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  • The Thick Of It
  • The Thick Of It review by A customer from Windsor
    Rated - 5 stars Hilarious 23 November 2008
    ...Usual stunning performance from Peter Capaldi - I laughed 'til I cried...  
  • In the Loop
  • In the Loop review by Rabbitface from South Croydon
    Rated - 4 stars The smell of a pissed seaside donkey this is not 27 April 2009
    ...ing interviews with Armando Ianucci I suspect that more than half of it is. Peter Capaldi steals the movie, with Tom Hollander a close second as the incompetent minister...  

Peter Capaldi - filmography


  • Torchwood - Series 3 - Children Of Earth (2 discs) on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Peter Capaldi,  John Barrowman,  Kai Owen
    Director: Euros Lyn
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    An ordinary day soon segues into terror when every one of Earth's children suddenly stops. This inexplicable phenomenon is soon followed by a message to each of the world's governments: 'We're Coming'. Captain Jack finds himself in a vulnerable position when it becomes apparent that the events of ..read more »
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 83% from 787 members
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  • Getting On on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Jo Brand,  Ricky Grover,  Vicki Pepperdine
    Director: Peter Capaldi
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    If The Office was set in a hospital... Health care for the elderly is the least prestigious area of the medical service. The patients rarely make a fuss - often they're unable to - and for that reason bad practices slip through. But are they that bad? It's a tough world for staff too, and getting ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 197 members
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  • In the Loop on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Peter Capaldi,  Tom Hollander,  Gina McKee
    Director: Armando Iannucci
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    IN THE LOOP is a foul-mouthed comedy that draws on non-specific events to create a world that is terrifyingly familiar: The US President and UK Prime Minister fancy a war, but not everyone agrees that war is a ‘good thing’. US General Miller (James Gandolfini – The Sopranos, The ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 5,362 members
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  • Midnight Man on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Alan Dale,  Reece Dinsdale,  Rupert Graves
    Director: David Drury
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    James Nesbitt plays Max Raban, a former high-flying journalist whose unfortunate career dive finds him rooting through bins in the hope of uncovering juicy celebrity stories. However, Raban gets more than he bargains for when he discovers an international conspriacy that plunges him into a world of ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 1,111 member
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  • The Thick Of It (2 discs) on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Chris Langham,  Peter Capaldi
    Director: Armando Iannucci
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    From the creator of THE DAY TODAY and I'M ALAN PARTRIDGE, THE THICK OF IT is a biting comedy satire set in the world of Westminster politics. The show follows the trials and tribulations of Hugo Abbot, a lowly MP who finds himself continually harassed by the PM's policy enforcer. THE THICK OF IT ..read more »
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 83% from 1,947 member
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  • House Of Nine on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Dennis Hopper,  Kelly Brook,  Hippolyte Girardot
    Director: Steven R. Munroe
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Nine complete strangers are drugged and placed in a sealed house together. Once there, a mysterious voice on an intercom tells them that they have been entered into a competition to win five million dollars. Additionally, the winner will win his or her freedom...
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 46% from 7,755 members
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  • Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Pauline Collins,  John Alderton,  Paul Freeman
    Director: Ian Sharp
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Thelma Caldicot's money-minded son packs his recently widowed and down-trodden mother off to Twilight Years Rest Home. Not quite ready for the scrap heap, and frankly appalled by the conditions, she takes a stand and decides to do something about it. Starring Pauline Collins as the reinvigorated ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 1,181 member
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  • Prime Suspect 3 on DVD (1993)
    Starring: Helen Mirren,  Tom Bell,  Peter Capaldi
    Director: David Drury
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    PRIME SUSPECT 3 takes detective Superintendent Jane Tennison to the Soho Vice Squad, where she is involved in cleaning up the neighborhood known for male and female prostitutes. A young boy-for-hire dies in a fire at the home of transsexual cabaret artiste Vera (Peter Capaldi) and Jane again must ..read more »
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 76% from 1,840 member
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  • Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life (1993)
    Starring: Richard E. Grant,  Crispin Letts
    Director: Peter Capaldi
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    A collection of four clever and unique short films. "Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life" is the Oscar-winning combination of Kafka and Capra, as the author of "The Metamorphosis" struggles with writers' block and learns the true meaning of Christmas. "Seven Gates" is the story of a pair of ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 11 members
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  • Soft Top, Hard Shoulder (1992)
    Starring: Richard Wilson,  Simon Callow,  Phyllis Logan
    Director: Stefan Schwartz
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    With his father's birthday looming, Gavin sets out to drive to Glasgow from London. This simple task turns into the journey from hell courtesy of a troublesome car and the exasperating presence of hitchhiker Yvonne. Together and under pressure, the pair encounter a series of eccentric characters in ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 57% from 17 members
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  • John And Yoko on DVD
    Starring: Mark McGann,  Kim Miyori,  Kenneth Price
    Director: Sandor Stern
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A Docu-drama that follows the relationship between former Beatle John Lennon and Yoko Ono starting from before they met at a time when they were both trying to achieve fame and includes their rise to stardom and their controversial political activities.
    Rate this: 2 stars out of 5 41% from 20 members
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  • The Crow Road (2 discs) on DVD
    Starring: Patricia Kerrigan,  Peter Capaldi,  Simone Bendix
    Director: Gavin Miller
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Following a seven year silence after the mysterious and unresolved disappearance of his Uncle Rory, teenager Prentice sets out to uncover the truth - but the truth lies under a tapestry of dark secrets shrouding his own family's past.
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 2,227 members
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Peter Capaldi facts

5 most recent films

Torchwood - Series 3 - Children Of Earth - 4.0 stars
In The Loop - BLU-RAY Version - 3.5 stars
Getting On - 3.5 stars
Torchwood - Series 3 - Children Of Earth - BLU-RAY Version - 4.0 stars
In the Loop - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

The Thick Of It - 4.0 stars
Torchwood - Series 3 - Children Of Earth - 4.0 stars
Torchwood - Series 3 - Children Of Earth - BLU-RAY Version - 4.0 stars
Thick Of It, The - The Specials - 4.0 stars
Prime Suspect 3 - 4.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

John And Yoko - 2.0 stars
Soft Top, Hard Shoulder - 3.0 stars
Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life - 3.5 stars
The Greatest Store In the World - 4.0 stars
Wild Country - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

John Barrowman - 6 times - show films
Paul Copely - 6 times - show films
Kai Owen - 6 times - show films
Dareth David-Lloyd - 6 times - show films
Eve Myles - 6 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Armando Iannucci - 6 times - show films
Euros Lyn - 6 times - show films
Marc Munden - 3 times - show films
Stefan Schwartz - 2 times - show films
David Drury - 2 times - show films