Cast: Michael Gambon

Direction Jon Amiel

Cast Michael Gambon · Patrick Malahide · Janet Suzman · Joanne Whalley

Synopsis Detective novelist Philip Marlow suffers from the crippling disease of psoriatic arthropathy. Confined to a hospital bed, Marlow mentally rewrites his early Chandleresque thriller, "The Singing Detective," with himself in the title role, drifting into a surreal 1945 fantasy of...

Direction Toby Haynes

Cast Matt Smith · Michael Gambon · Katherine Jenkins · Karen Gillan

Synopsis A space liner, with a large number of passengers aboard, is in difficulties while flying through the atmosphere of an unknown planet. Amy and Rory have been spending some time on board in the honeymoon suite and they quickly appear...

Direction Simon Curtis · Steve Hudson

Cast Judi Dench · Imelda Staunton · Michael Gambon · Simon Woods

Synopsis Based on Elizabeth Gaskell's novel, it is a five-part period drama set in the 1840s which follows the small absurdities and major tragedies in the lives of the people of Cranford, a small Cheshire market town on the cusp of...

Direction Tom Hooper

Cast Colin Firth · Helena Bonham Carter · Geoffrey Rush · Michael Gambon

Synopsis The King's Speech (2010) follows Prince Albert, Duke of York, who struggles with a debilitating stammer. As the second son of King George V, he never expects to rule. However, after his brother abdicates the throne, Albert is reluctantly crowned...

Direction Michael Mann

Cast Al Pacino · Russell Crowe · Christopher Plummer · Diane Venora

Synopsis The Insider (1999) follows the story of Jeffrey Wigand, a former tobacco industry executive, who becomes a whistleblower after being fired. He teams up with "60 Minutes" producer Lowell Bergman to expose the industry's deceptive practices regarding the harmful effects...

Direction Mike Nichols

Cast Al Pacino · Meryl Streep · Emma Thompson · Patrick Wilson

Synopsis It follows a sprawling group of characters as they navigate their way through the cutthroat New York City of the 1980s, when AIDS began to rear its ugly head. Getting sicker by the minute, Prior Walter (Justin Kirk) is abandoned...

Direction Peter Greenaway

Cast Richard Bohringer · Michael Gambon · Helen Mirren · Alan Howard

Synopsis One of the most controversial films of all time, the title of this Jacobean revenge-tragedy, set in an upscale French restaurant, says it all. The restaurant is visited nightly by the sadistic Thief (a ferocious Gambon). His battered Wife (Mirren...

Direction Jim O'Hanlon

Cast Romola Garai · Rupert Evans · Louise Dylan · Michael Gambon

Synopsis Emma Woodhouse (Romola Garai) seems to be perfectly content, a loving father whom she cares for, friends, and a home. But Emma has a terrible habit - matchmaking. She cannot resist finding suitors for her friends, most of all Harriot...

Direction David Yates

Cast Daniel Radcliffe · Emma Watson · Rupert Grint · Alan Rickman

Synopsis Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II (2011) follows Harry, Ron, and Hermione as they continue their quest to defeat the dark wizard Voldemort. The trio seeks the remaining Horcruxes, objects containing fragments of Voldemort's soul, to weaken him....

Direction Alfonso Cuarón

Cast Daniel Radcliffe · Rupert Grint · Emma Watson · David Thewlis

Synopsis In Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004), Harry's third year at Hogwarts begins with a dangerous twist. Sirius Black, a notorious prisoner, escapes Azkaban and is believed to be hunting Harry. As Dementors patrol the school, Harry learns...

Direction Tim Burton

Cast Johnny Depp · Christina Ricci · Miranda Richardson · Michael Gambon

Synopsis In Sleepy Hollow (1999), a young constable, Ichabod Crane, is sent to the secluded village of Sleepy Hollow to investigate a series of gruesome murders. The villagers believe the killings are the work of a supernatural headless horseman. As Crane...

Direction Stuart Burge

Cast Laurence Olivier · Frank Finlay · Maggie Smith · Joyce Redman

Synopsis Desdemona defies her father to marry the Moor of Venice, the mighty warrior, Othello. But Othello's old lieutenant, Iago, doesn't like Othello, and is determined to bring about the downfall of Othello's new favorite, Cassio, and destroy Othello in the...

Direction Nicholas Renton

Cast Justine Waddell · Bill Paterson · Francesca Annis · Keeley Hawes

Synopsis Set in the early 1800s, the story takes place in a small, gossip-driven English town. Upon the remarriage of her father, heroine Molly Gibson (Justine Waddell) isn't quite sure how to "take" to her modish stepmother, Hyacinth (Francesca Annis), and...

Direction Julien Temple

Cast Keith Allen · Michael Gambon · Steve Jones · Bill Nighy

Direction Graham Evans · John Gorrie · Alan Gibson · Herbert Wise

Cast Roald Dahl · John Houseman · Andrew Ray · Joan Collins

Synopsis TV Series (1979-1988). 9 seasons. 112 episodes. A British anthology of mystery, suspense, horror and black comedy, highlighted by plot twists and surprise endings (in the early seasons, all by Roald Dahl), with lots of prestigious guest stars starring in...

Direction Dominic Cooke

Cast Hugh Bonneville · Ben Miles · Sophie Okonedo · Tom Sturridge

Synopsis In the aftermath of the death of King Henry V, news reaches England of military setbacks in France. In Orleans, ‘La Pucelle’ (Joan of Arc) is encouraging the Dauphin to resist. In England, Richard, Duke of York, quarrels with the...

Direction Charles Sturridge

Cast Michael Gambon · Jeremy Irons · Bill Nighy · Brian Cox

Synopsis In the 18th century, the only way to navigate accurately at sea was to follow a coastline all the way, which would not get you from Europe to the West Indies or the Americas. Observing the sun or stars would...

Direction Matthew Vaughn

Cast Daniel Craig · Tom Hardy · Jamie Foreman · Sally Hawkins

Synopsis Layer Cake (2004) follows a successful London cocaine dealer who plans to retire from the criminal underworld. However, his final job becomes increasingly complicated when he is tasked with finding the missing daughter of a powerful crime boss. As he...

Direction Robert Altman

Cast Kelly MacDonald · Emily Watson · Maggie Smith · Alan Bates

Synopsis Gosford Park (2001) is a sophisticated ensemble drama set in 1932 England, blending mystery and social commentary. The story unfolds during a weekend hunting party at a wealthy aristocrat's country estate, where a diverse group of guests and servants gather....

Direction David Garfath · John Madden · Tony Smith · Paul Weiland

Cast Michael Gambon · Brian Henson · Mark Ashman · Frances Barber

Synopsis A storyteller in a labyrinth tells his dog the stories of Perseus and Medusa, Icarus and Daedalus, Theseus and the Minotaur, and Orpheus & Euridyce.