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  • Dark City
  • Dark City review by from London
    Rated - 5.0 stars Pre-Matrix revelations 12 May 2004
    ...n Australia's Gold Coast. Parts of the rooftop sets were used for both films. Rufus Sewell plays the main character, John Murdoch, as a man struggling to reach the truth ...   Read customer review
  • A Knight's Tale
  • A Knight's Tale review by williamsgwynfa from gwaenysgor in flintshire
    Rated - 5.0 stars superb.................. 19 June 2007
    ...winning the hand of Lady Jocelyn stands the dastardly Count Adhemar ( played by Rufus Sewell, from the film Dark City). This movie is great fun and the mixture of rock mu...   Read customer review
  • Charles 2
  • Charles 2 review by from Somerset
    Rated - 4.0 stars Entertainment with history 6 July 2005
    ...An excellent reproduction of what I imagine life was like at that time. Rufus Sewell is superb as KCII as is the actress who played Lady Castlemaine. A pity Samuel Pepys w...   Read customer review

Rufus Sewell - filmography


  • Zen (2 discs) on DVD (2011)
    Starring: Rufus Sewell,  Caterina Murino,  Callum Blue
    Director: John Alexander
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Set in and around Rome, and based on the best-selling novels by the late Michael Dibdin, the series will feature many of the combined attractions of Italy and the Dibdin novels – thrilling investigations, fun, warmth and beautiful people.
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 735 members
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  • The Tourist on DVD (2010)
    Starring: Johnny Depp,  Angelina Jolie,  Paul Bettany
    Director: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    "The Tourist" revolves around Frank, an American tourist visiting Italy to mend a broken heart. Elise is an extraordinary woman who deliberately crosses his path. Against the breathtaking backdrop of Venice, Frank pursues a potential romance but soon finds himself the pursued as he and Elise are ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 28,778 members
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  • Downloading Nancy (2008)
    Starring: Maria Bello,  Jason Patric,  Rufus Sewell
    Director: Johan Renck
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    When Albert Stockwell comes home from work one day, he finds a note from his wife of 15 years, Nancy, saying she has gone to see friends. After waiting several days, Albert realizes that his wife is missing. Nancy has met her salvation on the Internet in the form of Louis Farley. Nancy and Louis, ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 46% from 8 members
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  • Vinyan - Blu-ray (2008)
    Starring: Julie Dreyfus,  Joey Boy,  Rufus Sewell
    Director: Fabrice Du Welz
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Watch now: £2.49
    VINYAN is a terrifying film that takes every parent's worst nightmare and follows it into new realms of sheer horror. After losing their only child in the devastating tsunami of Southeast Asia, Paul (Rufus Sewell, DARK CITY) and Janet Belhmer (Emmanuelle Beart, MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE) barely have the ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 38% from 432 members
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  • John Adams (3 discs) on DVD (2008)
    Starring: David Morse,  Justin Theroux,  Paul Giamatti
    Director: Tom Hooper
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Starring Paul Giamatti (Sideways, Cinderella Man, HBO's American Splendor) in the title role and Laura Linney (You Can Count On Me, Kinsey) as Adams' devoted wife Abigail, John Adams chronicles the extraordinary life journey of one of the primary shapers of America's independence and government, ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 77% from 1,974 member
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  • Vinyan: Lost Souls on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Julie Dreyfus,  Joey Boy,  Rufus Sewell
    Director: Fabrice Du Welz
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    VINYAN is a terrifying film that takes every parent's worst nightmare and follows it into new realms of sheer horror. After losing their only child in the devastating tsunami of Southeast Asia, Paul (Rufus Sewell, DARK CITY) and Janet Belhmer (Emmanuelle Beart, MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE) barely have the ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 39% from 1,086 member
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  • Amazing Grace on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Ioan Gruffudd,  Rufus Sewell,  Albert Finney
    Director: Michael Apted
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    "Amazing Grace" is based on the life of antislavery pioneer William Wilberforce (Gruffudd), who, as a Member of Parliament, navigated the world of 18th Century backroom politics to end the slave trade in the British Empire. Elected to the House of Commons at the age of 21, and on his way to a ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 27,298 members
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  • The Illusionist on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Edward Norton,  Jessica Biel,  Paul Giamatti
    Director: Neil Burger
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    Director Neil Burger's screen adaptation of Steven Millhauser's short story 'Eisenheim the Illusionist'. Eisenheim (Edward Norton) is a magician in early 1900's Vienna, who falls in love with a woman well above his social standing. When she becomes engaged to a Crown Prince, Eisenheim uses his ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 79,061 members
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  • The Holiday - Blu-ray (2006)
    Starring: Kate Winslet,  Cameron Diaz,  Jude Law
    Director: Nancy Meyers
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Nancy Meyers' romantic comedy THE HOLIDAY stars Cameron Diaz and Kate Winslet as two women who exchange houses in order to get a new lease on life. After each suffers her fair share of romantic disappointments, Englishwoman Iris (Winslet) and L.A. woman Amanda (Diaz) meet on-line at a website ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 267 members
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  • Helen Of Troy (2003)
    Starring: Sienna Guillory,  Rufus Sewell,  Matthew Marsden
    Director: John Kent Harrison
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    This television mini-series takes the action of Homer's ILIAD and presents it as it has never been seen before. Former model Sienna Guillory stars as Helen, the face that launched 1000 ships and the wife of King Menelaus of Sparta. The trouble begins when Helen falls in love with Paris (Matthew ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 55% from 1,672 member
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  • Charles 2 (2 discs) on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Rufus Sewell,  Rupert Graves,  Diana Rigg
    Director: Joe Wright
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    The life of Charles II (who reigned from 1660-1685) is retold in this lavish drama. Charles (Sewell) having already been declared King during his exile, had entered into negotiations to return to the throne following the death of Oliver Cromwell. This resulted in Charles signing the Declaration of ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 1,439 member
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  • Extreme Ops on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Devon Sawa,  Bridgette Wilson-Sampras,  Rupert Graves
    Director: Christian Duguay
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Ian (Rufus Sewell) is a director of extreme sports films who sets out with a stunt team to out-ski an avalanche for his latest digital video camera commercial. Slacker cameraman Will (Devon Sawa) has a crush on punk chick Kittie (Jana Pallaske) who likes to snowboard on and behind trains with skate ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 351 members
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  • A Knight's Tale on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Heath Ledger,  Mark Addy,  Rufus Sewell
    Director: Brian Helgeland
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    In the Middle Ages, before television or professional sports, there's only one form of competition to separate the men from the boys--jousting tournaments. William Thatcher (Heath Ledger), a poor and humble squire, has always dreamed of proving himself worthy as a knight in a jousting match. When ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 15,338 members
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  • The She Creature on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Rufus Sewell,  Gil Bellows,  Rya Kihlstedt
    Director: Sebastian Gutierrez
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Angus (Rufus Sewell) and Lillie (Carla Gugino) run a travelling carnival. While travelling the Irish countryside, they give a ride to an old sailor who in turn invites them into his castle to see his most prized possession--a live mermaid kept in a tank (Rya Kihlstadt). Knowing they can make a ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 329 members
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  • Arabian Nights on DVD (2000)
    Starring: John Leguizamo,  Rufus Sewell,  Jason Scott Lee
    Director: Steve Barron
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    A cold-blooded Sultan (Scott) enacts a declaration to avenge his unfaithful wife by beheading the women of his empire. However, the beautiful and clever Scheherezade (Avital) is one woman with a plan to save the people of her beloved kingdom. She tantalizes the Sultan with courageous tales of ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 461 members
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  • Bless The Child on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Kim Basinger,  Jimmy Smits,  Holliston Coleman
    Director: Charles Russell
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Maggie O'Connor (Kim Basinger) is an ordinary single woman whose life is turned upside down by the sudden appearance of her long-lost sister Jenna, a drug addict who drops off her newborn daughter and disappears again. Maggie adopts the girl, Cody, as her own and raises her, forming a close mother-..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 1,973 member
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  • Illuminata on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Beverly D'Angelo,  Susan Sarandon,  John Turturro
    Director: John Turturro
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Fans of John Tuturro and those with an unhealthy interest in backstage glimpses will enjoy this farce about a would-be theatrical production in turn-of-the-century New York. Tuturro is the struggling playwright, Christopher Walken is the gay theater critic, and Susan Sarandon is the desperate ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 47% from 160 members
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  • Dark City - Blu-ray (1998)
    Starring: Rufus Sewell,  Kiefer Sutherland,  Jennifer Connelly
    Director: Alex Proyas
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: Unavailable
    Upon awakening with a start in an icy bathtub in a strange room--with a woman's dead body inconveniently nearby--John Murdoch can't remember how he got there. With a police detective hot on his trail and a psychiatrist skulking around, Murdoch discovers that the key to his mystery is the presence ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 3,066 members
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  • Higher Love (1998)
    Starring: Minnie Driver,  Jim Beaver,  Greg Grunberg
    Director: John Huddles
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Ross (Rufus Sewell, A KNIGHT'S TALE)) needs a plan. As the member of an exceedingly eccentric British family on a large country estate in the west of the USA, he decides what he must do to earn his own fortune--sell the family wine stock and purchase a local manganese mine. But when Ross's ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 46% from 153 members
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  • Dark City on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Rufus Sewell,  Kiefer Sutherland,  Jennifer Connelly
    Director: Alex Proyas
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: Unavailable
    Upon awakening with a start in an icy bathtub in a strange room--with a woman's dead body inconveniently nearby--John Murdoch can't remember how he got there. With a police detective hot on his trail and a psychiatrist skulking around, Murdoch discovers that the key to his mystery is the presence ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 11,806 members
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  • Dangerous Beauty on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Catherine McCormack,  Rufus Sewell,  Oliver Platt
    Director: Marshall Herskovitz
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    The sensuous true story of the woman who defied convention in 16th-century Venice. Catherine McCormack plays Veronica Franco who, under the knowing tutelage of her mother, becomes a courtesan to the rich and powerful. She'll pay a price. Veronica may have to turn away forever from the nobleman she ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 1,301 member
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  • The Woodlanders (1997)
    Starring: Emily Woof,  Rufus Sewell,  Jodhi May
    Director: Phil Agland
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Based on the classic novel by Thomas Hardy, WOODLANDERS tells the compelling tale of unrequited love and irrepressible passion. Giles Winterbourne (a dashing Rufus Sewell) has been promised the hand of the lovely and elegant Grace Melbury since he was a child. However, once his family loses its ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 378 members
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  • Victory (1995)
    Starring: Willem Dafoe,  Sam Neill,  Irène Jacob
    Director: Mark Peploe
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    This third feature film version of Joseph Conrad's tragic romantic drama (the best of which remains John Cromwell's 1940 adaptation) is the one that stick's closest to the original story of a reclusive, hard-hearted fellow living on a private island in the Dutch East Indies who must protect his ..read more »
    1 star out of 5 20% from 3 members
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  • Carrington on DVD (1995)
    Starring: Emma Thompson,  Jonathan Pryce,  Rufus Sewell
    Director: Christopher Hampton
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    Emma Thompson stars as young, boyish and vivacious painter Dora Carrington, with Jonathan Pryce as writer and conscientious objector Lytton Strachey, the unobtainably gay man, that she loves passionately. Directed by Christopher Hampton (DANGEROUS LIAISONS) this unorthodox love-story is based on ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 1,379 member
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  • A Man Of No Importance on DVD (1995)
    Starring: Albert Finney,  Brenda Fricker,  Michael Gambon
    Director: Suri Krishnamma
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    The passengers on bus conductor Alfie Byrne's route are treated daily to excerpts from Oscar Wilde. Each year he produces a play in the church community hall and this year wants to produce 'Salome'. He finds his leading lady in the form of Adele but being homosexual is unhappy when his sister Lily ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 187 members
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  • Dirty Weekend on DVD (1993)
    Starring: Lia Williams,  David McCallum,  Rufus Sewell
    Director: Michael Winner
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    A meek and mild woman called Bella moves into a flat in Brighton and finds herself being harassed by a male neighbour. Having committed a violent act against the neighbour, she is transformed into a murderous femme fatale who embarks on a mission of revenge against other mean and nasty men. Much ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 133 members
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  • Twenty-One (1991)
    Starring: Patsy Kensit,  Jack Shepherd,  Rufus Sewell
    Director: Don Boyd
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Katie is a free spirited independently minded 21-year-old. The film follows her as she reflects on the men in her life. Along the way we meet her drug addict boyfriend Bobby, her lover Jack, close friend Baldy, and her father.
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  • A Knight's Tale - Blu-ray
    Starring: Heath Ledger,  Mark Addy,  Rufus Sewell
    Director: Brian Helgeland
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    In the Middle Ages, before television or professional sports, there's only one form of competition to separate the men from the boys--jousting tournaments. William Thatcher (Heath Ledger), a poor and humble squire, has always dreamed of proving himself worthy as a knight in a jousting match. When ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 2,509 members
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Rufus Sewell facts

5 most recent films

Abraham Lincoln - Vampire Hunter - 4.0 stars
Abraham Lincoln - Vampire Hunter - Blu-ray - 1.0 stars
Zen - 3.5 stars
Zen - E01 - 4.0 stars
Zen - E03 - 3 stars

5 highest-rated films

John Adams - 4.0 stars
Shakespeare Retold - 4.0 stars
Zen - 3.5 stars
Charles 2 - 3.5 stars
The Holiday - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Twenty-One - 3 stars
Abraham Lincoln - Vampire Hunter - Blu-ray - 1.0 stars
Victory - 1.0 stars
Downloading Nancy - 2.5 stars
Charles II - The Power and the Passion - 3.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Caterina Murino - 9 times - show films
Nick Chinlund - 6 times - show films
Vincent Riotta - 6 times - show films
Giovanna Zacarias - 6 times - show films
Raul Mendez - 6 times - show films

Most frequent directors

John Alexander - 9 times - show films
Christopher Menaul - 6 times - show films
Jon Jones - 6 times - show films
Martin Campbell - 6 times - show films
Fabrice Du Welz - 4 times - show films