Movies by Joss Ackland
As part of the cast:
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Flawless (2007)
Cast: Michael Caine, Demi Moore, Jonathan Aris …
Directed by: Michael Radford
On the eve of his retirement, a disgruntled British janitor, angry over his company's refusal to pay an insurance claim for his ailing wife, persuades an unhappy American executive to…
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How About You (2007)
Cast: Joss Ackland, Hayley Atwell, Orla Brady …
Directed by: Anthony Byrne
When the manager of a retirement home in the Irish countryside asks her younger sister, Ellie (Hayley Atwell), to run the facility during the holidays, four mischievous residents take…
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In Search of the Great Beast: Aleister Crowley (2007)
Cast: Joss Ackland, Thomas Bewley, William R. Charlton …
Directed by: Robert Garofalo
Author, occultist and all-around eccentric Aleister Crowley -- one of the most notorious figures in British history -- still fascinates, as evidenced by this film that uses dramatic…
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Above and Beyond (2006)
Cast: Joss Ackland, Richard E. Grant, Jason Priestley …
Directed by: Sturla Gunnarsson
Based on real events, this World War II-set miniseries follows a young London couple involved in the Royal Air Force's Ferry Command operation, their strategic decision to defy orders…
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Moscow Zero (2006)
Cast: Vincent Gallo, Val Kilmer, Oksana Akinshina …
Directed by: María Lidón
When his friend, Sergei (Rade Serbedzija), goes missing, Russian priest Owen (Vincent Gallo) descends into the dark labyrinthine catacombs beneath the streets of Moscow, where he discovers a…
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Asylum (2005)
Cast: Natasha Richardson, Ian McKellen, Marton Csokas …
Directed by: David Mackenzie
A psychiatrist's wife encounters an inmate at a maximum-security asylum and finds herself curiously drawn to him. But things really heat up when the inmate is placed on a work detail…
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Icon (2005)
Cast: Patrick Swayze, Michael York, Joss Ackland …
Directed by: Charles Martin Smith
Ex-CIA spy Jason Monk (Patrick Swayze) emerges from retirement to stop a power-hungry despot. Monk knows the truth about Russian presidential candidate Komarov (Patrick Bergin), whose secret…
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I'll Be There (2003)
Cast: Craig Ferguson, Charlotte Church, Jemma Redgrave …
Directed by: Craig Ferguson
In this British comedy, a pop star has-been (Craig Ferguson) discovers he has a teenage daughter -- the fruit of a long-forgotten weekend tryst -- living in Wales and latches on to fatherhood…
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K-19: The Widowmaker (2002)
Cast: Harrison Ford, Liam Neeson, Peter Sarsgaard …
Directed by: Kathryn Bigelow
On board Russia's first nuclear ballistic submarine, Capt. Vostrikov must race against time to prevent a Chernobyl-like explosion that not only threatens the lives of the crew but could…
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No Good Deed (2002)
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Milla Jovovich, Stellan Skarsgård …
Directed by: Bob Rafelson
In this film based on a Dashiell Hammett story, Samuel L. Jackson is Jack, a cop who, while chasing down a runaway, stumbles upon a mob robbing a bank and is abducted by the criminals. They…
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Passion of Mind (2000)
Cast: Demi Moore, Stellan Skarsgård, William Fichtner …
Directed by: Alain Berliner
Marie's a French widow with two daughters to raise and a country villa to tend. Marty's a New York literary agent out to conquer the publishing world. But both women are…
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Swept from the Sea (1997)
Cast: Vincent Perez, Rachel Weisz, Ian McKellen …
Directed by: Beeban Kidron
Shunned by her seaside farming community, servant girl Amy Foster (Rachel Weisz) reciprocates with silence and is thus branded a halfwit. She finds a kindred spirit, though, when shipwrecked…
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Firelight (1997)
Cast: Sophie Marceau, Stephen Dillane, Dominique Belcourt …
Directed by: William Nicholson
To pay off her father's overwhelming debt, Elisabeth Laurier (Sophie Marceau) agrees to conceive a child with British aristocrat Charles Godwin (Stephen Dillane) -- whose paralyzed wife…
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D3: The Mighty Ducks (1996)
Cast: Emilio Estevez, Jeffrey Nordling, David Selby …
Directed by: Robert Lieberman
In the final film of this popular series, the unruly team of hockey misfits grows up a bit and receives scholarships to a prestigious prep school. Freshman misery is inevitable for the Ducks…
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Deadly Voyage (1996)
Cast: David Suchet, Omar Epps, Joss Ackland …
Directed by: John Mackenzie
Seeking asylum in France, nine Ghanaians find danger at sea when they stow away on a Ukrainian cargo ship in this thriller. Aware of France's tough stance on illegal immigration, the…
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Citizen X (1995)
Cast: Donald Sutherland, Stephen Rea, Max von Sydow …
Directed by: Chris Gerolmo
In this fact-based film, Russian forensics expert Burakov (Stephen Rea) tracks a serial killer over several years. Bukarov's superior, Fetisov (Donald Sutherland), does his best to…
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A Kid in King Arthur's Court (1995)
Cast: Thomas Ian Nicholas, Joss Ackland, Art Malik …
Directed by: Michael Gottlieb
When a California kid encounters a crack in the ground caused by an earthquake, he is magically transported to the medieval kingdom of Camelot. Once there, he learns he was summoned by the…
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Shameless (1995)
Cast: Elizabeth Hurley, C. Thomas Howell, Christopher Adamson …
Directed by: Henry Cole
Gorgeous Antonia (Elizabeth Hurley) is on a dangerous downward spiral caused by an addiction to heroin when she meets Mike (C. Thomas Howell), a tough drifter who helps her score more smack.…
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Mother's Boys (1994)
Cast: Jamie Lee Curtis, Peter Gallagher, Joanne Whalley …
Directed by: Yves Simoneau
After abandoning her family, Jude Madigan (Jamie Lee Curtis) abruptly returns home three years later to discover another woman (Joanne Whalley-Kilmer) has taken her place. Obsessed with…
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The Bible Collection: Jacob (1994)
Cast: Matthew Modine, Lara Flynn Boyle, Sean Bean …
Directed by: Peter Hall
In this inspiring tale from the book of Genesis, young shepherd Jacob (Matthew Modine) falls in love with and wants to marry Rachel (Lara Flynn Boyle), the daughter of his Uncle Laban…
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Nowhere to Run (1993)
Cast: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Rosanna Arquette, Kieran Culkin …
Directed by: Robert Harmon
Sam Gillen (Jean-Claude Van Damme) is a wrongly accused escaped convict who's good at finding trouble. This time, however, Gillen has an opportunity to do something positive when he…
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The Mighty Ducks (1992)
Cast: Emilio Estevez, Heidi Kling, Josef Sommer …
Directed by: Stephen Herek
As punishment for getting a DUI, hotshot lawyer Gordon Bombay (Emilio Estevez) is sentenced to community service coaching the pathetic Mighty Ducks hockey team. Initially reluctant, Gordon…
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Once Upon a Crime (1992)
Cast: John Candy, James Belushi, Cybill Shepherd …
Directed by: Eugene Levy
A woman (Cybill Shepherd) and an unemployed actor (John Candy) travel to Monte Carlo to deliver a lost dachshund to its owner and collect a $5,000 reward. But the dog's owner is…
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The Object of Beauty (1991)
Cast: John Malkovich, Andie MacDowell, Lolita Davidovich …
Directed by: Michael Lindsay-Hogg
In a desperate bid for cash to maintain their swanky London lifestyle, Jake and Tina hatch a plan to "steal" a valuable statue they own and collect the insurance -- but someone else steals…
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Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (1991)
Cast: Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter, William Sadler …
Directed by: Peter Hewitt
In this comic sequel, Bill and Ted, with guidance from Rufus, have to win the Battle of the Bands to save the future -- and heavy metal. But to prevail, the two slackers must journey to hell…
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A Murder of Quality (1991)
Cast: Denholm Elliott, Joss Ackland, Glenda Jackson …
Directed by: Gavin Millar
Legendary undercover agent George Smiley (Denholm Elliott) comes out of retirement to help solve a baffling murder at a cloistered, all-male boarding school. As the inscrutable Smiley digs…
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The Hunt for Red October (1990)
Cast: Sean Connery, Alec Baldwin, Scott Glenn …
Directed by: John McTiernan
When a Soviet nuclear sub headed toward American waters drops off U.S. scanners, the Yanks scramble to take defensive steps. But CIA analyst Jack Ryan (Alec Baldwin) convinces the brass that…
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Jekyll & Hyde (1990)
Cast: Michael Caine, Cheryl Ladd, Joss Ackland …
Directed by: David Wickes
Michael Caine stars as the tormented Dr. Henry Jekyll in this spine-tingling journey into primal fear inspired by Robert Louis Stevenson's classic story. Obsessed with the healing power…
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Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)
Cast: Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci …
Directed by: Richard Donner
Detectives Martin Riggs and Roger Murtaugh stumble across a trunk full of gold coins and follow the trail to a South African diplomat who's using his immunity to conceal a smuggling operation.
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The Sicilian (1987)
Cast: Christopher Lambert, Terence Stamp, Joss Ackland …
Directed by: Michael Cimino
Director Michael Cimino's adaptation of Mario Puzo's novel stars Christopher Lambert as Salvatore Giuliano, who takes on the church, the government and the mob to foster…
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Lady Jane (1986)
Cast: Helena Bonham Carter, Cary Elwes, John Wood …
Directed by: Trevor Nunn
For nine politically charged days in 1553, Protestant noblewoman Lady Jane Grey rules England against her will. But when Princess Mary, the daughter of King Henry VIII, assumes the throne,…
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A Zed & Two Noughts (1985)
Cast: Andréa Ferréol, Brian Deacon, Eric Deacon …
Directed by: Peter Greenaway
Controversial British director Peter Greenaway's erotically charged, loosely structured satire examines the aftermath of a car crash caused by a large swan. The wives of twins Oswald and…
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Shadowlands (1985)
Cast: Joss Ackland, Claire Bloom, Philip Stone …
Directed by: Norman Stone
This winner of two British Academy Awards is based on the life of renowned Oxford scholar C.S. Lewis (Joss Ackland), author of the classic &NFi;The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe&NFi_;.…
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Coriolanus (1984)
Cast: Alan Howard, Irene Worth, Joss Ackland …
Directed by: Elijah Moshinsky
This BBC production, originally broadcast as part of a series exploring the complete works of legendary English dramatist William Shakespeare, breathes life into the Bard's final…
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The Apple (1980)
Cast: Catherine Mary Stewart, George Gilmour, Grace Kennedy …
Directed by: Menahem Golan
This campy cult classic charts the fortunes of fresh-faced Canadian musical duo Alphie (George Gilmour) and Bibi (Catherine Mary Stewart), who enter the Worldvision Song Contest and lose…
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Saint Jack (1979)
Cast: Ben Gazzara, Peter Bogdanovich, Joss Ackland …
Directed by: Peter Bogdanovich
Peter Bogdanovich directs and co-stars in this engrossing character study about an American pimp in 1970s Singapore. Jack Flowers (Ben Gazzara) makes a tidy profit pandering to businessmen,…
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Royal Flash (1975)
Cast: Malcolm McDowell, Oliver Reed, Florinda Bolkan …
Directed by: Richard Lester
Cowardly rogue Harry Flashman's (Malcolm McDowell) schemes to gain entry to the royal circles of 19th-century Europe go nowhere until he meets a pair of devious nobles with their own…
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The Little Prince (1974)
Cast: Steven Warner (I), Joss Ackland, Clive Revill …
Directed by: Stanley Donen
In this quasi-musical fable directed by Stanley Donen (and based on the classic children's book by Antoine de Saint-Exupery), Richard Kiley plays a pilot who's forced down in the…
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S*P*Y*S (1974)
Cast: Joss Ackland, Elliott Gould, Donald Sutherland …
Directed by: Irvin Kershner
Irvin Kershner's madcap spoof on classic spy films stars Elliott Gould and Donald Sutherland as two inept secret agents targeted by the KGB when the CIA kills two Soviet operatives.…
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Great Expectations (1974)
Cast: Michael York, Sarah Miles, James Mason …
Directed by: Joseph Hardy
Michael York, Sarah Miles, James Mason and Margaret Leighton head a star-studded lineup in this lavish retelling of the classic Charles Dickens tale about penniless orphan Pip, who escapes…
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The Three Musketeers (1973)
Cast: Oliver Reed, Raquel Welch, Richard Chamberlain …
Directed by: Richard Lester
After moving to Paris and skillfully dueling with musketeers Athos (Oliver Reed), Aramis (Richard Chamberlain) and Porthos (Frank Finlay), inexperienced adventure-seeker D'Artagnan…
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Hitler: The Last Ten Days (1973)
Cast: Alec Guinness, Simon Ward, Diane Cilento …
Directed by: Ennio De Concini
In one of his most challenging and compelling roles, Alec Guinness portrays Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler's final desperate days in his Berlin bunker as the Third Reich's vaunted war…
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The Mind Snatchers (1972)
Cast: Christopher Walken, Ronny Cox, Joss Ackland …
Directed by: Bernard Girard
James Reese (Christopher Walken), a misfit G.I. with anger management issues, is driven to a secluded mansion, a hospital-like facility with few patients or staff members. Without…
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The House that Dripped Blood (1971)
Cast: Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, John Bryans …
Directed by: Peter Duffell
Scotland's Yard's search for a missing film star leads them to a haunted house, which serves as the framework for four tales of the macabre starring horror icons Peter Cushing,…