1. Fight for the F.A. Cup
The best of the action from over 30 years of FA Cup finals at Wembley Stadium.
2. Midland Journey
Tourist promo film extolling the delights of Birmingham and the Midlands, with a sprinkling of arch one-liners.
3. Reconstruction of Hill Street Birmingham
An engineering feat: Second city civil engineers complete a new bridge to carry traffic over New Street's tangled railway intersections.
4. Philoxenia
Philoxenia is a short documentary highlighting the synergy between the Greek notion of philoxenia and Southern hospitality, as expressed through Birmingham, Alabama's Greek-owned restaurants. The film features six local favorite restaurants, two historians and, of course, a lot of mouthwatering dishes.
5. 1 Day
This searing British thriller follows Flash , who's safeguarding his buddy Angel's cash until his release from prison. Now Angel is out -- and Flash is 100 pounds short. He turns to a lowlife named Evil for help, the first in a series of mistakes. Now, Flash has more than just Angel hunting him down. Directed by Penny Woolcock , the film co-stars Ohran Whyte and Chris Wilson
It has an average vote of 5.1 on TMDB.
6. The Workshop of the World: Birmingham (The Workshop of the World: Birmingham)
Spellbinding images of Birmingham between the wars.
7. A & E: When Patients Attack
Hospital staff are reporting more violence and anti-social behaviour than ever before. In 2015, 8 staff were assaulted every hour – a new record high. At The Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham – one of the UK’s biggest hospitals – they think they have the answer. Here a private security force of 46 uniformed guards, and a sophisticated CCTV system, keep staff and patients safe. A colourful mixture of characters ranging from ex-soldiers, to bouncers, to former elite sportsmen, it’s the security team’s job to keep the hospital running smoothly. With more than 2 million visitors they have to deal with all aspects of crime and anti-social behaviour. All against a back drop of life changing and life saving procedures.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
8. Risky Roadz: 0121
After a ten year sabbatical, legendary Grime filmmaker; Roony 'Risky Roadz' Keefe, makes a return to the world of documentary to uncover the business infrastructure of the fast emerging music scene in Birmingham, and, how that is being taken to a global platform.
9. Handsworth Songs
The Black Audio Film Collective’s acclaimed essay film, 'Handsworth Songs', examines the 1985 race riots in Handsworth and London. Interweaving archival photographs, newsreel clips, and home movie footage, the film is both an exploration of documentary aesthetics and a broad meditation social and cultural oppression through Britain’s intertwined narratives of racism and economic decline.
It has an average vote of 5.4 on TMDB.
10. Drinkers Like Me: Adrian Chiles
Adrian Chiles takes a long hard look at his own love of boozing. He wants to find out why he and many others don't think they are addicted to alcohol, despite finding it almost impossible to enjoy life without it.
It has an average vote of 10 on TMDB.
11. Walsall Pact
A fringe communist party struggles to entrench itself within a pro-Palestinian encampment at a British university. Meanwhile, in 1967, the New Left grapples with an unconvinced public.
12. Bhaji on the Beach
A group of South Asian women try but cannot escape their problems on a day trip to a British beach resort.
It has an average vote of 5.3 on TMDB.
13. Jennifer Hale
A showgirl who is wrongly accused of murdering her manager goes on the run to try to prove her innocence.
14. I Bought a Vampire Motorcycle
When a motorbike gang kills an occultist, the evil spirit he was summoning inhabits a damaged bike. The bike is then bought and restored, but reveals its true nature when it tries to exact vengance on the gang, and anyone else who gets in its way.
It has an average vote of 5.413 on TMDB.
15. Privilege
Britain's biggest pop singer, Steven Shorter, receives unwavering adulation and possesses total control over his rabid fans, which includes nearly the entire population. Yet Shorter is not an autonomous performer -- he is little more than a puppet for the government, promoting whatever agenda they see fit. When a beautiful artist, Vanessa Ritchie, is commissioned to paint his portrait, she pushes Shorter to question his obedience to his manipulative handlers.
It has an average vote of 6.7 on TMDB.
16. Felicia's Journey
Seventeen and pregnant, Felicia travels to England in search of her lover and is found instead by Joseph Ambrose Hilditch, a helpful catering manager whose kindness masks unsettling secret.
It has an average vote of 6.273 on TMDB.
17. Tolkien
England, early 20th century. The future writer and philologist John Ronald Reuel Tolkien and three of his schoolmates create a strong bond between them as they share the same passion for literature and art, a true fellowship that strengthens as they grow up, but the outbreak of World War I threatens to shatter it.
It has an average vote of 6.969 on TMDB.
18. Odd Squad
This is a story of an entire family that are members of the LGBT+ community, and their individual/unified stories, struggles, and livelihoods.
19. Ray & Liz
On the outskirts of Birmingham and the margins of society the Billingham family perform extreme rituals and break social taboos as they muddle through a life decided by factors beyond their control. At times shocking and laced with an unsettling humor, three episodes unfold as a powerful evocation of the experience of growing up in a Black Country council flat.
It has an average vote of 6.7 on TMDB.
20. A Private Enterprise
An ambitious Indian university graduate has to struggle to live his entrepreneurial dreams against both the British social structure and his own family's stubborn traditional values.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
