In the 1960s, British painter Francis Bacon surprises a burglar and invites him to share his bed. The burglar, a working class man named George Dyer, accepts. After the unique beginning to their love affair, the well-connected and volatile artist assimilates Dyer into his circle of eccentric friends, as Dyer's struggle with addiction strains their bond.

Edward II

1991

English

6.8

♡ 17

100%

75%

14th century

Action

based on play or musical

Drama

History

husband wife relationship

Derek Jarman Director

Roger Hammond as Bishop

Tilda Swinton as Isabella

Andrew Tiernan as Piers Gaveston

Chris McHallem as Thug

England, 14th century. King Edward II falls in love with Piers Gaveston, a young man of humble origins, whom he honors with favors and titles of nobility. The cold and jealous Queen Isabella conspires with the evil Mortimer to get rid of Gaveston, overthrow her husband and take power…

The Garden

1990

English

6.3

♡ 10

100%

Derek Jarman Director

Vernon Dobtcheff as

Dawn Archibald as

Tilda Swinton as Madonna

Jack Birkett as Pontius

A nearly wordless visual narrative intercuts two main stories and a couple of minor ones. A woman, perhaps the Madonna, brings forth her baby to a crowd of intrusive paparazzi; she tries to flee them. Two men who are lovers marry and are arrested by the powers that be. The men are mocked and pilloried, tarred, feathered, and beaten. Loose in this contemporary world of electrical-power transmission lines is also Jesus. The elements, particularly fire and water, content with political power, which is intolerant and murderous.

War Requiem

1989

English

6.5

♡ 9

100%

Derek Jarman Director

Patricia Hayes as Mother

Sean Bean as The German Soldier

Tilda Swinton as The Nurse

Laurence Olivier as The Old Soldier

During World War I, British soldier Owen is mortified by the examples of cruelty that surround him in the trenches. He combats these terrifying images by maintaining hope in his love for an army nurse. But he also begins to accept his fate as another battlefield sacrifice.

Arena Glitterbug

1994

English

6.5

♡ 8

Derek Jarman Director

Tilda Swinton as Herself

Toyah Willcox as Herself

Andrew Logan as Himself

Michael Clark as Himself

A collage of Derek Jarman's super 8 footage spanning over 20 years.

Julia

2008

English

7.0

♡ 11

72%

Erick Zonca Director

Kate del Castillo as Elena

Ezra Buzzington as George

Kevin Kilner as Johnny

Tilda Swinton as Julia

An alcoholic becomes involved in a fellow A.A. member's plan to kidnap her young son from the boy's wealthy grandfather.

Are All Men Pedophiles?

2013

English

5.8

♡ 8

74%

Jan-Willem Breure Director Madonna

Madonna as Self

Tilda Swinton as Self

Doutzen Kroes as Self

Lily Aldridge as Self

We live in a society that both condemns pedophiles and sexualizes young girls. The film explores the many dangers children face and exposes the systematic violation of children rights by societies, presenting the testimony of both victims and perpetrators. It also looks at how the pedophilia hysteria that has led to the mass incarceration adults and children.

Aria

1987

English

5.7

♡ 8

57%

Robert Altman Director

Bridget Fonda as Lover

Bernie Bonvoisin as (segment "Les Boréades") (uncredited)

John Hurt as The Actor

Tilda Swinton as Young Girl

Ten short pieces directed by ten different directors, including Ken Russell, Jean-Luc Godard, Robert Altman, Bruce Beresford, and Nicolas Roeg. Each short uses an aria as soundtrack/sound, and is an interpretation of the particular aria.

Friendship's Death

1987

English

6.5

♡ 7

73%

Peter Wollen Director

Ruby Baker as Catherine

Tilda Swinton as Friendship

Patrick Bauchau as Kubler

Bill Paterson as Sullivan

A robot messenger is sent to earth to appeal to humans to live in peace. Originally designed to go to MIT, by mistake she ends up in Amman, Jordan during the Black September riots of 1970. Sullivan, a British journalist, comes to her aid when she is found wandering without papers following a bombing and grants her refuge in his hotel room. But there she tells him she is a robot, sent as a peace envoy from another planet. He is not sure whether to believe her story or not, but finds her unusual view of the world appealing. They examine the human condition in a series of incredibly insightful and entertaining conversations.

Egomania: Island Without Hope

1986

German

5.6

Drama

Christoph Schlingensief Director

Anastasia Kudelka as Annastasia

Udo Kier as Baron Tante Teufel

Werner Funke as Narrator

Tilda Swinton as Sally

Egomania is a visually stunning end-of-the-world melodrama about lust, jealousy and murder set amidst solar eclipses, orchestral chants and the distant thunder of the boiling sea. The film’s characters – riddled with unconscious desires – find themselves imprisoned on an island. Drawing parallels to the work of British filmmaker Derek Jarman and staring Jarman’s actress-muse Tilda Swinton, Schlingensief’s raw and almost mythological film stands in contrast to his more offensive efforts.

The Souvenir

2019

English

♡ 46

90%

semi autobiographical

woman director

Joanna Hogg Director

Tom Burke as Anthony

Lydia Fox as Lydia

Tosin Cole as Phil

Tilda Swinton as Rosalind

A shy but ambitious film student falls into an intense, emotionally fraught relationship with a charismatic but untrustworthy older man.

The Man from London

2007

Hungarian

7.0

♡ 13

62%

61%

Action

based on novel or book

parent child relationship

ship

suitcase

Béla Tarr Director

Gyula Pauer as Kocsmáros

Miroslav Krobot as Maloin, az éjszakai váltóõr

Tilda Swinton as Maloin felesége

Alfréd Járai as Vendég a kocsmában 2

A switchman at a seaside railway witnesses a murder but does not report it after he finds a suitcase full of money at the scene of the crime.

Letters from Generation Rx

2017

English

6.9

♡ 1

Kevin P. Miller Director

Tilda Swinton as Narrator

Carleigh Spence as Natalie Gehrki

As a result of the 2008 documentary"Generation Rx," thousands of people wrote director Kevin P. Miller to share their experiences on psychiatric drugs. Miller combines their gripping tales with the latest mental health research, science, and medical health perspectives.

The War Zone

1999

English

7.2

♡ 17

84%

Tim Roth Director

Kate Ashfield as Lucy

Tilda Swinton as Mum

Colin Farrell as Nick

Annabelle Apsion as Nurse

An alienated teenager, saddened that he has moved away from London, must find a way to deal with a dark family secret.

Young Adam

2003

English

6.3

♡ 17

62%

David Mackenzie Director

Andrew Neil as Barman

Emily Mortimer as Cathie Dimly

Tilda Swinton as Ella Gault

Ewan McGregor as Joe Taylor

A young drifter working on a river barge disrupts his employers' lives while hiding the fact that he knows more about a dead woman found in the river than he admits.

The Storms of Jeremy Thomas

2021

English

6.4

80%

90%

Action

Documentary

Mark Cousins Director

Tilda Swinton as Self

Mark Cousins as Self

Debra Winger as Self

Jeremy Thomas as Self

Joining Oscar-winning producer Jeremy Thomas on his annual pilgrimage to the Cannes Film Festival, filmmaker Mark Cousins gives an intimate glimpse into the life of the legendary icon behind some of the most controversial and acclaimed films of all time.

Cycling the Frame

1988

English

6.7

♡ 2

Cynthia Beatt Director

Tilda Swinton as The Cyclist

In 1988, Tilda Swinton toured round the Berlin Wall on a bicycle - starting and ending at the Brandenburg Gate - accompanied by filmmaker Cynthia Beatt. As Swinton travels through fields and historic neighborhoods, past lakes and massive concrete apartment buildings, the Wall is a constant presence.

The Souvenir: Part II

2021

English

♡ 28

90%

semi autobiographical

sequel

Joanna Hogg Director

Charlie Heaton as Jim

Lydia Fox as Lydia

Tosin Cole as Phil

Tilda Swinton as Rosalind

In the aftermath of her tumultuous relationship with a charismatic and manipulative older man, Julie begins to untangle her fraught love for him in making her graduation film, sorting fact from his elaborately constructed fiction.

Wittgenstein

1993

English

6.9

♡ 9

83%

Derek Jarman Director

Michael Gough as Bertrand Russell

Sally Dexter as Hermine Wittgenstein

Tilda Swinton as Lady Ottoline Morrell

Karl Johnson as Ludwig Wittgenstein

A dramatization, in modern theatrical style, of the life and thought of the Viennese-born, Cambridge-educated philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein, whose principal interest was the nature and limits of language. A series of sketches depict the unfolding of his life from boyhood, through the era of the first World War, to his eventual Cambridge professorship and association with Bertrand Russell and John Maynard Keynes. The emphasis in these sketches is on the exposition of the ideas of Wittgenstein, a homosexual, and an intuitive, moody, proud, and perfectionistic thinker generally regarded as a genius.

The Deep End

2001

English

6.5

♡ 26

82%

parent child relationship

Romance

Thriller

wound

Scott McGehee Director

Raymond J. Barry as Carlie Nagel

Josh Lucas as Darby Reese

Peter Donat as Jack Hall

Tilda Swinton as Margaret Hall

With her husband Jack perpetually away at work, Margaret Hall raises her children virtually alone. Her teenage son is testing the waters of the adult world, and early one morning she wakes to find the dead body of his gay lover on the beach of their rural lakeside home. What would you do? What is rational and what do you do to protect your child? How far do you go and when do you stop?

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Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon

Edward II

The Garden

War Requiem

Arena Glitterbug

Julia

Are All Men Pedophiles?

Aria

Friendship's Death

Egomania: Island Without Hope

The Souvenir

The Man from London

Letters from Generation Rx

The War Zone

Young Adam

The Storms of Jeremy Thomas

Cycling the Frame

The Souvenir: Part II

Wittgenstein

The Deep End