Cast: Richard Griffiths

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


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

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...

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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;...

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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

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...

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6.8

82K votes

6.8

82K votes

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...

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6.6

65K votes

6.6

65K votes

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...

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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

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...

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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

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