Cast: Bill Nighy

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


Direction Jonny Campbell

Cast Matt Smith · Karen Gillan · Tony Curran · Nik Howden

Synopsis The Doctor and Amy travel back in time to meet Vincent Van Gough and face an invisible monster that only the painter can see

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7.8

359 votes

7.8

359 votes

The Wild Robot

2024 · Movie · 98 min. · United States

Direction Chris Sanders

Cast Lupita Nyong'o · Pedro Pascal · Kit Connor · Stephanie Hsu

Synopsis In The Wild Robot (2024), a highly advanced robot named ROZZUM Unit 7134, or "Roz," awakens alone on a remote, wild island after a shipwreck. With no memory of her past, she must adapt to the harsh, untamed environment. Through...

7.6

12K votes

7.6

12K votes

State of Play (TV Miniseries)

2003 · Series · 350 min. · United Kingdom

Direction David Yates

Cast David Morrissey · John Simm · Kelly MacDonald · Amelia Bullmore

Synopsis Stephen Collins is an ambitious politician. Cal McAffrey is a well-respected investigative journalist and Stephen's ex-campaign manager. En route to work one morning, Stephen's research assistant mysteriously falls to her death on the London Underground. It's not long before revelations...

7.6

640 votes

7.6

640 votes

The Constant Gardener

2005 · Movie · 128 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Fernando Meirelles

Cast Ralph Fiennes · Rachel Weisz · Danny Huston · Hubert Koundé

Synopsis In The Constant Gardener (2005), a reserved British diplomat, Justin Quayle, embarks on a harrowing journey to uncover the truth behind his wife Tessa's murder in Kenya. As he delves deeper, he discovers her activist work exposing a dangerous pharmaceutical...

7.3

50K votes

7.3

50K votes

Pride

2014 · Movie · 120 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Matthew Warchus

Cast Ben Schnetzer · Monica Dolan · George MacKay · Bill Nighy

Synopsis Pride (2014) is a heartwarming and inspiring film set in 1984 Britain during the miners' strike. A group of LGBTQ+ activists, recognizing shared struggles against oppression, decide to raise money to support the striking miners. They form an unlikely alliance...

7.2

14K votes

7.2

14K votes

Eye of the Needle

1981 · Movie · 112 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Richard Marquand

Cast Donald Sutherland · Kate Nelligan · Christopher Cazenove · Ian Bannen

Synopsis In 1940, II War World. London. A ruthless German spy, trying to get out of Britain with vital information about D-Day, must spend time with a young woman and her crippled husband.

7.1

4K votes

7.1

4K votes

About Time

2013 · Movie · 123 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Richard Curtis

Cast Domhnall Gleeson · Rachel McAdams · Bill Nighy · Lydia Wilson

Synopsis About Time (2013) follows Tim, a young man who discovers he can time travel, a secret passed down through the men in his family. Instead of chasing grand ambitions, he uses this gift to improve his love life and relationships....

7.0

38K votes

7.0

38K votes

The Lost Prince (TV Miniseries)

2003 · Series · 180 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Stephen Poliakoff

Cast Daniel Williams · Matthew James Thomas · Brock Everitt-Elwick · Rollo Weeks

Synopsis 1910. One dynasty holds sway over the most powerful nations of the world, at its heart is the British Monarchy, and it's youngest member, Prince Johnnie. A loving, insightful and humorous child, Johnnie is witness to some of the most...

6.9

53 votes

6.9

53 votes

Notes on a Scandal

2006 · Movie · 92 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Richard Eyre

Cast Judi Dench · Cate Blanchett · Bill Nighy · Andrew Simpson

Synopsis Notes on a Scandal (2006) follows the lives of two women at a London secondary school. Barbara, a lonely and manipulative history teacher, becomes obsessed with Sheba, a new and younger art instructor. When Barbara discovers Sheba's illicit affair with...

6.9

12K votes

6.9

12K votes

Shaun of the Dead

2004 · Movie · 99 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Edgar Wright

Cast Simon Pegg · Kate Ashfield · Nick Frost · Dylan Moran

Synopsis A romantic comedy. With zombies. Shaun of the Dead is an everyday tale of life, love and the living dead focussing on a group of friends who encounter a literal night from hell at their local pub, under attack from...

6.8

43K votes

6.8

43K votes

6.8

43 votes

Longitude (TV Miniseries)

2000 · Movie · 250 min. · United Kingdom

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...

6.8

28 votes

6.8

28 votes

Love Actually

2003 · Movie · 128 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Richard Curtis

Cast Hugh Grant · Liam Neeson · Colin Firth · Laura Linney

Synopsis Love Actually (2003) weaves together multiple heartwarming and humorous stories set in London during the holiday season. The film explores the complexities of love through interconnected characters, including a newly elected prime minister, a writer, a widower, a rock star,...

6.8

70K votes

6.8

70K votes

Hot Fuzz

2007 · Movie · 121 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Edgar Wright

Cast Simon Pegg · Nick Frost · Timothy Dalton · Jim Broadbent

Synopsis Top London cop, PC Nicholas Angel is too good. And to stop the rest of his team looking bad, he is reassigned to the quiet town of Sandford. He is paired with Danny Butterman, who endlessly questions him on the...

6.7

27K votes

6.7

27K votes

Death Watch

1980 · Movie · 128 min. · France

Direction Bertrand Tavernier

Cast Romy Schneider · Harvey Keitel · Harry Dean Stanton · Max von Sydow

Synopsis Roddy has a camera implanted in his brain. He is then hired by a television producer to film a documentary of terminally ill Katherine, without her knowledge. His footage will then be run on the popular TV series, "Death Watch"...

6.7

840 votes

6.7

840 votes

The Boat That Rocked

2009 · Movie · 129 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Richard Curtis

Cast Tom Sturridge · Philip Seymour Hoffman · Bill Nighy · Nick Frost

Synopsis The Boat That Rocked (2009) follows a group of rogue DJs broadcasting rock 'n' roll from a pirate radio ship in the 1960s, defying the British government's ban on pop music. Led by the charismatic Quentin, the crew includes eccentric...

6.7

13K votes

6.7

13K votes

The Girl in the Café (TV)

2005 · Movie · 90 min. · United Kingdom

Direction David Yates

Cast Bill Nighy · Kelly MacDonald · Meneka Das · Anton Lesser

Synopsis Commissioned as part of a range of programmes the BBC is making to celebrate Africa in 2005, the 90-minute film stars Bill Nighy and Kelly MacDonald and follows the story of a hard-working, shy civil servant, Lawrence, and his life-changing...

6.7

339 votes

6.7

339 votes

Direction David Yates

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

Synopsis In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I (2010), Harry, Ron, and Hermione embark on a perilous quest to find and destroy Voldemort's Horcruxes—objects containing fragments of his soul. With the Dark Lord's forces seizing control of the wizarding...

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6.6

65K votes

6.6

65K votes

Living

2022 · Movie · 102 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Oliver Hermanus

Cast Bill Nighy · Aimee Lou Wood · Tom Burke · Alex Sharp

Synopsis Set in the London of the 1950s, the film follows Williams, a veteran civil servant and paper-pusher in the city as it struggles to rebuild post-WWII. Receiving a shattering medical diagnosis, he empties his savings account and heads for the...

6.6

3K votes

6.6

3K votes

Still Crazy

1998 · Movie · 95 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Brian Gibson

Cast Stephen Rea · Billy Connolly · Jimmy Nail · Timothy Spall

Synopsis "Strange Fruit" had everything that makes a legendary rockband: Money, Fame, Success, Groupies, a Singer who died of drugs and even a divine ending, when lightning struck the stage during an open-air. Twenty years later, all band members are minding...

6.6

881 votes

6.6

881 votes