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  • John to put the Hurt on Indy? - 8 May 2008
    Screen legend John Hurt has sparked speculation that he plays the villain in the latest Indiana Jones adventure by letting slip that he was in one of the screen dust-ups with co-star Harrison Ford, according to reports. -The gossip hounds at Digital Spy say the acc

John Hurt - what members say


  • Alien
  • Alien review by A customer from London
    Rated - 4.0 stars something he ate? 14 September 2003
    ...ok the rest of the cast, and the wonderfully realised dynamic they create, with John Hurt, Yaphet Kotto and most notably Ian Holm all delivering excellent performances w...   Read customer review
  • The Elephant Man
  • The Elephant Man review by from London, England
    Rated - 5.0 stars An Unforgettable Experience 12 July 2004
    ...s genial character through his reactions to various acts of kindness. Although John Hurt, who acted the part of John Merrick, was wearing a monstrous mask, which could ...   Read customer review
  • I Claudius
  • I Claudius review by from Wolverhampton, England
    Rated - 5.0 stars A Masterpiece 7 November 2004
    ... the last 35 years. Between them Brian Blessed, Patrick Stewart, George Baker, John Hurt, Sian Phillips, Sir Derek Jacobi, Ian Ogilvy and Kevin Stoney (the names I can ...   Read customer review

John Hurt - filmography


  • Labyrinth - Series 1 (2012)
    Starring: John Hurt,  Tom Felton,  Jessica Brown-Findlay
    Director: Christopher Smith
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    John Hurt, Jessica Brown-Findlay and Vanessa Kirby star in this TV adaptation of Kate Mosse's Holy Grail adventure. When Dr Alice Tanner (Kirby) unearths two skeletons in a long-hidden cave while on an archaeological dig in Southern France, she sets in motion a chain of events across time and space...read more »
    4 stars out of 5 82% from 4 members
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  • Merlin - Series 5 - Complete (5 discs) on DVD (2012)
    Starring: Richard Wilson,  John Hurt,  Bradley James
    Director: Justin Molotnikov
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    All 13 episodes from the fifth series of the BBC fantasy drama set in the mythical city of Camelot. The show follows the relationship between the young King Arthur (Bradley James) and Merlin (Colin Morgan), the wise sorcerer who guides him to power and beyond. In this series, a number of ..read more »
    4.5 stars out of 5 85% from 172 members
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  • Melancholia on DVD (2011)
    Starring: Kirsten Dunst,  Charlotte Gainsbourg,  Kiefer Sutherland
    Director: Lars Von Trier
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Justine (Kirsten Dunst) and Michael (Alexander Skarsgård) are celebrating their marriage at a sumptuous party in the home of her sister (Charlotte Gainsbourg) and brother-in-law (Kiefer Sutherland). Meanwhile, the planet, Melancholia, is heading towards Earth... MELANCHOLIA is a psychological ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 16,270 members
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  • Melancholia - Blu-ray (2011)
    Starring: Stellan Skarsgard,  Udo Kier,  John Hurt
    Director: Lars Von Trier
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Lars von Trier directs this sci-fi drama about the effects of depression on two sisters, Justine (Kirsten Dunst) and Claire (Charlotte Gainsbourg). Played out in two acts, the film opens with the wedding of Justine (Dunst) and Michael (Alexander Skarsgård): a sumptuous affair paid for by Justine's ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 5,647 members
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  • Immortals - Blu-ray (2011)
    Starring: Henry Cavill,  Kellan Lutz,  Mickey Rourke
    Director: Tarsem Singh
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Fantasy action film based on the Greek mythological warrior hero Theseus, who joins forces with the Gods to fight the Titans and save humankind. The power-hungry King Hyperion (Mickey Rourke) has laid waste to Greece in his search for the legendary Epirus Bow, a weapon of limitless power that, in ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 2,399 members
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  • In Love With Alma Cogan (2011)
    Starring: Roger Lloyd-Pack,  Niamh Cusack,  Gwyneth Strong
    Director: Tony Britten
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Gentle British romantic drama set in the fading world of the seaside variety show. Roger Lloyd-Pack stars as Norman, the elderly manager of a once-grand end-of-pier theatre in Cromer, Norfolk who is struggling to keep the theatre alive and uncorrupted by the forces of commercialism and modern life. ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 5 members
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  • Immortals on DVD (2011)
    Starring: Henry Cavill,  Kellan Lutz,  Mickey Rourke
    Director: Tarsem Singh
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    In "Immortals," the ruthless King Hyperion leads his bloodthirsty army on a murderous rampage across Greece to find a deadly weapon that will destroy humanity. A mortal chosen by Zeus named Theseus must lead the fight against Hyperion and his evil army with the fate of mankind and the Gods at stake.
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 4,685 members
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  • Human Planet (3 discs) on DVD (2010)
    Starring: John Hurt
    Director: Jane Atkins,  Tuppence Stone
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    All eight episodes of the BBC natural history series examining how different peoples have adapted to their natural surroundings around the world. Episodes are: 'Desert: Life in the Furnace', 'Jungles: People of the Trees', 'Arctic: Life in the Deep Freeze', 'Grasslands: The Roots of Power', 'Rivers:..read more »
    4.5 stars out of 5 85% from 706 members
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  • Tron - Legacy - Blu-ray (2010)
    Starring: Jeff Bridges,  Garrett Hedlund,  Olivia Wilde
    Director: Joseph Kosinski
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    Sam Flynn, the tech-savvy 27-year-old son of Kevin Flynn, looks into his father's disappearance and finds himself pulled into the same world of fierce programs and gladiatorial games where his father has been living for 25 years. Along with Kevin's loyal confidant, father and son embark on a life-..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 17,605 members
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  • Human Planet - Blu-ray (3 discs) (2010)
    Starring: John Hurt
    Director: Jane Atkins,  Tuppence Stone
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    All eight episodes of the BBC natural history series examining how different peoples have adapted to their natural surroundings around the world. Episodes are: 'Desert: Life in the Furnace', 'Jungles: People of the Trees', 'Arctic: Life in the Deep Freeze', 'Grasslands: The Roots of Power', 'Rivers:..read more »
    4.5 stars out of 5 87% from 738 members
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  • Brighton Rock - Blu-ray (2010)
    Starring: Sam Riley,  Andrea Riseborough,  Helen Mirren
    Director: Rowan Joffe
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    The year is 1964. The place is Brighton. A once quiet seaside town is suddenly overrun by gangs of sharp suited Mods and greasy Rockers looking for a riot. Amongst the chaos lurks top Mod and gangster Pinkie Brown. Ruthless, ambitious and horrifically violent, Pinkie will stop at nothing in his ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 3,481 members
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  • Merlin Series 3 - Vo.1 (3 discs) on DVD (2010)
    Starring: Anthony Head,  Richard Wilson,  John Hurt
    Director: David Moore,  Jeremy Webb
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    The first six episodes from the third series of the BBC fantasy drama set in the mythical city of Camelot, telling the tale of the relationship between the young King Arthur (Bradley James) and Merlin (Colin Morgan), the wise sorcerer who guides him to power and beyond. Episodes are: 'The Tears of ..read more »
    4.5 stars out of 5 86% from 893 members
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  • Tron - Legacy - 3D Blu-ray (2010)
    Starring: Jeff Bridges,  Garrett Hedlund,  Olivia Wilde
    Director: Joseph Kosinski
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Sam Flynn, the tech-savvy 27-year-old son of Kevin Flynn, looks into his father's disappearance and finds himself pulled into the same world of fierce programs and gladiatorial games where his father has been living for 25 years. Along with Kevin's loyal confidant, father and son embark on a life-..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 128 members
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  • 44 Inch Chest on DVD (2010)
    Starring: Ian McShane,  John Hurt,  Ray Winstone
    Director: Malcolm Venville
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    British hardman Ray Winstone (THE DEPARTED, SCUM) reunites with SEXY BEAST screenwriters Louise Mellis and David Scinto for this intriguing gangland thriller in which a scorned husband enlists his friends in a plan to kidnap the lover of his adulteress wife.
    2.5 stars out of 5 48% from 14,878 members
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  • Tron - Legacy on DVD (2010)
    Starring: Jeff Bridges,  Garrett Hedlund,  Olivia Wilde
    Director: Joseph Kosinski
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    Sam Flynn, the tech-savvy 27-year-old son of Kevin Flynn, looks into his father's disappearance and finds himself pulled into the same world of fierce programs and gladiatorial games where his father has been living for 25 years. Along with Kevin's loyal confidant, father and son embark on a life-..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 31,262 members
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  • Brighton Rock on DVD (2010)
    Starring: Sam Riley,  Andrea Riseborough,  Helen Mirren
    Director: Rowan Joffe
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    The year is 1964. The place is Brighton. A once quiet seaside town is suddenly overrun by gangs of sharp suited Mods and greasy Rockers looking for a riot. Amongst the chaos lurks top Mod and gangster Pinkie Brown. Ruthless, ambitious and horrifically violent, Pinkie will stop at nothing in his ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 13,605 members
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  • Merlin Series 3 - Vol.2 (3 discs) on DVD (2010)
    Starring: Anthony Head,  Richard Wilson,  John Hurt
    Director: David Moore,  Jeremy Webb
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Episodes 7-13 from the third series of the BBC fantasy drama set in the mythical city of Camelot, telling the tale of the relationship between the young King Arthur (Bradley James) and Merlin (Colin Morgan), the wise sorcerer who guides him to power and beyond. Episodes are: 'The Castle of Fyrien', ..read more »
    4.5 stars out of 5 88% from 830 members
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  • Merlin Series 4 - Vol.1 (3 discs) on DVD (2010)
    Starring: Colin Morgan,  Bradley James,  Katie McGrath
    Director: Alice Troughton
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    The first six episodes from the fourth series of the BBC fantasy drama set in the mythical city of Camelot. The show follows the relationship between the young King Arthur (Bradley James) and Merlin (Colin Morgan), the wise sorcerer who guides him to power and beyond. In this series, the increasing ..read more »
    4.5 stars out of 5 87% from 502 members
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  • Outlander on DVD (2009)
    Starring: James Caviezel,  Sophia Myles,  Jack Huston
    Director: Howard McCain
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    During the reign of the Vikings, Kainan (Caviezel), a man from a far-off world, crash lands on Earth, bringing with him an alien predator known as the Moorwen. Though both man and monster are seeking revenge for violence committed against them, Kainan leads the alliance to kill the Moorwen by ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 17,948 members
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  • The Gruffalo on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Rob Brydon,  Tom Wilkinson,  John Hurt
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Animated adaptation of the bestselling children's book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler. When a cunning little mouse goes for a walk in the forest, he manages to outsmart not only a succession of woodland predators but the purple-prickled, wart-nosed Gruffalo too. The film features the voice ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 74% from 2,326 members
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  • The Limits of Control on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Youki Kudoh,  Hiam Abbass,  Jean-Francois Stevenin
    Director: Jim Jarmusch
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Jim Jarmusch directs this freeform existentialist musing on life and art. A mysterious loner and outlaw (Isaach De Bankole) makes his meandering journey through the varied landscapes of southern Spain, subsisting solely on double espressos and the regular practice of T'ai Chi. Along the way he is ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 1,979 member
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  • 44 Inch Chest - Blu-ray (2009)
    Starring: Ray Winstone,  Joanne Whalley,  Ian McShane
    Director: Malcolm Venville
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    British gangster drama penned by the writers of 'Sexy Beast', featuring an ensemble cast that includes Ray Winstone, John Hurt, Ian McShane, Joanne Whalley and Tom Wilkinson. Ray Winstone stars as Colin Diamond, a London gangster who enlists the help of his friends to kidnap his wife's young French ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 43% from 5,437 members
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  • An Englishman In New York on DVD (2009)
    Starring: John Hurt
    Director: Richard Laxton
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In 1975, John Hurt starred in a BBC television adaptation of Quentin Crisp's autobiography The Naked Civil Servant, playing the flamboyantly gay author and actor, and in 2009 Hurt revisits the role in this comedy-drama based on the latter years of Crisp's life. Crisp rose to fame in the UK ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 811 members
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  • Lou on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Daniela Farinacci,  Charlie-Rose MacLennan,  John Hurt
    Director: Belinda Chayko
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Australian drama in which a man suffering from Alzheimer's strikes up an unusual friendship with an eleven-year-old girl. Against the backdrop of the New South Wales countryside, Rhia (Emily Barclay) is attempting to raise three young girls on her own after the departure of their father. She has ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 123 members
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  • Merlin - Series 1 - Vol.1 (3 discs) on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Anthony Head,  Michelle Ryan,  Richard Wilson
    Director: James Hawes
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    The first six episodes of the BBC drama series set in the mythical city of Camelot, which tells the tale of the extraordinary relationship between the young King Arthur (Bradley James) and Merlin (Colin Morgan), the wise sorcerer who guides him to power and beyond. John Hurt, Richard Wilson and ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 78% from 3,505 members
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  • Outlander - Blu-ray (2008)
    Starring: Patrick Stevenson,  Jack Huston,  John Beale
    Director: Howard McCain
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Historical sci-fi action adventure set in the time of the Vikings, starring Jim Caviezel as a 'man who fell to earth'. When Kainan (Caviezel), a traveller from a distant galaxy, crash lands on Earth, he brings more than good wishes with him. He's accompanied by a nasty, giant alien known as the ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 6,526 members
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  • Hellboy 2 - The Golden Army on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Ron Perlman,  John Hurt,  Selma Blair
    Director: Guillermo del Toro
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Second big screen outing for the popular cult superhero Hellboy (Ron Perlman), who originally appeared in Mike Mignola's Dark Horse comic series. In this highly acclaimed instalment, the mythical world starts an uprising against humanity in a bid to take over the Earth, and Hellboy and his team are ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 40,700 members
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  • Boxes on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Jane Birkin,  Geraldine Chaplin,  John Hurt
    Director: Jane Birkin
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Drama starring Jane Birkin, who also makes her directorial debut. 50-something Anna (Birkin) moves to a house by the sea, hoping to make a new start in life. As she sorts through the boxes of memories she has brought with her, she realises she needs to let go of her regrets in order to move on. ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 40% from 37 members
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  • Who Do You Think You Are? - Series 4 (3 discs) on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Natasha Kaplinsky,  John Hurt,  Griff Rhys Jones
    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.
    4 stars out of 5 80% from 130 members
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  • The Proposition - Blu-ray (2006)
    Starring: Tom Budge,  Emily Watson,  Ray Winstone
    Director: John Hillcoat
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    John Hillcoat directs this violent western set in the Australian outback, from an original screenplay by musician Nick Cave. Charlie Burns (Guy Pearce) is presented with an impossible choice by ruthless lawman Captain Stanley (Ray Winstone). To save his younger brother from the gallows, he must ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 1,852 member
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  • Whaledreamers (2006)
    Starring: Julian Lennon,  Jack Thompson,  John Hurt
    Director: Kim Kindersley
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    "Whaledreamers"--the title alone conjures up hypnotic visions of these most magnificent and ancient creatures. This visually stunning film offers an incredible glimpse into a rarely seen and scarcely understood tribal culture whose entire story of creation revolves around whales and has endured for ..read more »
    1.5 stars out of 5 30% from 4 members
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  • Shooting Dogs on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Claire-Hope Ashitey,  John Hurt,  Hugh Dancy
    Director: Michael Caton-Jones
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Based on a true story. An exhausted Catholic priest (Hurt) and a young idealistic English teacher (Dancy) find themselves caught in the 1994 Rwandan genocide. They must now choose whether to stay with the thousands of Tutsis about to be massacred or to flee for safety.
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 17,332 members
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  • The Skeleton Key - Blu-ray (2005)
    Starring: Peter Sarsgaard,  Gena Rowlands,  Joy Bryant
    Director: Iain Softley
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Kate Hudson stars in this horror, set in New Orleans. Caroline (Hudson) is a care worker who moves in with terminally ill Ben (John Hurt) to look after him. Suspicious of his emotionally cold wife Violet (Gena Rowlands), and able to sense a strange atmosphere in the house, Caroline gets hold of a ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 214 members
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  • V for Vendetta on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Natalie Portman,  John Hurt,  Stephen Fry
    Director: James McTeigue,  Comic Book Classics
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Set against the futuristic landscape of totalitarian Britain, this tense thriller tells the story of a mild-mannered young woman named Evey (Natalie Portman) who is rescued from a life-and-death situation by a masked man (Hugo Weaving) known only as 'V'. Incomparably charismatic and ferociously ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 79,783 members
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  • The Skeleton Key (2005)
    Starring: Peter Sarsgaard,  Gena Rowlands,  Joy Bryant
    Director: Iain Softley
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Kate Hudson stars in this horror, set in New Orleans. Caroline (Hudson) is a care worker who moves in with terminally ill Ben (John Hurt) to look after him. Suspicious of his emotionally cold wife Violet (Gena Rowlands), and able to sense a strange atmosphere in the house, Caroline gets hold of a ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 42,454 members
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  • The Proposition on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Guy Pearce,  Tom Budge,  Emily Watson
    Director: John Hillcoat
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    In the hostile and unforgiving Australian Outback of the 1880's, men live and die by the gun and justice comes at the end of a hangman's rope. Struggling to bring the order to the territory, a ruthless English police captain (Ray Winstone) hunts down the Burns gang - the brothers wanted for a ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 16,749 members
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  • Short Order (2005)
    Starring: Emma De Caunes,  Jack Dee,  Vincent Fegan
    Director: Anthony Byrne
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Fifi Koko, a young chef prodigy, falls prey to an existential quagmire that fears her talent shall not overcome the expectations her reputation has sown. The late hours bring about a colorful cast of strangers and romances that feed her with temptation, insight and humor on the path of her life-..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 3 members
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  • Hellboy on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Ron Perlman,  John Hurt,  Selma Blair
    Director: Guillermo del Toro
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Dark Horse Comics' popular cult superhero Hellboy makes the leap from the comic book pages to the big screen in this fantasy action adventure. In the final days of World War II, the Nazis attempt to use black magic to aid their dying cause. The Allies raid the camp where the ceremony is taking ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 59,064 members
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  • Miranda on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Julian Rhind-Tutt,  John Simm,  Kyle MacLachlan
    Director: Marc Munden,  Marc Munden
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    British romantic comedy starring Christina Ricci as the mysterious Miranda, who changes everything for 21 year-old librarian Frank (John Simm) when she walks into the suburban Yorkshire library where he works. Six days of blissful yet slightly odd sex commence and Frank finds himself madly in love. ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 49% from 1,136 member
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  • Crime And Punishment on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Margot Kidder,  Crispin Glover,  John Hurt
    Director: Menahem Golan
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Adaptation of Dostoevsky's classic psychological exploration of guilt. Crispin Glover plays Raskolnikov, the poverty-stricken student who murders a pawnbroker as an existential exercise and then succumbs to the internal torture of his guilt, before being caught by the police.
    2 stars out of 5 43% from 97 members
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  • The Tigger Movie on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Peter Cullen,  Tom Attenborough,  John Hurt
    Director: Jun Falkenst,  Jun Falkenstein
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Feature length adventure for Winnie the Pooh's ever-bouncing companion. Tigger is just getting in the way when Pooh, Piglet, Roo, Rabbit and Owl try to prepare a home for their doleful friend Eeyore, so Pooh suggests that he go outside and play with some other tiggers. Tigger thinks this a very ..read more »
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  • Lost Souls on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Philip Baker Hall,  Winona Ryder,  Elias Koteas
    Director: Janusz Kaminski
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Maya Larkin (Winona Ryder) is a devout Catholic who is convinced that the Devil is about to take over the world. Peter Kelson (Ben Chaplin) is a non-believer whose soul has become a battleground for the forces of evil. When she deciphers Peter's name in a mysterious text, Maya realises that she ..read more »
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  • New Blood on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Michael H,  Arthur Eng,  Gouchy Boy
    Director: Michael Hurst
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    When businessman Alan White's (John Hurt) estranged son Danny (Nick Moran) turns up on his doorstep one night, it is as the bearer of a highly unorthodox proposition. Danny is seriously wounded and offers to give up his heart for the transplant his dying sister so desperately needs, but only if ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 47% from 100 members
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  • A Monkey's Tale on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Matt Hill,  Sally-Anne Marsh,  Michael York
    Director: Jean-Francois Laguionie
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    When teenage monkey Kom becomes separated from his family in the wake of a huge forest flood, he is discovered by the king of a neighbouring tribe and taken back to his castle. After being nursed back to health, Kom falls in love with the servant girl Gina and becomes involved in court intrigue, ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 49% from 112 members
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  • You're Dead on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Rhys Ifans,  John Hurt,  Claire Skinner
    Director: Andy Hurst
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A trio of criminals plan to rob Richardson's, the City of London bank. The heist has been dreamed up by the cocky young Eddie (Rhys Ifans) and his pal Ian (David Schneider). They enlist the help of veteran thief and safecracker Maitland (John Hurt), but when the robbery takes place, things begin to ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 186 members
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  • Night Train on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Rynagh O'Grady,  Brenda Blethyn,  Lorcan Cranitch
    Director: John Lynch
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Michael Poole (John Hurt) is a middle-aged ex-convict who moves into lodgings run by Alice (Brenda Blethyn) and her mother in Dublin. A relationship of sorts is tentatively undertaken by Michael and Alice, both wary of former disappointments and the hand life has dealt them. To complicate matters ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 164 members
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  • Tender Loving Care on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Michael Esposito,  Beth Tegarden,  John Hurt
    Director: David Wheeler
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Tragedy strikes in the lives of Michael and Allison Overton (Michael Esposito and Marie Caldare) when their only child Jody is killed in a car accident. Of the two, it is Allison who is most traumatised by the accident; she is unable to accept the reality of what has happened and begins living ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 39% from 81 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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  • Contact - Blu-ray (1997)
    Starring: Jodie Fos,  Jodie Foster,  Matthew McConaughey
    Director: Robert Zemeckis
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    After the death of her father, Ellie Arroway (Jodie Foster) devotes her life to science. Convinced of the existence of extra-terrestrial life, she uses satellites to sweep the stars for evidence. When she receives the transmission of what seems to be a blueprint from another species for the ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 1,185 member
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  • Contact on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Jodie Fos,  Jodie Foster,  Matthew McConaughey
    Director: Robert Zemeckis
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    After the death of her father, Ellie Arroway (Jodie Foster) devotes her life to science. Convinced of the existence of extra-terrestrial life, she uses satellites to sweep the stars for evidence. When she receives the transmission of what seems to be a blueprint from another species for the ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 14,963 members
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  • The Commissioner on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Alice Krige,  Armin Mueller-Stahl,  John Hurt
    Director: George Sluizer
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    James Morton (John Hurt) takes up a post in Brussels as the British commissioner to the Euro parliament, leaving his wife Isabelle (Alice Krige) behind. As British and German chemical outfits are on the verge of merging, Metro Chemical researcher Hans Konig (Armin Mueller-Stahl) tips him that his ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 69 members
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  • Rob Roy - Blu-ray (1995)
    Starring: Liam Neeson,  Jessica Lange,  John Hurt
    Director: Michael Caton-Jones
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Updated version of the 1952 classic period drama, set in the 18th Century. The Scottish hero Rob Roy (Liam Neeson) borrows money from the powerful Marquess of Montrose (John Hurt) in order to provide for his MacGregor clan. However, Montrose's evil henchman Cunningham (Tim Roth) has other ideas and ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 14 members
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  • Wild Bill on DVD (1995)
    Starring: Diane Lane,  Marjoe Gortner,  James Gammon
    Director: Walter Hill
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Jeff Bridges plays legendary gunslinger Wild Bill Hickok, facing a mysterious stranger (David Arquette) who is determined to see him dead. Bill finds some comfort in the arms of Calamity Jane (Ellen Barkin), but is still haunted by a doomed love for another woman. As Hickok's unhappy past threatens ..read more »
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  • Dead Man on DVD (1995)
    Starring: Eugene Byrd,  Robert Mitchum,  Lance Henriksen
    Director: Jim Jarmusch
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Jim Jarmusch takes his quirky, uniquely modern sensibilities back in time, with this western black comedy about a city slicker turned gunfighter, on the run with an enigmatic Indian buddy in the Northwest wilderness.
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 6,224 members
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  • Rob Roy (1995)
    Starring: Liam Neeson,  Jessica Lange,  John Hurt
    Director: Michael Caton-Jones
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Updated version of the 1952 classic period drama, set in the 18th Century. The Scottish hero Rob Roy (Liam Neeson) borrows money from the powerful Marquess of Montrose (John Hurt) in order to provide for his MacGregor clan. However, Montrose's evil henchman Cunningham (Tim Roth) has other ideas and ..read more »
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  • Even Cowgirls Get The Blues on DVD (1994)
    Starring: Keanu Reeves,  Sean Young,  Uma Thurman
    Director: Gus Van Sant
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Gus van Sant's offbeat Western follows the adventures of Sissy, a free-spirited woman with huge thumbs and thus a natural talent for hitchhiking. One of her journeys leads her to the Rubber Rose Ranch, a state-of-the-art health spa run by a flamboyant Countess and populated by a bunch of modern day ..read more »
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  • Waterland on DVD (1992)
    Starring: David Morrissey,  Sean Maguire,  Pete Postlethwaite
    Director: Stephen Gyllenhaal
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In America in the 1970s, history teacher Tom Crick (Jeremy Irons) abandons his planned lessons and recounts his personal history to his students. He tells them of his childhood in the Fens of East Anglia, of his sexual awakening and of the family secrets concerning his mentally handicapped brother. ..read more »
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  • King Ralph on DVD (1990)
    Starring: Camille Coduri,  Peter O'Toole,  Richard Griffiths
    Director: David S. Ward
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    The British Royal Family is dispatched en masse after being electrocuted during a family portrait. A search for a successor turns up Ralph Jones (John Goodman), a Las Vegas lounge singer, as the unlikely next-in-line. Before long, Buckingham Palace resembles a funfair and Lord Graves (John Hurt) is ..read more »
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  • The Field (1990)
    Starring: Sean Bean,  Richard Harris,  Frances Tomelty
    Director: Jim Sheridan
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Richard Harris was nominated for several awards (including the Oscar and Golden Globe) for his performance in The Field. The time is the mid-1930s; the place, western Ireland. For many years rugged individualist Bull McCabe (Harris) has been cultivating a small plot of rented land, nurturing it ..read more »
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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 »
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  • The Bengali Night on DVD (1988)
    Starring: Hugh Grant,  Shabana Azmi,  Supriya Pathak
    Director: Nicolas Klotz
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Allan (Hugh Grant) is an engineer working in 1930s Calcutta. He is invited to stay with the family of his boss, Narendra Sen (Soumitra Chatterjee) which includes his wife, Indira (Shabana Azmi) and daughter Gayatri (Supriya Pathak). Gayatri and Allan become romantically involved leading to tragedy.
    2 stars out of 5 36% from 19 members
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  • Jim Henson's The Storyteller - Vol. 1 (1987)
    Starring: Brian Henson,  John Hurt,  Marcus Clarke
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    From the creators of THE DARK CRYSTAL and LABYRINTH comes this series with first-rate casts and elaborate special effects to tell their version of well known myths and legends. John Hurt stars as the Storyteller, who, along with help from his cynical dog, narrates these fascinating, beautifully ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 586 members
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  • From The Hip (1987)
    Starring: David Alan Grier,  Elizabeth Perkins,  John Hurt
    Director: Bob Clark
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Apprentice lawyer Robin Weathers makes a civil suit into a headline grabbing charade. But he is forced to reexamine his scruples after his shenanigans win him a promotion in his firm, and he is given the task of defending a college professor who is apparently guilty of murder.
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 37 members
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  • Spaceballs (1987)
    Starring: Bill Pullman,  Joan Rivers,  Mel Brooks
    Director: Mel Brooks
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Mel Brooks spoofs every sci-fi movie from 'Star Wars' and 'Alien' to 'Planet of the Apes' in this interstellar comedy. When Princess Vespa (Daphne Zuniga) is kidnapped by the evil Dark Helmet (Rick Moranis), space adventurer Lone Star (Bill Pullman) and his doglike companion Barf (John Candy) are ..read more »
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  • Spaceballs - Blu-ray (1987)
    Starring: Bill Pullman,  Joan Rivers,  Mel Brooks
    Director: Mel Brooks
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Mel Brooks spoofs every sci-fi movie from 'Star Wars' and 'Alien' to 'Planet of the Apes' in this interstellar comedy. When Princess Vespa (Daphne Zuniga) is kidnapped by the evil Dark Helmet (Rick Moranis), space adventurer Lone Star (Bill Pullman) and his doglike companion Barf (John Candy) are ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 79% from 29 members
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  • Jake Speed on DVD (1986)
    Starring: Dennis Christopher,  Wayne Crawford,  John Hurt
    Director: Andrew Lane
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Co-written, co-produced and starring in the lead role Wayne Crawford as Jake Speed, a paperback fictional character who comes to life in order to help a woman whose sister is in trouble.
    2 stars out of 5 42% from 58 members
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  • The Black Cauldron on DVD (1985)
    Starring: Nigel Hawthorne,  Freddie Jones,  John Hurt
    Director: Ted,  Ted Berman,  Richard Rich
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    In Walt Disney's 25th animated feature, Taran is a young man who undertakes a heroic task in the magical and mystical land of Prydain. He sets out on his quest to prevent the evil Horned King unleashing the supernatural powers of the Black Cauldron on the people of Prydain. All he has is his magic ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 3,484 members
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  • 1984 on DVD (1985)
    Starring: Roger Lloyd Pack,  Cyril Cusack,  John Hurt
    Director: Michael Radford
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In a holocaustic future world, perpetually at war, where failure to conform is the ultimate crime, Winston Smith (John Hurt) rewrites history books and finds himself dreaming of escape from the all-seeing eyes of the Authorities. He embarks on a passionate (and illegal) affair with a young woman (..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 6,932 members
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  • The Hit (1984)
    Starring: John Hurt,  Terence Stamp,  Tim Roth
    Director: Stephen Frears
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Ex-gangster Willie Parker has betrayed his former "colleagues" and now lives in Spain where he thinks he can hide from their vengeance. But one day, ten years later, two hitmen (Braddock and Myron) show up and kidnap Willie. They are ordered to escort him back to Paris where he should stand trial. ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 170 members
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  • Success Is the Best Revenge (1984)
    Starring: Michael York,  Joanna Szczerbic,  Michael Lyndon
    Director: Jerzy Skolimowski
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Alex Rodak (Michael York) is a Polish director in exile in London with his family, which includes an older teenage son Adam (Michael Lyndon) who is struggling with an identity crisis, his wife (Joanna Szerzerbic), and another son. Rodak is in the throes of putting together a major show about Poland ..read more »
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  • Champions on DVD (1984)
    Starring: Edward Woodward,  John Hurt
    Director: John Irvin
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    The true story of racing jockey Bob Champion (played here by John Hurt), who discovered he had cancer while at the height of his career. He began an intensive course of chemo-therapy, and clawed his way back to health to win the Grand National. What makes this story all the more remarkable is the ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 375 members
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  • The Osterman Weekend (2 discs) on DVD (1983)
    Starring: Rutger Hauer,  Craig T. Nelson,  Burt Lancaster
    Director: Sam Peckinpah
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Once a year John Tanner spends a long weekend with his three best friends from college. When he is approached by a CIA agent who has evidence proving that his three pals are actually spy's working with the Soviet Union, he reluctantly allows, his house to be wired with video surveillance equipment ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 587 members
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  • The Plague Dogs on DVD (1982)
    Starring: James Bolam,  Christopher Benjamin,  John Hurt
    Director: Martin Rosen
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    Two dogs, Snitter and Rowf, escape from a research institute and go on the run. Both animals have been purposely infected with a deadly virus, and as such, pose a dangerous threat to the human population. As the authorities give chase, the two dogs do their best to find their original owner and ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 805 members
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  • Night Crossing on DVD (1982)
    Starring: Beau Bridges,  John Hurt
    Director: Delbert Mann
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Walt Disney Pictures escape adventure based on a true story, starring John Hurt and Beau Bridges as Peter Strelzyk and Gunter Wetzel, two men living under the oppressive Communist regime in East Germany. The friends are finding it increasingly difficult to carry on with their work and family life ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 153 members
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  • The Naked Civil Servant (1981)
    Starring: John Hurt
    Director: Jack Gold
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Classic TV drama which traces the life of the flamboyant British eccentric Quentin Crisp as he grows up in a society not prepared to accept his openly homosexual lifestyle. A landmark of British television, this adaptation of Crisp's autobiography earned BAFTAs for both its star, John Hurt, and ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 74% from 1,093 member
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  • The Elephant Man on DVD (1980)
    Starring: Anthony Hopkins,  Wendy Hiller,  John Hurt
    Director: David Lynch
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    John Hurt stars as John Merrick, the hideously deformed 19th century Londoner known as The Elephant Man. Treated as a sideshow freak, Merrick is assumed to be retarded as well as misshapen because of his inability to speak coherently. In fact, he is highly intelligent and sensitive, a fact made ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 75% from 13,546 members
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  • The Elephant Man - Blu-ray (1980)
    Starring: Anthony Hopkins,  Wendy Hiller,  John Hurt
    Director: David Lynch
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    Brutalised in childhood for his appalling deformities, 'Elephant Man' John Merrick (John Hurt) has been treated as a human freak ever since. When he is discovered by London doctor Frederick Treves (Anthony Hopkins), Merrick is finally treated with the kindness and intelligence he deserves. ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 82% from 762 members
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  • Alien - Blu-ray (1979)
    Starring: Sigourney Weaver,  John Hurt,  Tom Skerritt
    Director: Ridley Scott
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    When Kane (John Hurt) and the crew of the spaceship 'Nostromo' investigate a transmission from a deserted planet, he is attacked by an unknown organism which attaches itself to his face. The crew cut the creature off, but not before it has made Kane the host of a monstrous alien killer, one which ..read more »
    4.5 stars out of 5 88% from 274 members
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  • Alien on DVD (1979)
    Starring: Sigourney Weaver,  John Hurt,  Tom Skerritt
    Director: Ridley Scott
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    When Kane (John Hurt) and the crew of the spaceship 'Nostromo' investigate a transmission from a deserted planet, he is attacked by an unknown organism which attaches itself to his face. The crew cut the creature off, but not before it has made Kane the host of a monstrous alien killer, one which ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 78% from 58,163 members
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  • The Shout (1978)
    Starring: Robert Stephens,  John Hurt,  Tim Curry
    Director: Jerzy Skolimowski
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    An asylum director begins telling a visitor to a cricket game the story of one of his better patients, Crossley (Alan Bates) who is able to compete. Some time previously, Crossley accosted Anthony (John Hurt), a composer, just after church and was for some reason invited to dinner. Once at the ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 414 members
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  • Watership Down - Blu-ray (1978)
    Starring: Ralph Richardson,  Denholm Elliott,  Richard Briers
    Director: Martin Rosen
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Animated feature of Richard Adams' best-selling novel. When rabbit Fiver (voiced by Richard Briers) has a premonition of his warren being destroyed by man, he persuades his brother Hazel (John Hurt) and a few other friends to flee in search of safety. They have many adventures along the way, until ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 79% from 154 members
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  • Midnight Express - Blu-ray (1978)
    Starring: Brad Davis,  Randy Quaid,  John Hurt
    Director: Alan Parker
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    Oliver Stone scripts and Alan Parker directs this prison drama, based on a true story. An American student (Brad Davis) is caught smuggling hashish and faces years in a Turkish prison. While his family at home attempt to have him freed, he undergoes hellish experiences in jail.
    3.5 stars out of 5 74% from 761 members
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  • Lord Of The Rings - Blu-ray (1978)
    Starring: Christopher Guard,  William Squire,  John Hurt
    Director: Ralph Bakshi
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Ralph Bakshi's animated version of the seminal fantasy trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkein, made by overlaying animation on live action actors (a unique pre-computer graphics technique). Set in the fictional world of Middle Earth, The Lord of the Rings tells the epic story of Frodo, a Hobbit who must defeat ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 11 members
  • Lord Of The Rings on DVD (1978)
    Starring: Christopher Guard,  William Squire,  John Hurt
    Director: Ralph Bakshi
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Controversial animator Ralph Bakshi's literal adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's classic fantasy trilogy, The Lord of the Rings, is brought to the screen in a reverent, stilted way, with Bakshi forsaking his sharp-edged animated looniness for a rotoscoped dullness. Although the film's title encompasses ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 1,885 member
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  • Midnight Express (1978)
    Starring: Brad Davis,  Randy Quaid,  John Hurt
    Director: Alan Parker
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    Oliver Stone scripts and Alan Parker directs this prison drama, based on a true story. An American student (Brad Davis) is caught smuggling hashish and faces years in a Turkish prison. While his family at home attempt to have him freed, he undergoes hellish experiences in jail.
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 6,024 members
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  • Watership Down on DVD (1978)
    Starring: Ralph Richardson,  Denholm Elliott,  Richard Briers
    Director: Martin Rosen
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Unique in the annals of animated films, Watership Down is a serious, even grim tale that many will find relentless and depressing and others will find poetic and moving. It doesn't pull any punches. Death -- violent, disturbing death -- is ever present, portrayed in a manner that is astonishingly ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 6,719 members
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  • The Disappearance (1977)
    Starring: Virginia McKenna,  Christopher Plummer,  John Hurt
    Director: Stuart Cooper
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Psychological thriller starring Donald Sutherland as contract killer Jay Mallory, whose work is badly affected when his wife Celandine (Francine Racette) goes missing. As he becomes more embroiled in his latest case, he begins to suspect that this assignment may have some terrible connection to ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 122 members
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  • East of Elephant Rock - Digitally Remast... (1977)
    Starring: Judi Bowker,  Jeremy Kemp,  John Hurt
    Director: Don Boyd
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    1970s British drama inspired by the Ethel Proudlock murder case of 1911. Set in a South East Asian British colony in 1948, the film follows Nash (John Hurt), an Embassy secretary whose affairs with two women, one a native and the other the wife of a plantation owner, have disastrous consequences.
    2.5 stars out of 5 48% from 6 members
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  • I Claudius (5 discs) on DVD (1976)
    Starring: David Robb,  Derek Jacobi,  Sian Phillips
    Director: Herbert Wise
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    All four parts of this BBC drama series which told the tales of the Roman Emperors Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula and Claudius, as the dealings of the Roman political scene are revealed - amidst madness, deception and subterfuge.
    4 stars out of 5 78% from 3,059 members
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  • The Pied Piper (1972)
    Starring: Donovan,  Donald Pleasence,  Jack Wild
    Director: Jacques Demy
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG director Jacques Demy tackles the dark fairy tale with this star-filled film. Folk rocker Donovan plays the title character who agrees to help the town of Hamelin with its rat infestation, while Donald Pleasence (HALLOWEEN) is a town leader who wants more than just a ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 6 members
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  • Mr Forbush And The Penguins (1971)
    Starring: Thorley Walters,  Avril Angers,  Hayley Mills
    Director: Al Viola
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Al Viola's adaptation of Graham Billing's novel about how a man's outlook on life is changed by his harsh surroundings. Richard Forbush (John Hurt), a shallow man and philanderer, wants to win back the affections of his girlfriend Tara (Haley Mills) and decides that moving to the Antarctic to study ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 192 members
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  • 10 Rillington Place on DVD (1970)
    Starring: Andre Morell,  Geoffrey Chater,  Isobel Black
    Director: Richard Fleischer
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Richard Attenborough takes the lead role in the true story of the infamous English mass murderer John Reginald Christie who killed 8 women over a period of 13 years. After moving in as tenants in Christie's house, Timothy Evans (John Hurt) and his wife Beryl (Judy Geeson) go to their landlord for ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 2,455 members
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  • Sinful Davey (1969)
    Starring: John Hurt,  Pamela Franklin,  Nigel Davenport
    Director: John Huston
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Davey Haggart is quite certain of his paternity (even if nobody else is) and determined to emulate his father, a notorious rogue and highwayman. This includes breaking a man out of Stirling jail, holding up the stagecoach, and robbing the Duke of Argyll, among other feats. Unfortunately, he is ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 1 member
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  • A Man For All Seasons on DVD (1966)
    Starring: Orson Welles,  Leo McKern,  Wendy Hiller
    Director: Fred Zinnemann
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Adapted by Robert Bolt and Constance Willis from Bolt's hit stage play, A Man for All Seasons stars Paul Scofield, triumphantly repeating his stage role as Sir Thomas More. The crux of the film is the staunchly Catholic More's refusal to acknowledge King Henry VIII (Robert Shaw)'s break from the ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 5,125 members
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  • Who Killed Tutankhamun?
    Starring: Mike King,  John Hurt,  Greg Cooper
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    John Hurt narrates this modern-day investigation into the death of the 18-year-old pharaoh Tutankhamun who died in January 1323 BC. The case was re-opened by former FBI agents Greg Cooper and Mike King, who used modern-day techniques - such as crime-scene analysis, x-ray and criminal profiling - to ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 57 members
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  • British Artists' Films - William Raban on DVD
    Starring: John Hurt
    Director: William Raban
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    A collection of five films by British artist William Raban: 'Thames Barrier', 'Fergus Walking', 'A13', 'MM' and the acclaimed 'Thames Film', filmed from a boat drifting downstream and narrated by actor John Hurt.
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 77 members
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  • Watership Down - Vol. 1 - The Promised Land on DVD
    Starring: Phil Jupitus,  Rik Mayall,  John Hurt
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Three episodes of the 1999 animated spin-off of the 1978 film based on Richard Adams' novel. The series boasts a title theme by Andrew Lloyd Webber, and is voiced by Dawn French, Rik Mayall, Jane Horrocks, Stephen Fry and Phil Jupitus, as well as Richard Briers and John Hurt whose voices featured ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 178 members
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  • Watership Down - Vol. 4 on DVD
    Starring: Phil Jupitus,  Rik Mayall,  John Hurt
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Three episodes of the animated series about the family of rabbits, based on the classic novel by Richard Adams. In 'Friends and Enemy', Campion is injured by a hawk. In 'Kidnapped', Pipkin is captured by the ruthless Efrafan rabbits. Finally, in 'Prisoner of Efrafa', Campion turns against his ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 64 members
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  • Watership Down - Vol. 5 - The Great Water on DVD
    Starring: Jane,  Phil Jupitus,  Rik Mayall
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Three more animated episodes of the series based on the classic book by Richard Adams. In 'The Market', the rabbits find themselves taken in a van to a local market, where they strike up a friendship with a strange pig. In 'The Great Water', the rabbits make it to Big Water, but lose contact with ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 52 members
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  • D-Day In Colour
    Starring: John Hurt
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    An in-depth look at the events and experiences of the greatest seaborne invasion in history, focusing on the personal stories of those involved. Narrated by John Hurt, it re-lives the events of those decisive, yet perilous days and reflects on the private triumphs and personal tragedies that proved ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 304 members
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  • Hellboy - Blu-ray
    Starring: Ron Perlman,  John Hurt,  Selma Blair
    Director: Guillermo del Toro
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Dark Horse Comics' popular cult superhero Hellboy makes the leap from the comic book pages to the big screen in this fantasy action adventure. In the final days of World War II, the Nazis attempt to use black magic to aid their dying cause. The Allies raid the camp where the ceremony is taking ..read more »
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John Hurt facts

5 most recent films

Merlin - Series 5 - Complete - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Labyrinth - Series 1 - 4.0 stars
Merlin - Series 5 - Complete - 4.5 stars
Melancholia - 2.5 stars
Melancholia - Blu-ray - 2.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Alien Quadrilogy - Blu-ray - 4.5 stars
Alien - Blu-ray - 4.5 stars
Merlin Series 3 - Vol.2 - 4.5 stars
Merlin Series 4 - Vol.1 - 4.5 stars
Human Planet - Blu-ray - 4.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Success Is the Best Revenge - 3 stars
Whaledreamers - 1.5 stars
Watership Down - The Dark Deal - Vol.11 - 1.5 stars
The Bengali Night - 2.0 stars
Watership Down - The Beginning Of The End - Vol.13 - 2.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Bradley James - 15 times - show films
Colin Morgan - 15 times - show films
Richard Wilson - 15 times - show films
Katie McGrath - 15 times - show films
Anthony Head - 13 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Mark Flowers - 16 times - show films
T - 16 times - show films
Tom Hugh-Jones - 16 times - show films
Nicolas Brown - 16 times - show films
Ridley Scott - 13 times - show films