Movies Starring John Hurt
44 Inch Chest
Ray Winstone, Ian McShane, John Hurt, Tom Wilkinson, Stephen Dillane, Joanne Whalley, Melvil Poupaud, Steven Berkoff, Edna Doré, Andy de la Tour, Derek Lea, Ramon Christian, Dave Legeno
DIRECTOR:Malcolm Venville
Colin is in agony, shattered by his wife's infidelity. However, he has friends who do more than stand by — they kidnap the wife's French lover and hold him prisoner so that Colin can restore his manhood with revenge. A kangaroo court takes place and as the situation escalates Loverboy's life hangs in the balance as Colin wrestles with revenge, remorse, grief and self pity, all the while egged on by his motley crew of friends who just want him to get on with it so they can get down the pub.
The Limits of Control
For every way in, there is another way out.
Isaach De Bankolé, Alex Descas, Jean-François Stévenin, Óscar Jaenada, Luis Tosar, Paz de la Huerta, Tilda Swinton, Youki Kudoh, John Hurt, Gael García Bernal, Hiam Abbass, Bill Murray, Héctor Colomé, María Isasi, Norma Yessenia Paladines
DIRECTOR:The story of a mysterious loner, a stranger in the process of completing a criminal job.
Outlander
James Caviezel, Sophia Myles, Jack Huston, Ron Perlman, John Hurt, John Beale, Matt Cooke, Aidan Devine, Michael Fox, J. William Grantham, Craig Harris, Ricardo Hoyos, Ted Ludzik, Bailey Maughan, Liam McNamara
DIRECTOR:Howard McCain
During the reign of the Vikings, Kainan (Caviezel), a man from a far-off world, crash lands on Earth, bringing with him an alien predator known as the Moorwen. Though both man and monster are seeking revenge for violence committed against them, Kainan leads the alliance to kill the Moorwen by fusing his advanced technology with the Viking's Iron Age weaponry.
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Saving the world is a hell of a job
Ron Perlman, Selma Blair, Doug Jones, James Dodd, Jeffrey Tambor, Luke Goss, Anna Walton, John Hurt, John Alexander, Roy Dotrice, Ferenc Elek, Brian Herring, Iván Kamarás, Seth MacFarlane, Sandor Istvan Nagy
DIRECTOR:The mythical world starts a rebellion against humanity in order to rule the Earth, so as Hellboy and his team returns they must save the world from the rebellious creatures. Now, as the creatures who inhabit the spiritual realm gear-up for an all out attack on the human plane, the only one capable of saving the Earth is a tough-talking hellspawn rejected by both worlds.
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Harrison Ford, Cate Blanchett, Karen Allen, Shia LaBeouf, Ray Winstone, John Hurt, Jim Broadbent, Igor Jijikine, Dimitri Diatchenko, Ilia Volokh, Emmanuel Todorov, Pavel Lychnikoff, Andrew Divoff, Venya Manzyuk, Alan Dale
DIRECTOR:During the Cold War, Soviet agents watch Professor Henry Jones when a young man brings him a coded message from an aged, demented colleague, Henry Oxley. Led by the brilliant Irina Spalko, the Soviets tail Jones and the young man, Mutt, to Peru. With Oxley's code, they find a legendary skull made of a single piece of quartz. If Jones can deliver the skull to its rightful place, all may be well; but if Irina takes it to its origin, she'll gain powers that could endanger the West. Aging professor and young buck join forces with a woman from Jones's past to face the dangers of the jungle, Russia, and the supernatural.
The Oxford Murders
John Hurt, Elijah Wood, Leonor Watling, Julie Cox, Burn Gorman, Anna Massey, Jim Carter, Alan David, Dominique Pinon, Tim Wallers, James Weber-Brown, Ian East, Charlotte Asprey, Alex Cox, Tom Frederic
DIRECTOR:Álex de la Iglesia
At Oxford University, a professor and a grad student work together to try and stop a potential series of murders seemingly linked by mathematical symbols.
Hellboy Animated: Blood and Iron
Ron Perlman, Selma Blair, John Hurt, Doug Jones, Peri Gilpin, J. Grant Albrecht, Jim Cummings, Rob Paulsen, James Arnold Taylor, Grey DeLisle, Dee Dee Rescher, Kath Soucie, Cree Summer
DIRECTOR:In 1939, young Professor Bruttenholm destroyed Erzsebet Ondrushko, a female vampire who bathed in the blood of innocents to stay young. Now someone in upstate New York is trying to bring her back, and the elderly Professor Broom has decided to investigate it himself. He takes the top BPRD agents, Hellboy, Liz Sherman and Abe Sapien, who are more worried about his welfare than the return of any vampire. Their tune changes when they face a horde of ghosts, a phantom wolf pack, witches, harpies, a giant werewolf and Erzsebet herself. Hellboy ends up battling the Queen of Witches, the goddess Hecate, who wants him to embrace his true destiny, a destiny that includes the destruction of mankind.
Short Order
Life is a buffet
Emma de Caunes, Rade Serbedzija, Cosma Shiva Hagen, Jack Dee, Paul Kaye, Vanessa Redgrave, John Hurt, Paschal Friel, Tatiana Ouliankina, Vincent Fegan, Tommy O'Neill, Jon Polito, Eamonn Hunt, Frédéric Andrau
DIRECTOR:Anthony Byrne
SHORT ORDER tells a story so vibrantly sumptuous each still could be served as its own meal. Amidst the quaint Parisian street night, Fifi Koko runs a petty short order diner. Although her name is famous in chef circles she has placed her uncanny culinary skills on the back burner as she falls prey to an existential quagmire that fears her talent shall not overcome the expectations her reputation has sown. The late hours play out as Fifi must face her talent and unrequited love for a friend, while a collective stream of colorful creatures of the night make through Fifi's consciousness to feed her with temptation, insight, and humor on the path of her life-defining decision.
The Proposition
This land will be civilized.
Tom Budge, Guy Pearce, Emily Watson, Ray Winstone, David Wenham, John Hurt, Richard Wilson, Robert Morgan
DIRECTOR:Rural Australia in the late nineteenth century: Capt. Stanley and his men capture two of the four Burns brothers, Charlie and Mike. Their gang is held responsible for attacking the Hopkins farm, raping pregnant Mrs. Hopkins and murdering the whole family. Arthur Burns, the eldest brother and the gang's mastermind, remains at large has and has retreated to a mountain hideout. Capt. Stanley's proposition to Charlie is to gain pardon and - more importantly - save his beloved younger brother Mike from the gallows by finding and killing Arthur within nine days.
The Skeleton Key
It can open any door.
Kate Hudson, Gena Rowlands, John Hurt, Peter Sarsgaard, Joy Bryant, Maxine Barnett, Fahnlohnee R. Harris, Marion Zinser, Deneen Tyler, Ann Dalrymple, Trula M. Marcus, Tonya Staten, Thomas Uskali, Jen Apgar, Forrest Landis
DIRECTOR:A young woman helping care for an invalid in New Orleans finds herself caught in the middle of morbid going-ons centered around a group of Hoodoo (Not Voodoo, it's different. Hoodoo is an old African American magic that only works if you believe in it.) practitioners.
V for Vendetta
Remember, remember the 5th of November, the gun powder treason and plot. I know of no reason why the gun powder treason should ever be forgot.
Natalie Portman, Hugo Weaving, Stephen Rea, Stephen Fry, John Hurt, Tim Pigott-Smith, Rupert Graves, Roger Allam, Ben Miles, Sinéad Cusack, Natasha Wightman, John Standing, Eddie Marsan, Clive Ashborn, Emma Field-Rayner
DIRECTOR:The futuristic tale unfolds in a Great Britain that's a fascist state. A freedom fighter known as V (Weaving) uses terrorist tactics to fight the oppressive society. He rescues a young woman (Portman) from the secret police, and she becomes his unlikely ally.
Valiant
Some pigeons eat crumbs, others make history.
Ewan McGregor, Ricky Gervais, Tim Curry, John Hurt, Jim Broadbent, Hugh Laurie, Pip Torrens, Rik Mayall, Olivia Williams, Jonathan Ross, Brian Lonsdale, Dan Roberts, Michael Schlingmann, Sharon Horgan
DIRECTOR:Gary Chapman
The animated comedy tells the story of a lowly wood pigeon named Valiant, who overcomes his small size to become a hero in Great Britain's Royal Air Force Homing Pigeon Service during World War II. The RHPS advanced the Allied cause by flying vital messages about enemy movements across the English Channel, whilst evading brutal attacks by the enemy's Falcon Brigade.
Hellboy
From the Dark Side to Our Side
Selma Blair, Ron Perlman, John Hurt, Corey Johnson, Doug Jones, Rupert Evans, Karel Roden, Jeffrey Tambor, Brian Steele, Ladislav Beran, Biddy Hodson, Kevin Trainor, Brian Caspe, James Babson, Stephen Fisher
DIRECTOR:In the final days of World War II, the Nazis attempt to use black magic to aid their dying cause. The Allies raid the camp where the ceremony is taking place, but not before a demon - Hellboy - has already been conjured. Joining the Allied forces, Hellboy eventually grows to adulthood, serving the cause of good rather than evil.
Owning Mahowny
To some it's a game. To others it's a habit. But to Dan Mahowny -- beating the odds is everything
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Minnie Driver, John Hurt, Maury Chaykin, Ian Tracey, Sonja Smits, K.C. Collins, Jason Blicker, Vince Corazza, Roger Dunn, Eric Fink, Mike 'Nug' Nahrgang, Brona Brown, Philip Craig
DIRECTOR:Richard Kwietniowski
Based on the true story of a Toronto bank manager, Dan Mahowny is addicted to gambling. Horses and sports are only a few of his interests. Eventually, he creates dummy accounts at his bank and uses that money to fly to Atlantic City to gamble. He seems to get little joy from winning and his addiction is such that he is unable to stop in any event. Even if he wins huge amounts - which he does - he simply continues to play until he has lost it all. It's a frighteningly lonely experience that cannot include friends or anyone else around him. In the end, his hours and hours at the tables give him nothing and as his embezzlement catches up to him, he is arrested and sent to jail.
Dogville
A quiet little town not far from here.
Nicole Kidman, Harriet Andersson, Lauren Bacall, Jean-Marc Barr, Paul Bettany, Blair Brown, James Caan, Patricia Clarkson, Jeremy Davies, Ben Gazzara, Philip Baker Hall, Thom Hoffman, Siobhan Fallon, John Hurt, Zeljko Ivanek
DIRECTOR:The beautiful fugitive, Grace (Nicole Kidman), arrives in the isolated township of Dogville on the run from a team of gangsters. With some encouragement from Tom (Paul Bettany), the self-appointed town spokesman, the little community agrees to hide her and in return, Grace agrees to work for them. However, when a search sets in, the people of Dogville demand a better deal in exchange for the risk of harbouring poor Grace and she learns the hard way that in this town, goodness is relative. But Grace has a secret and it is a dangerous one. Dogville may regret it ever began to bare its teeth...
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
Nicolas Cage, Penélope Cruz, John Hurt, Christian Bale, Irene Papas, Gerasimos Skiadaressis, Aspasia Kralli, Michael Yannatos, Dimitris Kaberidis, Pietro Sarubbi, Viki Maragaki, Joanna-Daria Adraktas, Ira Tavlaridis, Katerina Didaskalu, Emilios Chilakis
DIRECTOR:The idyllic beauty of Greece's Mediterranean coast has been invaded by Italy, bringing legions of soldiers to the once tranquil island of Cephallonia. Captain Antonio Corelli, an officer with an irrepressibly jovial personality and passion for the mandolin, initially alienates a number of the villagers, including Pelagia. The daughter of the village doctor, Pelagia is an educated and strong-willed woman, and while at first offended by the Italian soldier's behavior, she slowly warms to his certain charms as they are forced to share her father's home. When Pelagia's fiancee, a local fisherman, heads off to war, the friendship between Antonio and Pelagia grows even stronger. Her beauty and intelligence have captured his heart, and his fondness for the village's vibrant community causes him to question his reasons for fighting. Antonio becomes a part of the lives of the villagers, but the moment is fleeting. As the war grows ever closer, Antonio and Pelagia are forced to choose between their allegiance to their countries and the love they feel for one another-a love which must overcome tremendous odds, and endure the inevitable sacrifice which accompanies eternal devotion.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Let The Magic Begin.
John Cleese, Alan Rickman, Daniel Radcliffe, Robbie Coltrane, Richard Harris, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Warwick Davis, Ian Hart, Maggie Smith, Saunders Triplets, Fiona Shaw, Harry Melling, Richard Griffiths, Derek Deadman, Ben Borowiecki, Verne Troyer, John Hurt, Richard Bremmer
DIRECTOR:Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone is the first film in the Harry Potter series based off the novels by J.K. Rowling. It is the tale of Harry Potter, an ordinary 11-year-old boy serving as a sort of slave for his aunt and uncle who learns that he is actually a wizard and has been invited to attend the Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry. Harry is snatched away from his mundane existence by Hagrid, the grounds keeper for Hogwarts, and quickly thrown into a world completely foreign to both him and the viewer. Famous for an incident that happened at his birth, Harry makes friends easily at his new school. He soon finds, however, that the wizarding world is far more dangerous for him than he would have imagined, and he quickly learns that not all wizards are ones to be trusted.
Rob Roy
Honor made him a man. Courage made him a hero. History made him a Legend
Liam Neeson, Jessica Lange, John Hurt, Tim Roth, Eric Stoltz, Andrew Keir, Brian Cox, Brian McCardie, Gilbert Martin, Vicki Masson, Gilly Gilchrist, Jason Flemyng, Ewan Stewart, David Hayman, Brian McArthur
DIRECTOR:In the highlands of Scotland in the 1700s, Rob Roy tries to lead his small town to a better future, by borrowing money from the local nobility to buy cattle to herd to market. When the money is stolen, Rob is forced into a Robin Hood lifestyle to defend his family and honour.
Dead Man
No one can survive becoming a legend.
Johnny Depp, Billy Bob Thornton, Gary Farmer, Michael Wincott, Lance Henriksen, Mili Avital, Iggy Pop, Crispin Glover, Gibby Haynes, Richard Boes, George Duckworth, John Hurt, John North, Robert Mitchum, Peter Schrum, Gabriel Byrne, Eugene Byrd
DIRECTOR:Dead Man is the story of a young man's journey, both physically and spiritually, into very unfamiliar terrain. William Blake travels to the extreme western frontiers of America sometime in the 2nd half of the 19th century. Lost and badly wounded, he encounters a very odd, outcast Native American, named "Nobody," who believes Blake is actually the dead English poet of the same name. The story, with Nobody's help, leads William Blake through situations that are in turn comical and violent. Contrary to his nature, circumstances transform Blake into a hunted outlaw, a killer, and a man whose physical existence is slowly slipping away. Thrown into a world that is cruel and chaotic, his eyes are opened to the fragility that defines the realm of the living. It is as though he passes through the surface of a mirror, and emerges into a previously-unknown world that exists on the other side.
King Ralph
A comedy of majestic proportions
John Hurt, John Goodman, Peter O'Toole, Camille Coduri, Richard Griffiths, Leslie Phillips, James Villiers, Joely Richardson, Niall O'Brien, Julian Glover, Judy Parfitt, Ed Stobart, Gedren Heller, Rudolph Walker, Michael Johnson
DIRECTOR:When an accident obliterates the British royal family and most of its branches, a desperate geneological search discovers the next king: Ralph, a sleazy American lounge singer. Can Ralph measure up to the job, even with the help of loyal aristocrat Willingham?
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