John Hurt Movies

That Good Night

67/100

Ralph, a once-famous screenwriter, is in his seventies and terminally ill. He has two final missions: to be reconciled to his son, Michael, and, secretly, to ensure he is not a burden to his wife, Anna, as he goes "into that good night".

Dark at Noon

66/100

Come to the Village of the Dogs, it's easy to find. Just follow the avenue of crutches and the prosthetic legs hanging from the trees. It's where the Virgin Mary keeps appearing in the sky.... See full summary »

East of Elephant Rock

57/100

In 1948, a new British governor takes over a Far Eastern colony after his predecessor is murdered by terrorists.

Bait

65/100

When Jack Blake picks up a woman and her daughter stranded when their car breaks down, he is struck by the daughter's resemblance to his own murdered child. Jack sees an opportunity to ... See full summary »

Who Bombed Birmingham?

74/100

In 1974, a pair of pub bombings rocked Birmingham, England. The terrorist attacks killed dozens of innocent civilians, and wounded many more. But another tragedy took place in their ... See full summary »

Deadline

54/100

In a small (fictional) emirate of the Persian Gulf a world-weary journalist is caught up in a coup where the Emir's son...

Benjamin Britten: Peace and Conflict

66/100

This drama documentary for cinema explores the pacifism that was such a powerful influence on composer Benjamin Britten's life and work. The story begins in 1929 at Gresham's School in ... See full summary »

Rocinante

59/100

England, mid-1980s: Bill embarks on a dream-like odyssey around rural England, breaking into country houses...

The Playboy of the Western World

72/100

A man comes into a pub and boasts that he has just killed his father. Instead of condemning him for the crime, the locals revel in his story and praise him for his deed, with the daughter ... See full summary »

The Pity of War: The Loves and Lives of the War Poets

69/100

The Pity of War throws a new light on WW I poets Graves, Owen and Sassoon, using their diaries and letters to tell their story of their war - in their own words.

Paul McCartney: Take It Away

72/100

David Macaulay: Pyramid

80/100

The architecture of the Egyptian pyramids is explored while we follow the story of one Egyptian dynasty building them.

The Island