Movies by Emma Thompson
As part of the cast:
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Beautiful Creatures (2013)
Cast: Emmy Rossum, Emma Thompson, Jeremy Irons …
Directed by: Richard LaGravenese
Based on the best-selling novel, this supernatural drama focuses on the romance between teenager Ethan and Lena, the enigmatic new girl in his Southern town. As they get to know each other,…
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Brave (2012)
Cast: Kelly Macdonald, Emma Thompson, Billy Connolly …
Directed by: Mark Andrews, Brenda Chapman
Scottish princess Merida uses her archery skills to establish her independence, but when she accidentally angers the ancient land's three powerful lords and is granted a poorly conceived…
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Men in Black 3 (2012)
Cast: Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones, Josh Brolin …
Directed by: Barry Sonnenfeld
When Earth comes under the threat of an alien attack, Agent J (Will Smith) travels back in time to join forces with a much-younger Agent K (Josh Brolin) and change the course of history. But…
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Nanny McPhee Returns (2010)
Cast: Emma Thompson, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Oscar Steer …
Directed by: Susanna White
When Nanny McPhee arrives at the Green farm, she uses her blend of magic and discipline to help frazzled Mrs. Green run things while her husband's off fighting in World War II -- and to…
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The Song of Lunch (2010)
Cast: Alan Rickman, Emma Thompson
Directed by: Niall MacCormick
In this lyrical drama, a failed writer has lunch with his former lover -- now married to a celebrated author -- 15 years after their relationship ended. As they rehash the past, their…
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Pirate Radio (2009)
Cast: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bill Nighy, Rhys Ifans …
Directed by: Richard Curtis
In 1966, hard-partying British DJs have the time of their lives running a radio station on a ship in the North Sea, broadcasting generation-defining (but banned) music to millions. But they…
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Brideshead Revisited (2008)
Cast: Emma Thompson, Matthew Goode, Michael Gambon …
Directed by: Julian Jarrold
Impressionable Charles Ryder (Matthew Goode) becomes enthralled with the lifestyle of effete Oxford schoolmate Sebastian Flyte (Ben Whishaw) after spending the summer holiday at his patrician…
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Last Chance Harvey (2008)
Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Emma Thompson, Kathy Baker …
Directed by: Joel Hopkins
A struggling jingle writer risks losing his job to attend his daughter's London wedding, only to discover that he's not exactly welcome. While in the airport bar, he meets a lonely…
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An Education (2008)
Cast: Carey Mulligan, Peter Sarsgaard, Alfred Molina …
Directed by: Lone Scherfig
Jenny's (Oscar nominee Carey Mulligan) Oxford-bound teen life is a bore in 1961 London until she's given a different kind of education after being immersed in the beguiling but…
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Wrestling with Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner (2006)
Cast: Tony Kushner, Marcia Gay Harden, Justin Kirk …
Directed by: Freida Lee Mock
Filmmaker Freida Lee Mock explores the life and work of Pulitzer Prize- and Tony-winning playwright Tony Kushner -- who's best known for "Angels in America" -- by combining interviews…
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Stranger than Fiction (2006)
Cast: Will Ferrell, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Dustin Hoffman …
Directed by: Marc Forster
As best-selling novelist Kay Eiffel struggles with how to kill off her main character, IRS auditor Harold Crick begins hearing her voice in his head and slowly realizes that he must stop his…
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Nanny McPhee (2005)
Cast: Emma Thompson, Colin Firth, Kelly Macdonald …
Directed by: Kirk Jones
The recently widowed Mr. Brown (Colin Firth) and his domineering aunt (Angela Lansbury) can't seem to control the numerous and naughty Brown children until Nanny McPhee (Emma Thompson)…
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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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Love Actually (2003)
Cast: Hugh Grant, Emma Thompson, Colin Firth …
Directed by: Richard Curtis
Writer-director Richard Curtis's charming treatise on romance and relationships is an all-star ensemble comedy that tells 10 separate (but intertwining) London love stories, leading up…
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Imagining Argentina (2003)
Cast: Antonio Banderas, Emma Thompson, Rubén Blades …
Directed by: Christopher Hampton
Buenos Aires in the 1970s was a hotbed of dictatorial political unrest marked by a rash of disappearances (read: abductions and murders). Theatre director Carlos Rueda (Antonio Banderas) and…
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Treasure Planet (2002)
Cast: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Brian Murray, David Hyde Pierce …
Directed by: Ron Clements, John Musker
When space galleon cabin boy Jim Hawkins discovers a map to an intergalactic "loot of a thousand worlds," a cyborg cook named John Silver teaches him to battle supernovas and space storms.…
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Wit (2001)
Cast: Emma Thompson, Christopher Lloyd, Eileen Atkins …
Directed by: Mike Nichols
Emma Thompson stars as Vivian Bearing, a disciplined, esteemed English professor dealing with a sensitive issue -- her health. After being diagnosed with ovarian cancer, Bearing is forced to…
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We Know Where You Live. Live! (2001)
Cast: Eddie Izzard, Harry Enfield, Harry Hill …
Eddie Izzard hosts this entertainment bonanza that showcases some of the best comedians and musicians from the United Kingdom. It features interviews with and heart-pounding performances from…
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Maybe Baby (2000)
Cast: Hugh Laurie, Joely Richardson, Matthew Macfadyen …
Directed by: Ben Elton
Sam Bell (Hugh Laurie) and his wife, Lucy (Joely Richardson), are the perfect couple, complete with perfect careers and perfect lives. But one thing is missing: The Bells want a baby -- and…
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Primary Colors (1998)
Cast: John Travolta, Emma Thompson, Billy Bob Thornton …
Directed by: Mike Nichols
This adaptation of Joe Klein's roman à clef, a thinly veiled take on Bill Clinton's campaign for the 1992 Democratic nomination, stars John Travolta as a presidential hopeful…
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The Winter Guest (1997)
Cast: Emma Thompson, Phyllida Law, Sandra Voe …
Directed by: Alan Rickman
Alan Rickman, who also co-wrote the screenplay, makes his directorial debut in this exploration of the lives and relationships of four couples living in a Scottish seaside town. Emma Thompson…
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Sense and Sensibility (1995)
Cast: Emma Thompson, Kate Winslet, Alan Rickman …
Directed by: Ang Lee
Jane Austen's classic tale of 19th-century etiquette and ethics chronicles the troubles and triumphs of the marriage-minded Dashwood sisters -- sensible oldest sibling Elinor (Emma…
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Carrington (1995)
Cast: Emma Thompson, Jonathan Pryce, Steven Waddington …
Directed by: Christopher Hampton
In this absorbingly nuanced character study, talented young painter Dora Carrington forges a deep, complex bond with shy homosexual writer Lytton Strachey across the backdrop of the bohemian…
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Junior (1994)
Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Danny DeVito, Emma Thompson …
Directed by: Ivan Reitman
Their research threatened when they fail to nab a grant, two male fertility doctors test their theory by implanting one of them with an embryo. They had planned to terminate the pregnancy,…
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In the Name of the Father (1993)
Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis, Emma Thompson, Pete Postlethwaite …
Directed by: Jim Sheridan
Nominated for seven Oscars in 1993, this biopic features the dramatic prowess of Daniel Day-Lewis as the Irishman Gerry Conlon, who was wrongfully sentenced to life in prison for an IRA…
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Much Ado About Nothing (1993)
Cast: Kenneth Branagh, Emma Thompson, Keanu Reeves …
Directed by: Kenneth Branagh
Benedick and Beatrice are two marriage-phobic rivals in Florence, Italy, in this Shakespeare comedy whose lively plot involves complications, pranks and peerless wordplay. Hero and Claudio…
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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…
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Howards End (1992)
Cast: Vanessa Redgrave, Helena Bonham Carter, Joseph Bennett …
Directed by: James Ivory
Ruth Wilcox's deathbed wish forever changes relations between her well-heeled family and bourgeois Schlegel sisters Margaret (Oscar winner Emma Thompson) and Helen (Helena Bonham Carter)…
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Peter's Friends (1992)
Cast: Hugh Laurie, Kenneth Branagh, Stephen Fry …
Directed by: Kenneth Branagh
Ten years out of Cambridge, Peter Morton (Stephen Fry) invites his old college pals to a weekend reunion on his massive public estate. Old rivalries and dormant infatuations resurface among…
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Howards End (1992)
Cast: Vanessa Redgrave, Helena Bonham Carter, Anthony Hopkins …
Directed by: James Ivory
Ruth Wilcox's deathbed wish forever changes relations between her well-heeled family and bourgeois Schlegel sisters Margaret (Oscar winner Emma Thompson) and Helen (Helena Bonham Carter)…
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Dead Again (1991)
Cast: Kenneth Branagh, Emma Thompson, Andy Garcia …
Directed by: Kenneth Branagh
Los Angeles gumshoe Mike Church takes the case of a woman beset with amnesia and soon makes the startling discovery that he and his client are connected -- via reincarnation -- to a lurid…
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Impromptu (1991)
Cast: Judy Davis, Hugh Grant, Mandy Patinkin …
Directed by: James Lapine
In this critically acclaimed drama set amid the romance of 19th-century Europe, feminist author George Sand falls for Polish composer Frédéric Chopin, but a number of obstacles…
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Henry V (1989)
Cast: Derek Jacobi, Kenneth Branagh, Simon Shepherd …
Directed by: Kenneth Branagh
Making his directing debut, Kenneth Branagh does William Shakespeare's play proud in this epic screen adaptation that follows headstrong King Henry V as he leads a heavily outnumbered…
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The Tall Guy (1989)
Cast: Jeff Goldblum, Rowan Atkinson, Emma Thompson …
Directed by: Mel Smith
Jeff Goldblum stars in this romantic comedy as a luckless, loveless and soon-to-be-jobless American actor in London. His fortunes change when he finds love with a nurse (Emma Thompson) and…
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Look Back in Anger (1989)
Cast: Kenneth Branagh, Emma Thompson, Gerard Horan …
Directed by: Judi Dench
David Jones directs this powerful television adaptation of John Osborne's 1956 provocative play in which bitter and unfulfilled Jimmy Porter (Kenneth Branagh) showers wife Alison (Emma…