Bill Nighy's Favourite Films (13 titles)
Rock star, pirate captain, Chief Inspector, vampire, German General, pirate (radio) captain again... Bill Nighy is a living English legend. He’s a friend of LOVEFiLM, one of our all-time heroes, and a jolly nice bloke to boot. After some Hitler-baiting with Tom Cruise in Valkyrie, Bill's back with Richard Curtis and back on the water, as captain of a 60s pirate radio ship in The Boat That Rocked. And here are his favourite films...
65.8% from 52 members
Punch-Drunk Love
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Punch-Drunk Love
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Adam Sandler, Emily Watson, Philip Seymour Hoffman
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
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Adam Sandler gives an amazing and unusual performance as Barry Egan, a socially impaired owner of a small novelty business, who is dominated by seven sisters and is unlikely to find love unless it finds him. When a mysterious woman comes into his life, his emotions go haywire, fluctuating between ..read more »
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from 12,742 members
Mississippi Burning
It's a particular favourite of mine
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Mississippi Burning
on DVD
(1988)
Starring: Gene Hackman, Willem Dafoe, Brad Dourif
Director: Alan Parker
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In 1964, when three civil-rights workers, two white and one black, mysteriously disappear while driving through Mississippi, two FBI agents, Ward (Willem Dafoe) and Anderson (Gene Hackman), are sent in to investigate. While Ward is young and by the book, Anderson is a seasoned southerner ..read more »
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from 7,377 members
Bowfinger
I love Eddie Murphy and I love Steve Martin, so I love this.
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Bowfinger
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Steve Martin, Eddie Murphy, Heather Graham
Director: Frank Oz
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In this Frank Oz film, washed-up director Bobby Bowfinger finds his dream movie script, but not the financing that will make the movie happen. Desperate, Bowfinger stalks and films famous action star Kit Ramsey reacting to his own oddball group of actors, making Kit the movie's hero without his ..read more »
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from 4,229 members
Bringing Up Baby
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Bringing Up Baby
on DVD
(1938)
Starring: Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, Charles Ruggles
Director: Howard Hawks
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A wacky young lady causes a zoology professor to lose a dinosaur bone and a pet leopard, all in the same evening.
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from 3,941 members
Performance
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Performance
on DVD
(1970)
Starring: Michelle Breton, James Fox, Anita Pallenberg
Director: Donald Cammell, Nicolas Roeg
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Psychological melodrama about a vicious gangster on the run, who takes refuge with a former pop star. One of the most bizarre cult films ever made.
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from 2,033 members
The Last Detail
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The Last Detail
on DVD
(1973)
Starring: Jack Nicholson, Otis Young, Randy Quaid
Director: Hal Ashby
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In THE LAST DETAIL the winning combination of director Hal Ashby, screenwriter Robert Towne, and actor Jack Nicholson turned an unheralded novel by Darryl Ponicsan into one of the first of what are now thought of as the classic films of the1970s. Navy lifers Badass Budduskey (Nicholson) and Mule ..read more »
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from 1,554 member
Dog Day Afternoon
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Dog Day Afternoon
on DVD
(1975)
Starring: Al Pacino, Charles Durning, James Broderick
Director: Sidney Lumet
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Before Peter Finch was 'mad as hell' in NETWORK, Sidney Lumet's scorching indictment of the American television industry, Al Pacino played an equally ferocious and fed-up bank robber in Lumet's classic film DOG DAY AFTERNOON. Pacino is heartbreakingly real as Sonny, a smart and tough if self-..read more »
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from 11,324 members
Dirk Bogarde - The Screen Icons Collection
The Servant - superb film.
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Dirk Bogarde - The Screen Icons Collection
(7 discs)
on DVD
Starring: Harold Pinter, Sylvia Sims, Michael York
Director: Basil Dearden
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A box set of features starring the inimitable Dirk Bogarde. Films Comprise: 1. Accident (Dir. Joseph Losey, 1967) 2. The Servant (Dir. Joseph Losey, 1963) 3. The Blue Lamp (Dir. Basil Dearden, 1950) 4. Victim (Dir. Basil Dearden, 1961) 5. Hunted (Dir. Charles Crichton, 1952) 6. The ..read more »
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from 1,983 member
Romuald & Juliette
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Romuald & Juliette
on DVD
(1990)
Starring: Daniel Auteuil, Firmine Richard, Pierre Vernier
Director: Coline Serreau
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A married man's life is threatened by an unfaithful wife and dishonest colleagues. French dialogue with English subtitles.
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from 812 members
The Hairdresser's Husband
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The Hairdresser's Husband
on DVD
(1991)
Starring: Jean Rochefort, Anna Galiena, Roland Bertin
Director: Patrice Leconte
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At an early age, Antoine's big dream was to be the husband of a hairdresser. As a sad-eyed, middle-aged man (Jean Rochefort) he tells the story of his life and how he finds his fantasy, marries her, and then discovers that maybe it can't last forever.
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from 2,456 members
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