira Knightley, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Anupam Kher, Archie Panjabi, Shaznay Lewis, Frank Harper, Juliet Stevenson, Shaheen Khan, Ameet Chana, Pooja Shah, Paven Virk, Saraj Chaudhry, Preeya Kalidas, Trey Farley
Amidst a clash of cultures, young Jess (Parminder Nagra) dreams of becoming a soccer player. Jess meets Jules (Keira Knightley) who plays on a local soccer team, and Jules, who is impressed with Jess' athletic skills, encourages Jess to try out for professional soccer. Meanwhile, Jess' parents (Anupam Kher and Shaheen Khan) want her to go to law school and learn to cook traditional East Indian recipes. In the midst of confusion, Jess must decide whether to follow her dream of becoming a soccer player or to follow her parents' plan for her future.
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For Queen and Country 1988  R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Martin Stellman
Cast: Denzel Washington, Dorian Healy, Amanda Redman, Sean Chapman, Craig Fairbrass, Bruce Payne, Geff Francis, George Baker, Michael Bray, Frank Harper, Graham McTavish, Brian McDermott
When Reuben James (Denzel Washington) returns home from the army where he served as an English paratrooper, he tries to make a new life for himself in the civilian world. But Reuben finds many of his friends are now involved in illegal occupations, and, even worse, racism abounds. Tempers reach new heights, and violence follows.
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 Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels 1998 R, 105 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Thriller
Director: Guy Ritchie
Cast: Jason Flemyng, Dexter Fletcher, Nick Moran, Jason Statham, Steven Mackintosh, Vinnie Jones, Sting, Lenny McLean, P.H. Moriarty, Steve Sweeney, Nicholas Rowe, Nick Marq, Charles Forbes, Peter McNicholl, Frank Harper
Tom (Jason Flemyng), Soap (Dexter Fletcher), Eddy (Nick Moran), and Bacon (Jason Statham) are London schemers who pool their money and lose everything in a crooked card game. Now, they owe half a million pounds to porn broker "Hatchet" Harry Lonsdale (P.H. Moriarty) who gives them one week to pay up.
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Lucky Break 2001  PG-13, 107 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Peter Cattaneo
Cast: James Nesbitt, Olivia Williams, Timothy Spall, Bill Nighy, Lennie James, Ron Cook, Frank Harper, Christopher Plummer, Raymond Waring, Julian Barratt, Peter Wight, Celia Imrie, Ram John Holder
Jimmy Hands (James Nesbitt) and his friend Rudy (Lennie James) fail in their attempted bank robbery and end up in prison. Now, they plot an escape when they perform in an in-house play, "Nelson: The Musical," that is written by amateur playwright Graham Mortimer (Christopher Plummer) who just happens to be the prison warden. Complications develop as opening night draws near.
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A Room for Romeo Brass 1999 R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Shane Meadows
Cast: Andrew Shim, Ben Marshall, Paddy Considine, Frank Harper, Julia Ford, James Higgins, Vicky McClure, Ladene Hall, Bob Hoskins, Martin Arrowsmith
A socially inept park attendant, Morell (Paddy Considine), develops a relationship with two 12-year-old boys–Romeo Brass (Andrew Shim) and Gavin "Knocks" Woolley (Ben Marshall). It isn't long before Morell is romantically pursuing Romeo's beautiful sister, Ladine (Vicky McClure). But when Ladine rejects Morell's advances, events turn ugly as Morell's psychopathic personality comes to the fore.
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Shiner 2000  R, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Irvin
Cast: Michael Caine, Martin Landau, Frances Barber, Frank Harper, Andy Serkis, Claire Rushbrook, Danny Webb, Matthew Marsden, Kenneth Cranham, Peter Wright
Fight promoter Billy "Shiner" Simpson, a small-time crook, now has the chance of a lifetime: manage his son (Matthew Marsden) to the championship. But his past catches up with him when he bets all his money on his son and the son is set up.
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TwentyFourSeven 1997 R, 96 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Shane Meadows
Cast: Bob Hoskins, Danny Nussbaum, James Hooton, Darren O. Campbell, Justin Brady, Jimmy Hynd, Karl Collins, Frank Harper, Pamela Cundell, Bruce Jones
Alan Darcy (Bob Hoskins) organizes bored teens in his town and provides action through the sport of boxing, which changes the lives of gang members.
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| 1. Bend It Like Beckham (2002)
2. For Queen and Country (1988)
3. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
4. Lucky Break (2001)
5. A Room for Romeo Brass (1999)
6. Shiner (2000)
7. TwentyFourSeven (1997)
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