Eileen Atkins
Actor
Films to Rent
Let Him Have It (1991)
- Dir. Peter Medak
Feat. Christopher Eccleston, Tom Courtenay, Eileen Atkins
- Riveting re–creation of events pre–empting the tragic 1952 hanging of a simple teenager, whose only crime was to ambiguously utter “Let…
Cold Comfort Farm (1996)
- Dir. John Schlesinger
Feat. Kate Beckinsale, Joanna Lumley, Ian McKellen…
- A beguiling comedy transpires when a penniless woman of society is forced to live with her yokel cousins. Full of eccentric dialogue and characters,…
Madame Bovary (2000)
- Dir. Tim Fywell
Feat. Eileen Atkins, Hugh Bonneville, Frances O’Connor
- Typically lavish BBC costumer, here tackling Gustave Flaubert's classic French tragi–romance with gusto and explicit sex. Frances O'Connor…
Bertie and Elizabeth (2002)
- Dir. Giles Foster
Feat. James Wilby, Juliet Aubrey, Alan Bates…
- Above–board portrait of the relationship between George VI and future wife Elizabeth Bowes–Lyon – better known as the 'Queen…
Wit (2003)
- Dir. Mike Nichols
Feat. Emma Thompson, Eileen Atkins, Christopher Lloyd…
- The dramatic and comedic talents of Emma Thompson flourish in a brave, heartfelt performance as a terminally ill literary professor with a…
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…
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…
Evening (2007)
- Dir. Lajos Koltai
Feat. Claire Danes, Toni Collette, Vanessa Redgrave…
- All–star, womanly melodrama unveils the secret life of an ailing matriarch (Redgrave), whose remembrance of an intense, tragic love fifty years…
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…
Ballet Shoes (2007)
- Dir. Sandra Goldbacher
Feat. Emma Watson, Richard Griffiths, Yasmin Paige…
- Utterly enchanting contemporary adaptation of the beloved 1936 novel by Noel Streatfeild about three orphan girls (Pauline, Petrova, and Posy) who…
Last Chance Harvey (2008)
- Dir. Joel Hopkins
Feat. Dustin Hoffman, Emma Thompson, Eileen Atkins…
- Simple romance stars Dustin Hoffman as a down–and–out divorcee whose life seems to be going nowhere until he meets the equally…
Psychoville (TV Series) (2009)
- Dir. Matt Lipsey
Feat. Steve Pemberton, Reece Shearsmith, Dawn French…
- Blacky comic sitcom written by and starring The League of Gentlemen members Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton, who each play numerous bizarre…
Robin Hood (2010)
- Dir. Ridley Scott
Feat. Russell Crowe, Cate Blanchett, Max von Sydow…
- Reuniting GLADIATOR director Ridley Scott with star Russell Crowe, this brawnier, grittier update of the Sherwood forest legend surveys the origins…
Wild Target (2010)
- Dir. Jonathan Lynn
Feat. Bill Nighy, Emily Blunt, Rupert Grint…
- Bumbling Brit comedy of a middle–aged assassin (Nighy) who spares the life of one of his targets (Blunt), only to attract the attention of a…
Upstairs, Downstairs (TV Series) (2010)
- Feat. Ed Stoppard, Keeley Hawes, Eileen Atkins…
- Slavish, lavish remake of the classic 70s serial plays out the hushed conflict between servants and gentry at the iconic 165 Eaton Place. Though…
Scapegoat, The (2012)
- Dir. Charles Sturridge
Feat. Matthew Rhys, Andrew Scott, Eileen Atkins…
- An involving, atmospheric tale of deceit, this period drama centres on a down–on–his–luck teacher (Rhys) who inadvertently meets…
Beautiful Creatures (2013)
- Dir. Richard LaGravenese
Feat. Alden Ehrenreich, Alice Englert, Jeremy Irons…
- A young man is drawn to a mysterious new arrival whose family possess secret supernatural powers in this vivid adaptation of Kami Garcia and Margaret…
Crown, The - Season 1 (TV Series) (2016)
- Feat. Claire Foy, Matt Smith, Vanessa Kirby…
- The writer of the acclaimed 2006 movie THE QUEEN, Peter Morgan, turns his attention to Elizabeth II's earlier years. Season One covers her marriage…
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…
Wicked Little Letters (2024)
- Dir. Thea Sharrock
Feat. Olivia Colman, Jessie Buckley, Timothy Spall…
- A 1920s English seaside town bears witness to a dark and absurd scandal based on a stranger–than–fiction true events.
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