The Escapist

2008

English

6.7

♡ 12

67%

Rupert Wyatt Director

Brian Cox as Frank Perry

Ned Dennehy as Jumpy Con

Joseph Fiennes as Lenny Drake

George Seremba as Stan

Frank Perry is an institutionalized convict twelve years into a life sentence without parole. When his estranged daughter falls ill, he is determined to make peace with her before it's too late. He develops an ingenious escape plan, and recruits a dysfunctional band of escapists - misfits with a mutual dislike for one other but united by their desire to escape their hell hole of an existence.

The Merchant of Venice

2004

English

7.0

♡ 24

72%

Michael Radford Director

Joseph Fiennes as Bassanio

Lynn Collins as Portia

John Sessions as Salerio

Al Pacino as Shylock

Venice, 1596. Bassanio begs his friend Antonio, a prosperous merchant, to lend him a large sum of money so that he can woo Portia, a very wealthy heiress; but Antonio has invested his fortune abroad, so they turn to Shylock, a Jewish moneylender, and ask him for a loan.

On Wings of Eagles

2016

English

5.6

♡ 5

60%

62%

Action

based on a true story

japanese occupation of china

Stephen Shin Director

Joseph Fiennes as Eric Liddell

Elizabeth Arends as Florence Liddell

Bruce Locke as Old Xu Niu

Shawn Dou as Xu Niu

Eric Liddell - China's first gold medalist and one of Scotland's greatest athletes - returns to war-torn China.

Spring 1941

2007

English

5.9

♡ 2

51%

Action

Drama

War

Uri Barbash Director

Joseph Fiennes as Artur Planck

Clare Higgins as Clara Planck

Sinead Matthews as Tania

Kelly Harrison as Young Emilia

After Germany invades Poland and the Nazis order the confinement of all local Jews in the ghetto, medical doctor Artur Planck (Joseph Fiennes) manages to flee with his family, seeking refuge at the farm of Emilia (Kelly Harrison), their former grocer. With the Planck family hiding in her attic, Emilia finds her feelings for the physician growing stronger than she wants, or can control -- despite the dangers of the situation.

Killing Me Softly

2002

English

5.4

♡ 48

Kaige Chen Director

Joseph Fiennes as Adam Tallis

Heather Graham as Alice

Natascha McElhone as Deborah

Amy Robbins as Sylvie

A woman grows suspicious of her controlling husband after she discovers secrets about the women in his past.

Luther

2003

English

♡ 11

46%

Eric Till Director

Martin Faltýn as Carmelite Monk

Alfred Molina as John Tetzel

Joseph Fiennes as Martin Luther

Florian Panzner as Student 2

During the early 16th century, idealistic German monk Martin Luther, disgusted by the materialism in the church, begins the dialogue that will lead to the Protestant Reformation.

Running with Scissors

2006

English

6.1

♡ 7

32%

56%

Action

based on novel or book

becoming an adult

Comedy

Drama

husband wife relationship

loose adaptation

sibling relationship

therapist

Ryan Murphy Director

Brian Cox as Dr. Finch

Patrick Wilson as Michael Shephard

Joseph Fiennes as Neil Bookman

Leslie Grossman as Sue

Young Augusten Burroughs absorbs experiences that could make for a shocking memoir: the son of an alcoholic father and an unstable mother, he's handed off to his mother's therapist, Dr. Finch, and spends his adolescent years as a member of Finch's bizarre extended family.

Goodbye Bafana

2007

English

7.1

♡ 2

41%

Bille August Director

Diane Kruger as Gloria Gregory

Joseph Fiennes as James Gregory

Dennis Haysbert as Nelson Mandela

Eduan van Jaarsveldt as Sgt Chris Brits

The true story of a white South African racist whose life was profoundly altered by the black prisoner he guarded for twenty years. The prisoner's name was Nelson Mandela.

The Red Baron

2008

German

6.3

♡ 4

13%

Nikolai Müllerschön Director

Joseph Fiennes as Brown

Axel Prahl as General Hoeppner

Lena Headey as Käte

Til Schweiger as Voss

Richthofen goes off to war like thousands of other men. As fighter pilots, they become cult heroes for the soldiers on the battlefields. Marked by sportsmanlike conduct, technical exactitude and knightly propriety, they have their own code of honour. Before long he begins to understand that his hero status is deceptive. His love for Kate, a nurse, opens his eyes to the brutality of war.

Stealing Beauty

1996

English

6.5

♡ 40

50%

Bernardo Bertolucci Director

Jeremy Irons as Alex

Joseph Fiennes as Christopher

Liv Tyler as Lucy Harmon

Rachel Weisz as Miranda

Lucy Harmon, an American teenager is arriving in the lush Tuscan countryside to be sculpted by a family friend who lives in a beautiful villa. Lucy visited there four years earlier and exchanged a kiss with an Italian boy with whom she hopes to become reacquainted.

The Games Maker

2014

Spanish

5.6

♡ 5

40%

48%

Action

Adventure

based on children's book

Juan Pablo Buscarini Director

Joseph Fiennes as Morodian

Tom Cavanagh as Mr. Drago

Edward Asner as Nicholas Drago

John Emmet Tracy as Zyl Broadcaster / Zyl Commentator

Young Ivan Drago's newfound love of board games catapults him into the fantastical and competitive world of game invention, and pits him against the inventor Morodian, who has long desired to destroy the city of Zyl, founded by Ivan's grandfather. To save his family and defeat Morodian, Ivan must come to know what it is to be a true games maker.

Dust

2001

Macedonian

6.3

♡ 4

20%

Milcho Manchevski Director

Vera Farmiga as Amy

Rosemary Murphy as Angela

Meg Gibson as Bone

Joseph Fiennes as Elijah

Two parallel tales of redemption, a century apart. In the New York storyline, Edge hunts for Angela's gold to pay back a debt, and gradually grows closer to her. In the Macedonian story, the brothers end up fighting for opposite sides of a revolution, with the religious Elijah taking up sides with the Ottoman sultan and gunslinger Luke joining "the Teacher" , a Macedonian rebel.

The Mother

2023

English

5.6

♡ 153

43%

Niki Caro Director

Joseph Fiennes as Adrian

Edie Falco as SAIC Eleanor Williams

Jennifer Lopez as The Mother

Lucy Paez as Zoe

A deadly female assassin comes out of hiding to protect the daughter that she gave up years before, while on the run from dangerous men.

Strangerland

2015

English

5.2

♡ 13

40%

Kim Farrant Director

Nicole Kidman as Catherine Parker

Hugo Weaving as Detective David Rae

Joseph Fiennes as Matthew Parker

Nicholas Hamilton as Tommy

Newly arrived to a remote desert town, Catherine and Matthew are tormented by a suspicion when their two teenage children mysteriously vanish.

The Very Thought of You

1998

English

6.4

♡ 8

40%

Nick Hamm Director

Rob Brydon as Bus Driver

Tom Hollander as Daniel

Rufus Sewell as Frank

Joseph Fiennes as Laurence

Laurence recounts to his neighbour how his life long friendship with Frank and Daniel has been overturned in just three days by their each independently meeting, and falling for, Martha, who has no idea of their connection. Slowly the tale unfolds, the narrative moving backwards and forwards gradually filling in the gaps until we see the whole picture

Risen

2016

English

6.3

♡ 118

53%

70%

Action

Adventure

based on novel or book

Kevin Reynolds Director

Joseph Fiennes as Clavius

Maxime Durand as Crucified Jesus Lookalike

Tom Felton as Lucius

Peter Firth as Pilate

Clavius, a powerful Roman military tribune, and his aide, Lucius, are tasked with solving the mystery of what happened to Jesus in the weeks following the crucifixion, in order to disprove the rumors of a risen Messiah and prevent an uprising in Jerusalem.

Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas

2003

English

6.8

♡ 75

44%

Tim Johnson Director

Catherine Zeta-Jones as Marina

Joseph Fiennes as Proteus

Brad Pitt as Sinbad

Frank Welker as Spike

The sailor of legend is framed by the goddess Eris for the theft of the Book of Peace, and must travel to her realm at the end of the world to retrieve it and save the life of his childhood friend Prince Proteus.

Shakespeare in Love

1998

English

7.1

♡ 65

92%

John Madden Director

Timothy Kightley as Edward Pope

Colin Firth as Lord Wessex

Ben Affleck as Ned Alleyn

Joseph Fiennes as Will Shakespeare

Young Shakespeare is forced to stage his latest comedy, "Romeo and Ethel, the Pirate's Daughter," before it's even written. When a lovely noblewoman auditions for a role, they fall into forbidden love -- and his play finds a new life (and title). As their relationship progresses, Shakespeare's comedy soon transforms into tragedy.

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The Escapist

The Merchant of Venice

On Wings of Eagles

Spring 1941

Killing Me Softly

Luther

Running with Scissors

Goodbye Bafana

The Red Baron

Stealing Beauty

The Games Maker

Dust

The Mother

Strangerland

The Very Thought of You

Risen

Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas

Shakespeare in Love