I'm trying to catch up on all his stuff myself, but he's absolutely fantastic in Hawking.
You might like Fortysomething if you can get hold of it - it did have a great cast but I didn't think the role stretched him much to be honest.
He was very good in the play Turning Point and as Van Gogh - I think both of these might be available on You Tube.

I wasn't keen on Creation to be honest, but that might be just me - Benedict's part in it is tiny though.
I think Fortysomething and Hawking might be available on YouTube if you can access it,
For me, of the work I've seen I'd say Hawking is the one not to be missed, though I've missed out on Third Star and Frankenstein so far.

You can see all of Hawking on YouTube and it is VERY good indeed. I can also recommend Third Star very highly - I've mentioned it on the other threads many times because it resonated with me, so so strongly. I cannot tell you the last time a film moved me so much. Yes I cried, I think that's just the natural response to the storyline, but it has made me re-evaluate my life. That's how affecting it is.

YouTube also has almost all of The Last Enemy on there, that's not bad at all, the plot is a little ridiculous at times (IMO) but Ben's performance carries it through.

Wreckers is a strange strange film. Not a lot of dialogue at all, and I still haven't decided whether Ben's character, David, was good or bad. I will say no more. But it's definitely worth it for topless shots lol.

LOVED Ben in August Osage County. Little Charles could have a film all about him, his part is just too small to be honest. But the play is woman-led and so I suppose all the men were always going to be fringe parts.

I would also recommend To The Ends Of The Earth, that's all on Youtube too. I don't normally like seafaring stories but it's a really good tale.

For someone who came into this Ben-Addiction at the turn of the year, I'm racking my way through stuff! Next on my list is Parade's End. I was going to save it for my flight to Florida but I don't think I can wait seven weeks....
 

These all sound really good, Clare. Oh boy, I'm gonna have to make a list. LOL What a terrible problem to have, though, right?

I'm not usually a fan of period pieces, but I've been positively surprised in the past, so I'm willing to give anything a shot that comes recommended. I'm well aware that Ben's part in Osage County isn't big, but I'm also watching that mainly for the overall movie. I'm even driving to the dinky cinema in Cologne for it, which I hate so much. Which says a lot!

Maybe I'll put Wreckers more towards the bottom of the list. Some of these more "arty" British films can be a little.... strange. I once bought Boy A on DVD because it sounded like a film I was going to like, but I ended up being really bored with it because it just didn't grip me. I've sat through more than my share of terrible movies because an actor I liked was in it (ah, the perks of running a fansite and you want to make sure you're not glossing over one of the guy's projects), so the concept isn't new to me. That's where I start thinking about whether I wanna spend money on something I have no idea will be to my liking.

I suppose I could take a brief look at some of the period piece stuff that's on YouTube and then decide whether I want to go ahead and spend money on it.

Also, Tinks, now I feel like you're putting me on the spot! Truth be told, I don't really know much about Darwin and his history beyond the basic school stuff. During my university days, there wasn't much focus on Darwinian evolution, and I was very focused on molecular biology. I did take developmental biology in my last year, but it was mainly Drosophila and C. elegans based, with a strong emphasis on cell biology and molecular genetics. I'm afraid I won't be able to tell just how much creative licence they might have employed in Creation...

Uh oh, next thing we're gonna get whacked over the head by a mod for referring to things on YouTube. Sorry, not my intention. Support the filmmarkers and creative minds, people. Buy their stuff if you like it, you'll be supporting their craft and the future of filmmaking.

There's many things I wanna say about piracy and how to bring television shows to people's homes in our "information age", but I'd prefer if we didn't take this thread astray too much.

I read in some reviews on amazon that a few German people had issues with accents in these English productions, but I don't think that'll be a big problem for me. I'm such an anglophile and speak/write/hear English at work pretty much every day. It'd take something like Trainspotting to really throw me.

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I'm sure noone will get "whacked on the head by a mod" for this and also don't want to spoil this thread, just thought I should mention it (briefly!) in here at least.
And e.g. Van Gogh I didn't find anywhere else but on youtube. 

I was quite surprised reading even from native speakers that some of them had problems understanding Sherlock's deductions without subtitles.
And, well, actually the lack of subtitles can't throw me, either.  Have fun!

Right, I completely forgot about Amazing Grace. 

"Small Island" is not to be missed!
And, of course "Stuart - A Life Backwards." (Though, for me, that's one with severe language issues.)

I wanna see Small Island, badly.

And tinker tailor - hoping it'll come up on TV soon.

Well, I think it is ok to watch a bit on youtube if you are not sure you will be liking it before buying something. I often do it and then if I like the stuff I buy a dvds. Of all BC films the only one I didn't buy was Fortysomething - in spite of great cast and adorable young Benedict, I found it quite pointless, to be honest.But may be you should go slowly with new stuff, given that we don't have much to look forward for the moment and it could be useful to have something to make a long waiting for new films less difficult....