Curmudgeonly author Giles De'Ath, a widower with a marked distaste for modern popular culture, attempts to buy a ticket for a film adaptation of an E.M. Forster novel, but instead finds himself watching a tacky teen sex comedy. Yet when the beautiful Ronnie Bostock appears on the movie screen, Giles finds himself caught in a whirlwind of unanswered questions about both his own sexuality and his place in late 20th-century society.

Midnight Express

1978

English

7.5

♡ 54

90%

88%

Action

airport

based on a true story

Alan Parker Director

Peter Jeffrey as Ahmet

John Hurt as Max

Mike Kellin as Mr. Hayes

Michael Ensign as Stanley Daniels

Billy Hayes is caught attempting to smuggle drugs out of Turkey. The Turkish courts decide to make an example of him, sentencing him to more than 30 years in prison. Hayes has two opportunities for release: the appeals made by his lawyer, his family, and the American government, or the "Midnight Express".

Rob Roy

1995

English

6.9

♡ 31

72%

Michael Caton-Jones Director

Tim Roth as Cunningham

Eric Stoltz as McDonald

John Hurt as Montrose

Liam Neeson as Rob Roy

In the highlands of Scotland in the 1700s, Rob Roy tries to lead his small town to a better future, by borrowing money from the local nobility to buy cattle to herd to market. When the money is stolen, Rob is forced into a Robin Hood lifestyle to defend his family and honour.

The Elephant Man

1980

English

8.2

♡ 101

91%

93%

Action

based on a true story

David Lynch Director

John Standing as Fox

Anthony Hopkins as Frederick Treves

John Hurt as John Merrick

Lesley Scoble as Siamese Twin

A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man being mistreated by his "owner" as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous façade, there is revealed a person of great intelligence and sensitivity. Based on the true story of Joseph Merrick (called John Merrick in the film), a severely deformed man in 19th century London.

Manderlay

2005

Danish

7.2

♡ 10

50%

Lars von Trier Director

Bryce Dallas Howard as Grace Margaret Mulligan

Willem Dafoe as Grace's Father

John Hurt as Narrator

Jeremy Davies as Niels

In 1933, a young woman and her father discover an Alabama plantation whose inhabitants live as if slavery had never been abolished. Feeling a sense of duty to those behind the heavy gates, she stays to liberate the people and see them through their first harvest. With four of her father's colleagues and a lawyer, she faces the daunting task of resurrecting the place known as Manderlay.

Only Lovers Left Alive

2013

English

7.2

♡ 109

86%

Jim Jarmusch Director

Tom Hiddleston as Adam

John Hurt as Christopher Marlowe

Jeffrey Wright as Dr. Watson

Tilda Swinton as Eve

A depressed musician reunites with his lover. However, their romance, already played over several centuries, is disrupted by the arrival of her uncontrollable younger sister.

White Mischief

1987

English

6.4

♡ 4

80%

55%

africa

based on novel or book

Michael Radford Director

John Hurt as Colvile

Charles Dance as Erroll

Geraldine Chaplin as Nina

Trevor Howard as Soames

A millionaire past his prime and his young wife arrive in Kenya circa 1940 to find that the other affluent British expatriates are living large as the homefront gears up for war. They are busy swapping partners, doing drugs, and attending lavish parties and horse races. She begins a torrid affair with one of the bon vivants, and her husband finds out and confronts them. The husband and wife decide to break up peacefully, but the bon vivant is murdered and all the evidence points to the husband.

Spaceballs

1987

English

7.1

♡ 93

52%

Mel Brooks Director

Johnny Silver as Caddy

John Hurt as John Hurt

Mike Pniewski as Laser Gunner

Brenda Strong as Nurse

When the nefarious Dark Helmet hatches a plan to snatch Princess Vespa and steal her planet's air, space-bum-for-hire Lone Starr and his clueless sidekick fly to the rescue. Along the way, they meet Yogurt, who puts Lone Starr wise to the power of "The Schwartz." Can he master it in time to save the day?

A Monkey's Tale

1999

French

5.8

♡ 6

Adventure

Animation

Family

Jean-François Laguionie Director

Daniel Brühl as Kom

Diana Quick as Princess Ida

John Hurt as Sebastian

Michael Dobson as The Woonko Father

Kom is from a tribe of monkeys who live in a canopy. He rejects elders' authority as well as the superstition that the lower world would be inhabited by demons. But he accidentally falls from the trees…

Immortals

2011

English

6.0

♡ 147

50%

Tarsem Singh Director

Alan Van Sprang as Dareios

Mickey Rourke as King Hyperion

John Hurt as Old Man

Henry Cavill as Theseus

Theseus is a mortal man chosen by Zeus to lead the fight against the ruthless King Hyperion, who is on a rampage across Greece to obtain a weapon that can destroy humanity.

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

2006

English

7.5

♡ 276

59%

74%

Action

bad smell

based on novel or book

Tom Tykwer Director

Dustin Hoffman as Giuseppe Baldini

Ben Whishaw as Jean-Baptiste Grenouille

John Hurt as Narrator

Alan Rickman as Richis

Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, born in the stench of 18th century Paris, develops a superior olfactory sense, which he uses to create the world's finest perfumes. However, his work takes a dark turn as he tries to preserve scents in the search for the ultimate perfume.

The Gruffalo's Child

2011

English

7.1

♡ 4

Animation

based on children's book

Uwe Heidschötter Director

Shirley Henderson as Gruffalo's Child

Helena Bonham Carter as Mother Squirrel

John Hurt as Owl

Rob Brydon as Snake

A follow up to the 2009 animated feature and adapted from the childrens' book by Julia Donaldson and Alex Scheffler. The Gruffalo's child explores the deep dark wood in search of the big bad mouse and meets the Snake, Owl and Fox in the process. She eventually finds the mouse, who manages to outwit her like the Gruffalo before!

Wild Bill

1995

English

5.8

♡ 24

46%

Walter Hill Director

John Hurt as Charley Prince

James Remar as Donnie Lonigan

Diane Lane as Susannah Moore

Jeff Bridges as Wild Bill Hickok

Biopic about famous gunslinger Wild Bill Hickock. The early career of legendary lawman is telescoped and culminates in his relocation in Deadwood and a reunion with Calamity Jane.

The Lord of the Rings

1978

English

6.2

♡ 82

48%

based on novel or book

the lord of the rings

Ralph Bakshi Director

Chuck Hayward as

John Hurt as Aragorn 'Strider' - Son of Arathorn

Billy Barty as Bilbo / Sam

Philip Stone as King Theoden / Uglúk - Uruk-Hai Captain

The Fellowship of the Ring embark on a journey to destroy the One Ring and end Sauron's reign over Middle-earth.

Alien

1979

English

8.5

♡ 429

93%

Ridley Scott Director

Ian Holm as Ash

Tom Skerritt as Dallas

John Hurt as Kane

Sigourney Weaver as Ripley

During its return to the earth, commercial spaceship Nostromo intercepts a distress signal from a distant planet. When a three-member team of the crew discovers a chamber containing thousands of eggs on the planet, a creature inside one of the eggs attacks an explorer. The entire crew is unaware of the impending nightmare set to descend upon them when the alien parasite planted inside its unfortunate host is birthed.

Snowpiercer

2013

Korean

7.1

♡ 338

94%

parent child relationship

Joon-ho Bong Director

Chris Evans as Curtis

John Hurt as Gilliam

Tilda Swinton as Mason

Ed Harris as Wilford

In a future where a failed global-warming experiment kills off most life on the planet, a class system evolves aboard the Snowpiercer; a train that travels around the globe via a perpetual-motion engine.

Hellboy II: The Golden Army

2008

English

7.0

♡ 221

86%

Guillermo del Toro Director

Guillermo del Toro as Creature Vocals

Ron Perlman as Hellboy

Seth MacFarlane as Johann

John Hurt as Professor Broom

Hellboy, his pyrokinetic girlfriend, Liz, and aquatic empath, Abe Sapien, face their biggest battle when an underworld elven prince plans to reclaim Earth for his magical kindred. Tired of living in the shadow of humans, Prince Nuada tries to awaken an ancient force of killing machines, the all-powerful Golden Army, to clear the way for fantasy creatures to roam free. Only Hellboy can stop the dark prince and prevent humanity's annihilation.

Hellboy

2004

English

6.9

♡ 211

81%

multiplying creatures

Sci-Fi

Guillermo del Toro Director

David Hyde Pierce as Abe Sapien

Guillermo del Toro as Guy Dressed

Ron Perlman as Hellboy

John Hurt as Trevor "Broom" Bruttenholm

In the final days of World War II, the Nazis attempt to use black magic to aid their dying cause. The Allies raid the camp where the ceremony is taking place, but not before they summon a baby demon who is rescued by Allied forces and dubbed "Hellboy". Sixty years later, Hellboy serves the cause of good rather than evil as an agent in the Bureau of Paranormal Research & Defense, along with Abe Sapien - a merman with psychic powers, and Liz Sherman - a woman with pyrokinesis, protecting America against dark forces.

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History of the World: Part I

Love and Death on Long Island

Midnight Express

Rob Roy

The Elephant Man

Manderlay

Only Lovers Left Alive

White Mischief

Spaceballs

A Monkey's Tale

Immortals

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

The Gruffalo's Child

Wild Bill

The Lord of the Rings

Alien

Snowpiercer

Hellboy II: The Golden Army

Hellboy