Emma Thompson
Actor
Films to Rent
- 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…