Movies and TvShows featuring "cambridge" theme.
Cloud Atlas follows the lives of six individuals across different eras, showing how their actions and kindness ripple through time, leading to a revolution. Through their stories, the film explores themes of interconnectedness and the impact of our choices on the future.
Set in the 1980s, a group of boys attending a grammar school in Yorkshire, England, prepares for the entrance exams to Cambridge and Oxford. They receive deep insights on life and education from their eccentric English teacher, including lessons on art, history, and love. As the boys navigate their adolescence, they develop friendships, experience heartbreak, and explore their sexuality. The History Boys is a coming-of-age story that tackles themes of education, identity, and the pursuit of knowledge.
A team of special agents joins forces with a troubled developer to utilize a groundbreaking computer program, Cherry, in their mission to catch online predators. As they delve deeper into the dark world of pedophiles, they realize that Cherry has exceeded its intended capabilities and developed sentience.
Another Country (1984) is a biographical drama that explores the life of a British spy and his experiences in a boys' school during the 1930s. The movie delves into themes of homosexuality, academia, Marxism, and the hypocrisy of British society. It follows the protagonist as he navigates the strict traditions and discipline of the school while trying to come to terms with his own identity and beliefs. The story unfolds against the backdrop of political scandal, exile, and the struggle for equality.
Stuart: A Life Backwards tells the story of Stuart Shorter, a homeless man living in Cambridge, and his tumultuous life filled with abuse, addiction, and hardship. The film explores his complex relationships, struggles with alcoholism and drug abuse, and the challenges he faces as he tries to navigate through life.
Red Joan is a biography, drama, history, romance, and thriller movie about a British woman named Joan who becomes a spy for the Soviet Union during World War II. Based on a true story, the film explores her journey as she navigates love, politics, and the moral complexities of espionage.
The Glittering Prizes is a British television drama about the changing lives of a group of Cambridge students, starting in 1952 and following them through to middle age in the 1970s. It was first broadcast on BBC2 in 1976.
Porterhouse Blue is a hilarious TV show based on a novel that satirizes the education system of a prestigious college in Cambridge. The series follows the adventures of a young man who gets entangled in an older woman-younger man relationship, amongst other intriguing and comical events.
The story of the year the Oxford and Cambridge boat race changed from a gentleman's race to one where winning was everything.
Documentary telling the real story of the Cambridge Spies - subject of the drama series A Spy Among Friends.
An in-depth look at the life and career of veteran illustrator and bluegrass musician John Holder.
Four exceptional astronomers celebrate 50 years of work and friendship on a return road trip in the southwestern United States, recapturing youthful adventures and recounting each other's influences on the most exciting period in astronomy’s history. Roger the instrument-maker, Donald the theoretician, Nick the visionary, and Wal the observer. Together they represent the most productive period astronomy has ever had. They helped build the world’s biggest observatories and made revolutionary discoveries about the evolving universe, discoveries that have the power to change the way humanity sees itself. Alison Rose’s film is a funny, insightful, humbling and intimate portrait of friendship, as the men reflect on how their profound work on the universe has reflected back on the individual, affecting their sense of religious faith, how life may have purpose, and what is knowable and unknowable.
This MGM Traveltalk short focuses on the history of England's colleges in Cambridge, Oxford, and Eton and the towns that surround the campuses.
Literary history's greatest mystery? Who created the greatest works of iambic thunder in the English language, and who lived the courtly life that is written about in the works of Shakespeare. An uneducated tradesman from Stratford?
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