Direction: Charles Jarrott

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


Anne of the Thousand Days

1969 · Movie · 145 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Charles Jarrott

Cast Richard Burton · Geneviève Bujold · Irene Papas · Michael Hordern

Synopsis Henry VIII of England discards one wife Katharine of Aragon, who has failed to produce a male heir, in favor of a young and beautiful woman, Anne Boleyn, whose one-thousand-day reign as Queen of England ends with the loss of...

6.9

802 votes

6.9

802 votes

Mary, Queen of Scots

1971 · Movie · 126 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Charles Jarrott

Cast Vanessa Redgrave · Glenda Jackson · Patrick McGoohan · Timothy Dalton

Synopsis Mary, Queen of Scot's half-brother and Queen Elizabeth of England plot against her because she has polarized the english population, a portion of whom embrace the "true" roman Catholic religion. Meanwhile, Mary Stewart's exiled cabinet of Lords hatch their own...

6.6

320 votes

6.6

320 votes

The Other Side of Midnight

1977 · Movie · 165 min. · United States

Direction Charles Jarrott

Cast Marie-France Pisier · John Beck · Susan Sarandon · Raf Vallone

Synopsis Beautiful Noelle Page meets dashing WWII American pilot Larry Douglas in France and falls in love. She expects him to marry her, but instead Larry abandons her. In the United States, successful Catherine Alexander meets Larry Douglas and they marry....

6.1

115 votes

6.1

115 votes

Direction Charles Jarrott

Cast Farrah Fawcett · David Ackroyd · Stéphane Audran · Amadeus August

Synopsis The true story of one of the richest women in America - heiress to the Woolworth fortune. She had vast wealth and seven husbands, but never found lasting love.

5.7

40 votes

5.7

40 votes

Lost Horizon

1973 · Movie · 150 min. · United States

Direction Charles Jarrott

Cast Peter Finch · Liv Ullmann · Sally Kellerman · George Kennedy

Synopsis This retelling of the classic tale of James Hilton's Utopian lost world plays out uneasily amid musical production numbers and Bacharach pop music. While escaping war-torn China, a group of Europeans crash in the Himalayas, where they are rescued and...

5.3

136 votes

5.3

136 votes

The Amateur

1981 · Movie · 112 min. · Canada

Direction Charles Jarrott

Cast John Savage · Christopher Plummer · Marthe Keller · Arthur Hill

Synopsis The girlfriend of a CIA computer expert is brutally murdered. Her boyfriend then decides to doggedly hunt down her killer.

5.2

86 votes

5.2

86 votes

Night of the Fox (TV Miniseries)

1990 · Series · 200 min. · United States

Direction Charles Jarrott

Cast George Peppard · Michael York · Deborah Raffin · John Mills

Synopsis An American officer on a Landing Craft carrying plans for the Allied invasion of Europe in Normandy takes part on landing maneuvers, his craft was attacked and sunk by German EBoats. and he finds himself on German occupied Jersey Islands....

5.1

81 votes

5.1

81 votes

Direction Charles Jarrott

Cast Jack Palance · Denholm Elliott · Leo Genn · Torin Thatcher

Synopsis This made-for-television adaptation doesn't waste time with preliminaries. Within 15 minutes of its opening, Dr. Henry Jekyll has already experimented on himself with a concoction that he'd hoped would neutralize his baser instincts but which releases without inhibition his long-repressed...

5.1

34 votes

5.1

34 votes

The Boy in Blue

1986 · Movie · 100 min. · United States

Direction Charles Jarrott

Cast Nicolas Cage · Cynthia Dale · Christopher Plummer · David Naughton

Synopsis Based on the life of Ned Hanlan, the late-19th century Canadian sculler and world champion. Hanlan was one of the first scullers to successfully utilize the "sliding seat."

5.1

102 votes

5.1

102 votes

Condorman

1981 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

Direction Charles Jarrott

Cast Michael Crawford · Oliver Reed · Barbara Carrera · James Hampton

Synopsis Woody Wilkins, an inventive comic book writer, turns into a bumbling spy and is catapulted on a jet-setting trip around the world as Condorman, the comic book hero he created. The problems - and the hilarity - start when Woody...

5.0

715 votes

5.0

715 votes

Direction Charles Jarrott

Cast Oksana Baiul · Monica Keena · Miguel Ferrer · Susanna Thompson

Synopsis True life story of Oksana Baiul, overcoming tremendous obstacles to achieve her dream of winning an Olympic gold medal in figure skating.

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The Christmas List (TV)

1997 · Movie · 96 min. · United States

Direction Charles Jarrott

Cast Mimi Rogers · Rob Stewart · Stella Stevens · Bill Switzer

Synopsis Perfume saleslady Melody Parris feels like her life is in neutral. Her stick-in-the mud boyfriend won't commit and she gets passed over for a promotion at the store where she works. She decides to make a Christmas list. After it's...

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Tea Party (TV)

1965 · Movie · 75 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Charles Jarrott

Cast Leo McKern · Vivien Merchant · Jennifer Wright · John Le Mesurier

Synopsis A self-made millionaire of humble origins acquires a new secretary just before he is due to marry a woman of aristocratic lineage. He also starts to suffer mysterious problems with his eyesight and slowly becomes delusional.

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Turn of Faith

2002 · Movie · 96 min. · United States

Direction Charles Jarrott

Cast Ray 'Boom Boom' Mancini · Mia Sara · Costas Mandylor · Alan Gelfant

Synopsis The story of three friends who grew up in the same tough neighborhood and chose three very different paths. Joey became a cop, Frank became a priest, and Bobby went into the family business. No matter what happened, their loyalty...

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The Littlest Horse Thieves

1976 · Movie · 104 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Charles Jarrott

Cast Alastair Sim · Peter Barkworth · Maurice Colbourne · Susan Tebbs

Synopsis When the owner of a Yorkshire coal-mine decides to mechanize to increase profits, the mine's pit ponies are scheduled to be destroyed. So, three children plan to steal them to keep them safe. But when they're caught, it's up to...

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At the Midnight Hour (TV)

1995 · Movie · 87 min. · Germany

Direction Charles Jarrott

Cast Patsy Kensit · Keegan MacIntosh · Cynthia Dale · Lindsay Merrithew

Synopsis Wealthy widower Richard Keaton engages young widow Elizabeth 'Liz' Guinness as the 4th consecutive nanny for his pre-teen, equally science-devoted son Andrew, with instructions to disturb neither. She learns of mother Alycia's fatal fall, an official suicide but was probably...

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Male of the Species (TV)

1969 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

Direction Charles Jarrott

Cast Paul Scofield · Michael Caine · Anna Calder-Marshall · Sean Connery

Synopsis Never trust a man whoever he is. This is the bitter lesson learned by Mary MacNeil in her relationships with three different men: her father, a mendacious womaniser; a smooth-talking office flirt, Cornelius; and an elderly barrister, Emlyn, who is...

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