Cast: Brian Blessed
Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Brian Blessed. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.
Titles found: 52
I, Claudius (TV Miniseries)
1976 · Series · 650 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Herbert Wise
Cast Derek Jacobi · Sian Phillips · John Hurt · George Baker
Synopsis This 13-episode miniseries was adapted from the book by Robert Graves, which chronicles the tumultuous life and times of Claudius (Derek Jacobi), who despite a deformed leg and a speech impediment through prophecy becomes the Roman Emperor. An aging Claudius...
8.3
9K votes
8.3
9K votes
The Black Adder (TV Series)
1983 · Series · 35 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Richard Curtis · Rowan Atkinson · Martin Shardlow · Geoff Posner
Cast Rowan Atkinson · Stephen Frost · Tim McInnerny · Tony Robinson
Synopsis TV Series (1983-1989). 4 Seasons. 25 Episodes. Set in England at the end of the War of the Roses, we soon find out that the history we know is a Tudor fiction. In fact, Henry VII did not actually win...
7.6
4K votes
7.6
4K votes
Hamlet
1996 · Movie · 242 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Kenneth Branagh
Cast Kenneth Branagh · Derek Jacobi · Kate Winslet · Julie Christie
Synopsis When Hamlet (Kenneth Branagh) returns from his studies to find his father dead, and his mother married to his uncle, he grows suspicious. After being visited by his dead father as a ghost, his suspicions are confirmed and Hamlet falls...
7.4
8K votes
7.4
8K votes
Much Ado About Nothing
1993 · Movie · 110 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Kenneth Branagh
Cast Kenneth Branagh · Emma Thompson · Robert Sean Leonard · Denzel Washington
Synopsis When gallant Don Pedro (Denzel Washington), his nefarious brother Don John (Keanu Reeves), and close confidantes Claudio (Robert Sean Leonard) and Benedick (Kenneth Branagh) ride thunderously into the village of Messina, romance, gaiety, and suspicion abound. The men have returned...
7.0
17K votes
7.0
17K votes
The Last Valley
1971 · Movie · 129 min. · United Kingdom
Direction James Clavell
Cast Michael Caine · Omar Sharif · Florinda Bolkan · Nigel Davenport
Synopsis Turgid epic set in the 23rd year of the Thirty Years War (year 1641). A thrilling epic about a regiment of soldiers who happen upon a secluded German valley that has gone untouched during the bloody Thiry Years War.
7.0
2K votes
7.0
2K votes
Henry V
1989 · Movie · 138 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Kenneth Branagh
Cast Kenneth Branagh · Emma Thompson · Paul Scofield · Derek Jacobi
Synopsis The gritty adaption of William Shakespeare's play about the English King's bloody conquest of France.
6.9
3K votes
6.9
3K votes
Tales of the Unexpected (TV Series)
1979 · Series · 25 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Graham Evans · John Gorrie · Alan Gibson · Herbert Wise
Cast Roald Dahl · John Houseman · Andrew Ray · Joan Collins
Synopsis TV Series (1979-1988). 9 seasons. 112 episodes. A British anthology of mystery, suspense, horror and black comedy, highlighted by plot twists and surprise endings (in the early seasons, all by Roald Dahl), with lots of prestigious guest stars starring in...
6.8
49 votes
6.8
49 votes
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
1991 · Movie · 138 min. · United States
Direction Kevin Reynolds
Cast Kevin Costner · Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio · Morgan Freeman · Alan Rickman
Synopsis After being captured by Turks during the Crusades, Robin of Locksley and a Moor, Azeem, escape back to England where Azeem vows to remain until he repays Robin for saving his life. Meanwhile, Robin's father has been murdered by the...
6.5
70K votes
6.5
70K votes
The Last Days of Pompeii (TV Miniseries)
1984 · Series · 245 min. · Italy
Direction Peter Hunt
Cast Ned Beatty · Brian Blessed · Ernest Borgnine · Nicholas Clay
Synopsis This costume series portrays aspects of life in Pompeii, a coastal luxury resort near Naples catering for the very rich of imperial Rome, mainly before but culminating in the eruption of the Vesuvian volcano, which wipes it from the face...
6.2
154 votes
6.2
154 votes
Man of La Mancha
1972 · Movie · 132 min. · United States
Direction Arthur Hiller
Cast Peter O'Toole · Sophia Loren · James Coco · Harry Andrews
Synopsis In the sixteenth century, Miguel de Cervantes, poet, playwright, and part-time actor, has been arrested, together with his manservant, by the Spanish Inquisition. They are accused of presenting an entertainment offensive to the Inquisition. Inside the huge dungeon into which...
6.1
569 votes
6.1
569 votes
Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba
2022 · Documentary · 90 min. · Ireland
Direction Jim Sheridan
Cast Peter O'Toole · Sian Phillips · Steven Spielberg · Anthony Hopkins
Synopsis The legendary actor Peter O'Toole brought a touch of danger to his art and a stroke of madness to his life yet inspired a generation of movie makers. This film is structured into four acts each introduced by a quote...
5.9
57 votes
5.9
57 votes
The Trojan Women
1971 · Movie · 105 min. · United States
Direction Mihalis Kakogiannis
Cast Katharine Hepburn · Vanessa Redgrave · Geneviève Bujold · Irene Papas
Synopsis After the fall of Troy to the Greek invading army, the Trojan women weep over their lost city, families, and honour, as they are taken away as Greek slaves.
5.9
331 votes
5.9
331 votes
The Master of Ballantrae (TV)
1984 · Movie · 150 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Douglas Hickox
Cast Michael York · John Gielgud · Ian Richardson · Finola Hughes
Synopsis The story of two brothers, Scottish noblemen whose family is torn apart by the Jacobite rising of 1745.
5.8
35 votes
5.8
35 votes
Country Dance
1970 · Movie · 112 min. · United Kingdom
Direction J. Lee Thompson
Cast Peter O'Toole · Susannah York · Michael Craig · Harry Andrews
Synopsis In this British tragi-comedy taking place among emotionally bankrupt upper-class Scottish countrymen, Peter O'Toole plays Sir Charles Henry Arbuthnot Pinkerton Ferguson, a mentally disturbed Scotsman, living on his uncared-for farm, who also harbors an incestuous yearning for his sister Hilary...
5.8
48 votes
5.8
48 votes
The Hound of the Baskervilles (TV)
1983 · Movie · 101 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Douglas Hickox
Cast Ian Richardson · Donald Churchill · Denholm Elliott · Glynis Barber
Synopsis Sherlock Holmes comes to the aid of his friend Henry Baskerville, who is under a family curse and menaced by a demonic dog that prowls the bogs near his estate and murders people.
5.7
111 votes
5.7
111 votes
As You Like It
2006 · Movie · 127 min. · United States
Direction Kenneth Branagh
Cast Bryce Dallas Howard · Kevin Kline · Alfred Molina · Janet McTeer
Synopsis Rosalind, the daughter of Duke Senior (the banished duke), is raised at the court of Duke Frederick (who is younger brother to Duke Senior and took over his dukedom), with her cousin Celia (daughter to Duke Frederick). She falls in...
5.7
295 votes
5.7
295 votes
Prisoner of Honor (TV)
1991 · Movie · 88 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Ken Russell
Cast Richard Dreyfuss · Oliver Reed · Peter Firth · Jeremy Kemp
Synopsis "Prisoner of Honor" documents the French Dreyfus Affair that saw a French Captain sent to Devils' Island for espionage near the end of the nineteenth century. Richard Dreyfuss plays Colonel Picquart who is given the job of justifying Dreyfus' sentence....
5.6
175 votes
5.6
175 votes
High Road to China
1983 · Movie · 100 min. · United States
Direction Brian G. Hutton
Cast Tom Selleck · Bess Armstrong · Jack Weston · Wilford Brimley
Synopsis A biplane pilot is saddled with a spoiled industrialist's daughter on a search for her missing father through Asia that eventually involves them in a struggle against a Chinese warlord.
5.5
638 votes
5.5
638 votes
Kidnapped (TV)
1995 · Movie · 142 min. · United States
Direction Ivan Passer
Cast Armand Assante · Brian McCardie · Patrick Malahide · Michael Kitchen
Synopsis Year 1751. When Scottish young gentleman David Balfour's father dies, he leaves school to collect his inheritance from uncle Ebenezer, who in turn sells the boy as a future slave to a pirate ship. When staunch Stuart dynasty supporter Alan...
5.5
30 votes
5.5
30 votes
Flash Gordon
1980 · Movie · 110 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Mike Hodges
Cast Sam J. Jones · Melody Anderson · Max von Sydow · Topol
Synopsis Flash Gordon is an American football player who along with Dale Arden are returning to New York City after a long vacation, until the plane they are passengers on crashes into the laboratory of Russian scientist Dr. Hans Zarkov. Both...
5.3
7K votes
5.3
7K votes