Michael Winterbottom
Director
Films to Rent
- Cracker (TV Series) (1993-1994)
- Dir. Michael Winterbottom, Andy Wilson, Julian Jarrold
Feat. Robbie Coltrane, Christopher Eccleston, Adrian Dunbar…
- Justifiably acclaimed, often grim television drama centred round the forensic exploits of troubled, gambling–addict psychologist Robbie…
- Butterfly Kiss (1995)
- Dir. Michael Winterbottom
Feat. Amanda Plummer, Saskia Reeves
- The twisted underbelly of the female–buddy movie. Bewitching and bloody road movie that traverses the wastelands (moral and otherwise) of '90s…
- Jude (1996)
- Dir. Michael Winterbottom
Feat. Christopher Eccleston, Kate Winslet, Liam Cunningham…
- Christopher Eccleston excels in the title role of a common man in relentless pursuit of a higher education and the forbidden love of his cousin (Kate…
- Go Now (1996)
- Dir. Michael Winterbottom
Feat. Robert Carlyle, Juliet Aubrey, James Nesbitt…
- Scotsman Robert Carlyle faces terminal illness with the support of family, his lover and a rich line in crude male banter from his mates. Not often…
- Welcome to Sarajevo (1998)
- Dir. Michael Winterbottom
Feat. Stephen Dillane, Woody Harrelson, Marisa Tomei…
- A moving, disturbing depiction of modern–day conflict, shot on location in Bosnia amid real–life shelling and loss of life.
Based on a…
- I Want You (1999)
- Dir. Michael Winterbottom
Feat. Rachel Weisz, Alessandro Nivola
- Determinedly stylish mystery set in a British seaside town explores various permutations of unrequited love and sexual frustration in drawing up to…
- Wonderland (2000)
- Dir. Michael Winterbottom
Feat. Shirley Henderson, Ian Hart, Gina McKee…
- A sobering view of contemporary London life as three sisters, friends and relatives struggle to connect in a stressful urban world. Plot mechanics…
- Claim, The (2000)
- Dir. Michael Winterbottom
Feat. Peter Mullan, Nastassja Kinski, Sarah Polley…
- On the mountainous frontier of the 1860s California goldrush, dir. Winterbottom (JUDE, WONDERLAND) reimagines Thomas Hardy’s ‘The Mayor of…
- 24 Hour Party People (2002)
- Dir. Michael Winterbottom
Feat. Steve Coogan, Andy Serkis, Paddy Considine…
- A serio–comic music industry biopic about one Tony Wilson, founder of the legendary Factory record label and the Hacienda Club, that provides a…
- In This World (2002)
- Dir. Michael Winterbottom
- A powerful, simply wrought story of two Afghani brothers who attempt to journey from their Pakistani refugee camp across Asia and Europe to…
- Code 46 (2003)
- Dir. Michael Winterbottom
Feat. Tim Robbins, Samantha Morton
- A cerebral, provocative 'future shock' thriller in which Tim Robbins and Samantha Morton try to conduct a forbidden affair in a politically…
- 9 Songs (Nine Songs) (2004)
- Dir. Michael Winterbottom
Feat. Margo Stilley, Kieran O'Brien
- A controversially explicit sex'n'rock'n' roll drama about two stray souls – an American student and a British bloke – who over a year…
- Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story (2005)
- Dir. Michael Winterbottom
Feat. Steve Coogan, Rob Brydon, Keeley Hawes…
- Postmodern comedy adapted from Laurence Stern's 18th century pre–post–modern novel, has dir. Winterbottom depict a few bare events in the…
- Road to Guantanamo, The (2006)
- Dir. Michael Winterbottom, Mat Whitecross
- A searing, politically pertinent docu–drama from the prolific Michael Winterbottom (w/ co–dir. Whitecross), reenacting with…
- Mighty Heart, A (2007)
- Dir. Michael Winterbottom
Feat. Angelina Jolie, Dan Futterman
- Michael Winterbottom's sober, well–acted docudrama covering the 2002 abduction of Wall Street Journal reporter Danny Pearl by Pakistani…
- Genova (Summer in Genoa) (2008)
- Dir. Michael Winterbottom
Feat. Colin Firth, Catherine Keener, Hope Davis
- After the death of his wife, a man (Firth) moves his two daughters to Genova, Italy, in order to overcome his loss and revitalize their lives.
- Shock Doctrine, The (2009)
- Dir. Michael Winterbottom, Mat Whitecross
- A fast and loose overview of Naomi Klein's contentious "alternate history" of Western economics, which argues how "disaster capitalism", in feeding…
- Killer Inside Me, The (2010)
- Dir. Michael Winterbottom
Feat. Casey Affleck, Kate Hudson, Jessica Alba…
- Casey Affleck disturbs as a psychotic small town sheriff struggling to cover his bloody tracks in this grim, stylish neo–noir.
Adroitly…
- Trip, The (2010)
- Dir. Michael Winterbottom
Feat. Steve Coogan, Rob Brydon
- Comedians Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon embark on a jovial restaurant tour of the North of England in this hilarious culinary road trip movie derived…
- Trip, The (TV Series) (2010)
- Dir. Michael Winterbottom
Feat. Steve Coogan, Rob Brydon
- The complete, original BBC incarnation of Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon's culinary romp through the North of England, as popularised by Michael…
- Trishna (2011)
- Dir. Michael Winterbottom
Feat. Freida Pinto, Riz Ahmed
- Freida Pinto stars in this rich, authentic India–set modernization of Thomas Hardy's tragidrama, 'Tess of the d'Urbervilles'.
- Look of Love, The (2013)
- Dir. Michael Winterbottom
Feat. Steve Coogan, Imogen Poots, Anna Friel…
- Steve Coogan plays Paul Raymond, the controversial entrepreneur who became Britain's richest man, in this steamy biopic from prolific dir. Michael…
- Trip to Italy, The (2014)
- Dir. Michael Winterbottom
Feat. Steve Coogan, Rob Brydon
- More of the same is not a bad thing when concerning another gastronomic trip with British comedians Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon. Here, the prickly…
- Trip to Italy, The (TV Series) (2014)
- Dir. Michael Winterbottom
Feat. Steve Coogan, Rob Brydon
- The complete, original BBC incarnation of Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon's culinary romp through the Italy, as popularised by Michael Winterbottom's…
- Face of an Angel, The (2014)
- Dir. Michael Winterbottom
Feat. Cara Delevingne, Kate Beckinsale, Daniel Bruhl
- Inspired by the trial of Amanda Knox, Michael Winterbottom directs this tale of journalist and a documentary filmmaker pursuing the story of a murder…
- Emperor's New Clothes, The (2015)
- Dir. Michael Winterbottom
Feat. Russell Brand
- Russell Brand and Michael Winterbottom team up to present this angry, but also blackly funny, examination of the growing disparity between different…
- Trip to Spain, The (2017)
- Dir. Michael Winterbottom
Feat. Steve Coogan, Rob Brydon
- Spoiled–rotten comedians Rob Brydon and Steve Coogan return for the third round of gastronomic tourism and improvised comedy – a tango…
- Greed (2019)
- Dir. Michael Winterbottom
Feat. Steve Coogan, David Mitchell, Asa Butterfield…
- Satirical comedy about filthy rich people, with Steve Coogan playing a billionaire fashion mogul whose life is explored using non–linear…
- Trip to Greece, The (2020)
- Dir. Michael Winterbottom
Feat. Rob Brydon, Steve Coogan, Michael Towns…
- The fourth and final gastronomic expedition of British comedians Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon, who play fictionalised version of themselves retracing…