Mike Newell
Director, Actor
Films to Rent on DVD
- Man in the Iron Mask, The (1976)
- Dir. Mike Newell
Feat. Richard Chamberlain, Patrick McGoohan, Jenny Agutter…
- Polished version of Dumas’ other great swashbuckler that encompasses The Three Musketeers, with Richard Chamberlain leading a great cast.
- Awakening, The (1980)
- Dir. Mike Newell
Feat. Charlton Heston, Susannah York
- Based on Bram Stoker's "The Jewel of Seven Stars", this large budget horror film fails to capitalise on a great cast and authentic Egyptian locations…
- Bad Blood (1981)
- Dir. Mike Newell
Feat. Jack Thompson, Carol Burns, Denis Lill
- A gripping drama based on the factual account of Stan Graham, who in 1941 murdered four policemen and sparked one of the greatest manhunts in New…
- Dance with a Stranger (1985)
- Dir. Mike Newell
Feat. Miranda Richardson, Rupert Everett
- A considered and compelling account of the final years of Ruth Ellis, the last woman in Britain to be hanged by the state, featuring a mesmerizing…
- Enchanted April (1992)
- Dir. Mike Newell
Feat. Joan Plowright, Miranda Richardson, Polly Walker…
- A gentle, lucid ensemble piece about four women who escape the constrictions of Edwardian London for a month in a castle on the Riviera.
- Four Weddings and a Funeral (1993)
- Dir. Mike Newell
Feat. Hugh Grant, Andie MacDowell, John Hannah…
- Hugh Grant plays a loveable bachelor who is forever celebrating the romantic union of his friends, but is dreadfully reluctant to take the plunge…
- Into the West (1993)
- Dir. Mike Newell
Feat. Gabriel Byrne, David Kelly, Ellen Barkin…
- A grand ol' Irish tale about two gypsy boys who 'steal' back a majestic white mare and take off into the wild green yonder. Magical,…
- An Awfully Big Adventure (1994)
- Dir. Mike Newell
Feat. Hugh Grant, Alan Rickman
- After FOUR WEDDINGS, Hugh Grant and director Newell reteamed for this unlikely follow–up – a bleak backstage comedy charting a young…
- Donnie Brasco (1997)
- Dir. Mike Newell
Feat. Al Pacino, Johnny Depp, Michael Madsen…
- Riveting, true–life tale of an FBI agent's perilous infiltration of the New York Mafia in the 70s. A knife–edge dramatic tension is…
- Pushing Tin (1999)
- Dir. Mike Newell
Feat. John Cusack, Billy Bob Thornton, Cate Blanchett…
- The title is Air Traffic Controller jargon for getting all the jumbo–jets landing on time, and typifies the haywire humour of this workplace…