Cast: John Woodvine

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


Hamlet (TV)

2009 · Movie · 182 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Gregory Doran

Cast David Tennant · Patrick Stewart · Oliver Ford Davies · Mariah Gale

Synopsis Featuring the original stage cast, the drama focuses on Prince Hamlet having decisions to make following the murder of his father, the King, at the hands of his Uncle Claudius, who is now also married to Hamlet's mother. It takes...

7.4

97 votes

7.4

97 votes

Edge of Darkness (TV Miniseries)

1985 · Series · 50 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Troy Kennedy-Martin · Martin Campbell

Cast Bob Peck · Joe Don Baker · Charles Kay · Ian McNeice

Synopsis TV Miniseries. 6 episodes. When a young girl is murdered, her father, police detective, will start an investigation that will unravel an industrial conspiracy. In 2010, the same director remaked the story with Mel Gibson.

7.0

40 votes

7.0

40 votes

Direction Andrew Grieve

Cast Ioan Gruffudd · Robert Lindsay · Cherie Lunghi · Christopher Fulford

Synopsis Lt. Hornblower and his crew are captured by the enemy while escorting a Duchess who has secrets of her own.

7.0

59 votes

7.0

59 votes

An American Werewolf in London

1981 · Movie · 97 min. · United Kingdom

Direction John Landis

Cast David Naughton · Jenny Agutter · Griffin Dunne · John Woodvine

Synopsis Two American friends, David Kessler and Jack Goodman, are attacked by a wolf while hiking across the English moors. David wakes up in hospital and learns that Jack has been killed. He is soon plagued by nightmares where Jack appears...

6.7

27K votes

6.7

27K votes

Persuasion

1995 · Movie · 102 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Roger Michell

Cast Amanda Root · Ciarán Hinds · Susan Fleetwood · Corin Redgrave

Synopsis Eight years earlier, Anne Elliot, the daughter of a financially troubled aristocratic family, was persuaded to break off her engagement to Frederick Wentworth, a young seaman, who, though promising, had poor family connections. When her father rents out the family...

6.7

731 votes

6.7

731 votes

Wuthering Heights

1992 · Movie · 106 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Peter Kosminsky

Cast Juliette Binoche · Ralph Fiennes · Sophie Ward · Simon Shepherd

Synopsis Heathcliff is Cathy Earnshaw's foster brother; more than that, he is her other half. When forces within and without tear them apart, Heathcliff wreaks vengeance on those he holds responsible, even into a second generation.

6.0

3K votes

6.0

3K votes

Fatherland (TV)

1994 · Movie · 106 min. · United States

Direction Christopher Menaul

Cast Rutger Hauer · Miranda Richardson · Peter Vaughan · Michael Kitchen

Synopsis Thriller based on the premise that Hitler won the Second World War. It's 1964 and Germany rules Europe. When a number of high ranking Third Reich officials are found dead, a detective begins to investigate. What he discovers could end...

5.9

323 votes

5.9

323 votes

The Other Boleyn Girl (TV)

2003 · Movie · 90 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Philippa Lowthorpe

Cast Natascha McElhone · Jodhi May · Jared Harris · Steven Mackintosh

Synopsis Based on the controversial novel by Philippa Gregory, "The Other Boleyn Girl" is a fictionalised account of the life of Lady Mary Boleyn (Natascha McElhone) who becomes mistress to England's king, Henry VIII (Jared Harris), before being ousted by her...

5.8

74 votes

5.8

74 votes

Leon the Pig Farmer

1992 · Movie · 104 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Vadim Jean · Gary Sinyor

Cast Mark Frankel · Janet Suzman · Brian Glover · Connie Booth

Synopsis Leon is a jewish estate agent who, during a routine check-up at an infertility clinic, discovers he has something in common with Captain Blighe of the Bounty. Yes, they were both victims of mixed up se(a)men. It turns out that...

5.3

34 votes

5.3

34 votes

Enys Men

2022 · Movie · 90 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Mark Jenkin

Cast Mary Woodvine · John Woodvine · Edward Rowe · Isaac Woodvine

Synopsis Set on a mysterious island crossed by leylines and timelines, with only an ancient standing stone for company, “Enys Men” is the story of a woman haunted by echoes of both the past and the future.

5.1

155 votes

5.1

155 votes

Dragonworld

1994 · Movie · 86 min. · United States

Direction Ted Nicolaou

Cast Courtland Mead · Janet Henfrey · Stuart Campbell · Andrew Keir

Synopsis Young John McGowan travels to Scotland to live at his grandfather's castle after he loses his parents in a traffic accident. At the wishing tree he conjures up a dragon friend, Yowler. They grow up together, and one day documentary...

4.4

23 votes

4.4

23 votes

Chelmsford 123 (TV Series)

1988 · Series · 30 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Vic Finch · John Stroud

Cast Jimmy Mulville · Rory McGrath · Philip Pope · Howard Lew Lewis

Synopsis Sitcom set in the town of Chelmsford, but in the year AD 123. The show mainly revolves around the power struggle between the newly appointed Roman Governor of Britain, Aulus Paulinus, and the scheming local British chieftain Badvoc.

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Knights of God (TV Miniseries)

1987 · Movie · 330 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Andrew Morgan · Michael Kerrigan

Cast George Winter · Patrick Troughton · Julian Fellowes · John Woodvine

Synopsis In the year 2020, Britain is divided into North and South. The Royal Family has been deposed and in its place rule the Knights of God, a harsh militaristic religious order headed by Prior Mordrin. But a rebel movement is...

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The Bell (TV Miniseries)

1982 · Movie · 50 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Barry Davis

Cast Rowena Cooper · Kenneth Cranham · Edward Hardwicke · Patricia Heneghan

Synopsis TV Mini-Series (1982-). 4 episodes.

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Finney (TV Series)

1994 · Movie · 60 min. · United Kingdom

Direction David Hayman

Cast David Morrissey · Melanie Hill · Michael Yeaman · Sidney Cole

Synopsis "Finney" begins with the murder of the patriarch of a criminal family, Patrick "Tucker" Finney. Who killed Finney?

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Not rated

Direction Michael Hayes

Cast Tom Baker · Mary Tamm · John Woodvine · Lalla Ward

Synopsis The final segment of the Key is traced to the planet Atrios, engaged in a long war with the neighbouring Zeos. The Marshal of Atrios intends a final strike to destroy the Zeons, but the Doctor and Romana discover that...

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Spaghetti House

1982 · Movie · 103 min. · Italy

Direction Giulio Paradisi

Cast Nino Manfredi · Rita Tushingham · Rudolph Walker · Leo Gullotta

Synopsis Three black militants kidnap the waiters in an Italian restaurant in London. Soon the victims befriend their kidnappers.

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Joe Maddison's War

2010 · Movie · 85 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Patrick Collerton

Cast Sammy T. Dobson · James Atherton · Angela Lonsdale · James Baxter

Synopsis Newcastle, 1939. Shipyard worker Joe feels emasculated and past his prime; too old to serve in the war, and he’s shocked when his wife leaves him for a younger naval officer. Needing a new challenge, Joe and his friend Harry...

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A Song for Jenny (TV)

2015 · Movie · 77 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Brian Percival

Cast Emily Watson · Ryan Coath · Nicola Wren · Steven Mackintosh

Synopsis In the aftermath of the July 7th, 2005 bombings in London, a woman desperately searches for her missing daughter, who may have been caught up in the attacks.

Not rated

Not rated