Cast: Joanna Scanlan
Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Joanna Scanlan. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.
Titles found: 43
The Thick of It (TV Series)
2005 · Series · 29 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Armando Iannucci · Natalie Bailey
Cast Chris Addison · Peter Capaldi · James Smith · Rebecca Front
Synopsis TV Series (2005-2012). Four seasons. Welcome to the Ministry for Social Affairs and Citizenship, essentially the dumping ground for poorly-conceived policies from other departments. Successive ministers and their backroom team lie, backstab and hopelessly bluff their way through gaffes, crises,...
7.8
514 votes
7.8
514 votes
Notes on a Scandal
2006 · Movie · 92 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Richard Eyre
Cast Judi Dench · Cate Blanchett · Bill Nighy · Andrew Simpson
Synopsis Notes on a Scandal (2006) follows the lives of two women at a London secondary school. Barbara, a lonely and manipulative history teacher, becomes obsessed with Sheba, a new and younger art instructor. When Barbara discovers Sheba's illicit affair with...
6.9
12K votes
6.9
12K votes
After Love
2020 · Movie · 89 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Aleem Khan
Cast Joanna Scanlan · Nathalie Richard · Talid Ariss · Nasser Memarzia
Synopsis Set in the port town of Dover, Mary Hussain suddenly finds herself a widow following the unexpected death of her husband. A day after the burial, she discovers he has a secret just twenty-one miles across the English Channel in...
6.9
1K votes
6.9
1K votes
No Offence (TV Series)
2015 · Series · 42 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Paul Abbott · Catherine Morshead · Harry Bradbeer · David Kerr
Cast Elaine Cassidy · Saira Choudhry · Julie Clerehugh · Ste Johnston
Synopsis Follows a group of police officers on the front line wondering what they did to end up where they are on the ugly side of Manchester.
6.6
136 votes
6.6
136 votes
Stardust
2007 · Movie · 130 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Matthew Vaughn
Cast Charlie Cox · Claire Danes · Michelle Pfeiffer · Robert De Niro
Synopsis In Stardust (2007), a young man named Tristan ventures beyond his village into the magical realm of Stormhold to retrieve a fallen star for his beloved. To his surprise, the star is not a rock but a spirited woman named...
6.6
34K votes
6.6
34K votes
In the Loop
2009 · Movie · 106 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Armando Iannucci
Cast Chris Addison · Tom Hollander · Peter Capaldi · Anna Chlumsky
Synopsis The US President and UK Prime Minister fancy a war. But not everyone agrees that war is a good thing. But, after British Secretary of State for International Development, Simon Foster, accidentally backs military action on TV, he suddenly has...
6.5
9K votes
6.5
9K votes
Joy
2024 · Movie · 113 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Ben Taylor
Cast Thomasin McKenzie · James Norton · Bill Nighy · Charlie Murphy
Synopsis The chronicle of a historic milestone: the birth in 1978 of Louise Joy Brown, the world's first 'test-tube baby girl', and the 10 years of arduous efforts that made it possible. The events are narrated from the point of view...
6.5
832 votes
6.5
832 votes
The Woman in White (TV Miniseries)
2018 · Series · 55 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Carl Tibbetts
Cast Jessie Buckley · Olivia Vinall · Ben Hardy · Dougray Scott
Synopsis TV Miniseries (2018). 5 Episodes. A bold new adaptation of Wilkie Collins' classic gothic novel.
6.4
74 votes
6.4
74 votes
Girl With a Pearl Earring
2003 · Movie · 96 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Peter Webber
Cast Scarlett Johansson · Colin Firth · Tom Wilkinson · Cillian Murphy
Synopsis Girl With a Pearl Earring (2003) follows Griet, a modest Dutch maid in 17th-century Delft, who enters the household of painter Johannes Vermeer. As she navigates the complexities of the Vermeer family and their strict social hierarchy, Griet forms a...
6.4
17K votes
6.4
17K votes
McDonald & Dodds (TV Series)
2020 · Series · 90 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Laura Scrivano · Richard Senior
Cast Tala Gouveia · Jason Watkins · Pearl Chanda · Jack Riddiford
Synopsis A shy and enigmatic Detective Sergeant is partnered with a wildly ambitious Detective Chief Inspector to solve crimes in the historic city of Bath.
6.3
66 votes
6.3
66 votes
Testament of Youth
2014 · Movie · 129 min. · United Kingdom
Direction James Kent
Cast Alicia Vikander · Kit Harington · Emily Watson · Hayley Atwell
Synopsis Film adaptation of Vera Brittain s autobiography, set between 1913 and 1925. At the outbreak of the First World War, a young Vera finds herself torn between her studies at Oxford, and the decision she will take to enrol as...
6.3
2K votes
6.3
2K votes
Death Comes to Pemberley (TV)
2013 · Movie · 180 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Daniel Percival
Cast Matthew Rhys · Anna Maxwell Martin · Jenna Coleman · Matthew Goode
Synopsis TV Miniseries (2013). Three episodes. Elizabeth and Darcy, now six years married and with two young sons, are preparing for the lavish annual ball at their magnificent Pemberley home. The unannounced arrival of Elizabeth's sister Lydia brings an abrupt and...
6.2
569 votes
6.2
569 votes
Pin Cushion
2017 · Movie · 82 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Deborah Haywood
Cast Lily Newmark · Joanna Scanlan · Loris Scarpa · Sacha Cordy-Nice
Synopsis A mother, Lyn, and a daughter, Iona, are excited for their new life in a new town. Iona makes new friends and Lyn feels left out. So Lyn also makes a new friend, Belinda. As much as Lyn and Iona...
6.2
123 votes
6.2
123 votes
Wicked Little Letters
2023 · Movie · 102 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Thea Sharrock
Cast Olivia Colman · Jessie Buckley · Anjana Vasan · Timothy Spall
Synopsis 1920s. In the seaside town of Littlehampton, the devout Edith Swan and other local residents begin to receive scandalous letters written in language as eccentric as it is obscene. Suspicion quickly falls on Rose Gooding, an impetuous neighbor who sees...
6.2
2K votes
6.2
2K votes
The Larkins (TV Series)
2021 · Series · 60 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Andy De Emmony
Cast Bradley Walsh · Joanna Scanlan · Sabrina Bartlett · Tok Stephen
Synopsis A new adaptation of the classic novel The Darling Buds of May by H.E. Bates following the warm-hearted, wheeler-dealing adventures of the iconic Larkin family in the idyllic Kent countryside.
6.1
107 votes
6.1
107 votes
Getting On (TV Series)
2013 · Series · 30 min. · United States
Direction Mark V. Olsen · Will Scheffer · Miguel Arteta · Howard Deutch
Cast Laurie Metcalf · Alex Borstein · Niecy Nash · Mark Harelik
Synopsis TV Series (2013-2015). 3 Seasons. 18 Episodes. Set in a geriatric extended care wing of a down-at-the-heels hospital, Getting On follows put-upon nurses, anxious doctors and administrators as they struggle with the darkly comic, brutally honest and quietly compassionate realities...
6.1
172 votes
6.1
172 votes
Tabby McTat
2023 · Movie · 26 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Jac Hamman · Sarah Scrimgeour
Cast Rob Brydon · Sope Dirisu · Susan Wokoma · Joanna Scanlan
Synopsis Set in London's streets, follows a musical cat and Fred, a gifted busker, and their warm, amazing friendship.
6.1
55 votes
6.1
55 votes
A Very Royal Scandal
2024 · Series · 60 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Julian Jarrold
Cast Michael Sheen · Ruth Wilson · Ian Hughes · Eanna Hardwicke
Synopsis One night. One hour. One interview that sent shockwaves around the world. Based on the 2019 royal interview between Emily Maitlis and Prince Andrew in the wake of the scandalous allegations she faced about her relationship with Jeffrey Epstein and...
5.9
145 votes
5.9
145 votes
Big School (TV Series)
2013 · Series · 30 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Tony Dow
Cast David Walliams · Catherine Tate · Philip Glenister · Frances de la Tour
Synopsis Disillusioned with teaching after 15 years, Mr Church (David Walliams, "Little Britain") is about to resign after even particularly dramatic experiments are met with apathy by his pupils. However, the arrival of the new French teacher changes everything! Miss Postern...
5.9
48 votes
5.9
48 votes
The Accident (TV Series)
2019 · Series · United Kingdom
Direction Sandra Goldbacher
Cast Sarah Lancashire · Sidse Babett Knudsen · Mark Lewis Jones · Jade Croot
Synopsis The show is set in a Welsh community after a catastrophic accident which kills many residents, including young children. It all begins when an explosion on the construction site of a much-needed and sought-after regeneration project claims the lives of...
5.9
275 votes
5.9
275 votes