Direction: Hugh Hudson

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


Chariots of Fire

1981 · Movie · 123 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Hugh Hudson

Cast Ben Cross · Ian Charleson · Nigel Havers · Cheryl Campbell

Plot This is the true story of two British track athletes competing in the 1924 Summer Olympics. One is a devout Scottish missionary who runs for God, the other is a...

7.1

30K votes

7.1

30K votes

Lumière and Company

1995 · Documentary · 88 min. · France

Direction Abbas Kiarostami · Hugh Hudson · David Lynch · John Boorman

Cast Romane Bohringer · Pascal Duquenne · Bruno Ganz · Neil Jordan

Plot In celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Lumière brothers' first films, filmmakers Sarah Moon and Philippe Poulet challenged 39 renowned international directors to each complete a 52-second film using...

6.2

813 votes

6.2

813 votes

My Life so Far

1999 · Movie · 94 min. · United Kingdom

5.9

158 votes

5.9

158 votes

Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes

1984 · Movie · 129 min. · United States

Direction Hugh Hudson

Cast Christopher Lambert · Andie MacDowell · Ralph Richardson · James Fox

Plot A shipping disaster in 1886 has stranded a man and woman in the wilds of Africa. The lady is pregnant, and gives birth to a son in their tree house....

5.9

7K votes

5.9

7K votes

Revolution

1985 · Movie · 125 min. · United States

Direction Hugh Hudson

Cast Al Pacino · Dexter Fletcher · Nastassja Kinski · Donald Sutherland

Plot New York trapper Tom Dobb becomes an unwilling participant in the American Revolution after his son Ned is drafted into the Army by the villainous Sergeant Major Peasy. Tom attempts...

5.7

1K votes

5.7

1K votes

Finding Altamira

2016 · Movie · 90 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Hugh Hudson

Cast Antonio Banderas · Rupert Everett · Golshifteh Farahani · Pierre Niney

Plot Year 1879. Amidst the green hills, snow-capped peaks and dramatic coastline of Northern Spain, nine year old Maria Sautuola, and her father, Marcelino (Antonio Banderas), an amateur archaeologist, discover something...

5.1

2K votes

5.1

2K votes

Lost Angels

1989 · Movie · 116 min. · United States

Direction Hugh Hudson

Cast Donald Sutherland · Adam Horovitz · Amy Locane · Don Bloomfield

Plot Tim Doolan (Adam Horovitz) hates his parents. His father (Graham Beckel) is an absentee ex-cop, and his mother (Celia Weston) is a simpering upper middle class socialite who has recently...

4.9

75 votes

4.9

75 votes

I Dreamed of Africa

2000 · Movie · 112 min. · United States

Direction Hugh Hudson

Cast Kim Basinger · Vincent Pérez · Eva Marie Saint · Liam Aiken

Plot Kuki, a divorced Italian socialite, changes her life after a serious car crash. She accepts a marriage proposal from Paolo Gallmann, a man she doesn't know well, and she moves...

4.7

2K votes

4.7

2K votes

Fangio: A Life at 300 an Hour

1980 · Documentary · min. · Italy

Direction Hugh Hudson

Cast Juan Manuel Fangio

Plot A documentary of Fangio's life with his own testimony.

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The King of Ads

1991 · Documentary · 74 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Jean-Marie Boursicot · Ricardo Albiñana · Jean-Jacques Annaud · Dario Argento

Cast Grace Jones · Vanessa Paradis · Emmanuelle Seigner

Plot A collection of European T.V. commercials directed by a variety of well-known directors from across Europe and the U.S. Compiled and produced by Jean-Marie Boursicot.

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Not rated

The Tortoise and the Hare (S)

1967 · Movie · 38 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Hugh Hudson

Cast Liz Allsop · Gino Gottarelli · Lucy Hornak

Plot La Fontaine's fable updated, with an E-type Jaguar as the hare and a double trailer goods lorry as the tortoise, on the Autostrada del Sole. The dual purpose of the...

Not rated

Not rated

Design for Today (S)

1965 · Documentary · 15 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Hugh Hudson

Plot A musical celebration of British innovations within a typical home.

Not rated

Not rated