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Jonathan Pryce

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Breaking GlassBreaking Glass (1980) Aro Favourite
Dir. Brian Gibson
Feat. Hazel O'Connor, Phil Daniels, Jon Finch
Grievously under–rated and singular rock music drama from the post–punk era offers more than just nostalgic interest, with an impassioned…
Ploughman's Lunch, ThePloughman's Lunch, The (1983)
Dir. Richard Eyre
Feat. Jonathan Pryce, Tim Curry
Complex dissection of British motives during the Falklands War.
Something Wicked This Way ComesSomething Wicked This Way Comes (1983) Recommended
Dir. Jack Clayton
Feat. Jason Robards Jr., Jonathan Pryce, Diane Ladd
Classic Ray Bradbury story of good and evil, set in a small American town, where two adventurous boys become entangled with a diabolical carnival and…
BrazilBrazil (1985) Aro Favourite
Dir. Terry Gilliam
Feat. Jonathan Pryce, Robert De Niro, Ian Holm
Daydreaming bureaucrat Jonathan Pryce becomes unwittingly involved with an underground superhero and a mystery woman before falling victim to his own…
Haunted HoneymoonHaunted Honeymoon (1986)
Dir. Gene Wilder
Feat. Gene Wilder, Dom DeLuise, Gilda Radner
Insipid farce has two hapless honeymooners besieged by various spooky happenings. There is some fun to be had here and Wilder's affection for Abbott…
Jumpin' Jack FlashJumpin' Jack Flash (1986)
Dir. Penny Marshall
Feat. Whoopi Goldberg, Stephen Collins, Carol Kane
Amiable escapade with trouble aplenty for Goldberg after she starts receiving S.O.S messages from a British spy trapped in Soviet Russia. When she…
ShoppingShopping (1993)
Dir. Paul Anderson
Feat. Jude Law, Sadie Frost, Jonathan Pryce
Joy–riding, shop–looting youths cruise the neon–lit urban squalors of Northern England. Realism is bypassed in favour of a visual…
Deadly AdviceDeadly Advice (1993) Recommended
Dir. Mandie Fletcher
Feat. Jane Horrocks, Brenda Fricker, Jonathan Pryce
A wicked little black comedy about murder in small, genteel provincial town on the Welsh borders. The twist is to have the bickering ghosts of…
Barbarians at the GateBarbarians at the Gate (1993)
Dir. Glenn Jordan
Feat. James Garner, Jonathan Pryce, Peter Riegert
James Garner, Jonathan Pryce and Peter Riegert engage in power–plays and an outrageous take–over bidding war for cigarette giant,…
Business Affair, ABusiness Affair, A (1993)
Dir. Charlotte Brandstom
Feat. Carole Bouquet, Christopher Walken, Jonathan Pryce
Would–be writer Carole Bouquet is caught between her husband (another struggling scribe) and publisher Christopher Walken. European…
CarringtonCarrington (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…
Tomorrow Never DiesTomorrow Never Dies (1997)
Dir. Roger Spottiswoode
Feat. Pierce Brosnan, Jonathan Pryce, Michelle Yeoh
Pierce Brosnan is back for a second round as 007, this time embroiled in the war–waging activities of an unscrupulous media baron (Jonathan…
RoninRonin (1997)
Dir. John Frankenheimer
Feat. Robert De Niro, Jean Reno, Natascha McElhone
Perfunctory caper round the grey streets of Paris stuffs as much car–chasing and other cliches as possible into its baggy plot concerning…
RegenerationRegeneration (Behind the Lines) (1997) Recommended
Dir. Gillies MacKinnon
Feat. Jonathan Pryce, James Wilby, Jonny Lee Miller
An exploration of the mental trauma of trench–warfare in WWI, adapted from the novel by Pat Barker and set in a Scottish Hospital where…
Affair of the Necklace, TheAffair of the Necklace, The (2001)
Dir. Charles Shyer
Feat. Hilary Swank, Jonathan Pryce, Joely Richardson
Hilary Swank (BOYS DON’T CRY) wigs up as a penniless French aristocrat in pre–revolution times who conspires to defraud Cardinal Jonathon…
Very Annie-MaryVery Annie-Mary (2001)
Dir. Sara Sugarman
Feat. Rachel Griffiths, Jonathan Pryce
Set in the tiny Welsh village of Ogw and embracing the national obsession with singing, this doggedly eccentric comedy is not for all tastes yet has…
Unconditional LoveUnconditional Love (2002)
Dir. P.J. Hogan
Feat. Kathy Bates, Rupert Everett, Lynn Redgrave
A neatly amusing comedy concerning the fan of a recently deceased pop crooner, who teams up with the singer's gay lover to investigate the death (or…
Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black PearlPirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) Aro Favourite
Dir. Gore Verbinski
Feat. Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Geoffrey Rush
A terrific, tongue–in–cheek action romp set in the pirate days of the Caribbean, with Johnny Depp leading the charge as a madcap, slyly…
De-LovelyDe-Lovely (Delovely) (2004) Recommended
Dir. Irwin Winkler
Feat. Kevin Kline, Ashley Judd, Jonathan Pryce
Refined and dandy musical biopic of legendary tunesmith Cole Porter, who composed some great music while leading a gay double–life during his…
Brothers GrimmBrothers Grimm (2005)
Dir. Terry Gilliam
Feat. Heath Ledger, Matt Damon, Jonathan Pryce
Loosely based on the lives of 19th century German folklore collectors Wilhelm and Jacob Grimm, this has the said brothers (played by Ledger and…
Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead Man's ChestPirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead Man's Chest (2006) Recommended
Dir. Gore Verbinski
Feat. Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley
Smash sequel–equal, which replicates the swashbuckling wit, quirkiness and visual excitement of its predecessor, again following the…
RenaissanceRenaissance (2006)
Dir. Christian Volckman
Feat. Daniel Craig, Jonathan Pryce, Ian Holm
Painting a typically bleak, oppressive view of the not–to–distant future, this French animation conception realises its dystopian malaise…
Pirates of the Caribbean 3: At World's EndPirates of the Caribbean 3: At World's End (2007)
Dir. Gore Verbinski
Feat. Johnny Depp, Keira Knightley, Orlando Bloom
Blockbuster third installment in the ever–popular swashbuckling franchise finds Johnny Depp and crew having to sail off the edge of the map and…
Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street IrregularsSherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars (2007)
Dir. Julian Kemp
Feat. Jonathan Pryce, Bill Paterson, Anna Chancellor
Holmes gets kicked into the 21st century with this made–for–TV family drama in which the crime–busting duo must rely on a gang of…
LeatherheadsLeatherheads (2008)
Dir. George Clooney
Feat. George Clooney, Renee Zellweger, Jonathan Pryce
The debonair George Clooney directs and stars in this charming 1920s comedy as a player–coach who gets caught up with a plucky journalist…
Bedtime StoriesBedtime Stories (2008) Recommended
Dir. Adam Shankman
Feat. Adam Sandler, Keri Russell, Guy Pearce
Sure–fire Disney high–concept comedy starring Adam Sandler as a baby–sitting uncle whose bedtime stories start to influence his…
Return to Cranford (TV Mini-Series)Return to Cranford (TV Mini-Series) (2009)
Dir. Simon Curtis
Feat. Judi Dench, Imelda Staunton, Julia McKenzie
Winning follow–up to the acclaimed drama is set one year after the marriage of Dr. Harrison and Sophy Hutton. There's some exciting additions…
HysteriaHysteria (2011)
Dir. Tanya Wexler
Feat. Maggie Gyllenhaal, Hugh Dancy, Jonathan Pryce
A buoyant, light–to–touch period romance about the 19th Century invention of the vibrator, devised as cure for the female ailment know as…
G.I Joe: RetaliationG.I Joe: Retaliation (2013)
Dir. Jon M. Chu
Feat. Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson, Channing Tatum, Bruce Willis
The Joes strap up for another explosive slug fest with arch enemies Cobra in this dumb–fun sequel to the toy franchise blockbuster.
Salvation, TheSalvation, The (2014)
Dir. Kristian Levring
Feat. Mads Mikkelsen, Eva Green, Jeffrey Dean Morgan
High on action, low on dialogue, this enjoyable Danish western follows the story of a peaceful American settler who kills his family's murderer and…
Listen Up PhilipListen Up Philip (2014)
Dir. Alex Ross Perry
Feat. Jason Schwartzman, Elisabeth Moss, Jonathan Pryce
Acidic, stylistically bold portrait of a young narcissistic writer (Schwartzman) who petulantly refuses to promote his second novel, and instead…
Woman in GoldWoman in Gold (2015)
Dir. Simon Curtis
Feat. Helen Mirren, Ryan Reynolds, Daniel Brühl
Helen Mirren elevates this polished if prosaic dramatisation of an elderly Jewish woman who teams with a rookie lawyer (Reynolds) to seek restorative…
DoughDough (2015)
Dir. John Goldschmidt
Feat. Jonathan Pryce, Jerome Holder, Phil Davis
Gentle comedy with Jonathan Pryce as an old Jewish baker who struggles to keep his business afloat until his young Muslim apprentice drops cannabis…
Man Who Invented Christmas, TheMan Who Invented Christmas, The (2017)
Dir. Bharat Nalluri
Feat. Dan Stevens, Christopher Plummer, Jonathan Pryce
Delightful Christmas movie to suit all ages, following the life of Charles Dickens as he writes A Christmas Carol. Ebenezer Scrooge was inspired by…
Wife, TheWife, The (2017) Recommended
Dir. Björn Runge
Feat. Glenn Close, Jonathan Pryce, Christian Slater
An intelligent drama exploring the 40 year marriage between a Nobel Prize winning novelist and his wife, who has remained in the shadows as her own…
Man Who Killed Don Quixote, TheMan Who Killed Don Quixote, The (2018) Recommended
Dir. Terry Gilliam
Feat. Adam Driver, Jonathan Pryce, Stellan Skarsgard
Madcap fantasy adventure from director Terry Gilliam following a cynical advertising director (Adam Driver) who succumbs to outrageous delusions…

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