About a Boy 2002  PG-13, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Chris Weitz, Paul Weitz
Cast: Hugh Grant, Toni Collette, Rachel Weisz, Nicholas Hoult, Sharon Small, Madison & Jordan Cook, Nicholas Hutchinson, Ryan & Joseph Speechley, Natalia Tena, Laura Kennington, Tanika Swaby, Peter McNicholl, Christopher Webster, Ben Ridgeway, Victoria Smurfit
Will Freeman (Hugh Grant) is a young man in his 30s whose life is going nowhere. But, that all turns around when troubled 12-year-old Marcus (Nicholas Hutchinson) attaches himself to Will and changes Will's life forever. Will and Marcus meet when Will joins S.P.A.T. (Single Parents Alone Together) as a means to meet single women. Will fabricates a story about having a two-year-old son, but Marcus catches on to Will's scheme and urges him to date his own depressed mother Fiona (Toni Collette). That doesn't work, and it doesn't take long before Will falls for single mom Rachel (Rachel Weisz), and now he tries to pass Marcus off as his son. A bad plan–but when Will tries to make it up to Marcus, he finally grows up.
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American Dreamz 2006  PG-13, 107 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Paul Weitz
Cast: Hugh Grant, Dennis Quaid, Mandy Moore, Willem Dafoe, Chris Klein, Jennifer Coolidge, Sam Golzari, Marcia Gay Harden, Seth Meyers, John Cho, Judy Greer, Bernard White, Shohreh Aghdashloo
This satire aims at a variety of subjects, but the Presidency of George W. Bush and the reality show, American Idol, are the prime targets. Dennis Quaid takes on the role of recovering alcoholic President Staton who seldom reads the newspaper and relies on the advice of his Dick Cheney-like Chief of Staff (Willem Dafoe) who, to increase the President's ratings, books him as a guest judge on the popular reality show, American Dreamz. The TV show, featuring aspiring musical artists, is easily identified as a satirical view of American Idol with the popular program's self-absorbed Martin Tweed (Hugh Grant) preparing the season's new shows. Contestants include blonde redneck Sally Kendoo (Mandy Moore) and show-tune loving terrorist Omer Obeidi (Sam Golzari). The President agrees to a live presentation, and Omer prepares to assassinate him during his appearance on live TV.
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An Awfully Big Adventure 1995  R, 113 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mike Newell
Cast: Hugh Grant, Georgina Cates, Alan Rickman, Alun Armstrong, Peter Firth, Rita Tushingham, Prunella Scales, Alan Cox, Edward Petherbridge, Gerard McSorley, Clive Merrison, Nicola Pagett, Carol Drinkwater, James Frain, Ruth McCabe
Members of a small repertory theater in London–manager Meredith Polter (Hugh Grant) and cast member Stella Bradshaw (Georgina Cates), a star-struck young actress–learn there is more than meets the eye to the company's leading man, P.L. O'Hara (Alan Rickman).
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The Big Man 1990 R, 116 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Crossing the Line
Director: David Leland
Cast: Liam Neeson, Joanne Whalley, Billy Connolly, Hugh Grant, Maurice Roeves, Carla Cannon, Ian Bannen, Kenny Ireland, John Beattie, Amanda Walker, George Rossi
Set in Scotland in the mid-1980s, this film is more of a statement against then-British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher than a boxing story. The economy resulted in many hardships, and Danny (Liam Neeson) has been unemployed since he lost his job in the mines. Not wanting to live entirely off his loving wife's (Joanne Whalley) income, he finds a job as a participant in the brutal sport of bare-knuckle boxing.
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Bitter Moon 1992  R, 139 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Roman Polanski
Cast: Peter Coyote, Hugh Grant, Emmanuelle Seigner, Kristin Scott-Thomas, Victor Banerjee, Sophie Patel, Patrick Albenque, Stockard Channing, Luca Vellani, Eric Gonzales, Richrd Dieux, Danny Wuyts, Daniel Dhubert, Olivia Brunaux, Heavon Grant
In typical Roman Polanski style, this film brings together psychologically impaired characters who search for offbeat sexual fulfillment. The story takes place on an ocean voyage where a British couple, Nigel (Hugh Grant) and Fiona (Kristin Scott Thomas), meet wheelchair-bound novelist Oscar (Peter Coyote) and his French wife Mimi (Emmanuelle Seigner). When Oscar realizes that Nigel is drawn to Mimi, he makes him listen to the stories (told in flashbacks) of how Mimi's actions caused Oscar to turn their relationship around from Mimi's degrading sex games into his sadistic abuse. Matters get really out of hand during the New Year's Eve party.
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Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason 2004 R, 108 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Beeban Kidron
Cast: Renee Zellweger, Colin Firth, Gemma Jones, Jim Broadbent, Hugh Grant, Jacinda Barrett, Sally Phillips, James Faulkner, Celia Imrie, Dominic McHale, Donald(2) Douglas, Shirley Dixon, Neil Pearson, Rosalind Halstead, Tom Brooke
This sequel takes place four weeks after "Bridget Jones's Diary" ended. As Bridget (Renee Zellweger) grows increasingly unhappy about her relationship with Mark Darcy (Colin Firth), her ex-lover, Daniel (Hugh Grant), reenters the scene and thoroughly confuses Bridget's emotional decisions.
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 Bridget Jones's Diary 2001 R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Sharon Maguire
Cast: Renee Zellweger, Colin Firth, Hugh Grant, Jim Broadbent, Gemma Jones, Sally Phillips, Shirley Henderson, Celia Imrie, Embeth Davidtz, Honor Blackman, James Faulkner, Charmian May, Paul Brooke, Shirley Henderson, James Callis
Bridget Jones (Renee Zellweger) is a 30-something single woman who lives in London, works in the publishing industry, and worries about not finding success–both romantically and professionally. After being snubbed by Mark (Colin Firth), Bridget begins writing in her diary about trying to cut back on wine, cigarettes, and men. She begins getting sexy e-mails from her boss Daniel (Hugh Grant) and meets him for dinner. Daniel tells her that he and Mark went to college together, and Mark seduced his fiancee. Later, Bridget runs across Mark again, he expresses an interest in her, and now both men compete for Bridget's attention. Zellweger excels in her role of the biologically ticking Bridget, and she received an Oscar nomination for Best Actress.
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The Dawning 1988 PG, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Knights
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Rebecca Pidgeon, Jean Simmons, Trevor Howard, Tara MacGowran, Hugh Grant, Ronnie Masterson, John Rogan, Joan O'Hara, Charmian May, Ann Way, Mark O'Regan
Life is good for young Nancy Gulliver (Rebecca Pidgeon) in 1920s Ireland, except for the crush on staid Harry (Hugh Grant) who, in turn, loves another. Things change for Nancy when an Irish rebel terrorist (Anthony Hopkins) shows up at her beach house, and she becomes involved in Irish activism against the British. The good cast includes Trevor Howard (in his last film) as Nancy's grandfather and Jean Simmons as her aunt.
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Extreme Measures 1996 R, 117 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Apted
Cast: Hugh Grant, Gene Hackman, Sarah Jessica Parker, David Morse, Bill Nunn, Paul(2) Guilfoyle
An idealistic doctor, Guy Luthan (Hugh Grant), stumbles onto a plot involving a respected medical researcher, Dr. Lawrence Myrick (Gene Hackman), who is performing secret experiments on living patients.
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Four Weddings and a Funeral 1994 R, 118 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mike Newell
Cast: Hugh Grant, Andie MacDowell, Kristin Scott-Thomas, Simon Callow, James Fleet, John Hannah, David Bower, Charlotte Coleman, Rowan Atkinson, Jeremy Kemp
This story follows the romance of Charles (Hugh Grant) and Carrie (Andie MacDowell) as they confront each other at weddings and a funeral.
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Impromptu 1991 PG-13, 107 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: James Lapine
Cast: Judy Davis, Hugh Grant, Mandy Patinkin, Bernadette Peters, Julian Sands, Ralph Brown, Georges Corraface, Anton Rodgers, Emma Thompson, Anna Massey
Novelist Aurore Lucie Dupin, better known as George Sand (Judy Davis), was famous for her wild lifestyle and many lovers, but the frail musician Frederic Chopin (Hugh Grant) was her favorite. This is her story, at least as legend has it. Fun.
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The Lady and the Highwayman 1989 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Hough
Cast: Emma Samms, Oliver Reed, Hugh Grant, Claire Bloom, Christopher Cazenove, Lysette Anthony, Michael York, John Mills, Ian Bannen, Gordon Jackson
Based on Barbara Cartland's novel, this is the tale of a 17th-century romance between a highwayman (Hugh Grant) and a woman (Lysette Anthony) he saved from her brutal husband (Hugh Grant). With the reinstatement of Charles II (Michael York) as King of England, problems interfere with the romance.
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The Lair of the White Worm 1988 R, 93 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Ken Russell
Cast: Amanda Donohoe, Hugh Grant, Catherine Oxenberg, Peter Capaldi, Sammi Davis, Stratford Johns, Paul Brooke, Imogen Claire, Chris Pitt, Gina McKee, Christopher Gable, Lloyd Peters
Bram Stoker's last novel is adapted for film by Ken Russell who plays it just for fun. An archeologist digs up an odd-looking skull, which is followed by the premature return to town by the mysterious Lady Sylvia Marsh (Amanda Donohoe). A local legend tells of a giant worm-like creature that wreaked havoc in the area before it was killed by an ancient ancestor of Lord James D'Ampton (Hugh Grant)–who lives next door to Lady Sylvia. When the skull turns up missing and the townsfolk begin to disappear or act strangely, the indications are that the creature has returned.
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Love Actually 2003 R, 130 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Richard Curtis
Cast: Hugh Grant, Alan Rickman, Colin Firth, Bill Nighy, Laura Linney, Emma Thompson, Liam Neeson, Billy Bob Thornton, Rowan Atkinson, Martine McCutcheon, Keira Knightley, Gregor Fisher, Sienna Guillory, Kris Marshall, Heike Makatsch
Love in many forms is the subject of this film, which takes place during the weeks before Christmas and involves intertwined stories concerning love and friendship. Several couples' stories are told, but the Prime Minister (Hugh Grant) and a member of his household staff, Natalie (Martine McCutcheon), present one of the better scenarios.
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Maurice 1987 R, 140 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: James Ivory
Cast: James Wilby, Hugh Grant, Rupert Graves, Denholm Elliott, Simon Callow, Billie Whitelaw, Ben Kingsley, Barry Foster, Judy Parfitt, Phoebe Nicholls, Patrick Godfrey, Mark Tandy
Two Cambridge underclassmen (James Wilby and Hugh Grant) fall in love with each other and then find diverse ways of dealing with homosexuality in the class society of Edwardian England.
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 Mickey Blue Eyes 1999 PG-13, 102 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Kelly Makin
Cast: Hugh Grant, James Caan, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Burt Young, James Fox, Joe Viterelli, Gerry Becker, Maddie Corman, Tony Darrow, Paul Lazar, Vincent Pastore, Frank Pellegrino, Scott Thompson, John Ventimiglia, Margaret Devine
A very respectable Manhattan art auctioneer, Michael Felgate (Hugh Grant), proposes marriage to Gina (Jeanne Tripplehorn) and only later learns that she is a Mafia princess–the daughter of Mafia chief Frank Vitale (James Caan). Frank takes a liking to Michael, and Michael's life changes: his trucked-in deliveries start arriving on time, but he pays the price via favors expected by the mobsters.
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Music and Lyrics 2007  PG-13, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical / Romance
Director: Marc(2) Lawrence
Cast: Hugh Grant, Drew Barrymore, Brad Garrett, Kristen Johnston, Campbell Scott, Haley Bennett, Daniel Stewart Sherman, Aasif Mandvi, Matthew Morrison, Jason Antoon, Billy Griffith, Kathleen McNenny
A former member of a popular '80s band, Alex Fletcher (Hugh Grant), has been relegated to playing for high school reunions on Long Island when he is asked to write a song and perform a duet with pop star Cora (Haley Bennett) at Madison Square Gardens. This could be the turning point in Alex's career. But, there is a problem: Alex is good with melodies but just cannot compose lyrics. Help comes in the form of Sophie (Drew Barrymore) who arrives at Alex's apartment to water the plants. She agrees to collaborate on the song, and the fun and romance begin. 2 User Reviews
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| | Ten is probably too old. | 1fatts 12/02/2007 | The friendliest review I read said something to the effect of "anyone who likes this kind of movie will probably like this movie." The truth is I like this kind of movie: an innocuous romantic comedy with charming leads. And I do find Drew Barrymore charming; I really do. I liked Ever After, even though her British accent was occasional at best. I liked 50 First Dates, even though she only had to act as though she had forgotten yesterday's pages. And she is charming in this. I guess so is Hugh Grant, who is probably getting a little long in the tooth for the stammering-with-a-shy-smile young man. But he was cute enough as well. There was just nothing to hang this fleeting charm upon. The movie ran out of plot 45 minutes before it ran out of film. The Music was poor; the Lyrics were worse.
In her review of this film, Rebecca says: "This movie is very funny. Everybody 10 and older should see this movie." I assume Rebecca is nine or ten. With all due respect to her judgment here, I think: 9 maybe; 10 is probably too old. |
| | Rebecca 03/11/2007 | | This movie is very funny. Everybody 10 and older should see this movie. It has some great scenes. Music and Lyrics is also great for people who like to sing and dance! I suggest everybody should stop by their nearest movie theatre and see Music and Lyrics! |
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Nine Months 1995 PG-13, 102 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Chris Columbus
Cast: Hugh Grant, Julianne Moore, Tom Arnold, Joan Cusack, Jeff Goldblum, Robin Williams, Mia Cottet, Ashley Johnson, Joey Simmrin, Alexa Vega
This film is about a young man's fear of becoming a father. In this case, child psychologist Sam (Hugh Grant) is the father of Rebecca's (Julianne Moore) unborn child. Robin Williams is funny in his role as the obstetrician, and the movie does have some good gags, though overall, it's lightweight stuff.
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 Notting Hill 1999 PG-13, 123 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Roger Michell
Cast: Hugh Grant, Julia Roberts, Richard McCabe, Rhys Ifans, Hugh Bonneville, Emma Chambers, James Dreyfus, Dylan Moran, Tim McInnerny, Gina McKee, Alec Baldwin, Clarke Peters, James Dreyfus, Henry Goodman, Lorelei King
The simple life of bookshop owner William Thacker (Hugh Grant) changes forever when a famous American actress, Anna Scott (Julia Roberts), browses in his London store. Their eyes meet, and sparks begin to fly–to the amazement and enjoyment of his friends and family. They get to know each other better, but forming a relationship isn't easy while under the scrutiny of not only family and friends but the press, as well.
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Our Sons 1991 TV, 96 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Erman
Cast: Ann - Margret, Julie Andrews, Hugh Grant, Zeljko Ivanek, Tony Roberts, Hal England, Loyda Ramos, Annabelle Weenick, Lisa Blake Richards, Essex Smith
While Donald (Zelijko Ivanek) is dying of AIDS, his lover, James (Hugh Grant), begs his own mother (Julie Andrews) to travel to Arkansas to tell Donald's mother (Ann-Margret) about his illness.
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The Remains of the Day 1993  PG, 134 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: James Ivory
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson, James Fox, Christopher Reeve, Peter Vaughan, Hugh Grant, Michael Lonsdale, Tim Pigott-Smith, Peter Cellier, Peter Eyre, Caroline Hunt, John Haycraft, Paula Jacobs, Ben Chaplin, Patrick Godfrey
Years into his career as butler, James Stevens (Anthony Hopkins) looks back on younger days when he had choices concerning his future. Through flashbacks, James remembers Mary Kenton (Emma Thompson), the head housekeeper, who fell in love with him and provided the challenges to him concerning his employer, Lord Darlington (James Fox) and his devotion to the Nazi cause in pre-World War II Britain. There were eight Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, Actor, Actress, and Director.
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Rowing with the Wind 1988 R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Gonzalo Suarez
Cast: Hugh Grant, Lizzy McInnerny, Valentine Pelka, Elizabeth Hurley, Jose Luis Gomez, Virginia Mataix, Ronan Vibert, Jose Carlos Rivas, Aitana Sanchez-Gijon, Bibi Andersson
The story behind the story of Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein" is revealed as Lord Byron (Hugh Grant), Mary Shelley (Lizzy McInnerny), Percy Bysshe Shelley (Valentine Pelka), Claire Clairmont (Elizabeth Hurley), and Dr. Polidori (Jose Luis Gomez) gather at Lord Byron's villa. But then the drama wanders as it chronicles the events following as one tragedy seems to follow another.
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 Sense and Sensibility 1995 PG, 135 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ang Lee
Cast: Emma Thompson, Hugh Grant, Alan Rickman, Kate Winslet, Greg Wise, Imogen Stubbs, Emilie Francois, Harriet Walter, James Fleet, Tom Wilkinson, Elizabeth Spriggs, Gemma Jones, Robert Hardy, Imelda Staunton, Hugh Laurie
Jane Austen's tale is brought to the screen in this witty film with an Oscar-winning screenplay by Emma Thompson. It is the story of an attempt by the women of the Dashwood family to balance sense with sensibility in 19th-century British society. When they are left with nothing because the estate passed to the eldest son, sensible Elinor (Emma Thompson) is the daughter who sees the farce of courtship to attain social status through marriage. In addition to the Oscar, the film had six other nominations, including Best Picture, Actress, and Supporting Actress (Kate Winslet).
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Sirens 1994 R, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: John Duigan
Cast: Hugh Grant, Tara Fitzgerald, Sam Neill, Elle Macpherson, Portia de Rossi, Kate Fischer, Vincent Ball, John Duigan, Pamela Rabe, Ben Mendelsohn
Bohemian artist Norman Lindsey (Sam Neill) is visited by an Episcopalian minister, Anthony Campion (Hugh Grant), who is intent on reforming his host. But who gets reformed?
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Small Time Crooks 2000 PG, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Woody Allen
Cast: Woody Allen, Tracey Ullman, Michael Rapaport, Tony Darrow, Jon Lovitz, Elaine May, Elaine Stritch, Hugh Grant, George Grizzard, Brian McConnachie
Despite Frenchie Winkler's (Tracey Ullman) warning to her husband Ray (Woody Allen) to keep away from criminal activity, Ray has one more plot up his sleeve: buy a cookie store and tunnel from it into the neighboring bank vault. As luck would have it, the bank heist is fraught with problems, but the cookie store becomes a huge success. Tracey and Ray become millionaires, which brings on its own problems.
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Till We Meet Again 1989  TV, 240 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Charles Jarrott
Cast: Lucy Gutteridge, Courteney Cox, Mia Sara, Barry Bostwick, Michael York, Hugh Grant, Charles Shaughnessy, Bruce Boxleitner, Maxwell Caulfield, John Vickery, Juliet Mills
Based on a Judith Krantz novel, this made-for-TV miniseries follows the lives of three women as they deal with life and (several) romances in the period of 1913 to the 1950s.
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 Two Weeks Notice 2002 PG-13, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Marc(2) Lawrence
Cast: Sandra Bullock, Hugh Grant, Alicia Witt, Dana Ivey, Robert Klein, Dorian Missick, Heather Burns, David Haig, Veanne Cox, Jason Antoon, Joseph Badalucco Jr., Jonathan Dokuchitz, Katheryn Winnick, Janine LaManna, Charlotte Maier
Successful, Harvard-educated lawyer Lucy Kelson (Sandra Bullock) and her self-absorbed, millionaire, real estate developer boss George Wade (Hugh Grant) have many differences and don't like each other. Could their opposite personalities possibly lead to attraction? What do you think?
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White Mischief 1987 R, 108 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Radford
Cast: Greta Scacchi, Charles Dance, Sarah Miles, Joss Ackland, John Hurt, Hugh Grant, Trevor Howard, Geraldine Chaplin, Susan Fleetwood, Alan Dobie
England was at war in 1940 when a newly wed couple Jock and Diana Broughton (Joss Ackland and Greta Scacchi) left for diplomatic duty in Kenya. Once there, they participate in a carefree lifestyle that seems to contain little morality.
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| 1. About a Boy (2002)
2. American Dreamz (2006)
3. An Awfully Big Adventure (1995)
4. The Big Man (1990)
aka: Crossing the Line
5. Bitter Moon (1992)
6. Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004)
7. Bridget Jones's Diary (2001)
8. The Dawning (1988)
9. The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill, But Came Down a Mountain (1995)
10. Extreme Measures (1996)
11. Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)
12. Impromptu (1991)
13. The Lady and the Highwayman (1989)
14. The Lair of the White Worm (1988)
15. Love Actually (2003)
16. Maurice (1987)
17. Mickey Blue Eyes (1999)
18. Music and Lyrics (2007)
19. Nine Months (1995)
20. Notting Hill (1999)
21. Our Sons (1991)
22. The Remains of the Day (1993)
23. Restoration (1995)
24. Rowing with the Wind (1988)
25. Sense and Sensibility (1995)
26. Sirens (1994)
27. Small Time Crooks (2000)
28. Till We Meet Again (1989)
29. Two Weeks Notice (2002)
30. White Mischief (1987)
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