Browse by:

Film & TV (83,391)

Games (8,015)

Our Picks

Collections

Magazine

Stephen Poliakoff

News | What members say | Filmography

Stephen Poliakoff - news / articles

WIN A signed Stephen Poliakoff screenplay - 23 November 2009
release of Glorious 39, on 20th November, we have managed to get our mits on five copies of the screenplay, signed by director Stephen Poliakoff – AND we want you to have them.- -Acclaimed director Stephen Poliakoff, and a multi-award winning British cast - incl

Stephen Poliakoff - what members say

The Lost Prince review by from Sheffield, England

A CHARMING PRODUCTION 7 July 2006
...I thoroughly enjoyed this little gem - another triumph for Stephen Poliakoff. I was beautifully done and portrayed life within the royal family at that time and their shame of ... Read customer review

Shooting The Past review by from Hertfordshire

Shooting the past 16 May 2004
...The best drama to come from the bbc in the last decade, this Stephen Poliakoff play tells the story of a photographic library faced with closure and the loss of it's 10 million ... Read customer review

Perfect Strangers review by from Andover, Hampshire England

Every family has its good stories! 15 June 2009
...Yet another masterpiece from the pen of Stephen Poliakoff, this production is certainly on a par with 'Shooting the Past' and 'The Lost Prince' and therefore well worth watching... Read customer review

Stephen Poliakoff - filmography

Glorious 39 on DVD (2009)
Starring: Romola Garai, Bill Nighy, Julie Christie
Director: Stephen Poliakoff
Certificate:
Watch now: Unavailable
"Glorious 39" is set between present-day London and the idyllic British countryside in the time before the beginning of the Second World War. At a time of uncertainty and high tension, the story revolves around the formidable Keyes family, who are keen to uphold and preserve their very traditional ..read more »

63% from 9,231 members

Capturing Mary on DVD (2007)
Starring: Maggie Smith, David Walliams, Danny Lee Wynter
Director: Stephen Poliakoff
Certificate:
A young man (Wynter) ushers an older woman (Smith) into a dark exploration of her past - back to the time when, as a young girl, she met a stranger who affected her life forever.

68% from 1,019 member

Joe's Palace on DVD (2007)
Starring: Michael Gambon, Rupert Penry-Jones, Kelly Reilly
Director: Stephen Poliakoff
Certificate:
A drama centered on the relationship between Elliot (Gambon), a strange and wealthy Londoner, and Joe (Wynter), a teenager who who takes care of an empty house Elliot owns.

72% from 1,092 member

Stephen Poliakoff's Gideon's Daughter on DVD (2005)
Starring: Bill Nighy, Miranda Richardson, Robert Lindsay
Director: Stephen Poliakoff
Certificate:
Gideon Warner is a hugely successful public relations consultant. He gives his professional advice about hair, clothes and social activities to the wealthy, to politicians, to businessmen and rising starlets. But despite his success he has become disheartened about the business circles he mixes in ..read more »

65% from 2,195 members

Friends And Crocodiles on DVD (2005)
Starring: Damian Lewis, Jodhi May, Robert Lindsay
Director: Stephen Poliakoff
Certificate:
Set in the ever-changing and influential eighties and nineties this drama is a powerful portrayal of the working and influential relationship between a boss, Paul Reynolds and his secretary, Lizzie Thomas. Paul Reynolds is an owner of an impressive house and is renowned for hosting the best parties ..read more »

62% from 1,646 member

The Lost Prince (2002)
Starring: Daniel Williams, Matthew Thomas
Director: Stephen Poliakoff
Certificate:
Stephen Poliakoff's THE LOST PRINCE is the story of Prince John, the youngest son of George V, who was born epileptic, with a form of autism. Largely shunned by his parents, the child can only find the semblance of a truly understanding parent figure in the form of his caring nanny. Meanwhile, ..read more »

71% from 1,230 member
Not currently released

The Lost Prince - Blu-ray (2002)
Starring: Daniel Williams, Matthew Thomas
Director: Stephen Poliakoff
Certificate:
Stephen Poliakoff's THE LOST PRINCE is the story of Prince John, the youngest son of George V, who was born epileptic, with a form of autism. Largely shunned by his parents, the child can only find the semblance of a truly understanding parent figure in the form of his caring nanny. Meanwhile, ..read more »

66% from 212 members

Perfect Strangers (2 discs) on DVD (2001)
Starring: Michael Gambon, Lindsay Duncan, Matthew MacFadyan
Director: Stephen Poliakoff
Certificate:
Perfect Strangers is a drama about a family reunion as told from the point of view of Daniel (Matthew Macfadyen). One of Daniel's relatives, Stephen (Anton Lester), has an archive of family photographs, which he is happy to share with everyone. This leads to Daniel discovering a whole other side to ..read more »

72% from 2,273 members

Shooting The Past (2 discs) on DVD (1999)
Starring: Billie Whitelaw, Timothy Spall, Emilia Fox
Director: Stephen Poliakoff
Certificate:
American property developer Christopher Anderson (Liam Cunningham) has plans to renovate an English country house in order to open a business school. However the staff of the vast photo library already housed there are determined to stop him. It soon transpires that there is a picture of Anderson's ..read more »

78% from 2,527 members

The Tribe (1998)
Starring: Joely Richardson, Jeremy Northam, Anna Friel
Director: Stephen Poliakoff
Certificate:
Property developer Jamie has to evict some weird, post-modern hippies from a building. But they slowly drag him into their dark underworld of bizarre rituals and dangerous liaisons.

55% from 31 members
Currently unavailable

Close My Eyes on DVD (1991)
Starring: Alan Rickman, Clive Owen, Saskia Reeves
Director: Stephen Poliakoff
Certificate:
A woman, Natalie (Saskia Reeves), becomes re-aquainted with her younger brother, Richard (Clive Owen), from whom she was separated as a child. They meet intermittently for the next few years, until the sister gets married to Sinclair (Alan Rickman), a wealthy businessman. Once married, the siblings ..read more »

56% from 2,238 members

Caught On A Train on DVD (1980)
Starring: Peggy Ashcroft, Michael Kitchen, Wendy Raebeck
Director: Stephen Poliakoff
Certificate:
An English businessman is on the Ostend-Vienna Express making his way to a important meeting. Two women enter his compartment; one is a beautiful young American woman, the other a frosty elderly Austrian woman played by Oscar-winner Dame Peggy Ashcroft. What follows on the overnight journey has a ..read more »

66% from 1,655 member

Stephen Poliakoff facts

5 most recent films

Glorious 39 - 3.0 stars
Capturing Mary - 3.5 stars
Joe's Palace - 3.5 stars
Stephen Poliakoff's Gideon's Daughter - 3.5 stars
Friends And Crocodiles - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Shooting The Past - 4.0 stars
Perfect Strangers - 3.5 stars
Joe's Palace - 3.5 stars
The Lost Prince - 3.5 stars
Capturing Mary - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

The Tribe - 3.0 stars
Close My Eyes - 3.0 stars
Friends And Crocodiles - 3.0 stars
Glorious 39 - 3.0 stars
Stephen Poliakoff's Gideon's Daughter - 3.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Bill Nighy - 3 times - show films
Lindsay Duncan - 2 times - show films
Romola Garai - 2 times - show films
Julie Christie - 2 times - show films
David Tennant - 2 times - show films