Ewan McGregor
Director, Actor
Films to Rent
- Lipstick On Your Collar (1993)
- Dir. Renny Rye
Feat. Giles Thomas, Louise Germaine, Ewan McGregor
- Dennis Potter's musical comedy combines the elements that made his 'Singing Detective' and 'Pennies from Heaven' so memorable and distinctive. This…
- Being Human (1994)
- Dir. Bill Forsyth
Feat. Robin Williams, Robert Carlyle, John Turturro…
- An episodic comic–drama in which Robin Williams plays five men named Hector, who each search for their place in their own historical period…
- Shallow Grave (1994)
- Dir. Danny Boyle
Feat. Kerry Fox, Ewan McGregor, Christopher Eccleston
- Kerry Fox, Ewan McGregor and Christopher Eccleston are flatmates whose opportunistic prayers are answered when a guest drops dead with a suitcase…
- Blue Juice (1995)
- Dir. Carl Prechezer
Feat. Sean Pertwee, Ewan McGregor, Catherine Zeta-Jones
- Sean Pertwee is the surf–king of a Cornish(!) town, prolonging adolescence with his loutish mates but fearing an inevitable tide of…
- Kavanagh QC (TV Series) (1995-2001)
- Feat. John Thaw, Ray Winstone, Ewan McGregor
- Clever Brit crime series, with INSPECTOR MORSE's John Thaw stepping easily back into the role of criminal investigator, this time as a London law…
- Trainspotting (1996)
- Dir. Danny Boyle
Feat. Ewan McGregor, Robert Carlyle, Jonny Lee Miller…
- The creators of SHALLOW GRAVE reinvigorate the British film industry by transforming an obscure cult novel about heroine addicts into a…
- Pillow Book, The (1997)
- Dir. Peter Greenaway
Feat. Vivian Wu, Ewan McGregor, Ken Ogata
- Peter Greenaway's further explores the perimeters of cinema with this lush, seductive tale that intertwines the delights of the flesh and literature.…
- Life Less Ordinary, A (1997)
- Dir. Danny Boyle
Feat. Ewan McGregor, Cameron Diaz, Holly Hunter
- Round three for the creators of SHALLOW GRAVE and TRAINSPOTTING this time takes Ewan McGregor Stateside for a screwball comic–fantasy embroided…
- Brassed Off (1997)
- Dir. Mark Herman
Feat. Tara Fitzgerald, Ewan McGregor, Pete Postlethwaite
- Witty and warm–hearted comedy set in a Yorkshire mining community threatened with closure. Leading the town colliery brass band, Tara…
- Serpent's Kiss, The (1997)
- Dir. Phillip Rousseklot
Feat. Ewan McGregor, Greta Scacchi, Richard E. Grant…
- Ambitious period drama follows a renowned Dutch landscape gardener (McGregor) to England where he finds himself coiled in the intrigues of various…
- Nightwatch (1998)
- Dir. Ole Bornedal
Feat. Ewan McGregor, Nick Nolte, Patricia Arquette
- Ewan MacGregor checks in for morgue attendance in this Anglo remake of the director's own Danish thriller.
Must confess, we never watched this…
- Little Voice (1998)
- Dir. Mark Herman
Feat. Jane Horrocks, Brenda Blethyn, Michael Caine…
- The creator of BRASSED OFF trumps up another salty, crowd–pleasing musical of aspirations, survival and opportunism in the English…
- Velvet Goldmine (1998)
- Dir. Todd Haynes
Feat. Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Ewan McGregor, Toni Collette…
- An intriguing, visually sensational 'faction' history of 70s British 'glam' music, centring itself on the rise and nosedive of Ziggy–type…
- Rogue Trader (1998)
- Dir. James Dearden
Feat. Ewan McGregor
- A lasting symbol of stock–market excess, British broker Nick Leeson (Ewan McGregor), he who brought down Baring's Bank after losing…
- Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
- Dir. George Lucas
Feat. Ewan McGregor, Liam Neeson, Samuel L. Jackson…
- Po–faced revival of the billion–dollar STAR WARS money–spinner, jammed full of digital landscapes, excessive political exposition,…
- Nora (1999)
- Dir. Pat Murphy
Feat. Ewan McGregor, Susan Lynch
- Cliche–avoiding though at times awkward biopic of Nora Barnacle's marriage to writer James Joyce in the early 20th century. Based on the book…
- Eye of the Beholder (2000)
- Dir. Stephan Elliot
Feat. Ewan McGregor, Ashley Judd, k.d. Lang…
- Intriguing in concept, this surveillance thriller sees British agent Ewan McGregor tracking the movements of vicious serial killer Ashley Judd from…
- 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…
- Black Hawk Down (2001)
- Dir. Ridley Scott
Feat. Sam Shepard, Ewan McGregor, Josh Hartnett…
- Intense, eardrum–battering re–enactment of a street–battle during the US campaign in Mogadishu, Somalia in 1993, painting the…
- Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)
- Dir. George Lucas
Feat. Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Hayden Christensen…
- The attack of the most successful–ever movie franchise continues, with Lucas’ space–opera following further galactic struggles, in…
- Down With Love (2002)
- Dir. Peyton Reed
Feat. Ewan McGregor, Renee Zellweger, Tony Randall
- Entertaining homage to the early 1960s comedies of Doris Day and Rock Hudson, where a 'love advice' columnist is slyly seduced by a playboy…
- 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…
- Young Adam (2003)
- Dir. David Mackenzie
Feat. Ewan McGregor, Tilda Swinton, Peter Mullan
- Evocatively set amid the grimy canal barges of post–WW2 Scotland, this follows the shady fortunes of a failed writer (McGregor), whose…
- Long Way Round (TV Series) (2004)
- Feat. Ewan McGregor, Charley Boorman
- An engrossing 'reality' show which tags along with actor Ewan McGregor (TRAINSPOTTING) and his best friend Charley Boorman on an improvised…
- Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)
- Dir. George Lucas
Feat. Hayden Christensen, Natalie Portman, Ewan McGregor
- Dir. George Lucas completes his blockbusting space opera saga with a gratifying flourish, providing certainly the most thrilling of the 'prequels'…
- Island, The (2005)
- Dir. Michael Bay
Feat. Ewan McGregor, Scarlett Johansson, Steve Buscemi…
- Surprisingly effective dystopian actioner proposes a blandly synthetic future world, in which humans inhabit cities to protect themselves from the…
- Stay (2005)
- Dir. Marc Forster
Feat. Ewan McGregor, Naomi Watts, Ryan Gosling…
- A New York psychiatrist (McGregor) is drawn into a strange, hallucinatory world when he tries to prevent a disturbed, seemingly prescient young…
- Stormbreaker (2006)
- Dir. Geoffrey Sax
Feat. Alex Pettyfer, Ewan McGregor, Bill Nighy…
- A British–oriented spin on the kid super–agent premise, with gadgets and evil masterminds galore, based on the popular Alex Rider series…
- Scenes of a Sexual Nature (2006)
- Dir. Ed Blum
Feat. Ewan McGregor, Eileen Atkins, Gina McKee…
- An afternoon in the London sun is the setting for this amiable British ensemble piece of couples debating the vagaries and politics of modern sexual…
- Miss Potter (2006)
- Dir. Chris Noonan
Feat. Renee Zellweger, Ewan McGregor, Emily Watson
- Charming biopic tells the tale of Beatrix Potter – specifically the story of the woman behind the drawings – and her fixation from a…
- Long Way Down (TV Series) (2007)
- Feat. Ewan McGregor, Charley Boorman
- The movie star (Ewan McGregor) and best mate (Charley Boorman) return for round two of their play–it–by–ear motorcycle detour, this…
- Cassandra's Dream (2007)
- Dir. Woody Allen
Feat. Ewan McGregor, Colin Farrell, Tom Wilkinson…
- Woody Allen–directed suspense, rounding out his recent penchant for London–set thrillers, starring Ewan McGregor and Colin Farrell as…
- Deception (2008)
- Dir. Marcel Langenegger
Feat. Hugh Jackman, Ewan McGregor, Michelle Williams…
- Smoke–and–mirrors suspenser stars Ewan McGregor as a disillusioned accountant entangled in an illicit world of duplicity after getting…
- Angels And Demons (2009)
- Dir. Ron Howard
Feat. Tom Hanks, Ewan McGregor, Ayelet Zurer
- Sequel to blockbuster phenomenon THE DA VINCI CODE sees Tom Hanks reprise his role as Robert Langdon, on the hunt to uncover a terrorist plot against…
- Amelia (2009)
- Dir. Mira Nair
Feat. Hilary Swank, Richard Gere, Ewan McGregor…
- A conventional retelling of the Amelia Earhart legend, examining the ground–breaking aviator’s turbulent love life during the years between…
- Men Who Stare at Goats, The (2009)
- Dir. Grant Heslov
Feat. George Clooney, Jeff Bridges, Ewan McGregor…
- George Clooney stars as a tell–all Special Forces operative in this mind–boggling, fact–based military farce based on the U.S.…
- Incendiary (2009)
- Dir. Sharon Maguire
Feat. Ewan McGregor, Michelle Williams, Matthew MacFadyen…
- Thriller set in the aftermath of a terrorist strike in London, based on the novel by Chris Cleave. Though it boasts a typically fine Michelle…
- I Love You Phillip Morris (2009)
- Dir. John Requa, Glenn Ficarra
Feat. Jim Carrey, Ewan McGregor, Leslie Mann…
- Jim Carrey plays it reasonably straight as a bored Texas police officer whose excursions into petty crime land him in jail, and into the lap of his…
- Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang (2010)
- Dir. Susanna White
Feat. Emma Thompson, Ralph Fiennes, Ewan McGregor…
- Emma Thompson again pens and stars in the second installment about the otherworldly nanny, accompanied again by a staggering array of British…
- Ghost Writer, The (2010)
- Dir. Roman Polanski
Feat. Ewan McGregor, Pierce Brosnan, Olivia Williams…
- A cracking yarn in unapologetic Hitchcock mould has Ewan McGregor hired to complete the memoirs of a Tony Blair–like former British prime…
- Jackboots on Whitehall (2010)
- Dir. Edward McHenry, Rory McHenry
Feat. Ewan McGregor, Rosamund Pike, Richard E. Grant…
- Batty puppet caper set in a Britain under Nazi rule, and only a rag–tag bunch of yokels and a Frenchman stand in the way. An anarchic…
- Perfect Sense (2011)
- Dir. David Mackenzie
Feat. Ewan McGregor, Eva Green
- The director and star of YOUNG ADAM return for this unusual take on the pandemic sub–genre, set in their Scottish homeland.
Centred around…
- Beginners (2011)
- Dir. Mike Mills
Feat. Ewan McGregor, Christopher Plummer, Mélanie Laurent…
- Semi–autobiographical tale from the dir. of THUMBSUCKER reconciles two relationships in the life of a 38–year–old graphic artist…
- Haywire (2011)
- Dir. Steven Soderbergh
Feat. Gina Carano, Michael Angarano, Channing Tatum…
- Steven Soderbergh directs this classy action vehicle for mixed martial arts star Gina Carano, here playing a black ops spy who is double crossed on…
- Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (2011)
- Dir. Lasse Hallstrom
Feat. Ewan McGregor, Emily Blunt, Kristin Scott Thomas
- Lasse Hallstrom directs this light–headed romantic comedy about a British businesswoman and a doctor recruited to project manage a Sheikh's…
- Impossible, The (2012)
- Dir. Juan Antonio Bayona
Feat. Naomi Watts, Ewan McGregor, Tom Holland…
- A searing drama of human resilience, this up–close–and–personal disaster pic tells the true story of a vacationing family in…
- Jack the Giant Slayer (2013)
- Dir. Bryan Singer
Feat. Nicholas Hoult, Eleanor Tomlinson, Ewan McGregor…
- 'Jack and the Beanstalk' is reimagined for the big screen in this hulking fantasy adventure about a naïve farm boy who attempts to rescue a…
- August: Osage County (2013)
- Dir. John Wells
Feat. Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Chris Cooper…
- Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, and other heavy hitters come out swinging in this fierce, sometimes hysterical, screen adaptation of Tracy Letts'…
- Mortdecai (2015)
- Dir. David Koepp
Feat. Johnny Depp, Gwyneth Paltrow, Ewan McGregor…
- Caper comedy with Johnny Depp as a debonair art dealer racing to recover a stolen painting rumored to contain a code that leads to lost Nazi gold.
- Miles Ahead (2015)
- Dir. Don Cheadle
Feat. Don Cheadle, Emayatzy Corinealdi, Ewan McGregor…
- Don Cheadle directs and offers a full–throated performance as Miles Davis in this adventurous, non–linear, exploration of the life and…
- Last Days in the Desert (2015)
- Dir. Rodrigo Garcia
Feat. Ewan McGregor, Ciaran Hinds, Ayelet Zurer…
- Ewan McGregor plays both Jesus Christ and the Devil in this humanistic portrait of Jesus during his 40 days fasting and praying in the Judean desert.
- Jane Got a Gun (2016)
- Dir. Gavin O'Connor
Feat. Natalie Portman, Joel Edgerton, Ewan McGregor…
- Natalie Portman stars in this solid western forced to turn to her ex–lover for help to save her husband from a gang out to kill him.
- Our Kind of Traitor (2016)
- Dir. Susanna White
Feat. Ewan McGregor, Naomie Harris, Stellan Skarsgard…
- Solid adaptation of the John Le Carre novel about a couple who finds themselves lured into a Russian oligarch's plans to defect, and are soon…
- American Pastoral (2016)
- Dir. Ewan McGregor
Feat. Ewan McGregor, Jennifer Connelly, Dakota Fanning
- Based on the novel by Philip Roth, Ewan McGregor directs and stars as an all–American college star who marries a beauty queen only to see their…
- T2 Trainspotting (2017)
- Dir. Danny Boyle
Feat. Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller…
- The characters of Irvine Welsh's TRAINSPOTTING are alive, if not entirely well, twenty years later in this sequel that serves up some good laughs and…
- Beauty and the Beast (2017)
- Dir. Bill Condon
Feat. Emma Watson, Dan Stevens, Luke Evans…
- A live–action re–telling of Disney's own animated classic which refashions the original French fairy tale for a contemporary audience,…
- Fargo - Season 3 (TV Series) (2017)
- Feat. Ewan McGregor, Carrie Coon, Mary Elizabeth Winstead…
- Third season of the much acclaimed mid–western noir, this time set in 2010. Features more deception, intrigue and murder in a frosty Minnesota…
- Christopher Robin (2018)
- Dir. Marc Forster
Feat. Ewan McGregor, Hayley Atwell, Jim Cummings…
- Gorgeously rendered live–action/animation hybrid, an adaptation of the Disney franchise inspired by A. A. Milne and E. H. Shepard's book…
- Zoe (2018)
- Dir. Drake Doremus
Feat. Ewan McGregor, Léa Seydoux, Theo James…
- An engineer and a robot fall in love at a research lab for perfecting romantic relationships. An open minded but scientifically undemanding romantic…
- Stephen King's Doctor Sleep (2019)
- Dir. Mike Flanagan
Feat. Ewan McGregor, Rebecca Ferguson, Kyliegh Curran
- A nothing–if–not–bold sequel to one of the greatest horror movies of all time, THE SHINING. Set 40 years after the events of the…