Cast: John Woodvine
Top movies, series, and documentaries starring John Woodvine. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.
Titles found: 36
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
Hornblower: The Duchess and the Devil (TV Miniseries)
1999 · Series · 93 min. · United Kingdom
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
Beware the Moon: Remembering 'An American Werewolf in London'
2009 · Documentary · 98 min. · United States
Direction Paul Davis
Cast Paul Davis · Jenny Agutter · David Schofield · Robert Paynter
6.4
34 votes
6.4
34 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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Doctor Who: The Armageddon Factor (TV)
1979 · Movie · 149 min. · United Kingdom
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.
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