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The Thick of It
Why this pick
Its Westminster setting shares House of Cards’ ruthless political maneuvering, but recasts institutional panic and backroom coercion as rapid, profane dark comedy.
A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE SERIES
SERIES1990 1h 0m / episode GBR
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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CINEHUNCH / THE NEXT FRAME
Keep the feeling.
SIMILAR PICKS / A PERSONAL CONNECTION
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Why this pick
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State of Play
Why this pick
This British conspiracy thriller matches the original’s tense, intelligent view of power, following the dangerous overlap of parliamentary ambition, media influence, and private loyalties.
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A Very British Coup
Why this pick
A compact, ominous political drama with the same distrustful gaze at British establishment power and the brutal pressures exerted behind elected office.
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The Politician's Husband
Why this pick
It explores Westminster ambition through a marriage destabilised by shifting status, offering House of Cards-like calculation with a more intimate emotional focus.
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
The schemes of a ruthlessly ambitious British politician who will stop at nothing to get to the top.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Ian Richardson
Francis Urquhart
Susannah Harker
Mattie Storin
Diane Fletcher
Elizabeth Urquhart
William Chubb
John Krajewski
James Villiers
Charles Collingridge
Miles Anderson
Roger O\'Neill
Alphonsia Emmanuel
Penny Guy
Nicholas Selby
Lord Billsborough