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  • U.S. Marshals
  • U.S. Marshals review by from Wales
    Rated - 4.0 stars A worthy watch 22 March 2005
    ...oes a first rate job with ample support from Joe Pantoliano, Daniel Roebuck and Kate Nelligan to name but a few. Some eye catching stunts and action sequences really hike...   Read customer review
  • The Cider House Rules
  • The Cider House Rules review by Baz from
    Rated - 5.0 stars A Better Upgrade On BLU RAY Than I Expected 14 December 2011
    ... to the home and lands of Olive Worthington and her son Wally (great casting in Kate Nelligan and Paul Rudd). She's an estate-owning boss and he's a dashing young Airforce P...   Read customer review
  • Margaret's Museum
  • Margaret's Museum review by crispin40 from Stirling, Scotland
    Rated - 3.0 stars Lovely scenery 5 May 2005
    ...ple living there. Not a film I would ever want to see again but Clive Russell, Kate Nelligan and Helena Bonham Carter are very good. Background music is excellent and the ...   Read customer review

Kate Nelligan - filmography


  • The Cider House Rules on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Michael Caine,  Delroy Lindo,  Charlize Theron
    Director: Lasse Hallstrom
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    THE CIDER HOUSE RULES, an expertly crafted and intelligent adapation of John Irving's novel, explores themes of disappointment, ideas of moral ambiguity, and, indeed, lessons about life itself, woven into a dramatic story that is neither slow nor sentimental. Tobey Maguire is the immensely likable ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 9,161 members
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  • Love Is Strange on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Ron Silver,  Kate Nelligan,  Julie Harris
    Director: Annette Haywood-Carter
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Kathryn and Tom are complete opposites but end up falling in love and get married. Nobody is surprised, however, when they get divorced and pursue their separate careers. Some years later Kathryn finds she is dying of breast cancer and embarks on an emotional journey to heal the family rifts ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 6 members
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  • U.S. Marshals on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Tommy Lee Jones,  Wesley Snipes,  Robert Downey Jr.
    Director: Stuart Baird
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Tommy Lee Jones joins Wesley Snipes and Robert Downey Jnr. in delivering adrenaline rush excitement. The chase is highlight by an out-of-control 727, a death match in a ship's cargo hold, a 12-story plunge onto a moving train and more heart-pounding sequences.
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 11,978 members
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  • Up Close And Personal on DVD (1996)
    Starring: Robert Redford,  Michelle Pfeiffer,  Stockard Channing
    Director: Jon Avnet
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In this network news romance, a beautiful neophyte reporter rises through the ranks to become a national star with the help of a veteran newscaster. "Suggested" by Alanna Nash's 1988 biography of newswoman Jessica Savitch, "Golden Girl." Academy Award Nominations: Best Original Song ("Because You ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 2,717 members
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  • Wolf on DVD (1994)
    Starring: Jack Nicholson,  Michelle Pfeiffer,  James Spader
    Director: Mike Nichols
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    One dark and snowy night Will Randall collides with a wolf on a mountain road. The injured animal runs off into the night, but not before giving Bill a deep bite on the wrist. From then on his life begins to change as he is drawn into the mystical spirit of the wolf. The werewolf is re-born...
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 2,302 members
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  • Wolf - Blu-ray (1994)
    Starring: Jack Nicholson,  Michelle Pfeiffer,  James Spader
    Director: Mike Nichols
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    When a mild-mannered, middle-aged book editor gets bitten by a wolf, it gives him a shot of confidence over younger colleagues, highly tuned senses and a few new lycanthropic appetites. Like a clever New Yorker cartoon, this urbane horror film satirizes middle age in New York's cutthroat social and ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 158 members
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  • Fatal Instinct on DVD (1993)
    Starring: Armand Assante,  Sherilyn Fenn,  Kate Nelligan
    Director: Carl Reiner
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A spoof on the popular erotic thriller genre of films by director Reiner who brought us "Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid" and "The Jerk." Armand Assante assumes the role of the rugged antihero as he attempts to defend a sexy client who has been accused of murder.
    2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 272 members
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  • Shattered Trust on DVD (1993)
    Starring: Melissa Gilbert,  Kate Nelligan,  Ellen Burstyn
    Director: Bill Corcoran
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Melissa Gilbert stars in this made-for-TV movie, which is based on the true story of Shari Karney, a victims' rights lawyer who was abused by her own father. This drama also features Kate Nelligan and Ellen Burstyn.
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 116 members
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  • Shattered Trust on DVD (1993)
    Starring: Melissa Gilbert,  Kate Nelligan,  Shirley Douglas
    Director: Bill Corcoran
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Promising young attorney Shari Karney is breaking up under the stress of running her practice. She is neglecting her appearance and her boyfriend, and quarrels with her mother. When she becomes emotionally involved in a child abuse case and physically attacks a witness in court, it appears that she ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 55% from 10 members
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  • Shadows And Fog on DVD (1992)
    Starring: Fred Gwynne,  Julie Kavner,  Madonna
    Director: Woody Allen
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Woody Allen's black-and-white curiosity piece is a mixture of influences -- from German silent film expressionism to Franz Kafka's nightmare worlds to the contemporary fables of Wim Wenders. Woody Allen plays the nebbish clerk Kleinman (in a throwback to his characters from Sleeper and Love and ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 1,989 member
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  • The Prince Of Tides on DVD (1991)
    Starring: Barbra Streisand,  Nick Nolte,  Blythe Danner
    Director: Barbra Streisand
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Tom Wingo, a disillusioned football coach, leaves his wife and sets off for New York in an effort to uncover his tortured childhood, to help his psychologically- troubled sister. His sister's psychiatrist, Susan Lowenstein, gains the courage to resolve her own marital strife.
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 879 members
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  • Frankie And Johnny on DVD (1991)
    Starring: Al Pacino,  Michelle Pfeiffer,  Hector Elizondo
    Director: Garry Marshall
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In this adaptation of Terrence McNally's play, Johnny (Al Pacino), an ex-con turned short order cook, woos Frankie (Michelle Pfeiffer), a reluctant plain jane waitress. Set in a dingy Manhattan diner, the story revolves around Johnny's eager, won't-stop-at-anything attempt to draw the embittered, ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 3,536 members
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  • Eye Of The Needle on DVD (1981)
    Starring: Donald Sutherland,  Kate Nelligan,  Ian Bannen
    Director: Richard Marquand
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In Richard Marquand's WWII-era thriller, Faber (Donald Sutherland), a German spy washes up on a small island off the Scottish coast and is taken in by Lucy, (Kate Nelligan), the frustrated wife of a paraplegic (Christopher Cazenove). Her desire for intimacy is immediately apparent to the equally ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 531 members
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  • Measure For Measure on DVD (1979)
    Starring: Kenneth Colley,  Kate Nelligan,  Tim Pigott-Smith
    Director: Desmond Davis
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    In 1978, the BBC set itself the task of filming all of William Shakespeare's plays for television. The resulting productions, renowned for their loyalty to the text, utilised the best theatrical and television directors and brought great performances from leading contemporary actors. The strict ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 195 members
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  • The Romantic Englishwoman on DVD (1975)
    Starring: Glenda Jackson,  Michael Caine,  Helmut Berger
    Director: Joseph Losey
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    When Elizabeth and Lewis Fielding's marriage shifts from perfect into boring, Elizabeth decides to leave her comfortable home and travel abroad. Suddenly overcome with jealousy, Lewis imagines his wife in a myriad of sordid situations. And when Elizabeth returns to England, she starts checking up ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 132 members
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  • Arcata Promise (1974)
    Starring: Anthony Hopkins,  John Fraser,  Kate Nelligan
    Director: David Cunliffe
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Once upon a time, in the small town of Arcata in California, a rich and successful actor made a promise to a young, attractive and vulnerable girl: I shall love you. Look after you. I don't want to hurt you or oppress you, or deny you in any way. But the promise was broken. After being constantly ..read more »
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  • Eleni
    Starring: Kate Nelligan,  Linda Hunt,  John Malkovich
    Director: Peter Yates
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Based on the best-selling book by Nicholas Gage, which tells of a New York Times reporter who returns to his homeland in search of answers about the death of his mother. She was executed while helping her children escape from a Communist forced labour camp.
    2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 119 members
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Kate Nelligan facts

5 most recent films

Premonition - 3.0 stars
In From The Night - 2.5 stars
A Wrinkle in Time - 1.5 stars
The Cider House Rules - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
The Cider House Rules - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

The Cider House Rules - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
The Cider House Rules - 3.5 stars
The BBC TV Shakespeare Collection - 3.5 stars
The Prince Of Tides - 3.5 stars
U.S. Marshals - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Arcata Promise - 3 stars
A Wrinkle in Time - 1.5 stars
In From The Night - 2.5 stars
Love Is Strange - 2.5 stars
Shattered Trust - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Michelle Pfeiffer - 4 times - show films
Donald Pleasence - 4 times - show films
Ellen Burstyn - 3 times - show films
Michael Caine - 3 times - show films
Irene Jacob - 2 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Lasse Hallstrom - 3 times - show films
David Greene - 2 times - show films
Mike Nichols - 2 times - show films
Stuart Baird - 2 times - show films
Bill Corcoran - 2 times - show films