Movies and TV shows set in northern england
The list contains the best, new and most relevant movies set in northern england ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, captivating, psychological, semi serious, emotional and suspenseful films and TV shows about / with working class, family relations, small town, british, husband wife relationship, society, friendship, infidelity, family drama and police plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Crime genres shot in UK, France, USA and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as northern england: Rita, Sue and Bob Too! (1987), God's Own Country (2017), Funland (2005), Vera (2011), At Home with the Braithwaites (2000), Clocking Off (2000), Last of the Summer Wine (1973), The Old Oak (2023), Billy Elliot (2000), Three Day Millionaire (2022).
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List of movies set in northern england
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Realistic story of working class Yorkshire life. Two schoolgirls have a sexual fling with a married man. Serious and light-hearted by turns. Rita, Sue And Bob Too was adapted by Andrea Dunbar from two of her own controversial plays. Rita (Siobhan ...
Style:
sexy, independent film, dark comedy, avant garde, cult classic ...
Plot:
married man, sexual relations, sexual promiscuity, friendship between girls, husband wife relationship, infidelity, forbidden love, sex with teenager, teenage girl, pub, alcoholic, affair ...
Time:
year 1987, 80s
Place:
northern england, yorkshire, england, europe
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A young farmer in rural Yorkshire numbs his daily frustrations with binge drinking and casual sex, until the arrival of a Romanian migrant worker.
Style:
homoerotic, sexy, lgbt cinema, erotic, sentimental ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
gay, gay romance, lgbt, gay relationship, gay love, migrant worker, gay interest, gay lead character, gay couple, village life, sheep, homosexuality ...
Time:
year 2017, 2000s, 2010s, 90s
Place:
yorkshire, northern england, indiana, britain, romania ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Funland is a comedy / thriller serial, produced by the BBC that was first screened from 23 October 2005 to 7 November 2005, on the digital channel BBC Three. Created by Jeremy Dyson and Simon Ashdown, the series consists of a fifty-minute opening ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, suspense, serious, sexual ...
Plot:
clue, murder, gambling debt, dark secret, stripper, husband wife relationship, criminal underworld, corruption, deception, dead mother, strip club, greed ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
northern england, england
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story:
A sharp detective with a messy life, DCI Vera Stanhope patrols her “patch” of northeast England, pursuing the truth in cases of murder, kidnapping, and blackmail. Vera is obsessive about her work and faces the world with caustic wit, guile and ...
Style:
realistic, serious, detective, crime drama, costume drama ...
Audience:
chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
murder, who done it, female detective, police investigation, law enforcement, british police, crime investigation, police detective, murder mystery, criminal, right hand man, investigation ...
Time:
future, 2020s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
england, europe, northern england
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Genre: Drama, Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
At Home with the Braithwaites is a British comedy-drama television series, created and written by Sally Wainwright. The storyline follows a suburban family from Leeds, whose life is turned upside down when the mother of the family wins 38 million ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, cynical, humorous, dark comedy ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, greed, wealth, housewife, infidelity, husband wife relationship, secret, marriage, lifestyle, family problems, couples, youth ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
northern england, england, yorkshire, europe, britain
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story:
How much do you know about the person working next to you? From the outside, life at Mackintosh Textiles appears to run smoothly, but in a community with so many secrets to hide, things are far from straightforward. In six powerful, self-contained ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, disturbing, emotional, realistic ...
Plot:
working class, slice of life, factory worker, factory, coworker, lifestyle, relationships, social issues, social problems, multiple storylines, worker, everyday life ...
Place:
northern england, manchester
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Unencumbered by wives, jobs or any other responsibilities, three senior citizens who've never really grown up explore their world in the Yorkshire Dales. They spend their days speculating about their fellow townsfolk and thinking up adventures ...
Style:
sitcom, talky, humorous, semi serious, realistic ...
Plot:
small town, countryside, old man, friendship, elderly, british, trio, pub, working class, library, retirement, social relations ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 70s, 90s, 2010s ...
Place:
northern england, england, united kingdom, yorkshire, europe
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 46 min.
TV show
Story:
The extraordinary and compelling story of how John Darwin faked his own death to claim life insurance and avoid bankruptcy will be told in The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe. The drama relates how Anne Darwin's husband, a prison officer, came up ...
Style:
disturbing, captivating, psychological, comedy drama
Plot:
insurance fraud, bankruptcy, escapades, parents and children, family relations, con artists, father son relationship, faked death, money, money problems, british police, corruption ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, year 2002
Place:
northern england, panama
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK, France, Belgium
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A pub landlord in a previously thriving mining community struggles to hold onto his pub. Meanwhile, tensions rise in the town when Syrian refugees are placed in the empty houses in the community.
Plot:
pub, working class, cathedral, village, pet dog, female photographer, racism, solidarity, social realism, poverty, syrian refugee, community ...
Time:
2010s, year 2016
Place:
northern england
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Genre: Drama, Music
Country: UK, France
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Set against the background of the 1984 Miner's Strike, Billy Elliot is an 11 year old boy who stumbles out of the boxing ring and onto the ballet floor. He faces many trials and triumphs as he strives to conquer his family's set ways, ...
Style:
touching, inspirational, feel good, uplifting, emotional ...
Audience:
date night, family outing, kids, teens, girls' night ...
Plot:
coming of age, ballet, working class, father son relationship, dancing, audition, gay, childhood, friendship, follow your dream, lgbtq, poverty ...
Time:
20th century, y2k, year 2000, 90s, year 1985 ...
Place:
england, london, northern england, europe
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A raucous black comedy about a gang of Grimsby Trawler-men who carry out the heist of a lifetime.
Style:
buddy comedy, entertaining, black comedy, light, tense ...
Plot:
heist, gang, friendship, heist gone wrong, fisherman, escapades, friends, villain, money, thief, dark humor, british ...
Place:
northern england
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A new academy school in a Yorkshire mill town merges the lives and cultures of the largely divided white and Asian community
Style:
emotional, talky, psychological, comedy drama, multicultural
Plot:
high school, gay teenager, teenager, teenage girl, teenage boy, unrequited love, coming of age, racial tension, dysfunctional family, gay, family relations, lgbt ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
northern england, england, yorkshire
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Sheffield, England. Gaz, a jobless steelworker in need of quick cash persuades his mates to bare it all in a one-night-only strip show.
Style:
feel good, black comedy, funny, humorous, hilarious ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick
Plot:
working class, unemployment, gay, gay interest, stripper, woman urinating, striptease, male stripper, friendship, nudity, dance, loser ...
Time:
80s, year 1997, 90s, 20th century
Place:
england, northern england, britain, united kingdom, yorkshire ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
'Black Work' is the story of Jo Gillespie, a woman who's husband is shot dead in the line of action, in his job as a undercover cop. Jo, a police officer herself soon has to confront issues in her marriage and family life in order to ...
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, detective ...
Plot:
investigation, undercover, british police, police, uncover truth, law enforcement, murder, cheating wife, life is a bitch, strong female presence, female police officer, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
northern england, england, yorkshire
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Middle-aged Jem sets out from his suburban home on a journey into the woods, where he reconnects with his estranged hermit brother Ray. Bonded by a mysterious, complicated past, the men share a fraught, if occasionally tender relationship—one that ...
Style:
emotional, bleak, melancholic, atmospheric, contemplative ...
Plot:
father son relationship, brother brother relationship, brotherhood, family drama, brothers, reconciliation, recluse, siblings, estrangement, slow burn, empathy, secrets ...
Place:
northern england, ireland
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 28 min.
TV show
Story:
Set in a fictional hospital, this mockumentary follows the lives of porters, hospital radio DJs, chaplains and managers asking who exactly are all these people, and should any of them be remotely near a hospital?
Style:
mockumentary, satirical, semi serious, feel good, entertaining ...
Plot:
hospital, satire, manager, coworker, medical, physician, doctor, teamwork, doctors and patients, medicine, social satire, workplace situations ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
northern england, yorkshire
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Father Michael, a Catholic priest presiding over a Northern urban parish, who is modern, maverick, and reassuringly flawed, must be confidante, counselor and confessor to a congregation struggling to reconcile its beliefs with the challenges of ...
Style:
religious drama, captivating, psychological, disturbing, serious ...
Plot:
catholic church, religion, catholic priest, priest, catholic, congregation, compassion, forgiveness, everyday life, religious faith, life is a bitch, social problems ...
Place:
northern england
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 59 min.
TV show
Story:
Allie Henshall and Gavin Ferraday are partners in love and business. They own Henshall Ferraday hair salon, where Allie's sisters Darcey and Sydney work alongside them. As Allie and Gavin consider taking over a vacant property across the road, ...
Style:
psychological, suspense, contemplative, emotional, soap opera ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
rivalry, business, hairdresser, family relations, passion, family business, professional rivalry, love triangle, small business, domestic drama, secrets, sisters ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
northern england, manchester, england, united kingdom, europe
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: UK
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Maurice Flitcroft, a dreamer and unrelenting optimist, managed to gain entry to The British Open Golf Championship qualifying in 1976 and subsequently shot the worst round in Open history, becoming a folk hero in the process.
Style:
disturbing, entertaining, captivating, non fiction, satirical
Audience:
date night
Plot:
golf, golfer, optimist, dream, folk hero, ambition, daydreamer, athlete's life, satire, follow your dream, stepfather stepson relationship, unlikely hero ...
Time:
70s, year 1976, year 1985, year 1975
Place:
northern england, britain
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? is a British sitcom which was broadcast between 9 January 1973 and 9 April 1974 on BBC1. It was the colour sequel to the mid-1960s hit The Likely Lads. It was created and written, as was its predecessor, by Dick ...
Style:
sitcom, humorous, realistic, semi serious
Plot:
marriage, friends, working class, social climbing, male friendship, veteran, friendship, middle class, buddies, factory worker, grownups, homecoming ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
northern england, europe, england
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Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Michael Caine is Jack Carter, a small-time hood working in London. When word reaches him of his brothers death, he travels to Newcastle to attend the funeral. Refusing to accept the police report of suicide, Carter seeks out his brother’s friends ...
Style:
neo noir, tense, grindhouse, cult classic, grim ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
revenge, gangster, hitman, organized crime, investigation, british gangster, mafia, violent, murder, assassin, gangsta, vigilante ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1971
Place:
england, northern england, britain, europe, london
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 54 min.
Story:
Emma approaches adulthood, she tries to live an ordinary life and keep up to her late mothers expectations. However her anxiety weighs over her, stopping her from enjoying the last few youthful years.
Style:
suspenseful, sincere, serious, touching, independent film ...
Plot:
love interest, first love, loneliness, anxiety, college, panic attack, teenage love, writers, family drama, mental health, single father, alcohol abuse ...
Place:
manchester, northern england
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
The story of how 22 year old writer Tony Warren conceived, wrote and fought for the record breaking UK TV series Coronation Street.
Style:
sentimental, suspenseful, touching, factual, tense ...
Plot:
aspiring writer, british, casting, acting audition, biopic, behind the scenes, media industry, determination, ambition, working class, nostalgia, realism ...
Time:
60s, year 1960
Place:
manchester, northern england
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min.
TV show
Story:
This is a dramatisation of the real-life investigation into the notorious Yorkshire Ripper murders of the late 1970s, showing the effect that it had on the health and career of Assistant Chief Constable George Oldfield who led the enquiry.
Style:
realistic, serious, crime drama, psychological, exciting ...
Plot:
serial killer, police, murder investigation, mass murder, murder, rape, investigation, police procedural, biopic, true crime, obsession, interrogation ...
Time:
70s
Place:
yorkshire, northern england, manchester
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Candy Cabs is a comedy drama series shown on BBC One in April 2011. The plot revolves around a group of friends who set up a female-only taxi company in a seaside town in Northern England. It is written by Johanne McAndrew and Elliott Hope and ...
Style:
humorous, semi serious, captivating, light, comedy drama ...
Plot:
friendship, relationship vs career, ambition, workplace, workplace situations, strong female presence, entrepreneur, taxi, business, love, rivalry, society ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, northern england, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Created by Peter Bowker, From There To Here is set in the aftermath of the 1996 Arndale bombing and follows Daniel Cotton, a Manchester family man who is torn between the life he wants and the life he could have. The story spans the four years that ...
Style:
serious, sincere, captivating, realistic, touching ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
bittersweet, streetwise, parents and children, family relations, bombing, soccer, siblings relations, city life, society, urban, ira, family drama ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1996
Place:
manchester, england, northern england
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 300 min.
TV show
Story:
Funny, moving and at times painful - Truckers tells stories of real life, ordinary people pushed to extremes. In each episode, one character undertakes a journey and we are along for the ride. In an age when technology would make us seem ever more ...
Style:
realistic, humorous, semi serious, sincere, touching ...
Plot:
redemption, working class, bittersweet, workplace situations, family relations, society, workplace, introspection, parents and children, hopes, journey, moving ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, northern england
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Genre: Action, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Amongst the desperation and fear growing in a crime ridden estate in northern England, one man becomes embroiled into saving what community life exists.
Style:
realistic, tense, suspense, exciting, serious ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
detective sergeant, fighting crime, law enforcement, estate, gang, danger, murder, working class, community, police procedural, social commentary, class conflict ...
Time:
70s, year 1974, 20th century
Place:
england, northern england
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Genre: Drama, Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Linda's a Manchester girl, born and bred. She's in her early 30s and the friends she has now are the same friends she's had since primary school. By day she potters around in Craven Lane Motors selling cars and flirting with ...
Style:
satirical, thrilling, romantic, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
female protagonist, female friendship, single woman, friendship, looking for love, in love, satire, relationship problems, love and romance, love affair, lifestyle, romantic relationship ...
Place:
manchester, northern england
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Merseybeat follows the fortunes of Newton Park police force, as the officers struggle to balance their demanding work and home lives.
Style:
tense, thrilling, suspenseful, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
crime investigation, police, police procedural, law enforcement, police detective, workplace, investigation, fighting crime, uncover truth, forensics, workplace situations, police investigation ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
northern england
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