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- DirectorRalph ThomasStarsVirginia MaskellPaul RogersIan McShaneUniversity students form relationships and perform pranks with disastrous consequences all round.
- DirectorSidney HayersStarsIan HendryJune RitchieAvice LandoneA bored housewife has an affair with her mother's lodger. When he dumps her, she attempts suicide, which brings everyone to their senses.
- DirectorFred ZinnemannStarsPaul ScofieldWendy HillerRobert ShawThe story of Sir Thomas More, who stood up to King Henry VIII when the King rejected the Roman Catholic Church to obtain a divorce and remarry.
- DirectorTony RichardsonStarsJeanne MoreauIan BannenVanessa RedgraveIn Italy, a vacationing Englishman leaves his girlfriend for a wealthy mysterious American widow who's sailing the seas in search of her long-lost sailor friend.
- DirectorJohn HustonStarsJohn HurtPamela FranklinNigel DavenportThe humorous adventures of the notorious Scottish highwayman and thief Davey Haggart during the 1820s in Britain.
- DirectorJ. Lee ThompsonStarsDavid NivenTopolAnna KarinaAfter World War II, in an Austrian camp for displaced people, an interpreter mediates between the British and the Soviets regarding the fate of various refugees.
- DirectorPeter WoodStarsJulie ChristieJohn HurtMichael SarrazinYoung Catherine Morelli (Julie Christie), who lives in Rome, goes to Geneva to find romance at her father's wedding. There she begins a nearly nymphomaniacal pursuit of a mystery-fantasy man called Gregory (Michael Sarrazin).
- DirectorRichard FleischerStarsRichard AttenboroughJudy GeesonJohn HurtWhat happened to the women at 10 Rillington Place? The story of British serial killer John Christie, who committed most or all of his crimes in the titular terraced house, and the miscarriage of justice involving Timothy Evans.
- DirectorAlfred ViolaRoy BoultingStarsJohn HurtHayley MillsDudley SuttonA womanizing biologist studies life in a colony of penguins.
- DirectorJacques DemyStarsKeith BuckleyPatsy PuttnamArthur HewlettIn 1349, while the Black Plague threatens Germany, the town of Hamelin hires a wandering pied piper (Donovan) to lure rats away with his magic pipe, but then refuses to pay for his services, causing him to lure the town's children away.
- DirectorAlan GibsonStarsJohn HurtSinéad CusackPauline DelaneyA man comes into a pub and boasts that he has just killed his father. Instead of condemning him for the crime, the locals revel in his story and praise him for his deed, with the daughter of the landlord falling for this "dashing hero". Things take an even more surprising turn when the father enters the pub. Based on John Millington Synge's play 'The Playboy of the Western World.'
- DirectorStuart CooperStarsJohn HurtJohn McEneryDavid WarnerAn art student is thrown out of college. Depressed, he comes up with the Party of Dynamic Erection, a near-fascist "party" that promotes male sexual dominance, and which attracts a couple of other unsavory confused characters.
- DirectorJack GoldStarsJohn HurtLiz GebhardtPatricia HodgeThe life and times of Quentin Crisp, an outrageous and flamboyant homosexual, coming of age and growing into old age in conservative England.
- DirectorFreddie FrancisStarsPeter CushingJohn HurtAlexandra BastedoA former Priest named Dr. Lawrence harbors a dark and horrible secret in his attic. The locked room serves as a prison cell for his crazed, cannibalistic adult son, who acquired his savage tastes in India during his father's missionary work there. Lawrence fears that his son will escape to prey upon the effete guests at his rural English estate during a cross-country auto race.
- DirectorAldo ScavardaStarsPhilippe LeroyRiccardo CucciollaLea MassariRome, October 16, 1943. The Germans deport the relatives and friends of the little Giacomo Treves who fortunately escapes capture. The child is entrusted by a priest, Don Luigi.
- StarsDerek JacobiJohn HurtSiân PhillipsThe personal and governmental affairs of the Julio-Claudian dynasty at the beginning of the Roman Empire, as recalled by one of its rulers.
- DirectorClive DonnerStarsRobert CulpGig YoungJohn HurtA criminologist and occult investigator recruits an old friend to assist in his current case. A sister of a prominent British businessman believes her brother dabbles in the black arts. The two investigate the matter.
- DirectorStuart CooperStarsDonald SutherlandFrancine RacetteDavid HemmingsThriller about a contract killer whose wife has disappeared. When he is hired by an international organization to carry out a "shy" or hit, he suspects they are connected with her disappearance.
- DirectorRobert FuestAlvin RakoffDon ThompsonStarsRonee BlakleyGraham CrowdenEd DevereauxThree unrelated horror shorts from 1975 UK horror anthology series "Classics Dark and Dangerous" edited together into one horror film anthology with three segments. Each story features a woman who willingly or unwillingly spreads evil.
- DirectorDavid BaileyStarsHelmut BergerMarie HelvinJohn Hurt
- DirectorDon BoydStarsJohn HurtJeremy KempJudi BowkerIn 1948, a new British Governor takes over a Far Eastern colony after his predecessor is murdered by terrorists.
- DirectorAlan ParkerStarsBrad DavisIrene MiracleBo HopkinsBilly Hayes, an American college student, is caught smuggling drugs out of Turkey and thrown into prison.
- DirectorJerzy SkolimowskiStarsAlan BatesSusannah YorkJohn HurtA traveller by the name of Crossley forces himself upon a musician and his wife in a lonely part of Devon, and uses the aboriginal magic he has learned to displace his host.
- DirectorMartin RosenJohn HubleyStarsJohn HurtRichard BriersRalph RichardsonHoping to escape destruction by human developers and save their community, a colony of rabbits, led by Hazel and Fiver, seek out a safe place to set up a new warren.
- DirectorRalph BakshiStarsChristopher GuardWilliam SquireMichael ScholesThe Fellowship of the Ring embark on a journey to destroy the One Ring and end Sauron's reign over Middle-earth.
- DirectorRidley ScottStarsSigourney WeaverTom SkerrittJohn HurtThe crew of a commercial spacecraft encounters a deadly lifeform after investigating a mysterious transmission of unknown origin.
- StarsJohn HurtAnne OrwinSiân PhillipsThis mini-series is the ultimate psychological thriller with a powerful sense of guilt and retribution, set in St. Petersburg in the second half of the nineteenth century. Raskolnikov is a highly intelligent and striking young student who decides to test his courage and integrity by killing a mean old woman who he is sure nobody will miss. But his crime goes seriously awry and, although there's no clear evidence against him, wily investigator Porfiry sets up a complex series of traps, encounters and conversations which slowly but inexorably allow Raskolnikov to incriminate himself, and eventually confess. Raskolnikov is young, impassioned, lonely, and lost. Despite being a murderer, he is a man possessed by both good and evil who cannot escape his own conscience and his inevitable punishment.
- DirectorDavid LynchStarsAnthony HopkinsJohn HurtAnne BancroftA Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man who is mistreated while scraping a living as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous façade, there is revealed a person of kindness, intelligence and sophistication.
- DirectorMichael CiminoStarsKris KristoffersonChristopher WalkenJohn HurtDuring the Johnson County War in 1890 Wyoming, a sheriff born into wealth does his best to protect immigrant farmers from rich cattle interests.
- DirectorMel BrooksStarsMel BrooksGregory HinesDom DeLuiseMel Brooks brings his one-of-a-kind comic touch to the history of mankind covering events from the Old Testament to the French Revolution in a series of episodic comedy vignettes.
- DirectorDelbert MannStarsJohn HurtJane AlexanderDoug McKeonTrue tale about two men planning to escape from communist East Germany in a hot air balloon, but only if they can take their families with them.
- DirectorJames BurrowsStarsRyan O'NealJohn HurtKenneth McMillanA heterosexual police detective is unnerved when ordered to go undercover with a homosexual police clerk, as a couple, to solve a series of murders in the gay community.
- DirectorMartin RosenStarsJohn HurtChristopher BenjaminJames BolamTwo dogs escape from a laboratory and are hunted as possible carriers of the bubonic plague.
- DirectorMichael ElliottStarsColin BlakelyLeo McKernRobert LindsayAging King Lear invites disaster when he abdicates to his two disloyal and obsequious daughters while rejecting the one who truly loves him.
- DirectorSam PeckinpahStarsRutger HauerJohn HurtCraig T. NelsonDuring the Cold War, a controversial television journalist is asked by the C.I.A. to persuade certain acquaintances, who are Soviet Agents of the Omega network, to defect.
- DirectorJohn IrvinStarsJohn HurtGregory JonesMick DillonA British steeple chase jockey who, in the late 1970s, was diagnosed with cancer. Rather than succumb to the disease, however, Bob stages a miraculous recovery and goes on to win the 1981 Grand National steeplechase on the horse Aldaniti.
- DirectorJerzy SkolimowskiStarsMichael YorkJoanna SzczerbicMichal SkolimowskiPoland is under Communist rule. An exiled Polish theater director is in England, enthusiastically preparing an abstract play which will criticize the authoritarian Polish government. His sons might not share his political views, though.
- DirectorStephen FrearsStarsFreddie StuartRalph BrownA.J. ClarkeTen years after ratting on his old mobster friends in exchange for personal immunity, two hit men drive a hardened criminal to Paris for his execution. However, while on the way, whatever can go wrong, does go wrong.
- DirectorMichael RadfordStarsJohn HurtRichard BurtonSuzanna HamiltonIn a totalitarian future society, a man, whose daily work is re-writing history, tries to rebel by falling in love.
- DirectorSergio GuerrazDominique Othenin-GirardStarsJohn HurtJulian SandsVictoria AbrilTo salve his guilty conscience, an elder brother removes his disturbed younger sibling from a mental institution after a suicide attempt, and tries to bring him back to mental competency through one on one contact. Free of the institution, he continues to be haunted by dreams of a lost twin, and chants the eerie phrase "Do I stand before the King?" It is the elder brother that seems doomed to lose himself in his brother's insanity.
- DirectorTed BermanRichard RichStarsGrant BardsleyFreddie JonesSusan SheridanA young boy and a group of misfit friends embark on a quest to find a dark magic item of ultimate power before a diabolical tyrant can.
- DirectorAndrew LaneStarsWayne CrawfordDennis ChristopherKaren KopinsIn a world where, unbeknownst to the public, all famous pulp fiction heroes are real, one of them, Jake Speed, agrees to help desperate Margaret Winston save her sister from sadistic white slaver Sid, who's operating in Africa.
- DirectorMichael RadfordStarsSarah MilesJoss AcklandJohn HurtIn 1940s Kenya, a married couple join other affluent British expatriates in a lifestyle of recklessness and excess, but soon find themselves in a troubling situation.
- DirectorBob ClarkStarsJudd NelsonElizabeth PerkinsJohn HurtRobin, one year out of law school with one trial, gets set up with an unwinnable murder case for having forced his law firm to make him partner with unethical behavior, tarnishing the firm.
- DirectorRobert AltmanBruce BeresfordBill BrydenStarsJohn HurtTheresa RussellStephanie Lane10 short films by 10 different directors, set to arias by different composers.
- DirectorMel BrooksStarsMel BrooksJohn CandyRick MoranisA star-pilot for hire and his trusty sidekick must come to the rescue of a princess and save Planet Druidia from the clutches of the evil Spaceballs.
- DirectorPaul CoxStarsJohn HurtMarika RiveraGabriella TrsekThis documentary, on the life of artist Vincent Van Gogh, is told through his letters to his brother Theo, from 1872 until his tragic death. We gain first hand insight into the man, his motivations, and his humanity.
- DirectorAnn GuedesEduardo GuedesStarsJohn HurtMaureen DouglassIan DuryEngland, mid 1980s: Bill (John Hurt) embarks on a dream-like odyssey around rural England, breaking into country houses, taking photos of anything that interests him, until he meets a mysterious woman in a van, who seems to be on the run from the authorities.
- DirectorMike BattStarsMike BattBilly ConnollyRoger DaltreyThis is a musical by Mike Batt based on Lewis Carroll's nonsense poem. Mike Batt conducts the London Symphony Orchestra.
- DirectorLarry KleinStarsDavid MacaulayDerek JacobiBrian BlessedThe architecture of the Egyptian pyramids is explored while we follow the story of one Egyptian dynasty building them.
- CreatorJim HensonStarsJohn HurtBrian HensonFrederick WarderAn old storyteller tells European folk tales to his sarcastic dog.
- DirectorNicolas KlotzStarsHugh GrantShabana AzmiSupriya PathakA British engineer becomes entangled in a forbidden romance with his Indian employer's eldest daughter. As their passion ignites, the East-meets-West clash of cultures leads to surprising and tragic consequences.
- DirectorRichard StroudStarsJohn HurtImogen StubbsRobert McBainIn a small (fictional) emirate of the Persian Gulf, a world-weary journalist is caught up in a coup where the Emir's son, under the influence of a political renegade, attempts to depose his father, the ruling monarch. Flashbacks of the journalist's life show us how his relationships with the Emir and a beautiful young woman develop and flourish.
- DirectorMichael Caton-JonesStarsJohn HurtJoanne WhalleyBridget FondaBased on the Profumo Scandal of 1963, an affair between an exotic dancer and the Minister of War shakes up the British government.
- DirectorAnthony SimmonsStarsJohn HurtKaren YoungCassie BaraschA criminal couple, hiding out in a remote property become the unwitting victims of a plot to blackmail them by the most unlikely of conspirators.
- DirectorMichael BeckhamStarsMartin ShawJohn HurtRoger AllamIn 1974, a pair of pub bombings rocked Birmingham, England. The terrorist attacks killed dozens of innocent civilians, and wounded many more. But another tragedy took place in their aftermath: the wrongful conviction of six men for the crime. This docudrama follows researchers Chris Mullin (Sir John Hurt) and Ian McBride (Martin Shaw) as they investigate the case of the "Birmingham Six". As the pair uncover Police misconduct, they embark on a search for the true perpetrators of the mass murders.
- DirectorArmondo Linus AcostaStarsJohn HurtRobert PowellFrancesca AnnisAn eccentric bag lady rescues the stray cats of Venice and puts them on a boat to set sail for the New World.
- DirectorJim SheridanStarsRichard HarrisJohn HurtSean BeanWhen a field (which has been farmed by the McCabe family for generations) goes up for auction, the patriarch of the McCabe family will stop at nothing to prevent a rich American from buying it.
- DirectorRoger CormanStarsJohn HurtRaul JuliaNick BrimbleThe ultimate weapon which was meant to be safe for the mankind produces global side effects including time slides and disappearances.The scientist behind the project and his car are zapped from the year 2031 to 1817's Switzerland.
- DirectorDavid WichtStarsKurt EgelhofLesley FongDana NiehausA South African video journalist is sent to neighboring Namibia to do a story on a man who has been going around and killing black laborers. The killer, Nhadiep, has an almost mythical status to both the white farmers and the black laborers with his ability to evade capture in the racially segregated country.
- DirectorDavid S. WardStarsJohn GoodmanPeter O'TooleJohn HurtA regular guy from America becomes king of England after a royal wipe-out puts him next in line.
- StarsJohn HurtJane BirkinDidier FlamandRed Fox, a thriller based on the novel by Gerald Seymour. A British businessman, (Cox) is kidnapped by Louis in Paris and his company's head of security (Hurt) is dispatched to get him out. But some fanatical terrorists have other ideas.
- DirectorJohn BoormanStarsJohn BoormanJohn HurtJanet McTeerFilm about the influences in director John Boorman's life and work, including family and neighbors and the landscape of the Wicklow mountains surrounding his home in Ireland.
- DirectorPatrick DewolfStarsJohn HurtMarthe KellerMathew MackayAfter a terrible accident, a psychiatrist has to help Bruce to regain his memory. In flashbacks, we learn that his family had to flee from New York City, after his father uncovered a large case of corruption. Bruce didn't know this for most of his life, until he found a passport with a different name in it. After the first shock, he tries to continue living like a normal teenager. Unknowingly, his cute little girlfriend "Patrick" brings them in danger.
- DirectorRaúl RuizStarsJohn HurtDidier BourdonLorraine EvanoffCome to the Village of the Dogs, it's easy to find. Just follow the avenue of crutches and the prosthetic legs hanging from the trees. It's where the Virgin Mary keeps appearing in the sky, and the local Marquis' (Sir John Hurt's) hobby is burying people alive, sometimes rescued by Ellic (David Warner). Sometimes not.
- DirectorIstván PoórStarsSteve AnthonyLajos BenczIstván Bicskei
- DirectorGus Van SantStarsUma ThurmanLorraine BraccoPat MoritaSissy Hankshaw (Uma Thurman) is born with enormous thumbs that help her hitchhiking through the U.S. from a young age. She becomes a model in advertising, and her New York agent, "the Countess" (Sir John Hurt), sends her to his ranch in California to shoot a commercial, set against the background of mating whooping cranes. There, she befriends Bonanza Jellybean (Rain Phoenix), one of the cowgirls at the beauty ranch. The cowgirls take command of the ranch from the Countess and drug the cranes with peyote. The Police besiege the ranch.
- DirectorJohn EyresStarsBill PaxtonLindsay FrostJohn HurtTwo cops investigating the murder of a young boy become invloved in a very secret project involving alien life. Needless to say, the authorities don't want them to stick their noses into this.
- DirectorBeeban KidronStarsVanessa RedgraveJohn HurtJonathan PryceDesire turns deadly as an intricate web of lies and betrayal unfolds on a voyage aboard a luxurious ocean liner. The journey begins when a naive young woman finds romance in the arms of a dashing stranger who could be a dangerous criminal.
- DirectorCraig RogersStarsJohn Hurt
- DirectorDon BluthGary GoldmanStarsJodi BensonGary ImhoffGino ConfortiThis retelling of the Hans Christian Andersen classic fairy tale has the digit-sized heroine evading the clutches of various toads, moles, and beetles before she can proceed with her courtship with her dream lover, Prince Cornelius.
- DirectorChris MengesStarsWilliam HurtNathan YappKeith AllenGraham, a lonely Welsh postal worker, adopts James, a troubled ten-year-old boy. Graham always wanted a son, but James loves his biological father too much to give Graham a chance. Will the two be able to accept each other as family?
- DirectorMichael SchaackStarsUlrich TukurMario AdorfHelge SchneiderA cat must investigate brutal murders of other cats in a neighborhood he has moved into with his owner.
- DirectorMichael Caton-JonesStarsLiam NeesonJessica LangeJohn HurtIn 1713 Scotland, Rob Roy MacGregor is wronged by a nobleman and his nephew, becomes an outlaw in search of revenge while fleeing the Redcoats, and faces charges of being a Jacobite.
- DirectorJim JarmuschStarsJohnny DeppGary FarmerCrispin GloverOn the run after murdering a man, accountant William Blake encounters a strange Native American man named Nobody who prepares him for his journey into the spiritual world.
- DirectorWalter HillStarsJeff BridgesEllen BarkinJohn HurtThe early career of legendary lawman Wild Bill Hickock is telescoped and culminates in his relocation in Deadwood and a reunion with Calamity Jane.
- DirectorJohn BoormanStarsJohn HurtCharley BoormanAngeline BallAn anonymous painting from the Fontainebleau School hangs in the Louvre. The mysterious pose whereby two young women sit in a bath, one holding the nipple of the other between finger and thumb, has baffled all the experts.
- DirectorDavid AttwoodStarsJulio Miguel AngelesSonny ChatwiriyachaiKerry FoxA childless couple's obsession with becoming parents draws them into the shadowy world of baby trafficking.
- DirectorRichard KwietniowskiStarsJohn HurtJason PriestleyFiona LoewiGiles De'Ath (Sir John Hurt) is a widower who doesn't like anything modern. He goes to movies and falls in love with movie star Ronnie Bostock (Jason Priestly). He then investigates everything about the movie and Ronnie. After that, he travels to Long Island City, where Ronnie lives, and meets him, pretending that Ronnie is a great actor, and that's why Giles admires him.
- DirectorRobert ZemeckisStarsJodie FosterMatthew McConaugheyTom SkerrittDr. Ellie Arroway, after years of searching, finds conclusive radio proof of extraterrestrial intelligence, sending plans for a mysterious machine.
- DirectorBob SwaimStarsJohn HurtGregory SmithDavid StrathairnChuck, a crusty old civic engineer, has an arsenal full of memories. With irreverent wit, he rattles on, in his irascible humorous style, burning his spicy stories into the imagination of a young neighbor kid Danny.
- DirectorMaciej DejczerStarsTil SchweigerPolly WalkerPete PostlethwaiteIn the start of the 1990s, the British government decided to send prisoners with short sentences to serve abroad. Some went to Romania, to serve in schools, orphanages, and hospitals. Some were brutal beasts.
- DirectorDavid WheelerStarsJ. Michael EspositoBeth TegardenMarie CaldareA worried husband hires a beautiful psychotherapist to nurse his delusional wife and help her deal with the death of their child in a car accident. However, the nurse starts playing mind games. Or is he just being paranoid?
- DirectorJamie BreeseStarsCorinne BrittonRay BrooksAdrian Cairns
- DirectorGeorge SluizerStarsJohn HurtRosana PastorAlice KrigeAn out-of-favor British politician is sent to Brussels as the new European Commissioner for Industry. He is made aware of a web of political and industrial corruption through a series of anonymous letters. Despite his own history of political expediency, the Commissioner rises to the moral challenge, and faces off with the evil forces responsible.
- DirectorJohn LynchStarsJohn HurtBrenda BlethynPauline FlanaganTrains, romance, a mysterious past. Michael Poole (Sir John Hurt) is an ex-conman, whose cons have finally caught up with him. Unaware of his past, Alice (Brenda Blethyn) joins him in a dramatic escape on the Orient Express.
- DirectorJeremy ThomasStarsJohn HurtChristian BaleDaniel BenzaliBobby Platt is a mentally slow young man who escapes an abusive, hateful stepfather who has killed his pets one by one. To save himself, Bobby runs away and meets a strange old man who wanders the highways to bury roadkill animals. Bobby becomes the old man's apprentice and learns to see the world of nature in a strange idyllic way. But soon the shadow of his stepfather catches up to him and Bobby's world explodes into a grotesque nightmare.
- DirectorJean-François LaguionieStarsMatt HillSally Ann MarshJohn HurtA rebellious teenage monkey refuses to believe what he has been told and sets out to find the truth.
- DirectorMatthew ModineStarsMatthew ModineDavid KeithJohn HurtJohnnie Cooper (Matthew Modine) served time for an armed robbery, in which his father and brother also participated. When he's released from jail, he's determined to live a normal life, and gets work at a gas station. But soon his brother pays a visit.
- DirectorAndy HurstStarsJohn HurtClaire SkinnerRhys IfansA veteran bank robber and his sidekicks plan a heist that goes awry.
- DirectorJun FalkensteinStarsJim CummingsNikita HopkinsKen SansomTigger goes looking through the hundred-acre-wood to find his family.
- DirectorMichael HurstStarsJohn HurtNick MoranCarrie-Anne MossA shot criminal son comes to his dad for the first time in years to offer him a deal. Before the night is over, bodies are scattered everywhere. The hospitalized dad tells two cops what happened.
- DirectorAtom EgoyanStarsJohn HurtAn old man listens to a tape of himself as a thirty-nine-year-old.
- DirectorJanusz KaminskiStarsWinona RyderBen ChaplinSarah WynterA Catholic teacher meets an atheist journalist, whom a group of Catholics and Priests believes has been chosen by the devil to be the Antichrist.
- DirectorJohn MaddenStarsNicolas CagePenélope CruzJohn HurtWhen a fisherman leaves to fight with the Greek army during World War II, his fiancée falls in love with the local Italian commander.
- DirectorChris ColumbusStarsDaniel RadcliffeRupert GrintEmma WatsonAn orphaned boy enrolls in a school of wizardry, where he learns the truth about himself, his family and the terrible evil that haunts the magical world.
- DirectorMarc MundenStarsChristina RicciJohn SimmKyle MacLachlanA librarian begins a passionate affair with a mysterious woman who walks into his library. When she suddenly disappears, he travels down to London to search for her, only to discover that she has three identities, dancer, dominatrix, and con woman. But which one is the real Miranda?
- DirectorMenahem GolanStarsCrispin GloverVanessa RedgraveJohn HurtA modern day adaptation of Dostoyevsky's classic novel about a young student who is forever haunted by the murder he has committed.
- DirectorNicholas RentonStarsJohn HurtSheila HancockRachael StirlingWhen Jack Blake (Sir John Hurt) picks up a woman and her daughter, stranded when their car breaks down, he is struck by the daughter's resemblance to his own murdered child. Jack sees an opportunity to unwittingly involve both women in a scheme, in which he hopes will unmask his daughter's killer.