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 5 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 Story of Film: An Odyssey (2011) as Self
- The Blues (2003) Writer
- 42 One Dream Rush (2010) Director
- The Wedding (1998) Director
- The Glass Shield (1994) Director
- To Sleep with Anger (1990) Director
- The Annihilation of Fish (1999) Director
- Nightjohn (1996) Director
- Is That Black Enough for You?!? (2022) as Self
- These Amazing Shadows (2011) as Self
- Selma, Lord, Selma (1999) Director
- Relative Stranger (2009) Director
- We Blew It (2017) as Self
- Finding Buck McHenry (2000) Director
- Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property (2003) Director
- Killer of Sheep (1978) Director
- My Brother's Wedding (1983) Director
- Warming by the Devil's Fire (2003) Director
- Dreams Are Colder Than Death (2014) Cast
- Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation (2007) Director
- Illusions (1982) Editor
- Welcome Home Brother Charles (1975) Camera Operator
- Bush Mama (1979) Director of Photography
- The Power to Heal: Medicare and the Civil Rights Revolution (2018) Director
- America Becoming (1991) Director of Photography
- Documenta X - Die Filme (1997) Director
- Bless Their Little Hearts (1984) Writer
- Spirits of Rebellion: Black Cinema at UCLA (2016) as Himself
- When It Rains (1995) Director
- The Horse (1973) Director
- Cinetracts '20 (2020) Director
- Several Friends (1969) Writer
- From Rags to Reality (1989) Director of Photography
- Crocodile Conspiracy (1986) Director of Photography
- Olivia's Story (2000) Editor
- The Pocketbook (1980) Director of Photography
- For Reel? (2003) Writer
- Your Children Come Back to You (1979) Editor
- Quiet as Kept (2007) Director
- A Walk with Charles Burnett (2019) as Self
- The Final Insult (1997) Director of Photography
- Charles Burnett : Le rebelle silencieux de Watts (2022) as Self
- 69 Pickup (1969) Director of Photography
- Sa-I-Gu (1993) Camera Operator
- A Different Image (1982) Director of Photography
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Most-watched Charles Burnett films currently: 42 One Dream Rush (2010), The Wedding (1998), The Glass Shield (1994), To Sleep with Anger (1990), The Annihilation of Fish (1999).
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Selected TV credits: Independent Lens (1999), Hollywood Black (2024), The Story of Film: An Odyssey (2011), The Blues (2003).
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