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  • Great Expectations on DVD (2012)
    Starring: Ray Winstone,  Gillian Anderson,  David Suchet
    Director: Brian Kirk
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Everything can change in a heartbeat. On a cold winter's day, orphan Pip has a terrifying encounter with an escaped convict. Pip's innocent act of kindness towards this man is to have far reaching consequences for them both. Meanwhile, Miss Havisham, the reclusive owner of the grand and ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 76% from 719 members
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  • Hidden - Series 1 (2 discs) on DVD (2011)
    Starring: Philip Glenister,  Thekla Reuten,  David Suchet
    Director: Niall MacCormick
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    When a mysterious lawyer Gina Hawkes turns up asking Harry to find a missing alibi witness for her client he agrees to take on the job but is unwittingly drawn into investigating the death of his brother 20 years ago. Harry quickly finds himself caught up in a much bigger and more complex ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 186 members
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  • Going Postal - Blu-ray (2010)
    Starring: David Suchet,  Tamsin Greig,  Charles Dance
    Director: Jon Jones
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Based on Terry Pratchett's 33rd Discworld novel involves a skilful con artist Moist Von Lipwig who finds the tables turned and it's he himself who conned into becoming the Ankh-Morpork Postmaster General. A position that has not been filled in years.
    4.5 stars out of 5 85% from 17 members
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  • Going Postal on DVD (2010)
    Starring: David Suchet,  Tamsin Greig,  Charles Dance
    Director: Jon Jones
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Based on Terry Pratchett's 33rd Discworld novel involves a skilful con artist Moist Von Lipwig who finds the tables turned and it's he himself who conned into becoming the Ankh-Morpork Postmaster General. A position that has not been filled in years.
    4 stars out of 5 80% from 1,409 member
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  • Poirot - S12 E01 - Clocks (2010)
    Starring: David Suchet,  Olivia Grant,  Anna Skellern
    Director: Charles Palmer
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Lieutenant Colin Race is investigating the death of two navy personnel when a distraught Sheila Webb runs out of 19 Wilbraham Crescent and into his arms. Poirot arrives in Dover to help Colin determine if Sheila is responsible for the murder.
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  • Diverted on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Shawn Ashmore,  David Suchet,  Joanne Whalley
    Director: Alex Chapple
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    On September 11th, 2001, 38 planes headed to New York City were diverted to Gander, Newfoundland, Canada. A town of 9,000 took in 7,000 passengers for 4 days until American airspace reopened.
    3 stars out of 5 55% from 356 members
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  • Poirot - S11 E03 - The Third Girl (2008)
    Starring: David Suchet,  David Yelland,  Jemima Rooper
    Director: Dan Reed
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Poirot is visited by a distraught girl, Norma Restarick, who fears she may have killed someone but runs away, telling him,"You're so old", rather than explaining further. By coincidence, Poirot's friend Ariadne Oliver lives in the same apartment block as Norma and her two room-mates and recently ..read more »
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  • Who Do You Think You Are? - Series 5 (3 discs) on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Patsy Kensit,  Boris Johnson,  Jerry Springer
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    'Who Do You Think You Are?' follows the journeys of eight well known personalities as they explore their family trees, uncover their family history and discover fascinating and poignant facts about their ancestors that have been, until now, hidden in the annals of time. In the fifth series, Patsy ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 77% from 85 members
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  • Flood - Blu-ray (2007)
    Starring: Jessalyn Gilsig,  Tom Hardy,  David Suchet
    Director: Tony Mitchell
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    When the rising water levels combine with a deadly tidal wave, the Thames Barrier is powerless to defeat of flood of biblical proportions. With the lives of millions in the balance, a group of experts are called upon to deliver London from total devestation.
    2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 526 members
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  • Dracula on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Marc Warren,  Marc Warren,  Sophia Myles
    Director: Bill Eagles
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Marc Warren (Hustle, Band of Brothers) stars as the Vampire Count Dracula in this terrifying adaptation of Bram Stoker's classic novel. After Dracula is visited in Transylvania by the young solicitor Jonathan Harker (Rafe Spall - Cracker) he travels to England where he preys on the life of the ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 315 members
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  • Flood on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Robert Carlyle,  Jessalyn Gilsig,  Tom Courtenay
    Director: Tony Mitchell
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    When a raging storm coincides with high seas the unthinkable happens; A colossal tidal surge slams into the Thames barrier, threatening the lives of millions of Londoners. It falls to three top marine engineers and barrier experts to find a way to save the city from total devastation.
    2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 23,294 members
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  • A Bear Named Winnie (2004)
    Starring: Michael Fassbender,  Gil Bellows,  David Suchet
    Director: John Kent Harrison
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Based on the true story of a Canadian soldier, enroute to World War I from Winnipeg, who adopts an orphaned bear cub at White River Ontario. It is namned Winnie (for Winnipeg) and eventually ends up at the London Zoo where it became the inspiration for A.A.Milne's Winnie The Pooh stories.
    2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 7 members
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  • Foolproof on DVD (2003)
    Starring: David Suchet,  Ryan Reynolds,  Kristin Booth
    Director: William Phillips
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A trio of close friends, Kevin (Ryan Reynolds), Samantha and Rob live for Foolproof, their secret club where meticulously rendered high-tech plans are developed to pull off the most impossible heists. The heists, mind you, are all in theory as they've never actually committed a crime - it's just ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 3,102 members
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  • Live From Baghdad on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Michael Keaton,  Helena Bonham-Carter,  Joshua Leonard
    Director: Mick Jackson
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    With George Herbert Walker Bush prepared to strike Iraqi forces, CNN was in a unique position to deliver 24 hour coverage. Producers Robert Wiener (Michael Keaton) and Igrid Formanek (Helena Bonham Carter) capitalised on this opportunity by offering unflinching reporting that risked their lives as ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 233 members
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  • The Way We Live Now (2 discs) on DVD (2001)
    Starring: David Suchet,  Matthew MacFadyen,  Paloma Baeza
    Director: David Yates
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    The Way We Live Now is peopled with a range of characters that only Trollope could create - the towering figure of Augustus Melmotte (David Suchet), the Great Financier, a young aristocrat so dissolute he would sell his own mother to pay his gambling debts and whose simultaneous pursuit of two very ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 823 members
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  • Poirot - Agatha Christie's Poirot - Murd... on DVD (2001)
    Starring: David Suchet,  Hugh Fraser
    Director: Tom Clegg
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Belgian detective Hercule Poirot, one of the prolific and legendary mystery writer Agatha Christie's most famous characters, is brought to life again in MURDER IN MESOPOTAMIA. As played perfectly by actor David Suchet, Poirot finds himself embroiled in a murder mystery while on vacation in the ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 821 members
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  • Victoria And Albert (2 discs) on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Victoria Hamilton,  Jonathan Firth,  Diana Rigg
    Director: John Erman
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    A dramatic miniseries featuring an acclaimed, superstar cast, VICTORIA & ALBERT is a history-based love story which tells of the passionate romance between the two royal figures. This epic production recaptures the court life of Victorian England with beauty and accuracy. In addition, it adds new ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 602 members
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  • Poirot - Agatha Christie's Poirot - The ... on DVD (1999)
    Starring: David Suchet
    Director: Andrew Grieve
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    An adaptation of Agatha Christie's The ABC Murders. Hercule Poirot is after a killer who seems to be murdering his victims in alphabetical order. A series of letters signed ABC and other coincidences point towards either a madman or someone with a deadly grudge against Poirot himself.
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 885 members
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  • A Perfect Murder on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Michael Douglas,  Gwyneth Paltrow,  Viggo Mortensen
    Director: Andrew Davis
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Emily Bradford (Paltrow) is a society daughter married to the successful Steven Taylor (Douglas). Heiress to a huge family fortune, Emily is due to inherit a one hundred million dollar trust fund much to the delight of her conniving husband. An adulterous transgression by Emily with the even more ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 3,507 members
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  • The Bible - Solomon on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Ben Cross,  David Suchet,  Max von Sydow
    Director: Roger Young
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    SOLOMON is the tale of the king of Israel who rules his land with love, peace, and respect. When he meets the Queen of Sheba, her beauty and charm immediately smite him, and he falls hopelessly in love. Against his wishes and desires, she must return to her homeland, leaving the King in a state of ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 427 members
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  • Executive Decision on DVD (1996)
    Starring: Kurt Russell,  Halle Berry,  John Leguizamo
    Director: Stuart Baird
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    A ruthless terrorist group are holding hostage the passengers on board a 747 airliner. Using an experimental docking aircraft, an elite team must make an air-to-air transfer to save four hundred lives in a gripping do-or-die mission.
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 5,560 members
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  • The Bible - Moses on DVD (1995)
    Starring: Ben Kingsley,  David Suchet,  Frank Langella
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    An ordinary man is called upon by God to do the impossible in this lavish production of the Old Testament story. When the Pharaoh of Egypt begins to tighten the noose on his people, Moses finds himself leading them to freedom--and lands unknown.
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 545 members
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  • Poirot - Agatha Christie's Poirot - 5 Li... on DVD (1989)
    Starring: David Suchet
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Poirot is called in to investigate a fourteen year old murder... A woman was hanged for poisoning her husband to death. Her only daughter has come of age and is back from living overseas. She must find out if there was a mis-carriage of justice all those years ago if she is to have any future. Her ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 1,050 member
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  • Poirot - Agatha Christie's Poirot - Sad ... on DVD (1989)
    Starring: David Suchet
    Director: Dave Moore
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    At first Poirot believes Elinor Carlisle committed the double murder of her aunt and love rival by poisoning as all evidence points that way, but seeing her in court causes him to have doubts and he looks into a probable different scenario.
    3.5 stars out of 5 74% from 747 members
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  • Iron Eagle (1986)
    Starring: Louis Gossett Jr.,  Jason Gedrick,  David Suchet
    Director: Sidney J. Furie
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    The incredible story of a hot-shot teenage pilot who, with the help of a former Air Force ace, steals an F-16 fighter jet and uses it to help him rescue his father from an enemy Mideast country. Starring Louis Gossett, Jr.
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 908 members
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  • Playing Shakespeare (3 discs) on DVD (1984)
    Starring: Peggy Ashcroft,  Sinead Cusack,  Judi Dench
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    Aspiring actors, Shakespeare aficionados, or just people interested in the craft of acting will be delighted by this programme from the Royal Shakespeare Company. Divided into nine lessons, PLAYING SHAKESPEARE features such actors as Dame Judi Dench, Sir Ian McKellen, and Patrick Stewart offering ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 17 members
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  • Little Drummer Girl (1984)
    Starring: Diane Keaton,  David Suchet
    Director: George Roy Hill
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Academy Award winner Diane Keaton stars in a stunning tale of espionage based on John Le Carré's best-selling novel about a young, politically naive actress who is recruited by Israeli Intelligence and sent to infiltrate a Palestinian terrorist organization.
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 2 members
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  • Red Monarch on DVD (1983)
    Starring: Colin Blakely,  David Suchet,  Brian Glover
    Director: Jack Gold
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In a Russia where fear has become the everyday currency, Stalin and Beria are the two double acts to end them all. With the Kremlin as their stage and the Politburo as their stooges, Stalin signs death warrants while Beria chases women. United by their Georgian heritage and moral depravity, they ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 19 members
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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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  • Agatha Christie DVD Game on DVD
    Starring: David Suchet
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    Can you solve Agatha Christie's classic murder mystery, After The Funeral? Take Poirot's challenge to find clues hidden in this unique Murder Mystery DVD game! Entertainment for all the family - play a series of exciting games and puzzles to test your detective skills in 'observation', 'analysis' ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 212 members
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David Suchet facts

5 most recent films

Great Expectations - 4.0 stars
Hidden - Series 1 - 3.5 stars
Poirot - S12 E03 - Hallowe'en Party - 3 stars
Going Postal - Blu-ray - 4.5 stars
Poirot - S12 E04 - Murder On The Orient Express - 3 stars

5 highest-rated films

Agatha Christie's Poirot - Collection 8 - 4.0 stars
Going Postal - 4.0 stars
Poirot - Agatha Christie's Poirot - Set 6 - 4.0 stars
Agatha Christie's Poirot - Collection 7 - 4.0 stars
Great Expectations - 4.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

To Kill a Priest - 2.0 stars
A Bear Named Winnie - 2.5 stars
Red Monarch - 3.0 stars
Tales Of The Unexpected - Series 8 - Complete - 3.0 stars
Little Drummer Girl - 3.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Hugh Fraser - 27 times - show films
Philip Jackson - 16 times - show films
Olivia Grant - 13 times - show films
Anna Skellern - 13 times - show films
Alice Eve - 9 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Ashley Pearce - 14 times - show films
Charles Palmer - 13 times - show films
Hettie Macdonald - 10 times - show films
none - 10 times - show films
Andy Wilson - 10 times - show films