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  • Human Traffic
  • Human Traffic review by A customer from
    Rated - 5.0 stars Nice one brother! Cult film of epic proportions!! 20 October 2011
    ... them because this film is class A brilliant! British film making at its best!! John Simms is outstanding and completely believable in his character. Danny Dyer of cours...   Read customer review
  • The Lakes
  • The Lakes review by from Croydon, UK
    Rated - 5.0 stars YOU NEED TO WATCH THIS! 22 July 2006
    ...It's an absolutely brilliant drama and everyone should see it! John Simm plays an excellent part and you just can't help feeling sorry for him. ...   Read customer review
  • The Lakes 2
  • The Lakes 2 review by Tempsec from Manchester
    Rated - 4.0 stars I Thought I'd got a Comedy by Mistake 23 June 2008
    ...isc, I laughed more than I thought I would, I picked the series because I like John Simm. Black humour indeed! Is Jimmy McGovern the British Spike Lee ? Not afraid...   Read customer review

John Simm - filmography


  • Moving On - Series 3 - Complete (2 discs) on DVD (2011)
    Starring: Hannah Gordon,  John Simm,  Jenny Agutter
    Director: Jimmy McGovern
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    The critically acclaimed series Moving On created by BAFTA & EMMY award-winning Jimmy McGovern (The Street, Cracker) returns for a third run of five powerful films about people confronted with life-changing decision. This series has a stellar cast complimented by compelling stories written by the ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 19 members
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  • Mad Dogs - Series 2 on DVD (2011)
    Starring: Max Beesley,  John Simm,  Marc Warren
    Director: James Hawes
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In an attempt to rescue their friend, the boys enter into a Faustian pact involving drugs, money, witchcraft and goats. How far would you go for your friends, not least when you can't remember why you liked them in the first place? Mad Dogs madness prevails in what is becoming the worst holiday ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 74% from 195 members
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  • Exile on DVD (2011)
    Starring: John Simm,  Jim Broadbent,  Olivia Coleman
    Director: John Alexander
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    John Simm and Jim Broadbent give compelling performances in this Paul Abbott-created, Danny Brocklehurst-written claustrophobic drama about father-son relationships and many other things. The marvellous Olivia Colman provides fine support, proving she does drama as brilliantly as comedy.
    3.5 stars out of 5 74% from 515 members
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  • Moving On - Series 2 (3 discs) on DVD (2010)
    Starring: Hannah Gordon,  John Simm,  Jenny Agutter
    Director: Jimmy McGovern
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    The critically acclaimed series Moving On created by BAFTA and Emmy award-winning Jimmy McGovern (The Street, Cracker) returns with a second run of ten powerful films about people confronted by life-changing decisions. This series has a stellar cast complimented by compelling stories written by ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 98 members
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  • Skellig on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Tim Roth,  Kelly MacDonald,  John Simm
    Director: Annabel Jankel
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Journey into a world of hope and discovery with the sumptuous adaptation of David Almond's acclaimed, award-winning novel. A young boy discovers a strange, winged creature hidden amongst the shadowy cobwebs of his decayed garden shed. Together with his new friend Mina, Michael befriends this ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 3,726 members
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  • Tu£sday on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Philip Glenister,  Ashley Walters,  Dylan Brown
    Director: Sacha Bennett
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    "Tuesday" is a taut, fast-moving heist story, revealed by the suspects through a series of police interrogations. By coincidence, four experienced criminals, two beautiful bank clerks and one desperate penniless man nearing retirement decide to rob the same bank on the same day. Two detectives must ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 49% from 2,087 members
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  • Life On Mars - Series 2 (4 discs) on DVD (2007)
    Starring: John Simm,  Philip Glenister,  Liz White
    Director: S.J. Clarkson,  Richard Clark
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    John Simm continues into a second thrilling series as Sam Tyler, a driven and ambitious young detective, determined to keep the streets of 21st Century Manchester safe. But after a near fatal car accident, he has waken up, dazed and confused, in 1973. Has he gone back in time? Is he in a coma? Or ..read more »
    4.5 stars out of 5 87% from 9,772 members
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  • Life On Mars - Series 1 (4 discs) on DVD (2006)
    Starring: John Simm,  Philip Glenister,  Liz White
    Director: John Alexander,  John McKay
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    LIFE ON MARS is a throwback to the crime-fighting style of the 1970s, drawing its inspiration from such TV series as THE SWEENEY and THE PROFESSIONALS. As was characteristic of classic 60s fantasy, the creators have taken some risks with the show's politically incorrect references, daring to be ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 82% from 15,604 members
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  • Sex Traffic on DVD (2006)
    Starring: John Simm,  Anamaria Marinca,  Wendy Crewson
    Director: David Yates
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    The story of two young Moldovan sisters, kidnapped and trafficked through Romania, Serbia, Albania, Bosnia and Italy to the dark side of London, betrayed by pimps and police, and fighting for their lives. The reverberations of their story are explosive, exposing far-reaching corruption that ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 3,522 members
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  • State of Play - Series 1 (2 discs) on DVD (2003)
    Starring: David Morrissey,  John Simm,  Bill Nighy
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Stephen Collins is an ambitious politician. Cal McAffrey is a well-respected investigative journalist and Stephen's ex-campaign manager. En route to work one morning, Stephen's research assistant mysteriously falls to her death on the London Underground. It's not long before revelations of their ..read more »
    4.5 stars out of 5 86% from 4,675 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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  • Miranda on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Christina Ricci,  John Simm,  Kyle MacLachlan
    Director: Marc Munden,  Marc Munden
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Christina Ricci stars as the title character in this thriller directed by Marc Munden. When Frank (John Simm), a librarian looking for love, falls for the sexy Miranda, he gets drawn into a strange world of deception and intrigue. Miranda seems to have three identities--con woman, dancer, and ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 49% from 1,109 member
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  • Human Traffic on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Justin Kerrigan,  Jan Anderson,  Carol Harrison
    Director: Justin Kerrigan
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    The real story of youth in the nineties is this : chemicals, clubs, bars, pubs, pushing the vinyl, blagging the guest list, mobile phones, trainers, combats, care-less, monged, mashed, sorted, safe. And here it is in all its pupil-dilated, teeth grinding, club-hopping glory. The weekend has well ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 8,046 members
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  • The Lakes (2 discs) (1997)
    Starring: John Simm,  Emma Cunniffe,  Mary Ro Randle
    Director: David Blair
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Danny Kavanagh moves from Liverpool's dole queues to work in a Lake District hotel and finds that it's not just the scenery that is pretty and available. When he falls in love and has to marry he still thinks that things could be worse. A tragedy, however, sees Danny as a scapegoat. Contains ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 2,118 members
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  • Boston Kickout on DVD (1996)
    Starring: Marc Warren,  John Simm,  Emer McCourt
    Director: Paul Hills
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    A gang of disaffected, mouthy unemployed youths in 1980s Stevenage (featuring THE LAKES' John Simm with TV's TEACHERS and THIS LIFE star Andrew Lincoln) fall into an unforgiving chasm of alcohol, drugs and senseless violence. The arrival of sexy liberated cousin Shona (Emer McCourt) fires the boys ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 372 members
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  • Nero on DVD
    Starring: Hans Matheson,  Laura Morante,  Matthias Habich
    Director: Paul Marcus
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    An extravagant dramatisation of a gilded and tragic chapter in history. Emperor Caligula's (John Simm) mind is unraveling and in a fit of rage he murders his sister's husband on false charges of conspiracy and sends Agrippina (Laura Morante, HOTEL) into exile. Adopting Agrippina's son Nero (Hans ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 136 members
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John Simm facts

5 most recent films

Moving On - Series 3 - Complete - 3.0 stars
Mad Dogs - Series 2 - 3.5 stars
Exile - 3.5 stars
Mad Dogs - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Moving On - Series 2 - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Life On Mars - Series 2 - 4.5 stars
State of Play - Series 1 - 4.5 stars
Life On Mars - Series 2 - Blu-ray - 4.5 stars
Doctor Who Waters of Mars and Final Specials - 4.0 stars
Life On Mars - Series 1 - Complete - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Forgive and Forget - 3.0 stars
Moving On - Series 3 - Complete - 3.0 stars
Understanding Jane - 2.5 stars
Miranda - 2.5 stars
Tu£sday - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Philip Glenister - 63 times - show films
Liz White - 48 times - show films
Marshall Lancaster - 40 times - show films
Dean Andrews - 24 times - show films
David Tennant - 21 times - show films

Most frequent directors

S.J. Clarkson - 24 times - show films
John McKay - 24 times - show films
S J Clarkson - 16 times - show films
Andrew Gunn - 16 times - show films
James Strong - 14 times - show films