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  • Rome - Complete First Series
  • Rome - Complete First Series review by A customer from Chester
    Rated - 5.0 stars Rome, Rome, Roma - Great viewing! 13 December 2010
    ...e been a priority but it deserves my 5 stars for entertainment valueBy the way, Polly Walker can drop in at my place for a cup of tea any time!...   Read customer review
  • Rome - Complete Second Series
  • Rome - Complete Second Series review by Northernsky from Halifax, West Yorks
    Rated - 5.0 stars All the serpents come out to play 14 September 2007
    ...shised Marc Antony cavorts with Cleopatra (Lyndsey Marshal). Atia of the Julii (Polly Walker) see’s her lover Marc Antony torn from her grasp , married to her daughter Octa...   Read customer review

Polly Walker - filmography


  • Prisoner's Wives (2012)
    Starring: Oliver Hannam,  Natalie Gavin,  Emma Rigby
    Director: Damon Thomas
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Prisoner's Wives tells the stories of four women; Gemma, Francesca, Harriet & Lou whose lives become entwined as they all struggle to cope on the 'outside' whilst their men do time 'inside'. It is a show about a group of women defined by the absence of men in their lives, but more importantly their ..read more »
    0.5 stars out of 5 35% from 2 members
    Due for release on 12th March 2012
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  • Caprica - Season 1 - Vol.1 (2009)
    Starring: Eric Stoltz,  Esai Morales,  Paula Malcomson
    Director: Jeffrey Reiner
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Two families, the Graystones and the Adamas, live together on a peaceful planet known as Caprica, where a startling breakthrough in artificial intelligence brings about unforeseen consequences. A spin-off of the Sci Fi Channel series "Battlestar Galactica" set 50 years prior to the events of that show.
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 76 members
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  • Caprica - The Feature Length Pilot (2009)
    Starring: Eric Stoltz,  Esai Morales,  Paula Malcomson
    Director: Jeffrey Reiner
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Two families, the Graystones and the Adamas, live together on a peaceful planet known as Caprica, where a startling breakthrough in artificial intelligence brings about unforeseen consequences. A spin-off of the Sci Fi Channel series "Battlestar Galactica" set 50 years prior to the events of that show.
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 142 members
    Not available for rental
  • Scenes Of A Sexual Nature on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Eileen Atkins,  Hugh Bonneville,  Ewan McGregor
    Director: Ed Blum
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Sex and love. Some seek it, some need it, some spurn it and some pay for it, but we're all involved in it. Set on one afternoon on Hampstead Heath, London, the film investigates the minutiae of seven couples. The film is a comedic and erotically charged look at what makes us tick, and it seems that ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 11,438 members
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  • The Mayor Of Casterbridge on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Ciaran Hinds,  James Purefoy,  Jodhi May
    Director: David Thacker
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Ciaran Hinds (PERSUASION, CIRCLE OF FRIENDS) stars as the tormented Michael Henchard in this lavish adaptation of Thomas Hardy's classic novel THE MAYOR OF CASTERBRIDGE. One day, in a destitute and drunken state, Henchard sells his wife and daughter to a sailor at a county fair. Haunted by the ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 2,062 members
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  • The Savage Messiah (2002)
    Starring: Polly Walker,  Luc Picard,  Isabelle Blais
    Director: Mario Azzopardi
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    During the late 1980s, a Canadian social worker, Paula Jackson, investigated a commune run by a leader who referred to himself as Moses, a messiah figure with eight wives and several children. Her findings shocked Canada when the body of a dead child turned up. It was not long before Ms. Jackson ..read more »
    0.5 stars out of 5 13% from 3 members
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  • 8.1/2 Women on DVD (1999)
    Starring: John Standing,  Matthew Delamere,  Vivian Wu
    Director: Peter Greenaway
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Another erotic comedy from Peter Greenaway, 8 1/2 WOMEN takes its inspiration from one of cinema's greatest films. After a businessman (John Standing) tragically loses his wife, his son (Matthew Delamere) returns to Geneva from managing a series of Pachinko Parlors in Kyoto, Japan. When the pair ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 44% from 992 members
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  • Eye Of The Killer on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Kiefer Sutherland,  Henry Czerny,  Polly Walker
    Director: Paul Marcus
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Detective Mickey Hayden (Sutherland) is called from his ten-year drunken stupor to reopen the case that is entirely to blame for his present wretched state. He must attempt to locate an enigmatic serial killer that has returned from solitude to kill once again. However, this time things are a bit ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 533 members
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  • Dark Harbour (1998)
    Starring: Alan Rickman,  Polly Walker,  Norman Reedus
    Director: Adam Coleman Howard
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    A bickering couple (Alan Rickman and Polly Walker) drive fast through a downpour to catch the last ferry to their island retreat. In a flash, they recognize a crumpled body laying at the side of the road after much argument they stop, only to find a young boy (Norman Reedus) battered and bruised. ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 76% from 6 members
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  • Roseanna's Grave (1997)
    Starring: Jean Reno,  Mercedes Ruehl,  Polly Walker
    Director: Paul Weiland
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    A Mediterranean comedy set in an Italian village about the things we do for love.. Our hero, a devoted husband, wants to fulfil his dying wife's wish of being burying her in the same cemetery as her dead child. However space in the cemetery is very limited, so the husband goes to extraordinary ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 75% from 46 members
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  • Brute (1997)
    Starring: Anthony Higgins,  John Hurt,  Pete Postlethwaite
    Director: Meciej Dejczer
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    In the early 90s, the British Government decided to send prisoners serving short term sentences over on humanitarian service. Some went to Romania to help with the schools, hospitals and orphanages. One of these prisoners discovers the misery of a group of orphans under the merciless rule of their ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 7 members
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  • Emma - Blu-ray (1996)
    Starring: Gwyneth Paltrow,  Toni Collette,  Alan Cumming
    Director: Douglas McGrath
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Douglas McGrath's film is an elegant and entertaining adaptation of Jane Austen's 1816 novel about Emma (Gwyneth Paltrow), a well-to-do young woman whose kindhearted attempts at matchmaking mask her own lack of romantic attachment. She takes it upon herself to find the perfect man for her friend ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 43 members
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  • Emma on DVD (1996)
    Starring: Gwyneth Paltrow,  Toni Collette,  Alan Cumming
    Director: Douglas McGrath
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Douglas McGrath's film is an elegant and entertaining adaptation of Jane Austen's 1816 novel about Emma (Gwyneth Paltrow), a well-to-do young woman whose kindhearted attempts at matchmaking mask her own lack of romantic attachment. She takes it upon herself to find the perfect man for her friend ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 7,131 members
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  • Sliver on DVD (1993)
    Starring: Sharon Stone,  Tom Berenger,  Martin Landau
    Director: Phillip Noyce
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Carly Norris (Sharon Stone), a demure divorcee and book editor, moves in to New York City's tall, elegant Sliver building. Unbeknownst to Carly, though, fatal mysteries enshroud her new accommodations. Soon the centre of attention, Carly is befriended by Gus Hale (Keene Curtis), left gifts by a ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 2,657 members
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  • Patriot Games on DVD (1992)
    Starring: Harrison Ford,  Anne Archer,  Sean Bean
    Director: Phillip Noyce
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    His days as a CIA analyst behind him, Jack Ryan travels to London to vacation with his family. Outside Buckingham Palace, he is caught in the middle of an attack on a member of the royal family but manages to foil the attempt and dispatch one of the terrorists. The Irish terrorists vow revenge. ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 13,798 members
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  • Patriot Games - Blu-ray (1992)
    Starring: Harrison Ford,  Anne Archer,  Sean Bean
    Director: Phillip Noyce
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    His days as a CIA analyst behind him, Jack Ryan travels to London to vacation with his family. Outside Buckingham Palace, he is caught in the middle of an attack on a member of the royal family but manages to foil the attempt and dispatch one of the terrorists. The Irish terrorists vow revenge. ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 76% from 145 members
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  • Lorna Doone - The Complete Series (1990)
    Starring: Sean Bean,  Clive Owen,  Polly Walker
    Director: Andrew Grieve
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    One of the great love stories of English literature is retold in this powerful television adaptation, directed by Andrew Grieve (Hornblower) and starring Clive Owen (Children of Men), Sean Bean (The Lord of the Rings), Polly Walker (Rome) and Billie Whitelaw (Napoleon and Love). Based on R.D. ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 43 members
    Not available for rental
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Polly Walker facts

5 most recent films

Prisoner's Wives - 0.5 stars
Caprica - Season 1 - Vol.1 - 3.5 stars
Caprica - The Feature Length Pilot - 3.5 stars
Rome - Complete Second Series - 4.5 stars
Scenes Of A Sexual Nature - 2.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Rome - Complete Second Series - 4.5 stars
Rome - Series 1-2 - Complete - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Rome - Complete First Series - 4.0 stars
Patriot Games - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Roseanna's Grave - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Prisoner's Wives - 0.5 stars
The Savage Messiah - 0.5 stars
Brute - 3.0 stars
Lorna Doone - The Complete Series - 3.0 stars
Emma - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

James Purefoy - 25 times - show films
Kenneth Cranham - 24 times - show films
Indira Varma - 24 times - show films
Kerry Condon - 24 times - show films
Kevin McKidd - 24 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Michael Apted - 24 times - show films
Allen Coulter - 24 times - show films
Julian Farino - 18 times - show films
Timothy Van Patten - 6 times - show films
none - 6 times - show films