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  • Return to Me
  • Return to Me review by from Hants
    Rated - 2.0 stars Minnie Driver - not her best choice of film role 1 May 2005
    ... your attention either - Duchovny not on song and who thought Minnie Driver and Joely Richardson should have fake mid Altantic accents? ...   Read customer review
  • The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey
  • The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey review by A customer from Worthing
    Rated - 3.0 stars Sentimental Christmastide film 22 March 2009
    ... story and unabashed tearjerker so keep a box of tissues handy for the family. Joely Richardson very good as the stiff upper lip mother and Luke Ward-Wilkinson excellent as th...   Read customer review

Joely Richardson - filmography


  • Red Lights on DVD (2012)
    Starring: Robert De Niro,  Cillian Murphy,  Sigourney Weaver
    Director: Rodrigo Cortes
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Two investigators of paranormal hoaxes, the veteran Dr. Margaret Matheson (Sigourney Weaver) and her young assistant, Tom Buckley (Cillian Murphy), study the most varied metaphysical phenomena with the aim of proving their fraudulent origin. Simon Silver (Robert De Niro), a legendary blind psychic,..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 7,096 members
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  • Red Lights - Blu-ray (2012)
    Starring: Robert De Niro,  Cillian Murphy,  Sigourney Weaver
    Director: Rodrigo Cortes
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Two investigators of paranormal hoaxes, the veteran Dr. Margaret Matheson (Sigourney Weaver) and her young assistant, Tom Buckley (Cillian Murphy), study the most varied metaphysical phenomena with the aim of proving their fraudulent origin. Simon Silver (Robert De Niro), a legendary blind psychic,..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 3,359 members
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  • Anonymous on DVD (2011)
    Starring: Xavier Samuel,  Rhys Ifans,  Jamie Campbell Bower
    Director: Roland Emmerich
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    A political thriller about who actually wrote the plays of William Shakespeare-- Edward De Vere, Earl of Oxford-- set against the backdrop of the succession of Queen Elizabeth I, and the Essex Rebellion against her.
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 6,018 members
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  • Anonymous - Blu-ray (2011)
    Starring: Joely Richardson,  Rhys Ifans,  Edward Hogg
    Director: Roland Emmerich
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Roland Emmerich directs this political thriller based around the notion that William Shakespeare was not in fact the author of the canon of plays attributed to him. In Elizabethan England, political intrigue abounds as the Tudors and the Cecils battle it out over the succession of Queen Elizabeth I ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 2,705 members
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  • Day Of The Triffids - Blu-ray (2009)
    Starring: Joely Richardson,  Brian Cox,  Dougray Scott
    Director: Nick Copus
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Dougray Scott and Joely Richardson star in this star-studded two-part BBC remake of the classic science fiction thriller. In the near future, humankind's search for an alternative fuel supply leads to the discovery of the ominous Triffid, a crop cultivated for its fuel that seems to have a life of ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 1,276 member
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  • Day Of The Triffids on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Joely Richardson,  Brian Cox,  Dougray Scott
    Director: Nick Copus
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Dougray Scott and Joely Richardson star in this star-studded two-part BBC remake of the classic science fiction thriller. In the near future, humankind's search for an alternative fuel supply leads to the discovery of the ominous Triffid, a crop cultivated for its fuel that seems to have a life of ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 2,003 members
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  • Nip/Tuck - S06 E13 - Joel Seabrook (2009)
    Starring: Dylan Walsh,  Joely Richardson,  Julian McMahon
    Director: Tate Donovan
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Following a failed suicide attempt, a new patient seeks facial reconstructive surgery. Christian tries a risky maneuver with Kimber to heighten their marital passion. Sean performs pro-bono surgery with a charitable surgeon and former college friend in an attempt to quell his guilty conscious.
    4.5 stars out of 5 86% from 6 members
  • Freezing (2007)
    Starring: Joely Richardson,  Hugh Bonneville,  Tom Riley
    Director: Simon Curtis
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Television comedy starring Elizabeth McGovern, Hugh Bonneville and Richard E. Grant. Elisabeth (McGovern) is an American Oscar-nominated actress who was discovered by Robert Redford. She's acted in numerous successful films with stars like Brad Pitt, Sean Penn and Robert de Niro. That was then. Now ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 21 members
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  • The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Joely Richardson,  Tom Berenger,  Saoirse Ronan
    Director: Bill Clark
    Certificate: Certificate: U
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    Tom Berenger and Joely Richardson star in this heartwarming festive tale of two broken-hearted souls who find solace in each other's company. Moving to the countryside after the death of her husband, widower Susan McDowell (Richardson) and her grief-ridden son Thomas (Luke Ward-Wilkinson) must ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 538 members
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  • The Last Mimzy on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Timothy Hutton,  Chris O'Neil,  Chris O'Neill
    Director: Robert Shaye
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Two siblings begin to develop special talents after they find a mysterious box of toys. Soon the kids, their parents, and even their teacher are drawn into a strange and sometimes terrifying world.
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 16,706 members
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  • Nip/Tuck - S04 E13 - Reefer (2006)
    Starring: Dylan Walsh,  Joely Richardson,  Julian McMahon
    Director: Lyn Greene
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    As Sean celebrates Christmas without his family, his loneliness leads him to seek solace in alcohol - resulting in possible legal action from a patient. Meanwhile, Christian receives an unexpected gift when Wilber, who is now 3 years old, comes back into his life. And taking drastic measures to ..read more »
    4.5 stars out of 5 87% from 9 members
  • Nip/Tuck - S04 E07 - Burt Landau (2006)
    Starring: Dylan Walsh,  Joely Richardson,  Julian McMahon
    Director: Charles Haid
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Dawn Budge returns to McNamara/Troy seeking reconstructive surgery. The ill Liz receives much-needed help from an unexpected source. Following a stroke, Burt Landau demands facial surgery. Kimber shuns Matt's advances but succumbs to Christian's. And Sean struggles with the man he has become.
    4.5 stars out of 5 88% from 9 members
  • Wallis And Edward on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Joely Richardson,  Stephen Campbell Moore
    Director: Dave Moore
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Television drama starring Joely Richardson. When Wallis Simpson (Richardson) meets Edward (Stephen Campbell Moore), Prince of Wales, he is charmed by her flirtatious and straight-talking manner and begs her to divorce her husband, Ernest (David Westhead). George V (Clifford Rose) dies and Edward ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 346 members
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  • Nip/Tuck - S03 E02 - Kiki (2005)
    Starring: Dylan Walsh,  Joely Richardson,  Julian McMahon
    Director: Elodie Keene
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Christian and Liz perform cosmetic surgery on an extraordinary ape to help her chances of reproducing. After learning that Ava is a transgender woman, Matt questions his own sexuality and heads down a dark path. Tensions escalate at McNamara/Troy as Sean and Quentin, against Christian's wishes, ..read more »
    4.5 stars out of 5 90% from 11 members
  • Nip/Tuck - Season 3 (6 discs) on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Joely Richardson,  Dylan Walsh,  Julian McMahon
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    The complete third season of the hugely popular US drama series. Dylan Walsh and Julian McMahon return as the elite plastic surgery team of Sean McNamara and Christian Troy, whose skill at giving others perfect bodies contrasts with their own imperfect lives. Episodes comprise: 'Momma Boone', 'Kiki'..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 77% from 4,148 members
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  • Nip/Tuck - Season 2 (5 discs) on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Joely Richardson,  Dylan Walsh,  Julian McMahon
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    The complete second season of the acclaimed TV series set in a south Florida plastic surgery centre where truth is only skin deep. The season finds Sean (Dylan Walsh) and Christian (Julian McMahon) in full-blown midlife crises as they confront career, family and romance problems. Episodes are: '..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 76% from 4,472 members
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  • Nip/Tuck - Season 1 (5 discs) on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Joely Richardson,  Dylan Walsh,  Julian McMahon
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    All 13 episodes from the first season of the Miami-based TV drama that cuts beneath the superficial world of cosmetic surgery. In the pilot episode, Sean (Dylan Walsh) attempts to hold a consultation with Spanish-speaking Perez (Geoffrey Rivas), while Christian (Julian McMahon) accidentally ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 74% from 5,409 members
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  • The Affair Of The Necklace (2001)
    Starring: Joely Richardson,  Brian Cox,  Jonathan Pryce
    Director: Charles Shyer
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Centuries ahead of her time, Jean de la Motte-Valois, was a beguiling, unconventional woman who broke all the rules and masterminded an ingenious and perilous conspiracy that scandalously incriminated the rich and famous; it may well have paved the way to the guillotine for Queen Marie Antoinette ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 853 members
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  • Maybe Baby on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Joanna Lumley,  Joely Richardson,  Emma Thompson
    Director: Ben Elton
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Ben Elton writes and directs this romantic comedy adaptation of his own novel. Sam Bell (Hugh Laurie) and wife Lucy (Joely Richardson) seem to have it all - good looks, nice jobs, the perfect marriage - but despite their best efforts they haven't yet managed to produce the one thing they want above ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 3,288 members
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  • Return to Me on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Marianne Muellerleile,  Joely Richardson,  Eddie Jones
    Director: Bonnie Hunt
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Watch now: Unavailable
    After his zoologist wife is killed in a car crash, Bob Rueland (David Duchovny) dedicates himself to building the gorilla enclosure which meant so much to her. He has no plans to fall in love again, and is surprised to find himself drawn to local waitress Grace (Minnie Driver). Romance blossoms, ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 4,904 members
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  • The Patriot on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Joely Richardson,  Rene Auberjonois,  Jason Isaacs
    Director: Roland Emmerich
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Benjamin Martin is a reluctant hero who is swept into the American Revolution when the war reaches his home and threatens his family. A hero of the fierce French and Indian conflict, Martin had renounced fighting forever to raise his family in peace. But when the British arrive at his South ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 11,569 members
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  • The Tribe (1998)
    Starring: Joely Richardson,  Jeremy Northam,  Anna Friel
    Director: Stephen Poliakoff
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Property developer Jamie has to evict some weird, post-modern hippies from a building. But they slowly drag him into their dark underworld of bizarre rituals and dangerous liaisons.
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 37 members
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  • Event Horizon on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Joely Richardson,  Jason Isaacs,  Laurence Fishburne
    Director: Paul W.S. Anderson
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    In the year 2047, the spaceship 'Lewis and Clark' sets out to track down the missing vessel 'Event Horizon', which disappeared after its launch seven years earlier. In command is Captain Miller (Laurence Fishburne), along with 'Event Horizon' designer, Dr William Weir (Sam Neill). They are ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 16,569 members
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  • Loch Ness on DVD (1996)
    Starring: Joely Richardson,  Ted Danson
    Director: John Henderson
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Cynical Doctor Jonathan Dempsey (Ted Danson) arrives in Scotland to explode the myth of the Loch Ness Monster once and for all - much to the chagrin of the local community, who rely on the tourist trade that the monster generates. Dempsey becomes involved with the landlady of the pub where he is ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 1,918 member
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  • 101 Dalmatians on DVD (1996)
    Starring: Joely Richardson,  Glenn Close,  Hugh Laurie
    Director: Stephen Herek
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Watch now: Unavailable
    Roger (Jeff Daniels) and Anita (Joely Richardson) meet and fall in love whilst out walking their dogs, Pongo and Perdy. They are married, and their hounds also prove compatible, producing a litter of fifteen black and white puppies. However, Anita's boss, fashion designer Cruella DeVil (Glenn Close)..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 9,152 members
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  • Sister My Sister on DVD (1994)
    Starring: Joely Richardson,  Jodhi May,  Julie Walters
    Director: Nancy Meckler
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A mother, Madame Danzard, and her daughter, Isabelle, hire a maid to look after them. But when her younger daughter, Lea, comes to live with them, they become isolated, and this forces them into a fantasy world of obsession and jealousy which slowly gets out of control.
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 109 members
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  • Lady Chatterley (2 discs) on DVD (1993)
    Starring: Joely Richardson,  Melanie Hughes,  Hetty Baynes
    Director: Ken Russell
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    BBC adaptation of DH Lawrence's infamous novel, which was banned for thirty years. Lady Chatterley (Joely Richardson), frustrated when her husband returns paralysed from the First World War, embarks on a tentative and scandalous affair with her moody gamekeeper, Mellors (Sean Bean).
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 1,351 member
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  • Shining Through on DVD (1992)
    Starring: Joely Richardson,  Liam Neeson,  Melanie Griffith
    Director: David Seltzer
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    During World War Two, Aryan-looking Jew Linda (Melanie Griffith) gets a job in the American War Department, thanks to her fluent German. Her boss (Michael Douglas) is a top lawyer and secret agent. She begins an affair with him, and when his contact inside Nazi Germany is killed, Linda persuades ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 503 members
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  • Drowning by Numbers (1988)
    Starring: Bernard Hill,  Joan Plowright,  Joely Richardson
    Director: Peter Greenaway
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    When you don't like your husband very much, murder may seem a drastic solution. Unless of course you decide to drown him and you are a close personal friend of a compliant coroner... So far, so good. But, what happens when other members of your family decide to follow your example? 'Drowning By ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 77% from 189 members
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  • The Hotel New Hampshire on DVD (1984)
    Starring: Joely Richardson,  Anita Morris,  Seth Green
    Director: Tony Richardson
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    A dark comedy, based on the best-selling novel by John Irving. The Berry family consists of Father, Mother, John (a student), Franny (the victim of a gang rape), Frank (who is gay) and Lilly. Together they run the Hotel New Hampshire in New England, but when Father's friend Freud asks them for help,..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 1,039 member
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Joely Richardson facts

5 most recent films

Red Lights - 3.0 stars
Red Lights - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Anonymous - 3.0 stars
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Nip/Tuck - Season 5 - 4.0 stars
Nip/Tuck - Season 4 - 4.0 stars
Nip/Tuck - Season 6 - 4.0 stars
Drowning by Numbers - 4.0 stars
Nip/Tuck - Season 3 - 4.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

The Fever - 2.5 stars
The Tribe - 3.0 stars
Freezing - 3.5 stars
Fatal Contact - Bird Flu In America - 2.5 stars
Day Of The Triffids - Blu-ray - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Dylan Walsh - 240 times - show films
Julian McMahon - 240 times - show films
John Hensley - 133 times - show films
Roma Maffia - 133 times - show films
Richard Chamberlain - 36 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Michael M. Robin - 30 times - show films
Elodie Keene - 28 times - show films
Charles Haid - 25 times - show films
Ryan Murphy - 22 times - show films
none - 19 times - show films