Cast: Shirley Henderson

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


Wonderland

1999 · Movie · 104 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Michael Winterbottom

Cast Gina McKee · Shirley Henderson · Molly Parker · Ian Hart

Synopsis A grittily realistic drama that follows the members of one South London family over the course of a four day period. The parents, Eileen (Kika Markham) and Bill (Jack Shepherd), are defeated, weary rivals whose relationship has all but disintegrated....

7.3

3K votes

7.3

3K votes

Dirty Filthy Love (TV)

2004 · Movie · 93 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Adrian Shergold

Cast Michael Sheen · Anastasia Griffith · Shirley Henderson · Adrian Bower

Synopsis A man's life falls apart as a result of his affliction with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and Tourette's Syndrome in this touching and funny tale.

7.2

71 votes

7.2

71 votes

Direction Marc Munden

Cast Chris O'Dowd · Romola Garai · Amanda Hale · Shirley Henderson

Synopsis TV Miniseries (2011). 4 Episodes. Set in 1870s London, this is a tale of love, lust, desire and revenge. This is a bold four-part adaptation of The Crimson Petal And The White adapted from Michel Faber's best selling novel by...

7.1

757 votes

7.1

757 votes

24 Hour Party People

2002 · Movie · 115 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Michael Winterbottom

Cast Steve Coogan · Paddy Considine · Shirley Henderson · Lennie James

Synopsis 24 Hour Party People (2002) is a vibrant, semi-fictionalized account of Manchester's music scene from the late 1970s to the early 1990s. The film follows Tony Wilson, a charismatic TV presenter turned music mogul, as he co-founds Factory Records and...

7.1

13K votes

7.1

13K votes

The Way We Live Now (TV Miniseries)

2001 · Series · 300 min. · United Kingdom

Direction David Yates

Cast David Suchet · Matthew Macfadyen · Shirley Henderson · Cillian Murphy

Synopsis TV miniseries. 4 episodes. At the center of the story is Augustus Melmotte, a European-born city financier, whose origins are as mysterious as his business dealings. Trollope describes him as 'something in the city', but the "something" part is not...

7.0

76 votes

7.0

76 votes

Direction David Richards

Cast Shirley Henderson · David Mitchell · Simon Chandler · Jaime Murray

Synopsis A young harridan MP marries a title in order to advance towards her goal of becoming party leader.

6.9

50 votes

6.9

50 votes

Meek's Cutoff

2010 · Movie · 104 min. · United States

Direction Kelly Reichardt

Cast Michelle Williams · Bruce Greenwood · Rod Rondeaux · Paul Dano

Synopsis The year is 1845, the earliest days of the Oregon Trail, and a wagon team of three families has hired the mountain man Stephen Meek to guide them over the Cascade Mountains. Claiming to know a short cut, Meek leads...

6.6

2K votes

6.6

2K votes

Direction Mike Newell

Cast Daniel Radcliffe · Rupert Grint · Emma Watson · Robbie Coltrane

Synopsis In Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005), Harry finds himself unexpectedly chosen as a fourth participant in the Triwizard Tournament, a dangerous competition between three wizarding schools. Despite being underage and unprepared, Harry must navigate a series of...

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6.6

75K votes

6.6

75K votes

Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself

2002 · Movie · 104 min. · Denmark

Direction Lone Scherfig

Cast Jamie Sives · Adrian Rawlins · Shirley Henderson · Mads Mikkelsen

Synopsis The chronically suicidal Wilbur (JAMIE SIVES – 'Glasgow Kiss') and his good-hearted big brother Harbour (ADRIAN RAWLINS - Breaking The Waves) are in their thirties, when their father dies, leaving them with nothing but a worn down second-hand bookshop in...

6.6

4K votes

6.6

4K votes

Okja

2017 · Movie · 118 min. · South Korea

Direction Bong Joon-ho

Cast Ahn Seo-Hyun · Tilda Swinton · Jake Gyllenhaal · Paul Dano

Synopsis In Okja (2017), a young girl named Mija forms a deep bond with Okja, a genetically engineered super pig raised by her family in the mountains of South Korea. When the powerful Mirando Corporation, creators of Okja, reclaims her for...

6.6

17K votes

6.6

17K votes

Direction Chris Columbus

Cast Daniel Radcliffe · Rupert Grint · Emma Watson · Kenneth Branagh

Synopsis In Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002), Harry returns to Hogwarts for his second year, only to find mysterious attacks paralyzing students. A chilling legend about the Chamber of Secrets resurfaces, hinting at a hidden monster within the...

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6.5

72K votes

6.5

72K votes

Miss Marple: Murder Is Easy (TV)

2009 · Movie · 93 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Hettie Macdonald

Cast Julia McKenzie · Steve Pemberton · Shirley Henderson · Sylvia Syms

Synopsis A village is plagued by a spate of seemingly accidental deaths, but Miss Marple is convinced a more sinister hand is involved when a villager on her way to Scotland Yard is conveniently dispatched.

6.5

76 votes

6.5

76 votes

Stan & Ollie

2018 · Movie · 97 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Jon S. Baird

Cast John C. Reilly · Steve Coogan · Shirley Henderson · Bentley Kalu

Synopsis The true story of Hollywood's greatest comedy double act, Laurel and Hardy, is brought to the big screen for the first time. Starring Steve Coogan and John C. Reilly as the inimitable movie icons, Stan and Ollie is the heart-warming...

6.5

4K votes

6.5

4K votes

Direction Michael Winterbottom

Cast Steve Coogan · Rob Brydon · Naomie Harris · Kelly MacDonald

Synopsis Laurence Sterne's unfilmable novel, "Tristram Shandy", a fictive autobiography wherein the narrator, interrupted constantly, takes the entire story to be born. Then into a group of actors and filmmakers set out to adapt it. Size matters: parts, egos, shoes, noses....

6.4

3K votes

6.4

3K votes

Topsy-Turvy

1999 · Movie · 160 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Mike Leigh

Cast Jim Broadbent · Allan Corduner · Timothy Spall · Lesley Manville

Synopsis Director Mike Leigh's high-minded telling of the story of legendary musical team Gilbert & Sullivan is one of the director’s most thorough, highly ambitious efforts. Concentrating mainly on the tumultuous period just before the conception and production of the pair's...

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6.4

287 votes

6.4

287 votes

Yes

2005 · Movie · 95 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Sally Potter

Cast Joan Allen · Simon Abkarian · Sam Neill · Shirley Henderson

Synopsis YES is the story of a passionate love affair between an American woman (Joan Allen) and a Middle-Eastern man (Simon Abkarian) in which they confront some of the greatest conflicts of our generation - religious, political and sexual. Sam Neill...

6.4

100 votes

6.4

100 votes

Southcliffe (TV Miniseries)

2013 · Series · 240 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Sean Durkin

Cast Rory Kinnear · Sean Harris · Shirley Henderson · Anatol Yusef

Synopsis TV Miniseries (2013). 4 Episodes. Following a raft of shootings in an English market town, the crimes are retold through the eyes of a journalist and the tragedies' victims.

6.4

900 votes

6.4

900 votes

Intermission

2003 · Movie · 102 min. · Ireland

Direction John Crowley

Cast Kelly MacDonald · Colin Farrell · Colm Meaney · Cillian Murphy

Synopsis A variety of losers in Dublin have harrowingly farcical intersecting stories of love, greed and violence.

6.3

3K votes

6.3

3K votes

Bridget Jones's Diary

2001 · Movie · 100 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Sharon Maguire

Cast Renée Zellweger · Hugh Grant · Colin Firth · Jim Broadbent

Synopsis In Bridget Jones's Diary (2001), Bridget, a quirky, single woman in her 30s, resolves to take control of her life by keeping a candid diary. Amidst her career struggles and chaotic personal life, she finds herself torn between two very...

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6.3

94K votes

6.3

94K votes

The Claim

2000 · Movie · 115 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Michael Winterbottom

Cast Wes Bentley · Milla Jovovich · Nastassja Kinski · Peter Mullan

Synopsis The story begins twenty years after the Gold Rush of 1849, which prompted one of the largest human migrations in history, as a half-million people from around the world descended in droves upon primal California in search of rumored gold....

6.2

2K votes

6.2

2K votes