Alfred Molina
Actor
Films to Rent
- Meantime (1983)
- Dir. Mike Leigh
Feat. Tim Roth, Gary Oldman, Pam Ferris…
- Mike Leigh's skewed sense of humour takes on the doledrums of Thatcher's London. Tim Roth and Gary Oldman are unrecognisably awkward in a…
- Letter to Brezhnev (1985)
- Dir. Chris Bernard
Feat. Alfred Molina, Peter Firth
- Beguiling fable about two Liver–birds who, in the face of a bleak environment and unemployment, befriend a pair of Russian sailors who change…
- Water (1985)
- Dir. Dick Clement
Feat. Michael Caine, Billy Connolly, Valerie Perrine…
- When oil is discovered on a peaceful Caribbean outpost island it swiftly finds itself embroiled in a political upheaval with all sides fighting for…
- Not Without My Daughter (1991)
- Dir. Brian Gilbert
Feat. Sally Field, Alfred Molina
- Sally Field stars in this gripping true story of a woman who accompanied her Iranian–born husband to his homeland, and became his permanent…
- Trial, The (1992)
- Dir. David Jones
Feat. Kyle MacLachlan, Anthony Hopkins, Jason Robards Jr.…
- Update of Kafka's disturbing, influential novel posits Kyle MacLachlan as the man mysteriously arrested and subjected to a totalitarian judiciary.…
- Typhon's People (1993)
- Dir. Yvonne MacKay
Feat. Alfred Molina, Sophie Lee, Michael Hurst…
- Capable sci–fi thriller, scripted by Margaret Mahy, concerning dodgy genetic–engineering in a remote NZ research station. Stars local…
- Species (1995)
- Dir. Roger Donaldson
Feat. Ben Kingsley, Michael Madsen, Forest Whitaker…
- Ben Kingsley rounds up 'experts' (Michael Madsen, Forest Whitaker, Alfred Molina, Marg Helgenberger), a kind of A–Team of strange phenomena to…
- Perez Family, The (1995)
- Dir. Mira Nair
Feat. Alfred Molina, Anjelica Huston, Marisa Tomei…
- A gently humorous tale about Cuban refugees who pose as a family in order to gain entry into the U.S. The director of SALAAM BOMBAY well harnesses…
- Anna Karenina (1996)
- Dir. Bernard Rose
Feat. Sophie Marceau, James Fox, Sean Bean…
- Glitzy version of Tolstoy's novel has a great cast mingling and canoodling in the corridors of the 19th century Russian aristocracy. Lavish period…
- Man Who Knew Too Little, The (1997)
- Dir. Jon Amiel
Feat. Bill Murray, Peter Gallagher, Joanne Whalley…
- Contrived spy comedy, in which a bumbling Bill Murray accidently inducts himself into various high level intrigues. Though nothing special, this…
- Chocolat (2000)
- Dir. Lasse Hallstrom
Feat. Juliette Binoche, Alfred Molina, Lena Olin…
- Light and fluffy ‘food–comedy’ of international mien in which, after a shaky start, Juliette Binoche gets into the heart of an crusty…
- Frida (2002)
- Dir. Julie Taymor
Feat. Salma Hayek, Alfred Molina, Ashley Judd…
- Long awaited biopic of the celebrated 20th–century Mexican painter Frida Kahlo, whose troubled marriage to Diego Riviera and crippling injuries…
- Plots with a View (Undertaking Betty) (2002)
- Dir. Nick Hurran
Feat. Brenda Blethyn, Alfred Molina, Naomi Watts…
- Lunatic Welsh farce in which an unhappy Brenda Blethyn contrives with a besotted funeral director (Molina) to fake her own death so as to escape a…
- Luther (2003)
- Dir. Eric Till
Feat. Joseph Fiennes, Alfred Molina, Bruno Ganz…
- Fiennes has an appropriate gleam in his eye playing Martin Luther, the monk whose 16th century gamble to challenge the Roman Catholic orthodoxy…
- Spider-Man 2 (Spiderman 2) (2004)
- Dir. Sam Raimi
Feat. Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, Alfred Molina…
- The webbed superhero swings back with a vengeance in this excellent sequel, dir. Raimi winding up the vertiginous action to exhilarating…
- Coffee and Cigarettes (2004)
- Dir. Jim Jarmusch
Feat. Roberto Benigni, Steve Buscemi, Iggy Pop…
- A compendium of whimsical b&w shorts from lapsidaisical indie auteur Jim Jarmusch, set around various celebrity encounters over nicotine and…
- Da Vinci Code, The (2006)
- Dir. Ron Howard
Feat. Tom Hanks, Audrey Tautou, Ian McKellen…
- Adapted from Dan Brown's blockbusting novel, this rollicking, if over–weighty adventure has an American historian (Hanks) getting dragged into…
- As You Like It (2006)
- Dir. Kenneth Branagh
Feat. Bryce Dallas Howard, Romola Garai, Alfred Molina…
- Kenneth Branagh transplants the Bard’s comedy to old Japan in this talent–stacked tale of woman's flight from persecution and into the arms…
- Hoax, The (2006)
- Dir. Lasse Hallstrom
Feat. Richard Gere, Alfred Molina, Marcia Gay Harden…
- Solid Lasse Hallstrom–directed ‘literary hoax’ recounts the true story of Clifford Irving, a struggling writer allegedly commissioned by…
- Silk (2007)
- Dir. Francois Girard
Feat. Michael Pitt, Keira Knightley, Koji Yakusho…
- Sensuous period drama based on the popular Alessandro Baricco novel about a married silkworm smuggler who becomes infatuated with a local woman…
- Little Traitor, The (2007)
- Dir. Lynn Roth
Feat. Alfred Molina, Ido Port
- Coming–of–age drama about a spirited young Israeli boy and his unlikely friendship with a British sergeant in Palestine in…
- Lodger, The (2009)
- Dir. David Ondaatje
Feat. Alfred Molina, Hope Davis, Shane West…
- Remake of the Hitchcock original takes Jack the Ripper out of Whitechapel and places him on West Hollywood's Sunset Strip, pursued by grizzled…
- Wonder Woman (2009)
- Dir. Lauren Montgomery
Feat. Keri Russell, Nathan Fillion, Alfred Molina…
- Excellent animated feature telling the origin story of Wonder Woman (voiced by Russell) and her quest to protect the world from Ares (Molina).
The…
- An Education (2009)
- Dir. Lone Scherfig
Feat. Carey Mulligan, Peter Sarsgaard, Alfred Molina…
- An assured and alluring coming–of–age drama set in swinging sixties London (1961 in fact), with teenage ingenue Carey Mulligan falling in…
- Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010)
- Dir. Mike Newell
Feat. Jake Gyllenhaal, Gemma Arterton, Ben Kingsley…
- Jake Gyllenhaal flexes his pecs in this extravagant adaptation of the popular 'Arabian adventure' video game.
- Sorcerer's Apprentice, The (2010)
- Dir. Jon Turteltaub
Feat. Nicolas Cage, Alfred Molina, Jay Baruchel…
- Playing to type, Jay Baruchel is the average, unassuming new recruit of a master sorcerer (Nicholas Cage) who needs the help of a protégé to defeat…
- Tempest, The (2010)
- Dir. Julie Taymor
Feat. Helen Mirren, Felicity Jones, Djimon Hounsou…
- Julie Taymor takes on The Bard once more with distinctly eye–popping results, and in a further deviation gives Helen Mirren the role of…
- Rango (2011)
- Dir. Gore Verbinski
Feat. Johnny Depp, Isla Fisher, Abigail Breslin…
- Johnny Depp slithers his way through this lively and often brilliant animated western, voicing a lizard who winds up as the sheriff of a lawless…
- Abduction (2011)
- Dir. John Singleton
Feat. Taylor Lautner, Lily Collins, Alfred Molina…
- Ropey star–vehicle for TWILIGHT man–bot Lautner who finds his baby photo on a missing persons website and sets out to discover the truth…
- Justin and the Knights of Valour (2013)
- Dir. Manuel Sicilia
Feat. Antonio Banderas, Rupert Everett, Freddie Highmore…
- Essentially Pixar's BRAVE turned inside out, this amusing medieval fantasy centres on a young aspiring knight whose parents wish for him to instead…
- Normal Heart, The (2014)
- Dir. Ryan Murphy
Feat. Mark Ruffalo, Matt Bomer, Taylor Kitsch…
- Powerful HBO–produced adaptation of Larry Kramer's stageplay about the AIDS crisis in New York City in the 1980s and the efforts of HIV…
- Love is Strange (2014)
- Dir. Ira Sachs
Feat. John Lithgow, Alfred Molina, Marisa Tomei
- Poignant drama with John Lithgow and Alfred Molina starring as a recently married gay couple who are forced to move into separate households after…
- Show Me a Hero (TV Mini-Series) (2015)
- Dir. Paul Haggis
Feat. Oscar Isaac, Peter Riegert, Alfred Molina…
- Extraordinary true story of the political fight to build public housing in white middle–class neighbourhoods in 1980's New York. From the…
- Secret in Their Eyes (2015)
- Dir. Billy Ray
Feat. Chiwetel Ejiofor, Nicole Kidman, Julia Roberts…
- Efficient remake of the acclaimed Argentinean thriller that boasts some serious star power. Kidman, Roberts and Ejiofor star as a tight–knit…
- Angie Tribeca (TV Series) (2016)
- Feat. Rashida Jones, Hayes MacArthur, Jere Burns…
- Steve Carell produced spoofing of TV cops with Rashida Jones as lone–wolf detective Angie Tribeca investigating the most serious cases, from…
- Whiskey Tango Foxtrot (2016)
- Dir. Glenn Ficarra, John Requa
Feat. Tina Fey, Margot Robbie, Martin Freeman…
- Spiky war comedy with Tina Fey as a journalist assigned to Afghanistan at the height of the second Gulf War. Based on the acclaimed memoir "The…
- Little Men (2016)
- Dir. Ira Sachs
Feat. Greg Kinnear, Jennifer Ehle, Paulina García…
- A pair of thirteen–year–old boys have their newfound friendship tested by their parents' battle over a dress shop lease in what is…
- Front Runner, The (2018)
- Dir. Jason Reitman
Feat. Hugh Jackman, Vera Farmiga, J.K. Simmons…
- Hugh Jackman leads a strong ensemble cast as charismatic Democrat Senator Gary Hart, whose 1988 U.S. presidential campaign was derailed when he was…
- Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)
- Dir. Jon Watts
Feat. Tom Holland, Zendaya , Benedict Cumberbatch…
- Spider–Man adventure which acts as a sequel to both FAR FROM HOME (2019) and HOMECOMING (2017), and slots into the bloated Marvel Cinematic…