David M. Thompson Movies

A chronicle of Nelson Mandela's life journey from his childhood in a rural village through to his inauguration as the first democratically elected...

Very insightful BBC documentary about Paul Verhoeven, tracking his career up to Showgirls. The programme focuses on talks with Verhoeven, but also...

Lawyer Wakem takes the mill on the river Floss away from Edward Tulliver (whose ancestors have owned it for 300 years) and becomes the worst enemy of...

Twenty year-old student Peter Fraiman falls asleep in 1975 a happy man, having asked his girlfriend to marry him. But when he wakes up, it's 1995; he...

A college lecturer contracts HIV after having a brief affair with one of his students. The news threatens his marriage and family life.

Documentary profile of legendary dance choreographer Busby Berkeley.

Newly arrived on a Burnley housing estate is twelve-year-old Chloe, who, with her alcoholic single mother and abusive older brother, has been...

A comic drama set on a Mediterranean island, where a motley collection of characters is seeking musical redemption.

A young teacher returns to the children’s care home where he grew up, and becomes involved with the lives of the troubled teenage children.

A semi-fictionalized account of the life of writer F.R. Leavis, his mentor Arthur Quiller Couch, and Leavis's own students at Cambridge University.

A powerful one-off drama written by Rosemary Kay , winner of the BBC's Dennis Potter award for new screenwriting. Sadie and Richie MacGregor are...

The host of a British Shock-TV Show blurs the line between show business and life.

A dreamer who aspires to human flight is assigned public service after one of his attempts off a public building. This leads him to meeting a young...

On a tour of Britain in 1926, Harry Houdini enters into a passionate affair with a psychic out to con the famous magician.

The Queen's youngest son is off to university, mainly because "I'm hopeless at anything else". Barry, his new bodyguard, has no time for the royal...

The Amazonian jungle, Brazil, 1987. Ruthless landowners are evicting peasants from their land. The peasants look to the priest for help, and are...

Tommy is a vacuum cleaner salesman gripped by the fever of closing the deal. He lives on puffa rice stored in his glove compartment, listens to...

The story of Granada, the company responsible for Britain's most enduring soap opera Coronation Street, the current affairs series World in Action,...

When Cariani the painter falls in love with the beautiful girl who receives mysterious visitors in the rooms below, he is drawn into a web of danger...

Drama following the lives of three teenage boys sent to a young offenders' institution.