Movies and TV shows set in west end london
The list contains the best, new and most relevant movies set in west end london ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, semi serious, feel good, dramatic, period piece and melancholic films and TV shows about / with theater, mother daughter relationship, love and romance, fall in love, mother son relationship, adaptation, couples, husband wife relationship, character study and song plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres shot in UK, USA, Canada and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as west end london: Tinsel Town (2025), Pretty Red Dress (2022), Cabaret (1993), National Theatre Live: Vanya (2024), Queen of the Blues (1979), Swan Lake (2012), Baddiel and Skinner Unplanned (2000), Lost in London (2017), Heathers: The Musical (2022), Oklahoma! (1999).
List of movies set in west end london
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A washed-up Hollywood action hero is tricked into starring in a small English town’s chaotic Christmas pantomime, where a straight-talking dance instructor and his estranged daughter just might help him rediscover the magic of the season.
Style:
comedy drama, feel good, romantic comedy
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
christmas, small town, pantomime, second chance, transformation, self discovery, fish out of water, theater, redemption, comeback, hollywood, heartwarming ...
Place:
west end london
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Travis has just been released from prison and it quickly becomes apparent that much has changed while he’s been gone. While girlfriend Candice is on the up and auditioning to star in a Tina Turner musical, daughter Kenisha is struggling in school ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, exciting, captivating, poignant ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
sex scene, released from prison, mother daughter relationship, brother brother relationship, arrested, family drama, african american protagonist, african american, african american woman, daughter, mother and daughter, brother ...
Place:
london, west end london
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Genre: Musical, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A filmed stage performance of the 1993 London revival. Sam Mendes (American Beauty, Road to Perdition, Skyfall) directed this new production for the Donmar Warehouse in London's West End. It supposedly only aired on television one time, though ...
Style:
historical drama, melancholic, dark comedy, pre war
Plot:
decadence, anchorman, social commentary, hedonism, live performance, heartbreak, satire, ignorance, choreography, cabaret, coming of age, closeted homosexual ...
Time:
1930s
Place:
west end london, berlin germany
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Andrew Scott brings multiple characters to life in Chekhov's Uncle Vanya, filmed live in West End, London. Hopes, dreams, and regrets are thrust into sharp focus in this one-man adaptation which explores the complexities of human emotions.
Style:
melancholic, poignant, existential, reflective, period piece ...
Plot:
introspection, literary, character study, monologue, bittersweet, family drama, regret, nostalgia, midlife crisis, unrequited love, jealousy, dark humor ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
west end london
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Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance, War
Country: UK
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
The epic love story tells the tragic tale of young Vietnamese bar girl Kim, orphaned by war, who falls in love with American GI Chris — but their lives are torn apart by the fall of Saigon.
Style:
emotional, suspense, captivating, psychological, disturbing ...
Plot:
tragic love, live performance, theater, couple relations, male female relationship, relationships, life is a bitch, longing, sacrifice, vietnam war, loss, separation ...
Time:
70s
Place:
west end london, saigon, london, asia, vietnam
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 62 min.
Story:
A seedy striptease club in London's West End becomes the target for unpleasant crooks.
Style:
suspense, tension, noir, period piece, sex comedy
Audience:
adult
Plot:
striptease, strip club, exploitation, mature, blackmail, cabaret, burlesque, danger, red light district, organized crime, sexploitation, mob boss ...
Time:
70s
Place:
london, west end london
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Music, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Matthew Bourne choreographs this performance of Tchaikovsky's ballet, filmed live in London. The show, the longest running ballet on both Broadway and the West End, follows the story of Prince Siegfried, who promises his love to swan maiden ...
Style:
aesthetic, dramatic, emotional, poignant, melancholic ...
Plot:
ballet, theater, choreography, dance, human becomes animal, classical music, live performance, adaptation, tragic love, broadway, spectacle, lgbtq ...
Place:
london, west end london
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Baddiel and Skinner unplanned was a free-form talk show hosted by British comedians/personalities David Baddiel and Frank Skinner and produced by Avalon Television. Its concept was developed at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and had a run in the ...
Style:
satirical, semi serious, captivating, feel good, light hearted ...
Plot:
satire, conversation, improv, talk show, stand up comedian, comedian, social satire, philosophical conversation, irreverent, variety show, intimate, confession ...
Place:
west end london
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Within the course of a night, Woody Harrelson finds himself in a misadventure in London that winds him up in prison.
Style:
suspense, tense, captivating, disturbing, intense ...
Plot:
chase, jail, night, nightclub, satire, taxi, bad luck, reunited friends, criminal, arrest, british, misadventure ...
Place:
london, britain, west end london
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Genre: Comedy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
A teenage girl who halfheartedly tries to be part of the "in crowd" meets a dashing rebel who teaches her a more sinister way to play social politics.
Style:
entertaining, captivating, funny, satirical, humorous ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
closeted homosexual, teenage rebellion, teen social issues, male homosexuality, adolescence, teenage life, satire, schoolgirl, teenager, music, teenage girl, lifestyle ...
Time:
80s
Place:
west end london, ohio
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Genre: Musical, Romance, Western
Country: UK
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
London stage reproduction of the classic Broadway musical.
Style:
feel good, humorous, semi serious, realistic
Plot:
fall in love, love triangle, ballet, friendship, lifestyle, couples, artists and showbiz, musician's life, couple relations, performer's life, opposites attract, enemies to lovers ...
Time:
90s
Place:
oklahoma, west end london, usa, england, europe
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
In the West End of 1950s London, plans for a movie version of a smash-hit play come to an abrupt halt after a pivotal member of the crew is murdered. When world-weary Inspector Stoppard and eager rookie Constable Stalker take on the case, the two ...
Style:
psychological, tense, suspenseful, captivating, meta ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
murder mystery, murder investigation, murder, investigation, whodunit, murderer, film producer, secret, sleuth, forensics, filmmaking, crime investigation ...
Time:
1950s, year 1953, 50s
Place:
london, scotland yard, west end london, england
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Albert Steptoe and his son Harold are junk dealers, complete with horse and cart to tour the neighbourhood. They also live amicably together at the junk yard. But Harold, who likes the bright lights in the West End of London, meets a stripper, ...
Style:
dark comedy, semi serious, realistic, humorous, sitcom ...
Plot:
working class, son, marriage, stripper, father, love, love and romance, odd couple, fall in love, nothing goes right, family relations, couples ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
england, europe, spain, london, united kingdom ...
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
The film is an edgy black comedy set in swinging London in the late 60s. The All Saints girls play three street wise sisters who head 'up West' to rob and generally cause trouble.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, stylized, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
dark humor, dishonesty, criminal heroes, strong female presence, physical appearance, gender, profanity, robbery, stolen goods, three sisters, female thief, graphic violence ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
london, england, west end london, east end london, oxford university
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Gavin is 31 years old and still lives with his parents. He is awfully shy but before he knows it there are three women interested in him. Lady Minerva Munday has a casual way of life and lives in a basement, Joan is an over-sexed millionairess, ...
Style:
sex comedy, realistic, semi serious, feel good, touching ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
taboo subject, young lovers, sex, older woman younger man relationship, teen angst, couples, looking for sex, fall in love, showbiz, singleness, teenage love, looking for love ...
Time:
year 1989, 80s
Place:
west end london, london
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, USA, Hungary, UK
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Julia Lambert is a true diva: beautiful, talented, weathly and famous. She has it all - including a devoted husband who has mastermined her brilliant career - but after years of shining in the spotlight she begins to suffer from a severe case of ...
Style:
period piece, entertaining, stylized, sincere, witty ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
midlife crisis, older woman younger man relationship, theater, adaptation, complex characters, women, loneliness, actor's life, love, adultery, art, backstage ...
Time:
1930s, year 2004, 20th century, year 1938, 50s ...
Place:
england, london, europe, west end london, canada ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Family
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
The behind the scenes story of the life of A.A. Milne and the creation of the Winnie the Pooh stories inspired by his son Christopher Robin.
Style:
thought provoking, sad, factual, melancholic, cynical ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, toddlers
Plot:
childhood, father son relationship, winnie the pooh, traumatic childhood, writers, biopic, fame, playwright, marital problem, husband wife relationship, bullying, nanny ...
Time:
year 1941, post world war one, 1930s, 20th century, future ...
Place:
england, new york, london, west end london
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
Suave, charming and volatile, Reggie Kray and his unstable twin brother Ronnie start to leave their mark on the London underworld in the 1960s. Using violence to get what they want, the siblings orchestrate robberies and murders while running ...
Style:
realistic, brutal, period piece, intense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gang, mafia, gangster, violent, psychopath, gay interest, organized crime, abusive husband, rise and fall, brother brother relationship, homosexual, relationships ...
Time:
60s, year 2015, year 1957, 90s, 2010s ...
Place:
england, london, east end london, europe, west end london ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Eccentric 70-year-old widow purchases the Windmill Theatre in London as a post-widowhood hobby. After starting an innovative continuous variety review, which is copied by other theaters, they begin to lose money. Mrs Henderson suggests they add ...
Style:
feel good, sentimental, emotional, period piece, touching ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
world war two, closeted homosexual, brutality, unwanted pregnancy, showbiz, couples, art, friendship, nobility, chorus line, audition, love and romance ...
Time:
1930s, 1940s, 20th century, year 2005, year 1937
Place:
london, england, france, europe, west end london ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A coming-of-age story about a teenage girl in 1960s suburban London, and how her life changes with the arrival of a playboy nearly twice her age.
Style:
realistic, sexy, period piece, costume drama, romantic ...
Audience:
date night, teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
age difference, coming of age, older man younger woman relationship, love affair, lolita, teenage life, teenager, love, self discovery, direction and purpose, older man young girl relationship, betrayal ...
Time:
20th century, year 2009, 1900s, 60s, year 1961
Place:
london, paris france, france, united kingdom, britain ...
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