Cast: John Hurt

Direction Nicolas Brown · Mark Flowers · Tom Hugh-Jones · Tuppence Stone

Cast John Hurt

Synopsis Human Planet is an 8-part British television documentary series. Like all life forms, humanity partially adapts to types of natural environment, yet also tends to change them. Each episode examines how life differs for men and nature in some type...

Direction Herbert Wise

Cast Derek Jacobi · Sian Phillips · John Hurt · George Baker

Synopsis The I, Claudius (TV Miniseries) (1976) follows the life of Claudius, the stammering, lame scholar of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, who survives the treacherous politics of ancient Rome to become emperor. Told through his perspective, the story reveals the brutal machinations...

Direction David Lynch

Cast Anthony Hopkins · John Hurt · Anne Bancroft · John Gielgud

Synopsis The Elephant Man (1980) tells the poignant story of John Merrick, a severely disfigured man living in 19th-century London. Discovered in a sideshow by Dr. Frederick Treves, Merrick is brought to a hospital for study and care. As Treves and...

Direction Ridley Scott

Cast Sigourney Weaver · John Hurt · Yaphet Kotto · Tom Skerritt

Synopsis When commercial towing vehicle Nostromo, heading back to Earth, intercepts an SoS signal from a nearby unexplored planet, the crew are under obligation to investigate. After a bad landing on the planet, some crew members leave the ship to explore...

Direction Nick Hurran

Cast Matt Smith · David Tennant · John Hurt · Jenna Coleman

Synopsis A special episode of the British science fiction TV Series "Doctor Who." On the last day of the Time War, a man who refuses to call himself “The Doctor” is faced with an appalling choice: in order to end the...

Direction Alan Parker

Cast Brad Davis · John Hurt · Bo Hopkins · Irene Miracle

Synopsis Based on William Hayes's autobiography, MIDNIGHT EXPRESS tells the harrowing story of a young American tourist arrested and sentenced to 30 years in prison by Turkish authorities for trying to smuggle two kilos of hashish out of the country. Billy...

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...

Direction Charles de Lauzirika

Cast Bolaji Badejo · Martin Bower · Gordon Carroll · Veronica Cartwright

Synopsis This made-for-DVD documentary treats horror and science fiction film fans to a behind-the-scenes look at the making of Alien, the terrifying classic about a spaceship crew trapped with a hideous monster that's hunting them one by one. Features interviews with...

Direction James McTeigue

Cast Natalie Portman · Hugo Weaving · Stephen Rea · John Hurt

Synopsis In V for Vendetta (2005), a masked vigilante known only as "V" emerges in a dystopian, totalitarian Britain. With a flair for theatrics and a thirst for justice, V embarks on a mission to overthrow the oppressive regime that controls...

Direction Fred Zinnemann

Cast Paul Scofield · Wendy Hiller · Leo McKern · Robert Shaw

Synopsis A Man for All Seasons (1966) tells the story of Sir Thomas More, a devout Catholic and respected statesman in 16th-century England. When King Henry VIII seeks to divorce his wife and break from the Catholic Church, More refuses to...

Direction Lars von Trier

Cast Bryce Dallas Howard · Isaach de Bankole · Danny Glover · Willem Dafoe

Synopsis In Manderlay (2005), a young woman named Grace arrives at a secluded plantation in 1930s Alabama, where she discovers an anachronistic society still practicing slavery decades after its abolition. Shocked by the injustice, she intervenes to liberate the oppressed residents,...

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...

Direction Nigel Paterson

Cast John Hurt

Direction Jim Sheridan

Cast Richard Harris · John Hurt · Sean Bean · Jenny Conroy

Synopsis "Bull" McCabe's family has farmed a field for generations, sacrificing endlessly for the sake of the land. And when the widow who owns the field decides to sell the field in a public auction, McCabe knows that he must own...

Direction Richard Fleischer

Cast Richard Attenborough · Judy Geeson · John Hurt · Pat Heywood

Synopsis London, 1949. John Christie is an unassuming, middle aged man who, along with his wife Ethel, manages the apartment building at 10 Rillington Place. His unassuming demeanor masks the fact of being a serial killer. His modus operandi is to...

Direction Jack Gold

Cast John Hurt · Liz Gebhardt · Patricia Hodge · Stanley Lebor

Synopsis The life and times of Quentin Crisp, an outrageous and flamboyant homosexual, coming of age and growing into old age in conservative England.

Direction Michael Caton-Jones

Cast John Hurt · Hugh Dancy · Dominique Horwitz · Clare-Hope Ashitey

Synopsis JOE CONNOR (Hugh Dancy), charismatic and idealistic, is a young man taking a year out. While his friends are backpacking around India or lying on a beach in Thailand, Joe has chosen a "real" experience - teaching in a Rwandan...

Direction Kiefer Sutherland · Brad Mirman

Cast Kiefer Sutherland · John Hurt · Rebecca Brooksher · Sebastian Beacon

Synopsis Online Series (2011). 10 Episodes. A unique story of redemption and an exploration of good and evil featuring a hit man and a priest.

Direction David Yates

Cast Daniel Radcliffe · Emma Watson · Rupert Grint · Alan Rickman

Synopsis Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II (2011) follows Harry, Ron, and Hermione as they continue their quest to defeat the dark wizard Voldemort. The trio seeks the remaining Horcruxes, objects containing fragments of Voldemort's soul, to weaken him....

Direction Saul Metzstein

Cast Paul McGann · Clare Higgins · Emma Campbell-Jones · John Hurt

Synopsis An unexpected return - leading to The Day of the Doctor and the 50th Anniversary. The Doctor attempts to rescue a female pilot who is crashing into the surface of Karn. However, she refuses his help when she finds out...