After analysing the Metascore of every movie shot in the UK, luxury holiday company, Sovereign, identified 10 UK cities as the best ranking filming locations, with the highest reviewed movies on average according to Metacritic. Luton was ranked number two in the list - here are the biggest hits filmed in the area.
9. Quills (2000)
Luton Hoo Estate featured in the 2000 film, Quills, about Marquis De Sade - a writer who, after causing several political uproars, was incarcerated in the Charenton Asylum. The Luton Hoo Estate acts as the exteriors to the asylum in the film. Metacritic Metascore: 70 Photo: Quills (2000)
10. Mrs Brown (1997)
Also filmed at Luton Hoo Estate is John Madden’s Mrs Brown. Judi Dench stars as Queen Victoria, who develops a close relationship with a former servant of the prince, John Brown (played by Billy Connolly), after withdrawing from public life following the death of her beloved husband. Metacritic Metascore: 71 Photo: Mrs Brown (1997)