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  • Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
  • Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban review by feelinglistless from Liverpool, England
    Rated - 5.0 stars The new Harry Potter film is brilliant 3 June 2004
    ... - both share some very touching scenes with Daniel Radcliffe as Harry, as does Maggie Smith. But they're greatly helped by the fact that this time they have something to b...   Read customer review
  • The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
  • The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie review by from Oxford
    Rated - 5.0 stars A classic 3 October 2006
    ...g is beautifully realised, and the performances are without exception stunning. Maggie Smith found the most perfect outlet for her talents in her role as Jean Brodie. It is...   Read customer review
  • Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
  • Rated - 4.0 stars Hogwarts worthy champion !!!!! 10 August 2006
    ...son as madeye Moody was brilliant and he nailed the character. Alan Rickman and Maggie Smith again nail there characters but the same can't be said for others. It was the p...   Read customer review

Maggie Smith - filmography


  • The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2012)
    Starring: Bill Nighy,  Maggie Smith,  Judi Dench
    Director: John Madden
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel follows a group of British retirees who decide to "outsource" their retirement to less expensive and seemingly exotic India. Enticed by advertisements for the newly restored Marigold Hotel and bolstered with visions of a life of leisure, they arrive to find the palace ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 581 members
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  • The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel - Blu-ray (2012)
    Starring: Maggie Smith,  Dev Patel,  Judi Dench
    Director: John Madden
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    A small group of retirees learn that the life they want to live might not be the life they need to live after pooling their resources to spend their twilight years in India. Upon arriving at the once-opulent Marigold Hotel, however, the eager pensioners come to realise that rumours of the building'..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 80% from 1 member
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  • Gnomeo and Juliet on DVD (2011)
    Starring: Emily Blunt,  James McAvoy,  Maggie Smith
    Director: Kelly Asbury
    Certificate: Certificate: U
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    The greatest love story ever told, starring... garden gnomes? In "Gnomeo & Juliet," Shakespeare's revered tale gets a comical, off-the-wall makeover. Gnomeo and Juliet have as many obstacles to overcome as their quasi namesakes when they are caught up in a feud between neighbors. But, with plastic ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 25,602 members
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  • Gnomeo and Juliet - Blu-ray (2011)
    Starring: Emily Blunt,  James McAvoy,  Maggie Smith
    Director: Kelly Asbury
    Certificate: Certificate: U
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    The greatest love story ever told, starring... garden gnomes? In "Gnomeo & Juliet," Shakespeare's revered tale gets a comical, off-the-wall makeover. Gnomeo and Juliet have as many obstacles to overcome as their quasi namesakes when they are caught up in a feud between neighbors. But, with plastic ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 6,251 members
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  • Gnomeo and Juliet - 3D Blu-ray (2011)
    Starring: Emily Blunt,  James McAvoy,  Maggie Smith
    Director: Kelly Asbury
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    The greatest love story ever told, starring... garden gnomes? In "Gnomeo & Juliet," Shakespeare's revered tale gets a comical, off-the-wall makeover. Gnomeo and Juliet have as many obstacles to overcome as their quasi namesakes when they are caught up in a feud between neighbors. But, with plastic ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 745 members
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  • Christmas at Downton (2011)
    Starring: Hugh Bonneville,  Jim Carter,  Elizabeth McGovern
    Director: Brian Percival
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    DOWNTON ABBEY returns in this Special episode. This period drama set in England leading up to the First World War, DOWNTON ABBEY tells the story of a community and its fiercely jealous servants while some loyal to their family who live, but the mischievous dream and plan for the betterment of love ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 36 members
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  • Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang (2010)
    Starring: Emma Thompson,  Ralph Fiennes,  Maggie Gyllenhaal
    Director: Susanna White,  Mike Eley
    Certificate: Certificate: U
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    Nanny McPhee (Thompson) arrives to help a harried young mother (Gyllenhaal) who is trying to run the family farm while her husband is away at war, though she uses her magic to teach the woman's children and their two spoiled cousins five new lessons.
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 690 members
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  • Keeping Mum on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Rowan Atkinson,  Kristin Scott Thomas,  Maggie Smith
    Director: Niall Johnson
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Walter Goodfellow (Rowan Atkinson), the well meaning vicar of the parish of Little Wallop, is so obsessed with writing the perfect sermon that he is oblivious to his wife Gloria's (Kristin Scott Thomas) dalliance with her brash golf instructor Lance (Patrick Swayze); neither does he notice that his ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 36,288 members
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  • Ladies In Lavender on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Maggie Smith,  Judi Dench,  Daniel Brühl
    Director: Charles Dance
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Set in 1936, Ladies in Lavender is the charming and sweetly melancholic story about two ageing spinster sisters whose peaceable Cornwall existence is disrupted when the take a young man into their care... and their hearts.
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 29,716 members
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  • My House in Umbria (2003)
    Starring: Maggie Smith,  Chris Cooper,  Timothy Spall
    Director: Richard Loncraine
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Based on the novella by William Trevor, MY HOUSE IN UMBRIA is set in the sprawling Italian countryside. After a tragic train accident, four survivors find solace in the villa of an English writer, Mrs. Delahunty (Maggie Smith). The other survivors--an American girl (Emmy Clarke), a British general (..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 7,765 members
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  • All The King's Men on DVD (1999)
    Starring: David Jason,  Maggie Smith,  William Ash
    Director: Julian Jarrold
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    The BBC's all-star cast portray this most poignant and mysterious event of the First World War - the disappearance in action of the Sandringham Company at Gallipoli in 1915. Commanded by the Estate Manager, Captain Frank Beck (David Jason), they were just ordinary men - servants, grooms and ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 677 members
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  • Richard III (1995)
    Starring: Ian McKellen,  Annette Bening,  Jim Broadbent
    Director: Richard Loncraine
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    This updating of Shakespeare's classic history sets the tale in a stark version of 1930's Europe and features Sir Ian McKellen as the titular ruthless malcontent out to wrest control of the throne of England from any who would oppose him. Academy Award Nominations: 2, including Best Art Direction ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 2,174 members
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  • The Secret Garden on DVD (1993)
    Starring: Maggie Smith,  Laura Crossley,  Andrew Knott
    Director: Agnieszka Holland
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Agnieszka Holland's adaptation of Frances Hodgson Burnett's classic fairy tale, THE SECRET GARDEN is a highly entertaining family picture that is overflowing with gorgeous imagery. Ten-year-old Mary Lennox (Kate Maberly) is a spoiled rich girl living in colonial India with her aloof parents who ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 3,863 members
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  • Sister Act on DVD (1992)
    Starring: Whoopi Goldberg,  Harvey Keitel,  Mary Wickes
    Director: Emile Ardolino
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    On-the-run after witnessing her Las Vegas mobster boyfriend kill someone, a tacky lounge singer (Whoopi Goldberg) enters the Witness Protection Program - as a nun. Now the convent needs protection, from the new Sister Mary Clarence and her Vegas-style ideas on how to run the choir. A charming ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 9,799 members
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  • Hook - Blu-ray (1991)
    Starring: Dustin Hoffman,  Julia Roberts,  Bob Hoskins
    Director: Steven Spielberg
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Director Steven Spielberg brings J.M. Barrie's PETER PAN to the screen with a delightfully modernized twist. Forty-year-old Peter (Robin Williams) has grown up to be a workaholic lawyer with more affection for his cell phone than his wife and two children. When the family travels to England to ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 199 members
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  • Hook on DVD (1991)
    Starring: Dustin Hoffman,  Julia Roberts,  Bob Hoskins
    Director: Steven Spielberg
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Steven Spielberg filters J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan through a distinctly 1990s sensibility in Hook. Peter Pan has become Peter Banning (Robin Williams), a 40-year-old mergers and acquisitions lawyer with a permanent scowl on his face and a cellular phone in his belt. Banning has lost any memory of ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 13,403 members
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  • The Lonely Passion Of Judith Hearne on DVD (1988)
    Starring: Maggie Smith,  Bob Hoskins,  Wendy Hiller
    Director: Jack Clayton
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Lonely Judith Hearne falls for her landlady's brother, Madden, who exudes a certain glamour, having lived in America for thirty years. She seeks romance and he seeks an investor for a business venture. Each is mistaken about the other's feelings and their relationship proceeds in a downward spiral......
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 195 members
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  • A Room With A View - Blu-ray (1985)
    Starring: Maggie Smith,  ,  
    Director: James Ivory
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    E.M. Forster's 1908 novel, A ROOM WITH A VIEW, is adapted for the screen by director James Ivory in this beautifully lighthearted tale of Edwardian manners. Helena Bonham Carter stars as a young Englishwoman, Lucy Honeychurch. When Lucy and her spinster chaperone, Charlotte Bartlett (Maggie Smith), ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 16 members
    Due for release on 28th May 2012
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  • A Room With A View on DVD (1985)
    Starring: Maggie Smith,  ,  
    Director: James Ivory
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    E.M. Forster's 1908 novel, A ROOM WITH A VIEW, is adapted for the screen by director James Ivory in this beautifully lighthearted tale of Edwardian manners. Helena Bonham Carter stars as a young Englishwoman, Lucy Honeychurch. When Lucy and her spinster chaperone, Charlotte Bartlett (Maggie Smith), ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 8,594 members
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  • Lily In Love on DVD (1985)
    Starring: Christopher Plummer,  Maggie Smith,  Elke Sommer
    Director: Karoly Makk
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    In an attempt to win the lead role in a film written by his wife, an aging actor makes himself up to look like a much younger man. Complications arise when his wife falls in love with 'him.'
    2 stars out of 5 40% from 84 members
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  • A Private Function on DVD (1984)
    Starring: Michael Palin,  Maggie Smith,  Denholm Elliott
    Director: Malcolm Mowbray
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A British couple's attempts to circumvent local food-rationing regulations trigger a chaotic series of events in this satirical comedy set in post-World War II England. The couple's scheme centers on a massive hog which has been illegally raised by a local farmer. Seeing a chance to capitalize on ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 1,533 member
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  • The Missionary on DVD (1983)
    Starring: Michael Palin,  Maggie Smith,  Trevor Howard
    Director: Richard Loncraine
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    In this low-key comedy, a missionary (Michael Palin) who is trying to save the souls of prostitutes admits an ever increasing number of them into his "private fold." Soon the priest's "mission" looks more like a brothel. The cast includes Maggie Smith, Trevor Howard, Denholm Elliott, and many other ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 693 members
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  • Clash of the Titans on DVD (1981)
    Starring: Laurence Olivier,  Maggie Smith,  Claire Bloom
    Director: Desmond Davis
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    You've visited lands where a Cyclops roams (The 7th Voyage of Sinbad), skeletons duel (Jason and the Argonauts) and cowboys lasso dinosaurs (The Valley of Gwangi). They are the worlds of Ray Harryhausen, the stop motion effects master who creates another dazzling realm in Clash of the Titans. ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 4,208 members
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  • Clash of the Titans - Blu-ray (1981)
    Starring: Laurence Olivier,  Maggie Smith,  Claire Bloom
    Director: Desmond Davis
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    Full of pride, Cassiopeia compares her daughter's beauty to that of Hera. Angered, the queen of the gods has Poseidon unleash the monstrous beast Craken to destroy their village unless Cassiopeia's daughter, Andromeda, is sacrificed. Perseus, the son of Zeus, becomes enchanted with the breathtaking ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 937 members
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  • Quartet (1981)
    Starring: Alan Bates,  Maggie Smith,  Isabelle Adjani
    Director: James Ivory
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Director James Ivory brings the bohemian Paris neighbourhood of Montparnasse in the 1920s to life in this film based on the novel by Jean Rhys. Isabelle Adjani stars as Marya Zelli, a beautiful young wife who finds herself destitute after her art dealer husband is sent to prison for theft. A rich ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 49% from 450 members
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  • Death On The Nile on DVD (1978)
    Starring: Simon MacCorkindale,  Jack Warden,  Angela Lansbury
    Director: John Guillermin
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    A deluxe version of Agatha Christie's favourite mystery story, published in 1937, and a thematic follow-up to her Murder on the Orient Express. Set aboard a steamship cruising down the Nile, an extremely unpopular heiress is murdered and everyone on the ship is suspect. The passengers include the ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 1,216 member
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  • Murder By Death on DVD (1976)
    Starring: Eileen Brennan,  Truman Capote,  Alec Guinness
    Director: Robert Moore
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Neil Simon's screenplay is a clever spoof on murder mysteries in which eccentric millionaire Lionel Twain (Truman Capote) invites the world's greatest detectives to his home and challenges them to solve the perfect murder. Among the sleuths that try to solve the case are Milo Perrier (James Coco), ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 2,132 members
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  • Travels with My Aunt (1972)
    Starring: Maggie Smith,  Alec McCowen,  Louis Gossett Jr.
    Director: George Cukor
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    At his mother's funeral, stuffy bank clerk Henry Pulling meets his Aunt Augusta, an elderly eccentric with more-than-shady dealings, who pulls him along on a whirlwind adventure, as she attempts to rescue an old lover.
    4 stars out of 5 76% from 11 members
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  • Hot Millions (1968)
    Starring: Peter Ustinov,  Maggie Smith
    Director: Eric Till
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Marcus Pendleton is released from prison after serving his time for embezzlement, only to find that the world has changed. Realising that computers are the new ledgers, he masquerades as Caesar Smith, a computer programmer, and finds employment in this corporate world. So begins his biggest ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 27 members
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  • Othello - Laurence Olivier on DVD (1964)
    Starring: Laurence Olivier,  Maggie Smith,  Robert Lang
    Director: Stuart Burge
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Shakespeare's tragic story of how a great man's vanity is manipulated by a jealous aide to bring about his downfall. A film by Stuart Burge of John Dexter's production of 'Othello' at the National Theatre. This famous production stars Laurence Olivier and Maggie Smith.
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 292 members
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  • Go To Blazes on DVD (1962)
    Starring: Maggie Smith,  Dave King,  Robert Morley
    Director: Michael Truman
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Bernard, Harry and Alfie are three charming but unsuccessful crooks who smash and grab tactics rarely come off. On their way for another stint behind bars they see the traffic part for an on call fire engine and hatch a new plan. Upon their release they set out to acquire a fire engine to use as ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 32 members
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  • Charles Dickens Collection (8 discs) on DVD
    Starring: Michael Hordern,  Maggie Smith,  Bob Hoskins
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Featuring a box set of the BBC adaptations of popular tales from Charles Dickens. Includes: 'The Pickwick Papers', 'Oliver Twist', 'A Christmas Carol', 'Martin Chuzzlewit', 'David Copperfield', 'A Tale Of Two Cities', 'Great Expectations', and 'Our Mutual Friend'.
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 2,720 members
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  • Great Authors - Charles Dickens (3 discs) on DVD
    Starring: Anton Lesser,  Prunella Scales,  Timothy West
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    A three disc set. Disc One features a documentary which looks at the life and times of author Charles Dickens with dramatic reconstructions. Disc Two features the David Copperfield television drama. Disc Three features A Christmas Carol; an Anton Lesser dramatisation, also Songs From Grope Lane and ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 64% from 70 members
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  • The George Bernard Shaw Collection (8 discs) on DVD
    Starring: Ian Richardson,  Patrick Stewart,  Maggie Smith
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Over the years the BBC has broadcast some of the greatest productions of the plays of Bernard Shaw. Presented in this deluxe collection they are a magnificent testament to a writer of true invention, incredible wit and radical thought. Bernard Shaw undoubtedly sits among the great playwrights of ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 118 members
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Maggie Smith facts

5 most recent films

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel - 3.5 stars
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Downton Abbey Special - Blu-ray - 4.5 stars
Gnomeo and Juliet - 3.5 stars
Downton Abbey - Series 2 - 4.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Downton Abbey - Series 2 - 4.0 stars
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie - 4.0 stars
Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban - HD - 4.0 stars
Downton Abbey - Series 1 - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Harry Potter Goblet of fire - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Hot Millions - 3.0 stars
Go To Blazes - 3.0 stars
A Room With A View - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
Christmas at Downton - 3.5 stars
Downton Abbey - Series 2 - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Alan Rickman - 14 times - show films
Emma Watson - 14 times - show films
Daniel Radcliffe - 14 times - show films
Rupert Grint - 14 times - show films
Robbie Coltrane - 12 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Chris Columbus - 12 times - show films
none - 10 times - show films
Kelly Asbury - 6 times - show films
Alfonso Cuaron - 4 times - show films
Mike Newell - 4 times - show films