Movies by David Thewlis
As part of the cast:
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War Horse (2011)
Cast: Emily Watson, David Thewlis, Peter Mullan …
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
Adapted from a novel by Michael Morpurgo, this majestic World War I drama centers on Devon lad Albert and his steadfast horse, Joey, whose faithful bond cannot be shaken -- even when Joey is…
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Anonymous (2011)
Cast: Rhys Ifans, Vanessa Redgrave, Joely Richardson …
Directed by: Roland Emmerich
Who was Shakespeare? This Elizabethan drama imagines that the man we call the Bard really didn't pen his body of timeless plays. The stages of London erupt in intrigue as the real author…
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The Lady (2011)
Cast: Michelle Yeoh, David Thewlis, Jonathan Raggett …
Directed by: Luc Besson
Based on the inspiring true story, this epic yet intimate biopic tells the story of Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma's leading pro-democracy reformer who was held under house arrest for 15 years,…
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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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Mr. Nice (2010)
Cast: Rhys Ifans, Chloë Sevigny, David Thewlis …
Directed by: Bernard Rose
This biopic follows privileged drug smuggler Howard Marks, who graduated from Oxford to become a top importer of marijuana into Britain in the 1960s. Marks poses as an MI5 agent to elude…
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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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Veronika Decides to Die (2009)
Cast: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Jonathan Tucker, Erika Christensen …
Directed by: Emily Young
Though she has it all, Veronika (Sarah Michelle Gellar) feels she's experienced everything life has to offer and wants to die. But when her suicide attempt fails and she wakes in a…
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The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (2008)
Cast: Vera Farmiga, David Thewlis, Rupert Friend …
Directed by: Mark Herman
When his family moves to Poland, young Bruno befriends Shmuel, a boy who lives on the other side of the fence, where everyone seems to be wearing striped pajamas. Unaware of Shmuel's…
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The Inner Life of Martin Frost (2007)
Cast: Sophie Auster, Michael Imperioli, Irène Jacob …
Directed by: Paul Auster
Novelist Martin Frost (David Thewlis) escapes to the country hoping to find creative inspiration and finds much more: a mysterious muse named Claire (Irène Jacob). Love spurs Martin to…
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Basic Instinct 2 (2006)
Cast: Sharon Stone, David Morrissey, David Thewlis …
Directed by: Michael Caton-Jones
Charged with the murder of her fiancé, seductive novelist Catherine faces questioning from Scotland Yard-appointed psychiatrist Michael Glass, who has the training to withstand her mind games…
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The Omen 666 (2006)
Cast: Pete Postlethwaite, Liev Schreiber, Julia Stiles …
Directed by: John Moore
Grieving U.S. ambassador Robert Thorn (Liev Schreiber) brings home another baby to soften the blow when his wife, Katherine (Julia Stiles), loses their first child during labor. But as young…
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Kingdom of Heaven (2005)
Cast: Orlando Bloom, Eva Green, Liam Neeson …
Directed by: Ridley Scott
During the 12th century in the holy city of Jerusalem, a young peasant blacksmith (Orlando Bloom) takes up the mantle of knighthood so he can help repel the army of Islamic crusaders that…
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The New World (2005)
Cast: Colin Farrell, Q'Orianka Kilcher, Christopher Plummer …
Directed by: Terrence Malick
Set in 1607 at the founding of the Jamestown Settlement, Terrence Malick's epic adventure chronicles the extraordinary actions of explorer John Smith (Colin Farrell) and Native American…
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Kingdom of Heaven: Director's Cut (2005)
Cast: Michael Sheen, Jouko Ahola, Orlando Bloom …
Directed by: Ridley Scott
During the 12th century in the holy city of Jerusalem, a young peasant blacksmith (Orlando Bloom) takes up the mantle of knighthood so he can help repel the army of Christian crusaders that…
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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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Timeline (2003)
Cast: Paul Walker, Frances O'Connor, Gerard Butler …
Directed by: Richard Donner
In the near future, when a technology corporation has created a method for traveling into the past, a history professor gets trapped in 1357 France, prompting his students and son to travel…
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Hamilton Mattress (2002)
Cast: David Thewlis, Henry Goodman, Lindsay Duncan …
Directed by: Barry Purves
This musical animated film from the producer of "Wallace and Gromit" features Sludger, an aardvark with a flair for drumming. When he takes his talent to Beak City to be discovered, he finds…
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The Miracle Maker: The Story of Jesus (2000)
Cast: Ralph Fiennes, Michael Bryant, Julie Christie …
Directed by: Derek W. Hayes, Stanislav Sokolov
King Herod (voiced by Anton Lesser), Judas Iscariot (David Thewlis) and Mary Magdalene (Miranda Richardson) are all on hand to play their integral parts in the extraordinary life story of…
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Gangster No. 1 (2000)
Cast: Paul Bettany, Malcolm McDowell, David Thewlis …
Directed by: Paul McGuigan
This story follows the violent rise and fall of the title character, an unnamed East End London thug (played by Paul Bettany and, at a later age, Malcolm McDowell) who gets hired by…
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The Big Lebowski (1998)
Cast: Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Philip Seymour Hoffman …
Directed by: Joel Coen
Slacker Jeff "The Dude" Lebowski gets involved in a gargantuan mess of events when he's mistaken for another man named Lebowski, whose wife has been kidnapped and is being held for…
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Besieged (1998)
Cast: Thandie Newton, David Thewlis, Claudio Santamaria …
Directed by: Bernardo Bertolucci
While working as a maid in the home of an English composer (David Thewlis) living in Italy, a beautiful young African medical student (Thandie Newton) finds herself besieged by her…
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Divorcing Jack (1998)
Cast: David Thewlis, Rachel Griffiths, Jason Isaacs …
Directed by: David Caffrey
Based on a novel by Colin Bateman (who also penned the screenplay), this pitch-black romantic comedy concerns a hard-drinking Irish tabloid journalist who strays from his wife, inadvertently…
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Seven Years in Tibet (1997)
Cast: Brad Pitt, David Thewlis, Mako Jamyang …
Directed by: Jean-Jacques Annaud
During World War II, an Austrian mountaineer falls into Allied forces' hands as a prisoner of war. He escapes and makes his way to Llaso, Tibet, where he meets the 14-year-old Dalai…
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American Perfekt (1997)
Cast: Robert Forster, Amanda Plummer, Paul Sorvino …
Directed by: Paul Chart
Psychiatrist Jake (Robert Forster) makes most of his decisions with the flip of a coin. When he comes across a stranded motorist (Amanda Plummer) and the coin tells Jake to pick her up,…
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The Island of Dr. Moreau: Director's Cut (1996)
Cast: Val Kilmer, Marlon Brando, Fairuza Balk …
Directed by: John Frankenheimer
A big-budget remake of the H.G. Wells story (previously filmed in 1977), The Island of Dr. Moreau follows a shipwrecked sailor (David Thewlis) who stumbles upon a mysterious island. He's…
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James and the Giant Peach (1996)
Cast: Susan Sarandon, Paul Terry, Richard Dreyfuss …
Directed by: Henry Selick
When young orphan James spills a magic bag of crocodile tongues, he finds himself in possession of the world's biggest peach -- a massive fruit that rolls, floats and flies him away to…
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Dragonheart (1996)
Cast: Sean Connery, Dennis Quaid, David Thewlis …
Directed by: Rob Cohen
In an ancient time when majestic fire-breathers soared through the skies, a knight named Bowen (Dennis Quaid) comes face to face and heart to heart with the last dragon on Earth, Draco…
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Restoration (1995)
Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Sam Neill, David Thewlis …
Directed by: Michael Hoffman
After saving the life of someone close to King Charles II, Robert Merivel, a young 17th-century physician, is invited to join King Charles's court. Everything changes, however, when the…
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Total Eclipse (1995)
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Dominique Blanc, David Thewlis …
Directed by: Agnieszka Holland
Leonardo DiCaprio plays the prodigious 19th-century French poet Arthur Rimbaud in this captivating historical drama. Paul Verlaine (David Thewlis), an older and more traditional writer, finds…
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Black Beauty (1994)
Cast: Sean Bean, David Thewlis, Alan Cumming …
Directed by: Caroline Thompson
Anna Sewell's timeless Victorian novel comes touchingly to life in this episodic big-screen adaptation. Lyrically recounted from the handsome stallion's perspective, the film traces…
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Dandelion Dead (1994)
Cast: Michael Kitchen, Sarah Miles, David Thewlis …
Directed by: Mike Hodges
Based on actual events, this Masterpiece Theatre film depicts one of the most controversial crimes in English legal history. Maj. Herbert Armstrong takes pride in his work, his family and his…
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Naked (1993)
Cast: David Thewlis, Lesley Sharp, Katrin Cartlidge …
Directed by: Mike Leigh
A self-confessed lost boy heads for the big-city grit and glamour of London to escape the repercussions of his most recent misstep -- the sexual assault of a young woman. But a fresh start…
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Afraid of the Dark (1992)
Cast: James Fox, Fanny Ardant, Paul McGann …
Directed by: Mark Peploe
After a psycho begins murdering blind women in their homes, 12-year-old Lucas Hardy (Ben Keysworth) -- whose eyesight is disintegrating -- launches his own investigation. But when he finally…