Cast: Richard Griffiths
Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Richard Griffiths. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.
Titles found: 36
Gandhi
1982 · Movie · 188 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Richard Attenborough
Cast Ben Kingsley · Roshan Seth · Martin Sheen · Ian Charleson
Synopsis Gandhi (1982) is a biographical epic that chronicles the life of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, the leader of India's non-violent independence movement against British rule. The film traces Gandhi's journey from his early days as a lawyer in South Africa, where...
7.4
39K votes
7.4
39K votes
Bleak House (TV Miniseries)
2005 · Series · 510 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Justin Chadwick · Susanna White
Cast Anna Maxwell Martin · Denis Lawson · Gillian Anderson · Charles Dance
Synopsis TV Mini-series (2005). 15 episodes. Based on a Charles Dickens' novel. It tells the story of the beautiful Lady Dedlock, who nurses a dark secret, and the merciless lawyer Tulkinghorn, who seeks to uncover it. The generous John Jarndyce, struggling...
7.3
305 votes
7.3
305 votes
The Hollow Crown: Henry V (TV)
2012 · Movie · 132 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Thea Sharrock
Cast Tom Hiddleston · John Hurt · Julie Walters · Richard Griffiths
Synopsis Hal is now a responsible monarch as Henry V,his rejection of Falstaff hastening the latter's death. Told by courtiers that,through Edward III,he has a claim to the French throne he makes overtures to the Dauphin but is sent a humiliating...
7.3
241 votes
7.3
241 votes
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
2004 · Movie · 137 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Alfonso Cuarón
Cast Daniel Radcliffe · Rupert Grint · Emma Watson · David Thewlis
Synopsis In Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004), Harry's third year at Hogwarts begins with a dangerous twist. Sirius Black, a notorious prisoner, escapes Azkaban and is believed to be hunting Harry. As Dementors patrol the school, Harry learns...
6.9
80K votes
6.9
80K votes
Sleepy Hollow
1999 · Movie · 105 min. · United States
Direction Tim Burton
Cast Johnny Depp · Christina Ricci · Miranda Richardson · Michael Gambon
Synopsis In Sleepy Hollow (1999), a young constable, Ichabod Crane, is sent to the secluded village of Sleepy Hollow to investigate a series of gruesome murders. The villagers believe the killings are the work of a supernatural headless horseman. As Crane...
6.9
84K votes
6.9
84K votes
Withnail and I
1987 · Movie · 107 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Bruce Robinson
Cast Richard E. Grant · Paul McGann · Richard Griffiths · Ralph Brown
Synopsis Two young actors - Withnail and Marwood - share a crummy London flat and are hunting vainly for work, with little luck. Withnail persuades his rich and eccentric uncle Monty to lend them his country house for a few weeks;...
6.8
2K votes
6.8
2K votes
Hugo
2011 · Movie · 127 min. · United States
Direction Martin Scorsese
Cast Asa Butterfield · Chloë Grace Moretz · Ben Kingsley · Sacha Baron Cohen
Synopsis Hugo (2011) follows a young orphan boy named Hugo Cabret, who lives secretly within the walls of a Paris train station, maintaining its clocks. He embarks on a mysterious adventure to repair an automaton left by his late father, believing...
6.8
59K votes
6.8
59K votes
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
2001 · Movie · 152 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Chris Columbus
Cast Daniel Radcliffe · Rupert Grint · Emma Watson · Robbie Coltrane
Synopsis Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001) follows a young boy named Harry Potter, who discovers on his 11th birthday that he is a wizard. Rescued from his neglectful relatives, he is invited to attend Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and...
6.8
82K votes
6.8
82K votes
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I
2010 · Movie · 146 min. · United Kingdom
Direction David Yates
Cast Daniel Radcliffe · Emma Watson · Rupert Grint · Alan Rickman
Synopsis In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I (2010), Harry, Ron, and Hermione embark on a perilous quest to find and destroy Voldemort's Horcruxes—objects containing fragments of his soul. With the Dark Lord's forces seizing control of the wizarding...
6.6
65K votes
6.6
65K votes
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
2002 · Movie · 154 min. · United Kingdom
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...
6.5
72K votes
6.5
72K votes
Gormenghast (TV Miniseries)
2000 · Series · 232 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Andy Wilson
Cast Jonathan Rhys Meyers · Celia Imrie · John Sessions · Warren Mitchell
Synopsis A villain threatens the rise of a new earl in an ancient kingdom.
6.4
64 votes
6.4
64 votes
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2007 · Movie · 138 min. · United Kingdom
Direction David Yates
Cast Daniel Radcliffe · Emma Watson · Rupert Grint · Imelda Staunton
Synopsis In Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007), Harry returns to Hogwarts for his fifth year, grappling with the trauma of recent events and the Ministry of Magic's denial of Lord Voldemort's return. As the wizarding world grows...
6.4
71K votes
6.4
71K votes
Venus
2006 · Movie · 94 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Roger Michell
Cast Peter O'Toole · Leslie Phillips · Jodie Whittaker · Vanessa Redgrave
Synopsis Maurice (Peter O'Toole), Ian (Leslie Phillips) and Donald (Richard Griffiths) are three semi-ancient retirees who meet every day at their favourite pub to raise a glass, commiserate about the state of the world and trade good-natured barbs. Age has slowed...
6.3
2K votes
6.3
2K votes
Stage Beauty
2004 · Movie · 107 min. · United States
Direction Richard Eyre
Cast Billy Crudup · Claire Danes · Rupert Everett · Ben Chaplin
Synopsis Actor Edward “Ned” Kynaston (Billy Crudup) may well be the most desired man in all of London. The Restoration is in full swing, and enthusiastic audiences of aristocrats and commoners pack the theatres that were shuttered during the Puritans’ joyless...
6.2
2K votes
6.2
2K votes
Vatel
2000 · Movie · 116 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Roland Joffé
Cast Gérard Depardieu · Uma Thurman · Tim Roth · Timothy Spall
Synopsis In 1671, with war brewing with Holland, a penniless prince invites Louis XIV to three days of festivities at a chateau in Chantilly. The prince wants a commission as a general, so the extravagances are to impress the king. In...
6.2
3K votes
6.2
3K votes
Funny Bones
1995 · Movie · 128 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Peter Chelsom
Cast Oliver Platt · Jerry Lewis · Lee Evans · Richard Griffiths
Synopsis Struggling comedian Tommy Fawkes (Platt) bombs in Vegas big-time while his Mr. Showbiz father George (Lewis) easily overshadows him at every turn. So Tommy decides to head back to his childhood home in Blackpool, England and figure out his life....
6.2
244 votes
6.2
244 votes
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
1984 · Movie · 129 min. · United States
Direction Hugh Hudson
Cast Christopher Lambert · Andie MacDowell · Ralph Richardson · James Fox
Synopsis A shipping disaster in 1886 has stranded a man and woman in the wilds of Africa. The lady is pregnant, and gives birth to a son in their tree house. Soon after, a family of apes stumble across the house...
5.9
7K votes
5.9
7K votes
The History Boys
2006 · Movie · 108 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Nicholas Hytner
Cast Samuel Anderson · Samuel Barnett · Dominic Cooper · James Corden
Synopsis Based on Alan Bennett's superb screenplay, directed by Nicholas Hytner and starring the original National Theatre cast members, including Richard Griffiths, Frances de la Tour, Stephan Campbell Moore and Clive Merrison The History Boys brings together eight bright, funny history...
5.8
1K votes
5.8
1K votes
A Private Function
1984 · Movie · 96 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Malcolm Mowbray
Cast Michael Palin · Maggie Smith · Denholm Elliott · Richard Griffiths
Synopsis Life isn't easy in 1947 Yorkshire where strict post-war rationing is putting the squeeze on the townspeople. But when a married working-class couple (Palin and Smith) discovers that the town s wealthy elite has been secretly fattening up an illegal...
5.7
131 votes
5.7
131 votes
The Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear
1991 · Movie · 88 min. · United States
Direction David Zucker
Cast Leslie Nielsen · Priscila Presley · George Kennedy · O.J. Simpson
5.7
15K votes
5.7
15K votes