A fresh arrival on Netflix UK is Darkest Hour, the World War 2 drama wherein Gary Oldman delivers an Oscar-winning portrayal ...

Joe Wright's Darkest Hour starring Gary Oldman arrives on Netflix on July 16, 2025. A historical drama about Winston ...

In some respects, "Darkest Hour" is one chapter of a sweeping cinematic tale, other pieces of which are told in this year's "Dunkirk" and the 2011 Oscar winner "The King's Speech." Churchill ...

Gary Oldman as Winston Churchill in "Darkest Hour."© Focus Features/courtesy Everett Collect / Everett Collection Gary Oldman wins the Oscar for "Darkest Hour" in 2018.© Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP ...

Such as when Churchill makes decisions like sacrificing the lives of 4,000 men in Calais to distract the German army away from Dunkirk and the effort to save 300,000 British soldiers trapped there.

Brian Cox as Winston Churchill. Graeme Hunter/Salon/Kobal / Shutterstock That same year, Gary Oldman, 66, played Churchill in the movie “Darkest Hour” and won the Academy Award for Best Actor.

Gary Oldman with his Oscar for ‘Darkest Hour’. Photo: Baz Bamigboye/Deadline His thoughts soon turned to his late mother, Kathleen, who died at 99, three months after he received his Oscar.