Cast: Julie Christie

Direction David Lean

Cast Omar Sharif · Julie Christie · Geraldine Chaplin · Alec Guinness

Synopsis Based on the Nobel Prize-winning novel by Boris Pasternak, "Doctor Zhivago" covers the years prior to, during, and after the Russian Revolution, as seen through the eyes of poet/physician Yuri Zhivago (Omar Sharif). In the tradition of Russian novels, a...

Direction Kenneth Branagh

Cast Kenneth Branagh · Derek Jacobi · Kate Winslet · Julie Christie

Synopsis In Hamlet (1996), directed by Kenneth Branagh, Prince Hamlet of Denmark is devastated by his father's sudden death and his mother's hasty marriage to his uncle, Claudius. When the ghost of his father reveals he was murdered by Claudius, Hamlet...

Direction François Truffaut

Cast Julie Christie · Oskar Werner · Cyril Cusack · Anton Diffring

Synopsis In Fahrenheit 451 (1966), a dystopian future where books are banned and burned by "firemen," follows Guy Montag, a fireman who begins to question his role in suppressing knowledge. After meeting a free-spirited neighbor and witnessing a woman choose death...

Direction Joseph Losey

Cast Julie Christie · Alan Bates · Margaret Leighton · Michael Redgrave

Synopsis Summer 1900: Queen Victoria's last and the summer Leo turns 13. He's the guest of Marcus, a wealthy classmate, at a grand home in rural Norfolk. Leo is befriended by Marian, Marcus's twenty-something sister, a beauty about to be engaged...

Direction Marc Forster

Cast Johnny Depp · Kate Winslet · Freddie Highmore · Julie Christie

Synopsis Finding Neverland (2004) tells the inspiring story of playwright J.M. Barrie, who forms an unexpected friendship with a widowed mother and her four young sons. Struggling with his latest work, Barrie finds renewed creativity through the boys' imaginative adventures. Their...

Direction Ted Demme · Richard LaGravenese

Cast Martin Scorsese · Francis Ford Coppola · Robert Altman · Peter Bogdanovich

Synopsis The 1970s was an extraordinary time of rebellion, of questioning every accepted idea: political activism, hedonism, protests, the sexual revolution, the women's movement, the civil rights movement, the music revolution, rage and liberation. Every standard by which we set our...

Direction Robert Altman

Cast Ronee Blakley · Geraldine Chaplin · Barbara Harris · Keith Carradine

Synopsis Following 24 characters through 5 days in the country music capital, Robert Altman's 1975 epic presents a complexly textured portrayal (and critique) of American obsessions with celebrity and power. Among the various stars, aspirants, hangers-on, observers, and media folk are...

Direction John Schlesinger

Cast Julie Christie · Terence Stamp · Peter Finch · Alan Bates

Synopsis Based on Thomas Hardy's 19th century novel, Bathsheba Everdene (Julie Christie) is a willful, passionate girl who is never satisfied with anything less than a man's complete and helpless adoration. And she captures the lives and loves of three very...

Direction Isabel Coixet

Cast Sarah Polley · Tim Robbins · Javier Cámara · Sverre Anker Ousdal

Synopsis The Secret Life of Words (2005) follows Hanna, a reserved and solitary factory worker with a mysterious past. When she is sent to an offshore oil rig to care for Josef, a burn victim temporarily blinded, their lives intertwine in...

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...

Direction Sarah Polley

Cast Julie Christie · Gordon Pinsent · Olympia Dukakis · Wendy Crewson

Synopsis Grant (Gordon Pinsent) and Fiona (Julie Christie) have been married for decades. They have been through rough patches, but their lives are inextricably connected and their relationship seems idyllic: they share a private language and obvious affection for one another....

Direction John Schlesinger

Cast Tom Courtenay · Wilfred Pickles · Mona Washbourne · Ethel Griffies

Synopsis A lazy, irresponsible young clerk in provincial Northern England lives in his own fantasy world and makes emotionally immature decisions as he alienates friends and family.

Direction Robert Altman

Cast Warren Beatty · Julie Christie · Rene Auberjonois · William Devane

Synopsis Set in winter in the Old West. Charismatic but dumb John McCabe arrives in a young Pacific Northwest town to set up a whorehouse/tavern. The shrewd Mrs. Miller, a professional madam, arrives soon after construction begins. She offers to use...

Direction Scott Benson

Cast David Lean · Omar Sharif · Julie Christie · Rod Steiger

Synopsis Omar Sharif narrates this documentary that delves into the making of Doctor Zhivago (1965). Included are various clips from the film, and a lot of behind the scenes footage of director David Lean and stars. We also hear several stories...

Direction John Schlesinger

Cast Julie Christie · Dirk Bogarde · Laurence Harvey · Roland Curram

Synopsis Diana Scott (Julie Christie) is a young, attractive and vivacious London model who decides to climb the social ladder quickly by jumping, rather fecklessly, in and out of assorted beds. She is a reckless seeker of self caught up in...

Direction María Luisa Bemberg

Cast Julie Christie · Nacha Guevara · Eduardo Pavlovsky · Gerardo Romano

Synopsis A young British woman is hired as a governess by a wealthy Argentine family. Through her position, she slowly sees how the upper class of society is slowly crumbling, and how a fascist movement is preparing to install itself in...

Direction Wolfgang Petersen

Cast Brad Pitt · Eric Bana · Orlando Bloom · Brian Cox

Synopsis Troy (2004) is an epic tale of love, honor, and war set in ancient Greece. The story begins when Prince Paris of Troy falls in love with Helen, the queen of Sparta, and takes her to Troy, sparking a conflict...

Direction Jack Cardiff · John Ford

Cast Rod Taylor · Maggie Smith · Julie Christie · Flora Robson

Synopsis Biographical drama based on the early life of playwright Sean O'Casey, depicting his rise from the 1910 Dublin slums to the celebrated openings of his early plays. Johnny Cassidy (Rod Taylor), an impoverished idealist whose ambitions are restricted by the...

Direction Nicolas Roeg

Cast Donald Sutherland · Julie Christie · Hilary Mason · Renato Scarpa

Synopsis Architect John Baxter is moments too late to save his daughter Christine as she accidentally drowns in a stream on his English country estate. Afterwards, John takes up a restoration job on a cathedral in Venice so that he and...

Direction James Ivory

Cast Julie Christie · Greta Scacchi · Julian Glover · Susan Fleetwood

Synopsis Anne is investigating the life of her grand-aunt Olivia, whose destiny has always been shrouded with scandal. The search leads back to the early 1920s, when Olivia, recently married to Douglas, a civil servant in the colonial administration, comes to...