Men Up

Men Up (2024) is a British period drama you can watch online on iFILM. Swansea, 1994: a handful of ordinary middle-aged Welshmen agree to a strange experiment at Morriston Hospital — the world's first clinical trial of the little blue pill that would become Viagra.

None of them really grasp what they've signed up for. The men show up, awkwardly talk about the one thing they'd never raise at home, and slowly turn from test subjects into an unlikely circle of friends. Once the drug kicks in, each of them faces his own fallout, in the bedroom and in the marriage. Iwan Rheon, Alexandra Roach and Steffan Rhodri lead the cast, with Ashley Way directing.

Warm and quietly funny, the film mines a real and rarely discussed chapter of medical history for a story about male vulnerability. It suits anyone who likes British cinema where the shy jokes cover an honest conversation underneath. Stream Men Up (2024) online on iFILM.