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  • Allen defends controversial Princess Diana film - 12 May 2011
    -Keith Allen has dismissed allegations his decision to make a documentary about the death of Diana, Princess Of Wales was motivated by money, branding the allegations "cheap" and "untrue".-The Shallow Grave star, father of pop star Lily Allen, has directed new movie

Keith Allen - what members say


  • A Very British Coup
  • A Very British Coup review by from Hulme Manchester
    Rated - 4.0 stars Great, if a little old fashioned 5 October 2005
    ... of an old fashioned labour pm who does things his way. Really good cast, with Keith Allen and Ray Mcanally doing their bit for the masses. Rent it and wonder what it wou...   Read customer review
  • Shallow Grave
  • Shallow Grave review by from Watford, England
    Rated - 5.0 stars A classic 6 April 2006
    ...Who), Ewan McGregor(Trainspotting),Kelly Fox(Intimacy), Ken Stott(The Vice) and Keith Allen make this film watchable on their own but put them together in a film with a gr...   Read customer review
  • Inspector Morse - The Day of the Devil
  • Inspector Morse - The Day of the Devil review by A customer from Devon
    Rated - 2.0 stars Give this a miss - especially if you like Morse 13 August 2005
    ...ovels and the actors are forced to deal with bloated and stagey dialogue. Plus, Keith Allen just can't act. Overall very disappointing. If you enjoy good crime drama watch...   Read customer review

Keith Allen - filmography


  • Treasure Island (2012)
    Starring: Philip Glenister,  Eddie Izzard,  Toby Regbo
    Director: Steve Barron
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Set in the dangerous world of buccaneers, this new adaption of the much loved Robert Louis Stevenson classic "Treasure Island" will take viewers on a high octane adventure following the story of Jim Hawkins as he discovers Flint's treasure map. The two part drama follows the story of Jim Hawkins ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 73 members
    Due for release on 9th July 2012
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  • Treasure Island - Blu-ray (2012)
    Starring: Philip Glenister,  Eddie Izzard,  Toby Regbo
    Director: Steve Barron
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Set in the dangerous world of buccaneers, this new adaption of the much loved Robert Louis Stevenson classic "Treasure Island" will take viewers on a high octane adventure following the story of Jim Hawkins as he discovers Flint's treasure map. The two part drama follows the story of Jim Hawkins ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 7 members
    Not available for rental
  • Body Farm - Series 1 (3 discs) on DVD (2011)
    Starring: Tara Fitzgerald,  Wunmi Mosaku,  Mark Bazeley
    Director: Diarmuid Lawrence
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Tara Fitzgerald (WAKING THE DEAD) plays Eve Lockhart, a forensic pathologist who works for a private forensics facility that uses their technology and some of the best minds in the world to solve murders. Worldwide police forces use their laboratory to solve crimes and the lab uses their expert ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 184 members
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  • The Runaway (2 discs) on DVD (2011)
    Starring: Keith Allen,  Burn Gorman,  Alan Cumming
    Director: David Richards
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Cathy Connor and Eamonn Docherty are brought up together in the East End. As the daughter of a prostitute, Madge, Cathy's life is difficult, especially when everyone assumes that she will be following in her mother's footsteps. But when Cathy is forced to protect Madge from a violent attack by a ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 77% from 741 members
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  • The Runaway - Blu-ray (2011)
    Starring: Keith Allen,  Burn Gorman,  Alan Cumming
    Director: David Richards
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Compelling six-part drama THE RUNAWAY is based on the gritty crime novel by best-selling author Martina Cole. Set in both London's Soho and in New York City, the serial spans the 1960s and 1970s, following the interweaving stories of Cathy Connor (Joanna Vanderham) and Eamonn Docherty (Jack O'..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 410 members
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  • A Film with Me in It on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Keith Allen,  David Doherty,  Mark Doherty
    Director: Ian Fitzgibbon
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    An actor finds his bad luck turning worse and events begin to mirror a film script. Desperately trying to find a way out of his predicament he and a friend start pitching ideas to each other, and begin to treat the situation like the movie it mimics.
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 201 members
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  • Mobile (2 discs) on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Neil Fitzmaurice,  Jamie Draven,  Michael Kitchen
    Director: Stuart Orme
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    An interconnecting story is told from three different viewpoints concerning a spate of attacks on mobile phone companies and users. The characters are Eddie Doig (Neil Fizmaurice, PHOENIX NIGHTS), a mobile phone engineer who has been diagnosed with terminal brain cancer, former soldier Maurice ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 74% from 211 members
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  • Robin Hood - Series 1 - Vol.3 on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Jonas Armstrong,  Keith Allen,  Bev Doyle
    Director: John McKay
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Volume 3 from the first series of the lavish retelling of the legendary hero who robbed from the rich and gave to the poor. Newcomer Jonas Armstrong stars as Robin Hood, with comedian Keith Allen playing his formidable foe, the Sheriff of Nottingham.
    4 stars out of 5 77% from 951 members
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  • Robin Hood - Series 1 - Vol.2 on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Bev Doyle,  Keith Allen,  Richard Armitage
    Director: John McKay
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Volume 2 from the first series of the lavish retelling of the legendary hero who robbed from the rich and gave to the poor. Newcomer Jonas Armstrong stars as Robin Hood, with comedian Keith Allen playing his formidable foe, the Sheriff of Nottingham.
    4 stars out of 5 77% from 948 members
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  • Bodies - Series 1 (2 discs) on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Patrick Baladi,  Max Beesley,  Keith Allen
    Director: John Strickland
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Rob Lake, a new recruit in a maternity unit begins to suspect his superior's negligence and soon realises that it's going to be tough getting his voice heard. Someone else had previously voiced concerns and rather than initiate a formal investigation into the department head's practices, the ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 77% from 1,499 member
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  • De-Lovely on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Kevin Kline,  Ashley Judd,  Jonathan Pryce
    Director: Irwin Winkler
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Much-loved composer Cole Porter (Kevin Kline) looks back on his life as if it was one of his spectacular stage shows, with people and events becoming the actors and action onstage. A sparkling celebration of Porter's music, plus a stirring exploration of his elegant, excessive past and his deeply ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 7,619 members
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  • 24 Hour Party People on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Steve Coogan,  Keith Allen,  Jim Cartwright
    Director: Michael Winterbottom
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Staggeringly versatile director Michael Winterbottom follows up his epic Western THE CLAIM with a period piece of a completely different variety. A sprawling, visceral tribute to the legendary Manchester music scene that flourished between the years of 1976 and 1992, 24 HOUR PARTY PEOPLE recreates ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 14,719 members
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  • The Others on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Nicole Kidman,  Christopher Eccleston,  Fionnula Flanagan
    Director: Alejandro Amenabar
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    THE OTHERS begins with a close-up of a woman screaming. By the time this intense film ends, everyone watching it will be screaming and gasping. Nicole Kidman stars as Grace, a woman raising two children by herself in a creepy mansion. World War II is over, but Grace's husband never returned. ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 25,538 members
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  • Rancid Aluminium on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Rhys Ifans,  Joseph Fiennes,  Tara Fitzgerald
    Director: Edward Thomas
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    In RANCID ALUMINIUM, Pete Thompson (Rhys Ifans) is not doing well--his business is failing, his relationship with his girlfriend, Sarah (Sadie Frost), is going poorly, and that's just the tip of the iceberg. Once he gets involved with the Russian Mafia, things really get bad. The film also features ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 40% from 454 members
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  • The Escort on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Daniel Auteuil,  Stuart Townsend,  Noah Taylor
    Director: Michael Blanc
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    In Michel Blanc's THE ESCORT, Pierre (Daniel Auteuil) leaves his family and flees to London to work on a novel. There he meets Tom (Stuart Townsend), a male escort, who leads Pierre into his underground world of sex and money. However, the more time Pierre spends servicing unfulfilled women, the ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 822 members
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  • Shallow Grave on DVD (1994)
    Starring: Christopher Eccleston,  Colin McCredie,  Ewan McGregor
    Director: Danny Boyle
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    The feature film debut of Scottish director Danny Boyle was a dark, hip, Generation X comedy about a trio of Edinburgh roommates whose narcissistic greed fuels murder and betrayal. Boisterous journalist Alex (Ewan McGregor), flirtatious doctor Juliet (Kerry Fox), and meek accountant David (..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 18,734 members
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  • Beyond Bedlam (1994)
    Starring: Craig Fairbrass,  Elizabeth Hurley,  Keith Allen
    Director: Vadim Jean
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    A taut psychological thriller that sees an insane serial killer, Gilmour the Bone Man (Keith Allen) released back into society after a series of failed secret experiments. Catching Gilmour is an all encompassing quest for Detective Inspector Terry Hamilton (Craig Fairbrass), and he's prepared to go ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 35% from 81 members
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  • Shallow Grave - Blu-ray (1994)
    Starring: Christopher Eccleston,  Ewan McGregor,  Kerry Fox
    Director: Danny Boyle
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    After three Edinburgh roommates (Ewan McGregor, Christopher Eccleston, and Kerry Fox) finally choose a new roommate they can live with, they find him dead on the floor with a suitcase full of cash. While trying to remove the body and extricate themselves from the situation, they wade hip-deep into ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 2,349 members
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  • The Young Americans on DVD (1993)
    Starring: Harvey Keitel,  Thandie Newto,  Viggo Mortensen
    Director: Danny Cannon
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    John Harris (Harvey Keitel), a tough New York narcotics cop is seconded to London apparently to help Scotland Yard unravel a spate of drug-related killings resulting from the expansion of America's drug racketeers into Europe. Privately, however, his aim is to nail Carl Fraser (Viggo Mortensen), ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 55% from 1,372 member
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  • Chicago Joe and the Showgirl on DVD (1990)
    Starring: Kiefer Sutherland,  Emily Lloyd,  Keith Allen
    Director: Bernard Rose
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Karl Hutton (Kiefer Sutherland) is a US soldier stationed in London during World War II, who soon falls for the charms of Betty Jones (Emily Lloyd) - a London showgirl with a dangerous mind. Seduced by her romanticised vision of gangster life, Karl soon finds himself taken by Betty on a wild ride ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 70 members
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  • Scandal on DVD (1989)
    Starring: John Hurt,  Joanne Whalley,  Ian McKellen
    Director: Michael Caton-Jones
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    An English bon-vivant osteopath is enchanted with a young exotic dancer and invites her to live with him. He serves as friend and mentor, and through his contacts and parties she and her friend meet and date members of the Conservative Party. Eventually a scandal occurs when her affair with the ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 816 members
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  • A Very British Coup (1988)
    Starring: Ray McAnally,  Alan MacNaughton,  Keith Allen
    Director: Mick Jackson
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    The complete television drama series of A VERY BRITISH COUP. Set in the 1980s, a steel worker is elected as Prime Minister and blackmail and conspiracies follow. Based on the novel by Chris Mullen MP.
    4 stars out of 5 76% from 867 members
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  • Comrades - Blu-ray (1986)
    Starring: Keith Allen,  David Atkins,  Stephen Bateman
    Director: Bill Douglas
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Bill DouglasÂ’ beautiful film Comrades tells the epic story of the Tolpuddle Martyrs, six Dorset labourers deported to Australia in the 1830s for forming a trade union. Unfolding in the pastoral haze of Dorset and the blinding light of Australia, Douglas has created a film rich with carefully ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 148 members
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  • Comrades on DVD (1986)
    Starring: Keith Allen,  David Atkins,  Stephen Bateman
    Director: Bill Douglas
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Bill DouglasÂ’ beautiful film Comrades tells the epic story of the Tolpuddle Martyrs, six Dorset labourers deported to Australia in the 1830s for forming a trade union. Unfolding in the pastoral haze of Dorset and the blinding light of Australia, Douglas has created a film rich with carefully ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 451 members
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  • Loose Connections (1983)
    Starring: Lindsay Duncan,  Stephen Rea,  Carole Harrison
    Director: Richard Eyre
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Two strangers with almost no common ground are stuck travelling across Europe together in this British comedy. Sally (Lindsay Duncan) is an ardent feminist from London who, with the help of two of her closest friends, builds her own car. Sally and her comrades are to attend a conference on women's ..read more »
    1.5 stars out of 5 33% from 3 members
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  • Roger Roger - Complete Series 1 And 2
    Starring: Robert Daws,  Keith Allen
    Director: Roger Bamford
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Operating from a rundown office in London, this struggling mini-cab firm is as unreliable as the people who work there. The owners, Sam and Dexter, have built up the company over the years, but lately things have been going steadily downhill. Dexter has suffered a nervous breakdown leaving stressed-..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 25 members
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Keith Allen facts

5 most recent films

Treasure Island - 3.5 stars
Treasure Island - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Body Farm - Series 1 - 3.0 stars
The Runaway - 4.0 stars
The Runaway - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Bodies - Series 2 and The Finale - 4.0 stars
Bodies - Series 1 - 4.0 stars
The Runaway - 4.0 stars
Robin Hood - Series 1 - Vol.3 - 4.0 stars
Robin Hood - Series 1 - Vol.2 - 4.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Loose Connections - 1.5 stars
Roger Roger - Complete Series 1 And 2 - 3.5 stars
Treasure Island - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Beyond Bedlam - 2.0 stars
Rancid Aluminium - 2.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Jonas Armstrong - 22 times - show films
Richard Armitage - 21 times - show films
Joe Armstrong - 17 times - show films
Lucy Griffiths - 17 times - show films
Harry Lloyd - 17 times - show films

Most frequent directors

John McKay - 16 times - show films
Kieron J. Walsh - 12 times - show films
John Strickland - 8 times - show films
Matthew Evans - 6 times - show films
Bill Douglas - 6 times - show films