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  • The Lakes
  • The Lakes review by from Croydon, UK
    Rated - 5 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. ...  
  • The Lakes 2
  • The Lakes 2 review by Tempsec from Manchester
    Rated - 4 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...  
  • Boston Kickout
  • Boston Kickout review by from Lancashire
    Rated - 2 stars Almost! 17 November 2005
    ...This film could have been so good, but misses on a number of levels. John Simm plays a likeable character who you can relate to, but Simm's cousin and Marc Warren's cha...  

John Simm - filmography


  • 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 »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 63% from 2,152 members
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  • Tuesday on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Philip Glenister,  Kevin McNally,  Ashley Walters
    Director: Sacha Bennett
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    "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 »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 48% from 1,550 member
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  • Life On Mars - Series 2 (4 discs) on DVD (2007)
    Starring: John Simm
    Director: S.J. Clarkson
    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 »
    Rate this: 4.5 stars out of 5 87% from 7,541 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 »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 2,929 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 »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 63% from 12,814 members
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  • Miranda on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Christina Ricci,  John Simm,  Kyle MacLachlan
    Director: 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 »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 49% from 1,006 member
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  • Human Traffic on DVD (1999)
    Starring: John Simm,  Lorraine Pilkington,  Shaun Parkes
    Director: Justin Kerrigan
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    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 »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 5,560 members
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  • Boston Kickout on DVD (1996)
    Starring: John Simm,  Emer McCourt,  Marc Warren
    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 »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 308 members
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  • State of Play Series 1 (2 discs) on DVD
    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 »
    Rate this: 4.5 stars out of 5 86% from 3,325 members
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  • Nero on DVD
    Starring: Hans Matheson,  Laura Morante,  John Simm
    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 »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 87 members
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  • The Lakes (2 discs) on DVD
    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 »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 74% from 1,806 member
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John Simm facts

5 most recent films

Skellig - 3.0 stars
The Devil's Whore - 3.5 stars
Tuesday - 2.5 stars
Life On Mars - Series 2 - BLU-RAY Version - 4.0 stars
Life On Mars - Series 2 - 4.5 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 Version - 4.0 stars
Life On Mars - Series 1 - BLU-RAY Version - 4.0 stars
Life On Mars - Series 1 - 4.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Forgive and Forget - 3.0 stars
Understanding Jane - 2.5 stars
Tuesday - 2.5 stars
Miranda - 2.5 stars
Nero - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Philip Glenister - 10 times - show films
Liz White - 9 times - show films
Dean Andrews - 8 times - show films
Marshall Lancaster - 8 times - show films
Andrew Lincoln - 3 times - show films

Most frequent directors

John McKay - 8 times - show films
John Alexander - 8 times - show films
Marc Munden - 5 times - show films
Michael Winterbottom - 3 times - show films
S.J. Clarkson - 2 times - show films