Emma Thompson
Actor
- Fortunes of War (TV Mini-series) (1987)
- Dir. James Cellan Jones
Feat. Kenneth Branagh, Emma Thompson, Alan Bennett…
- An under–appreciated historical epic focused on the personal experience of war, starring then–English glamour couple Kenneth Branagh and…
- Tutti Frutti (TV Series) (1987)
- Feat. Robbie Coltrane, Emma Thompson, Richard Wilson
- This beautifully sardonic Scottish miniseries launched the careers of it's lead actors, offering a brilliant satire of the music industry and a deft…
- Tall Guy, The (1989)
- Dir. Mel Smith
Feat. Jeff Goldblum, Rowan Atkinson, Emma Thompson
- Jeff Goldblum plays an American actor in England who faces successive crises with obnoxious employer Rowan Atkinson and love interest Emma Thompson.
- Look Back in Anger (1989)
- Dir. Judi Dench
Feat. Kenneth Branagh, Emma Thompson, Siobhan Redmond
- TV production of John Osborne's influential play from the 50's, directed by Judi Dench.
Kenneth Branagh plays the educated but disaffected "angry…
- Impromptu (1990)
- Dir. James Lapine
Feat. Judy Davis, Hugh Grant, Mandy Patinkin…
- Splendid frolic with Chopin, Liszt, Delacroix, George Sand and friends gathered at a French country villa. Hilarious and moving, Judy Davis leads a…
- Dead Again (1991)
- Dir. Kenneth Branagh
Feat. Kenneth Branagh, Emma Thompson
- Kenneth Branagh and Emma Thompson go Stateside for this askewed whodunnit about a P.I. who is hired to help an amnesia victim, seemingly haunted by…
- Howards End (1992)
- Dir. James Ivory
Feat. Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson, Helena Bonham Carter
- Merchant/Ivory's E.M. Forster adaptation is so exquisite it pales their previous efforts. Forster's usual themes of class injustice and emotional…
- Peter's Friends (1992)
- Dir. Kenneth Branagh
Feat. Kenneth Branagh, Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie…
- British stiff–upper–lip spin on the BIG CHILL with Kenneth Brannagh and friends. They come across as something of a lacklustre lot,…
- In the Name of the Father (1993)
- Dir. Jim Sheridan
Feat. Daniel Day-Lewis, Pete Postlethwaite, Emma Thompson
- Daniel Day–Lewis gives a devastating performance in this powerhouse re–creation of the tragedy that beset Jerry Conlon, his family and…
- Much Ado About Nothing (1993)
- Dir. Kenneth Branagh
Feat. Kenneth Branagh, Denzel Washington, Keanu Reeves…
- Kenneth Branagh plunders the Bard again and pulls off a rare breed of romantic escapism. Here he somehow modifies the traditional text for an…
- Remains of the Day (1993)
- Dir. James Ivory
Feat. Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson, Christopher Reeve…
- Note–perfect adaptation of the Booker–winning novel plays out its key themes of duty and betrayal, love and loss with effortless class,…
- Junior (1994)
- Dir. Ivan Reitman
Feat. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Danny De Vito, Emma Thompson
- High–gloss whimsy in which Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito contrast screen personas once again, this time as science mavericks…
- Carrington (1995)
- Dir. Christopher Hampton
Feat. Emma Thompson, Jonathan Pryce, Steven Waddington…
- Titular tomboy Emma Thompson finds inexplicable desire for fellow 'Bloomsbury groupie' and effette intellectual Lytton Strachey in this academic…
- Sense and Sensibility (1995)
- Dir. Ang Lee
Feat. Emma Thompson, Kate Winslet, Alan Rickman…
- It all started here – The Jane Austen Revival, in a witty and engaging take on this classic tale of two sisters, one practical (Emma Thompson),…
- Winter Guest, The (1997)
- Dir. Alan Rickman
Feat. Emma Thompson, Phyllida Law, Gary Hollywood
- Emma Thompson ventures to farther–flung fields in a contemporary family melodrama played out within the bleak confines of a wintery British…
- Primary Colors (1998)
- Dir. Mike Nichols
Feat. John Travolta, Emma Thompson, Billy Bob Thornton…
- In charting the rise of a controversial Southern Governor through the US Democratic primary campaign, John Travolta rises admirably to his most…
- Judas Kiss (1998)
- Dir. Sebastian Guitierrez
Feat. Emma Thompson, Alan Rickman, Carla Gugino…
- Kidnapping–gone–wrong thriller that trades off the curious casting of Emma Thompson and Alan Rickman as the American cops in pursuit.…
- Treasure Planet (2002)
- Dir. John Musker, Ron Clements
Feat. Emma Thompson, Martin Short, David Hyde Pierce
- A spaced–up animated version of Robert Louis Stevenson’s TREASURE ISLAND, with young Jim shipping aboard a galactic galleon with…
- 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…
- Love Actually (2003)
- Dir. Richard Curtis
Feat. Colin Firth, Liam Neeson, Emma Thompson…
- Golden–boy comedy writer Richard Curtis assumes directing duties for the first time but mislays the Midas touch he gained from penning “Four…
- Imagining Argentina (2003)
- Dir. Christopher Hampton
Feat. Antonio Banderas, Emma Thompson, Ruben Blades…
- A controversial adaptation of Lawrence Thornton's award–winning novel, set in the Argentine dictatorship of the mid–1970s.
Thompson is…
- 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…
- Angels in America (TV Mini Series) (2004)
- Dir. Mike Nichols
Feat. Al Pacino, Meryl Streep, Emma Thompson…
- An ambitious, multi–leveled portrait of the fractures, politics and metaphysical crises of 1980s America based on the stageplay by Tony…
- Nanny McPhee (2005)
- Dir. Kirk Jones
Feat. Emma Thompson, Colin Firth, Kelly MacDonald…
- A well–bred British entertainment for children which fuses the traditional likes of MARY POPPINS with the current wave of gothic fantasy (Harry…
- Stranger Than Fiction (2006)
- Dir. Marc Forster
Feat. Will Ferrell, Emma Thompson, Maggie Gyllenhaal…
- A self–consciously 'clever' comedy with a cunning conceit – tax inspector Will Ferrell discovers that his drab life is being narrated and…
- 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,…
- Brideshead Revisited (2008)
- Dir. Julian Jarrold
Feat. Matthew Goode, Ben Whishaw, Hayley Atwell…
- Sound adaptation of Evelyn Waugh’s classic novel of illicit love in the realms of High Society, set against the backdrop of pre–WWII Britain.…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- Men in Black 3 (2012)
- Dir. Barry Sonnenfeld
Feat. Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones, Josh Brolin…
- Will Smith and co. return to inspired form for this third installment of the popular sci–fi comedy about a black–suited government agency…
- Brave (2012)
- Dir. Mark Andrews, Brenda Chapman
Feat. Kelly MacDonald, Billy Connolly, Emma Thompson…
- Pixar's latest winning animation centres on an impetuous Scottish princess torn between her royal duty to the kingdom and her true desire to become…
- 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…
- Saving Mr. Banks (2013)
- Dir. John Lee Hancock
Feat. Emma Thompson, Tom Hanks, Colin Farrell…
- Emma Thompson plays P.L. Travers in this showbiz biopic of the Mary Poppins creator's legendary collaboration with Walt Disney.
Thompson and Tom…
- Love Punch (2013)
- Dir. Joel Hopkins
Feat. Pierce Brosnan, Emma Thompson, Timothy Spall…
- A divorced couple scheme to recover the retirement money that was stolen from them.
- Men, Women and Children (2014)
- Dir. Jason Reitman
Feat. Adam Sandler, Rosemarie DeWitt, Jennifer Garner…
- Topical drama concerning a group of high school teenagers and their parents as they attempt to navigate the many ways the internet has changed their…
- Effie Gray (2014)
- Dir. Richard Laxton
Feat. Dakota Fanning, Greg Wise, Tom Sturridge…
- Written by Emma Thompson, this highly respectable period drama looks at the scandalous love triangle between Victorian art critic John Ruskin, his…
- Walk in the Woods, A (2015)
- Dir. Ken Kwapis
Feat. Robert Redford, Nick Nolte, Emma Thompson…
- Robert Redford and Nick Nolte walk the Appalachian trail together in this lightly comic adaptation of Bill Bryson's memoir, with much of the pleasure…
- Burnt (2015)
- Dir. John Wells
Feat. Sienna Miller, Daniel Bruhl, Omar Sy…
- Culinary drama with Bradley Cooper as a temperamental chef pushing his staff to the limits as he strives for a third Michelin star.
- Legend of Barney Thomson, The (2015)
- Dir. Robert Carlyle
Feat. Robert Carlyle, Emma Thompson, Ray Winstone…
- A uniquely Glaswegian black comedy directed by and starring Robert Carlyle as an awkward middle–aged barber whose life of desperate mediocrity…
- 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,…
- Alone in Berlin (2017)
- Dir. Vincent Perez
Feat. Emma Thompson, Brendan Gleeson, Daniel Bruhl…
- Earnest resistance drama set in 1940, with Emma Thompson and Brendan Gleeson as a working class couple who, after learning of their only son's death…
- Children Act, The (2017)
- Dir. Richard Eyre
Feat. Emma Thompson, Stanley Tucci, Fionn Whitehead
- The formidable Emma Thompson plays Fiona Maye, a London High Court judge of family law who pays a heavy personal price for her dedication to the…
- Johnny English Strikes Again (2018)
- Dir. David Kerr
Feat. Rowan Atkinson, Ben Miller, Olga Kurylenko…
- Rowan Atkinson spoofs Bond again in this third installment of the Johnny English franchise, which sees the accidental secret agent going up against a…
- Years And Years (TV Series) (2019)
- Dir. Simon Cellan Jones, Lisa Mulcahy
Feat. Emma Thompson, Rory Kinnear, Russell Tovey
- Six–part series created by Russell T. Davies, following the busy Lyons family from Manchester across 15 years, and starring Emma Thompson as a…
- Late Night (2019)
- Dir. Nisha Ganatra
Feat. Emma Thompson, Mindy Kaling, Max Casella…
- Emma Thompson plays a once successful late–night talk show host who fears her popularity is slipping and hires a woman (Mindy Kaling) to…
- Last Christmas (2019)
- Dir. Paul Feig
Feat. Emilia Clarke, Henry Golding, Michelle Yeoh…
- Comfortably predictable British rom–com filled with Christmas warmth, from beloved director Paul Feig (BRIDESMAIDS). A…
- Dolittle (The Voyage of Doctor Dolittle) (2020)
- Dir. Stephen Gaghan
Feat. Robert Downey Jnr., Antonio Banderas, Michael Sheen…
- Nutty remake of the 1967 musical with Robert Downey Jr. as the Welsh veterinarian who can talk to animals. Based loosely on the book The Voyages of…
- Cruella (2021)
- Dir. Craig Gillespie
Feat. Emma Stone, Emma Thompson, Joel Fry…
- Crime comedy starring Emma Stone as the villainous character Cruella de Vil from Dodie Smith's 1956 novel The Hundred and One Dalmatians.
Director…
- What's Love Got to Do With it? (2022)
- Dir. Shekhar Kapur
Feat. Lily James, Shazad Latif, Emma Thompson…
- How do you find lasting love in today’s world? For documentary filmmaker Zoe (Lily James), swiping right to find Mr. Right has only delivered bad…