Direction: John Mackenzie

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by John Mackenzie. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


The Long Good Friday

1980 · Movie · 114 min. · United Kingdom

Direction John Mackenzie

Cast Bob Hoskins · Helen Mirren · Eddie Constantine · Dave King

Synopsis 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 on his action, and Harold wants to know who they...

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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

Synopsis 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 odd things showing up, which might well be parts of...

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

Synopsis 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 police arrive, he is mistakenly arrested which gives the skinheads...

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

Synopsis 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 consort (Patrick Bergin) is ineffectual at aiding her despite trying...

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

Synopsis 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 President Kennedy’s assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, on live television. Stars...

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

Synopsis 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 friendships and begins an affair. All of this comes together...

5.2

562 votes

5.2

562 votes

4.8

142 votes

Quicksand

2001 · Movie · 99 min. · United Kingdom

Direction John Mackenzie

Cast Michael Keaton · Michael Caine · Judith Godrèche · Rade Serbedzija

Synopsis 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 of films. In Monaco, he meets Lela Forin (Judith Godrèche),...

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

Synopsis 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

Synopsis 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

Synopsis 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 truth behind the costumes and songs.

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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

Synopsis 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 and general ineptness had kept him from rising further in...

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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

Synopsis 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 and set design to illustrate the class differences, living habits,...

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Direction John Mackenzie

Cast Frankie Miller · Ken Hutchison · Jean Taylor Smith · Hector Nicol

Synopsis 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 tough as the old man was. One day in Jake's...

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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

Synopsis 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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Direction John Mackenzie

Cast Billy Connolly · Jon Morrison

Synopsis 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, an older man who has told his wife he's working...

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Apaches

1977 · Movie · 27 min. · United Kingdom

Direction John Mackenzie

Synopsis 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

Synopsis 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 1970s teenager. Somehow they seem to be linked through an...

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Direction Peter Duffell · Lawrence Gordon Clark · Colin Bucksey · John Mackenzie

Cast Mike Gwilym · Mick Ford · James Maxwell · Susan Wooldridge

Synopsis The cases of a disabled jockey turned private detective specializing in investigations involving horse racing.

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