Englishman abroad movies and TV shows – page 4

List of englishman abroad movies

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Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (1965)
Genre: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Five strangers board a train and are joined by a mysterious fortune teller who offers to read their Tarot cards. Five separate stories unfold: An architect returns to his ancestoral home to find a werewolf out for revenge; a doctor discovers his new ...
Style: anthology, suspense, suspenseful, scary, parody ...
Plot: werewolf, train, vampire, destiny, serial killer, supernatural, danger, card playing, chimpanzee, tarot card, ghost, good versus evil ...
Time: 60s, future
Place: scottish highlands, west indies, new england, caribbean
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 6.6
 253K
The Beach (2000)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Twenty-something Richard travels to Thailand and finds himself in possession of a strange map. Rumours state that it leads to a solitary beach paradise, a tropical bliss - excited and intrigued, he sets out to find it.
Style: psychological, scenic, tense, stylized, visual ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama, adult
Plot: island, travel, adventurer, beach, obsessive quest, exotic island, utopia, tourist, drug, marijuana, jungle, hippie ...
Time: year 2000, 20th century, 90s, 2000s
Place: thailand, bangkok thailand, southeast asia
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 4.4
 13K
The Misfits (2021)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA, Finland
Duration: 94 min.
Story: After being recruited by a group of unconventional thieves, renowned criminal Richard Pace finds himself caught up in an elaborate gold heist that promises to have far-reaching implications on his life and the lives of countless others.
Style: exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, anamorphic ...
Plot: pickpocket, heist, gold, con artists, female warrior, organized crime, criminal, revenge, escapades, fraud, theft, gang ...
Time: 2020s
Place: middle east, los angeles
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 5.8
 159K
Old (2021)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan, China
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A group of families on a tropical holiday discover that the secluded beach where they are staying is somehow causing them to age rapidly – reducing their entire lives into a single day.
Style: suspense, mysterious, tense, psychological, psychedelic ...
Plot: island, vacation, rapid aging, time, aging, medical experiment, island prison, ocean, race against time, family vacation, held captive, trap ...
Time: 2020s
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 6.6
 211K
Jungle Cruise (2021)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, UK, Hungary, Thailand, Italy, Czech Republic
Duration: 127 min.
Story: Disney’s live-action adaptation of its iconic theme park ride.
Style: scenic, captivating, funny, light, colorful ...
Audience: family outing, teens, kids, family friendly
Plot: jungle, treasure, amazon river, myth, snake, amazon jungle, danger, dangerous animal, artifact, expedition, amazon rainforest, explorer ...
Time: 1910s, 2020s, future, year 1916, 16th century ...
Place: brazil, london, spain, europe, south america
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Family Affair (1966)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Family Affair is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from September 12, 1966 to September 9, 1971. The series explored the trials of well-to-do civil engineer and bachelor Bill Davis as he attempted to raise his brother's orphaned children in ...
Style: sitcom
Audience: kids
Plot: toys, family affairs, civil engineer, child care, bachelor, rich, male protagonist, uncle nephew relationship, death of brother, widower, friendship, fraternal twins ...
Time: 60s, 70s, 20th century
Place: manhattan new york city, new york
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 5.3
 10K
Revolt (2017)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: The story of humankind's last stand against a cataclysmic alien invasion. Set in the war-ravaged African countryside, a U.S. soldier and a French foreign aid worker team up to survive the alien onslaught. Their bond will be tested as they ...
Style: absurd, suspenseful, perverse, surprise ending, road movie ...
Plot: alien invasion, murder, desert, female warrior, terminator, survival, resistance, robot, amnesia, post apocalyptic, chaos, distopia ...
Time: future, 2010s, 21st century
Place: africa, kenya
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Misunderstood (1966)
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Andrew's brave front convinces his father that he is unaffected by his mother's death. Playmate and protector of his little brother Miles, he is often blamed when mischief goes wrong. Only when tragedy strikes does his father recognize ...
Style: modern day adaptation
Plot: childhood, coming of age, traumatic childhood, family relations, grief, brother brother relationship, death of mother, boy, father son relationship, brother, loss of wife, grownups ...
Time: 60s
Place: florence, italy
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 3.7
 2K
Supernova (2005)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, South Africa
Duration: 172 min.
Story: A international science conference is held in Australia when Dr. Austin Shepard mysteriously disappears Dr. Shepard's colleague, Christopher Richardson and other people are soon faced with the reality of an impending crisis and an attempt to ...
Style: suspenseful, serious, suspense, exciting, captivating ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: disaster, universe, desert, survival, danger, astronomer, heroic mission, save the planet, escapades, natural disaster, violence, military ...
Time: 2000s
Place: australia, africa, taj mahal, tokyo, sydney australia ...
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 5.7
 803
Rage (1995)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A corrupt right-wing militia group chooses a California teacher as the ideal specimen to clone for its army.
Style: independent film, fast, serious, exciting, bleak ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, martial artist, chase, danger, laboratory, murder, kidnapping, manhunt, escapades, chases and races, heroes, vengeance ...
Time: 90s
Place: california, usa, los angeles
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S.O.S. Titanic (1979)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 194 min.
Story: The Titanic disaster is depicted as seen through the eyes of one couple in each of the three classes on board.
Style: fairy tale, realistic, serious, suspenseful, black and white
Audience: boys' night
Plot: titanic, disaster, ocean, ship, sinking ship, iceberg, shipwreck, survival, rescue, race against time, older man younger woman marriage, accident ...
Time: 1910s, 20th century, year 1912
Place: england, atlantic ocean, newfoundland
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 7.2
 11K
Theeb (2014)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: Jordan, UK, Qatar, United Arab Emirates
Duration: 100 min.
Story: In the Ottoman province of Hijaz during World War I, a young Bedouin boy experiences a greatly hastened coming of age as he embarks on a perilous desert journey to guide a British officer to his secret destination.
Style: realistic, captivating, serious, tense, exciting ...
Plot: desert, world war one, coming of age, survival, bedouin, boy, arab, journey, sheik, escapades, danger, teaching the ways of the world ...
Time: 1910s, 20th century, 2010s, 1920s, year 1916
Place: middle east, jordan, saudi arabia, africa, maghreb ...
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Shirley Valentine (1989)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Wondering what has happened to herself, now feeling stagnant and in a rut, Shirley Valentine finds herself regularly talking to the wall while preparing her husband's chips and egg. When her best friend wins a trip-for-two to Greece Shirley ...
Style: romantic, sentimental, touching, clever, offbeat ...
Plot: midlife crisis, middle aged woman, women, greek island, extramarital affair, british, friendship, culture clash, female nudity, summer, affair, girl power ...
Time: year 1989, 80s
Place: greece, england, europe, northern england
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Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story: Ethan Hunt and his team are racing against time to track down a dangerous terrorist named Hendricks, who has gained access to Russian nuclear launch codes and is planning a strike on the United States. An attempt to stop him ends in an explosion ...
Style: exciting, breathtaking, suspense, suspenseful, entertaining ...
Audience: chick flick, manly, boys' night, teens, adult
Plot: spy, espionage, mission, gunfight, cia, female spy, on the run, tough guy, chases and races, top secret, save the day, working undercover ...
Time: year 2011, 2010s, 21st century
Place: seattle, budapest, iran, bay area, washington state ...
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 5.7
 17K
Collide (2016)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany, China, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: An American backpacker gets involved with a ring of drug smugglers as their driver, and winds up on the run from his employers across Munich's autobahns.
Style: serious, exciting, suspenseful, tense, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: danger, on the run, chase, drug dealing, corrupt businessman, informant, crime boss, redemption, organized crime, fear, gunfight, car chase ...
Time: year 2016, 21st century
Place: europe, germany
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Love of My Life (2017)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 106 min.
Story: What if you had only five days to figure out... everything.
Style: sincere, touching, captivating, emotional, sentimental
Audience: chick flick, girls' night
Plot: terminal illness, love triangle, marriage, illness, architect, mother daughter relationship, family home, marital problem, workplace romance, female protagonist, family relations, family problems ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada, toronto ontario canada
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 4.4
 460
Born of War (2014)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: UK, Jordan, Cyprus
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Mina, a young college student, has her life ripped away after her family is killed. When she finds out their murder was part of a botched kidnapping to return her to her real father—a terrorist in the middle east.
Style: rough, suspenseful, serious, suspense, exciting ...
Plot: revenge, false accusation, murder, kidnapping, vengeance, life turned upside down, uncover truth, life is a bitch, danger, rivalry, love affair, parents and children ...
Time: 80s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: middle east, london, cyprus, england, canada
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Carry on Spying (1964)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Carry On favourite Barbara Windsor makes her debut in this outrageous send-up of the James Bond movies. Fearless agent Desmond Simpkins and James Bind, aided and abetted by the comely Agent Honeybutt and Agent Crump, battle against the evil powers ...
Style: spoof, spy comedy, sex comedy, parody, slapstick comedy ...
Plot: carry on, espionage, satire, secret headquarters, cold war, villain, undercover agent, secret service, train, top secret, intelligence agency, security guard ...
Time: 60s
Place: britain, north africa, england, austria, london ...
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 5.4
 539
Justine (1969)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: In Alexandria, in 1938, Darley, a young British schoolmaster and poet, makes friends through Pursewarden, the British consular officer, with Justine, the beautiful and mysterious wife of a Coptic banker. He observes the affairs of her heart and ...
Style: sexy
Plot: belly dancing, girl, poet, transvestite, mystery woman, wife, imprisonment, jailed, teacher, zionism, conspiracy, female nudity ...
Time: 1930s, year 1969, year 1938
Place: alexandria egypt, palestine, egypt
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 6.9
 3K
Sunset Beach (1997)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Sunset Beach is an American television soap opera that aired on NBC from January 6, 1997 to December 31, 1999. The show follows the loves and lives of the people living in the Orange County coastal area named Sunset Beach, on the coast of ...
Style: soap opera, semi serious, humorous, melancholic, light ...
Plot: lifestyle, desire for fame, blind ambition, friends, estrangement, actor's life, sexual relations, suburbs, manipulation, rivalry, love triangle, femme fatale ...
Time: 90s
Place: california, usa, los angeles, south central los angeles
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The Monuments Men (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, History, War
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Based on the true story of the greatest treasure hunt in history, The Monuments Men is an action drama focusing on seven over-the-hill, out-of-shape museum directors, artists, architects, curators, and art historians who went to the front lines of ...
Style: exciting, intense, suspense, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: world war two, war, art, art theft, painting, nazi germany, nazism, nazi, military, gold bar, treasure hunt, stolen gold ...
Time: 1940s, year 2014, 2010s, post world war two, year 1945 ...
Place: paris france, france, europe, germany, normandy ...
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 4.5
 9K
The Swarm (1978)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: Scientist Dr. Bradford Crane and army general Thalius Slater join forces to fight an almost invisible enemy threatening America; killer bees that have deadly venom and attack without reason. Disaster movie-master Irwin Allen's film contains ...
Style: suspense, scary, suspenseful, serious, natural horror ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: disaster, natural disaster, race against time, panic, small town, military, bee, survival, antidote, plague, danger, rescue ...
Time: 70s, year 1978
Place: texas, houston texas, austin texas, latin america
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 7.8
 128K
The Best Offer (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 131 min.
Story: Virgil Oldman is a world renowned antiques expert and auctioneer. An eccentric genius, he leads a solitary life, going to extreme lengths to keep his distance from the messiness of human relationships. When appointed by the beautiful but emotionally ...
Style: twist ending, surprise ending, psychological, atmospheric, enigmatic ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: twists and turns, painting, art, loneliness, art collector, art theft, age difference, collector, obsession, deception, mysterious character, forgery ...
Time: y2k, year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place: europe, prague, vienna, italy
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Hotel Very Welcome (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 89 min.
Story: No overview found.
Style: contemplative, realistic, humorous, captivating, semi serious ...
Plot: travel, tourist, self discovery, culture clash, friendship, society, rave, fish out of water, longing, tourism, inspiration, backpacking ...
Time: 21st century
Place: thailand, india, asia
Is relevant ?
 6.1
 28K
Dom Hemingway (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: After spending 12 years in prison for keeping his mouth shut, notorious safe-cracker Dom Hemingway is back on the streets of London looking to collect what he's owed.
Style: talky, stylized, witty, bad ending, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: redemption, dark humor, safecracker, crime gone awry, dysfunctional family, bank robbery, sex scene, temperamental, criminal heroes, hopes, caper, money ...
Time: y2k, year 2013, 21st century
Place: england, france, europe, french riviera, london
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The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (2013)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA, Germany, Canada, UK
Duration: 130 min.
Story: In New York City, Clary Fray, a seemingly ordinary teenager, learns that she is descended from a line of Shadowhunters — half-angel warriors who protect humanity from evil forces. After her mother disappears, Clary joins forces with a group of ...
Style: exciting, dark fantasy, atmospheric, fairy tale, sexy ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, kids, teen drama
Plot: supernatural, vampire, werewolf, angel, good versus evil, supernatural romance, teenager, chosen one, magic, supernatural ability, youth, danger ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, future, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, brooklyn new york city
Is relevant ?
 7.6
 721
Occupation (2009)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK
TV show
Story: Three ex-servicemen return to Basra, each for a different reason.
Style: serious, suspenseful, touching, thought provoking, contemplative ...
Plot: iraq war, military, military life, war veteran, soldier, life is a bitch, society, danger, selflessness, culture clash, war on terror, terrorism ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: iraq, middle east, dubai, manchester
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Fragment of Fear (1970)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A reformed drug addict travels to Italy to find out who murdered his aunt.
Style: tense, mind bending, serious, psychological, realistic ...
Plot: mental breakdown, drug addiction, conspiracy, murder, blackmail, wedding ceremony, paranoia, violent content, criminal heroes, journalism, investigation, amateur detective ...
Time: 60s
Place: italy, pompeii
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Combat Hospital (2011)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Canada, UK
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: Combat Hospital was a Canadian-British medical drama television series, filmed in Toronto, that debuted on Global in Canada on 21 June 2011. In the United States, it aired on ABC. Its final episode was broadcast on 6 September 2011. The series was ...
Style: realistic, suspenseful, rough, emotional, tense ...
Plot: military hospital, military, medical, war in afghanistan, american abroad, life is a bitch, workplace, wartime life, military life, lifesaver, surgery, power relations ...
Time: year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place: afghanistan, middle east
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 4.1
 21K
The Apparition (2012)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Plagued by frightening occurrences in their home, Kelly and Ben learn that a university's parapsychology experiment produced an entity that is now haunting them. The malevolent spirit feeds on fear and torments the couple no matter where they ...
Style: scary, suspenseful, suspense, serious, psychotronic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: supernatural, ghost, evil spirit, paranormal, disappearance, fear, experiment, haunted by the past, experiment gone awry, danger, domestic disturbance, pandora\'s box ...
Time: year 2012, year 2000, year 1973, 2010s, 70s ...
Place: california, usa
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