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The Day I Became a Woman (2000)

7.3/10
Director: Marziyeh Meshkini
Starring: Fatemeh Cheragh, Akhar, Shabnam Toloui, Azizeh Sedighi

Marziyeh Meshkini's compelling and poignant study of the elementary problems faced by women in Eastern societies looks at three different generations... Read more

River (2015)

8/10
Starring: Stellan Skarsgard, Adeel Akhtar, Lesley Manville, Owen Teale, Eddie Marsan

John River is a brilliant police inspector whose genius lies side-by-side with the fragility of his mind. He is a man haunted by the murder victims wh... Read more

Sweet Tooth (2021)

7.8/10
Starring: Nonso Anozie, Christian Convery, Adeel Akhtar

Ten years ago "The Great Crumble" wreaked havoc on the world and led to the mysterious emergence of hybrids babies born part human, part animal. Unsur... Read more

Utopia: Series 1 (2013)

8.5/10
Starring: Paul Higgins, Fiona O'Shaughnessy, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Adeel Akhtar, Alexand...

When four internet forum friend acquire into the existence of a manuscript to the second part of a rare cult graphic novel "The Utopia Manuscript," be... Read more

Ae Fond Kiss ( aka Just A Kiss ) (2004)

7.2/10
Director: Ken Loach
Starring: Eva Birthistle, Atta Taqub, Shamshad Akhtar, Ghizala Avan

Ken Loach and writer Paul Laverty team again ('Sweet Sixteen', 'Carla's Song', 'My Name Is Joe') for this romantic drama set in Glasgow, Scotland wher... Read more

Four Lions (2010)

7.3/10
Director: Chris Morris
Starring: Arsher Ali, Kayvan Novak, Riz Ahmed, Nigel Lindsay, Adeel Akhtar

A black comedy directed by satirist Chris Morris, 'Four Lions' sends up a group of inept jihadists and would-be suicide bombers. Riz Ahmed plays Omar,... Read more

Four Lions ( Blu-ray ) (2010)

7.3/10
Director: Chris Morris
Starring: Arsher Ali, Kayvan Novak, Riz Ahmed, Nigel Lindsay, Adeel Akhtar

A black comedy directed by satirist Chris Morris, 'Four Lions' sends up a group of inept jihadists and would-be suicide bombers. Riz Ahmed plays Omar,... Read more

The War Within (2005)

6.9/10
Director: Joseph Castelo
Starring: Ayad Akhtar, Firdous Bamji, Nandana Sen, Sarita Choudhury, Charles Daniel Sandov...

A Pakistani engineering student is inexplicably snatched off a Paris street and interrogated for potential terrorist activity. Whether he was dangerou... Read more

Victoria and Abdul (2017)

Director: Stephen Frears
Starring: Judi Dench, Michael Gambon, Olivia Williams, Tim Pigott-Smith, Eddie Izzard, Pau...

Abdul Karim arrives from India to participate in Queen Victoria's golden jubilee. The young clerk is surprised to find favor with the queen herself. A... Read more

The Electrical Life Of Louis Wain (2021)

6.8/10
Starring: Benedict Cumberbatch, Claire Foy, Andrea Riseborough, Toby Jones, Hayley Squires...

English artist Louis Wain rises to prominence at the end of the 19th century for his surreal cat paintings that seemed to reflect his declining sanity... Read more

Swimming with Men (2018)

6.3/10
Director: Oliver Parker
Starring: Rob Brydon, Jane Horrocks, Rupert Graves, Daniel Mays, Adeel Akhtar, Thomas Turg...

A man suffering from a mid-life crisis finds new meaning in his life after joining an all-male, middle-aged, amateur synchronised swimming team. Read more

Les Miserables (Miniseries) (2018)

7.3/10
Director: Tom Shankland
Starring: Dominic West, David Oyelowo, Lily Collins, Adeel Akhtar, Johnny Flynn, Henry Llo...

Television adaptation of Victor Hugo's classic novel, which follows Jean Valjean as he evades capture by the unyielding Inspector Javert. Set against... Read more