Figment Films (United Kingdom): 5

28 Weeks Later (2007), a post-apocalyptic horror film directed by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, follows the story of Don and his wife Alice, along with four other survivors, as they take refuge in a cottage on the outskirts of London during the initial outbreak of the Rage Virus. However, their safety is short-lived when they hear a terrified boy pounding at their door and Don makes the decision to let him in. Unfortunately, this leads to the infected following the boy to their location. Despite Don’s attempt to convince Alice to leave the boy behind, she refuses and he ultimately abandons them, escaping on a boat ...

The Beach (2000) is an adventure drama film from the year 2000, directed by Danny Boyle and based on Alex Garland’s novel of the same name. The protagonist, Richard, is a young American backpacker who embarks on a journey in Bangkok, where he stays at a dull hotel on Khao San Road. It is here that he meets Françoise and Étienne, a French couple. As fate would have it, he also encounters Daffy, who reveals the existence of a pristine island in the Gulf of Thailand with an exquisite hidden beach. Daffy had previously settled there in secrecy but faced challenges and ...

A film called A Life Less Ordinary (1997) is categorized as a British romantic black comedy. In this movie, angels from Heaven have the duty of ensuring that humans on Earth find true love. One particular angel, known as the ‘Captain’ and named Gabriel, becomes disgruntled when reviewing the performance of angel partners O’Reilly and Jackson. He notices that all of their recent cases have resulted in either divorce or misery for the couple involved. To shake things up, Gabriel suggests a new approach: if their next assigned pair fails to fall and remain in love (which he admits is a challenging task), O’Reilly and Jackson must remain on Earth ...

Trainspotting (1996), directed by Danny Boyle, is a British dark comedy-drama from 1996. At the age of 26, Mark Renton is an unemployed heroin addict living with his parents in Leith, Edinburgh. He frequently indulges in drugs with his group of ‘friends’, which includes the unreliable and womanizing Simon “Sick Boy” Williamson, the clumsy Daniel ‘Spud’ Murphy, and their dealer known as ‘Mother Superior’. Renton’s other acquaintances are the aggressive alcoholic Francis ‘Franco’ Begbie and honest footballer Tommy Mackenzie, both of whom warn him about the ...

The debut feature film directed by Danny Boyle, Shallow Grave (1994), follows chartered accountant David Stevens and his flatmates, physician Juliet Miller and journalist Alex Law in Edinburgh. In need of a new housemate, the trio conducts interviews in a cruel and calculated manner, taking pleasure in the applicants’ discomfort. They ultimately choose an enigmatic man named Hugo as their new roommate. However, shortly after moving in, the group discovers Hugo’s lifeless body from a suspected overdose along with a large sum of money in a suitcase. They make the decision to conceal his death and keep the ...