Where to watch Charles Burnett in the UK
Find every Charles Burnett film and TV show streaming, free, or available to rent in the UK. Updated daily — verified 3 May 2026.
Charles Burnett is an American film director, producer, writer, editor, actor, photographer, and cinematographer. His most popular films include Killer of Sheep (1977), My Brother’s Wedding (1983), To Sleep with Anger (1990), The Glass Shield (1994), and Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation (2007). He has been involved in other types of motion pictures including shorts, documentaries, and a TV series. Considered by the Chicago Tribune as “one of America’s very best filmmakers”, and by the New York Times as “the nation’s least-known great filmmaker and most gifted black director”, Charles Burn…
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- Independent Lens (1999) Director
- Hollywood Black (2024) as Self
- The Blues (2003) Writer
- The Story of Film: An Odyssey (2011) as Self
- The Wedding (1998) Director
- To Sleep with Anger (1990) Director
- 42 One Dream Rush (2010) Director
- Is That Black Enough for You?!? (2022) as Self
- The Annihilation of Fish (1999) Director
- The Glass Shield (1994) Director
- Nightjohn (1996) Director
- These Amazing Shadows (2011) as Self
- Relative Stranger (2009) Director
- Finding Buck McHenry (2000) Director
- Selma, Lord, Selma (1999) Director
- My Brother's Wedding (1983) Director
- Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property (2003) Director
- We Blew It (2017) as Self
- Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation (2007) Director
- Killer of Sheep (1978) Director
- Illusions (1982) Editor
- Warming by the Devil's Fire (2003) Director
- Dreams Are Colder Than Death (2014) Cast
- Welcome Home Brother Charles (1975) Camera Operator
- The Power to Heal: Medicare and the Civil Rights Revolution (2018) Director
- Bush Mama (1979) Director of Photography
- America Becoming (1991) Director of Photography
- Bless Their Little Hearts (1984) Writer
- Documenta X - Die Filme (1997) Director
- When It Rains (1995) Director
- The Horse (1973) Director
- Spirits of Rebellion: Black Cinema at UCLA (2016) as Himself
- Olivia's Story (2000) Editor
- Cinetracts '20 (2020) Director
- Several Friends (1969) Writer
- Your Children Come Back to You (1979) Editor
- From Rags to Reality (1989) Director of Photography
- For Reel? (2003) Writer
- Quiet as Kept (2007) Director
- The Final Insult (1997) Director of Photography
- The Pocketbook (1980) Director of Photography
- Crocodile Conspiracy (1986) Director of Photography
- A Walk with Charles Burnett (2019) as Self
- Charles Burnett : Le rebelle silencieux de Watts (2022) as Self
- A Different Image (1982) Director of Photography
- 69 Pickup (1969) Director of Photography
- Sa-I-Gu (1993) Camera Operator
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Most-watched Charles Burnett films currently: The Wedding (1998), To Sleep with Anger (1990), 42 One Dream Rush (2010), Is That Black Enough for You?!? (2022), The Annihilation of Fish (1999).
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Selected TV credits: Independent Lens (1999), Hollywood Black (2024), The Blues (2003), The Story of Film: An Odyssey (2011).
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