Cast: Michael Gambon

Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Michael Gambon. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.


The Singing Detective (TV Miniseries)

1986 · Series · 415 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Jon Amiel

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

Plot 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...

7.7

152 votes

7.7

152 votes

Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol (TV)

2010 · Movie · 60 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Toby Haynes

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

Plot 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...

7.5

1K votes

7.5

1K votes

Cranford (TV Miniseries)

2007 · Series · 300 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Simon Curtis · Steve Hudson

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

Plot 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...

7.5

732 votes

7.5

732 votes

The King's Speech

2010 · Movie · 118 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Tom Hooper

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

Plot This is the story of King George VI. When his older brother abdicates the throne, nervous-mannered successor George "Bertie" VI (Colin Firth) reluctantly dons the crown. Though his stutter soon...

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7.4

91K votes

7.4

91K votes

The Insider

1999 · Movie · 151 min. · United States

Direction Michael Mann

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

Plot Based on the article "The Man Who Knew Too Much," THE INSIDER depicts the true story of Jeffrey Wigand (Russell Crowe), a successful scientist who is fired from the Brown...

7.2

35K votes

7.2

35K votes

Angels in America (TV Miniseries)

2003 · Series · 352 min. · United States

Direction Mike Nichols

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

Plot 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...

Max

7.2

3K votes

7.2

3K votes

The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover

1989 · Movie · 123 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Peter Greenaway

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

Plot 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...

7.1

6K votes

7.1

6K votes

Emma (TV Miniseries)

2009 · Series · 240 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Jim O'Hanlon

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

Plot 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...

7.0

1K votes

7.0

1K votes

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II

2011 · Movie · 130 min. · United Kingdom

Direction David Yates

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

Plot The end begins as Harry, Ron, and Hermione go back to Hogwarts to find and destroy Voldemorts final horcruxes, but when Voldemort finds out about their mission, the biggest battle...

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7.0

65K votes

7.0

65K votes

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

2004 · Movie · 137 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Alfonso Cuarón

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

Plot Starting during the summer before Harry's third year at Hogwarts, this is the adventure that happens when he has to go on the run after an incident where he was...

6.9

80K votes

6.9

80K votes

Sleepy Hollow

1999 · Movie · 105 min. · United States

Direction Tim Burton

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

Plot Near the end of the 18th Century. Constable Ichabod Crane (Johnny Depp) earns the disfavour of the courts in New York City for insisting that scientific methods be used to...

6.9

84K votes

6.9

84K votes

Othello

1965 · Movie · 159 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Stuart Burge

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

Plot 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...

6.9

327 votes

6.9

327 votes

Wives and Daughters (TV Miniseries)

1999 · Series · 301 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Nicholas Renton

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

Plot 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...

6.8

214 votes

6.8

214 votes

London - The Modern Babylon

2012 · Documentary · 125 min. · United Kingdom

6.8

43 votes

6.8

43 votes

Tales of the Unexpected (TV Series)

1979 · Series · 25 min. · United Kingdom

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

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

Plot 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...

6.8

49 votes

6.8

49 votes

The Hollow Crown: Henry VI, Part 1 (TV)

2016 · Movie · 111 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Dominic Cooke

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

Plot 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...

6.8

155 votes

6.8

155 votes

Longitude (TV Miniseries)

2000 · Movie · 250 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Charles Sturridge

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

Plot 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...

6.8

28 votes

6.8

28 votes

Layer Cake

2004 · Movie · 100 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Matthew Vaughn

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

Plot With a vast amount of money safely invested, a London cocaine peddler (Daniel Craig) is preparing to leave England and start a new life. However, his gangland protector, Jimmy Price...

6.8

14K votes

6.8

14K votes

Gosford Park

2001 · Movie · 137 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Robert Altman

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

Plot GOSFORD PARK explores the English class system and master-servant relations via his preferred modus operandi of multiple characters and intertwining storylines. In November 1932, a phalanx of moneyed guests arrives...

6.7

15K votes

6.7

15K votes

The Storyteller: Greek Myths (TV Series)

1990 · Series · 24 min. · United Kingdom

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

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

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

6.7

494 votes

6.7

494 votes