Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "block-of-flats"

1. T2 Trainspotting (2017)

R | 117 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

After 20 years abroad, Mark Renton returns to Scotland and reunites with his old friends Sick Boy, Spud, and Begbie.

Director: Danny Boyle | Stars: Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller, Robert Carlyle

Votes: 133,241 | Gross: $2.40M

2. The Beat Beneath My Feet (2014)

TV-14 | 91 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

A teenage boy discovers his unruly neighbour is really a disgraced Rock God who "died" 8 years ago owing a fortune in unpaid tax. The boy agrees not to reveal his secret on condition that he teaches him the dark arts of Rock Guitar.

Director: John Williams | Stars: Luke Perry, Nicholas Galitzine, Lisa Dillon, Verity Pinter

Votes: 1,708

3. In the Dark (2017)

TV-MA | 52 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

As she deals with an unexpected pregnancy, D.I. Helen Weeks must return to the hometown she loathes, to help her childhood best friend who is in the centre of a media frenzy following the abduction of two teenage girls.

Stars: MyAnna Buring, Ben Batt, David Leon, Jamie Sives

Votes: 3,567

4. Xtro (1982)

R | 84 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

An alien creature impregnates a woman who gives birth to a man who was abducted by aliens three years ago. The man reconnects with his wife and son for a sinister purpose.

Director: Harry Bromley Davenport | Stars: Philip Sayer, Bernice Stegers, Danny Brainin, Maryam d'Abo

Votes: 8,170

5. Wild Bill (2011)

Not Rated | 98 min | Drama

A street-toughened parolee finds his two boys abandoned by their mum and fending for themselves. Time to step up, or not.

Director: Dexter Fletcher | Stars: Charlie Creed-Miles, Will Poulter, Sammy Williams, Iwan Rheon

Votes: 14,644

6. The Horde (2009)

Not Rated | 90 min | Action, Horror

An end of the world battle between gangsters, cops and zombies.

Directors: Yannick Dahan, Benjamin Rocher | Stars: Claude Perron, Jean-Pierre Martins, Eriq Ebouaney, Aurélien Recoing

Votes: 16,423

7. Goodbye Charlie Bright (2001)

87 min | Drama

Goodbye Charlie Bright is the humorous and heart-warming story of the friendship between two teenage boys from a tough council estate. Set during a long hard summer it charts the close but volatile relationship between Charlie and Justin.

Director: Nick Love | Stars: Paul Nicholls, Roland Manookian, Phil Daniels, Jamie Foreman

Votes: 1,785

8. Honeytrap (2014)

93 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

In Brixton, London, 15-year-old Layla gets sucked into gang activity.

Director: Rebecca Johnson | Stars: Jessica Sula, Lucien Laviscount, Ntonga Mwanza, Naomi Ryan

Votes: 826

9. A.C.A.B. - All Cops Are Bastards (2012)

112 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A look at the controversial riot cops unit, told through the stories of three veteran cops and a young recruit.

Director: Stefano Sollima | Stars: Pierfrancesco Favino, Filippo Nigro, Marco Giallini, Andrea Sartoretti

Votes: 8,172

10. The Circle (III) (2018–2021)

60 min | Game-Show, Reality-TV

The original British version of the reality television format in which people from all walks of life compete in a popularity contest via a social media platform to win a cash prize.

Stars: Sophie Willan, Hashu Mohammed, Manrika Khaira, Andy Smith

Votes: 1,292

11. 100 Streets (2016)

TV-MA | 93 min | Crime, Drama

Three people, three extraordinary stories. All lived out within a hundred London streets.

Director: Jim O'Hanlon | Stars: Idris Elba, Gemma Arterton, Ashley Thomas, Tom Cullen

Votes: 4,488

12. Clubbed (2008)

95 min | Action, Crime, Drama

An underworld drama set in the early 1980s, about a lonely factory worker whose life is transformed when he becomes a nightclub doorman.

Director: Neil Thompson | Stars: Mel Raido, Colin Salmon, Shaun Parkes, Scot Williams

Votes: 3,767

13. Citadel (I) (2012)

R | 84 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

An agoraphobic father teams up with a renegade priest to save his daughter from the clutches of a gang of twisted feral children who committed an act of violence against his family years earlier.

Director: Ciarán Foy | Stars: Aneurin Barnard, James Cosmo, Wunmi Mosaku, Jake Wilson

Votes: 7,340

14. $9.99 (2008)

R | 78 min | Animation, Drama, Fantasy

A stop-motion animated story about people living in a Sydney apartment complex looking for meaning in their lives.

Director: Tatia Rosenthal | Stars: Geoffrey Rush, Anthony LaPaglia, Samuel Johnson, Barry Otto

Votes: 3,480 | Gross: $0.05M

15. The Last Family (2016)

123 min | Biography, Drama

The story of a well-known artistic family: legendary painter Zdzislaw Beksinski, his wife Zofia and their son Tomasz, a highly-praised music critic and translator. Their lives were far from being usual.

Director: Jan P. Matuszynski | Stars: Andrzej Seweryn, Dawid Ogrodnik, Aleksandra Konieczna, Andrzej Chyra

Votes: 4,863

16. Purely Belter (2000)

99 min | Comedy, Drama

Two teenage boys will do anything to get money to buy season tickets for their local team.

Director: Mark Herman | Stars: Chris Beattie, Greg McLane, Charlie Hardwick, Tracy Whitwell

Votes: 1,998

17. Breathing (2011)

Not Rated | 94 min | Drama

Through his work at a morgue, an incarcerated young man trying to build a new life starts to come to terms with the crime he committed.

Director: Karl Markovics | Stars: Thomas Schubert, Karin Lischka, Georg Friedrich, Gerhard Liebmann

Votes: 3,029 | Gross: $0.00M

18. U Want Me 2 Kill Him? (2013)

Not Rated | 92 min | Drama, Thriller

A teenage boy's descent into the dangerous world of the Internet and the harrowing consequences of his actions. A true story.

Director: Andrew Douglas | Stars: Jamie Blackley, Anthony Warren, Jack Lowden, Toby Regbo

Votes: 3,217

19. Playing Beatie Bow (1986)

Not Rated | 93 min | Family, Fantasy, Mystery

A discontented Sydney teenager travels back in time to 1873, whilst watching an old fashioned children's game.

Director: Donald Crombie | Stars: Imogen Annesley, Peter Phelps, Mouche Phillips, Nikki Coghill

Votes: 356

20. Life Without Principle (2011)

Not Rated | 107 min | Crime, Drama

Three people - a criminal, a bank officer and a cop - end up in a catastrophic situation in the midst of a global economical crisis and are forced to betray any morals and principles to solve their financial problems.

Director: Johnnie To | Stars: Ching Wan Lau, Richie Jen, Denise Ho, Myolie Wu

Votes: 2,747

21. Ellen (2016 TV Movie)

TV-MA | 72 min | Drama

A tearaway teenage girl trying to take control of her life forms an amazing and unbreakable bond with a new friend. But can Ellen avoid becoming just another statistic?

Director: Mahalia Belo | Stars: Jessica Barden, Yasmin Monet Prince, Joe Dempsie, Jaime Winstone

Votes: 337

22. Heatwave (1982)

R | 91 min | Drama

A planned housing development in the mid 70's designed for an upstart Cockney immigrant developer, becomes the centre of controversy as tenants and squatters in the older houses refuse to move.

Director: Phillip Noyce | Stars: Judy Davis, Richard Moir, Chris Haywood, Bill Hunter

Votes: 420

23. Babymother (1998 TV Movie)

R | 80 min | Drama, Musical

A single mother determined to make it as a singer puts together an all girl reggae group named Neeta, Sweeta, & Nastie with her friends. Living in a housing project with little support, the... See full summary »

Director: Julian Henriques | Stars: Anjela Lauren Smith, Wil Johnson, Caroline Chikezie, Jocelyn Jee Esien

Votes: 203 | Gross: $0.01M

24. Damilola, Our Loved Boy (2016 TV Movie)

87 min | Drama

The true story of the murder of Damilola Taylor--a 10-year-old Nigerian boy who lived in Peckham, London--and the subsequent trial.

Director: Euros Lyn | Stars: Wunmi Mosaku, John Hollingworth, Naomi Ackie, Ben Bailey Smith

Votes: 246

25. London Bridge (1995–1999)

25 min | Drama

Drama centred around people living in a converted mill near the River Thames in London

Stars: Annabel Leventon, Jo-Anne Stockham, Dawn McDaniel, Simone Lahbib

Votes: 31

26. Sixteen (I) (2013)

80 min | Thriller

An African former child soldier now living in London is forced to confront his violent past.

Director: Rob Brown | Stars: Roger Jean Nsengiyumva, Rachael Stirling, Rosie Day, Fady Elsayed

Votes: 238

27. Zhivoy (2006)

98 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

A veteran of the Chechen War is helped by the ghosts of his two fallen comrades to leave the war behind.

Director: Aleksandr Veledinskiy | Stars: Olga Arntgolts, Aleksey Chadov, Andrey Chadov, Vladimir Epifantsev

Votes: 820

28. Khadak (2006)

Not Rated | 104 min | Drama, Romance

Set in the frozen steppes of Mongolia, a young nomad confronted with his destiny after animals fall victim to a plague which threatens to eradicate nomadism.

Directors: Peter Brosens, Jessica Woodworth | Stars: Batzul Khayankhyarvaa, Tsetsegee Byamba, Banzar Damchaa, Tserendarizav Dashnyam

Votes: 967 | Gross: $0.00M

29. Booked Out (2012)

86 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Booked Out follows the quirky exploits of the Polaroid loving artist Ailidh as she spies and photographs the occupants of her block of flats. Jacob, the boy next door who comes and goes ... See full summary »

Director: Bryan O'Neil | Stars: Sylvia Syms, Kathryn Kelly, Rollo Weeks, Claire Garvey

Votes: 99

30. Hi, Tereska (2001)

86 min | Drama

A sensitive teenage girl from a poor family befriends a cynical schoolmate, who shows her how to smoke, drink, have sex and steal. Tereska's life heads towards a catastrophe.

Director: Robert Glinski | Stars: Aleksandra Gietner, Karolina Sobczak, Zbigniew Zamachowski, Malgorzata Rozniatowska

Votes: 1,576

31. Maggie and Her (1976–1979)

30 min | Comedy

Maggie (Julia McKenzie) and Mrs P (Irene Handl) are two neighbours who are always ready to help each other out.

Stars: Julia McKenzie, Irene Handl, Carol Gillies, Peter Hale

Votes: 22

32. Downtime (1997)

90 min | Romance, Thriller

Chrissy contemplates suicide with her son. Rob, a former police psychologist, intervenes and asks her on a date. The two, along with Chrissy's son and elderly Pat, become trapped in an elevator after a drunken gang damages it.

Director: Bharat Nalluri | Stars: Paul McGann, Susan Lynch, Tom Georgeson, David Roper

Votes: 266

33. Aloys (2016)

Not Rated | 91 min | Drama, Fantasy

A lonely private investigator is contacted by a mysterious woman who pulls him into a mind game known as 'telephone walking'. Fascinated by her voice, Aloys discovers an imaginary universe that allows him to break out of his isolation.

Director: Tobias Nölle | Stars: Georg Friedrich, Tilde von Overbeck, Kamil Krejcí, Yufei Li

Votes: 2,255

34. A Guidebook to Killing Your Ex (2016)

71 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror

A lonely man with an intention of documenting every important detail is planning to kill his ex-girlfriend within 72 hours only to realize things are not as easy as he previously imagined.

Director: József Gallai | Stars: Balázs Szitás, Tímea Virga, Tamás Szilágyi, Olivia Barta

Votes: 242

35. Borrowed Time (2012)

Not Rated | 88 min | Comedy, Drama

A teenager with the wrong friends and a grumpy old man form an unlikely bond that will help them both find a way out of their respective troubles.

Director: Jules Bishop | Stars: Phil Davis, Theo Barklem-Biggs, Juliet Oldfield, Warren Brown

Votes: 378

36. The Girl from the Wardrobe (2012)

90 min | Drama

Three lonely next-door neighbours alienate themselves in various ways. Jacek seeks contacts online, his brother Tomek has a brain injury. Magda spends time alone in her apartment. What if they become friends?

Director: Bodo Kox | Stars: Wojciech Mecwaldowski, Piotr Glowacki, Magdalena Rózanska, Eryk Lubos

Votes: 771

37. Stournara 288 (1959)

83 min | Comedy

The residents of the block of flats in 288, Stournara street have their own history. The doorkeeper watches carefully every little thing that happens in the apartment building and knows every resident's secrets.

Director: Dinos Dimopoulos | Stars: Sofia Vempo, Orestis Makris, Smaroula Giouli, Dinos Iliopoulos

Votes: 227

38. Sajtóvadászat (2006)

60 min | Comedy, Crime

A daily newspaper is in a huge crisis. Keszeg, the editor in chief charges his best journalist, Rezso to find a recently kidnapped accountant, who worked for the local mob before. Keszeg ... See full summary »

Director: Gábor Szöllõskei | Stars: Dávid Szöllõskei, Gergely Molnár, Dávid Jancsi, Gábor Szöllõskei

Votes: 36

39. A Jungle Book of Regulations (1974)

91 min | Comedy

After moving from a small flat to a bigger one, a young married couple unexpectedly meet their new flatmate.

Director: Stanislaw Bareja | Stars: Jacek Fedorowicz, Mieczyslaw Czechowicz, Stanislawa Celinska, Jerzy Dobrowolski

Votes: 1,238

40. Medan porten var stängd (1946)

89 min | Drama

About a number of people in an apartment building during a night full of dramatic events and entanglements.

Director: Hasse Ekman | Stars: Tollie Zellman, Olof Winnerstrand, Inga Landgré, Marianne Löfgren

Votes: 248

41. Zycie wewnetrzne (1987)

86 min | Drama

A grumpy, dislikable neurotic living in a high-rise apartment building cannot stand anything that surrounds him, people included. Most of all he hates his wife.

Director: Marek Koterski | Stars: Wojciech Wysocki, Joanna Sienkiewicz, Maria Probosz, Jolanta Nowak

Votes: 254

42. Srdecný pozdrav ze zemekoule (1983)

98 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi

The Earth is approached by a flying saucer with two visitors from outer space. It turns into a beer keg and lands on the back of a truck. Second landing aliens, this time in a container for... See full summary »

Director: Oldrich Lipský | Stars: Milan Lasica, Július Satinský, Jirí Menzel, Nada Konvalinková

Votes: 250

43. Lizard Girl (2014 TV Short)

15 min | Short, Drama, Family

Sam, a 10-year-old girl who suffers with Asperger's Syndrome, overcomes her struggle to make friends through the kindness of another child.

Director: Lynsey Miller | Stars: Molly Harmon, Lucy Speed, Marcella Just, Quinton Nyrienda

Votes: 35

44. 18 Kilohertz (2020)

82 min | Drama

Teenagers in 1990s Almaty witness an unprecedented heroin boom and need to face its deadly consequences.

Director: Farkhat Sharipov | Stars: Musakhan Zhumakhanov, Alibek Adiken, Kamila Fun-So, Roman Zhukov

Votes: 65

45. Ores koinis isyhias (2006)

86 min | Drama, Romance

A car alarm ringing throughout the night, connects 5 stories by the occupants of a building.

Director: Katerina Evangelakou | Stars: Ivonni Maltezou, Errikos Litsis, Angeliki Papathemeli, Christos Stergioglou

Votes: 216

46. Moje miasto (2002 TV Movie)

60 min | Drama

A slice of life in the mining/industrial region of Upper Silesia. Many mines and factories closed down in 1990s, resulting in high unemployment, economic depression, and general ... See full summary »

Director: Marek Lechki | Stars: Radoslaw Chrzescianski, Agnieszka Banach, Krzysztof Stroinski, Dorota Pomykala

Votes: 75

47. The Man Whose Mind Exploded (2012)

77 min | Documentary, Biography, Romance

In this "beautifully intimate and utterly unique piece of cinema", Toby Amies crosses the line between filmmaker and carer, trying to cope with the strange and hilarious world view of the fragile eccentric, Drako Zarharzar. A love story.

Director: Toby Amies | Star: Tony Banwell

Votes: 289

48. A világ legrosszabb gyereke (1987 TV Movie)

57 min | Comedy, Family

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Director: Vera Takács | Stars: Róbert Kovács, Eszter Csákányi, Mátyás Usztics, Mária Kovács

Votes: 41

49. Tower Block Kids (2018)

120 min | Documentary

Two-part documentary following the lives of children living in some of Britain's high-rise blocks of flats, who explain what it is like growing up there. Narrated by Ralf Little.

Star: Ralf Little

50. Na dobranoc (1971 TV Movie)

25 min | Comedy, Horror, Thriller

Two neighbours living in one block of flats share the same dreams at night - they murder each another.

Director: Janusz Zaorski | Stars: Wladyslaw Kowalski, Józef Nowak, Andrzej Zaorski, Halina Kowalska

Votes: 10