Top rated ostentatious movies on BritBox

Check out today’s highest ranked ostentatious movies on BritBox! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best ostentatious movies on BritBox, based on the crowd's interest and popular searches from the country.

1 The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989)

The wife of an abusive criminal finds solace in the arms of a kind regular guest in her husband's restaurant.

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1989-10-13 | Crime / Drama

Cast

Richard Bohringer, Michael Gambon

Rating

rating icon 7.4
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #39 for
    sexually explicit
  2. Ranked #41 for
    bawdy
  3. Ranked #84 for
    gastronomic

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2 A Room with a View (1986)

When Lucy Honeychurch and chaperon Charlotte Bartlett find themselves in Florence with rooms without views, fellow guests Mr Emerson and son George step in to remedy the situation. Meeting the Emersons could change Lucy's life forever but, once back in England, how will her experiences in Tuscany affect her marriage plans?

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1986-03-07 | Drama / Romance

Cast

Helena Bonham Carter, Julian Sands

Rating

rating icon 7.0
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #11 for
    prissy
  2. Ranked #43 for
    sabbatical
  3. Ranked #44 for
    remarkable

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3 Trainspotting (1996)

Heroin addict Mark Renton stumbles through bad ideas and sobriety attempts with his unreliable friends -- Sick Boy, Begbie, Spud and Tommy. He also has an underage girlfriend, Diane, along for the ride. After cleaning up and moving from Edinburgh to London, Mark finds he can't escape the life he left behind when Begbie shows up at his front door on the lam, and a scheming Sick Boy follows.

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1996-02-23 | Drama / Crime

Cast

Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner

Rating

rating icon 7.967
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #36 for
    with cockney accent
  2. Ranked #148 for
    smart and witty dialogue
  3. Ranked #182 for
    showing underbelly

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4 The Reader (2008)

The story of Michael Berg, a German lawyer who, as a teenager in the late 1950s, had an affair with an older woman, Hanna, who then disappeared only to resurface years later as one of the defendants in a war crimes trial stemming from her actions as a concentration camp guard late in the war. He alone realizes that Hanna is illiterate and may be concealing that fact at the expense of her freedom.

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2008-12-10 | Drama / Romance

Cast

Kate Winslet, Ralph Fiennes

Rating

rating icon 7.456
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #124 for
    Oscar-worthy performance
  2. Ranked #155 for
    with epiphany moments
  3. Ranked #159 for
    like Pride & Prejudice

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5 North by Northwest (1959)

Advertising man Roger Thornhill is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase.

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1959-07-08 | Mystery / Thriller

Cast

Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint

Rating

rating icon 7.982
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #55 for
    cat-and-mouse
  2. Ranked #83 for
    most thrilling
  3. Ranked #116 for
    like The Da Vinci Code

Trailer

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6 The Imitation Game (2014)

Based on the real life story of legendary cryptanalyst Alan Turing, the film portrays the nail-biting race against time by Turing and his brilliant team of code-breakers at Britain's top-secret Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park, during the darkest days of World War II.

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2014-11-14 | History / Drama

Cast

Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley

Rating

rating icon 8.004
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #11 for
    sad
  2. Ranked #70 for
    hagiography
  3. Ranked #75 for
    critically acclaimed

Trailer

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7 Charade (1963)

After Regina Lampert falls for the dashing Peter Joshua on a skiing holiday in the French Alps, she discovers upon her return to Paris that her husband has been murdered. Soon, she and Peter are giving chase to three of her late husband's World War II cronies, Tex, Scobie and Gideon, who are after a quarter of a million dollars the quartet stole while behind enemy lines. But why does Peter keep changing his name?

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1963-12-05 | Comedy / Mystery

Cast

Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn

Rating

rating icon 7.683
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #78 for
    cat-and-mouse
  2. Ranked #106 for
    like Knives Out
  3. Ranked #129 for
    like The Prestige

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8 The Stunt Man (1980)

A fugitive stumbles onto a movie set just when they need a new stunt man, takes the job as a way to hide out and falls for the leading lady while facing off with his manipulative director.

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1980-06-27 | Action / Comedy

Cast

Peter O'Toole, Steve Railsback

Rating

rating icon 6.633
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #17 for
    monomaniacal
  2. Ranked #103 for
    vivid depiction
  3. Ranked #121 for
    vertiginous

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9 Mrs Brown (1997)

When Queen Victoria's husband Prince Albert dies, she finds solace in her trusted servant, Mr. John Brown. But their relationship also brings scandal and turmoil to the monarchy.

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1997-07-18 | Drama / History

Cast

Judi Dench, Billy Connolly

Rating

rating icon 6.7
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #56 for
    prissy
  2. Ranked #62 for
    Period Drama
  3. Ranked #78 for
    sad

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10 Camelot (1967)

The plot of his illegitimate son Mordred to gain the throne, and Guinevere's growing attachment to Sir Lancelot, threatens to topple King Arthur and destroy his "round table" of knights.

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1967-10-25 | Adventure / Music

Cast

Richard Harris, Vanessa Redgrave

Rating

rating icon 6.2
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #12 for
    arthurian
  2. Ranked #49 for
    rocking
  3. Ranked #53 for
    bloated

Trailer

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