The best Tom Allen’s movies
If you love cinema, you will share this ranking of the best Tom Allen’s movies, although you may have ordered them differently. In any case, we hope you love it and with a little luck discovering a movie that you still don’t know about Tom Allen.
Starter for 10
6.7/10
In 1985, against the backdrop of Thatcherism, Brian Jackson enrolls in the University of Bristol, a scholarship boy from seaside Essex with a love of knowledge for its own sake and a childhood spent watching University Challenge, a college quiz show. At Bristol he tries out for the Challenge team and falls under the spell of Alice, a lovely blond with an extensive sexual past.
Tamara Drewe
6.2/10
A young newspaper writer returns to her hometown in the English countryside, where her childhood home is being prepped for sale.
Colour Me Kubrick
6.1/10
The true story of a man who posed as director Stanley Kubrick during the production of Kubrick's last film, Eyes Wide Shut, despite knowing very little about his work and looking nothing like him.
Miranda: My Such Fun Celebration
7.3/10
Miranda Hart and the cast of her sitcom come together to celebrate the show's tenth anniversary with a music-filled, star-studded spectacular from the London Palladium.
Cleaning Up
8.4/10
Mr Jackson is the perfect hitman. Cold, calculating and professional. You see him and you die. Don’t you?
Tom Allen: Absolutely Live
The comedian's unique style of sharp, acerbic wit and camp, riotous storytelling has seen him sell out shows all over the country, culminating in this recording of the show at his spiritual home - the world-famous London Palladium.
