Movies by Timothy Spall
As part of the cast:
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Comes a Bright Day (2012)
Cast: Craig Roberts, Imogen Poots, Kevin McKidd …
Directed by: Simon Aboud
Sam visits a posh jewelry store to ask sales assistant Mary on a date, but he becomes a hostage when thieves storm the place. Sam and Mary get to know each other while trapped with her boss…
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Assassin's Bullet (2012)
Cast: Christian Slater, Donald Sutherland, Elika Portnoy …
Directed by: Isaac Florentine
When an unknown vigilante begins killing high-priority terrorists from America's Most Wanted list in Europe, a former FBI field agent (Christian Slater) is brought in by the US…
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Ginger & Rosa (2012)
Cast: Elle Fanning, Alice Englert, Annette Bening …
Directed by: Sally Potter
With the Cold War looming over them, teen best pals Ginger and Rosa share everything in early 1960s London -- until betrayal drives them apart. Sally Potter directs this intimate period drama…
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Wake Wood (2011)
Cast: Aidan Gillen, Eva Birthistle, Timothy Spall …
Directed by: David Keating
After losing their only child, Alice, in a vicious dog attack, two grieving parents relocate to a small town where -- to their horror and fascination -- they discover a pagan ritual that will…
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I (2010)
Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson …
Directed by: David Yates
The first installment of the two-part conclusion to the Harry Potter series finds the bespectacled wizard (Daniel Radcliffe) walking away from his last year at Hogwarts to find and destroy…
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Jackboots on Whitehall (2010)
Cast: Ewan McGregor, Rosamund Pike, Richard E. Grant …
Directed by: Edward McHenry, Rory McHenry
Set in an alternate reality where the Nazis gain control of London during World War II, this satirical comedy follows a daring young farmworker as he tries to rescue Winston Churchill and…
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The King's Speech (2010)
Cast: Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush, Helena Bonham Carter …
Directed by: Tom Hooper
Britain's King George VI struggles with an embarrassing stutter for years until he seeks help from unorthodox Australian speech therapist Lionel Logue in this biographical drama that…
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Reuniting the Rubins (2010)
Cast: Timothy Spall, Honor Blackman, James Callis …
Directed by: Yoav Factor
An uptight lawyer puts off his dream retirement when his ailing mom emotionally blackmails him into reuniting his estranged kids for a Jewish holiday. But it will take a lot of soul-searching…
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From Time to Time (2009)
Cast: Alex Etel, Timothy Spall, Maggie Smith …
Directed by: Julian Fellowes
When 13-year-old Tolly returns to his family's ancestral home to spend Christmas with his grandmother, he becomes so entranced by the history of the mansion and its inhabitants that he…
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Heartless (2009)
Cast: Jim Sturgess, Clémence Poésy, Noel Clarke …
Directed by: Philip Ridley
Reclusive Londoner Jamie Morgan, who bears a prominent, heart-shaped birthmark on his face yet can't seem to find love anywhere, makes a deal with a devil-like figure to get a girl --…
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Desert Flower (2009)
Cast: Liya Kebede, Sally Hawkins, Craig Parkinson …
Directed by: Sherry Horman
Sherry Horman directs this drama based on the real-life story of Waris Dirie (Liya Kebede), a poor girl who flees an arranged marriage in Somalia, winds up in London and becomes one of the…
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The Damned United (2008)
Cast: Michael Sheen, Timothy Spall, Colm Meaney …
Directed by: Tom Hooper
Director Tom Hooper's fictionalized biopic chronicles the colorful career of Brian Clough, the fiercely strong-willed and outspoken soccer manager who served a famously short tenure at…
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Enchanted (2007)
Cast: Amy Adams, Patrick Dempsey, James Marsden …
Directed by: Kevin Lima
When evil Queen Narissa exiles Princess Giselle from the cartoon kingdom of Andalasia to the real world of New York City, a native Prince Charming -- who spends his days as a divorce lawyer…
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Sweeney Todd (2007)
Cast: Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman …
Directed by: Tim Burton
In this adaptation of the hit Broadway musical, vengeful Sweeney Todd becomes a deranged murderer after being falsely imprisoned by a sinister judge. To cover his tracks, Todd enlists the…
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Death Defying Acts (2007)
Cast: Guy Pearce, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Timothy Spall …
Directed by: Gillian Armstrong
When legendary escape artist Harry Houdini (Guy Pearce) offers a handsome reward to anyone who can contact his dead mother beyond the grave, a sultry Scottish psychic and con artist…
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Masterpiece Classic: A Room With a View (2007)
Cast: Timothy Spall, Elizabeth McGovern, Elaine Cassidy …
Directed by: Nicholas Renton
On a trip to Italy, prim aristocrat Lucy Honeychurch (Elaine Cassidy) steals a kiss from a handsome commoner (Rafe Spall) but pays a heavy emotional price when she sees him again in stuffy…
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Masterpiece Classic: Oliver Twist (2007)
Cast: William Miller, Adam Arnold, Ruby Bentall …
Directed by: Coky Giedroyc
William Miller stars in this BBC production of Oliver Twist, Charles Dickens's tale of a poor orphan who is drawn into the sordid London underworld and its petty crime by the Artful…
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Mysterious Creatures (2006)
Cast: Timothy Spall, Brenda Blethyn, Rebekah Staton …
Directed by: David Evans
Timothy Spall and Brenda Blethyn star in this compelling drama based on the true story of Bill and Wendy Ainscow, a working-class British couple who spend their lives caring for their…
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Pierrepoint (2005)
Cast: Timothy Spall, Juliet Stevenson, Eddie Marsan …
Directed by: Adrian Shergold
One of Britain's most prolific executioners, Albert Pierrepoint, hides his identity by working as a grocery deliveryman. But his goal to be the best inadvertently exposes his secret, and…
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson …
Directed by: Alfonso Cuarón
Harry (Daniel Radcliffe), Ron (Rupert Grint) and Hermione (Emma Watson) return to Hogwarts for a third adventure-and-magic-filled year in this follow-up to the first two Potter blockbusters.…
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Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)
Cast: Jim Carrey, Emily Browning, Liam Aiken …
Directed by: Brad Silberling
After their parents are tragically killed, three orphans are taken in by the dastardly Count Olaf, who hopes to snatch their inheritance from them in director Brad Silberling's take on…
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The Last Samurai (2003)
Cast: Tom Cruise, Billy Connolly, Tony Goldwyn …
Directed by: Edward Zwick
Nathan is an American hired to instruct the Japanese army in the ways of modern warfare. Pressed to destroy the samurai's way of life in the name of modernization, Algren soon learns to…
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My House in Umbria (2003)
Cast: Maggie Smith, Chris Cooper, Timothy Spall …
Directed by: Richard Loncraine
After enduring a horrific terrorist attack on a Milan train, English writer Mrs. Delahunty (Maggie Smith) opens the doors of her Italian villa to her fellow survivors of the incident: a young…
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Gettin' Square (2003)
Cast: Sam Worthington, David Wenham, Timothy Spall …
Directed by: Jonathan Teplitzky
Determined to stay on the straight and narrow, parolees Barry (Sam Worthington) and Spit (David Wenham) get restaurant jobs -- where they end up tangling with local gangster Chicka (Gary…
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All or Nothing (2002)
Cast: Timothy Spall, Lesley Manville, Alison Garland …
Directed by: Mike Leigh
Mike Leigh's tale of a working class family in London examines the growing emotional distance between taxi driver Phil (Timothy Spall) and his wife, Penny (Lesley Manville), who works at…
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Nicholas Nickleby (2002)
Cast: Charlie Hunnam, Jamie Bell, Jim Broadbent …
Directed by: Douglas McGrath
Life in 19th-century England deals Nicholas Nickleby a difficult hand when his father dies and Nicholas, his sister and his mother, now penniless, are forced to seek help from his twisted…
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Rock Star (2001)
Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Jennifer Aniston, Dominic West …
Directed by: Stephen Herek
Head-banging -- 1980s style -- makes a comeback with Mark Wahlberg as Chris, a lead singer wannabe who gets to live his wildest dream when he's whisked from anonymity to being front man…
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Vanilla Sky (2001)
Cast: Tom Cruise, Penélope Cruz, Cameron Diaz …
Directed by: Cameron Crowe
David Aames (Tom Cruise) has it all: wealth, good looks and a gorgeous woman (Cameron Diaz) on his arm. But just when he's found true love with warmhearted Sofia (Penélope Cruz),…
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Lucky Break (2001)
Cast: James Nesbitt, Olivia Williams, Christopher Plummer …
Directed by: Peter Cattaneo
After a bungled robbery, small-time criminals Jimmy (James Nesbitt) and Rudy (Lennie James) are reunited in prison. Freedom beckons when the governor (Christopher Plummer) mounts an amateur…
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Intimacy (2001)
Cast: Mark Rylance, Kerry Fox, Susannah Harker …
Directed by: Patrice Chéreau
Jay (Mark Rylance) and Claire (Kerry Fox) are two strangers who meet once a week for an intense, wordless, frenzied sexual tryst. But when Jay's emotional needs prompt him to find out…
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Vacuuming Completely Nude in Paradise (2001)
Cast: Timothy Spall, Michael Begley, Katy Cavanagh …
Directed by: Danny Boyle
Aspiring DJ Pete (Michael Begley) reluctantly takes a job selling vacuum cleaners door to door so that his stripper girlfriend can pay her rent. Hating every minute of the job, Pete gets…
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Love's Labour's Lost (2000)
Cast: Kenneth Branagh, Nathan Lane, Adrian Lester …
Directed by: Kenneth Branagh
This modern retelling of William Shakespeare's comic tale follows four friends who swear an oath of celibacy and devotion to academic pursuits for three years. But the vow evaporates…
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Chicken Run (2000)
Cast: Mel Gibson, Lynn Ferguson, Jane Horrocks …
Directed by: Peter Lord, Nick Park
Rocky the Rooster and Ginger the Chicken decide to rebel against evil farmers Mr. and Ms. Tweedy and lead their fellow chickens in a great escape from the farm where they are being held captive.
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Vatel (2000)
Cast: Gérard Depardieu, Uma Thurman, Tim Roth …
Directed by: Roland Joffé
An upcoming visit from Louis XIV could bring great political and financial reward to a poor, gout-stricken prince, who entrusts his meticulous and versatile steward, Vatel, to plan three days…
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Immortality (2000)
Cast: Jude Law, Kerry Fox, Elina Löwensohn …
Directed by: Po Chih Leong
Steven Grlscz (Jude Law) is a cool and somber vampire living in London who's devoted to the seduction of women and committed to no one, feeding off each of his beautiful conquests in…
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Topsy-Turvy (1999)
Cast: Jim Broadbent, Allan Corduner, Dexter Fletcher …
Directed by: Mike Leigh
After their production of "Princess Ida" tanks, Arthur Sullivan (Allan Corduner) and William Gilbert (Jim Broadbent) start a cold war that threatens to end their long-lasting partnership --…
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Still Crazy (1998)
Cast: Stephen Rea, Billy Connolly, Jimmy Nail …
Directed by: Brian Gibson
Stephen Rea, Billy Connolly and Juliet Aubrey shine in this "coming of middle age" mockumentary that chronicles the goofy exploits of Strange Fruit, a successful rock band that reunites 20…
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Neville's Island (1998)
Cast: Timothy Spall, Martin Clunes, David Bamber …
Directed by: Terry Johnson
When their chartered boat flips and dumps them into the ocean, four executives who signed up for a team-building exercise find themselves stranded on a deserted island with plenty of…
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Secrets & Lies (1996)
Cast: Timothy Spall, Phyllis Logan, Brenda Blethyn …
Directed by: Mike Leigh
A family confronts shocking secrets and long-forgotten lies in this bittersweet drama. With no man in her life, single mom Cynthia (Brenda Blethyn) finds life with her sullen daughter,…
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The Sheltering Sky (1990)
Cast: Debra Winger, John Malkovich, Campbell Scott …
Directed by: Bernardo Bertolucci
Debra Winger and John Malkovich are Kit and Port Moresby, two American artists traveling through postwar Africa in this adaptation of Paul Bowles's novel. Having drifted apart, the…
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Life Is Sweet (1990)
Cast: Alison Steadman, Jim Broadbent, Claire Skinner …
Directed by: Mike Leigh
Helmer Mike Leigh adds a dark edge to this comedic portrait of a family in the London suburbs, including female twins who are anything but a pair: Natalie is hard working and optimistic,…
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Gothic (1986)
Cast: Gabriel Byrne, Julian Sands, Natasha Richardson …
Directed by: Ken Russell
The poet Lord Byron (Gabriel Byrne) turns his estate into a haunted and horror-filled playground in this film that purports to tell the story of the night that inspired Mary Shelley (Natasha…
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Dutch Girls (1985)
Cast: Bill Paterson, Colin Firth, Timothy Spall …
Directed by: Giles Foster
In this comedy beset by a case of raging hormones, a British field hockey team made up of sex-obsessed teenage boys heads for Holland, where they find something far more interesting than…
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The Missionary (1982)
Cast: Michael Palin, Maggie Smith, Trevor Howard …
Directed by: Richard Loncraine
Richard Loncraine directs this offbeat British comedy about a missionary (Michael Palin), the Rev. Charles Fortescue, who makes it his personal calling to save the souls of "ladies of the…
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Home Sweet Home (1982)
Cast: Eric Richard, Lorraine Brunning, Kay Stonham …
Directed by: Mike Leigh
Director Mike Leigh takes a bittersweet look at English society and marriage, centering on a trio of discontented postmen and their dreary ways of slogging through life. At the crux of the…
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The Cherry Orchard (1962 / 1981) (1962)
Cast: Jenny Agutter, Peggy Ashcroft, Charles Gray …
Directed by: Cedric Messina, Richard Eyre
Judi Dench stars in these two productions of Anton Chekhov's play about a spoiled, aging aristocratic lady who loses her cherry orchard estate to foreclosure. A young Dench is cast…