Cambridge university movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant cambridge university movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, captivating, touching, emotional and sincere films and TV shows about / with cambridge university, husband wife relationship, cigarette smoking, death, student, kiss, father son relationship, drink, dancing and drinking plots mostly in Drama, Biography and Romance genres shot in UK, USA, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as cambridge university: The Theory of Everything (2014), The Man Who Knew Infinity (2015), Professor T (2021), Maurice (1987), Red Joan (2018), The History Boys (2006), Chariots of Fire (1981), Wittgenstein (1993), X+Y (2014), Another Country (1984).

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The Theory of Everything (2014)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Japan
Duration: 123 min.
Story: The Theory of Everything is the extraordinary story of one of the world’s greatest living minds, the renowned astrophysicist Stephen Hawking, who falls deeply in love with fellow Cambridge student Jane Wilde.
Style: touching, uplifting, inspirational, compassionate, heartbreaking ...
Audience: chick flick, kids, teens
Plot: disability, genius, love, physicist, cambridge university, mathematics, prodigy, husband wife relationship, supportive spouse, scientist, against the odds, biopic ...
Time: year 2014, 2010s, 20th century, 60s, 90s ...
Place: oxford university, england, united kingdom
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The Man Who Knew Infinity (2015)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, USA, Singapore, Hong Kong, United Arab Emirates, India
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Growing up poor in Madras, India, Srinivasa Ramanujan Iyengar earns admittance to Cambridge University during WWI, where he becomes a pioneer in mathematical theories with the guidance of his professor, G.H. Hardy.
Style: inspirational, intellectual, philosophical, motivational, clever ...
Audience: family friendly, kids
Plot: mathematics, genius, scientist, mathematician, discovery, university student, biopic, self discovery, culture clash, cambridge university, mentor, philosophy ...
Time: 1910s, edwardian era, year 1914, post world war one, pre world war one ...
Place: england, india, bombay india
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 7.2
 5K
Professor T (2021)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, Germany, Belgium
TV show
Story: Professor Jasper Tempest, a genius Cambridge University criminologist with OCD and an overbearing mother, advises the police. British version of the Belgian crime drama of the same name.
Style: tense, suspense, captivating, detective, crime drama
Plot: professor, detective inspector, genius, police detective, criminologist, cambridge university, cold case, crime investigation, investigation, forensics, secret revealed, teamwork ...
Time: future
Place: belgium
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 7.6
 23K
Maurice (1987)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 140 min.
Story: In 1909, Maurice Hall (James Wilby) enters Cambridge, where he befriends wealthy Clive Durham (Hugh Grant). Clive confesses he is sexually attracted to Maurice, who realizes he is a homosexual when he begins to return Clive's feelings. The two ...
Style: homoerotic, sexy, scenic, melancholic, costume drama ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: gay, lgbt, homosexuality, homosexual, gay relationship, friendship, gay love, lgbtq, first gay sexual experience, forbidden love, closeted homosexual, gay romance ...
Time: 1900s, pre world war one, 19th century, 1910s, edwardian era ...
Place: england, nebraska, britain, europe, buenos aires argentina ...
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 6.4
 14K
Red Joan (2018)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story: The story of Joan Stanley, who was exposed as the KGB's longest-serving British spy.
Style: suspense, suspenseful, factual, realistic, depressing ...
Plot: woman, world war two, atomic bomb, propaganda, female spy, politics, kgb, soviet spy, oppression, russian spy, spanish civil war, female secret agent ...
Time: year 1945, 20th century, year 2019, 2000s, 1940s ...
Place: soviet union, hiroshima japan, russia, canada, montreal ...
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The History Boys (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 109 min.
Story: The story of an unruly class of bright, funny history students at a Yorkshire grammar school in pursuit of an undergraduate place at Oxford or Cambridge. Bounced between their maverick English master, a young and shrewd teacher hired to up their ...
Style: witty, melancholic, stylized, semi serious, inspirational ...
Audience: teens
Plot: teacher, coming of age, gay, youth, gay teenager, education, exam, lgbt, mentor, friends, lifestyle, anti conformity ...
Time: 80s, year 2006, 20th century, year 1983
Place: england, yorkshire, britain, northern england, europe
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Chariots of Fire (1981)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: UK
Duration: 125 min.
Story: The true story of British athletes preparing for and competing in the 1924 Summer Olympics.
Style: inspirational, period piece, christian film, historical drama, costume drama ...
Audience: family outing, date night, teens, kids
Plot: christian, olympics, running, faith, prejudice, athlete, integrity, missionary, runner, religion, racing, catholic ...
Time: 1920s, 1910s, 20th century, post world war one, year 1978 ...
Place: scotland, england, israel, paris france, france ...
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 6.9
 3K
Wittgenstein (1993)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, Japan
Duration: 72 min.
Story: A dramatization, in modern theatrical style, of the life and thought of the Viennese-born, Cambridge-educated philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951), whose principal interest was the nature and limits of language. A series of sketches depict ...
Style: philosophical, thought provoking, captivating, serious, realistic ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: philosophy, prodigy, biopic, gay, cambridge university, lgbt, ambition, writer's life, society, school, philosopher, lgbtqi ...
Time: 20th century, year 1919
Place: england, ireland, soviet union, dublin ireland, russia ...
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 7.1
 30K
X+Y (2014)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 111 min.
Story: A socially awkward teenage math prodigy finds new confidence and new friendships when he lands a spot on the British squad at the International Mathematics Olympiad.
Style: touching, sentimental, emotional, feel good, sweet ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: autism, mathematics, coming of age, teenager, child prodigy, prodigy, death of father, disability, genius, adolescence, mentor, family relations ...
Time: year 1996, 21st century
Place: england, yorkshire, taiwan, asia, taipei
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Another Country (1984)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Set in the 1930s, Guy Bennett and Tommy Judd are friends because they are both outsiders in their own ways. Bennett is openly gay, Judd is a Marxist. It explores his homosexuality and exposure to Marxism, while examining the hypocrisy and snobbery ...
Style: serious, realistic, rough, factual, psychological ...
Plot: gay, lgbt, boarding school, homosexuality, gays and lesbians, equality, youth, gay relationship, gay lead character, boys' school, homosexual love, politics ...
Time: 1930s, 80s, 20th century, post world war two, year 1983
Place: england, russia, ussr, britain, europe ...
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 7.4
 6K
Hawking (2004)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story: The story of Professor Stephen Hawking's early years is told for the first time in a major drama for BBC Two.It is 1963, and our young cosmologist celebrates his 21st birthday. At the party is a new friend, Jane Wilde - there is a strong ...
Style: inspirational, sentimental, emotional, motivational
Plot: science, physicist, disability, genius, scientist, storytelling, self discovery, biopic, family relations, life is a bitch, hospital, destiny ...
Time: 60s, year 2004
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The Good Shepherd (2006)
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 167 min.
Story: Edward Wilson, the only witness to his father's suicide and member of the Skull and Bones Society while a student at Yale, is a morally upright young man who values honor and discretion, qualities that help him to be recruited for a career in ...
Style: tense, realistic, suspense, political, factual ...
Plot: cold war, spy, cia, espionage, double agent, corruption, politics, betrayal, conspiracy, secret agent, patriotism, invasion ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, year 2006, 60s, year 1958 ...
Place: cuba, usa, london, berlin germany, washington d.c. ...
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Cambridge Spies (2003)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 235 min.
TV show
Story: In 1934, four brilliant Cambridge men are recruited to spy for Russia. Fueled by youthful idealism, a passion for social justice and a talent for lying, they take huge personal risks to pass Britain's biggest secrets to Moscow. Based on true ...
Style: serious, realistic, contemplative, tense, suspense ...
Plot: kgb, treason, espionage, politics, traitor, betrayal, university, spy, communist, cold war, secret agent, hidden identity ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century
Place: russia, europe, england, big ben london
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The Land Girls (1998)
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: UK, France
Duration: 111 min.
Story: During World War II, the organisation "The Women's Land Army" recruited women to work on British farms while the men were off to war. Three such "land girls" of different social backgrounds - quiet Stella, young hairdresser ...
Style: period piece, touching, sentimental, realistic, historical drama ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: world war two, friendship, love, wartime life, working class, war, countryside, farm, woman, women, wine, world war ...
Time: 1940s, year 1998, 20th century
Place: england, united kingdom, english channel, europe, britain ...
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 5.9
 2K
The Deceived (2020)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Ireland, UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: English student Ophelia falls in love with her married lecturer, seeing in him all the answers to her needs. When their affair is interrupted by a shocking and tragic death, Ophelia finds herself trapped in a world where she can no longer trust her ...
Style: captivating
Plot: affair, teacher student relationship, life, money problems, family problems, student, relationship problems, financial problem, relationships, male female relationship, social problems, couple relations ...
Place: ireland
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The Highest Honor (1982)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Australia, Japan
Duration: 144 min.
Story: On 11 September 1944, a squad of 23 Australian and British soldiers lead by Lieutanant-Colonel Ivan Lyon leave Fremantle bound for Indonesia as part of Operation Rimau, an attempted repeat of the highly-successful Operation Jaywick the previous year ...
Style: independent film
Plot: world war two, world war, humanist, decapitation, revisionist history, japanese occupation, harbor, ship, captain, cambridge university, british, atomic bomb ...
Time: 1940s
Place: singapore, indonesia, sydney australia, australia
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Philby, Burgess and Maclean (1977)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Recruited by the Russians during their days at Cambridge, three young Englishmen rise to become high-ranked MI5 agents until their exposure in 1949.
Style: microfilm
Plot: spy, cold war, press conference, double agent, undercover agent, cambridge university, traitor, espionage, stuttering, treason
Time: year 1948, year 1949, 1940s
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 6.8
 380
Four Minutes (2005)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Sport
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Sir Roger Bannister's historic running of the sub-four-minute mile is celebrated in Four Minutes, an inspiring and respectably authentic TV movie about breaking the most famous barrier in the history of sports.
Plot: running, runner, track and field, cambridge university, male female relationship, twenty something, jazz, new year, boat, pianist, race, patient ...
Time: 1950s, 1940s, year 1954, year 1952, year 1947 ...
Place: helsinki finland, oxford university, mount everest
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 7.4
 918
Micro Men (2009)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 84 min.
Story: In 1979 Clive Sinclair, British inventor of the pocket calculator, frustrated by the lack of home investment in his project,the electric car, also opposes former assistant Chris Curry's belief that he can successfully market a micro-chip for a ...
Plot: computer, business, scientist, conspiracy, hacker, artificial intelligence, entrepreneur, biopic, video game, business rivalry, rivalry, businessman ...
Time: 80s
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To End All Wars (2001)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story: Based on a real-life story, this drama focuses on a small group of Allied soldiers in Burma who are held captive by the Japanese. Capt. Ernest Gordon (Ciaran McMenamin), Lt. Jim Reardon (Kiefer Sutherland) and Maj. Ian Campbell (Robert Carlyle) are ...
Style: harsh, suspenseful, tense, serious, rough ...
Plot: world war two, war, pow, military, prisoners of war, prisoner of war camp, jungle, christian, soldier, war crime, hopes, leadership ...
Time: 1940s, year 1943, 20th century, year 1942
Place: japan, asia, hawaii, scotland, burma ...
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Head in the Clouds (2004)
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 132 min.
Story: A romantic drama set in 1930's England, Paris, and Spain. Gilda Bessé shares her Paris apartment with an Irish schoolteacher, Guy Malyon, and Mia, a refugee from Spain. As the world drifts toward war, Gilda defiantly pursues her hedonistic ...
Style: sexy, romantic, sentimental, captivating, stylized ...
Plot: world war two, lesbian, spanish civil war, lesbianism, bisexual woman, sexual relations, love triangle, group sex, war, love, orgy, betrayal ...
Time: 1930s, 1920s, 1940s, year 1944, year 2004 ...
Place: paris france, england, france, germany, spain ...
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 7.3
 138K
An Education (2009)
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, period piece, costume drama, feel good, 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, self discovery, teenage girl, betrayal, virginity, teenage life, older man young girl relationship, culture ...
Time: 20th century, year 2009, 1900s, year 1961, 60s
Place: london, france, oxford university, paris france, britain ...
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 6.9
 87K
The Duchess (2008)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, Italy, France, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A chronicle of the life of 18th century aristocrat Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, who was reviled for her extravagant political and personal life.
Style: romantic, costume drama, sexy, emotional, dramatic ...
Audience: chick flick, teens
Plot: royalty, love story, duchess, love triangle, love affair, aristocracy, duke, infidelity, adultery, high society, marriage, nobility ...
Time: 18th century, georgian era, 19th century, middle ages, ancient times ...
Place: england, britain, europe, london
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The Motorcycle Diaries (2004)
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama
Country: UK, USA, France, Argentina, Peru, Chile, Germany
Duration: 126 min.
Story: "The Motorcycle Diaries" is based on the journals of Che Guevara, leader of the Cuban Revolution. In his memoirs, Guevara recounts adventures he, and best friend Alberto Granado, had while crossing South America by motorcycle in the early ...
Style: road movie, touching, inspirational, political, breathtaking ...
Plot: self discovery, motorcycle, travel, freedom, on the road, revolutionary, poverty, revolution, road trip, journey, traveler, biopic ...
Time: 20th century, year 2004, 50s, y2k, 2000s ...
Place: latin america, chile, cuba, south america, argentina ...
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 7.7
 5K
The Company (2007)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 286 min.
TV show
Story: Real-life figures from the Cold War era mix with a fictional story based on a group of CIA operatives and their counterparts in the KGB, MI6, and the Mossad.
Style: captivating, tense, bleak, suspenseful, epic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: cold war, cia, spy, mole, politics, intrigue, suspicion, double life, state affairs, betrayal, power relations, danger ...
Time: 50s, 70s, 60s, 20th century, 80s
Place: germany, europe, cuba, hungary, moscow russia ...
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Chemical Wedding (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 109 min.
Story: A shy, stuttering professor brings satanist Aleister Crowley back to life.
Style: serious, slasher, scary, bleak, suspenseful ...
Plot: occult, satanism, voyeurism, curse, religions or cults, reincarnation, death, magic, supernatural ability, supernatural, experiment gone awry, wedding ...
Time: 90s, 1940s
Place: england, europe
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 7.4
 26K
Amazing Grace (2006)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 118 min.
Story: The true story of William Wilberforce's courageous quest to end the British slave trade. Although meeting intense opposition, his minister, John Newton, urges him to see the cause through.
Style: inspirational, emotional, period piece, talky, political ...
Audience: teens, family outing
Plot: slavery, politics, politician, slave, christian, biopic, friendship, freedom, corruption, civil rights, british history, slave trade ...
Time: 18th century, 19th century, 1800s, year 2006, ancient times ...
Place: england, london, britain, paris france, france ...
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24 Hour Party People (2002)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 117 min.
Story: In 1976, Tony Wilson sets up Factory Records and brings Manchester's music to the world.
Style: witty, psychedelic, atmospheric, humorous, sincere ...
Plot: clubbing, punk, rock and roll, party, music, biopic, rave, drug addiction, rock, music business, nightclub, suicide ...
Time: 70s, 80s, year 2002, 20th century, 90s ...
Place: england, manchester, europe, northern england, united kingdom
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 6.4
 9K
Le Week-End (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, France
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Nick and Meg Burrows return to Paris, the city where they honeymooned, to celebrate their 30th wedding anniversary and rediscover some romance in their long-lived marriage. The film follows the couple as long-established tensions in their marriage ...
Style: humorous, sincere, touching, powerful, happy ...
Audience: date night
Plot: elderly lovers, elderly, weekend, love and romance, aging, life is a bitch, dark humor, crumbling marriage, verbal byplay, old man, aged person, senior citizen ...
Time: 21st century
Place: paris france, montmartre paris, france, new york, manhattan new york city
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 6.3
 11K
Sylvia (2003)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Story of the relationship between the poets Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath.
Style: depressing, emotional, realistic, serious, psychological ...
Plot: suicide, drinking, writers, mental illness, biopic, poet, death, art, tragic love, writer's life, artist, couple relations ...
Time: 1950s, year 2003, 50s, 60s, 20th century
Place: england, europe, new york
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