Gary Oldman
Director, Actor
Films to Rent
- Alan Clarke at the BBC, Volume 2: Disruption (1978-1989)
- Dir. Alan Clarke
Feat. Gary Oldman, David Bowie, Sean Chapman
- A 5–DVD box set bringing together long–unavailable productions which Alan Clarke directed for the BBC between 1978 and 1987. All these…
- 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…
- Sid and Nancy (1986)
- Dir. Alex Cox
Feat. Gary Oldman, Chloe Webb
- Pretty grim portrait of the life and times of Sex Pistol Sid Vicious and his girlfriend. Both are stunningly personified by Gary Oldman and Chloe…
- Prick Up Your Ears (1987)
- Dir. Stephen Frears
Feat. Gary Oldman
- Gary Oldman portrays Joe Orton, the infamous gay playwright whose scandalous personal life ended at the bloodied hand of his jealous lover. The title…
- Track 29 (1987)
- Dir. Nicolas Roeg
Feat. Gary Oldman, Theresa Russell, Christopher Lloyd…
- Purporting to be her long–lost son, sleazoid Gary Oldman materialises out of Theresa Russell's alcoholic haze, as husband Christopher Lloyd…
- We Think the World of You (1988)
- Dir. Collin Gregg
Feat. Gary Oldman, Alan Bates
- Quirky Brit comedy/drama about a love triangle between two men and an alsatian! Jealousy overcomes Gary Oldman when a prison sentence brings together…
- Criminal Law (1989)
- Dir. Martin Campbell
Feat. Gary Oldman, Kevin Bacon, Tess Harper…
- Hot shot lawyer Gary Oldman successfully defends psycho–killer Kevin Bacon, only to find he had made a costly misjudgement.
- Firm, The (1989)
- Dir. Alan Clarke
Feat. Gary Oldman, Phillip Davis
- Another of dir. Clarke’s essential forays into the vicious subcultures of Britain, here a ‘firm’ of football hooligans led by real estate agent…
- State of Grace (1990)
- Dir. Phil Joanou
Feat. Sean Penn, Gary Oldman, Ed Harris
- Penn returns to his Irish mob roots in New York's Hell's Kitchen to find tenuous–at–best relations with the neighbouring Mafia. Oldman…
- Chattahoochee (1990)
- Dir. Mick Jackson
Feat. Gary Oldman, Dennis Hopper, Frances McDormand
- Gary Oldman plays a Korean war veteran admitted to an asylum where he discovers gross malpractise and corruption.
- Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (1991)
- Dir. Tom Stoppard
Feat. Gary Oldman, Tim Roth
- Tom Stoppard films his own play that follows the aimless lives of two incidental characters from HAMLET. Gary Oldman and Tim Roth dazzlingly…
- Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)
- Dir. Francis Ford Coppola
Feat. Gary Oldman, Winona Ryder, Keanu Reeves…
- Francis Ford Coppola's opulent and erotic update of the gothic legend. Gary Oldman's incarnation of the fanged one is most impressive here, as are…
- True Romance (1993)
- Dir. Tony Scott
Feat. Christian Slater, Patricia Arquette, Gary Oldman…
- Precocious, ultra–violent black comedy from the pen of Tarantino in which comic–book–nerd Christian Slater transforms into…
- Leon The Professional, The (Professional, The) (1994)
- Dir. Luc Besson
Feat. Jean Reno, Gary Oldman, Natalie Portman
- The director of NIKITA revamps his French hit with American money and the English language. An Italian hitman in New York reluctantly adopts a…
- Immortal Beloved (1994)
- Dir. Bernard Rose
Feat. Gary Oldman
- Gary Oldman adds another complex role to one of the most impressive contemporary acting CVs. He brings dimension to a difficult, unlikable role as…
- Murder in the First (1994)
- Dir. Marc Rocco
Feat. Christian Slater, Kevin Bacon, Gary Oldman
- Powerhouse acting enlivens fact–based proceedings that led to the closure of Alcatraz. Kevin Bacon plays a victimised prisoner pushed to the…
- Romeo Is Bleeding (1994)
- Dir. Peter Medak
Feat. Gary Oldman, Annabella Sciorra, Juliette Lewis…
- Petty corrupt cop Gary Oldman gets into all sorts of bother with the mob and his three women – Annabella Sciorra, Juliette Lewis and…
- Scarlet Letter, The (1995)
- Dir. Roland Joffe
Feat. Demi Moore, Gary Oldman, Robert Duvall…
- In a puritanical New England community, a married Demi Moore and preacher Gary Oldman have a passionate liaison. Passable version of Nathaniel…
- Basquiat (1996)
- Dir. Julian Schnabel
Feat. Jeffrey Wright, David Bowie, Gary Oldman…
- The director sends a post–mortem loveletter to his friend and contemporary, Jean–Michel Basquiat, a celebrated but fragile New York black…
- Fifth Element, The (1997)
- Dir. Luc Besson
Feat. Bruce Willis, Gary Oldman, Milla Jovovich…
- Whether you think it's a gorgeous sci–fi masterpiece or narcissistic fluff, French director Luc 'Nikita' Besson's multi–million dollar…
- Air Force One (1997)
- Dir. Wolfgang Petersen
Feat. Harrison Ford, Gary Oldman
- Patriot tripe of the first order in which the private plane of the US president is infiltrated and held to ransom by Russkie terrorists.
Without…
- Lost in Space (1998)
- Dir. Stephen Hopkins
Feat. William Hurt, Matt LeBlanc, Gary Oldman…
- Warning! Warning! This ill–conceived big screen adaptation of a tele–series starts bad and does not get better, in fact, it's worth…
- Nil by Mouth (1998)
- Dir. Gary Oldman
Feat. Ray Winstone, Kathy Burke, Charlie Creed-Miles
- Brutality, poverty and drug abuse inhabit the daily reality of a South London family in actor Gary Oldman's writer/directing debut – a fierce,…
- Contender, The (2000)
- Dir. Rod Lurie
Feat. Joan Allen, Gary Oldman, Jeff Bridges…
- Strongly performed political thriller centred around the confirmation of Vice–Presidential candidate Joan Allen, whose enemies try every trick…
- Interstate 60 (2001)
- Dir. Bob Gale
Feat. James Marsden, Gary Oldman, Kurt Russell…
- An appealingly quirky teen road movie from the writer of the BACK TO THE FUTURE series, in which Marsden sets out on the mythical American highway,…
- Nobody's Baby (2001)
- Dir. David Seltzer
Feat. Skeet Ulrich, Gary Oldman, Radha Mitchell…
- Indie comedy starring Skeet Ulrich and Gary Oldman as crime partners who rescue a baby from an auto wreck and wind up conflicted over what to do with…
- Tiptoes (Tiny Tiptoes) (2003)
- Dir. Matthew Bright
Feat. Matthew McConaughey, Gary Oldman, Kate Beckinsale…
- Safely quirky indie has Kate Beckinsale and Matthew McConaughey's relationship heading for the rough waters when she discovers his family almost…
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
- Dir. Alfonso Cuaron
Feat. Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Thompson, Robbie Coltrane…
- Young Harry's troublesome education continues at Hogswarts School Of Witchcraft And Wizardry, in this increasingly confident series, here given a…
- Dead Fish (2004)
- Dir. Charley Stadler
Feat. Gary Oldman, Robert Carlyle, Jimi Mistry…
- The stock British gangster flick gets yet another working over: Gary Oldman plays a hitman who crosses paths with various motley individuals,…
- Batman Begins (2005)
- Dir. Christopher Nolan
Feat. Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman…
- Angular and grim prequel explores the origins of brooding superhero Batman, here played by Christian Bale, from the childhood trauma of millionaire…
- Backwoods, The (Bosque de sombras) (2006)
- Dir. Koldo Serra
Feat. Gary Oldman, Paddy Considine, Virginie Ledoyen
- Latin slice of backwoods gothic is a classy revenge film, as things go from bad to worse for hunting buddy Brits Gary Oldman and Paddy Consadine when…
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
- Dir. David Yates
Feat. Daniel Radcliffe, Robbie Coltrane, Helena Bonham Carter…
- The fifth movie of the Harry Potter franchise finds the Wiz–kid struggling with adolescent hormones, a blind bureaucracy and most memorably,…
- Batman: The Dark Knight (2008)
- Dir. Christopher Nolan
Feat. Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart…
- Christopher Nolan’s follow–up to BATMAN BEGINS pitches Christian Bale’s Batman against Heath Ledger’s lunatic Joker, propelling this…
- Unborn, The (2009)
- Dir. David S. Goyer
Feat. Odette Yustman, Gary Oldman, Meagan Good
- Corny 'supernatural thriller' concerning a young woman who fears she may be haunted by a demonic spirit somehow connected with her unborn…
- A Christmas Carol (2009)
- Dir. Robert Zemeckis
Feat. Jim Carrey, Daryl Sabara, Gary Oldman…
- The sure hand of dir. Robert Zemeckis guides this lavish CGI–animated retelling of Dickens' classic about a Victorian–era miser taken on…
- Book Of Eli, The (2010)
- Dir. Albert Hughes, Allen Hughes
Feat. Denzel Washington, Gary Oldman, Mila Kunis…
- Post–apocalyptic fable with attitude sees Denzel Washington play a hard–bitten prophet who must fight his way across America in order to…
- Red Riding Hood (2011)
- Dir. Catherine Hardwicke
Feat. Amanda Seyfried, Gary Oldman, Billy Burke…
- Amanda Seyfried plays the eponymous fairytale heroine lusted after by a sinister werewolf in this deliriously overheated horror–fantasy pitched…
- Kung Fu Panda 2: The Kaboom of Doom (2011)
- Dir. Jennifer Yuh Nelson
Feat. Jack Black, Angelina Jolie, Jackie Chan…
- The portliest martial–arts panda is back in this beautifully rendered – if entirely unnecessary – sequel. This time around Po finds…
- Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)
- Dir. Tomas Alfredson
Feat. Gary Oldman, Mark Strong, John Hurt…
- An enthralling, impeccably cast screen adaptation of John Le Carre’s quintessential cold war spy novel, centred on a retired George Smiley (Oldman)…
- Batman: The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
- Dir. Christopher Nolan
Feat. Christian Bale, Gary Oldman, Tom Hardy…
- Christopher Nolan directs with bombast and brilliance this long–awaited finale to the "Dark Knight" trilogy, in which Christian Bale's aging…
- Lawless (2012)
- Dir. John Hillcoat
Feat. Shia LaBeouf, Tom Hardy, Guy Pearce…
- Three ambitious brothers from the south turn to bootlegging, only to come up against the might of powerful urban gangsters in this vivid…
- Paranoia (2013)
- Dir. Robert Luketic
Feat. Liam Hemsworth, Gary Oldman, Amber Heard…
- A topical, if rather ineptly produced corporate espionage thriller, centred on an entry–level employee recruited to spy on his company's…
- Robocop (2014)
- Dir. José Padilha
Feat. Joel Kinnaman, Gary Oldman, Michael Keaton…
- Paul Verhoeven's electric blockbuster about a tormented robotic supercop is rebooted for the 21st century.
- Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)
- Dir. Matt Reeves
Feat. Jason Clarke, Gary Oldman, Keri Russell…
- This exciting sequel to the prequel in the PLANET OF THE APES franchise concerns the conflict between a growing nation of genetically evolved apes…
- Child 44 (2015)
- Dir. Daniel Espinosa
Feat. Tom Hardy, Gary Oldman, Noomi Rapace…
- Disturbing thriller with Tom Hardy as disgraced member of the military police investigating a series of nasty child murders during the…
- Criminal (2016)
- Dir. Ariel Vromen
Feat. Kevin Costner, Ryan Reynolds, Gary Oldman…
- From the Luc Besson school of stylish action tosh comes this violent romp in which a dead CIA operative's memories are implanted into a…
- Space Between Us, The (2017)
- Dir. Peter Chelsom
Feat. Asa Butterfield, Gary Oldman, Carla Gugino…
- Sci–fi romance where a teenage boy who has grown up on Mars visits earth for the first time. Enlisting the help of a misfit girl from Colorado,…
- Hitman's Bodyguard, The (2017)
- Dir. Patrick Hughes
Feat. Ryan Reynolds, Samuel L. Jackson, Gary Oldman…
- Smart–ass action shennanigans with Ryan Reynolds hired as a bodyguard to protect hitman Samuel L. Jackson who has to testify at the…
- Darkest Hour (2017)
- Dir. Joe Wright
Feat. Gary Oldman, Kristin Scott Thomas, Ben Mendelsohn…
- Gary Oldman embodies Winston Churchill to Oscar–winning effect in this rousing and roundly effective historical drama set during the early days…
- Hunter Killer (2018)
- Dir. Donovan Marsh
Feat. Gerard Butler, Gary Oldman, Common …
- Tense military thriller where the Russian president is kidnapped during a coup, and US Navy Seals lead by Captain Joe Glass (Gerard Butler) set out…