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  • The War Game
  • The War Game review by from Merseyside
    Rated - 5.0 stars A classic from a master 17 August 2004
    ...on, because it was so lifelike, that nobody would believe our own newsreels. Peter Watkins showed great promise and was regarded as the English Orson Welles. But the esta...   Read customer review
  • Punishment Park
  • Punishment Park review by from Manchester
    Rated - 5.0 stars Brilliant film, absolutly brilliant. 5 November 2005
    ...tual actors in the film. Of which most had never done acting before, it is like Peter Watkins said, 'they were members of the public.' The best thing i got from this film wa...   Read customer review
  • Edvard Munch
  • Edvard Munch review by A customer from
    Rated - 4.0 stars Epic Norwegian docudrama 6 August 2011
    ...This three and a half hour biographical film by Peter Watkins about the artist Edvard Munch was originally made for television. It focuses on Munch’s childhood, which was ma...   Read customer review

Peter Watkins - filmography


  • La commune
  • La commune (2000)
    Starring: Eliane Annie Adalto,  Pierre Barbieux,  Bernard Bombeau
    Director: Peter Watkins
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Centered on the story of the Paris Commune, the working-class insurgency that briefly ruled the French capital in 1871, Peter Watkins's film is at once a provocative account of a neglected episode in European social history, a call to arms against the contemporary injustices of capitalism, a ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 75% from 8 members
    Not currently released
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  • Edvard Munch
  • Edvard Munch on DVD (1976)
    Starring: Geir Westby,  Gro Fraas,  Kerstii Allum
    Director: Peter Watkins
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Famously described by Ingmar Bergman as "a work of genius", Peter Watkins' multi-faceted masterwork is more than just a biopic of the iconic Norwegian Expressionist painter, it is one of the best films ever made about the artistic process. Focusing initially on Munch's formative years in late 19th ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 507 members
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  • Punishment Park
  • Punishment Park (1971)
    Starring: Patrick Boland,  Kent Foreman,  Patrick Watkins
    Director: Peter Watkins
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    With the war in Vietnam is escalating, there is massive public protest in the United States and elsewhere. President Nixon declares a state of national emergency and the Federal authorities are given the power to detain persons judged to be a risk to internal security. In a desert zone in southwest ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 1,231 member
    Not available for rental
  • Privilege - Blu-ray
  • Privilege - Blu-ray (1967)
    Starring: Doreen Mantle,  Steve Kirby,  Malcolm Rogers
    Director: Peter Watkins
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Ex-Manfred Mann singer Paul Jones stars in this cult political satire set in a dystopian future. Rock star Steven Shorter (Jones) is a hugely popular figure in British life. Unbeknownst to his fans, Steven, along with his music and squeaky clean image, is being controlled and manipulated by the ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 55% from 84 members
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  • Privilege
  • Privilege on DVD (1967)
    Starring: Doreen Mantle,  Steve Kirby,  Malcolm Rogers
    Director: Peter Watkins
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Ex-Manfred Mann singer Paul Jones stars in this cult political satire set in a dystopian future. Rock star Steven Shorter (Jones) is a hugely popular figure in British life. Unbeknownst to his fans, Steven, along with his music and squeaky clean image, is being controlled and manipulated by the ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 181 members
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  • The War Game
  • The War Game (1965)
    Starring: Peter Graham,  Michael Aspel
    Director: Peter Watkins
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Peter Watkins' The War Game, which was filmed in handheld documentary fashion, speculates on the aftereffects of a nuclear war. Some of the images are almost impossible to look at; they truly illustrate the theory that, in the wake of such a holocaust, the living will envy the dead. The most ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 725 members
    Currently unavailable
  • Culloden
  • Culloden (1964)
    Starring: Peter Watkins
    Director: Peter Watkins
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Peter Watkins' TV recreation of the 1746 Battle of Culloden. Shot as a contemporary television news report, as if cameras were present at the battle to cover the action and interview the participants, the film had a strong impact at the time of its first broadcast and has since been recognised as a ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 246 members
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Peter Watkins facts

5 most recent films

La commune - 4.0 stars
Edvard Munch - 3.5 stars
Punishment Park - 3.5 stars
Punishment Park - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Privilege - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

The War Game - 3.5 stars
Edvard Munch - 3.5 stars
Culloden - 3.5 stars
Punishment Park - 3.5 stars
Privilege - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Punishment Park - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
La commune - 4.0 stars
Privilege - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
Privilege - 3.0 stars
Punishment Park - 3.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Max Bacon - 4 times - show films
Arthur Pentelow - 4 times - show films
Jean Shrimpton - 4 times - show films
Michael Barrington - 4 times - show films
Jeremy Child - 4 times - show films

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