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Browse Vera and you’ll discover the latest must-see Hollywood films along with recent chart toppers, a selection of underrated gems, quirky short films, and festival favourites. Want to know more about the actors, directors, and comedians behind them? Watch What’s on Vera, where film critic and broadcaster Jason Solomons presents the latest highlights onboard. We never edit the movies we show either, so you see them just as the director intended.

If you still can’t choose, look out for the ’Vera Loves’ label – that means we think it’s the best of the best. Travelling with kids? Don’t worry – parental locking is available on all aircraft.

Don't forget...

These are our recently added titles this month*, you'll find plenty more movies to choose from once you're settled in onboard.

*not all content is available on our A339/A350 aircraft.

Recently added

The Accidental Getaway Driver

Starring: Hiep Tran Nghia, Dustin Nguyen, Dali Benssalah

Certificate 15

During a routine pickup, an elderly Vietnamese cab driver is taken hostage at gunpoint by three recently

 escaped Orange County convicts.

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The Assessment

Starring: Elizabeth Olsen, Alicia Vikander, Himesh Patel

Certificate 18Closed-Caption

In a climate-ravaged future where parenthood is state-regulated, a couple must pass a brutal test to prove they’re

fit to raise a child. Vikander shines in what turns out to be an eerie, cerebral sci-fi drama about control, conformity, and quiet resistance.

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Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy

Starring: Renee Zellweger, Hugh Grant, Emma Thompson

Vera LovesCertificate 15Closed-CaptionAudio description

Renée Zellweger returns as Bridget – now a 40-something widow with two kids – re-entering the dating pool in this hilarious,

full-throttle sequel set years after Mark Darcy’s death. One younger man, one brooding teacher, and chaos she wouldn’t trade for anything.

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Death of a Unicorn

Starring: Paul Rudd, Richard E. Grant, Jenna Ortega

Vera LovesCertificate 15Closed-Caption

A satirical horror-comedy – yes, really – in which a father and daughter (Rudd and Ortega) run down a unicorn en route 

to a corporate retreat then discover its horn has healing powers. Cue pharma greed and mythical revenge in a gloriously strange and rather brilliant tale.

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F, Marry, Kill

Starring : Lucy Hale, Virginia Gardner, Ashley Tisdale

Certificate 15Closed-Caption

Hale leads the cast of this slick comedy-thriller, playing a true-crime fan who may or may not be dating a serial killer. 

Smart, sharp and knowingly absurd, it skewers swipe culture while letting the paranoia spiral in all the right ways.

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Last Breath

Starring: Woody Harrelson, Simu Liu, Finn Cole

Vera LovesCertificate 12Closed-CaptionAudio description

Harrelson anchors this true-life nerve-shredder about a North Sea dive gone wrong, where one man is left stranded 

0n the seabed running out of air. As a team of rescue divers race against the clock, the tension mounts. And boy does it mount.

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Locked

Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Bill Skarsgård

Certificate 15

Claustrophobic thriller boasting a career-best turn from Skarsgård as a petty thief who gets trapped in a luxury SUV – 

which has been rigged by a vengeful vigilante played by Anthony Hopkins. One car, one voice, and a slow–burn descent into pure dread.

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Monsieur Aznavour

Starring: Tahar Rahim, Bastien Bouillon

Vera LovesCertificate 12

French biopic tracing the life of legendary crooner Charles Aznavour, from his Armenian roots to international stardom. 

As Aznavour, Rahim’s performance is full of charm and grit, while the superb songs ensure a spellbinding tale of ambition and exile.

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The Parenting

Starring: Nik Dodani, Brandon Flynn, Brian Cox

Certificate 15

A great cast (Cox! Kudrow! Posey!) power this horror-comedy about a gay couple’s meet-the-parents weekend gone

very wrong. The twist? Their rental is haunted by a 400-year-old demon. Director Johnson leans into the camp – and the chaos – with ghoulish glee.

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 The Seed of the Sacred Fig

Starring: Misagh Zare, Soheila Golestani, Mahsa Rostami

Certificate 15

Timely and urgent, Rasoulof’s gripping, Cannes-winning thriller follows a judge who struggles with paranoia amid

political unrest in Tehran. When his gun goes missing, he suspects his wife and daughters, imposing harsh measures that fray family ties.

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Adult Best Friends

Starring: Delaney Buffett, Katie Corwin, Mason Gooding

Certificate 15Closed-Caption

Katie’s engagement throws a wrench into her lifelong friendship with Delaney in this slyly funny, loose-limbed indie comedy

–drama. Will a nostalgic beach trip ease the blow? It might if only unplanned detours – including a rogue bachelor party – didn’t get in the way.

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Bank of Dave 2: The Loan Ranger

Starring: Rory Kinnear, Amit Shah, Chrissy Metz

Vera LovesCertificate 12Closed-Caption

Northern grit meets global greed as Burnley’s own Dave Fishwick saddles up, taking on sleazy payday lenders

 in this crowd-pleasing sequel. A fictionalised fight for financial justice sees Kinnear’s Dave cross the pond, team up with a journalist, and face off with a loan shark.

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Broke

Starring: Wyatt Russell, Auden Thornton, Mary McDonnell

Certificate 15

A contemporary western following the story of True Brandywine, a bareback bronc rider clinging to his fading rodeo career. 

When True gets trapped in a freak spring blizzard, he must battle injuries, illness, and the bitter cold.  Gritty, lyrical and laced with dread – and a star-making turn from Wyatt Russell that treads the line between toughness and total collapse.

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Freaky Tales

Starring: Pedro Pascal, Ben Mendelsohn, Jay Ellis

Vera LovesCertificate 15Closed-Caption

Man-of-the-moment Pascal leads this genre-bending, neon-drenched anthology in which punks, rappers, hitmen 

and hoop stars collide. Expect four blood-splattered tales, one chaotic city, and a love letter to the weird corners of 1980s counterculture. In a word, awesome.

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G20

Starring: Viola Davis, Anthony Anderson, Marsai Martin

Certificate 15Closed-CaptionAudio description

Viola Davis is a POTUS who can kick butt in this high-stakes action-thriller, playing a wartime president forced to fight back

 when terrorists seize the G20 summit. It’s a slick, explosive ride with crypto, deepfakes – and Davis in full command.

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Last Swim

Starring: Deba Hekmat, Denzel Baidoo, Lydia Fleming

Certificate 15Closed-Caption

This lyrical debut from British-Iranian director Nathwani is a sun-kissed snapshot of youth, friendship and mortality. 

Centred on a day at Hampstead Heath, it follows Ziba as she spends one final summer’s day with pals – while hiding a life-altering secret.

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Mickey 17

Starring: Robert Pattinson, Naomi Ackie, Steven Yeun

Vera LovesCertificate 15

Parasite director Bong Joon Ho returns with this brilliant sci-fi satire, starring Pattinson as an expendable clone

sent on suicide missions. However, when Mickey 17 survives – and meets Mickey 18 – it sparks a surreal, clone-vs-clone showdown.

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National Anthem

Starring: Charlie Plummer, Eve Lindley

Certificate 15Closed-Caption

A tender debut from American director Gilford, this queer rodeo drama follows a soft-spoken labourer (Plummer) 

drawn to a bold, free-spirited chosen family in New Mexico. Sparse, sun-drenched and searching, it’s a heartfelt look at masculinity and self-invention.

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The Penguin Lessons

Starring: Steve Coogan, Jonathan Pryce

Vera LovesCertificate 12Closed-Caption

Coogan’s in great form playing a weary teacher who rescues a penguin in 1970s Argentina – then smuggles it back to his 

stiff British boarding school. What follows is a superb and gently rebellious tale of grief, healing – and one very defiant flightless bird.

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The Thicket 

Starring: Peter Dinklage, Juliette Lewis, Esme Creed-Miles

Certificate 15

Peter Dinklage leads a scrappy, blood-soaked western as a bounty hunter tracking down a girl snatched by Cut Throat Bill.

Fair to say that cult author Joe R. Lansdale’s novel gets the full pulp treatment here – mud, menace, and a healthy dash of the plain ol’ weird.d. .

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The Alto Knights

Starring: Robert De Niro, Debra Messing, Cosmo Jarvis

Certificate 15Closed-Caption

Digitally de-aged and double-cast, De Niro plays Frank Costello and Vito Genovese in this operatic gangster throwback 

from director Levinson. Two rival bosses, one face, and a decades-long power struggle pitting bullets against subpoenas.

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Bob Trevino Likes It

Starring: John Leguizamo, Barbie Ferreira, French Stewart

Vera LovesCertificate 12Closed-Caption

Award-snaffling dramedy about a young woman who searches for her estranged father online – and finds comfort 

instead in a stranger with the same name. What emerges is a tender, offbeat tale of chosen family and a life–changing friend request.. 

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Captain America: Brave New World

Starring: Anthony Mackie, Harrison Ford

Certificate 12Closed-Caption

As he takes on the mantle of Captain America, Sam Wilson soon finds himself in the middle of an international incident.

 In a race against time, Sam must unravel a nefarious global plot before the true mastermind has the entire world seeing red.

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The Friend

Starring: Naomi Watts, Bill Murray, Ann Dowd

Vera LovesCertificate 15Closed-Caption

This big-hearted drama about grief and healing centres on reclusive writer Iris (Watts), whose life is derailed by the

Great Dane she inherits after the suicide of her mentor (Murray). Pretty soon, Iris and her new and 150-pound doggy pal begin to bond. Aw...

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Hell of a Summer

Starring: Finn Wolfhard, Fred Hechinger

Certificate 15

Hell of a Summer is the feature writing and directorial debut from actors Billy Byrk and Finn Wolfhard. A masked killer

 terrorises the summer counsellors of Camp Pineway in this campy horror comedy.  Lodging tongue firmly in cheek, it’s a blood-spattered, self-aware throwback to 1980s horror.

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Legends of the Condor Heroes

Starring: Xiao Zhan, Zhuang Dafei

Vera LovesCertificate 15

The Mongols, led by Genghis Khan, went west to destroy the Jin Dynasty, and wanted to go south to destroy the Song Dynasty.

Martial Arts Masters from several Schools in the Central Plains of China fought gathering strength to defend Xiangyang.

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The Monkey

Starring: Theo James, Tatiana Maslany, Elijah Wood

Certificate 15Closed-CaptionAudio description

Director Osgood ‘son of Anthony’ Perkins follows his tremendous Longlegs with this adaptation of a Stephen King story 

about a toy monkey whose drumbeat spells mayhem. James plays twin brothers forced to reckon with childhood trauma, and the result is as gory as it is funny.

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Novocaine

Starring: Jack Quaid, Amber Midthunder, Ray Nicholson

Vera LovesCertificate 15Closed-Caption

Quaid stars as a bank manager with congenital insensitivity to pain, whose life spirals into ultraviolent chaos 

after his crush (Midthunder) is kidnapped. What emerges is a hyper-violent action comedy that’s as bruised as it is bizarre.

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Regarding Us

Starring: Abigail Hawk, Catherine Curtin, Alexandra Grey

Vera LovesCertificate 15Certificate 15

After losing her job, a trans woman finds unexpected purpose through her bond with a young girl. Grey is outstanding 

in this wonderful indie drama that juggles chosen family, queer parenting, and religious prejudice with enormous sensitivity and sincerity..

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A Working Man

Starring: Jason Statham, Jason Flemyng, Merab Ninidze

Vera LovesCertificate 15Closed-CaptionAudio description

Statham reteams with his Beekeeper director Ayer in a grimy, bone-crunching thriller about a construction foreman 

with a deadly past. Co-written by Stallone, it’s a tale of vengeance, moral rot and functional fists – as well as a lot of growling. A lot of growling.

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Short films

 

A collection of brief yet powerful stories that capture the essence of life in moments. From raw emotion to unexpected twists, each film offers a unique perspective,  told in minutes, remembered for much longer.

Drifting

Starring: Paul Mescal, Dafhyd Flynn, Oisin Robbins

Certificate 15

Cian and Pat have been joined at the hip since they were kids and have the run of their small town in the midlands.

 Cian is content to coast through a life of booze and casual hook-ups while Pat has begun to grow weary of his surroundings.

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I'm not a Robot

Starring: Ellen Parren, Henry Van Loon, Thekla Reuten

Certificate 15

After repeatedly failing Captcha tests, music producer Lara becomes obsessed with a disturbing question: 

Could she be a robot?

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Perfectly A Strangeness

Starring: Palomo, Ruperto, Palaye

Vera LovesCertificate pg

In the dazzling incandescence of an unknown desert, three donkeys discover an abandoned astronomical observatory 

and the universe. A sensorial, cinematic exploration of what a story can be.

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Rhubarb Rhubarb

Starring: Joanna Scanlan, David Hargreaves

Certificate 15

In the legendary Yorkshire Rhubarb Triangle, Jo and her elderly father produce the pink delicacy that made the region

 world-famous a century ago. Harvesting by candlelight like their ancestors before them, they could not prepare for the danger looming in the dark.

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Going Dutch

Starring: Jack Copland, Yasmin Behar

Certificate 15

Visiting his grandparents in Holland after a messy breakup, a young Canadian meets an enigmatic Dutch woman

who lifts his spirits – until a startling revelation bursts his bubble.

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Madam Black

Starring: Jethro Skinner, Pearl Everard, Rebekah Davies

Vera LovesCertificate 15

When a glamour photographer runs over a child's pet, he's forced to fabricate a story about its disappearance.

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The Therapist

Starring: Ash Barba, Brett Curtis, Priscilla Fagbemi

Vera LovesCertificate 15

Lost in the midst of an unexpected crisis, Jaydon goes in search for the answers to his problems in the place he knows best - 

his lifelong barber, The Therapist.

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Hafekasi

Starring: Izabelle Tokava, Laura Gordon, Samson Uili

Certificate 15

Mona is a 10 year old Tongan-Australian girl who begins to realise she’s different to her single,

white mum and family. Both mother and daughter navigate identity and belonging in Melbourne suburbia during the 90s.gs.

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 The One Note Man

Starring: Jason Watkins, Sir Ian McKellen, Crystal Yu

Certificate 15

A lonely bassoonist lives his life meticulously, mired in routine. Each day, he plays a single note in an orchestra 

and leaves the stage while the rest continue. One day, his exit is accidentally delayed and he hears a breath-taking violin solo, which changes his life forever.

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Wake

Starring: Alison Steadman, Louisa Clein, Stuart Campbell

Certificate 15

Grace, a strong and independent woman, is in mourning for the unexpected loss of her son-in-law Tom, 

a much-respected farmer. Grace, Hannah and Josh must come to terms with their grief, make sense of events and continue to run the family farm. With relationships strained, the family must unite to move forward, come to terms with their new reality and rebuild their lives.

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Gentle Journeys - Dementia-friendly

 

This collection of dementia-friendly short films has been put together by the Women Over 50 Film Festival exclusively for Vera. The films have been reviewed by Carers UK, a UK charity making life better for carers.

And Yet

Starring: Lucretia Knapp, Lynne Yamamoto,

Certificate 15

A film that starts in silence before gliding into relaxing music. A couple comes together to dance in their own familiar

and comforting way, but beneath the simplicity, a question is posed: how would you move if your dance partner suddenly left the floor? If you're living with dementia, you may find the gentle music relaxing

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Magicland 

Starring: Jenny Myers, Naphtalia Pennant

Vera LovesCertificate 15

In this joyful documentary, we meet Jenny Myers, the first Black woman to be invited to join the Magic Circle, the world's 

premier magic society. While Jenny delights us with her tricks and illusions, the loving relationship between Jenny and her granddaughter, Naphtalia, unfolds. If you’re living with dementia, the bond between the magician and her young apprentice may spark some memories of your own life and the people you have inspired.

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Treasure

Starring: Abigail Addison, Elizabeth Purnell

Certificate 15

Centuries apart, a treasure hunter’s quest across the British countryside and a mother’s precious sacrifice form two 

intertwined stories. This beautiful animation is a celebration of the enduring power of love and human connection, and a love song to the Shropshire hills in England’s West Midlands. People living with dementia may find the muted colours of the British countryside relaxing and the gentle story of buried golden treasure soothing and enjoyable.

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Call of the Cranes

Starring: Arto Paavola, Eila Pulkkinen

Certificate 15

People walking in the forest hear the sound of birds calling. They gather together in a field and dance in response. 

The dancers are older people from the Kanta-Häme Memory Association in Finland, a group dedicated to the well-being and equality of people living with dementia and their loved ones. If you’re living with dementia, you might enjoy the beautiful scenery and the expansive blue skies of the Finnish.

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The Past is Another Country

Starring: Bridget Sojourner

Certificate 15

Bridget Sojourner is 76 and she’s not buying a new bicycle. The one she’s had since she was 12 is still just fine with her. 

In this slowly-unfolding documentary created from a stunning collection of photos by filmmaker Magda Rakita, Bridget reflects on fashion, allotments and life. There’s no room for beige here. If you’re living with dementia, you may find Bridget's voice calming and enjoy the vibrant colours of her clothes.

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Wait a Minute 

Starring: Selina Shida Hack, Ana Egge

Certificate 15

It’s a day on a busy pier with people dancing and enjoying each other's company. Dancing turns out to be a way to say “hello”, 

an invitation to play and a call welcoming us in. Buoyed by the infectious groove of Ana Egge’s music, this joyous celebration of movement and life asks us to slow down and savour the moment. People living with dementia may enjoy the upbeat music and the people dancing in the sunshine.

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Clearing

Starring: Karen Kaeja, GREJ

Certificate 15

In the solitude of a Canadian winter morning, the snow is gently falling. The soft flurries find a dancer at peace

 with aging and identity. As she moves in the silent landscape, a snowplough slowly rumbles along the road. This experimental dance film features music composed by award-winning Canadian composer Grej. People living with dementia may find the black, white and yellow colour scheme of this snowscape pleasing.

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The Piano Forest

Starring: Andreas Hultgren

Certificate 15

Pianos placed in a Swedish forest are slowly broken down by the wind and weather and gradually returned to the earth. 

What started as an art installation has become a memorial to the fleeting nature of life. As the instruments merge with their surroundings, we hear from people who have been touched by them. If you’re living with dementia, you may find the peaceful, delicate soundscape of this forest film calming and restful.

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You Can’t Shrink Love 

Starring: Lucy Francis

Certificate 15

Lucy Francis is an American artist who has loved dogs since she was a child. Today, in her 70s, she’s found a unique

 way to help people remember their most beloved companions. The dogs Lucy crafts are so small yet so lifelike, they bring joy and connection to their human friends. People living with dementia may enjoy Lucy’s craftwork. Some viewers may be reminded of dogs they have known and loved.

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