Jim Broadbent

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Shout, The (1978): Dir. Jerzy Skolimowski
Feat. Alan Bates, John Hurt, Susannah York…; An intelligent, enigmatic chiller about an asylum inmate with mystical powers who upsets the lives of an avant garde music composer and his wife in…
Alan Bennett at the BBC (1978-1992): Dir. Stuart Burge, John Schlesinger, Richard Eyre
Feat. James Fox, Alan Bates, Prunella Scales…; An exceptional anthology of previously unreleased BBC productions from revered playwright Alan Bennett. Collection includes: – A Day Out…
Walter / Walter & June (Loving Walter) (1982-1983): Dir. Stephen Frears
Feat. Ian McKellen, Barbara Jefford, Keith Allen…; A pair of grim television movies based on the novels by David Cook, starring Ian McKellen as a man with a learning disability who is condemned by…
Silas Marner (The Weaver of Raveloe) (1985): Dir. Giles Foster
Feat. Ben Kingsley, Jenny Agutter, Jim Broadbent…; Excellent adaptation of the George Elliot classic, with Kingsley superb as the weaver who wrongfully accused of theft who withdraws from society only…
Insurance Man, The (1986): Dir. Richard Eyre
Feat. Daniel Day-Lewis, Robert Hines, Geoffrey Palmer…; A fascinating BBC production of Alan Bennett's screenplay about the one–and–only Franz Kafka, who is trapped in his own infernal…
Life Is Sweet (1990): Dir. Mike Leigh
Feat. Alison Steadman, Timothy Spall, Jane Horrocks…; Life is always bittersweet in a Mike Leigh film, but never so funny. Naturalism and caricature harmonise is this domestic black comedy thanks to his…
Princess Caraboo (1994): Dir. Michael Austin
Feat. Phoebe Cates, Kevin Kline, Jim Broadbent…; All star cast gather for this whimsical tale of an 'abducted' Indonesian princess who may or may not be conniving her way into 19th Century British…
Secret Agent, The (1996): Dir. Christopher Hampton
Feat. Bob Hoskins, Gerard Depardieu, Patricia Arquette…; Faithful period adaptation of Joseph Conrad's 1907 novel concerning political intrigues in Edwardian London. Russian spy Bob Hoskins is ordered out…
Borrowers, The (1998): Dir. Peter Hewitt
Feat. John Goodman, Jim Broadbent; Inhabiting the wall and floor–spaces of our houses, colonies of tiny people eek out an existence 'borrowing' food–scraps and those items…
Topsy-Turvy (1999): Dir. Mike Leigh
Feat. Jim Broadbent, Timothy Spall, Allan Corduner…; Rewarding biopic of Gilbert & Sullivan's ('HMS Pinafore', 'Pirates of Penzance') creative partnership that yields not so much drama as fascinating,…
Moulin Rouge (2001): Dir. Baz Luhrmann
Feat. Nicole Kidman, Ewan McGregor, Richard Roxburgh…; Arch–romantic whizz–kid Baz Luhrmann celebrates truth, beauty, freedom, and Love, set in the infamous, decadent Paris nightclub, circa…
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…
Gangs of New York (2002): Dir. Martin Scorsese
Feat. Leonardo DiCaprio, Daniel Day-Lewis, Cameron Diaz…; Dir. Martin Scorsese’s messy yet resonant epic based on a 19th century chapter that witnessed mass civil unrest in NYC is painted with the…
Blackadder's A Christmas Carol (2002): Feat. Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Robbie Coltrane…; Version of Charles Dickens' Christmas classic, completely Blackadder–ised for your viewing pleasure.
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…
Nicholas Nickleby (2002): Dir. Douglas McGrath
Feat. Stella Gonet, Christopher Plummer, Tom Courtenay…; Able–handed version of Dicken's classic of Victorian–age injustice, that respects both the comic and tragic sides to the tale. After…
Bright Young Things (2003): Dir. Stephen Fry
Feat. Emily Mortimer, Stephen Campbell Moore, Dan Aykroyd…; Set among the aspirant youth of 1930s Britain, this fresh satirical comedy marks a promising debut for dir. Fry, even if the drama is sliced a little…
And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself (2003): Dir. Bruce Beresford
Feat. Antonio Banderas, Alan Arkin, Jim Broadbent…; Zooming–in on an intriguing corner of 20th century history, this tells the unlikely (but true) story of Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa's…
Around the World in 80 Days (2004): Dir. Frank Coraci
Feat. Jackie Chan, Steve Coogan, Jim Broadbent…; Colourfully energetic version of Jules Verne's classic adventure, in which a casual bet sets three unusual companions on a race around the…
Vanity Fair (2004): Dir. Mira Nair
Feat. Reese Witherspoon, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Rhys Ifans…; Sumptuous and intelligent adaptation of William Thackeray's novel, about the rise of an unscrupulous orphan lass to the aristocracy in Britain during…
Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe (2005): Dir. Andrew Adamson
Feat. Tilda Swinton, James McAvoy, Jim Broadbent…; A splendid and meticulous vision of C.S. Lewis' classic children's fantasy novel in which a group of four young siblings – ensconced in an…
Art School Confidential (2006): Dir. Terry Zwigoff
Feat. Max Minghella, Sophia Myles, John Malkovich…; CRUMB dir. Terry Zwigoff and comic book icon Daniel Clowes (GHOST WORLD) re–team for this darkly set, though often hilarious stakeout of the…
And When Did You Last See Your Father? (2007): Dir. Anand Tucker
Feat. Jim Broadbent, Colin Firth, Gina McKee…; Based on the bestselling Blake Morrison memoir, this teary terminal drama confronts the strained relationship between a father and son when the…
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008): Dir. Steven Spielberg
Feat. Harrison Ford, Cate Blanchett, Karen Allen…; The belated return of Indiana Jones for another thrilling adventure quest, this time to find the crystal skull in Peru before the Soviets get their…
Tales of the Riverbank (2008): Dir. John Henderson
Feat. Stephen Fry, Jim Broadbent, Steve Coogan…; Based on the classic UK tv series, this tells the story of Hammy Hamster, Roderick Rat and GP the Guinea Pig, who, in the wake of a big storm, embark…
Lost and Found (2008): Dir. Phillip Hunt
Feat. Jim Broadbent; Exquisite adaptation of Oliver Jeffers's beloved children's book, about a lonely boy who one day finds a penguin on his doorstep, and resolves to…
Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince (2009): Dir. David Yates
Feat. Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Jim Broadbent…; The epic sixth movie in the Harry Potter franchise sees Harry prepare for the final battle against his nemesis Voldemort while struggling with his…
Young Victoria, The (2009): Dir. Jean-Marc Vallée
Feat. Emily Blunt, Rupert Friend, Paul Bettany…; Emily Blunt radiates in this elegant if corseted biopic of Queen Victoria's early years as she deals with royal power struggles while being wooed by…
Damned United, The (2009): Dir. Tom Hooper
Feat. Michael Sheen, Jim Broadbent, Colm Meaney…; Michael Sheen gets under the skin of another (infamous) British personality in this charismatic portrait of superstar football manager Brian Clough,…
Perrier's Bounty (2009): Dir. Ian Fitzgibbon
Feat. Cillian Murphy, Brendan Gleeson, Gabriel Byrne…; Jovial Irish caper in the vein of Sexy Beast, with Murphy as a petty crim in hock to a local gangster. A talented cast clearly enjoying themselves…
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…

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