Albert Finney
Director, Actor
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960)
- Dir. Karel Reisz
Feat. Albert Finney, Shirley Anne Field, Rachel Roberts
- Possibly the finest film of the British New Wave, Albert Finney burns up the screen as an ‘angry young man’ who grasps at weekend freedom from…
Tom Jones (1963)
- Dir. Tony Richardson
Feat. Albert Finney, Susannah York, Hugh Griffith…
- Albert Finney inhabits the randy trou of Tom Jones, a wild and reckless young man with an eye for the ladies. A lavishly produced Oscar winner,…
Two for the Road (1966)
- Dir. Stanley Donen
Feat. Audrey Hepburn, Albert Finney
- Audrey Hepburn and Albert Finney play a married couple who reflect on their twelve year marriage while driving through France in a sports car with…
Charlie Bubbles (1967)
- Dir. Albert Finney
Feat. Albert Finney, Billie Whitelaw, Liza Minnelli…
- Albert Finney plays the titular character, an ennui–ridden author whose return to his hometown of Manchester is less than…
Scrooge (1970)
- Dir. Ronald Neame
Feat. Albert Finney, Alec Guinness, Dame Edith Evans…
- Enchanting musical version of Charles Dickens' tale of the old miser who is taken through Christmas past, present and future to realise his selfish…
Gumshoe (1972)
- Dir. Stephen Frears
Feat. Albert Finney, Billie Whitelaw, Frank Finlay…
- Paying sly homage to Bogart, Chandler and Hammett, this sly detective spoof is the directorial debut of prolific British director Stephen Frears.…
Agatha Christie Murder Mystery Collection (Murder on the Orient Express, Death on the Nile, Mirror Crack'd, Evil Under the Sun, Endless Night) (1972-1981)
- Feat. Albert Finney, Lauren Bacall, Peter Ustinov…
- Five of the best latterday adaptations of mystery–writer Agatha Christie.
Murder On the Orient Express (1974)
- Dir. Sidney Lumet
Feat. Albert Finney, Lauren Bacall, Martin Balsam…
- Extravagent production of Agatha Christie's mystery with Albert Finney as Poirot rounding up an all–star cast of suspects.
Duellists, The (1977)
- Dir. Ridley Scott
Feat. Harvey Keitel, Keith Carradine, Albert Finney…
- Napoleonic officers Harvey Keitel and Keith Carradine have a lengthy, stylish series of face–offs in this esteemed Ridley Scott–directed…
Shoot the Moon (1981)
- Dir. Alan Parker
Feat. Diane Keaton, Albert Finney, Peter Weller…
- A devastating account of a marital breakdown between Diane Keaton and Albert Finney and the impact it has on their four daughters.
Wolfen (1981)
- Dir. Michael Wadleigh
Feat. Albert Finney, Edward James Olmos, Gregory Hines…
- Well–made werewolf yarn based around detective Albert Finney's investigation into a series of flesh–shredding killings in…
Looker (1981)
- Dir. Michael Crichton
Feat. Albert Finney, James Coburn, Susan Dey…
- Sci–fi thriller written and directed by Michael Crichton that comments upon and satirizes media, advertising, TV's effects on the populace, and…
Annie (1982)
- Dir. John Huston
Feat. Albert Finney, Carol Burnett, Tim Curry
- Rumbunctious Broadway musical, set in the Depression–era, follows the young moptop's orphanage experiences, and fateful encounter with…
Dresser, The (1983)
- Dir. Peter Yates
Feat. Albert Finney, Tom Courtenay
- Classic backstage tale of the theatre, with an imperious actor–manager (Finney) being pampered and supported by his loyal dresser (Courtenay).…
Under the Volcano (1984)
- Dir. John Huston
Feat. Albert Finney, Jacqueline Bisset, Anthony Andrews…
- Solid dramatisation of Malcolm Lowry's 'unfilmable' novel about the sordid death of an alcoholic diplomat in 30s Mexico. Distinguished by intense,…
Orphans (1987)
- Dir. Alan J. Pakula
Feat. Albert Finney, Matthew Modine
- Two delinquents attempt to rob a gangster, but tables turn to a point where he becomes their friend and mentor. Powerhouse drama.
Playboys, The (1992)
- Dir. Gillies MacKinnon
Feat. Robin Wright, Aidan Quinn, Albert Finney
- Robin Wright and travelling player Aidan Quinn attempt to consummate their passions in the face of religion, geography and Albert Finney's drunkard…
Rich in Love (1993)
- Dir. Bruce Beresford
Feat. Albert Finney, Jill Clayburgh, Kyle MacLachlan…
- A knock–out cast bring to life the comic and tragic of a splintered yet tightly knit South Carolinan family.
Browning Version, The (1994)
- Dir. Mike Figgis
Feat. Albert Finney, Greta Scacchi, Matthew Modine
- Elegant modern version of Terrence Rattigan's play stars Albert Finney as the retiring schoolmaster embittered with regret and marriage problems, but…
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,…
Run of the Country, The (1995)
- Dir. Peter Yates
Feat. Albert Finney, Matt Keeslar, Victoria Smurfit
- Stirring Irish drama in the tradition of 'My Left Foot', aided by the magnetic presence of Albert Finney. Finney's son breaks out of the confines of…
Nostromo (1997)
- Dir. Alastair Reid
Feat. Colin Firth, Albert Finney, Brian Dennehy…
- A superb cast is lavished on this BBC version of Joseph Conrad's novel. Colin Firth plays a young English mine–owner struggling against the…
Washington Square (1997)
- Dir. Agnieszka Holland
Feat. Jennifer Jason Leigh, Ben Chaplin, Maggie Smith…
- Portrait of a lady adapted from the pen of Henry James profits from an exemplary Jennifer Jason Leigh performance – as an eccentric, plain…
Simpatico (1999)
- Dir. Matthew Warchus
Feat. Nick Nolte, Jeff Bridges, Sharon Stone…
- Two former criminal–partners replay the old grudges in this thriller–cum–drama based on Sam Shepard's play. Nick Nolte and Jeff…
Erin Brockovich (2000)
- Dir. Steven Soderbergh
Feat. Julia Roberts, Albert Finney, Aaron Eckhart
- An interesting and successful marriage of a Hollywood star vehicle (Julia Roberts) and independent credentials (dir. Soderbergh), that takes an…
Gathering Storm, The (2002)
- Dir. Richard Loncraine
Feat. Albert Finney, Vanessa Redgrave, Jim Broadbent…
- Critically acclaimed telemovie depicts the life of Winston Churchill during his 'wilderness years', the turbulent 1930s, centred by a mighty…
Big Fish (2003)
- Dir. Tim Burton
Feat. Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Billy Crudup…
- A fantasy of substance from dir. Tim Burton, set around a dying father (Finney) and his son (Crudup), who relives the father's tall stories, piecing…
John Osborne and the Gift of Friendship (2006)
- Dir. Tony Palmer
Feat. John Osborne, Tony Richardson, Laurence Olivier…
- Exemplary presentation traces the life and works of groundbreaking British playwright John Osborne, whose 1956 play 'Look Back in Anger' changed the…
A Good Year (2006)
- Dir. Ridley Scott
Feat. Russell Crowe, Marion Cotillard, Albert Finney…
- Russell Crowe plays workaholic bonds–dealer who inherits a vineyard in Provence and discovers the easy life in this lightweight tale of…
Amazing Grace (2006)
- Dir. Michael Apted
Feat. Ioan Gruffudd, Romola Garai, Albert Finney…
- Stirring dramatisation of the true story of 18th–century abolitionist William Wilberforce and his revolt against Britain’s slave…