Cinematography: John Metcalfe

The best movies, series, and documentaries with cinematography by John Metcalfe. Explore visually stunning titles that highlight an exceptional filmmaking.


2084 (S)

1984 · Documentary · 10 min. · France

Direction Chris Marker

Cast François Périer

Synopsis In this short film, which is about ten minutes in length, Marker critiques, from a Socialist perspective, the role of the trade union movement in France at the dawn of the era of global web economies. He argues that trade...

6.7

440 votes

6.7

440 votes

Dead on Time

1983 · Movie · 33 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Lyndall Hobbs

Cast Rowan Atkinson · Peter Bull · Jo Kendall · Nigel Hawthorne

Synopsis It tells the story of Bernard Fripp (Rowan Atkinson) a man who, on attending a routine check-up, is diagnosed by his doctor (Nigel Hawthorne) as having a rare disease leaving him only 30 minutes to live. By the time he...

5.9

27 votes

5.9

27 votes

Riders of the Storm

1986 · Movie · 110 min. · United States

Direction Maurice Phillips

Cast Dennis Hopper · Michael J. Pollard · Eugene Lipinski · Bruce Boa

Synopsis A group of Vietnam vets disturbs television programs from a B-29 airplane. They want to sabotage Mrs Westinghouse's political campaign who is running for the Senate in support of US military involvement in South America. Mrs Westinghouse orders some nuclear...

5.2

99 votes

5.2

99 votes

Rawhead Rex (RawHeadRex)

1986 · Movie · 89 min. · United Kingdom

Direction George Pavlou

Cast David Dukes · Kelly Piper · Hugh O'Conor · Cora Venus Lunny

Synopsis Ireland will never be the same after Rawhead Rex, a particularly nasty demon, is released from his underground prison by an unwitting farmer. The film follows Rex's cross country rampage, while a man struggles to stop it.

4.6

175 votes

4.6

175 votes

Xtro

1982 · Movie · 81 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Harry Bromley Davenport

Cast Philip Sayer · Bernice Stegers · Danny Brainin · Maryam d'Abo

Synopsis Tony's father Sam, abducted by aliens three years earlier, returns to earth and seeks out his wife and son, but Rachel has since been living with Joe and the reunion is awkward. Joe doesn't trust Sam, and Rachel can't quite...

4.6

638 votes

4.6

638 votes

Evil Heritage

1976 · Movie · 86 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Norman J. Warren

Cast Michael Gough · Martin Potter · Candace Glendenning · Barbara Kellerman

Synopsis Catherine is a young girl is caught up in a devil cult run by her evil uncle and cousin. She can trust no one and even people she thought were dead comes back to haunt her.

4.4

29 votes

4.4

29 votes

Inseminoid

1981 · Movie · 88 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Norman J. Warren

Cast Robin Clarke · Jennifer Ashley · Stephanie Beacham · Steven Grives

Synopsis A crew of interplanetary archaeologists is threatened when an alien creature impregnates one of their members, causing her to turn homicidal and murder them one by one.

3.3

177 votes

3.3

177 votes

Remembrance

1982 · Movie · 117 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Colin Gregg

Cast Roger Adamson · John Altman · Dawn Archibald · Sean Arnold

Synopsis A group of Devonport-based Royal Navy ratings, due to sail to America for a six-month NATO exercise, go out on the town on their last night in port, hitting Plymouth's notorious Union Street district, with violent results.

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James Joyce's Women

1985 · Movie · 88 min. · Ireland

Direction Michael Pearce

Cast Fionnula Flanagan · Chris O'Neill · Tony Lyons · James E. O'Grady

Synopsis In this tribute to James Joyce, Fionnula Flanagan gives a tour-de-force performance as a half-dozen or so women in Joyce's real and fictional worlds. When she portrays his wife Nora remembering their time together, Flanagan captures the era and the...

Not rated

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Spaced Out

1979 · Movie · 77 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Norman J. Warren

Cast Barry Stokes · Tony Maiden · Glory Annen · Ava Cadell

Synopsis Low-budget aliens (three nice-looking women and a gay computer voice-over) crash-land in England and abduct four earthlings.

Not rated

Not rated

The Supergrass

1985 · Movie · 107 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Peter Richardson

Cast Adrian Edmondson · Jennifer Saunders · Peter Richardson · Robbie Coltrane

Synopsis While taking a holiday in the country with his mother, Dennis hits on a scheme to impress a girl so that she'll go away on a trip with him as his girlfriend. Although he fails to gain any interest from...

Not rated

Not rated