Direction: Josie Rourke

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


Direction Nicholas Hytner · Marianne Elliott · Jeremy Herrin · Jonathan Kent

Cast Jodie Comer · Monica Dolan · Martin Freeman · Tamsin Greig

Synopsis Widely celebrated as Alan Bennett's masterpieces, his multi-award-winning Talking Heads return to BBC One. Filmed during lockdown under social distancing guidelines, a new generation of Britain's finest actors star in 10 of Bennett's classic scripts, alongside two brand new Talking...

7.4

78 votes

7.4

78 votes

Mary Queen of Scots

2018 · Movie · 124 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Josie Rourke

Cast Saoirse Ronan · Margot Robbie · Joe Alwyn · Jack Lowden

Synopsis The story is set during the 16th Century when Mary Stuart became Queen of France at 16, was widowed two years later, and returned to her native Scotland to reclaim her throne — while Scotland and England fall under the...

6.0

5K votes

6.0

5K votes

The Vote (TV)

2015 · Movie · 87 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Josie Rourke · Tony Grech-Smith

Cast Bhasker Patel · Llewella Gideon · Mark Gatiss · Catherine Tate

Synopsis In this live recording of a stage comedy, a U.K. polling station during the 2015 general election goes through the last hour of voting.

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The Nan Movie

2022 · Movie · 95 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Josie Rourke

Cast Catherine Tate · Mathew Horne · Katherine Parkinson · Pete Bennett

Synopsis Catherine Tate's iconic character, Nan, goes on a wild road trip from London to Ireland with her grandson Jamie (Mathew Horne) to make amends with her estranged sister Nell (Katherine Parkinson).

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Coriolanus

2014 · Movie · 192 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Josie Rourke · Tim Van Someren

Cast Tom Hiddleston · Jacqueline Boatswain · Peter De Jersey · Alfred Enoch

Synopsis When an old adversary threatens Rome, the city calls once more on her hero and defender: Coriolanus. But he has enemies at home too. Famine threatens the city, the citizens’ hunger swells to an appetite for change, and on returning...

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Direction Josie Rourke

Cast Janet McTeer · Morfydd Clark · Adjoa Andoh · Dominic West

Synopsis Marquise de Merteuil, former lover of Vicomte de Valmont, incites him to corrupt the innocent Cecile de Volanges before her wedding night, but Valmont has targeted the peerlessly virtuous and beautiful Madame de Tourvel.

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