Judi Dench
          Director, Actor  
	
	Films to Rent 
				 
	  
	        
Iris (2001)
 
- Dir. Richard Eyre
Feat. Kate Winslet, Judi Dench, Jim Broadbent 
- Moving biopic of British novelist Iris Murdoch and her journey from literary genius to the mental wilderness of Alzheimers, that unquestionably rests…
 
Shipping News, The (2002) 
- Dir. Lasse Hallstrom
Feat. Kevin Spacey, Judi Dench, Cate Blanchett… 
- Hallmark slice of Miramax tragiwhimsy that follows the odyssey of lost–in–life Kevin Spacey, led by his aunt up to his family’s…
 
Importance of Being Earnest, The (2002)
 
- Dir. Oliver Parker
Feat. Colin Firth, Rupert Everett, Frances O’Connor… 
- Second bite of the Oscar Wilde cherry by the director of AN IDEAL HUSBAND transcribes Wilde’s most delectable drawing–room farce with perfect…
 
Die Another Day (2002) 
- Dir. Lee Tamahori
Feat. Pierce Brosnan, Halle Berry, Judi Dench… 
- High on octane, low on sustenance, Pierce Brosnan beefs up the machismo (and arrogance?) for his fourth outing as Bond – indignant after a long…
 
Chronicles of Riddick, The (2004) 
- Dir. David Twohy
Feat. Vin Diesel, Judi Dench, Thandiwe Newton… 
- Vin Diesel goes on the run as 'Riddick', the anti–hero of PITCH BLACK, in a far more elaborate space opera based around the evil ambitions of a…
 
Ladies in Lavender (2005) 
- Dir. Charles Dance
Feat. Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Natascha McElhone… 
- During the pre–WW2 period, a handsome Polish stranger (Bruhl) is washed up on a beach in Cornwall and taken into care by two aging spinster…
 
Pride and Prejudice (2005) 
- Dir. Joe Wright
Feat. Keira Knightley, Matthew MacFadyen, Brenda Blethyn… 
- Well–groomed incarnation of Jane Austen's early 19th century novel in which five sisters, whose family is down on their means, must navigate…
 
Mrs Henderson Presents (2005)
 
- Dir. Stephen Frears
Feat. Judi Dench, Bob Hoskins, Christopher Guest… 
- Set in the grey drabness of 1930s England, this charming wee feel–gooder tells the true story of an eccentric, somewhat difficult dowager…
 
Casino Royale (2006)
 
- Dir. Martin Campbell
Feat. Daniel Craig, Judi Dench, Eva Green… 
- The James Bond franchise finds a new face, goes back to the very beginning, and rediscovers its mojo, with new Bond Daniel Craig and Kiwi dir. Martin…
 
Notes on a Scandal (2006)
 
- Dir. Richard Eyre
Feat. Cate Blanchett, Judi Dench, Bill Nighy 
- Authorities Cate Blanchett and Judi Dench go head–to–head in this psychological gambit between a pottery teacher engaged in an illicit…
 
Cranford (TV Mini-series) (2007)
 
- Dir. Simon Curtis
Feat. Judi Dench, Eileen Atkins, Philip Glenister… 
- Outstanding, atypical British costumer with Dame Judy and other bonneted Victorian women chewing the fat in 1840s Cheshire, England. Based on…
 
Quantum Of Solace (2008) 
- Dir. Marc Forster
Feat. Daniel Craig, Judi Dench, Olga Kurylenko… 
- Number 22 in the enduring Bond series is an action–heavy adventure with Daniel Craig returning as the man with the gun on a revenge mission to…
 
Nine (2009)
 
- Dir. Rob Marshall
Feat. Daniel Day-Lewis, Marion Cotillard, Penelope Cruz… 
- A stonkingly glamorous screen musical based on FELLINI'S 8 1/2, with famous film auteur Guido Contini struggling to realize his cinematic masterpiece…
 
Rage (2009) 
- Dir. Sally Potter
Feat. Lily Cole, Steve Buscemi, Jude Law… 
- Another arthouse conceit from dir. Sally Potter (ORLANDO, YES), comprised entirely of monologues from insiders at New York fashion house, who recall…
 
Return to Cranford (TV Mini-Series) (2009) 
- Dir. Simon Curtis
Feat. Judi Dench, Imelda Staunton, Julia McKenzie… 
- Winning follow–up to the acclaimed drama is set one year after the marriage of Dr. Harrison and Sophy Hutton. There's some exciting additions…
 
Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, The (2011)
 
- Dir. John Madden
Feat. Judi Dench, Tom Wilkinson, Bill Nighy… 
- A gaggle of British senior citizens are charmed by the 'real' India when they check into a run–down Jaipur hotel they believed was a luxury…
 
Jane Eyre (2011)
 
- Dir. Cary Joji Fukunaga
Feat. Mia Wasikowska, Michael Fassbender, Jamie Bell… 
- A delicate and atmospheric adaptation of the much–filmed Charlotte Bronte melodrama tragedy about a young governess who seals her tragic fate…
 
My Week With Marilyn (2011)
 
- Dir. Simon Curtis
Feat. Michelle Williams, Kenneth Branagh, Julia Ormond… 
- Michelle Williams evokes Hollywood's most famous screen siren in this stylish and satisfying biopic centred on the production of THE PRINCE AND THE…
 
J. Edgar (2011) 
- Dir. Clint Eastwood
Feat. Leonardo DiCaprio, Naomi Watts, Judi Dench… 
- Heavyweight biopic from dir. Clint Eastwood, with Leonardo DiCaprio stepping into the shoes of controversial FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, whose…
 
Skyfall (2012)
 
- Dir. Sam Mendes
Feat. Daniel Craig, Javier Bardem, Judi Dench… 
- Bond’s 50th anniversary outing is his most spectacular and serious yet, with 007 drawn back to London, and eventually his Scottish homeland, in…
 
Philomena (2013)
 
- Dir. Stephen Frears
Feat. Judi Dench, Steve Coogan, Mare Winningham 
- Poignant drama stars Judi Dench as a elderly Irish woman searching for the child she was forced to give up while working at a convent as a teenager.
 
Roald Dahl's Esio Trot (2015)
 
- Dir. Dearbhla Walsh
Feat. Dustin Hoffman, Judi Dench, James Corden 
- Judi Dench and Dustin Hoffman star in this fine Roald Dahl adaptation about a retired bachelor who has a thing for his tortoise–obsessed…
 
Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, The (2015) 
- Dir. John Madden
Feat. Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Bill Nighy… 
- Sequel to the unlikely hit comedy has the Marigold's proprietor considering expansion as a rooming predicament arises.
 
Hollow Crown, The: Wars of the Roses (TV Series) (2015) 
- Dir. Dominic Cooke
Feat. Benedict Cumberbatch, Hugh Bonneville, Judi Dench… 
- A second series of star–studded, exceptionally presented Shakespeare adaptations, with Henry VI in two parts, along with Richard III. Together…
 
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016)
 
- Dir. Tim Burton
Feat. Eva Green, Asa Butterfield, Samuel L. Jackson… 
- Tim Burton's spectacular adaptation of the young adult fantasy novel about a teenager who discovers a portal to a different time in coastal Wales…
 
Victoria and Abdul (Victoria & Abdul) (2017) 
- Dir. Stephen Frears
Feat. Judi Dench, Ali Fazal, Eddie Izzard… 
- The legendary Judi Dench returns to the role of Queen Victoria in this sumptuous story of the unlikely bond between the the aging queen and a young…
 
Tulip Fever (2017) 
- Dir. Justin Chadwick
Feat. Alicia Vikander, Dane DeHaan, Zach Galifianakis… 
- Elegant romantic drama where an artist falls for a young married woman (Alicia Vikander) while he's commissioned to paint her portrait during the…
 
Murder on the Orient Express (2017) 
- Dir. Kenneth Branagh
Feat. Kenneth Branagh, Penelope Cruz, Willem Dafoe… 
- Adaptation of the novel by Agatha Christie, in the capable hands of director Kenneth Branagh, who also stars as Hercule Poirot, the renowned…
 
Tea With the Dames (Nothing Like a Dame) (2018) 
- Dir. Roger Michell
Feat. Judi Dench, Eileen Atkins, Joan Plowright… 
- British acting legends Dames Eileen Atkins, Judi Dench, Joan Plowright and Maggie Smith discuss their remarkable lives at Plowright's country home in…
 
All is True (2018) 
- Dir. Kenneth Branagh
Feat. Kenneth Branagh, Judi Dench, Ian McKellen 
- Kenneth Branagh plays William Shakespeare in his final days in this impressively cast biopic, set following a tragic fire which burns down the Globe…