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David Oyelowo - what members say


  • Small Island
  • Small Island review by CityGent from Burton Upon Trent
    Rated - 5.0 stars Top Quality Production - a Must See 11 November 2010
    ...tention because you will be emotionally dead! The other 3 leads, Naomie Harris, David Oyelowo and Benedict Cumberbatch are well able to hold their own and the whole is just ...   Read customer review

David Oyelowo - filmography


  • 96 Minutes (2011)
    Starring: Brittany Snow,  Christian Serratos,  David Oyelowo
    Director: Aimee Lagos
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    The story of four lives slammed together in a shocking moment. Intercutting between a carjacking and the separate stories of the four kids, we watch as they hurtle toward a life-changing end.
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  • Small Island on DVD (2010)
    Starring: Ruth Wilson,  Naomie Harris,  David Oyelowo
    Director: John Alexander
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Adapted from Andrea Levy's best-selling award-winning novel, and shown on BBC One this two-part drama Small Island is an epic love story about the determined pursuit of dreams in the face of seemingly insurmountable barriers. Set against the backdrop of the Second World War in a time when ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 76% from 725 members
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  • Red Tails (2009)
    Starring: David Oyelowo
    Director: Anthony Hemingway
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    The story of the Tuskegee Airmen, the first African-American pilots to fly in a combat squadron during World War II.
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 6 members
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  • The Passion (2 discs) on DVD (2008)
    Starring: James Nesbitt,  Joseph Mawle,  Paul Nicholls
    Director: Michael Offer
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Temple priests prepare themselves for the influx of pilgrims to Jerusalem for Passover, as does Roman governor Pontius Pilate (James Nesbitt, BLOODY SUNDAY). Meanwhile, Jesus the Galilean (Joseph Mawle, SILENT WITNESS), is about to enter Jerusalem through the East Gate on a donkey's colt. BBC mini-..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 82 members
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  • Five Days (2 discs) on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Hugh Bonneville,  David Oyelowo,  Sarah Smart
    Director: Otto Bathurst,  Simon Curtis
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    The story begins one hot summers day when Leanne Wellings is taking her two young children to visit her grandfather. She stops to buy flowers at a motorway lay-by but then inexplicably vanishes -- leaving her two small children waiting for her in her car -- lost and far from home. Her two small ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 2,515 members
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  • A Sound of Thunder on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Edward Burns,  Ben Kingsley,  Catherine McCormack
    Director: Peter Hyams
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    In A SOUND OF THUNDER, based on a short story by Ray Bradbury, director Peter Hyams (END OF DAYS, TIMECOP) creates a world where time travel is possible and life as we know it is threatened. In the year 2055, Charles Hatton's (Ben Kingsley) company, Time Safari, will take anyone with a big enough ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 3,085 members
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David Oyelowo facts

5 most recent films

96 Minutes - 3 stars
Small Island - 4.0 stars
Red Tails - 3.0 stars
No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency - Series 1 - 4.0 stars
Blood And Oil - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Spooks - Complete Season 3 - 4.0 stars
Spooks - Complete Season 2 - 4.0 stars
The Last King Of Scotland - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Spooks - Complete Season 1 - 4.0 stars
No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency - Series 1 - 4.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

96 Minutes - 3 stars
Who Do You Love - 0.5 stars
Red Tails - 3.0 stars
A Sound of Thunder - 2.5 stars
Blood And Oil - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Megan Dodds - 22 times - show films
Matthew MacFadyen - 22 times - show films
Peter Firth - 22 times - show films
Keeley Hawes - 22 times - show films
Jenny Agutter - 16 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Rob Bailey - 16 times - show films
Cilla Ware - 12 times - show films
Bharat Nalluri - 10 times - show films
Justin Chadwick - 6 times - show films
Sam Miller - 6 times - show films