Best British Drama Movies of 2021

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Best British Drama Movies of 2021
Best British Drama Movies of 2021
TOP Movies: Help (2021), Belfast (2021), Boiling Point (2021), The Road Dance (2021), True Things (2021), The Colour Room (2021), Eternals (2021), The Dig (2021), Silent Night (2021), Danny Boy (2021), The Pebble and the Boy (2021), Give Them Wings (2021), Ali & Ava (2021), Pig (2021), The Lost Daughter (2021), Scott and Sid (2021), The Phantom of the Open (2021), The Last Bus (2021), The Power of the Dog (2021), Martyrs Lane (2021).

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 7.6
 12K
Help (2021)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Sarah seems to have found her calling working in a Liverpool care home where she has a special talent for connecting with the residents. Then, in March 2020, the Coronavirus pandemic hits.
Style: psychological, captivating, social, apocalyptic
Plot: elderly, quarantine, pandemic, isolation, lifestyle change, retirement home, epidemic, workplace, isolated house, dystopia, social realism, father daughter relationship ...
Place: liverpool
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 7.2
 91K
Belfast (2021)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Buddy is a young boy on the cusp of adolescence, whose life is filled with familial love, childhood hijinks, and a blossoming romance. Yet, with his beloved hometown caught up in increasing turmoil, his family faces a momentous choice: hope the ...
Style: black and white, disturbing, captivating, psychological, teen ...
Audience: date night, teens
Plot: working class, child, child protagonist, poverty, family relations, european, boy, society, social issues, life is a bitch, parents and children, social problems ...
Time: 60s, year 1969, year 1970
Place: ireland, northern ireland
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 7.5
 41K
Boiling Point (2021)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A head chef balances multiple personal and professional crises at a popular restaurant in London.
Style: suspense, tension, dark comedy, powerful, psychological ...
Audience: date night
Plot: restaurant, chef, food, food critic, bartender, drug, gastronomy, art, depression, addiction, mental health, alcoholism ...
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The Road Dance (2021)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 116 min.
Story: A young girl lives in the Outer Hebrides in a small village in the years just before WWI. Isolated and hard by the shore, her life takes a dramatic change when a terrible tragedy befalls her.
Style: costume drama
Plot: rape, mother daughter relationship, women, pregnant woman, island, dance, deception, engagement, minister, soldier, beach, hugging ...
Time: 1910s, year 1916
Place: scotland, new york
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 5.9
 1K
True Things (2021)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A young woman living on the fringes of society becomes intoxicated by a stranger who overwhelms her quiet life.
Style: psychological, disturbing, captivating, erotic, crying
Plot: male female relationship, relationships, lifestyle change, social misfits, changing lives, female protagonist, love interest, lost soul, women, sexual attraction, ex convict, female masturbation ...
Place: spain
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The Colour Room (2021)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Follows a pioneering ceramic artist who roared to prominence in the 1920s while working in Britain’s Stoke-on-Trent pottery industry.
Style: thought provoking, disturbing, captivating, historical drama, bizarre
Plot: talent, working class, factory worker, innovation, factory owner, worker, workplace, female protagonist, reform, workplace situations, interwar period, women ...
Time: 1920s
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 6.3
 382K
Eternals (2021)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 156 min.
Story: The story of a race of immortal beings who lived on Earth and shaped its history and civilizations.
Style: exciting, captivating, contemplative, tense, suspenseful ...
Audience: chick flick, kids, adult
Plot: superhero, alien race, alien attack, evil alien, space and aliens, suicide, alien encounter, sex scene, artifact, supernatural, gay, superpower ...
Time: 1940s, 16th century, 2020s, year 1945, 21st century
Place: hiroshima japan, usa, london, south dakota, india ...
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 7.1
 82K
The Dig (2021)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story: As WWII looms, a wealthy widow hires an amateur archaeologist to excavate the burial mounds on her estate. When they make a historic discovery, the echoes of Britain's past resonate in the face of its uncertain future‎.
Style: costume drama, period piece, thought provoking, captivating, historical drama ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: world war two, archaeologist, archeological dig, archaeology, discovery, excavation, scientist, parents, family secret, uncover truth, war, history lesson ...
Time: 1930s, 2020s, 20th century, future, year 1939
Place: england
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 5.7
 20K
Silent Night (2021)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Nell, Simon, and their boy Art are ready to welcome friends and family for what promises to be a perfect Christmas gathering. Perfect except for one thing: everyone is going to die.
Style: suspense, horror comedy, psychological, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot: christmas, country house, end of the world, dinner, thunderstorm, holiday horror, disaster, murder, pills, holiday, mass suicide, house party ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
Place: england
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 6.1
 471
Danny Boy (2021)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Soldier Brian Wood, is accused of war crimes in Iraq by the human rights lawyer Phil Shiner. The two men go head to head in a legal and moral conflict that takes us from the battlefield, at so-called Checkpoint Danny Boy, to the courtroom and one of ...
Style: tense, suspenseful, captivating, disturbing, suspense
Plot: iraq war, american soldier, war crime, ex soldier, accused of murder, military, framed for a crime, military officer, soldier, framed for murder, accusation, war violence ...
Place: united kingdom
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The Pebble and the Boy (2021)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story: John Parker, a 19 year old from Manchester, embarks on a journey to Brighton, the spiritual home of the Mods, on an old Lambretta scooter left to him by his father.
Style: road movie, disturbing, captivating, psychological
Plot: coming of age, fashion, road trip, fashion industry, escapades, empire fashion, adolescence vs adulthood, travel, haute couture, grownups, rock music, football hooligan ...
Place: britain
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Give Them Wings (2021)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story: 'Give Them Wings' is based on the true story of severely disabled football fan Paul Hodgson.
Style: captivating, psychological, disturbing
Plot: disability, physical disability, man in a wheelchair, disabled person, ambition, direction and purpose, life is a bitch, coping, lifestyle, wheelchair bound, handicapped, hang gliding ...
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The Electrical Life of Louis Wain (2021)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 111 min.
Story: The extraordinary true story of eccentric British artist Louis Wain, whose playful, sometimes even psychedelic pictures helped to transform the public's perception of cats forever.
Style: sad, surreal, tragicomedy, stylized, semi serious ...
Plot: painting, painter, cat, tragedy, drawing, family relations, husband wife relationship, surrealism, eccentricity, art, life philosophy, life is a bitch ...
Time: 1890s, victorian era, 19th century, 1800s, 1900s ...
Place: london, new york
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 6.7
 3K
Ali & Ava (2021)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Sparks fly after Ali and Ava meet through their shared affection for Sofia, the child of Ali’s tenants whom Ava teaches. Ali finds comfort in Ava’s warmth and kindness while Ava finds Ali’s complexity and humour irresistible. As the pair begin ...
Style: romantic, psychological, disturbing, entertaining, captivating
Plot: male female relationship, love and romance, new love, in love, love story, crumbling marriage, love affair, romantic relationship, fall in love, relationships, marriage crisis, relationship problems ...
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 6.9
 88K
Pig (2021)
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A truffle hunter who lives alone in the Oregon wilderness must visit Portland to find the mysterious person who stole his beloved foraging pig.
Style: suspense, tense, captivating, cult classic, scary ...
Audience: adult
Plot: cabin in the woods, recluse, cooking, pig, human animal relationship, wilderness, mausoleum, fight club, grief, showdown, wildlife, animal human communication ...
Time: 2020s
Place: oregon, portland oregon
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The Lost Daughter (2021)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, UK, Israel, Greece
Duration: 121 min.
Story: A woman's seaside vacation takes a dark turn when her obsession with a young mother forces her to confront secrets from her past.
Style: disturbing, psychological, captivating, tense, art house ...
Audience: adult
Plot: motherhood, female masturbation, vacation, female nudity, adultery, depressed woman, beach, sex scene, greek island, girl, women, flashback ...
Time: 90s, 2020s
Place: greece
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Scott and Sid (2021)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story: From their first encounter as teenagers in high school, Scott and Sid seem unlikely friends. Scott is a shambolic dreamer, intent on carving out his own path in life and holding up a metaphorical middle finger to anyone who tries to stop him. He is ...
Style: sad
Plot: coming of age, teacher, best friend, dream, friend, vodka, running, police, sadness, friendship, drug, toilet ...
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The Phantom of the Open (2021)
Genre: 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: entertaining, satirical, disturbing, captivating, non fiction
Audience: date night
Plot: golf, golfer, optimist, daydreamer, folk hero, follow your dream, athlete's life, ambition, satire, dream, twins, underdog ...
Time: 70s, year 1975, year 1985
Place: northern england
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 6.6
 4K
The Last Bus (2021)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, United Arab Emirates
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Widower Tom, on the recent passing of his wife Mary, uses his free bus pass to travel the length of Britain from John O'Groats in Scotland to Land's End in Cornwall, their shared birthplace, using only local buses. It's an ...
Style: sincere, captivating, psychological, disturbing, road movie
Plot: travel, old man, loss of family, loss of wife, road trip, senior citizen, last wish, elderly man, loss of spouse, life is a bitch, old age, country ...
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The Power of the Dog (2021)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: New Zealand, UK, Canada, Australia
Duration: 126 min.
Story: A domineering, magnetic rancher responds with mocking cruelty when his brother brings home a new wife and her son, until the unexpected comes to pass.
Style: psychological, mindfuck, costume drama, serious, disturbing ...
Audience: chick flick, adult
Plot: cowboy, mother son relationship, homosexuality, male full rear nudity, power relations, male nudity, brother brother relationship, animal cruelty, homosexual subtext, gay, brothers, alcoholic ...
Time: 2020s, 1920s, 20th century
Place: australia, montana
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 5.5
 2K
Martyrs Lane (2021)
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Leah, 10, has terrible nightmares. Her mother seems distant somehow, lost in her thoughts. A small, nightly visitor brings Leah comfort, but soon Leah will realize that her little visitor offers knowledge that might be very, very dangerous.
Style: suspenseful, suspense, mystical, disturbing, atmospheric
Plot: ghost, nightmare, supernatural horror, supernatural, ghost story, mysterious girl, mysticism, ghost child, cemetery, haunted house, terror, haunted ...
Time: 2020s
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 6.4
 2K
To Olivia (2021)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story: In 1962, Patricia Neal and Roald Dahl retreat to the English countryside to bring up their young family. The seemingly unlikely pair find their relationship put to the test by a tragic loss.
Style: suspense, disturbing, psychological, depressing
Plot: bereavement, family tragedy, biopic, marriage, family problems, child illness, parents and children, terminal illness, fighting illness, illness, husband wife relationship, father daughter relationship ...
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Edge of the World (2021)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Biopic about Sir James Brooke, the British adventurer who became King of Sarawak in the 1840's and embarked on a lifelong crusade to end piracy and head-hunting - only to face charges of murder and piracy himself.
Style: captivating, tense
Plot: pirate, fighting the system, murder, piracy, jungle, battles, escapades, showdown, fighting crime, fight, fight for supremacy, monster ...
Time: victorian era, 19th century, 1930s, 1840s
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 6.2
 5K
Together (2021)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A husband and wife are forced to re-evaluate themselves and their relationship through the reality of the Covid-19 lockdown.
Style: disturbing, sentimental, sincere, melancholic, romantic ...
Plot: pandemic, quarantine, marriage, relationships, husband wife relationship, couples, family relations, love and romance, social satire, long term relationship, mourning, son ...
Time: 21st century
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Last Night in Soho (2021)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, China
Duration: 116 min.
Story: A young girl, passionate about fashion design, is mysteriously able to enter the 1960s where she encounters her idol, a dazzling wannabe singer. But 1960s London is not what it seems, and time seems to be falling apart with shady consequences.
Style: scary, gothic, suspense, slasher, psychological ...
Audience: date night, adult
Plot: time travel, murder, female serial killer, rape, brothel, fashion designer, grandmother granddaughter relationship, plot twist, nightmare, nostalgia, ghost, macabre ...
Time: 60s, 2020s, year 1960, year 1969, year 1967
Place: london, england
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The War Below (2021)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story: During World War I, a group of British miners are recruited to tunnel underneath no man's land and set bombs from below the German front in hopes of breaking the deadly stalemate of the Battle of Messines.
Style: tense, captivating, suspense, thought provoking, powerful
Plot: world war one, military, miner, wartime, heroism, heroic mission, struggle for survival, soldier, wartime life, patriotism, fight, fight for supremacy ...
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The Lady of Heaven (2021)
Genre: Action, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 141 min.
Story: Two stories separated by 1400 years. After losing his mother in the midst of a war-torn country, an Iraqi child, learns the importance and power of patience by discovering the historical story of Lady Fatima and her suffering.
Style: controversial, historical drama
Plot: angel, isis, islam, religious, terrorism, arabic history, muslim, freedom, brutality, faith, tragedy, islamic terrorism ...
Time: 7th century, year 2014, medieval times
Place: syria, arabia, iraq, baghdad iraq
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 7.4
 180K
The Last Duel (2021)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 152 min.
Story: King Charles VI declares that Knight Jean de Carrouges settle his dispute with his squire by challenging him to a duel.
Style: historical drama, suspense, costume drama, cerebral, epic ...
Audience: date night, toddlers, chick flick, boys' night, adult
Plot: duel, medieval, rape, knight, husband wife relationship, showdown, revenge, sword duel, murder, battles, violence, jousting ...
Time: middle ages, 14th century, medieval times, 2020s
Place: france, normandy, scotland, paris france
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 6.4
 900
Sweetheart (2021)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A socially awkward, environmentally-conscious teenager named AJ is dragged to a coastal holiday park by her painfully 'normal' family, where she becomes unexpectedly captivated by a chlorine smelling, sun-loving lifeguard named Isla.
Style: romantic, captivating, entertaining, light, funny ...
Plot: lgbt, lesbian, lesbian love, teenager, coming of age, teenage love, couple relations, love and romance, in love, male female relationship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, romantic relationship ...
Place: england
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 5.2
 456
The Laureate (2021)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Set against the glamorous backdrop of Britain's roaring '20s, The Laureate tells the story of young British War Poet Robert Graves, who is married with four children when he meets and becomes romantically involved with Laura Riding, a ...
Style: tense, suspenseful, captivating, romantic, suspense ...
Plot: family problems, romantic triangle, murder suspect, writers, writer's life, love and romance, romantic relationship, problem, polyamory, poetry, sexless marriage, couples ...
Time: 1920s
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