During the reign of the Vikings, a man from another world crash-lands on Earth, bringing with him an alien predator. The man must fuse his advanced technology with the weaponry of the vikings to fight the monster.

Second Best

1994

English

6.8

♡ 3

100%

Chris Menges Director

Jodhi May as Alice

Jane Horrocks as Debbie

Prunella Scales as Margery

John Hurt as Uncle Turpin

The difficult relationship between a british postal officer and his adoptive son.

44 Inch Chest

2009

English

5.8

♡ 3

40%

Malcolm Venville Director

Tom Wilkinson as Archie

Dave Legeno as Brighton Billy

Ian McShane as Meredith

John Hurt as Old Man Peanut

Colin is in agony, shattered by his wife’s infidelity, so his friends kidnap the wife's lover so he can have his revenge.

'V for Vendetta' Unmasked

2006

English

7.6

♡ 15

Documentary

Josh Oreck Director

Natalie Portman as Self

John Hurt as Self

Sinéad Cusack as Self

Hugo Weaving as Self

A documentary about the background and making of for the movie V for Vendetta.

Lost Souls

2000

English

4.8

♡ 16

8%

Janusz Kaminski Director

John Hurt as Father Lareaux

Victor Slezak as Father Thomas

Winona Ryder as Maya Larkin

Jamie Denbo as Sharon

A young woman becomes aware of a conspiracy to enable the Devil to walk the Earth in human form. To defeat the prophesy, she must convince a respected New York crime journalist, who is devoid of faith, that he is in fact the target of the conspiracy.

A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures

2010

English

6.0

♡ 9

Ben Stassen Director

Tim Curry as Fluffy

John Hurt as Grandpa Sammy

Scott Menville as Jacko / Additional Voices

Gemma Arterton as Shelly

Born on a Baja, California beach in 1959, new hatchling Sammy races across the beach to the ocean while avoiding being caught by seagulls and crabs. Thus begins Sammy's incredible fifty-year ocean journey where he overcomes obstacles, both natural and man-made, while trying to fulfill his dream of travelling around the world. Along the way he meets his best friend, a fellow turtle named Ray, and never forgets about Shelly, a turtle he saved that first day on the beach and the one he's always loved.

An Englishman in New York

2009

English

7.1

♡ 4

67%

Richard Laxton Director

Leslie Shenkel as Audience Member # 4

Anna Kuchma as Beautiful Girl

Cynthia Nixon as Penny Arcade

John Hurt as Quentin Crisp

Biographical drama based on the last 20 years of Crisp's life. The literary figure and gay iconoclast emigrated to New York in 1981 and lived there until his death. The film observes Crisp in both his public and private lives, from his seemingly cavalier response to the outbreak of AIDS to his tender relationship with his friend Patrick Angus and his own response to growing old.

1984

English

7.0

♡ 77

75%

71%

Action

anarchist

based on novel or book

Michael Radford Director

Phyllis Logan as The Telescreen Announcer

Shirley Stelfox as The Whore

Roger Lloyd Pack as Waiter

John Hurt as Winston Smith

George Orwell's novel of a totalitarian future society in which a man whose daily work is rewriting history tries to rebel by falling in love.

The Naked Civil Servant

1975

English

7.9

♡ 7

92%

based on memoir or autobiography

Jack Gold Director

Charles Pemberton as Court PC

Roger Lloyd Pack as Liz

Jan Chappell as Neurotic Girl

John Hurt as Quentin Crisp

Story of the life of Quentin Crisp, an Englishman who was brave enough to live his life according to his own style even in the hostile days of WW2.

Night Crossing

1982

English

6.5

♡ 7

66%

1970s

Action

based on a true story

Delbert Mann Director

Doug McKeon as Frank Strelzyk

Beau Bridges as Günter Wetzel

Ian Bannen as Josef Keller

John Hurt as Peter Strelzyk

Two men want to escape from East Germany (under Communist rule) but they will only go if they can take their families with them. Based on a true story.

The Black Cauldron

1985

English

6.3

♡ 43

56%

based on novel or book

Richard Rich Director

Phil Fondacaro as Creeper / Henchman

Joe Ranft as Gurgi

Pat Fraley as The Gwythaints

John Hurt as The Horned King

Taran is an assistant pigkeeper with boyish dreams of becoming a great warrior. However, he has to put the daydreaming aside when his charge, an oracular pig named Hen Wen, is kidnapped by an evil lord known as the Horned King. The villain hopes Hen will show him the way to The Black Cauldron, which has the power to create a giant army of unstoppable soldiers.

Recount

2008

English

7.3

♡ 9

78%

presidential election

usa politics

Jay Roach Director

Timothy E. Goodwin as Bald Protestor

James Adomian as George W. Bush

Mike Pniewski as Michael Carvin

John Hurt as Warren Christopher

In 2000, the election of the U.S. Presidential boiled down to a few precious votes in the state of Florida — and a recount that would add "hanging chad" to every American's vocabulary.

V for Vendetta

2005

English

8.1

♡ 416

73%

James McTeigue Director

John Hurt as Adam Sutler

Natalie Portman as Evey

João Costa Menezes as Soldier

Imogen Poots as Young Valerie

In a world in which Great Britain has become a fascist state, a masked vigilante known only as “V” conducts guerrilla warfare against the oppressive British government. When V rescues a young woman from the secret police, he finds in her an ally with whom he can continue his fight to free the people of Britain.

Melancholia

2011

English

7.1

♡ 108

79%

Lars von Trier Director

John Hurt as Dexter

Kiefer Sutherland as John

Kirsten Dunst as Justine

Alexander Skarsgård as Michael

Two sisters find their already strained relationship challenged as a mysterious new planet threatens to collide with Earth.

Shooting Dogs

2005

English

7.6

♡ 2

85%

Action

civil war

destruction of a civilization

Michael Caton-Jones Director

Dominique Horwitz as Capitaine Charles Delon

John Hurt as Christopher

Hugh Dancy as Joe Connor

Nicola Walker as Rachel

Two westerners, a priest and a teacher find themselves in the middle of the Rwandan genocide and face a moral dilemna. Do they place themselves in danger and protect the refugees, or escape the country with their lives? Based on a true story.

The Gruffalo

2009

English

7.5

♡ 8

79%

Action

Animation

based on children's book

Max Lang Director

Tom Wilkinson as Fox

Helena Bonham Carter as Mother Squirrel

John Hurt as Owl

Rob Brydon as Snake

The magical tale of a mouse who sets foot on a woodland adventure in search of a nut. Encountering predators who all wish to eat him - Fox, Owl and Snake - the brave mouse creates a terrifying, imaginary monster to frighten them away. But what will the mouse do when he meets this frightful monster for real?

Hellboy Animated: Blood and Iron

2007

English

6.6

♡ 25

Tad Stones Director

Grey Griffin as Anna / Harpy-Hag #2

Ron Perlman as Hellboy

John Hurt as Professor Trevor 'Broom' Bruttenholm

James Arnold Taylor as Young Broom / Father Lupescu

When Hellboy, Liz Sherman, and Abe Sapien are assigned to investigate the ghost-infested mansion of a publicity-hound billionaire, they uncover a plot to resurrect a beautiful yet monstrous vampire from Professor Bruttenholm’s past. But before they can stop her bloodbath, Hellboy will have to battle harpies, hellhounds, a giant werewolf, and even the ferocious goddess Hecate herself.

Even Cowgirls Get the Blues

1993

English

4.3

♡ 8

17%

Gus Van Sant Director

Crispin Glover as Howard Barth

Keanu Reeves as Julian Gitche

Uma Thurman as Sissy Hankshaw

John Hurt as The Countess

A girl born with enormous thumbs in the repressive era of the 1950s learns to turn her quirks into assets.

Thumbelina

1994

English

6.3

♡ 21

36%

Don Bluth Director

Scott Menville as Bees

Harry Shearer as Bugs

Danny Mann as Mozo

John Hurt as Mr. Mole

Born of a flower and growing to only a couple of inches tall, poor Thumbelina is worried she'll never meet someone her own size, until she happens to catch the eye of Prince Cornelius of the Fairies. Just as soon as she finds love, however, it's torn away from her when she is kidnapped by Ms. Toad. Now Thumbelina has to escape Ms. Toad's grasp and search for Prince Cornelius. Luckily, there's a whole city of animals willing to help her.