Phil Davis
21 titles
Filmography
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High Hopes
(1989)Mike Leigh writes and directs this class struggle comedy drama portaying the intertwined lives of an extended family in London during the Thatcher years.
Grown-Ups
(1980)Dick and Mandy move into their new council house and discover their neighbour is Ralph Butcher, one of their former schoolteachers.
Borrowed Time
(2013)Borrowed Time tells the story of the unlikely friendship between a hapless young burglar, Kevin (Theo Barklem-Biggs - The Inbetweeners Movie) and his eccentric victim, pensioner Philip (Phil Davis - Quadrophenia, Vera Drake, Brighton Rock). Desperate for cash and short on options to pay back local tyrant 'Ninja' Nigel, Kevin breaks into Philip's house, only to be held hostage by the old man at gunpoint. What follows is a bittersweet comedy about growing up and rediscovering youth in parallel, as the burglar and victim form a bond that will help them both find a way out of their respective troubles.

Peterman
(2015)A young junkie is held captive by a group of gangsters when his grandfather's death makes him the only one left alive who can open a valuable safe.

Vera Drake
(2004)In 1950s England, a housekeeper balances her life as a wife and mother while secretly and illegally providing abortions to people in her community.

Rise of the Footsoldier: Vengeance
(2023)A hardened gangster goes on a rampage to avenge his associate’s violent death, stopping at nothing even as the world around him starts to explode.

Quadrophenia
(1979)Jimmy, a member of a well-dressed, drugged-up teenaged gang called the Mods, is forever duking it out with the cycle-punk Rockers.

Brighton
(2019)Derek, Dinah, Dave and Doreen are two retired couples, who return to the seaside resort of Brighton after an absence of 40 years in an uproarious attempt to relive their youth. A chance meeting on their return to the seaside will bring up old rivalries and tensions and lead to a hilarious clash between the old world and the new.

Outside Bet
(2012)Set in the trendsetting and tumultuous 1980s, this eccentric comedy will take you back to the amazing days of power suits, techno pop music, Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan.While sitting in their local bar one afternoon, six friends are offered the chance to buy a racehorse by an eccentric stranger. With his job in jeopardy and the discovery that his father is gravely ill, Bax convinces his five friends to pool their money to buy the horse. But after renaming their four-legged acquisition, things quickly begin to go from awesome to awful as they find themselves at the racetrack placing all their hard-earned savings 'on the nose' to win. Their fates and fortunes may be tied to a long shot, but each will learn a lesson about life that will stay with them forever.

Deus
(2022)Sent to investigate a mysterious black sphere orbiting Mars, astronauts wake from 8 months of hibernation to discover a strange transmission.

Comrades
(1987)The epic tale of the Tolpuddle Martyrs, six Dorset labourers deported to Australia in the 1830s as punishment for their campaign for fair wages (which marked the birth of trade unionism), as recounted by the much-missed Bill Douglas.

Dough
(2015)An elderly Jewish baker forms an unlikely bond with his teenage Muslim apprentice, who adds marijuana to the challah, causing sales to skyrocket.

Like Father Like Son
(2005)The past comes back to haunt a woman with a thriving legal career and a loving fiancé when her 15-year-old decides he wants to learn about his dad.

Golden Years
(2016)When the financial crisis empties their accounts, a group of pensioners seizes the opportunity to replenish their funds through a bank-robbing spree.

Notes on a Scandal
(2006)Academy Award® winners Judi Dench and Cate Blanchett give wickedly entertaining, Oscar-nominated performances, in this sexy, stylish thriller. Judi Dench mesmerizes as Barbara Covett, a teacher who rules over her classroom with an iron fist, yet leads a desperate, solitary life outside it. That is, until she meets radiant new art teacher Sheba Hart (Blanchett). Although at first overjoyed with her newfound kindred spirit, when Barbara discovers that Sheba is having an affair with a teenage student, her jealously and rage spiral out of control.

Face
(1997)A group of five friends pull off a dangerous heist, and then discover one by one that their cut of the money is missing. Ray is a `face', a known and active armed robber who is ready to retire after one final job, to begin a new life with his lover. When the heist goes wrong, Ray realises that the gang are being betrayed from the inside, but just who is double-crossing whom?

Having You
(2013)After finally proposing to his long-term girlfriend Camilla (Romola Garai), Jack (Andrew Buchan) is suddenly confronted by Anna (Anna Friel), a one-night stand from a rock concert eight years ago. But the big shock comes when she introduces him to the product of their liaison - a son called Phoenix. A former wild man is tamed by the twin horrors of commitment and responsibility in this bittersweet British comedy from actor and first-time director Sam Hoare.

The Bounty
(1984)An idyllic voyage to Tahiti in 1789 turns a crew aboard the H.M.S. Bounty against its captain when they find tropical paradise and unlimited sex.

Cassandra's Dream
(2007)Two financially strapped brothers face a moral dilemma when their rich uncle offers to pay them to "eliminate" a business associate.

Fast Girls
(2012)A young runner with a chip on her shoulder has high goals for herself when she gets into a personal competition with a wealthy rival.