Jim Broadbent
Actor
Films to Rent
- Another Year (2010)
- Dir. Mike Leigh
Feat. Jim Broadbent, Ruth Sheen, Lesley Manville…
- A happily married middle–aged couple attempt to fix up their cheery, if secretly depressed friend in this honest domestic drama, another winner…
- Animals United (2010)
- Dir. Reinhard Klooss, Holger Tappe
Feat. James Corden, Stephen Fry, Andy Serkis…
- Comedy and environmentalism combine in this safari story about the survival of a group of animals whose food and water supply has been affected by…
- Any Human Heart (TV Mini-series) (2010)
- Feat. Jim Broadbent, Matthew MacFadyen, Sam Claflin…
- Exquisite four–part British miniseries about a novelist's life that ricochets from 1920s Paris to '50s New York and '80s London. Along the way…
- Iron Lady, The (2011)
- Dir. Phyllida Lloyd
Feat. Meryl Streep, Jim Broadbent, Iain Glen…
- Meryl Streep's Oscar–winning incarnation dominates this stylized biography of Margaret Thatcher, the conservative British Prime Minister who…
- Arthur Christmas (2011)
- Dir. Sarah Smith, Barry Cook
Feat. James McAvoy, Hugh Laurie, Bill Nighy…
- Aardman takes on Christmas in this fun–filled holiday claymation about Santa's high–tech operation beneath the North Pole.
- Exile (TV Mini-Series) (2011)
- Dir. John Alexander
Feat. John Simm, Jim Broadbent, Olivia Colman
- John Simm comes to terms with his father's Alzheimer's disease while unknowingly uncovering dark secrets from the past in this sometimes shaky, but…
- Cloud Atlas (2012)
- Dir. Lilly Wachowski, Lana Wachowski, Tom Tykwer
Feat. Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent…
- An awe–inspiring cinematic epic that adapts David Mitchell's ambitious and 'unfilmable' novel as an 'auteur blockbuster' and genuine…
- Filth (2013)
- Dir. Jon S. Baird
Feat. Jamie Bell, Imogen Poots, James McAvoy…
- James McAvoy plays a self–destructing copper whose corruption and bigotry manifest in a spiral of sex, drugs and violence. From an Irving Welsh…
- Closed Circuit (2013)
- Dir. John Crowley
Feat. Eric Bana, Rebecca Hall, Jim Broadbent…
- A dangerous conflict of interest arises when two ex–lovers end up on opposite sides of a high profile terrorism trial in this probing courtroom…
- Le Weekend (2013)
- Dir. Roger Michell
Feat. Jim Broadbent, Lindsay Duncan, Jeff Goldblum
- Director Roger Michell and writer Hanif Kureishi (VENUS, THE MOTHER) reteam for this poignant story of a long–married couple who revisit Paris…
- Great Train Robbery, The (TV Mini-Series) (2013)
- Dir. Julian Jarrold, James Strong
Feat. Jim Broadbent, Luke Evans, Robert Glenister…
- Excellent, authentic recreation of 1963's "Great Train Robbery", told from both sides of the law.
- Postman Pat: The Movie (2014)
- Dir. Mike Disa
Feat. Stephen Mangan, Jim Broadbent, Rupert Grint
- Everyone's favourite postie is drawn away from his usual delivery route to compete in a Britain's Got Talent–style contest in this upbeat…
- Paddington (2014)
- Dir. Paul King
Feat. Hugh Bonneville, Sally Hawkins, Julie Walters…
- Britain's beloved bear gets the big screen treatment as he travels to London in search of a home, and where he catches the eye of a museum…
- Big Game (2014)
- Dir. Jalmari Helander
Feat. Samuel L. Jackson, Onni Tommila, Felicity Huffman…
- Bonkers actioner with Sam Jackson as the U.S. President relying on a teenager for aid after Air Force One crash lands in Finnish forest.
- Get Santa (2014)
- Dir. Christopher Smith
Feat. Jim Broadbent, Rafe Spall, Kit Connor…
- Rollicking seasonal comedy about a father and son who team up to save Christmas once they discover Santa Claus sleeping in their garage after…
- Brooklyn (2015)
- Dir. John Crowley
Feat. Saoirse Ronan, Emory Cohen, Domhnall Gleeson…
- Powerful saga of an Irish immigrant in 1950s New York who falls for a tough Italian plumber, but faces temptation from another man when she returns…
- Lady in the Van, The (2015)
- Dir. Nicholas Hytner
Feat. Maggie Smith, Alex Jennings, Jim Broadbent…
- Maggie Smith is adorable as usual in this cosy adaptation of Alan Bennett's play, based on his experience of developing an unlikely friendship with a…
- War and Peace (TV Series) (2016)
- Dir. Tom Harper
Feat. Paul Dano, Lily James, James Norton…
- Stellar BBC take on the Tolstoy's classic tale of aristocratic families caught in the tumult of Napoleon's invasion of Russia.
- Eddie the Eagle (2016)
- Dir. Dexter Fletcher
Feat. Taron Egerton, Hugh Jackman, Christopher Walken…
- Feelgood biopic about the infamous British ski–jumper Eddie Edwards whose lack of athletic prowess and unlikely character charmed the world at…
- Legend of Tarzan, The (2016)
- Dir. David Yates
Feat. Alexander Skarsgard, Margot Robbie, Samuel L. Jackson…
- Alexander Skarsgard swings into the role of Tarzan who having acclimated to life in London, is called back to his former home in the jungle to…
- Bridget Jones's Baby (2016)
- Dir. Sharon Maguire
Feat. Renee Zellweger, Colin Firth, Patrick Dempsey…
- A belated and rather witty third screen outing for Helen Fielding's comic heroine, with Renee Zellweger returning as the beleaguered Bridget, now 43,…
- Ethel & Ernest (Ethel and Ernest) (2016)
- Dir. Roger Mainwood
Feat. Jim Broadbent, Brenda Blethyn, Luke Treadaway
- Beautiful hand–drawn animation based on the Raymond Briggs book of the same name, telling the true story of the author's own parents, Londoners…
- Sense of an Ending, The (2017)
- Dir. Ritesh Batra
Feat. Jim Broadbent, Charlotte Rampling, Harriet Walter…
- Finely crafted mystery drama with Jim Broadbent playing a recluse whose life is interrupted when a former girlfriend's mother leaves him a will,…
- Paddington 2 (2017)
- Dir. Paul King
Feat. Ben Whishaw, Hugh Grant, Hugh Bonneville…
- The beloved bear Paddington returns in this more than worthy sequel to the 2015 movie. Full of pure, big hearted happiness, this delightful and witty…
- King of Thieves (2018)
- Dir. James Marsh
Feat. Michael Caine, Charlie Cox, Michael Gambon…
- British heist movie in the classic mould, bringing together an impressive cast to tell the true story of the Hatton Garden safe deposit burglary of…
- Duke, The (2020)
- Dir. Roger Michell
Feat. Jim Broadbent, Helen Mirren, Fionn Whitehead…
- Crowd–pleasing British comedy–drama based on a true incident in which a 60–year old taxi driver (Jim Broadbent) stole Goya’s…
- Six Minutes to Midnight (2020)
- Dir. Andy Goddard
Feat. Eddie Izzard, Carla Juri, James D'Arcy…
- A tense British period thriller loosely based on the true story of the disappearance of a school teacher at an elite girls' boarding school shortly…
- Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, The (2023)
- Dir. Hettie MacDonald
Feat. Jim Broadbent, Penelope Wilton, Earl Cave…
- Jim Broadbent stars as Harold, an ordinary man who has passed through life living on the side lines, until he goes to post a letter one day... and…