Direction: Jim O'Brien

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Jim O'Brien. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


The Jewel in the Crown (TV Miniseries)

1984 · Series · 778 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Christopher Morahan · Jim O'Brien

Cast Peggy Ashcroft · Tim Pigott-Smith · Art Malik · Charles Dance

Plot A fifteen-hour adaptation of four novels by Paul Scott, collectively known as the "Raj Quartet," which describe the final years of Great Britain's colonial rule in India. The action begins...

7.4

161 votes

7.4

161 votes

Rebecca (TV)

1997 · Movie · 190 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Jim O'Brien

Cast Charles Dance · Diana Rigg · Geraldine James · Jean Anderson

Plot Rebecca is a classic tale of love and hate. Maxim De Winter marries a woman half his age only a year after his first wife, the beautiful and accomplished Rebecca,...

6.2

32 votes

6.2

32 votes

The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (TV Series)

1992 · Series · 45 min. · United States

Direction George Lucas · Carl Schultz · Simon Wincer · René Manzor

Cast Sean Patrick Flanery · George Hall · Lloyd Owen · Corey Carrier

Plot The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles was based on the Indiana Jones series of films. The series follows the Indiana Jones character (as a young boy and as a young man)...

5.2

3K votes

5.2

3K votes

The Dressmaker

1988 · Movie · 92 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Jim O'Brien

Cast Joan Plowright · Billie Whitelaw · Pete Postlethwaite · Jane Horrocks

Plot In England during World War II, a repressed dressmaker and her sister struggle looking after their 17-year-old niece, who is having a delusional affair with an American soldier.

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Foreign Affairs (TV)

1993 · Movie · 100 min. · United States

Direction Jim O'Brien

Cast Joanne Woodward · Brian Dennehy · Eric Stoltz · Stephanie Beacham

Plot Two couples find love and comfort in London. A reserved, but lonely aging American female college professor meets a self-confident, married, but disillusioned aging American and aging English actress meets...

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The Monocled Mutineer (TV Miniseries)

1986 · Movie · 310 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Jim O'Brien

Cast Paul McGann · Bill Fellows · Matthew Marsh · Anthony Calf

Plot Miniserie about Percy Toplis, who led an army mutiny during the first world war and became the most wanted man in Britain. Six decades after his death in 1920, Toplis...

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Not rated