Items22The creator’s order
  1. 1The Ballad of Wallis Island (2025)The Ballad of Wallis Island (2025) 7.4/10 on IMDbReleased 28 Mar 2025A private concert on a small island makes an awkward patron's enthusiasm impossible for the visiting musicians to escape. Tim Key and Tom Basden let embarrassing persistence meet old hurt without losing the jokes. The 2025 British film is especially rewarding if musical companionship and people…0
  2. 2Brian and Charles (2022)Brian and Charles (2022) 6.7/10 on IMDbReleased 17 Jun 2022A lonely Welsh inventor builds a companion whose needs soon exceed being grateful for assembly. David Earl and Chris Hayward make the homemade absurdity feel like a working friendship. The humour is gentle but not frictionless: independence turns out to be an inconvenient feature in someone built…0
  3. 3Pride (2014)Pride (2014) 7.8/10 on IMDbReleased 12 Sept 2014The meeting between queer London activists and a Welsh mining community gives every good intention a practical social test. The ensemble's comic timing makes solidarity feel like repeated encounters rather than a slogan. Based on the real support campaign, it shapes events into an accessible,…0
  4. 4Sightseers (2012)Sightseers (2012) 6.5/10 on IMDbReleased 30 Nov 2012A caravan holiday exposes a couple's grievances through campsites, petty rules and escalating violence. Alice Lowe and Steve Oram make the regional detail precise enough for the absurdity to bite. Choose Ben Wheatley's British black comedy for thwarted expectations turning monstrous, with the gore…0
  5. 5Submarine (2011)Submarine (2011) 7.3/10 on IMDbReleased 18 Mar 2011A Welsh teenager's meticulous self-narration is rarely a reliable measure of how well he understands anyone else. Craig Roberts gives the pretension enough vulnerability to keep it affectionate. Richard Ayoade's debut suits viewers who enjoy visual invention organised around social embarrassment,…0
  6. 6Four Lions (2010)Four Lions (2010) 7.3/10 on IMDbReleased 7 May 2010Chris Morris makes a small terrorist cell's incompetence horribly funny without allowing the consequences to become imaginary. The regional voices and arguments matter as much as the high-concept premise. This is severe satire about extremism, with deaths and disturbing material; choose it for…0
  7. 7Attack the Block (2011)Attack the Block (2011) 6.6/10 on IMDbReleased 11 May 2011Teenagers defending a south London estate have to revise how they judge one another as a creature invasion makes every route useful. Joe Cornish combines brisk genre action with argumentative group comedy. The jokes grow from competing responsibilities and local geography, with violence and strong…0
  8. 8The Guard (2011)The Guard (2011) 7.3/10 on IMDbReleased 7 Jul 2011Brendan Gleeson's west-of-Ireland policeman uses bluntness and apparent incuriosity to keep other people off balance. Don Cheadle gives him an excellent opposing rhythm. An Irish-led production with British participation, it earns a place through caustic character comedy; the language and…0
  9. 9Calvary (2014)Calvary (2014) 7.4/10 on IMDbReleased 11 Apr 2014A threatened priest's encounters expose a community fluent in turning pain into an abrasive joke. Brendan Gleeson keeps a bruised patience beneath the verbal exchanges. This Irish-British co-production is a dark drama with mordant comedy, rather than a light village ensemble; abuse, despair and…0
  10. 10In the Loop (2009)In the Loop (2009) 7.4/10 on IMDbReleased 22 Jan 2009Officials keep using language to secure a position while losing track of what their position requires. The British-American political comedy gives evasions and badly timed confidence an almost physical speed. The pleasure is the ensemble's improvisatory-seeming precision, with a bleak view of…0