Cast: Jane Horrocks

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


The Storyteller (TV Series)

1988 · Series · 25 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Jim Henson · Steve Barron · Jon Amiel · Peter Smith

Cast John Hurt · Brian Henson · Frederick Warder · David Greenaway

Synopsis TV Series (1987-1988). 9 Episodes. A variety of European folk tales are retold in nine new stories. A woman bears a hedgehog-child who grows up to live alone in a castle until he does a king a favor and gets...

7.6

4K votes

7.6

4K votes

Absolutely Fabulous (TV Series)

1992 · Series · 30 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Jennifer Saunders · Bob Spiers · Dewi Humphreys · Christine Gernon

Cast Jennifer Saunders · Joanna Lumley · Julia Sawalha · June Whitfield

Synopsis (1992-Today). Edina Monsoon and her best friend Patsy drive Eddie's sensible daughter, Saffron, up the wall with their constant drug abuse and outrageous selfishness. Numerous in-jokes and heavy doses of cruel humour have made this series a cult hit in...

7.2

287 votes

7.2

287 votes

Cabaret (TV)

1993 · Movie · United Kingdom

Direction Sam Mendes

Cast Jane Horrocks · Alan Cumming · Sara Kestelman · George Raistrick

Synopsis A straight film of the stage show which as far as I know was only shown once. Young American writer goes to Berlin at a time Nazis were emerging. Meets Sally Bowles at the Kit Kat club... songs get sung,...

6.9

52 votes

6.9

52 votes

Inside No. 9: Cold Comfort (TV)

2015 · Movie · 29 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Steve Pemberton · Reece Shearsmith

Cast Steve Pemberton · Jane Horrocks · Reece Shearsmith · Nikki Amuka-Bird

Synopsis Chilling comedy. It is Andy's first day as a volunteer at the Comfort Support Line call centre. Is he really prepared for what is to come?

6.8

473 votes

6.8

473 votes

Life is Sweet

1990 · Movie · 103 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Mike Leigh

Cast Alison Steadman · Jim Broadbent · Timothy Spall · Claire Skinner

Synopsis Just north of London live Wendy, Andy, and their twenty-something twins, Natalie and Nicola. Wendy clerks in a shop, leads aerobics at a primary school, jokes like a vaudevillian, agrees to waitress at a friend's new restaurant and dotes on...

6.8

610 votes

6.8

610 votes

Brothers of the Head

2005 · Movie · 93 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Keith Fulton · Louis Pepe

Cast Harry Treadaway · Ken Russell · Luke Treadaway · Tania Emery

Synopsis Mockumentary. In the '70s, conjoined twins Tom and Barry Howe (Harry and Luke Treadaway) are taken in by a dubious music promoter, and he grooms them to become a boy band. They have other plans, however, and move quickly into...

6.6

142 votes

6.6

142 votes

Little Voice

1998 · Movie · 97 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Mark Herman

Cast Brenda Blethyn · Michael Caine · Ewan McGregor · Jim Broadbent

Synopsis A magical musical comedy which centers on the reticent and reclusive, Laura Hoff, who lives with her mother in a small English seaside town. Her father has died, leaving her no-one to listen to classic songs with, and a mother...

6.4

1K votes

6.4

1K votes

Second Best

1993 · Movie · 105 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Chris Menges

Cast William Hurt · Chris Cleary Miles · John Hurt · Jane Horrocks

Synopsis Academy Award winner William Hurt stars in and Chris Menges ("A World Apart") directs this story of a lonely postmaster in a quiet village who sees life’s precious moments passing him by. Accompanied by memories of a stunted childhood, he...

6.4

280 votes

6.4

280 votes

6.3

3K votes

True Love (TV Miniseries)

2012 · Series · 150 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Dominic Savage

Cast David Tennant · Billie Piper · David Morrissey · Jane Horrocks

Synopsis TV Miniseries (2012). 5 Episodes. Five different improvised stories exploring the reality of love in the modern world. Nick's happy marriage is turned upside-down by the reappearance of his first love. Paul is a new father who experiences "love at...

6.2

133 votes

6.2

133 votes

The Witches

1990 · Movie · 90 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Nicolas Roeg

Cast Anjelica Huston · Mai Zetterling · Jasen Fisher · Jane Horrocks

Synopsis A young boy, recently orphaned, is taken to England by his grandmother. At a hotel in which they are staying, a group of witches have gathered to prepare a plot to rid the world of all children.

6.0

6K votes

6.0

6K votes

Sunshine on Leith

2013 · Movie · 100 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Dexter Fletcher

Cast Peter Mullan · George MacKay · Antonia Thomas · Jason Flemyng

Synopsis Sunshine on Leith is based on the sensational stage hit of the same name, featuring music by pop-folk band The Proclaimers. The film follows the stories of Davy and Ally, who have to re-learn how to live life in Edinburgh...

5.8

3K votes

5.8

3K votes

Born Romantic

2000 · Movie · 96 min. · United Kingdom

5.7

90 votes

5.7

90 votes

The Wolves of Willoughby Chase

1989 · Movie · 92 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Stuart Orme

Cast Stephanie Beacham · Mel Smith · Emily Hudson · Aleks Darowska

Synopsis Mock-gothic children's drama set in Victorian England, based on the novel by Joan Aiken. Bonnie (Emily Hudson) and her cousin Sylvia (Aleks Darowska) are left at home in Willoughby Hall while their parents travel abroad, with only the servants and...

5.7

26 votes

5.7

26 votes

Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget

2023 · Movie · 101 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Sam Fell

Cast Thandiwe Newton · Zachary Levi · Bella Ramsey · Imelda Staunton

Synopsis Having pulled off an escape from Tweedy's farm, Ginger has found a peaceful island sanctuary for the whole flock. But back on the mainland the whole of chicken-kind faces a new threat, and Ginger and her team decide to break...

5.7

2K votes

5.7

2K votes

Getting It Right

1989 · Movie · 102 min. · United States

5.5

47 votes

5.5

47 votes

Direction Andrew Morahan · Robin Bextor

Cast Ewan McGregor · Jane Horrocks · Colin Salmon · John Salthouse

Synopsis After losing their friend Cutter in a botched robbery, Ford and Cammy, a wild young Londoner crime couple, split up and Cammy finds a new lover, Jimmy. Jealous, Ford shoots him and the trio discovers something shocking about one another.

5.4

21 votes

5.4

21 votes

Swimming with Men

2018 · Movie · 96 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Oliver Parker

Cast Charlotte Riley · Rupert Graves · Jim Carter · Rob Brydon

Synopsis Faced with a full-blown mid-life crisis, accountant Eric (Rob Brydon) joins an all-male group of synchronised swimmers, discovering that making patterns in a pool can, for a couple of hours at least, smooth out the bumps in his work and...

5.2

120 votes

5.2

120 votes

Deadly Advice

1994 · Movie · 91 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Mandie Fletcher

Cast Jane Horrocks · Brenda Fricker · Imelda Staunton · Jonathan Pryce

Synopsis Mother rules the house with an iron hand and has such power over her daughters that they see themselves as becoming old unmarried, maids. Jodie has feelings for the local doctor, a man much older than her, for which her...

5.2

51 votes

5.2

51 votes

The Singapore Grip (TV Series)

2020 · Series · 60 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Tom Vaughan

Cast Luke Treadaway · David Morrissey · Colm Meaney · Charles Dance

Synopsis 6 Episodes -60 minutes each-. The son of a British family living in South East Asia becomes involved in a love triangle.

4.9

68 votes

4.9

68 votes