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Lily Collins recommended Love Actually (2003) in Movies (curated)

 
Love Actually (2003)
Love Actually (2003)
2003 | Comedy, Romance

"These are so raw — this is who I am, these movies. [Laughs] They’re very girly. In no particular order… Love Actually. Most of these movies have British accents in them, because, being from England, there’s something about films that I watch that have a British accent that I just feel so at home with. That film I can watch any day and it makes me smile; and I love Christmas, so it kind of matches perfectly."

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Funny Cow (2017)
Funny Cow (2017)
2017 | Comedy, Drama
8
5.0 (3 Ratings)
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Another bleak British belter
British cinema tends to be a)about working class people and b) be very miserable. I had a group of American friends staying over and shared with then a selection of British films. They all admitted to feeling suicidal at the end of it.

Some people will watch Funny Cow and expect a rip roaring comedy about a female stand up comedian. That it is not. This is the story of a working class rebel fighting domestic violence and oppression by seeing the funny side. It is brave and probably be very misunderstood by most. For me it was a poignant reminder of the fight some people have to be heard. A brave and strong film.
  
The Night Caller (1965)
The Night Caller (1965)
1965 | Horror, Sci-Fi
6
5.3 (3 Ratings)
Movie Rating
Offbeat British sci-fi has a more than usually absurd plot but partly makes up for it with the usual virtues of inventiveness and sheer hard work (quality British actors keep very straight faces). Once the usual stuff with boffins and meteorites is out of the way, there's a definite attempt to bring something of the sensibility of the seedy British crime film into play, fairly successfully. Quite often this film is just a bit cleverer, funnier, and darker than you would expect. Doesn't stop the plot being quite so ridiculous, or the climax being a damp squib, but fun to watch regardless. (The garish colourised version in circulation is distractingly horrid; watch it in black and white if you can.)
  
The Office  - Season 1
The Office - Season 1
2005 | Comedy
The comedy style (0 more)
Amazing
The entire series is amazing. Yes it's the American version of the British show, and yes usually when this happens the American version is shit, but not this time!