Meera Syal films and TV shows, ranked by your taste

Actor · 14 films and 1 TV show on Boxlist

Known for Paddington 2, Phony and Beautiful Thing.

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Starring Meera Syal

Paddington 2
2017 · Film
7.5/10 · TMDB
Paddington, now happily settled with the Browns, picks up a series of odd jobs to buy the perfect present for his Aunt Lucy, but it is stolen.
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Dragon Rider
2020 · Film
7.5/10 · TMDB
An unlikely trio of heroes – a dragon, a boy and a forest brownie – embark on an epic adventure to find the “Rim of Heaven” - the mythological safe haven for all dragons.
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Doctor Strange
2016 · Film
7.4/10 · TMDB
After his career is destroyed, a brilliant but arrogant surgeon gets a new lease on life when a sorcerer takes him under her wing and trains him to defend the world against evil.
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Beautiful Thing
1996 · Film
7.4/10 · TMDB
Set during a long, hot summer on the Thamesmead Estate in Southeast London, three teenagers edge towards adulthood.
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Desert Flower
2009 · Film
7.4/10 · TMDB
The autobiography of a Somalian nomad who was sold in marriage at 13, fled from Africa a while later to become finally an American supermodel and is now at the age of 38, the UN spokeswoman against female genital mutilation.
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Spin
2021 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDB
Rhea lives with her tight-knit multigenerational family. After her mother’s death, she has been her father’s emotional rock, and her life revolves around her family’s restaurant, her eclectic group of friends, and her after-school coding...
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Yesterday
2019 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
Jack Malik is a struggling singer-songwriter in an English seaside town whose dreams of fame are rapidly fading, despite the fierce devotion and support of his childhood best friend, Ellie. After a freak bus accident during a mysterious...
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Alice Through the Looking Glass
2016 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDB
Alice Kingsleigh returns to Underland and faces a new adventure in saving the Mad Hatter.
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Scoop
2006 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDB
An American journalism student in London scoops a big story, and begins an affair with an aristocrat as the incident unfurls.
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The Canterville Ghost
2023 · Film
6.3/10 · TMDB
An American family moves in to the Canterville Chase, a London mansion that has been haunted by ghost Sir Simon De Canterville for 300 years.
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The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
2018 · Film
6.1/10 · TMDB
When Clara’s mother leaves her a mysterious gift, she embarks on a journey to four secret realms—where she discovers her greatest strength could change the world.
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You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
2010 · Film
5.9/10 · TMDB
Two married couples find only trouble and heartache as their complicated lives unfold. After 40 years of marriage, Alfie leaves his wife to pursue what he thinks is happiness with a call girl. His wife, Helena, reeling from abandonment...
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Absolutely Anything
2015 · Film
5.8/10 · TMDB
Eccentric aliens give a man the power to do anything he wants to determine if Earth is worth saving.
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Tinsel Town
2025 · Film
5.5/10 · TMDB
A washed-up Hollywood action hero is tricked into starring in a small English town’s chaotic Christmas pantomime, where a straight-talking dance instructor and his estranged daughter just might help him rediscover the magic of the season.
Phony
2026 · TV
7.5/10 · TMDB
After waking up from a freak car accident, Sonny discovers that his mother has been replaced by an impostor.
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