Michael Gambon
          Actor  
	
	Films to Rent 
				 
	  
	        
 Terence Rattigan Collection, The (1962-1994) Terence Rattigan Collection, The (1962-1994)
- Feat. Kenneth More, Ralph Richardson, Geraldine McEwan…
- A boxed compendium of Terence Rattigan's finest work, a British playwright reknowned for his profound understanding of the human heart and his…
 Nothing But the Night (The Resurrection Syndicate) (1973) Nothing But the Night (The Resurrection Syndicate) (1973)
- Dir. Peter Sasdy
 Feat. Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Diana Dors…
- Lee and Cushing are sent by Scotland Yard to investigate a fatal bus crash and how it relates to the going–ons at a creepy orphanage.…
 Singing Detective, The (TV Series) (1986) Singing Detective, The (TV Series) (1986) 
- Dir. Jon Amiel
 Feat. Michael Gambon, Joanne Whalley, Patrick Malahide…
- Ground–breaking fantasy–drama from the unique genius of Dennis Potter. Michael Gambon is brilliant as a bed–ridden, frustrated…
 Ghosts (1987) Ghosts (1987)
- Dir. Elijah Moshinsky
 Feat. Judi Dench, Michael Gambon, Kenneth Branagh…
- BBC television adaptation of Ibsen's great, once–controversial play about secrets and lies, sex and hypocrisy, starring Judy Dench as Mrs…
 Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover, The (1989) Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover, The (1989) 
- Dir. Peter Greenaway
 Feat. Helen Mirren, Tim Roth, Michael Gambon
- Greenaway combines the best elements of his previous work into one illustrious concoction of charcoal humour, explicit violence, awe–inspiring…
 Storyteller: Greek Myths, The (1990) Storyteller: Greek Myths, The (1990)
- Feat. Michael Gambon
- Another excellently produced run of Jim Henson's STORYTELLER tales, this time focusing on the Greek myths of "Daedalus and Icarus", "Orpheus and…
 Maigret (TV Series)  (1992-1993) Maigret (TV Series)  (1992-1993)
- Feat. Michael Gambon, Jack Galloway
- Michael Gambon plays Chief Inspector Jules Maigret of the Paris Surete in this realistic crime series centred on Maigret's investigations into…
 Toys (1993) Toys (1993)
- Dir. Barry Levinson
 Feat. Robin Williams, Michael Gambon, Joan Cusack…
- Even Robin Williams' enormous talent and inspired art direction fail to enliven this comic fantasy. It plays more like a bad dream from which you…
 Man of No Importance, A (1994) Man of No Importance, A (1994)
- Dir. Suri Krishnamma
 Feat. Albert Finney, Tara Fitzgerald, Michael Gambon…
- An ensemble comedy set in 1963 Dublin where suppressed homosexual bus conductor Albert Finney aspires to direct a production of Oscar Wilde's Salome,…
 Bullet to Beijing (1995) Bullet to Beijing (1995)
- Dir. George Mihalka
 Feat. Michael Caine, Jason Connery, Mia Sara…
- Fourth outing for Michael Caine as the dog–eared spy Harry Palmer, sent to Moscow, this time to recover a stolen 'Doomsday'–style…
 Innocent Sleep, The (1995) Innocent Sleep, The (1995)
- Dir. Scott Michell
 Feat. Rupert Graves, Michael Gambon, Annabella Sciorra…
- Rupert Graves makes a convincing derelict who unveils a complex international conspiracy after reporting a Thames–side murder to the police. An…
 Two Deaths (1995) Two Deaths (1995)
- Dir. Nicolas Roeg
 Feat. Michael Gambon, Sonia Braga, Patrick Malahide…
- On the eve of the violent fall of Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu in 1989, a wealthy doctor (Gambon) throws a dinner party for his friends, which…
 Mary Reilly (1996) Mary Reilly (1996)
- Dir. Stephen Frears
 Feat. John Malkovich, Julia Roberts, Michael Gambon…
- John Malkovich and Juila Roberts star in this alternative take on R.L. Stevenson's Jekyll and Hyde story – the toil and double trouble is seen…
 Midnight in St. Petersburg (1996) Midnight in St. Petersburg (1996)
- Dir. Douglas Jackson
 Feat. Michael Caine, Jason Connery, Michael Sarrazin…
- Formulaic final outing for Harry Palmer as a consignment of plutonium falls into the hands of the Russian Mafia.
 Wings of the Dove, The (1997) Wings of the Dove, The (1997) 
- Dir. Iain Softley
 Feat. Helena Bonham Carter, Linus Roache, Charlotte Rampling…
- Helena Bonham–Carter, back in costume, shines in this adaptation of the Henry James novel, playing a 19th century gentlewoman on the…
 Dancing at Lughnasa (1998) Dancing at Lughnasa (1998)
- Dir. Pat O'Connor
 Feat. Meryl Streep, Michael Gambon, Catherine McCormack
- The acclaimed stageplay by Brian Friel is given a top notch cast to embody the passionate Irish dilemmas of its characters. Family and National…
 Sleepy Hollow (1999) Sleepy Hollow (1999)
- Dir. Tim Burton
 Feat. Johnny Depp, Christina Ricci, Christopher Walken…
- The oft–filmed short story 'Legend of Sleepy Hollow' is fashioned by illustrious iconoclast Tim Burton as the goriest, most…
 Insider, The (1999) Insider, The (1999) 
- Dir. Michael Mann
 Feat. Russell Crowe, Al Pacino, Christopher Plummer…
- A brooding masterpiece from dir. Mann (HEAT), who finally wrestles down a topic of sufficient weight to justify the peerless brilliance of his…
 Longitude (1999) Longitude (1999)
- Dir. Charles Sturridge
 Feat. Jeremy Irons, Michael Gambon, Stephen Fry…
- Adapted from the book by Dava Sobel, this tells the intriguing story surrounding the 18th century search for an accurate way to calculate longitude,…
 Wives and Daughters (2000) Wives and Daughters (2000)
- Dir. Nicholas Renton
 Feat. Francesca Annis, Ian Carmichael, Michael Gambon…
- A BBC adaptation of the 19th century writer Elizabeth Gaskell's neglected masterpiece, in which the daughter of a widower is thwarted by her new…
 High Heels and Low Lifes (2001) High Heels and Low Lifes (2001)
- Dir. Mel Smith
 Feat. Minnie Driver, Mary McCormack, Michael Gambon
- Down–at–heels Minnie Driver and Mary McCormack decide to crash a heist they’ve stumbled onto by blackmailing their way into some of the…
 Gosford Park (2001) Gosford Park (2001) 
- Dir. Robert Altman
 Feat. Helen Mirren, Clive Owen, Maggie Smith…
- A handsome recital of Agatha Christie–style whodunnit and ‘upstairs–downstairs’ class–drama set in the confines of an English…
 Beckett on Film (Waiting for Godot, et al.) (2001) Beckett on Film (Waiting for Godot, et al.) (2001) 
- Dir. Michael Lindsay-Hogg, Neil Jordan, Kieron J Walsh
 Feat. Julianne Moore, David Kelly, Jeremy Irons…
- An ambitious anthology of Samuel Beckett's nineteen stageplays, filmed here creatively by a roster of prestige actors and directors.
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 Charlotte Gray (2002) Charlotte Gray (2002)
- Dir. Gillian Armstrong
 Feat. Cate Blanchett, Billy Crudup, Michael Gambon
- WWII France is the backdrop for a love–triangle in this well–made, though sappy war–romance, Cate Blanchett providing a compelling…
 A Monkey's Tale (2002) A Monkey's Tale (2002)
- Dir. Jean Francois Laguionie
 Feat. Rik Mayall, John Hurt, Michael York…
- More sophisticated than most, this French animated fantasy concerns two rival monkey tribes – the Woonkos and Laankos – who live a…
 Lost Prince, The (2003) Lost Prince, The (2003) 
- Dir. Stephen Poliakoff
 Feat. Gina McKee, Miranda Richardson, Bibi Andersson…
- A sumptuous BBC production concerning Prince John, the youngest son of King George V of England, whose autism and mild epilepsy embarrassed the…
 Sylvia (2003) Sylvia (2003)
- Dir. Christine Jeffs
 Feat. Gwyneth Paltrow, Daniel Craig, Blythe Danner…
- A simply formed, yet resonant portrait of the brilliant, doomed poet Sylvia Plath (Paltrow), recounting her years of marriage to (also poet) Ted…
 Open Range (2003) Open Range (2003)
- Dir. Kevin Costner
 Feat. Kevin Costner, Robert Duvall, Annette Bening…
- Costner stars and takes the reins of this latterday Western about a group of itinerant cattle grazers fending off the thuggish tactics of a brutal…
 Actors, The (2003) Actors, The (2003)
- Dir. Conor McPherson
 Feat. Michael Caine, Dylan Moran, Miranda Richardson…
- Top brass actors grace this amiable comic caper about two struggling theatre players whose "talents" get them mixed up in London's criminal…
 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) 
- Dir. Alfonso Cuaron
 Feat. Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Thompson, Robbie Coltrane…
- Young Harry's troublesome education continues at Hogswarts School Of Witchcraft And Wizardry, in this increasingly confident series, here given a…