Direction: John Mackenzie
The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by John Mackenzie. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.
Titles found: 26
The Long Good Friday
1980 · Movie · 114 min. · United Kingdom
Direction John Mackenzie
Cast Bob Hoskins · Helen Mirren · Eddie Constantine · Dave King
Plot Harold, a prosperous English gangster, is about to close a lucrative new deal when bombs start showing up in very inconvenient places. A mysterious syndicate is trying to muscle in...
6.8
1K votes
6.8
1K votes
The Fourth Protocol
1987 · Movie · 119 min. · United Kingdom
Direction John Mackenzie
Cast Pierce Brosnan · Michael Caine · Joanna Cassidy · Ned Beatty
Plot Caine plays a senior British administrator who is part of the intelligence establishment. When his findings offend his superiors he is reassigned to a customs post. While there he finds...
6.4
4K votes
6.4
4K votes
The Infiltrator (TV)
1995 · Movie · 92 min. · United States
Direction John Mackenzie
Cast Oliver Platt · Arliss Howard · Tony Haygarth · Michael Byrne
Plot Yaron Svoray is a Jewish freelance reporter who goes to Germany to write an article about neonazism. While visiting a Turkish refugee camp a gang of skinheads attack. When the...
6.0
26 votes
6.0
26 votes
When the Sky Falls
2000 · Movie · 107 min. · United Kingdom
Direction John Mackenzie
Cast Joan Allen · Patrick Bergin · Liam Cunningham · Pete Postlethwaite
Plot Fact-based story about Irish crime-investigating reporter Sinead Hamilton (Joan Allen), who invaded the Irish underworld and attempted to expose the illegitimate activities she found. Hampered by the sytem, a police...
5.3
100 votes
5.3
100 votes
Ruby
1992 · Movie · 100 min. · United States
Direction John Mackenzie
Cast Danny Aiello · Sherilyn Fenn · Arliss Howard · Tobin Bell
Plot The Mafia needed a patsy. The CIA needed a pawn. And the conspiracy needed a killer. They found it all in Jack Ruby, the Dallas strip club owner who murdered...
5.3
136 votes
5.3
136 votes
Beyond the Limit
1983 · Movie · 103 min. · United Kingdom
Direction John Mackenzie
Cast Richard Gere · Michael Caine · Bob Hoskins · Elpidia Carrillo
Plot Dr. Eduardo Plarr, despite the name is an Anglo working in a Latin American country. His work is a return home after several years. He begins to form and re-establish...
5.2
562 votes
5.2
562 votes
The Last of the Finest
1990 · Movie · 106 min. · United States
Direction John Mackenzie
Cast Brian Dennehy · Joe Pantoliano · Jeff Fahey · Bill Paxton
4.8
142 votes
4.8
142 votes
Quicksand
2001 · Movie · 99 min. · United Kingdom
Direction John Mackenzie
Cast Michael Keaton · Michael Caine · Judith Godrèche · Rade Serbedzija
Plot Jake Mellows (Michael Keaton) is a divorced American banker sent to Monaco to investigate the possibility of laundering of money. Apparently the laundry of money was made through the production...
4.7
316 votes
4.7
316 votes
Act of Vengeance (TV)
1986 · Movie · 95 min. · United States
Direction John Mackenzie
Cast Charles Bronson · Ellen Burstyn · Wilford Brimley · Hoyt Axton
Plot In 1969, an administrator runs against the corrupt president of the United Coal Miners Union, and becomes the target of a murder plot.
4.5
41 votes
4.5
41 votes
A Sense of Freedom
1979 · Movie · 81 min. · United Kingdom
Direction John Mackenzie
Cast David Hayman · Jake D'Arcy · Sean Scanlan · Alex Norton
Plot The life and imprisonment of Glasgow hard man and gangster Jimmy Boyle.
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Just Another Saturday (TV)
1975 · Movie · 77 min. · United Kingdom
Direction John Mackenzie
Cast Jon Morrison · Eileen McCallum · Bill Henderson · Ken Hutchison
Plot It's the day of the Orange Parade in Glasgow, but for Jon, the thrill of leading the parade and swinging the mace soon turns to horror as he learns the...
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Aldrich Ames: Traitor Within (TV)
1998 · Movie · 100 min. · United States
Direction John Mackenzie
Cast Timothy Hutton · Joan Plowright · Elizabeth Peña · C. David Johnson
Plot Fact-based story about a 90's espionage case that was chronicled as the worst case of espionage in US history. Aldrich Ames was a middle-class CIA agent, whose problems with alcohol...
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Deadly Voyage (TV)
1996 · Movie · 90 min. · United States
Direction John Mackenzie
Cast Omar Epps · Joss Ackland · Sean Pertwee · David Suchet
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Country Matters (TV Series)
1972 · Series · 60 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Donald McWhinnie · Barry Davis · David Giles · Peter Wood
Cast Peter Firth · Ian McKellen · Prunella Ransome · Stephan Chase
Plot TV Series (1972-1973). 2 Seasons, 13 Episodes. Country Matters portrays several romance stories, set in rural England just after the first World War. Each episode provides accurate and fascinating costume...
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Play for Today: Just a boys' game (TV)
1979 · Movie · 71 min. · United Kingdom
Direction John Mackenzie
Cast Frankie Miller · Ken Hutchison · Jean Taylor Smith · Hector Nicol
Plot Jake lives in the shadow of his dying grandfather, who was once the town's toughest hard man. Despite their hatred of each other, Jake's sole aim is to be as...
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Unman, Wittering and Zigo
1971 · Movie · 102 min. · United Kingdom
Direction John Mackenzie
Cast David Hemmings · Douglas Wilmer · Tony Haygarth · Carolyn Seymour
Plot A new school teacher learns that the previous teacher was killed by his pupils, and he fears the same will happen to him.
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Play for Today: The elephants' graveyard (TV)
1976 · Movie · 48 min. · United Kingdom
Direction John Mackenzie
Cast Billy Connolly · Jon Morrison
Plot Bunny has told his wife he is working as a postman, but in fact is wandering the hills all day, wondering why he doesn't want to work. He meets Jody,...
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Apaches
1977 · Movie · 27 min. · United Kingdom
Direction John Mackenzie
Plot A group of children play at being "Apaches" on an English farm, ignoring all safety precautions. One by one they die a variety of gruesome deaths.
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Play for Today: Red Shift (TV)
1978 · Movie · 84 min. · United Kingdom
Direction John Mackenzie
Cast Stephen Petcher · Lesley Dunlop · Stella Tanner · Bernard Gallagher
Plot Three men at three different times in history come to Mow Cop Hill in search of sanctuary from their troubles: a Roman soldier, an English Civil War rebel and a...
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The Dick Francis Thriller: The Racing Game
1979 · Series · 309 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Peter Duffell · Lawrence Gordon Clark · Colin Bucksey · John Mackenzie
Cast Mike Gwilym · Mick Ford · James Maxwell · Susan Wooldridge
Plot The cases of a disabled jockey turned private detective specializing in investigations involving horse racing.
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