Sky Movies
Sky Movies is the best known and most comprehensive movie package in the UK and is available as part of a bundle from Sky Digital and Virgin Media or via Sky Player and Sky Box Office.
The complete Sky Movies collection consists of 11 different channels, largely split by genre – it is also available in two parts as Sky Movies 1 and 2 but you can only get all 11 channels by taking the complete pack.
Here is the complete line-up – click on the image for more info on the Sky site or see below for details of Sky Movies on Virgin Media;
Sky Movies Channels
Sky Movies Premiere
The channel with the exclusives and the first screenings, this is Sky Movies’ flagship channel, where you’ll find the latest and biggest movies on TV. |
Sky Movies Showcase
Formerly known as Sky Movies Screen 1, Showcase is where you can find collections, box sets and seasons. |
Comedy
Sky say “If you’re game for a laugh, you’re in the right place” – comedy old and new including films like She’s Out of My League, Mars Attacks, Get Him to the Greek, Killers and Coneheads. |
Action & Adventure
“A non-stop adrenaline rush of explosive entertainment” is quite a promise – the films on Sky Movies Action & Adventure include Iron Man 2, The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, Clash of the Titans and Robin Hood’. |
Family
Entertainment for all is the key here – movies include How to Train Your Dragon, Alvin & the Chipmunks 2: The Squeakquel, Aliens in the Attic and Kung Fu Panda. |
Crime & Thriller
The edge of your seat is the intended place to be on this channel, some of the top thrillers around for your entertainment including Sherlock Holmes, Pulp Fiction, Chinatown, Enemy of the State and U.S. Marshals. |
Drama & Romance
Sky say “Where emotions run high and tear ducts run dry” – where do they get them from?? Still, they’re probably right with movies like The End of the Affair, The English Patient, When Harry Met Sally, Dear John and Awakenings. |
Sci-Fi & Horror
If something a bit more unreal is your thing the Sky Movies Sci-Fi & Horror channel probably has it, from the mainstream like The Matrix Revolutions and The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen to the less mainstream such as Body Parts and Saw VI. |
Modern Greats
Sky Movies Modern Greats features the movies that have defined eras and movements in film making, with movies from the 70s, 80s and 90s up to the present day – expect it to go from Easy Rider to Braveheart to Gandhi, The Fast and the Furious and everything inbetween. |
Classics
There’s a little bit of crossover with Modern Greats here (Patton, some of the Spaghetti Westerns) but generally it’s older movies like The Odd Couple, Double Indemnity and Creature from the Black Lagoon. |
Indie
Movies on the Indie channel can be international or US and UK film that sits outside of the Hollywood mainstream – treat yourself to something a bit different like Adventureland, Breakfast on Pluto, The Romantics and Shrink. |
Disney Cinemagic
Cinemagic is the bonus channel included in the complete Sky Movies package, full of family fun from Disney premieres to old favourites – highlights include The Princess and the Frog, A Bugs Life and The Wild. |
How to Get Sky Movies
Sky Digital
You can add Sky Movies on to your Sky TV package for an extra £16 a month – this is what the Sky+HD starter package would give you if you added Sky Movies -
- >> Sky+HD box to pause, rewind and record live TV
- >> The Sky Entertainment Pack (Variety and Style & Culture)
- >> The Sky HD Pack
- >> Sky Movies – 11 Sky Movies channels plus bonus channel Disney Cinemagic
- >> Sky Broadband Everyday Lite – with 2GB monthly usage
- >> Sky Talk Weekends with unlimited weekend calls to UK landlines
This costs £31.75 a month plus £16 a month for Sky Movies plus phone line rental of £14.50 a month – total £62.25. If you prefer you can add just Sky Movies 1 or 2 for £8 a month.
Virgin Media
Virgin Media also have the full line-up of Sky Movies channels (although Classics is not in HD on Virgin Media) to add on to one of their TV packages. It costs £14.50 a month for Sky Movies 1 or Sky Movies 2 or £21.50 a month for the whole collection.
This is what the cheapest Virgin HD triple bundle would give you with Sky Movies added -
- >> Virgin TiVo box to pause, rewind and record live TV
- >> TV M+ with over 75 channels
- >> Sky Movies – 11 Sky Movies channels plus bonus channel Disney Cinemagic
- >> Broadband with up to 30Mb download speed
- >> Phone M with unlimited weekend calls to UK landlines and Virgin mobiles
This costs £20 a month for the bundle with the basic V HD Box or £23 a month with TiVo plus £21.50 a month for movies and £13.90 line rental – total £55.40 a month.
Sky Go
You can watch some of the Sky Movies channels online on your iPad, iPhone, PC, XBox 360 or intel-based Mac using Sky Go (formerly Sky Player). A Sky customer with Sky Movies in their package can do this or a non-Sky customer can sign up to a Sky Go Monthly Ticket to access a variety of TV channels, sports and movies.
Sky TV Starter Deal
£21.50 a month
Sky+ triple bundle with TV, broadband and calls. Free Sky+ Box with free standard set-up, 2GB broadband use, weekend UK landline calls. Only £21.50 a month plus £14.50 line rental
Sky+HD Starter
£31.75 a month
Get the HD box FREE with free set-up and have fantastic HD quality TV – includes broadband and Sky Talk Weekends. All this for £31.75 a month plus £14.50 line rental.
Sky+HD with Sky Movies
£47.75 a month
Movies in HD, 850 different movies a month, Free Sky+HD box, HD pack with wide choice of HD channels, broadband and talk. £47.75 a month plus £14.50 line rental.
Sky+HD with Sky Sports
£52.75 a month
The fantastic Sky+HD Box, Sky Entertainment Pack plus Sky Sports! – over 100 sports with exclusive live coverage. £52.75 a month plus £14.50 line rental.