Movies by Ben Chaplin
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Twixt (2011)
Cast: Val Kilmer, Bruce Dern, Elle Fanning …
Directed by: Francis Ford Coppola
In this gothic horror film from Francis Ford Coppola, a has-been writer becomes embroiled in a murder mystery during a stop on his book tour. The ghost of a girl appears in his dream and…
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London Boulevard (2010)
Cast: Colin Farrell, Keira Knightley, David Thewlis …
Directed by: William Monahan
Colin Farrell stars as a paroled ex-con whose attempt at straight life includes taking a job as a handyman for a reclusive young starlet. This adaptation of Ken Bruen's novel marks the…
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Dorian Gray (2009)
Cast: Ben Barnes, Colin Firth, Ben Chaplin …
Directed by: Oliver Parker
When London artist Basil Hallward (Ben Chaplin) paints a portrait of the young and beautiful Dorian Gray (Ben Barnes), the subject is so taken with his own image that he declares he'd do…
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Me and Orson Welles (2008)
Cast: Zac Efron, Claire Danes, Christian McKay …
Directed by: Richard Linklater
The story of a whirlwind week in 1937 NYC when a young aspiring actor (Efron) is thrown into the middle of Orson Welles' Mercury Theatre Company on the eve of the opening of Welles'…
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The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep (2007)
Cast: Emily Watson, Alex Etel, Ben Chaplin …
Directed by: Jay Russell
Young Angus MacMorrow (Alex Etel) watches in awe as the mysterious egg he found on the shores of a nearby loch hatches into something incredible. But how long can he keep his ever-growing…
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Two Weeks (2006)
Cast: Sally Field, Ben Chaplin, Tom Cavanagh …
Directed by: Steve Stockman
When four grown siblings return to their hometown to say farewell to their dying mother, the brief stay they anticipated instead turns into an agonizing two weeks in this indie tearjerker…
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Chromophobia (2005)
Cast: Ben Chaplin, Penélope Cruz, Ralph Fiennes …
Directed by: Martha Fiennes
Encouraged by his editor to seek "sexy stories that sell," a reporter preys upon the private life of an erstwhile friend -- with disastrous results -- in this darkly comic tale that…
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Stage Beauty (2004)
Cast: Billy Crudup, Claire Danes, Rupert Everett …
Directed by: Richard Eyre
Edward "Ned" Kynaston (Billy Crudup), England's most celebrated leading "lady," becomes a nonentity practically overnight when Charles II allows women to tread the boards, decreeing that…
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Murder By Numbers (2002)
Cast: Sandra Bullock, Ben Chaplin, Ryan Gosling …
Directed by: Barbet Schroeder
A tenacious homicide detective and her still-green partner are working a murder case, attempting to profile two malevolently brilliant young men: cold, calculating killers whose dark secrets…
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The Touch (2002)
Cast: Michelle Yeoh, Ben Chaplin, Richard Roxburgh …
Directed by: Peter Pau
Talk about limber plots! In this Hong Kong adventure story, a family of circus acrobats is searching for a stolen mystical artifact that's as valuable as it is portentous and deadly.
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Birthday Girl (2001)
Cast: Nicole Kidman, Ben Chaplin, Vincent Cassel …
Directed by: Jez Butterworth
A lonely, introverted bank clerk sends away for a Russian mail-order bride and winds up with a glamorous sweetheart at his beck and call. But it seems this Eastern Bloc beauty also comes with…
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Lost Souls (2000)
Cast: Winona Ryder, Ben Chaplin, John Hurt …
Directed by: Janusz Kaminski
Maya (Winona Ryder) uncovers a satanic plot, but can she prevent the devil from taking over an innocent soul ... and then, the world? Ben Chaplin is charming as the best-selling author who…
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The Thin Red Line (1998)
Cast: Nick Nolte, Sean Penn, George Clooney …
Directed by: Terrence Malick
In director Terrence Malick's lyrical and beautiful retelling of James Jones's novel about the 1942 battle for Guadalcanal, the men of C-Company become a tight-knit group as they…
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Washington Square (1997)
Cast: Jennifer Jason Leigh, Albert Finney, Maggie Smith …
Directed by: Agnieszka Holland
Jennifer Jason Leigh stars as Catherine Sloper, an unattractive but rich spinster pursued by handsome suitor Morris Townsend (Ben Chaplin) until her disapproving father (Albert Finney) --…
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The Truth About Cats & Dogs (1996)
Cast: Uma Thurman, Janeane Garofalo, Ben Chaplin …
Directed by: Michael Lehmann
Talk-radio veterinarian Abby Barnes gets in a pickle when a smitten caller asks to meet her, and she lies to him about her looks. The short brunette describes herself as a tall, willowy…
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Feast of July (1995)
Cast: Embeth Davidtz, Tom Bell, Gemma Jones …
Directed by: Christopher Menaul
This atmospheric adaptation of the H.E. Bates novel of the same name stars Embeth Davidtz as Bella Ford, an unwed mother who finds sanctuary with kindhearted lamplighter Ben Wainwright (Tom…
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The Remains of the Day (1993)
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson, James Fox …
Directed by: James Ivory
Dutiful butler Stevens (Anthony Hopkins) dedicates himself wholly to tending Lord Darlington's (James Fox) house, turning a blind eye to Darlington's Nazi sympathies. When…