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  • Miss Austen Regrets
  • Miss Austen Regrets review by Lorenzo57 from Birmingham
    Rated - 5.0 stars Miss Austen Regrets 10 July 2008
    ...Starring: Jack Huston | Pip Torrens | | Imogen Poots | Phyllida Law | Hugh Bonneville | Greta Scacchi | Adrian Edmondson Great performance Olivia Williams in a passiona...   Read customer review

Phyllida Law - filmography


  • Midsomer Murders - Dark Secrets on DVD (2011)
    Starring: Phyllida Law,  Edward Fox,  Neil Dudgeon
    Director: Simon Langton
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Another murder mystery from the quiet leafy lanes of the idyllic English county of Midsomer. This time around, Detective Chief Inspector Barnaby (Neil Dudgeon) and his sidekick Detective Sergeant Ben Jones (Jason Hughes) have to investigate the death of inquisitive social worker Gerry Dawkins (..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 76% from 122 members
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  • Miss Austen Regrets on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Hugh Bonneville,  Phyllida Law,  Olivia Williams
    Director: Jeremy Lovering
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    BBC drama based on Jane Austen's actual letters and diaries that aims to reveal the secrets of this most elusive of novelists. Jane (Olivia Williams) is nearing her forties and has never married. Her sharply observed romantic novels are widely admired. She is a favourite aunt to her niece Fanny ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 2,154 members
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  • The Waiting Room on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Anne-Marie Duff,  Ralf Little,  Rupert Graves
    Director: Roger Goldby
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Two complete strangers, Anna and Stephen, are brought together by chance by an elderly man who waits for his wife on a station platform. Their fateful meeting acts as a catalyst for them to examine and challenge what's going on in their different relationships, and make hard but positive decisions ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 3,301 members
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  • Pinochet in Surbubia (2006)
    Starring: Derek Jacobi,  Phyllida Law,  Peter Capaldi
    Director: Richard Curson Smith
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Drama about General Pinochets remarkable exile in the UK, Pinochet In Suburbia tells the story of a holiday trip that led to the Generals arrest and subsequent detention for some 500 days, from October 1998 to spring 2000. The story delicately weaves several narrative strands, including a tense and ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 4 members
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  • Mee-Shee - The Water Giant on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Bruce Greenwood,  Daniel Magder,  Joel Tobeck
    Director: John Henderson
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    A young boy, Mac Cambell, is devastated when a planned holiday is cancelled due to his father's work. Joining his father on his salvage mission to a remote Canadian lake, Mac soon forgets all about his vacation when he discovers a mythical creature living in the lake's depths. But others have ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 2,680 members
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  • Game of Swords on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Phyllida Law,  Brian Blessed,  Szonja Oroszlan
    Director: Adrian Rudomin
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Period thriller set in 16th century Spain during the Inquisition. When a series of viciously murdered noblemen are discovered with large letters carved into their chests, Sheriff Ruy de Mendoza (Christopher Lambert) is sent to investigate the case. However, the victims' bodies mysteriously ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 91 members
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  • Blinded (2004)
    Starring: Phyllida Law,  Samantha Bond,  Peter Mullan
    Director: Eleanor Yule
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Atmospheric psychological thriller set in the Scottish borders. Danish backpacker, Mike Hammershoi (Anders W. Berthelsen), arrives at Black's estate looking for work. He encounters blind owner Francis Black (Peter Mullan) living there in a shuttered, decaying mansion. Francis reluctantly offers ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 42% from 824 members
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  • Brush With Fate (2003)
    Starring: Kelly MacDonald,  Glenn Close,  Phyllida Law
    Director: Brent Shields
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Brent Shields' made-for-television film is based on Susan Vreeland's novel 'Girl in Hyacinth Blue' and is said to be one of the most expensive productions for the Hallmark Hall of Fame series. An eccentric history teacher (Glenn Close) has devoted her life to researching the history of a mysterious,..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 49% from 98 members
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  • The Time Machine (2002)
    Starring: Samantha Mumba,  Jeremy Irons,  Phyllida Law
    Director: Simon Wells
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Watch now: Unavailable
    When turn-of-the century scientist Alexander Hartdegen (Guy Pearce) uses his newly-invented time machine to travel back and prevent the murder of his girlfriend Emma (Sienna Guillory), he finds that he is nonetheless unable to change the past. Curious as to why this is, Alexander travels into the ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 7,546 members
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  • Two Men Went To War (2002)
    Starring: James Fleet,  Phyllida Law,  Anthony Valentine
    Director: John Henderson
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Comedy drama based on the true story of two army dentists (Kenneth Cranham and Leo Billl) thrown together by their passionate desire to see active service in WWII. Armed with just two revolvers and a dozen grenades, Sgt. Peter King Cranham) persuades Pvt. Leslie Cuthbertson (Bill) to join him on a ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 429 members
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  • The Swap on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Rachel O'Meara,  Phyllida Law,  Jonathan Cake
    Director: David Drury
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Drama starring Robert DeNiro as Sammy Nicoletti, an adult film director who is murdered. His brother Vito (Anthony Charnota) vows to find the killer and avenge Sammy's death. When Vito is released from prison he begins his own investigation, encountering deceit and blackmail. The final days of ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 55% from 70 members
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  • Milk (1999)
    Starring: Francesca Annis,  James Fleet,  Phyllida Law
    Director: William Brookfield
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Adrian (James Fleet) is an oddball farmer whose personality has been formed by the many years he has spent living alone with his mother on a dairy farm in Wiltshire. Upon her death, Adrian's peaceful existence is disrupted by the arrival of the rest of the family, who descend on the farm hoping to ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 198 members
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  • Mad Cows on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Joanna Lumley,  Phyllida Law,  Greg Wise
    Director: Sarah Sugarman
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Maddy (Anna Friel) is an Australian in London, trying to track down the feckless father of her baby boy. Her quest takes an unexpected turn when she is thrown in prison for stealing a bag of peas from Harrods. A plot is hatched between Maddy, her best friend Gillian (Joanna Lumley) and the prison ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 41% from 272 members
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  • The Winter Guest on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Gary Hollywood,  Emma Thompson,  Phyllida Law
    Director: Alan Rickman
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Alan Rickman directs and co-writes this bittersweet drama, which pairs real-life mother and daughter Phyllida Law and Emma Thompson. Following the death of her husband, Frances (Thompson) meets with her mother (Law) in a Scottish seaside town. As they attempt to repair their own, damaged ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 1,192 member
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  • All Or Nothing At All (1993)
    Starring: Hugh Laurie,  Pippa Guard,  Phyllida Law
    Director: Andrew Grieve
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    In this compelling story of a daring conman, Leo Hopkins (Hugh Laurie - House) prospers from the greed of others - but his undeniable charm and willingness to take risks plunge him into a mess of troubles and worry. Addicted to gambling, seduced by his secretary and threatened by his corrupt boss, ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 7 members
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Phyllida Law facts

5 most recent films

Midsomer Murders - Dark Secrets - 4.0 stars
Kingdom - Series 3 - Complete - 4.0 stars
Miss Austen Regrets - 3.5 stars
The Waiting Room - 3.0 stars
Copying Beethoven - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Kingdom - Series 3 - Complete - 4.0 stars
Midsomer Murders - Dark Secrets - 4.0 stars
The House Of Eliott - Series 1 - 4.0 stars
Lord Wimsey - The Unpleasantness At The Bellona Club - 3.5 stars
Miss Austen Regrets - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Pinochet in Surbubia - 3.0 stars
All Or Nothing At All - 3.5 stars
Mad Cows - 2.0 stars
Blinded - 2.0 stars
Brush With Fate - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Andrew Lincoln - 12 times - show films
Mark Benton - 12 times - show films
Saskia Reeves - 12 times - show films
Adrian Lester - 12 times - show films
Lesley Sharp - 12 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Murray Ferguson - 12 times - show films
Jeremy Silberston - 7 times - show films
David Reynolds - 7 times - show films
David Askey - 7 times - show films
Jonathan Alwyn - 7 times - show films