Movies by Albert Finney
As part of the cast:
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The Bourne Legacy (2012)
Cast: Jeremy Renner, Rachel Weisz, Edward Norton …
Directed by: Tony Gilroy
Following the Jason Bourne debacle, the CIA finds itself dealing with a familiar threat when another estranged operative surfaces. Jeremy Renner stars alongside Edward Norton, Rachel Weisz…
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Skyfall (2012)
Cast: Daniel Craig, Javier Bardem, Judi Dench …
Directed by: Sam Mendes
When a serious menace threatens MI6, James Bond is on the case -- putting aside his own life and personal issues to hunt and obliterate the perpetrators. Meanwhile, secrets arise from…
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The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
Cast: Matt Damon, Paddy Considine, Joan Allen …
Directed by: Paul Greengrass
Matt Damon returns as trained assassin Jason Bourne in this third film based on Robert Ludlum's best-selling novels. This time around, Bourne travels the globe on a quest to reconstruct…
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Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007)
Cast: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ethan Hawke, Albert Finney …
Directed by: Sidney Lumet
The perfect crime goes horribly wrong for brothers Andy (Philip Seymour Hoffman) and Hank (Ethan Hawke) when they botch a robbery of their parents' jewelry store in this wrenching drama…
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A Good Year (2006)
Cast: Russell Crowe, Albert Finney, Isabelle Candelier …
Directed by: Ridley Scott
Oscar winner Ridley Scott directs this adaptation of Peter Mayle's best-selling novel, following the romantic misadventures of an Englishman who inherits a vineyard from his uncle in…
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Amazing Grace (2006)
Cast: Ioan Gruffudd, Albert Finney, Michael Gambon …
Directed by: Michael Apted
Based on actual events, this historical drama tells the story of William Wilberforce, an 18th-century English politician who launched an aggressive campaign to abolish British slavery,…
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Tony Palmer's Classic Film of John Osborne and the Gift of Friendship (2006)
Cast: John Osborne, Laurence Olivier, Albert Finney …
Directed by: Tony Palmer
John Osborne fell from a career peak in the 1950s as the most acclaimed playwright of his generation to becoming a nearly forgotten has-been due to his activism against successive English…
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Corpse Bride (2005)
Cast: Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Emily Watson …
Directed by: Tim Burton, Mike Johnson
This animated Tim Burton tale set in 19th-century Europe centers on Victor, a young man who, just as he's about to wed Victoria, is sucked into the underworld by a Corpse Bride who…
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Big Fish (2003)
Cast: Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Billy Crudup …
Directed by: Tim Burton
In this disarming fantasy told largely through flashbacks, young reporter William Bloom attempts to learn more about his dying father by finding the truth behind a lifetime of his fanciful…
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The Gathering Storm (2002)
Cast: Albert Finney, Vanessa Redgrave, Jim Broadbent …
Directed by: Richard Loncraine
Winston Churchill is widely recognized as the man who led England in the fight to save Europe from the Nazi threat. What's less widely known is that the prominent politician and…
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Erin Brockovich (2000)
Cast: Julia Roberts, Albert Finney, Aaron Eckhart …
Directed by: Steven Soderbergh
Julia Roberts earned an Oscar in this unconventional drama based on actual events for her portrayal of Erin Brockovich, a twice-divorced mother of three who sees an injustice, takes on the…
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Traffic (2000)
Cast: Michael Douglas, Don Cheadle, Benicio Del Toro …
Directed by: Steven Soderbergh
Interlacing three disturbing snapshots of America's drug war, this Oscar-winning saga follows a U.S. drug czar who learns his daughter's an addict, a Mexican cop caught in a corrupt…
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Simpatico (1999)
Cast: Nick Nolte, Jeff Bridges, Sharon Stone …
Directed by: Matthew Warchus
A misnomer if ever there was one, all is &NFi;not&NFi_; simpatico between estranged old friends Vinnie (Nick Nolte), Lyle (Jeff Bridges) and Rosie (Sharon Stone). As youngsters in Azusa,…
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Breakfast of Champions (1999)
Cast: Bruce Willis, Nick Nolte, Albert Finney …
Directed by: Alan Rudolph
It would seem that Dwayne Hoover (Bruce Willis) has it made: He's a millionaire car salesman in a town where everyone loves him. Despite these killer advantages, Dwayne thinks his life…
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A Rather English Marriage (1998)
Cast: Albert Finney, Joanna Lumley, Tom Courtenay …
Directed by: Paul Seed
When their wives die on the same day in the same hospital room, two aging British World War II vets -- upper-crust Reggie (Albert Finney) and retired milkman Roy (Tom Courtenay, in a…
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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 Browning Version (1994)
Cast: Albert Finney, Greta Scacchi, Matthew Modine …
Directed by: Mike Figgis
Based on a play by Terence Rattigan, this drama follows Andrew Crocker-Harris (Albert Finney), a once-brilliant, now cold and distant classical literature teacher with a philandering wife…
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The Playboys (1992)
Cast: Albert Finney, Aidan Quinn, Robin Wright …
Directed by: Gillies Mackinnon
Headstrong Tara Maguire (Robin Wright Penn) shocks the local gentry in her Irish village by having a baby out of wedlock and refusing to name the father. As she struggles to retain her…
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Rich in Love (1992)
Cast: Albert Finney, Jill Clayburgh, Kathryn Erbe …
Directed by: Bruce Beresford
When Helen (Jill Clayburgh) leaves her retired husband (Albert Finney), their teenage daughter, Lucille (Kathryn Erbe), drops out of high school to take care of her depressed father and their…
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Miller's Crossing (1990)
Cast: Ethan Coen, Gabriel Byrne, Marcia Gay Harden …
Directed by: Joel Coen
Trusted adviser to 1920s Irish crime boss Lee O'Bannon, Tom Reagan's loyalty is tested when he takes up with O'Bannon's gal pal, Verna Bernbaum. Meanwhile, rivals Johnny…
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Roger Waters: The Wall: Live in Berlin (1990)
Cast: Roger Waters, Sinéad O'Connor, Scorpions …
Directed by: Ken O'Neil, Roger Waters
This live performance of Pink Floyd's classic cult film The Wall features Pink Floyd leader Roger Waters along with a cast of hundreds -- including Van Morrison, Cyndi Lauper, Joni…
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The Image (1990)
Cast: Kathy Baker, Albert Finney, Swoosie Kurtz …
Directed by: Peter Werner
Jason Cromwell (Albert Finney) is a powerful TV news anchor who turns his investigative sights on a bank, eventually driving its president to suicide. The fallout from the death forces…
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Under the Volcano (1984)
Cast: Albert Finney, Jacqueline Bisset, Anthony Andrews …
Directed by: John Huston
Self-destructive alcoholic Geoffrey Firmin tries to reconnect with his estranged wife, Yvonne (Jacqueline Bisset), during a small Mexican village's raucous Day of the Dead festivities in…
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The Dresser (1983)
Cast: Albert Finney, Tom Courtenay, Edward Fox …
Directed by: Peter Yates
Albert Finney is by turns poignant and darkly comic as an aging lead actor (oddly named Sir) of a touring troupe of thespians who perform "King Lear" throughout war-ravaged England.…
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Annie: Special Anniversary Edition (1982)
Cast: Albert Finney, Carol Burnett, Ann Reinking …
Directed by: John Huston
Based on the Depression-era comic strip "Little Orphan Annie," this adaptation of the smash Broadway musical follows America's favorite urchin (Aileen Quinn) as she captures Daddy…
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Shoot the Moon (1982)
Cast: Albert Finney, Diane Keaton, Karen Allen …
Directed by: Alan Parker
Oscar winner Diane Keaton and Albert Finney star in this poignant drama as George and Faith Dunlap, a liberal-minded couple who find themselves struggling with the pitfalls of divorce after…
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Wolfen (1981)
Cast: Albert Finney, Diane Venora, Edward James Olmos …
Directed by: Michael Wadleigh
A brash Manhattan industrialist, his coke-bingeing wife and a slum wino have something grisly in common: They're the latest victims in a series of seemingly motiveless murders, and all…
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Loophole (1981)
Cast: Albert Finney, Martin Sheen, Susannah York …
Directed by: John Quested
It's a short journey from respectability to a life of crime. That's what architect Stephen Booker (Martin Sheen) learns when he loses his stake in the company he built and…
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Looker (1981)
Cast: Albert Finney, James Coburn, Susan Dey …
Directed by: Michael Crichton
Larry Roberts (Albert Finney) is a successful plastic surgeon who becomes suspicious that larger forces are at work after several of his patients die mysteriously. He eventually uncovers a…
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The Duellists (1977)
Cast: Keith Carradine, Harvey Keitel, Albert Finney …
Directed by: Ridley Scott
D'Hubert (Keith Carradine) and Feraud (Harvey Keitel) are officers in Napoleon's army who challenge each other to a series of bloody duels. In the final clash -- which comes after…
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Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
Cast: Albert Finney, Lauren Bacall, Martin Balsam …
Directed by: Sidney Lumet
Investigator Hercule Poirot is aboard the Orient Express when a fellow passenger, Samuel Ratchett, is found murdered. Widely despised, Rachett had many enemies, so Poirot must sift through an…
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Gumshoe (1971)
Cast: Albert Finney, Billie Whitelaw, Frank Finlay …
Directed by: Stephen Frears
Bingo-caller Eddie Ginley (Albert Finney, in a BAFTA-nominated performance) wants to make a career change in this hard-boiled detective spoof. So, he quits his job, buys a trench coat and…
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Scrooge (1970)
Cast: Albert Finney, Alec Guinness, Edith Evans …
Directed by: Ronald Neame
In this Charles Dickens classic filled with pathos, hope and redemption, a cold-hearted miser named Scrooge (Albert Finney) is forced by the ghosts of Christmases past, present and future to…
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Two for the Road (1967)
Cast: Audrey Hepburn, Albert Finney, Eleanor Bron …
Directed by: Stanley Donen
In director Stanley Donen's 1967 classic, married couple Mark and Joanna Wallace (Albert Finney and Audrey Hepburn) take a journey through their past and present, literally and…
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Charlie Bubbles (1967)
Cast: Albert Finney, Colin Blakely, Billie Whitelaw …
Directed by: Albert Finney
Director Albert Finney also stars in this mod 1960s comedy-drama as wealthy novelist Charlie Bubbles, who indulges his every fantasy but feels alienated by his empty, trendy lifestyle. The…
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Tom Jones (1963)
Cast: Albert Finney, Susannah York, Hugh Griffith …
Directed by: Tony Richardson
Based on Henry Fielding's novel, this four-time Oscar winner (including Best Picture) also scores points for outrageous comedy. Orphaned as an infant and adopted by Squire Allworthy…
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Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1961)
Cast: Albert Finney, Shirley Anne Field, Rachel Roberts …
Directed by: Karel Reisz
Albert Finney stars as a working-class rebel who spends the week tied to a dead-end factory job and the weekend in a haze of booze and empty affairs. But that all changes when he becomes…
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The Entertainer (1960)
Cast: Laurence Olivier, Brenda De Banzie, Roger Livesey …
Directed by: Tony Richardson
Oscar-nominated Laurence Olivier re-creates his stage role as Archie Rice, a third-rate, vaudevillian-style performer headlining a show in a rundown British seaside resort. As his life falls…
As a director:
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Charlie Bubbles (1967)
Cast: Albert Finney, Colin Blakely, Billie Whitelaw …
Directed by: Albert Finney
Director Albert Finney also stars in this mod 1960s comedy-drama as wealthy novelist Charlie Bubbles, who indulges his every fantasy but feels alienated by his empty, trendy lifestyle. The…