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  • Mr Jones
  • Mr Jones review by from Kettering, somewher in England
    Rated - 5 stars Fantastic Gere playa manic 28 July 2004
    ...er with the craving for the 'highs' in order to feel alive. Great support from Lena Olin as the doctor who commits the crime of falling in love with her patient (she pr...  
  • Chocolat
  • Chocolat review by from kent
    Rated - 4 stars A film as rich as the 'Chocolat' in the title. 9 November 2003
    ... her warm heart. Sub plots abound featuring a battered wife (superbly played by Lena Olin) and a group of 'river rats' headed by (the ever reliable) Johnny Depp. Dame Ju...  
  • Romeo Is Bleeding
  • Romeo Is Bleeding review by from Norwich
    Rated - 5 stars Tarantino meets The Coen Brothers 27 July 2005
    ...neur (Thieves Highway, Build My Gallows High, Night of the Demon). Add to that Lena Olin's Femme Fatale and Oldman's spot-on performance of low-life and you've the reci...  

Lena Olin - filmography


  • Awake on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Hayden Christensen,  Jessica Alba,  Terrence Howard
    Director: Joby Harold
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    The story focuses on a man who suffers "anesthetic awareness" and finds himself awake and aware, but paralyzed, during heart surgery. His young wife must wrestle with her own demons as a drama unfolds around them. Please note that due to a production error the rental discs have had "Not For Rental"..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 19,090 members
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  • Casanova on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Heath Ledger,  Sienna Miller,  Jeremy Irons
    Director: Lasse Hallstrom
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    For the first time in his life, the legendary Casanova is about to meet his match when the alluring Francesca does the one thing the notorious lover of women never thought possible - refuse him. Through disguises, subterfuges and wit, Casanova manages to get closer and closer to Francesca... but ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 57% from 22,828 members
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  • Alias - Season 2 (6 discs) on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Jennifer Garner,  Ron Rifkin,  Victor Garber
    Director: J.J. Abrams
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    After the epic cliffhanger of Season 1, Alias returns for more twist and turns, subplots and all-round action. Episodes include: 'The Enemy Walks In', 'Trust Me', 'Cipher', 'Dead Drop', 'The Indicator', 'Salvation', 'Counteragent', 'Passage Part 1 And 2', The Abduction', 'A Higher Echelon', 'The ..read more »
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 78% from 7,185 members
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  • Darkness on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Anna Paquin,  Lena Olin,  Iain Glen
    Director: Jaume Balaguero
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    When an American family move to Spain to be closer to their family, they get more than they bargained for. When a series of mysterious events occur within their new home, they come to believe that they are not the only beings inhabiting the dwelling...
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 46% from 7,091 members
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  • Ignition on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Bill Pullman,  Lena Olin,  Peter Kent
    Director: Yves Simoneau
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Federal Judge Faith Mattis (Lena Olin) finds herself in potential danger when she is handed a case involving corruption in the upper echelons of US military. Her ruling against these powerful men could decide the fate of the first US rocket into space in over 30 years, and suddenly she finds her ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 49% from 385 members
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  • Chocolat on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Juliette Binoche,  Johnny Depp,  Carrie-Anne Moss
    Director: Lasse Hallstrom
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Lasse Hallstrom's CHOCOLAT is set in the late 1950s, but it might as well be the late 1850s in a small French town where everyone behaves as they should (supposedly), and attends church regularly. When a strong north wind blows through town, it brings the vivacious and mysterious Vianne (Juliette ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 35,400 members
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  • The Ninth Gate on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Johnny Depp,  Lena Olin,  Frank Langella
    Director: Roman Polanski
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Based on a novel by Arturo Perez-Reverte (THE CLUB DUMAS) and coscripted by director Roman Polanski, THE NINTH GATE was Polanski's first feature after a long break following the release of 1995's DEATH AND THE MAIDEN--in between, there was an aborted project that faltered when designated star John ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 62% from 8,258 members
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  • Polish Wedding on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Lena Olin,  Gabriel Byrne,  Claire Danes
    Director: Theresa Connelly
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A comedy about a Polish family who is struggling with their libidos. Jadzia, though happily married to her husband, is having a serious affair with Roman. Meanwhile, her daughter Chala has lost her virginity to a neighbor and has become pregnant in the process. Family hijinx ensue.
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 48% from 313 members
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  • Enemies: A Love Story (1989)
    Starring: Ron Silver,  Anjelica Huston,  Lena Olin
    Director: Paul Mazursky
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Director Paul Mazursky's haunting and atmospheric drama, based on the novel by Isaac Bashevis Singer, stars Ron Silver as Herman, a Jewish refugee who escapes the horrors of WWII and struggles to start his life anew in New York, working as a ghostwriter for a prominent New York rabbi (Alan King). ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 44% from 10 members
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Lena Olin facts

5 most recent films

Awake - 3.5 stars
Casanova - 3.0 stars
The United States Of Leland - 3.0 stars
Hollywood Homicide - 2.5 stars
Alias - Season 2 - 4.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Alias - Season 2 - 4.0 stars
Chocolat - 3.5 stars
Awake - 3.5 stars
The Unbearable Lightness Of Being - 3.0 stars
After The Rehearsal - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Enemies: A Love Story - 2.5 stars
Darkness - 2.5 stars
Polish Wedding - 2.5 stars
Ignition - 2.5 stars
Hollywood Homicide - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Juliette Binoche - 2 times - show films
Johnny Depp - 2 times - show films
Erland Josephson - 2 times - show films
Peter Kent - 1 times - show films
Harrison Ford - 1 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Lasse Hallstrom - 2 times - show films
Mike Figgis - 1 times - show films
Sydney Pollack - 1 times - show films
Yves Simoneau - 1 times - show films
Joby Harold - 1 times - show films